Chapter Summaries

Alvida struggled to keep her pirate crew afloat as Demacia Company’s crackdown and rising weapon prices squeezed East Blue’s pirates. Meanwhile, Koby and Helmeppo encountered a swordsmanship textbook, and Helmeppo’s new resolve to serve justice led him to fight his fugitive father, Axe-Hand Morgan.

• Alvida paid her dissatisfied lackeys a meager share of the spoils and kept the money to fund her crew.
• Koby picked up a discarded copy of “Swordmaster: From Beginner to Mastery” and recognized Garen’s emblem.
• Joseph welcomed Helmeppo as a qualified Demacia soldier and gave him the swordsmanship textbook.
• Helmeppo returned home and found Axe-Hand Morgan robbing him for money.
• Helmeppo drew his sword against Morgan, but Morgan defeated him and took his valuables.
• Morgan noticed Helmeppo’s copy of “Swordmaster: From Beginner to Mastery” and showed interest in it.

Garen accompanied Kentucky to Swallow Island to recover stolen Germa 66 cloning materials, but found the lab ransacked and the research gone. He decided to draw Germa 66 to them by reopening Kentucky's restaurant, where Enel ended up working the counter.

• Garen, Nami, Kentucky, and Enel visited Kentucky's former shop on Swallow Island, where Nami quickly found the entrance to the underground secret room.
• Kentucky discovered that the lab equipment and cloning materials had been destroyed or taken, leaving a threatening note from Germa 66.
• Garen touched the note's pink lip print, which spread across the paper and caused his Health Bar to drop before he crushed it.
• Kentucky admitted he had no backup of the research, but Garen decided to make Germa 66 come to them by reopening the restaurant.
• The next day, Kentucky Fried Chicken advertised its reopening across the island, and Enel worked behind the ordering counter.

Enel struggled to serve noisy children at Kentucky Fried Chicken while Garen enforced the rule that customers were gods. Kentucky reunited with Trafalgar Law and his companions, and Garen recognized them before Penguin and Shachi ordered huge amounts of food after seeing him pull Nami into his lap.

• Enel frightened a group of children with his glare and electricity, then used harmless sparks to entertain them and take their orders.
• Bepo, Shachi, Penguin, and Trafalgar Law arrived, and Nami learned that the talking white bear was a local regular.
• Kentucky recognized Law and his companions as former regulars, and Bepo excitedly welcomed Kentucky back after hearing he had been kidnapped.
• Garen watched Law's group and told Nami he had not expected to meet them there, but he did not explain further.
• Garen pulled Nami onto his lap to eat with him, prompting Penguin and Shachi to order dozens of family buckets from Enel.

Law and his friends learned that the Polar Tang was nearly ready, but the Donquixote Family had begun searching for him. At Garen’s fried chicken shop, a dispute over Nami and a gang’s extortion attempt led Garen to reveal his strength, leaving Law’s group stunned and uneasy.

• Law told Penguin, Shachi, and Bepo that the Polar Tang was nearly finished and that the Donquixote Family had found his trail.
• Penguin and Shachi asked for Nami to deliver their fried chicken, prompting Garen to confront them over their demand.
• A gang boss threatened Garen with a compensation demand over the shop’s family bucket and Colonel Chicken Nuggets.
• Garen claimed he was a retired Marine colonel and used Shave to beat the gang members and throw them out.
• Law, Penguin, Shachi, and Bepo admitted they could not follow Garen’s movements, and Garen turned his attention back to them.

Garen defeated Luo and his companions, then recruited them to work for him rather than handing them over to Doflamingo. The next day, Luo used his Op-Op Fruit powers to prepare chicken in the shop kitchen.

• Penguin, Shachi, Bepo, and Luo tried to leave, but Garen stopped Penguin and Shachi and revealed that Luo was his real target.
• Luo used Room: Takt to cut Garen's arms, but the attack failed against Garen's data-based body, and Garen quickly defeated Luo and sealed his ability.
• Enel transformed into lightning and struck Bepo, who transformed into Volibear and endured the attack.
• Luo surrendered and offered to go with Garen to Doflamingo, but Garen explained that he was not allied with the Donquixote Family and recruited Luo and his companions instead.
• Garen told Luo to start at the grassroots level, and the next day Luo used his Devil Fruit powers to sort, coat, and fry chicken in the kitchen.

