Chapter 373

The crew aboard the Puffing Tom try to break Robin free of CP9. Franky reverses his earlier defeat against Nero, the agents regroup, and the truth about why Robin carries such a heavy bounty surfaces before a smoke-screened getaway.

The color cover places Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Chopper, and Nami in summer yukata under falling rain, parasols and weapons in hand, with a chorus of frogs behind them in a clear nod to kabuki staging.

Franky tumbles from the train's roof, hurt by Nero exploiting his back, but the fall is a ruse. He pins the agent's limbs and drives him down through the third car, landing among Sanji and a now-upright CP9. Kaku introduces Nero as their newest recruit, only for Lucci to gravely wound him on the spot, dismissing him as too weak for having mastered just four of the Six Powers. Lucci then dismisses any rescue as pointless and discloses that Robin's enormous childhood bounty stems from her ability to awaken one of the Ancient Weapons.

Enraged, Sanji strikes at Lucci just as Robin walks in alongside Sogeking, who has beaten Corgi. Robin coldly throws Sogeking aside and insists their concern means nothing to her, with Franky noting she matches the girl on the poster. Sogeking tells Franky to cut the third car loose, hurls a smoke star to blind the agents, seizes Robin, and the four make a break for it.

Franky defeats Nero, who crashes among CP9, Sanji, and the knocked-out Wanze. Kaku confirms Nero held only four of the Six Powers, and Lucci executes him for that shortfall. Sanji attacks Lucci over his remarks about Robin, who enters the second car against Sogeking's pleas and meets Franky for the first time, still refusing rescue. The chapter spans Episode 261 and Episode 262.