Recaps

Ma Qiao received 130.8 million Beli from Nezumi and realized Twitch’s resistance to disease and poison could aid his cultivation. After checking the tavern, Ma Qiao set out to spend money while Vivi continued trying to learn about Mr. 0.

• Nezumi secretly delivered 130.8 million Beli to Ma Qiao, who ordered Garen to encourage the reluctant Twitch.
• Nezumi proposed tasting spoiled and poisonous foods, and Ma Qiao recognized that Twitch could help him build disease and poison resistance.
• Nezumi returned to the inn to remain on the island while Ma Qiao prepared to summon Teemo and develop the Big Bird brand multifunctional Den Den Mushi.
• Garen disinfected the backyard after Nezumi left, while Vivi kept hovering around Ma Qiao’s office and searching for information about Mr. 0.
• Ma Qiao checked the tavern, turned the hidden copy of Sow Postpartum Care on his bookshelf, and went to spend money.

Ma Qiao assigned Teemo to cultivate mushrooms and breed Den Den Mushi, then summoned Gangplank as his sixth hero rather than leveling up Nezumi. The next morning, Nezumi publicly thanked Ma Qiao and invited him to the G-2 Branch, stirring envy among Whiskey Peak’s Pirate Hunters and concern for Igaram.

• Ma Qiao summoned Teemo and assigned him to research Den Den Mushi breeding and feed-mushroom cultivation in the underground base.
• Teemo prepared the mushroom bed and transplanted mycelium while Ma Qiao decided to save his money for a sixth hero instead of raising Nezumi’s level.
• Ma Qiao chose Gangplank and summoned him as his sixth hero.
• Nezumi visited Ma Qiao at the Big Bird Spin-Spin Tavern, thanked him for saving his life, and invited him to visit the G-2 Branch.
• Whiskey Peak’s Pirate Hunters envied Ma Qiao’s Marine subsidy, while Igaram worried that accepting it violated Baroque Works rules; his superiors did not respond to his report.

Ma Qiao sent Gangplank to sea in a small boat and planned for him to build strength in the East Blue. While searching Ma Qiao’s office, Vivi discovered a note claiming Mr. 0 was a woman.

• Ma Qiao gave Gangplank a small boat because Gangplank could not build the Dreadway and its plans were too sensitive to share.
• Ma Qiao planned for Gangplank to operate in the East Blue alongside Nezumi, where he could grow stronger and cross paths with Twitch.
• Vivi sneaked into Ma Qiao’s office while he pretended to sleep and searched his desk for information about Baroque Works.
• Vivi found a letter from Miss All Sunday but could not understand its discussion of economic theories or learn anything about Mr. 0.
• Vivi discovered a Baroque Works anniversary bookmark in a glamour magazine and read the note, “Dr. Mundo says Mr. 0 is a woman?”

Vivi tried to uncover what was happening with Mr. Lady, while Ma Qiao inspected Teemo’s rapidly cultivated Den Den Mushi and discovered they required paid credit. The chapter left Ma Qiao testing a touchscreen Den Den Mushi and wondering about the tiny commission taken from his payment.

• Vivi found a letter indicating that Baroque Works’ boss was a woman, then returned it and left the room.
• Vivi invited Ashe to bathe with her, hoping to contact Igaram privately, but Ashe unexpectedly agreed and took her into the bathroom.
• Teemo reported that he had cultivated mushrooms that rapidly grew young Den Den Mushi, and Ma Qiao inspected the mushroom room.
• Ma Qiao discovered the Den Den Mushi could not make calls without credit, and Teemo explained that the service cost extra.
• Ma Qiao paid a 100-Beli coin and discovered the Den Den Mushi had a touchscreen belly and that a small portion of the payment entered his Penguin account.

Ma Qiao tried to persuade Vivi to use his new Big Bird Brand Den Den Mushi, which could connect users to strangers, but she saw no value in it. As Vivi prepared for her upcoming practical assessment, Ma Qiao began considering how to promote and test his product.

