## One Piece Chapter 1045, pages 3-5: Next Level - Chapter: 1045 - Pages: 3-5 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Kaido, Yamato, Kozuki Momonosuke ### Summary Page 3: Kaido lunges and bites Luffy, calling him a bastard, and Luffy screams as he is caught between the dragon's teeth. Luffy begins another "Gomu Gomu no..." while Kaido's body coils around him, and the collision becomes more absurd than brutal. Kaido chomps down and swallows or traps Luffy inside his dragon form, but Luffy's rubbery body keeps moving inside him. The page emphasizes the strange tone of the renewed rooftop battle: it is still a life-or-death clash against an Emperor, but Gear Fifth turns the violence into a cartoonish physical gag where even being bitten and swallowed becomes material for Luffy's next move. Page 4: Luffy inflates himself inside Kaido with "Balloon!!" and Kaido's dragon body swells into a huge round shape. Yamato and Momonosuke react in shock from below, while Kaido groans that Luffy is a little pest. The inflated dragon writhes and bulges as Luffy stretches from the inside, turning Kaido's body into rubber-like material against Kaido's will. The page makes the new freedom of Gear Fifth unmistakable: Luffy is not simply bouncing attacks away from his own body, but forcing the same elastic logic onto Kaido's form. What should be an impossible internal trap becomes a joke at Kaido's expense. Page 5: Momonosuke and Yamato look up at the swollen dragon and ask what is happening. Yamato wonders whether this is some form of Luffy's, while Momonosuke says it looks like Kaido put on weight. Kaido complains that Luffy's body is meant to be rubbery, not his, but Luffy's face and limbs stretch through Kaido's body in bizarre ways. Luffy says "Gomu Gomu no..." while his eyes shine as if he can see a way out. The page shows that the awakened power is affecting Kaido directly: his eyes, mouth, and body all distort under Luffy's internal movement, making Kaido experience the same rubber reality that Luffy normally imposes on himself.