The Ope-Ope Fruit

In "NORTH-WEST TOWN, PRIMLA," the city convulses beneath smoke and ringing alarm marks while the narration declares, "CRIES OF DESPAIR ENVELOP DRESSROSA...!!" A woman screams "KYAH!" as citizens look toward the chaos. Armed townspeople shout, "Are we all out of tranq rounds!?" while animals stampede through the streets, hurting themselves as they try to escape; one beast charges with a deep "BWHOOO" and another scene erupts with "PWHOA" and heavy impact sounds. Amid fallen bodies and ruined masonry, a pirate crew tries to loot the disorder, only for someone to yell, "Stop right there, you bloody pirate!" The pirate protests, "How dare you loot from the scene of a fire!" and a report cuts in: "Vice Admiral Maynard! Sabo and Admiral Isshou have stopped their duel! They're too injured to continue!" Another fighter reacts, "WHAT!?" The page shows Dressrosa's civilians and combatants trying to keep order even as panic, wounded animals, and opportunistic raiders all collide.

Marine voices argue over what to do as chaos spreads. One Marine insists, "...No way! HQ admirals are... the pride of the Marines! Our greatest weapons!" Another grimly wonders, "So is the World Government... some sort of god or something?" Nearby, soldiers and civilians try to restrain the disorder: "Leave the pirates for now!! Just keep trying to control the chaos around you as best you can!" and the reply comes, "Roger!" The page then plunges back into the smoke-filled streets, where buildings are half-hidden by dust, wounded creatures collapse, and citizens scream "WAAAAAH!" At ground level, a massive beast or animal body slumps among rubble while small figures scramble around it, and in the final wide view a lone child-sized figure stands before a city choked by smoke, debris, and the looming sounds of panic. The page holds on the helpless scale of the disaster: official authority has not vanished, but it is overwhelmed, improvising, and morally shaken by the situation.

At the "ROYAL PALACE," smoke and huge sound effects roll around the mountain-like structure while a distant voice cries, "Wait, wait, wait, wait!" On the palace top floor, Doflamingo looms over the fight with his feather coat flaring, Trebol's sticky mass sprawls nearby, Law hangs wounded and exhausted, and Luffy strains beneath Doflamingo's control. Luffy yells "WHOO OOAA!" as his body is forced downward, then tries to resist with clenched teeth and a stretched, trembling grip. The effect text "STRAIN STRAIN" makes the pressure visible, and Luffy groans, "GONMU GONMU GNO..." as if trying to force out his own rubber-powered response. His face twists in panic and pain, shouting "UGAAAAH!" while his hand shakes against the invisible force. The page makes clear that Luffy is not merely fighting Doflamingo's body; he is fighting a cruel restraint, trying to keep from crushing or being crushed in front of Law and Trebol.

Doflamingo brings his attack down in a brutal blow labeled "OCTOPUS STAMP!!!" The strike crashes into Luffy with enormous black impact marks, sending his body buckling while Law and Trebol remain caught in the same broken battlefield. Luffy is thrown and dragged across the stone with a ragged "GUHHH!" as dust bursts around him. He narrowly avoids another crushing hit, twisting away with "KUH!" and gasping, "That was close!" Doflamingo, still upright and composed in the wreckage, says, "It is beyond your comprehension..." while Luffy glares back, confused and furious, marked by a startled "!!?" The page emphasizes the gap between them: Luffy is taking the punishment directly, scraping through debris and impact smoke, while Doflamingo uses the opening to speak from a place of contempt rather than urgency.

Doflamingo's contempt swells as more of the palace floor explodes. He sneers, "What could a mere human... possibly do to a fallen Tenryuubito!? Can you even imagine!?" The blast throws rubble and dust outward with a sharp "GAH!" while Luffy and Law remain battered in the chaos. Luffy, bleeding and furious, shouts, "Do-fake-mingo!!!" but Doflamingo answers with a cold worldview: "Humans are savage creatures." Luffy snaps, "The hell are you talking about?" In a tall panel, a body or piece of debris falls through the palace structure with a long "GUEH!" and heavy sound effects as the fight continues below. The page cuts between Doflamingo's calm, almost philosophical cruelty and the physical reality of bodies being slammed through stone, showing that his speech is not separate from violence but delivered through it.

