Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi killed Morgan, warned Luffy about sparing enemies, and defeated Zoro with a tiny knife. He left after giving Luffy a recovery potion and reminding Zoro that he still owed him a condition.

• Lin Qi shot Morgan dead and warned Luffy that leaving mortal enemies alive could endanger his friends and villagers.
• Luffy introduced Lin Qi to Zoro, who challenged him after learning he knew Master Koshiro.
• Lin Qi defeated Zoro with a tiny knife, leaving him badly wounded and shaken by the gap in their strength.
• Zoro declared that he would never lose again until he became the World's Greatest Swordsman, and Luffy agreed to pursue the Pirate King title alongside him.
• Lin Qi gave Luffy a Type I Recovery Potion, reminded Zoro of his owed condition, and left after encountering Koby outside the tavern.

Lin Qi gained Garp’s Fist Bone Impact techniques after completing a mission, while Koby was left confused by Lin Qi’s sudden beating. Elsewhere, Urouge set out from Skypiea hoping to earn a place under Lin Qi, and Bege disguised his crew as merchants to avoid the powerful West Sea Navy.

• Lin Qi struck Koby, warned him against joining the Navy unless he abandoned his saintly habits, and left through a portal.
• Lin Qi received advanced Fist Bone Impact and mid-stage fourth-tier Fist Technique knowledge, then blasted half a Sea King’s head away.
• Urouge began his voyage from Skypiea, planning to make a name for himself before joining Lin Qi, whom he revered for saving his home.
• Bege ordered the Flame Tank Pirates to pose as an ordinary merchant ship until they left the West Sea, then told his crew to throw away their pirate flag.

Lin Qi confronted Buggy and his crew, who were terrified of the powerful pirate and obeyed his demands. After Lin Qi revealed Buggy’s past as an apprentice on Roger’s ship, Buggy stood up to him to defend Roger’s legacy, while his crew learned the truth about their captain.

• Buggy woke from a dream about Shanks, complained about being unable to swim, and ordered his crew to prepare a bombardment of the town.
• Lin Qi appeared behind Buggy, and Buggy and his crew recognized him and immediately knelt in fear.
• Lin Qi asked Buggy whether he minded being called Red Nose, and Buggy said he loved the nickname.
• Lin Qi criticized Buggy for falling behind Shanks and revealed that Buggy had been an apprentice on Roger’s ship.
• Buggy rose and demanded to know what Lin Qi wanted, while his crew reacted with shock at learning their captain’s past.

Buggy’s followers mistook his history with Shanks for proof that he had hidden strength, and Lin Qi took advantage of their misunderstanding to speak with him privately. Buggy agreed to make amends to the town and explained that Shanks had asked him to help a future Straw Hat-wearing boy, while his tangled feelings toward Shanks shaped how he treated Luffy.

• Buggy’s pirates praised him as Shanks’s equal, and Buggy pretended to be a powerful genius when they urged him to fight Lin Qi.
• Lin Qi called Buggy his friend in front of the pirates, then invited him into the cabin and told him to compensate the townspeople and stop bullying them.
• When Lin Qi asked about Shanks, Buggy recalled Shanks losing an arm and asking him to help train a future boy in a Straw Hat.
• Buggy angrily vowed to kill the Straw Hat Kid, but Lin Qi’s sword on the table startled him into apologizing.
• Lin Qi reflected that Buggy’s love-hate feelings toward Shanks explained why he spared Luffy, while Buggy’s repeated clashes with Luffy eventually left him unable to win.

Lin Qi ordered Buggy to defeat the arriving Straw Hat Kid without killing him, and Buggy fought Luffy and Zoro when they reached town with Nami. After Buggy’s crew defeated and captured Luffy and Zoro, Nami turned back to help them.

• Lin Qi told Buggy that Luffy was coming and ordered him to defeat the Straw Hat Kid but not kill him.
• Luffy and Zoro arrived in town and fought Buggy, Mochi, Riki, and Kajibi after Nami’s theft of Buggy’s treasure map had sparked the pursuit.
• Buggy exploited Luffy’s vulnerability to attack him from behind and knock him unconscious, while Mochi, Riki, and Kajibi overwhelmed and incapacitated Zoro.
• Buggy ordered his Pirates to treat Luffy and Zoro and take them away in a prison cart, while he considered how to free them without angering Lin Qi.
• Nami first decided to leave, then turned around and stealthily headed toward the prison cart because she could not abandon Luffy and Zoro.

