## One Piece Chapter 224, pages 13-15: Stop Dreamin'! - Chapter: 224 - Pages: 13-15 - Characters: Bellamy, Nami, Zoro, Luffy, unidentified patrons ### Summary Page 13: Bellamy finally calms down, sitting back on a stool and wiping his eyes. "Whoo, boy. You sure surprised me. Just where the hell did you hicks come from?" He looks at them with a mix of pity and amusement. "You seriously believe in an old legend like that? About an island floating in the sky...!?" The crowd continues to chuckle, "Hahaha! What ERA are you from...!?" Bellamy begins to explain, "Grand Line's bizarre ocean currents are being explained one by one these days. The 'knock-up stream' is one such phenomenon." He smirks at Zoro and Nami. "But I bet you three hicks don't even know about the knock-up stream... Ships that get hit by the knock-up stream are blasted high up into the sky." He continues his lecture, "But for the sailors who had no idea about the phenomenon, all they saw were ships and wreckages falling from the sky. So they imagined a whole other world up in the clouds, on islands floating in the sky!" Luffy listens silently, his face bruised from the earlier attack. Bellamy concludes, "What a bunch of simpletons! There's always a logical reason for phenomena! All fanciful reasons for dreams can be explained away!" Page 14: Bellamy's expression darkens into a menacing scowl. "What a letdown... I came to test you to see if you were worthy of joining my crew for the coming new age... But what a bunch of dreamin' fools you are..." He stands up, turning his back to Luffy, and addresses the entire bar, his voice booming. "LISTEN UP! THE AGE OF PIRATES WHO DREAM IS OVER!" He throws his arms wide. "THE CITY OF GOLD!? THE EMERALD CAPITAL!? THE SECRET TREASURE ONE PIECE!?" He turns back to glare at Luffy, who stares back blankly. "Fools whose eyes are clouded by the treasures of their dreams will never seize the real gains right below their noses! It's always the ones who most bravely navigate these rough waters in this age of sail, That die after being jerked around some bullshit fantasy all their lives! And people remark on guys like them..." Page 15: Bellamy finishes his speech with a mocking tone, "'He was happy to have lived for his dream!' THE TRADEMARK WORDS OF A LOSER! HAHA HAHA!" Suddenly, his demeanor shifts to pure rage. "When I see dreamin' idiots like you... I JUST CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF!" With a swift, violent motion, Bellamy grabs a thick glass bottle and smashes it directly into Luffy's face. The bottle shatters upon impact, sending glass shards and alcohol flying. Luffy takes the blow head-on, his expression unchanging despite the attack. Zoro watches intently, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword, waiting for a signal. Nami screams in horror, "LUFFY!"