Ch. 242Storms Rise Over the Sea

Whitebeard’s sons learned that his accumulated injuries and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s toll might leave him only eight years, while the World Government focused on destroying the Revolutionary Army. Lin Qi’s wedding went ahead in the West Sea with a changed group of guests, and the chapter ended as the guard read out the unusual wedding gifts.

  • Marco told Whitebeard’s sons that Pops might survive for at most eight more years because of his old injuries, heart disease, and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s damage to his organs.
  • Saint Saturn learned that Im-sama had ordered the Five Elders to destroy the Revolutionary Army after a dream about the “Drums of Liberation.”
  • Garp and Sengoku discussed Lin Qi’s wedding, while Big Mom refused to send a congratulatory guest and Empress asked someone to write Lin Qi a letter.
  • Lin Qi’s lavish West Sea wedding took place with underworld leaders, Rayleigh, Gaban, Marco, and others attending instead of the guests from his previous wedding.
  • The wedding guard read congratulatory messages and gifts, including Rayleigh’s gift of himself.

Ch. 243They're All Gay

Lin Qi welcomed the guests at his wedding, where old friends and powerful figures gathered in the West Sea. The ceremony began with Lin Qi marrying Reiju, Tsunade, and Ino, while Hody’s muttered remark sparked rumors about Lin Qi and the Mermaid Princess.

  • Rayleigh and Gaban congratulated Lin Qi and dragged Marco away to catch up.
  • Enel helped the badly injured Moria into the wedding, while Perona scolded him and called Lin Qi a big bad guy.
  • The Five Kings of the Underworld arrived and tried to curry favor with Lin Qi after Stussy had been expelled.
  • Lin Qi’s wedding proceeded peacefully, and Reiju, Tsunade, and Ino walked down the aisle to join him.
  • Judge watched Reiju’s wedding with sadness, while Yonji and Ichiji complained that it was a hassle.
  • Hody muttered that he was glad he had not brought his little sister, prompting guests to speculate that Lin Qi was involved with the Mermaid Princess.

Ch. 244Strange Reiju

After marrying Reiju, Lin Qi learned that she had accepted the wedding to spare her father and avoid turning him against Lin Qi. Their wedding night ended in a clash and intimacy, and the next morning Reiju suddenly embraced her role as Lin Qi’s wife.

  • Reiju tried to attack Lin Qi on their wedding night, but he disarmed her and asked why she had married him.
  • Reiju explained that Judge had controlled her until shortly before the wedding and that she had gone through with it to avoid hurting her father or damaging his relationship with Lin Qi.
  • Reiju insisted she would stay with Lin Qi and prove her fighting ability, then kicked at him and spat a venom arrow that a small dragon swallowed.
  • Lin Qi carried Reiju into the inner room after stopping her attack, and they spent the night together.
  • The next morning, Reiju acted affectionately toward Lin Qi, offered to make breakfast, and declared that she was his wife from then on.

Ch. 245A Bottleneck Imposed by the World

After the Vinsmoke Family’s alliance with Lin Qi made them wanted, he sent Judge and Germa Kingdom into hiding in the West Sea and received Peak Level Five Marksmanship from the system. The system revealed that Lin Qi needed to exceed 500 meters in Candlelight Form to break the world’s Peak Level Five limit, and he resolved to shatter the world’s restrictions.

  • Reiju told Lin Qi that her IQ was 192, and he realized she had chosen to stay by his side after weighing the situation.
  • Lin Qi sent Judge and Germa Kingdom to the West Sea after the World Government wanted the Vinsmoke Family.
  • The system raised Lin Qi’s Marksmanship to Peak Level Five, and he used an AK47 to kill a Sea King from tens of thousands of meters away.
  • The system unlocked an advanced mission requiring Lin Qi to exceed 500 meters in Candlelight Form to break the world’s restrictions.
  • Lin Qi recalled how powerful figures had stalled at their limits and vowed to break the world’s shackles.

Ch. 246Sabo

Lin Qi learned that Dragon had been gravely injured and the Revolutionary Army headquarters destroyed by the Knights of God after a spy leaked its location. Sabo and Koala reached West Sea seeking Lin Qi’s protection, and Sabo begged him to save Dragon.

  • Mark told Lin Qi that Dragon was dead, and Lin Qi ordered an investigation into the Revolutionary Army.
  • Sabo and Koala arrived in West Sea and explained that a former Revolutionary Army prisoner had betrayed the headquarters’ location to the World Government.
  • Sabo described the attackers, and Lin Qi identified their leader as resembling an older Shanks and explained that the Knights of God were a powerful Celestial Dragon force.
  • Sabo recounted that Dragon had stayed behind to draw the Knights of God away and had sent Sabo and Koala to seek Lin Qi’s protection.
  • Lin Qi welcomed Sabo and Koala to West Sea and warned them that Dragon was unlikely to have survived.
  • Sabo knelt before Lin Qi and begged him to find a way to save Dragon.

