Lucy and Ucy

Off the coastal waters of Dressrosa, the Thousand Sunny-go tries to escape, but the pursuit has already reached the ship. A voice orders, "Get away from the Sunny-go!!" before the intruder reveals herself as Jora of the Donquixote Family, Trebol Army. She laughs, "Ohhoh hohho," then silences the others with a booming "Be silent!!" Brook, Chopper, Nami, and Momonosuke are caught on deck with her, and Jora reacts furiously when someone calls her a mermaid princess: "Who are you calling a mermaid princess!!?" The crew protests, "We didn't say that!!" but Jora's presence already controls the scene. Her strange power and exaggerated vanity turn the Sunny's escape into a hostage situation on the ship itself.

The Straw Hats understand why Jora has boarded them: "Young master's orders were to kidnap Momonosuke..." and "And to seize your ship!!" Jora demands, "Hurry up and hand over Momonosuke!!" She reminds them that earlier they merely had an eel with them and asks, "So how is the boy there now!?" Nami refuses to let the fight damage the Sunny, warning, "If you want to attack us here, that's fine, but do it away from the ship!!" Yet Brook recognizes the real danger of Jora's ability. If she keeps going wild with it, even the Sunny-go may become unusable as a ship. The crew is not only defending Momonosuke; they are protecting the ship from being warped into art.

The Sunny crew tries to reposition the ship, but the danger is inside the vessel now. Someone shouts, "Ah... hey!!" and "Jora-sama!!" while another warns, "This won't do. This won't do at all." Jora's men are ordered, "You men!! Hurry up and steal Momonosuke away from those people!!" Jora herself enters a trance of vanity, crying, "An image is coming to me!! My soul is about to come forth!!" and "This won't do... ah, my spirit is starting to shimmy and shake!!" Her power spills through the ship. In the men's quarters, the lockers and beds have already been driven into a crazy state, and Brook realizes with alarm that Franky will be angry, but asks whether they can even be returned to normal.

Jora declares, "Ah, an image of 'liberation' and 'beauty' is bursting out!!" as her power transforms the Sunny and its surroundings into grotesque art. Nami yells, "Oi, cut that out!!" while the crew warns, "Don't do that aboard our ship!! We're over here!!" and, "If you want us, then come and get us!!" Jora answers with her own creed: "Freedom is everything in this world!!" The ship erupts into distorted forms, and the crew realizes too late that the Sunny itself is being ruined. As the altered parts crash and twist, someone cries, "Isn't it!!?" while Nami, Chopper, Brook, and Momonosuke are thrown into panic. Brook can only say, "She's really gone and done it now! How awful!!"

Jora believes victory is complete. She says the crew "has lost all hope of escaping from Dressrosa!!" and laughs, "Ohhohhoho ho!! Did you think your distractions would fool me?" The transformed Sunny no longer resembles a proper ship, and Chopper cries, "Damn! It's not even a ship anymore." Jora admires the disaster as art: "Yes... this is... this is 'beauty'!! Indeed, with this, the Straw-hat crew..." Her "Ohhoh hohho!!" fills the page while Nami, Brook, Chopper, and Momonosuke stare in horror. The attack is not just physical damage. Jora has attacked the crew's ability to flee by turning their home and vessel into something useless.

The scene moves to Dressrosa, inside the Corrida Colosseum. Ricky, wounded and bleeding from the head, refuses medical treatment. The staff tell him, "If it's a matter of medical treatment, forget it!! I will leave as I am...!!" They protest that fighter Ricky cannot possibly appear before the guests in this condition, but he insists on leaving. One attendant says, "Well, it's our job to at least apply first aid to your wounds," and another begs, "The blood flowing from your head isn't stopping... please take off that mask so I can treat you!!" Ricky refuses: "Don't lay a hand on my mask!! Show me to the exit!!" Even badly wounded, he protects his identity more fiercely than his own body.

A woman sees Ricky's condition and says, "What terrible wounds... You should really have them looked at..." Ricky pushes forward anyway, insisting, "Out of my way!!! I can walk on my own!!!" The staff tell him to head inside and take the stairs to the basement. As he passes, Rebecca recognizes something familiar beneath the mask and the blood. She calls after him, "Rebecca...!!" and he answers, "I'm sorry...!!" The page quietly reveals that Ricky is connected to Rebecca, not merely another defeated gladiator. His apology, her silence, and the flash of memory behind them make the wounded man's identity emotionally important even before it is fully spoken aloud.

Inside the colosseum, in the Donquixote Family standby room, Doflamingo's officers discuss Luffy. One says, "Strawhat is... currently participating in the tournament, Diamante." Diamante decides to wait until after the match is over. Bellamy, standing before them, realizes the new order: "Joker wants me to kill Strawhat...?" Diamante frames it as generosity rather than punishment, saying, "Doffy is too soft... even after you went and lost the tournament... he's giving you another chance. It's your lucky day, Bellamy." Bellamy accepts the assassination mission with a dark, silent focus. The officers add that assassination is easy work, and that once it is cleared up, Bellamy will become an "officer" in the family. Bellamy is being offered the promotion he wants at the cost of killing Luffy.

