Chapter Summaries

Whiskey Peak’s Bounty Hunters tried to get Mu Yu and his crew drunk so they could capture them, but Mu Yu outlasted the entire town and exposed the plot’s failure. Odom decided to abandon Baroque Works and seek Mu Yu’s protection, and the hunters began planning a pledge of allegiance.

• Whiskey Peak’s Bounty Hunters welcomed Mu Yu’s crew with a lavish banquet and used food, liquor, and flattery to try to get them drunk.
• Nami accepted a drinking contest for a cash prize, while Mu Yu let his crew eat and drink and played along with the hunters’ scheme.
• The crew passed out, but Mu Yu remained sober even after drinking the town’s liquor supply, and the Bounty Hunters grew afraid to attack him.
• Odom called off the capture plan and proposed turning against Baroque Works to gain Mu Yu’s protection.
• Odom and the hunters decided they needed a pledge of allegiance and considered using Baroque Works members in town, including those involved in a recent internal conflict.

Vivi was captured by Baroque Works but was unexpectedly brought before Mu Yu after Odom and his bounty hunters switched sides. Mu Yu bound them to the Pirate Code and recruited Odom to build a worldwide Bounty Hunter Association, leaving Vivi impressed by his ability to turn enemies into allies.

• Vivi was held in a prison cell after Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine captured her, and she worried that Igaram and Karoo had sacrificed themselves for nothing.
• Odom defeated Mr. 8 and Miss Valentine, took Vivi captive, and brought her before Mu Yu.
• Vivi discovered that Odom and his bounty hunters had joined Mu Yu after he impressed them with his drinking, though she doubted their sudden change of allegiance.
• Mu Yu revealed the Pirate Code and forced Odom to sign it, after which Odom and his men learned they could use it to locate red-name pirate crews.
• Mu Yu proposed building a worldwide Bounty Hunter Association, and Odom and his hunters eagerly embraced the plan while Vivi admired Mu Yu's ability to win them over.

Mu Yu used a welcome gathering in Whiskey Peak to rally his followers and introduce Princess Vivi, who asked them to help save Alabasta from Baroque Works. Vivi’s honest plea won the crowd’s support, leaving her convinced that Alabasta could be saved.

• Mu Yu arranged a welcome gathering with Odom and used the Pirate Code to unite Whiskey Peak’s pirates and Bounty Hunters with his followers.
• Vivi revealed her identity to Mu Yu and asked him to help save Alabasta, and he agreed while asking her to speak to the crowd herself.
• Mu Yu addressed the gathering and introduced Vivi as a princess who had infiltrated Baroque Works to protect her country.
• Vivi revealed that Igaram and Karoo had survived, reunited with them, and told the crowd how Baroque Works had pushed Alabasta into rebellion and war.
• Vivi admitted her weakness, vowed to return and fight for her kingdom, and offered to work toward enshrining the Pirate Code in Alabasta’s laws.
• The crowd cheered and pledged to help Vivi, while Mu Yu applauded her.

Vivi joined Mu Yu’s crew and saw how its discipline, training, and shared dreams set it apart from other ships. As the crew sailed toward Alabasta, Dracule Mihawk appeared in a coffin-shaped boat and fixed his gaze on Mu Yu, leaving the others terrified.

• Vivi explored the ships and, after talking with Nami, learned how Mu Yu’s leadership and Nami’s management had shaped the crew.
• Nami told Vivi about Mu Yu’s past pranks, including making her wear a maid outfit, and Vivi grew curious about his playful side.
• Mu Yu’s crew spotted a strange coffin-shaped boat drifting across the sea and realized it carried Hawkeye Mihawk, one of the Shichibukai.
• Mihawk locked eyes with Mu Yu, having traveled for months to challenge him, while the crew mistook his fighting intent for a threat to them.
• Vivi trembled at Mihawk’s power and worried about Alabasta, looking to Mu Yu for reassurance.

