Chapter Summaries

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.

Lin Yuan recruited Hyakumen, a master of disguise who had spent twenty years seeking revenge for Yuriko’s murder, to help attack Orochi in the Flower Capital. Hyakumen agreed to impersonate Orochi and draw away his guards, but insisted that he be allowed to kill Orochi himself.

• Ginny told Lin Yuan that Hyakumen had served Orochi for twenty years while secretly tending Yuriko’s grave and longing for revenge.
• Fukurokuju met Hyakumen at Yuriko’s grave and persuaded him to join Lin Yuan’s plan to kill Orochi.
• Lin Yuan asked Hyakumen to impersonate Orochi during the attack and draw Iron Wall and Viper away from him.
• Hyakumen revealed his scarred real face and agreed to the plan on the condition that he could kill Orochi himself; Lin Yuan accepted.
• Ginny recorded Hyakumen’s disguise skills and role in the attack, then complained about Kaido’s snoring.

Fire Demon arrived at Hachinosu to confront Lin Yuan over Hyakumen’s defection, but Kaido fought him and Fire Demon revealed he no longer wanted to serve Orochi. He left after promising to divert the western district guards during an attack on the Flower Capital, explaining that Yuriko was his younger sister.

• Ginny briefed Kaido on Fire Demon’s strength and weakness, and Kaido said he would fight him.
• King detected Fire Demon approaching Hachinosu alone, and Lin Yuan concluded he had learned of Hyakumen’s defection.
• Fire Demon confronted Lin Yuan and accused Hyakumen of betraying Orochi, then delivered Orochi’s warning against outsiders interfering in Wano Country.
• Kaido fought Fire Demon, endured his flames, and forced him to recognize that he could not win.
• Fire Demon told Lin Yuan that Orochi had set a trap in the Flower Capital and admitted he could no longer tolerate Orochi’s actions, though he felt indebted to him.
• Fire Demon promised to divert the western district guards during Lin Yuan’s attack, revealing that Yuriko was his younger sister, and Ginny recorded his unexpected defection.

Shadow Blade fought King at sea, then revealed that Orochi had imprisoned Fire Demon in the Flower Capital. Lin Yuan’s group adjusted their rescue and attack plans and began an intense training period before their planned move in twenty days.

• Ginny spotted Shadow Blade approaching Hachinosu, and Lin Yuan ordered King to stop him from landing.
• King and Shadow Blade fought without either gaining the upper hand, and Shadow Blade left after assessing Hachinosu’s defenses.
• Shadow Blade told King that Orochi had imprisoned Fire Demon, and Ginny confirmed he was chained with Seastone in the Flower Capital.
• Ginny explained that Shadow Blade’s poison recipe came from Yuriko, giving Lin Yuan a possible way to turn him.
• Lin Yuan’s group planned to rescue Fire Demon through Hyakumen and attack the Flower Capital in twenty days.
• Kaido, Bullet, King, Kuma, Moria, and Inazuma trained at the Training Ground under Zephyr’s watch.

As Lin Yuan’s forces prepared to attack the Flower Capital, they reviewed the battle plan and confirmed Hyakumen had freed Fire Demon. The chapter ended with Lin Yuan telling Ginny that he wanted to find the remaining Road Poneglyphs and see what Joy Boy left behind.

• Ginny and Lin Yuan reviewed the Flower Capital’s defenses, Shadow Blade’s captivity, and Caesar’s armor-piercing shells.
• Kaido and Bullet discussed how they would fight Orochi and what they wanted after the battle; Kaido said he would rule Wano Country.
• King joined the others for curry, and Lin Yuan assigned the forces their roles in the attack planned for the next day.
• Ginny gave Lin Yuan Hyakumen’s message confirming Fire Demon had been released and would be at the west gate tomorrow evening.
• Lin Yuan and Ginny discussed Shadow Blade’s uncertain loyalties and their plans after Wano Country, including Lin Yuan’s quest to reach Laugh Tale and discover Joy Boy’s legacy.

Lin Yuan’s forces attacked the Flower Capital’s gates, and Bullet helped Drunkard defeat the East Gate commander, Tie Lan. The East Gate defenders began surrendering, while Orochi’s flag still flew over the castle.

• Ginny reported that Orochi had loyal overseer squads at all four gates and three hundred Iron Wall Guards near the castle.
• Lin Yuan ordered simultaneous attacks, and the Void’s Sea King Cannons blasted openings in the Flower Capital’s walls.
• Kaido charged toward the castle while Bullet, King, Kuma, Moria, and Inazuma led allied forces toward their assigned gates.
• At the East Gate, Bullet caught Tie Lan’s whip and fought her after she transformed into her Viper Form and poisoned him.
• Bullet suppressed the venom with Armament Haki and struck Tie Lan with Conqueror’s Iron Fist, forcing her to surrender.
• Drunkard tied up Tie Lan and called on the East Gate defenders to surrender as Bullet watched Orochi’s flag still flying over the castle.