Chapter Summaries

Xia Qiu reflected on his slow evolution and inability to use Haki while watching Moo befriend a tiger. He decided to leave the island and let his ambition grow beyond a quiet life.

• Moo and the tiger hunted a wild boar together, then shared sea fish that Xia Qiu had brought ashore.
• After eating most of the boar, Xia Qiu sensed changes gathering around his neck but realized that growing one would take more time and Evolution Energy.
• Xia Qiu considered his failed attempts to use Haki and concluded that he needed to learn control and strengthen his spirit.
• Xia Qiu realized that Moo and the tiger had become companions and felt jealous before accepting that Moo was content on land.
• Xia Qiu decided he would not stay where weak magnetism kept him from detecting pirate ships and gaining Reinforcement Energy.
• Xia Qiu embraced his ambition to become part of history rather than remain a passerby.

Xia Qiu left the island after growing a neck, leaving Moo behind with his pregnant tiger companion. Meanwhile, Nico Robin agreed to work with Crocodile as Miss All Sunday and lead Baroque Works, while suspecting his hidden ambitions for Alabasta.

• Moo hunted a wild chicken for the tiger, then waited at the shore for Xia Qiu, who did not appear.
• Xia Qiu swam away from the island after nearly six months of growth, reflecting on his friendship with Moo and deciding to seek his own future.
• Crocodile offered Nico Robin a partnership, and she agreed to help him decipher Poneglyphs for four years.
• Crocodile appointed Robin Vice President and Supreme Commander of Baroque Works under the codename Miss All Sunday.
• Robin agreed to keep Crocodile's connection to Baroque Works secret and realized he was hiding his true intentions behind his hero image.

Xia Qiu left Eagle Snake Island, reached Twin Cape, and devoured the Violet Pirates after they entered the Grand Line. He followed a magnetic pull to Whiskey Peak, where the bounty hunters and pirates promised a new hunting ground.

• Xia Qiu decided Eagle Snake Island was a poor hunting ground and swam toward Twin Cape.
• Xia Qiu found Abu ramming the Red Line in hopes of reaching the Rumbar Pirates, then noticed a pirate ship arriving.
• Captain Natalie led the Violet Pirates into the Grand Line and ordered Stone to take out the Log Pose as they celebrated their plans to conquer it.
• Xia Qiu fought the Violet Pirates, swallowed Natalie and the other pirates, and gained energy from them.
• Xia Qiu followed a strong magnetic pull to Whiskey Peak and recognized it as a gathering place for bounty hunters and Baroque Works agents.

Baroque Works agents in Whiskey Peak discussed their new Vice President and their shortage of food. Xia Qiu waited outside the island for them to send a ship to sea, then followed a Baroque Works fishing vessel when it finally departed.

• Mr. 8 told the agents that Miss All Sunday had become Baroque Works’ Vice President and Supreme Commander.
• Miss Monday assigned Mr. 11 and his partner to lead bounty hunters out to fish because Whiskey Peak Town was short on food.
• Xia Qiu waited beneath the waterway, planning to attack the bounty hunters once hunger forced them to go to sea.
• Xia Qiu detected a Baroque Works fishing vessel leaving the island and followed it.

Mr. 11 and Wednesday took a Baroque Works fishing crew to sea, caught a giant Pomfret, and then faced a Black Fish that destroyed their ship. The crew’s fate was left uncertain as the vessel began to sink.

• Mr. 11 and Wednesday sailed from Whiskey Peak with nearly ten Million Elders and steered around a thunderstorm.
• Mr. 11’s crew used livestock as bait, then caught a thirty-meter Pomfret with a hook, Harpoon Crossbow, and coordinated shots from Wednesday and Mr. 11.
• A Black Fish attacked the ship, and Mr. 11 ordered the crew to repair the hull and prepare the Harpoon Crossbow.
• The Harpoon Crossbow bolt struck the Black Fish but failed to stop it, and its third ram split the pirate ship apart as it began sinking.

Xia Qiu was injured when Mr. 11’s explosive bullet hit his eye during an escape attempt, but he killed Mr. 11, Wednesday, and the other Bounty Hunters. He returned to the sinking pirate ship to heal and resolved to protect his vulnerable eyes as he continued growing toward his ultimate goal.

