One Piece 1141: Loki’s Revenge Unleashed in Elbaph – Epic Giant Showdown Awaits!

One Piece Chapter 1141: “An older woman”. (17 pages of pure chaos, bro)

Side Story Bit: Ogre Kid Yamato’s Golden Harvest Stand-In Quest, Vol. 27 – Ulti’s bawling her eyes out, pissed as hell, watching Who’s Who’s goons beat the snot outta Page One. Total big-sis meltdown vibes.

Kicking Off: Road and Nami are dragging these giant guards back to the village on the Svalr. Nami’s bitching non-stop, like, “Mate, what kinda castle doesn’t have a fat stack of treasure? Absolute rubbish!” Road’s sweating bullets, shushing her so the guards don’t overhear and chuck a tanty.

Next Scene: Ripley’s giving Franky the grand tour of “Treasure Tree Adam.” Franky’s losing his mind, going, “Holy crap, this tree’s got more cool shit than I could’ve dreamed up!” Ripley’s like, “Yeah, giants have been crashing on these massive branches forever, so every one’s got some epic backstory.” Then Franky spots a huge Adam branch that’s been hacked off, still dangling from the main trunk.
Franky: “Whoa, what the hell’s that?!”
Ripley: “Used to be a village called Haugen up there. Lightning smashed it one day, set the whole joint on fire. Thing with these old-as-dirt branches? Once they’re lit, the fire just keeps bloody going. We had to chop the whole thing off—village and all—to stop it spreading.”
Franky: “That’s rough as guts… Even a legend like Adam can’t dodge the old-age curse, huh?”
Ripley: “Mate, in Elbaph, it’s just lightning and fire that’ll screw us every time!”

Cut to Western Village: Nami’s back at the party, chilling with a smashed Usopp.
Usopp: “Hic! Nami, where’d ya piss off toooo? Where’s Luby and Roro atttt?”
Nami: “Dunno, probably wandering around like idiots.”
Usopp: “Oh sweet, fair enoughhhh!”
Jorul rocks up to their table, and Usopp’s on one: “Oi, Joruuul! Check out our badass navigator, eyyyy!”
Jorul: “Bloody oath, she’s a stunner.”
Usopp: “You dirty old perv, what’s your type then?”
Jorul: “Bojaja! Reckon I’m into… older chicks!”
Usopp flips out, smacks Jorul’s head with his sword—whack!—and Jorul’s howling. Usopp’s cackling: “Mate, you’re the oldest geezer on the planet, who’s gonna be old enough for ya?! Hahaha!”
Jorul: “Ow, shitttt!”
Giants: “Master Jorul!!!”
Nami’s parked next to Jinbe, grinning at Usopp’s drunk antics, like, “This was him and Luffy’s big dream, getting to Elbaph. Cute as hell.” Meanwhile, Sanji clocks that Gerd’s MIA from the party and starts sniffing around for her.

Switch Scenes: Road’s hauling the banged-up giant guards to Gerd for a patch-up. She’s grilling him on what happened, but Road’s dodging like a pro—until Gerd loses it and smacks him senseless. Classic.

Down in the “Underworld”: Luffy and Zoro find Loki half-dead. Luffy tries yanking the chains off, but they’re “Kairouseki,” so he turns into a wobbly mess the second he touches ‘em. Zoro’s like, “Hold up, mate, we can’t just let this bloke loose yet. Gotta figure out if he’s a dickhead first.” Then he stomps over and boots Loki’s wound—Loki screams like a banshee.
Zoro: “Yep, that hurt’s legit.”
Luffy: “He’s basically dead, ya prick!!”
Zoro: “If he carks it, that’s his bloody luck running out.”
Luffy: “You’re a cold bastard!”
Zoro finally caves, unlocks most of the chains but leaves one cuff on Loki’s ankle. Luffy’s all, “I’ll grab Chopper,” but the “Owl Library” is miles away, so he reckons the village doc’s the go. Zoro’s like, “Mate, if the giants catch us freeing Loki, we’re outta here faster than you can blink.” Luffy shrugs: “Don’t care, I’m getting a doc. Oh, and meat—ya can’t heal without meat!” Zoro points at the dead animals nearby: “Plenty of meat right there.”
Luffy loses it: “Don’t you dare say that again!!! They’re my mates!!! I’m hunting something else in the mountains!!!”
Zoro: “Meat’s meat, dude.”
Luffy: “You don’t eat your bloody friends!!!”
Zoro: “Alright, alright, my bad.”

Just as Luffy’s about to bolt, they hear something crashing from above. It’s Hajrudin and his crew (Sanji in tow) plummeting down on a Svalr. Road spilled the beans, so Hajrudin’s rushing to stop ‘em. Thing is, they were in such a panic they skipped the elevator and rode the Svalr—only to fall flat ‘cause there’s no island cloud down low.
Luffy pulls out “Gomu Gomu no Fusen,” blows up massive to cushion the drop. Hajrudin’s bawling, stoked to see Luffy, but the Svalr bounces hard, and everyone (minus Gerd and Sanji) goes flying again—bloody hilarious. They regroup with Luffy later, all battered to shit, thanking him ‘cause that fall would’ve been lights out. Then Hajrudin begs:
Hajrudin: “Oi, ‘Straw Hat’! Don’t let Loki loose, mate!!! I’m telling ya, he’s a sly, rotten prick!!! Known him since he was a little shit—anything nice he says is just a con!!! He’d stab a mate in the back and laugh about it the next day!!! He’s a bloody menace to everyone!!!”
Zoro: “Bit late for that, champ…”
Hajrudin: “What!?”

Big Finish: Loki’s up—still got that ankle cuff, but he’s pissed as hell, face all shadowy and menacing. He’s freaking massive—Luffy looks like a speck next to him. The “New Giant Warrior Pirates” are shitting bricks: “IT’S LOKI!!!”
Luffy: “What the—!? He was supposed to be out cold!”
Hajrudin’s glaring him down while Loki grabs his weapon with this evil smirk.
Hajrudin: “Stop it, Loki!!! Keep your filthy hands off ‘Ragnir’!!!!” (“Ragnir” means “Iron Thunder,” by the way)

End of chapter. No break next week, legends!