Chapter Summaries

Kuina fought Iron Wall Barroth while Ling Xuan swiftly defeated every other pirate aboard Captain Flandre's passenger ship. Ling Xuan then leaped onto the Krieg Pirates' enormous ship and demanded to know where Krieg was.

• Kuina used her swordsmanship to gain the upper hand against Iron Wall Barroth, while Barroth grew frustrated that he could not overcome her.
• Ling Xuan walked through the battle and knocked out every pirate on the passenger ship's deck, saving the sailors.
• Iron Wall Barroth became distracted by his fallen subordinates, and Kuina wounded him with a thrust as he tried to plan his escape.
• Ling Xuan looked toward the enormous pirate ship, then leaped onto its deck despite Captain Flandre's hopes of avoiding a confrontation.
• The Krieg Pirates gathered around Ling Xuan and asked who he was, while Ling Xuan asked where Krieg was.

Ling Xuan confronted Admiral Krieg aboard the Krieg Pirates’ ship and demonstrated his overwhelming strength with a flying slash. Krieg and Ghoul Arlong survived the attack, but the ship’s deck and mast were devastated, leaving them shocked by Ling Xuan’s power.

• Ling Xuan defeated the pirates who tried to stop him and waited for Admiral Krieg to arrive.
• Krieg came to the deck with Ghoul Arlong and ordered his men to attack Ling Xuan.
• Ling Xuan unleashed a flying slash that cut through the charging pirates and forced Ghoul Arlong to block it.
• Ghoul Arlong’s weapon shattered, while Krieg and Arlong flattened themselves to avoid the slash.
• Ling Xuan’s attack cut through the ship’s mast and sail, leaving Krieg and the surviving pirates stunned.

After Ling Xuan overwhelmed Admiral Krieg’s forces, he let the pirates flee if they could escape his next sword strike. As the Krieg Pirates turned their fleet away, Ling Xuan drew Wado Ichimonji aboard the passenger ship, preparing to stop them.

• Ghoul Arlong asked Admiral Krieg what they should do, and Ling Xuan said he wanted to play a game with all of them.
• Admiral Krieg accepted Ling Xuan’s challenge, and Ling Xuan promised to let the pirates go if they escaped his sword strike.
• Ghoul Arlong ordered the Krieg Pirates to retreat, and Admiral Krieg eagerly joined the fleet as it turned away.
• Ling Xuan returned to the passenger ship, where Kuina had subdued Iron Wall Barroth, and reassured her that he was unharmed.
• As Captain Flandre watched the pirates retreat, Ling Xuan led Kuina to the ship’s edge, told her to stand behind him, and drew Wado Ichimonji.

Ling Xuan tested his swordsmanship by destroying Admiral Krieg’s fleet with a single Shimotsuki Slash, leaving the passenger ship’s crew awed and fearful. After the voyage, Ling Xuan and Kuina arrived at Loguetown, where Colonel Smoker kept the pirates in check.

• Ling Xuan used his mastered Shimotsuki Slash to cleave Admiral Krieg’s enormous ship and annihilate his fleet, killing Krieg.
• The slash stirred up a massive sea tornado, and Captain Flandre, Second Mate Didida, and the sailors watched in disbelief.
• Over the following half-month voyage, the crew treated Ling Xuan and Kuina with heartfelt respect as their saviors.
• Captain Flandre told Ling Xuan and Kuina that the passenger ship was nearing Loguetown, and Kuina eagerly welcomed their arrival.
• Ling Xuan and Kuina reached Loguetown, where pirates avoided the main harbor because of Navy Headquarters Colonel Smoker.

Ling Xuan and Kuina arrived in Loguetown after accepting a reward from Captain Flandre and visited the execution platform where the Pirate King had died. Meanwhile, the Tiger Head Pirates landed in Loguetown and began wrecking its commercial streets, throwing the town into chaos.

• Captain Flandre gave Kuina 10 million Beli as thanks for saving his crew, then saluted Ling Xuan and Kuina as they departed.
• Captain Flandre told Second Mate Didida that Ling Xuan's strength would make his name famous, then ordered the passenger ship back to the East Blue.
• Ling Xuan and Kuina visited the Pirate King's execution platform before heading toward the Loguetown Navy Branch.
• Hu Sanba led the Tiger Head Pirates into Loguetown, dismissing Lu Wuyuan's warning about the Navy colonel stationed there.
• The Tiger Head Pirates wrecked one commercial street and rushed toward another, plunging Loguetown into chaos.

In Loguetown, Captain Smoker reviewed Navy intelligence and learned that pirates were attacking the commercial district. He transformed into smoke and went to confront them while Tashigi gathered the Navy soldiers.

