Luffy's Dream

The chapter opens on the Thousand Sunny at sea with the crew reacting to the newspaper. Luffy screams that there is no way in hell Sabo would kill Vivi's dad and that the report is a lie. Robin reminds him that the Revolutionary Army is against the World Nobles, not regular kings, but Luffy insists Sabo would not do something like that in a million years. Newspaper headlines say the Revolutionary Army has declared war on the Celestial Dragons, King Cobra of Arabasta was assassinated by Revolutionary chief of staff Sabo, and Cobra's daughter Princess Vivi is missing. The page immediately ties Luffy's next voyage to the unresolved Reverie crisis and the fate of Vivi, Cobra, and Sabo.

Luffy demands, "Set course for Arabasta!! Right now!!" but Zoro points out that Cobra is dead and Vivi was last seen at Mary Geoise, so going to Arabasta would not help. Luffy then shouts that they should go to Mary Geoise instead, but Zoro calls that the enemy's den and asks if he wants to take on Navy HQ. The crew spirals into panic: Chopper cries that Vivi's dad is dead, Nami screams for Vivi and begs her to be safe, and Sanji worries about both Nami and Vivi. Brook remembers Cobra as the best king around and thanks him for being kind even to pirates. Zoro tries to force calm, saying they have no leads. The page shows the crew's deep emotional bond with Arabasta and Vivi, while Zoro keeps them from charging blindly into the World Government's center.

The crew discusses the Reverie news. Jinbe says this year's Reverie seems to have been quite tumultuous, and Franky asks whether this is the same Sabo they met in Dressrosa. Brook says he has never known anyone to be discontent with how Arabasta is ruled. Luffy and the others still want to go rescue Vivi, but Zoro asks Luffy to remember what he said about Ace: Ace had his own adventures, and Luffy trusted him to make his own way until he actually needed help. Zoro applies the same logic to Vivi, saying they can pitch in if the opportunity presents itself, but until then they should have faith and quit bellyaching. The others insult him as a green mom or green Kaido, but Zoro's point is clear: Vivi is a crewmate, not someone whose freedom they should override by panic.

Robin explains that while the crew was in Wano many developments happened quickly. The abolition of the Warlords drove elite pirates back to sea, the Cross Guild was founded, and Buggy the Bombastic Clown became an emperor, which Luffy insists must be some kind of mix-up. Robin says there are other familiar names in the news and asks if Luffy wants to hear about them too. Luffy declines, telling her to leave it up to her and just tell him if there is anything big to keep an eye on. Robin smiles that she would not want to overload him with information. Luffy then declares, "Sabo's innocent!" and says Sabo had a strict upbringing and only wants to make sure no one else has their freedom taken the way he did. The page contrasts the world's political chaos with Luffy's simple trust in his brother's character.

Luffy remembers Sabo's childhood dream and then says it is his turn. He starts, "Shishishi!! Okay, my turn!! I'm gonna..." before the chapter cuts into his unrevealed statement. As a child, Sabo once said, "I want to see the world and write a book about it!" and Luffy recalls that the three of them swore an oath: him, Ace, and Sabo. He says, "And I said I'd..." The page builds toward the private dream that Luffy had shared only with his brothers and Shanks. The crew gathers around as Luffy prepares to say aloud something deeper than simply becoming Pirate King.

Luffy finally tells the Straw Hats the secret at the end of his dream, though the exact words are hidden from the reader. The crew's reactions explode across the page: Chopper is amazed, Robin is stunned into silence, Franky laughs that it sounds great and perfect, Usopp asks whether Luffy is serious, Brook says it is too much, Nami asks what he just said, and Zoro is baffled. Luffy says, "That's what I want... at the end of my dream." Usopp protests, "C'mon, there's no way anyone can do that!!" while Luffy replies that he will have a shot if he becomes King of the Pirates. He adds that he never mentioned this to them before and that only Shanks, Ace, and Sabo heard it. The page reveals the dream's importance through everyone's reactions without revealing the dream itself.

The crew settles into the meaning of Luffy's dream. Jinbe laughs that he willingly joined this crew, so the troublesome captain is not exactly his problem, while Chopper cries that Luffy's dream is amazing. Nami smiles and says, "It sure sounds like you..." Franky concludes that if Luffy has to be Pirate King to make it possible, then it is off to Laugh Tale, and Robin says he makes it sound so easy. Robin reminds them that they still need to find the last Road Poneglyph, and that it has been a long time since that poneglyph was last seen, so they do not even have a clue where to look. The page connects the emotional secret of Luffy's dream back to the concrete final step of the journey: finding the last Road Poneglyph and reaching Laugh Tale.

