## One Piece Chapter 1020, pages 10-12: Robin vs. Black Maria - Chapter: 1020 - Pages: 10-12 - Characters: Black Maria, Nico Robin, Brook, Wanyudo, Beast Pirates, Sanji ### Summary Page 10: Black Maria spins "Spider Net!!" and catches Robin, saying "Much appreciated..." when the web restrains her. Fire spreads across the great banquet hall, and someone warns, "The whole floor is ablaze!!" Black Maria threatens that if Robin keeps this up, she will burn down the entire castle. Robin, hanging in the web, answers that worrying about her enemies is rich coming from Black Maria. Black Maria counters, "If you care so much, surrender and let us catch you, Nico Robin." Brook asks, "Robin-san, can you hold me for a little longer?" and notices, "If that weapon is alive...!!" The page sets up Brook's countermeasure: while Robin is under pressure, Brook identifies that the living fire weapon can be targeted like a soul-bearing enemy. Page 11: Brook strikes Wanyudo with "Cold Soul!!" The icy slash cuts through the flaming wheel weapon, and the surrounding enemies cry, "It's freezing!!" and "Gyaaaah!!" Black Maria shouts, "Wanyudo!!" as the weapon is frozen and disabled. With the fire threat checked, Black Maria lunges back at Robin, smashing through the area and snarling, "You don't know when to give up, do you?!" Robin is still battered but holds her ground while Brook's attack changes the battlefield's temperature and momentum. The page gives Brook a clean tactical contribution: he does not take over Robin's duel, but he removes the living weapon that would have burned down the castle around her. Page 12: Black Maria tries to break Robin with words next. She says, "Don't you get it, Nico Robin?! You must know deep down, your friends will always sell you out!!" Brook begins "Soul Parade..." and moves through the fight while Black Maria continues, "Blackfoot called you right to me!!" She attacks with "Ice Burn!!" and then insists that big shots from all over the world are after Robin. Black Maria calls Robin "nothing but a burden to your crew" and says that is why it was so easy to lure her here. The attack is both physical and psychological: Black Maria uses Sanji's call for help as proof that Robin's friends endanger her, hoping to turn the Straw Hats' trust into a weakness.