This is the weapon-classification-scale extension of the Ch. 46 Krieg White Flag Duplicity grammar — announce one thing, deliver another. The Krieg-duplicity-grammar is fractal, operating at the flag-classification scale (Ch. 46) and at the weapon-classification scale (Ch. 60). The chapter is the scale-up installment.
Forward-payoff
The anticipate-the-tactic-trap-the-counter grammar recurs at every later antagonist who reads Luffy’s predictable combat-rhythms. The chapter is also the first instance where Luffy’s bounce-back tactic (Ch. 17 Buggy-Ball) is anticipated and exploited.