Chapter 398

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Introduction

Chapter 398 is titled “Declaration of War”.

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Miss Goldenweek’s “Operation: Meet Baroque Works”, Vol. 30: “The Strongest Suspects”. Even in defeat, Baroque Works is no pushover; Crocodile, Mr. 1, and Mr. 4—all cuffed—have made short work of every other prisoner that dared to attack.

Short Summary

Robin’s life running away from the world is revealed. The flashback ends. Luffy tells Sogeking to burn the World Government’s flag and the Straw Hat Pirates declare war to the world. Luffy tells Robin to say she wants to live, and she does. The Straw Hat Pirates get ready for a battle with the CP9.

Long Summary

On the ruins of Ohara, some Marines inspect the damage done to the island. There are no survivors left, but the lake is full to the brim with books. Elsewhere Spandine exams a poster and identifies the photograph as Robin for sure. She boarded a passenger ship far northeast of Ohara and escaped. Spandine recalls trying to chase after her when she escaped Ohara, but the helm suddenly froze up.

Kuzan claims Saul must have allowed her to live as he died. Word is put around the world a eight year old girl called “Nico Robin”, who can read the poneglyphs is wanted for 79,000,000 and posters flutter everywhere. A special Marine team is left in charge of finding her. Robin returns to the old woman she came to stay with, only to find the old woman has betrayed her for the price on her head. Another couple that allow her to stay with them question the danger she is to them.

When they read her bounty they find she has fled already. She stays with a pirate group, but when the Marines show up they search for her to hand her over in order to protect themselves. Robin…

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