One Piece Chapter 173 Part 3 — The Straw Hats Are Cornered - Dialogue 2

- Pages: 9-12 - Characters: Crocodile, Vivi, Luffy, Nami, Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Miss All Sunday, Smoker, Tashigi ### Summary The Straw Hats Are Cornered. The trapped crew survives Crocodile’s death trap and scrambles to continue the mission before the war reaches Alubarna. 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 Smoker: We're going to die at this rate! D-I-E! Do you understand what that means!? Vivi: Choose between my country... or my friends...? You don't actually intend on letting me choose, do you!? Even if I left right now, I know you'll kill me before I ever reached alubarna! Nami: Clutch Nami: I know that nothing will change until you're dead...! Nami: twirl... Nami: How dare you... Nami: How dare you do this to Alabasta, Nami: When you don't even know the slightest thing about its people or history... Nami: Viv!! Tashigi: You can't give up! Tashigi: You have to get us out of here! Crocodile: Luffy... Luffy: If we die here, Luffy: Then who the hell's gonna give him the beating his ass needs!?