Cora-san

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Law thinks back across Doflamingo's life and sees the pattern that brought them here. Young Doflamingo says, "That day to which he can never return... is my boss." He remembers Haki, asking, "Everyone's passed out... That's what Haki is!" and a voice says, "Elder brother, stop! Elder brother!" Doflamingo rages, "Why'd you steal even my powers!?" while another voice asks about the strength to take revenge. Young Doflamingo points a gun and declares, "There's no going back any more!" saying they will take Homing's head to gain entrance back into the Holy Land. Homing apologizes, "I'm sorry... You had to have a father like me." In the present, Law realizes that Doflamingo is making the whole situation unfold again: "Doflamingo... Rocinante..." The page connects Doflamingo's current Birdcage and betrayal with the earlier murder of his father and Rosinante's opposition to him.

Outside the Birdcage, observers report that they do not know what is going on inside. The town has suddenly been engulfed in a giant cage-like structure, and it is impossible to enter. Inside, the pirates have turned against each other, perhaps because of some kind of falling out. People scream that they are slaughtering each other in cold blood, while controlled pirates attack one another under Doflamingo's strings. The page shows the chaos of the cage from both sides: outsiders cannot intervene, and those trapped inside are forced into violence.

Inside Barrels' hideout, pirates panic and flee. One yells, "Dorry! Where're you going!?" while another cries, "Save me! Ain't there anything you can do about this cage!?" A voice warns, "Oi! Don't run!" but someone else says that when the cards are down, Dorry is never around, even though he is stronger than them and has the fortitude of a kitten. At the hideout, a pirate shouts that they are being invaded by the Donquixote Family, and another asks, "Are you the scum that stole the Ope Ope no Mi!?" Doflamingo stands among the bodies and says, "Well, at least I can end this one-sided massacre... You pathetic, drunk fool..." The page shows the Barrels Pirates collapsing between panic, Doflamingo's arrival, and the missing fruit.

The Donquixote Family loots the treasure room while the town burns. Pirates carry a chest and say, "This is their treasury-in!" and "These idiots sure are rollin' in the dough!" Baby 5 warns, "Hey, hey... careful with the merchan-dise!" while someone praises the loot as "Not too shabby!" A crew member laughs, "When you idiots finally take your thumbs out your asses, go and look for Corazon!" Doflamingo asks how the search is going, and then Baby 5 catches a transmission: "Transmission, catch!" In the burning ruins, someone says, "There ain't no way there's anyone left..." while another wonders if the Marines are protecting someone. The page shows the crew shifting from plunder to searching for Corazon and the hidden target.

The Family searches the ruined hideout. Someone calls to Doflamingo, "Doffy! It looks like we've found Cora-zon!" Meanwhile Law hides inside a treasure chest. Corazon's voice or memory tells him, "Law... This is their blind spot. They ain't gonna find you, so just sit tight!" Outside, someone reports, "Corazon ran this way!" and explosions continue with "BOOM BOOM." Law pushes against the lid from inside and realizes, "Wha-!? It won't budge! Something's blocking it..." The page reveals Corazon's immediate escape plan for Law: hide him where pirates would least expect while the Family searches the ruins.

Law hears the Family outside but cannot move the chest. A Donquixote member taunts, "Corazon! You asshole, why the hell did ya pretend to be mute this entire time!?" and Law thinks bitterly that it is not like he had anything he wanted to talk to those idiots about anyway. Another says, "Behehe! I don't give two shits! This little fucker... intended to drag all of us into an all out war with the Marines today!" Gladius attacks, but another voice shouts, "Gladius, quit it! He'll die before Young Master even gets here!" Corazon is battered with heavy "SMACK" and "BANG" impacts as someone says, "He's got quite the rap sheet!" and the crew calls, "Young Master! Young Master's here!" The page keeps Law trapped and listening while Corazon absorbs punishment in silence.

Doflamingo arrives before Corazon in the snowy ruin and says, "It's been a long six months... Corazon." He stands with the Donquixote Family near scattered treasure and bodies while Corazon kneels, bleeding and panting "HAA-HAA" and coughing. Doflamingo looks down at his brother, and Corazon stares back through blood and smoke. The page is mostly silent, using the snow, treasure chests, and blood trail to stage the brothers' confrontation after Corazon's betrayal.

Doflamingo tells Corazon, "You don't have any relatives!? Well, you can tag along with me if you want?" as the scene recalls their bond. In the present, he points a gun and says, "Marine code 01746..." Corazon answers through memory and confession: "I am Marine HQ Lieutenant Colonel Rocinante... Donquixote Family Captain Doflamingo, in order to stop the calamity you were planning to unleash onto the world, I infiltrated the Family. I am a Marine." Law listens from the chest and understands. Corazon adds, "Sorry for lying... I didn't want you to hate me, ya see..." The page finally gives Law the truth of Cora-san's identity and motive.

