Chapter Summaries

Ningyuan and Nojiko reached Loguetown with 100 million Beli, and Ningyuan set out to provoke Marine Captain Smoker by reporting Rat’s crimes. Their plans were interrupted when Buggy attacked Ningyuan for the money, leaving a confrontation underway in the street.

• Rat delivered exactly 100 million Beli to Ningyuan, who used his Origin Space to take Nojiko’s house and orange grove from Cocoyasi Village before they left for Loguetown.
• Ningyuan and Nojiko arrived in Loguetown ahead of the Straw Hat Pirates and planned to report Rat to Smoker, hoping the Marines would cover up Rat’s past and disillusion Smoker.
• Ningyuan and Nojiko encountered Tashigi while she was patrolling Loguetown, and Ningyuan fired at an unseen attacker behind them.
• Buggy and his circus performers appeared after the blast, and Buggy demanded Ningyuan hand over the 100 million Beli.

Ningyuan claimed that Buggy had Conqueror's Haki Luck and would survive any attempt to kill or imprison him, while Smoker captured him in Loguetown. When a passerby's gun exploded and Smoker tried to kill Buggy, Hawk Eyes intervened and freed him, leaving the onlookers focused on Buggy's supposed luck.

• Buggy tried to extort Ningyuan, but Tashigi and Smoker confronted him in Loguetown.
• Ningyuan told Smoker and the crowd that Buggy had Conqueror's Haki Luck, had sailed with Roger, and was Shanks's brother.
• Smoker captured Buggy and his crew, then abandoned his attempt to kill Buggy and ordered Tashigi to bring Seastone handcuffs.
• A passerby's revolver exploded when he tried to shoot Buggy, and Smoker thrust his Jitte toward Buggy's heart.
• Hawk Eyes struck Smoker and his Jitte with Sword Qi, freeing Buggy, while the crowd murmured about Conqueror's Haki Luck.

Smoker repeatedly tried to execute Buggy in Loguetown, but a series of unlikely interventions let Buggy escape, convincing Smoker that Conqueror's Haki Luck was real. Ningyuan explained the term to Aokiji as his own journalistic invention, while Smoker sheltered Ningyuan and ordered a crackdown on Bartholomew's family.

• Ningyuan told Smoker that Buggy's apparent Conqueror's Haki Luck depended on adversity, while Hawk Eyes dismissed the idea and split Buggy in two, only for Buggy to reassemble thanks to his Devil Fruit.
• Smoker called Aokiji for help, but when he tried to strike Buggy again, a falling island appeared overhead and a ragged civilian deflected his Jitte.
• Smoker's next attack failed when Bartholomew protected Buggy with a barrier, then carried him into an alley and escaped Smoker's pursuit.
• Aokiji checked Marine records and confirmed that Buggy had been one of Roger's apprentices, then spoke with Ningyuan, who explained that he had invented the term Conqueror's Haki Luck for his reporting.
• Aokiji reassured Smoker that Buggy was not uniquely lucky and urged him to keep serving justice; Smoker invited Ningyuan and his companion to stay with the Marines and ordered his men to arrest Bartholomew's family.

Ningyuan and Nojiko stayed at the Marine branch in Loguetown, where Tashigi hosted them and asked Ningyuan about Buggy and combat. Ningyuan reassured her about Buggy and suggested practical ranged tactics, leaving Tashigi considering whether to carry a gun alongside her sword.

• Tashigi welcomed Ningyuan and Nojiko to the Marine branch, and Ningyuan began writing sensational headlines for his reports.
• Tashigi asked whether Buggy was impossible to kill, and Ningyuan explained that Buggy's luck had limits and Smoker could kill him if he were stronger.
• Ningyuan encouraged Tashigi by praising her talent and examining her treasured sword, Small Night Rain.
• Ningyuan described his preference for fighting from a distance with guns and cannons, and Tashigi found his approach surprisingly practical.
• Ningyuan suggested Tashigi carry a gun as a backup, and she began to think she might do so without giving up Swordsmanship.

