Recaps

Ginny used her Glint-Glint Fruit to spy across the New World and uncovered Rocks’s plans, Big Mom’s intentions, and the Five Elders’ response to Lin Yuan. Her reports revealed that Big Mom would arrive at Hachinosu in seven days, and Lin Yuan ordered King to prepare for her.

• Ginny tested her clairvoyance on a map, heard Rocks discuss the fracturing of his crew, and spotted a mysterious old man with a slow heartbeat aboard his ship.
• Ginny looked in on Big Mom, who said she would visit Hachinosu next month and threatened to turn the island into cake if Lin Yuan played tricks.
• Over the next few days, Ginny trained her ability and saw the Five Elders discussing a plan to deal with Lin Yuan, though she could not hear their meeting clearly.
• Ginny’s notes recorded Whitebeard’s departure, Golden Lion’s dispute with Rocks, Big Mom’s fleet preparing to leave in seven days, and the Five Elders’ decision to watch Lin Yuan while treating Rocks as the greater threat.
• Lin Yuan read Ginny’s reports and told King to prepare to welcome Big Mom’s party.

Lin Yuan negotiated a Seastone deal, Devil Fruit sales, and an information exchange with Big Mom, then accepted her challenge to settle part of their terms through three fights. The chapter ended as Gecko Moria and Perospero faced each other for the first match.

• Ginny spotted Big Mom's fleet approaching Hachinosu, and Lin Yuan prepared to meet her with his allies.
• Big Mom asked Lin Yuan for Seastone, rare Devil Fruits, and intelligence, and they agreed on Seastone and fruit prices as well as an information exchange.
• Big Mom proposed three one-on-one fights, with Seastone pricing at stake, and Lin Yuan accepted while setting rules for the matches.
• Ginny secretly used her ability to memorize the Big Mom Pirates officers' abilities, weaknesses, and physical condition.
• Lin Yuan chose Moria to fight first, and Big Mom sent Perospero to face him.
• Lin Yuan started the first match between Moria and Perospero.

Lin Yuan’s officers defeated Big Mom’s three challengers, and he finalized a trade deal with her before her fleet left. He told Ginny that their money would go toward building their own strength and that they would survive on their own island.

• Moria defeated Perospero with his shadow powers, and Perospero conceded.
• Kuma shattered Cracker’s Biscuit Soldiers with his Paw-Paw Fruit and made Cracker concede.
• King defeated Smoothie with his Haki and flames, giving Lin Yuan’s side three victories.
• Lin Yuan agreed to sell Big Mom Seastone and Fruits for 1.7 billion Beli, and Big Mom accepted the deal.
• After Big Mom’s fleet sailed away, Lin Yuan told Ginny he would invest in people, equipment, and intelligence so they could survive on their own island.

Ginny’s Hive Eye detected Rocks’s plan to rob a Wano Country Seastone transport fleet and the Marines’ move to intercept him. Lin Yuan identified an unguarded stretch of the route where the forces would meet in three days and decided to take the spoils left behind.

• Ginny’s Hive Eye improved enough to survey the New World, and she monitored Rocks’s crew, Big Mom, Marine Headquarters, and Mary Geoise for Lin Yuan.
• Ginny discovered that Sengoku was mobilizing Marines and that the World Government was researching Vegapunk’s Lineage Factor, though she could not read the protected documents.
• Ginny saw Rocks’s fleet head south toward Wano Country and learned that Rocks planned to steal Seastone from a transport fleet in three days.
• Ginny spotted Sengoku and Garp leading twenty warships toward Rocks’s fleet, and Slow Heartbeat noticed her watching before Lin Yuan ordered her to withdraw her gaze.
• Lin Yuan studied the routes through the Ghost Sea and marked an unguarded stretch of the safe channel where he could take the leftovers after Rocks and the Marines clashed.

Lin Yuan sent six allies to defeat the Iron Hook Pirates and collect compensation for the merchants they had robbed, establishing Hachinosu's authority in the waters. After the pirates paid and left, Ginny identified the Black Hyena Pirates as a threat to Zephyr's daughter, and Lin Yuan ordered her to watch them closely so he could repay Zephyr's favor.