Law, dripping blood and barely upright, reacts with a tense "!!?" while Doflamingo says, "Let's begin the execution, shall we? We'll start with ...you, Law!" Trebol chuckles from his sticky body, "Behe hehe! Hey~" and admits, "I still don't understand..." Doflamingo presses Law on the mystery of his government power: "Why does a former Tenryuubito like you, fallen from Mariejois... still hold power!? This morning... you mobilized CP0!" A translation note clarifies, "T/N: That's CP Zero." Trebol laughs, "Fufufu!! You've got one foot in death's door and still you seek answers." Doflamingo reveals the reason: "I am part of the inner circles of the holy land, Mariejois! For I know of an important national treasure of theirs! One whose existence alone, if made known to the world, would shake it to its very core!" Law stares through pain as Trebol's patterned slime frames the foreground, and the conversation shifts from battlefield survival to forbidden world secrets.

Doflamingo says that to the Tenryuubito, he is "a deserter with an unbelievable trump card," and that although they try to kill him, he refuses to die because they have no choice but to be cooperative. In a dark memory-like panel, ominous figures declare, "We must kill Doflamingo!" and, "We simply cannot allow that child to live!" Doflamingo explains that if he had possessed the power of Law's Ope Ope no Mi that day, he would have been able to use the treasure of Mariejois and hold the reins of the entire world. Law reacts in shock as Doflamingo turns the explanation toward the fruit itself: "Such is the power you hold! The ability to transplant even personalities..." He adds, "One last thing... are you aware? That if wielded by someone with true brilliance, the Ope Ope no Mi..." The page withholds the final name of the power for the next beat, showing Law's battered face against Doflamingo's manic certainty.

The revelation lands over a view of Dressrosa's tiered city and smoke-wrapped mountain. Doflamingo says the Ope Ope no Mi "has the power to fulfill one of humanity's oldest dreams" and that those who call it the ultimate Devil Fruit are not few. Law answers, "Yes, I am well aware. None of that interests me, however..." Doflamingo identifies the pinnacle technique: "The pinnacle technique of this fruit... is the ability to grant eternal life. Ageless Surgery!" Law's scarred, shadowed face fills the center as the cost is made explicit: "But doing so will cause... the user to forfeit his own life." Doflamingo laughs, "Fufu! Right you are!" and admits, "Truth be told, I had no intention of giving the fruit to you in the first place! Look how you've bitten the hand that so lovingly fed you!" Trebol's eye watches from the side as Doflamingo stands over the battlefield, reframing Law's power as something he wanted to exploit all along.

Doflamingo drives Law backward while recalling how Law was trained: "We taught you every last thing you know about fighting! Diamante's swordplay! Lao G's martial arts! Gladius's marksmanship!" Law remembers the years of violence and then answers Doflamingo's accusation with a defiant truth: "And what I have now is thanks to Cora! I'm grateful. I'll use the power you gave me to eliminate your whole crew!" Trebol reacts with a sharp "!!!" as Law's words cut through the combat. In the lower memory scene, a younger Law stands amid wreckage and says, "I've got bombs too. You better not fuck with pirates!" Someone warns him, "You can't kill people with enthusiasm alone," while another asks, "You serious!? Oi..." The page ties present Law's resolve to his violent childhood, but also names Cora as the source of what Law truly values now.

