Recaps

Ma Qiao befriended Teach in Water 7 and secretly enrolled him in the Big Bird Network through a food-ordering app. Meanwhile, Lucci and Blueno learned the Revolutionary Army might target the World Government recruitment drive, and Lucci stayed at the bar to make his drinking habits less suspicious.

• Ma Qiao shared food and drinks with Teach, then learned Teach was in Water 7 to buy a ship for his captain.
• Ma Qiao introduced himself as Ma Dudu, and Teach recognized his coverage of Buggy and Shanks in Loguetown.
• Ma Qiao gave Teach a mobile Den Den Mushi and guided him through registering for the Are You Hungry app, which granted the app broad permissions.
• Lucci met Blueno at the bar and revealed that the Revolutionary Army's northern and southern forces might target the Water 7 recruitment drive.
• Lucci told Blueno that the Pluton Blueprints remained their top priority, then ordered twenty-eight glasses of brandy to disguise his usual routine.

Ma Qiao visited the Galley-La Company and met Akainu to discuss complaints about the Didi Beatdown app. Akainu’s request to erase bad reviews exposed a flaw in the rating system, so Ma Qiao ordered Ekko to fix it as Sabo infiltrated the shipyard.

• Ma Qiao presented his introduction letter at Galley-La’s west gate, impressed Barry with his praise of the East Blue Marines, and entered with Barry after the guards verified the seals.
• Ma Qiao found Barry’s hidden sketch of Kalifa and offered him a business card for Big Bird Shonen Manga.
• Sabo used Barry’s temporary pass to infiltrate the shipyard and contacted the Revolutionary Army with a Den Den Mushi.
• Akainu asked Ma Qiao to delete Inuyasha’s bad reviews, but Ma Qiao evaded the request and recorded Akainu’s feedback.
• Ma Qiao recognized that fighters could avoid bad reviews by killing hostages quickly, and he ordered Ekko to fix the app’s loophole and redesign its rating system.

Ma Qiao met Sabo near the Galley-La shipyard, stopped his attack through his bodyguards, and convinced him he was a relative who knew about the Revolutionary Army’s plan. The chapter left Sabo cautiously accepting Ma Qiao as his “Second Grandpa” and receiving a magical Stopwatch.

• Akainu praised Ma Qiao’s sense of justice and invited him and his capable bodyguards to consider joining the Marines.
• Ma Qiao spotted Sabo near the equipment room, and Sabo attacked after realizing Ma Qiao knew his name.
• Jax blocked Sabo’s water-pipe strikes, and Ma Qiao concealed Sabo’s identity from the Marines who came to investigate.
• Ma Qiao revealed he knew Sabo’s history and the Revolutionary Army’s plan to sabotage the Marines’ live recruitment broadcast, then claimed to be Sabo’s second granduncle.
• Sabo called Ma Qiao “Second Grandpa” to protect his companions and the mission, and Ma Qiao gave him a magical Stopwatch.

Sabo told Hack, Karasu, and Lindbergh about meeting Ma Qiao, a mysterious relative who knew the Revolutionary Army’s plans, and used the Supreme Edition Big Bird Den Den Mushi to contact Koala about checking the pocket watch. Meanwhile, Spandam was rescued from sharks by Lucci after his ship was rammed, but Lucci dropped him back into the sea, leaving Spandam in danger again.

• Sabo reported his encounter with Ma Qiao and showed his comrades the pocket watch, worrying that it might contain a tracking device.
• Hack brought out the Supreme Edition Big Bird Den Den Mushi, and Sabo called Koala to ask her to inspect the watch.
• Koala asked Hack whether Sabo had been watching weird programs, and Hack tried to defend him for freeloading.
• Spandam’s judicial vessel was rammed by a Root warship near Water 7, leaving him injured and surrounded by sharks.
• Lucci rescued Spandam with Six Powers: Shigan and carried him through the air while Spandam blamed him for the shipwreck.
• Lucci let Spandam fall into the sea, claiming that Geppo had exhausted his strength.

