Recaps

Nami captured Vivi while confiscating Krieg’s property, and Vivi insisted she was a princess who had been forced to work as an arms dealer. Meanwhile, Garen reached level seven, gained a new sword-wave skill, and was left suspicious of Vivi’s familiar-sounding promise of repayment.

• Nami found Vivi and her Baroque Works subordinates with two cases of money and ordered them taken to the square.
• Vivi admitted she had arranged the arms deal with the Krieg Pirates but said she had no choice, and asked to speak with Garen privately.
• Garen used Demacian Justice to identify and kill corrupt pirate officers, completed his assessment of the laborers, and reached level seven.
• Garen drew Laurent's Eye of the Mind, tested its powerful sword wave, and discovered it could parry damage and crowd control for 0.75 seconds.
• Nami introduced Vivi to Garen as an arms dealer who claimed to be a princess, and Garen asked whether she planned to reward him with a noble title if he let her go.

Garen recognized Vivi as the princess of Alabasta and agreed to help her stop the rebellion and Baroque Works. After Baroque Works learned that the Krieg Pirates had been defeated, Miss Doublefinger set out to confront Garen.

• Garen recognized Vivi and learned that she had infiltrated Baroque Works as an undercover agent working to protect Alabasta.
• Vivi explained the kingdom’s rebellion and the criminal organization behind it, and Garen agreed to help despite Nami’s warning.
• Miss Doublefinger learned that Vivi had lost contact with Baroque Works and that Garen had defeated the Krieg Pirates.
• Miss Doublefinger dismissed Garen as a fraud and decided to go after him, while Mr. 1 remained behind for a covert assassination mission.

After defeating Krieg, Garen faced the question of what would happen to the sea and its people after he left. He decided to take over Krieg’s territory and lead it, while Nami agreed to join him.

• Dexter reported that Krieg’s forces had lost more than 550 pirates, held 3,022 captives, and still had over a thousand men across thirty-two territory islands; Garen vowed to purge the remaining islands.
• Garen suggested handing the captives to the Marines, but Dexter explained that Garen’s authority was the only thing keeping the region orderly and that it would fall back into pirate rule if he left.
• Dexter told Garen that heroes repeatedly defeated pirates but never stayed to protect ordinary people, prompting Garen to reconsider leaving Krieg’s territory behind.
• At a meeting with Dexter, Nami, Wallace, and ten laborer representatives, Garen announced that he would take over Krieg’s power and lead the sea.
• Nami worried that Garen would become a pirate or another tyrant, but Garen promised to use the organization for justice and persuaded her by pointing out that the territory needed a professional financial officer.

Smoker sailed to the former Krieg territory to investigate reports that Garen had taken control, fearing he had become a pirate. At the harbor, he found that Garen's forces treated the Marines as friendly allies and had turned former pirate grunts into legal employees through strict moral assessments and ideological training.

• Smoker changed course for the former Krieg territory after learning that Garen had taken control there, while Tashigi insisted that Garen could not have become a pirate.
• Smoker saw the harbor's large fleet flying Garen's white-and-gold flag, but ordered his Marines to prepare for battle before landing.
• Armed men on the docks shouted that the Marines had arrived, and Smoker rushed ahead after one of them aimed a musket at him.
• A junior officer struck the gunman, explained that he was a legal employee of Lord Garen, and made him apologize to Smoker.
• The junior officer explained that more than three hundred former pirate grunts had passed Garen's Greatsword Evil Detection Ceremony and described the organization's moral assessments and political study sessions.

Garen welcomed Smoker and Tashigi to his former pirate stronghold, where they saw his strict labor-reform system and learned he planned to improve it. Garen then tried to recruit them into a joint civilian-Marine force and pitched a broader League of Heroes.

• Smoker and Tashigi saw former pirates serving life sentences as labor-reform prisoners, and a junior officer explained that sentence reductions might be introduced once the system improved.
• Garen greeted Smoker and Tashigi at his office, and Smoker challenged him about leading an armed group that might become a pirate crew.
• Garen showed Smoker a flattering newspaper article by Wallace and argued that publicly promoting and practicing justice mattered more than private beliefs.
• Garen proposed joint military-civilian law enforcement and invited Smoker and Tashigi to serve as instructors, advisers, or commanders.
• Garen described his planned League of Heroes, a loosely organized civilian group with ranked members, missions, and benefits.

