One Piece Chapter 169 Part 3 — The Straw Hats Are Cornered - Dialogue 1

- Pages: 10-13 - Characters: Crocodile, Vivi, Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Smoker, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Miss All Sunday - Events: battle, reveal ### Summary The Straw Hats Are Cornered. Crocodile uses Rain Dinners and Baroque Works to capture his enemies and reveal the shape of Operation Utopia. This section presents the immediate scene beat before the dialogue continues. This part develops the straw hats are cornered and pushes the Alabasta conflict closer to its next decisive turn. ### Key dialogue Crocodile: The prisons at the Marine HQ all have cages made itth seasons, Crocodile: To prevent devil-fruit users from using their abilities and escaping. Vivi: There's still a lot of mysteries surrounding this mineral but what we do know is that it emits the same type of energy as the sea. Vivi: It's best to think of it as a solidifled form of the sea. Vivi: So that's what's been sapping Luffy's power... Luffy: Then these cages too are made with- Vivi: If they weren't, I'd already be long gone from here. Vivi: That is, after I've personally seen to it that none of you would ever be able to head out for the seas again... Vivi: gyaaa! No, wait, wait! You can't fight now! Zoro: And zero! Your swords won't work on him! Vivi: Unsherthe Vivi: That's right. I suggest you stop.