Ma Qiao attended the Marines’ World Military Draft in Water 7, where he recruited media workers and promoted high-yield seeds while watching his undercover agents dominate the combat trials. The chapter ended with Akainu impressed by Sett and considering taking him as a disciple.

• The livestream briefly shut down Hannyabal’s bare-chested close-up, then resumed after he covered himself with cat stickers.
• Ma Qiao recruited veteran journalists for Big Bird Media and pitched specialty seeds to leaders of small kingdoms, while Wapol mocked the idea of feeding the poor.
• The Marines divided recruits into combat groups, and Ma Qiao learned that the draft judged candidates mainly by their fighting ability.
• Caitlyn, Darius, and Sett fought in the trials under false identities and stood out among the recruits.
• Akainu admired Sett’s fighting style and considered taking him on as a disciple.

Ma Qiao left the recruitment venue as chaos erupted across Water 7, allowing Sabo to infiltrate the equipment room and confront the CP9 agents. Sabo defeated Kaku and overpowered Lucci, but Lucci drank a bottle of liquor and entered a faster hybrid form to continue the fight.

• Hack, Karasu, Lindbergh, and the other Revolutionary Army veterans set fires and sparked unrest across Water 7, drawing security forces away from the venue.
• Franky and his crew tried to restrain the looters and help fight the fires while Hannyabal sent more jailers into the city and left the venue less guarded.
• Sabo slipped into the equipment room, knocked out its guards, and defeated Kaku with a Dragon Hook Claw.
• Lucci transformed and attacked Sabo with Rokuogan, but Sabo used Armament Haki and Dragon's Breath to send him flying onto Spandam.
• Lucci drank a bottle of liquor, activated Life Return: Kami-e Martial Body, and staggered toward Sabo to fight again.

Sabo and the Revolutionary Army cadres retrieved the Supreme Den Den Mushi data but were ambushed by Akainu while escaping Water 7. Ma Qiao rescued them with Ryze’s Realm Warp, while decoys stayed behind to face Akainu and call on Teach for help.

• Lucci defeated Sabo with Rokuogan, but Hack, Karasu, and Lindbergh arrived and overcame Kaku before Spandam raised the alarm.
• Akainu left the broadcast platform to attack the Revolutionary Army, and Sabo’s group completed the Supreme Den Den Mushi data transfer and fled on Lindbergh’s glider.
• Akainu’s magma meteors weakened because the Didi Beatdown app automatically accepted civilian-rescue orders, but his Hound Blaze struck the glider and sent it crashing into a street.
• Ma Qiao and Graves rescued the injured Sabo, and Ma Qiao introduced Ezreal as Sabo’s cousin before sending the four Revolutionary Army cadres away with Ryze’s Realm Warp.
• Ma Qiao teleported away while Tahm Kench carried Ziggs, Swain, and Ezreal toward the guesthouse cafeteria, shouting for Brother Teach to help and preserve the planned alliance between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Revolutionary Army.

Sabo’s mission exposed the World Government’s abuses, but a manipulated livestream falsely portrayed Marshall D. Teach as a Revolutionary Army hero and Whitebeard’s devoted ally. Teach was overwhelmed by admirers just as Akainu attacked, with Tahm Kench using him as cover.

• Sabo grieved for his Second Uncle, then declared the mission a success and opened a Den Den Mushi to the recruitment livestream.
• The livestream showed the World Government’s slave labor bridge and Gangplank and Ahiru rescuing abused children from an East Blue orphanage.
• Teach watched the broadcast at the Galley-La guesthouse and considered asking Ma Qiao to help locate the Dark-Dark Fruit, but decided not to trust anyone.
• A face-swapped video depicted Teach as a muscular Revolutionary Army spokesman who claimed to have arranged an alliance with the Whitebeard Pirates, and the pirates around him hailed him as a hero.
• Akainu attacked the cafeteria with Hell Hound, and Tahm Kench emerged beside Teach and used him as cover when the magma strike hit.

Ace returned to Whitebeard’s crew after defeating the One-Eyed Pirates and learned from the newspaper that Teach had fought Akainu, lost a leg, and become famous. Ace then discovered that the same paper mocked him as the weakest Supernova and called for his removal from the Worst Generation.

