## One Piece Chapter 296, pages 15-16: High-Altitude Situation - Chapter: 296 - Pages: 15-16 - Characters: Nola, Usopp, Nico Robin, Conis, McKinley, fleeing Skypieans ### Summary Page 15: Driven by its emotions, Nola lunges forward with incredible speed and slams its massive head directly into the leaning Giant Jack stalk. The impact is tremendous, shaking the entire area with a deafening "BAAAM!!" Usopp is thrown off balance, yelling, "WHAT WAS THAT HUGE IMPACT JUST NOW!?" The stalk shudders violently, groaning under the force. Usopp looks up, shocked, "WHA!? THE STALK IS-" Robin observes calmly, "...It's still no good! It leaned over a little... but it still won't fall! Even that huge impact couldn't knock it over..." The stalk leans further, creaking loudly, but remains stubbornly upright. Page 16: Conis is shown with her hands clasped in prayer, tears in her eyes. She thinks, "If I... Had the courage myself to confront God from the beginning, I would have never gotten them involved in all this...!...It may be that now no one will able to survive." In the distance, the leaning Giant Jack and the dark Raigou cloud dominate the skyline. Down on the White Sea, the Skypieans and Shandians are fleeing on ships. One person cries out, "IF THIS ISN'T THE VERY DEFINITION OF DESPAIR, THEN WHAT IS!?" Another says, "IS THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS WAIT FOR OUR DEATHS!?" A man tries to comfort them, "We're only human... It's natural to do so... Only to now find ourselves stuck with no place to go or return to. Only the judgment of death awaits us now..." Someone yells at the White Beret captain, "CAPTAIN MCKINLEY! PLEASE STOP DOING THAT! It's a natural response... We've abandoned our homeland and run as far as we physically could, BUT-"