Hawkeye Mihawk challenged Mu Yu to test the strength of his sword, and Mu Yu deflected Mihawk’s enormous slash before they clashed at sea. Their first exchange shook the surrounding ships with powerful waves, leaving the crews struggling to hold on.

• Mihawk found Mu Yu and demanded to test the sword of the man who had defeated Garp, while Mu Yu asked whether Mihawk was prepared to sign the Pirate Code.
• Mihawk swung Black Blade: Night and sent a massive slash across the sea toward Mu Yu’s ship.
• Mu Yu used Yggdrasil to guide Mihawk’s slash into the sky, where it split the clouds overhead.
• Mihawk admired Yggdrasil and sensed that it possessed a soul, and Mu Yu described the sword as a companion who fought beside him.
• Mihawk and Mu Yu charged at each other and struck with the basic technique Cutting Down, unleashing shockwaves that rocked the nearby ships.

Mu Yu and Hawk Eyes Mihawk fought across the sea, with Mu Yu pushing his swordsmanship through their duel and revealing increasingly powerful transformations. After Mu Yu entered Complete Hollowfication and overwhelmed everyone nearby, he struck Mihawk into the deep sea, leaving Mihawk eager to continue the fight.

• Nami led the sailors nearly a thousand meters away as Mu Yu and Hawk Eyes traded sword strikes, and the spectators watched in awe.
• Mu Yu put on a mask, awakened Yggdrasil, and used Getsuga Tensho, intensifying the duel and impressing Hawk Eyes.
• A gigantic Sea King interrupted the battle, but Mu Yu and Hawk Eyes each slashed it down before resuming their fight.
• When Mu Yu's mask shattered, he revealed he had broken it himself, then warned Hawk Eyes that he would use a forbidden power.
• Mu Yu entered Complete Hollowfication, and his Spiritual Pressure knocked out the nearby people and fish.
• Mu Yu vanished from Hawk Eyes's senses and struck him into the deep sea, where Hawk Eyes realized the danger and became more excited to fight.

Mu Yu defeated Dracule Mihawk after an intense battle in his Complete Hollowfication state, then discussed swordsmanship with him and advanced to the Sword Master realm. The East Blue Daily reporters wrote up the fight, and the news reached Morgans, who called an urgent meeting at the World Economic News headquarters.

• Mihawk attacked Mu Yu with powerful sword strikes and Gran Rey Cero, but Mu Yu caught Black Blade: Night between two fingers and countered with overwhelming speed and strength.
• Mu Yu and Mihawk fought through nearly five hundred exchanges, with Mu Yu's Super Regeneration helping him outlast the injured swordsman.
• Mihawk admitted defeat and praised the battle, while Mu Yu acknowledged that Mihawk's swordsmanship surpassed his own.
• Mu Yu and Mihawk exchanged swordsmanship techniques, and Mu Yu advanced to the Sword Master realm while Mihawk learned about Zanpakuto releases.
• Vivi, Nami, and the others woke to find Mu Yu and Mihawk chatting together as East Blue Daily reporters wrote an account of the fight.
• Morgans received the report at the World Economic News headquarters and summoned the chief editors for an urgent meeting.

Morgans named Mu Yu the “Judicial Officer of the Sea” and released a special report about his victories and plans to enforce the Pirate Code. The report reached the Four Emperors, whose reactions ranged from interest and confidence to concern, as Mu Yu’s name spread across the world.

• Morgans rejected proposed titles for Mu Yu before choosing “Judicial Officer of the Sea” and ordering a special edition about him.
• Brulee showed Katakuri the newspaper, and Katakuri brought it to Big-Mom, who praised Mu Yu’s strength and considered recruiting him through marriage.
• Whitebeard’s commanders worried about Mu Yu’s challenge to the Whitebeard Pirates, but Whitebeard said they would sign the Pirate Code and welcome Mu Yu as his son.
• Shanks read about Mu Yu defeating Mihawk and celebrated the news with a feast.
• Kurozumi Orochi brought the report to Kaido, who dismissed the threat and said he hoped Mu Yu would come to Wano Country.
• News Coo carried the special report around the world, and Mu Yu’s name and new title shocked its readers.

