Colosseum of Knaves

Inside the Corrida Colosseum, Don Chinjao's old hatred rises again the moment he faces the disguised Luffy. Chinjao remembers the man who wounded his life and pride: "In the past, Garp was regarded as a demon by pirates...!!" Even after so many years, the scar is not just on his body. "Even with the passing of many decades, my scars have not faded...!!" Luffy, still trying to hide behind the name Lucy and a fake beard, panics when Chinjao sees through him: "You... are you really...!!?" Chinjao insists, "No, no... that's wrong. I'm 'Lucy'." But his rage is aimed at Garp's bloodline, and he declares, "As the grandson of the begrudged, you will give me my satisfaction..." Luffy protests, "Take it out on Gramps, not me!!" only to betray himself when Chinjao answers, "So you really are his grandson then?" Luffy tries to recover: "Ah! No, that's wrong! I'm Lucy." Chinjao's fury expands from Garp to Dragon and then back to Luffy: "If I had become aware of the existence of his son, Dragon, sooner... If you're really Strawhat Luffy...!! I'll cut you down right here!!!"

Chinjao attacks before the match between them has even begun. He crashes down through the stone with the threat that, if he had known of Dragon's son earlier, "You never would have been born into this world!!" Luffy barely escapes the impact, crying, "Uwah hhh!!" The people around them recoil as the old legend tears through the waiting area: "Hey, what's going on!?" and "Don Chinjao is on a rampage!!?" Someone immediately understands the danger: "That's bad, isn't it!!" Luffy tries to calm him while protecting the disguise that has already half failed: "Hold on, now, mister!!" But Chinjao lunges not just for Luffy, but for the very fake beard hiding him. "Give me that beard!!" Luffy clings to it in terror and refuses: "Cut it out!! No!!" The scene becomes absurd and dangerous at once, with a legendary pirate trying to expose the grandson of Garp before the tournament staff can even put him into the proper block.

Chinjao's strength turns the waiting room into a battlefield. The spectators and contestants realize this is not just an old man losing his temper. One voice warns, "This is no joke!! I don't know how much he's weakened since then..." and another adds the scale of his former terror: "But he had a bounty over 500 million in his prime!!" Cavendish, furious that Chinjao has disrupted his own vendetta and glory, draws his treasured sword. The crowd recognizes it at once: "That's...!! It's 'Durandal', one of the world's greatest blades!!" The announcement follows, "Cavendish has drawn his sword!!!" Cavendish charges with elegance and anger, shouting, "You bastard, Don Chinjao!!!" and "Here we go!!!" Chinjao, still fixed on Luffy, refuses to let anyone interfere: "Don't get in my way!! This is my prey!!" The page names the clash in translation notes as "Butou" or "Battle Head" against "Biken" or "Beautiful Sword," as Chinjao's head and Cavendish's blade meet with enough force to stop the room.

Cavendish's attack lands with the named thrust "Bluebird!!" but the result shocks everyone. At first it looks impossible: "Whoa!! It pierced right through his head..." Then the truth becomes even more unbelievable: "...Or not!!! They're matching each other!!" Chinjao's pointed head has stopped Durandal instead of being cut by it. The crowd can hardly process it: "Durandal was stopped!?" The explanation is simple and monstrous: "A head that can't be stabbed." Another spectator says what the scene proves: "...And the power to stop such a giant in his tracks! These guys aren't human!!" The clash drives them apart with cries of "Wah" and "Mii!!" Cavendish's pride and Chinjao's old body both remain intact, and Luffy is trapped between two dangerous men whose grudges and ambitions have collided before the tournament can contain them.

Cavendish immediately understands the scale of the problem. Watching Chinjao resist him, he admits, "...Like I thought," and then concludes, "Can't cut any corners if you want to bring this guy down..." Luffy, meanwhile, is less interested in elegance or old grudges than in getting Chinjao's hand off his face and beard. He snaps, "Bastard," then crashes directly into the fight with a blunt command: "I said knock it off!!" His strike slams into Chinjao with explosive force, the page filling with impact marks and broken stone. The attack is not presented as a clean duel but as Luffy forcing himself into the chaos to stop the exposure of his identity. Chinjao's head, Cavendish's sword, and Luffy's kick all converge in a messy three-way collision that makes the surrounding contestants stare in disbelief.

