Recaps

Beli entered the Coliseum Competition, where the first preliminary round forced contestants to survive two drugged Tyrannosaurus Rexes for fifteen minutes. As the human slaves were slaughtered, Maud watched and thought about finding a reliable way to contact Sunny.

• Beli entered the arena among roughly a thousand contestants, while Buffalo recognized him and called Dressrosa for reinforcements.
• The commentator announced that the first preliminary round was a fifteen-minute race against two Tyrannosaurus Rexes.
• The Tyrannosaurus Rexes charged into the arena, killing the human slave contestants within minutes.
• Luo condemned the spectators for enjoying the spectacle, while Maud watched the slaughter in silence.
• Maud thought of Sunny and decided he needed a stable way to contact her.

Maud’s crew celebrated Beli’s staged survival in the beast-fighting arena while planning how to manipulate his future betting odds. Cains brought Maud the completed ship designs and news of Adam Wood for sale, and Maud agreed to buy it at a steep price before reviewing the plans with Lafitte and Jaya.

• Beli survived the first preliminary round as one of three remaining beasts, while Maud left the arena to wait for him.
• Maud picked up Beli after the event, and Beli continued his terrified act until the crew returned to the hotel.
• Beli dropped the act and drank beer as Maud, Lafitte, and Jim discussed scripting his future fights to influence the betting odds.
• Cains of Thomas Shipyard told Maud that the new ship’s design plans were complete and that Adam Wood was available on the black market for six hundred and fifty million.
• Maud accepted the price for the Adam Wood and examined the new ship plans with Lafitte and Jaya.

Maud and his companions approved Edward’s new ship design, and Maud planned to raise the remaining 170 million Beli through bets at the Aha Kingdom Coliseum. As the competition began, Doflamingo ordered Buffalo to wait for reinforcements before targeting Luo, while Maud received a visit from two Revolutionary Army members.

• Lafitte, Jaya, and Maud approved Edward’s ship design, which included a steam engine, and Cains estimated construction would take fifteen to twenty-five days.
• Maud learned the ship would cost 800 million Beli and planned to earn the remaining 170 million through the Coliseum Competition.
• After the preliminary rounds left eleven contestants, Beli received a bye in the elimination matches, so Maud placed a ten-million-Beli bet on Bepo instead.
• Doflamingo warned Buffalo not to attack Luo until Baby-5 and Rao G. arrived, and told him to leave Leviathen after a Marine Vice Admiral reached the island.
• Two visitors revealed they belonged to the Revolutionary Army as Maud prepared to attend the Coliseum’s main event.

Maud agreed to help Revolutionary Army members Fute and Catherine create chaos in Dick City in exchange for information about the fighters gathered for the Coliseum Competition. After Bepo won his match, Maud focused on a suspected Zoan Devil Fruit user entering the arena.

• Fute and Catherine asked Maud to create a distraction so the Revolutionary Army could free slaves in Dick City.
• Maud demanded information about potential prey at the Coliseum Competition, confirmation of Adam Wood's black-market price, and a wristwatch Den Den Mushi in return for his help.
• Fute and Catherine left to gather the requested information, and Maud headed to the coliseum with his crew.
• Bepo defeated a Tusked Giant Elephant despite taking injuries, earning Maud twenty million in winnings.
• Maud watched a suspected Zoan Devil Fruit user enter the arena and reacted with surprise at what he saw.

Conan, a Zoan user and vice-captain of the Fierce Fang Pirates, killed the White Tiger in the Coliseum and emerged as a dangerous contender for the championship prize. Maud worried about Beli facing him, while Luo tried to keep Bepo from risking a match against Conan.

• Conan charged the White Tiger, whose handler ordered it to evade and counter with its spiked tail.
• Conan smashed the White Tiger's tail against the arena floor, then crushed its helmet and killed it with a blow to the head.
• Conan enjoyed the crowd's cheers after winning, while Botran silently warned himself not to let the vice-captain get carried away.
• Maud doubted Beli could defeat Conan and considered whether he should kill him outside the arena.
• Luo urged Bepo to withdraw if he drew Conan, but Bepo refused because he wanted to fight Beli.

Maud watched Beli defeat Bepo in the 6-to-3 round, winning enough money to pay the remaining shipbuilding balance. Fute and Catherine delivered the requested pirate intelligence, leaving Maud ready to begin hunting once his new ship was finished.

