Chapter Summaries

Su Xiao reached Water Seven, chose to join Galley-La Company, and traveled to Dock One to find Rob Lucci already watching him. The chapter left their first encounter poised to develop as Su Xiao approached the shipyard.

• Su Xiao found Beli and three World Government commemorative coins in the pirate captain’s cabin and stored the coins.
• Su Xiao arrived in Water Seven and received a Main Quest requiring him to join Galley-La Company, the World Government, or the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Su Xiao ruled out the Straw Hat Pirates and the World Government, deciding to join Galley-La Company despite the danger posed by its undercover CP9 agents.
• Su Xiao rented a Bulu, released Bubu Wang, and rode with him through Water Seven toward Dock One.
• Su Xiao reached Dock One and recognized shipwright Rob Lucci as a CP9 agent; Rob Lucci noticed Su Xiao and stopped working.

Su Xiao secured the attention of Galley-La Company manager Angus by demonstrating his strength and claiming experience as a king’s bodyguard. Angus brought him to meet Iceberg, the company’s president, leaving Su Xiao at the center of Water Seven’s power.

• Su Xiao asked to join Galley-La Company, but an employee initially offered him a temporary laborer position at Dock Three.
• Su Xiao twisted a dense iron rod with his bare hands and claimed he could fight pirates with bounties between fifty and one hundred million Beli.
• Angus introduced himself as Dock One’s manager and asked Su Xiao what kind of work he wanted.
• Su Xiao claimed he had served as a king’s bodyguard, then traveled with Angus and Bubutney to the municipal building.
• Angus introduced Su Xiao to Iceberg, the president of Galley-La Company, whom Su Xiao recognized from his role in Water Seven.

Su Xiao joined Galley-La Company and completed his faction quest, then encountered a powerful Contractor who was likely the Phantom Troupe’s No. 7. The cowboy confronted him over Carl’s death, and Su Xiao prepared to fight.

• Iceberg hired Su Xiao to guard Dock One, and Su Xiao completed his employment procedures at Galley-La Company.
• Su Xiao completed the Choice of Faction quest and received the Main Quest: Earn Recognition.
• Su Xiao encountered a cowboy Contractor at the municipal building, and the two silently sized each other up before parting ways.
• Su Xiao led the cowboy to an abandoned shipyard and drew Dragon Slayer Flash when the man followed him.
• The cowboy asked whether Su Xiao had killed Carl, and Su Xiao confirmed it as he activated Blue Steel Shadow.

Su Xiao fought Cowboy, whose Revolver fired bullets that inflicted devastating true damage. After enduring several hits, Su Xiao wounded Cowboy at close range, but a flashbang let him escape, and the two resumed their tense standoff.

• Cowboy shot Su Xiao with three bullets, and Su Xiao dug a poisonous silver bullet from his wound while analyzing the weapon's true-damage effect.
• Su Xiao tracked Cowboy's accelerated bullet and deflected it with Dragon Slayer Flash, astonishing his opponent.
• Cowboy fired five bullets in a chain, but Su Xiao charged through them and slashed Cowboy's shoulder and body at close range.
• Cowboy threw a flashbang and retreated while Su Xiao's vision and hearing were impaired.
• Su Xiao recovered and cautiously approached Cowboy again as they kept their distance, each aware that a well-aimed shot or strike could be fatal.

Su Xiao fought the Revolver Man, whose White-headed Eagle concealed him from Su Xiao’s senses, and used Bubu Wang to locate him and trigger hidden Alchemy Bombs. The blasts wounded the Revolver Man, but he fell toward the sea; Su Xiao harpooned him with Dragon Slayer Flash and dragged the sword back, leaving the man badly injured in the water.

• The Revolver Man used the White-headed Eagle’s Soul Misguidance to vanish from Su Xiao’s senses and shot him during their stalemate.
• Su Xiao realized Bubu Wang could see the Revolver Man, and used the dog’s movements to work out the enemy’s position.
• Su Xiao planted Alchemy Bombs disguised with his blood, and Bubu Wang barked when the Revolver Man approached them.
• Su Xiao detonated seven Alchemy Bombs, blasting off one of the Revolver Man’s arms and sending him falling toward the waterway.
• Su Xiao hurled Dragon Slayer Flash into the Revolver Man’s abdomen and used Boundary Severing Thread to wound him again and pull the sword back from the sea.