• Nezumi stayed at the town inn, claimed his old anal fissure had flared up, and received local specialties from Igaram, helping Ma Qiao's personal account reach 2.5 million Beli.
• Vivi continued investigating the secret message about Dr. Mundo and Mr. 0 while looking forward to Ma Qiao's Great Sea Survival Guide Series Course.
• Ma Qiao asked Vivi whether she would pay an extra monthly fee for a superior Den Den Mushi, then demonstrated his Big Bird Brand model's feature for chatting with strangers.
• Vivi rejected the product, arguing that its features were unnecessary and that she had no interest in paying the equivalent of forty pieces of cotton candy each month.
• Ma Qiao accepted that the product needed an initial promotion and testing plan, but ruled out disguising himself as a female customer service representative.

Ma Qiao began teaching Vivi about the dangers of the sea and used a hypothetical challenge to explain why a powerful Shichibukai should investigate before acting. After Vivi chose to send out a scout, Ma Qiao revealed details about the five East Blue pirates and asked what the Shichibukai should do next.

• Ma Qiao explained that he came from a distant country in the South Blue and told Vivi about the Rocks Pirates and its famous members.
• Ma Qiao discussed the era of the Four Emperors and taught Vivi that arrogance and complacency were the greatest dangers at sea.
• Ma Qiao asked Vivi how a Shichibukai should respond to five East Blue pirates who had threatened to send him flying.
• Vivi first proposed sending elite officers, then suggested reconnaissance after Ma Qiao criticized her for acting without investigating.
• Ma Qiao described the pirates' ship, captain, and crew, then asked Vivi to choose the Shichibukai's next move.

Ma Qiao warned Vivi not to underestimate opponents and taught her that hidden trump cards could decide a fight. He offered to teach her the Flying Thunder God Technique for 32 million Beli, and Vivi offered her valuable necklace so she could become strong enough to do what she had to do.

• Vivi proposed sending elite officers to eliminate a group Ma Qiao had identified as a rabble, but Ma Qiao warned that seemingly ordinary enemies might have powerful backgrounds.
• Ma Qiao advised either crushing opponents with overwhelming force or befriending them, and cautioned against sending fighters after them one at a time.
• Ma Qiao explained that Santini’s Drill-Drill Fruit ability had stopped being a trump card once he revealed it, then told Vivi she would build her own trump cards during her internship.
• Ma Qiao offered to teach Vivi the Flying Thunder God Technique for 32 million Beli, claiming it was one of the Ma Family’s Nine Forms.
• Vivi admitted she could not afford the price and offered a necklace worth at least 100 million Beli, asking Ma Qiao to help her grow stronger because she had something she absolutely had to do.

Ma Qiao decided to teach Vivi the Flash skill after accepting her grandmother’s necklace as collateral, though he worried about his depleted funds and considered taking Nami’s hidden treasure. Three days later, Ma Qiao’s group left with Lieutenant Nezumi for G-2 Base, with Vivi disguised as a delinquent to avoid recognition.

• Ma Qiao kept Vivi’s necklace rather than redeeming it and planned to charge her thirty-two million Beli to learn Flash.
• After realizing Vivi could not pay, Ma Qiao remembered the treasure in Cocoyasi Village and decided he could take it before a Marine did.
• Ma Qiao sent Vivi to do chores, telling her that eating, sleeping, and working were training in Ma Family Kung Fu.
• Lieutenant Nezumi recovered from his injury, and Igaram held a farewell ceremony before Nezumi set sail again.
• Ma Qiao and his group left with Nezumi for G-2 Base so Ma Qiao could register and enlist Garen as a Marine.
• Vivi disguised herself with heavy makeup and a new hairstyle, and Ma Qiao confirmed Nezumi’s Marines failed to recognize her.

