The Great Battle on the Judicial Island

At the main island's front gate, Luffy tries politeness first. He calls out, "Excuse me... please let me through." A Marine grabs him anyway, and Luffy answers with the blunt truth of the situation: "Even if you ask nicely, no means no!!!" The guards shout, "Damn pirate!!!" and "Prepare yourself!!" Luffy says, "Got it. So..." and reaches for the nearest soldier. His focus is already beyond the gate, beyond the guards, and beyond the rules of the world government. He is not there to negotiate; he is there to get to Robin.

Luffy turns one of the Marines into a living shield and weapon. Stretching his limbs around the man's body, he says, "Gomu Gomu..." while the trapped soldier groans, "Ugh!!" Then Luffy swings him into the other guards: "Ally Robo!!!" The hijacked Marine screams, "I can't control my arms!!!" as Luffy launches "Ally Robo Punch!!!" and "Ally Robo Kick!!" The battered soldiers apologize to each other mid-impact, crying, "Wah!! Sorry!!" and "Wah!! Forgive me, sir!!!" One guard shouts, "What!? What a dirty trick!!" but Luffy keeps using the unwilling "ally" to smash his way through the gate defense.

The guards try to close in from behind, but Luffy's human weapon keeps them away. A Marine yells, "You left your back wide open!!" and another says, "That's enough!!!" Luffy sits on the trapped soldier's shoulders, unimpressed, while his stolen arms and legs keep swinging. The Marines cry out as the "Ally Robo" hits them from awkward angles, and the hostage soldier can only flail helplessly. Luffy's expression says he is thinking only about what comes next, not about the absurdity of the tactic. The front gate guards are being defeated by one pirate and one unwilling human machine.

Luffy keeps advancing through the front gate, dragging the Marine along and using him to batter the surrounding soldiers. Guards gasp, "Umf!!" and "Gah!!!" as they are knocked aside. Luffy smiles with the rhythm of the fight, stepping forward while the trapped Marine's body thuds into enemies again and again. One soldier sees the strange arrangement and can only shout, "You!!!" but Luffy has already turned the confusion into momentum. The defense line is no longer organized around stopping a pirate; it is trying to survive the pirate's ridiculous improvised weapon.

The guards shift tactics and try to attack Luffy with a spinning, chained weapon. One shouts, "Take'm down!!! He's a single, unarmed man!!!" The rotating blade or ball sweeps toward Luffy with force, and the Marines surge in behind it. Luffy's eyes widen as the attack tears through the battlefield, but the guard's confidence is misplaced. Even surrounded, Luffy keeps moving forward. The page emphasizes how outnumbered he is: dozens of government soldiers, weapons flying from every side, and still one Straw Hat captain cutting his own path toward the island's center.

Luffy is knocked into the air and realizes the fight is wasting time. A Marine gasps, "What a reckless attitude!!!" while Luffy looks down and says, "I gotta get moving!!" He decides, "I'll be back later!!" and launches himself away from the front gate guards. The soldiers are left reeling below, not because they defeated him, but because he has decided they are no longer worth delaying for. Luffy's priority is not to win a formal fight at the gate; it is to reach Robin before CP9 carries her any farther into Enies Lobby.

Luffy swings away with a casual "Later!" while the Marines shout, "Wah...!! Hold on there!!!" A report spreads through the island: "He's entered the main island!!! He went inside!! Hurry, go through the gate!!!" Another officer explains, "Through the main island front gate, he'll reach the director!!!" The guards panic at the fact that Luffy slipped through their entire first line. Someone demands, "You let him through the front gate!? What the hell is this!?" and another asks, "What about Oimo and Kaashi!?" The answer is worse: "He beat those two!?" and if the giants were asleep, they are ordered awake with every other sleeping garrison.

Inside Enies Lobby, CP9 receives the report. Jabra notes, "An intruder..." and another says, "We're here, after all." The agents are not panicked. One says, "You don't need to scream like that, the director will be fine..." while another reminds everyone what it means to invade this place: "Don't be a fool!! As the front steps of the world government... Justice Island is burdened with a sacred 'badge'!!! I expect that any idiot can understand what it means to invade this place!!!" Yet CP9 is embarrassed that Luffy has come all the way to the main island just to get back one comrade. The Straw Hats' stubbornness is beginning to sting their pride.

