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Chapter 31 - chapter 31

Screen 12 — The Battle of Punk Hazard

With the alliance formed, the atmosphere shifts.

No more running.

No more hiding.

It's time to crush Caesar's entire operation.

Sirens blare through the frozen corridors.

Gas leaks hiss.

Hazmat troops rush the hallways, yelling orders.

Everything erupts at once.

---

Luffy & Papyrus vs. Caesar's Forces

Luffy charges first, laughing like this is a festival.

Luffy:

"Papyrus! Let's go punch the gas clown!"

Papyrus sprints beside him, cape flying dramatically.

Papyrus:

"YES, CAPTAIN FRIEND! I, THE GREAT PAPYRUS, SHALL LEAD THE ASSAULT!

OR FOLLOW IT!

WHICHEVER COMES FIRST!"

Caesar unleashes blasts of deadly gas.

Papyrus swings a massive BONY WALL behind Luffy, blocking the first wave.

Papyrus:

"NO GAS CAN STOP MY VALIANT BONES!"

Luffy bursts through the cloud, coated in Haki, slamming into Caesar's chest.

---

Zoro & Sans vs. Monet

In the icy chamber, Monet blocks the way, wings spread, room filled with snow.

Monet:

"You'll freeze before you touch me."

Zoro cracks his neck.

Zoro:

"We'll see."

Sans stands beside him, hands in pockets, eye glowing faintly.

Sans:

"snow powers, huh?

cute.

mind if i adjust the temperature?"

He snaps his fingers — a wave of blue blaster heat flashes across the floor, melting the first layer of ice.

Monet flinches.

Monet:

"What ARE you creatures…?"

Zoro moves in a blur.

Zoro:

"Your problem."

---

Vergo Appears

Deep inside the lab, Vergo walks forward calmly, body coated in Armament Haki so dense it looks like obsidian.

Smoker and Law clash with him.

Walls crack. Floors shatter.

Sans glances over mid-fight.

Sans:

"another haki brick wall.

fun."

Papyrus shouts from another hallway:

Papyrus (echoing):

"IF YOU NEED HELP, BROTHER, I CAN THROW A TABLE AT HIM!"

Sans sighs.

Sans:

"…i'll keep that in mind."

---

Caesar Panics

Watching everything crumble, Caesar freaks out behind his monitors.

Caesar:

"Why are samurai, pirates, skeletons, AND a warlord all attacking ME?!

THIS ISN'T FAIR!!"

Luffy's voice booms across the hallway:

Luffy:

"WE CAME TO KICK YOUR BUTT, GAS CLOWN!"

Sans steps beside him, blaster humming.

Sans:

"and trust me…

this is the fair version."

Caesar screams.

Screen 13 — Luffy & Papyrus Discover Momonosuke

1. Luffy and Papyrus Enter the Wrong Room

Luffy kicks open a random metal door.

Luffy:

"Is this where Caesar is?!"

Papyrus:

"NO, LUFFY! THAT IS A STORAGE CLOSET!"

They burst in anyway… and freeze.

In the middle of the room is a small pink dragon, curled up and shaking.

Papyrus gasps so loudly the walls echo.

Papyrus:

"SANS WOULD LOVE THIS!!!

A TINY DRAGON FRIEND!"

Luffy ignores the danger instantly.

Luffy:

"WHOA!! A dragon!! You're so cool!"

The dragon tenses up, trying to act proud, but its legs tremble.

It doesn't speak.

Just stares at them with wide frightened eyes.

Papyrus leans forward.

Papyrus:

"HELLO LITTLE DRAGON! DO YOU EAT SPAGHETTI?"

…no answer.

---

2. The Fall Into the Trash Chute

Suddenly the floor opens beneath them — a hidden chute.

Luffy and the dragon fall in.

Papyrus screams and dives after them.

Inside, metal trash and gas vents explode around them.

The dragon tries to fly but spirals out of control.

Luffy:

"Hold on!"

He jumps, grabs the dragon before it hits a pit of gas sludge.

Papyrus lands on his face behind them.

Papyrus:

"I AM OKAY! MY FACE ALWAYS BREAKS MY FALL!"

---

3. Momonosuke Breaks Down

The dragon is shaking.

Finally, it speaks for the first time:

Momonosuke:

"P-Please… save me…"

His voice is tiny.

Nothing like the proud samurai son he pretends to be later.

Luffy softens immediately.

