Summary:
The battle between Usopp and Perona continues; Usopp fires something at Perona’s real body that seems to miss him, giving Perona the confidence to fight back again. This time he creates a huge cavity, at least four times the size of Usopp, that grabs Usopp in his mouth and won’t let go, giving Perona time to go and return to her body. He detonates it, but the blast is absorbed into the Impact Dial, which Usopp cleverly pulls out. He uses it on Zombie-Hippo, who sneaks up and breaks his arm, but then reveals that he’s taped Perona’s arm to the wall; he knocks her out and therefore wins the battle by first firing hundreds of tiny moving fake cockroaches at her and then bashing her in the head with an inflatable ten-ton hammer.
Usopp sees how Perona can float and walk right through people and discovers that she is a spirit that has left a physical body behind. With Perona’s true body revealed, Usopp fires at the Big Bang Star, but the shot misses. Perona says that he was a fool, then reveals a large Special Cavity that scares Usopp. He then fires more Hollows and tries to blow him up. The Special Hollow then bites the sniper, leaving him trapped in its teeth. Perona points out that the spirit’s teeth cannot be escaped, and then returns to her own body.
Meanwhile, Luffy fights Doppelman with the Gum-Gum Bazooka, but is knocked back. It also stops another of Captain Straw Hat’s attacks. Luffy tries to bite, but the Doppelman’s essence changes and knocks him down. Moria knows how hopeless his enemy’s fight was.
Vesla starts looking for her hat and puts it on her head. He also dreams of preparing a cannon salute.
In another part of the castle, Robin uses Ocho Fleurs to bind Jigor, but he breaks free. Hogback and Cindry watch, hoping that Robin and Chopper will surrender. Inuppe also insults Chopper and forces him to fight. Jigoro then fires a Phoenix .36 and almost hits Inuppe. With Chopper distracted, Jigor is restrained and Robin starts feeding the sword zombies some salt. Inuppe kicks the scholar, making her arms disappear and drop the salt. Jigoro also throws the reindeer down. Hogback laughs evilly at his victory.
Vesla continues her rampage, scaring off several zombies in search of her cannon. He soon begins to feel uneasy and realizes that he has been forced to do Moria’s bidding. He decides to return to the castle.
Perona awakens in her normal body and prepares to detonate the Special Hollow to kill Usopp. However, the Sniper uses the Impact Dial to stop the explosion. Usopp also points out that he used the Birdlime Star to bind the ghost princess’s physical body.
Zombie Hippo tries to surprise Usopp but is hit by the Impact Dial. Suddenly, Usopp feels a percussion in his arm, but uses Shining Black Star to hit his opponent. This releases the cockroaches, terrifying Perona. Usopp then says that she should be afraid of him and reveals a 10 ton hammer. Despite Perona’s pleas, Usopp breaks his hammer and pretends to knock her down, just as the hammer cracks and deflates. The cockroaches that Usopp used were just toys and the hammer was just a balloon. As he leaves, Usopp offers her a good night’s sleep until dawn.
Meanwhile, Zoro is at a disadvantage against Ryuma, who is glowing with fire. Brook is dismayed that the zombie samurai wasn’t fighting at full strength.