Chapter Summaries

Robin built a sturdy mud house in the forest and deduced that Xia Qiu had been raised and taught at a laboratory or research institution. She offered to teach him about the world in exchange for his help bringing her a ship.

• Robin replaced her storm-damaged thatched hut with a mud house, using timber, mud bricks, and clay tiles.
• Robin tested Xia Qiu's vocabulary and knowledge, then concluded that he had received long-term instruction and was likely raised at a research institution.
• Xia Qiu confirmed that someone had taught him, and Robin learned that he was the only intelligent creature of his kind.
• Robin assessed Xia Qiu's knowledge and offered to teach him about the world's history and culture.
• Robin asked Xia Qiu to help her bring a ship to the island.

Xia Qiu agreed to bring Robin a cargo ship and to sink it afterward so she could not leave the island. After hauling a loaded ship from Alabasta to shore overnight, he left Robin surprised by the size of his catch.

• Robin explained that she needed supplies from a cargo ship, and Xia Qiu agreed to bring one and sink it afterward.
• Xia Qiu traveled to Alabasta, hunted a crocodile in the river, and searched the port of Rapeseed Flower City for a suitable cargo ship.
• Xia Qiu chose a loaded ship over thirty meters long and pulled it free from its anchor and mooring line, forcing its crew to abandon it.
• Xia Qiu towed the ship toward the island overnight and crashed it onto the shore the next morning.
• Robin woke, saw the large cargo ship, and hurried toward Xia Qiu.

Robin salvaged a cargo ship’s supplies, improved her life on the island, and taught Xia Qiu about the world. Over six months, Xia Qiu’s fins developed into six powerful legs, bringing him closer to walking ashore.

• Robin unloaded the cargo ship, then asked Xia Qiu to destroy it; Xia Qiu rammed the ship until it sank.
• Robin used the salvaged goods to furnish her home and improve her daily life, while failed attempts to grow vegetables and fruit left her reliant on stored food.
• Robin taught Xia Qiu biology, geography, history, literature, and information about the world’s major powers and Devil Fruits.
• Xia Qiu stole two more cargo ships over six months, bringing Robin supplies that included coffee and her favorite black tea.
• After eating F crocodiles, Xia Qiu grew six short, muscular legs at the bases of his fins and eagerly anticipated being able to go ashore.

Ace sailed away from Foosha Village to begin his adventure, while Marcel and Nojiko married in Jumada Island. At the wedding, Nami told Genzo she planned to leave Cocoyasi Village with Hachi in three days to pursue her dream of charting the world, but Genzo asked her to stay a little longer for something he needed her help with.

• Seventeen-year-old Ace sailed away from Foosha Village as Luffy and the villagers wished him luck.
• Marcel and Nojiko married in a ceremony attended by Nami, Genzo, and the villagers, while Genzo and Nami mourned Bellmere's absence.
• Genzo told Nami that he and the villagers knew Hachi was living with her and had chosen not to report him to the Marines.
• Nami told Genzo she planned to sail with Hachi and pursue her dream of drawing a map of the world, and Genzo encouraged her to go.
• Nami said she was prepared to leave in three days, but Genzo asked her to delay because he needed her help with something.

Nami received the Orange Windmill from the villagers of Cocoyasi Village and set sail with Hachi to chart the East China Sea. After Ace stopped to ask for water, he learned about Nami and Hachi and asked them to become his companions.

• Genzo and the villagers gave Nami a seagoing ship, which she named the Orange Windmill, as a farewell gift.
• Nami accepted the ship, prepared supplies, and departed with Hachi three days later while the villagers waved goodbye and joked that she had stolen their wallets.
• Ace ran out of water while sailing toward Jumada Island and spotted the Orange Windmill, so he approached to ask for fresh water.
• Nami stopped the ship and went below deck to fill Ace’s canteens while he met Hachi and learned that Nami was a skilled navigator and Hachi had sailed with the Sun Pirates.
• After Nami returned with the water, Ace said he no longer wanted it and asked Nami and Hachi to become his companions.

Ace defeated Hachi and persuaded him and Nami to join his journey to the Grand Line. After the new companions prepared to set sail, Marcel left Nojiko to captain a merchant ship.