• Gamorax spotted Whitebeard’s flag near the island and ordered the One-Eyed Pirates to flee.
• Ace’s flaming sampan met the pirates’ ship, and Ace defeated the crew and salvaged liquor and meat.
• Deuce told Ace that Whitebeard wanted him back and showed him a newspaper filled with reports of Teach’s battle against Akainu.
• Ace was astonished by Teach’s strength and survival, then wondered why the newspaper had put him on its front page.
• Deuce showed Ace an editorial insulting him and reporting that Ulpo D. Kuro and other Supernovas wanted him removed from the Worst Generation.
• Ace claimed he did not care about the criticism while burning the newspaper to ashes.

Ma Qiao took the injured Teach aboard a ship bound for the New World, but Garen intercepted them with Jack the Drought trapped in his net. Garen accused Teach of conspiring with the Revolutionary Army and the Beasts Pirates, then attacked him.

• Ma Qiao treated Teach's injured leg and offered to take him to the New World, while Teach promised to repay his kindness.
• Teach gave Ma Qiao the receipt for his new ship, and Ma Qiao collected it from Galley-La before sailing with Teach aboard the Goubuli.
• A Root warship approached with Jack the Drought trapped in a net, and Teach suggested fighting the Marines before Ma Qiao refused.
• Garen boarded the Goubuli and accused Teach of colluding with the Revolutionary Army, kidnapping Ma Qiao, and trying to rescue Jack.
• Jack denied needing Teach's help, and Garen declared that the Whitebeard Pirates, Beasts Pirates, and Revolutionary Army were conspiring together.
• Garen shouted "Demacia!" and attacked the injured, one-legged Teach with Decisive Strike.

Garen ambushed the injured Blackbeard Teach to test his strength, and the two fought fiercely aboard the Goubuli. Ma Qiao’s bodyguards intervened before Teach could finish Garen, allowing Garen to escape aboard the warship while Teach remained behind.

• Garen charged Teach and cut off his left ear, but Teach stopped the bleeding with a bandage and retaliated with a powerful Armament Haki punch that sent Garen crashing into Jack.
• Garen used Soru to dodge Teach’s next attack, then struck him with Decisive Strike and Demacian Justice, leaving Teach badly wounded.
• As Teach prepared to attack again, Ma Qiao sent Graves, the weapon master, and Xin Zhao to surround Garen, and their attacks helped distract Teach.
• Garen threatened to bring Teach to justice and fled toward the warship, while Graves covered his escape with a smoke grenade.
• Garen reached the warship, and the Twitch sailed away, leaving a Fish-Man lying at the scene.

Ma Qiao sailed toward the New World with Teach and Jack, rescuing Jack and helping the two pirates become friends through a ninja game. After passing through Sabaody with Teach and Jack hidden aboard, the Goubuli reached the New World, where Ma Qiao vowed to end the existing order his own way.

• Ma Qiao and Graves hauled Jack aboard, where the starving Jack ate Teach’s desserts and the two nearly fought.
• Teach saw his 560-million-Beli bounty and asked Ma Qiao to watch for information about the Dark-Dark Fruit; Ma Qiao agreed.
• Ma Qiao gave Teach and Jack game Den Den Mushi, and the three bonded while playing Infinite Tsukuyomi during the voyage.
• Ma Qiao hid Teach and Jack aboard the Goubuli while passing the Sabaody checkpoint, where he spotted Caitlyn training as a Marine.
• The Goubuli reached the New World, and Ma Qiao vowed to end the world’s order by his own methods.

Ma Qiao and Jack visited the Moby Dick with Teach, where Whitebeard welcomed them and celebrated Teach’s return. When Whitebeard asked how to give Teach a role, Ma Qiao proposed making him head of a new Revolutionary Army liaison department, leaving the Whitebeard Pirates impressed by his connections and advice.

