As the 20+ contestants left in block D were all knocked out, one person gets up.
Rebecca stands up, using her sword as crutch. The crowd boos.
Everyone else lies knocked out (yes, including Meadows).
Ladies cry out worried about Cavendish, fans of Oorumbus can’t believe he lost, etc.
Outside the coliseum, Vice Admiral Bastille tells a marine about the kamaitachi of Rommel.
(Kamaitachi is a Japanese folklore monster, and a strange natural phenomenon of wind slicing up objects)
In the Rommel Kingdom, it was said wind blows through at night slicing people up.
The marines went to investigate, and found out the wind was caused by one man… calling himself “Hakuba” (white horse)
The slim, shadowy figure is holding a saber.
The marines have not caught the man, but Hakuba appears at every city a certain pirate visits…
Rebecca’s flashback to the fight in block D, as she stares at the fallen Cavendish
Rebecca is dodging Suleiman’s attacks, when suddenly Cavendish stumbles onto Suleiman.
There’s something wrong with Cavendish… he falls asleep.
Several gladiators take the chance to attack Cavendish… that’s when he dissapears
Then, like a gust of wind, everyone in the coliseum gets cut up by an invisible force…. much like how Kuro did back in early One Piece.
It was Cavendish. With an evil face. Rebecca narrowly avoids getting cut, taking the blunt with her helmet.
As the evil face fades away from Cavendish, his actual persona is still asleep.
The Vice Admiral explains to the marine… Caven turns into Hakuba while daydreaming.
Hakuba is Cavendish’s other personality.
When Hakuba first commited crime and fled to the sea, Cavendish became a pirate.
The marine feels sorry for Caven, but the VA tells him Caven is enjoying this situation, do not give him mercy.
Cavendish is a genius swordsman to begin with, and Hakuba is twice as strong as Caven.
Unfortunately the fact he falls asleep when Hakuba comes out, worked against him in this tournament format…
(you have to be conscious to win lol)
Sabo praises Rebecca for being the only one who could see Hakuba, and manage to dodge the attack.
Although he has no intention of letting her have the Mera Mera fruit.
Meanwhile in Dressrosa Palace
Doflamingo is laughing as he and captured Riku sit there watching the fight.
Dofla tells Riku how his granddaughter is a lucky woman. (uh… Sabo just said that wasn’t luck, Doffy…)
He mocks the former King on how desperate he has become, going after the devil fruit.
He continues to mock him saying his linage has been rather active lately, including Violet’s action, and asks him if this was some special day for the Riku family.
Viola is a cunning woman, she took her chance. She bid on Trafalgar Law and the Straw Hat pirates to defeat Dofla.
But Law is as you can see, in his hands (Law is shown, unconscious on a chair, beat up and chained)
And Strawhat Luffy will never leave the Coliseum as a human.
The only active strawhat is the cyborg Franky, but he doubts Franky can take on his officers.
Franky is shown getting german suplexed by Senior Pink
The pieces left are just Pirate Hunter Zoro, Fox-fire Kin’emon, Nico Robin, and Sogeking.
The only entrance to the factory is the Toy house and the Palace entrance, they will never reach the underground
(what is with Dofla being wrong about everything this chapter)
The Tontatta girl (whose name escapes me atm) explains to Luffy/Zoro/Kin that they can get to the Factory from the Palace Entrance. They are all connected within.
She tells them operation SOP is already underway.
The three arrive at the lift connected to the Palace Entrance.
There’s supposed to be a guard there they have to show permit to, the Tontatta worries that beating up the guard will alert them.
But the person they find waiting for them at the lift is Violet.
You’re Straw Hat Luffy, right? I’ve been waiting for you. I’ll let you into the Palace
End Of One Piece 734 Chapter