Chapter Summaries

After defeating Wapol and his men, the Straw Hat Pirates looted their submarine and continued to Drum Island. Vivi and the doctors explained how Wapol’s flight from Blackbeard had left the kingdom in crisis, and Bai Luo planned to take him back to face the people.

• Zoro knocked back Wapol’s soldiers and defeated Jace and Romariemon after they attacked Luffy.
• Nami led the crew in looting Wapol’s submarine, where they found a chest of gold worth about thirty million Beli.
• Bai Luo and Vivi recognized Wapol, and Bai Luo decided to bring him to Drum Island to answer for abandoning his kingdom.
• The Merry reached snowy Drum Island, and the doctors told the crew that Blackbeard had driven Wapol from the kingdom after he neglected its medical system.

Bai Luo and the Straw Hats brought Wapol back to Drum Island, where Dalton and the villagers accepted their explanation and prepared to hand Wapol over to the Marines. Bai Luo, Luffy, and Fire Thunder set out to find Doctor Kureha, while news of Wapol’s return spread across the island.

• Nami proposed handing Wapol over to the villagers, but Bai Luo warned that the villagers were hostile toward pirates.
• When armed villagers confronted the Merry, Bai Luo revealed Wapol and explained how they had captured him; Dalton and the villagers believed his account after hearing the doctors’ testimony.
• Dalton invited Bai Luo and the others to his home, and the villagers planned to call the Marines to take custody of Wapol.
• Dalton told Bai Luo and Luffy that Doctor Kureha had moved to the palace atop Mount Chimney Snow Peak, so the two set off with Fire Thunder to find her.
• The Straw Hats split up around the village, while residents elsewhere on Drum Island spread news of Wapol’s return to a fashionably dressed woman buying ingredients for Plum Wine.

Bai Luo and Luffy found Kureha and delivered Crocas’s letter, leading her to agree to study the Millennium Dragon Bone. Kureha offered to make medicine from it to improve Bai Luo’s constitution.

• Kureha mocked Wapol as she and Chopper headed back toward the castle.
• Bai Luo explained that the aggressive Rabon were carnivorous rabbits, and he and Luffy fled from them.
• Bai Luo and Luffy met Kureha and Chopper on the cable to the snow peak and gave Kureha Crocas’s letter.
• Kureha praised Bai Luo for obtaining the Millennium Dragon Bone and invited the pair into her castle.
• Bai Luo described several ways to extend life, including Devil Fruits, Pure Gold, and Lineage Factor research.
• Kureha agreed to help and offered to make medicine from the Millennium Dragon Bone to improve Bai Luo’s constitution.

Kureha gave Bai Luo a diary signed by Rocks D. Zebek, and Bai Luo began reading it while Luffy entertained Chopper with stories about their adventures. Chopper grew fascinated by the Great Sea and accepted a cotton candy from Bai Luo.

• Kureha gave Bai Luo a dusty diary she had received as payment from a patient decades earlier, and Bai Luo recognized Rocks D. Zebek’s signature.
• Kureha took the Millennium Dragon Bone inside to prepare secret medicine, while Bai Luo stayed behind to read the diary.
• Chopper tried to peek at Bai Luo’s book, then met Luffy, who introduced himself and Bai Luo as pirates.
• Luffy told Chopper stories about their adventures, and Chopper listened eagerly despite claiming he was not interested.
• Bai Luo gave Chopper cotton candy, and Chopper finally took a bite.

Bai Luo offered Chopper a place on the crew, arguing that the young reindeer needed to see the wider world and pursue his dreams. Doctor Kureha tacitly accepted the idea, while Chopper remained stunned and unsure how a reindeer could become their companion.

• Chopper happily ate the cotton candy Bai Luo gave him, and Doctor Kureha brought Bai Luo his medicine.
• Doctor Kureha told Bai Luo and Luffy how Chopper had become her son and stayed with her.
• Bai Luo argued that Chopper should leave the mountain to grow, and Doctor Kureha tacitly agreed after seeing him enjoy Luffy’s company.
• Bai Luo asked Chopper to join their crew as its ship’s doctor and explore the sea with them.
• Chopper protested that a reindeer could not be their companion, so Bai Luo and Luffy pointed out that Fire Thunder was a robot companion and promised to protect him.

