Rob Lucci

Hattori (the pigeon)

Lucci’s shoulder-perched pigeon, through which he “speaks” (ventriloquist conceit — the pigeon voices Lucci’s words). Recorded here per the reconcile pin; not a standalone note.

Captioned “HATTORI — LUCCI’S PIGEON” Ch. 327 (p. 3). Lucci’s lines are delivered through Hattori as ventriloquism — a running gag for the Straw Hats (“It’s a talking pigeon!!”, “It talked again!”; “I’m Rob L— I mean, Hattori the Pigeon,” p. 11). Functions as Lucci’s mouthpiece and tell-of-strangeness.

Arc-by-arc updates

Egghead — epilogue: CP0 escapes (Ch. 1125) — shown

• Escaping Egghead with CP0 (orders the Seraphim charged and moved to the ships); reacts with shock to the report that Stussy was killed (p.2).

Egghead — defeated, interrogated by Saturn (Ch. 1111) — shown

• Beaten/exhausted; addressed by Saturn as “Cipher Pol Aigis 0, Rob Lucci.”
• Gives up the positions of York (tied in Building A’s command room), 85 CP agents + 4 Seraphim in the lab basement, two Vegapunks, five Straw Hats, and the escaped Zoro & Jinbei (p. 6).
• Begs Saturn to spare his “partner” Kaku, gravely wounded in the command room — refused (“That may not be possible…”, p. 7).

Egghead — fights Zoro; registers the monstrous Haki (Ch. 1110) — shown

• Fights Zoro in leopard-hybrid form (“Hand Pistol”); both register the island-wide monstrous Haki from the Elder-beasts — “Almost makes you want to stop and look.” Takes Zoro’s “Spot Hunt.”

Egghead — still pinning Zoro (Ch. 1107) — shown

• Still pinning Zoro in his awakened leopard form; taunts him as “the dead-weight holding your friends back” (p.7). Zoro holds firm.

Egghead — referenced still holding up Zoro (Ch. 1105) — referenced

• Referenced as still holding up Zoro mid-escape (p. 6).

Egghead — vs Zoro in awakened leopard form (Ch. 1093) — shown

• Fights Zoro in the Labophase in awakened leopard-hybrid form (“AAA HA HA HA HA!”); declares the “number two of an Emperor of the sea… more than worth killing on his own” (pp. 7-8) — on-page reckoning of Luffy as an Emperor and Zoro as his right hand — but Zoro shrugs him off (“if this is the best you can do”).

Egghead — un-petrified; withholds the code; feeds the WG (Ch. 1090)

• Un-petrified when S-Snake releases the stone (p. 9): “I’m under the protection of the code and the world itself!!”; refuses to give the Frontier-Dome deactivation code — “my brain isn’t synched to all of yours, so you won’t get it from me!!”
• The Five Elders reveal he “sent all the information I wanted to know” from inside — “Rob Lucci is a very capable agent” (pp. 13-14). Still trapped inside the dome with the other CP0 agents.

Egghead — CP0 exposition (Ch. 1078)

• Alongside Stussy, frames the WG’s reasoning: “Egghead has military power that Ohara did NOT!!” (p. 2).

Egghead — the seven-Vegapunk assassination order (Ch. 1076)

• States CP0’s mission outright: assassinate all seven Vegapunks (p. 5); has “something in store for Stussy” after she betrayed the agency — “she will pay the price.”
• Names Luffy his first kill (“You’re the one I mean to kill before anyone else, Straw Hat!!!”, p. 6); takes Luffy’s fight-then-recuff bait. Fights Luffy (Gear Fourth “Kong Gun”) in his Leopard hybrid form (pp. 6–9).

Egghead — cuffed, proposes a truce against the Seraphim (Ch. 1075)

• Still cuffed in sea-prism stone (from Ch. 1073) and now a Seraphim target himself, Lucci pieces together that the trap was “all planned from the start… inside the barrier… the downed radio… someone is trying to kill us all,” and offers the Straw Hats a truce — “Straw Hat, Roronoa!! What say we hit pause on old scores… take off these cuffs and we can help” (pp. 14-15). Luffy and Zoro glare back, displeased. See The Egghead Seraphim Obey A Hidden Command Authority.
• See CP-0.

Egghead — taken down by the mole Stussy (Ch. 1073)

• Put to sleep by his own CP0 colleague Stussy (a vampiric bite + dirty fighting); sea-prism stone is then placed on him and Kaku to keep them down (pp. 2-9). His incapacitation matters because his Seraphim command can’t be overridden by the satellites — “Lucci and I are on the same authority level” (Shaka, p. 5).
• See Stussy, CP-0.

Egghead — the CP0 push on the lab; Stussy turns on him (Ch. 1072)

• Reported to have “climbed up here” to the Labophase (p. 11), part of the CP0 push to destroy the lab “before Vegapunk comes out.” After the mole Stussy bites Kaku to sleep, she turns on Lucci — “And now, Lucci…” (p. 17).

