A Lifelong Ham Actor

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Onigashima snakes through the sky as the island continues drifting above Wano, its skull and rocky base wrapped in dark clouds. Kaido, still on the rooftop, speaks over the empty air where his opponent has fallen: "You managed to coat your blows with Conqueror's Haki..." Luffy's battered body tumbles away from the floating island, limp and unconscious, shedding bits of rubble as he drops. Kaido adds, "But your technique... left a lot to be desired!!" He watches Luffy fall through the clouds and mockingly wonders, "What was it again? 'Gomu Gomu no...' ?" Then he laughs, "Worororoko!!" The page makes the defeat stark and quiet: Luffy has not merely been knocked back, he is falling helplessly from Onigashima while Kaido remains standing, disappointed that the challenge ended before Luffy could truly master the power he had just begun using.

Kaido's face tightens in grim judgment as Luffy continues dropping out of sight. He says, "Seems like you... couldn't be Joy Boy either." Far below, the impact of Luffy hitting the sea is shown with a loud "Splash!!" as water bursts upward around the falling body. Back on the ruined rooftop, a Den Den Mushi rings "Ring-ring-ring!! Clack." Kaido answers, and a voice cries, "Kaido-sama!!" He responds, "...I'm on my way." The caller says, "I have located... Momonosuke!!" and Kaido immediately orders, "Bao Huang!" The voice answers, "Yes, sir!!" Kaido commands, "Announce the outcome of my battle throughout Onigashima." The instruction is not only tactical; he wants every rebel to know their symbolic captain has been beaten. With Luffy gone and Momonosuke located, Kaido moves from victory on the roof to psychological warfare across the whole island.

Inside the castle, on the third floor, Yamato races through the corridor openly carrying Momonosuke. A report spreads: "Young Master Yamato has been spotted... openly carrying Momonosuke!!" Beast Pirates react in confusion: "Something's wrong... Wait... what happened to the shackles?!" Yamato, no longer restrained, knocks enemies aside and shouts, "That's right!! I'm not a prisoner anymore!!" He declares again, "I am Oden!!" as the guards cry, "What?!" Elsewhere, in the first floor attic, a tiny frog calls "Ribbit" while Momonosuke sits with Shinobu and studies Oden's journal. Shinobu says, "Shinobu..." and he answers, "Yes?" Momonosuke looks shaken by what he has read, saying, "It seems... I cannot afford to die!!" The page ties two burdens together: Yamato is physically carrying the heir through danger, while Momonosuke begins to understand from the journal that his survival has a meaning beyond his own fear.

In the attic, Momonosuke reacts to whatever Shinobu has said with alarm: "What are you saying?! Of course you can't--" The space is interrupted by a sudden "Ahh!!" and someone demands, "What is this?!" and "Who are you?!" while Yamato's movement through the castle continues to throw the enemy into confusion. The action then shifts to the Skull Dome live floor, where Chopper in Monster Point grapples with Queen's massive brachiosaur body. The label reads "Skull Dome - Live Floor." Chopper slams and wrestles Queen amid broken beams, smoke, and crowds of samurai and Beast Pirates. Allies shout encouragement: "Get him, Chopperemon-san!!" Queen roars "Aaarrrgghh!!" and Chopper answers with a huge "Wriohh!!" The battlefield is still a desperate melee. Even with Luffy defeated above, the fighters below have not yet heard the news, and Chopper is throwing everything he has into holding Queen back.

Chopper's Monster Point battle continues on the live floor. He lands another blow on Queen's dinosaur body, and someone cheers, "Haha! Queen, you bastard! Serves you right!!" Queen snaps, "Yowch!" but immediately laughs at Chopper: "Muhahaha! What's the matter, Tanuki?! You're pretty short of breath for someone who's supposed to be winning!" Chopper wheezes, "Weez... weez..." and thinks in distress that none of his attacks are working on Queen. His giantification may last longer now, but he has less than ten minutes left. Perospero watches from above and says, "Kukuku!! Let's see how long you can keep that up, Perorin." Chopper remembers Caesar's earlier complaint that a three-minute giantification barely matters and his suggestion: if Chopper gathers the ingredients, they can increase the time limit of his transformation to thirty minutes, though with added risks. In the present, Chopper endures the cost of that altered Rumble Ball while Queen and Perospero wait for him to run out of time.

Queen retaliates with a beam attack from his brachiosaur mouth, shouting, "Black Coffee!!" The blast knocks Chopper back across the live floor with a heavy impact, while Queen's jaws loom in a narrow panel. Perospero then moves to add his own pressure, laughing "Kuku kuku!!" as fighters shout, "Arghh!! He's gonna rain down candy arrows again!!" and "Take cover!!" One arrow volley begins to form, and another sound note marks wind as someone or something lands with a quick "Lands!" Above the chaos, Bao Huang activates the Mary surveillance network and orders, "Marys!! Scatter mode!!" The cyborg-animal Marys click to attention with repeated "Clack" sounds, their paper talismans and eye-marked faces turning outward. The page shifts the battle from physical attacks to information warfare: while Chopper is barely holding Queen back, Bao Huang prepares to spread Kaido's message through every corner of Onigashima.

The Marys broadcast across Onigashima: "We have news for everyone on Onigashima!! A battle result!! 'Straw Hat' Luffy, the rebel with the highest bounty, has been defeated!!" The announcement says he "was slaughtered by Kaido-sama" and that "his corpse was dropped to the darkest depths of the night sea!!" Reactions erupt everywhere. Chopper gasps, "Luffy-taro-san?!" and someone cries, "What?! Luffy?! That's impossible!" Others freeze with "Straw Hat..." and "What was that?!" while some enemies cheer, "Haha! What good news!!" The broadcast continues: "The Kozuki samurai and your captain have fallen!! Who wants to be next!? Do any of you have what it takes?! Kaido-sama is on his way to oversee 'clean-up.' Linlin made this massive hole... but he is willing to graciously accept your surrender!! If you raise your hands and swear fealty, your life will be spared, and you will be welcomed into the fold!!" Samurai panic over Kin'emon and the others, Marco answers with "Like I care about that moron!" and Kid screams, "Screw that!!" The announcement is meant to break the alliance's spirit before Kaido even arrives.

