Chapter Summaries

Ma Qiao negotiated a partnership with Sir Nuo Fande and arranged to establish a mobile phone accessories factory on Syrup Island. He left Ryze in charge of the planned Big Bird Industrial Park and Koby as its first worker.

• Ma Qiao hinted that Vice Admiral Garp secretly protected the Big Bird Consortium, and Nuo Fande quickly accepted the proposed partnership.
• Ma Qiao discussed Den Den Mushi business with Nuo Fande but did not find Klahadore at the manor.
• Ma Qiao chose about eight square kilometers of land on Syrup Island for Big Bird Industrial Park.
• Ma Qiao appointed Ryze to lead the industrial park and made Koby its first worker, with plans to recruit local residents.

Ma Qiao agreed to help Nuo Fande build a Den Den Mushi industrial park, reassured that the arrangement would connect him to Garp’s protection. During a lavish lunch at the manor, he met Nuo Fande’s sheltered daughter Kaya and offered her a Den Den Mushi to tell stories.

• Ma Qiao listened to Nuo Fande’s industrial park plans and agreed to a preliminary deal, pleased that Garp’s reputation could provide valuable protection.
• Nuo Fande hosted Ma Qiao’s party for a luxurious lunch, where Ma Qiao ate enthusiastically and impressed his hosts by reminding them of Garp.
• Kaya peeked into the dining room and watched Ma Qiao eat before Meiya brought her in to meet the guests.
• Kaya told Nuo Fande she was bored and had finished all her books, so Ma Qiao produced a Den Den Mushi and offered it to her as a storyteller.

Ma Qiao showed Kaya his new Den Den Mushi reading app, winning Noford’s confidence in their partnership. Three days later, Usopp and his crew began work at a factory, where they met their temporary supervisor, Koby.

• Ma Qiao demonstrated the Dian Niang Reading app to Kaya, who became absorbed in a fan novel about Germa 66’s Stealth Black.
• Noford praised Ma Qiao’s invention and reaffirmed his confidence in their partnership.
• Three days later, Usopp urged his three underlings to work at the factory so they could fund future voyages and adventures.
• Kuro secretly planned to save enough money for medical treatment and leave Usopp’s group.
• Koby introduced himself as the temporary supervisor of Workshop No. 1, but the workers laughed at him.

Vivi waited at Whiskey Peak for Ma Qiao, but slave traders backed by Saint Charlos tried to capture her. Ma Qiao arrived in time to freeze Glenna and rescue her.

• Vivi waited with a stack of lunch boxes at Ma Qiao's berth, then spotted Glenna's ship bearing Saint Charlos's insignia.
• Glenna and his slave traders surrounded Vivi and tried to abduct her, while she fought them with her Peacock Chain.
• Glenna used the Smooth-Smooth Fruit to evade Vivi's attacks and claimed the gang had cut off the sound around them.
• Ma Qiao arrived atop a giant ice arrow, froze Glenna, and shattered the ice sculpture as he greeted Vivi.

Ma Qiao comforted Vivi after killing the slave traders who had threatened her, then taught her to be more cautious and helped eliminate the entire trafficking group. He tested whether an ordinary apple could become a Devil Fruit, then prepared disguises so they could dispose of the bodies elsewhere.

• Vivi tried to stop Ma Qiao from getting involved, but he gave her a knuckle rap and reminded her to be cautious.
• Ma Qiao’s group reached the slave ship, where Garen had already killed the crew; Ma Qiao blocked the traffickers’ Den Den Mushi signals while Ashe and Garen helped kill them.
• Ma Qiao held Vivi as she watched the slave traders die and quietly declared that traffickers and their buyers had to die.
• Ma Qiao tested an ordinary apple beside the corpses, but it did not turn into a Devil Fruit.
• Ma Qiao rejected burning or sinking the bodies nearby, then dressed himself, Garen, and Vivi in disguises to take them elsewhere.

Ma Qiao brought Vivi to a remote island, where Nami revealed herself after staging a ghostly prank. After they disposed of fifty-odd corpses, Nami learned that their next mission involved Rainbase and the danger of the Celestial Dragons.

• Ma Qiao used his so-called Flying Thunder God: Second Step to take Vivi to a remote island, where Nami emerged from the mist in a nun’s habit.
• Ma Qiao introduced Nami as his secretary and called her and Vivi sisters, prompting Nami to smile and Vivi to pout.
• Ma Qiao and Garen burned fifty-odd corpses while Nami and Vivi recited funeral rites and scattered the ashes into the sea.
• Nami panicked when Vivi mentioned the Celestial Dragons and tried to run away, but Ma Qiao explained that Miss All Sunday had invited them to Rainbase.
• Vivi recognized Rainbase as Crocodile’s fief and claimed her father had once lost a lot of money there.