Egghead — seizes the Frontier Dome drop; strikes the Sunny (Ch. 1071)

• Leads CP0 on Egghead; states plainly “I do not view Straw Hat as an Emperor” and refuses to merely follow the Navy’s read of the situation (p. 6).
• When the Frontier Dome unexpectedly drops, seizes the “golden opportunity,” infiltrates, and fires Tempest Kick (Rankyaku) at the Thousand Sunny — blocked by Zoro (pp. 10-12).

Egghead — Gear-5 Luffy vs the awakened leopard; “mind slipping away” (Ch. 1070)

• Fights Gear-5 Luffy in awakened leopard form, using Rokushiki (“Shave!!”, p. 9) and laughing through the clash; staggered by the Gum-Gum Dawn Rocket and feels his mind slipping away under the toon-force pressure (pp. 9-12) — a stated cost of the awakened Zoan state. See Rob Lucci, Neko Neko no Mi, Model Leopard.
• As CP-0 he is under orders to kill Vegapunk (“Ice him!!”, p. 15); orders all escape routes blocked and seals the island (“Nothing escapes this island… not even a single ant!!”) and remarks “We proceed as planned” (p. 17).

Egghead — awakens his Zoan vs Gear-5 Luffy (Ch. 1069)

• Leads the CP0 raid on Egghead (with Kaku and Stussy) to eliminate Vegapunk; the satellite Atlas is already destroyed. Luffy recognizes him as “the pigeon guy.”
• Awakens his devil fruit on-page — a black-flame-patterned were-leopard, captioned “Cat-Cat Fruit Model: Leopard — Awakened Form” (p. 7); “you’re not the only one who’s gotten stronger.” Stussy tries to restrain him: “No, Lucci! We don’t have clearance yet!” Vegapunk’s side notes awakened Zoan powers “usually absorb and control the user’s personality,” remarks on his astonishing speed. See Rob Lucci, Neko Neko no Mi, Model Leopard.
• Outranked on the Pacifista Authority Hierarchy (Pacifista) — CP0 holds only Authority Chips (rank 4) — he and the agents are attacked by the Seraphim. Takes Gear-5 hits (Gum-Gum Mole Pistol, Hand Pistol). CP0 counter-plan: “erase their control tower” to seize the Seraphim. See CP0 Plans To Seize The Seraphim By Erasing Vegapunks Control Tower.

Egghead — CP-0 infiltration (Ch. 1068)

• Leads the CP-0 landing on Egghead. Wary that Lilith has “figured us out,” he abandons the ship and rides S-Bear’s paw-paw power onto the island (p. 3-4).
• Fights a holographic “space monster,” advances on the labophase, and downs the satellite Atlas with Six King Pistol (Rokuogan) — “Absolutely merciless” (p. 12-16).
• Cliffhanger: comes face to face with Luffy — Luffy “Pigeon guy?!” / Lucci “Straw Hat…?!!” (p. 17).

Egghead — CP-0 arrives to hunt Bonney (Ch. 1067)

• Leads a CP-0 government ship to Egghead acting on “eyewitness reports of Jewelry Bonney sailing to Egghead,” to “disappear her for good” (p. 13). The crew recognize him: “Rob Lucci’s an assassin, right?!”; Shaka refuses the World Government entry and won’t let him on the island, ordering the ship told to “unload the Seraphim and leave” (p. 13-14).

Egghead — CP0 deployed to eliminate the Vegapunks (Ch. 1062)

• Aboard a World Government ship in the New World with Kaku and Stussy — labeled on-page “Cipher Pol Aegis-0 / Masked Killers” — briefed on the six-satellite Vegapunk (p. 16).
• Ordered to eliminate all the Vegapunks while sparing the lab, and to return a star-chested winged humanoid weapon to Egghead (p. 17). Stussy warns the “keenly perceptive” Lucci against “looking for answers”; Lucci wonders if the order ties to “what happened in Lulusia the other day.” See WG Orders CP0 to Eliminate the Vegapunks on Egghead, Mother Flame.
• Cross-link CP-0, Kaku, Stussy.

Wano Country — Onigashima Raid (Ch. 1028) — revealed as the named Wano CP-0 agent; ordered to capture Robin

• Revealed on-page as the named Wano CP-0 agent. In a castle guest parlor on Onigashima, captioned “Rob Lucci — Government Intelligence Agency Cipher Pol ‘Aigis’ Zero” (p. 5) — the first time a previously-unnamed Wano CP-0 castle agent is tied to a named character (a second agent stays unnamed).
• Receives field reports — including that the second dragon flying with Luffy is “the devil fruit that Vegapunk created” and is therefore Kaido’s enemy — and relays CP-0’s orders from above: should Kaido lose, Wano (a non-WG nation) “will be placed under the government’s direct control,” with ships already en route (pp. 3–4).
• Given one further standing order: capture the Straw Hat Nico Robin — “that woman’s existence is key… no matter which way the battle goes” (p. 5) — reaffirming his role in the World Government’s lifelong hunt for the lone Ohara survivor. See True History Ohara Was Killed For.
• Cross-link CP-0, Nico Robin, Vegapunk, Kaido, Onigashima.

