The Straw Hat Pirates are the Culprits? The Protectors of the City of Water!

Franky is stunned to learn Iceburg was shot, and Nami reels at being blamed. Luffy insists the crew shot no one, but Paulie repeats the mayor's account: a tall masked figure and Nico Robin were the attackers. Kaku cuts Luffy's face with a thrown blade and declares the Straw Hats wanted dead or alive, the law now turned against them. Luffy refuses to believe Robin would kill anyone and insists on hearing it from Iceburg himself.

The shipwrights bar his way. Lulu drops his pistols knowing bullets cannot harm rubber, and the carpenters press in with saws, blades, and a cannon. Luffy dodges and weaves as Kaku pins him against a wall and Tilestone fires.

Resenting that Galley-La stole his opponent, Franky charges up and looses Coup de Vent, a hurricane-force blast that scatters the shipwrights and citizens and levels Dock 1. Nami breaks free in the chaos, and an unharmed Luffy reappears to whisk her away across the rooftops. Just beyond the gates, Sanji and Chopper keep watch over Usopp on the Merry while bracing for Aqua Laguna. Luffy bursts into the Galley-La building, and Kalifa quietly lets him slip into Iceburg's room, where the mayor pulls a gun and orders Luffy to bring Robin to him.

Adapted from chapters 337 through 339, this is the first episode to open with a cold-opening teaser, a device that becomes standard for the series afterward. Franky's Coup de Vent debuts here. The closing shot shows Robin reading the newspaper with an emotionless stare.