Page 8: - Luffy calls out 'HEY...' while extending hand toward the dog and key. - Luffy yells in pain that the key is not food and demands the dog cough it up during the bite struggle. Page 9: - Boodle shouts not to pick on the dog and calls the group whippersnappers. - Zoro asks who the old timer is. - Boodle declares he is the mayor of the town and demands recognition. Page 10: - Boodle notes the injured boy lost blood and points to his nearby house. - Luffy asks where Zoro was taken. - Boodle explains Zoro refused the doctor and chose to sleep instead. - Nami realizes the dog is guarding the pet food store. - Boodle confirms the dog's name is Chouchou. Page 11: - Boodle recalls that a friend opened the store with Chouchou ten years ago. - Flashback owner tells Chouchou to guard the shop and not eat the merchandise. - Nami asks if the owner is at the refugee shelter. - Boodle states the shop holds memories but calls the dog's continued guarding cruel. - Boodle notes Chouchou has been fighting pirates and points out his wounds. Page 12: - Boodle asserts the master is not dead while seated and smoking with firm conviction. - Luffy explains the master got sick and passed on from inside the cage. - Boodle states he left the shop in the dog's charge during his hospital stay. - Boodle notes the master went to the hospital three months ago. - Boodle insists his belief differs from what everybody says in a close-up serious tone. - Boodle suggests the dog has been waiting for his master the whole time. Page 13: - Luffy states he thinks the dog knows his master is dead. - Nami remarks that Chouchou is a smart dog. - Boodle explains the bowl is the dog's treasure and the store belonged to the master. - Nami asks why the dog still guards the store. - Boodle concludes the store is all that remains of the beloved master. Page 14: - Boodle explains the dog refuses to leave his post even to the point of starving. - Boodle identifies the roar as coming from Mohji the lion tamer. - Luffy shouts for the dog to run and give him the key as something approaches. Page 15: - Mohji introduces himself as Buggy's first mate and the lion tamer. - Boodle notes that friends appear to have abandoned the group.