Referenced (Ch. 1017)

• Named by Who’s-Who as “the GENIUS, Rob Lucci” — the CP9 yardstick Who’s-Who was once said to match in potential (p. 16). Mentioned-not-shown.

Reverie — returns as a CP0 agent (Ch. 907)

• Reappears for the first time since Enies Lobby, now an agent of CP0 (“Cipher Pol ‘Aigis’ Zero”), enforcing Celestial-Dragon supremacy at Mary Geoise — stops Leo’s attack on Saint Charlos and lectures the gathered royals: “even children know not to cross the Celestial Dragons… the gods who created this world” (pp. 12-13). Cross-link CP-0, Kaku, Stussy, Leo, Saint Charlos.

Enies Lobby — Bridge of Hesitation (Ch. 428 — “Let’s Go Back”) — Defeated: motionless in were-leopard form; the fleet broadcasts his loss

• Defeated in the aftermath of his loss to Luffy: lies face-down and motionless in were-leopard form on the Bridge of Hesitation (“Koo!”, p. 3). The Buster Call marines broadcast across the fleet that the strongest CP9 in Cipher Pol history has been beaten by a pirate (pp. 2-3, 7-8). Cross-link Luffy, CP9, Marines, Buster Call.

Enies Lobby — Bridge of Hesitation (Ch. 427 — “This Isn’t the Afterlife”) — Lucci defeated; Life Return named

Enies Lobby — Bridge of Hesitation (Ch. 426 — “A Ship Waiting for Wind”) — Calls out Luffy’s spent Gear Second; the “dark justice” creed; takes Jet Stamp + Six King Pistol

• In leopard-man Zoan form (Neko Neko no Mi, Model Leopard), presses the fight with Luffy on the courthouse ruins; notes Luffy’s “fuel injection technique is losing its edge” (p. 16) — first on-page acknowledgement that Gear Second is winding down.
• Articulates CP9’s “dark justice” doctrine: even if “the whole island disappears… Enies Lobby… you won’t escape… I’ll follow that woman who obstructed the World Government to the ends of the earth and see her die… in the name of dark justice!!” (pp. 17, 20). Frames the hunt for Robin as ideology — feeds True History Ohara Was Killed For.
• Takes Luffy’s Jet Stamp and Six King Pistol (pp. 18-19). Cross-link Luffy, Nico Robin, CP9, True History Ohara Was Killed For.

Enies Lobby — Bridge of Hesitation (Ch. 425 — “Six King Pistol”) — Unveils Rokuogan, the secret Rokushiki finisher; drops Luffy

• Continues the duel with Luffy in his leopard-hybrid form, defending Gear-Second strikes (Jet Pistol, Jet Bullet, Twin Jet Pistol) with Finger Pistol (Shigan) and his Zoan body (pp. 10-15).
• Unveils his strongest, secret Rokushiki technique — Rokuogan (“Six King Pistol”) — “what happens when the Six Powers are taken to their extreme” (pp. 15-16), dropping Luffy with an internal-shockwave two-palm strike. First on-page demonstration of a Rokushiki finisher. See Six Powers (Rokushiki).
• Cross-link Luffy, Six Powers (Rokushiki), Bridge of Hesitation.

Enies Lobby — Bridge of Hesitation (Ch. 423 — “Mermaid Legend”) — Stalks the shrunken Luffy with Life Return + Finger Pistol; Luffy’s rubber body recovers

• In Neko Neko Leopard hybrid form, hunts the shrunken Luffy (suffering the Gear-Third shrink penalty) through the rubble — dismisses the chibi-sized Luffy as serious-or-clown but notes he is “still alive” (“That would be boring”).
• Deploys Life Return (the paper-art body-control fighting form; see Life Return (Seimei Kikan)) and Finger Pistol (“Finger Pistol… Spots!”) against Luffy’s half-shrunk limbs (pp. 4, 13-15). Luffy’s rubber ability snaps fully back mid-fight (“My ability’s working just fine!!”).
• Cross-link Luffy, Neko Neko no Mi, Model Leopard, Life Return (Seimei Kikan), Bridge of Hesitation.