Chopper overcame his fear of being seen as a monster and joined the Straw Hat Pirates as their doctor. As the crew prepared to leave, Doctor Kureha sent him off by throwing his backpack and scalpels at him.

• Bai Luo invited Chopper to join the crew, but Chopper transformed and insisted that he was a monster unfit to sail with them.
• Bai Luo showed Chopper that Fire Thunder could transform into a car and reassured him that the crew welcomed anyone, including Snow Monsters.
• Remembering Doctorine’s words about sailing with companions, Chopper tearfully accepted Bai Luo and Luffy’s invitation to join the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Luffy dragged Chopper outside for a snowball fight while Bai Luo asked Doctor Kureha whether she had decided to let Chopper go; Kureha said he needed to see the world and asked the crew to take care of him.
• As the crew prepared to depart, Chopper tried to say goodbye to Doctor Kureha, who threw his backpack and a barrage of scalpels at him, sending him fleeing down the cable.

Chopper joined the Straw Hat Pirates after meeting the crew in Drum Kingdom, where they welcomed him as their ship’s doctor. The Golden Merry set sail for Alabasta, and Chopper began bonding with his new companions during the voyage.

• Bai Luo and Luffy found Usopp and Karoo injured in Great Horn Village, and Sanji explained how Usopp had mistaken two bears for villagers.
• Nami and the others met Chopper, learned he was their new ship’s doctor, and welcomed him aboard without rejecting his reindeer appearance.
• Chopper treated Usopp and Karoo, then left Drum Kingdom with the Straw Hat Pirates despite Dalton’s attempts to thank and keep them.
• Kureha watched the Golden Merry sail away, while Dalton learned that a Marine colonel from Loguetown was due to arrive.
• At sea, Usopp dazzled Chopper with exaggerated stories until Nami exposed his lies, and Chopper befriended Fire Thunder and Swift Edge.

During the voyage, the Straw Hats encountered Mr. 2 Bon Clay, an Imitation Fruit User and Baroque Works officer, and captured him after Bai Luo recognized his identity. As they continued toward Alabasta, Bai Luo offered to show everyone his newly built Mechanical Beast.

• A soaked man in a Swan Ballet Costume asked the crew for hot soup and demonstrated his ability by copying Luffy’s appearance.
• Bai Luo recognized the man as Mr. 2 Bon Clay, an Okama dancer with a bounty of thirty-two million Belly who had joined Baroque Works.
• After Bai Luo revealed that he knew Mr. 2 Bon Clay’s affiliation, the crew tied him up and Sanji gagged him.
• Zoro suggested locking up Mr. 2 Bon Clay until they reached Alabasta, where Fire Thunder or Swift Edge could guard him.
• Bai Luo offered to show the crew his new Mechanical Beast, and Luffy and the others eagerly agreed.

Bai Luo awakened Tiger Fiend, a powerful Mechanical Beast who joined the crew as they sailed toward Alabasta. As the Straw Hat Pirates neared the kingdom, Smoker pursued them, while Ace traveled there separately.

• Bai Luo introduced the dormant Tiger Fiend and said he could instantly defeat Fire Thunder or Swift Edge alone.
• Bai Luo infused Tiger Fiend with a Spirit Core, awakening him; Tiger Fiend pledged himself to Lord Mech King.
• Bai Luo introduced Tiger Fiend to Fire Thunder and Swift Edge, and the crew continued toward Alabasta.
• The Straw Hat Pirates reached the waters near Alabasta, confident they could defeat Crocodile and Baroque Works.
• Smoker headed for Alabasta to confront the crew, dismissing Tashigi’s concerns about entering Crocodile’s territory.
• A freckled, bare-chested man sailed toward Alabasta in a small boat.

A freckled man obtained the Mother Flame and sped toward Alabasta, while Bai Luo and the Straw Hats learned about Crocodile’s influence and arrived in Rapeseed Flower. The chapter ended with Bai Luo telling Chopper and Nami to get into Fire Thunder after Chopper struggled with the heat.

• A freckled man woke from a nap, obtained the Mother Flame, and powered his boat toward Alabasta.
• Vivi explained Crocodile’s public reputation and secret activities, and Bai Luo said defeating him was the simplest way to stop the rebellion.
• Bai Luo and the others sailed to Alabasta, arriving at the bustling port town of Rapeseed Flower.
• Luffy admired the diverse crowds, Sanji ogled the women, and Chopper struggled with the heat and strong perfume.
• Bai Luo ordered Fire Thunder to transform into a car and told Chopper and Nami to get inside.