Su Xiao drove the Revolver Man into the sea but could not pursue him through Water Seven’s underwater ruins. When Iceberg and the Galley-La shipwrights arrived, Kalifa tried to treat Su Xiao’s wounds, but he caught her attempting to poison him and restrained her with a Boundary Severing Thread.

• Su Xiao fired at the escaping Revolver Man, but his bullets lost force underwater, and the enemy disappeared among the submerged buildings.
• After sensing that the Revolver Man had fled, Su Xiao collapsed from his wounds as Water Seven’s residents summoned Iceberg and the Galley-La Company.
• Iceberg asked Su Xiao what had happened, and Su Xiao said three pirates had tried to steal a ship before two escaped into the sea.
• Iceberg ordered Kalifa to treat Su Xiao’s wounds, but Su Xiao sensed her killing intent and noticed a glass bottle in her hand.
• Su Xiao restrained Kalifa with a Boundary Severing Thread and warned her not to poison him or provoke him.

Su Xiao captured Kalifa and forced her to swallow an Alchemy Bomb, using it to threaten her into keeping her spy activities away from him. Kalifa failed to remove the bomb after he left, while Su Xiao moved on without escalating the conflict.

• Su Xiao treated his wound while confronting Kalifa about the poison she carried, then forced her to accompany him to a nearby alley.
• Su Xiao considered killing Kalifa but decided the consequences outweighed any benefit.
• Su Xiao bound Kalifa with Boundary Severing Thread and forced an Intermediate Alchemy Bomb down her throat.
• Su Xiao activated the bomb to demonstrate its threat, then told Kalifa to warn her companions not to provoke him.
• After Su Xiao left, Kalifa tried repeatedly to vomit up the bomb but failed.

Su Xiao realized Kalifa was spreading rumors of a relationship to implicate him in her coming betrayal, but he saw the gossip as a way to raise his reputation. He arrived at Iceberg’s celebration with his reputation climbing and began planning how to benefit before the Straw Hat Pirates reached Water Seven in five days.

• Su Xiao bought roasted Water Water Meat for himself and Bubu Wang, then went to guard Dock One while remaining wary that Iceberg did not trust him.
• Kalifa returned to Iceberg and let him believe she and Su Xiao were involved, planning to make Su Xiao a suspected enemy when she betrayed the Galley-La Company.
• The rumors spread through the shipwrights, and Su Xiao’s reputation rose as he guarded Dock One throughout the afternoon.
• Angus told Su Xiao that people believed he had won Kalifa’s heart, and Su Xiao realized she was trying to drag him into her scheme.
• Su Xiao decided the rumors could help him gain reputation and considered how to profit before the Straw Hat Pirates arrived in five days.
• Angus escorted Su Xiao to Iceberg’s home, where a lively banquet was underway.

Su Xiao blackmailed Kalifa into handing over the complete Rokushiki Shave training method in exchange for removing the bomb in her abdomen. After he removed one bomb, he revealed that two more remained.

• Angus left the banquet, and Su Xiao used Kalifa's attempt to pretend they were close to raise his fame among the shipwrights.
• Su Xiao confronted Kalifa about her mission and demanded the Shave training method, while Rob Lucci warned Kaku that Kalifa had been exposed.
• Kalifa offered Su Xiao thirty million Beli, but he refused and insisted on the Shave method; she eventually wrote it down.
• Su Xiao rejected Kalifa's first incomplete version, and she wrote the remaining parts until Reincarnation Paradise confirmed the method was complete.
• Su Xiao removed one Alchemy Bomb from Kalifa and told her that two more bombs were still inside her.

Su Xiao forced Kalifa to trade information or a weapon for the two Alchemy Bombs still in her stomach, leaving her under threat while she continued her mission. After the banquet, Kalifa met Rob Lucci, who told her to seek Bruno for help removing the bombs.

• Su Xiao reminded Kalifa that he could detonate the two partially activated Alchemy Bombs if anyone tried to remove them.
• Kalifa refused to give Su Xiao more Rokushiki, so he demanded a Good Grade Sword 50 Works blade within four days in exchange for one bomb.
• Su Xiao reduced the bombs’ activity and let Kalifa eat, while warning her not to insult him again.
• After the banquet, Kalifa told Rob Lucci that two bombs remained in her stomach.
• Rob Lucci suggested that Kalifa find Bruno to remove the bombs.