Ma Qiao sailed with Vivi toward Marine headquarters while wondering whether her lack of navigational talent meant he needed to find a skilled navigator. He considered satellite navigation and thought of an acquaintance who could launch rockets, but decided to take things one step at a time.

• A News Coo delivered a newspaper to Chief Petty Officer Qiangsen, who led the delinquent marines in a morning run while they admired Vivi.
• Ma Qiao asked Vivi whether her bad-girl appearance might hurt his standing with the marine brass, then decided it fit the Marines’ informal dress customs.
• Ma Qiao asked Vivi how long they had been sailing and whether she remembered their route from Whiskey Peak, but she recalled little beyond heading north.
• Ma Qiao concluded that Vivi lacked exceptional navigational talent and wondered whether he needed to recruit a capable navigator for ocean shipping.
• Ma Qiao considered building satellite navigation and remembered an acquaintance who was an expert at launching rockets.

Ma Qiao and Vivi sailed toward G-2 Fortress while reflecting on the World Government’s failures and the Marine branch’s strength. At the harbor, a fast-moving figure approached Nezumi’s warship as it prepared to dock.

• Ma Qiao noted that only 28 hours had passed on the voyage and criticized the World Government for failing to protect its Affiliated Nations.
• Ma Qiao stole Vivi’s sandwich, while Twitch offered Garen moldy cheese and Garen sprayed it with rat poison.
• Comil and Momonga discussed Nezumi’s new friend and welcomed Major Kuppas, whom Comil proposed using because of his knowledge of the East Blue.
• Ma Qiao arrived near G-2 Fortress and considered how its strength might make it vulnerable to an attack from within.
• A small black dot sped out of the naval harbor toward Nezumi’s warship as it prepared to dock.

Ma Qiao became a Marine-certified talent specialist and met Vice Admiral Comil at the G-2 base, where they bonded over a huge meal. When Ma Qiao revealed that he had the Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Penguin, Comil reacted in disbelief.

• Major Kuppas tested Garen by firing a coin at Twitch, and Garen cut it in half to protect him.
• Comil and Momonga suspected Garen’s friendship with Nezumi and arranged for Major Tuya to test him, agreeing to keep the results confidential.
• Ma Qiao signed his enlistment application and received provisional certification as a Marine talent specialist.
• Comil joined Ma Qiao for a meal, and the two ate enough to astonish the G-2 cooks.
• Ma Qiao told Comil that he had the Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Penguin, and Comil mistook his introduction for a joke about a Mythical Zoan.

Ma Qiao turned a conversation with Vice Admiral Comil into a contract to supply G-2 Base with sweet fizzy coffee, then agreed to a secret psychological test for Garen. The next morning, Garen was taken to the test, and Master Sergeant Qiangsen revealed that its examiner, Major Tuya, had a Truth-Telling Fruit.

• Ma Qiao told Comil that he believed a person could become strong regardless of their Devil Fruit, and Comil shared his fondness for Zephyr's sweet fizzy coffee.
• Ma Qiao gave Comil Big Bird Cola, and Comil arranged a publicly funded supply contract for the drink under the name Big Bird Manufacturing.
• Comil asked Ma Qiao to let Garen take a secret psychological test, and Ma Qiao agreed.
• Ma Qiao found Vivi asleep outside his room, carried her to bed, and slept on the floor; the next morning, Vivi woke and accused him of being in her room.
• Ma Qiao dressed Garen and sent him with Twitch and Master Sergeant Qiangsen to the test, where Qiangsen revealed that Major Tuya was a disciple of Staff Officer Tsuru and a Truth-Telling Fruit user.

Garen underwent a secret hypnosis test that revealed his unwavering belief in justice, moving Comil and Momonga to recruit him and offer special training. He rejected their Marineford recommendation to remain devoted to Teacher Ma Qiao, while Tuya developed an unrequited love for him.