• Ma Qiao restrained Jack from approaching the Moby Dick, Whitebeard’s flagship, and the two were welcomed aboard as guests.
• Whitebeard thanked Ma Qiao and Jack for bringing Teach back and hosted a banquet celebrating him.
• Ace offered to give up his position as Second Division Commander so Teach could take it, but Teach insisted he was too injured and declined.
• Thatch offered Teach the Fourth Division Commander position, but Teach refused that as well.
• Whitebeard asked Ma Qiao how to arrange a position for Teach, and Ma Qiao proposed creating a Revolutionary Army Liaison Department with Teach as its head.
• Jack revealed that Kaido had hired Ma Qiao as his son’s tutor, and the Whitebeard Pirates’ officers marveled at Ma Qiao’s connections.

After a feast aboard the Moby Dick, Ma Qiao met Izo on deck and confronted him about Wano Country’s rulers and the Kozuki prophecy. He left Izo with a challenge to help him someday and a way to contact Momousagi, while Izo remained uncertain about what Wano needed.

• Ma Qiao stayed sober while the Whitebeard Pirates, Jack, and Ace got drunk, then found Izo awake under the full moon.
• Izo drew his guns after Ma Qiao revealed personal details about him and his younger brother Kikunojo, but lowered them when Ma Qiao said he meant no harm.
• Ma Qiao questioned why Izo had not avenged Oden and challenged him to consider whether bloodline alone made someone fit to rule Wano Country.
• Izo admitted that Wano was sick for reasons beyond Kaido, and Ma Qiao asked him to help change the country someday if he no longer trusted the Kozuki prophecy.
• Ma Qiao gave Izo a can of cola and a mobile Den Den Mushi with instructions and Momousagi’s QQ, then left Izo holding it and thinking.

Ma Qiao left the Whitebeard Pirates with Jack and planted hidden Vision Wards as they traveled toward Wano Country. Kaido arrived in a destructive fall, shared Ma Qiao’s liquor, and carried the group in dragon form to Onigashima.

• Whitebeard gave Ma Qiao the Goubuli, while Teach stayed aboard the Moby Dick and bought a game Den Den Mushi with his secret savings.
• Ma Qiao had Jack navigate toward Onigashima and planted Forest Guardian Vision Wards on islands along the route.
• Kaido crashed into a valley, and Ma Qiao sent his bodyguards to help the injured before Jack carried him to the crater.
• Kaido climbed out unharmed, and Tahm Kench offered him a jar of Short-Lived Ghost Vodka, which Kaido drank and praised.
• Kaido transformed into an azure dragon and carried Ma Qiao, Tahm Kench, and Jack over Wano Country to Onigashima.

Ma Qiao tried to reach Yamato by pretending to be a fellow Kozuki Oden fan and telling her exaggerated stories about Oden’s life. After Yamato warmed to him, Ma Qiao claimed Yasuo was Oden’s younger brother and offered to show Yamato the truth about Kozuki Sukiyaki and Kurozumi Orochi.

• Kaido returned to Onigashima, drank Ma Qiao’s wine, and asked his All-Stars where Yamato had gone.
• King and Queen told Kaido that Yamato was causing trouble on the back mountain, so Jack guided Ma Qiao there.
• Ma Qiao found Yamato reenacting Oden’s Mountain God incident and returned in samurai clothes with Yasuo, claiming to be Oden’s fan and Yasuo to be Oden’s younger brother.
• Ma Qiao recited Oden’s exploits, and Yamato became emotional and accepted him as a fellow fan.
• Ma Qiao claimed Yasuo was born after Oden’s death to Kozuki Sukiyaki, then offered to take Yamato to see the truth about Sukiyaki and Kurozumi Orochi.

Ma Qiao used Thresh’s Dark Passage to separate Yamato’s soul from her body, then prepared to take her to Amigasa Village in Wano Country. The chapter ended with Ma Qiao, Yasuo, and Tahm Kench teleporting away with Yamato’s soul in the lantern.

• Thresh’s Dark Passage evolved to imprison souls, and Ma Qiao had raised the skill to level five.
• At Kaido’s banquet, Jack went to check on Ma Qiao and Yamato, then mistakenly believed the pair were alone together in Yamato’s room.
• Jack and Ulti peeked into the room and saw Yamato lying in Ma Qiao’s arms, but kept the scene from Kaido.
• Ma Qiao revealed Yamato’s tiny soul inside his lantern and explained that her body had to stay fresh for her soul to return.
• Ma Qiao, Yasuo, and Tahm Kench teleported to Amigasa Village with Yamato’s soul, where Graves, Xin Zhao, and Jax had already placed a Vision Ward.

