Page 0: - Garp declares he was sleeping with wide laughing expression and relaxed posture. - Inset shows Coby and Helmeppo in panic while handling cannon accident. Page 1: - Luffy excitedly invites Crocus to join as crew doctor. - Crocus reacts with surprise to the doctor invitation and explains his past clinic work. - Crew comments on the watery interior and questions Crocus’s lifestyle inside the whale. - Crocus states he will open the gate now. Page 2: - Luffy shouts that they are out and can see the real sky. - Luffy questions whether the liquid is stomach acid. - Mr. 9 claims they were knocked out by pirates. - Miss Wednesday corrects that they are in a real ocean. Page 3: - Miss Wednesday states their organization may have use for the crew. - Mr. 9 suggests the crew’s pirate status makes it their business. - Luffy tells them to shut up and asks who they are. - Crocus declares the whale will soon be theirs and attacks. - Luffy reacts to hearing the name Miss Wednesday. Page 4: - Narrator questions if Laboon still believes its friends will return. - Narrator notes Laboon has waited fifty years. - Sanji concludes the absent pirates are long dead. - Usopp recalls the two-to-three year promise made to Laboon. - Crocus remarks the pirates are taking a long time in the Grand Line. Page 5: - Crocus states the truth is far more cruel. - Usopp protests that the whale's story is moving. - Sanji insists the pirates might still return. - Sanji accuses Crocus of being cold. - Crocus reveals the pirates left the Grand Line. - Nami reacts with shock to the revelation. - Crocus confirms the pirates departed via calm belt. Page 6: - Crocus describes the Grand Line as a place ruled by fear. - Crocus notes common sense fails there. - Usopp cries out about the cruelty of abandonment. - Crocus tells Laboon he has spoken the full truth. - Crocus states Laboon refuses to listen. - Nami asks why Crocus keeps telling the whale the truth. Page 7: - Crocus tells Laboon the pirates have already left the Grand Line. - Crocus states the crew will never return. - Crocus notes Laboon believes the promise was kept. - Luffy's silhouette observes the confrontation silently.