At the main gate, the battle turns chaotic. A report blares, "Gate-keeper!! Report your status, gate-keeper!!!" and another voice asks, "How many enemies!? Where are they!?" The gate defenders cannot even answer properly as Luffy and the allied force tear into them. A guard calls, "Rope action..." and attacks with a technique named "Figure of Eight Knot!!!" The ropes lash around the battlefield, but the Straw Hat side keeps breaking through. The map panel marks the Enies Lobby main gate, and the alarm makes clear that the entire defensive layer is failing faster than the guards can report it.

The Franky Family and allies push for the gate key. One of them shouts, "Bazooka Bat!!!" and blasts through the defenders, yelling, "Not gonna waste my bullets yet!!!" Another orders, "Open the gate, the key should be beside the door!!!" The Marines try to hold them back, but the attackers refuse to be slowed. One cries, "I won't let you escape!!!" and another answers, "Okay!!" A huge charge slams into the guards with "You're in the way!!!" and "Woh!!!" The invasion is no longer subtle or coordinated; it is a noisy scramble for the mechanism that will let Rocketman and the rest of the rescue force enter.

The Franky Family keeps fighting at close range. Someone shouts, "Roger!!" and another calls, "Mozu!! Go left!!!" Marines yell, "Don't let them go!!" as a fighter uses the absurd warning, "To look away is forbidden!!!" and then strikes with "Keel Crusher!!!" One Marine panics that his "nose hair's acting all funny!!" while the melee spills across the gate area. The attackers do not have CP9's superhuman polish, but they have numbers, momentum, and absolute loyalty to Franky. Every second they buy is another second for Luffy and another step toward Robin.

The assault force reaches the gate mechanism. The Franky Family and Galley-La men shout, "Open the gates~~~~!!" and "Super-strong destroyers!!!" The gate creaks under the pressure while Marines scream, "Don't let 'em open the gate~~~~!! Defend it with your life!!!" The attackers answer with pure force. "Let's go!!!" someone roars, while another bellows, "Move, you're in the way~~~!!!" The defenders are shoved aside, smoke and debris fill the gatehouse, and the massive doors begin to yield. The first real barrier of Enies Lobby is losing to the combined strength of the pirates, shipwrights, and Franky's people.

The main gate finally gives way. A shout announces, "The main gate... has been breached!!!" The allies pour through, cheering, "Hurrah~~~~!!!" Some are still terrified by the geography of Enies Lobby, shouting, "Woah--!!! What a hole!!!" and "It's a waterfall--!!!" Others keep their heads forward: "Run to the main island front gate!!!" The victory is immediate but not complete. Someone warns, "Don't look down, move forward!!!" while another says, "The main gate... has been opened, huh, Oimo?" The answer is grim: "Yeah, we can't let that go... Kaashi." The gate is open, but two giant gatekeepers are now awake.

The main island front gate gatekeepers appear: Oimo and Kaashi, two giants towering over the attackers. One calls, "Oimo," while the other yawns, "Hwaa~~ I didn't get enough sleep... Let's chase 'em off quick and get back to bed." The labels identify them as "Main Island Front Gate Gatekeeper Oimo" and "Main Island Front Gate Gatekeeper Kaashi." The alliance reacts in horror: "Giants!!!!" The rescue force has beaten Marines, opened the gate, and surged forward, only to find that the next defenders are monsters large enough to stop the charge with a single swing.

Luffy reaches an open plaza alone and finds the scale of Enies Lobby's forces waiting for him. The narration describes "Enies Lobby's forces... number in the ten thousands!!" Marines and government soldiers flood the square before the towering gates. A guard calls, "Hey, Straw Hat Luffy..." and asks, "So... where's the rest of your army?" Luffy answers plainly, "Yeah... and I'm alone." The soldier laughs, but Luffy's stare does not change. He says only, "Get out of my way!!!!" Alone or not, the captain of the Straw Hats has stepped into the front of the world government's army and demanded the path to Robin.

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