Doflamingo cuts off Corazon's confession: "Enough with your shitty monologues. Answer me two questions! Where is the Ope Ope no Mi? And where is Law!?" Law panics inside the chest, realizing Doffy already knows everything. Corazon lies that he made Law eat the Ope Ope no Mi and that Law is a Devil Fruit user now who has already made it outside the cage. He tells Doflamingo that as they speak, Law has probably made his way onto the Marine HQ patrol boat, and that Law is under their protection now: "You can't lay a finger on him." The page shows Corazon's final deception: he uses the truth that Law ate the fruit to hide the fact that Law is still nearby.

The Donquixote Family reports that the Marines sent a transmission saying they had taken custody of a young boy a short time ago. Doflamingo rages, "Why the hell didn't you speak up sooner!? We never thought it'd be Law!" Corazon thinks, "A boy? That's gotta be a coincidence! Law is right behind me..." Doflamingo orders the crew to confirm the intel and prepare for departure: "I'm going to dispel Bird Cage!" If they confirm it, he says, their priority turns to sinking the patrol boat and stealing back Law. Doflamingo wonders what to do with Law now, saying angels are descending to Law's aid one after another. If Law has really eaten the Ope Ope no Mi, Doflamingo thinks he needs education on how important it is to die for him. Corazon silently notes that someone really must be keeping an eye out for Law.

Doflamingo points the gun at Corazon and asks, "Why do you oppose me so, Cora-zon? From start to finish, you've just been a thorn in my side! Why must I, for the second time, kill my own flesh and blood!?" Law whispers from the chest, "Cora-san? Are you really gonna be okay!?" Corazon reminds him that pirates cannot help bringing treasure back to their own ship, and that if Law stays in the chest, his chance to make it out of the cage will definitely come. He tells Law, "Don't miss it!" Law asks what about Cora-san, but Corazon says he cannot pull the trigger, noting that Doflamingo looks too much like their father. The page lays out the escape route and Corazon's reason for still hesitating before his brother.

Corazon tells Law that Doflamingo is stupidly after him and the Ope Ope no Mi's power, but Corazon is Doffy's one and only true brother, so Doflamingo will obviously lose his temper but will not kill him. Law says, "Oh, okay," though still terrified. Corazon taps the chest and uses "Calm!" He says, "Okay, now any sounds you happen to make will disappear! Let's meet in the neighboring city, okay?" Law is shocked, and Corazon gives him one final smile and the words, "I love you!" The page is the emotional center of the chapter: Corazon seals Law's cries in silence and sends him away with love.

Law screams silently from inside the chest, "This isn't what you promised, Cora-san! You said you wouldn't be killed!" Corazon faces Doflamingo and insists, "Law ain't gonna obey you, Doffy." He says Law beat fate and triumphed over the prediction that he would die in three years. He is not the Law who lost sight of himself and wandered to the foot of the mad pirate. He calls Law "the poster child of absolute destruction" no longer and yells, "There's nothing he could possibly learn from you... Just leave him be already!!! He's free!" Corazon's words deny Doflamingo's claim over Law and define Law's escape as freedom from both illness and Doflamingo's ideology.

Doflamingo shoots Corazon, with two loud "BANG!!" effects, and blood bursts from Corazon's body as Law screams soundlessly inside the chest. The Family reacts as Corazon collapses. Someone says, "Whoa! He lit himself on fire while tripping!" and another asks, "Who'd ya say was a monster!? I dare you to repeat that!" A voice tells Doflamingo, "You slept like a baby, didn't ya?" and another says, "Alright, I get it!" The page's sound effects and dark panels make Corazon's death brutal, while Law's hidden chest keeps him from being seen.

Corazon lies dying in the snow but keeps the Nagi Nagi no Mi's silence active. He thinks, "Not yet... I've gotta hold on for just a little while longer... if I bite it now... the magic I've placed on you will be dispelled and your voice... your cries will echo across this island." Law is carried away in the treasure chest as pirates say, "Walk, Law," and "Bring the boat this way!" Corazon urges him, "Far away... far, far away... unnoticed... quietly..." He tells Law that nothing will bind him anymore: not the iron borders of the White City, not his shortened lifespan, and not anything else. When Doflamingo sees the ships, he says, "You gotta be shitting me! That's Tsuru's battleship!" The page shows Corazon using the last of his life to keep Law's grief silent long enough for escape.

Law's muffled grief pours out, but Corazon's power holds it as silence, marked by "SFX: SILENCE." Law cries, "You are truly free... now..." and sobs while the chest is carried away. Doflamingo orders, "Fire!" and the Donquixote ship fires into the distance as Law screams unheard: "UWAAAAAAAHHHHHH." Doflamingo narrowly avoids Tsuru's approach and says, "Shit, that was close!" The final caption reads, "A preserved life and its melancholy sink into the distance... disappear..." and the strip marks "ONE PIECE ...CH. 767 END." The chapter ends with Law escaping alive and free, but carrying the silent grief of Cora-san's death.

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