Summary:
On the scrap pile under Building C, a small dragon introduces himself to Luffy as Momonosuke. Luffy thinks he’s heard the name before, but Momonosuke yells at him for drooling. Momonosuke continues, saying that he is not food and would rather eat than be eaten. Luffy grabs Momonosuke by the horns and looks for the person stuck to his neck that communicates farts, but soon realizes it’s Momonosuke (who Luffy thinks is an eel) talking. Momonosuke scolds Luffy for drooling, but then his stomach growls. Luffy says that Momonosuke is as hungry as he is, but the dragon says that the warrior doesn’t just starve for ten days without food. Luffy is amazed that he has gone ten days without food, and when Momonosuke asks his name, Luffy introduces himself and says that he will be the next Pirate King. Momonosuke is surprised because he thought pirates were massive brutes unlike Luffy. Momonosuke notes that Luffy is also an outsider and says that the facility is for sick children.
Momonosuke says he doesn’t know much about the island and arrived by sneaking onto the ship. Momonosuke says that even though he distanced himself from the other children, they were nice to him and offered him sweets. The children met Caesar the Clown, and when asked his name, Momonosuke refused to give one. After refusing sweets for some time, he managed to escape, hungry and exhausted. He found a devil fruit and ate it, but it was caught by one of the children. He tells him that they are not allowed to be in that room, but Momonosuke says that he needs to escape the facility. The girl says that everyone wants to go home, but that being in the cookie room isn’t so bad. Suddenly, some of Caesar’s men arrive and the girl runs away. However, Momonosuke transforms into a dragon before their eyes and to their confusion. He manages to escape and after he is gone, the soldiers note that the fruit Momonosuke was eating was Vegapunk’s failed artificial devil fruit.
To end his story, Momonosuke tells Luffy that he is human. Luffy says that he ate the Devil Fruit and asks Momonosuke why he doesn’t just turn back into a human. Momonosuke is surprised that he can turn around and asks Luffy how to do it. Luffy brushes off the question and says he’s not a Zoan, noting that the hole he fell through is a long way away. Momonosuke says he wants to leave as well because he heard Caesar say that all the children will be dead within five years if the experiment continues. Momonosuke continues, saying that he would have warned the children, but instead he fell into a hole and got trapped. This infuriates Luffy, who says that he is going to climb the walls along with Momonosuke. Dragon is relieved but Luffy tells him to get a grip. This makes Momonosuke see a hallucination of Donquixote Doflamingo. This scares the dragon so much that it starts flying with Luffy hanging onto it.
Meanwhile, in Building B, Usopp, Brook, and Kin’emon split off from the rest of the group to search for the Seastone handcuffs at Robin’s request. Brook uses his Yomi Yomi no Mi powers to see beyond walls. Usopp is worried about Nami and the rest of the group because he isn’t there to protect them. However, they feel that they will be fine because Zoro is with them.
In the SAD production room in the D building, Law looks on as Smoker and Vergo clash. In Building B, Tashigi and the G-5 marines flee from the poison gas with the help of Sanji, who kicks them along.
On the third floor of Building B, Monet uses her Devil Fruit powers to create a snowstorm while Mocha tries to escape the kids who want their candy. Robin tries to help but is stabbed by Monet. Zoro enters saying that she can deal with the enemy since she is a Logie user. From now on, there are twenty minutes left until the gas completely fills Building B.