Summary:
As Noah falls onto Fish-Man Island, Shirahoshi desperately tries to tell Decken to wake up only for Hody to attack her, but Manboshi picks up that the attack is blunt. Luffy and Hody confront Luffy, who sends Hody to the ship after being bitten. Hody, knowing that Luffy will have the advantage, destroys the bubble on the ship, leaving Luffy at his mercy, but is saved by Fukaboshi. Fukaboshi then fights Hody himself, and despite being badly injured in the fight, demands to know why Hody is doing all this and what the people have done to him. Hody smirked and gave him an answer that shocked Fukaboshi and left him open and stabbed Hody.
Following Fukaboshi’s orders, Shirahoshi swims away with Luffy next to Noah, and Luffy receives a call from the Ammo Knights at the air tank that they have prepared a large air bubble to surround Noah, but state that they only have one shot and the ship will not slow it down. Hody attacks Luffy again, but Luffy destroys his Kirisame and sends Hody flying with his Haki-infused Jet Pistol. Hody then dumps more energy steroids, making him grow larger and enraged. Meanwhile, Fukaboshi contacts Luffy barely alive, claiming to have found out who Hody really is.
Hody Jones rejoices at the defeat of Vander Decken IX and Noah falling towards the island. Fukaboshi says that everything they did to protect Noah’s mission that started centuries ago would end if the ship crushed the island. A brief flashback to Neptune follows, explaining that Noah isn’t just any old shipwreck. Centuries ago, a promise was made with the “big man” to keep the ship grounded and wait. They must protect the ship until that day comes. Hody then asks Luffy if he really meant it when he said he would protect everything. He says yes and Luffy declares that he will wreck the ship before it reaches the island. Fukaboshi tells Luffy that it can’t be destroyed and says that they need to find Decken in case they can get him to regain consciousness, saying that they could save the island and the ship if they could redirect its course, though Luffy says , that they may have no choice but to destroy it. Shirahoshi calls out to Vander Decken IX and begs him to make the ship pursue her again. Manboshi tells her to stay away. Hody uses Fish-Man Karate, Umidaiko to attack Shirahoshi, but Manboshi blocks it. Luffy then grabs Hody from above and approaches Hody. Hody bites his shoulder and Luffy punches him, leaving his teeth embedded in his shoulder. Luffy mentions that his Busoshoku Haki is good for blunt attacks, but not strong enough for his body to withstand the piercing as he removes the teeth. Hody realizes that Luffy is really looking for Noah and makes a big cut into the bubble.
The air bubble around Noah begins to deflate. Hody reprimands Luffy, saying that he is only human and couldn’t stop Noah, let alone defeat a fish man like him. He continues to attack Luffy and just as he bursts his bubble, Fukaboshi comes and saves him and throws him to Shirahoshi. Struggling to hold the bubble together, Fukaboshi asks Hody if he has any idea how many lives he’s putting at stake. He then attacks Hody with Ultramarine, but Hody dodges at the last moment and delivers a deep blow to Fukaboshi. Fukaboshi grabs him again and asks Hody what it is. He leads the idea of revenge against the humans for oppressing the fish-men, and yet he goes to Fish-Man Island. He planned to take over and rule the island, but now he is trying to destroy it. Fukaboshi says that Hody hates humans more than anyone and asks what happened to him that makes him hate humans so much. Hody tells him, but only his mouth can be seen moving, and his response startles Fukaboshi.
As Hody slashes Fukaboshi again, Shirahoshi is forced to swim away and then a voice comes over the speaker saying that it is the person from the air tank from Den Den Mushi that Luffy has. The voice says that he heard about everything that happened and is ready to help, he says that everything is ready. Several Ammunition Knights appear and Fukaboshi orders them to go to the air tank and prepare a massive blast of air that normally goes to the island. Fukaboshi gives Luffy the Den Den Mushi baby and Shirahoshi is seen holding it. The plan is to create an air bubble large enough to surround Noah. However, this will not allow swimming. Luffy says that as long as there’s air around Noah, he’ll be fine. Hody attacks Shirahoshi and Luffy with Kirisame, causing her to let go of Luffy. Luffy manages to break off the scythe blade on Hody’s flipper and then hits him with his haki. Hody swallows more energy steroids, revitalizes himself and grows even bigger with a widened mouth, declaring that he will get revenge on the humans no matter what. Noah is almost within range of the air tank. Fukaboshi then talks to Luffy through the child Den Den Mushi, saying that he knows who Hody “really is”.