One Piece Chapter 7 Part 2 — Helmeppo Shows His Cruelty

- Pages: 5-8 - Characters: Luffy, Morgan - Events: promise ### Summary On pages 5–8, this part resolves the Shells Town conflict and separates Coby’s Marine dream from Luffy and Zoro’s pirate path. In Shells Town, Luffy, Coby, and Zoro are drawn into the cruelty of Morgan’s rule and Helmeppo’s privilege. The Shells Town conflict uses Zoro’s imprisonment and Morgan’s rule to test what kind of people Luffy chooses to trust. The section moves Zoro closer to becoming Luffy’s first crewmate. ### Key dialogue Luffy: No, but I'm worried about you! Luffy: Is that so WRONG!? Luffy: ...we're friends, aren't we? Luffy: We're going our separate ways... Luffy: ...but we'll always be friends!! Luffy: No one else ever stuck up for me!