## One Piece Chapter 178, pages 9-11: Grand-Line Level - Chapter: 178 - Pages: 9-11 - Characters: Crocodile, Luffy, Toto ### Summary Page 9: Holding onto Luffy's leg, Crocodile violently swings him through the air and slams him into the ground, shouting the attack name, "BARCHAN!". Luffy hits the sand hard with an "UGH!". Crocodile looks down at him coldly, muttering "NGH...". Suddenly, Luffy's expression turns to pure horror, his eyes bulging as he screams "AGH-". He grabs his right arm, which has become completely shriveled and dried out, screaming in panic, "MY... MY ARM!". Page 10: Luffy holds up his shriveled, desiccated arm, screaming in agony, "AGHHHHH! MY ARM!". He continues to panic, yelling, "IT'S LIKE A MUMMY! MY ARM'S BEEN MUMMIFIED!". Crocodile smirks at his suffering, explaining, "As sand, I sucked up all the moisture in your arm. That'll give you a true taste of the desert..." Luffy glares back at him, sweating nervously as he thinks, "DAMMIT! THIS ISN'T GOOD...". Suddenly, a realization hits Luffy, and he exclaims, "THAT'S IT!". He quickly reaches into his shirt, prompting a confused "!" from Crocodile. Page 11: Luffy pulls out the small wooden barrel of water he was carrying and takes several large gulps, "GULP! GULP!". Miraculously, his shriveled arm instantly rehydrates and returns to normal, flexing with a strong "NGHH!". A brief flashback shows Toto handing Luffy the barrel, saying, "Take this with you, Luffy." Back in the present, Luffy declares, "This is the water that the dried-up gramps in Yuba spent all night digging up! And he told me," Crocodile scoffs, calling it "Pathetic." Luffy angrily retorts, "IT'S NOT PATHETIC!". He stretches his arms back for another attack, shouting, "THAT YUBA WOULD NEVER BE DEFEATED BY MERE SAND! GOMU GOMU...". Crocodile looks annoyed, muttering, "Still not giving u-".