Kalifa asked Bruno to remove the two Alchemy Bombs implanted in her stomach, but the attempt triggered a controlled explosion and left them in place. She then arranged to buy a sword from Jabra and vowed to take back what Byakuya had taken from her.

• Kalifa met Bruno at his Water Seven tavern and showed him the bombs attached to her gastric mucosa.
• Bruno attempted to remove the bombs, but a detached tentacle exploded and destroyed a table without harming him.
• Kalifa concluded that the bombs could be controlled and left the tavern after Bruno gave up on removing them.
• Kalifa called Jabra and offered thirty million Beli for the Good Grade Sword 50 Works he had acquired six years earlier.
• Kalifa arranged for Jabra to send the sword to her by Sea Train the next day and vowed to reclaim her Rokushiki, the sword, and her life from Byakuya.

Su Xiao settled into an inn and studied Kalifa’s training method for Shave, then practiced through the night and into the next morning. He briefly achieved a burst of speed that sent him into the sea, but the demanding training strained his ankle.

• Su Xiao left the noisy Galley-La dormitory, found a clean inn, and used Reincarnation Paradise to make Kalifa’s Shave instructions readable.
• Su Xiao learned that Shave relied on rapidly stomping the ground and began practicing its starting motion, while Bubutney watched anxiously.
• A group of Strong Men confronted Su Xiao over the noise, but he beat them and continued practicing.
• Su Xiao practiced at a secluded spot near Dock One, briefly used Shave, and shot into the sea before swimming back to shore.
• Su Xiao failed to repeat the burst, calmed himself through meditation, and strained his ankle while continuing to practice through the morning.

Su Xiao found the elderly chef at a Water Seven boat restaurant and traded rare liquor for seafood noodles and medicinal cuisine. The chef recognized Su Xiao’s need for training and agreed to provide medicinal meals each night, giving him help as he prepared for the Straw Hat Pirates’ arrival.

• Su Xiao visited the boat restaurant and offered Wuliangye to the sleeping old man in exchange for a meal.
• The old man drank too much Wuliangye, then woke later and cooked Su Xiao exceptionally delicious seafood noodles.
• After Su Xiao hinted that he was a swordsman, the old man noticed his injured ankle and invited him back for medicinal cuisine.
• Su Xiao practiced Shave through the afternoon, returning to the restaurant at five-thirty as promised.
• The medicinal cuisine permanently increased Su Xiao’s health and slightly raised his stamina, and the old man offered to make it nightly in exchange for a bottle of liquor.

Su Xiao finished learning the basics of Shave and prepared for the Straw Hat Pirates’ arrival in Water Seven. When Kalifa brought him a sword to fulfill their deal, Rob Lucci appeared with her, revealing that the exchange was a trap.

• Su Xiao gained a preliminary grasp of Shave after two days of training and learned that using it drained Stamina and could injure his legs.
• Su Xiao assessed CP9’s strength and decided that Rob Lucci was the member he feared most, though he believed he had a chance of defeating him.
• Su Xiao waited in an abandoned warehouse with Bubutney for Kalifa to bring the promised Good Grade Sword.
• Kalifa handed over the sword and demanded that Su Xiao remove the bomb inside her, but he refused because she had not come alone.
• Rob Lucci appeared at the warehouse entrance, and Su Xiao realized Kalifa had brought him instead of coming to make a sincere trade.

Su Xiao was surrounded by Rob Lucci and the other CP agents, but a World Government official named Zero contacted him and offered him a place in CP0 in exchange for his Alchemy Bomb-making ability. The chapter ended with Su Xiao refusing to accept the offer until he negotiated for benefits.

• Rob Lucci and the other agents gathered in the warehouse, and Su Xiao demanded to know why they had come before accepting a call on a Den Den Mushi.
• Zero identified Su Xiao as Byakuya and offered him a place in the World Government's CP Department, explaining that the government wanted his covert Alchemy Bombs.
• Su Xiao claimed that his bomb-making technique was a secret inheritance that no one else could learn, but said he could produce bombs himself if the World Government supplied resources.
• Su Xiao told Zero that he could make 1,300 Alchemy Bombs per day, prompting Zero to appoint him an official member of CP0.
• Su Xiao reminded Zero that he had not agreed to join the CP Department and held out for benefits.

