## One Piece Chapter 1035, pages 9-11: Zoro vs. King - Chapter: 1035 - Pages: 9-11 - Characters: Kaido, King, Alber, World Government, Lunarians, Roronoa Zoro, Wado Ichimonji, Sandai Kitetsu, Enma ### Summary Page 9: A flashback shows Kaido finding the imprisoned Lunarian Alber in a government research facility. Kaido says, "You're a Lunarian. The government will never let you go. I saw their experiments to test your endurance." He declares that he is leaving to form his own pirate crew, and when Alber asks whether he is in Guinea Pig, Kaido answers that he is the only one who can change the world. The test subjects have escaped, and Kaido asks Alber his name. After hearing it, Kaido gives him a new one: "From today onwards, you're my right-hand man!! You have the power worthy of a stronger name... call yourself King!! Stand by me and I'll never sell you out!!" Page 10: Back in the present, Zoro strikes with "Purgatory Onigiri!!" and cuts King, but the attack does not do lasting damage while King's flame is burning. Zoro immediately notes, "His flame is burning... That attack didn't do any damage." King answers with "Imperial Flaming Dragon!!" and releases a huge fire-dragon attack, which Zoro compares to magma. The page confirms the rule of King's power in action: when his flame is active, his defense is extraordinary, and Zoro must not waste his strongest attacks into that state. At the same time, King's offensive fire is so intense that Zoro has to respect it as a deadly finishing threat. Page 11: The clash continues through shattered stone and fire. Zoro sees King's sword and body coming at him again and mutters, "That sword again..." King attacks from above while Zoro refuses to back down. Zoro tells him, "You're not taking away... these named swords of mine!!" The line ties the fight back to the previous chapter's focus on Wado Ichimonji, Sandai Kitetsu, and Enma. King is not just trying to beat Zoro physically; he keeps attacking the weapons that define Zoro's identity as a swordsman. Zoro's answer is absolute: the swords he has chosen and been chosen by are not something King can strip from him.