Summary:
Everyone is stunned after Spartan is eliminated. One of the referees blames the incident on Luffy and tries to kick Luffy out of the competition, but luckily he is defended by the Chinjao family, who inform the referee that the fight was started by a Spartan. Luffy thanks them, but one of the Chinjao family members rejects his apology and tries to attack Luffy, but is stopped by another member.
Then some of the other contestants notice that they are big names from many countries and are surprised that the countries sent their representatives to try to win the rare treasure, Mera Mera no Mi. Big names include: the Funk brothers, Dagama and Elizabello the Second of the Kingdom of Prodence, “Neck Slasher” Suleiman, ex-bounty hunters Abdullah and Jeet, the False Massacre, the ruler of Orlumbus and “Hyena” Bellamy, Donquijote’s family support. The first round is revealed as a battle royale with four blocks and over 550 participants, although only four will advance. Luffy discovers that he is in Block C and that he can choose any armor or weapons except weapons. He chooses the look of a Viking warrior, but finds that he is over the weight limit and has to lose some armor.
Another participant, a “prince” who is the captain of the handsome pirates, tries to start a conversation with Luffy, claiming that he will win the Mera Mera no Mi, but Luffy ignores him. Luffy then questions why everyone is almost naked, and the prince informs him that it’s because the audience wants to see blood and that you can see humanity’s true colors revealed in the arena.
The prince then asks who Luffy is and Luffy tells him his real name and exclaims that he is going to be the pirate king, which gets the attention of the crowd, but they see that his name tag says Lucy and they assume he just mispronounced his own name. . The prince laughs and says that if it was really Luffy he would take his head right here and now because he made a big name for himself when he came to the New World about three years ago but then his fame was overshadowed by the Summit War of Marineford and The Eleven Supernovas and also Blackbeard Pirates.
Thus, he holds a grudge against anyone in the “worst generation”, then is once again ignored by Luffy, who notices the statue and its resemblance to her in his armor. The gladiator Rebecca tells Luffy that it is a statue of Kyros, the most powerful gladiator in the history of the Corrida Colosseum, saying that he won 3,000 consecutive matches and only landed one punch in all of them, but that he retired 20 years ago. and that no one knows his true identity. He then wonders if he really existed and how the bronze statue appeared out of the blue one day, then declares his intention to win the Mera Mera no Mi and kill Doflamingo. The announcer then declares that the first block battle royale is over and the winner is revealed as the captain of the first ship of Blackbeard’s crew, Jesus Burgess.