Garen persuaded Smoker to establish an East Blue military-civilian law enforcement partnership as the first step toward his League of Heroes. The new organization gained Marine support and adopted a shipping company as its official identity.

• Garen explained his ambition to build the League of Heroes, and Smoker questioned whether he could overcome the powerful enemies it would attract.
• Garen proposed a pilot partnership in the East Blue, and Smoker agreed to cooperate in fighting pirates and organized crime.
• Garen and Smoker arranged for Smoker and Tashigi to train and command Garen’s soldiers, while Garen’s forces pursued justice with Marine support.
• Smoker dismissed Tashigi’s concerns about regulations, and she accepted the role of chief instructor for Garen’s troops.
• Garen explained his plan to develop a shipping business and named the organization Demacia City-State Kingdom Shipping Logistics Express Company, shortened to Demacia Logistics.

Smoker returned to Loguetown with Garen’s donated warship while leaving Tashigi and thirty elite Marines with Demacia Logistics to train its recruits. Wallace negotiated a shipping partnership with his family, but his uncle Bogein also urged him to return to the Goa Kingdom and bring Garen to meet the family.

• Smoker brought Garen’s large warship, armed with Buggy Bomb artillery, back to Loguetown and left Tashigi and thirty elite Marines with Demacia Logistics.
• Wallace returned to his family estate in Loguetown to discuss expanding Demacia Logistics through his family’s shipping business.
• Bogein agreed to sell the family’s shipping division to Garen at a low price and said the family could invest in Garen’s growing power.
• Bogein told Wallace that his father had returned to the Goa Kingdom and demanded that Wallace take responsibility for his noble family.
• Bogein urged Wallace to bring Garen to the family headquarters for a formal meeting, and Wallace suspected his uncle was using business to lure him home.

Vivi faced Miss Doublefinger, who suspected her of betraying Baroque Works and demanded the organization’s money. Vivi kept up her cover by letting Miss Doublefinger believe Garen had made her his lover, while Miss Doublefinger refused to confront him directly.

• Miss Doublefinger entered Vivi’s office and threatened her with thorny vines, accusing her of betraying Baroque Works.
• Vivi pleaded that she had been forced to work for Garen and used tears to maintain her undercover act.
• Miss Doublefinger mistook Vivi’s changed appearance and embarrassed reactions as signs that Garen had made her his lover.
• Vivi claimed she had been waiting for Baroque Works to rescue her, but Miss Doublefinger said she had come to recover the organization’s money.
• Vivi suggested Miss Doublefinger confront Garen, but Miss Doublefinger refused because he had ties to a Logia colonel from Headquarters.
• Vivi protested that she would not help Garen and reluctantly called him a lecher.

Vivi lured Miss Doublefinger into the mansion’s backyard, where Garen was training by running across a lake. After Miss Doublefinger attacked them, Garen defeated her with his Greatsword and ability-suppressing Fatal Strike.

• Vivi led Miss Doublefinger through Krieg's former mansion, claiming the vault was guarded by man-eating crocodiles.
• Vivi opened a door onto the backyard lake, where Garen ran across the water, and called for him to save her.
• Miss Doublefinger tried to stab Vivi, but her attack was redirected toward Garen.
• Garen blocked Miss Doublefinger's thorn attacks with his Greatsword and identified her as a Thorn Fruit user.
• Garen's Fatal Strike silenced Miss Doublefinger's Devil Fruit ability, and he cut her down.
• Miss Doublefinger insulted Garen and Vivi as she lay dying, leaving Garen confused and Vivi blushing.

Garen killed Miss Doublefinger after learning that her partner, Mr. 1, was in the Goa Kingdom working for the Autluk Family. As Sterry ordered Mr. 1 to kill Wallace, Mr. 1 decided to carry out the mission while keeping open the option of fleeing if Garen proved too strong.

• Garen asked the dying Miss Doublefinger where her partner was, and she said he was in the Goa Kingdom working for the Autluk Family.
• Garen struck Miss Doublefinger with Demacia, briefly giving her hope before killing her and gaining a large amount of experience.
• At the Autluk residence, Sterry raged over Michael Wallace’s return and ordered Mr. 1 to kill him before the Kingdom ball.
• Mr. 1 agreed to follow Sterry’s orders until the ball was over, despite his dislike of the noble.
• Mr. 1 weighed the danger posed by Garen and decided to pursue Wallace, resolving to flee if he could not win.

