## One Piece Chapter 356, pages 9-11: Tom - Chapter: 356 - Pages: 9-11 - Characters: Iceburg, Franky, Tom, Spandam ### Summary Page 9: The crowd begins to understand the political shape of the trap. Someone says, "THEY'VE BEEN DECEIVED BY THE GOVERN-MENT...!!" Another follows the consequences aloud: "WE'LL BE BLAMED FOR THE ATTACK ON THE SHIHOUSEN...!!!" and "THOSE BASTARDS WANT 'THE PLANS'..." The plan is to turn Tom into a criminal again: "THEY'LL INVESTIGATE TOM AS A 'CRIMINAL'...!!!" Iceburg, still wounded, sees no escape. "EVEN WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING...!! CAN YOU STILL SAY YOU'RE NOT TO BLAME!!?" He knows how the authorities will use the scene: "IF IT LOOKS LIKE TOM... WILL BE TAKEN BY THOSE GUYS IN HIS CURRENT STATE..." His grief erupts into a scream aimed at Franky: "THERE'S NO WAY... I'LL EVER FORGIVE YOU!!! FRANKY---!!!" Franky falls silent under the blow: "...!!" A body drops with a small "FLOP," and someone mutters, "KNOCK IT OFF." The emotional damage is now as real as the wreckage. Page 10: Tom interrupts Iceburg's anger, even though he is the one most visibly hurt. A voice cries, "TOM-SAN!!" Tom tells Iceburg, "DON'T TORMENT HIM LIKE THAT, ICE-BURG... FRANKY'S NOT BAD... HE'S GONE TOO FAR THIS TIME, BUT YOU STILL--" Franky, crushed by guilt, tries to apologize: "TOM...!! ...I'M SORRY!!! ...!!" He says, "THIS IS A HARPOON I MADE...!! ONCE IT'S STUCK, I MADE IT SO YOU COULDN'T TAKE IT OUT!" and curses himself, "DAMMIT!!!" Tom refuses the apology as if pain itself were irrelevant. "DON'T APOLO-GIZE." Franky protests, but Tom laughs through the wound: "IT DOESN'T HURT, OR EVEN ITCH!!! TAHA!! ...!!...!!" Then the crowd notices the authorities arriving. "LOOK, THERE THEY ARE!!!" "...? TOM IS DOWN!!" "ISN'T ALL OF THIS THEIR DOING...!?" Someone asks, "WHAT'S WITH THOSE INJUR-IES?" Tom's Workers recognize the men: "THEY'RE GUYS FROM TOWN!!!" Page 11: The authorities close in while the town watches. One official says, "WELL THEN!!" Another asks with chilling normalcy, "SHALL WE ALL HEAD BACK TO THE CITY?" Franky explodes at Spandam, mangling his name in rage: "SPANDA, YOU SACK OF CRAP!!" Spandam smiles back and corrects him with contempt: "IT'S SPANDA...M!! ...YOU CRIMINALS...!!" The accusation is already staged for the public. Tom, Franky, and Iceburg are brought before the city as if the verdict had already been decided. A voice declares, "HERE ARE THE CULPRITS!!!" The wide scene places the wounded fish-man at the center, with Franky and Iceburg beside him under the gaze of citizens and agents. The chapter's court has become a spectacle: not a search for truth, but a display of captured criminals prepared by the same man who caused the attack.