The flashback begins in "16 YEARS AGO, NORTH BLUE" at "PORT TOWN SPIDER MILES," near a "WASTE PROCESSING PLANT." The Donquixote Family executives Diamante and Trebol tower over a small, spotted-hat boy identified by his speech and context as young Law. They mock him: "Hey heeey~ We heard you're gonna die! When? When are you gonna die?" Law answers, "Three years and two months." When asked, "Did a doctor tell you that?" he replies, "My dead parents were doctors. Look at my medical data. It's plain as day." Trebol laughs, "UHAHAHA! This brat's got brains, eh?" but Law's face hardens as he says, "In the next three years I want to kill as much as I can... destroy as much as I can!" Diamante adds that the last hundred people who tried to join ran back to their mothers in two days or less, and that the boy has "got a screw or... seven loose," but not a problem with taking in kids. A background voice wonders what happened to the captain, and another says, "Like Doffy's gonna waste his time with a newbie."

In the Donquixote Family hideout, Buffalo and Baby 5 spot returning executives and shout, "Lord Trebol and Lord Diamante!" and "Cora-san is back!" Someone tells Law, "Look, those two are kids but they've survived, so to speak... Buffalo and Baby 5. And the guy who's just come back is..." Before the introduction can settle, Corazon enters in silhouette and immediately collapses in a spectacular fall, one leg flung up and his long body sprawled on the floor. The children react with surprise and laughter: "He fell down-suyan?" "Kyaha hahah! He fell!" Law watches with a flat, wary stare, not joining their amusement. The page presents Corazon first as an intimidating returning figure, then undercuts it instantly with slapstick clumsiness, while the adults' black silhouettes and the children in the foreground keep the hideout feeling dangerous despite the comedy.

Corazon's clumsiness continues violently. He trips or missteps into a child, prompting a scream of "KYA!" as Baby 5's body jerks from the impact and Buffalo blurts "BUHE!" In the next sequence, Corazon sits or crouches heavily on the floor while Law stands at a distance, watching in silence. Corazon moves again and crashes through the room, sending bodies and objects flying with heavy sound effects. Baby 5 then politely brings him a drink, saying, "Cora-san! Here's some black tea. It's hot." Corazon takes it, and the cup is shown close to his mouth with a drawn-out sipping sound, but disaster follows immediately: he spits or flails, marked by "PFFFT," and black tea sprays across him and the floor. Baby 5 folds her arms with a pleased, obedient expression while Law keeps observing the strange adult from the margins. The page layers comedy over danger: Corazon is ridiculous, but every movement around him still hurts someone.

The family calls out, "Corazon! Did you finish the job all right?" while another voice demands, "Gimme the haul. Gotta be honest about our money and all." Corazon stumbles in the background with flames and smoke still around him, while Law stands small and still in the center of the room. Someone explains to Law, "Law, you said it was? This guy's an executive too. His name's... Corazon. He's absent-minded and sorta stupid, but... he lives up to his bloodline. He's Captain Doffy's little brother." The explanation adds that some traumatic event caused him to go mute. Corazon then causes another explosion or fall outside, producing a distant "UWAH!" and a small panel of a startled face, before a final warning lands: "Also, he hates kids. You've been warned." Law's face tightens under the warning while a small end strip reads "ONE PIECE ...CH. 761 END" and a teaser says the next issue will resume publication.

A profile-like page finally names the strange man: "DONQUIXOTE FAMILY EXECUTIVE CORAZON." Corazon sits in a dark, dramatic pose, smoking and holding himself with a dangerous, silent intensity, while the side note asks, "VIOLENT AND CLUMSY? WHO EXACTLY WAS CORAZON?!" Yet the surrounding small scenes show his disasters continuing. One person shouts, "Corazon's on fire!" as a building or rooftop burns; another cries, "Waah! He died!" after he apparently falls face-first into a steel mine; the caption says, "He went face-first into that steel mine dasuyan!" In the lower right, Law sweats and pants "HAA" while staring at the chaos and muttering, "What the fuck is that crazy bastard's deal!?" The final bold vow is Law's: "I'll kill him!" Dark drips and heavy black sound effects frame the declaration, turning Corazon's absurd accidents into a threat that young Law takes personally.

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