Summary:
The giant children are frightened by the straw hats, but the boys forget their fear once they see Franky amazed that he is a robot. Sanji asks if they are in a nursing facility. Before he can get an answer, the samurai asks if they know of a boy named Momonosuke. The sight of the talking head scares the children and they run away. Franky realizes people are chasing them, so the Straw Hats run after the kids.
One of the boys runs with them and asks Franky if they came from off the island and have a boat. The moment Franky says yes, the boy stops and asks him to save them. Chopper tells Franky that they need to take the kids with them. Franky tells him that since they don’t even know where to go, dragging the kids along will be even less productive, but he can’t help but have a foreboding sense of tragedy in his heart. Nami stays back and declares that they are going to save the children. Sanji argues that they don’t know any of the previous circumstances of why they’re here and can’t run a charity for them. Nami says she realizes that, but she can’t turn her back on the crying children who are asking her for help. The kids keep stopping the guards from advancing, so one of them decides to ignore the collateral damage and shoot anyway. The gun scares the kids, but before the man can fire it, Sanji kicks him in the face with Diable Jambe: Collier Strike. Nami is excited to see Sanji helping out as Chopper and Franky attack the others with Kung Fu Point and Strong Right. The kids are excited about Franky’s punch. The remaining guards are irritated that the pirates are no longer running. Sanji comments that Nami is beautiful when she shows compassion to the children and he falls in love again. The samurai is impressed by the crew’s act of selflessness. Sanji tells Chopper to continue with Nami. Sanji then orders the kids to go with the nice lady and kung fu tanuki and he and Franky do something to get the guys to chase them. Sanji tells them that he’s only doing this to fulfill Nami’s wishes, and hates that he’s going to protect them even more.
Meanwhile, other guards investigate the room where the Straw Hats were. The floating liquid mass is amazed that the crew was able to destroy a door that was supposed to be indestructible. He goes on to say that no one but Vegapunk should have the technology to build a laser, but the burn marks make it look like the Pacifist blew the door off. Masa asks if they’ve found the refugees yet, and the soldier replies that they should be cornered in the Biscuits Room right now. Another soldier arrives and tells the liquid mass that a G-5 ship has appeared on the coast. Liquid tells the soldier to get rid of her without killing anyone, as a pile of dead marines would be too much of a problem.
In the sky above Punk Hazard, the bird woman Usopp saw earlier asks if the intruders have been found. The person on the other end of Den Den Mushi says they are being pulled down now. The other Straw Hats find another Den Den Mushi and talk to Brook about it. He was still on the ship that was taken to the cold side of the island. Brook tells them he was knocked out, but remembers they were wearing gas masks. Robin then deduces that the ship was hit by a sleeping gas. Robin asks Brook if he sees a building somewhere. Brook sees a large building built into the mountain. Usopp tells Brook to hurry up and he should wait for them. Zoro asks if their enemy is from the government. Usopp tells him that he’d be surprised if their enemy was even a human since they’ve only seen a dragon, a birdwoman, and now a centaur that Luffy is making out with. Luffy then kicks the centaur in the head. As the centaur went down he said he was careless thinking Luffy was one of them. Luffy asks why he can’t be when they just became friends. Another centaur tries to attack Luffy from behind, but Robin is stopped by Cien Fleur Gentian. The group finds it odd that the lower halves of the centaurs are leopards and giraffes, as they are supposed to be horses. Usopp finds the Den Den Mushi on one of them and notices that it has CC written on it. He realizes that he has to be part of the organization. He then adds that they must actually go through the icy lands to save the others. Robin hopes out loud that they weren’t shot full holes when they got caught. Zoro comments that they should have gone to shore from the other side. Luffy argues that if they did, they wouldn’t be able to eat the dragon or meet Leggy, the name he gave the disembodied legs. Robin wonders if they sell winter clothes on the way to the icy part of the island.
On the northwest coast of the island, the G-5 ship is having trouble making progress because it is leaking gas. Due to Vegapunk’s failed chemical weapons experiment four years ago, the island became a wasteland. One marine notes that no one should be able to set foot on the island because there is so much gas, but Smoker corrects him, saying that that much gas is unnatural. Two years ago, the island was a normal wasteland without fire and ice, and most of the poisonous materials had disappeared. It was because of this that Aokiji and Akainu chose Punk Hazard as the location for their battle to determine who would become Fleet Admiral.