The thing that's stood out to me the most in this chapter was Lucci.
He specifically asks the Elder to spare Kaku, to which he responds by saying something like "I'll try but I can't be bothered to keep track of insects"
Now, it's pretty easy to feel like Lucci would be kind of heartless, given what we know of him so far. But to see him begging them to spare Kaku, his friend, that really stood out to me. He cares about him. He's hurting real bad and all he can think about is saving his friend.
I really, really hope that Lucci asks Luffy to save Kaku, and Luffy does so without a second thought. and I hope this makes Lucci seriously reconsider his actions because these people he's fought for his whole life think of them no more than mere bugs.
But Luffy, someone who should by all means hate them for what they did, he helped them without a second thought. Because they're people asking for help.
I just... really want Lucci and Kaku to be on the good side ; - ;