Ma Qiao met starving Tama in Amigasa Village and traded her straw hat for toad oil and food, while arranging for his guards to deal with nearby thugs. After leaving to prepare for a banquet, he left Tama to give the oil to the sick Yasuo.

• Ma Qiao watched Tama walk home and told Yamato that Tama was secretly Kozuki Yasuo's younger sister, though Yasuo reacted skeptically.
• Tama found Yasuo collapsed with a fever and used Komachiyo to carry him toward town in search of a doctor.
• Ma Qiao and Tahm Kench sold toad oil in town, and Tama offered a straw hat in exchange for medicine for Yasuo.
• Ma Qiao praised Tama's hat and gave her a bottle of toad oil along with fresh food for Amigasa Village, while his guards prepared to quietly handle lurking thugs.
• Ma Qiao left for Onigashima and told his guards not to frighten the children; Tama then realized she had forgotten Yasuo and poured the toad oil down his throat.

Ma Qiao sold Toko healing toad oil and met Komurasaki, then hurried back to Yamato before her soul ran out of time. After returning to her body, Yamato grabbed Ma Qiao and prepared to shake him in revenge, while Queen witnessed the scene outside her bedroom.

• Ma Qiao explained that the toad oil was safe for humans and left with Yamato’s soul in a lantern after Yasuo recovered from drinking it.
• Toko caught up with Ma Qiao and bought a bottle of toad oil, then Komurasaki arrived and invited him into her palanquin.
• Ma Qiao rejected Komurasaki’s invitation and hurried away, while Toko showed her that the toad oil healed a cut on her finger.
• Ma Qiao returned Yamato’s soul to her body, and Yamato grabbed him to shake him as payback for rattling her lantern.
• Queen dropped his cigar when he saw Yamato holding Ma Qiao outside her bedroom.

Queen brought Yamato and Ma Qiao to receive Donquixote Doflamingo and Caesar Clown, who pitched artificial Devil Fruits to the Beasts Pirates. Ma Qiao exposed Caesar’s past deception involving the Big Mom Pirates, leaving Caesar frozen with fear.

• Queen persuaded Yamato to attend the reception hall while Kaido was away, and Ma Qiao accompanied her.
• Queen confronted Jack for hiding what he knew about Yamato and Ma Qiao, then left them to continue to the reception hall.
• Yamato and Ma Qiao met Donquixote Doflamingo and Caesar Clown, and Ma Qiao challenged Doflamingo’s choice of scientist.
• Queen revealed that he had worked with Vegapunk in MADS, while Caesar claimed he could produce artificial Devil Fruits for the Beasts Pirates.
• Ma Qiao threatened to expose Caesar’s false human-gigantification research scheme to Charlotte Linlin, and Caesar froze in fear.

Ma Qiao captured Caesar and planned to exploit his gas, fertilizer, and gigantification research for the Big Bird Consortium. While Yamato eagerly prepared to leave Onigashima with Ma Qiao, Tenguyama Hitetsu grew suspicious of the food delivered to Amigasa Village, and the Nidai Kitetsu trembled as though afraid.

• Doflamingo abandoned Caesar after learning he had taken a commission from Big Mom, and Caesar was left stranded after his plans with Kaido also failed.
• Ma Qiao approached Caesar with an offer involving fertilizer, but Caesar tried to escape and attack him before Graves and Xin Zhao stopped him.
• Ma Qiao's bodyguards defeated Caesar and sealed him in a portable vacuum cleaner, while Ma Qiao considered using his research for gas, fertilizer, and pharmaceutical businesses.
• Ma Qiao planned to have Dr. Mundo and Singed question Caesar about his experiments, and to send Garen to rescue any children involved.
• Yamato impatiently urged Ma Qiao to begin their departure, while Queen and Jack overheard them and arranged food to restore Ma Qiao's strength.
• Tenguyama Hitetsu suspected the toad-oil merchant's gift was connected to the thugs killed along Tama's route, then saw the Nidai Kitetsu tremble in apparent fear.