• Ace challenged Hachi to a duel, and Nami agreed that she and Hachi would join Ace if he won.
• Ace dodged Hachi’s six-sword attacks, defeated him with a kick, and explained how Hachi could improve his fighting style.
• Nami accepted the bet and agreed to join Ace after he chose not to force her, and Ace introduced himself as Portgas D. Ace.
• Ace, Nami, and Hachi prepared to leave for the Grand Line together.
• Marcel told Nojiko he was taking over as captain of a merchant ship, said goodbye to his family, and headed for the shore.

Xia Qiu surprised Robin by coming ashore with six legs and communicating with her in writing. After deciding to pursue his plan to kill Crocodile and seize Baroque Works, he agreed to leave with Robin under the pretense of protecting her.

• Robin discovered Xia Qiu sneaking through the forest and learned that he had grown legs and could come ashore.
• Xia Qiu wrote that he wanted to keep his promise to separate from Robin, while Robin asked what he would do afterward.
• Robin said she planned to return to Baroque Works to seek protection and read Alabasta's Poneglyph.
• Xia Qiu realized he could use Robin's return to get near Crocodile, kill him, and potentially take control of Baroque Works.
• Xia Qiu told Robin he would protect her, and Robin was moved and agreed to have him come with her.

Xia Qiu brought Robin to Alabasta, where she returned to Baroque Works and resumed her role as Vice President. Meanwhile, Whitebeard’s crew celebrated Nami’s navigation skills, while Teach watched her with a calculating expression.

• Xia Qiu carried Robin to Alabasta and waited offshore while she went to meet Crocodile.
• Robin told Crocodile she had survived the Black Fish attack and recovered, and he reinstated her as Vice President.
• Crocodile explained that Baroque Works had suffered heavy losses and asked Robin to recruit strong members and rebuild the organization.
• Crocodile told Robin that the Spade Pirates had attacked Baroque Works.
• Nami presented Whitebeard with completed sea charts and received his permission to buy new clothes.
• Ace praised Nami’s navigation, while Teach watched her leave with a calculating grin.

Robin returned to Baroque Works as its Vice President and told Xia Qiu about Ace’s Spade Pirates, whose altered membership suggested history had changed. She took Xia Qiu to Whiskey Peak to assess a powerful recruit, whose confidence faltered when he saw her arrive beside the enormous beast.

• Robin told Xia Qiu that Ace’s Spade Pirates had attacked Baroque Works and described Ace and his crew, including Nami and Hachi.
• Xia Qiu realized Nami’s presence with Ace might have changed the events he had expected, leaving his plans involving Banaro Island and the Summit War uncertain.
• Robin invited Xia Qiu to accompany her to Whiskey Peak, where she planned to assess a prospective Senior Agent, and they traveled there with Binchi.
• At a Whiskey Peak bar, bounty hunters discussed Robin’s return and the burly recruit’s easy defeat of Mr. 8 and Monday.
• Xia Qiu and Robin arrived at Whiskey Peak, and the recruit reconsidered challenging her after seeing her walk beside the gigantic beast.

Robin assessed Heckle for Baroque Works while Xia Qiu tested his strength on land, wrecking a building before Robin restrained him. Heckle passed and became Mr. 5, while Xia Qiu left considering how to improve his land-based combat.

• Robin learned that Heckle had defeated the injured Mr. 8 and Monday, then agreed to assess him for a Senior Agent position.
• Xia Qiu charged Heckle, who struck his teeth with Steel Fist and was thrown through a wall as Xia Qiu crashed into and destroyed a building.
• Xia Qiu emerged unhurt, but Robin restrained him with Sixty Petal Flower, Giant Tree before he could attack Heckle again.
• Robin passed Heckle and assigned him the codename Mr. 5, giving him a Den Den Mushi and promising to arrange a partner and assignments.
• Robin told the Bounty Hunters to restore the damaged area, and Xia Qiu followed her while reflecting on his weaknesses and possible new abilities.

Xia Qiu and Robin reached Rain Country so Robin could meet Crocodile while Xia Qiu assessed the chance of killing him. After Crocodile showed interest in Xia Qiu, the enormous crocodile suddenly attacked him through the casino window, leaving the encounter unresolved.

