## One Piece Chapter 355, pages 9-11: Spandam - Chapter: 355 - Pages: 9-11 - Characters: Spandam, Gorousei, Tom, Iceburg, Franky ### Summary Page 9: Spandam's ambition hardens into a government mission. He declares, "THE "ANCIENT WEAPON" WILL BE ACQUIRED BY US... AND WE WILL PUT AN END TO THIS PIRATE ERA!!!!" The elders do not dismiss the danger. "THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THE DIRECTION THE ERA IS MOVING IN..." one says. Another gives the order that Spandam wanted to hear: "THEN GET THIS SAID BLUEPRINT... WE'LL TALK THEN." The authority of the Gorousei settles on him. "WE WILL... LEAVE THIS MATTER IN YOUR HANDS, SPANDAM." Spandam answers at once, "YES!!!" For him, the order is not only a mission but the opening of a door. A small "....!" and "TIP!" mark the shift from audience chamber to action. Spandam thinks of the chance he has finally been handed: "I'VE WORKED HARD FOR THIS CHANCE! I WON'T LET IT GO THIS EASY!!" His desire for promotion and power now aims directly at Tom, the blueprint, and the apprentices who stand closest to both. Page 10: Spandam runs with panic beneath his pride. If Tom escapes punishment, his own opportunity collapses: "IF HE'S NOT A CRIMINAL I'M IN TROUBLE!! ME!!!" His men cry, "SPANDAM-SAN!!!" He spits a threat toward Tom's coming acquittal: "WHAT "ACQUITTAL", JUST YOU WATCH...!!!" Then he slips, the page punctuating his humiliation with "SLIP" before he regains command. "..... HEY!!" A subordinate answers, "YES?" Spandam orders, "CALL IN FIVE MORE AGENTS!!" Again they shout, "SPANDAM-SAN!!!" The scene cuts back to Tom, who understands that danger has arrived before the court has even spoken. He calls his apprentices by name: "ICEBURG. FRANKY. YOU TWO, COME OVER HERE. I WANNA GIVE YOU SOMETHING IMPORTANT." The boys answer with a simple, uncertain "HM?" not yet knowing that Tom is about to pass them a burden tied to the world's most dangerous weapon. Page 11: Tom lays the secret before Iceburg and Franky. Their first reaction is not excitement but horror. They stare at the blueprint and fall into broken fragments of disbelief: "...... ...!!" "WHY WOULD ANYONE ..." "CAN THIS THING ..." "BE MADE BY A PERSON ..." Tom names what they are looking at with the gravity of a shipwright who understands every line of the design: "IT'S THE NASTIEST MONSTER... IN THE HISTORY OF SHIPMAKING." The object is not merely a document; it is a weapon made possible by craft itself, the terrible opposite of everything Tom taught them to love about ships. He explains why he can no longer keep it alone: "THE GOVERNMENT'S AWARE OF THIS BLUEPRINT, AND THEY'VE STARTED TO MOVE... IT'S TOO DANGEROUS FOR ME TO HOLD ON TO IT ANY LONGER." In that moment, the inheritance of Tom's Workers changes from pride and technique into responsibility for a disaster that must not be allowed to return.