Chapter Summaries

Xia Qiu chased Commodore Madsen ashore, captured him, and then escaped by sea with Robin when Marine reinforcements arrived. Robin joined Xia Qiu, but she began to wonder if he had just spoken.

• Hina ordered the sailors to treat her bleeding and prepare the Iron Spear Cannons after Xia Qiu damaged her warship.
• Xia Qiu pursued Madsen toward the shore, dodging his attacks as Madsen repeatedly used Shave to flee.
• Canal City's garrison fired cannons at Xia Qiu, and the explosions struck Madsen, letting Xia Qiu bite down on him and capture him.
• When six or seven Marine warships arrived, Xia Qiu saw five heading toward Robin and left with Madsen in his jaws to find her.
• Robin boarded Xia Qiu, sent Binchi ashore toward Spider Cafe, and fled with Xia Qiu before wondering if he had spoken.

Xia Qiu brought Robin safely back to their island and discovered that he could speak, then left to scout for the Marines. As the Marines prepared a larger pursuit and the Revolutionary Army learned of Robin’s attack, Sabo was sent to investigate and help her escape if she had not harmed civilians.

• Xia Qiu returned to the island with Robin, realized he could speak, and asked about their injuries.
• Xia Qiu healed himself by eating fish, then set out to scout the surrounding waters and draw the Marines away from Robin.
• Hina learned that Rear Admiral Sicily and Brigadier General Disli would lead the pursuit, backed by three pirate forces seeking to become Shichibukai.
• The Revolutionary Army received news of Robin’s attack on Canal City, and its leader ordered Sabo, Koala, and Hack to investigate and help Robin evade the Marines if she had not attacked civilians.

Xia Qiu drew the Marines’ attention away from Robin while their fleets searched the waters near Alabasta. Robin considered abandoning Baroque Works and fleeing, but Xia Qiu persuaded her to wait for the submarine, leaving him to worry that their goals might eventually put them at odds.

• Xia Qiu retreated after the Marines’ iron-speared warships attacked him, then took a roundabout route back to the island.
• Brigadier General Disli advised Rear Admiral Sicily to search methodically and investigate the woman who had been seen with Robin, rather than assume the Giant Beast’s attack revealed Robin’s location.
• Robin told Xia Qiu that she wanted to leave Alabasta and abandon her efforts to control Baroque Works because she felt too weak and unfit to lead.
• Xia Qiu urged Robin to wait for the submarine and promised to divert the Marines and keep watch so he could take her away if they approached.
• After Robin went to bed, Xia Qiu worried that she lacked the ability to lead Baroque Works and that their future plans could turn them against each other.

Vivi and Igaram decided to stay undercover in Baroque Works unless Robin was captured, while Xia Qiu and Robin waited out the Marine search and prepared to escape by submarine. As the Marines expanded their hunt, Sabo and Koala entered Canal City disguised as a couple.

• Vivi rejected Igaram’s proposal to expose Robin to the Marines, choosing to remain undercover until they could learn Mr.0’s identity.
• Xia Qiu returned from checking the Marine warship, and Robin told him that Alabasta was searching for Miss Doublefinger, who had asked to wait before meeting them.
• Robin reported that Mr. 2 Bon Clay’s submarine would be ready in about four days, and Xia Qiu learned that his bounty was forty million as Sea Crocodile while Robin’s had risen to one hundred and twenty million.
• At Canal City Hall, Disli argued that Robin was still nearby and persuaded Sicily to expand the search across the other sea routes.
• Sabo and Koala arrived at Canal City and passed the soldiers’ inspection by pretending to be a visiting couple.

Sabo, Koala, and Hack learned that Robin had entered Canal City without harming anyone and began arranging to find and help her escape. As Xia Qiu swam away from the harbor, a nimble yellow figure ambushed him underwater, and Xia Qiu decided to lead the attacker toward Robin so they could face him together.

• Sabo and Koala agreed to find Robin and bring her back, while Hack said he would search the surrounding waters with help from Red Silk Fish.
• Xia Qiu judged the waters near the harbor safe enough to leave, ate a massive sea bass, and continued swimming away.
• A Red Silk Fish approached Xia Qiu and then veered aside, revealing a fast yellow attacker who ambushed him.
• Xia Qiu fought the attacker underwater, but the figure dodged his attacks, matched his strength, and clung to his body without needing to breathe.
• Xia Qiu suspected the attacker was a Fish-Man targeting Robin and decided to lead him toward the island, hoping Robin could help defeat him.

Hack, a Revolutionary Army fighter, found Robin and invited her to join his organization, offering protection from the Marines and a chance to oppose the World Government. Robin agreed to join after Xia Qiu encouraged her, but Xia Qiu said he would not go with her and that they had to part ways.

