Crocodile Three Minutes Duel-Clock Insult-Concession

Status: pending · Technique: chekhov-explicit, prop-tell, villain-grammar

The seed

First on-page villain-imposed duel-clock prop.

Why this matters

The three-minute concession is an insult-tier offer — Crocodile reads Luffy as a three-minute kill. Pre-loads the I-have-a-clock-on-you villain-grammar (Sea-Stone-cage rising-water trap).