Chapter Summaries

After the Arlong Pirates were defeated, Tashigi mistook Garen’s words and gestures for profound swordsmanship instruction and resolved to look beyond famous blades. Smoker prepared to leave and pursue corruption in the East Blue Marines, while Nami offered him oranges as thanks.

• Tashigi emerged from her meditation and asked Garen to teach her the secret art of Ichi Style.
• Tashigi interpreted Garen’s silence and dropped Greatsword as lessons about insight and conviction, and Garen let her believe she had understood him.
• Akin accused Garen of flirting with Tashigi, while Nami insisted that Garen was not her boyfriend.
• Smoker announced that his Marines would leave to investigate corruption in the sixteen East Blue branches he had uncovered.
• Nami thanked Smoker and offered to bring him oranges from her home before he departed.

After Smoker’s Marines departed Cocoyasi Village, Garen and Wallace discussed the Knight of Justice image Wallace planned to build around him. Nami realized Arlong’s stolen money was still in his base, while Smoker quietly made sure it would be left for the villagers.

• Smoker told Garen he doubted the idea of a power of justice but acknowledged Garen’s actions and urged him not to lose his way.
• Tashigi thanked Garen for his swordsmanship guidance, and Garen praised her while Wallace recorded an embellished account of their exchange.
• Wallace explained that he wanted to portray Garen as a Knight of Justice, and Garen agreed to keep playing the role.
• As Nami returned home with Garen, she realized Arlong’s stolen money was still inside Arlong Park.
• A former adjutant told Smoker about the money, but Smoker rejected his attempt to claim it, and Tashigi noted that it belonged to the villagers.

Garen, Nami, and Wallace searched Arlong Park after the Marines destroyed it, and Cocoyasi Village’s residents reclaimed Arlong’s stolen wealth. Nami confronted the maps she had been forced to draw, but Wallace revealed their value, so she decided to keep them instead of burning them.

• Nami gathered Cocoyasi Village’s residents to recover Arlong’s treasure, and they inventoried it to divide among all the villages he had robbed.
• Garen criticized the villagers for relying on Nami, and Nami explained that they had fought the fish-men to rescue her and that the stolen money belonged to them.
• Nami led Garen and Wallace to the room filled with maps she had drawn under Arlong’s threats, and Garen offered to burn them to spare her pain.
• Wallace examined the maps and praised their detailed nautical information, then offered to connect Nami with people who could use them to support a shipping company.
• Nami changed her mind about destroying the maps and stepped in front of them as Garen returned with a torch.

Garen and Wallace prepared to leave Cocoyasi Village, and Nami joined them after challenging Garen to explain his dream. As their boat sailed into the open sea, Garen said their next destination was to cut down a man with five thousand experience points under his command.

• Garen told Nami it was time to leave, but she questioned whether she had officially joined his crew and asked him what his dream was.
• Garen admitted he had no dream and asked Nami to sail with him because he did not know how to sail.
• Garen waited at the dock with Wallace, and the boat drifted out when a strong gust tore its mooring rope.
• Nami arrived with her luggage, and the wind blew Garen's boat back toward the dock before she boarded and took charge of the sails.
• As the boat left Cocoyasi Village, Garen told Nami he wanted to cut down a man with five thousand experience points under his command.

Garen decided to challenge Krieg and asked Nami to navigate for him, while news of the East Blue Knight drew the attention of Shanks, Mihawk, and Baroque Works. Vivi was sent to complete a mission alone in the East Blue, where she wondered what would happen if she met Garen.

• Garen told Nami he intended to take on Krieg and persuaded her to navigate for him by arguing that Krieg's five thousand men threatened far more people than Arlong's crew had.
• Wallace read a newspaper report celebrating Garen's defeat of the Arlong Pirates and his growing reputation as the Knight of Justice.
• Shanks recognized Buggy in a newspaper article and told Mihawk that Buggy had been his friend and fellow apprentice under Captain Roger.
• Mihawk took interest in Garen's reputation as an Ippon Ken Dou Swordsman and said he might seek him out someday.
• Vivi admired a report about Garen, but Miss Doublefinger and Mr. 1 told her she would have to complete Baroque Works' East Blue mission alone.
• Vivi accepted the assignment and wondered what might happen if she met the Knight of Justice.

