## One Piece Chapter 29: SLOPES - Chapter: 29 - Pages: 0-20 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Nami, Usopp, Jango, Black Cat Pirates, Roronoa Zoro ### Summary Page 0: The title page features an illustration of Luffy and Nami snowboarding down a snowy slope. Luffy is upside down on his snowboard, wearing winter gear including a patterned hat and goggles. Nami is riding upright beside him, smiling, dressed in a plaid jacket and a beanie, carrying a large backpack. The chapter title "CHAPTER 29 'SLOPES'" is displayed at the top. Page 1: Usopp stands alone at the top of a steep dirt slope, looking down at the large crew of Black Cat Pirates gathered at the bottom. A loud "DO--N!" sound effect emphasizes the tense standoff. Jango, wearing his signature heart-shaped glasses and a large hat, looks up at Usopp and asks, "Who overheard our plans. What do you want? You're the one..." Usopp is sweating profusely and panting, "HUFF HUFF". He thinks to himself in panic, "Huh? Where the hell is that guy.... Wasn't he running ahead of me?" wondering where Luffy went. Page 2: Usopp strikes a dramatic, wide-stanced pose, pointing down at the pirates, and shouts a bluff: "I have a 100 million crewmen waiting to kill you all! I'm warning you! Retreat now!!" The pirate crew is initially shocked and intimidated. One yells, "Captain! He's only lying!" while another stammers, "So... soo many!" Jango, however, is completely unbothered. He retorts, "What!? 100 million crewmen?! Only an idiot would fall for that..." The pirates quickly realize the lie, saying, "Do you think we're 2 year-olds?" Usopp sweats nervously, thinking, "Ah! They saw through my lie!" Jango glares up at him, saying, "You bastard, how dare you lie to me..." Page 3: Nami suddenly appears behind Usopp, carrying a large, heavy sack over her shoulder. She cheerfully announces, "It's quite a lot... probably worth around 4... no, 5 million Beli! We found treasure on that weird boat over there!" The pirates below are surprised by the news. One yells, "Captain Jango! Good news! What! You found food?!" Another corrects him, "Not food!" Usopp's jaw drops in shock as he repeats, "...5 million Beli...!" He wonders to himself, "5 million? Why would those guys have so much money..." Jango steps forward and declares angrily, "That is my treasure!" Nami immediately counters from the top of the slope, "But! I can give it to you!!" Page 4: Usopp points down the slope and yells a new proposition: "Yes! I will give you the treasure, but you must retreat!!" The pirates are taken aback by the offer. One says, "Give... Give it to us!?" Another adds, "What... Trying to bribe us?" A caption identifies the men as pirates as they insist, "We are not as low as you think!" Jango smirks confidently and replies, "Of course we're going to take the treasure! But, we don't have to retreat!" Usopp grits his teeth in frustration, thinking, "That sly bastard! Idiot..." Page 5: Jango holds up his pendulum ring by its string and begins to swing it, saying, "Look at this... After I say '1, 2, Jango', you will let us pass! One... Two..." Usopp stares at the swinging ring, recognizing it in panic: "That's the thing he used before...!" Before Jango can finish, Nami swings her staff and strikes Usopp hard on the back of the head with a loud "TWHOOP" and "GAAAN!!". Usopp falls forward from the blow. Nami yells at him, "You idiot!" Jango's hypnosis is interrupted mid-sentence, "Jang..." The pirates are confused by the sudden attack. One asks, "Who the heck is that girl?" Another yells, "Captain! This isn't the time to let us pass!" Page 6: Nami points her staff threateningly at the pirates below and shouts, "All the treasure on that boat belongs to me! Don't you dare take anything! Put it all back! Do you hear me?" Usopp, sitting on the ground and rubbing his bruised head, complains, "Ouch... You could have just told me! How can you give away someone else's treasure!" Nami looks at him incredulously, "What are you talking about? I just saved you!" Usopp asks, "What!?" Nami points down at Jango and explains, "Like I said, don't look at his pendulum! He's a hypnotist!" Usopp realizes the danger, repeating, "A hypnotist?" Page 7: Nami asks Usopp, "Where's Luffy? Wasn't he running ahead of you?" Usopp replies, "I don't know! I was running behind him, but he disappeared from my sight so fast..." Nami looks worried, "Maybe he got lost!? Damn... at a critical time like this!" She then turns to Usopp and commands, "Now... you charge ahead! I'll cover you from here..." Usopp is shocked and protests, "Why me!?" Usopp then argues for himself, saying, "How can I beat them? I'm weak! Don't think just because I'm a man, that I'm stronger! Can't you see that I'm shaking in fear? Look at my legs!" His legs are indeed trembling violently. Down below, the pirates are getting impatient, yelling, "They forgot about us! I can't even move! I bet you're only lying!" Page 8: The Black Cat Pirates charge up the slope, weapons raise...