## One Piece Chapter 73, pages 16-17: THE MONSTER FROM GRAND LINE - Chapter: 73 - Pages: 16-17 - Characters: Usopp, Chew, Arlong, Kuroobi, Nami, Arlong Pirates ### Summary Page 16: Usopp struggles in Chew's grip, pleading frantically, "R-RIGHT!? THEN W-WHY DON'T YOU... JUST LET ME GO, HUH!? THAT UHH... THING I DID EARLIER WAS JUST MY WAY OF SAYING HELLO! EVERYONE IN MY HOMETOWN SAYS HELLO THAT WAY!" Arlong glares menacingly at Usopp, his sharp teeth bared. "THAT PIPSQUEAK AIN'T NEARLY ENOUGH TO SATISFY MY RAGE RIGHT NOW..." Chew looks around the devastated courtyard and asks, "CHU! WAIT A MINUTE... WHAT HAPPENED HERE!?" Usopp realizes, "COULD IT HAVE BEEN... ZORO!?" Kuroobi asks Arlong, "BUT HOW DID HE ESCAPE...? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THIS LINE OF THOUGHT, ARLONG?" Kuroobi turns suspicion toward Nami, who is standing nearby. "MAYBE NAMI PURPOSELY BROUGHT HIM HERE, SO HE COULD TRY TO TAKE YOUR HEAD...?" The other fishmen start murmuring. "NAMI!?" "NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT, SHE WAS ACTING PRETTY FUNNY TODAY...." "HMM... YEAH, SHE DID DIVE INTO THE WATER TO SAVE HIM...!" Page 17: Nami turns around, looking furious. She yells, "ALRIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH! DON'T JUST MAKE CONCLUSIONS FROM FALSE PREMISES! JUST WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY!?" A fishman in the background mutters, "BETRAYING PEOPLE, IS HER SPECIALTY, AFTER ALL." Nami turns her back to them, prominently displaying the Arlong Pirates tattoo on her left shoulder. "8 YEARS AGO, I SWORE ON THIS TATTOO THAT I'D BE A MEMBER OF THE ARLONG PIRATES! SO WHY WOULD I RISK ALL OF THAT BY PULLING A STUPID STUNT LIKE THIS!? IT WON'T EVEN BE LONG BEFORE I RAISE UP THE PROMISED AMOUNT," Usopp watches her, shocked, thinking, "NAMI! SO YOU'RE REALLY..." Arlong bursts into laughter, holding his hand up appeasingly. "OF COURSE. MY BAD, MY BAD. I APOLOGIZE FOR DOUBTING YOU. CONSIDERING YOU'VE BEEN NOTHING BUT A LOYAL CREWMEMBER FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS, YOU'RE CERTAINLY MORE THAN JUSTIFIED TO GET ANGRY AT US. WE WERE A LITTLE TOO RASH BUT WE BELIEVE YOU." Nami glares silently, thinking to herself, "THAT ZORO...! HE JUST HAD TO GO AND CAUSE MORE UNNECESSARY TROUBLE...!"