• Ginny reported that the Iron Hook Pirates had raided five merchant ships and challenged Lin Yuan's authority, so Lin Yuan sent Kaido, Bullet, Kuma, King, Moria, and Inazuma to Iron Hook Island.
• Inazuma demanded 600 million Beli and ordered Drake's crew to leave the waters; Drake's pirates attacked, and the six allies overwhelmed them, destroying two ships and setting two others ablaze.
• Kaido defeated Drake, who surrendered and agreed to pay the compensation; Lin Yuan held two ships until payment arrived.
• Three days later, Drake's people delivered 600 million Beli, which Ginny distributed to the merchant shipowners, and the Iron Hook Pirates left the area.
• Ginny told Lin Yuan that the Black Hyena Pirates were targeting Zephyr's thirteen-year-old daughter, and Lin Yuan ordered Ginny to monitor them so he could repay Zephyr's favor.

Lin Yuan learned that the Black Hyena Pirates planned to kidnap Zephyr’s daughter, Aqi, and traced their funding to Mary Geoise. When the pirates began moving toward Marine Headquarters, Lin Yuan and his allies set out to intercept them.

• Ginny told Lin Yuan that the Black Hyena Pirates were targeting Zephyr’s daughter, Aqi, and had identified their base on an unnamed island.
• Lin Yuan asked Ginny to track the pirates, investigate their backers, and anonymously send intelligence to Marine Headquarters through Morgans.
• Ginny found that a complicated transfer funding the Black Hyena Pirates ultimately led to Mary Geoise.
• Ginny reported that the Black Hyena Pirates had set out for Marine Headquarters, while its defenses around Zephyr’s family remained unchanged.
• Lin Yuan gathered Kaido, Bullet, Kuma, and King to intercept the pirates before they reached Marine Headquarters.

Lin Yuan and his allies rescued Zephyr’s daughter Aqi from the Black Hyena Pirates and escaped before the Marines arrived. Back on Hachinosu, Lin Yuan learned that an Underworld merchant named Xebec had handled the suspicious money, while Zephyr approached the island alone.

• Lin Yuan coordinated with Ginny and brought Kaido, Bullet, Kuma, and King to intercept the Black Hyena Pirates near Marine Headquarters.
• Black Hyena’s men abducted Aqi on her way to school, but Kuma, Kaido, Bullet, and King defeated the attackers and rescued her.
• Lin Yuan told Aqi he had come to repay Zephyr’s help, then sent King to take her back to school and left as Zephyr arrived.
• Ginny reported that the Black Hyena Pirates had fled and identified Xebec, an Underworld merchant who laundered money for people in Mary Geoise, as a lead in Lin Yuan’s investigation.
• Zephyr arrived alone by boat at Hachinosu while Lin Yuan watched the sunset.

Zephyr visited Hachinosu after resigning from the Marines, and Lin Yuan invited him to train his people. As a three-way battle approached in the Ghost Sea, Lin Yuan’s group entered a hidden channel to watch for the transport convoy’s escape route.

• Zephyr thanked Lin Yuan for saving Aqi and explained that he had resigned from the Marines and sent his family to safety.
• Lin Yuan offered Zephyr a place at Hachinosu as a trainer, and Zephyr left to consider the offer.
• Ginny reported that Rocks’s fleet, the Marines, and the transport convoy would converge in the Ghost Sea at noon the next day.
• Lin Yuan assigned Ginny and Inazuma to monitor events from Hachinosu, then took Kaido, Bullet, Kuma, King, and Moria through a door to the Ghost Sea’s eastern safe channel.
• Ginny activated Hive Eye and reported the forces’ positions; she also warned Lin Yuan that Slow Heartbeat was watching in his direction.

Lin Yuan and Kaido ambushed a Marine transport convoy in the Ghost Sea and moved its cargo to Hachinosu while Kaido fought Rocks pirates. They escaped as Rocks and the Marines approached, but a mysterious fighter called Slow Heartbeat discovered Lin Yuan before leaving him alone.

• Lin Yuan waited for the Marine convoy to enter the Safe Waterway while the Marine and Rocks fleets began fighting nearby.
• Ochoku and Silver Axe attacked the convoy at the eastern exit, sinking one transport and damaging its escorts.
• Lin Yuan sent Kaido to hold off Ochoku and Silver Axe, then moved all the cargo from the three transports to a warehouse on Hachinosu.
• Slow Heartbeat found Lin Yuan hiding in a transport's hold, warned that Rocks would be angry, and then walked away.
• Lin Yuan and Kaido escaped through a door as Rocks's fleet and the Marine fleet closed in, leaving Ochoku and Silver Axe to report that the transports had been emptied.

