## One Piece Chapter 26, pages 17-18: CAPTAIN KURO'S PLAN - Chapter: 26 - Pages: 17-18 - Characters: Usopp, unidentified villagers, Kuro, Jango, Black Cat Pirates, Kaya, Merry, Monkey D. Luffy ### Summary Page 17: In the top panel, Usopp is confronted by angry villagers armed with brooms, shovels, and pans. One yells, "HEY USOPP, SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" Another shouts, "WE'LL TEACH YOU A LESSON TODAY!" Usopp waves his hands defensively, pleading, "NO... IT'S THE TRUTH THIS TIME!" In the middle right panel, two angry men glare at him. One says, "YOU SAY THE SAME THING EVERYTIME!" The other adds, "YOU'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR TRUST!" In the middle center panel, Usopp's voice continues off-panel as a man with glasses listens: "I KNOW I JOKED AROUND BEFORE! BUT THIS TIME IT'S THE TRUTH! BELIEVE ME!" In the middle left panel, a woman scolds him, "IF YOU WERE AN HONEST MAN LIKE CLAHADOR, THEN MAYBE I'D BELIEVE YOU!" In the bottom right panel, a close-up shows Kuro pushing up his glasses with his palm, smirking as he thinks, "NO MATTER WHAT HE SAYS, NO ONE WILL EVER BELIEVE HIM!" In the bottom center panel, a tight close-up of Usopp's eye shows him wide with realization and anger. He thinks, "THAT... BASTARD!!" In the bottom left panel, Usopp screams desperately, tears in his eyes, "PLEASE BELIEVE ME JUST THIS ONCE, RUN AWAY! PIRATES WILL REALLY BE HERE TOMORROW!!" Page 18: In the top panel, Jango stands before a large crowd of pirates on the shore, with their ship and its black cat Jolly Roger flag flapping in the background. Jango addresses them: "YOU GUYS... THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP. WE HAVEN'T MET IN THREE YEARS. WHEN THIS PLAN IS THROUGH, WE'LL BE RICH FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES!" In the middle right panel, a close-up shows Kuro looking sinister, declaring, "TOMORROW MORNING, WE'LL DESTROY THIS VILLAGE!" In the middle left panel, the pirate crew cheers wildly, raising their swords. They shout, "WOO-HOO YEAH YEAH!!" and "HAIL TO CAPTAIN KURO!" In the bottom right panel, inside the mansion, Kaya stands in a doorway and asks Merry, "WHERE'S CLAHADOR?" Merry, holding a tray with a teapot, replies, "HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO THE NEXT TOWN. OH..." In the bottom left panel, Luffy lies face-down and motionless on the ground where he fell, with a "ZZZ..." bubble floating above him. Text at the bottom of the page reads "3 THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T LIE ABOUT (END)".