Chapter Summaries

Ronglin and his companions changed course for Aishier Kingdom after suspecting the blood letter was meant to lure them into a trap. After several days at sea, Jinbe spotted an acquaintance’s ship sailing nearby.

• Ronglin suspected the blood letter was directing its finder toward Aishier Kingdom, and Caesar warned that a powerful force might be behind the scheme.
• Ronglin decided to change course for Aishier Kingdom, and Jinbe and Jazz agreed to follow him despite Caesar’s protests.
• As they sailed, Caesar prepared emergency medicines and supplies while Jinbe taught Jazz Fish-Man Karate.
• Ronglin and his crew bought supplies from passing vessels, and Ronglin sometimes punished Caesar for mocking their generous crews.
• Jinbe spotted an acquaintance’s ship sailing parallel to their boat.

Ronglin learned that Jack had been badly injured after challenging the Marines and that major events were unfolding across the New World. Crocodile implied they were headed to the same place, then showed Ronglin a bloodstained scrap that resembled the letter from the dead ship.

• Ronglin recognized Crocodile and had Jinbe bring their ship closer to hear what he wanted.
• Crocodile showed Ronglin news that Jack's fleet had been destroyed by Aokiji and accused Ronglin of setting Jack up to die.
• Ronglin read reports about the Straw Hat Pirates, Ace's reorganized Whitebeard remnants, and Blackbeard's attacks on Devil Fruit users.
• Crocodile said he and Ronglin were heading to the same place and raised a bloodstained scrap that made Ronglin recognize the writing from the dead ship.

Ronglin and Crocodile realized that blood letters were luring powerful people toward the Aishier Kingdom, where a major conspiracy awaited. Crocodile refused to join Ronglin, and Ronglin’s ship continued toward the kingdom without further incident.

• Crocodile told Ronglin he had found a blood letter at sea and suspected that someone was gathering powerful people at the Aishier Kingdom.
• Ronglin invited Crocodile to join his crew, but Crocodile refused and said he might consider taking Ronglin as a subordinate after the conspiracy was handled.
• Crocodile provoked Jinbe and then headed toward his destination, while Ronglin regretted that he could not recruit him.
• Ronglin explained to Jazz and Caesar that Crocodile was formidable and said they should try to reform him rather than fight him.
• Ronglin ordered the ship to continue to the Aishier Kingdom, but he found no one else who had heard of the blood letters.

Ronglin, Caesar, and Jazz traveled into the Ashil Kingdom and found it impoverished and overrun with unusually powerful beasts. They continued toward the capital after Ronglin realized the kingdom was nothing like Caesar’s books had described.

• Ronglin left Jinbe to guard the ship and took Caesar and Jazz ashore, avoiding the public port because most of them were wanted.
• A worker told Ronglin that the king had raised taxes and conscripted soldiers three years earlier, leaving the kingdom impoverished and without merchant ships.
• Caesar criticized the villagers, and Ronglin defended Jazz’s compassion before the group continued toward the capital.
• Ronglin, Caesar, and Jazz faced increasingly dangerous beasts along the rugged road, and Caesar carried the frightened Jazz.
• Ronglin killed a ten-meter-tall rhinoceros with a Haki-infused punch and sensed many other powerful beasts nearby.

Ronglin and Caesar discovered that the Primordial Forest drove its beasts into a frenzy, inspiring Caesar to consider creating Artificial Zoan Devil Fruits. Ronglin then flew with Jazz and Caesar out of the forest, continuing toward the capital of Ashil Kingdom to investigate the Blood Letter Conspiracy.

• Ronglin struck down a charging bull-headed, bear-bodied monster and suspected someone had drugged the beasts.
• Caesar examined the monster and discovered substances in the forest made beasts’ tissues hyperactive, drove them to remain there, and destabilized their minds.
• Caesar said the substances could inspire research into Artificial Zoan Devil Fruits, and Ronglin encouraged him to investigate further.
• Caesar concluded the forest’s effects could also affect humans, while regular exposure to his nutritious meals had given Ronglin and Jazz some immunity.
• Ronglin picked up Jazz and used Moonwalk to fly with him and Caesar out of the Primordial Forest after several hours.

