With a new menace on the loose, time is running out before things go up in smoke in Chapter 1032 of One Piece.
WARNING: The following includes spoilers for One Piece Chapter #1032,”Oden’s Beloved Blade,” by Eiichiro Oda, Stephen Paul and Vanessa Satone, available in English from Viz Media.
In the last episode of One Piece, Law and Kid’s victory was short-lived as Big Mom rose from the rubble and began sucking up the souls of her crew. She swelled to enormous sizes, her eyes ablaze. Scratchman Apoo and X Drake were dueling in the basement of the castle after Apoo made a failed attempt of pairing with Drake. Yamato broke past the barriers, and Apoo began trying to turn him to his side. Yamato, however, wasn’t interested since he was rushing to reach the armory before it exploded. The Numbers member Fuga began swinging at Yamato as it was apparent that he was no longer on his father’s side, and a chase ensued. Robin and Brook were being pursued by two of the masked CP0 agents, when Sanji reportedly lost control of himself and attacked a Pleasure Hall worker. Having no memory of this, he dashes into Queen and declares that he wants no part of his father’s research, destroying the Raid Suit canister. Before the chapter finished, he called Zoro, urging him to finish him off should the chef not be himself once the fight was over.
As the chapter begins, Marco is holding Izo in his phoenix form, asking him what is going on. Izo apologizes, but says that the announcement on the weird creature that appeared made him feel nervous. They approach the burning castle, with a huge Big Mom towering in the foreground. Below them, the pirates are trying to flee the inferno, but the samurai are blocking the road, so they ready a canon.
Meanwhile, Apoo is still attempting to get Yamato on his side, but Yamato is too focused on his own task to listen. X Drake is later following Apoo, seeking to stop him. Completing the line is Fuga, the Numbers member. Yamato agrees that they haven’t seen each other in a while, but he’s in a haste to go to his destination. Another announcement blares throughout the castle, this time from the Second Floor. The flame-creating beast is moving straight down towards the lowest levels. However, it’s not the only item moving that way.
Brook and Robin fall from above, landing in Fuga’s hair. They are followed closely by the two Masked CP0 members, as they prepare for a fight. Luckily for them, the beast isn’t far behind and passes through them, igniting them on fire. The sight of the creature scares everyone in the lower levels, and Yamato understands that if it maintains on its present path, it will hit the armory and cause off an explosion while Onigashima is still in the air. Currently in the basement’s second level, there are only three floors separating the beast from the explosives. Yamato asks Fuga for help while Robin and Brook take advantage of the wall of flames the thing has produced to flee.
Apoo, however, has shifted his attention and cameras towards the CP0 agents. He discusses how the narrative about their presence will sell, but one of the agents smacks him in the face, knocking him to the ground. Drake notices this and runs over and the agent that punched Apoo suggests that the group knows exactly Drake is. Drake retorts back that the agent should just start making some excuses. The agent replies that, “Inconvenient truths are designed to be erased.”
Just as he dives for Drake, Apoo unleashes his own strike and sits up. Drake tells Apoo he’s shocked he survived, and Apoo reminds him that he can utilize Armament Haki. He continues on ranting, but Drake urges him to quiet up, wondering if they’re going to fight or not. The two charge at the agents, Drake in his Dino form.
On the island surface, King and Zoro are still going toe to toe, King in his own dinosaur form. He clutches the crest on the top of his head and pulls, extending his face previously in the process. Zoro wonders if it’s supposed to do that as King releases it, firing an Imperial Deep Pride Stake attack at the swordsman. His skull and neck shoot forward like a beam, and Zoro fails to prevent it, deciding to sidestep instead. King argues that this was the approach that pteranodons used to hunt while they were alive. Zoro plays around before unleashing his 360-Pound Phoenix, but he knows at this point he’s merely squandering energy. He seemingly mocks King by stating that the flame on his back was also a pteranodon trait,
Zoro fires another strike, but King uses his wings to stop it, to which Zoro makes note of. He asks if dinosaurs are like dragons in that they have tough exteriors. King answers that’s somewhat true, but adds he’s also on an entirely other level than most others. He returns to his regular form and hits with his sword, using his feathered wings in the process. Zoro notes this as well, trying to find out which race King belongs to, feeling that he may not stand a chance until he can figure it out. As he lays on the ground tired, he begins hearing a shamisen and the blade Enma begins burning, blistering the skin on Zoro’s arm in the process. He isn’t the only one that hears the shamisen.
In the Treasure Repository, Orochi also hears it, only it’s coming from the next room over. He slides the door open and it’s shown that Hiyori is the one playing it, albeit Orochi knows her as Kumorasaki. He considered her dead and tells how he couldn’t get her out of his brain since her “death.” She smiles back at him and adds that she is constantly by his side.
The new Chapter of One Piece will be published on Sunday, November 28.