We'll Definitely Return

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Germa 66 crashes into Cacao Island and the Big Mom Pirates cannot understand how they survived. One soldier says, "So, the stories of these guys being cyborgs with metal skin were all true...!!" while another panics, "The bullets aren't working!!!" and, "Even if you shoot them..." The Charlotte forces demand, "How did you bastards survive!?" and insist that "Nusstorte's ten thousand soldier army should've crushed your kingdom!!!" Reiju coolly answers that the flies did come, but Germa threw them all into the sea. The Germa soldiers fire back with orders like "Fire! Fire!!! Bring over the bazooka!!!" Reiju tells Sanji, "Take that wounded guy and leave the island already... You're in the way!!" Ichiji adds, "We won't forgive the ones... who tricked us!!" Reiju declares, "This island is Germa 66's prey, Sanji!!"

Elsewhere, Nusstorte and his brothers fail to respond. Voices call, "Big brother Nusstorte!! Baskarte!! Dosmarche!! Please respond, big brothers!!" The silence makes the report impossible to deny. Nusstorte, the twelfth son of the Charlotte family, sits stunned as the news spreads: "Unbelievable things have been happening-vous plait!! We were told that Germa was subjugated..." Another soldier admits, "It's as I thought... Ever since Pekoms' betrayal..." and asks, "So... why did their fleet... appear at Cacao Island-soooir!!" The answer is shown below: Germa 66's warships line the coast and open fire. The Big Mom Pirates thought Germa had already been crushed, but the Vinsmoke fleet is alive, organized, and now striking directly at the island where Luffy and Sanji are trying to escape.

Smoothie keeps the main objective clear despite Germa's attack. She orders, "Don't be distracted by Germa's fleet!! Our focus is the Straw Hats' ship. Tell the whole fleet to surround the island!!" Daifuku reports that Mont-d'Or and the others were also outsmarted by Germa, and admits, "You were as well, weren't you...? Big brother Daifuku... That's why I've caught back up!" On the Sunny, the crew debates whether Germa are enemies or allies. Jinbe asks, "What do you think about Germa's appearance?" and someone answers that they helped once before but that trusting them now is still dangerous. Nami chooses the practical route: "Putting trust in them now is...!! We'll definitely return to the ship in that time!!!" Jinbe asks if Sanji can hear him, and Nami relays the plan: pass straight through the port at full speed.

The Sunny responds immediately. Sanji hears the plan, and the crew turns the ship toward starboard. The order goes out: "Let's go, Jinbe!! To starboard!!" and Jinbe answers, "Okay!" The ship carves across the water while Germa's attack throws the island and shore into chaos. As the Sunny cuts closer to the port, the enemy line spreads out and someone warns, "Don't let Black Leg get away!!" Another cries, "Everyone's spreading out!!" The dust and explosions make it difficult to track the fleeing targets. The soldiers scream, "Crush Germaaaaa!!!" and then lose sight of Sanji and Luffy in the smoke: "Where are they!?" and, "We can't see them because of all the dust!!" Germa's attack has created exactly the confusion the Straw Hats need.

Sanji runs through the battlefield carrying Luffy while the Big Mom Pirates close in from every side. The soldiers shout, "Don't let him get awaaaaaay!!!" and spot them through the smoke: "There they are!!" Brulee, furious and grieving, begins shouting the truth of what happened in the mirror world. She yells that Luffy did not simply make it there by diverting Katakuri's attention; he survived because he defeated him. Others try to deny it, insisting, "That's right... You definitely can't let him get away...!!" and, "Straw Hat Luffy... he's the only one who absolutely cannot get away...!!" Brulee's words shake everyone because Katakuri was supposed to be the perfect, strongest, absolute best big brother. The escape is no longer just a chase; it is the fallout of Katakuri's public defeat.

Brulee's shout becomes undeniable: "Defeated by... Straw Hat Luuuuffy!!!" The plaza freezes in disbelief. Soldiers stare, and one asks, "What did you...!?" Luffy, barely conscious in Sanji's arms, continues to breathe hard while Sanji keeps moving. The news tears through the Charlotte ranks. Katakuri, their legendary undefeated brother, has fallen, and the shock is visible on every face. Brulee herself cries as she spreads the truth, and the surrounding family members cannot immediately answer it. The page focuses on reaction rather than motion: this is the moment when the myth of Katakuri's invincibility breaks in public, and that makes Luffy's escape even more intolerable to the Big Mom Pirates.