Lin Yuan’s group stole the Seastone cargo from Rocks’s transport ships while Rocks and Sengoku fought in the Ghost Sea. Slow Heartbeat appeared near Hachinosu to assess Lin Yuan’s forces, then left without attacking, and Lin Yuan prepared for his return.

• Lin Yuan and his companions carried 120 tons of Seastone and other supplies to Hachinosu, and he decided to keep the Seastone as a strategic resource.
• Rocks learned Lin Yuan had stolen the cargo and turned to face Sengoku’s Marine fleet instead of pursuing him.
• Sengoku transformed with the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Daibutsu, and clashed with Rocks in a Conqueror’s Haki battle.
• Ginny located Slow Heartbeat in a small boat near Hachinosu, and Lin Yuan gathered Kaido, Bullet, Kuma, King, Moria, and Inazuma to watch for him.
• After waiting all day, Slow Heartbeat looked toward Hachinosu and sailed away toward the Ghost Sea without attacking.
• Lin Yuan concluded Slow Heartbeat had assessed their strength and warned Ginny to prepare for his return.

After the battle, Lin Yuan’s group kept the Seastone they had seized and prepared to strengthen Hachinosu, while Rocks learned about their defenses and abilities. Zephyr joined as their trainer, and the chapter ended with Ginny realizing Slow Heartbeat knew she was watching him.

• Rocks and Sengoku withdrew after a day of fighting, and Sengoku ordered Tsuru to conceal that Lin Yuan had taken the Seastone.
• Ginny counted 123 tons of seized Seastone, bringing Hachinosu’s total to 200 tons, while Kaido and Bullet discussed their clashes with Rocks’s crew.
• Slow Heartbeat reported Hachinosu’s people, abilities, and resources to Rocks, but said they were not enemies yet.
• Zephyr agreed to train Lin Yuan’s people under conditions, moved into the Castle, and began testing Kaido and coaching the others.
• Lin Yuan told Kaido to attend training, and Kaido agreed after Lin Yuan pointed out his weaknesses.
• Slow Heartbeat noticed Ginny watching Pirate Island, and Lin Yuan told her to ignore him and continue training.

Zephyr put Kaido, Bullet, Kuma, King, Moria, Inazuma, Ginny, and Lin Yuan through their first day of training, identifying weaknesses and assigning individual exercises. After the group endured a day of drills, Zephyr told Lin Yuan he had come because he no longer wanted to watch good people die.

• Zephyr introduced himself as the group’s instructor and demonstrated Kaido’s slow reactions by punching him before assigning him Observation Haki practice.
• Zephyr tested Bullet, Kuma, King, Moria, and Inazuma, giving each specific exercises to improve Armament Haki, accuracy, flame compression, shadow defense, or cutting without contact.
• Zephyr trained Ginny’s sniping and Lin Yuan’s use of doors, while pointing out that Lin Yuan’s Haki and reactions were too weak.
• Ginny hit a coconut at five hundred meters, and Lin Yuan failed to sense how close Zephyr stood during an Observation Haki drill.
• Zephyr told the exhausted group that training would continue harder the next day, then explained to Lin Yuan that he had come because he did not want good people to die.

Lin Yuan negotiated with Rocks through Ochoku over the Ghost Sea Seastone, agreeing to give up sixty tons in exchange for peace and a future teleportation favor. After Ochoku departed, Lin Yuan and the others continued their demanding training under Zephyr.

• Zephyr pushed Lin Yuan and the others through Haki and combat drills, while Lin Yuan struggled to use Observation Haki instead of relying on Spatial Perception.
• Ochoku demanded all 120 tons of Seastone, and Lin Yuan negotiated first for eighty tons and neutrality between Hachinosu and the Rocks Pirates.
• Ochoku returned with Rocks's demand for a future long-distance door, and Lin Yuan settled on sixty tons of Seastone, neutrality, and opening the door once.
• Rocks accepted the terms, and Lin Yuan told Ochoku he would not stand in Rocks's way if Rocks went to Mary Geoise.
• Ochoku's crew loaded the Seastone and sailed away, while Ginny recorded Lin Yuan's promised door to Mary Geoise.
• Lin Yuan, Ginny, and the others continued training; Ginny hit the bull's-eye, and Lin Yuan began sensing Zephyr's attacks more successfully.

