Chapter 268

A tangled standoff between Wyper, Ohm, the giant snake, Zoro, and Gan Fall boils over. Ohm sics his enormous hound Holy on the swordsman, Gan Fall and Pierre zero in on the priest, and Wyper fires his Burn Bazooka with no real aim. As the snake lunges for Zoro, he ducks beside Wyper, only for Ohm's dog, trained in martial arts and to stand upright, to throw a punch he barely escapes. Gan Fall blocks Ohm's blade, vowing to stay until he learns Enel's real intentions.

Dashing toward Chopper's fallen body, Zoro is slashed across the chest by a strand of barbed Iron Cloud, a trap Ohm explains springs from Cloud Dials and litters the whole arena. Learning his crewmate was deliberately set as bait, Zoro admits the fight has him fired up. In a separate passage, Robin reasons that cloud beneath ground means a hidden lower level, cuts through it, and follows a distant light. As Nami and Aisa reach the beanstalk and meet resistance, Robin sits stunned before the gleaming city she has finally found.

Nico Robin discovers Shandora, the golden city still magnificent after eight hundred years. Ohm reveals the Iron Cloud trap network woven through the upper ruins, using Chopper's unconscious form as bait to wound Zoro. The multi-sided battle among Gan Fall, Wyper, Zoro, Ohm, Holy, and Nola rages on without resolution.

The cover features Robin on a moonlit walk past an eerie castle, trailed by bats, a wolf, and a seal balancing a ball. The wiki notes the title "Suite," a Baroque set of dance-accompanied pieces usually preceded by an overture, poetically frames the chaotic battle as a dance. The chapter is part of the Skypiea Arc.