• Xia Qiu brought Hack ashore, where Robin restrained him until he identified himself as a Revolutionary Army fighter sent to find her.
• Hack explained that the Revolutionary Army wanted to protect Robin from the Marines and invite her to join their effort against the World Government.
• Hack demonstrated his strength without attacking Robin, and Xia Qiu confirmed that he was genuinely part of the Revolutionary Army.
• Robin considered the invitation and asked Xia Qiu whether he would join her; Xia Qiu urged her to accept.
• Hack welcomed the prospect of Xia Qiu joining, but Xia Qiu said Robin would join alone and told her it was time for them to part.

Xia Qiu and Robin parted ways so Robin could join the Revolutionary Army while Xia Qiu stayed behind to pursue her own plans. Xia Qiu secured a way to contact the Revolutionary Army within five years, then watched Robin leave with Sabo, Koala, and Hack.

• Xia Qiu persuaded Robin to join the Revolutionary Army, while explaining that she needed to remain behind for her own purposes.
• Hack arranged for Robin and Xia Qiu to travel to Aiven Island near the Kingdom of Cals and meet his companions.
• Hack's companions Sabo and Koala arrived by cargo ship, and Xia Qiu asked the Revolutionary Army for a way to contact them for future cooperation.
• Koala agreed to have the Revolutionary Army send someone to the island every January first and June first for five years, with any help depending on Xia Qiu's request.
• Xia Qiu said goodbye to Robin and asked Sabo to protect her, then Robin departed with Sabo, Koala, and Hack.

Xia Qiu met Zala on an island and appointed her vice president of Baroque Works after revealing himself as Mr. 0. Zala accepted the role, took charge of the organization’s contacts, and departed with Xia Qiu aboard a submarine built by Franky.

• Zala reached the island and found Xia Qiu waiting instead of Robin, who could not attend because she was wanted.
• Xia Qiu offered Zala the vice presidency of Baroque Works and told her that he was Mr. 0; Zala accepted and agreed to protect his identity.
• Xia Qiu told Zala that Robin had informed the Senior Agents of the change and instructed her to contact them on his behalf.
• Mr. 2 Bon Clay arrived, confirmed Zala’s new position, and showed her the submarine that would be hers.
• Zala explained that Franky had built the cola-powered submarine using an approach proposed by Vegapunk, then boarded it and followed Xia Qiu underwater.

The Marines discovered signs of Robin’s former home, prompting Disli to pursue her while Xia Qiu moved on to Whiskey Peak. He met with Zala to set up a new base and arrange a supply of pirate corpses, then left with plans for his next evolution.

• Sicily learned that Colonel Weevil’s fleet had found Robin’s deserted island, but believed she had left at least two days earlier and traveled beyond the search area.
• Disli decided to take a fleet southwest and pursue Robin, while Sicily ordered Weevil to rendezvous with her.
• Xia Qiu saw Marines gathered at the island where he and Robin had lived, then headed toward Whiskey Peak without landing there.
• Xia Qiu met Zala and told her to have Whiskey Peak’s hunters deliver dead pirates and arrange houses as a base.
• Xia Qiu instructed Zala to take over as Vice President and recruit replacements for vacant Senior Agent positions; he also told her that Mr.1 had returned to West Blue alive.
• Xia Qiu left Zala and headed into the ocean, intending to use pirate corpses for Reinforcement Energy and pursue his next stage of evolution.

Xia Qiu began his plan to evolve by eating dinosaurs on Primordial Island, targeting their powerful legs to improve his mobility and combat strength. After securing a source of Reinforcement Energy, he returned to Zala’s island and turned to raising funds so Baroque Works could grow.

• Xia Qiu killed a Tyrannosaurus rex at the river, ate part of it, and carried the rest to a nearby island to generate a heat current.
• Xia Qiu chose to eat dinosaurs to strengthen his legs, aiming first for Tyrannosaurus rex while avoiding Dorry, Brogy, and the Island-Devouring Monster.
• Xia Qiu drove away wild beasts, ate the remaining Tyrannosaurus rex, and waited for the heat current to vanish.
• Xia Qiu returned to the island where Zala was and decided that Baroque Works needed more funds to expand.

Vivi and Igaram learned that Baroque Works had caused Alabasta’s drought, then agreed to support a proposed casino partnership after Zala promised the drought would not return. Vivi ate Crocodile’s Sand-Sand Fruit and took charge of overseeing the casino, prompting Xia Qiu to plan new preparations.

