## One Piece Chapter 1080, pages 7-8: The Legendary Hero - Chapter: 1080 - Pages: 7-8 - Characters: Koby, Marshall D. Teach, Kuzan, Blackbeard, Blackbeard Pirates, SWORD, Marines, World Government, Navy, Hachinosu ### Summary Page 7: Blackbeard says he is not nice enough to trample on someone's dreams and explains that keeping Koby alive gives him a bargaining chip against the Government. Koby interrupts, saying Blackbeard is wasting his time because he is a member of SWORD. The Blackbeard Pirates react in confusion, asking what SWORD is and whether Koby has already given up his Marine code. Former Marine Kuzan explains that SWORD members are Marines who have officially resigned their commissions on paper. That lets them ignore certain command protocols and fight Emperors without authorization, while the Navy can always disavow their actions and cut them loose at any point. Page 8: Kuzan says SWORD's status explains why some rats scurry away and others gnaw on your fingertips, while Blackbeard laughs that he knows which type he prefers. He says he is not budging on his plan and wants to see how far it takes them. Blackbeard doubts the Government would write off Koby easily after all, because the public would not be pleased to hear they lost their precious hero. Even if things do not go his way, he says he can at least give the Government a bloody nose. Until then, he orders that Koby be kept locked up, adding that they cannot have him slipping away and ruining the fun.