Diamante, Baby 5, and Buffalo arrived at Kentucky Fried Chicken to capture Law, but Garen kept them at bay while Baby 5 was drawn into helping Kentucky mop. Outside, Reiju concluded Kentucky was tied to the Donquixote Family, and Yonji stormed into the shop, prompting Diamante to mistake Germa 66 for Law’s new backing.

• Diamante, Baby 5, and Buffalo entered Kentucky Fried Chicken seeking Law, who Garen said had gone out to buy ingredients.
• Baby 5 searched the kitchen, then began mopping when Kentucky asked her to, while Garen told his staff to wait for Law’s return.
• Reiju and Yonji watched from outside, and Reiju decided Kentucky had gained protection from the Donquixote Family.
• Yonji charged through the glass door and attacked Diamante, who realized Law apparently had Germa 66 backing him.

Reiju fought Buffalo and baby-5 while Yonji battled Diamante, as Garen watched from the wrecked fried chicken shop. Reiju defeated Buffalo and turned back toward baby-5, while Garen finished off the unconscious Buffalo after he landed nearby.

• Yonji and Diamante exchanged fierce blows, while Reiju blocked Buffalo and baby-5 from joining the fight.
• Diamante ordered Buffalo and baby-5 to fight Reiju as he continued battling Yonji.
• Garen watched Reiju fight and asked Nami to bring out the shop’s remaining cola and fries.
• Buffalo and baby-5 launched their spinning missile attack, but Reiju dodged the explosion and struck Buffalo with a venomous kick.
• Buffalo fell unconscious in front of Garen, who finished him off and then watched Reiju turn toward baby-5.

Reiju defeated Baby 5, while Garen killed Buffalo and revealed that the Donquixote Family had mistaken Kentucky for an ally. As Diamante and Baby 5 fled, they ran into Luo and Yonji, and Baby 5 told Doflamingo that Germa 66 was sheltering Luo.

• Reiju defeated Baby 5, and Diamante ordered her to retreat with him while Yonji chased after them.
• Reiju found Buffalo dead beside Garen, who admitted killing him and explained that the Donquixote Family had come looking for trouble.
• Garen told Enel to follow Reiju, while Luo headed back toward the fried chicken shop and encountered Diamante and Baby 5.
• Diamante attacked Luo, but Yonji arrived and began fighting him, making Diamante believe Luo had joined forces with Germa 66.
• Baby 5 answered Doflamingo's call and reported that the mission had failed, Buffalo was likely dead, and Germa 66 was sheltering Luo.

Yonji and Reiju attacked the Donquixote Family while seeking Luo, and Doflamingo ordered his forces to retreat after learning Germa 66 was involved. Yonji defeated Diamante, then boasted to Reiju that he had openly challenged Doflamingo, leaving her alarmed by the danger he had created.

• Doflamingo confirmed through Diamante that Germa 66's Reiju and Yonji were attacking, then ordered Diamante and Baby 5 to abandon the mission and retreat.
• Yonji taunted Doflamingo over the Den Den Mushi and refused to yield the person he wanted, prompting Doflamingo to threaten Germa 66 before hanging up.
• Diamante tried to break away with his Bullfighting Scepter, but Yonji trapped his sword with his cape and seized him with an extending technological glove.
• Yonji swung Diamante through buildings and into the ground, knocking him unconscious, then turned his attention toward Baby 5.
• Reiju arrived and found Diamante down; Yonji told her he had insulted Doflamingo and declared war, nearly making Reiju faint with alarm.

Garen stopped Yonji from attacking baby-5, recruited her as his subordinate, and demanded Germa 66's cloning technology from Reiju and Yonji. Reiju and Yonji fled into the sky, where they encountered Golden Lion Shiki and realized he might help them against Garen.

• Yonji attacked baby-5, but Garen caught his fist and blasted him away with a lightning-and-flame-powered sword strike.
• Garen asked baby-5 to become his subordinate, and she eagerly agreed.
• Garen revealed that he wanted Germa 66's cloning technology, but Reiju refused to surrender it.
• Reiju and Yonji used their battle suits to fly away from Swallow Island and believed they had escaped Garen.
• Reiju and Yonji encountered Golden Lion Shiki in the sky, and Reiju recognized his hatred of Garen as a possible opportunity.

Reiju and Yonji led Golden Lion to Garen, hoping to use their clash to reach Kentucky, but Golden Lion revealed he was working with Garen and helped capture them. Garen demanded Germa’s Cloning Technology, and when they refused, he sent Enel to begin torturing them.