• Vivi and Igaram followed Zala aboard a submarine, where she revealed their identities and admitted Baroque Works had caused Alabasta’s drought.
• Zala proposed that Baroque Works and Alabasta build a casino in Rain Country and share its profits, and Vivi and Igaram agreed to persuade Cobra to cooperate.
• Three days later, Zala told Xia Qiu that Cobra had accepted the casino deal after she threatened an attack, but Vivi had eaten the Sand-Sand Fruit before Zala could claim it.
• Zala explained that Vivi had taken the fruit to prevent Baroque Works from gaining strength, and Cobra had settled the dispute by granting Baroque Works fifty-five percent of the casino profits.
• Zala told Xia Qiu that Vivi intended to manage the casino herself, so Xia Qiu ordered her to find two people and prepare other things.

Zala assigned Heckle and Mr. Christmas to manage Baroque Works’ casino in Alabasta, giving Heckle the Kilogram Fruit and Mr. Christmas a powerful rifle. After Heckle’s new strength failed to overcome Xia Qiu, Xia Qiu considered how to build up his organization and involve Vivi in his plans.

• Zala ordered Heckle and Mr. Christmas to protect Baroque Works’ interests while managing its casino in Alabasta, and promoted Heckle to Mr. 3.
• Zala gave Heckle the Kilogram Fruit, which let him change his weight from ten kilograms to ten thousand kilograms, and Heckle tested its power against Xia Qiu but was knocked back with an injured arm.
• Zala gave Mr. Christmas a rifle and tungsten-gold bullets, then sent the pair to Alabasta with an attendant.
• Xia Qiu explained that he had taken the Kilogram Fruit from its former user and given it to Heckle, whom he considered worth cultivating, while searching for a powerful candidate to fill the vacant Mr. 1 position.
• Zala worried that Mr. 3 could not defeat Vivi, and Xia Qiu considered how to involve Vivi in his plan despite being unable to defeat her himself.

Vivi watched the newly opened Las Vegas casino bring life back to Elma, while Heckle and Mr. Christmas quickly subdued pirates who attacked it. Xia Qiu used the pirates as food and considered how to expand Baroque Works, but struggled to find trustworthy people to run an intelligence department.

• Elma’s restored city drew a crowd to the grand opening of the Las Vegas casino, and Vivi worried about the costs before Igaram and an old man reassured her about its prospects.
• Vivi asked Heckle about the mysterious President, and Zala said she could ask him whether he would meet Vivi.
• A pirate leader attacked a dealer and demanded money, so Heckle and Mr. Christmas defeated the pirates and had them taken away.
• Bounty Hunters delivered the pirates to Xia Qiu, who fed them to the Giant Beast and gained energy.
• Xia Qiu maintained a routine of hunting dinosaurs on Little Garden and eating pirates, then planned an intelligence department for Baroque Works but found he lacked capable, loyal subordinates.

Xia Qiu fought Heckle on an abandoned island and recognized how much they had both improved, though he still struggled to track fast opponents on land. After the sparring match, Xia Qiu considered finding someone who could teach him Observation Haki, then waited for a visitor to arrive so he could handle another matter.

• Xia Qiu and Heckle fought, with Heckle using his Devil Fruit abilities and new fighting style but ultimately failing to defeat Xia Qiu.
• Zala ended the sparring match and encouraged Heckle to keep training before asking him to deliver a message in Alabasta.
• Xia Qiu assessed their progress and concluded that his poor land-based detection and mobility made it difficult to fight opponents who could use Geppo and Shave.
• Xia Qiu considered Enel as a potential source of Observation Haki but set the idea aside because he could not reach Sky Island or defeat him.
• A figure arrived at the house under Zala's welcome, and Xia Qiu crouched nearby to deal with the matter.

Vivi defeated pirates threatening Aru-Ma City and then agreed to meet Baroque Works’ mysterious President. At the meeting place, she discovered that the talking giant beast before her was the President, who called himself Mr.0.

• Vivi arrived at Aru-Ma City and killed the pirate leader with a sand blade.
• Vivi used Death Sand Wheel to defeat the remaining pirates and left Baroque Works members to handle the aftermath.
• Vivi returned to her casino residence, where Heckle told her that Baroque Works’ President wanted to meet her.
• Vivi agreed and traveled with Heckle to an island, where Zala led her to a courtyard.
• Vivi met a talking giant beast named Xia Qiu, who revealed that he was Baroque Works’ President, Mr.0.

Xia Qiu revealed to Vivi that he had killed Crocodile and taken over Baroque Works, then persuaded her to cooperate on a future plan and help establish an intelligence organization. Vivi left the island after agreeing to keep his identity secret and share selected intelligence, while Xia Qiu reflected that he had secured the support he needed.

