Chapter 346

The 9th Justice
Chapter Info
Volume:	36
Chapter:	346
Japanese Title:	9番目の正義
Romanized Title:	Kyū-banme no Seigi
Viz Title:	The Ninth Justice
Pages:	19
Release Date:	November 29, 2004[ref]
WSJ Issue:	2004 Issue 53
Anime:	Episode 244 (p. 2-19)
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Chapter 346 is titled "The 9th Justice".

Cover Page

Gedatsu's Accidental Blue-Sea Life, Vol. 30: "Gedatsu-sama: Boss of the Blue Sea".

Gedatsu now stands as the head of Ukkari Island, his ambition to be boss of the Blue Sea achieved.

Short Summary

The agents of CP9 deduce who has the blueprints while the four Straw Hat Pirates with Paulie make their entrance.

Long Summary

After knocking out all of the shipwrights, Zoro, Nami, and Chopper run inside the Galley-La Headquarters while Luffy frees himself and Paulie from the restraints. All of them head towards Iceburg's room.

Meanwhile, Rob Lucci explains to Iceburg about the existence of Cipher Pol and CP9. He states the reason CP9 is not known to exist is because they have permission to kill anyone who does not cooperate. He continues by revealing that the World Government wishes to resurrect the ancient weapons in the name of justice.

As Rob Lucci decides to explain their theory while Kaku keeps track of Iceburg's pulse, he explains that it's odd that he would not try to hand down the real Pluton blueprints after being attacked, not unless he had already done so. As for the fakes, they are signed by Tom's Workers; Tom, Iceburg and Cutty Flam. He continues that Iceburg's mistake was that he thought that his enemies were not so close to him so they know of Tom's Workers whom are surrounded in mysteries so much so that it took them ages to deduce that Iceburg was a disciple and that the other, Cutty Flam, was confirmed dead 8 years ago by a government officer. However, the four of them remember that a year after they had arrived, a man arrived to see Iceburg and named himself only once. Cutty Flam is still alive and in Water 7 known by the name Franky, who had any opportunity to receive the Pluton blueprints since he was there selling material. It is stated that Iceburg's pulse confirms that it is all true.

Just as CP9 are about to escape, they are interrupted by Luffy, Paulie, Zoro, Nami and Chopper.

Quick Reference

Chapter Notes

• The members of CP9 were concealing their true identities in Water 7 for 5 years.
  • Lucci and Kaku were disguised as shipwrights of Dock 1.
  • Kalifa was disguised as Iceburg's secretary.
  • Blueno was disguised as the owner of a bar.
• Lucci reveals that the World Government plans to use the ancient weapons to put an end to the period of pirates, calling it their own sense of justice.
• It is revealed that Tom's Workers include Tom, Iceburg and Cutty Flam, also known as Franky.
  • Franky was in some kind of accident 8 years ago.
• It is revealed that Franky currently has the real Pluton Blueprints.
• Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Chopper, and Paulie all confront CP9 inside of Iceburg's room.

Characters

Pirates	World Government	Bounty Hunters	Shipwrights	Citizens
Straw Hat Pirates Monkey D. Luffy Roronoa Zoro Nami Tony Tony Chopper Nico Robin	CP9 Blueno Rob Lucci Hattori Kaku Kalifa	Franky Family Franky (image)	Galley-La Company Iceburg Paulie	Arabasta Gedatsu (cover)

Author Comment

Author Comment
Translation Original I got so married. We received way more congratulatory envelopes than I ever thought possible and we are very, very thankful. I'm still going to work hard to bee bzzy drawing manga. めちゃめちゃ結婚した。想像以上の祝福を頂き、深々感謝致します。今後一層漫画頑張りマンモス。 —Eiichiro Oda
English translation by Greg Werner. For comprehensive translation credits, see here.
T/N: The "bee bzzy" gag in Japanese was ganbarimanmosu, which tacks the Japanese word for 'mammoth' onto the end of 'ganbaru' instead of the standard polite 'masu' form. It's a play on words that is a little dated and attempting a clever pun using 'mammoth' would have made it seem more clever than it really was, as Oda was using an old gag on purpose, so an equally cheesy English pun was used instead.[ref]

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