One Piece Chapter 617 Part 3 — The Royal Family Is Cornered

- Pages: 9-12 - Characters: Narrator, King Neptune, Hody Jones, Shirahoshi, Vander Decken, Brook, Fish-Men ### Summary On pages 9–12, this part follows Narrator, King Neptune, Hody Jones, Shirahoshi, Vander Decken, Brook. The core story beat is the royal family is cornered. The scene centers on the royal family is cornered, with Narrator, King Neptune, Hody Jones, Shirahoshi, Vander Decken, Brook driving the moment. The Royal Family Is Cornered. This part advances the crew from their post-timeskip reunion into the undersea route and the first conflicts surrounding Fish-Man Island. ### Key dialogue Narrator: And this water flooding in is sapping all of my strength...!! Narrator: We were unable to keep our promise to return all the Hostages unharmed!! King Neptune: crush them all!!! Neptunee army and straw hat pirates alike!!! Narrator: Ahhh...!!! That's... a "flower", from above the sea!!! Narrator: ...to get in the way of my coup D'etat...