Luffy:

"Yeah. I got you."

Papyrus nods, suddenly serious.

Papyrus:

"NO CHILD SHOULD BE ALONE IN A PLACE LIKE THIS!"

---

4. The Transformation

The dragon collapses.

Its body glows.

In seconds, it shrinks and twists into…

A human child.

Luffy blinks.

Luffy:

"Huh?!

You're a kid?!"

Papyrus gasps again.

Papyrus:

"THE DRAGON WAS A HUMAN ALL ALONG?!

THAT MAKES YOU EVEN COOLER!"

---

5. Momonosuke's Truth

With tears in his eyes, Momo explains:

He was kidnapped.

He was forced to eat a strange artificial devil fruit.

He can't control the dragon form.

He hasn't eaten in days.

Caesar lied to him about everything.

Luffy pats his head gently.

Luffy:

"Don't worry. We're getting out of here."

Papyrus lifts him up proudly.

Papyrus:

"YOU ARE SAFE NOW, TINY SAMURAI CHILD!"

This moment becomes the start of Luffy and Momo's bond —

one that eventually changes Wano's future.

Screen 14 — Sans & Zoro vs. Monet (Final Clash)

Monet blocks the hallway leading to the children, wings spread, snow filling the air. Her smile is sharp and cold.

Monet:

"You're not getting past me. Caesar needs time."

Snowstorms swirl around her, turning the room into a frozen blizzard.

Zoro steps forward, hand on his sword.

Sans appears next to him with his hands in his pockets, eye faintly glowing.

Zoro:

"Snow woman, huh? Annoying."

Sans:

"heh. i hate cold jokes… guess we'll warm things up."

Monet dives at them with razor–sharp snow claws.

Zoro dodges cleanly.

Sans doesn't move — a blue aura catches her mid-air and slams her sideways into the wall.

She hisses, shifting into full harpy mode.

Monet:

"You two are dangerous. I'll freeze you solid."

She unleashes a blizzard so thick it blinds the room.

Zoro closes his eyes.

Zoro:

"Sans, melt her path."

Sans snaps his fingers — a line of Gaster Blasters fire tiny controlled beams, clearing the snow in a straight corridor.

Zoro opens his eyes again.

Zoro:

"Perfect."

Monet lunges again — this time right down the cleared path.

She smiles, thinking she has the advantage.

Zoro doesn't bother drawing all his swords.

He simply shifts his weight,

and—

Zoro:

"Don't get in our way."

A single slash of overwhelming pressure cuts the floor in front of Monet.

It doesn't harm her — but the intent is enough to crush her confidence completely.

Monet freezes in fear, body shaking.

Sans taps his skull.

Sans:

"snow lady… you picked the wrong swordsman to test."

Monet collapses, unable to move.

Her fighting spirit breaks entirely.

Zoro walks past her.

Zoro:

"I don't cut weaklings who've already given up."

Sans follows, eye dimming.

Sans:

"c'mon. kids are waiting."

With Monet defeated mentally and the path clear, the two head deeper into Caesar's lab — ready for the final fights.

Screen 15 — Papyrus Protects Momonosuke

With the lab shaking from the battles, Momonosuke stumbles through the hallway in his small dragon form, scared and confused.

Papyrus spots him immediately.

Papyrus:

"YOUNG DRAGON CHILD! FEAR NOT! THE GREAT PAPYRUS SHALL PROTECT YOU!"

Momonosuke trembles.

Momo:

"I… I don't want to be here anymore…"

Papyrus kneels down, trying to look gentle despite being massive.

Papyrus:

"THEN LET US FIND A SAFE HIDING SPOT! SOMEWHERE WITH NO MAD SCIENTISTS OR SUSPICIOUS GAS!"

Sans appears behind them, hands in pockets.

Sans:

"yo. momo. you look like you're havin' a bad day.

let's move before this place blows up."

Momo clings to Papyrus's scarf, panicked.

Momo:

"Please… take me somewhere safe!"

Sans snaps his fingers — a small blue flash fills the hallway.

In one instant, the three vanish from danger.

They reappear inside a quiet storage chamber far from Caesar's lab — solid walls, no enemies, no gas leaks.

Papyrus:

"BEHOLD! A SAFE ROOM! PERFECT FOR TINY SAMURAI CHILDREN!"

Sans:

"stay here, kid. we'll clean up the rest."

Momonosuke nods bravely.

