Chapter 708

With his identity exposed, Luffy scrambles to fend off Chinjao's punishing headbutts and Cavendish's blind hatred, insisting all the while that he is merely "Lucy". Chinjao's grandsons, Sai and Boo, finally restrain the old man before he is thrown out, persuading him that the larger goal matters more and that he can simply kill Luffy in the ring since they share Block C. Cavendish, unwilling to wait, hunts the rookie down, but Luffy has already slipped outside and hangs beneath a stand window to keep watching.

The B Block melee grinds down to roughly thirty fighters. Abdullah and Jeet topple Tank Lepanto only to be flattened themselves by Bellamy. Then Bartolomeo disgusts the crowd by urinating into the moat mid-battle. Hack, taking the tournament seriously, strikes him from behind, yet the blow is somehow nullified: the fish-man's arm snaps and bleeds while Bartolomeo stands untouched, leaving the arena stunned.

Chinjao recounts Garp's fearsome reputation and the scars the Marine left on him, swearing to take that grudge out on the bloodline. He attacks Luffy and Cavendish together; Cavendish draws Durandal, named by gladiators as one of the world's great blades, only for it to fail to pierce Chinjao's skull. A frustrated Luffy slams Chinjao into the ground, yet the old pirate rises unharmed, prompting tales of him cracking a frozen continent with his head. Sai and Boo haul Chinjao back, warning that disqualification dooms their true objective, and colosseum guards threaten to eject the brawlers. Luffy, recalling his promise to Franky not to be caught, vanishes to his window perch.

A three-way clash erupts between Cavendish, Luffy, and Chinjao, whose head proves nearly indestructible. Cavendish's sword is identified as the legendary Durandal, and Chinjao's bounty is noted to exceed 500,000,000 Berries. Sai and Boo talk Chinjao into postponing his revenge until the C Block round so their hidden aim survives. Abdullah and Jeet beat Tank Lepanto before Bellamy crushes them, leaving about thirty fighters standing. Bartolomeo deflects Hack's Yosenmaigawara Seiken with an unseen power, tearing the fish-man's hand open, the first hint of his Bari Bari no Mi.