What Soldier-san Desires

Chapter 733 begins under the title "What Soldier-san Desires," with Rebecca in the Corrida Colosseum still fighting through D-block while the crowd turns its hatred directly at her. The announcer frames the moment as "Rebecca, going all out!!" and then the arena erupts as Suleiman moves in: spectators cry that "Suleiman's on the move!!!" and urge him to cut Rebecca down. The narration identifies him as the hero of the Dias naval battle, now hunted by nations as a war criminal, a terrifying manslayer who wanders the underworld. Rebecca stands against that reputation with her blade ready, alone in an arena that wants her defeated not only because she is a fighter, but because she carries King Riku's blood.

Suleiman advances like a grim shadow, the announcer noting that he shows little vitality, almost as if he were already a ghost. The page names him fully as Head-chopper Suleiman, an A-class war criminal from the Dias naval battle. Suleiman speaks of his past without apology: all the killing he did, he says, was done for his country, because he loved his homeland. Then he turns the question on Rebecca, asking what it is like for her to keep drawing breath in a land that despises her. Rebecca's answer is not political and not heroic in the arena's terms. She shouts through the pressure that she only wants to live with Soldier-san, and that she does not care how hard it becomes or who hates her for it.

The focus widens from Rebecca's struggle to the collapse of D-block itself. The announcer says that even Rebecca, hated by the crowd but still surviving, is among only about thirty fighters left in the block. Then another body falls, or rather another animal: Agyou, the boxing lion that had stained the ring red with the blood of countless sacrifices. His conqueror is introduced as Orlumbus, an adventurer and commodore of the Yonta Maria Grand Fleet. Orlumbus roars in triumph, standing over the defeated beast and proving that the remaining field is no longer filled with ordinary entrants. Around Rebecca, the block is being stripped down to monsters, veterans, criminals, and dark horses.

Agyou has been brought down by Orlumbus' whip, and the crowd reacts to the commodore's strength. The announcer surveys the remaining contenders: powerhouses supported by the odds, including the pirate Cavendish, the shaman Mummy, and the pyromaniac Damask, stand against the possibility of some dark horse overturning expectations. Only one place remains for the final round, and the question hanging over the ring is who will claim the head of King Riku's grandchild. Beneath all that noise, Rebecca's thoughts remain fixed elsewhere. She repeats that living with Soldier-san is all she asks, wondering where he is and begging him not to die.

The scene cuts below Dressrosa to the underground commerce port, where the rebel operation is moving without its captain. Someone realizes that the soldier is already gone and asks whether he was supposed to be the captain. The answer lays out the plan: once the S.O.P. operation succeeds and Sugar is knocked unconscious, Doflamingo will be caught off guard, and that will become the chance to strike back. Soldier-san has taken several Tontatta with him toward the Royal Palace. The remaining Tontatta cheer the great hero Usoland and insist that the crucial mission of knocking out Sugar will be led by him. Usopp, hearing that he has been handed the most important role, panics at the weight of it.

A map-like view of the underground complex clarifies the target. The factory, the lift, the underground passage, the drawbridges, and the officers' tower are marked out, with Trebol and Sugar shown inside that tower. The rebels understand that all the bridges are drawbridges and that their target Sugar is in the officers' tower. As they reach the building, someone points to the strange structure that looks like an anemone. At the entrance, the guards notice movement and ask who is there. Kin'emon and Kanjuro, still disguised as Donquixote Family workers, are suddenly under suspicion, and Kanjuro's presence turns the quiet approach into immediate danger.

The alarm breaks out. Robin reacts first, and the small Tontatta scatter into motion as someone calls that they have been found and that it is all over. Guards challenge the intruders, asking which ship they are with and warning that if they are not making negotiations, they are not allowed off their ship. Kanjuro stumbles through a weak excuse, claiming he was just passing by. That excuse collapses when the guards realize what is happening: they cry that it must be the fairies. In the confusion, Kin'emon, Kanjuro, and the disguised group are stripped of their borrowed cover, leaving them exposed in front of the enemy before the assault can even properly begin.

The Tontatta respond instantly with combat. As the enemy recognizes them, one of the little warriors calls for battle, and another launches a Tail Hammer that slams into the larger men with absurd force. The impact sends bodies flying and drives the guards into the ground, turning what looked like a ruined infiltration into a violent opening strike. Robin and Usopp watch the attack land, Usopp shocked by how much power the tiny fighters possess. The page makes clear why the Tontatta's size is misleading: they look almost harmless until the moment they hit, and then the enemy is crushed before it can recover.