• Maud learned that Beli had drawn Bepo and placed fifty million Beli on Beli to win.
• Buffalo watched Maud and Luo while anticipating reinforcements that would help his family seize the Devil Fruit and capture Luo.
• Fute and Catherine led the Revolutionary Army in raiding a secret intelligence exchange and gathered information on Maud's targets.
• Beli defeated Bepo with his speed, Geppo, and Rocket Headbutt, while Luo conceded and helped the unconscious Bepo.
• Maud collected his winnings, paid the remaining shipbuilding balance, and received the intelligence reports from Fute and Catherine.

Maud agreed to help the Revolutionary Army cause a disturbance on Leviathan Island once the Maud Pirates’ new ship was ready. After Beli forfeited his semifinal against Conan, the ship was completed on the eve of the Coliseum finals, leaving the pirates poised to act.

• Fute and Catherine delivered intelligence on pirates and bounty hunters to Maud, who agreed not to act until the new ship was finished.
• Maud recorded the targets in Hunter's Notebook, and Lafitte destroyed the intelligence documents and delivered the shipyard payment.
• Maud told Lafitte that Beli should forfeit if he drew Conan, and rejected Lafitte’s offer to assassinate the Fierce Fang Pirates’ vice-captain.
• Cains told Lafitte that the Adam Wood would arrive in three days, and the ship reached Thomas Shipyard as expected.
• Beli drew Conan in the first semifinal, so Maud submitted a withdrawal application and the other finalist advanced amid the spectators’ boos.
• Maud and the others went to Thomas Shipyard, where the new ship was completed the day before the Coliseum finals.

Maud and his crew inspected their new ship, named it the Netherworld, and prepared to use Thomas Shipyard’s current tunnel for their plan. On the eve of the finals, Buffalo, Baby-5, and Lao G arrived on Leviathan Island, while Momousagi’s warship approached from the outer sea.

• Maud and his crew inspected the new Adam Wood brig, and Lafitte examined its steam engine while Jaya approved of the kitchen.
• Maud named the ship Netherworld, and Jim painted its pirate flag.
• Maud and his crew bought supplies, postponed the launch until the day after tomorrow, and planned to leave through the shipyard’s current tunnel after their business the next day.
• Buffalo welcomed Baby-5 and Lao G to Leviathan Island and borrowed five million from Baby-5 to visit the casino.
• Momousagi’s warship sailed toward Leviathan Island with the word “Rabbit” on its sail.

Luo attempted to steal Hanging Lantern Vine roots while Maud waited for the Coliseum Competition’s Devil Fruit to become vulnerable. The finals erupted into a deadly attack, and Maud seized the falling prize after cutting a bounty hunter’s fishing line.

• Luo and Bepo headed toward the city center, where they found the Human Ladder Box damaged and the soldiers guarding it unconscious.
• Lao G confronted Luo, and the two fought as explosions and screams came from the coliseum; Luo narrowly escaped Lao G’s attack by switching places with a soldier.
• Conan won the Coliseum Competition, but more than a dozen explosions killed nearly a thousand spectators and sent the crowd fleeing in panic.
• A gunshot snapped the rope holding the Devil Fruit’s crystal case, and Gerrila hooked the falling case with his fishing line.
• Maud shot through Gerrila’s line, flew up, and caught the crystal case as spectators recognized him.

Maud seized the Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit and dodged a hail of gunfire while the Coliseum Competition winner, Conan, and his captain, Botran, tried to claim it. After Maud wounded Botran and cut down every bullet aimed at him, the crowd still demanded that he surrender the fruit.

• Maud took the Devil Fruit and examined it, deciding he did not want to eat it without knowing its ability and potential.
• Pirates and bounty hunters opened fire on Maud, but he used Geppo to evade their bullets.
• Conan demanded the fruit as the Coliseum Competition winner, but the crowd rejected his claim and urged him to take it by force.
• Botran stopped Conan from leaping toward Maud, then drew his pistol and challenged Maud to retreat unscathed.
• Maud appeared in front of Botran, slashed his chest, and forced Conan to pull his captain away.
• Maud cut down the bullets aimed at him with Chidori, and the crowd continued demanding the Devil Fruit.

