## One Piece Chapter 45, pages 13-15: BEFORE THE STORM - Chapter: 45 - Pages: 13-15 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Sanji, Gin, Patty, unidentified Baratie cooks, Don Krieg (silhouette) ### Summary Page 13: Gin's face is shown in a close-up, covered in sweat and looking deadly serious. "GIVE UP, ON GOING TO GRAND LINE," he warns ominously. Luffy looks curious, "OH... DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT GRAND LINE?" Gin looks away, his expression grim. "YOU'RE STILL YOUNG. NO NEED TO RECKLESSLY RUSH INTO THINGS. BESIDES, THE GRAND LINE IS JUST ONE PART OF ALL THE OCEANS IN THIS WORLD. IF YOU WANT TO BE A PIRATE, THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER SEAS FOR YOU TO ROAM OUT THERE." Gin continues, trembling slightly, "NO... I DON'T... I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING... THAT'S WHY IT'S SO TERRIFYING...!" Sanji observes Gin and comments, "FOR A MEMBER OF THE KRIEG PIRATES, YOU SURE ARE ACTING LIKE A BIG SCAREDY CAT." Luffy asks, "WHAT'S KRIEG?" Page 14: The scene shifts to the bustling Baratie kitchen. Knives chop rapidly on cutting boards with "GAGA GAGA" sound effects. A chef yells, "THE HORS D'OEUVRE FOR TABLE 3 IS READY!" Flames burst from a stove ("BOOOO"). Another chef shouts, "THEN TAKE IT ALREADY, YOU BASTARD! WE AIN'T GOT NO WAITERS!" The kitchen is chaotic with cooks rushing around. Patty, the large chef from earlier, is aggressively chopping a large fish with a cleaver ("PAPA!"). Another cook asks him, "BUT YOU SURE THAT WAS ALRIGHT? THAT DUDE YOU WHALED ON EARLIER IS A MEMBER OF THE KRIEG PIRATES!" Patty pauses, "WHAT? YEAH, I RECALL HEARING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT." Page 15: The cooks continue discussing the threat. "DON KRIEG'S THE STRONGEST AND BADDEST PIRATE TO ROAM THIS PART OF THE OCEAN!" one cook says. Another agrees, "THAT'S RIGHT. HE'S A PIRATE FLEET ADMIRAL WHO COMMANDS 50 SHIPS! HE'S A MONSTER!" A dark, imposing silhouette of Don Krieg and his massive fleet is shown. Patty, unfazed, tosses food in a flaming wok ("BOO"). "SO WHAT?" he asks dismissively. A cook panics, "I HEARD THE KRIEG PIRATES WERE OVER 5000 MEN STRONG... SO IF THAT GUY THAT YOU BEAT UP... WERE TO GO AND TELL DON KRIEG WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM HERE, THEN LIKE A HERD OF ELEPHANTS STOMPING ON AN ANT, THIS RESTAURANT WILL BE CRUSHED!"