## One Piece Chapter 709: King Punch!! - Chapter: 709 - Pages: 0-17 - Characters: Caribou, Gabull, Bartolomeo, Hack, Monkey D. Luffy, Gatz, Blue Gilly, Bellamy, Ricky, Dagama, Donquixote Doflamingo, Elizabello II, Franky, Thunder Soldier, Wicca ### Summary Page 0: Chapter 709 is titled "King Punch!!" The cover story reads: "Caribou's Kehihihihi in the New World - Volume 28 - Run away quickly, Gabull, you can't fight any longer." The cover continues Caribou's mistaken-identity cover serial, showing the Gabull situation escalating as the plea to flee frames him as a man being pushed into danger. Page 1: The aftermath of Bartolomeo's invisible defense leaves Hack defeated on the stone. The audience screams as the fish-man fighter goes down: "...!! Hack has been beaten!!" and "Kyahh." Luffy, still watching from the contestants' side, can only stare and ask, "What was that?" The announcer identifies the fallen man clearly as "Fishman Karate master, '100th Degree Black Belt Hack'!!" Even people who had supported Bartolomeo are disgusted by the result because Hack seems to have lost to something they cannot see or understand. One spectator complains, "Even though we were supporting him, he lost to that chicken-headed bastard!!" Another warns the commentator, "Gats-san, you've got to report this without bias!!" The battlefield keeps thinning while confusion spreads: "It's still hard to say who the winner will be!!" and "24 contestants remain in B-block!!" Bartolomeo's victory over Hack changes the mood from simple violence to fear of an unknown ability. Page 2: B-block continues without pause. Bartolomeo laughs at the wounded fighters and announces that the chaos has reached the right moment: "Gamahaha... Everyone's good and wounded!! ...This is the perfect time." He calls out, "Hey, Blue Gilly!?" Bellamy, seeing Bartolomeo's shameless behavior, mutters, "Such cheek..." while Bartolomeo grins and says, "Let's end this thing...!!" Blue Gilly answers with action rather than words. His long leg whips through the battlefield with a sharp "Hyao!!" and slams into a nearby opponent, scattering stone and bodies. The page shows the fighters realizing that the remaining contestants are no longer simply trading blows; some are choosing the exact moment when everyone else is damaged and exposed. Bartolomeo is openly inviting Blue Gilly to help finish the round, and Blue Gilly's kick confirms that the plan is already moving. Page 3: The announcer calls out how rapidly skilled fighters are falling: "Skilled fighters are falling, one after the other!!" Even Ricky, the mysterious gladiator, cannot ignore what is happening around him: "Even the mysterious gladiator, Ricky, won't see his ambitions come to light!!" Blue Gilly proves his ferocity as someone asks, "What did you hope to cut with a bladeless sword!?" and another shouts, "That Blue Gilly is fierce!!!" A fighter addresses him as "Mister!" but Blue Gilly's attack has already done its work. Ricky, still standing amid the dust, breathes heavily: "...Haa... haa." His hatred remains fixed elsewhere as he mutters, "Doflamingo!! I hate you...!! I hate this cheering...!!" At the edge of the ring, Dagama's plan becomes visible. He notes, "The numbers have really thinned, thanks to Dagama's plan." He tells his group, "When he gives the sign, we'll break this formation!!" and then, "Now, we just have to let the true winner..." The trap around King Elizabello is nearly ready. Page 4: Dagama's protected formation suddenly collapses from within. Fighters who were supposed to hold their positions are kicked aside, and someone shouts, "Don't lose your positions!! How were you brought down from behind!?" Blue Gilly stands in the middle of the fallen guards while the men around him cry, "Uwah hhhhh hhh!!!" and "Chyoe ahhhh hhh!!" Dagama realizes the betrayal and curses, "...!! Dagama... you!!" Blue Gilly looks down coldly and says, "I was assigned as the 'dog hunter'..." Dagama understands too late that the mercenary he trusted was hired to turn on him. Blue Gilly offers a practical excuse: "Good work, you naive dogs!!! If it's compensation you're looking for, you'll get it later!!" He has not merely helped Bartolomeo; he has dismantled Dagama's defensive wall around Elizabello, exposing the king just as his charged punch nears completion. Page 5: Blue Gilly presses the betrayal further, telling Dagama, "I'm leaving this to you, long-leg man!!" while Dagama screams back, "Dagama, you schemer!!" Elizabello's remaining guards are scattered, and one voice comments, "Hnmph!! Brainless fighters will never be more than pawns on the battlefield!!" Dagama had treated others as tools, but Blue Gilly turns that logic back on him. Bellamy watches from nearby and prepares to move, while Blue Gilly declares, "And with your back turned to me, I'll be the one to end you!!" He targets Elizabello directly, but Bellamy's spring-loaded body snaps across the ring first. A massive "Bag!!!!" marks Bellamy's h...