• Tuya’s past hypnosis of a Marine officer had exposed his treason and scandalous thoughts, leading the G-2 Branch to restrict her power to interrogating pirates.
• Comil and Momonga brought Garen into a sealed room, where Tuya used her Truth-Telling Fruit and hypnosis to test his beliefs.
• Garen passionately declared his commitment to justice, leaving Comil and Momonga ashamed of their own doubts and convinced that he should receive special training.
• Tuya became infatuated with Garen and tried to pursue him, but Mirugu pulled her away and Garen sped off.
• Garen turned down Comil’s offer to recommend him to Marineford, saying he would devote himself to protecting the justice in Teacher Ma Qiao’s heart.
• Comil and Momonga reflected on the darkness hidden behind the Marines’ claims of justice and resolved to believe in the justice of the next generation.

Garen left for the East Blue with Nezumi’s Marines, while Ma Qiao used a Vision Ward to travel aboard their ship and later joined them there. After the Marines chased a pirate ship with a black cat figurehead into the dark, Ma Qiao suddenly recognized the significance of the black cat.

• Garen became a Marine private under Nezumi and departed with Twitch’s forces for the East Blue.
• Ma Qiao and Vivi disembarked at Whiskey Peak, and Ma Qiao explained that he could teleport to the Nezumi using a Vision Ward.
• Ma Qiao earned one million Beli from his G-2 Branch allowance and a liqueur coffee contract, while Vivi continued doing laundry as she waited to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• A pirate ship attacked the Good Guy Twitch, and Twitch ordered the Marines to pursue it after it fled under cannon fire.
• The Marines lost sight of the fleeing ship, which had a black cat figurehead, and Ma Qiao suddenly lowered his fishing rod.

Kuro boarded Nezumi's warship to attack its crew, but Ma Qiao, posing as Galdino of Baroque Works and the Donquixote Family, overpowered him and recruited him for a kidnapping scheme. After Ma Qiao disappeared, Kuro was left with a Den Den Mushi and instructions to capture Nezumi and deliver him to Loguetown.

• Kuro silently boarded Nezumi's warship and attacked the fisherman he found at the bow.
• Ma Qiao dodged Kuro's strike and identified himself as Galdino, a senior Baroque Works agent and member of the Donquixote Family.
• Ma Qiao used his flame to melt Kuro's steel Cat Claws, making Kuro surrender.
• Ma Qiao told Kuro that Nezumi's bodyguard was the obstacle and offered him half the Rat-Rat Treasure for capturing Nezumi and taking him to Loguetown.
• Ma Qiao gave Kuro a Den Den Mushi, vanished, and then appeared in the cabin to gulp down seawater.

Kuro escaped the warship with Lieutenant Nezumi and used Jango’s hypnosis to stage his own capture, killing his crew to cover his tracks. He tried to begin a new life as Klahadore, but the East Blue Daily exposed him as a notorious criminal and announced a 32 million Beli bounty.

• During the fire aboard the Twitch, “Galdino” fought the upright marine while Kuro seized Lieutenant Nezumi and escaped by boat.
• At camp, Kuro had Jango hypnotize Nezumi and a subordinate so the subordinate would impersonate Captain Kuro and Nezumi would believe he had captured him.
• After the hypnosis, Kuro used Spoon to kill Jango and all his remaining subordinates, then set out to become Klahadore.
• Two days later, Kuro tossed a strange Den Den Mushi into the sea and read the East Blue Daily aboard a cruise ship.
• The newspaper named Ulpo D. Kuro a wanted criminal with a 32 million Beli bounty and printed photographs linking him to the burning warehouse and his escape.

Kuro read a newspaper that blamed him for the stolen Marine supplies and gave him a 32-million-Beli bounty, then fainted from hunger before reaching Syrup Village. At Marineford, Vice Admiral Momonga praised Nezumi for supposedly exposing the corrupt supply network and decided to call in a favor.