Ronglin, Jazz, and Caesar reached a village near the Primordial Forest and learned that its people feared entering the forest and knew nothing of the coast beyond it. Meanwhile, infiltrators surrounded Ronglin’s boat, where Jinbe accidentally knocked one into the sea and began searching for the others.

• Ronglin, Jazz, and Caesar approached a village and spoke with its farmers instead of flying in.
• Ronglin learned that the villagers believed no one survived the Primordial Forest and that the only road led to Ashil Capital.
• Caesar found no clues in the village about the substance causing mental excitement, and Ronglin suspected the village near the forest might be different.
• A group of infiltrators surrounded Ronglin’s boat and silently boarded it.
• Jinbe flung one infiltrator into the sea by opening the cabin door, then went outside to investigate the noise.

Jinbe’s accidental movements foiled a group of infiltrators trying to ambush him outside his cabin. After recognizing him, the last infiltrator fled, and Jinbe revealed that he had deliberately shown himself to frighten them away.

• An infiltrator attacked Jinbe from behind, but Jinbe snapped a plank that struck the man and sent him flying overboard.
• A second infiltrator charged the cabin, tripped on the broken plank, and was knocked away when Jinbe opened the door.
• The last infiltrator recognized Jinbe as the former Seven Warlords of the Sea and abandoned his weapon before fleeing.
• Jinbe blew out his lamp and said he had shown his face so the intruders would learn to fear him.

Jinbe discovered that the shore ambushers planned to kill him and his crew, but chose to spare them after they invoked vengeance and he recalled Ronglin’s advice. The leader then betrayed Jinbe with a surprise attack, forcing them into battle.

• The leader killed a scout who reported that Jinbe guarded the ship.
• The leader concluded that Jinbe had discovered the ambushers and ordered explosives prepared to sink his ship.
• Jinbe appeared and confronted the group after overhearing their plan to kill him.
• The leader spoke of ending the cycle of vengeance, and Jinbe decided to spare the ambushers because of Ronglin’s advice.
• The leader attacked Jinbe from behind with his Spiral Sword, and Jinbe countered with Fish-Man Karate: Six Thousand Pound Cannon—Heart-Piercing Fin.

Jinbe killed the leader of the attackers with a single punch, while Ronglin and his companions settled into an inn and encountered a gang trying to seize their room. Ronglin asked Jazz and Caesar how they wanted to handle the intruders, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Jinbe shattered the leader’s Spiral Sword and killed him with a Heart-Piercing Fin.
• Ronglin, Caesar, and Jazz settled into an inn, where Jazz questioned whether the people they had met were deceiving them.
• Ronglin warned Jazz to stay cautious, then sensed a familiar presence among the people forcing guests out of their rooms.
• A group of tattooed men kicked down Ronglin’s door and demanded the room and ten times its fee.
• Ronglin asked Jazz what they should do, then asked Caesar whether he had to deal with the intruders himself.

Caesar fought Hawkins’s pirates after they provoked him, but Hawkins intervened and recognized Ronglin from their previous meeting. Ronglin declared his intention to reach Laugh Tale and demanded that Hawkins submit to him, leaving their encounter poised for conflict.

• Caesar used his Logia abilities to restrain Hawkins’s pirates and prepared to punish them, but a sword aura shattered his plank and freed them.
• Hawkins entered, apologized for his subordinates, then recognized Caesar and spotted Ronglin in the room.
• Hawkins recalled meeting Ronglin on Erebus Island and noted the rumors that Jinbe and Caesar had joined Ronglin’s alliance.
• Ronglin said he intended to reach Laugh Tale and remove every obstacle, including the Four Emperors and Celestial Dragons.
• Ronglin invited Hawkins to join him, then demanded that Hawkins become his subordinate in exchange for forgiving the pirates.
• Hawkins raised his sword into a ready stance after Ronglin’s demand.

