Chapter 1151

Above ground, the rampage of demons and beasts continues. Imu informs Killingham of the plan to keep going until the Heart of Elbaph is broken, while Kashii pleads in vain with the transformed Dorry and Brogy, who insist the ancient Jarul must die so they can become the country's new kings and usher in an age of war. Giants who press too near are warped into demons, scattering the rest. Ripley, hearing that Gaban has fallen, rushes toward Colon. With the captive children unconscious again, Killingham, now in hybrid form, spawns fresh monsters and revives the fallen ones, declaring there is no reason to hold back now that Imu has taken the stage.

A flashback fills in the last few minutes: cursing his own recklessness, Chopper still managed to overtake Gaban and cushion the fall with Guard Point, landing them both in the Underworld near Luffy. Luffy somehow sensed Chopper's arrival, and the group sets out to find the pair while Gerd and Goldberg guard the chained Loki. Mosa contacts Loki to say their talks must pause, thanking him for the company, which leaves Loki uneasy. When the group returns, Luffy finally learns Gaban's true identity as a Roger Pirate, hailed alongside Rayleigh as one of Roger's wings, leaving Zoro to grasp why their earlier fight went the way it did.

Gaban wakes and dryly insists he ranks as the second strongest, not the third, while Chopper briefs everyone on the chaos in the Sun World. Imu adds that Elbaph would have fallen long ago were it not for King Harald's failure, foreshadowing the coming backstory. When the group feels Imu's enormous burst of Haki, Hajrudin orders his crew onto the lift to return and counterattack, with Luffy ready to join. Loki, sensing the same overwhelming will, laughs that they will now have no choice but to set him loose. The cover continues the Yamato sumo serial in Hakumai.