After Mu Yu defeated Hawkeye Mihawk and promoted the Pirate Code, pirates and political powers around the world reacted to the threat his enforcement posed. Crocodile accelerated his plans in Alabasta and sought help from the World Government, while Sengoku sent Kizaru to warn Mu Yu not to challenge the Shichibukai or the Government’s authority.

• The Donquixote Family feared Mu Yu’s Pirate Code, so Doflamingo ordered Mahal and Dellinger to gather intelligence on him and Trebol to monitor the Navy through Vergo.
• Jinbe welcomed the Pirate Code’s protections for Fish-Men but remained troubled that Mu Yu had killed Arlong, while Gecko Moria worried Mu Yu might target him.
• Dragon saw Mu Yu as a potential challenger to the existing order and considered meeting him.
• Crocodile ordered Nico Robin to move Baroque Works’ plan forward by three days, then secretly called the World Government for support.
• At Marine Headquarters, Akainu argued that Mu Yu should be eliminated, while Aokiji defended his actions and questioned the Shichibukai’s authority.
• Sengoku sent Kizaru to meet Mu Yu and warn him that the Navy would not accept challenges to the World Government’s authority.

Mu Yu relaxed after Mihawk left, then directed Valdin to lead his recruited pirates to Alabasta and join Crocodile. As Mu Yu’s group arrived in Nanohana, Crocodile prepared to delay them and welcomed Valdin’s crew as potential pawns.

• Mihawk fled Mu Yu’s request for another duel, and Mu Yu reviewed his growing abilities while his crew gained confidence in him.
• Mu Yu contacted Valdin through Tenteikūra and ordered him to take his recruited pirates to Alabasta to cooperate with Crocodile.
• Valdin persuaded more than three hundred pirates to join Crocodile by telling them about the Utopia Plan and its promised rewards.
• Crocodile’s Utopia Plan intensified Alabasta’s unrest by exploiting the Dancing Powder scandal and escalating clashes between royal soldiers and rebels.
• Nico Robin told Crocodile that Mu Yu’s ships had reached Nanohana, and Crocodile planned to delay them with a sandstorm.
• Nico Robin reported that Valdin had arrived with more than three hundred pirates, and Crocodile decided to meet them and use them as pawns.

Crocodile used Valdin's group to bolster morale while preparing to confront Mu Yu, who was traveling through Alabasta with Vivi as the civil war raged. When Crocodile sent a massive sandstorm toward the caravan, Mu Yu shielded his companions and stepped out to face him, leaving their confrontation imminent.

• Crocodile welcomed Valdin's pirates and publicized their pledge, while Valdin's frequent movements made Crocodile suspect he was exploiting the alliance for fame.
• Nico Robin reported that Mu Yu's group had left Nanohana for Rain Country, and Crocodile set out to confront them.
• Vivi learned that Bon Clay's impersonation had helped trigger the war between the royal and rebel armies, and she resolved to reach Alabarna to stop the fighting.
• A huge sandstorm halted the caravan, and Mu Yu recognized Crocodile within it.
• Mu Yu used Kidō #73: Inverse Mountain Crystal to protect the caravan, reassured Vivi, and walked into the storm to meet Crocodile.
• Crocodile, transformed into sand within the storm, watched Mu Yu approach and resolved to take his head.

Mu Ye fought Crocodile in the desert, locating him among his sandstorms and countering his attacks with swordsmanship and Kidō. After Mu Ye struck Crocodile with a Haki-coated sword, Crocodile realized he could not defeat him, even in the desert.

• Crocodile hid among his sandstorm tornadoes and sent them charging at Mu Ye, but Mu Ye used Bakudō #58: Tenchūnten to locate him.
• Mu Ye drew Kanemoto and split Crocodile’s sandstorm, then cut apart the tornadoes Crocodile sent at him.
• Crocodile attacked with Desert Treasure Blade, Desert Greatsword, and Crescent Dune, but Mu Ye blocked or endured each attack and joked about nearly losing his leaves to dehydration.
• Crocodile used Corrosion Cycle to erode the ground, but Mu Ye moved behind him and cut his body in half with a Haki-coated sword.
• Crocodile’s Logia body reconnected, but blood ran from his mouth, and he concluded that Mu Ye was beyond his power to defeat.

