## One Piece Chapter 180, pages 4-6: Alabastan Animal Land - Chapter: 180 - Pages: 4-6 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Nico Robin, Pell ### Summary Page 4: Nico Robin looks down at the exhausted Luffy and asks a probing question, "Why do you fight?" She continues her thought, her expression serious, "Those of you who carry the name of 'D'..." She stares intently at him, demanding to know, "Just who on earth... are you people!?" Luffy, still coughing and hacking up water with a "HACK!", looks completely confused by her question and mutters weakly, "D...?" Suddenly, a voice calls out from off-panel, interrupting them: "I've found you." Robin turns her head slightly toward the approaching voice. Realizing their brief conversation is over, she sighs and says, "...Perhaps it was a pointless question to ask." With a casual flick of her wrist, she tosses Luffy's signature straw hat back onto his head as he lies resting in the sand. Page 5: A man carrying a large cross-shaped sword on his back approaches them in the desert. Nico Robin turns to him and says, "Oh? Awake already?" The man, revealed to be Pell, demands, "What did you do with Princess Vivi!?" Pell looks furious and heavily injured, gripping his weapon tightly. He shouts, "I won't be done in so easily this time! Now that I understand your powers," Robin calmly observes him and remarks, "He's the brave pirate-knight in shining armour, who escorted your precious princess all the way to this country..." She gestures toward Luffy and adds, "But it's good that you've come. Perhaps you'd like to tend to that boy's wounds?" Pell looks confused by her request. Robin dismisses him, saying, "Oh, give it a rest. You're injured enough as it is already..." Page 6: Nico Robin mounts a large, bizarre creature—a Crocodilia bananadile, specifically an F-Croc, noted as the 2nd fastest animal in Alabasta. As she prepares to leave, she tells Pell, "In case you're wondering, the princess is just fine. She's currently heading for Alubarna." She adds ominously, "But who knows what'll happen to her from hereon, what with the current crisis in this country..." Pell falls to his knees, clutching his chest in frustration and pain. He thinks to himself, "I... I can't even beat her... Just who can protect Princess Vivi...!?" The F-Croc growls as it stands ready. Suddenly, Luffy, still lying on the ground, weakly but emphatically yells, "MEAT!" Pell looks over at him in surprise, uttering a confused "HMP?"