After the guards are flattened, the group regathers in the passage. Kin'emon tells Usopp and Robin that they should change clothes, calling them Usoland and Robiland, while Usopp nervously asks whether all the Tontatta are really that strong. Leo answers that they are just about that strong, though nothing compared to Noland's tribe, who, he says, could even take Sea Kings. Usopp weighs the situation and realizes he may be able to pull off the plan without personally fighting. Then he performs the role the Tontatta have given him: Usoland takes charge, announces that their opponent is only a little girl, and sends everyone toward the officers' tower while the little warriors roar after him.

The page shifts to the lift junction, explaining the vertical structure connecting the commerce port, the toy house, and the royal palace above. Workers scramble as news spreads that there are invaders at the toy house, while others hurry to load the lift. A guard reports that the Straw Hat crew has made its move, and another says the invaders' target is the factory on that level. There is also confusion around the east door, where Senor Pink is currently fighting outside, and the guards wonder how much money they will receive if they stop the intruders. The whole underground port starts reacting at once: Doflamingo's system is not yet broken, but its machinery is now in alarm.

At the lift, a crowd of guards decides to head upward, excited by the possibility of huge bounties and by the chance to intercept the invaders between the toy house and the underground. Before they can use the lift as planned, someone seizes it. The Toy Soldier appears inside the machinery, declaring that he is hijacking the lift and telling the others to stay in the box. Then he announces that they should prepare themselves because he is taking it over. The guards recognize him in shock as the Thunder Soldier of the Colosseum and cannot understand how he got there. Soldier-san has reached the route upward, and he is forcing the fight toward the palace.

The Toy Soldier moves faster than the guards expect. A gunman fires, only for the soldier to dodge cleanly; the guard cries that he dodged, and the soldier answers with a cold judgment: too slow. He closes the distance on one enemy after another, striking through their attacks with the speed and precision of someone who has fought for years despite his toy body. The guards shout in pain and surprise as he cuts through them, one trying to call out to him before being dropped. The sequence is built on motion: bullets, kicks, and bodies fly across the lift area, but Soldier-san is always a step ahead, refusing to let anyone slow his climb toward Rebecca and the palace.

As the Toy Soldier fights, his memories with Rebecca surface. In the present he beats down guards while muttering that they are slow, but the panels cut back to his training of Rebecca, where he hit her and she protested that it was domestic violence. He corrects her sharply: it is not that he wants to hit her; he wants her to stop just before he does. He tells her that without a sense of danger there can be no growth, and orders her to focus. When Rebecca complains that he is a toy, he keeps pushing her: human instinct is amazing, he says, and she must bring that power out from within herself. Even his harsh training is revealed as protection, not cruelty.

The memory turns gentler and sadder. Rebecca cries that she does not care about fighting anymore and says Soldier-san will always be there to protect her. Soldier-san stands before her in the rain and wind, admitting the terrible truth of his toy body: he is only a toy, and he does not know when he will reach his limit. He tells her to stand up, to trust the rain and wind, and to become stronger. This is the heart of his desire. He cannot rely on an artificial body forever, and he knows a toy is something a child may eventually outgrow. His training is a desperate attempt to give Rebecca the strength to live even if he is no longer beside her.

The Toy Soldier keeps fighting through the lift while his purpose becomes explicit. In memory, he apologizes to Rebecca as her bungling father, believing that he could give her nothing but strength. In the present, the guards are stunned by how powerful he is and ask what a toy could possibly want. His answer is larger than himself: he wants to return Dressrosa to King Riku's family, and he will give his life for that cause. He wants his child to live a life of happiness, and he desires a peaceful country. Every blow he lands is tied to that wish, not revenge alone. Soldier-san is charging upward for Rebecca, for Riku, and for the country stolen from them.

The chapter returns to the Corrida Colosseum just as D-block reaches a shocking conclusion. A wave of force has swept the ring, and everyone has been knocked out: all the big names remaining in D-block are down. The announcer and crowd struggle to understand what happened, asking whether one fighter after another has fallen and whether such a total collapse is even possible. People outside the arena hear the roar and wonder what happened; someone says it was fast, another says he could not see anything, and rumors of this kind of assault begin to spread. At first it seems that no one is standing, but then a hand rises from the wreckage. One fighter remains, and the D-block winner is about to be revealed.

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