In the first floor passage leading up to the attic, the broadcast continues through a Mary: "It is high time Wano submitted!! The victor has already been decided!! You are fighting a losing battle!!" The empty corridor and damaged walls make the message feel like it is seeping through the castle itself. In the attic, Shinobu recognizes the communication creature and says, "This is one of those 'Marys,' right? If it's here, that means... This is bad!! Momonosuke-sama!! Momonosuke-sama!!!" The Mary says, "'Straw Hat' Luffy has..." while Momonosuke sits stunned. Kin'emon, Kiku, and another retainer rush to him. A retainer cries, "Momonosuke-sama, what happened?!" Kin'emon, panting, tells him, "Kin'emon... you have to... tell everyone... huff, huff..." Someone else says, "We need to deal with this frog!!" Shinobu calls from the doorway, "Hey, Momonosuke!! It's been too long!!" The page traps Momo between public despair and his own private knowledge of Luffy's condition.

The supposed Oden suddenly appears before them. Shinobu cries, "It can't be...!!" while the man grins and calls, "Shinobu, it's good to see you!!" Momonosuke stares with tears and stammers, "Father...?!" Kiku, however, has seen enough. A grim voice says, "Enough already!!" and Kiku shouts, "It's not him!!" She warns, "Stand back, Shinobu!! He's a fraud!!" as Momonosuke cries, "Father!!" The impostor, still wearing Oden's face and carrying the same broad manner, looks at Kiku and says, "Is something wrong, Kiku? You seem angry!!" Kiku charges through smoke and debris, sword drawn, and yells at him for daring "to pull this sick farce again!!" The page reveals the cruelty of the disguise: Momonosuke is forced to see his dead father's face, while Kiku has to cut through both the illusion and her own feelings to protect him.

Kiku's anger sharpens as she confronts the impostor. She shouts, "Stop calling me that while wearing his face, Kanjuro!!" Kin'emon, sweating, demands, "What are you doing, Kiku?!" Kiku remembers the wound from Ashura Doji's sacrifice and says, "After what you did to Ashura-san... Even the sharpest sword becomes dull when pointed at a friend..." Kanjuro keeps twisting the knife, saying, "You can't be serious! I took you and Izo in, remember? Where are your parents?" A memory of Kanjuro gathering the siblings is shown as he adds, "How could you raise a sword against me?!" Despite her hesitation, Kiku swings. The two clash with a heavy slash, and the force of their blades fills the lower half of the page. Kanjuro's use of Oden's face and shared history nearly breaks Kiku's resolve, but she still raises her sword against the traitor who has already cost the Scabbards so much.

Kanjuro's deception succeeds for the fatal instant he needs. Kiku's face tightens with tears as she admits, "I couldn't bring myself to cut him... Kin-sama, I..." Kanjuro says, "Turnabout is fair play! You gave me a fatal wound earlier, after all!!" and his blade strikes through Kiku. Blood bursts from her body as Kin'emon and Momonosuke scream, "Kanjuro!!" "Kiku!!" and "Wahhh! Kanjuro!!" Kiku collapses into Kin'emon's arms, gasping "Kin-sama..." while Kin'emon shouts her name. Momonosuke cries out nearby, helpless and horrified. The page is quiet despite the screams: Kiku had the skill to strike, but the face of Oden and the memory of friendship dulled her sword. Kanjuro's performance turns that hesitation into a mortal wound, leaving Kin'emon to catch a fallen comrade while the battle outside grows darker.

As Kiku lies dying in Kin'emon's arms, she asks, "Forgive me... The lingering snow is finally melting. So I can tell the dawn is near. Wano's dawn... will still shine in the afterlife, right?" Kin'emon answers her with grief, "What are you saying?" and "...Kin?" Kanjuro staggers nearby, coughing "Kaka..." and laughing. He says, "Kakaka... Good... Someone had to close the curtain on my life..." His memories flash to the stage and the old performance of loyalty. He tells Kin'emon, "After all, while I was performing on stage... you were my best friend!!" Kin'emon roars "Kanjuro!!" and cuts him down in a huge slash, crying "Gyaahh" and "Waaahh!!" from the surrounding witnesses as the traitor falls. Kanjuro even frames his death like theater, saying Kin'emon is "a perfect fit for that role," while Kin'emon answers the betrayal with a final strike rather than another speech.

The moment of grief is interrupted by Kaido's arrival. Momonosuke looks up with a terrified "Huh?" as Kaido steps into the room, black lightning and smoke gathering around him. Kin'emon shouts, "Kaido!!" and immediately orders, "Shinobu, take Momonosuke-sama and run!!" Shinobu answers, "Understood!!" and carries Momonosuke away while he cries out. Kaido swings his kanabo with crushing force. Kin'emon meets him, but the blow lands with a brutal "Smash!!" and sends blood and impact lines across the page. Momonosuke screams, "Kin'emon!!!" as Shinobu flees through the smoke. Outside, Onigashima looms over the skies of mainland Wano, the floating skull island moving closer "moment by moment..." The final caption marks the end of Chapter 1014 and notes "No break next week." The chapter closes with Kin'emon struck down, Momonosuke being pulled away, and the entire island hanging like a threat above Wano.

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