• Reiju told Golden Lion that Garen was on Swallow Island, and Golden Lion insisted that she and Yonji take him there.
• Golden Lion carried Reiju and Yonji back to Swallow Island on a floating rock, where they found Garen and his companions, including Kentucky.
• Reiju offered to help Golden Lion fight Garen, but Golden Lion used his Float-Float Fruit to trap her and Yonji in rock while Garen held his sword to their necks.
• Reiju realized that Golden Lion and Garen were working together, and Golden Lion admitted he had warned her about Garen’s deceitful methods.
• Garen demanded Germa’s Cloning Technology, but Yonji refused to betray Father, so Garen ordered Enel to take them away for torture.

Garen interrogated Reiju and Yonji about their father and Germa, then revealed he intended to recruit Germa 66 rather than kill them. Reiju tried to seize the initiative by poisoning Garen through a kiss, leaving their next move uncertain.

• Garen killed Diamante after asking him an unanswerable question, then had Golden Lion hide the body.
• Garen questioned Reiju and Yonji about their father, while Enel electrocuted Yonji to pressure Reiju.
• Reiju refused to reveal Germa's secrets because she believed Garen would kill her and Yonji to conceal what they knew about him and Golden Lion.
• Garen said he wanted to recruit Germa 66 and its scientists, but Reiju remained distrustful and considered using her poison against him.
• Reiju asked Garen to lean close, then kissed him to deliver poison and regain the upper hand.

Reiju tried to poison Garen into revealing where her father was, but he resisted the venom and turned the confrontation to his advantage. After threatening Yonji with Enel’s electric shocks and revealing that Sanji was in his custody, Garen secured Reiju’s promise to cooperate, though she could not guarantee her father would let her return to Germa 66 headquarters.

• Reiju injected Garen with deadly venom and demanded that he let her and Yonji leave safely, but Garen revealed that he had resisted the poison.
• Garen ordered Enel to increase Yonji’s electric shocks until Reiju agreed to cooperate.
• Reiju explained that Germa 66’s headquarters moved across the seas and that she needed to contact her father to learn its location.
• Garen threatened Reiju with the news that Sanji was in his hands, convincing her to cooperate fully.
• Garen asked Reiju for her Den Den Mushi so she could call her father, but she did not answer.

Garen learned that Judge planned to prepare Germa 66 for war against the Donquixote Family and decided to take his crew to the New World. As the group set out, Nami noticed a smear of pink on Garen’s lips and confronted him about what he had done in the secret chamber.

• Judge accused Reiju and Yonji of provoking Doflamingo, and Reiju lied that the Donquixote Family had tried to steal Germa’s cloning technology through Dr. Kentucky.
• Reiju told Judge that Yonji had been badly injured and was unconscious, prompting Judge to declare war on Doflamingo and order her to reach the New World within twenty days.
• After Judge ended the call, Garen learned that Germa’s giant snails could reach the New World in about twenty days and decided to go there himself.
• Garen freed Reiju, then left the secret chamber with her and Enel while Golden Lion carried the chained Yonji.
• Garen told Nami to steer the crew toward the entrance to the New World near Holy Land Mariejois, and Nami found a vivid pink smear on his lips.

Garen and his crew traveled toward the New World, while Reiju reflected on her life beyond Germa and grew uneasy when Garen planned to leave her behind. A call for help prompted Garen to head out alone, saying the destination was only twenty thousand meters away.

• Nami collapsed from poison left on Garen's lips, and Reiju detoxified her by sucking the venom from her mouth; Nami then believed Garen had been forced into kissing Reiju.
• Five days later, Garen, Nami, Reiju, and the others reached the Red Line aboard the airship, while Golden Lion trained Enel, Luo, Bepo, Baby 5, and the others on the giant snail's back.
• Garen joked about dropping the giant snail on Holy Land Mariejois, and Reiju realized he was no model Shichibukai and suspected he had been involved in the Celestial Dragons' deaths at Sabaody.
• Garen asked Reiju to suggest somewhere fun to visit, but she refused to go ashore because her early arrival might make her father suspicious; Garen said he and Nami could go without her.
• Garen received a call asking for help, promised to arrive soon, and left the airship alone despite Nami's concern, saying his destination was twenty thousand meters away.

Smoker and Tashigi stopped at Fish-Man Island on their way to G-5, where Tashigi learned that Hody Jones’s New Fish-Man Pirates idolized Arlong. After Tashigi revealed that she and Smoker had killed Arlong, Fish-Man District extremists confronted them, then messengers reported that Navy soldiers were attacking Ryugu Palace.