Momo:

"I'll wait… please win."

Sans smirks.

Sans:

"we will."

The skeleton duo leave, heading back into the chaos of Punk Hazard.

Screen 16 — Luffy & Papyrus vs. Caesar Clown (Final Fight)

Caesar stands in the center of the lab, gas swirling around him like a storm.

Caesar:

"You fools! I am the master of this island! The world needs my genius!"

Papyrus steps forward, pointing dramatically.

Papyrus:

"YOUR 'GENIUS' IS NOTHING BUT EVIL SCIENCE AND BAD HAIR!

THE GREAT PAPYRUS SHALL END YOUR TERRIBLE EXPERIMENTS!"

Luffy cracks his knuckles.

Luffy:

"Yeah. You hurt kids. That's unforgivable."

Caesar laughs and unleashes a massive gas blast.

Caesar:

"GASTANETSU!!!"

Papyrus spins a bone shield, blocking the gas.

Papyrus:

"NO GAS FOR YOU, JERK!"

Luffy rockets forward with Gear Second, steam rising.

Luffy:

"Gomu Gomu no… JET GATLING!!"

A barrage of punches slams Caesar across the lab — but the gas Logia slips apart and reforms, grinning.

Caesar:

"You can't hit gas!"

Papyrus steps beside Luffy.

Papyrus:

"THEN LET'S STOP THE AIR!"

He summons a whirlwind of bones, forcing Caesar's gas form into one tight space.

Sans's voice echoes faintly through a speaker tube from another room:

Sans:

"hey luffy, now's your shot. no escape route."

Luffy plants his feet.

His fists swell with Armament Haki.

Luffy:

"Gomu Gomu no… GRIZZLY MAGNUM!!!"

Two massive, blackened fists slam into Caesar's chest — the shockwave blows apart the entire lab entrance.

Caesar hits the wall, eyes rolling back.

He collapses.

Defeated.

Papyrus walks up to the unconscious scientist and pokes him with a bone.

Papyrus:

"YOU CLOWN… HAVE OFFICIALLY LOST YOUR HEART NOW!"

Law steps forward, flipping Caesar's captured heart in his hand like a coin.

Law:

"Yeah. And I'll be taking this."finally have heard

Luffy grins.

Luffy:

"Alright! Caesar's done!"

This ends the nightmare experiments of Punk Hazard.

Screen 17 — Law Gives Everyone Their Bodies Back

With Caesar defeated and the lab collapsing around them, Law steps forward, flipping his scalpel casually.

Law:

"Alright. Let's clean up this mess."

He activates his ROOM — the entire corridor glows blue.

Law:

"Shambles."

In one smooth move, every swapped body snaps back into place:

Nami → Nami

Sanji → Sanji

Chopper → Chopper

Franky → Franky

Smoker → Smoker

Tashigi → Tashigi

Everyone staggers for a second as their senses return.

Nami puts her hands on her hips and immediately glares at Sans and Papyrus.

Nami:

"…Did you two actually enjoy watching us run around in the wrong bodies?"

Sans shrugs, leaning back.

Sans:

"hey, i'm just sayin'… it was entertaining."

Papyrus raises both hands dramatically.

Papyrus:

"I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE!

BODIES ARE STRANGE! HUMANS ARE STRANGE! EVERYTHING WAS CHAOS!"

Sanji lights a cigarette, eyes twitching.

Sanji:

"Don't ever laugh at me in Nami-swan's body again."

Franky flexes.

Franky:

"That was NOT super."

Chopper spins angrily.

Chopper:

"Don't switch people like that!!"

Law sighs like he's used to dealing with idiots.

Law:

"If your crew can't handle a simple body-swap, good luck in the New World."

Luffy just laughs and slaps Law on the back.

Luffy:

"That was fun!"

Everyone else yells:

"NO IT WASN'T!!"

Sans and Papyrus look at each other.

Sans:

"welp. guess we're in trouble."

Papyrus:

"TROUBLE BUILDS CHARACTER, BROTHER!"

The crew regroups, fully restored and ready for the next move.

Screen 18 — The Children Are Saved

Smoke clears from the destroyed laboratory.

Caesar is defeated.

Punk Hazard is finally calm.

Chopper and Nami guide the giant children out of the ruins, helping each one walk.

The kids tremble — withdrawal still hurting them — but they hold Nami's hands tightly.

Child 1:

"Are we… going home?"

