Chapter Summaries

Ma Qiao tried to win Cobra’s support by presenting his expertise in psychology and economic recovery while Vivi acted as his fiancée. The presentation ended with a promotional film for Cocoyasi Village, revealing Ma Qiao’s successful development there and leaving Cobra and Vivi astonished.

• Vivi clasped Ma Qiao’s hand and enthusiastically praised his abilities while Cobra questioned whether he could address Alabasta’s drought and poverty.
• Ma Qiao had Nami set up a PowerPoint presentation using Tahm Kench’s forehead as a screen.
• Ma Qiao put an arm around Vivi, prompting Cobra to cough and stammer in alarm.
• A projection Den Den Mushi showed a promotional film depicting Cocoyasi’s citrus harvest, sea-cow dairy, abundant seafood, memorial to Bellemere, and rebuilt village.
• The film invited investment in Cocoyasi and identified the Big Bird Consortium as the contact.

Ma Qiao used a presentation and staged images to promote his plans in Alabasta, while discussing the Big Bird Den Den Mushi’s marketing prospects with Nami. Cobra appointed him minister of agriculture and gave him a huge desert fief, expecting him to feed the royal capital within a year.

• Ma Qiao reflected on Alabasta’s drought and political troubles, and saw the kingdom as a chance to test his plans while making Crocodile take the blame if things went wrong.
• Nami praised Ma Qiao’s efforts to help Cocoyasi, and Ma Qiao credited Nojiko’s staged seafood videos with inspiring improvements to the Big Bird Network.
• Ma Qiao considered how to market Big Bird Den Den Mushi and thought Buggy could be an influential endorser.
• Chaka arrived with Cobra’s appointment letter, naming Ma Qiao minister of agriculture and granting him the title of baron.
• Chaka told Ma Qiao that Cobra had placed 60,000 square kilometers northwest of the capital under his management and expected its output to feed the capital within a year.

Ma Qiao brought Nami, Vivi, and Tahm Kench to a drought-stricken settlement in the Usthan Desert to establish a city, and they renamed it Nurrima Town. After providing aid and setting Vivi and Nami to work documenting the settlement, Ma Qiao considered how to develop it and received a visit from Dr. Heimerdinger.

• Ma Qiao explained that he planned to build a city-state in the Usthan Desert, while Vivi worried that the land was too barren and suspected Cobra had sent them there as a punishment.
• After three days of travel, Ma Qiao's party reached a starving settlement beside a shrinking lake, where Ma Qiao hurried to apologize to the residents and distribute food and clean water.
• Tahm Kench photographed Ma Qiao helping the locals and told Vivi to write an editorial, prompting her to question how publicity would actually improve their lives.
• The settlement was renamed Nurrima Town, and Vivi and Nami began writing while Ma Qiao reflected on the aid supplies and the importance of the people, strength, and science.
• Dr. Heimerdinger appeared in Ma Qiao's office, and Vivi casually returned to writing after identifying him as a Mink Tribe member.

Ma Qiao arranged to build an underground laboratory in Shurima Town and considered recruiting Rek'Sai to dig its tunnels. In the New World, Crocodile worried about Ma Qiao's progress and ordered Nico Robin to connect to his Visual Den Den Mushi.

• Ma Qiao agreed with Heimerdinger to build an underground laboratory after learning that Whiskey Peak's power supply was disrupting his research.
• Ma Qiao considered recruiting Rek'Sai to excavate tunnels and serve as Shurima's guardian beast.
• Doflamingo tried to recruit Crocodile into an alliance, but Crocodile refused and mocked Doflamingo's fear of the man in the coffin-shaped skiff.
• Crocodile recalled Whitebeard's overwhelming power and grew uneasy about whether Ma Qiao was the right choice for Operation Utopia.
• Crocodile contacted Nico Robin and ordered her to connect him to Ma Qiao, despite her warning that contacting an undercover agent without warning was dangerous.

