## One Piece Chapter 638, pages 5-8: Runawayhoshi - Chapter: 638 - Pages: 5-8 - Characters: Noah, Shirahoshi, Hody Jones, Monkey D. Luffy, Neptune, Vander Decken IX ### Summary Page 5: Below, everyone grabs onto Noah's chain and pulls with everything they have. They know they cannot stop the ship, but they try to slow it as much as possible. The voices rise together: "Everybody pull!! Even if we can't stop it... We have to slow this ship down as much as we can...!!!" The people admit it may achieve next to nothing, but they must do what they can. They also beg Shirahoshi to find somewhere safe and shout, "Don't let the Noah go after her!!!" Their effort is desperate and nearly hopeless, yet no one stands idle while the princess risks herself. Page 6: The crowd keeps pulling, shouting, "Protect the princess!!!" Shirahoshi looks back, breathless and moved, calling to everyone. Hody watches them with contempt, dripping from the water, and says they must be completely insane to think they could move the ship even a millimetre. Luffy sees what Hody is doing and yells, "Hey!!! Stop that!!!" Hody answers with another `Yabusame!!!`, firing water bullets into the chain and the people struggling below. Page 7: Hody's water shots rip through the pullers and scatter them from the chain. People cry out while Shirahoshi covers her mouth in horror. Hody calls them "worthless pieces of filth" and says it is thanks to idiots like them that humans look down on fishmen. Luffy snarls, "Why, that dirty...!!" Shirahoshi then sees the answer she had hoped for: the gate into the palace is wide open. According to her father, Noah must not be harmed, so she must ensure it returns to the ocean floor without colliding with anything. Page 8: Shirahoshi slips through the stretched-out connection and out into open water. The onlookers cry, "Hey - hang in there!!" and realize what she has done: "Princess Shirahoshi just..." She passes through the watery corridor, and Noah follows her out. The ship's massive hull swings after its living target, still bound by Vander Decken's ability. People shout for the princess to run as far away as she can, but her face shows fear and exhaustion. Even outside the bubble, she remains the focus of the entire island's danger.