Aokiji learned that Ningyuan had written a popular song praising the Marines and ordered bases to assist him. Meanwhile, Dragon investigated why the Konomi Islands prospered under the Arlong Pirates, questioned his assumptions about revolution, and headed for Loguetown to seek Ningyuan’s perspective.

• Aokiji read a report about Ningyuan, praised his song’s lyrics, and ordered the headquarters band to learn it.
• Aokiji told Marine bases they could assist Ningyuan because he appeared to be a friend rather than an enemy.
• Dragon visited Housha Town and learned from a shop clerk that Arlong’s low protection fees and suppression of local exploiters had helped the Konomi Islands prosper.
• Dragon reconsidered his approach of replacing rulers after realizing local village chiefs also exploited people and that life had improved without nobles.
• Dragon went to Cocoyasi Village, learned Ningyuan’s next destination was Loguetown, and decided to go there to speak with him.

Ningyuan drew Tashigi into a relationship with Nojiko present, while Luffy arrived in Loguetown and climbed onto the Execution Platform to declare he would become Pirate King. Smoker prepared to capture Luffy, and Tashigi was left wondering what she had gotten herself into.

• Ningyuan flirted with Tashigi and pulled her close, then embraced Nojiko when she entered the room; Tashigi joined them after Nojiko's taunting stirred her competitive spirit.
• The Straw Hat Pirates landed in Loguetown as storm clouds gathered, and Smoker ordered Marines to defend the Execution Square after learning Luffy was heading there.
• Alvida waited at the Execution Platform, planning to capture Luffy, but struggled to devise a way to reach him atop the tall structure.
• Luffy stretched his arms to the top of the Execution Platform, climbed up, and shouted that he would become Pirate King.
• Tashigi questioned her choices after the encounter, and Nojiko reassured her that Ningyuan took relationships seriously—though she sounded uncertain.

Luffy declared his dream at the Execution Platform, but Smoker captured him until Dragon arrived and helped him escape. Ningyuan followed Dragon to a café for an exclusive interview, while Smoker prepared to pursue Luffy and Tashigi worried that her relationship with Ningyuan might end her Marine career.

• Ningyuan photographed Luffy declaring himself the future Pirate King and joked with him about his name.
• Smoker arrived and captured Luffy, while Usopp tried to help and was seized by Marines.
• Dragon summoned a fierce storm, freed Luffy, and helped him escape with Usopp.
• Ningyuan revealed Luffy's family connections to Smoker, then agreed to interview Dragon at a café.
• Smoker ordered Tashigi to prepare a warship so he could pursue Luffy, and Tashigi worried that being with Ningyuan might prevent her from remaining a Marine.

Ningyuan evaluated Dragon’s Revolutionary Army, affirmed its cause, and laid out practical changes to its methods and organization. Dragon accepted Ningyuan as an adviser and, after noticing his impossible knowledge of the future, wondered whether Ningyuan was a god.

• Dragon described the Revolutionary Army’s work saving seven kingdoms, and Ningyuan called its efforts futile because replacing rulers did not prevent corruption or create lasting change.
• Dragon admitted he had doubts about the Revolutionary Army’s methods, and Ningyuan affirmed that resisting Celestial Dragon oppression was just while urging the group to change its direction.
• Ningyuan advised Dragon to build public services, spread its ideas openly, distinguish its taxes and military from the existing order, and recruit allies among the Marines.
• Dragon tried to make Ningyuan leader, but Ningyuan refused and accepted an adviser position while recommending expansion in the East Blue and recruitment of Smoker and Aokiji.
• Ningyuan revealed details about Luffy’s future route and opportunities for the Revolutionary Army, prompting Dragon to suspect Ningyuan came from another world and might be Kami.