Enies Lobby (Ch. 422 — “Rob Lucci”) — Backstory revealed: the 13-year-old who killed 500 hostages; states Gear Third’s speed drawback

• Backstory told by terrified Marines (pp. 3-5): 15 years ago, in a certain monarchy, pirates held 500 soldiers hostage and the captain demanded to be made king. The World Government sent in a single boy. Taken hostage and shelled with cannonballs, the 13-year-old Lucci turned his back on the pirates atop a mountain of bodies, killed all 500 hostage soldiers himself, and beheaded the pirate captain to end the standoff. He took “dark justice” as his calling and became a CP9 intelligence agent — “the strongest, most cold-blooded killer in the history of CP9.” First on-page origin for Lucci; deepens the WG “dark justice” doctrine. See Rob Lucci Strongest Most Cold-Blooded Killer In CP9 History Backstory.
• Fights Luffy in full leopard-hybrid Zoan form (Neko Neko no Mi, Model Leopard) on the Bridge of Hesitation, countering Luffy’s Gear-Third strikes with Rokushiki (Finger Pistol/Shigan, Tempest Kick/Rankyaku, claw/bite rush) and out-defending the giant-scale blows.
• States Gear Third’s drawback (p. 17): “It seems the more you increase your power, the slower you become.” See Gear Third Speed Drawback The More You Increase Power The Slower You Become.
• Cross-link Luffy, CP9, Marines, Neko Neko no Mi, Model Leopard, Six Powers (Rokushiki).

Enies Lobby (Ch. 421 — “Gear Three”) — Rokushiki barrage + Iron Body defense; takes the first Gear Third Giant Pistol

• Duels Luffy in the flooding chamber under the Bridge of Hesitation, in full leopard-hybrid form (pp. 7-19).
• Taunts Luffy to run and help his crew, then cycles Rokushiki: Finger Pistol (Shigan), Tempest Kick (Rankyaku), a named “Leopard Tail” whirl (p. 11), and Iron Body (Tekkai) — which repeatedly blocks Luffy’s Gum-Gum Rifle and Stamp (pp. 10-15, 17).
• Reads Luffy as having “used up your strength with that fuel injection” (the Gear Second cost, p. 13) — reinforcing the boost-cost beat dissected Ch. 420.
• Takes the Gear Third Gum-Gum Giant Pistol to the Tower of Law on the closing splash (pp. 18-19) — outcome a cliffhanger. Cross-link Luffy, Neko Neko no Mi, Model Leopard, Six Powers (Rokushiki), Gomu Gomu no Mi.

Enies Lobby (Ch. 420 — “Buster Call”) — fights Luffy in leopard form; explains and mocks Gear Second

• In full leopard-man (Neko Neko no Mi, Model Leopard) form, trades blows with Luffy in a support under the Bridge of Hesitation (“RAZOR.”, “WHAM!!”, pp. 12-13).
• Coldly dissects Luffy’s Gear Second: it pumps blood to superhuman pressure (would rupture a normal body), only survivable because Luffy is rubber, and “you’re chipping away at your life” / “your physical strength can’t keep up with the intensity” (pp. 14-16) — “that’s not very smart!”
• Warns “there’s no happy ending for you, Straw Hat” — the Buster Call bombardment will flood the undersea passage with seawater and drown everyone (pp. 16-17, 19).
• Cross-link Luffy, Neko Neko no Mi, Model Leopard, Buster Call, Six Powers (Rokushiki).

Enies Lobby — Luffy duel (background) + closing beat (Ch. 419 — “Legend of a Hero”)

Enies Lobby (Ch. 418 — “Luffy vs. Rob Lucci”) — The Luffy duel proper begins; fights in leopard hybrid form; rated the CP9 ceiling (“five times stronger” than Fukuro)

• The Luffy vs. Lucci duel proper begins; Lucci fights in his Neko-Neko leopard hybrid form throughout, using Shigan (Finger Pistol) and Tekkai (Iron Body) (pp. 11–13, 17, 20). Self-rates his strength at “five times stronger” than Fukuro (Power Level 800) (p. 12) and is “impressed” Luffy beat Fukuro — confirming him as the CP9 ceiling. No-sells base-form Luffy’s Yellow Lotus barrage and Jet Pistol with Iron Body (pp. 12–13). Taunts that he dropped Luffy “with a single push” at the Galley-La mansion (the 0349 sea-toss) — and is rebuffed by Luffy’s “I ate some meat and got over it” (p. 17). Cross-link Luffy, Fukuro, CP9.

Enies Lobby (Ch. 416 — “Zolo vs. Kaku”) — Waits by “Pigeon Guy’s” door as Luffy locks on; no combat

• Waits at the door behind “Pigeon Guy” (his pet pigeon Hattori on his shoulder) as Luffy recovers and locks onto him for their fight (p. 6). No combat beat this chapter. Cross-link Luffy, CP9.