Nami:

"Yeah. You're going home."

The G-5 Marines, led by Tashigi, gather in formation. Despite their rough attitudes, every single Marine kneels down to the crying children.

Tashigi:

"We'll take responsibility.

We'll detox them.

And we'll send them back to their families."

The children begin to cry harder — not from fear, but relief.

One girl wraps her arms around Chopper.

Girl:

"Thank you, doctor…"

Chopper turns red, waving his hooves.

Chopper:

"S-stop it… you're making me blush!"

Nearby, the two skeletons walk over.

Papyrus kneels down to eye level with the kids.

Papyrus:

"BE SAFE, LITTLE HUMANS!

EAT VEGETABLES! GROW STRONG!

AND REMEMBER—THE GREAT PAPYRUS BELIEVES IN YOU!"

The kids laugh for the first time in days.

Sans simply puts his hands in his pockets, eye glowing softly.

Sans:

"don't worry. you're safe now.

and hey… stay away from weird clowns next time."

One kid sniffles.

Child 2:

"Sans… will we see you again?"

Sans smirks.

Sans:

"maybe. if you get in trouble again, i'll know."

The children are escorted onto Marine ships, waving as they leave.

Kids:

"BYE STRAW HATS!!

BYE SKELETONS!!

THANK YOU!!!"

The Straw Hats and skeleton duo watch silently as the ships disappear into the mist — knowing they saved not just a kingdom, but dozens of childhoods.

Screen 19 — Smiley Is Gone

The last traces of Smiley — Caesar's massive living slime — dissolve into the air.

Shinokuni, the deadly gas, melts away with it.

The winds clear.

The island finally starts to breathe again.

Sans:

"well… that's one toxic blob we won't miss."

Papyrus:

"YES! NO MORE SLIMY MONSTERS!

THE GREAT PAPYRUS APPROVES!"

The Straw Hats pull back from the battlefield, regrouping near the wrecked outer walls.

---

Inside Caesar's Lab — Vergo & Monet's Fate

The lab collapses behind them, explosions echoing through the frozen half of the island.

Deep inside:

Vergo, covered in Armament Haki, tries to stand.

But Law's cut wasn't just a wound — it split everything.

Vergo's body slides apart cleanly.

Law's voice echoes in memory:

> "Don't underestimate me anymore."

A full officer of Doflamingo falls.

---

Across the ruined chamber:

Monet, loyal to Joker until the end, tries to trigger the self-destruct.

But Caesar — panicking — destroys her heart earlier.

She collapses silently.

The final explosion swallows the lab, burying everything.

---

The Escape

Outside, the Straw Hats, Law, and the children sprint away as the island shakes.

Franky shields Chopper.

Robin pulls Nami forward.

Luffy laughs while running back toward danger for no reason.

Sans teleports ahead, scouting the safe path.

Papyrus builds bone walls behind them to block falling debris.

Zoro:

"Tch… that lab's done."

Law:

"Good. One piece of Doflamingo's network erased."

The sound of the final explosion thunders across Punk Hazard.

The lab — Caesar's cruelty, Doflamingo's secret base, centuries of illegal experiments — is gone.

And for the first time in decades…

Punk Hazard isn't a death trap anymore.

Screen 20 — Law Reveals His Real Plan

The smoke from the ruined lab fades.

Luffy and Law stand on the cliffside, wind ripping across Punk Hazard's burned landscape.

Law turns, hood blowing behind him.

Law:

"Now that Caesar is ours… it's time for the real objective."

Everyone goes silent.

Law looks directly at Luffy.

Law:

> "Let's form an alliance…

to take down Kaido of the Four Emperors."

The crew freezes.

Zoro almost drops his sword.

Robin raises an eyebrow.

Franky whistles.

Papyrus leans toward Sans.

Papyrus:

"WHO IS KAIDO AGAIN?"

Sans:

"big. angry. basically unkillable.

sounds fun."

Luffy grins instantly, without thinking.

Luffy:

"Yeah! Let's do it!"

Law stares at him.

Law:

"...You agreed too fast."

Luffy laughs.

Luffy:

"Doesn't matter! It sounds exciting!"

Sans smirks.

Sans:

"welp. guess we're fighting a yonko now."

Papyrus throws both arms up triumphantly.

Papyrus:

"THE GREAT PAPYRUS FEARS NO EMPEROR!"

The alliance is official.