• Robin led Xia Qiu across the desert toward Rain Country, explaining Baroque Works' ranks and the threat posed by Daz Bones.
• Robin and Xia Qiu arrived in Rain Country, where residents praised Crocodile and trusted him to keep the city safe.
• Robin entered Rain Dinners to meet Crocodile and warned Xia Qiu to stay out of the lake and leave the Banana Crocodiles alone.
• Crocodile asked Robin if she would give Xia Qiu to him, then suggested bringing Xia Qiu to mate with female crocodiles.
• Xia Qiu swam up to the casino window, and Crocodile admired his size while Robin apologized for his disobedience.
• As Crocodile began assigning Robin a mission, Robin ran and Xia Qiu smashed through the window, flooding the room and biting toward Crocodile.

Xia Qiu flooded Crocodile’s office and trapped him underwater, where he could not use his sand abilities. After killing Crocodile, Xia Qiu rescued Robin and waited before swallowing the corpse.

• Xia Qiu smashed through the wall of Crocodile’s office, letting lake water flood inside as Crocodile fought back and tried to escape.
• Robin used her arms to hold the office door shut, but Crocodile smashed it open and found the glass passageway already flooded.
• Xia Qiu’s earlier bite through the passageway had blocked Crocodile’s escape, and the rising water left Crocodile too weak to move.
• Xia Qiu bit through Crocodile and killed him, then wrapped Robin in his tentacles and carried her to shore.
• After setting Robin down, Xia Qiu returned to the lake and waited before swallowing Crocodile.

After Xia Qiu explained that he attacked Crocodile to protect Robin, Robin decided to take control of Baroque Works and use it to search for the Poneglyphs. She and Xia Qiu left to plan their next move, while Xia Qiu wondered about Crocodile’s strength.

• Robin confronted Xia Qiu about why he had attacked Crocodile, and Xia Qiu explained that he feared Crocodile might hurt her.
• Robin told Xia Qiu she still needed to find the Poneglyphs, and he offered to help her.
• Robin realized she could impersonate Crocodile through someone else and use her authority to take control of Baroque Works.
• Robin worried that Daz Bones and Mr. 1 might challenge her, but Xia Qiu promised to help protect her.
• Robin and Xia Qiu left to plan how to take control of Baroque Works, while Xia Qiu reflected on Crocodile’s strength and his puzzling choice to build an office over a lake.

The World Government confirmed Crocodile’s death and blamed Nico Robin, raising her bounty to one hundred million. With Robin’s identity exposed, she and Xia Qiu planned to evade the Marines underwater and reconnect with Baroque Works, while Xia Qiu considered using himself as a decoy.

• The Five Elders concluded that Crocodile had been murdered, identified Nico Robin as the likely culprit, and ordered an investigation while arranging to find a replacement Shichibukai.
• Robin read the newspaper naming her as Crocodile’s assassin and saw that her bounty had risen from seventy-nine million to one hundred million.
• Xia Qiu assured Robin he could protect her underwater, and Robin proposed escaping Marine pursuit in a submarine or other underwater vessel.
• Robin said they needed to contact Baroque Works and Little Feng soon, and Xia Qiu agreed to accompany her.
• Xia Qiu considered drawing the Marines away from Robin by appearing elsewhere and using their pursuit to gain energy.

Robin arranged for Mr. 2 Bon Clay to secretly order a submarine in Water 7, then discussed Baroque Works’ next moves with Xia Qiu. She planned to investigate the Poneglyph in Alabasta without reviving Crocodile’s dangerous takeover scheme, while Xia Qiu decided Mr.1 had to die.

• Robin asked Mr. 2 Bon Clay to disguise himself, order a submarine from Galley-La Company in Water 7, and arrange training for two people to receive it.
• Robin left Leisure Island on Binchi as Mr. 2 Bon Clay warned her that the Marines were hunting her.
• Robin told Xia Qiu she wanted to meet other agents and send someone to Alabasta to discover the Poneglyph’s location, but Xia Qiu warned that Heckle would be recognized.
• Robin rejected Crocodile’s plan to seize Alabasta because it was too risky and would cause too much harm.
• Robin proposed meeting Mr.1 to test his loyalty, while Xia Qiu resolved to kill him if he resisted changing his established methods of contact.

Robin tried to take over Mr.0’s authority over Baroque Works, but Bonis refused and attacked her and Xia Qiu. Xia Qiu killed Bonis with Robin’s help, and the injured Robin rode with Xia Qiu as he swam toward Nanohana for treatment.