Lin Yuan and his companions encountered Slow Heartbeat, a mysterious agent of Rocks who could evade Observation Haki and Ginny’s Glint-Glint Fruit. After Slow Heartbeat asked whether Lin Yuan would open a door for Rocks to attack Mary Geoise, Lin Yuan agreed because he wanted to attack it too, then returned to training with Zephyr.

• Ginny hit a distant target through the fog while Zephyr trained Lin Yuan to sense attacks with Observation Haki.
• Lin Yuan detected Slow Heartbeat at the harbor through Spatial Perception, though Ginny could not see him with her fruit ability.
• Slow Heartbeat explained that his low heartbeat and body temperature made him appear like a stone to Observation Haki and the Glint-Glint Fruit, then demonstrated his ability to walk across the sea.
• Slow Heartbeat asked whether Lin Yuan would open a door for Rocks to attack Mary Geoise, and Lin Yuan said he would because he wanted to attack it too.
• Zephyr urged Lin Yuan to strengthen his Spatial Perception while continuing to train his Observation Haki, and the group discussed Slow Heartbeat’s unusual abilities.
• That night, Ginny worried that Rocks might target Hachinosu instead, and Lin Yuan said they would fight back if he did.

Kin'emon visited Hachinosu on Kozuki Oden's behalf to seek an alliance against Kurozumi Orochi, but Lin Yuan postponed aid until Hachinosu was ready. After learning Kin'emon was also heading toward Big Mom, Lin Yuan and Kaido considered Wano Country's strategic value and what might happen if Kozuki Oden were gone.

• Lin Yuan and the others continued their training on Hachinosu as their skills improved.
• Kin'emon arrived from Wano Country and said Kozuki Oden wanted an alliance against Kurozumi Orochi.
• Lin Yuan agreed Hachinosu would come to Wano Country later, explaining that an alliance needed mutual benefit and that the situation required more than one battle.
• Kaido said Kozuki Oden was strong enough to defeat him at present and recalled Wano Country's samurai and Seastone.
• Ginny discovered Kin'emon's boat was heading toward Whole Cake Island, suggesting the Kozuki Family was also approaching Big Mom for help.
• Lin Yuan and Kaido discussed the possibility of Kozuki Oden's death and Wano Country's value, while Kaido said he was not ready to take it.

Lin Yuan led his crew to a Sky Island, where they recovered Shandora’s gold, dials, and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. After returning to Hachinosu, he decided to go to Water 7 the next day to build a ship.

• Lin Yuan told Kaido they would wait for Kozuki Oden to leave Wano Country before confronting him.
• Ginny discovered a Sky Island, and Lin Yuan opened a door that took the crew to the White Sea.
• Lin Yuan, Kaido, Bullet, and Kuma uncovered Shandora’s underground cavern and moved its gold and Golden Bell to Hachinosu.
• King, Moria, Inazuma, and Ginny fought a giant snake in the temple, and Ginny secured the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• The crew inventoried five tons of gold worth about five billion Beli, along with dials, and decided to keep the Rumble-Rumble Fruit for a suitable future user.
• Lin Yuan told Ginny he planned to go to Water 7 to build a ship, and she recorded an unlimited budget.

Lin Yuan recruited Tom to build the ship Void after he and Kaido killed a modified Sea King blocking Water 7’s shipping lane. As Tom began preparing the ship, Ginny discovered a cloaked watcher reporting Lin Yuan’s actions to an unknown contact, and Lin Yuan told her to keep watching.

• Lin Yuan found Tom in Water 7 and asked him to build the very best ship, agreeing to deal with a giant Sea King in exchange.
• Ginny detected that the Sea King was modified with metal, and Tom suspected Caesar Clown had turned it into a weapon.
• Lin Yuan and Kaido entered the deep sea, fought the three-hundred-meter armored Sea King, and defeated it with Kaido’s attack and Lin Yuan’s volcanic door.
• Tom agreed to begin construction the next day and named the ship Void, whose blueprint featured a Treasure Tree Adam keel.
• Ginny spotted a cloaked person reporting the Sea King’s death and Lin Yuan’s involvement to an unknown contact, then told Lin Yuan, who ordered her to keep watching.

