Summary:
Chopper and Robin are overcome by Zoro and Sanji’s zombies, both of whom have almost completely lost the persona they gained from their shadows. Chopper tells Hogback that he used to respect him, but not anymore after realizing the true nature of his experiments. However, Hogback claims that the zombies are indeed alive and recalls that he fell in love with Cindra when she was alive, only for her to reject him in favor of her fiancé. After her death, Hogback agreed to serve Moria in exchange for reviving her. Chopper becomes enraged and attempts to attack and purify Cindry, but Cindry’s power and Zoro and Sanji’s zombies prevent him from doing so. Zombie Zoro and Zombie Sanji start fighting, still unable to get along, and Robin tricks Hogback into telling them to jump off the tower. Hogback orders Cindry to attack, but Cindry, who has temporarily regained her original self, is unable to move. Elsewhere, Luffy still can’t hit Moria and the oars arrive in their place.
Hogback laughs evilly as the zombies lose the personality of the victims’ shadows. Upon creation, zombies retain a fraction until they loyally serve Hogback. Chopper then sees the Doctor’s true colors. Years ago Hogback used to work to save lives and there were short ways to bring people back to life. Reindeer now realizes that Hogback will not do this for the benefit of humans. Hogback made a lot of money curing people. Chopper knows he can no longer respect the mad doctor.
Hogback then demonstrates how he can give people new life by kicking Cindry hard and making her lick the floor. Disgusted, Chopper flies into a rage and finds himself breaking into the mad doctor’s room with pictures of Cindra. Years ago, Cindry was so popular that she won the hearts of men, including Hogback.
One tragic day, Cindry had a fiancé, making Hogback jealous. Just then, Cindry was killed in an accident and Hogback melted with grief. Gecko Moria then offered him the chance to give Cindry a second chance at life. The Doctor then found Cindry’s corpse and took her to his lab to keep her docile. He then wishes to erase all the plates in the world.
Outraged, Chopper knows it’s all a farce and demands that Cindry stop licking the floor. Reindeer knows how Hogback makes monsters out of people. Hogback then orders Cindry to attack. The scientist plans to make Chopper his loyal servant after killing him. Cindry then throws the Square Blade Plates at the raging reindeer. It seems she managed to knock Chopper out with a bunch of plates.
Chopper then tries to reason with Cindra, warning of what her family would say about the situation she’s in. In order to survive, a person needs to be a free person. Hearing this, Cindry falls down and almost feeds her some salt. Inuppe stops them with a kick and Jigoro unleashes a Phoenix 108 which the parties manage to dodge. Robin uses Doce Fleur but is deflected.
Inuppe and Jigoro start arguing using parts of Sanji and Zoro’s personalities. With this distraction, Robin ties Hogback’s mouth shut, knowing that the zombies won’t take orders if his mouth is closed. They release him, believing he can kill them by letting them out of the tower. He then orders Jigor and Inuppe to jump off the tower, suddenly horrified that the two have fallen. Hogback cries over his mistake.
Chopper then prepares to hit the mad doctor and Cindry starts crying without moving.
Just then, Oars arrives at Moria and Luffy’s place, and Moria introduces his prized creature to his enemy.