## One Piece Chapter 538, pages 3-5: Level 5.5, New Kama Land - Chapter: 538 - Pages: 3-5 - Characters: Luffy, Emporio Ivankov, Bentham/Mr. 2 Bon Clay, New Kama residents ### Summary Page 3: The Healing Hormones hit Luffy and his whole body convulses. His muscles twist, blood sprays, and he screams, "Yuwaaa-aaaaaa!!!" from inside the chained cave. Ivankov stands outside as the shock wave and pain fill the chamber, watching the treatment begin. The page has almost no explanation, only the visceral start of the process: Luffy's body is being forced to fight off the poison at incredible speed, and the cure itself is nearly indistinguishable from torture. Page 4: Bon Clay is horrified to learn Luffy has been screaming for ten hours. Ivankov explains that Luffy's will and the hormones combined are being manifested as vital force. He awakened the dormant power of Strawhat boy's immune system to give his body a chance to fight off the poison. Luffy's body is being broken down and rebuilt at incredible speed, and if he can endure the suffering, his life will be saved. Iva tells Bon Clay to take a look if he is worried, while Luffy's screams shake the cave. Page 5: Inside the cave, Luffy thrashes violently against the chains while New Kama residents panic. Bon Clay cries that Luffy is going to die and that his body is coming apart, begging Ivankov to undo the chains and stop the blood. He shouts, "You're terrible!! Help him!! Save Straw-chan!!" Ivankov silences him with a strike, yelling, "Shut up!!!" and insists, "I'm saving him right now!!!" The page makes Bon Clay's compassion clash with Iva's brutal medical certainty: stopping the pain would mean stopping the cure.