One Piece Volume 42 : Pirates vs. CP9 Chapter 408 Monster vs. Kumadori - Page 167 - Miss Golden Week's Operation: Meet Baroque Vol.38 "Pirate King, Hero" - Page 168 - Lightning: (bzzt...!!)(bzzt...)(bzzt...) Nami: That's what you get for being overconfident!! - Page 169 - Soap: (blub blub blub) Califa: ...haha. Nami: HUH?! Califa: That was a surprise. I never expected to be hit by lightning INDOORS. Nami: What was that? You just blocked the lightning with something... that turned into bubbles and disappeared...!! Califa: If you don't solve that mystery... You won't stand a chance of winning. Nami: ...it was like soap turning into bubbles... I suppose it might be the "Awa Awa Fruit" (Bubble Bubble Fruit) which makes her Soap-woman or something. - Page 170 - Califa: W... well... Just because you figured it out, still doesn't mean you can beat me!! What insubordinance!! Nami: {I was right. I feel kind of bad for taking away her surprise.} Califa: That's right. Cleanliness is my selling point...!! I ate the "Awa Awa Fruit." I'm a "soap-woman," emitting bubbles from all over my body!! Nami: Wow, that's so sexy... I sure wish I had a secretary like that!! ...wait, I'm not a man!! - Page 171 - Nami: But that isn't very helpful in a fight, is it? It certainly doesn't LOOK very tough!! Califa: ...however, the bubbles I make with my body... I can control at will. "Bubblemaster"!! Nami: The bubbles in the bathtub are moving!! Califa: "Soap Sheep"!! Nami: How stupid is that? Califa: Don't let your eyes fool you. Califa: "Sheep-cloud Relax Hour"!!! (Sheep Cloud Relax Bubbles) - Page 172 - Califa: Why was it that you lost your strength at the entrance of the room just moments ago? Nami: {Oh...!! It must have been her powers...!! Bubbles...!! Yes, I remember, when I stepped into the room...!! The floor was covered in foam!!!} CRAP!! Bubbles: (flop!!) Nami: Aaaah!!! Bubbles: (shluph...) Nami: {Ack...!!!} (thwump...) Califa: Hahah. You noticed just a bit too late... - Page 173 - Nami: My strength is... being sapped...!! The last time was... because I stepped on the bubbles on the floor...!! Bubbles: (shlf shlf) Califa: You'll see how frightening these powers can be, bit by bit... Nami: Augh!!! Califa: The bubbles from my body can disintegrate anything. Not just dirt and filth, but strength too... as well as other things. And what you must not forget above all, is that I am an "assassin" from a covert operations agency. - Page 174 - Nami: I can move now!! That last blow knocked the bubbles off of me...!! ...you're gonna get it, now!! "Thunder Ball"!!! Califa: (hyu!!) That weapon of yours is the only unknown in this equation...!! (spat)(spat) "Golden Hour"!! (Golden Bubbles) Nami: Wha... - Page 175 - Nami: What are you doing?! (slip!) Califa: "Soru" (Shave) Nami: Huh?! I can't stand up!! Ah!! W... what the?! What happened to my feet?!! Califa: Aren't they pretty? Everything I touch gains a beautiful polished lustre. I can make your skin gorgeously smooth. Anywhere on the body you want. - Pages 176 & 177 - Chopper: (BUOOOOOO) Kumadori: Curse you!! "Geppou"!! (Moon Walk) Now, die, accursed fiend!!! Chopper: (sniff sniff...) Kumadori: "Haru-Gin-Jou"!!! (Spring Verse Passions) - Page 178 - Chopper: (Buooooo...) Kumadori: "Tekkai" (Iron Mass) Chopper: (ohhhh) - Page 179 - Franky: (hahh)(hahh) Still don't know what else I might come up against. (hahh) Better restock on cola... Oh yeah, I wonder what happened with that deer... HMMM?! - Page 180 - Franky: WHAT THE CRAP?!! Chopper: (BUOOOOO) Franky: That's the CP9 from inside the fridge!!! Huh?! So this monster beat him?! What the hell IS it...? I think that deer had the same kinda hat on. Hey... hey you!! You ain't that deer-gorilla thing, are you...?!! - Page 181 - Chopper: (Buooooo!!) Franky: Gwaah!!! [Main Island] [Courthouse Square] Soldiers: That's him!! It's Kumadori-san from CP9!!! What, so he just FLEW over here from the Judiciary Tower?! That's insane!! Who could have done this?!! Chopper: (buooo...) (BUOOO!!!) - Page 182 - [Underground Tunnel Connecting "Judiciary Tower" to "Gate of Justice"] Spandam: Hey, hurry up... Stop standing around, Nico Robin!!! Hey!!! "Your-life-is-a-crime Woman"!!! Don't stop walking!!! Lucci!! Drag her along!! Drag her by the HAIR!!! Robin: {I heard a voice...} Lucci: That's an order... Keep moving, Nico Robin. Spandam: Wahahaha, you fool! Are you really hoping those wussy pirates will come and SAVE you?! That boom we heard was just a trick of the ear!! They'll NEVER catch up to us!! - Page 183 - Spandam: As you dream this futile dream, we grow ever closer to the "Bridge of Hesitation" that stands before the entrance to the Gate of Justice. As we cross half the bridge and open the gate, the OTHER half rises from the sea floor and connects the way to the Gate of Justice. [Underground Passage (Current Location)] [Bridge of Hesitation (Half)] [Gate of Justice (Side View)] Spandam: When the Gate closes again... You will be forever shut off from the feeling of "hope" again. You will PAY THE PRICE for the crime of LIVING to this day!! Am I right, Nico Robin?!! Wahahaha!!! Luffy: (hahh)(hahh) Spandam: Now, let's hurry. Luffy: ROBIIIIIIIN!!! - Page 184 - Spandam: Wha...?! What was that?! I just heard a voice!!! Hey!! What was that voice I heard?!! Lucci: Chief, you take Nico Robin... And hurry on ahead... Luffy: Huh?! A door? Well, at least this one doesn't look like steel. Uryaaaaa!!! - Page 185 - Luffy: This room is wider!! Door: (craaash) Luffy: Where am I?! Lucci: ...thank you for coming. Luffy: AAH!!! PIGEON GUY!!! - Page 186 - SBS Corner D: Now, I have a question. About the books being thrown away by Olvia's group in the 5th panel of p.170 in Volume 41! The book titled Brag Men!! Isn't that the same as the one Nami's reading on p.142 of Volume 13?! Isn't it?! Isn't it?! Okay, I asked three times. If I'm wrong, I'm gonna ring your doorbell and run away. From P*N Soge Queen O: Oooh. Here's a surprise. Thanks for reading so deeply into it. That's great. You are correct. It's the book that had info about the Island of Giants, Little Garden, a book that is read all around the world now, as a tome of "adventures on the Grand Line." Eyewitness tales about the unbelievable islands, people and happenings in this mysterious sea, related by fearless explorers, all so outlandish and bizarre to normal readers around the world that they were collected in a book of tall tales and given this humiliating title. If this book only exists today because the brave scholars of Ohara gave their lives to protect it 20 years ago, it fills your heart with something warm. So, are these "Brag men" truly just liars? Maybe you can tell the truth behind the stories, through the looking glass of Luffy's adventures. See you in the SBS next volume!!! D: Oda-sensei!! Hi there! I have a que... HEY, THE SBS IS OVER!! (Gabiiin!) P.N.244 - Chapter 408 End -