Ma Qiao explained his plan to Crocodile to frame Cobra by spreading Visual Den Den Mushi and broadcasting the Dance Powder scandal. After an explosion at Shurima’s solar workshop, Heimerdinger survived and revealed he had discovered petroleum and natural gas, though he caused the blast by lighting a candle to find a gas leak.

• Ma Qiao told Crocodile that he had gained Cobra’s trust and persuaded him to invest three hundred million Beli in desert vegetables.
• Ma Qiao proposed spreading Visual Den Den Mushi through Alabasta so the Dance Powder discovery could be broadcast live and used to ruin Cobra’s reputation.
• Crocodile approved the idea and suggested calling the paid troll army the Sand Army.
• A violent tremor collapsed the workshop entrance and damaged the solar panels and defenses; Rek'Sai pulled the badly injured Heimerdinger from the rubble.
• Ma Qiao revived Heimerdinger with a Restoration Potion, and Heimerdinger revealed that the explosion had uncovered petroleum and natural gas.
• Heimerdinger explained that he had lit a candle to locate a natural gas leak, causing the explosion.

At Big Bird Kang Industrial Park on Syrup Island, the Krieg Pirates attacked the factory, but Shadow Unit Marines arrived and turned the battle around. Sanji fought Man-Demon Gin while reflecting on his brutal training under Garp.

• Koby trembled as five hundred Krieg Pirates led by Man-Demon Gin attacked the factory guarded by Usopp and his eighty workers.
• Kuro, disguised as the worker Poophead, planned to join the pirates after they broke into the factory.
• A kappa-masked Shadow Unit warrior defeated numerous pirates, revealing himself as Sanji, while Koby and Usopp celebrated their rescue.
• Major Gaimon and Sanji joined the fight, and Gaimon praised Sanji's rapid improvement under Garp's training.
• Sanji kicked Gin's iron hammer away from Gaimon and prepared to attack Gin.

Sanji and the Shadow Unit fought Gin the Demon and the Krieg Pirates, but Gangplank helped Gin escape before Don Krieg arrived. Bon Clay attacked Krieg and befriended the marines, leaving Sanji and the others drinking together at the Syrup Village tavern.

• Sanji overwhelmed Gin the Demon with his Goddess Goodnight Combo Kick as Gaimon and the Shadow Unit held off the pirates.
• Gangplank intervened to save Gin, then used his orange-fueled recovery to help him and several pirates retreat toward their ships.
• Don Krieg arrived aboard his warship, bringing the fighting to a halt and demanding the return of his crew and ships.
• Bon Clay kicked Don Krieg through the air, then greeted Sanji and the others as Ma Qiao's friends.
• Hours later, Sanji, Gaimon, Usopp, Koby, and Kuro drank and celebrated with Bon Clay at the Big Bird Spin-Spin Tavern.

Sanji despaired over the ridiculous portrait in his news story, then regained his motivation by preparing jerky for the Meat Goddess before helping the 16th Branch capture Buggy. As Shanks celebrated with Mihawk, Shaco revealed Buggy’s imminent execution in Loguetown, prompting Shanks to decide to go there.

• Sanji saw the exaggerated article about his heroism and despaired over Vivi’s grotesque hand-drawn portrait, but the Meat Goddess’s shipping address inspired him to send her jerky.
• The 16th Branch mobilized to capture Buggy, and Ma Qiao’s forces helped the Marines defeat the Buggy Pirates after a three-day pursuit.
• Twitch captured Buggy with Seastone Handcuffs, while Sanji defeated Mohji, Cabaji, and other members of Buggy’s crew.
• Sengoku denounced the East Blue Marines for hyping up Buggy and their operations, insisting that the claims about Buggy’s importance were all hype.
• Shaco startled Shanks and Mihawk at a banquet, then told Shanks that the Marines had captured Buggy and planned to execute him in Loguetown.
• Shanks decided to go to Loguetown, but first told his crew to continue the banquet as Shaco packed food to take away.

Marine officers discussed Nezumi's disputed claims about Buggy, while Momonga arranged for Onigumo to accompany him to Loguetown. Ma Qiao's announcement of Buggy's live-streamed execution drove worldwide demand for Big Bird Mobile Den Den Mushi.