• Kuro saw the newspaper’s photographs and concluded that Nezumi and Baroque Works had framed him for burning and stealing the military supplies.
• Kuro worried that Marines and criminals would silence him, but felt safer after discarding a possibly tracked Den Den Mushi and changing his identity.
• Kuro’s hunger and distress overwhelmed him, and he fainted aboard a cruise ship bound for Syrup Village.
• Vice Admiral Momonga told Vice Admiral Comil that Nezumi had uncovered corruption tied to the Sun Pirates’ remnants and the former 16th Branch.
• Comil credited Kuro’s supposed mastery of the Six Powers for Nezumi’s defeat, while Momonga praised Nezumi’s investigation and newspaper strategy.
• Momonga decided to call a senior who had returned to the East Blue to visit his grandson instead of attending the Marineford meeting.

Ma Qiao diverted the Good Guy Twitch to Loguetown to collect supplies, request Marine support, and claim a bounty for a hypnotized Black Cat Pirate. He spent the embezzled funds on leveling his crew and equipment while reaffirming his resolve to protect the justice in his heart.

• Ma Qiao returned to the Good Guy Twitch and set it on course for Loguetown to obtain supplies and reinforcements for dealing with Arlong and the other pirates allied with the 16th Branch.
• Ma Qiao planned to claim the bounty for Hairless Cat Sphinx, whom Jango had hypnotized into believing he was Kuro of a Hundred Plans.
• Morgan and his Marines boarded the Good Guy Twitch to help repair the storeroom, unaware that Ma Qiao had started the fire and sold the supplies.
• Ma Qiao justified keeping the missing supplies as a way to undermine the Celestial Dragons and protect justice in his heart.
• Ma Qiao spent the funds on leveling his retainers and buying equipment, then reviewed the crew's updated status.

Ma Qiao explained his and his companions’ equipment builds before Twitch’s Marines welcomed Morgan and his men aboard the Good Guy Twitch. Twitch invited Morgan to join the 16th Branch, and Qiangsen revealed the influential connections backing Twitch and Garen.

• Ma Qiao described Garen’s defensive build, Gangplank’s survival-focused skills, and his own plan to save for Frostfire Gauntlet while using Rejuvenation Beads.
• Morgan learned that the Good Guy Twitch was the 16th Branch commander’s flagship and that Twitch had come from the Grand Line to restore discipline.
• Twitch’s Marines held a banquet to thank Morgan’s troops for helping repair the storeroom, and Morgan admired Twitch’s habit of leaving fresh food for others.
• Twitch asked Morgan to join the effort to rebuild the 16th Branch, but Morgan said transfers between branches were difficult.
• Qiangsen told Morgan that Twitch was the nephew of a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral and that two Headquarters Vice Admirals had praised Garen as a promising junior officer.

Twitch recruited Morgan and his sailors, forming a trusted inner circle while the ships sailed toward Loguetown. Their fishing trip was interrupted by Vice Admiral Garp’s Dog-Head Battleship, and Ma Qiao ordered Nezumi to approach and find out whether it was pursuing Ace.

• Twitch introduced Garen and Ma Qiao to Morgan, then secured Morgan’s transfer and command of his 118 sailors and warship.
• Ma Qiao proposed calling Twitch’s trusted inner circle Navy Justice’s Huge Root, or Root Division for short.
• While Ma Qiao prepared meat bait and chum, the Good Man Twitch was rocked by shells from a nearby warship.
• Twitch and his crew recognized the approaching vessel as Vice Admiral Garp’s Dog-Head Battleship, with Captain Smoker aboard.
• Morgan identified Spade Ace as a possible target of Garp’s pursuit, and Ma Qiao ordered Nezumi to approach the warship and investigate.

Twitch ordered his crew to bring their ship alongside Vice Admiral Garp and Smoker’s warship, while Smoker and Garp argued after Ace escaped again. Garp recognized the approaching Marines as Momonga’s young acquaintances and sent Smoker to confront them, leaving their meeting about to begin.