• Robin told Bonis that she would handle Baroque Works orders while Mr.0 focused on the Ideal Nation plan, but Bonis refused to follow anyone except Mr.0.
• Bonis destroyed his ship and revealed that Mr.0 had ordered him to kill anyone who tried to command him.
• Bonis attacked Xia Qiu with Rankyaku, but Xia Qiu’s teeth withstood the slashes as Robin restrained Bonis with her manifested limbs.
• Bonis broke one of Xia Qiu’s arms, but Xia Qiu bit off Bonis’s head and killed him.
• Robin collapsed with severe injuries to her arms, and Xia Qiu carried her and Bonis’s corpse into the sea toward Nanohana while Binchi followed.

Xia Qiu guarded the injured Robin in Canal City as bounty hunters and attackers tried to exploit her vulnerability, while Miss Doublefinger helped drive them off. When three Marine warships surrounded Robin near the coast, Xia Qiu charged toward one of them, intending to take on the Marines and gain strength.

• Xia Qiu guarded Robin while soldiers and bounty hunters gathered around them, and he refused to leave her exposed.
• Attackers tried to shoot and burn Xia Qiu and ambushed Robin, but Miss Doublefinger killed the rooftop attackers and offered her help.
• Robin came out bandaged, thanked Miss Doublefinger, and rode away on Xia Qiu as the soldiers cleared their path.
• Three Marine warships appeared and surrounded the coast, so Robin asked Xia Qiu to set her down while he escaped underwater.
• Xia Qiu ignored Robin's request, stopped beside Binchi, and charged toward the farthest warship with Robin following on Binchi.

Xia Qiu attacked the three Marine warships pursuing him and Robin, damaging one ship and fighting Commodore Madsen. After Madsen escaped with a badly broken arm, Xia Qiu turned back toward the first warship.

• Xia Qiu charged T-Bone’s warship, endured his Rankyaku, and smashed through the ship’s bottom and keel.
• Xia Qiu swam toward Commodore Madsen’s warship to stop it from pursuing Robin.
• Madsen put on his Meteor gauntlet, enlarged his arm, and struck Xia Qiu as he rammed forward.
• Xia Qiu’s impact shattered Madsen’s gauntlet and broke his knuckles and arm, but Madsen used Geppo to return to his ship.
• Xia Qiu turned and charged toward T-Bone’s damaged warship again.

Xia Qiu tore through Commodore Madsen’s warship, while T-Bone and other Marines risked their lives to stop him from reaching Hina’s ship and Robin. Recognizing T-Bone’s sense of duty but seeing him as an enemy, Xia Qiu charged at him to kill him.

• T-Bone attacked Xia Qiu with his sword, cracking one of Xia Qiu’s teeth before his blade snapped, and Xia Qiu turned away toward Robin’s ship.
• Xia Qiu smashed into Madsen’s warship, forced his way inside, killed two Marines, and drove the others back as Madsen’s attacks failed to hurt him.
• Hina continued pursuing Robin while T-Bone’s ship moved to support Madsen, and Xia Qiu retreated from the burning oil blocking his way through the damaged ship.
• Xia Qiu headed for Hina’s ship, but T-Bone angled his warship across the path and jumped into the sea with Marines who charged at Xia Qiu.
• Xia Qiu recognized T-Bone as a dutiful Marine and considered how the Marines’ view of Robin differed from his own before charging at T-Bone to kill him.

Hina pursued Robin by sea, but Robin disabled Hina’s warship and escaped. Xia Qiu saw Robin was safe and prepared to attack the three Marine warships.

• Hina ordered cannon fire and iron spears against Robin, but Robin deflected the attacks with her powers.
• Hina closed in on Robin’s sea turtle and tried to capture her, but Robin restrained the Marines and struck at Hina with a giant arm.
• Hina’s Cage-Cage Fruit powers countered Robin’s restraints, but Robin used Marines’ rifles to shoot Hina in the legs and spared her.
• Robin smashed the warship’s helm and mast, then escaped with Binchi as the Marines rushed to help Hina.
• Xia Qiu defeated T-Bone and a Lieutenant Commander, saw Robin get away, and charged toward the Marine warships.