Bai Luo, Chopper, and Fire Thunder explored Alabasta’s streets after the crew split up to gather supplies. When they heard that a traveler had collapsed, Chopper went with Bai Luo to examine him and investigate the alleged Desert Strawberry poison.

• Bai Luo activated the sports car’s cooling mode, then the crew split up to shop and planned to meet at the harbor.
• Bai Luo took Chopper and Fire Thunder through the streets, where Chopper asked about a vendor’s claim that a banana could extend someone’s life.
• Bai Luo reassured Chopper that he could handle Crocodile.
• The crowd outside a shop said a traveler had collapsed after possibly eating a poisonous desert spider called Desert Strawberry.
• Chopper asked to examine the traveler and investigate a treatment, so Bai Luo announced that a doctor had arrived and led him inside.

Chopper examined the man who had collapsed in a restaurant and discovered he was only asleep: Fire Fist Ace, Luffy’s older brother and a Whitebeard Pirates captain. After Ace thanked Bai Luo and Chopper for helping him, Smoker arrived and prepared to capture him, leaving Ace facing a fight.

• Chopper examined the motionless young man and diagnosed that he was asleep; the man woke up snoring and resumed eating.
• The restaurant owner explained the scare to Ace, who apologized and thanked Bai Luo and Chopper for looking after Luffy.
• Ace introduced himself as Luffy’s older brother and revealed that he was the Whitebeard Pirates’ Second Division Captain, Fire Fist Ace.
• Smoker appeared at the restaurant entrance, identified Ace, and declared that he would not let him go.
• Ace faced Smoker calmly and asked whether there was any room for negotiation.

Luffy arrived at the restaurant and accidentally sent Smoker and Ace crashing into a wall before greeting Bai Luo and Chopper. Ace and Luffy reunited, and Bai Luo urged them to leave before Smoker interfered.

• Smoker declared that he would fight Ace, while Bai Luo pulled Chopper away to safety.
• Luffy rushed into the restaurant and knocked Smoker and Ace into a wall with his momentum.
• Luffy began demanding food from the frightened restaurant owner and greeted Bai Luo and Chopper.
• Ace recognized Luffy and happily approached him, and Luffy tearfully recognized his brother.
• Bai Luo urged Luffy and Ace to leave because Smoker was still nearby.

After Ace and Luffy escaped Smoker, they reunited with the Straw Hat crew aboard the Golden Merry. Ace asked Bai Luo to spar, but Bai Luo declined and suggested another way.

• Bai Luo paid for the damaged restaurant and left with Chopper and Fire Thunder while Ace and Luffy escaped Smoker and talked in a secluded alley.
• Ace asked Luffy about Bai Luo’s high bounty and powerful mechanical creations, then went with him to meet the crew at the harbor.
• Luffy returned to the Golden Merry and was scolded by Nami for keeping everyone waiting.
• Ace leaped aboard, introduced himself politely to the crew, and thanked them for looking after Luffy.
• Ace challenged Bai Luo to a duel, but Bai Luo declined a spar and proposed another way.

Bai Luo’s Tiger Fiend defeated Ace in a contest by overturning all eight Baroque Works ships, and the two crews celebrated together. Ace explained that he was searching Alabasta for a bounty hunter with information about Blackbeard, and planned to travel with Luffy until he found him; the chapter ended with Ace falling asleep mid-conversation with Bai Luo.

• Bai Luo proposed that he and Ace compete to destroy the eight Baroque Works ships, and chose Tiger Fiend to fight in his place.
• Ace set off toward the enemy ships, but Tiger Fiend overturned all eight before Ace could use an attack.
• Ace admitted defeat, and the two returned to the Golden Merry as the crews grew more at ease with each other.
• At a banquet, Ace told the crew he had come to Alabasta to search for Blackbeard and intended to find a bounty hunter who knew where he had gone.
• Ace told Bai Luo that Luffy’s companions were exceptional and praised Bai Luo’s importance to Luffy’s future, then fell asleep with his head in his plate.

Vivi sent Karu to deliver evidence of Crocodile’s conspiracy to her father while Bai Luo and the others continued toward Elmal to investigate the rebellion. They reached the ruined city and, finding no one there, set out to check the other locations.