• Sengoku rejected claims that Roger's son was in the East Blue and ordered a Mobile Den Den Mushi through Garp.
• Momonga worried that Nezumi had exaggerated Buggy's strength and planned to caution him.
• Onigumo asked Momonga to help him obtain a limited-edition Kikyo figurine from Ma Qiao.
• Momonga invited Onigumo to accompany him to Loguetown, hoping to secure another powerful ally for Nezumi.
• Sir Nuoxiaochuan struggled with slowing sales and mounting stocks of Big Bird Mobile Den Den Mushi.
• Ma Qiao's platform announced a live broadcast of Buggy's execution with Nami as commentator, prompting customers to buy Big Bird Den Den Mushi.

Buggy was held in Loguetown as the Marines prepared for his execution, while Sanji clashed with a lost Zoro and Marine reinforcements arrived. Twitch and Smoker confronted the visiting Vice Admirals on a livestream, and Boss Ma watched the audience’s gifts pour in.

• Buggy was pinned by Alvida in their prison cell, and Smoker mistook his inability to eat for a determined hunger strike before ordering the Marines to withhold food from him.
• Sanji was heartbroken when Tashigi failed to recognize him, then met Zoro and fought him after mistaking him for a threat to the execution.
• Zoro fled through Loguetown’s alleys but repeatedly ended up back near Sanji, until the 16th Branch’s assembly bugle called Sanji to the docks.
• Vice Admirals Momonga and Onigumo arrived with two thousand Marine Headquarters soldiers, bringing Loguetown’s assembled force to 4,100.
• Twitch and Smoker rebuked Momonga and Onigumo in front of Big Bird Entertainment’s cameras, and viewers sent gifts as Boss Ma grinned at the rising engagement.

Ma Qiao’s livestreaming business prospered while Twitch used his influence to guide Sanji and prepare for Buggy’s execution in Loguetown. Three days later, Buggy was taken through the town toward the execution platform as the livestream shifted to Justice Kitty promoting orange soda.

• Ma Qiao counted more than thirty million Beli in gifts, leaving Vivi and Justice Kitty amazed by the livestream’s earnings.
• Momonga confronted Twitch at the Loguetown Marine Base, and Twitch later told Smoker that they would have to shoulder the execution plan themselves.
• Sanji served leftover food to starving children and promised to return, though he knew he would leave after Buggy’s execution.
• Twitch spoke with Sanji about hunger, production, distribution, and Ma Qiao’s advice, prompting Sanji to reflect on how to help people.
• Headquarters Marines tried the East Blue’s Big Bird Den Den Mushi internet cafés as the three days before the execution passed.
• Twitch escorted Buggy through Loguetown toward the Barbie-pink execution platform, while Ma Qiao switched the livestream to Justice Kitty endorsing Cocoyasi orange soda.

Ma Qiao staged Buggy’s execution as a delayed, dubbed Big Bird broadcast while the Marines and millions of viewers watched. Just as Buggy faced death on the platform, Benn Beckman appeared and shot Twisted Fate, leaving Sengoku, Garp, and Kizaru stunned.

• Buggy shouted insults at Sengoku and claimed credit for surviving the Marines’ capture, while the Virtuoso secretly dubbed his words for the broadcast.
• Sengoku objected to Buggy’s insults, but Garp defended the broadcast and praised its portrayal of Buggy.
• Ma Qiao kept ordinary Marines away from the execution platform and used his Retainers as guards and executioners.
• Twitch addressed the viewers, reported the broadcast’s audience and voting results, and announced that Buggy would be executed humanely.
• Twisted Fate prepared to kill Buggy as Buggy remembered his mother and accepted his apparent death.
• Benn Beckman appeared during a thunderstorm and shot Twisted Fate, shocking Sengoku, Garp, and Kizaru.

