## One Piece Chapter 615, pages 12-12: Curse of Mato Mato - Chapter: 615 - Pages: 12-12 - Characters: Vander Decken IX, Hatchan, Hody Jones, Hyouzou, Arlong, Monkey D. Luffy ### Summary Page 12: Vander Decken rejects the idea that he serves Hody. He laughs, "Bahohohu!! Hachi of the Arlong Pirates?! Now that's a name I haven't heard in a while!!" and adds, "That captain of yours tried to make me one of his own minions!! The nerve of it all!! I don't serve under anyone but myself!! Hordy's the kind of man who understands that!!" Hyouzou admits the arrangement is paid: "Helping? We've been hired, that's all. They pay us well... Arlong was always too tight with his cash. He never made us the right offer..." and tells Hatchan, "You've never had a hope of matching me, ever since you were a kid... I felt sorry for Arlong, having to make do with a swordsman of your level..." Hody explains that Arlong had ambition and drive but was too barbaric and lacked cunning. Their generation is now ready: "So I'd watch my words if I were you... Don't get in the way of progress." He then reveals why Luffy matters: "Straw Hat Luffy called me his friend, despite the crew to which I once belonged... In fact, I owe him my life!! I would go to meet him right away..." Hody says it breaks his heart to see a former member objecting to his grand scheme, especially when "the man who crushed the dreams of your old crew, Straw Hat Luffy... is on Fishman Island as we speak...!"