Chapter 661

A centaur shot at last strikes the water and flips the small raft, spilling the Straw Hats into the lake where Zoro and Usopp keep the non-swimming Luffy and Robin afloat. As Zoro prepares to retaliate, sharks drag him beneath the surface, and Brownbeard reveals the unsettling truth: this body of water is actually a piece of the sea. The lake began as a crater gouged during the admirals' battle, later flooded through a rift in the island.

With the centaurs about to open fire again, Brook appears and ices over their gun barrels so the weapons explode in their owners' faces. He then outmatches the charging centaurs with sheer speed, buying his shivering crewmates a chance to regroup. Eyeing the thick winter coats the centaurs wear, the freezing Straw Hats settle on robbing them outright, leaving the centaurs to wonder whether they have run into actual bandits. It is then that their leader places Luffy, identifying him as Ace's younger brother and the rookie who carries a 400,000,000 Berry bounty.

Beyond the lab, Law cleaves the Marine warship completely in two, leaving Smoker's men with no way to escape. Refusing to let the Straw Hats and the samurai slip past, Law stretches his barrier ahead of the runners, and as they cross it the hearts of four crewmates burst free. He then activates Shambles, and only when Nami reaches for a cigarette that is not hers does the body switch become clear.

The Marines propose retreat, but Smoker points out they have no ships left. When they threaten to report him to Marineford, Law shrugs it off and uses Scan to confiscate every Den Den Mushi they carry, ensuring nothing leaves the island. Smoker rushes him, explaining that the Ope Ope no Mi lets its user reshape a space at will, yet his jitte finds only air. Law describes the power as an operating room over which he holds absolute command, fitting his title the Surgeon of Death. Tashigi steps forward against Smoker's warning, and a single stroke severs both her and her blade.

The cover reintroduces Hannyabal and Domino, now Impel Down's warden and one of its chief guards, confirming the prison was rebuilt after the mass breakout. The one commanding the centaurs turns out to be Brownbeard, once a pirate himself and now reshaped into an alligator centaur, and the central lake is shown to have formed from the crater of the admirals' duel before filling with seawater. Law's Devil Fruit is identified as the Ope Ope no Mi. His heart shuffle leaves four minds misplaced: Nami's body now houses Sanji, Franky's body holds Nami, Chopper's body carries Franky, and Sanji's body contains Chopper. Tashigi is confirmed to wield Haki, though her weaker command of it is why Law's strike brings her down without destroying her sword Shigure.