One Piece Chapter 123 Part 1 — Luffy Smashes the Candle Set - Dialogue 1

- Pages: 1-3 - Characters: Luffy, Usopp, Mr. 3, Karoo, Vivi, Nami, Mr. 5, Miss Valentine - Events: battle ### Summary Luffy Smashes the Candle Set. Usopp, Karoo, and Luffy counterattack against Mr. 5, Miss Valentine, and Mr. 3 as the wax trap begins to fall apart. The focus is the story beat, character decisions, and dialogue driving this part. This part centers on luffy smashes the candle set, clarifying the immediate conflict and how it moves the chapter toward its next major turn. ### Key dialogue Luffy: I haven't got a clue what that thing is, Luffy: But I'll destroy it! Usopp: Roger that! Get ready to see a whole different Usopp today! Usopp: Quick! Mr. 3: Just hurry it up or we'll harden up into wax! Karoo: What're you doing? Mr. 3: If I'm going to harden up into a wax figure, I'd like to go with this pose. Karoo: What... Now's not the time for such jokes...! Karoo: Instead of worrying about poses, could you do something about your bleeding legs? It's painful just looking at it. Karoo: Then don't look at it. Karoo: In the first place, I can't believe you were stupid enough to actually think that you could cut off your feet and run away. Vivi: That's not what I was going to do. I was going to fight after cutting off my feet.