One Piece Chapter 171 Part 1 — Rainbase Pulls the Trap Tight - Dialogue 1

- Pages: 1-4 - Characters: Chaka, Crocodile, Vivi, Luffy, Nami, Zoro, Usopp, Pell, Sanji, Chopper, Miss All Sunday, Smoker, Tashigi, King Cobra ### Summary Rainbase Pulls the Trap Tight. The Straw Hats are trapped beneath Rain Dinners as Crocodile prepares to drown them and erase the kingdom’s last hope. This section presents the immediate scene beat before the dialogue continues. This part develops rainbase pulls the trap tight and pushes the Alabasta conflict closer to its next decisive turn. ### Key dialogue Chaka: ComMander Chaka! The King is nowhere to be found! Crocodile: We've already searched the Royal Sleeping quarters, storehouse, balcony, palace grounds, and even the gardens! Crocodile: Alabastan Capital, "Alubanna" Crocodile: Keep searching for his highness! Vivi: He must be somewhere! Luffy: Are you sure his highness didn't just go for a walk outside late last night!? Nami: That's impossible, sir! The guards stationed outside his room last night reported seeing no such thing! Nami: And even if he left his room, we have guards stationed all over the city! One of them would have spotted his highness by now! Zoro: Then tell me how could he have disappeared from his sleeping quarters!? Zoro: Umm, well... Vivi: I want every inch of the Palace grounds and the city combed through! Usopp: Yes, sir!