## One Piece Chapter 728: The Tragic Ranks - Chapter: 728 - Pages: 0-16 - Characters: Caribou, Riku Doldo III, Viola, Vergo, Monet, Donquixote Doflamingo, Trebol, Diamante, Pica, Toy Soldier, Nico Robin, Don Chinjao, Leo, Violet, Usopp, Milo, Jeet, Abdullah, Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Kin'emon, Bartolomeo ### Summary Page 0: Chapter 728, "The Tragic Ranks," opens with Caribou's cover story in the New World. In Volume 43, the snow-covered scene pauses on a grimly comic farewell: "For my courageous, self-sacrificing grandson, who can't lift a finger, at least have one last meat pie." Caribou and the people around him stand in a bleak northern landscape while an elderly woman presents the meat pie like a final comfort before the story returns to Dressrosa's tragedy. Page 1: Dressrosa's nightmare begins under the palace lights. Across the country, citizens flee and beg as King Riku's sudden violence tears through the streets: "Help us!!" "We gave you the money, so spare our lives...!!" "Your highness, please stop!" The land is described as blanketed by evil, and panic spreads everywhere: "The whole country is in a panic!!!" People cannot understand what has happened to the king they trusted, asking, "What on earth has happened to his highness!?" Inside the palace, Viola can only whisper, "Father..." while others recall that Riku had burst out strangely earlier. The situation has grown beyond anything the palace can contain, so the Marines are contacted: "I think the situation is beyond one we can deal with at this point..." The decision is made to leave everything to Captain Vergo, while Dressrosa's faith in its king begins to collapse. Page 2: Snow drifts inside the palace as the coup reveals another hidden hand. The guards are startled: "Snow?!" and then recognize the maid at the gate: "Monet!? What are you doing there!?" They demand to know why a maid would open the palace gates, but Monet smiles at Princess Viola and says, "...Lifufu. Princess Viola..." She tells Viola that if she uses her clairvoyance, she will see exactly what is happening throughout the country: "I expect you'd see it quite clearly." Outside, disaster spreads at once: "There's a blaze coming from the east tower!!" "Viola-sama has been captured!" "Pirates are inside the palace!!" Monet's answer is cold and final. She is "Inviting in... a new royal family." Viola is trapped as the Donquixote Family walks into the palace through doors opened from within. Page 3: The palace falls into the Donquixote Family's hands while King Riku is forced to attack his own people. Soldiers and citizens cry out, "Why are you doing this!?" and bodies fall around the king. Riku fights against the unseen control with everything left in him, begging, "Please stop...!!" He would rather die than be made to strike down his countrymen: "If you would have me strike down my countrymen...!! Kill me!! Somebody please... Then I would rather die...!!" Meanwhile, the invaders admire their stolen prize. Doflamingo calls the palace "A fitting palace for the young master!!" and his crew treats it like a new home: "I like the look of this place. Not bad." The loyal defenders shout, "Monet!! Unhand Viola-sama!" and "What have you bastards done to King Riku!!" Doflamingo answers by declaring that the palace needs cleaning, turning the royal family's suffering into the opening act of his reign. Page 4: The citizens' love for King Riku makes the scene crueler. Even as they lie wounded and robbed, they still call out to him with grief instead of hatred: "Why, King Riku?" "Did we... did we do something wrong...!?" They remind him that he had always been kind and just. Because it was Riku who asked for their money, they surrendered everything they had; because he was their king, they believed him. Their faith is spoken aloud through their pain: "We gave all we had, because you're our king, who we take so much pride in... Because you always think of us, first...!! Because you're our beloved king!!!" The page turns the manipulated massacre into a betrayal that the victims cannot yet understand, showing the exact moment trust is broken while the real criminal remains hidden. Page 5: The public's grief curdles into rage. The same people who loved King Riku now believe he has robbed and slaughtered them for selfish reasons. Voices rise across the city: "King Riku is trampling all over our hearts!!" "He stole our money, and now he means to kill us!!!" "All in his own self-interest...!! He's treating us like garbage!" The verdict hardens into hatred: "An inhuman piece of shit!!!" and finally, "Damn you, King Riku...!!! I hate you...!!!" The Riku Royal Army approaches, and the streets erupt again: "The Riku Royal Army is coming!!" "Hey, get away from there!! Run away!!" A victim pleads, "Sa... save me...!!" while Doflamingo's scheme succeeds: the kingdom is made to curse the king who is himself a victim. Page 6: At the height of the chaos, the Donquixote Family enters as if they are s...