## One Piece Chapter 720, pages 17-18: The Gladiator Prisoners - Chapter: 720 - Pages: 17-18 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Rebecca, Gladiator Prisoners, Donquixote Doflamingo, Donquixote Family, Soldier ### Summary Page 17: Luffy mistakes the bandaged prisoners for corpses and asks, "Eh... mummies?" They snap back, "We're not mummies!!!" Then they explain who they are: "We're the gladiator prisoners." Rebecca, they say, is made to keep fighting until they meet their deaths in the ring as a show for the audience. The reason is political: every one of them opposed the Donquixote Family at some point. Doflamingo has promised that a gladiator who reaches a hundred wins will walk free, but even the most skilled fighter is bound to break after about a hundred death matches, and anyone caught plotting escape is promised execution. So they are left with no choice. Luffy hears that before Doflamingo became king, these gladiatorial fights did not exist at all; under his rule, the country has seen splendor and also the worst darkness. Page 18: Rebecca reveals why she entered the tournament. She decided that day, "I would win this tournament, at any cost," and obtain the power of the Mera Mera no Mi so she can take revenge on Doflamingo. The prisoners explain that Soldier-san intends to sacrifice his own life to bring everything down, and that he will wage war against Doflamingo. Rebecca says that today, to free them, the forces led by Soldier-san are going into action. Luffy asks whether Soldier-san is brave, and one prisoner answers that he is always by Rebecca's side. Rebecca cries, "I'm sick of always being protected!! This time, I'm going to protect Soldier-san!!!" The chapter closes on her tears and resolve as the note says, "This country's darkness after 10 years say it all!!!"