After Dragon’s interview, Smoker read the account of the Celestial Dragons’ mass killing on Bone Stab Island and confirmed it with Aokiji. He was left devastated by the Marines’ complicity, while Ningyuan took Tashigi away and left Smoker to be comforted.

• Dragon invited Smoker to join the Revolutionary Army, then left after asking Ningyuan to publish the interview without deletions.
• Smoker took Ningyuan’s manuscript and read Dragon’s account of the Celestial Dragons’ hunting grounds and the massacre on Bone Stab Island.
• Smoker accused Ningyuan of spreading slander, then called Aokiji to verify what Dragon had said.
• Aokiji’s silence confirmed the massacre, and he told Smoker he would support whatever choice he made while insisting that someone still needed to uphold justice.
• Ningyuan challenged Aokiji’s defense of the World Government and asked whether the manuscript could be published; Aokiji refused.
• Ningyuan took Tashigi by the hand and led her away, leaving the distraught Smoker with the Marines.

Ningyuan visited Tashigi’s dojo with her and discovered signs that her teacher was secretly treating an injured pirate. As Tashigi rushed to investigate, Ningyuan learned that Jin Yi wanted to exploit her Marine connections for profit and planned to frame her and Ningyuan for harboring Buggy.

• Tashigi brought Ningyuan to the Xinliu Dojo and introduced him as her lover to Jin Yi and the other disciples.
• Wu Tai greeted Tashigi and Ningyuan, then hurried away to treat a supposedly serious patient in the dojo’s back courtyard.
• Ningyuan and Tashigi reasoned that Buggy might be hiding in the dojo because Wu Tai could treat his wounds without attracting Marine scrutiny.
• Tashigi rushed toward the back courtyard, but Jin Yi tried to stop her and accused her of neglecting the dojo’s interests.
• Jin Yi admitted that he wanted Tashigi to use her Marine connections to secure business for the dojo, and Ningyuan challenged his expectation that she provide access for little or no compensation.
• Jin Yi declared that he would frame Tashigi and Ningyuan as accomplices harboring Buggy.

Ningyuan and Tashigi confronted Buggy, Bartholomew, and Wu Tai at the Xinliu Dojo after Wu Tai betrayed Tashigi for the promise of Roger’s swordsmanship insights. Ningyuan killed Buggy and Bartholomew, and Tashigi left the dojo and her teacher behind before going with Ningyuan to an inn.

• Ningyuan kicked Jin Yi aside and joined Tashigi in the dojo’s back courtyard, where Buggy ordered Bartholomew to capture them.
• Tashigi learned that Wu Tai had willingly helped Buggy because he promised to share Pirate King Roger’s swordsmanship insights.
• Tashigi decided to arrest Buggy, but Bartholomew struck at her until Ningyuan stopped him and killed him with a curved bullet.
• Ningyuan shot Buggy after Buggy pleaded for his life, then handed his gun to Tashigi and waited outside while she dealt with Wu Tai.
• Tashigi returned Small Night Rain to Wu Tai and declared that she had no ties to Xinliu Dojo, then told arriving Marines that Buggy and Bartholomew were dead.
• Ningyuan comforted Tashigi, and the two went to a nearby inn.

Ningyuan gave Tashigi the Great Fast Blade White Tassel and a blade manual he had created for her, encouraging her to pursue her Marine career and swordsmanship dreams after marriage. Tashigi accepted both gifts and learned that Smoker planned to take the Marines after the Straw Hat Pirates, though Ningyuan believed he would change his mind.

• Tashigi woke up missing Small Night Rain, and Ningyuan presented her with the Great Fast Blade White Tassel, which she eagerly admired.
• Ningyuan gave Tashigi the White Tassel Blade Technique, and she initially refused it because she considered a manual leading to Great Sword Master a priceless inheritance.
• Ningyuan explained that he had created the manual specifically for her and urged her to accept it as family; Tashigi promised to make White Tassel famous and become a Great Sword Master.
• Afterward, Tashigi asked whether she had to resign from the Marines after marriage, and Ningyuan assured her she could keep her job and pursue her ambitions.
• Tashigi told Ningyuan that Smoker planned to take the Marines to pursue the Straw Hat Pirates, while Ningyuan confidently predicted Smoker would change his mind.