The Red Hair Pirates arrived at Loguetown to rescue Buggy, and Shanks’s crew overwhelmed the Marines trying to stop them. Twitch took a bullet meant for Smoker, then revealed explosives beneath his cloak and declared his mission complete as he lit the fuse.

• Ma Qiao introduced paid comments and stirred regional rivalries in the livestream to drive up its earnings.
• Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates arrived at the execution site, where Buggy denied needing Shanks’s help before boasting that Roger had trusted him.
• Smoker attacked Shanks, but Lucky Roux struck him down and then shot him when he tried to fight back.
• Twitch shoved Smoker out of the bullet’s path and took the shot in his chest, while Momonga and Onigumo were driven back by the Red Hair Pirates officers.
• Shanks knocked Smoker down and Lucky Roux pinned him, while the wounded Twitch stood up, revealed explosives around his waist, and pulled the fuse.

Buggy escaped execution when Yasopp shattered his Seastone handcuffs, and Shanks forced Sengoku to end the battle and cut the livestream. Twitch survived, earned a major promotion, and Ma Qiao profited from the broadcast, while Crocodile returned to find his office stripped bare.

• Twitch appeared to die in an explosion, but a Root Division executioner moved to kill Buggy before Yasopp shot apart Buggy’s Seastone handcuffs.
• Shanks unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, and Sengoku ordered Smoker to stop fighting and surrender.
• Sengoku persuaded Ma Qiao to cut the livestream, while Ma Qiao redirected viewers’ complaints toward the mysterious “relevant departments.”
• Twitch survived three days of emergency treatment, was promoted to Marine Headquarters Colonel and East Blue Branch Rear Admiral, and Sanji officially joined the Root Division.
• Ma Qiao’s livestream generated over eleven billion Beli in revenue, and Twitch requested three billion Beli to expand the East Blue 16th Branch.
• Crocodile returned to Rainbase and found his office stripped bare.

Ma Qiao planned the Big Bird Consortium’s expansion and divided its 7.5 billion Beli among operations, Hextech Gate research, and strengthening his heroes. He left the company preparing to pursue a Den Den Mushi farm on Sky Island, while its new research project and combat upgrades moved forward.

• Ma Qiao ordered the Big Bird Consortium to improve workers’ meals and discussed finding a larger, safer Den Den Mushi breeding facility with Teemo and Ryze.
• Ma Qiao proposed raising Den Den Mushi on Shandora in Sky Island and had Heimerdinger request help from Jayce and Viktor to develop Hextech Gates.
• Ma Qiao allocated about two billion Beli to company operations, 3.5 billion to Hextech Gate research, and four billion to improving strength.
• Ma Qiao raised Garen, Ashe, and Tahm Kench to level nine, Twitch and Twisted Fate to level seven and six respectively, and Jhin to level six with a Rapid Firecannon.
• Ma Qiao revealed that he had equipped himself with a Guardian Angel for protection against powerful Silver-ranked opponents.

Buggy reunited with Shanks after escaping Loguetown, then woke on a small island with Shanks gone and Captain John's treasure map still in his possession. He recruited Shaco, began livestreaming on the Big Bird Platform, and learned that his popularity trailed Shanks and Colonel Twitch—while a virtual beauty streamer topped the rankings.

• Buggy and Shanks drank together aboard the Dreyfus, reminisced about their youth, and Shanks gave Buggy Captain John's treasure map as an apology.
• Buggy woke on a small island the next morning and found that Shanks had left without saying goodbye.
• Shaco appeared behind Buggy, praised his escape from execution, and asked to join his crew; Buggy accepted him.
• Shaco helped Buggy register a Big Bird livestreaming account, and Buggy quickly gained more than a thousand followers and a verified yellow skull badge.
• Buggy checked the trending searches and saw Shanks ranked first, Colonel Twitch second, and his own prison break third; he also noticed that the virtual beauty streamer’s room had a yellow seagull badge.

Buggy set out to find Captain John's treasure after Shaco stopped him from robbing a merchant ship and supplied the Buggy Pirates with a new vessel. After a staged confrontation with Gangplank went viral, Ace grew angry at being overlooked and decided to challenge Whitebeard.