Ch. 247Twins

Lin Qi took Sabo to the Revolutionary Army's devastated headquarters to search for Dragon, while Kuina and Tashigi joined the fight against the CP Agents. Kuina overwhelmed her opponents, but one enemy grabbed her ankle.

  • Sabo begged Lin Qi to help find Dragon, and Lin Qi agreed to take him after healing his injuries with his blood.
  • Lin Qi brought Sabo, Kuina, and Tashigi to the Revolutionary Army's headquarters, where CP Agents were killing survivors and searching for intelligence.
  • Sabo charged into the CP Agents and demanded to know where Dragon was, but was soon overwhelmed by their numbers.
  • Lin Qi sent Kuina and Tashigi into the battle to gain experience while he watched over them.
  • Kuina used her gravity powers and Wado Ichimonji to kill nearby CP Agents, but a CP Agent suddenly grabbed her ankle.

Ch. 248First Encounter with the Knights of God

Kuina and Tashigi defeated the CP Agents attacking them while Lin Qi confronted a member of the Knights of God and drove him off with his Conqueror’s Haki. After the island was cleared, Sabo and Lin Qi began searching the surrounding area for Dragon, who had apparently left the island.

  • Kuina fought off waves of CP Agents, and Tashigi arrived to repel their attacks and help her finish the battle.
  • Lin Qi faced a masked Knights of God swordsman, whose resolve broke when Lin Qi unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki.
  • The swordsman withdrew and met a fox-like woman, who mocked him for retreating from Lin Qi.
  • Sabo searched the island for Dragon but found no trace of him.
  • Lin Qi and Sabo decided to search around the island for Dragon, fearing he might be injured.

Ch. 249Tom and Jerry's Visit

Dragon reached Foosha Village badly wounded while fleeing pursuers, briefly met Luffy, and collapsed at Koshiro’s dojo. Meanwhile, Lin Qi and Sabo failed to find Dragon, and Tom and Jerry visited Hawk Eyes, who fed them before challenging Tom to show his progress.

  • Luffy trained in the mountains and gave his food to the injured Dragon, who warned him to protect himself before leaving to avoid drawing danger to him.
  • Dragon collapsed outside Koshiro’s dojo, and Koshiro carried him inside after finding no enemies nearby.
  • Lin Qi and Sabo searched for Dragon without success, then headed back as Lin Qi taught Kuina new ways to develop her abilities.
  • Tom and Jerry arrived at Hawk Eyes’s island with other animals, and Hawk Eyes welcomed them and prepared a meal.
  • After Tom and Jerry ate their fill, Hawk Eyes invited Tom outside to demonstrate his progress, making Tom drop his chopsticks.

Ch. 250Hawk Eyes vs. Jerry

Hawk Eyes fought Jerry to test his swordsmanship and showed how far Jerry still had to go compared with Tom. Jerry resolved to prove that mice could be as good as cats, and Hawk Eyes encouraged his determination.

  • Tom told Hawk Eyes that Jerry would challenge him instead, and Hawk Eyes agreed to test Jerry.
  • Jerry entered swordsman form, and Hawk Eyes advised him to forge his own path rather than imitate others.
  • Hawk Eyes effortlessly flattened Jerry with a tiny knife, and Tom pumped Jerry back into shape.
  • Jerry launched a three-rapier attack, but Hawk Eyes shattered the blades and chopped Jerry into tiny pieces before he healed.
  • Hawk Eyes told Jerry he lacked a Swordsman's Heart, and Jerry vowed to prove that mice were no worse than cats.

Ch. 251This Mouse Is About to Die

Jerry realized he had to rely on himself and challenged Hawk Eyes with a tiny firecracker that nearly overwhelmed him. After Hawk Eyes survived and repeatedly cut Jerry apart, Jerry used an Invisibility Potion to hide, but Hawk Eyes still detected him and attacked.

  • Jerry understood that constantly calling relatives for help kept him from growing, found his Swordsman's Heart, and vowed to fight alone.
  • Jerry lit Taffy's Firecracker and threw it at Hawk Eyes, whose explosion left him charred but alive.
  • Hawk Eyes blew Jerry's twelve-firecracker barrage into the air, then used Flying Slashes to chop Jerry into hundreds of pieces.
  • Jerry revived, drank an Invisibility Potion, and hid while Hawk Eyes recognized the invisibility as a Devil Fruit power.
  • Jerry prepared to use weapons from his coat, but Hawk Eyes sent a Flying Slash toward his hiding place.

