Summary:
As the members of the Rebel Army and the Royal Army continue to fight, Vivi becomes distracted as she runs towards the clock tower. Relieved that the marines are helping them, Usopp tells Vivi not to look or think about the fight and just focus on stopping the explosion. With a minute and a half left, Usopp and Vivi make it to the clock tower and meet up with Nami and Chopper. Vivi then tells them that the bomb is placed at the very top of the tower. Pell flies around trying to locate the smoke flare that Usopp sent earlier, but is suddenly shot into the air. A mysterious figure points out that they shot Pell with their “Ribbit Ribbit Gun”.
In the underground chamber, Luffy continues his fight with the Crocodile, dodging the Warlord’s poisoned hook attack. Luffy lunges forward, preparing to use Gomu Gomu no Bullet, but stops when Crocodile extends his right arm, knowing that if Crocodile manages to catch him, he will be mummified again immediately. Luffy begins to try ground attacks while avoiding Crocodile’s right hand and his poison hook. Luffy attacks again but gets hit by Crocodile’s poison hook. Kicked back by Luffy, Crocodile comments that it’s over now as his poison spreads throughout Luffy’s body. Luffy then tells Warlord that he doesn’t understand a single thing.
Back at the clock tower, Vivi tries to find Pell and plans to use his ability to fly to reach the top of the tower. Nami and Usopp point out that they are forced to use the stairs as they have a minute left when Sanji suddenly appears on a high floor of the building waving at the others. Zoro also appears on an even higher floor, his explanation being that the marines told him to go north, which he mistook for “up”. Vivi begins to lose hope as she points out that the clock tower is only accessible via a secret staircase, any forcible entry would likely trigger an explosion prematurely. Nami stops Vivi from going to the stairs and says she has a plan. The Straw Hats notice two figures standing by the bomb in the clock tower, who are revealed to be Mr. 7 and Miss Father’s Day, who is responsible for shooting Pell out of the air. There are 30 seconds left before the bomb explodes.