Ma Qiao returned to the Good Guy Twitch with Vivi and Nami after the shrine encounter, then learned Crocodile wanted to see him. Before heading to Rainbase, Ma Qiao recorded Vivi’s complaints about her father and decided to spend his savings.

• Nami mourned Ma Qiao’s danger, then ran to the ashes and demanded that the gods protect him and make her rich.
• Ma Qiao received a call saying Mr. 0 wanted to see him, and he and the others returned to the Good Guy Twitch.
• Vivi considered asking Ma Qiao about the mysterious caller and Mr. 0, then found him eating the boxed meal she had made.
• Ma Qiao questioned Vivi and secretly recorded her false story that Cobra was a gambling addict who had abandoned his family.
• Ma Qiao worried about Crocodile’s strength and decided to spend his savings before going to Rainbase.

Ma Qiao decided to recruit more Retainers and investigate giant Den Den Mushi after Teemo’s mushroom nursery was wrecked by oversized snails. He summoned four Retainers, who greeted him with declarations of loyalty.

• Nami warned Ma Qiao that the slave ship was connected to the Celestial Dragons, but he said he would handle it and find somewhere to store it.
• After returning to the Big Bird Spin-Spin Tavern, Ma Qiao realized he needed more manpower and decided to recruit additional Retainers.
• An earthquake-like shaking sent Ma Qiao to the mushroom nursery, where he found Teemo trapped beneath a rack and giant snails eating mushrooms.
• Teemo explained that he had been researching giant Den Den Mushi and recommended Professor Cecil B. Heimerdinger for the technological work.
• Ma Qiao instructed Teemo to pursue breeding island-sized giant snails, then used the fountain to summon four Retainers.

Ma Qiao assessed his newly recruited retainers and assigned Jhin to turn old muskets into practical long-range firearms for the Big Bird Consortium. He also ordered Tahm Kench to prepare for a bodyguard role, leaving both recruits with work and strict instructions.

• Ma Qiao inspected Jhin’s ordinary appearance and asked him to improve a pile of worn-out muskets.
• Jhin examined the guns and said he could raise their effective range to 500 yards, which Ma Qiao accepted as sufficient for armed merchant ships.
• Ma Qiao gave Jhin clothes and ordered him to make a Whisper rifle, noting that it would at least provide him with a basic weapon.
• Ma Qiao considered Tahm Kench’s abilities as a support and bodyguard who could protect allies and carry them into battle.
• Ma Qiao ordered Tahm Kench to eat only broccoli and fruit, brush his teeth three times daily, and drink toilet cleaner.

Ma Qiao summoned Cho'Gath to prepare a sea-based backup plan and secured funding for Heimerdinger to build a biology laboratory. After returning to the Twitch late at night, he checked on the sleeping Vivi and Nami before heading back to his room.

• Ma Qiao spent 50 million Beli to raise Cho'Gath to level six and ordered him to eat small sea beasts to grow larger and drag the slave ship beneath the sea.
• Heimerdinger told Ma Qiao that his research required a biology laboratory and asked for 69 million Beli to buy the Hazmat Heimerdinger skin.
• Ma Qiao granted Heimerdinger the funding and assigned him a ventilated warehouse as a laboratory.
• Ma Qiao used Teleport to return to the Twitch, found Vivi and Nami asleep, and covered Nami with her blanket.
• Ma Qiao chased a mosquito away from Nami, then used Flash to return to his room.

After arriving at Whiskey Peak, Ma Qiao discovered that Saint Charlos’s slave ship held a clan of penguins, including their princess, whom he rescued. He gained the penguins’ loyalty and considered using them as couriers.

• The Twitch dropped Ma Qiao, Nami, and Vivi at Whiskey Peak before continuing toward Water 7.
• Nami was surprised that Ma Qiao lived in a small tavern, and Ma Qiao defended his idea of how wealthy people lived.
• Ma Qiao checked on Cho'Gath and, with Vivi, found a group of penguins imprisoned in Saint Charlos’s slave ship.
• Ma Qiao realized his Penguin-Penguin Fruit let him communicate with the penguins and learned that Saint Charlos had kidnapped their princess.
• The penguin princess affectionately approached Ma Qiao and chased Vivi away when she tried to pet the penguins.
• Ma Qiao rejected the princess’s advances, and she pledged that her people would be ready to serve him; he considered putting them to work as couriers.