Garen and Nami entered the Krieg Pirates’ territory, where they rescued fishermen whose boat had been attacked by a Terror Sea Beast. The beast surfaced beside them, and Garen recognized its upper half as a big dairy cow.

• Nami calculated their position and warned Garen that they had entered the Krieg Pirates’ territory.
• Garen and Nami encountered a damaged fishing boat carrying frightened fishermen, and its captain, Dexter, asked them for help towing it to port.
• Dexter explained that the fishermen worked for Krieg and had been attacked by a Terror Sea Beast while fishing.
• The sea beast appeared beside the boats, and Garen transformed into armor and prepared to fight it.
• The Terror Sea Beast surfaced and turned out to have the upper half of a big dairy cow, whom Garen recognized.

Garen encountered Mohmoo at sea, then learned that Krieg’s civilian laborers were exploited and agreed to take down Krieg. The fishermen led him to Krieg’s main island, where they immediately reported him to Iron Wall Palu.

• Mohmoo recognized Garen and fled back beneath the water, leaving the fishermen relieved.
• The fishermen explained that Krieg’s laborers had no wages or freedom, and Garen promised to deal with the Krieg Pirates.
• Old Dexter warned Garen that Krieg was stronger than his bounty suggested, but the other fishermen insisted on guiding Garen to the main island.
• Garen arrived at the island’s dock and faced Iron Wall Palu, captain of the Krieg Pirates’ Second Combat Division.
• The fishermen ran to Palu and reported Garen as a Pirate Hunter who had snuck in.

Garen confronted the Krieg Pirates’ forces on the island and killed Iron Wall Palu with a thrown Greatsword. When the pirates recognized him as the Knight of Justice, they fled, leaving Garen chasing after them.

• Garen asked Dexter why he had not tried to earn a place among the Krieg Pirates’ professional combatants, and Dexter revealed that he had once served as mayor and believed Garen had driven away the Terror Sea Beast.
• Iron Wall Palu advanced on Garen after Garen told him to stop interrupting their conversation.
• Garen hurled his Greatsword through Palu’s shields and body, killing him, then called the weapon back to his hand.
• A pirate tried to rally the crowd by pointing out that hundreds of them faced one man, but the pirates recognized Garen as the Knight of Justice and ran.
• Garen chased after the fleeing pirates, protesting that he was not the swordsman they claimed he was.

Garen drove off the pirates at the dock and executed the young fishermen who had lured him into a trap. Inspired by his fight against Krieg, the dockworkers and other civilians armed themselves and followed him, turning his lone advance into a growing Iron Legion.

• The fleeing pirates spread exaggerated rumors about Garen, while many were trampled in the stampede.
• Garen confronted and killed the young fishermen who had helped the Krieg Pirates, rejecting their pleas that poverty had forced them to act.
• The dockworkers celebrated Garen as a Pirate Hunter, and he vowed to eliminate the Krieg Pirates before setting off to confront Krieg.
• A laborer opened crates of rifles and urged the dockworkers to fight rather than leave Garen to face Krieg alone.
• Laborers and other civilians joined Garen as he advanced, forming an Iron Legion that left him surprised.

Vivi completed an arms deal with Krieg at his residence, but a vast, angry crowd suddenly surged toward the palace. Krieg recognized the approaching rioters as his own men.

• Vivi confronted Krieg and bluffed that Baroque Works would punish him if the deal went wrong.
• Krieg accepted the payment terms, and Vivi inspected the money and lifted both heavy suitcases with ease.
• Krieg stopped Vivi from leaving until his men inspected the goods at the dock.
• A growing tremor and roar interrupted the negotiation, and Krieg and Vivi hurried outside.
• A huge armed crowd charged toward Krieg's residence, and Krieg revealed that they were his own men.