Nami freed Luffy and Zoro from Buggy’s Pirates, but declined Luffy’s invitation to join his crew and sailed away with stolen treasure. Lin Qi watched from above, collected his mission rewards, and Luffy and Zoro were welcomed by the grateful Villagers after driving off the Pirates.

• Nami unlocked Luffy’s prison cart, and Luffy punched Buggy into the air after seeing his damaged straw hat; Buggy’s crew chased after his scattered body parts.
• Luffy freed the injured Zoro, and Nami said she had only helped because they were even before refusing Luffy’s invitation to join his crew.
• Nami sailed away with a sack of treasure while thinking about Lin Qi and her wish to leave the East Blue; Lin Qi watched her go and noticed the Ruby Brooch he had given her.
• Lin Qi received one thousand Gold Coins, a parchment with the Bara Bara no Mi recipe, and a Devil Fruit as mission rewards.
• Luffy and Zoro limped through town, and the Villagers came out to thank them, call a Doctor, and prepare a feast.

Lin Qi brought Brook, whom Moria had rescued from the Florian Triangle, to Reverse Mountain and reunited him with Crocus and Laboon. He fulfilled his promise to bring Brook back to the whale who had waited fifty years.

• Moria arrived at Lin Qi's garden with Brook, a living skeleton, and Brook asked Robin if he could admire her panties.
• Lin Qi recognized Brook and took him through a transport window to Reverse Mountain.
• Crocus learned that Brook was the friend Laboon had been waiting for, and Brook discovered that Laboon was still alive.
• Crocus called Laboon to shore, and Lin Qi reunited Brook with the enormous, scar-covered whale.
• Lin Qi reminded Laboon that he had promised to bring Brook back and explained that Laboon had stopped ramming the Red Line in return.

Lin Qi reunited Brook with Laboon, then traveled to Usopp’s village and confronted Kuro, the Black Cat Pirates’ captain who had been posing as Kaya’s butler. Usopp followed them to witness the fight and saw Kuro get struck down, leaving his plan to expose Kuro to Kaya in motion.

• Brook played “Binks' Sake,” prompting Laboon to recognize him, and the two reunited while Crocus watched tearfully.
• Lin Qi left Brook with Laboon and traveled alone to Usopp’s village, where the system offered him choices involving Usopp, Brook, and Kaya.
• Three children from the Usopp Pirates led Lin Qi to Usopp, who was carving a gift for Kaya, and Lin Qi then went to Kaya’s villa.
• Lin Qi summoned Kuro and told him to meet at a clearing, while Usopp secretly followed after seeing Kuro leave the villa with two cases.
• Kuro put on his Claw Gauntlets and attacked Lin Qi with Shadowless Step, but Usopp saw Kuro spit blood and fly backward.

Lin Qi interrogated the defeated Kuro about Kaya’s parents and learned that Kuro had murdered them while developing feelings for Kaya. He gave Usopp the chance to kill Kuro, but Usopp could not bring himself to do it, and Lin Qi left him beaten and trembling.

• Lin Qi confronted Kuro and forced him to confess that he had secretly killed Kaya’s parents.
• Kuro admitted he had grown attached to Kaya but still planned to kill her for the sake of his escape.
• Usopp charged out and attacked Kuro, then froze when he saw the blood and heard Kuro call him worthless.
• Lin Qi placed a dagger beside Usopp and urged him to kill the helpless Kuro.
• Usopp threw down the dagger and curled up in fear, so Lin Qi kicked him aside.

Lin Qi killed Kuro after Usopp failed to do so, then left the village to face the Black Cat Pirates with Luffy and Zoro. Later, Lin Qi learned that Teach had killed Thatch and that Ace was pursuing him, before he and Kuina visited the Sea Mountain Restaurant and asked Sanji to cook for them.

• Lin Qi killed Kuro, criticized Usopp for his cowardice, and told him that Luffy and Zoro would arrive to help the village.
• Luffy and Zoro arrived the next day, helped Usopp defeat the remaining Black Cat Pirates, and left with Kaya's ship, the Going Merry.
• Sasuke told Lin Qi that Teach had killed Thatch for the Dark-Dark Fruit and that Ace had set out to pursue Teach.
• Lin Qi agreed to send people to track Ace and reassured Sasuke that Mikoto was doing well.
• Lin Qi and Kuina visited the Sea Mountain Restaurant and requested a meal prepared by Sanji himself.
• Sanji began cooking with careful precision, and Patty slammed an iron pot over his head after hearing him complain about customers.

