Chapter 1178 Summary
Short Summary:
Luffy and Loki fight against the Imu-possessed Gunko, resulting in Imu being frozen by Loki. Nami, Jinbe, and Lilith continue to extinguish fires across Elbaph while Zoro and Chopper restore all the demonized giants back to normal. Robin and Saul find out that the books at the Owl Library and Biblo have disappeared. Imu fades away from the ice block and returns to Mary Geoise, where they inform the Five Elders that they will take a leave for a moment.
Detailed Summary
Luffy quickly brings the unconscious Usopp and Brook to his crew, and after he drops them off, he prepares to rejoin Loki. Franky asks Luffy if he needs backup, and he says he will call them if he needs their help, but for now they should keep their distance as Loki is about to go full all out. Speaking of, Loki tries to blast Imu with his lightning breath as Imu mentions how some years ago a ship full of giants was spotted at sea, with their captain being much larger than the rest. They also shrouded themselves in a deep layer of mist while attacking World Government-affiliated ships. Imu dodges Loki's attack due to their size and continues saying that around the same time, rumors started circulating about a massive flying creature, which they assume was Loki.
Just as Luffy arrives, he sees Imu project themselves from Gunko's body as a shadow creature, much like how he did with Saturn in God Valley. Imu tells Luffy and Loki that they wish they would just vanish from the face of the world like Rocks did and stabs them both with their shadowy tendrils to initiate A Kuwaru. Once they have them, they tell them that in exchange for some of their life, they will be granted tremendous strength and be forced to attack one another out of hate. Imu then performs Domi Reversi on the both of them. However, it has no effect on either of them and they shake off their tendrils in annoyance, with Loki demanding to know more about what they said about Rocks. Surprisingly, Imu suspected that the two would be immune to their powers, but just as they are about to explain why, Luffy attacks Imu with Gomu Gomu no Dawn Gatling, while Loki changes back to his original form and wields Ragnir in its hammer form to freeze Imu and Gunko in a huge block of ice with Niflheim, after which Luffy changes back to normal in exhaustion.
All across Elbaph, the giants are trying to put out the spreading fire, with the Straw Hats and Lilith also helping. While the giants appreciates Loki for dealing with the MMAs and acknowledge their guilt for suspecting Loki for patricide, they nevertheless took offense on him for causing even more fire. In Western Village, meanwhile, Zoro and the rest of the Giant Warrior Pirates manage to turn a majority of the demonized giants back to normal. Zoro prepares to handle the remaining ones just as Chopper arrives and hits them both, which turns them normal. Confused, Zoro asks how Chopper was able to do that, but even Chopper does not fully understand how it is possible. Zoro just leaves it at Chopper being a great doctor, with the other giants concurring. Hajrudin inquires about the current situation and he is told that there are no more visible enemies, so for now they just need to put the fires out, along with confirming if the knights are dead.
In the Owl Library, Saul and Robin are shocked to see that every single book is missing; not burned up at all. On top of that, Biblo is missing too, with Robin hoping that he took all the books out before the fire could destroy them. However, that raises the question as to where Biblo is now. Back outside, Sanji comments on how they were able to get control of the situation once they started fighting back, though Franky adds they were not waging an "all-out war" with a major organization this time, just three people, but nevertheless concedes that these three were still capable enough to throw an entire nation into chaos. Outside Western Village, Sommers, who is reduced only to his dissected head and heart, began to reattach his head, though he is in pain doing so. Meanwhile, Luffy asks Loki to get him some food, which he refuses to do, saying he should go to the village instead, but that just leads to Luffy asking Ragnir instead.
Unbeknownst to them, Imu's shadowy body disappears from within the ice. Back in Mary Geoise, Imu contacts the Five Elders and informs them that they will be leaving the castle for a bit, to their surprise.