Luffy's kick drives Chinjao back and the crowd erupts. Someone shouts, "Uohh!! He kicked Chinjao's ass!!" Another stares at Luffy's disguise and asks, "What's with that little bearded guy!!?" Cavendish sees that even a heavy blow is not enough, while Luffy mutters, "Even though I hit him that hard..." Chinjao's legend spreads again among the spectators: "The legend, could it be true...!?" "That he once broke an arctic continent with a headbutt...!!" "A whole continent!?" Chinjao rises, laughing, "Hiyahaha... you two seem to have talent..." Yet he treats them as opponents who have arrived too early: "But it's far too soon for you to be facing me...!!" He also recognizes the truth behind Luffy's power and disguise: "...That strength. There's no doubt about it... Seems like you really are Strawhat...!!" Luffy's only wish is still to keep the situation from blowing up completely: "Just leave me alone already!!"

Cavendish needles Luffy with a smile, saying, "Stealing people's popularity... being born the grandson of a demon... You sure are good at getting people to hate you...!!" Luffy tries to deny both the identity and the accusation: "I never knew about either of those things!! I mean... I'm Lucy!!" Chinjao threatens Cavendish as well: "If you're intent on getting in my way, I'll bury you with him, young knight!!" Before the fight becomes a full disaster, Chinjao's grandsons crash into him. They shout, "Hold on, Gramps!! That's as far as you go!!" and warn, "You'll be disqualified if you go wild here!!" Chinjao roars, "Uohhhhhhhh!!" and fights their restraint: "Take your hands off me, precious grandchildren...!!" Sai and Boo of Kano Country are recognized by the onlookers: "It's Sai and Boo from Kanokuni!!" Chinjao refuses to let go of the hatred: "I've finally found him! The bloodline of that detestable Garp!!" But his grandsons insist the objective comes first: "If you're disqualified now, then we can't achieve our real objective in entering this tournament!! Gramps!"

The tournament staff move in, warning that Chinjao's outburst cannot continue outside the arena: "Hey, what are you people doing over there!?" and "If you're starting a fight outside of the ring, then we're kicking you out!!!" Cavendish suddenly notices that Luffy has slipped away: "Hm!? Where'd he go!?" He does not care about the officials either, saying, "It's the staff members... Well I don't care if they do kick me out. I'm still gonna...!!" Sai and Boo continue to hold Chinjao back, trying to redirect his revenge into the match itself. "Gramps!! That little shit with the fake beard... We're in C-block with him...!!" one says. Another adds, "If you wanna kill him... do it during the match!!" Chinjao answers with a heavy "Nuu." Cavendish refuses to wait and declares, "I won't let him get away!!! I will take his life before the match even starts." Down below, whispers spread through the colosseum: "Strawhat...!!" "What was all the ruckus?" "I think I heard someone say 'Strawhat'." "Strawhat, huh..." Luffy's cover has not fully collapsed, but the name is now moving through the walls.

Luffy dangles outside the wall after escaping the uproar, frustrated that staying hidden is becoming impossible. He remembers the promise he made and thinks, "Even though I promised Franky I wouldn't let anyone know who I was..." Nearby voices wonder about him: "Like the pirate, 'Strawhat Luffy'!?" "Is he a participant!?" "No way." Luffy hangs there with a small "Dangle" and mutters, "Dammit..." The chapter then returns to B-block, where the eliminations continue at brutal speed. The announcer calls, "And Tank is down!!" identifying him as "Squad Commander of Dressrosa's Self Defense Army!!" The audience reacts, "Oh..." and the announcer explains, "He fell prey to the brutality of Abdullah and Jeet!!" The result is final: "Tank Lepanto is out of the running!!!" B-block is no longer a clean contest of famous fighters; it has become a field where dirty tactics and sudden ambushes are cutting down even national soldiers.