Ch. 252Devil Shin-chan

Jerry used a growth potion to challenge Hawk Eyes, who repeatedly cut him apart before declaring him an Immortal Swordsman and leaving to spar with Tom another time. Meanwhile, Shinnosuke harassed World Government spy Roen until a crowd gathered around them, and Misae arrived as the confrontation continued.

  • Jerry grew to twenty meters and fought Hawk Eyes with an enormous rapier, but he regenerated from every injury.
  • Hawk Eyes named Jerry an Immortal Swordsman, then returned to the Ancient Castle and postponed his next spar with Tom.
  • Spy Roen tried to lose Shinnosuke in a crowd, but Shinnosuke caught up and followed him.
  • Roen bought Shinnosuke a ten-scoop ice cream, but Shinnosuke followed him again to repay him and teased him about dating.
  • Shinnosuke spilled ice cream on Roen and tried to clean him with a stinky sock, prompting Roen to slap him away and draw a crowd.
  • Misae heard the commotion, approached, and recognized Shinnosuke.

Ch. 253Sea Kings' Mortal Enemy

Shinnosuke accidentally exposed a World Government spy, leading to a mass arrest and earning the Nohara family recognition. Meanwhile, after three months of hunting in the Calm Belt, Lin Qi defeated a huge alliance of powerful Sea Kings and emerged from his final kill covered in blood.

  • Shinnosuke picked up Roen’s dropped spy certificate, and Security Team officers arrested Roen after Misae read it aloud.
  • The Security Team rewarded Shinnosuke for helping capture 112 spies, while his strange knack for exposing them became a legend across the West Sea.
  • Lin Qi returned to the West Sea after sending Kuina and the others home, then spent three months hunting Sea Kings in the Calm Belt.
  • Lin Qi fought five four-thousand-meter Sea Kings, sixteen three-thousand-meter Sea Kings, and dozens of two-thousand-meter Sea Kings for three days and nights.
  • Lin Qi killed the last four-thousand-meter Sea King and emerged from its body as the surrounding sea turned crimson.

Ch. 254Wind God Festival of Kuja

After choosing to destroy the Sabaody slave auction house, Lin Qi delayed his return to the Kingdom and traveled toward Amazon Lily, where the Kuja prepared for their annual Wind God Festival. His resort ship was intercepted by the Kuja Pirates, leaving Lin Qi aboard as the passengers surrendered.

  • Lin Qi grew to 394 meters after three months of devouring Sea Kings, then chose the system mission to crack down on slavery and destroy the Sabaody slave auction house.
  • Marguerite asked Hancock for permission to lead a team to sea for Amazon Lily’s Wind God Festival, and Hancock reluctantly approved.
  • Four days later, Lin Qi read news about Ace’s exploits aboard a resort ship bound near Amazon Lily.
  • The Kuja Pirates stopped the resort ship, and its security guards and passengers surrendered when they recognized the pirates’ flag.

Ch. 255Tie Him Up and Send Him to the Empress

Lin Qi let the Kuja Pirates capture him after they found him sunbathing aboard the Resort Ship. Marguerite decided to bring him to the Empress, and he was carried in a sedan chair onto Amazon Lily.

  • The Kuja Pirates boarded the Resort Ship and began rounding up its men, then found Lin Qi asleep on deck.
  • Three Kuja Pirates tied Lin Qi up and fought over him after he said he liked strong women.
  • Marguerite arrived, became flustered by Lin Qi’s looks, and ordered the others to take him to the Empress.
  • Lin Qi let the pirates carry him to Amazon Lily, where they placed a flower crown on his head and woke him at the island’s dock.

Ch. 256Turmoil on Amazon Lily

Lin Qi was kidnapped by Amazon Lily women who mistook him for a handsome suitor for Empress Hancock, and Hancock ordered him thrown into the Snake Pit. Grandma Snake recognized him as the Emperor of the West Sea just in time to stop the order, and Lin Qi demanded a price for the islanders’ actions.

  • Amazon Lily women brought Lin Qi to the palace in a sedan chair, believing he would please Empress Hancock.
  • Hancock rejected Marguerite’s suggestion, kicked her aside, and ordered Lin Qi thrown into the Snake Pit.
  • Grandma Snake recognized Lin Qi when she looked into the sedan chair and realized the women had brought a powerful ruler to the island.
  • Marguerite relayed Hancock’s order, but Grandma Snake stopped the women and urged them to pay their respects to Emperor Lin Qi.
  • The Amazon Lily women apologized, and Lin Qi said they would have to pay a price for interrupting his vacation and kidnapping him.

