Chapter 704

Chapter 704 is titled "Lucy and the Statue of Kyros".

Cover Page
Caribou's Kehihihihi in the New World Vol. 24 - "Quelling the Workers’ Rebellion".

Short Summary
Luffy is nearly kicked out of the waiting room for starting a fight before the tournament, but is defended by a trio of warriors called the Chinjao gang. Luffy thanks them but one member rejects his gratitude too seriously and tries to attack Luffy while being restrained by his team. One by one, famous warriors from different countries and organizations are introduced as having come to participate in the tournament; the contestants are shown to be organised into four blocks, A to D, with Block A announced to go into a battle royale.

Luffy, after hearing that he will be fighting in Block C proceeds in the armory to gear up for the fight, but is told to remove some of his armor for exceeding the weight limit. The famous beautiful pirate Cavendish makes an entrance, and proceeds to explaining to Luffy (not realising his identity) the rules of entertainment in the Colosseum, the nature and appeal of bloodsport, his past as a world-shaking pirate and lastly his intent to kill the eleven supernovas for stealing his spotlight two years ago.

While Luffy stares in awe at a great bronze statue of a warrior, a gladiator, Rebecca, arrives and explains to him the legend of Kyros the Undefeated who disappeared from battle for 20 years. The announcer then calls out that the Block A battle royale is over and a champion has been decided, a large man with a paper bag over his head. To the spectacle of the entire colosseum, the man removes the bag and reveals himself to be Jesus Burgess, the first division commander of the Blackbeard Pirates, who gestures and cheers over the broken bodies of his opponents.

Chapter Notes

 * Scotch attacks the revolutionist workmen.
 * Bellamy is revealed to still be alive after what happened at Jaya. His bounty has been raised to over 100 million belis.
 * Several other participants (including Bellamy) taking part in the battle for the Mera Mera no Mi are revealed.
 * One of the contestants is Jesus Burgess of the Blackbeard Pirates, who is revealed to be the commander of the first fleet, indicating that the Blackbeard Pirates have grown.
 * Battles are divided in four blocks from A to D. Each block has a battle royale style fight, leaving only one winner from each block advances.

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