Lin Yuan and his allies stole Tom’s propulsion-system fragment and a secret list of World Government agents in Wano Country from Enies Lobby. After Tom recovered his research and Ginny began preparing to warn Oden, Lin Yuan set Punk Hazard as their next destination to deal with Caesar Clown.

• Tom asked Lin Yuan to retrieve his confiscated propulsion-system research fragment from Enies Lobby, and Lin Yuan agreed while assigning Kaido, Bullet, and Kuma to protect the workshop.
• Lin Yuan, King, and Moria entered Enies Lobby’s archive through a door and stole the fragment labeled XK-0017.
• Lin Yuan found and took a top-secret list of World Government undercover agents in Wano Country before the group escaped the archive unnoticed.
• Tom received the fragment and said he would use its technology to improve the Void, while Ginny verified the agent list and began copying it for Oden.
• Ginny reported that Whitebeard and the Golden Lion had fought over territory but were unharmed, and Lin Yuan said he would visit Whitebeard after the Void was finished.
• Lin Yuan told Ginny their next stop was Punk Hazard, where they would deal with Caesar Clown.

Lin Yuan and his companions launched Tom’s newly built warship, the Void, and used its cannons and their own strength to destroy Caesar’s twenty-four modified Sea Kings. The Void returned to Water 7 for final adjustments, with the crew planning to leave for Punk Hazard the following day.

• Ginny warned Lin Yuan that Caesar’s twenty-four modified Sea Kings were approaching Water 7, and Lin Yuan ordered his companions to prepare for battle.
• Tom introduced the Void’s size, armor, propulsion, weapons, supplies, and escape systems before the crew set sail.
• Lin Yuan stopped the Void and ordered its Sea King Cannons to fire, killing the lead Sea King and scattering the rest of the army.
• Kaido, Bullet, King, Moria, Inazuma, Kuma, and Tom destroyed the remaining twenty-three Sea Kings in less than twenty minutes.
• Lin Yuan told Tom that the crew would finish adjustments the next day and leave for Punk Hazard the day after to confront Caesar.

After completing the Void’s preparations, Lin Yuan and his crew sailed from Water 7 toward Punk Hazard and defeated Caesar’s last modified sea beasts on the way. They arrived at the island and entered the laboratory’s third underground floor to confront Caesar.

• Tom finished calibrating the Sea King Cannons, and Lin Yuan’s crew loaded supplies onto the Void before departing Water 7.
• As the Void sailed, Zephyr assessed the crew’s training, and Lin Yuan said he planned to capture Caesar and destroy the laboratory quickly.
• Lin Yuan, Kaido, and Bullet defeated seven of Caesar’s modified sea beasts in less than three minutes.
• The Void reached Punk Hazard, where Ginny reported that Caesar was waiting on the laboratory’s third underground floor with CP Agents and armor.
• Lin Yuan opened a door directly into the laboratory corridor and led Kaido, Bullet, and King inside while the others guarded or supported the ship.

Lin Yuan captured Caesar Clown on Punk Hazard and recruited him to work on weapons and Devil Fruit research under strict limits. After rescuing Caesar’s test subjects and setting sail for Hatchinosu, Lin Yuan agreed to meet Whitebeard once they had settled everyone in.

• Lin Yuan, Kaido, and Bullet confronted Caesar Clown, and Kaido absorbed his poison while Kaido and Bullet defeated the twelve CP Agents.
• Lin Yuan offered Caesar a new laboratory on Hatchinosu in exchange for working for him and forbade experiments that harmed living subjects or civilians.
• Lin Yuan ordered Caesar to release and treat the test subjects, including a frail white-haired young man, and Kuma carried them aboard the Void.
• The Void left Punk Hazard, while Kaido kept Caesar locked in a storeroom and Lin Yuan told Ginny that the mission was complete.
• Ginny told Lin Yuan that Whitebeard had asked when he would visit, and Lin Yuan planned to return to Hatchinosu before meeting him.

Lin Yuan sailed to Sphinx Island, where he formed an alliance with Whitebeard and agreed that Whitebeard would not interfere with his plans for Wano Country. After returning to Hachinosu, Lin Yuan prepared to deal with Kurozumi Orochi and take control of Wano Country.

