## One Piece Chapter 617, pages 11-12: Major Incident on Coral Hill - Chapter: 617 - Pages: 11-12 - Characters: Usopp, Brook, Roronoa Zoro, Hody Jones ### Summary Page 11: The Rafflesia attack fills the hall with a horrible stench. Fish-men and pirates alike scream, "Guaaaa hhh!!! It stinks!!!" while Hody mutters, "Ugh... What a petty attack!" The confusion gives Brook and Usopp a moment to act, but Zoro's situation worsens. Brook says, "...It's no use," and someone warns, "Zorooo!! The water is getting too deep!!!" Zoro, straining against the flood, says, "I have a request. Could you get those two out of here for me?!" When asked, "What of yourself...?" he answers with the obvious problem: "Well, nobody's going to escape if someone doesn't hold him off, are they...?" Zoro chooses to stay behind and stall Hody, even though the seawater is draining his strength and the fight favors a fish-man. Page 12: Zoro and Hody face each other underwater in the flooded palace. Hody, grinning, says, "I hope you're not planning... to get in the way of my coup d'etat..." Zoro's expression remains cold, swords ready despite the water. The confrontation is quiet compared with the chaos around them, but it is the chapter's center of force: Hody has the home-field advantage and a palace full of soldiers as leverage, while Zoro is choosing to become the obstacle anyway. The page leaves the two fighters suspended in water, Hody's shark teeth bared and Zoro's blades drawn, as if the whole palace has narrowed to the question of whether a human swordsman can hold back the rebellion's leader below the sea.