Ma Qiao sailed toward Alabasta with Nami and Vivi after the penguins pledged to join him, while Sanji left the Baratie to enlist in the Marines. The two groups headed in opposite directions, with Sanji looking forward to meeting the Marine woman he had befriended online.

• Princess Sophia and the penguins bid farewell to Ma Qiao, planning to gather their people and join him.
• Ma Qiao, Nami, Vivi, and Jhin sailed toward Alabasta, and Ma Qiao cured Nami when she fell ill.
• Vivi challenged Ma Qiao about when she would learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, and he put her off.
• Sanji told Zeff he had decided to join the Marines, and he tearfully thanked him before boarding the troopship.
• Sanji messaged the Marine woman he called Meaty, and her brief reply sent him into a blissful celebration.
• Major Morgan watched the recruits aboard the troopship and joked about their upcoming training under Vice Admiral Garp.

Ma Qiao traveled across Alabasta with Vivi, Nami, Tahm, and Jhin, then reached Spider’s Cafe, a Baroque Works base, and reunited with his old friend Bon Clay. After meeting Miss Doublefinger, Ma Qiao considered working with Nico Robin to take over Crocodile’s organization and its funds.

• Ma Qiao crossed the desert coast with Vivi and Nami riding on Tahm, whose song helped Vivi feel closer to home.
• The group reached Spider’s Cafe, and Vivi asked whether Tahm was Ma Qiao’s slave; Tahm insisted he served Ma Qiao willingly.
• Ma Qiao joyfully reunited with Bon Clay, Baroque Works’ Mr. 2, and introduced him to Vivi and Nami.
• Ma Qiao and Bon Clay shared whiskey at Spider’s Cafe, where they recognized the proprietress as Miss Doublefinger.
• Ma Qiao reflected that he might conspire with Nico Robin to take control of Baroque Works and decided it was time to discuss the organization’s money with her.

At the Spider Cafe, Bon Clay told Ma Qiao he was heading to the East Blue on a mission to capture Roronoa Zoro. Ma Qiao realized his own actions had made the mission more dangerous and tried to arrange help for Zoro, leaving Bon Clay eager to pursue him.

• Bon Clay asked Ma Qiao whether he had come to Alabasta to hunt pirates, and Ma Qiao casually said he did not know what his assignment would be.
• Bon Clay revealed that he had accepted a mission to travel to the East Blue, whose danger rating had risen because of Ma Qiao’s actions.
• Ma Qiao gave Bon Clay a Big Bird Den Den Mushi and offered the help of his friends in the East Blue.
• Bon Clay announced that he planned to take out Roronoa Zoro, prompting Ma Qiao to recall Baroque Works’ earlier attempt to recruit Zoro and worry about the consequences.
• Ma Qiao urged Bon Clay to keep in touch by cell phone and hoped his friends could help protect Zoro.

Ma Qiao and his companions reached Rainbase, where Vivi searched for Mr. 0 while Ma Qiao arranged hotel rooms and charged expenses to Baroque Works. The group headed to Rain Dinners, with Tahm Kench drawing attention in his gentleman’s outfit and Jhin disappearing into an unknown corner.

• Bon Clay sailed for East Blue to search for Roronoa Zoro while Ma Qiao and his companions traveled up the Sandora River toward Rainbase.
• Vivi worried that Ma Qiao might be involved in the plot against Alabasta and resolved to watch for suspicious men around him.
• Ma Qiao brought the group to Rain Dinners, booked four luxury suites, and arranged a false boat-maintenance charge on the receipt.
• Ma Qiao checked the rooms and gave Vivi and Nami Lucky Gingerbread, which Nami stored in her Four-Dimensional Pocket.
• Vivi searched Rainbase for Mr. 0 while Nami and Tahm Kench wanted to visit the casino, and Ma Qiao urged everyone to bathe first.
• Tahm Kench dressed in a white suit and top hat at the casino, while Jhin disappeared into an unknown corner.

Ma Qiao recognized the blind gambler in Rain Dinners as the future Admiral Fujitora, Issho, and watched him win more than 200 million Beli before Baroque Works enforcers tried to stop him. Ma Qiao arranged a private gambling match with Issho, leaving Nami worried about his odds.

