## One Piece Chapter 613, pages 14-15: The Mermaid Princess in Hard Shell Tower - Chapter: 613 - Pages: 14-15 - Characters: Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Brook, Hody Jones, Vander Decken IX, Wadatsumi, Neptune ### Summary Page 14: The palace fight erupts. A soldier yells, "Take this!!!" and another calls, "Such force...!!" as attacks crash through the hall. The Straw Hats brace themselves amid tridents, bodies, and heavy impact marks, then Zoro suddenly enters the fight from the dungeons with overwhelming presence. Nami shouts, "Zoro!!" and Usopp stares in disbelief: "Zoro... I thought you were in the dungeons..." Zoro, grinning with his swords ready, gives the simple explanation: "I heard the sounds of merry-making... So I thought I'd come out and play!!" The chapter's palace-side tension flips instantly; the crew members who were supposedly contained are no longer easy prisoners, and Zoro's arrival means the guards' attempt to confine them is already collapsing. Page 15: The final story spread shifts to the Fishman District, "Noah," where Hody Jones receives Vander Decken IX. A lookout calls, "You wait there, Wada-tsumi." Another reports, "Captain!! Vander Decken-sama has arrived!" and Decken answers, "Ahhh hhh!" After being guided with "This way?" he recognizes Hody: "So... you're the one, right? The infamous fishman known as Hordy!! I know it!" Hody says, "You're pretty infamous yourself... Mad Captain, Vander Decken!!!" Decken replies, "It'll be a pleasure working with you..." The two villains shake hands, and Decken laughs, "Bahohohu!! The pleasure is all mine!! Hordy Jones!!!" Hody declares, "This alliance benefits us both!! Our goal is the same!!" Their shared goal is made explicit: to crush Neptune's army, "who have none of the pride befitting their races," to take the head of "Sea God" Neptune, and "to bring about the total destruction of the Ryuuguu Kingdom!!!!" As the two stand together, someone says, "...With this, there's nobody under the whole ocean to oppose us...!!" and another cheers, "This sure is quite the gathering!! Kyakya!!" The chapter closes by binding Shirahoshi's stalker and Hody's rebellion into one alliance.