## One Piece Chapter 373: Necessary Evil - Chapter: 373 - Pages: 0-16 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Nami, Roronoa Zoro, Sanji, Chopper, Franky, Nero, Wanze, Rob Lucci, Kaku, Kalifa, Blueno, Nico Robin, Sogeking ### Summary Page 0: Color spread extra for One Piece chapter 373. Luffy, Nami, Zoro, Sanji, and Chopper wear patterned kimono-style outfits beneath red-and-white umbrellas, standing before a painted tree and a festival-like backdrop. The page is decorative rather than story-critical, but it presents the Straw Hats in a vivid traditional setting before the chapter returns to the Puffing Tom. Page 1: On the roof of the Puffing Tom, Franky's backwards centaur form wobbles above the storming sea. Nero has been bragging about his power, but Franky is not impressed. As the train shakes, Nero cries, "Gwaaaaaaaaaa!!!" and Franky taunts him: "Heh, you bragged and bragged. But I don't see you getting any stronger with four legs, Centaur!" Franky's strange pose looks absurd, yet his confidence has shifted the fight. Nero expected the form to be a weakness or joke, but Franky has turned his body into a trap, waiting for the CP9 trainee to come close enough to grab. Page 2: Franky slips and nearly falls from the roof, shouting, "I'm gonna fall~~~!!" Nero laughs, "Hahaha... how pitiful! Need a hand?" Franky answers, "Well... actually..." and Nero steps closer as if the fight has already become pathetic. Franky refuses the offered hand with a sudden "No thanks!!" and springs the real move. Nero realizes too late and yells, "Idiot!!!" as Franky grabs him with all four centaur limbs. The ridiculous form was never meant to look graceful; it was built to seize Nero and lock him in place before he could vanish with Soru again. Page 3: Nero thrashes in Franky's grip and cries, "Ah... my arms and legs... they're locked down!!" Franky admits the tactic was rough: "I was too careless!" but then says, "I've got you!!! Now you'll experience my four-legged power!!" Nero snaps back, "Careless...!? Hahaha... say whatever you want..." Franky warns him, "If you have any last words, say 'em now. Don't waste my time..." Nero asks, "Do you really think that this'll be just a normal punch?" Franky answers that it should be obvious, because Nero dodged every punch earlier. Nero finally understands and mutters, "How scary this punch is..." while Franky's body crackles into position. Page 4: Franky ends the rooftop fight with a single brutal blow: "Ultimate Hammer!!!!" The punch drives Nero down with explosive force, smashing him through the train roof and into the car below. The impact shakes the carriage, sending smoke and debris through the second car as Nero crashes at CP9's feet. Franky's strange form has done exactly what he promised: it caught the fast trainee, removed his mobility, and turned the finishing punch into something Nero could not dodge. The battle on the roof is over, and the noise now reaches the agents guarding Robin. Page 5: Sanji arrives from the fourth car, and Franky appears through the wreckage after finishing Nero. Sanji asks, "Where... did you suddenly appear from?" then notices Wanze is already down and says, "Oh! Did you take care of the ramen guy already?" Sanji answers, "Yeah, just now." In the second car, Lucci, Kaku, Kalifa, and Blueno stand around Nero's battered body. Kalifa observes, "It's become so noisy all of a sudden..." and Kaku wonders, "Are all of the escorting Marines down...?" Lucci answers coldly, "But we didn't expect much of them to begin with." The ordinary guards have fallen away, leaving only CP9 between the rescuers and Robin. Page 6: Sanji and Franky look at the CP9 agents and understand who must have taken Robin. Sanji says, "So... these people are the ones who kidnapped Robin?" Franky warns him, "Careful. They use some really weird moves." Kaku identifies the fallen Nero: "Corgi said he's a new member of CP9. He knows how to use four of the forms." Lucci asks, "Who's he?" Nero, beaten and furious, gasps, "Guh... you're dead...!! I'm a combat genius!! I... I'm gonna kill you!!" Franky, still standing over him, calls down, "Hey, new guy." The gap between Nero's pride and CP9's standards is about to become painfully clear. Page 7: Nero finally realizes who he is facing and says, "Ah... you must be... Rob Lucci... I forgot to say hi...!!" Lucci does not indulge him. He says, "Forget it." Then he tells Nero, "You have three seconds to run for your life." Nero thinks Lucci is joking and protests, "Hey! Are you kidding me!?" Lucci counts down: "3... 2... 1." Nero stammers, "D... don't do it!!!" and asks, "Run for my life? From who?" Lucci disappears with "Soru!!!" The warning was not a threat for later; it was the only mercy Lucci intended to offer. Page 8: Lucci strikes Nero and sends him flying off the Puffing Tom. Nero screams, "Gwah!!!" as he is hurled into the sea. Lucci's judgment is merciless: "You half-assed worthless trash... And you call yourself a member of CP9. You have to...