Summary:
The Straw Hats and Wanda make their way to Inuarashi’s sanatorium where they meet the Duke as well as his underling Shishilian. As night falls and Inuarashi and his subjects fall asleep, Wanda tells the Straw Hats about how Inuarashi and the Musketeers came and fought against Jack.
Wanda turns around in confusion as she hears Luffy mention the ninja. Usopp, Nami, and Brook immediately start beating up Luffy, trying to tell Wanda that they’re doing it to show him the Norwegian ship. However, Wanda knows she heard something about the ninja, and Brook claims on the spot that Luffy was wondering how the kanja (patient) was doing. Wanda is relieved that the Straw Hats care so much about Inuarashi, and the group approaches the Duke’s sanatorium. At the entrance to the sanatorium, a lion mink named Shishilian throws other minks into a pit for mentioning sweet things around him. The Norks are in awe of Shishilian’s intensity, but grateful for his tough love and generosity. However, the mention of such pleasant qualities enrages Shishilian and causes him to throw part of the sanatorium at them. Wanda and the Straw Hats then meet Shishilian and Wanda introduces them to the Straw Hats. Shishilian immediately bows with great intensity and thanks the Straw Hats for saving his country before asking who their captain is. After Luffy steps forward, Shishilian hugs him with great force and shows intense gratitude, rubbing Luffy’s face so fast that it starts to burn.
Shishilian leads the Straw Hats to a sanatorium where Chopper, Miyagi and Tristan are tending to Inuarashi. The Straw Hats stare in awe at the hulking mink as Wanda gives him an emotional hug, and Inuarashi thanks the Straw Hats for saving his country. Luffy replies that he knows his crew did it, despite not knowing the full story, and Inuarashi reveals that Luffy’s group also helped save them. Luffy then remarks that Inuarashi looks very strong, and Wanda is shocked by Luffy’s rudeness, saying that Inuarashi is the strongest warrior in the land. Inuarashi deflects the statement by reminding Wanda that he was defeated, though Wanda claims that they had the upper hand regardless. Inuarashi then turns his attention to Brook and drools at the thought of chewing on him, though he decides to wait until Brook recovers from his injuries. Inuarashi then notices the straw hat on Luffy’s head and reveals that he and Nekomamushi once went to sea and met Shanks. As Luffy tries to answer, Inuarashi suddenly falls asleep, shocking him. Wanda reveals that the two rulers of Mokomo Duchy, Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, hated each other so much that they would easily fight if they ran into each other. Thus, each ruler takes turns ruling, with Inuarashi ruling from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., while Nekomamushi rules during the other 12 hours. Everyone in Inuarashi’s domain is asleep, including Miyagi, Tristan, and Shishilian.
Wanda reveals that the ruler change also occurred in the intense battle with Jack 17 days ago. During the battle, the Minks continued to repel the Pleasures with Electro, though Jack easily overpowered them. The Gifters then arrived and began overpowering the minks with their unusual abilities. At that moment, a squad of Inuarashi Musketeers rushed in and the citizens retreated to leave the fighting to them. The Musketeers easily overpowered the Pleasures, but were shocked by the strange powers of the Givers. Wanda took on one of the Gifters and disarmed him, but the Gifter overpowered her by turning his arm into a wolf’s head. However, Shishilian arrived and defeated Gifter when he and two others, known as the Three Inuarash Musketeers, arrived. The three Inuarashi Musketeers easily overpowered the Gifters with sheer force, and Shishilian attacked Jack, but Jack was able to fend him off with his trunk after a short fight. Just then, Inuarashi arrived on a crocodile boar and told Jack to stop the attack as the two leaders faced each other.