• Ginny told Lin Yuan that Whitebeard had invited him for a drink, and Lin Yuan set out aboard the Void with Kaido, Bullet, King, Moria, and Inazuma while Kuma stayed to guard Hachinosu.
• Lin Yuan met Whitebeard on Sphinx Island, and they agreed to an alliance in which they would help each other and avoid interfering with each other's affairs.
• Lin Yuan secured Whitebeard's promise to stay out of his Seastone business and not stop him from moving against Wano Country, even if Kozuki Oden opposed him.
• King fought Marco, Bullet fought Jozu, Kaido fought Vista, and Moria fought Thatch in friendly one-on-one matches.
• Lin Yuan and his crew sailed back to Hachinosu, where Ginny welcomed them and Caesar called out about a new device meant to make the ship faster.
• Lin Yuan told Kaido that they would deal with Kurozumi Orochi and take Wano Country, fighting Kozuki Oden only if he stood in their way.

Lin Yuan returned to Hachinosu and planned a month of preparations before attacking Wano Country, including an effort to approach Fukurokuju. He expected to face Kurozumi Orochi first and would fight Kozuki Oden if Oden stayed, while the spy list marked Fukurokuju as the first opening.

• Ginny told Lin Yuan that Kurozumi Orochi had obtained three ships of weapons and that Kozuki Oden was training about five hundred samurai in Kuri.
• Lin Yuan reviewed the stolen spy list and learned from Ginny that Fukurokuju resented Orochi, who held Fukurokuju's daughter hostage; Lin Yuan decided to contact him in Wano Country.
• Moria confided in Inazuma that he felt weak beside Whitebeard's crew, and Inazuma encouraged him to keep training.
• After the Void reached Hachinosu, Lin Yuan ordered the crew to train for a month, assigned Zephyr to lead them, and set Caesar a deadline to produce weapons and ship upgrades.
• Lin Yuan told Ginny he would fight Kozuki Oden if Oden stayed in Wano Country, then marked Fukurokuju as the first opening in his plan.

Lin Yuan’s crew recruited Fukurokuju by rescuing his daughter Chiyo from Orochi’s surveillance, gaining an insider who knew the Flower Capital’s defenses. Fukurokuju agreed to help Lin Yuan overthrow Orochi and asked to kill Orochi himself.

• Ginny briefed Lin Yuan on Fukurokuju’s routine, his hatred of Orochi, and how Orochi had used Chiyo as a hostage.
• Lin Yuan sent Moria and Inazuma to bring Fukurokuju to Hachinosu, where Inazuma offered him a chance to join Lin Yuan and Moria urged him to choose.
• Fukurokuju agreed to go with them, and Moria and Inazuma rescued Chiyo from her school dormitory.
• At Hachinosu, Fukurokuju showed Lin Yuan the Flower Capital’s defenses and revealed that twelve of his Oniwabanshu members reported directly to Orochi.
• Fukurokuju agreed to guide Lin Yuan’s forces when they attacked and asked to kill Orochi himself; Lin Yuan accepted.

Ginny assessed the twelve trusted men Orochi had placed in the Oniwabanshu, turning six and assigning plans to defeat the six who remained loyal. As Hachinosu prepared to attack Wano Country in a month, Ginny discovered that Hyakumen had a blood feud with Orochi and might be persuaded to switch sides.

• Ginny told Lin Yuan that six of Orochi's twelve trusted men could be turned, while Viper, Iron Wall, Shadow Blade, Fire Demon, Jizō, and Hyakumen would have to be dealt with by force.
• Kaido and Bullet sparred as Zephyr assessed their progress, and Lin Yuan said the group had one month to train for the Wano Country operation.
• Ginny used coded offers to persuade Greedy Wolf, Drunkard, Lecher, Caimi, Coward, and Fence-sitter to surrender.
• Ginny assigned Kuma to face Iron Wall, Jizō, and Hyakumen, Kaido to face Viper and Fire Demon, and King to face Shadow Blade; Bullet, Moria, and Inazuma would handle the remaining troops while Zephyr guarded the ship.
• Ginny mapped the six loyal targets' routines and learned from Morgans that Hyakumen's wife, Yuriko, had been murdered by Kurozumi Orochi.
• Ginny told Lin Yuan that Hyakumen could be turned because of his blood feud with Orochi, and Lin Yuan ordered Fukurokuju to approach him carefully.