Garen sailed to the Goa Kingdom with Nami and diverted to Foosha Village after spotting Vice Admiral Garp’s ship. Meanwhile, Wallace returned to the Royal Capital and learned his family had used rumors about Garen to influence the King and advance its plans for him to marry the princess.

• Nami enjoyed a break from her financial duties aboard the Dauntless Vanguard Saber and confirmed they were near Foosha Village.
• Garen spotted Vice Admiral Garp’s ship near the coast and decided to visit Foosha Village before heading to the Royal Capital.
• Garen told Nami to put on clothes before they docked.
• Wallace arrived ahead of Garen and was astonished to find the King, his father, and Uncle Bogein waiting to welcome him.
• The King praised Wallace as a match for his daughter, and Wallace realized his family had brought him back to compete for the princess’s hand.
• Bogein revealed that he had spread stories about Garen’s hidden family name, rare heirlooms, and indifference to money.

Bogein urged Wallace to marry the Goa Kingdom's princess, using rumors that Garen was a Celestial Dragon to strengthen the Michael Family's alliance. At the Autluk residence, Sterry learned the rumor had ruined his plans and decided to investigate Garen's connection to the Michael Family before moving against Wallace.

• Wallace accused Bogein of spreading rumors that Garen was a Celestial Dragon, and Bogein explained that the king feared the risk of offending one.
• Bogein warned Wallace that Sterry of the Autluk Family had eliminated two rivals and urged him to marry the princess to gain support for Garen and the Michael Family.
• Sterry learned that rumors identifying Garen as a Celestial Dragon had spread throughout the kingdom and ruined his plan to seize power.
• Sterry ordered Mr. 1 to kill Wallace eventually, but told him to wait while he investigated the Michael Family's connection to Garen.
• Sterry decided he might build a relationship with Garen and replace Wallace, while Mr. 1 watched him in disbelief.

Garen and Nami arrived at Makino’s tavern in Foosha Village, where Garen won the children’s admiration and drew them away from Luffy’s pirate dream and Buggy’s Marine example. He taught them his Five Great Knightly Vows, leaving the village children eager to become Knights of Justice.

• Buggy complained about Garp’s harsh training while Garp brought the bruised Luffy into Makino’s tavern and scolded him for wanting to become the Pirate King.
• Luffy insisted he would keep his promise to Shanks, while the children cheered for him and Garp lamented that they were being inspired to become pirates.
• A child praised Buggy’s Marine accomplishments, prompting Buggy to boast about defeating the Lord of the Coast; other children argued that becoming a Knight of Justice was cooler than joining the Marines or pirates.
• Garen and Nami arrived, and Garen’s armor and greatsword quickly won over children from the pirate and Marine factions.
• Nami explained to Garp that Garen was competing with pirates for the children’s future by spreading the Knight of Justice’s stories.
• Garen taught the children the Five Great Knightly Vows, including eating before leaving home, airing bedding, watching for vehicles, avoiding reliance on others, and playing barefoot.

Garen tried to persuade Luffy to become an adventurer called the King of Navigation instead of the Pirate King, then challenged him to a duel. Luffy lost and reluctantly repeated the new title, though he remained conflicted.

• Luffy excitedly grabbed Garen’s armor and asked him to become his companion when he set sail to become the Pirate King.
• Garen argued that Luffy was an adventurer rather than a pirate because he would not commit crimes, but Luffy refused to change his dream.
• Garp struck Luffy and dragged him away, insisting that his grandson would become a Marine.
• Garen stopped Garp and proposed that Luffy change his goal to becoming the King of Navigation, then offered a duel to settle the matter.
• Luffy accepted the challenge, but Garen defeated him in a few sword strikes, and Luffy reluctantly said he would become the King of Navigation.

Garen defeated Luffy in a duel, then discussed justice and the World Government with Garp, who warned him to build strength before making bigger moves. Garp later demonstrated Buggy’s Shave training, openly teaching its technique within Garen’s hearing.

