## One Piece Chapter 228, pages 7-8: Last Boss of the Saruyama Alliance, Montblanc Cricket - Chapter: 228 - Pages: 7-8 - Characters: Luffy, Nami, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper, Montblanc Cricket, Montblanc Noland ### Summary Page 7: Nami is shocked and asks, "You're his descendant!? And this island is the very island in the story!?" Cricket confirms, "He's the grandfather of my grandfather... of my grandfather, and so on up the line... Suffice to say, he's a distant ancestor of mine, which is troubling to say the least... I probably share as much blood with him as a mosquito can carry in its belly..." He continues, "The Montblanc family's been run out of that kingdom, But their abuse and humiliation by the people's hands still continues..." Luffy asks, "Why's that?" Cricket answers, "But not a single Montblanc member resents him..." A close-up of Cricket's face shows his conviction as he states, "BECAUSE NOLAND, WAS A MAN OF UPSTANDING HONESTY." Luffy looks confused, "What?" Page 8: Nami recalls the story, "In the final scene of the picture book, Noland says, 'Ah, that's it! The mountain of gold must have sunk into the sea!' There, he's drawn with a stupid smile on his face, But the real man supposedly died with big blobs of tears streaming down his face." Cricket explains, "He was absolutely sure that the island that they'd landed at, Was the same Jaya where he'd discovered the ruins of a golden city. The thought that maybe he had seen an illusion never even crossed his mind." A flashback panel shows Noland being executed, kneeling before a crowd. Cricket continues, "Noland claimed that an earthquake must have caused the city of gold to sink to the ocean floor, But the people could only see it as a desperate excuse made to save his own skin, And the crowd mocked him to no end as he was executed."