Krieg stopped the panicked pirates from overrunning his estate by killing several of them, then faced Garen and the armed laborers. After learning Garen was the Knight of Justice who had stood against Garp, Krieg hid his fear and ordered his pirates to attack as Garen charged alone.

• A crowd of fleeing Krieg Pirates surged toward Krieg's estate, spreading rumors that Krieg had been slain by Garen.
• Krieg hurled his Great Battle Spear into the mob and killed several pirates, forcing the crowd to calm down.
• Krieg confronted Garen and the disciplined rebels, recognizing that his labor assets had joined the uprising.
• A pirate lackey warned Krieg that Garen was the Knight of Justice who had stood his ground against Garp, frightening Krieg.
• Krieg urged his pirates to rush Garen, while Garen told the laborers to wait and then charged into the pirate formation alone.

Garen cut through Krieg’s pirate forces with his spinning greatsword and a lingering tornado, while Krieg waited for him to tire before attacking. Krieg and Gin launched a coordinated assault, but Gin’s close-range strike failed to hurt Garen, who prepared to free his sword-locked hand.

• Garen tore through the pirates with Judgment, then sent its lingering tornado crashing into the enemy ranks with a slash.
• Garen kept fighting to gain experience, while the laborers obeyed his order to stay back and Krieg decided to let his subordinates wear him down.
• Gin urged Krieg to act after the pirates suffered heavy losses, and Krieg agreed to use his hidden weapons.
• Krieg hurled his Great Battle Spear at Garen, but Garen knocked it aside with his thrown greatsword and sent the sword into Krieg’s shield.
• Gin seized Garen while he was unarmed and struck his neck with a tonfa, but Garen remained unharmed and told Gin to release the hand meant to hold a sword.

Garen defeated Gin and cornered Krieg after Krieg released poison gas to cover his escape. Protected from the gas but rapidly losing health, Garen raised his greatsword to finish the fight quickly.

• Garen used his returning greatsword to pierce Gin, then charged at the stunned Krieg.
• Garen struck Krieg's shield, and Krieg punched him away before Garen reappeared and attacked around the damaged shield.
• Krieg released M·5 poison gas, discovered his gas mask was broken, and took Gin's intact mask, leaving Gin exposed to the gas.
• Krieg tried to flee, but Garen emerged from the poisonous smoke and confronted him, explaining that the gas was rapidly draining his health.
• Garen raised his greatsword and prepared to attack Krieg without wasting time.

Garen killed Krieg, cleared the battlefield’s poisonous gas, and condemned Gin for his blind loyalty to the pirate leader. After realizing the poison had robbed him of experience from the pirates it killed, Garen returned to give the dying Gin a quick death.

• Garen killed Krieg with Demacian Justice, then used Judgment to gather the poisonous fog into a tornado and send it into the pirate grunts.
• Garen questioned Gin’s loyalty to Krieg, condemned his role in the crew’s crimes, and left him to die in regret.
• Garen checked his experience and realized the pirates killed by the poison tornado had not earned him any experience.
• Garen wondered whether Gin would die from his wounds or the poison, then returned and decided to give him a quick death.

After killing Gin, Garen stopped the remaining Krieg Pirates from fleeing and accepted their surrender, refusing to kill the disarmed rank and file just to gain experience. He then called the pirate officers forward for a fair judgment, but raised his sword against one of them, leaving the others facing his verdict.

• Garen killed Gin as the laborers cheered and began chanting his name.
• The remaining pirates surrendered, and Garen ordered them to lay down their weapons and guard their heads.
• Dexter organized the laborers to collect weapons and watch prisoners, while Nami led a search for Krieg Pirates’ assets.
• Garen realized the surrender had left him short of reaching level seven and called the Krieg Pirates’ officers to step forward.
• The pirates pushed dozens of officers out of the crowd, and Garen selected one and raised his greatsword to judge him.

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.