• Mr. 11 shot three Bounty Hunters and used them as bait while he and Wednesday escaped aboard a small boat with two others.
• Xia Qiu realized the wounded Bounty Hunters were a distraction, but waited to eat those left behind before pursuing the boat.
• Xia Qiu smashed the small boat and flung its occupants into the air, where Mr. 11 shot his eye with an explosive bullet.
• Xia Qiu swallowed Wednesday, Mr. 11, and the remaining Bounty Hunters, then returned to the pirate ship to eat the pomfret and heal.
• Xia Qiu recognized that his eyes were more vulnerable than the rest of his body and decided he needed to grow eyelids.

As Whiskey Peak ran out of food, Baroque Works sent Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine to deal with Mr. 8, but Xia Qiu’s attacks destroyed their ships and left Miss Valentine at his mercy. After feeding her corpse to a sea cat, Xia Qiu confirmed that a Devil Fruit ability transferred if its user’s corpse was eaten within one minute of death, then pursued the sea cat to continue his experiment.

• Mr. 8’s hunters vanished at sea, and Whiskey Peak’s food supplies dwindled until he reported the crisis to headquarters.
• Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine sailed toward Whiskey Peak, but Xia Qiu’s Black Fish attacked their ships and killed the Bounty Hunters aboard.
• Miss Valentine abandoned Mr. 5 and sailed away, but Xia Qiu pushed her vessel out to sea, dragged her underwater, and killed her.
• Xia Qiu let a sea cat eat Miss Valentine’s corpse, then observed it for fifteen minutes and concluded that the Devil Fruit ability transferred within one minute of death.
• Xia Qiu charged toward the sea cat to continue testing Moo’s transformation.

Crocodile sent Mr. 3, Mr. 4, and sixty Hundred Million Elders to investigate Whiskey Peak after agents and ships went missing. The reinforcements arrived, and Gardino killed Mr. 8 while accusing him of failing Baroque Works.

• Crocodile learned that Mr. 5, Miss Valentine, and other Baroque Works members had disappeared near Whiskey Peak, so he ordered Mr. 3, Mr. 4, and sixty Hundred Million Elders to go there.
• Xia Qiu spotted the approaching Baroque Works fleet and considered how to deal with Gardino, Mr. 2 Bon Clay, and their forces.
• Mr. 8 and the bounty hunters welcomed the fleet, but Mr. 2 Bon Clay accused Mr. 8 of betraying Baroque Works and killing Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine.
• Gardino encased Mr. 8 in wax and killed him, then ordered the bounty hunters to explain what had happened.

Gardino and Mr. 2 Bon Clay left Whiskey Peak Town with a fleet to investigate Mr. 5’s whereabouts, but a sea fish attacked their ships. Gardino reinforced one ship with wax to keep it afloat, so Xia Qiu shifted his attack to Mr. 2 Bon Clay’s Swan Ship.

• Gardino assigned four Hundred Million Elders to vacant Intermediate Agent positions and left twenty agents, three ships, and supplies in Whiskey Peak Town.
• Gardino and Mr. 2 Bon Clay set sail for Little Garden to search for Mr. 5.
• A sea fish attacked the fleet, sinking one ship and threatening the vessels transferring its crew.
• Mr. 2 Bon Clay rescued Bounty Hunters by throwing them onto another ship while Gardino reinforced that ship with hardened wax.
• Xia Qiu repeatedly rammed the wax-covered ship, but its reinforced hull held, so he turned and attacked Mr. 2 Bon Clay’s Swan Ship.

Xia Qiu, a powerful Black Fish, repeatedly rammed the ships carrying Mr. 2 Bon Clay and Gardino while trying to sink the Quick Swan. Gardino abandoned Mr. 2 Bon Clay and the damaged Swan Ship, planning to take Mr. 3’s position after his death.

• Xia Qiu pushed the Quick Swan away from Gardino’s ship, but its damaged paddle wheel and rudder left it unable to steer or gain speed.
• Xia Qiu rammed Gardino’s reinforced ship, then struck the Quick Swan and punched a large hole through its hull.
• Gardino realized Xia Qiu was using the distance between the ships to accelerate and keep Gardino from reaching the sinking Quick Swan.
• Gardino gave Mr. 2 Bon Clay wax spears and sent him toward the Quick Swan aboard a repaired pirate ship.
• After Xia Qiu rammed the Quick Swan again, Gardino ordered his crew to turn away, reasoning that the other ship would not withstand more attacks.
• Gardino and Mr. Christmas agreed to conceal their abandonment of Mr. 2 Bon Clay and hoped to claim Mr. 3’s position if he died.