The New World just became a lot more dangerous.

---

The G-5 Marines Salute the Straw Hats

As the alliance prepares to leave, the G-5 Marines march forward.

These are the roughest, most violent Marines in the entire East Blue — normally they hate pirates.

But today… they bow.

Tashigi:

"Thank you… for saving the children."

G-5 Soldiers:

"STRONG HATS!

YOU GUYS AREN'T SO BAD!"

They salute in perfect formation.

Luffy waves like an idiot.

Zoro pretends not to care.

Sanji blushes at Tashigi.

Chopper cries and tells them they're too nice.

Sans, hands in pockets, tilts his skull slightly.

Sans:

"heh. didn't expect this."

Papyrus salutes wildly.

Papyrus:

"I ACCEPT YOUR GRATITUDE, BRAVE MARINES!"

Even Smoker stops them from shooting.

He lights a cigar and mutters:

Smoker:

"…Damn brats."

The Thousand Sunny sails away, the Marines cheering behind them.

The Punk Hazard incident is over.

The Dressrosa storm is about to begin.

Screen 21 — Doflamingo Receives Terrible News

Inside the dark throne room in Dressrosa, Doflamingo lounges casually with a glass of wine.

A Den Den Mushi begins ringing.

He answers.

A trembling voice reports:

"Caesar… has been captured."

Doflamingo freezes.

Another voice adds:

"Vergo… is dead."

The glass cracks in his hand.

Then the final blow:

"The SAD factory is gone.

Destroyed completely."

Silence fills the room.

Doflamingo slowly stands, the grin fading off his face — something almost nobody ever sees.

Doflamingo:

> "Law… you little rat."

"And Straw Hat… you've gone too far."

He kicks his throne so hard it shatters against the wall.

Then a Marine report comes in:

"Two skeletons fought alongside Straw Hat…

Bounties 350 million and 180 million…"

Doflamingo stops.

A thin, sharp smile returns.

---

What Doflamingo Thinks About Sans and Papyrus

He leans back, fingers tapping his sunglasses.

Doflamingo:

> "Two skeletons…?"

"The world gets stranger every day."

He remembers the reports:

— teleportation

— soul-based power

— haki

— monsters immune to bullets

— survived Marineford

— defeated Pacifistas

— escaped Admirals

He starts laughing — the wild Joker laugh that shakes the whole room.

Doflamingo:

> "Fufufufufu…

These two aren't pets in Straw Hat's crew.

They're weapons."

He crushes the wine glass in his hand.

Doflamingo:

> "If Law thinks he can topple Kaido with one skeleton…

what'll he do with two?"

He tilts his head.

Doflamingo:

> "Those bone freaks…

They're dangerous."

Then his smile disappears again.

Doflamingo:

> "I'll crush Law…

and Straw Hat…

and those two skeletons…

before they grow any larger."

He steps toward the window, staring at the sea.

Doflamingo:

> "Dressrosa awaits them…"

His fingers tighten.

Doflamingo:

> "They have no idea what they're walking into."

Screen 22 — The Alliance Leaves Punk Hazard

The smoke from Punk Hazard's ruins drifts behind the Thousand Sunny as it pulls away from the island.

The sea is calm again.

The chaos is over.

For now.

Caesar is locked inside a cage, whining nonstop while Franky tightens the bolts.

Caesar:

"Let me out! I'm a scientist!"

Papyrus taps the cage.

Papyrus:

"YOU ARE A FAILURE OF SCIENCE!"

Sans just shrugs.

Sans:

"should've worn a better lab coat, dude."

Law stands on deck with his arms crossed, watching the horizon.

Robin reads quietly.

Zoro naps.

Sanji smokes, still annoyed about body-swapping.

Usopp and Chopper celebrate surviving another nightmare.

Luffy climbs onto the Sunny's lion figurehead and yells back to the island:

Luffy:

"Next island—ADVENTURE!!"

The whole crew cheers.

Even the "Sketchers Duo" — Sans and Papyrus — stand shoulder-to-shoulder.

Papyrus strikes a heroic pose.

Papyrus:

"THE GREAT PAPYRUS IS READY FOR ANYTHING!"

Sans' eye flame flickers.

Sans:

"dressrosa, huh?

hope they're ready for us."

The Sunny sails into the open sea — toward Dressrosa, toward Doflamingo, toward the next massive war.

Punk Hazard ends.

The New World truly begins.

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