Ningyuan discovered that Nojiko’s cultivation method could refine Haki and that the world contained sparse natural energy particles. He realized Haki was an omnipotent energy that could enhance the body and soul, while he and Nojiko prepared to leave Loguetown.

• Smoker told Tashigi he would not pursue Luffy and asked whether she planned to remain a Marine; she affirmed that Ningyuan supported her work.
• Ningyuan said Buggy was dead and that he would attribute Buggy’s title to Luffy, then told Smoker he and Nojiko planned to leave Loguetown.
• Ningyuan examined Nojiko’s cultivation and learned that her method refined energy and improved her control over it.
• Ningyuan sensed natural energy particles throughout the world and found that energy absorbed by the body produced bodily Haki, while energy absorbed by the soul produced Conqueror’s Haki.
• Ningyuan concluded that the Six Powers and Life Return were rudimentary applications of Armament Haki and that Haki could enhance the body and soul in many ways.

Ningyuan investigated Haki and Devil Fruit weaknesses, developing a theory that Power Particles underlay the Pirate King World’s matter and abilities. After explaining his discoveries to Smoker, he introduced a stamina-based combat power scale and left Smoker skeptical of the numbers.

• Ningyuan identified D Particles as the source of Haki and discovered that spreading Haki across his body let him repel the ground and float.
• Ningyuan examined water and Smoker’s Jitte, then classified Power Particles into D, Y, and H types and theorized that they powered matter and Devil Fruit abilities.
• Ningyuan explained how particle resonance could account for the Voice of All Things and future sight, and identified L Particles as the basis of Conqueror’s Haki.
• Ningyuan told Smoker that his combat power was 29 and Dragon’s was 37, then claimed his own score was 35 before leaving.
• Smoker doubted Ningyuan’s combat power system and did not believe Ningyuan’s self-reported score.

Nojiko chose to stay in the East Blue and join Dragon’s cause, while Ningyuan accepted her decision and warned her to stay safe. He then tracked Golden Lion’s floating archipelago and confronted Shiki, offering to heal him before threatening to kill him and take his Devil Fruit.

• Nojiko told Ningyuan that Dragon had persuaded her to help his cause, and Ningyuan reluctantly accepted her choice while giving her a Den Den Mushi and safety advice.
• After spending time with Nojiko, Ningyuan flew from Loguetown and found Golden Lion’s drifting archipelago.
• Ningyuan introduced himself to Shiki as the world’s greatest doctor, and Shiki invited him inside, hoping to recruit him.
• Ningyuan revealed that he had come to recruit Shiki as a bodyguard and offered to remove the ship’s wheel from his head and restore his legs.
• When Shiki refused, Ningyuan threatened to kill him and take the Flap-Flap Fruit, prompting Shiki to respond with a fierce grin.

Ningyuan defeated Golden Lion’s pirates with his gun and forced Golden Lion to reconsider serving as his bodyguard. Golden Lion accepted Ningyuan’s bet about Indigo’s wine service, but the chapter ended before the bet’s outcome was revealed.

• Ningyuan shot down Golden Lion’s summoned lions, wounded him, and drove off the pirates who charged.
• Golden Lion fled aboard a rising ship, but Ningyuan flew after him and criticized how he had used the Flap-Flap Fruit.
• Golden Lion offered to become Ningyuan’s bodyguard, and Ningyuan paused before shooting him.
• Golden Lion introduced Indigo and explained his plan to use IQ grass and giant beasts to conquer the East Blue.
• Ningyuan bet that Indigo would put his fingers in a wine bowl, threatening the island’s pirates if he did; Golden Lion accepted.
• Indigo poured the wine without touching the bowls, and Ningyuan declared, “I’m not good at gambling!!”

