Summary:
The auction continues, but Saint Charlos arrives and ruins the Straw Hats’ plan to buy Camie back by overbidding her. Proceedings are then interrupted when Luffy and his Flying Fish crash into the Auction House, but are prevented from rushing to the stage by Hatchan, who accidentally reveals his Fish-Man nature in the process. As the nobility backs away in disgust, Charlos shoots him dead and rejoices in gaining Fish-Man’s slave. Luffy snaps and punches Charlos in the face.
Saint Charles arrives at the Human Auctioning House, glad that the auction hasn’t ended. He repeatedly kicks his slave and blames him for his tardiness, which caused him to miss most of the auction. The Straw Hat Pirates notice his arrival and overhear Charlos expressing his desire for a mermaid.
Disco introduces another slave, Lacuba. However, the slave collapses and his blood drips onto the floor, prompting screams from the audience. Panicked, Disco orders the curtains drawn. Nami wonders what happened and Sanji explains that Lacuba bit his tongue and chose to die instead of living as a slave. Camie is locked in a tank and the crew prepares to reveal her to the crowd.
Zoro arrives at Grove 13 and is confused as he was previously in Grove 2. The pirates that had surrounded him before cross paths with him again. Zoro recognizes them, beats them up and accuses them of giving him false instructions. Pirates make matters worse when they try to explain themselves. Luffy grabs Zoro as he flies by and heads to Grove 1 on a flying fish.
Disco tries to cover up the accident by claiming that Lacuba had a nosebleed. Camie is brought on stage and introduced to the crowd, causing a massive uproar. Nami sets out to get Camie back and Charlos excitedly exclaims that the house is finally selling a mermaid. Before Disco can announce the opening bid, Charlos interrupts with the 500 million belly bid, shocking everyone into silence. Camie can’t hear anything from her tank and bangs on it, yelling for Hatchan to save her. Pappag and Hatchan sob sadly at the turn of events. Disco asks for a higher offer while Charlos smiles smugly. Desperate, Hatchan considers rescuing Camie by force before fleeing to the seas. Pappag shoots down the idea and reminds Hatchan of the exploding collar. They glare angrily at the unfolding situation as Eustass Kid comments that he has seen enough and prepares to leave with his crew. Disco slams the gavel to seal the deal. Immediately afterwards, there is commotion when the flying fish that Luffy and Zoro are riding crashes right into the auction house. Luffy shouts that they should have landed better, but the rider retorts that it was Luffy himself who told him to crash into the building. Still unaware of the whole situation, Zoro believes that Luffy is heading to Sunny and wonders where they are now. Trafalgar Law sees them and smiles while Kid also recognizes Luffy. Luffy notices Cami and runs to her. However, Hatchan grabs him and tries to stop him by explaining about the collar and sky dragons, to which Luffy replies that he doesn’t care. In an attempt to stop him, Hatchan uses his other hands and reveals to the crowd the fact that he is a fish man. The audience asks him to be restrained and starts throwing things at him. Pappag urges Hatchan to run while Sanji is confused by the crowd’s reaction. Nami informs them that fishmen and merfolk are actually discriminated against in the Saboady Archipelago.
The shot intended for Hatchan was fired by Charlos. Luffy stops and turns around as Camie watches in horror as Hatchan collapses. Charlos bounces around, proud of having shot the fish man. The crowd is relieved as Charlos revels in the fact that he just got a free slave. Luffy angrily approaches him, but is stopped by Hatchan, who reminds him of the promise he made: not to touch the sky dragons, even if one was shot right in front of him. Hatchan claims he deserves it because he has done terrible things in the past. He apologizes to Luffy, saying that he never meant for things to turn out this way, and explains that he just wanted Nami to make amends for his past actions. Nami is surprised by this revelation, while Hatchan continues to apologize profusely. Charlos is irritated by Hatchan and prepares for another shot. Luffy glares at him and heads towards him. Pappag yells at Luffy to stop, but his words are not heard. Charlos fires two shots that Luffy dodges with ease. Within range, Luffy punches Charlos, sending him flying.