• Ma Qiao lost his small stake at the casino while Nami won at the pai gow tables and Vivi watched him closely.
• Ma Qiao recognized the blind gambler as Issho, the future Fujitora, while Vivi secretly sketched him.
• Jhin warned Ma Qiao that Rain Dinners's enforcers were moving against Issho after his winning streak cost the casino more than 200 million Beli.
• Issho cut down several enforcers, but the security captain received a mysterious call and allowed him to gamble against Ma Qiao in a private room.
• Nami questioned Ma Qiao's gambling ability, but he declared himself the Gambling Freak and prepared to face Issho.

Ma Qiao challenged Fujitora to a high-stakes card game at Rain Dinners and left with the winnings. Vivi misinterpreted a card she found and called Igaram with her mistaken theory about Mr. 0, leaving the kingdom preparing for the wrong identity.

• Nami and Vivi were barred from the private room as Ma Qiao went to gamble against Fujitora.
• At Rain Dinners, the manager replaced the experienced dealer with Twisted Fate, who introduced himself for the game.
• Ma Qiao and Fujitora wagered four hundred million Beli on a game using raised-dot cards and dice.
• Ma Qiao won the game and left the casino with a suitcase of money, while Nami and Vivi reacted to his victory.
• Vivi examined a card she had found under Ma Qiao's door and decided it revealed a secret about Mr. 0.
• Vivi called Igaram and claimed Mr. 0 was a dangerous, disabled, overweight transgender person, asking him to alert the kingdom.

Vivi met Robin in Rainbase and watched Ma Qiao exploit his close relationship with her to claim Baroque Works supplies and gambling equipment as scrap. Ma Qiao revealed that Crocodile was away after being summoned by the Marines, and Vivi remained convinced that he and Robin were trying to fool her.

• Ma Qiao chased away a man outside Vivi’s room, then escorted her to meet Miss All Sunday.
• Robin greeted Ma Qiao as her master, and he casually asked her to send Baroque Works supplies and casino slot machines to his tavern as scrap.
• Robin recorded Ma Qiao’s requests in a notebook titled “Master’s tasks,” while Vivi glared at them suspiciously.
• Ma Qiao reflected that his Rainbase haul, including gambling winnings and supplies, was worth about 500 million Beli, much of it funded by Robin through casino public-relations expenses.
• Ma Qiao asked whether Crocodile had been summoned by the Marines because of Shanks, and Robin praised his perception while using her Flower-Flower Fruit powers to serve and massage him.
• Vivi dismissed their talk about Crocodile’s absence as another act meant to deceive her.

Crocodile promoted Ma Qiao to Mr. 7 and ordered him and Vivi to infiltrate King Cobra’s circle and undermine his authority as part of Operation Utopia. Ma Qiao and his companions sailed toward Alubarna aboard the Golden Nico, while Vivi worried over the plot against her country.

• Robin connected Ma Qiao to Crocodile, who promoted him to Mr. 7 after Mr. 7’s death and appointed Vivi as Miss Father’s Day.
• Crocodile ordered Ma Qiao and Vivi to earn Cobra’s trust, infiltrate his inner circle, and use Dance Powder to weaken his authority.
• Crocodile explained that Ma Qiao’s recognition by the Marines would help him gain Cobra’s confidence, then threatened him and ended the call.
• Ma Qiao received the Golden Nico, and Nami happily explored the ship while Vivi warned that it was named after Robin.
• Ma Qiao and his companions prepared to sail for Alubarna, where Cobra was seeking a finance minister, and Ma Qiao comforted a troubled Vivi.

Ma Qiao and his companions arrived in Alubarna, where Vivi had to pose as his fiancée while they met King Cobra. Cobra planned to use Ma Qiao to uncover conspirators in the kingdom, and the chapter ended with his strained welcome faltering when Ma Qiao took Vivi’s hand.

• Ma Qiao’s group sailed into Alubarna, and Vivi recalled that she had contacted her father and agreed to pose as Ma Qiao’s fiancée.
• Pell met the group at the port and escorted them to the palace after Ma Qiao introduced himself as the economist recommended by Marine G-2 Branch.
• Cobra told Chaka to conceal Vivi’s identity and use Ma Qiao to find evidence against conspirators and obtain a list in his possession.
• Ma Qiao and his companions climbed the palace steps and entered Cobra’s presence, where both men exchanged false smiles.
• Cobra’s smile faltered when Ma Qiao openly took Vivi’s hand.