The crowd groans for Tank Lepanto as Abdullah and Jeet celebrate with cruel laughter. The shouts come from all sides: "Squad Commander Tank!!" and "Nothing but dirty tricks from them!" The pair answer with mocking joy, "Hoi!! Shihaha haha," while another cry of "Wah" follows the collapse. The announcer stresses how fast the field is thinning: "In no time at all, over 100 contestants have been eliminated." Only a fraction remain: "Only 30 remain in the ring!!" Around the battlefield, recognizable fighters are still standing. Elizabello II stays composed, his punch still being saved, as his tactician says, "Just a bit more...! No matter which troublesome bastards are still standing, as long as we have the King Punch..." Others continue fighting and shouting, "Who's next!?" and "Who wants their blood spilled!!?" while another fighter calls, "Hyao!!" The page presents B-block as a ruthless narrowing of the field, where traps, raw strength, and patience all compete at once.

The violence shifts again when Abdullah and Jeet are struck down by a sudden assault. Their cries break across the panels: "Gyahhhh hhhhh!!" "Agagaga gaga...!!" "Upu!!" "Buppu." The crowd sees the brutal pair being hit from behind and realizes, "Someone is assaulting that brutal pair!!" The attacker is Bellamy. The audience roars his name as he lands among them: "It's Bellamy!!" Bellamy grins through the impact and momentum, marked by rough sounds and cheers: "Ogo!!" "Hogea aaah!!" The page reframes him after the earlier chaos: Bellamy is not just another contestant being tossed around, but one of the men still shaping B-block's outcome. By taking out Abdullah and Jeet, he avenges Tank Lepanto's fall in the eyes of the crowd and turns their anger into cheers for his own return.

Bellamy's attack electrifies the audience. They chant, "Bellamy!!!!" and praise him as the kind of man they want to see: "We're made for this man!!!" "How cruel!! How atrocious!! It's like those words..." The attention then jumps to another fighter as Hack demonstrates Fishman Karate. Spectators shout, "Hey, take a look!! That fishman is strong!!" "How thrilling!!!" "That's the famous 'Fishman Karate'!!" and "He's been racking up one-hit KO's for a while now!!! How cool!!" Hack drives through opponents with a sharp "Sei!!" while the announcer says, "It's the fishman fighter, Hack!!" and "There's another man smashing through the competition explosively!!" But across the ring, another movement draws attention. A figure calmly urinates into the water at the edge of the arena, with small sounds like "Click click" and "Zip." Someone notices and cries, "Look! What's he doing!?" while another reacts with "Kyah hhhh hhhhh" and a confused "Hmm?" The page turns from Bellamy's violence and Hack's martial skill toward Bartolomeo's deliberate insult.

Bartolomeo's behavior enrages the entire colosseum. From the stands, the crowd screams, "Just how long are you going to keep pissing people off, Bartolomeo!!" "Make him stop!!" and "Why's no one kicking his ass!!?" Luffy, watching from the side, can only stare and say, "Huh?" A woman in the audience cries, "Kyah hhhhh hh!!" while the announcer is nearly overwhelmed: "I'm... I'm speechless!!" He condemns the act in front of everyone: "In front of this enormous audience, he's decided to brazenly do his business!!" and "Never in the history of this colosseum have we seen such foolishness!!" Bartolomeo finishes with relief, saying, "Ahhh... what a relief..." and then realizes someone is approaching: "Hmm!? It appears there is!!" Hack steps forward as the audience chants, "Our hero has appeared! The fishman fighter, Hack!!" and "Do it!! Make him pay, Hack!!" Bartolomeo apologizes without sincerity: "So forgive me... for attacking you from behind," and adds, "There are people here taking this tournament seriously, brat..." Hack warns him, "Oi...!! Wait! Don't attack this defenseless man..." before launching "Four Thousand Tile...!!" with a "Pssss."

Hack's strike should crush Bartolomeo, but the moment he attacks, the scene turns strange. The blow labeled "Punch!!!" meets something unseen, and a sharp "Snap!!!" cuts through the impact. Hack's arm breaks before Bartolomeo appears to have done anything at all. Bartolomeo only murmurs, "...Oh no," while the arena erupts in disbelief: "!!!?" "!?" "Eh!?" The spectators cannot explain what happened: "What did he do!? The one on the ground is Hack!!! What the hell!!?" Another asks, "What was that?" Luffy is just as stunned. The announcer calls Bartolomeo's attitude "A masterful display of trolling!!" and demands, "Just what are you, Bartolomeo!!?" The page reveals the real threat behind Bartolomeo's vulgar showmanship: he can make a serious fighter destroy himself against an invisible defense, and nobody watching understands the mechanism yet.

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