Chapter 1041

Chapter 1041 is titled "Komurasaki".

Cover Page
Germa 66's Ahh... An Emotionless Excursion, Vol. 5: This is for bullying Sanji-san! Pudding Punch!

Pudding punches Niji and Yonji.

Short Summary
"Komurasaki" reveals to Orochi that she is Kozuki Hiyori as she buries him with a ceiling cave-in and renders him unable to use his Devil Fruit transformation. Elsewhere, Izo manages to defeat the CP0 agent Maha but goes down in the process, and the remaining agent receives a call relaying an edict from the Five Elders to eliminate Luffy immediately, without regard to his current status battling Kaidou. Meanwhile, Raizo has emerged victorious over Fukurokuju and Franky recovers the unconscious Zoro, while those on the Live Floor react to Kid and Law's triumph over Big Mom. Kid and Law are left in no state to fight Kaidou, and Luffy is determined to take down the Emperor before his final usage of Gear 4 runs out.

Long Summary
Momonosuke tells Yamato that he spoke with Zunesha briefly and learned that the giant elephant has come to aid him in the battle. Yamato reacts with amazement and tells Momonosuke that he must be the one who will lead the world to its dawn like his father predicted, but while Momonosuke acknowledges he can’t die in this fight, he reveals that Oden tore out the most crucial pages of his journey, specifically what he and Roger found on Laugh Tale so long ago. Momonosuke then tells Yamato that he doesn’t consider himself as wise as his father, and when he thinks about all the potential dangers of the outside world, it makes him want to keep Wano’s borders shut rather than open them like he wanted, prompting him to ask Yamato if he thinks him a coward for thinking that.

On the third floor of the castle’s interior, Fukurokuju has fallen unconscious from the flames, releasing Raizo from his binding technique and declaring him the victor. Once freed, Raizo starts rolling around in an attempt to put out the fire just as Jinbe comes across him. Raizo tells Jinbe that the two of them must move quickly for the “preparations” are almost complete. In the Treasury on the second floor, Orochi starts growing impatient with Fukurokuju, with not even “Komurasaki”’s music being able to calm him down. He starts demanding she take off her mask so he can see if she is real or a ghost, but some of the ceiling crashes down on him. While trapped under the debris, Orochi realizes he can’t transform, with “Komurasaki” revealing it was because she stuck a Seastone nail in him while she was playing. Orochi is outraged by her action as he asks her if she loved him, but she coldly replies that she bears no love towards him. She then tells him that it is poetic that his favorite song is “Moon Princess” which was her father’s favorite too. It is then that Hiyori reveals her true identity to a horrified Orochi, and that she wore the mask so she could avoid smiling for him while playing it.

In the castle basement, Izou has taken down one of the CP0 agents, named Maha, though he goes down as well. The CP0 agent in the bowler hat, while injured, is still conscious, and curses Izou for taking down one of them with him like he planned and for helping a couple of “upstarts”. The agent then gets a call and is told that by the orders of the Five Elders, he is to kill Luffy immediately. The agent reacts with outrage that he would be told to interfere with his fight with Kaidou, but the agent on the other end tells him that it is a necessary precaution because of the nature of the battle. Unbeknownst to him, X Drake has woken up and tracked him down, determined not to go down empty handed.

Elsewhere in the basement, Usopp is rushing Kin’emon and Kikunojo to safety while Nekomamushi, Wanda, and Carrot head back inside the castle. Franky is also able to catch Zoro and keep him from falling off the island, though he is unsure if he is alive. And down in the Beasts Pirates’ bath, Nami is hiding with Tama and her animals, who are being treated by Marco. Nami deduces from the shockwave she felt that Law had defeated Big Mom, which Zeus cries for before Nami reminds him of who his new master is. As for Law and Kid’s crews, they continue cheering for their captain's victory, but the two are too exhausted to fight Kaidou, leaving it all truly up to Luffy.

On the roof, after Luffy and Kaidou’s clash, Kaidou deduces based on the shockwave that Big Mom had been beaten by Kid and Law, which Luffy praises the two of them for. He thinks back to the day he first met her on Rock’s crew, and after going into his Naki Jogo mode again, sobs uncontrollably over the fact that they just teamed up to get the One Piece together. Luffy, however, goes into Gear 4: Snakeman, and uses Gomu Gomu no Hydra to strike Kaidou in multiple places. Luffy screams that his dreams starved the people of Wano, and with all the energy he has, he is going to make sure he’ll never come back to Wano.

Chapter Notes

 * Zunesha continues to walk to Wano Country.
 * Momonosuke continues to pull Onigashima away from the Flower Capital.
 * He reveals to Yamato that Oden tore out pages with crucial information from his logbook for an unknown reason.
 * Because of this, Momonosuke is afraid to open up Wano to the rest of the world due to the potential danger it may face.
 * Raizo and Fukurokuju both collapse from the fire.
 * Raizo is confirmed to be the winner of the battle.
 * Jinbe meets up with Raizo, who is still conscious.
 * Raizo mentions that there are preparations in course for an unknown purpose.
 * On the second floor treasury, Orochi gets angry as "Komurasaki" continues to play her shamisen with her mask on.
 * The ceiling collapses over Orochi leaving him trapped, who cannot escape by transforming as Komurasaki had used a nail made from Seastone that she had secretly planted on him when he was distracted upon seeing her earlier.
 * When Komurasaki reveals that his favorite song Moon Princess was also the favorite song of her father Kozuki Oden, it causes Orochi to realize her "true identity".
 * The fight between Izou and CP0 concludes.
 * Izou manages to defeat Maha, one of the agents, before collapsing at the same time.
 * The lead agent talks to the other agent via Den Den Mushi.
 * The agent reveals the new orders he had received from the Five Elders is to eliminate Luffy at once due to the potential danger he possesses if he succeeds at defeating Kaidou.
 * Drake manages to recover from his defeat and stands up behind the lead agent.
 * Franky reaches Zoro and catches him in time before he falls off Onigashima.
 * Tama's group are with Marco, who treats Komachiyo and Hihimaru.
 * Kid and Law are still lying down conscious after defeating Big Mom.
 * The fight between Kaidou and Luffy continues.
 * Kaidou senses that Big Mom has been defeated and recalls his first encounter with her.
 * Kaidou is mentioned to have joined the Rocks Pirates at age 15.
 * Luffy transforms into his Snakeman form in a final attack and relentlessly attacks Kaidou, determined to keep going and defeat him before he runs out of strength.