Chapter 1027

Luffy calls to Yamato to help Momonosuke (who he still insults despite Momonosuke insisting he can’t change on the dot), and Yamato agrees, jumping on Momonosuke’s head. Kaidou refuses to let them go anywhere and charges for the both of them, as Yamato tries to encourage Momonosuke to get going, which he eventually does, with Yamato even blocking his father. Luffy then wraps his legs around Kaidou’s neck, and Yamato quickly realizes that Luffy wants a one-on-one with Kaidou, so with that, he and Momonosuke jump off Onigashima. As Momonosuke cries in fear of falling, Yamato tells Momonosuke to grab onto the clouds, because according to him, dragons don’t actually fly; dragons create clouds to use as footholds to move through the sky. Momonosuke successfully conjures the flame clouds as Yamato destroys falling debris.

That is when he realizes Onigashima is starting to crumble because Kaidou’s powers are weakening, and his clouds are becoming unstable. Momonosuke tries to stop the island himself, but Yamato tells him it is useless, even though the two of them can see the Flower Capital from the air and it will be over the people’s head in under five minutes. Yamato then tells Momonosuke that if he wants to stop the island, he will have to conjure flame clouds stronger than Kaidou’s, which Momonosuke sees as impossible since he is still new to his form and doesn’t even know if he has the same powers as Kaidou. Yamato tells him that he will have to take a chance and hope for the best, because according to him, if the island drops, everyone in the Flower Capital will be crushed, and on top of that, Onigashima is filled with tons of weapons and gunpowder, which makes it practically a giant bomb. Momonosuke panics and considers getting Luffy to stop fighting Kaidou, but Yamato smacks him on the head and reminds him that Luffy is already putting everything on his shoulders with his fight, and he doesn’t need anymore pressure, meaning the two of them need to figure out how to stop the island themselves.

Down in the castle, King, who has gone into his hybrid form, is unleashing wind slashes far and wide and attacking friend and foe alike. Zoro tries to block his attacks but ends up getting thrown through the castle, though he is thankfully caught by Franky. Franky offers to help Zoro fight King but Zoro declines. As for the Beasts Pirates, several of them realize that the reason King got so angry is because Zoro cracked part of his mask, and no one has ever seen King’s actual face. King makes his way outside and charges straight for Zoro with his Tankyudon while Zoro tries blocking it with Ul-Tora Gari. King wins and blows Zoro out of the castle, leaving him dangling in the air. Zoro uses Nitoryu: Clear Lance to save himself from falling and the two land outside on the island. Zoro angrily tells King he should have used his sword to kill him, demanding that much respect. King, however, tells Zoro that he should too for breaking his mask.