Elsewhere in the colosseum, Bartolomeo's savage smile hangs over the scene. He sets down dangerous-looking crates while Cavendish confronts him, saying, "So I hear you're gunning for that 'Lucy' guy, Cavendish." Cavendish corrects the assumption by congratulating him: "...Barto-lomeo, isn't it... congratulations on your victory." Then he makes the boundary clear: "As for Lucy... that has nothing to do with you..." Bartolomeo says Luffy is the man of the hour, but Cavendish insists, "But he's my prey." When Bartolomeo says, "Hehaha, I think my motivations run deeper...!!" Cavendish answers, "I won't let you kill him." The tension twists into comedy as Luffy pokes at food nearby and asks whether they really want to fight over him.

C-Block in the Corrida Colosseum has become a white-hot battle. The announcer reports, "We've already got contestants being defeated, one after the other!!" and declares, "This C-block is a white-hot battle!!" Even among the strongest contenders, one giant warrior literally stands above all others: Hajrudin. The crowd roars his name, and the narration identifies him as one of the "new generation" of warriors from the kingdom of giants, Elbaf, and the holder of the title of strongest pirate mercenary. Hajrudin's own ambition is simple and enormous: "Because that's what I'll be...!! Once I eat the Mera-Mera!!" The Mera Mera no Mi prize has drawn giants, assassins, pirates, and gladiators into the same ring.

Hajrudin demonstrates why the crowd fears him. Each punch is described as "like a bolt of lightning!!" and he declares, "And I'll become the king of all giants!!" His blows send fighters flying, with cries of "Gyah hhh!!" and "Uwah hhhh" echoing around the arena. Someone asks, "Can anyone stop this guy!!?" Yet the battle is not only Hajrudin's rampage. On the other side, the fighting bull is also proving itself with an impressive charge, showing no fear in the face of ferocious opponents. The announcer builds toward the matchup: here in the colosseum, death-row prisoners meet their end in matches with the man-killing bull called the colosseum's death god.

The bull's title is announced in full: "He's called the colosseum's death god!! 'Brutal Bull'!!" The man-killing bull has already sent twenty-one men to hell, and its roar of "Moo!!" shakes the arena. The crowd wonders how a man could know how to ride such a death god, but Luffy makes the impossible look effortless. He appears like a shining star and becomes a fan favorite in a flash thanks to his light and nimble strength. The crowd shouts, "It's Lucy!!" Luffy, riding the bull and grinning, says, "And I like him too, this guy!! Gyahaha." Gatz is told to report without bias, but the audience already loves the strange pair. Lucy and the bull become the center of C-Block.

Rebecca watches from the side and admits that even when Luffy conceals his identity, he remains as popular as ever. Under the name Lucy, he laughs "Shishi shishi" and charges forward with the bull, shouting, "Take em' all out!!" The bull bellows "Moo!!" while Luffy yells, "Nahaha, let's go, Lucy!!" and the crowd surges with excitement. Then the mood changes. The bull stops, snorts, and senses Hajrudin ahead. Someone shouts, "What the?" while others realize the danger: "This is bad!! He's picked a fight with Hajrudin!!" Luffy and his mount have charged from spectacle into a direct confrontation with the giant who dominates the block.

The crowd panics for Luffy's sake. Someone cries, "Lucy!!" and another warns, "Oh no!! Run away, Lucy!!" Hajrudin turns toward the charging bull and challenges him: "You dare to challenge me!?" The bull roars "Moo!!" and drives forward anyway, but Hajrudin's power is overwhelming. With a massive stomp and crushing force, he smashes the bull down into the arena floor. The sound effects explode across the page as the bull collapses, the spectators scream "Kyah hhhh!!" and the announcer can only call out, "Bull!!" Luffy is thrown from the charge and the bull, which had become his partner in the match, is brutally beaten in front of him.

The arena reacts to the defeat with shock. Rebecca says, "How disappointing," while others stare at the crater and gasp, "...What the!!" The announcer states the obvious with theatrical finality: even the colosseum's death god and the mysterious gladiator Lucy were helpless before a rookie from Elbaf. Hajrudin roars in triumph: "Uoooh hhhhh!!" and the narration emphasizes, "The difference in strength is self-evident!!" Luffy and the bull appear completely powerless before the giant's size and strength. For the crowd, the conclusion is clear: Hajrudin has just crushed both the feared Brutal Bull and the popular masked fighter in a single overwhelming exchange.

The crowd keeps watching, but Luffy's mood changes. He stands amid the dust with his eyes fixed on the beaten bull. Hajrudin turns away as though the matter is settled, but Luffy has not accepted it. The arena notices something wrong only a moment before he moves. Luffy's body disappears forward with a sharp "fwishh," and the spectators erupt in surprise. In the next instant, he launches himself at Hajrudin. The bull's collapse has stripped away Luffy's playful tournament mask; this is no longer a joke ride on a death god. The giant hurt an animal that Luffy had accepted as a companion, and Luffy answers with sudden, focused anger.

The crowd screams "Uoooh hhhhh" as Luffy reaches Hajrudin. The giant has no time to understand the attack before Luffy's punch lands. The blow drives into Hajrudin with explosive force, shocking the audience and everyone in the ring. What had looked like a mismatch reverses in a single instant: the giant who crushed the bull is struck down by the small masked gladiator he dismissed. The final announcement makes the result plain: "And the giant is down!!" The chapter ends on the image of Hajrudin falling under Luffy's punch, with the colosseum roaring and Lucy's true strength finally revealed to C-Block.

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