Ningyuan killed Golden Lion and Indigo, studied how the Flap-Flap Fruit rebirthed, and fused its power into a Longquan Sword. He used the sword to stop the falling islands and planned to clear out the pirates before returning to Tashigi and Nojiko.

• Ningyuan shot Golden Lion and Indigo, then used Origin Space to contain Golden Lion's corpse and study the Flap-Flap Fruit's power.
• Ningyuan observed the Flap-Flap Fruit rebirth inside a pineapple and recorded its particle-wave pattern.
• Ningyuan reclaimed Sakura Ten and Kogarashi from Golden Lion's corpse and fused the Flap-Flap Fruit's power into the Longquan Sword.
• Ningyuan tested the sword and found that its holder could control objects with the Flap-Flap Fruit ability without using physical strength.
• Ningyuan marked the falling islands with the sword and stopped them before they reached the sea.
• Ningyuan decided to clear the pirates from the islands, find a place to settle them, and bring the swords to Tashigi and Nojiko.

Aokiji and Marine Headquarters reacted to a newspaper report exposing Luffy’s powerful family connections, while Ningyuan flew to Reverse Mountain and caught up with the Going Merry. After joining the Straw Hat Pirates aboard, he reminded them to focus on navigating the dangerous currents ahead.

• Aokiji read the report about Luffy’s luck and influential connections, while Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru discussed damage control and Garp agreed to bring Luffy back.
• The Gorosei pressed Sengoku to ensure Garp handled Luffy, and Sengoku then received news of suspected internal strife among the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Ningyuan ignored his system rewards, reached the Red Line, and photographed Luffy and his crew declaring their dreams before Reverse Mountain.
• Luffy recognized Ningyuan as the flying reporter, and Ningyuan asked to board the Going Merry and hitch a ride.
• The Straw Hat Pirates welcomed Ningyuan aboard, then remembered they still had to navigate the dangerous currents through Reverse Mountain.

Ningyuan considered how to win Nami over, then worked with her to steer the Going Merry safely over Reverse Mountain. After they reached Laboon, Nami learned the whale was still waiting for the Rumbar Pirates, and Ningyuan decided to help him instead of letting Luffy intervene.

• Ningyuan opened the Diamond treasure chest and received a Psychic Power Essence, which he planned to give Nami if he could win her over.
• When a wave nearly threw Nami from the wheel, Ningyuan caught her and steered the Going Merry under her precise instructions.
• Ningyuan and Nami worked together to guide the ship over Reverse Mountain, while Sanji mistook their closeness for a romance and Luffy did not know what lovers were.
• Nami bit Ningyuan after he told her that platinum was valuable, then spotted the enormous whale ahead.
• Ningyuan explained that Laboon had waited fifty years for the Rumbar Pirates, and Nami cried when she heard that they had died.
• Nami warned Ningyuan not to let Luffy handle Laboon, so Ningyuan decided to help the whale himself and rely on being the reliable person aboard.

Ningyuan soothed Laboon with a song from the Rumbar Pirates, then exposed Luffy’s remarkable family connections in a newspaper report, leaving the Straw Hats unsettled about whether Luffy’s success was destined. He left the Going Merry by walking across the sea, while Nami watched him with growing affection.

• Ningyuan played the Rumbar Pirates’ song for Laboon and urged the whale to stop hurting himself and live for his own sake.
• Luffy invited Ningyuan to join his crew, but Ningyuan declined and teased him about becoming the Pirate King.
• Ningyuan revealed that he had written a newspaper report listing Luffy’s connections to Garp, Dragon, Rayleigh, Shanks, and Whitebeard, and Luffy confirmed some of the details.
• Sanji and Zoro wondered whether Luffy’s apparent destiny made their own efforts and ambitions pointless, while Ningyuan reminded them they had overcome real hardships themselves.
• Ningyuan left the ship by stepping onto the sea, and Nami hurried to the railing before realizing he could walk across the water.