## One Piece Chapter 5.3: THE PIRATE KING AND THE GREAT SWORDSMAN - Chapter: 5.3 - Pages: 1-19 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, dolphin, Helmeppo, Marines, Koby, Morgan, Shimotsuki Kuina, dojo students, dojo adults, dojo master ### Summary Page 1: The title page reads 'CHAPTER 5 THE PIRATE KING AND THE GREAT SWORDSMAN'. The illustration shows Monkey D. Luffy sitting at a white wooden table on a sunny deck, sharing a drink with a large blue dolphin. They both have straws in their glasses of orange juice. Luffy wears his signature straw hat, a red vest, and blue shorts. In the background, Roronoa Zoro stands leaning against a white pillar, drinking from a glass, with his three swords sheathed at his hip. Two smaller dolphins leap out of the ocean water behind them under a bright blue sky with fluffy clouds and a yellow and orange beach umbrella. Page 2: Monkey D. Luffy runs down a hallway, dragging a screaming and crying Helmeppo by the collar of his suit. Helmeppo's face is stretched in panic as he slides across the floor. Luffy demands, 'Hurry up and tell me where Zoro's swords are!' Helmeppo stammers, 'I'll... I'll tell you...!! Just stop dragging me!!' Luffy stops and says, 'Okay! Spill it!' Helmeppo, panting heavily, reveals, 'They're inside my room. We... we already walked past it.' Annoyed, Luffy punches Helmeppo squarely in the face, yelling, 'Why didn't you say so earlier?' Helmeppo cries out in pain. Luffy then kicks open a door, but stops in his tracks. Inside the room, three Marines are standing with their rifles aimed directly at the doorway. One of them orders, 'Don't move!! Raise your hands above your head!' Page 3: Faced with the armed Marines, Luffy quickly grabs Helmeppo and holds him up in front of himself as a human shield. The Marines are shocked, exclaiming, 'What...!! You're actually using Helmeppo-sama as your shield...!!' Luffy confidently taunts them, 'Go ahead and shoot!!' The Marines open fire anyway, and a barrage of bullets hits Helmeppo. Helmeppo screams in agony, 'AAAAAH!!' as he takes the hits. He falls to his knees, clutching his bleeding shoulder, crying, 'I've been shot! Bleeding!! I'm bleeding!' Ignoring Helmeppo's plight, Luffy grabs him by the collar again and resumes running down the hallway, dragging the wounded Helmeppo behind him as he screams. Page 4: Back at the execution grounds, Roronoa Zoro is still tied to the wooden cross. Koby runs up to him, panting heavily and bleeding from a gunshot wound on his shoulder. Zoro looks down at him and asks, 'Are you alright......?' Koby falls to his knees in front of Zoro, desperately trying to untie the ropes. He cries, 'No!!... I've... got to set you free as soon as possible...!! They're almost here...' Zoro tells him, 'Run for your life. Hurry and lea... There is no need to worry about me. As long as I can stand this for a month, they'll set me free.' Koby, tears streaming down his face, reveals the truth: 'They will not set you free!! Because they're gonna kill you in three days!! Nonsense...! That bastard promised me that if I could survive this for a month, he'd free me...' Page 5: Koby continues explaining the situation to Zoro, revealing Helmeppo's deception. 'He never intended to keep his promise! Because he was toying with you!!' A flashback panel shows Luffy punching Helmeppo in the face. Koby adds, 'That's why Luffy-san punched him on your behalf...!!!' Zoro is stunned, his eyes widening as he asks, 'Wh... what did you just say...?!!!' Koby, sweating and desperate, pleads with Zoro: 'The Marines will never let the two of you off! Please!! After I set you free, please help rescue Luffy-san!! Luffy-san is very strong!! As long as you two join forces, you all will definitely be able to escape this town!! Definitely!!' Zoro looks down, conflicted, and replies, 'I will not force you to become a pirate, however, he's my savior!!' Page 6: Suddenly, two Marines rush up behind Koby, aiming their rifles at him and Zoro. One of them shouts, 'That's enough!! The two of you who have betrayed Captain Morgan... Die here!!!' Koby screams in terror, while Zoro glares fiercely at the Marines, sweating but unable to move. Meanwhile, inside the Marine base, Luffy bursts into a lavishly decorated room, still dragging the unconscious Helmeppo. He looks around and spots a sword stand holding three katanas in front of a suit of armor. Luffy grins and says, 'Alright!! Found the katana!! Is this the room?' Page 7: Luffy approaches the sword stand and looks at the three katanas. He turns to Helmeppo, who is slumped against the wall with a bruised face and foaming at the mouth, and asks, 'Oi! Which one belongs to Zoro? But there are three katanas here..' Realizing Helmeppo is out cold, Luffy says, 'What's wrong? Did you faint?' Luffy then glances out the nearby window and notices something outside. 'What's happening at the execution grounds...?' he wonders. He looks closer and gasps, 'Coby!' Down in the courtyard, Captain Morg...