At Navy HQ in the New World, the Marines intercept a transponder snail call from Flame Emperor Sabo to Kamabakka Queendom. They say it is a trans mission and that they have to pinpoint the origin. Since Sabo is not using a White Transponder Snail to jam the call, they believe he must be desperate and will not speak for long. The Navy traces his position to the Lulusia Kingdom, one of the eight nations that rebelled a few days ago and an ideal refuge for Sabo. In the shadows, the Five Elders learn of the location and comment that Sabo is an unlucky man; another voice says, "No, this is fate." The page moves the call from personal relief into a surveillance trap, with Lulusia suddenly placed under the highest possible danger.

At Kamabakka Queendom, Sabo's voice reaches the Revolutionary Army. He apologizes, saying, "Sorry, I know I've caused you all a lot of trouble." Koala, Ivankov, and the others cry out in relief that he is safe. Sabo immediately clarifies the most important point: "I wasn't the one who killed King Cobra!!" The others say they knew he was innocent and could not perish in the thought, while Dragon listens gravely. Sabo begins, "Listen, when I was in Mary Geoise..." Just as he is about to reveal what happened, the page cuts to Lulusia, where people look up and say there is something huge above them, the sky is getting dark, and it is almost like clouds. The page positions Sabo's testimony on the brink of exposing a secret, then interrupts it with a threat from above.

On Lulusia Kingdom, King Seki and Princess Komane are being confronted by rebels who tell them they will regret this when Navy HQ learns of their treason. The citizens beg Seki to confess to his crimes, saying they do not want to kill him, while the king screams that the heathens will regret it and that Navy HQ will impale them. In the surveillance room, the signal to the Surveillance Division's transponder snails is cut. A voice says it happened in the throne room at Pangaea Castle, and someone says they thought there was no king of the world but the empty throne was not empty. The page merges two revelations: Lulusia's local rebellion and Sabo's discovery that someone actually sits on the supposedly empty throne.

Lulusia is erased. As far as the Surveillance Division is concerned, no one detected anything abnormal that day and no information was intercepted. The page then shows a colossal shadow and beams or pillars of destruction descending from above, obliterating the island beneath a vast dome of impact. The official line becomes that, as for Lulusia, that country never existed. The panels show terrified citizens, the Eye-like presence associated with the throne room, and the annihilation swallowing the entire kingdom. The page is one of the chapter's most chilling moments: the World Government does not merely silence a call, it rewrites a nation out of history.

After Lulusia's destruction, reports say there are seaquakes off the southeastern shore and warn people to beware of tsunamis. Koala and the Revolutionary Army call out, "Sabo-kun?!" but the line has gone dead. A few days later aboard the Thousand Sunny, the crew is caught in freezing weather and rough seas. Nami tells them to furl the sails because the wind is too strong and asks whether they are close to making land, while Jinbe says it feels as though they have entered an island's climate zone. Chopper, wearing the amigasa hat Tama gave him, says it protects him from the snow and heads out on deck. The page moves from world-shaking erasure to the Straw Hats' next island climate, with the crew suddenly facing a winter sea.

The Sunny encounters a bizarre giant warm eddy in the cold sea. Luffy asks Nami what in the world it is, and Nami says it is like a giant warm eddy, an eddy current that is going upward. Jinbe explains that it must mean a mass of warm water is being forced up from somewhere, but the rapid temperature change is dangerous and they need to run or be swallowed. Brook, bundled against the cold, says it looks like an afro. Sanji hears something impossible and says, "I can definitely hear a lady in distress!!" through the body of water. The page introduces the next immediate adventure hook: something, or someone, is trapped inside the rising water.

Luffy notices someone trapped inside the water and asks if a mermaid could be alive in there. Sanji insists he can hear a lady in distress, and Zoro warns them not to leave a scratch on her if he cuts the water. The crew is baffled about what they are supposed to do even if someone is inside, but Zoro uses a one-sword style attack: "Bird Dance!!" He slices the giant eddy, and the others shout that he really cut it. Chopper, reporting for duty in his amigasa hat, gets caught in the wind and blown away as the water bursts open. The page turns the strange eddy into a rescue attempt, with Zoro literally cutting the water apart to free whoever is trapped inside.

The cut eddy erupts, scattering Luffy and Chopper in the wind. Someone shouts that Chopper is being blown away too, and Sanji yells for Luffy and Chopper. With a "plop" and "woosh," a small person pops out of the water. The page identifies the figure as one of the Worst Generation, "The Glutton" Jewelry Bonney, with a bounty of 320 million, and notes this is a chance meeting but that she is small. Bonney tumbles out of the water in a childlike form, bringing the chapter to its final cliffhanger. After Lulusia's erasure and the search for the last Road Poneglyph, the Straw Hats have stumbled directly into another member of the Worst Generation.

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