The Charlotte forces reject Brulee's claim with rage. One says, "Katakuri... Your legendary undefeated record was... broken by that little kid...!?" Another screams, "That's a lieeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" and others insist, "There's no way big brother would lose!! Big brother Katakuri couldn't have lost!!!" They decide Luffy must have used some dirty trick and order, "Kill him!!" "Slice him to shreds!!" and "Destroy every last piece of him!!" Sanji keeps shielding Luffy as enemies swing at them from all sides. Oven's fury rises too, and the crowd shouts, "Kill him, big brother Oven!!" The page shows the psychological turn of the battle: because Katakuri's defeat is unacceptable, the army's desire to kill Luffy becomes even more frantic and personal.

Oven moves to stop Sanji directly, but Ichiji intervenes. Enemies call, "Big brother Oven!!" as the fight shifts above the rooftops. Oven threatens Sanji, shouting that he will smash him back down to the ground again and demanding, "Hand him over, Black Leg...!!" Before Oven can take Luffy, Ichiji crashes in with a blazing attack. The technique is named "Valkyrie!!!" with a note that the kanji reads "Light Fist." Ichiji slams into Oven and drives him away while Reiju shouts, "Fly, Sanji!!" Oven's allies cry, "Big brother Oveeeennn!!" The intervention is precise: Germa does not stop to explain itself, but Ichiji's strike clears Sanji's path at the exact moment Oven would have ended the escape.

Oven is launched, but the Big Mom Pirates keep firing. Soldiers yell, "Shoot him!!! He's above the roof!!" and, "How dare you do that... to master Katakuri...!!" Niji appears and grabs Sanji in midair. He calls him "Sanji" and says, "Going at that speed, you're just going to be shot full of holes." Sanji recognizes him: "Niji..." Niji activates "Light Speed Sword... Henry Blazer!!!" with a note that the kanji reads "Electromotive Light Sword." He tears through the line of attackers at extreme speed, carrying Sanji and Luffy through the enemy formation. As the troops shout, "Oh no... Master Oven!!" and, "Straw Hat is...!!" others realize the fugitives are "getting away!!"

Niji accelerates with Sanji and Luffy still in his grasp, shouting, "Adios, you good for nothing...!!" The enemies are left behind, screaming, "He's...!! Getting awaaaayy!?" Sanji and Luffy streak across Cacao Island while the Charlotte siblings call for reinforcements: "Snack!! Brownie!! Joconde!!" The coast remains under fire, and the soldiers try to hold the port line, shouting, "Shoot them down at the port!! They're heading your way!!" Someone thinks the transponder snail may be saying something, but the order remains brutal and simple: "Ready the tear gas!!" The pirates believe that even if Sanji and Luffy are moving fast, they can still cut off the exit at the harbor. Germa's help has opened a path, but the Big Mom Pirates are not giving up the port.

Oven refuses to forgive anyone who touches his younger brother. He says, "Let's do this!! Three... two..." and then declares, "I won't forgive anyone who lays a hand... on my younger brother." The fighting rages below as Germa and the Big Mom Pirates clash. From the Germa side comes the command to run, and someone tells Sanji, "Do you understand? Don't ever come back here!!!" Reiju's message is even sharper: "Run!!!" and, "Don't turn back!!!" She launches "Pink Hornet!!!" into the enemy line, blasting away attackers while Sanji and Luffy are carried onward. The page makes Germa's role clear: they are not asking Sanji to reconcile or linger. They are forcing open an escape route and demanding that he take it.

Sanji reaches sight of the sea as reports spread across the battlefield: "Straw Hat has escaped from the island!! Main fleet, respond!!" On the Sunny, the crew spots movement. Someone cries, "They're coming, everyone!" and another confirms, "Sanji is carrying Luffy!!" Chopper, Carrot, and the others explode with relief: "They did iiiitttt!!! They've returned!!!" and shout, "Sanji!!!!" and "Luffffyyyy!!!!" Sanji, still carrying Luffy over his shoulder, sees the ship and says, "I can see it now, Luffy!! It's the Sunny!!!" The title's promise lands here. After the duel, the trap, Pekoms' sacrifice, and Germa's intervention, Sanji finally has Luffy within reach of the crew's arms again.

The final page of the story sequence keeps the focus on the return. The Sunny waits offshore while Germa's fleet and the Big Mom Pirates continue fighting behind Sanji. The crew reaches toward him, calling his name and Luffy's name, while the sea route opens just enough for the Straw Hats to believe they can escape. Sanji's expression is determined rather than relaxed; he knows reaching the ship is only the next step, not the end of the danger. Still, the chapter closes on the visual answer to the crew's promise: Luffy has been brought back from the mirror world, Sanji has crossed the killing field, and the Sunny is finally in sight.

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