• Xia Qiu told Vivi that he had killed Crocodile and become president of Baroque Works nine months earlier.
• Xia Qiu explained how Crocodile’s Utopia Plan could have plunged Alabasta into conflict, and Vivi thanked him for ending it.
• Vivi refused to join Baroque Works but agreed to help Xia Qiu once with a plan that would not harm her principles or ordinary people.
• Xia Qiu proposed an intelligence organization controlled by Vivi, with Baroque Works receiving only the intelligence she chose to share, and Vivi agreed on condition that their cooperation remain secret except from Zala.
• Vivi said goodbye to Xia Qiu, found Zala, and left the island; Xia Qiu then told Zala not to worry about Vivi revealing his identity.

Xia Qiu reviewed Baroque Works’ finances and intelligence network with Vivi, then asked her to track two Marine Vice Admirals involved in the destruction of Ohara. After Vivi left, he planned to strengthen his organization by transferring Mr. 5’s Devil Fruit to the close-combat fighter Alken and recruiting more capable agents.

• Vivi reported that the casino had earned Xia Qiu 1.55 billion Belly and that Baroque Works’ intelligence organization had 120 members with separate duties.
• Vivi described Xia Qiu’s physical evolution, and he said his body was still growing stronger.
• Xia Qiu asked Vivi to investigate Vice Admirals Onigumo and Doma so he could avenge Robin and attack them at sea.
• Vivi agreed to look into the Vice Admirals’ bases and movements, though she remained wary of provoking the Marines.
• Xia Qiu told Zala to bring Mr. 5 and prepare fruit so he could transfer the Bomb-Bomb Fruit to the boxer Alken.
• Xia Qiu instructed Zala to keep recruiting physically strong agents and purchasing Devil Fruits on the black market.

Cecilia defeated Alken in a rank challenge, while Xia Qiu and Zala began preparing to ambush Vice Admiral Onigumo at G4 Branch. As they waited for intelligence on Onigumo’s movements, Xia Qiu revealed that he planned to kill him to gain strength and keep Zala and Vivi from threatening his control of Baroque Works.

• Cecilia used her speed and ostrich legs to defeat Alken, but Zala stopped her from killing him and kept her rank at Mr. 4.
• Xia Qiu advised Zala to tell Alken that his explosions could improve his mobility, then learned that Vivi had set their operation for three days later.
• Zala and Xia Qiu traveled to Alabasta, obtained an Eternal Pose and a Den Den Mushi from an informant, and followed the pose to G4 Branch.
• Xia Qiu chose a nearby forested island as their temporary base, where Zala’s subordinates would watch for Marine ships while they awaited the informant’s reports.
• Zala considered betraying Xia Qiu to seize control of Baroque Works, but abandoned the idea after he said he would leave the organization to Vivi if he died.
• Xia Qiu admitted that he had never trusted Zala or Vivi and planned to kill Onigumo to gain Haki and strength enough to intimidate them.

Xia Qiu followed Vice Admiral Onigumo’s lone warship while he escorted the captured Fangs Pirate Crew to Enies Lobby, then attacked it from the sea. Onigumo wounded Xia Qiu with repeated Rankyaku and prepared his Eight Sword Style, but Xia Qiu did not make another charge.

• Zala told Xia Qiu that Onigumo had taken nine warships to capture the Fangs Pirate Crew, so Xia Qiu abandoned his first chance to attack and returned to the deserted island.
• Zala later reported that Onigumo would escort the prisoners to Enies Lobby, and Xia Qiu followed the lone warship after it left the G4 Branch.
• Xia Qiu waited for darkness, then rammed the warship and damaged several compartments beneath its starboard side.
• Onigumo recognized that the ship was under attack and used Rankyaku to strike Xia Qiu as he surfaced near the hull.
• Xia Qiu evaded further slashes, rammed the ship again, and widened the breaches, but his back and dorsal fin suffered severe wounds.
• Onigumo transformed, took six swords from the Marines, and waited for Xia Qiu’s next attack, but Xia Qiu did not return.

Xia Qiu followed Vice Admiral Onigumo’s damaged warship toward Savos Island and attacked it again, while Onigumo prepared to make Auston fight him underwater. Xia Qiu killed and ate Auston, then escaped deeper into the sea as the warship continued toward the island.

• Onigumo ordered the damaged warship to return toward Savos Island and arranged to meet Major General Komir there before continuing to Enies Lobby.
• Xia Qiu realized the Marines were heading for an island rendezvous and followed the ship, waiting while he fed and recovered from his wounds.
• After Xia Qiu rammed the ship again, Onigumo ordered Brigadier General Auston to attack him underwater while the Marines repaired the growing breach.
• Onigumo struck Xia Qiu with Eight Sword Style Secret Art, Spider Web, and Auston plunged into the sea to pursue him.
• Xia Qiu dodged Auston’s harpoons, broke them with his claw, killed him, and swallowed his body.