## One Piece Chapter 653, pages 6-7: The Hero's Hat - Chapter: 653 - Pages: 6-7 - Characters: Nami, Minister of the Left, Straw Hat Pirates, Usopp, Brook, Tony Tony Chopper, Monkey D. Luffy ### Summary Page 6: The minister explains the New World navigation rules. In the Grand Line, the crew could proceed by allowing a single Log Pose to attune to the magnetic field of the next island, but in the New World "even the magnetic fields cannot always be trusted." Sometimes the next island's magnetic field may vanish entirely while they are out in open water, leaving them unable to reach their destination. Nami asks what the point is of having three needles. The answer is that each of the three needles on the Log Pose will attune to a different island in the waters ahead. One needle is moving shakily, just like the old Log Pose, while the other two appear stable. Page 7: The three-needle Log Pose forces navigators to choose between three possible courses. The minister says, "Which course to follow is for your instincts to decide. But the decision can mean the difference between life and death!" Skilled navigators use the slight movements of the individual needles to deduce the safest route. As a basic rule, the more unstable the needle, the more dangerous that path is likely to be, because an unstable needle suggests something is disrupting the magnetic field around that island. Usopp, Brook, and Chopper beg Nami not to seek the safest route if she does not have the backbone, while Luffy suddenly grabs Nami and the Log Pose, excited to see for himself.