Summary:
Thriller Bark is still floating, but everything on the island is destroyed due to Kumo’s Ursus Shock attack. The Rolling Pirates and Slam Hat Pirates appear to be badly injured and unconscious. Kuma walks past all the knocked out pirates and stops where Luffy is. He picks Luffy up, but Zoro suddenly comes out and attacks Kuma with the Ittoryu Iai: Shishi Sonson, revealing Kuma’s body as metal. Kuma then fires a laser from his mouth, which Zoro barely dodges, but ends up grabbing him. Kuma then reveals that he is a pacifist created by the World Government, a superior cyborg compared to Franky. Zoro has no idea what it is, so Kuma continues to explain what a pacifist is, saying that it was made by scientist Dr. Vegapunk and made advances that others would make five hundred years later.
Zoro asks why he has to kill Luffy and he says it’s his best offer. Zoro comments that his body is too battered to do what he tells him and offers Kuma to take his head instead of Luffy’s and Kuma asks him why he would give up his ambition to be the best swordsman in the world and die on Luffy’s place. and how his ambitions would be satisfied if Zoro died. Zoro replies that Luffy must become the Pirate King. Sanji then intervenes, saying that Zoro is an idiot and Kuma should kill Sanji if someone has to die, also commenting that while Sanji’s reward isn’t particularly high, he would soon become the most dangerous member of the Straw Pirates. Zoro then knocks Sanji down and Sanji calls him a bastard for it before passing out. Zoro throws his swords to the ground and continues his deal with Kuma.
Admiring Zoro’s spirit, Kuma remarks that his honor would be at stake if he laid a hand on Luffy after this. Kuma tells Zoro that he will experience hell, pick Luffy up and use his powers and remove all of Luffy’s pain and fatigue. Kuma allows Zoro to taste it, giving him a small amount that appears to greatly injure Zoro, leaving him on the ground in pain. Zoro then decides that he wants to move to another place. Later, Kuma comments on how amazing Dragon’s son is to have such great companions. Sanji and everyone else wake up to find Kuma gone and Luffy miraculously better and no longer injured. Sanji, noticing that Zoro is not with them, goes to find Zoro extremely injured with blood scattered all over the area. Sanji asks Zoro what happened and if he is still alive, and Zoro replies that nothing happened.