Mu Yu defeated Crocodile with overwhelming gravity and made him sign the Pirate Code, forcing him to abandon his plans in Alabasta. When Crocodile refused Mu Yu’s offer to join his crew, Mu Yu revealed that he knew about Crocodile’s search for Pluton and offered him the weapon’s blueprints.

• Crocodile attacked Mu Yu with his poisoned hook, but Mu Yu crushed him with Gravity Suppression.
• Mu Yu told Crocodile he was a Tree Planting Fruit user, and Crocodile agreed to sign the Pirate Code and withdraw from Alabasta.
• Crocodile signed the contract, triggering its Red Name effect and learning the revised Pirate Code’s terms.
• Crocodile asked to leave, but Mu Yu invited him to join his crew; Crocodile refused, citing his plans to find Pluton and defeat Whitebeard.
• Mu Yu revealed that he knew about Crocodile’s search for Pluton and offered to give him the weapon’s blueprints.

Mu Yu persuaded Crocodile to abandon his search for Pluton and join him as a comrade, then demanded that Crocodile confess to his crimes in Alabasta. Crocodile agreed to stop the rebellion and compensate Princess Vivi, leaving her stunned by how completely Mu Yu had turned the situation around.

• Mu Yu told Crocodile that Pluton was a warship capable of destroying an island and offered him a chance to fight Whitebeard one-on-one.
• Mu Yu criticized Crocodile’s decline and compared his strength with the other Shichibukai, prompting Crocodile to reflect on his past defeat by Whitebeard.
• Crocodile accepted Mu Yu’s offer and called him Captain Mu Yu, agreeing that they would become comrades.
• Mu Yu told Crocodile to take responsibility for inciting rebellion in Alabasta, and Crocodile agreed to reveal his schemes, including his search for Pluton.
• Crocodile bowed to Princess Vivi, promised to stop the war and confess his crimes, and offered his wealth from Rain Country as compensation.

Mu Yu’s group encountered Admiral Kizaru near Rain Country, and Mu Yu immediately tried to recruit him into the Pirate Code. Kizaru reacted with amused interest, leaving the group stunned by Mu Yu’s audacity.

• Mu Yu’s group traveled with Crocodile toward Rain Country while the others remained wary of their new companion.
• Kizaru arrived in a flash of golden light, and the group recognized him as a Navy admiral.
• Mu Yu privately recalled the jokes portraying Kizaru as an undercover Revolutionary Army agent.
• Crocodile told Kizaru that Mu Yu had defeated him and recruited him to the Tree Planter organization to promote the Pirate Code.
• Mu Yu asked Kizaru to press a bloody handprint on the Pirate Code, and Kizaru joked about Mu Yu’s ambition as the group stared in disbelief.

Mu Yu fought Admiral Kizaru after rejecting the idea that justice belonged only to the Marines. He wounded Kizaru with his transformed Zanpakuto, which cut through Kizaru’s light sword and struck him despite his attempt to become photons, while Kizaru retreated in alarm.

• Kizaru explained that the Marines could tolerate Mu Yu’s Code but could not accept his recruiting Crocodile or drawing the Marines into it, and Mu Yu argued that justice did not belong solely to the Marines.
• Kizaru attacked Mu Yu with a Light Speed Kick, and the two clashed with enough force to carve a vast trench into the desert.
• Kizaru fired Yasakani no Magatama and laser beams, but Mu Yu dodged and struck at him while Kizaru used his speed and photon form to evade damage.
• Mu Yu released Yggdrasil and faced Kizaru’s Heavenly Cloud Sword with his wooden blade, which split Kizaru’s light sword and inflicted a severe wound through his chest and abdomen.
• Kizaru withdrew to recover, but Mu Yu appeared behind him and warned that combat distance mattered only between opponents of equal strength.

