## One Piece Chapter 5.3, pages 1-3: THE PIRATE KING AND THE GREAT SWORDSMAN - Chapter: 5.3 - Pages: 1-3 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, dolphin, Helmeppo, Marines ### Summary Page 1: The title page reads 'CHAPTER 5 THE PIRATE KING AND THE GREAT SWORDSMAN'. The illustration shows Monkey D. Luffy sitting at a white wooden table on a sunny deck, sharing a drink with a large blue dolphin. They both have straws in their glasses of orange juice. Luffy wears his signature straw hat, a red vest, and blue shorts. In the background, Roronoa Zoro stands leaning against a white pillar, drinking from a glass, with his three swords sheathed at his hip. Two smaller dolphins leap out of the ocean water behind them under a bright blue sky with fluffy clouds and a yellow and orange beach umbrella. Page 2: Monkey D. Luffy runs down a hallway, dragging a screaming and crying Helmeppo by the collar of his suit. Helmeppo's face is stretched in panic as he slides across the floor. Luffy demands, 'Hurry up and tell me where Zoro's swords are!' Helmeppo stammers, 'I'll... I'll tell you...!! Just stop dragging me!!' Luffy stops and says, 'Okay! Spill it!' Helmeppo, panting heavily, reveals, 'They're inside my room. We... we already walked past it.' Annoyed, Luffy punches Helmeppo squarely in the face, yelling, 'Why didn't you say so earlier?' Helmeppo cries out in pain. Luffy then kicks open a door, but stops in his tracks. Inside the room, three Marines are standing with their rifles aimed directly at the doorway. One of them orders, 'Don't move!! Raise your hands above your head!' Page 3: Faced with the armed Marines, Luffy quickly grabs Helmeppo and holds him up in front of himself as a human shield. The Marines are shocked, exclaiming, 'What...!! You're actually using Helmeppo-sama as your shield...!!' Luffy confidently taunts them, 'Go ahead and shoot!!' The Marines open fire anyway, and a barrage of bullets hits Helmeppo. Helmeppo screams in agony, 'AAAAAH!!' as he takes the hits. He falls to his knees, clutching his bleeding shoulder, crying, 'I've been shot! Bleeding!! I'm bleeding!' Ignoring Helmeppo's plight, Luffy grabs him by the collar again and resumes running down the hallway, dragging the wounded Helmeppo behind him as he screams.