At the grand Ryugu Palace, a skeleton-headed figure in a top hat declares, "BUT IT IS TRUE! YOU BATTLED WITH VICARIOUS JOY! ANY FOOL COULD SEE, YOU ARE A BORN KILLER!" Jinbe retorts to someone off-panel, "OH, DON'T YOU GO ACTING LIKE I SLICED 'EM ALL UP BECAUSE I WANTED TO!!" Ministers and guards argue in the hall. "AT ANY RATE, WITH ALL OF THEM OUT OF ACTION, WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING THEIR OBJECTIVE IN COMING HERE!!!" "AS THOUGH THAT WOULD'VE WORKED WITH THESE GUYS!!!" Neptune, chained and furious, shouts, "WHADDAYA EXPECT ME TO DO WHEN A BUNCH OF PIRATES COME CHARGING IN WITH SWORDS AT THE READY!! SERVE 'EM TEAI!" A small voice wonders, "DO YOU THINK LUFFY-SAN WAS ABLE TO SEE THE MERMAID PRINCESSI I WOULD LOVE TO MEET HER..." Another replies, "EVERYTHING IS GOING SO WRONG..." In the lower panel, a guard yells, "LOOK, WHY WOULD WE KIDNAP THE MERMAID PRINCESSI!" while pointing at a figure. "STRAW HAT LUFFY IS THE CULPRIT!!!" A massive impact erupts with the sound "どすーん!!" as someone screams, "FORGET ALL THAT!!! RELEASE MY BONDS!!! RETURN MY SHIRAHOSHI TO ME, YOU FIENDS!!!"