Mu Yu pressed Kizaru to support the Pirate Code, warning that he would oppose the World Government if it refused to cooperate. After Sengoku and the Five Elders learned that Mu Yu could kill an Admiral, the elders considered making him the Grand Line Judicial Officer so they could claim credit for his work and control its public image.

• Mu Yu put away his wooden sword and asked Kizaru to reconsider signing the Code, while warning that he would become the World Government's enemy if it opposed him.
• Kizaru contacted Sengoku and reported Mu Yu's proposal and the danger posed by his sword.
• Sengoku sought instructions from Fleet Admiral Kong and the Five Elders after learning Mu Yu could kill Kizaru.
• The Five Elders debated Mu Yu's strength and the Pirate Code, then proposed officially naming him the Grand Line Judicial Officer.
• The Five Elders decided the title could let the World Government claim credit for the Code and control how it was presented to the public.

After Admiral Kizaru signed the Pirate Code and Mu Yu brought Alabasta under its influence, Mu Yu expanded his organization and promoted Valdin as a public opponent of the Code. A year later, Mu Yu’s fame had spread across the Grand Line, while Valdin had entered the New World to recruit pirates for his staged resistance.

• Admiral Kizaru signed the Pirate Code, and news of his defeat by Mu Yu sent shock waves across the seas.
• Crocodile’s schemes in Alabasta were exposed, and King Cobra, Princess Vivi, and many citizens signed the Code as Mu Yu became celebrated as the kingdom’s savior.
• After most of Alabasta’s citizens signed, the Code formed a Sky Net over the kingdom and helped reveal pirates hiding in Royal Capital Alabarna.
• Mu Yu added Baroque Works and Valdin’s recruited pirates to his forces, while Valdin publicly denounced Mu Yu and gained fame as a freedom fighter.
• Over the following year, Mu Yu visited Sky Island, Water 7, and Thriller Bark, and his reputation spread across the Grand Line.
• After another defeat by Mu Yu, Valdin entered the New World to recruit pirates who supported his campaign against the Code.

A year after Mu Yu’s rise, the Pirate Code had reshaped pirate conduct and made him too influential for the Marines and World Government to restrain. When his group approached Sabaody Archipelago, Sengoku warned the Five Elders that Mu Yu could confront the Celestial Dragons, and they ordered the Celestial Dragons to stay in Mary Geoise.

• Mu Yu’s Pirate Code spread across the Four Blues and the first half of the Grand Line, reducing pirate abuses and dividing pirates into Old and New Pirates.
• Vice Admiral Momonga reported to Sengoku that Mu Yu’s group was about to arrive at Sabaody Archipelago, and Sengoku ordered Marine surveillance to keep its distance.
• Sengoku called the Five Elders and demanded that they forbid Celestial Dragons from visiting Sabaody Archipelago while Mu Yu was nearby.
• The Five Elders rejected Sengoku’s authority, but he threatened to send all the Marine Admirals elsewhere rather than leave them available to protect the Celestial Dragons.
• The Five Elders agreed to keep the Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise until Mu Yu had moved on, making him the first person to force them to retreat.

Mu Yu’s crew explored the beautiful Sabaody Archipelago, where he warned them to fight back if anyone wronged them and reflected on his growing conflict with the World Government. After enjoying the islands, they headed to Area 13 to meet the legendary Silvers Rayleigh.

• Nami and Nico Robin admired Sabaody’s rising bubbles as Mu Yu’s crew arrived and took photographs.
• Mu Yu warned the crew to stay with a senior officer and to hit back if anyone offended them without cause.
• The crew rented bubble cars and enjoyed Sabaody’s food street, amusement park, and Ferris wheel while their reputation discouraged troublemakers.
• Mu Yu considered how the Code could expand across the world once he subdued the Four Emperors and completed his campaign against the World Government.
• After exploring the archipelago, Mu Yu’s group went to Area 13 to meet Dark King Rayleigh.