Summary:
Bao Huang spots Momonosuke hiding between Yamato and Shinobu and broadcasts their location as the duo are forced to fight in the open. Hearing about Momonosuke’s group in trouble, Sanji is forced to choose between going to save them or the Nine Red Sheaths. Meanwhile, after defeating Carrot and Wanda, Perospero re-engages the battle in the House of Skulls.
Inside the Skull Dome, the Samurai and Beasts Pirates try to avoid being completely overtaken by the Ice Oni while Chopper works furiously on the cure. While Marco fights the King and Queen at the same time, X Drake and Hyogoro hold off the Scratchmen Apoo and his powers, with Hyogoro growing back to the size he was in Oden’s time as the Ice Oni drained the rest of his power. Hyogoro is at the power level he was in his prime, but with the Ice Oni just about to fully overtake him, he is forced to let Yatappe kill him and face death without remorse.
On the performance floor, Bao Huang reports that Momonosuke has escaped from the sealed warehouse, and although she cannot physically see him, she is convinced that he is with Yamato, which is true because he is hiding in his clothes. Yamato directs Shinobu’s attention to the path, which Shinobu asks if they can take the less obvious path. Bao Huang reports that Yamato is with Shinobu, and overhearing Sanji realizes that both Momonosuke and Shinobu are in danger while wondering who Yamato is. He asks the beaten pirate where the Sealed Vault is and he tells him it’s near the entrance to the Dome of Skulls. Sanji realizes it’s in the opposite direction of Kin’emon’s position, so he’s confused as to which side needs him the most right now. After thinking for a moment, he decides.
At the entrance to the castle, Charlotte Perospero sits on a rock, looking down at Carrot and Wanda, whom he defeated. He yells at them that the reason they lost to him was because the full moon was covered by clouds that canceled their Sulong and returned them to normal. He jumps down and grabs Carrot’s face, asking her if she’s serious about getting revenge on Pedro and what she thinks would happen if she walks into their house like they’re having a picnic. He throws her to the ground and tells her that if she didn’t want to see her friends die, she should have stayed in the forest and eaten grass where it belonged. Perospero then says that even though he is against working with the Beasts pirates, he wants to teach the young people what it means to be a member of the Four Emperors.
Inside the Skull Dome, several samurai try not to transform back into the Ice Oni as their physical stamina is burned to keep the Phoenix flames burning. They are told to keep it together as Chopper, who is also infected, is working hard to cure enough. Apoo’s Scratchmen are informed that they can’t get to Chopper and the cure because of X Drake and Hyogo, who has regained the strength and appearance of his best. Apoo’s followers question why they had to get caught up in this sick game, but Apoo says that the Queen is not the type to grant mercy to crybabies. Orochi Oniwabanshu wonders how Hyogoro regained his old strength as the old man realizes that the disease has drained every last inch of his life from the disease, while it burns the last bits of his body for fuel. he uses his power to defeat his enemies. Hyogoro then yells at the other yakuza bosses to take him down if Chopper can’t prepare the cure in time, fearing that he will cut everyone present if he turns around. Unfortunately, the yakuza confirm this while Hotei and Mimawarigumi decide to challenge him, but he easily defeats them all with Hana no Ittoryu: Dohatsu Kohai. As he fights, he admits that he wishes he could have fought alongside Oden against Kaidou when he was in his prime, but his charges were able to carry out the raid on his behalf while he himself gained a fascinating apprentice in Luffy. . He confidently says that Wan’s dawn will come when the queen tries to stop him from taking out the entire floor.
However, before Queen can fire her laser at Hyogoro, she takes a Hoo-in hit from Marco, causing her to cough up blood. He angrily asks what the attack was as Marco reminds him that he fought him and he won’t be able to think about samurai until he deals with him. Marco dodges the Queen’s laser attack while King jumps down and cuts off Marco’s left wing. But Marco regenerates it and fires a shot at King Bluebird, knocking him into a building before Marco knees him in the face. Queen returns to normal as she goes to Marco, but Marco blasts him back with Ongle. Marco admits that fighting two people with bounties over a billion is hard even for him and hopes that Chopper will finish soon. Perospero enters the Skull Dome and sees Marco, who notices how exhausted he is.
Eventually, they all begin to transform back into Ice Oni, and Hyogoro asks Yatappe to cut him, saying that he wants it and that the heavens have rewarded him with this final role. As Yatappe raises his sword with tears in his eyes, Hyogoro says that he leaves the rest in everyone’s hands and this is where his life ends without regret.