Enies Lobby (Ch. 410 — “Super-Size Nami”) — Guards the “WORLD GOVT” door against Luffy; the final duel begins (name withheld)

• Blocks Luffy at the giant “WORLD GOVT” door that Spandam used to flee with the captive Robin: “She is. But you’ll never see her again.” (p. 4). Fights in human form with fast Six Powers movement / redirection (pp. 7-13); Luffy lands a clean strike and bursts past toward the door (p. 14). Cross-link Luffy, Spandam, Nico Robin, Six Powers (Rokushiki), CP9.

Enies Lobby (Ch. 409 — “The Terrifying Broadcast”) — Blocks Luffy at the Bridge of Hesitation; the fight opens

Enies Lobby (Ch. 408 — “Monster vs. Kumadori”) — ⭐ Greets Luffy “Welcome.” — the Luffy-vs-Lucci confrontation is set

• Silently escorts the captive Robin through the underwater passage on Spandam’s orders (“Lucci!!! Bring her over here!! Drag her by the hair!!!”, p. 16). When Luffy is heard breaking in, ordered to take Robin and “go on ahead” while Spandam follows (p. 18) — but Lucci stays back.
• Luffy smashes through the corridor doors and crashes into the chamber, landing face to face with Lucci, whom Luffy recognizes as “the pigeon guy!!!” (p. 19); Lucci greets him: “Welcome.” (p. 20) — setting the Luffy-vs-Lucci confrontation against CP9’s strongest agent. (His pigeon Hattori is the visual identifier.) ⚠️ This is Lucci, NOT Blueno — Blueno was defeated by Gear Second Ch. 388 and is not on-panel here; only his Doa Doa trap-doors line the corridor. Cross-link Luffy, Nico Robin, Spandam, CP9, Bridge of Hesitation, True History Ohara Was Killed For.

Enies Lobby (Ch. 389 — “Response”) — Among the CP9 cell mocking Blueno’s loss

• Stands with the assembled CP9 home cell out of the fray (pp. 18–19), dismissing Blueno’s defeat by Luffy: “Blueno got thrashed. Bwa ha! The fool.” No combat beat this chapter. Cross-link CP9, Blueno, Luffy.

Enies Lobby (Ch. 385 — “There Is a Way”) — In his own Tower-of-Law room, distributes Devil Fruits to CP9; dismisses the two-fruit death rule as a rumor

• In Rob Lucci’s Room at the Tower of Law (caption, p. 4), reclining with a wine bottle, distributes Devil Fruits to CP9 to make them stronger “for future battles” — “Grow stronger, CP9!” (pp. 2-5). Urges the agents to eat (“It’ll be fun. Eat them.”); afterward tells them to identify their new powers and stand ready to use them on the Director’s orders (pp. 5, 8). Kaku, Kalifa, and (off-panel) Blueno eat the offered fruits; Jabra refuses.
• Sources of the fruits left unexplained beyond “I have connections” (p. 4). Dismisses the two-Devil-Fruit death story as a rumor an intelligence agent shouldn’t believe (pp. 3-4) — feeds Nature of Devil Fruits / Blackbeard Multiple Fruits.
• Lucci is shown supplying, not eating — no new fruit/power for Lucci himself this chapter. Cross-link CP9, Kaku, Kalifa, Blueno, Jabra, Nature of Devil Fruits, Blackbeard Multiple Fruits, Spandam Gifts Kaku And Kalifa Devil Fruits Pre-Mission.

Enies Lobby (Ch. 382 — “Demon Lair”) — Disdains Spandam (“you coward”); states CP9’s “murder is justified” creed; framed as the government’s key assassins group

• Coldly disdains Spandam (“he doesn’t have a scrap of humanity,” “you coward”), making clear CP9’s loyalty is to the World Government, not the Director’s ego (pp. 11-15).
• States CP9’s creed: they will carry out their orders “to the letter” but don’t have to agree with Spandam’s ideals — “the World Government decides justice for us… as long as the government recognizes you as the leader of CP9… when we’re here, murder is justified. BLOOD.” (p. 15).
• With Kaku, Kalifa, and Blueno, framed as “the government’s key assassins group” (p. 16). Cross-link Spandam, Kaku, Kalifa, Blueno, CP9, Nico Robin, Enies Lobby.

Enies Lobby (Ch. 379 — “Power Level”) — Reunites with the home cell; Tewaza Ranking #1 (PL 4,000); clashes with Jabra

• Reunites with the Enies Lobby home cell after five years (p. 6) — the full eight-member CP9 assembles at the tower.
• Tewaza Ranking: Power Level 4,000 — #1, called “unheard of” / “everyone got stronger” (pp. 9-10). States the ranking measures only physical ability — in a real fight he’d add Devil Fruit power on top (pp. 10-11). Hattori (the pigeon) speaks for him.
• Clash with Jabra (“you cat-faced monster!!!”); Lucci: “I’m not interested in that… don’t ever forget — I won’t lose to you!!” (pp. 10-11). Cross-link Jabra, Kaku, Kalifa, Spandam, CP9, Six Powers (Rokushiki), CP9 Power Level Ranking Pre-Loads Enies Lobby Boss Bracket.