At Baratie, Kuina sent Sanji crashing through seven walls and into the water after he flirted with her, while Lin Qi revealed his identity to Zeff and explained he had come in peace. Luffy, Zoro, and Usopp arrived to find the restaurant in disarray, and Usopp mistook the damage for decoration.

• Sanji tried to charm Kuina, but she challenged him to withstand a slash from her dinner knife.
• Kuina struck Sanji with a Flying Slash that broke through seven walls and sent him into the water.
• Zeff recognized Lin Qi as the Pirate Killer, and Lin Qi assured him he had no intention of arresting the former pirates.
• Zeff blamed Sanji for offending Lin Qi, but Lin Qi stopped the cooks from punishing Sanji further.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Usopp entered Baratie, where Usopp mistook the wreckage for a fashionable decorating style.

Zoro reunited with Kuina at the Baratie and lost to her again, while Sanji fed the starving Arlong despite the danger. Lin Qi warned the restaurant that Arlong’s battered fleet would likely attack, leaving Zeff and the others to prepare for the Pirate Admiral’s return.

• Zoro recognized Kuina and learned she was with Lin Qi, whom he called his brother-in-law, then challenged her to a duel.
• Kuina defeated Zoro with a table knife, and Luffy and Usopp recognized Lin Qi as someone who had beaten them before.
• Arlong arrived at the Baratie starving and penniless, and Patty threw him out.
• Sanji brought Arlong seafood fried rice, prompting Arlong to promise he would repay him before leaving by boat.
• Lin Qi revealed that Hawk Eyes had devastated the Pirate Admiral’s fleet and warned that its surviving, hungry pirates would attack the Baratie.
• Zeff reacted to the news about Hawk Eyes, recalling his own strength and past voyage through the Grand Line.

As Krieg’s battered fleet reached the Baratie, Luffy and the chefs prepared to defend the restaurant, but Sanji and Zeff chose to feed the starving pirates instead. Krieg thanked them and left a sack of treasure, while Sanji sent Arlong back with food for the rest of the crew.

• Luffy, Usopp, and Zoro stayed at the Baratie to help, while Zoro and Sanji traded insults and challenged each other to a fight.
• Arlong’s battered ships approached the Baratie, and Patty prepared to fire the cannons before Sanji asked to hear Arlong out.
• Arlong paid for his earlier meal and asked Sanji to feed the hungry men aboard, insisting that Krieg would not attack the restaurant.
• Sanji went to cook, and Zeff ordered the chefs to serve the pirates despite Patty’s objections.
• Arlong brought the collapsing Krieg inside, and Krieg ate plate after plate before thanking the chefs and leaving them his treasure.
• Sanji gave Arlong a bundle of food to take back to the other men on the ships.

Krieg turned on Baratie after accepting its food, but Luffy and the others defeated his fleet. Hawk Eyes then arrived, dismissed Krieg, and drew Zoro into a challenge.

• Krieg fed his pirates, revealed his plan to attack Baratie, and forced Arlong to comply.
• Krieg's fleet attacked Baratie, where the cooks blamed Sanji until Zeff and others defended him.
• Sanji stood by his decision to feed the hungry and vowed to protect Baratie, while Luffy, Zoro, and Usopp joined him.
• Arlong opposed Krieg and was poisoned, but Luffy defeated Krieg and spared him after a hard battle.
• Hawk Eyes emerged from the fog, told Krieg he had deliberately let him survive, and announced he had found new amusement.
• Zoro ignored the others' attempts to stop him, approached Hawk Eyes, and pointed his sword at him.

Roronoa Zoro challenged Hawk Eyes and was decisively defeated, but earned the master swordsman's respect through his refusal to retreat. Kuina intervened before Hawk Eyes could deliver the final blow and challenged him herself.

• Zoro challenged Hawk Eyes to a duel, and Hawk Eyes blocked Zoro's strongest attacks with a tiny dagger.
• Hawk Eyes overwhelmed Zoro, who endured his attacks and refused to retreat even when facing death.
• Hawk Eyes drew his black blade and shattered Zoro's swords, but a shockwave from Kuina's sword stopped his final strike.
• Kuina arrived, caught Zoro as he passed out, and challenged Hawk Eyes to fight her.
• Hawk Eyes recognized Kuina as Celestial Star of the Twin Swordsmen and welcomed the new challenge.