Maud intercepted the Devil Fruit and faced Buffalo and baby-5, Donquixote Family members who demanded he surrender it. He killed Buffalo and knocked baby-5 unconscious, while Lafitte approached with the crystal box.

• Buffalo and baby-5 rushed Maud for the Devil Fruit, and Maud recognized baby-5 as the Weapon-Weapon Fruit user he wanted for Beli.
• Buffalo transformed baby-5 into a greatsword and attacked Maud with his Whirling Tornado Slash.
• Maud pierced Buffalo through the heart with Hidden Blade Style: Water Pecking, killing him.
• Baby-5 attacked Maud, but he caught her blade, restrained her, and slammed her into the arena floor until she lost consciousness.
• Maud tossed the crystal box toward Lafitte as onlookers, including Arthur, watched in shock.

Maud used the Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit as bait to keep the pirates and bounty hunters inside the coliseum while Lafitte drew their gunfire. Maud then attacked Botran and Conan, revealing that he had been hunting pirates from the start.

• Maud gave the Devil Fruit to Lafitte and told him to use it as bait, while Jim took the unconscious Baby-5 to a safer spot.
• Lafitte flew into the air with the Devil Fruit and dodged the gunfire as the pirates and bounty hunters focused their attacks on him.
• Maud charged at Botran and Conan as they tried to leave the coliseum.
• Botran told Maud they no longer wanted the Devil Fruit, but Maud attacked before he could finish speaking.
• Botran realized Maud's real purpose was not the Devil Fruit, but the blade rushing toward him.

Maud defeated Conan and Botran of the Fierce Fang Pirates, then moved to hunt pirates who had stayed in the arena stands. Armed soldiers entered the stands as King Digal watched the chaos from his VIP box.

• Botran and Conan teamed up against Maud, but Maud slipped free and caused Conan's attack to wound Botran.
• Maud cut through Conan's claws and fatally slashed his chest.
• Botran accused Maud of being a butcher, and Maud killed him with two slashes.
• Maud collected the experience from Conan and Botran, then leaped into the stands to hunt the remaining pirates.
• Armed soldiers entered through the arena exits as King Digal looked down on the chaos from his VIP box.

Digal trapped the arena’s pirates with the Aha Kingdom army while Lafitte maneuvered them into attacking the soldiers, creating a chaotic battle for Maud to exploit. As Maud harvested experience in the melee, Digal grew uneasy and glanced toward the box’s door.

• Digal ordered his ten thousand elite soldiers to block every arena passage and wait before attacking.
• Pirates who tried to break through the guarded exits were killed, and the survivors split between fleeing and pursuing Lafitte’s Devil Fruit.
• Lafitte gave the Devil Fruit to Jim, who bit into it, prompting the pirates and bounty hunters to turn on the surrounding soldiers.
• The arena erupted into a melee, and Maud used his Observation Haki to slaughter combatants and gain experience.
• Digal watched Maud fight, felt a chill, and glanced toward the box’s door as the battle neared its end.

Maud helped the Aha Kingdom army decimate the pirates gathered for the Devil Fruit, then faced the survivors alone to turn his gains into real strength. He demonstrated his improved Haki with a devastating gunshot and sword slash, leaving the remaining pirates shaken and unable to fight.

• Maud’s ambush helped the Aha Kingdom army reduce the pirate force to fewer than three hundred, while the army lost about 2,500 soldiers.
• The surviving pirates accused Maud of betraying them and charged at him, while the army withdrew to watch the fight.
• Maud told Lafitte and Jim to stay back and used Armament Haki to fire Dark Raven without the gun exploding, killing eight pirates with one shot.
• Maud followed with a long-range slash from Chidori that cut through dozens of pirates and shattered the survivors’ will to fight.

Maud and his crew escaped the Coliseum after defeating its soldiers, then found Luo badly injured by Lao G outside. Lao G recognized the captured baby-5 and confronted Maud’s group.

• Maud confirmed that Jim’s new Devil Fruit was a Zoan and prepared to leave the island with his crew.
• Maud evaded the soldiers’ gunfire, then fought through their forces with Lafitte and Jim to reach the Coliseum exit.
• Digal ordered the soldiers to kill the remaining pirates and pursue Maud’s crew.
• Maud’s group found Luo injured outside the Coliseum, where he faced Lao G.
• Lao G spotted baby-5 in Jim’s grasp, and Maud realized the Donquixote Family officer had defeated Luo.

