Summary:
Momonosuke tells Yamato that he spoke briefly with Zunesha and learned that the giant elephant had come to help him in battle. Yamato reacts with amazement and tells Momonosuke that he must be the one to lead the world to its dawn as his father predicted, but while Momonosuke acknowledges that he cannot die in this fight, he reveals that Oden has ripped out the most important pages of his journey. , specifically what he and Roger found on Laugh Tale so long ago. Momonosuke then tells Yamato that he doesn’t consider himself as wise as his father, and when he thinks about all the potential dangers of the outside world, it makes him want to keep Wan’s borders closed instead of opening them as he would like, prompting him to ask Yamato if he considers him a coward for thinking that.
On the third floor of the castle’s interior, Fukurokuju fell unconscious from the flames, freeing Raizo from his binding technique and declaring him the winner. Once freed, Raizo starts rolling around trying to put out the fire, just as Jinbe runs into him. Raizo tells Jinba that they both need to move quickly as the “preparations” are almost complete. In the Treasury on the second floor, Orochi grows impatient with Fukurokuju, and even the music of “Komurasaki” fails to calm him down. He begins to demand that she remove her mask to see if she is real or a ghost, but part of the ceiling collapses on him. While trapped under the rubble, Orochi realizes that he cannot transform, with “Komurasaki” revealing that it was because she stuck a Seastone nail into him while she was playing. Orochi is outraged by her action as he asks her if she loved him, but she coldly replies that she has no love for him. She then tells him that it’s poetic that his favorite song is “Moon Princess”, which was also her father’s favorite. It is then that Hiyori reveals her true identity to a horrified Orochi, and that she wears a mask to avoid smiling at him while playing.
In the subcastle, Izou took down one of CP0’s agents, named Maha, though he also fell. The second agent, Guernica, is injured but still conscious and curses Izou for taking one of them down with him as he planned and for helping a couple of “raised”. The agent then receives a call and is told that the Five Elders’ orders are to kill Luffy immediately. The agent reacts indignantly at being told to interfere with his fight with Kaida, but the agent on the other end tells him that it is a necessary precaution due to the nature of the battle. Unbeknownst to him, X Drake awoke and tracked him down, determined not to go down empty-handed.
Elsewhere in the basement, Usopp rushes Kin’emon and Kikunojo to safety while Nekomamushi, Wanda, and Carrot head back to the castle. Franky is also able to grab Zoro and prevent him from falling off the island, although he is not sure if he is alive. And down at the Beasts Pirates bath, Nami is hiding with Tama and her animals, being treated by Marco. Nami deduces from the shockwave she felt that Law defeated Big Mom, which makes Zeus cry before Nami reminds him who his new master is. As for Law and Kid’s crews, they continue to cheer their captain’s victory, but both are too exhausted to fight Kaida, so he really leaves it all to Luffy.
On the roof, after Luffy and Kaidou clash, Kaidou deduces from the shockwave that Big Mom was defeated by Kid and Law, for which Luffy praises them. He remembers the day he first met her in Rock’s crew, and after going into his Naki Jogo mode again, he sobs uncontrollably at the fact that they just teamed up to put One Piece together. However, Luffy switches to Gear 4: Snakeman and uses Gomu Gomu no Hydra to hit Kaida in several places. Luffy yells that his dreams have starved the people of Wan, and with all the energy he has, he makes sure he never returns to Wan.