Hawkins fought Caesar in a gas-filled room while trying to escape with his subordinates. Caesar was badly wounded after turning back to protect Jazz from Hawkins’s attack.

• Caesar filled the room with gas and drained its oxygen, knocking Hawkins’s pirates unconscious.
• Hawkins protected himself with sword aura, threw unconscious subordinates out of the room, and warned reinforcements not to enter.
• Hawkins escaped Caesar’s gas and charged at Jazz, forcing Caesar to turn back and defend him.
• Hawkins transformed into a giant straw man and struck Caesar in the chest with a Haki-wreathed attack.
• Caesar coughed up blood and was sent flying, while Jazz watched in terror.

Ronglin confronted Hawkins after Hawkins attacked Jazz and injured Caesar, defeating Hawkins’s giant straw form with an energy shield. As Ronglin, Jazz, and Caesar approached the fallen Hawkins, the straw man cracked open and spawned small straw figures that burned to ash, leaving several of Hawkins’s subordinates unconscious.

• Caesar took Hawkins’s blow while protecting Jazz, and Ronglin explained that Jazz had nearly awakened Haki before Caesar interrupted his training.
• Ronglin demanded that Hawkins submit or leave one hand behind, then repelled Hawkins’s giant straw form with an energy shield and blasted it through a wall.
• Jazz helped Caesar up, but Ronglin accused Caesar of pretending to be injured, and Caesar denied it.
• The fallen straw man split apart as small straw figures crawled out and burned to ash, while several of Hawkins’s subordinates collapsed unconscious.

Ronglin refused Hawkins’s attempt to negotiate and demanded that he submit or lose an arm. When Hawkins and his crew resisted, Ronglin overwhelmed them with his Conqueror’s Haki and attacked Hawkins, who transformed into his giant straw man form before seeing what was behind him.

• Hawkins returned to his physical body after twelve straw men burned away, while twelve people collapsed unconscious.
• Hawkins suggested that he and Ronglin work together against the mastermind who had summoned experts to Ashil Kingdom, but Ronglin refused to negotiate with a defeated opponent.
• Ronglin told Hawkins that the New World was not suited for him and demanded that he accept the consequences of provoking him.
• Hawkins drew a sword and refused to surrender, while his subordinates raised their weapons in support.
• Ronglin vanished and released overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki, knocking Hawkins’s subordinates unconscious and trapping Hawkins under its pressure.
• Hawkins swung his sword at the force behind him, dropped it when Ronglin’s attack overwhelmed him, and transformed into his giant straw man form before seeing what was behind him.

Ronglin defeated Hawkins but let him flee, intending to capture and reform him later. After compensating the innkeeper and leaving, Ronglin, Caesar, and Jazz were confronted by a bounty hunter who had recognized their high bounties.

• Ronglin dodged Hawkins's attacks and kicked him through the inn wall and into the street.
• Hawkins fled, and Ronglin explained that he planned to wear down Hawkins's will and reform him rather than kill him.
• Ronglin told Jazz that changing people's hearts mattered more than killing them, while Caesar searched Hawkins's subordinates for money.
• The trio compensated the innkeeper and left the crowded inn to avoid attracting further trouble.
• A bedraggled bounty hunter blocked their path and announced that he had hunted pirates in the New World for ten years.

Caesar subdued a bounty hunter, and Ronglin learned that bounty hunters had been causing trouble in nearby towns. He led Caesar and Jazz out of town to confront the group following them, whose leader, Erid, revealed that they had hunted Hawkins and targeted the Storm Pirates.

• Caesar restrained a bounty hunter with his gas, took his blade, and knocked him unconscious instead of killing him.
• Townspeople praised Caesar and explained that bounty hunters had been eating without paying, starting fights, and hiring away all the stonemasons.
• Ronglin noticed the missing stonemasons and led Caesar and Jazz out of town so they could deal with their pursuers away from the homes.
• Ronglin revealed that his Observation Haki had detected the followers since town, and four or five bounty hunters emerged from the darkness.
• Erid introduced himself as a bounty hunter group leader, said Hawkins had escaped, and showed off the head of the Storm Pirates' vice captain, worth 130 million Beli.
• Jazz protested when Erid described the bounty hunters as eliminating evil and called them high-bounty criminals.