• Vivi gave Karu a letter about Crocodile’s plot and her companions, then sent him to inform the king as a precaution.
• Bai Luo and the others agreed to search for the Rebel Army and prepare to confront Crocodile and his assassins.
• Kung Fu Dugongs challenged the crew near shore, but Luffy and Bai Luo defeated them and gained them as disciples.
• Bai Luo asked the Kung Fu Dugongs to guard the Merry, and they agreed as the crew headed inland.
• Vivi led the group through the desolate ruins of Elmal and explained that Alabasta had gone three years without rain.
• With no one to question in Elmal, the group decided to investigate other locations, including Yuba.

Bai Luo’s group crossed the scorching desert toward Rainland, where Crocodile prepared for their arrival as Baroque Works’ forces dwindled. After reaching Rainland’s outskirts, Ace said goodbye to Luffy and continued his search for Blackbeard.

• Bai Luo’s group chose to travel to Rainland and relied on Fire Thunder and Swift Edge’s air-conditioned cockpits to endure the desert heat.
• Crocodile learned that Mr.3 and Mr.5 had been defeated and Mr.2 was missing, but he decided to proceed with his plan to take over Alabasta.
• Robin questioned why Crocodile had not attacked Bai Luo’s group, and Crocodile said he knew they would come to him.
• Bai Luo’s group reached the outskirts of Rainland while Ace obtained new information about Blackbeard after beating a man who had lured him into a challenge.
• Ace gave Luffy a Vivre Card, asked Bai Luo and the others to look after his brother, and left to continue searching for Blackbeard.

Bai Luo and the others reached Crocodile’s Rainland lair, where a trap separated them from Luffy and dropped them into a hidden Seastone prison. Bai Luo’s group found Crocodile waiting at a long table, while the imprisoned Smoker and Luffy were left behind.

• Bai Luo, Luffy, and their companions arrived in Rainland, and Baroque Works agents reported their presence to Crocodile.
• Smoker and Tashigi confronted the group at Raindinners, but everyone rushed into the building to reach Crocodile.
• At a fork marked for VIPs and pirates, Bai Luo and nearly everyone else chose the VIP route, while Luffy took the pirate route alone.
• A concealed floor gave way, dropping Bai Luo, Smoker, Tashigi, Luffy, and the others into a hidden chamber; Smoker discovered its prison bars were made of Seastone.
• Bai Luo, Fire Thunder, Tiger Fiend, Vivi, Nami, and Swift Edge landed outside the prison and saw Crocodile seated at the far end of a table.
• Crocodile addressed Vivi and said it was their first meeting.

Crocodile confronted the imprisoned Straw Hat crew, focusing on Bai Luo and the secrets he seemed to know. After Crocodile’s sand double departed, seawater burst through the collapsing walls, leaving the prisoners’ fate uncertain.

• Crocodile appeared before Vivi, Luffy, Zoro, Smoker, and the others, while Smoker explained that the Seastone bars weakened Devil Fruit users and could not be cut easily.
• Crocodile questioned Bai Luo about his missing East Blue history and his powerful associates, then accused him of knowing secrets about Okama King Ivankov’s Devil Fruit Ability.
• Crocodile announced that the prisoners would die there and started to leave, but Bai Luo stopped Vivi and revealed that Crocodile was only a double.
• Crocodile’s body dispersed into sand, and he ordered Robin to return before she left after glancing back at Bai Luo.
• The surrounding walls collapsed, and seawater flooded into the prison.

Bai Luo and the others escaped Crocodile’s Seastone prison with Tiger Fiend’s help, then encountered Bello, who had come to investigate Crocodile’s plot and reunite with Vivi. The group learned that Vivi had already told Bello about their efforts to help her.

• As seawater flooded the prison, Bai Luo ordered Tiger Fiend to smash through the Seastone railings, and the group escaped.
• Bai Luo, Luffy, and the others reached the riverbank, where Smoker and Tashigi said they would pursue Crocodile before arresting them another time.
• The group wondered where to find Crocodile, and Vivi noticed Bai Luo watching the sky as a giant bird approached.
• The giant bird landed and transformed into Bello, who greeted Vivi and explained that the king had sent him to investigate Crocodile’s plot.
• Bello thanked Bai Luo and the others for helping Vivi, saying her letter had described what they had done.