Xia Qiu crippled the last pirate ship by breaking the wax board that kept it afloat, while Mr. 2 Bon Clay’s crew rescued him and sent him away. As the Bounty Hunters jumped into the sea to fight Xia Qiu, Mr. 2 Bon Clay sailed off, vowing to avenge them by killing Mr. 4.

• Xia Qiu kept attacking the ships as Gardino sailed away, and Mr. 2 Bon Clay stayed behind to confront him.
• Mr. 2 Bon Clay pierced Xia Qiu’s scales with a wax spear, but Xia Qiu tore a hole in the Swan and allowed its crew to be rescued.
• Xia Qiu broke the last ship’s wax support, leaving the overloaded vessel sinking in the worsening storm.
• The Bounty Hunters urged Mr. 2 Bon Clay to escape and report Mr. 4’s betrayal to Mr.0, then lowered him into a small boat.
• Mr. 2 Bon Clay sailed away, promising to avenge the Bounty Hunters, while they leaped into the water and attacked Xia Qiu.

Xia Qiu returned to the waters near Whiskey Peak to continue his plan, while Crocodile sent Robin to investigate Mr. 3’s report and deal with the Black Fish. Robin confirmed Gardino had abandoned Mr. 3 and arranged for Mr. 2 Bon Clay to kill him, then set off for Whiskey Peak Town.

• Xia Qiu assessed his increased strength and the danger Haki posed, then returned to the vicinity of Whiskey Peak and waited.
• Crocodile learned from Mr. 3 that Gardino had fled with Mr. Christmas and left him behind during the Black Fish attack, and he sent Robin to investigate and drive the fish away.
• Robin confronted Gardino, who denied staying with Mr. 3, then exposed his lie when he reacted with surprise to hearing Mr. 3 was alive.
• Robin restrained Mr. Christmas, while Mr. 2 Bon Clay revealed himself and killed Gardino to avenge the Baroque Works members who had died.
• Robin left Mr. 2 Bon Clay to handle the rest and headed toward Whiskey Peak Town to clear dangerous creatures from the nearby sea.

Xia Qiu planned to follow Baroque Works ships to Alabasta and obtain an Eternal Pose, while Robin searched for the Black Fish around Whiskey Peak Town. After her search failed, Robin left for Alabasta, and Xia Qiu followed her ships, intending to attack near their destination.

• Robin arrived at Whiskey Peak Town and asked Mr. 8 to arrange a room while she cleared out dangerous creatures.
• Xia Qiu waited underwater near four Baroque Works ships, planning to follow them to Alabasta and take an Eternal Pose.
• Two ships searched the waters with livestock bait, but Xia Qiu avoided them after realizing they were hunting him.
• After several days without finding the Black Fish, Robin told Mr.0 she would leave two ships behind and return to Alabasta.
• Robin sailed away with two ships, and Xia Qiu followed them, planning to attack when they neared Alabasta.

Xia Qiu followed Baroque Works to Alabasta, then attacked the ships after reaching the island. Robin realized the Black Fish was an intelligent creature and ordered the surviving ship to fight back.

• Xia Qiu tracked the islands’ magnetic pulls as he swam behind Baroque Works, recording the route toward Alabasta.
• Xia Qiu detected the enormous magnetic pull of Lodestar Island and surged toward the two ships, deciding their crews were no longer useful to him.
• A Black Fish rammed Robin’s ship twice, breaking its keel and flooding its hull.
• Robin suspected the Black Fish had followed her from Whiskey Peak and might possess intelligence.
• Robin used her ability to issue orders across both ships, telling the crew to ready harpoon crossbows and explosives.
• Xia Qiu charged toward the other ship as its crew prepared to attack.

Xia Qiu destroyed a pirate ship and pursued Robin as she tried to escape in a small boat. After he smashed the boat and Robin sank helplessly into the sea, Xia Qiu recognized her and hesitated over whether to eat her.

