## One Piece Chapter 728, pages 2-3: The Tragic Ranks - Chapter: 728 - Pages: 2-3 - Characters: Monet, Viola, Donquixote Doflamingo, Riku Doldo III, Trebol, Diamante, Pica ### Summary Page 2: Snow drifts inside the palace as the coup reveals another hidden hand. The guards are startled: "Snow?!" and then recognize the maid at the gate: "Monet!? What are you doing there!?" They demand to know why a maid would open the palace gates, but Monet smiles at Princess Viola and says, "...Lifufu. Princess Viola..." She tells Viola that if she uses her clairvoyance, she will see exactly what is happening throughout the country: "I expect you'd see it quite clearly." Outside, disaster spreads at once: "There's a blaze coming from the east tower!!" "Viola-sama has been captured!" "Pirates are inside the palace!!" Monet's answer is cold and final. She is "Inviting in... a new royal family." Viola is trapped as the Donquixote Family walks into the palace through doors opened from within. Page 3: The palace falls into the Donquixote Family's hands while King Riku is forced to attack his own people. Soldiers and citizens cry out, "Why are you doing this!?" and bodies fall around the king. Riku fights against the unseen control with everything left in him, begging, "Please stop...!!" He would rather die than be made to strike down his countrymen: "If you would have me strike down my countrymen...!! Kill me!! Somebody please... Then I would rather die...!!" Meanwhile, the invaders admire their stolen prize. Doflamingo calls the palace "A fitting palace for the young master!!" and his crew treats it like a new home: "I like the look of this place. Not bad." The loyal defenders shout, "Monet!! Unhand Viola-sama!" and "What have you bastards done to King Riku!!" Doflamingo answers by declaring that the palace needs cleaning, turning the royal family's suffering into the opening act of his reign.