Enies Lobby (Ch. 378 — “Casualties”) — Lucci’s party arrives back at the Director’s office (reference only)

• Lucci’s party arrives back at the Director’s fortress office at Enies Lobby; the Director (Spandam, UNNAMED on-page here) admits them (“Mr. Lucci’s party has arrived… He’s back! Let him in!”, p. 18). Lucci does NOT appear on-panel — reference-tier only.

Water Seven (Ch. 374 — “Scramble”) — Guards Robin in the lead carriage; the Buster Call exposition

• Rides in the lead carriage guarding Robin; his faction delivers the Buster Call / lone-survivor exposition and frames it as “all for the sake of justice” / “we sympathize very deeply with that woman” (pp. 18-20). The pigeon-bearing agent is silhouetted but not named on-page this chapter. Cross-link Nico Robin, Buster Call, CP9, True History Ohara Was Killed For.

Water Seven (Ch. 373 — “Necessary Evil”) — Executes the trainee Nero; delivers the “Robin should have died 20 years ago” doctrine

• Executes the new CP9 trainee Nero himself — a Shave-dash followed by a Finger Pistol through the chest (pp. 10-11) — judging him “only superhuman” and “a work in progress.” “CP9 doesn’t need you.” Establishes Lucci as the cell’s apex fighter and CP9’s all-or-nothing Six Powers standard. Kalifa logs the verdict for the Director (“We couldn’t use him. The new guy was too weak,” p. 12).
• Delivers the chapter’s “Necessary Evil” thesis to Sanji (pp. 13-15): Nico Robin’s “very existence has been a crime” since she was “an innocent little girl, a mere 8 years old” carrying a “demonic power capable of burning the world to ashes”; “the best thing they can do for the world is die”; she “should have perished 20 years ago.” This is the first on-page articulation of the World Government’s justification for the Ohara genocide and the lifelong hunt for Robin — dating the Ohara incident to ~20 years before this arc. Feeds True History Ohara Was Killed For and frames Ancient Weapons.
• Attacked by Sanji (“Shut your mouth!!! Cut it out, you jerk!!!”, p. 15) but unfazed. Cross-link Nero, Kalifa, Sanji, Nico Robin, CP9, Six Powers (Rokushiki), True History Ohara Was Killed For, Ancient Weapons, Lucci Nico Robins Existence Is A Crime Should Die For Humanity Necessary-Evil Doctrine.

Water Seven (Ch. 369 — “Ramen Kung Fu”) — Commands the cell in Car One; “they’ll never retake Nico Robin”

• Commands the CP9 cell holding Robin in Car One of the kidnap Sea Train (Puffing Tom), bound for Enies Lobby; unconcerned by the three boarders (Sanji, the masked Sniper King, and the freed Franky) being aboard (pp. 4-5).
• Declares the Straw Hats will “never” be able to retake Nico Robin “no matter how hard they try” (pp. 5-6) — and directs the agents to concentrate on recapturing Franky rather than guarding Robin (the villain-certainty dialogue tell that frames the rescue to come). Cross-link CP9, Nico Robin, Franky, Sea Train, Enies Lobby, Lucci They Will Never Retake Nico Robin Defiance Dialogue Tell.

Water Seven (Ch. 361 — “P.S.”) — Boards the early Sea Train; bids a regretless farewell to Water Seven (still in cover)

• Shown boarding the early Sea Train departure out of Water Seven toward Enies Lobby (“We’re departing… It’s a little early”); bids farewell to the island with no regret — “I’ve lived here for five years… but I feel no regret… about leaving this island” (pp. 3-4).
• Still presented in his “Mr. Lucci, Galley-La carpenter” cover at this point on-page, escorting the captured Robin. Cross-link CP9, Nico Robin, Sea Train, Enies Lobby.

Water Seven (Ch. 360 — “Departing Soon”) — Welcomed back; boards the last Enies Lobby train with the CP9 cell and the captives

• At Blue Station, welcomed by his fellow agents “back from your long assignment” as CP9 board the train; takes his coat back and tells the team “This isn’t a game. Look sharp!!” (pp. 4-6).
• Escorts the captives Nico Robin and Franky toward Enies Lobby. Cross-link CP9, Nico Robin, Franky, Sea Train, Enies Lobby.

Water Seven (Ch. 358 — “Reactivation”) — Among the CP9 cell confronting Franky; Franky recognizes him as a “Straw Hat Crew” shipwright

• Among the present-day CP9 cell confronting Franky; recognized on-page by Franky as one of the fake Galley-La shipwrights who travelled with the Straw Hats — “I know you. You were one of… the Straw Hat Crew” (p. 16). Throws Franky back (“That’s all you got?!”, p. 16). Reports up to Director Spandam via the Den Den Mushi relay through Blueno. Cross-link Franky, Spandam, Blueno, CP9.