Su Xiao negotiated CP0 status and compensation for manufacturing Alchemy Bombs, then persuaded Zero to let him accompany Rob Lucci’s team in Water Seven. He left the chapter poised to join the agents’ operation while concealing that he had not swallowed the poison meant to ensure his loyalty.

• Su Xiao demanded a Great Grade Sword and a Devil Fruit before settling on one Good Grade Sword for every 2,000 Alchemy Bombs he made, and Zero agreed to the deal and granted him CP0 researcher status.
• Su Xiao’s Main Quest changed to reaching Enies Lobby, with the quest activating upon arrival and a five-day deadline.
• Su Xiao learned that Rob Lucci and the other CP9 agents were targeting Iceberg, and he convinced Zero to let him accompany their mission.
• Rob Lucci gave Su Xiao a slow-acting poison as a test of loyalty, and Su Xiao secretly stored the capsule instead of swallowing it.
• Kalifa learned that Su Xiao had become a CP0 researcher and was now a colleague the agents had to protect.

Su Xiao removed the Alchemy Bombs from Kalifa and learned CP9’s plan to capture Nico Robin, then accepted a mission to escort Robin to Enies Lobby. After Kalifa told him to stay out of the fight, Su Xiao challenged her to battle.

• Rob Lucci told Kalifa that protecting Su Xiao was part of the mission, and Su Xiao began examining the Alchemy Bombs in her body.
• Su Xiao removed the bombs while Rob Lucci, Bruno, and Kaku waited outside the warehouse.
• Rob Lucci left Kalifa with Su Xiao and ordered her to explain CP9’s plan to capture Nico Robin.
• Su Xiao took Kalifa to eat, then listened as she described the plan and triggered a mission to escort Nico Robin to Enies Lobby.
• Kalifa told Su Xiao to hide during the mission, so he drew Dragon Slayer Flash and challenged her to fight.

Su Xiao learned more about Shave from Kalifa and prepared for the CP Department's operation to capture Nico Robin in Water Seven. The next morning, he met Lucci and Kaku at Dock One as they completed the ship they had spent years building, then left after reading a note from Kalifa.

• Kalifa taught Su Xiao Shave in exchange for two Alchemy Bombs, raising his skill to Lv. 3.
• Kalifa told Su Xiao that the operation to capture Nico Robin would begin at nine the next morning, while Lucci would handle an auxiliary mission.
• Su Xiao returned to the inn and rested before leaving for Dock One with Bubutney the next morning.
• Su Xiao found Lucci and Kaku finishing the ship they had built during their five years undercover in Water Seven.
• Kalifa slipped Su Xiao a note at Dock One, and he read it before leaving.

As Aqua Laguna approached Water Seven, Su Xiao and CP9 agent Bruno used the city's festival to conceal their identities while waiting for the Straw Hat Pirates to arrive. After learning that Nico Robin had landed and was heading through Back Street with Chopper, they went to intercept her.

• Water Seven's residents prepared for the annual Aqua Laguna festival, which celebrated the tsunami that cleansed the city and brought plentiful fish.
• Su Xiao found Bruno working at a crowded tavern, and Bruno closed it and changed back into his agent clothes.
• Bruno explained that they would wait in disguise for the Straw Hat Pirates to land, then capture Nico Robin.
• Bruno received word that Robin had landed with Chopper and was walking toward Back Street.
• Su Xiao and Bruno reached Robin and Chopper's route and walked toward them.

Su Xiao and Bruno confronted Nico Robin during the festival and brought her to an abandoned factory, where she tried to bargain for her life. The chapter left Robin restrained with Boundary Severing Thread and threatening to kill herself with poison.

• Robin sent Chopper into a bookstore while Su Xiao and Bruno revealed they were CP9 and ordered her to come with them.
• Robin parted from Chopper and followed Su Xiao to an abandoned factory, accepting that she could not escape.
• Robin offered to cooperate in exchange for a favor, then pressed a dagger to her neck when Bruno refused.
• Su Xiao restrained Robin with Boundary Severing Thread and suggested cutting off her limbs to keep her alive.
• Robin revealed that she had bitten open poison capsules in her mouth and threatened to die within seconds.