Lin Qi let Kuina face Hawk Eyes in a swordsmanship trial, lending her Dragon Abyss for the fight. Kuina survived Hawk Eyes’s powerful strike, but he judged that a vast gap remained between them.

• Lin Qi arrived and greeted Hawk Eyes, then declined to fight and handed Dragon Abyss to Kuina.
• Kuina attacked Hawk Eyes with three sword techniques, but he deflected each one and warned her that she had one move left.
• Hawk Eyes answered with a massive Flying Slash that sent Kuina flying and nearly split the Baratie in half.
• Kuina used her Fruit ability to escape the slash and stood back up, while Zoro and the others watched in shock.
• Hawk Eyes ended the duel, acknowledged Kuina’s strength, and said she could serve as a deputy in a Four Emperors crew but remained far below him.

After Kuina gained years of swordsmanship experience, Luffy’s crew arrived in Orange Town and discovered the villagers were hiding from Fish-Men. Mr. Gen tried to shelter the crew as Kuroobi and the Fish-Men confronted the villagers.

• Hawk Eyes left after challenging Kuina and Roronoa Zoro to meet him in the New World, and Kuina departed with the others more determined to improve.
• Lin Qi gave Kuina a swordsmanship experience package, raising her skill from the initial stage of rank five to the advanced stage of rank five.
• Luffy’s crew reached Orange Town and found its streets deserted, while Mr. Gen warned them to leave before they were killed.
• Luffy startled Mr. Gen by pushing his head through a narrow crack in the door, then Usopp and Luffy helped him recover and explained themselves.
• When Kuroobi and several Fish-Men arrived, Mr. Gen pulled Luffy and the others inside to hide as hundreds of villagers gathered outside to confront them.

Luffy and his crew confronted Kuroobi and the Fish-Men while they collected protection money, but Nami drove them away and brought the crew home. At Bellemere’s house, Nami found Lin Qi speaking privately with her mother and burst in, demanding to know what he was doing.

• Kuroobi collected the villagers’ protection money and threatened them after Luffy and his crew came out of hiding.
• A Fish-Man struck Mr. Gen when he tried to protect the newcomers, and Luffy vowed to defeat the Fish-Men.
• Nami arrived and ordered Kuroobi and the Fish-Men out, and they left rather than risk Arlong’s anger.
• Nami scolded Luffy for challenging Arlong, then took him and the others home to meet Bellemere.
• Nami heard Lin Qi speaking with Bellemere inside the house, shoved the door open, and demanded to know what he was doing to her mother.

Lin Qi reunited with Nami, Nojiko, and Bellemere, explaining that he had given Bellemere a potion to treat the lasting effects of childhood malnutrition. After joining them for a meal, Luffy set out with Zoro and Sanji to defeat Arlong and free the villagers, while Lin Qi stopped them before they left.

• Nami returned home, mistook Lin Qi and Bellemere's embrace, and apologized after Lin Qi explained Bellemere's illness and the Longevity Potion.
• Nami welcomed Luffy, Usopp, Zoro, and Sanji inside, and they revealed they had met Lin Qi before.
• Bellemere left to buy groceries after feeling the potion's effects, while Nojiko returned and hugged Lin Qi before slapping Sanji into a wall.
• After eating, Luffy announced that he would defeat Arlong, and Zoro and Sanji joined him while Usopp stayed behind.
• Lin Qi called out to the departing trio, and they froze in place.

Lin Qi took Nojiko to Arlong Park to confront Arlong, while Luffy and his crew escaped and decided to challenge Arlong themselves to recruit Nami. The chapter ended with Arlong recognizing Lin Qi as Admiral Candlelight and panicking.

• Lin Qi showed Luffy his 30-million-Berry bounty, which falsely credited him with killing Morgan, then restrained Luffy and his crew and left Nami to watch them.
• Nami freed Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp, but they decided to return to Arlong Park and challenge Arlong to win her over.
• Lin Qi and Nojiko arrived at Arlong Park, where Lin Qi's Conqueror's Haki knocked out hundreds of Fish-Men and destroyed the surrounding walls.
• Lin Qi flew into Arlong Park with Nojiko, and Arlong recognized him as Admiral Candlelight and dropped his weapon in terror.