Water Seven (Ch. 352) — ⭐ Spokesman at the Franky House: reveals CP9, names Cutty Flam, demands the Pluton blueprints; fells Franky in one blow

• Spokesman for the CP9 cell at the Franky House: reveals their Water Seven covers were a front for World-Government secret-agent work, names Franky as Cutty Flam (“Tom’s other apprentice… supposed to have died eight years ago”), states “We killed him” of Iceberg, and lays out the Pluton-blueprint inheritance chain Tom → Iceberg → Franky — “our long strategy has finally reached checkmate” — demanding the blueprints (pp. 13–15). Routes to Ancient Weapons.
• Demonstrates his speed again: drops Franky and demolishes the building before Usopp can see anything (“He was too fast!!!”, p. 18); CP9 then begin searching the ruins for the hidden blueprint. Cross-link CP9, Franky, Tom, Iceberg, Ancient Weapons.

Water Seven (Ch. 350) — Masked CP9 cell hunts Franky’s hideout (Lucci unnamed on-page)

• Masked and top-hatted, corners the Franky Family survivors and forces them to reveal the “warehouse under the bridge” (Franky’s secret base) — Water Seven back alleys, Northeast shore, the big bridge in front of the garbage dump (pp. 6–8).
• Attacks the Franky Family in the alley (p. 16); the CP9 cell then confirms “we’ve got his location” and moves out toward Franky’s hideout (pp. 17, 20) — converging on Franky, the Pluton-blueprint heir they deduced is Cutty Flam (@0346). Cross-link CP9, Franky Family, Franky, Ancient Weapons.

Water Seven (Ch. 349) — ⭐⭐⭐ Devil Fruit NAMED on-page; full leopard-man Zoan form; throws Luffy into the sea

• ⭐ DEVIL FRUIT NAMED ON-PAGE: the Cat-Cat Fruit (Neko Neko no Mi), Model Leopard — a carnivorous Zoan (pp. 4–5). Confirms the leopard animal-theme the etymology forward-noted; set devil_fruit. See Neko Neko no Mi, Model Leopard.
• Appears in full leopard-man Zoan form; speaks directly for the first time (no Hattori ventriloquism) — e.g. “The feeling’s not mutual” to Paulie (p. 11).
• Triggers the first on-page enumeration of the three Devil-Fruit classes (Logia / Zoan / Paramythia) and the carnivorous-Zoan ferocity rule (p. 6) — see Nature of Devil Fruits.
• Uses Rokushiki while transformed: Rankyaku / Tempest Kick detonates the third floor (p. 7), Shigan / Finger Pistol (p. 12), Tekkai / Iron Body (p. 14) — showing Six Powers stacks on top of a Zoan transformation.
• Beats Luffy down and hurls him “off the island” into the sea (pp. 13–15); blasts Zoro out too.
• Sets CP9’s next objective: recover the (Pluton) blueprints from “Tom’s other disciple… Franky. No… Cutty Flam.” (p. 19) — routing to Ancient Weapons. Stands silhouetted with Kaku and Kalifa before the burning HQ (pp. 18–19). Cross-link CP9, Neko Neko no Mi, Model Leopard, CP9 Carnivorous Zoan Animal-Theme System.

Water Seven (Ch. 348) — ⭐⭐⭐ Full early-Rokushiki kit; knocks Luffy out; BEGINS to transform (first Devil-Fruit hint)

• Demonstrates the full early Rokushiki kit against the Straw Hats inside the burning mansion (Six Powers (Rokushiki)): Iron Body / Tekkai (p. 4), Paper Art / Kami-e (pp. 5–7), Tempest Kick / Rankyaku — NAMED here, slices the wall (pp. 7–8), Moonwalk / Geppo — flies (p. 7), Shave / Soru rush (pp. 6–7), and Finger Pistol / Shigan (p. 13).
• Knocks Luffy out cold with a close-range blow — “Go, Nico Robin.” (pp. 14–15); Luffy shown unconscious, “really got Luffy locked down” — establishes the present power gap.
• Tells Nico Robin “Right. You’ve fulfilled your role. Good work.” (p. 3) and Finger-Pistols Zoro/Luffy (“you don’t need a bullet… to puncture the human body”, p. 13).
• FINAL PAGE — begins to transform. “Why don’t I show you something interesting as this draws to an end? A chance like this may not come again.” (p. 19) — silhouette darkens, eyes glow, body cracks and swells (“KRIK…”, “WAAAAUGH!!! RMRMRM…”, pp. 19–20). FIRST on-page hint Lucci is a Devil Fruit user. The fruit is NOT named on-page here (forward: the Neko Neko no Mi, Model Leopard is named Ch. 349 — do NOT set devil_fruit from 0348). ⭐⭐⭐ Cross-link CP9, Luffy, Nico Robin, Six Powers (Rokushiki), Lucci Devil-Fruit Transformation Begins Cliffhanger Seed.