• Xia Qiu withstood crossbow bolts and bombs before ramming a ship and tearing open its hull.
• Robin judged that the black fish could not be defeated, lowered a small boat, and fled toward Alabasta.
• Xia Qiu detected Robin's boat with sonar and changed course to pursue her.
• Robin used her Flower-Flower Fruit powers to slow Xia Qiu, but he eventually smashed her boat apart.
• Robin fell into the sea and sank because she was a Devil Fruit user; Xia Qiu recognized her and wondered whether to eat her.

Xia Qiu spared Robin and carried her away from Alabasta to a remote island, hoping to keep her as a companion and communicate with her. After Robin discovered that he understood and could respond to her words, she agreed to talk with him.

• Xia Qiu decided not to eat Robin and carried her across the sea, avoiding dangerous waters along the way.
• Robin watched Xia Qiu steer away from several islands and wondered why he was taking her somewhere.
• Xia Qiu chose a small, remote island and brought Robin ashore.
• Robin questioned Xia Qiu and tested whether he understood her, then confirmed that he could follow spoken instructions.
• Robin asked Xia Qiu if they could talk, and he eagerly nodded.

Robin tested Xia Qiu’s intelligence and discovered that he could understand language, reason, and solve calculations. She negotiated a two-year limit on staying with him, then went into the jungle to search for fresh water, leaving Xia Qiu waiting for her return.

• Robin tested Xia Qiu with questions and calculations, confirming that he had human-like self-awareness and reasoning abilities.
• Xia Qiu told Robin that he came from the East China Sea and had followed her from Whiskey Peak Town because he wanted to communicate with her.
• Robin realized Xia Qiu would not let her leave, while Xia Qiu showed that he would bring her food and take her to another island if needed.
• Robin persuaded Xia Qiu to agree to let her go after two years, and he nodded to the agreement.
• Robin walked into the jungle to look for fresh water, while Xia Qiu stayed by the shore and waited.

Robin explored the island and found fresh water, fruit, and wild animals, confirming she could survive there with Xia Qiu. She chose a new place near a swamp and the forest as their settlement, then began preparing a place to stay.

• Crocodile learned that Robin was believed to have drowned after a black fish attacked her fleet, and he worried that her death endangered his plan to find Pluton.
• Robin used her Devil Fruit ability to scout the forest, spotted animals and edible fruit, and avoided or drove off dangerous creatures.
• Robin found a stream and a pool, then told Xia Qiu that the island had enough water and food for her to survive for now.
• Robin and Xia Qiu circled the island and chose a steep stretch of coast near the swamp and forest as their new settlement.
• Robin left her hat and boots by the shore and walked inland to prepare a place to stay while Xia Qiu watched her.

Robin built a fire and a simple stove on the island, then reassured Xia Qiu that she could not leave and reflected on her unexpected solitude. After Robin fell asleep, Xia Qiu set out for Alabasta to find F-Crocodiles whose limbs could help him go ashore.

• Robin made fire by rubbing wood together and built a mud-and-stone stove with her Flower-Flower Fruit ability.
• Robin caught and cooked a rabbit, then went deeper into the island to scout and gather supplies.
• Robin returned at dusk with dry grass and a wild chicken, and told Xia Qiu she could not build a raft capable of crossing the Grand Line.
• Robin cooked the chicken and fell asleep on the grass, reflecting on her past and her two years of isolation ahead.
• Xia Qiu left for Alabasta to find F-Crocodiles and eat them so he could grow limbs strong enough to support his body on land.

Xia Qiu traveled to Alabasta at night and hunted f-crocodiles in a river, finding that they provided far more energy than other prey. He planned to limit his hunting to protect their population while eating enough to grow limbs within two years.

• Xia Qiu reached Alabasta and entered a river after finding no crocodiles near its mouth.
• Xia Qiu stealthily approached a group of f-crocodiles, seized one, and ate it in the ocean.
• Xia Qiu felt the f-crocodile's abundant energy spread through his body as the meal digested.
• Xia Qiu returned to the river, caught and ate a second f-crocodile, then decided to hunt no more than one every two days and avoid their mating and egg-laying seasons.
• Xia Qiu set a two-year limit for growing limbs and headed back.