Ch. 257Empress

Lin Qi arrived on Amazon Lily, spared Grandma Snake and her people, and demanded that they search for his missing Devil Fruit and bring Hancock to him. When Hancock met Lin Qi, she felt an inexplicable bond and learned that he remembered her from ten years earlier, when Night Hawk had rescued her from slavery.

  • Lin Qi stopped Marguerite and two other female pirates from taking their own lives, then ordered Grandma Snake to search for his missing Devil Fruit and summon Hancock.
  • Grandma Snake warned Hancock that Lin Qi ruled the West Sea and reminded her that she had wanted to meet him after sending him a letter.
  • Hancock entered Lin Qi's room and found herself unusually calm and drawn to him, despite her usual hatred of men.
  • Hancock asked Lin Qi whether they had met before, and he recalled her as the Little Mud Doll he had seen ten years earlier.
  • Hancock connected Lin Qi's words to the year Night Hawk rescued her from slavery.

Ch. 258Identity Exposed

Lin Qi revealed to Hancock that he was Night Hawk, the man who had rescued her years earlier, and the two reunited after a decade apart. After Lin Qi kissed Hancock, she fainted from excitement, and Grandma Snake helped the others understand what had happened.

  • Lin Qi hinted at his identity by mentioning Hancock's earrings and then used Night Hawk's voice to convince her he was her rescuer.
  • Hancock embraced Lin Qi and admitted how much she had missed him, while Grandma Snake discovered the truth and quietly left them alone.
  • Grandma Snake decided to keep Lin Qi's identity secret and saw him as a potential backer for Amazon Lily.
  • Lin Qi kissed Hancock, and she fainted from excitement.
  • Amazon Lily's warriors rushed in with bows drawn, but Grandma Snake calmed them and said Hancock only needed rest.

Ch. 259Background

Lin Qi reached the Sabaody Archipelago after obtaining the Gale-Gale Fruit, where he reunited with Whitebeard and Rayleigh at Shakky’s bar. He revealed that he planned to destroy the slave auctions, and Rayleigh warned him that Doflamingo and Kaido were connected to them.

  • Grandma Snake gave Lin Qi a secret prescription and the Gale-Gale Fruit, then kept his Den Den Mushi so she could contact him when Snake Princess woke up.
  • Whitebeard and Rayleigh discussed Ace, and Whitebeard considered taking the young pirate in as his son.
  • Rayleigh told Whitebeard that Crocus was coming to examine him after Marco had asked for help.
  • Lin Qi arrived at Shakky’s bar, where Shakuyaku removed his bounty poster and Rayleigh offered to buy him a drink.
  • Lin Qi said he intended to destroy the Sabaody slave auctions, and Rayleigh warned that Doflamingo had Kaido backing him.

Ch. 260Rayleigh's Wild Stunt

Lin Qi and Whitebeard set out to destroy the Sabaody Auction House, while Rayleigh rushed ahead and sold himself so he could collect the money before the place was shut down. Rayleigh waited among the slaves as the auction began, with Mermaid Kami also held captive.

  • Lin Qi declared that he would shut down the Auction House, and Whitebeard joined him to protect Fish-Man Island and repay Jinbe.
  • Rayleigh decided to sell himself for fifty thousand Berries and used Geppo to reach the Auction House before Lin Qi and Whitebeard.
  • The Slave Manager accepted Rayleigh's offer, and Rayleigh collected the money before locking himself in the prison with the other slaves.
  • Rayleigh met Kami, a Mermaid who said she had been swallowed by sea beasts seventeen times and captured by bad guys twenty-six times.
  • The auction began, and the auctioneer presented ten chained, dark-skinned men to the jeering crowd.

Ch. 261Auctioning Rayleigh

Lin Qi bought Rayleigh at the auction while he and Whitebeard waited for the Celestial Dragons to arrive. The Celestial Dragons entered as the auction’s Mermaid centerpiece was about to be presented.

  • The auctioneer sold ten dark-skinned slaves for 880,000 Berries after the crowd rejected them.
  • Rayleigh’s bidding climbed toward a million Berries as wealthy older women and a greasy man competed for him.
  • Lin Qi bid 2 million Berries, bought Rayleigh, and told the staff he would pay after the auction; Rayleigh crushed his collar and joined Lin Qi.
  • Lin Qi and Whitebeard waited for the Celestial Dragons, planning for Whitebeard to act while Lin Qi negotiated with the World Government.
  • A CP Agent led Bogusheng, his wife, and their son into the auction, where the son demanded the Mermaid Kami.
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