Water Seven (Ch. 347) — ⭐⭐ First on-page Rokushiki demonstration; defines the Six Powers; dominates Paulie & Luffy

• Confirmed as the night-assault “bull-mask” voice Paulie recognizes (p. 6) — the CP9 agent who had posed as the Galley-La Company foreman “with the pigeon” (pp. 5–6).
• First on-page demonstration of his Rokushiki (Six Powers (Rokushiki)): Finger Pistol/Shigan (pp. 7, 12–13), Iron Body/Tekkai (p. 11), Shave/Soru (p. 12). Defines Six Powers for Paulie/Luffy: “a martial art which… makes the human body equal to a weapon” / “a master of this art is as strong as 100 men” (p. 9).
• Brutally dominates Paulie and Luffy; tells Paulie he “was going to be eliminated anyway” (p. 10) and nearly executes Luffy — catches him by the neck with Shigan: “You’d have died instantly, Rubber Man” (p. 13). Established as the arc’s apex CP9 threat. Cross-link CP9, Paulie, Luffy, Six Powers (Rokushiki).

Water Seven (Ch. 345) — ⭐⭐ UNMASKS as CP9; names the Pluton-blueprints objective

• Unmasked first of the four — the long-coated agent with the pigeon Hattori who “has business elsewhere,” refuses to flee, and fells the foreman Mr. Lulu with a single blow (“VOOM!!”, p. 10); top hat on, Hattori on his shoulder. “You’ve let me down.” → “LUCCI!!” (p. 16). His covert CP9 identity — long inferred from the @0327 pigeon-voiced foreman, the @0336/0338 silhouettes, and the @0343 collapsed-at-the-op-site tell — is now confirmed on-page.
• Speaks for CP9: “For us, going undercover is the easiest thing in the world.” Demands of Iceberg: “Where are the blueprints of the Ancient Weapon Pluton?” (p. 18) — the operation’s objective named on-page. Routes to Ancient Weapons.
• Cross-link CP9, Kaku, Kalifa, Blueno, Iceberg, Ancient Weapons, Lucci Beloved Galley-La Shipwright Named Before Shown.

Water Seven (Ch. 343) — ⭐ Named on-page inside the mansion; the embedded-CP9-agent tell

• Named on-page for the first time since his @0324 townsperson cheer: Tilestone shouts “LUCCI!!!” on finding him collapsed among the wiped-out third-floor guards inside the mayor’s mansion (pp. 18–19) — placing the Galley-La Company foreman Lucci at the heart of a CP9 operation. The dramatic irony (one of Galley-La’s “strongest” found defeated at the exact site of a CP9 raid) confirms by proximity that Lucci is one of the embedded CP9 agents and that his “defeat” is cover. Cross-link CP9, Kaku, Lucci Beloved Galley-La Shipwright Named Before Shown.

Water Seven (Ch. 338) — unnamed top-hatted silhouette in the Dock 1 assault

• Appears among the foremen as a top-hatted silhouette during the gunfire-and-saw assault on Luffy (pp. 7–8). Not named this chapter — visual-silhouette presence consistent with Lucci. (Inference.) See CP9.

Water Seven (Ch. 336) — silent, pigeon-shouldered arrival at the Dock One cliffhanger

• Appears at the Ch. 336 cliffhanger (pp. 18–19): a silent, suited Galley-La Company foreman with the pigeon Hattori perched on his shoulder, arriving alongside the brash Paulie over the wrecked Dock One to confront Luffy and Franky. His ominous composition against Paulie’s bluster reads as a deliberate tell — seed for the CP9 reveal (CP9, Pigeon-Shouldered Galley-La Foreman Ominous Debut).

Water Seven (Ch. 327) — full name “Rob Lucci”; pigeon-voiced foreman

• Full name “Rob Lucci” given; introduced as the Galley-La Company “Sawyer and Treenail Foreman” (caption p. 3).
• Soft-spoken to the point of muteness — he “speaks” only through Hattori, the pigeon on his shoulder, which the crew reads as ventriloquism (“I’m Rob L— I mean, Hattori the Pigeon,” p. 11).
• First seen humiliating the indebted shipwright Paulie over money (p. 3); his unsettling calm and his role recovering the Franky Family thieves (p. 6) mark him as more than a carpenter — seed for the CP9 reveal (Rob Lucci The Pigeon-Voiced Galley-La Foreman).

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Notes

• Forward (not yet on-page through 0324): secretly an elite CP9 assassin; Zoan Devil-Fruit power; CP9 reveal @0345. Recorded as forward-canon, not asserted here.
• Etymology note : ロブ・ルッチ / Robu Rutchi.