Chapter Summaries

Ma Qiao traveled to Sky Island, where he brought PROJECT: Freedom Ekko to work on his systems and hoped Ekko’s time ability would eventually let him return to the past. In Alabasta, Sengoku visited the recovering Zephyr, gave him honey-glazed pig ears containing a small amount of Health Potion, and invited him to the internet cafe for the launch of Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Ma Qiao arrived at Sky Island through a Hextech Gate, encouraged the Shandia workers building a parcel transport line, and rode Tahm Kench to Enel’s server room with Ekko following him.
• Ma Qiao planned to have Ekko write code and believed that developing Ekko’s abilities could eventually unlock genuine time travel into the past.
• Zephyr woke from a nightmare, reflected on his past failures, and tested his new flesh-and-blood arm while recovering in Shurima.
• Sengoku visited Zephyr with his pet goat and shared honey-glazed pig ears, whose Health Potion ingredient began a gentle restorative effect in Zephyr’s body.
• Sengoku told Zephyr that Garp was secretly training a final disciple by video call and invited Zephyr to the Big Bird Spin Spin Spin Internet Cafe for Infinite Tsukuyomi’s launch.

Cobra decided to secretly visit Ma Qiao’s territory to investigate him and protect Vivi, while Crocodile planned to visit Ma Qiao and push forward his Dance Powder scheme. The chapter left both men heading toward Ma Qiao, unaware that Cobra was also on his way.

• Cobra dismissed Chaka’s objections and decided to travel in disguise to investigate Ma Qiao’s construction work and uncover Baroque Works’ schemes.
• Robin told Crocodile that rats were damaging his possessions and reported that Bon Clay had been caught up in a Marine battle, with Timely Rain Gangplank now hunting him.
• Crocodile asked about Ma Qiao’s progress on the Dance Powder plan and recalled hiring him, his work history, and the Penguin-Penguin Fruit deal with Doflamingo.
• Crocodile decided to visit Ma Qiao in disguise and give him pointers so he would finally make Cobra take the blame for abusing Dance Powder.

Crocodile disguised himself and entered Shurima to investigate Ma Qiao’s work, while Cobra went undercover to find a way to contact Vivi. Crocodile tracked Ma Qiao to an internet cafe, where his confrontation was interrupted by Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr closing in on him.

• Crocodile and Cobra joined a refugee line in Shurima and invented cover identities while registering for citizenship.
• Cobra listed cooking as his specialty, while Crocodile wrote that his specialty was killing.
• Cobra explored the city and was pelted with tomatoes after failing to yield to a penguin courier, while Crocodile searched for evidence of Ma Qiao’s Dance Powder operation.
• Crocodile found his crocodile-skin sofa in a secondhand shop, then learned from a Den Den Mushi notification that Ma Qiao was at the Big Bird Spin Spin Spin Internet Cafe.
• Crocodile recognized Ma Qiao on the cafe’s Infinite Tsukuyomi billboard and spotted his lost gemstone rings on Ma Qiao’s fingers before storming inside.
• Crocodile slapped away Sengoku’s pet goat and demanded Ma Qiao come out, but Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr confronted him and invited him outside for a chat.

Crocodile was extorted by Garp and Sengoku, then joined Zephyr in the Infinite Tsukuyomi game. Zephyr chose the hidden character Obito after learning the game might fulfill his wish to bring back his family and students.

• Garp demanded money from Crocodile for Baru the goat and damage to the café, and Sengoku raised the compensation to a hundred million Beli.
• Crocodile paid Sengoku, but Zephyr stopped him and explained that he planned to continue treatment by choosing Sasuke as a teammate.
• Crocodile bought a computer and called Robin to send him more money before Garp urged him to log in.
• Zephyr entered the game and met Black Zetsu, who offered him the hidden character Obito Uchiha.
• Zephyr asked whether the game could revive his wife, son, and beloved students, and Black Zetsu promised that it could.

Ma Qiao monitored the players and reviewed a copied Marine recruitment plan, then prepared to place his heroes in powerful organizations during the coming spring recruitment. He ordered Annie sent toward Cipher Pol while arranging for Gangplank to destroy orphanages involved in trafficking, leaving his plans to infiltrate several factions underway.

• Ma Qiao saw Sakura assault her academy teacher, Sasuke serve her, and Naruto practice the Sexy Jutsu while checking on the players’ progress.
• Jhin delivered a copied recruitment plan, and Ma Qiao learned that the Marines, Cipher Pol, Impel Down, and the Beasts Pirates were recruiting while the World Government planned to add a Shichibukai.
• Ma Qiao selected Darius, Caitlyn, and Sett for Marine recruitment and chose Thresh for Impel Down.
• Ma Qiao chose Annie to infiltrate Cipher Pol and ordered Twitch to investigate East Blue orphanages before placing her in one connected to the World Government.
• Ma Qiao ordered Gangplank to attack trafficking orphanages after Annie reached Cipher Pol, accepting that the plan would make Gangplank an enemy of the World Government.