• Garen quickly defeated Luffy by silencing his Rubber Fruit Ability, and Luffy shouted "King of Navigation" before vowing to reclaim the Pirate King title.
• Garen told Garp he saw Luffy as an adventurer rather than a pirate, prompting Garp to question how Garen viewed justice and the World Government.
• Garp praised Garen’s work in East Blue but warned him not to make bigger moves until he could escape Garp’s pursuit; Garen agreed to proceed cautiously.
• Garp asked Buggy to demonstrate Shave, and Buggy used his separated feet to move at extraordinary speed.
• Garp openly explained the Shave training method to Buggy, and Garen realized he was letting him learn it too, then asked Buggy to practice Geppo as well.

After receiving Garp’s instruction in Shave and Geppo, Garen set off with Nami for the Goa Kingdom, hoping to grow stronger by hunting enemies. Nami’s suggestion to travel overland gave Garen the idea to train in the forest behind Foosha Village.

• Garp taught Garen the principles of Shave and Geppo, but Garen realized his physical strength was not yet enough to use them.
• Garen decided to head for the Goa Kingdom to pursue MR. 1 and gain experience, and Garp warned him not to cause trouble among its nobles.
• Garen said goodbye to Garp and Luffy, who again vowed to reclaim the Pirate King title.
• Garen found Nami drinking at Makino’s tavern and preparing to travel to the Goa Kingdom with him.
• Nami suggested taking the land route through the forest, and Garen excitedly chose to hunt monsters there to level up.

Garen and Nami reached Uncertainty Terminal, where Goa Kingdom's discarded poor fought over garbage while the city’s residents drove them back with weapons. Nami warned Garen not to provoke the kingdom, but he had already disappeared.

• Garen hunted giant beasts in the forest, sparing a huge tiger but killing a giant crocodile for experience.
• Nami guided Garen toward the Royal Capital and told him the unmapped area ahead was neither forest nor city.
• Garen recognized the area as Uncertainty Terminal, where Goa Kingdom dumped its garbage and the people it considered inferior.
• Nami saw scavengers fight over incoming garbage while city residents beat them away, and she realized why Garp had warned Garen to stay calm.
• Nami urgently warned Garen that provoking Goa Kingdom would make him a wanted criminal, then discovered he had vanished.

Garen charged in to stop the fighting between the border-town townspeople and the scavengers, but both groups mistook him for a noble and knelt before him. The townspeople believed Garen was a Celestial Dragon traveling incognito and promised not to reveal his identity.

• Nami saw Garen charge toward the crowd and followed him despite worrying that they would become wanted criminals.
• Garen roared at the townspeople and scavengers to stop, but the townspeople recognized his appearance and knelt before him.
• The scavengers followed the townspeople's example and also knelt before Garen.
• Nami caught up with Garen, and neither of them understood why everyone had bowed to him.
• A townsman called Garen a noble, and another reminded him that Garen was supposedly hiding his identity.
• The leading townsman assured Garen that he would not reveal that Garen was a Celestial Dragon.

Garen learned that Goa Kingdom's nobles used pirates to keep scavengers trapped in Uncertainty Terminal, and he decided to end the system. He announced that Demacia Logistics was hiring, offering the scavengers food, lodging, and wages.

• Garen ordered the Royal Capital commoners to become scavengers, and they accepted without resisting.
• An elderly scavenger explained that pirates working for Goa Kingdom's nobles killed people who tried to escape by sea.
• Garen grew furious and announced that he would make Uncertainty Terminal history.
• Garen climbed a garbage hill and offered the scavengers work through Demacia Logistics, with food, lodging, and wages.

Garen recruited scavengers in Goa Kingdom by offering them work and protection, then encountered King Sali Scarlet, who mistook him for a Celestial Dragon. Garen exploited the misunderstanding to secure the scavengers' freedom and traveled to the Royal Capital, where Wallace was waiting.

• Garen advertised jobs with Demacia Logistics, drawing many scavengers who saw the offer as a chance to leave Goa Kingdom safely.
• Garen and Nami left the recruitment site and met King Sali Scarlet, who welcomed Garen as a Celestial Dragon.
• Garen played along with the king's assumption and demanded that the scavengers be given to him as slaves rather than executed.
• King Sali Scarlet arranged a luxurious carriage for Garen and Nami and told him that Wallace was waiting in the Royal Capital.
• Garen dismissed King Sali Scarlet from the carriage, while the king assured a skeptical attendant that Garen showed the true bearing of a world noble.