• Buggy kept Captain John's treasure map and planned to search for the treasure, which he believed might be Rocks's legacy.
• Shaco persuaded Buggy not to rob a merchant ship, warning that it would damage his reputation, and showed him the Going Buggy-senpai.
• Buggy made Shaco the Buggy Pirates' vice captain, and the crew set sail to begin their treasure hunt.
• The Buggy Pirates encountered Gangplank and his crew, who prepared to film the confrontation; afterward, online coverage portrayed their clash as a major battle and both captains praised each other in videos.
• Ace saw that the Pirate Trend Rankings had ignored his victory over a pirate with a bounty of over a hundred million and told Deuce he would challenge Whitebeard in the New World.

Ma Qiao consolidated the East Blue under Gangplank and assembled a team to travel to Jaya and reach Sky Island, hoping to defeat Enel and claim its gold. After arriving with Nami, the group entered a pirate tavern where Ma Qiao recognized the place as the site of a future meeting between Luffy and Blackbeard.

• Gangplank failed to rescue Palu from Loguetown, where the Shadow Unit captured or killed Krieg Pirates who resisted Gangplank.
• Ma Qiao absorbed East Blue pirate crews into Gangplank’s organization, sending many former pirates to work in its production facilities.
• Ma Qiao recalled Gangplank, Twisted Fate, Jhin, Garen, and Fizz to form a team, with Tahm Kench as tactical coach, and set out to find a new production base by taking down Enel.
• Ma Qiao brought Nami to Jaya, where she confirmed that islands existed in the sky and learned that the team planned to ride a Knock Up Stream toward Sky Island.
• The group drove off pirates who threatened their ship, and Jhin took the body of a pirate with a 34 million Beli bounty back to town.
• Ma Qiao entered Jaya’s largest pirate tavern with Nami and recognized it as the place where Luffy and Zoro would later encounter Bellamy and Blackbeard.

Ma Qiao and his crew rode the Knock Up Stream to the White-White Sea, where Twisted Fate’s and Ma Qiao’s [Destiny] revealed Cloud-Hidden Village, home to the displaced Shandia. After a Shandia warrior warned them off, Ma Qiao offered the village a shipload of Vearth, and the warrior hurried to fetch the chief.

• Ma Qiao gathered information about the Knock Up Stream in Jaya and prepared to ride it with Nami and his crew.
• Ma Qiao’s party passed the Saruyama Alliance without conflict and rode the Knock Up Stream into the White-White Sea.
• Twisted Fate and Ma Qiao used [Destiny] in turn to search for North Jaya Island and found Cloud-Hidden Village.
• A Shandia warrior fired a rocket beside the merchant ship and warned Ma Qiao’s party to leave.
• Ma Qiao revealed his shipload of Vearth as a gift, and the excited Shandia warrior went to summon the chief.

Ma Qiao negotiated the Big Bird Consortium’s support for the Shandia’s return to Shandora and learned secrets about Sky Island’s history and route to the Blue Sea. The next day, he equipped his crew with rubber-soled platform shoes and led them toward Enel’s God's Kingdom, where Garen’s resistance to lightning was tested.

• Ma Qiao offered the Shandia soil and support in exchange for a ninety-nine-year lease on land outside Shandora, and the chief accepted despite some warriors’ objections.
• Gangplank hosted a feast for the Shandia, but Wyper refused to join and later challenged the chief’s decision to work with the Blue Sea visitors.
• The chief told Wyper that Roger had subdued Urouge with one finger and revealed that Urouge had gone to the Blue Sea through High West.
• Ma Qiao eavesdropped on the chief and Wyper, learned about High West, then took Vivi’s video call while Nami entered his tent.
• The next day, Ma Qiao gave his group rubber-soled platform shoes and sailed toward God's Kingdom to confront Enel.
• After Garen activated his level 5 W and wore a Negatron Cloak, Ma Qiao ordered his crew to attack to the rear.