Chapter 1005: Devil Child

Within the great hall where the banquet rages, Black Maria has Caimanlady stand by to carry Sanji's voice over the whole island, then drives brass knuckles into him while demanding he call Robin into an ambush threaded with adhesive webbing and tranquilizer darts. Her underlings marvel that he would choose death over handing a friend over. Snatching a moment between blows, Sanji startles them all by hollering for Robin to rescue him and naming where he is. The cry rings out across the castle, prompting responses from Jinbe, Sasaki, Marco, Nami, and the rest.

Caught off guard that he gave in, Black Maria refuses to keep her end of the deal and points to the other men trapped in her webs who supposedly cannot bear to live without her. Sanji, proclaiming that he wants to cherish every woman alive, eases up on his Armament Haki so he will not bruise her hand, and at that instant a Gigantesco Mano: Spank knocks her flat.

Robin has sprouted her limbs right through the webbing, noting that she can bloom anywhere and was never the easy target Black Maria pictured. Her long years serving wicked organizations, she explains, stir a demon inside her whenever someone she cares for is hurt. Brook turns up to slice Sanji loose and rip apart the remaining webs, after which Sanji chooses to make for Kin'emon's position rather than trade blows with Black Maria, a decision both Robin and Brook back. When Robin thanks him for leaning on her, he melts into heart-shaped eyes.

Within the sealed storeroom, Momonosuke says he heard Sanji through a mouse marked with an eye, and Yamato names the creatures Marys, cyborg scouts that pass their vision to human handlers, which means the foe now knows where they are. Yamato has Momonosuke tuck himself into his clothing and smashes through the door as the Beasts Pirates press in. On the third floor, a partly healed Jack insists on slaying the Nine Red Scabbards himself so Black Maria can handle Robin, and Black Maria strips off her kimono, hefts a Wanyudo-tipped weapon, and swears she will deliver Robin to Kaidou.

The chapter brings Robin and Brook in to free Sanji and open the duel with Black Maria, while disclosing that the Marys form Kaidou's cyborg surveillance web. It also confirms the Beasts Pirates have pinned down Yamato, Shinobu, and Momonosuke, and that Jack means to dispatch the Scabbards on his own. Granting a reader's request, the cover depicts hungry puppies and kittens gathering around Katakuri as he shares out milk and donuts.