## One Piece Chapter 522: Fatal Disease - Chapter: 522 - Pages: 0-18 - Characters: CP9, Marine pursuers, local defenders, Monkey D. Luffy, Boa Hancock, Kuja women, Marguerite, Elder Nyon, Portgas D. Ace, Whitebeard, Blackbeard, Straw Hat Pirates, Enishida, Boa Sandersonia, Boa Marigold, Kuja attendants ### Summary Page 0: The chapter opens with the title text, "Chapter 522: \"FATAL DISEASE\"." The CP9 cover story continues as "CP9 INDEPENDENT ACTION REPORT VOL. 28: \"WE WON'T LET YOU BRING TROUBLE TO OUR HOMETOWN.\"" Several large shadowed figures stand on a rise in the woods, blocking the Marines below. The Marines aim rifles and look up at the silhouettes while the bodies of beaten or fallen men lie across the foreground. The shapes suggest local defenders or powerful figures stepping between the pursuers and the town, refusing to let the Marine operation disturb their home. The page is a cover-story extra rather than part of Luffy's Amazon Lily plot, and the manga-hosting footer below the artwork is unrelated boilerplate. Page 1: Hancock tells Luffy the plan: "Luffy, right...? We'll set sail tomorrow morning... The Kuja Pirates will take you as far as the Shabondy Archipelago. Rest up tonight for the journey ahead." That night, however, the Kuja throw a lively farewell feast. Luffy dances with chopsticks shoved into his nose and mouth, shouting, "Come on, you guys. It's 'kuu'!! 'kuu'!!!" A note suggests a joke about how the chopsticks make the shape of "ku" in hiragana. The women laugh, "Kuu?" "Luffy, you're so funny!!" and "What an inelegant dance..." Someone observes, "Men stick chopsticks between their nose and mouth... and hold a sleeve..." The page turns the grim aftermath of the Gorgon secret into a comic party where the isolated Kuja women are fascinated by Luffy's ridiculous behavior. Page 2: The party continues through the night, with music sounding outside the building and the hall packed with food, flowers, and excited Kuja women. Luffy discovers a dish and asks, "Hm? Gorgon what!?" A woman explains, "It's penne gorgonzola with sea king! It's a specialty of the island of women!" Luffy eats enthusiastically, saying, "Wow, this sea king is great..." and grabs at the long noodles as women exclaim, "Wow, he really stretches!" and "All right, time's up." The women line up to touch him, calling "Luffy" and holding signs, while Luffy protests, "I'm not a business for you!!!" A warrior tells him, "How am I supposed to eat with you grabbing and stretching me!!?" and another answers, "There's no helping it! You're leaving tomorrow, right? These girls just want to touch a man once." Page 3: The women overwhelm Luffy with affection, shouting, "It's fine, my sweet Luffy," "Let me touch you," "Let me grab you," "Stop!! I can't eat..." and "KyAAA-Luffy." Luffy is pulled in every direction while a crowd cheers, then he suddenly escapes across the rooftops. The women chase after him with hearts in the air, crying, "Oh no, he got away!!" and "I haven't touched him yet!!" Another shouts, "He can't have gotten far!! Find him and touch him!!" Luffy hides on a rooftop with food, panting "Zeeh zeeh" and thinking, "Stay down...!!" Marguerite finds him and thanks him warmly: "But you helped us, right? I heard about what you did. Thanks, Luffy!" He apologizes for causing trouble and for her being turned to stone, and she tells him it is great he will be able to return to his friends. Page 4: Marguerite tells Luffy that he has become very popular among the girls of the village. She says, "Well, men are a rare sight around here... This place is well secluded, so take your time." Elder Nyon suddenly calls from behind, "Hey!! The old bean lady!!" and Luffy snaps, "You! Did you just call me 'bean lady'!?" Marguerite offers tea and food, and Elder Nyon reads a newspaper. Luffy, still eating, asks, "You like your newspaper, don't you, lady?" Elder Nyon explains that news does not travel through the Calm Belt, so it is fairly difficult to obtain newspapers. She adds that their empress is a member of the Shichibukai and cannot be uninformed about world affairs. Luffy, cheeks stuffed with food, asks, "Who's a Shichibukai?" and Marguerite answers that Lady Hebihime is one. Page 5: Luffy screams across Amazon Lily when he learns Hancock is a Shichibukai: "EEEHHHHH!?" He asks, "She... she's a Shichibukai? Then... is she really strong!?" Elder Nyon is shocked that he did not know: "You're a pirate, and you didn't know?" Luffy admits, "No, I didn't..." and also says he does not read newspapers. Elder Nyon explains that it has been eleven years since Hancock became the empress and captain of the Kuja Pirates. After a single campaign at sea, an 80 million bounty was placed on her head. That alone, with the already infamous Kuja name, alerted the World Government immediately. They cautiously recommended that Hebihime be added to the Shichibukai, but now she is in danger of losing her title. The page shifts from party comedy to world...