Garen entered the Goa Kingdom’s palace disguised as a Celestial Dragon, helping the Michael Family gain royal favor while learning that Sterry and the Autluk Family were their rivals. Princess Sally Nanderkanet approached Garen and asked whether he was officially married, leaving Nami, Bogein, and Wallace stunned.

• Garen arrived at the palace with Nami in his arms and acted like an entitled Celestial Dragon, impressing the nobles and strengthening Wallace’s standing.
• Bogein admitted that the Michael Family had used Garen’s name to build influence and offered him its shipping division, recruitment support, and future talent in return for his backing.
• Bogein identified Sterry of the Autluk Family as a ruthless rival who had arranged assassinations, and Garen recognized Sterry as Sabo’s adopted brother.
• Princess Sally Nanderkanet approached Garen and asked whether he was officially married, prompting dark expressions from Nami and Bogein and a green face from Wallace.

Garen humiliated Princess Nande Kaneto while posing as a Celestial Dragon, then allowed Wallace to marry her and spared her from becoming a slave wife. Afterward, Garen said he would deal with Sterry and asked Bogein for a gun to give him.

• Garen rejected Princess Nande Kaneto's request to become his legitimate wife and cruelly threatened to make her a slave wife.
• The old king ordered Nande Kaneto to apologize, while Sterry silently watched her humiliation.
• Wallace pleaded for Nande Kaneto and declared that he loved her, so Garen granted Wallace permission to marry her.
• Garen and his companions left the palace, and Bogein warned Wallace that Sterry was dangerous.
• Garen dismissed Bogein's offer to handle Sterry and asked whether he had brought a gun, saying it was for Sterry.

Garen tricked Sterry into shooting him, then used Taunting Shout to make Sterry fire again and wound the king and prince. As the guards closed in, Sterry called for his hired assassin, and a bald man emerged from the crowd.

• Garen concealed Bogein’s miniature pistol and welcomed Sterry’s attempts to curry favor.
• Garen handed Sterry the pistol and taunted him into firing; the bullets could not penetrate Garen’s armor.
• Garen accused Sterry of attempting to assassinate him, and the king and prince condemned Sterry.
• Garen used Taunting Shout again, causing Sterry to fire wildly and wound the king and prince.
• The king ordered the guards to kill Sterry, who called for his hired assassin; a bald man emerged from the crowd.

Mr. 1 cut through the nobles and guards who tried to stop Sterry, then faced Garen as they attempted to escape. Garen wounded Mr. 1 by silencing his Devil Fruit ability and revealed his own resilience, leaving Mr. 1 armored in blades and ready to continue the fight.

• Mr. 1 killed dozens of attackers and led Sterry through the palace guards toward an exit.
• Garen blocked their path, and Mr. 1 threatened him with a blade formed by his Dice-Dice Fruit ability.
• Garen used his speed to clash with Mr. 1, then silenced his Devil Fruit ability and struck a deep wound across his abdomen.
• Mr. 1's blade cut into Garen's neck, but Garen remained unfazed, shocking Mr. 1.
• Mr. 1 activated his Devil Fruit at full power and covered himself in blades to guard against Garen's silence ability.
• Garen compared Mr. 1's blade-covered body to the Dead Bone Pulse and shouted, "Demacia!"

Garen defeated Mr. 1, gained a level, and discovered that his new Justice Rage skill surrounded his sword with holy flames. After the old king died and the prince remained unconscious and poisoned, attention turned to Princess Nande Kaneto and her fiancé Wallace as possible heirs.

• Garen used Demacian Justice and continued fighting Mr. 1 until he killed him with a modified Laurent's Eye of the Mind, reaching Level 8 and gaining Justice Rage.
• Garen tested Justice Rage and found that it covered his greatsword in powerful holy flames, impressing and frightening the gathered nobles.
• The old king's guards captured Sterry, while the old king accused him of attacking Garen and the royal family.
• Sterry revealed that he had poisoned the old king and prince to seize the throne, and the old king collapsed and died shortly afterward.
• With the prince unconscious and poisoned, the nobles turned their attention to Princess Nande Kaneto and Wallace, who supported his fiancée.