Ronglin and Caesar defeated Erid and his four bounty-hunter companions after Erid revealed they had come armed with information about the crew. After seeing the difference in their strength, Erid fled, leaving Ronglin wondering who had sent the hunters after them.

• Erid attacked Ronglin while Caesar engaged the other four bounty hunters, and Erid warned his companions that Caesar was a Logia-type Devil Fruit user.
• Ronglin shielded Jazz and struck Erid with a powerful spiraling blast, badly injuring him.
• Caesar defeated Erid’s four companions as their screams rang out.
• Erid realized Ronglin was far stronger than he had expected and fled in fear.

Ronglin pursued Erid after sensing a powerful hidden observer nearby, then drew the cloaked stranger out by attacking the forest. The stranger survived Ronglin’s serious strike, while Erid escaped during their confrontation.

• Ronglin ordered Caesar to look after Jazz and pursued Erid, who had fled in fear.
• Ronglin caught up with Erid and broke his wrist when Erid tried to block a Tempest Kick.
• Ronglin sensed the hidden observer when Erid’s Haki caused a fluctuation and blasted the nearby forest with Haki: City Crusher.
• A cloaked stranger emerged unharmed behind a cyan Haki barrier and questioned Ronglin about his strength.
• The stranger stepped forward as Ronglin prepared to stop Erid, giving Erid time to escape beyond Ronglin’s attack range.

Ronglin confronted a mysterious man who wanted him to spare the bounty hunter Erid, and the disagreement turned into a fight. Ronglin overwhelmed the man’s attacks and drove a powerful shockwave through his black wave, leaving the clash unresolved as the strike surged toward him.

• Ronglin questioned the mysterious man about following him and sending the bounty hunters, while the man asked him to spare Erid.
• Ronglin and the mysterious man fought after refusing to yield, with Ronglin dodging a barrage of black chains and deflecting one with his finger.
• The mysterious man attacked with Essence: Hundred Arrows, but Ronglin’s Finger Pistol Barrage pierced through the arrows, his hat, and his mask.
• The mysterious man unleashed Essence: Exploding Wave Abyss, and Ronglin countered with Six Styles Secret Technique: Rokuougan Enhanced Version: Human Cannonball.
• Ronglin’s shockwave broke through the black wave and blasted toward the mysterious man.

Ronglin fought a mysterious Spirit-Spirit Fruit user who tried to injure him and control his mind, but Ronglin's Haki overwhelmed the man's abilities. The chapter ended as the man struggled to redirect Ronglin's powerful Haki attack.

• Ronglin struck the mysterious man through his protective barrier, knocking him from the air and making him spit blood.
• The mysterious man used Puppet Light Rain to send black threads into Ronglin, claiming they would let him control Ronglin's mind and actions.
• Ronglin released his Haki to extinguish the threads inside his body and launched Haki: Nation Destruction at the mysterious man.
• The mysterious man used Thousand Thoughts in an Instant to shift the Haki tornado's trajectory, but his black light began to dissolve under its power.

Ronglin’s devastating attack destroyed the surrounding area but failed to kill the mysterious pursuer, who escaped after being grazed. After reassuring Caesar and Jazz that the injured enemy would not return soon, Ronglin continued with them toward Ashil Royal Capital.

• The mysterious man abandoned his attack and fled, but Ronglin’s blast caught him and devastated everything within a thousand meters.
• Ronglin carried Caesar and Jazz beyond the blast’s reach, then sensed that the mysterious man had survived and escaped.
• Caesar and Jazz reacted to Ronglin’s power, and Caesar asked whether he had killed their pursuer.
• Ronglin explained that the enemy had escaped, warned that he might hold a grudge, and reassured Caesar that his injuries would keep him away for a while.
• Ronglin kicked Caesar after he asked when Jazz would become strong enough to protect him, and the three resumed their journey toward Ashil Royal Capital.