CP9 Unmasked! Their Shocking True Faces

The shipwrights of Galley-La believe the worst has happened. With Tilestone beaten and the bodies of Lucci and Kaku seemingly among the dead, everyone assumes those two craftsmen perished defending their boss. Inside his quarters, an injured Iceburg keeps talking with Robin, and through that conversation the audience learns that the World Government already understands she can read Poneglyphs, and that Iceburg himself guards the plans for the ancient weapon Pluton. The shocking turn is that the true culprits are people Iceburg considered his own. Meanwhile Luffy, bound alongside Paulie, hears Paulie reveal to the intruders that the schematics handed over are worthless decoys.

The bear-masked agent slaughters more craftsmen, then hardens his frame to shrug off Tilestone's mallet before flooring him. Outside, Zoro turns on the panicked shipwright mob, swinging with the blunt edges of his blades while Nami and Chopper remind him those dull strikes can still kill. In Iceburg's room, the mayor draws a pistol and Robin sprouts a cluster of guns in reply. Iceburg lays out why the bounty on an eight year old was so steep, explains how Tom passed Pluton's plans down to him, and admits he set a trap. Luffy launches himself into the building with Gomu Gomu Rocket, finds Paulie riddled with wounds, and learns the recovered blueprints are fakes.

At the climax the disguised raiders strip away their masks: the bull figure is Lucci, the skull figure is Kaku, and they were never killed, decoys having taken their place. The soldier turns out to be Kalifa and the bear is Blueno, leaving Iceburg horrified. Lucci then demands the location of the genuine Pluton plans. The installment marks Robin's debut in the second set of eyecatchers, the first time a Straw Hat other than Luffy appears in that intermission slot. The episode draws on chapters 343 through 345.