Luffy and Coby find Zoro tied and starving. A little girl trespasses the field to offer him a rice ball when Helmeppo, the son of the Marine's base Captain Morgan, shows the fear and power that his father’s name give him. Rika tells Luffy that the reason why Zoro is tied is because he stood up for her and her mother and the three would be spared if he could resist a month, a promise that Helmeppo had no intent of keeping. Luffy infiltrates the base looking for Zoro’s sword but finds 3 and returns outside in time to save Coby and Zoro from being shot by Morgan’s men.