## One Piece Chapter 1096: Kumachi - Chapter: 1096 - Pages: 0-14 - Characters: Roronoa Zoro, Monkey D. Garp, Marines, Celestial Dragons, Gol D. Roger, Figarland Garling, God Valley Natives, Rocks Pirates, World Government, Kuma, Emporio Ivankov, Ginny, Slaves, Shark Fisherman, Rocks D. Xebec, Edward Newgate, Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, Shiki, God's Knights, Roger Pirates, Jaygarcia Saturn, Nika, Buccaneers, Sorbet Kingdom Residents, Morgans, Sorbet Kingdom Children ### Summary Page 0: Cover request page. Chapter 1096: Kumachi. The printed caption says: "Cover request by UCP: Zoro upset over losing a game of musical chairs to a pack of chihuahuas in a forest." Zoro stands frustrated while a group of small chihuahuas occupy the chairs and celebrate around him, turning the swordsman's competitive intensity into a gag. This is a reader-request cover illustration rather than part of the God Valley or Sorbet Kingdom narrative. Page 2: At Navy HQ, Garp is contacted about an emergency far away. He complains, "You want me to go way out to the boonies to fight?! What's the point?!" The officer says they cannot explain everything but need him there, warning that if unverified reports are true the danger will be a disaster. Garp refuses to pity the Celestial Dragons on their little field trip and says he warned the Navy that poking Hachinosu would come back to bite them. The call changes when he hears that Roger is on the move too; Garp shouts that they should have led with that and says he is on his way. Meanwhile, on God Valley, the Celestial Dragons announce extravagant prizes for their human hunt, including 150 rare "rabbits" worth ten thousand points each and skill bonuses for single-hit kills. Page 3: News reaches Hachinosu that the Rocks Pirates have already set sail, and pirates shout that they have to hurry because this will shake the pirate world to its core. On God Valley in the West Blue, the island is surrounded by an impossible number of ships. A witness says they have never seen so many ships gather around a single island. The announcer declares that everyone is trapped in a hellish reality, that nobody will be able to escape, and that one day the incident will be forgotten and lost to history. Ten thousand civilians have been branded "rabbits" for the hunt, and one prisoner curses that the World Government chose God Valley for its resources, turning the island into a murder festival to claim what it owns. Page 4: The prisoners on God Valley confront the truth of the tournament. Someone says not a single one of them will still be alive in three weeks, and another asks how the world can possibly be fair. Ginny says they were told they would be freed if they survived until three weeks, but Ivankov snaps, "Like hell you will!!" He explains that in all the previous hunts there were exactly zero survivors, because the Celestial Dragons do not enjoy killing people who have already given up. They want their prey to hope and run so there will be a chase. The only real plan is to forget winning the rigged game and focus entirely on escaping from it. Page 5: Saint Garling rides through the hunt with deadly confidence, quickly scoring ten thousand points while the crowd asks whether his strategy is to target the high-value rabbits. A victim begs for help, and Garling cuts through the chaos like a celebrity athlete in a massacre. Elsewhere, Ivankov gets into a scuffle and is praised by a shark fisherman for his strong jaw. Ginny reveals the key to their escape: the tournament prizes. One prize is in the strongest class of Devil Fruits, allowing the eater to transform into an Azure Dragon, and another is the Paw-Paw Fruit, which can blast the user and others to distant islands. If they can get one of those fruits, they may be able to flee God Valley. Page 6: Ginny explains the escape plan: if any of them can eat one of the prize Devil Fruits, they can escape the Navy siege and this living hell. The prizes are kept at the very center of the island, which seems impossible for a handful of children and prisoners to reach, but Ginny says she is a professional thief and wiretapper. Two weeks earlier she leaked the information to the outside world so someone would come; a plan like this needs plenty of decoys running around. Kuma offers to help, saying his size and bulkiness will let him survive longer than most. Ivankov celebrates Kuma's courage and declares that he will not allow any of them to be killed: they are escaping God Valley together. Page 7: Explosions erupt offshore as notorious pirates swarm God Valley. Marines shout that the Rocks Pirates have come from the east coast and that they are being overwhelmed. The Rocks crew makes landfall in wild disorder, with its future legends already bickering. Whitebeard tells Rocks not to rush ahead, Linlin complains that treasure will be hers, Kaido is called a rookie, Shiki says he will snatch the prize from under everyone's noses, and the crew argues even while charging...