Maud rejected Luo’s warning about the Donquixote Family and challenged Lao.G, intending to capture him alive before killing him. As Maud moved to fight alone, the Aha Kingdom’s army arrived, and Lafitte prepared to keep them away while Luo doubted Maud could defeat Lao.G.

• Maud dismissed Luo’s warning about Doflamingo and declared that he did not fear becoming an enemy of the Donquixote Family.
• Baby-5 woke and warned Maud that he had killed Buffalo, but Jim knocked her unconscious again.
• Bepo arrived to check on Luo, who stopped him from calling Maud “Brother Maud.”
• Maud claimed Lao.G as his opponent and walked toward him alone, hoping to capture him alive for information.
• Lafitte told Luo that the Maud Pirates would handle the approaching Aha Kingdom soldiers, while Luo said he doubted Maud could defeat Lao.G.

Maud confronted Lao.G alone and twice blasted him away with Haki-coated shots, shocking Luo and the surrounding soldiers and pirates. As Maud switched to Chidori, Lao.G emerged rejuvenated and announced his Combat Guardian Fist, leaving their fight poised to continue.

• Luo followed Lafitte's instructions and let Maud face Lao.G alone as soldiers poured out of the coliseum.
• Maud shot Lao.G with a Haki-coated lead bullet, sending him crashing through six houses despite Lao.G blocking the bullet with his hands.
• Lao.G recognized Maud as the gunman who had wounded Garp and returned to face him, while Luo and nearby pirates reacted with shock.
• Maud fired a second shot before Lao.G could unleash his accumulated strength, then put away his flintlock and drew Chidori.
• Lao.G emerged from the dust with a rejuvenated body and announced his Geon Fist Ultimate Secret Technique, Combat Guardian Fist.

Maud fought Lao G and survived his powerful Geon Fist attacks until Lao G’s temporary transformation weakened and his waist gave out. As Lao G froze in pain, Maud struck him across the chest, leaving the fight at its apparent conclusion.

• Lao G transformed into a powerful muscleman and struck Maud with the G-imprint, but Maud blocked the attack with Chidori and Armament Haki.
• Maud evaded Lao G’s next G-imprint with Silent Step, but Lao G reacted quickly and hit him, causing a slight internal injury.
• Maud fired Dark Raven while airborne, and the Armament Haki-coated bullet exploded against the pavement, disrupting Lao G’s attempt to press his advantage.
• Maud dodged Lao G’s Eye Drill and later avoided his barrage of Geon Fist techniques while the Aha Kingdom’s army fought Lafitte, Jim, and Luo nearby.
• Lao G’s movements weakened and his waist snapped; as he cried out in pain, Maud slashed his chest.

Maud defeated and killed Lao.G, gaining a sixth physical-strength star frame from the Hunter’s Notebook. After ordering his crew to withdraw, Maud stopped the Aha Kingdom soldiers from pursuing them by warning that anyone who crossed his line would die.

• Maud adapted to Lao.G’s attacks, wounded him with Chidori, and knocked him unconscious by slamming his head into the stone pavement.
• Maud recorded Lao.G and his named techniques in the Hunter’s Notebook, then snapped Lao.G’s neck and killed him.
• The Hunter’s Notebook formed a three-pointed star from Lao.G’s death, giving Maud his sixth physical-strength star frame and restoring some of his strength and Haki.
• Arthur quietly left for the docks, while Maud called Lafitte, Jim, and Luo away from the fight and Beli and Bepo carried the unconscious Baby-5 to him.
• Baby-5 woke and saw Lao.G’s corpse, so Jim knocked her unconscious again before the Aha Kingdom soldiers pursued the crew.
• Maud slashed a line across the road and warned the soldiers that anyone who crossed it would die, stopping their advance.

Maud left the soldiers behind and took Luo toward the Hanging Lantern Vine, while Gion arrived in Dick City with Marines pursuing the Maud Pirates. The chapter ended with Gion and her men ascending toward the royal capital after Maud and Luo.

