Imu points out that Ragnir has been waiting for someone capable of defeating him and laments that Loki and Luffy cannot be his servants; he will have to eliminate them just as he did with Douzan. In the village, Rippley and the other parents try to stop Zaza’s MMA from taking the children away. Meanwhile, Usopp and Nami ask Brook about his relationship with Gunko. Brook remarks that it’s as if there are three personalities within her: the one who attacked them, the devil, and the one who freed them. Brook begins to reminisce about his past, 70 years ago in the Esperia Kingdom, where he was the leader of the battle escort at the service of the royal family, and where a young princess named Shuri used to sing with him. Brook was friends with King Leuven, though he was in love with the queen. In fact, some riders came to kidnap Queen Candelle at the opera, though Brook had already cut them down with his three-step technique when they crossed paths at the port, wounding them before they could do anything.
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