• Twitch ordered Qiangsen and the crew to bring their ship alongside Garp and Smoker’s warship.
• Smoker complained that Ace had escaped again, and Garp woke from a nap without seeming concerned.
• Smoker recalled how Garp’s missed cannon shots had damaged the White Hunter and how Garp had fallen asleep during the pursuit.
• A serious young woman objected to pirates being hung from the approaching ships, while Garp recognized the rat-head figurehead as belonging to Momonga’s acquaintances.
• Garp urged Smoker to deal with the local Marines, and Smoker flew toward the Great Guy Twitch as it came alongside.

Smoker boarded the ship to force the marines to take down the pirates, but Garen and Twitch fought back using their unusual abilities. The chapter ended with Twitch coating Smoker in burning, sticky slime while his Devil Fruit power was suppressed.

• Smoker swept past Qiangsen and Morgan and attacked Twitch, but Garen stepped in to protect him.
• Garen struck Smoker with Decisive Strike, wounding his shoulder and briefly silencing his Smoke-Smoke Fruit ability.
• Smoker attacked Garen with White Fist, but Garen endured the blow using Courage.
• Garen struck Smoker again to suppress his power, and Twitch circled behind him and covered him in sticky, corrosive slime.

Twitch and Garen teamed up against Smoker, using poison and a surprise attack to wound and humiliate him. Ma Qiao stopped their fight, secretly extorted money from Smoker in exchange for deleting the footage, and left the Marines believing he had ended the clash through persuasion.

• Twitch poisoned Smoker, slashed his butt, and escaped after triggering a burst of venom.
• Garen charged Smoker, who regained his Devil Fruit powers and prepared to fight back.
• Ma Qiao grabbed Garen and Smoker and stopped them from clashing, while his ability suppressed Smoker's Devil Fruit.
• Ma Qiao demanded payment to delete the footage, negotiated with Smoker, and accepted one million Beli.
• Smoker took the Den Den Mushi after Ma Qiao deleted the recording, while the Marines praised Ma Qiao for settling the fight through persuasion.

After Smoker lost to Ma Qiao’s group, Ma Qiao gave him diluted healing medicine, which quickly healed his shoulder wound. Smoker and Tashigi realized the potion was highly valuable, and Smoker wondered what it was worth.

• Garp urged the injured Smoker to return and fight Ma Qiao’s group, but Smoker headed to the infirmary with Tashigi.
• Ma Qiao boarded Garp’s ship, gave Garp the fishhook meat, and tossed Smoker a bottle of diluted Health Potion.
• Smoker resisted Tashigi’s efforts to treat his lower wound and drank a capful of the potion instead.
• Smoker showed Tashigi that his shoulder wound had rapidly healed, and she confirmed the medicine worked.
• Smoker asked how much the potion was worth, and Tashigi estimated it at one million Beli per bottle by comparing it with Giant Dung Beetle Dung Ball Pills.

Smoker realized Ma Qiao had given him medicine and a Visual Den Den Mushi out of kindness, then joined Garp’s banquet with Tashigi. Earlier, at the Baratie, Sanji fed hungry fishermen enslaved by the Krieg Pirates, and one offered him a wet Den Den Mushi.

• Smoker read Major Kuppas’s letter and realized Ma Qiao had given him the medicine to spare him embarrassment, so he told Tashigi not to mention it.
• Garp called Smoker to invite him to the banquet, and Smoker agreed to go while reminding Garp they were supposed to be hunting Ace.
• Smoker gave Tashigi the Visual Den Den Mushi to look after as they headed to the banquet.
• At the Baratie, Patty confronted Sanji for giving food to a poor customer, but Sanji pushed him away and carried leftovers to the rear deck.
• Sanji served food to elderly fishermen forced to work for the Krieg Pirates, and one fisherman offered him a wet Den Den Mushi.