• Smoker and Tashigi arrived at Fish-Man Island aboard their Sea Stone Warship for a bubble-coating inspection.
• Tashigi questioned a Ryugu Palace official about the hostile fish-men, who explained that Hody Jones and the New Fish-Man Pirates ruled Fish-Man District and worshiped Arlong.
• Tashigi revealed that she and Smoker had been the Navy officers who defeated the Arlong Pirates in the East Blue.
• Fish-Man District extremists confronted Tashigi, and Smoker stepped in to protect her as Ryugu Palace guards moved between them.
• Ryugu Palace messengers arrived and announced that Navy soldiers were attacking the palace.

Shiliew of the Rain and a band of escaped Level Six prisoners went to Fish-Man Island’s Sea Forest to steal a Poneglyph and offer it to Kaido and Big Mom. After killing the Ryugu Palace patrol that discovered them, Shiliew agreed to join Fix in attacking Ryugu Palace, leaving the fugitives poised to escalate their violence.

• Shiliew led Fix and the other escaped prisoners to the Sea Forest, where Fix guided them to the Poneglyph he knew was hidden there.
• Shiliew explained that he wanted the Poneglyph as a gift to win protection from Kaido and Big Mom while the Marines pursued them.
• The prisoners took the Poneglyph toward their stolen warship, but a Ryugu Palace patrol recognized Fix and discovered their theft.
• Shiliew killed the patrol leader and slaughtered the remaining soldiers before Fix urged him to attack Ryugu Palace for revenge against Neptune.
• Shiliew rejected Fix’s provocation but agreed to kill more people, and the group set out aboard their warship to give the Marines trouble as well.

Neptune’s fears about the navy reaching Fish-Man Island came true when Fix and Shiliew of the Rain led an attack on Ryugu Palace, leaving Neptune’s older sons defeated and a riot spreading across the island. Neptune sent Fukaboshi to rescue Shirahoshi, who eagerly agreed to leave the Hard-Shell Tower with him.

• Neptune worried that Fish-Man Island was too weak to withstand the navy and considered strengthening the royal family by taking in a son-in-law.
• Fukaboshi reported that a navy warship had destroyed the Sea Forest patrol and was advancing on Ryugu Palace.
• Neptune and Fukaboshi found the warship at the palace gates, where Fix arrived with Sharks and Ryuboshi captured and unconscious.
• Shiliew of the Rain revealed that the attackers were not marines, while the false navy attack sparked a riot between fish-men and humans across the island.
• Neptune ordered Fukaboshi to take Shirahoshi to safety, and Fukaboshi reached the Hard-Shell Tower and invited her to go swimming in the deep sea.

Fix captured Neptune and two of his sons and pursued Shirahoshi and Fukaboshi into the deep sea. Garen, trying to reach Fish-Man Island to answer Tashigi’s distress call, followed Nami’s directions but crashed into a huge, soft object and got stuck.

• Shiliew’s prisoners defeated Neptune’s guards, and Fix chained Neptune, Sharks, and Ryuboshi while the others went to take Ryugu Palace’s treasure.
• Fix learned that Shirahoshi and Fukaboshi had gone to Hard-Shell Tower, then dragged his captives after them and threatened Neptune’s children.
• Fukaboshi led Shirahoshi away from Fish-Man Island into the dark deep sea, refusing to explain and urging her to swim faster.
• Garen struggled to find Fish-Man Island underwater and used Golden Lion to relay directions from Nami.
• Following Nami’s directions toward an undersea pit, Garen plunged down and became stuck in a huge, soft object.

Garen encountered Princess Shirahoshi and Fukaboshi fleeing through the deep sea, learned Ryugu Palace was likely caught up in Fish-Man Island’s unrest, and offered to help them. Their pursuer Fix arrived with Neptune and another merfolk captive in chains, and Garen faced him.

• Garen used Golden Lion to relay a misleading description of Shirahoshi to Nami, who became worried for his safety.
• Garen recognized Shirahoshi and Fukaboshi, learned they were fleeing trouble, and offered to guide them to Fish-Man Island and help resolve the unrest.
• Garen introduced himself as a knight who protected princesses, prompting Shirahoshi to recognize the kind of knight from fairy tales.
• Fix caught up with the siblings while dragging Neptune and another merfolk in chains, challenged Garen, and was stunned when Garen waved at him.