## One Piece Chapter 423, pages 11-13: The Mermaid Legend - Chapter: 423 - Pages: 11-13 - Characters: Franky, Nico Robin, Monkey D. Luffy, Rob Lucci ### Summary Page 11: Franky turns the captured ship into an escape route. He swings the remaining weaponry and shouts, "WEAPONS LEFT!!!" Then he makes his resolve clear: "SURRENDER YOUR SHIP!!! I'LL MAKE A WAY FOR THEM TO ESCAPE!!!" He is willing to go as far as death: "I'VE BEEN DEAD ONCE. IF THE STRAWHATS CAN GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE, I WOULDN'T MIND SACRIFICING MY LIFE AGAIN!!!" Robin tries to stop him. "I'LL HELP, TOO! I THINK I'M FINE NOW," she says, but Franky answers, "ROBIN, GO!!" and she protests, "NO!! NO ONE IS IN THE OCEAN?!" Then Robin's face changes. "IT'S DIFFERENT NOW FROM THAT TIME IN OHARA...!!" she says. "I HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR... BECAUSE I'M NOT ALONE ANYMORE!!" Page 12: The bombardment continues with a "KA-BOOOM!!!" as the tower and ship structures break apart. Lucci stands over a shrunken Luffy and explains the price of Gear Third: "THAT FIGHTING POWER YOU HAVE IS VERY UNSTABLE... YOU SHOULD ACCEPT THAT FACT AND SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY IN EXCHANGE FOR THE POWER YOU HAD EARLIER." Luffy, tiny and helpless, thinks, "HE... HE FOUND ME..!!" Lucci changes his form with "SEIMEI KIKAN" and "KAMIE BUSHIN," tightening himself back into a leaner fighting body. Luffy can only watch as the enemy who survived Gear Third becomes fast enough to hunt him down in his weakest state. Page 13: Lucci rushes the shrunken Luffy and drives a "SHIGAN" into him. Luffy screams, "UYAAAAH!!!" as he is struck and thrown. Lucci says, "AFTER ALL, YOUR STUPID ATTACK WON'T..." and then traps him against the broken surface. "IT IS UNFORTUNATE... BUT IN THAT STUPID FORM... DIE, STRAWHAT!!" Luffy panics, "CRAP! I... I'M TRAPPED!!" and begs his body to return: "UGH...!! COME BACK TO NORMAL, BODY!! HURRY!!! HURRY!! OR I'LL BE DONE FOR!!!" Lucci prepares the killing technique, "SHIGAN MADARA," surrounding Luffy with the threat of many finger-gun strikes while the small form leaves him almost defenseless.