Ma Qiao and Tahm Kench brought food to Amigasa Village, where Yamato met Tama and Tenguyama Hitetsu recognized Yasuo as a loyal Kozuki retainer. After the feast, Ma Qiao left a promise to keep supplying the village and a teasing message for Tama.

• Ma Qiao, Tahm Kench, and Tama prepared a feast for the hungry villagers, while Yamato emerged from the Lantern and spoke with Tama.
• A gas explosion startled the villagers, but Ma Qiao and Tahm Kench escaped unharmed, and the feast continued through the night.
• Tenguyama Hitetsu confronted Ma Qiao in the woods and recognized Yasuo's Sandai Kitetsu and Kozuki loyalty tattoo.
• Yasuo and Tenguyama Hitetsu discussed their shared loyalty to the Kozuki Family, and Hitetsu revealed that he was Kozuki Sukiyaki.
• Yamato questioned whether she should become Kozuki Oden, and Ma Qiao told her that everyone should be themselves.
• Ma Qiao left Amigasa Village before Tama returned, leaving a note promising regular food deliveries and urging her to become a bewitching female scholar.

After Kaido learned that Buggy had entered the Grand Line, he asked Ma Qiao to investigate the Buggy Pirates and proposed sending Yamato undercover among them. Yamato agreed on the condition that Ma Qiao accompany her, and Kaido won her first affectionate address in years by approving the plan and offering Ma Qiao generous incentives.

• Ma Qiao woke hungover in Yamato's room, accepted breakfast, and went with her to meet Kaido.
• Queen and Jack speculated about Ma Qiao and Yamato after learning he had spent the night in her room.
• Kaido studied a Cipher Pol letter warning that Buggy had entered the Grand Line and feared the New World could not accommodate another emperor.
• Ma Qiao explained his new-media intelligence network to Kaido, who asked him to find information about the Buggy Pirates.
• Kaido proposed that Yamato join the Buggy Pirates undercover, and Yamato agreed only if Ma Qiao went with her.
• Yamato called Kaido "Father" for the first time in years, and Kaido offered Ma Qiao tax-free liquor and cigarette imports to secure his cooperation.

Ma Qiao sailed away from Onigashima with Yamato, while keeping in touch with Vivi and Nami and worrying about Vivi’s safety in Alabasta. He began planning to teach Vivi new skills as the Goubuli continued its journey.

• Ma Qiao sailed with Yamato aboard the faster Goubuli and warned her that Kaido’s explosive cuffs could be dangerous.
• Ma Qiao video-called Vivi and Nami, who teased him about his barbecue sauce and the client he was traveling with.
• Yamato barged into the bathroom and continued acting like a man, leaving Ma Qiao unsure how to interpret her behavior.
• Ma Qiao used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to Shurima and check on Vivi, whose father Cobra had reportedly been missing.
• Ma Qiao chose Grasping Roots, Z-Drive Resonance, and Primal Surge to teach Vivi alongside her existing Flying Thunder God Technique.

Ma Qiao accompanied Yamato around Sabaody Archipelago, bought gifts for his friends, and ran into Galdino, who boasted about his success in Baroque Works. After slave traders knocked Galdino down and ruined his purchases, Ma Qiao encouraged him to pursue revenge, leaving the two heading after them.

• Ma Qiao brought Yamato to Sabaody Archipelago and spent the day accompanying her on rides and shopping.
• Ma Qiao secretly bought gifts for Vivi, Nami, Reiju, and Nico Robin while Yamato shopped.
• Ma Qiao met Galdino, who bragged about earning 380 million Beli for Baroque Works and being entrusted with buying supplies.
• Galdino showed Ma Qiao the furniture he had bought for the organization, and Ma Qiao warned him that Mr. 0 preferred crocodile-skin sofas.
• A reindeer pursued by slave traders crashed into Galdino, and the traders trampled him and destroyed the furniture.
• Ma Qiao told Galdino the attackers were poor armed men, and Galdino set off with Ma Qiao to get even.