One Piece Party Chapter 22 is titled "Sea Train Murder Case".
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Short Summary[]
While traveling on the Sea Train, Iceburg is murdered, and the other passengers must find his killer.
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The chapter opens with Usopp introducing himself as the detective "Naga Hana Usotsukuzo" (
On the Sea Train, Kalifa and Conductor Brook find Iceburg's body in a pool of blood. Usopp and Sanji, a pair of detectives called the Usonji Brothers (ウソンジブラザーズ, Usonji Burazāzu?), decide to investigate the case. However, it is quickly hijacked by Luffy, a famous detective, his assistant Nami, and his cat Chopper, as well as the lazy detective Kuzan. They quickly establish that he must have been murdered between midnight and 2am, via poisoning. However, the door was locked, and the only key was in Iceburg's pocket. Kuzan notices that Iceburg seems to have been written ル ("Lu" in katakana).
Kalifa then recounts the events of the previous night. She had dinner with him, leaving at one in the morning. Both her and Brook saw him, but that was the last time anybody saw him alive. They next interview Franky, Robin, and Zoro. However, the three of them were drinking all night. Luffy comes to the conclusion that he's solved the murder: Zoro dressed up half his body as Robin and positioned in front of a mirror, so it appeared as if she was in the room. Robin then went to Iceburg's room and tickled him to death. However, Nami quickly shuts him down, stating that among other things, Iceburg's door was locked and Robin couldn't get in even if the theory was plausible.
However, this prompts Robin to reveal that around 1:30am, she heard a loud crash from Iceburg's room. This allows Nami and Kuzan to establish the time of death: 1:30am. Brook then rushes into the room, announcing that the murderer has struck again. They follow him to find Crocodile's body with blood leaking out of his mouth. However, Kuzan notices that it's just ketchup, and Crocodile has simply passed out from his distaste of it.
They decide to interrogate the next group of people, Lucci and Kaku. They state that they were playing cards with Kuzan and Paulie, which Kuzan confirms. Luffy decides that he's discovered the murderer again, saying that Kaku took Usopp's sleeping body as a mannequin of himself and used the power of the Ushi Ushi no Mi, Model: Giraffe to slide Iceburg into a wall, killing him. Usopp mentions that he wasn't even on the train last night, and Usopp counters that Lucci used his beard to smack Iceburg to death, explaining the "Lu" on the wall. However, Nami counters again, mentioning that Iceburg died from poisoning.
Lucci recommends that they interrogate Kalifa, but before they do that, they decide to investigate the last passenger, Kokoro. Her and Kalifa confirm that they spent the night together from when Kalifa left Iceburg until 3:00 in the morning. Suddenly, Usopp bursts in, revealing that the glass in the window on Iceburg's door comes off, allowing someone to put things back in the room. They come to the conclusion that somebody with the power to extend their arms must have poisoned Iceburg and placed the key back in his pocket through the window. This leads them to believe that Luffy is the murderer, using the power of the Gomu Gomu no Mi. This is supported by the "Lu" written on his wall.
With Luffy caught, Nami begins complaining that they still don't know how he actually poisoned Iceburg. Kuzan mentions that someone might have poisoned him in advance, and just waited for the poison to kick in. At the same time, Luffy gets mad at Chopper for not bringing him food, mentioning how he's Luffy's pet and should do what he says. This inspires Nami to come to a new conclusion as to how Iceburg died, and they let Luffy go.
After bringing all the passengers, with the exception of Crocodile, to the train's dining hall, Nami explains her new theory. She states that Kalifa actually poisoned Iceburg before leaving his room, and placed his corpse back at his desk to trick Brook. Once Brook left, she returned to the room and used the power of the Awa Awa no Mi to loosen the desk and chair, causing it to collapse at 1:30am, creating the crash. To return the key to Iceburg's pocket, she tied it to Tyrannosaurus, lured him into Iceburg's pocket through the window using a nut, and pulling a string to untie it from his body, dropping it into Iceburg's pocket. The ル on the wall was actually meant to be the English letters "ILS", for "Iceburg's Loyal Secretary."
Everyone celebrates that Nami has solved the case, when Iceburg asks Paulie who's death got solved. They suddenly realize that Iceburg has been in the dining hall for all of Nami's explanation, and he wasn't dead at all. Iceburg then explains that he actually got a nosebleed from picking too deep into his nose, and as it was a new blood loss record, wanted to record the amount: 1L. After apologizing to Kalifa, Nami angrily hits Iceburg, causing a new nosebleed with a new record of 2L.
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