Sengoku returned to Marineford after helping Zephyr through his recovery, while Ma Qiao assembled a new bodyguard team and prepared to travel to Water 7. He left Yasuo in Foosha Village with Luffy and Zoro and set sail to seek help building the Dreadway and see his subordinates off to the World Government recruitment.

• Sengoku bought ten helmet-style game Den Den Mushi for Marineford and departed Shurima after spending a week there with Zephyr and Garp.
• Crocodile tried to leave, but Garp and Zephyr stopped him; nearby, a mob chased Cobra for his disastrous cooking and accusations against Ma Qiao.
• Ma Qiao reviewed his new bodyguards: Graves, Jhin, Jax, Xin Zhao, and the lazy Yasuo.
• Ma Qiao sent Yasuo to Foosha Village to join Luffy and Zoro, then entrusted Shurima's government to Nami and Vivi.
• Ma Qiao boarded the Golden Nico with his bodyguards and sailed for Water 7 to seek help building the Dreadway and see his subordinates off to recruitment.

Ma Qiao and his retainers defeated the Giant Axe Pirates, but Jack of the Beasts Pirates arrived and invited Ma Qiao to Onigashima on Kaido’s orders. Ma Qiao initially tried to flee, then changed his mind when Jack offered him a treasure-filled gift.

• Jhin destroyed the Giant Axe Pirates’ ammunition hold from a distance, and Jax boarded their disabled ship to fight the crew.
• Graves blinded Silvado with a Smoke Screen, and Jhin shot him through the forehead before Jax could land the finishing blow.
• Ma Qiao ordered Xin Zhao to salvage the Giant Axe Pirates’ ship, but Jack’s mammoth-shaped flagship pulled alongside the Golden Nico.
• Ma Qiao prepared to escape Jack, but Jack recognized him from a portrait and greeted him warmly.
• Jack leapt onto the Golden Nico carrying treasure and said Kaido had ordered him to invite Ma Qiao to Onigashima.
• Ma Qiao accepted Jack’s invitation after seeing the treasure and proposed that they sit down and talk.

Ma Qiao accepted Kaido’s offer to tutor Yamato, then revealed to Jack that Akainu would lead the Marines’ recruitment drive in Water 7. Jack rushed there and was defeated in an ambush, while Ma Qiao continued planning his journey to Water 7 and Onigashima and considered recruiting Evelynn for his news operation.

• Jack arrived with gifts from Kaido and asked Ma Qiao to become Yamato’s private tutor, and Ma Qiao accepted.
• Ma Qiao told Jack that the Marines’ spring recruitment drive would take place in Water 7 and, after Jack offered him money, revealed that Akainu would lead it.
• Jack hurried toward Water 7, while Ma Qiao detoured to sell the Giant Axe Pirates’ ship.
• Ma Qiao read that Jack had ambushed a Marine instructor group’s warship, lost to Akainu, and gone missing.
• Ma Qiao considered recruiting Evelynn as a paparazzo but decided to conserve his funds for the trips to Water 7 and Onigashima, then sent Vivi a photograph of the newspaper report.

Sabo traveled toward Water 7 with Hack, Lindbergh, and Karasu for a Revolutionary Army operation targeting the World Government’s spring recruitment livestream. The group planned to replace it with a promotional video filmed by Koala.

• Akainu received orders from the World Government to stop searching for Jack the Drought and vowed to resist its influence if he became Fleet Admiral.
• Sabo watched Miss Meat-Meat’s livestream aboard a merchant ship and told Hack that her dancing stirred a strange sense of familiarity linked to his amnesia.
• Lindbergh and Karasu arrived to join Sabo and Hack, and Hack said Dragon had appointed Sabo acting Chief of Staff for the mission.
• Sabo revealed that the Revolutionary Army planned to disrupt the Marines’ spring recruitment livestream and broadcast Koala’s promotional video instead.

Akainu and Hannyabal prepared to livestream the Marines’ and Impel Down’s recruitment drive in Water 7, while Garen departed aboard a new Marine warship. At the Galley-La shipyard, Ma Qiao approached Marshall D. Teach, who had been waiting for his ship, and offered him braised pig ears alongside his cherry pies.

• Akainu questioned Hannyabal’s livestream plan, but Hannyabal refused technical help that might cost him credit for the idea.
• Akainu praised the Marines wearing Root cloaks after Hannyabal asked about them.
• Iceburg and the Galley-La workers saw Colonel Garen off as the New Good Guy Twitch sailed from Water 7.
• Kalifa told Iceburg that Teach’s pirate ship was finished but could not be delivered during the Marine recruitment operation, and Iceburg decided to delay delivery and offer a price reduction.
• Ma Qiao sat beside Teach in the shipyard guesthouse cafeteria and offered him braised pig ears to eat with his cherry pies.

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.