## One Piece Chapter 445: The Zombie - Chapter: 445 - Pages: 0-16 - Characters: Enel, Hildon, Nami, Usopp, Chopper ### Summary Page 0: Chapter 445: "The Zombie" opens with Enel's Great Space Mission Vol. 15, "Space Pirates' Moon Remains Excavation Plan." On the moon, the space pirates gather around excavation machinery and strange remains while Enel's moon-side cover story continues. Page 1: Hildon's carriage rattles through the eerie forest of Thriller Bark. Usopp peers outside and says, "HEY... I COULDN'T REALLY SEE THE HORSES THAT ARE PULLING THIS CARRIAGE VERY WELL..." Nami answers uneasily, "BUT AREN'T THEY A LITTLE... DIFFERENT?" Hildon laughs it off: "IT MUST BE YOUR IMAGINATION... HEE HEE." When the strange animals come into view, Chopper asks, "IS THAT SO...?" Hildon pauses and says, "IF THAT'S THE CASE..." while the odd horse-like creatures pull the carriage deeper into the darkness. Page 2: Inside the carriage, Nami thanks Hildon politely: "ANYWAY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR RESCUING US FROM DANGER." Hildon offers, "HERE, HAVE SOME WINE," but Nami refuses, "NO, NO..." He warns them, "THIS FOREST HAS MANY STRANGE ANIMALS, SO EVEN WALKING AROUND IS DANGEROUS." Chopper admits, "YUP, I'M SURPRISED!! I ALWAYS THOUGHT CERBERUS WAS AN IMAGINARY CREATURE." Usopp worries that the creatures must be mutations because of their creepy appearance. Hildon recommends their destination: "IF YOU'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR YOUR NAKAMA, THE MANSION WOULD BE YOUR BEST BET. IT STANDS OUT AND IT'S SAFE, TOO." Chopper brightens at the name Hogback: "MAYBE I CAN MEET DR. HOGBACK, TOO!!" Usopp asks, "IS HE THAT FAMOUS?" Hildon says, "THERE'S NOT A SINGLE DOCTOR THAT DOESN'T KNOW HIS NAME! HE'S A 'GENIUS SURGEON'!!" He adds that Hogback "HAS SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES USING MIRACULOUS OPERATIONS!!" and gathered worldwide respect and fame. Page 3: Hildon continues the story of Hogback's disappearance: "BUT ONE DAY, HE SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED." Rumors said it was either a disappearance or an abduction, causing "A BIG COMMOTION IN THE MEDICAL WORLD," but no one had any clues, and "THE NAME 'HOGBACK' BECAME A LEGEND." Chopper confirms, "AND IT'S THE DR. HOGBACK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, RIGHT?" Hildon answers, "YES, WE ARE. THE DOCTOR IS STILL SPENDING HIS TIME RESEARCHING BEYOND CURRENT HUMAN KNOWLEDGE." Nami wonders, "CAN I GET HIS AUTOGRAPH!!?" then calmly says, "I THINK THAT'D BE FINE." Suddenly something in the forest catches Nami's eye. She sees a lion-like shape and whispers, "THIS FOREST... EVEN HAS LIONS!!" Chopper looks too and rejects it: "NO...!!" Page 4: The creature steps close enough for them to see the impossible: a stitched lion face where a man's side should be, grinning with a sound of "GRIN." Chopper freezes: "............??" and the trio erupts, "!!!?" Nami and Usopp scream, "KYAAAAH!!" and "GYAAAAH!!!" Chopper protests, "B-BUT I... JUST SAW A L-LION OUT-SIDE..." Hildon says, "DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT!! WHAT'S WRONG!!?" Nami sketches what she saw and says, "SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS." Chopper insists, "THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!" Hildon tells them, "THEN CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF," and Usopp nervously looks outside: "SEE?" Page 5: The forest outside seems alive with bizarre creatures and mocking music. A chorus sings, "It's prey, it's prey, kekekekeke," as ghosts and stitched monsters dance among the trees. Usopp shouts, "THERE WAS SOMETHING!!!" and then, louder, "THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING OUT THERE!!!" The carriage window reveals strange faces pressing close, but every time Nami, Usopp, and Chopper look directly, the figures seem to vanish into the fog and trees. Page 6: Nami asks Hildon to stop: "PLEASE STOP, HILDON-SAN! CAN YOU PLEASE STOP THE CARRIAGE FOR A MOMENT!?" He asks, "WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU SEEM TO BE IN A FLURRY... DID YOU SEE A HALLUCINATION OR SOME-THING?" Chopper insists, "THAT WASN'T A HALLUCINATION!! THERE WAS SOME-THING OUT THERE!!" Nami agrees: "SOME-THING'S DEFINITELY STRANGE IN THIS FOREST!!" Hildon explains calmly, "AND WITH THIS DEEP FOG AND THE FEAR IT CAUSES, SOME PEOPLE START TO SEE THINGS." Usopp panics, "EH? SO IT WAS JUST A HALLUCINATION? THANK GOODNESS!!" then immediately reverses himself: "NO, NO...!! HALLUCINATION!? ... NO... IT WAS TOO CLEAR TO BE A HALLUCINATION...!!" Nami decides, "HILDON-SAN, WE'RE REALLY SORRY, BUT CAN YOU TURN AROUND AND TAKE US BACK TO THE SHORE? EVEN IF IT'S DANGEROUS, WE'LL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT FROM THERE." Chopper protests, "WHAAT!? THEN WE CAN'T MEET DR. HOGBACK!! I WANNA MEET HIM!!!" Hildon says he understands, but warns that they need his special ability, the "SOMETHING'S VERY WRONG SENSOR," at a time like this. Page 7: Hildon presses Chopper with a cruel choice: "WOULD YOU RATHER DIE TRYING TO MEET THAT DOCTOR... OR LEAVE THE ISLAND ALIVE WITHOUT MEETING HIM? WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?" Chopper answers, "...!! OF COURSE... I DON'T WANT TO DIE...!! NOR BE SCARED." Hildon says, "IS THAT SO? THEN I WILL TELL THE MEN TO DO SO. PLEASE WAIT FOR A MOMENT." He calls, "S...