• Maud’s killing intent stopped the soldiers, and Luo abandoned his plan to seize the Hanging Lantern Vine’s roots so he could stay near Maud.
• Luo explained that the roots could cure a plague, and Maud offered to carry him up after Luo said the Human Ladder Box had been destroyed.
• Maud used Geppo to take Luo toward the whale’s head and told Lafitte to meet Sister Ya at the shipyard.
• Digal ordered the soldiers to pursue Maud and Luo, but they found the Human Ladder Box destroyed and lost sight of them.
• Gion arrived at Dick City with Wolf Rat and other Marines, saw Lao G’s corpse, and learned from Digal that Maud had gone upward.
• Gion used Geppo to ascend after Maud, followed by Marines who knew the technique.

Maud and Luo gathered Hanging Lantern Vine roots in the Aha Kingdom, where Vice Admiral Gion attacked them and forced Maud to fight while Luo devised an escape. Maud and Luo outmaneuvered the Marines, fled with King Digal as a hostage, and left Gion behind as Maud hinted they would meet again.

• Maud carried Luo to the top of the Human Ladder Box and headed toward the Aha Royal Capital while Luo collected Hanging Lantern Vine roots.
• Gion arrived with Wolf Rat and three other Marine officers, then attacked Luo and drove him back until Maud intervened.
• Maud fought Gion and lured her away while Luo used Shambles to switch a Marine officer into Maud's place, giving Maud a chance to escape with Luo.
• Wolf Rat blocked Maud's escape, but Maud evaded his Finger Pistol and cut him down before fleeing through the passageway with Luo.
• Maud took King Digal hostage, and Gion confronted him as he warned that they would meet again.

Maud escaped Leviathan Island aboard the Netherworld after using Digal as a hostage, then killed him once the ship was ready to depart. At sea, Maud asked Luo whether the Op-Op Fruit could remove and preserve a Devil Fruit ability, leaving Luo considering the possibility.

• Maud used Digal as a hostage to keep Gion and the Aha Kingdom’s forces from stopping him as he retreated to the shipyard with Luo.
• Maud killed Digal and escaped aboard the Netherworld, while Jaya blocked Gion’s attack with a matching slash.
• Gion returned to the harbor but was stopped by the Aha Kingdom’s soldiers and a noble demanding an explanation.
• Aboard the Netherworld, Luo recovered after drinking Jaya’s soup, and Maud asked him to contact his crew on Leviathan Island.
• Maud told Luo he wanted the Weapon-Weapon Fruit ability inside baby-5, then asked whether the Op-Op Fruit could remove and preserve an ability.

Maud proposed that Luo use the Op-Op Fruit to help him obtain baby-5’s Weapon-Weapon Fruit, offering the Maud Pirates’ support against Doflamingo in return. Luo accepted the alliance despite being unable to guarantee success, and Maud suggested testing the idea after Luo grew stronger.

• Maud explained how Luo’s Op-Op Fruit might separate and transfer a Devil Fruit’s power, broadening Luo’s ideas about his abilities.
• Maud offered the Maud Pirates as allies against Doflamingo if Luo helped him obtain baby-5’s Weapon-Weapon Fruit.
• Luo became wary when Maud revealed he knew about Luo’s plans, but Maud argued that his actions showed he was not working for the World Government or the Donquixote Family.
• Jim knocked baby-5 unconscious after she threatened Maud and his crew.
• Luo agreed to cooperate, while Maud said they could test ways to preserve a Devil Fruit’s power when its user died and noted that Luo needed to grow stronger first.
• Maud offered his hand to Luo and declared their cooperation begun.

Dada’s lavishly flattering report about Maud reached Marineford, where Tsuru warned Garp about the Maud Pirates’ growing strength. Garp went to Sengoku after recognizing Jaya’s resemblance to Gaban, and placed her photograph beside the crew’s new bounty posters.

• Dale confronted Dada about his excessively flowery article praising Maud, but Dada defended his writing style.
• The report reached Marineford, where Garp laughed at its praise of Maud and Tsuru noted that it would give Sengoku a headache.
• Tsuru showed Garp a photograph of Jaya and told him she was as strong as Gion, while Garp recognized a resemblance to Gaban.
• Garp went to Sengoku’s office, saw Maud’s new 360-million-berry bounty poster, and placed Jaya’s photograph beside the crew’s posters.