One Piece Chapter 156 Part 1 — The Ship Approaches the Desert

- Pages: 0-9 - Characters: Narrator, Luffy, Sanji, Smoker, Nami ### Summary On pages 0–9, this part focuses on the ship approaches the desert, showing the key character choices and conflict behind this chapter beat. The Ship Approaches the Desert. After leaving Drum, the crew heads deeper into Alabasta’s conflict while the desert kingdom’s danger comes into view. The scene description focuses on what the reader needs to understand before the dialogue continues. This part highlights the ship approaches the desert and moves the chapter forward through its central emotional or plot turn. ### Key dialogue Luffy: Luffy! It's because you keep eating our bait! Luffy: How do you expect us to catch anything with no bait!? Luffy: It has been 5 days since the crew left Drum Island. Sanji: But you ate some too. Sanji: That was only the itty bitty bits stuck to the bottom of the lid! Sanji: The ship sails onward to Alabasta, albeit with some slight troubles.