142 : An Inevitable Melee! Wetton's Schemes And... Today

The "deep story" of —the midpoint of the Rainbow Mist Arc —is a tragic tale of lost time and a scientist’s 50-year quest for redemption. The Core Tragedy: The Frozen Children

: As Wetton’s forces invade the mist to loot it, the Straw Hats and the Pumpkin Pirates are forced into an "inevitable melee" to protect the graveyard and find a way back to the real world. Key Narrative Threads 142 : An Inevitable Melee! Wetton's Schemes and...

The story centers on , an old scientist on Ruluka Island who has spent five decades working under the tyrannical Mayor Wetton . Wetton is a former pirate who burned the village 50 years ago, forcing Henzo's childhood friends—the Pumpkin Pirates —to flee into the mysterious Rainbow Mist . The "deep story" of —the midpoint of the

145: "Monsters Appear! Don't Mess with the Whitebeard Pirates!" Wetton is a former pirate who burned the