• Tashigi delivered the monthly intelligence reports to Smoker, then left his office.
• Smoker read about a West Blue village where pirates had killed over a thousand residents and cursed the pirates and the Navy stationed there.
• Smoker read that the East Blue bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro had appeared and that a Great Swordsman had likely wiped out the Krieg Pirates in the Dongdong Waters.
• Tashigi returned to report that pirates were causing trouble in Loguetown's commercial district.
• Smoker ordered the Navy soldiers to assemble, then transformed into smoke and left to deal with the pirates.
• Tashigi hurried out to gather the Navy soldiers.

The Tiger Head Pirates attacked Loguetown and moved to destroy the Pirate King's execution platform, while Ling Xuan and Kuina arrived at the Navy branch looking for Tashigi. Captain Smoker confronted the pirates, and Hu Sanba learned that Smoker was a Logia user.

• Tashigi led the Loguetown Navy soldiers toward the plaza commercial district, leaving one sentry at the branch gate.
• Ling Xuan and Kuina reached the Navy branch, where the sentry mistook Kuina for Tashigi and saluted her.
• Hu Sanba led the Tiger Head Pirates to the execution platform and transformed with the Tiger-Tiger Fruit to uproot it.
• Smoker arrived in a cloud of smoke and confronted the pirates, prompting Lu Wuyuan to warn Hu Sanba that Smoker was a Logia Devil Fruit user.

Captain Smoker defeated the Tiger Head Pirates’ grunts, but Hu Sanba and Lu Wuyuan counterattacked, with Lu Wuyuan taking Ensign Tashigi hostage. Smoker heard that Tashigi had been captured, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Hu Sanba sent the Tiger Head Pirates’ grunts to exhaust Smoker, but Smoker used his smoke powers to suffocate them into unconsciousness.
• Tashigi and the Marine branch soldiers arrived, and Smoker brushed off Tashigi’s concern after defeating the pirates.
• Hu Sanba told Lu Wuyuan to hold Smoker’s attention while Lu captured Tashigi.
• Smoker confronted Hu Sanba in smoke form, while Hu Sanba battered the ground and injured several Marines with flying rocks.
• Lu Wuyuan seized Tashigi and held a sword to her throat, forcing the Marines to stop advancing.
• Smoker heard that Tashigi had been taken hostage.

Ling Xuan saved Tashigi from Lu Wuyuan, then let Captain Smoker handle Hu Sanba and the remaining pirates. After the Navy arrested the pirates, Ling Xuan vanished before Tashigi could thank him.

• Hu Sanba offered to release Tashigi if Smoker let him and Lu Wuyuan leave Loguetown, and Smoker accepted to protect his subordinate.
• Ling Xuan suddenly killed Lu Wuyuan with a swift sword strike and comforted Tashigi.
• Smoker attacked Hu Sanba while Ling Xuan watched, and Hu Sanba was soon defeated.
• Smoker ordered the Navy soldiers to cuff the pirates, and Ling Xuan left to return to Kuina.
• Tashigi searched for Ling Xuan so she could thank him, but he had vanished without telling her his name.

After the pirates were defeated, Smoker searched for the mysterious swordsman who had helped Tashigi but found no information about him. Ling Xuan and Kuina stayed in Loguetown, where Kuina woke her senior brother the next morning.

• Tashigi told Smoker that the swordsman had left without giving his name, and Smoker reassured her that she could thank him when they met again.
• Smoker ordered the Tiger Head Pirates' treasure distributed to compensate Loguetown's shop owners, then searched Navy records for information about Ling Xuan without success.
• Smoker resolved to learn the young swordsman's name at their next meeting, while Tashigi lay awake wondering why he had not shared it.
• The next morning, Kuina entered Ling Xuan's room and pinched his nose to wake him, then left only after he insisted.

Ling Xuan and Kuina visited Loguetown, where they met Smoker and Tashigi after asking to see the captain. Kuina and Tashigi discovered that they looked almost exactly alike, and the chapter left them alone together to exchange questions while Ling Xuan wondered if Koshiro had had twins.

• Ling Xuan took Kuina to Loguetown for breakfast before they went to find Smoker.
• Tashigi finished morning drills and brought Smoker the report on the Tiger Head Pirates' stolen goods.
• A Marine soldier told Smoker that a man and a woman were waiting outside the base to see him, and revealed that the woman looked exactly like Tashigi.
• Kuina and Ling Xuan were brought inside, where Kuina and Tashigi met and realized how alike they looked.
• Kuina and Tashigi left hand in hand to talk, while Smoker questioned Ling Xuan and Ling Xuan wondered whether Koshiro had twins.

Ling Xuan asked Smoker to help him join the Navy, and Smoker agreed, offering him a place in the Navy Elite Training Camp and promising to seek better terms. Smoker contacted his former teacher Zephyr, but the chapter ended as Smoker admitted that Zephyr was right to criticize him for wasting his potential in Loguetown.

• Ling Xuan introduced himself and Kuina to Smoker, then told him he wanted to join the Navy.
• Smoker readily accepted Ling Xuan and said he could get him into the Navy Elite Training Camp.
• Smoker promised to fight for better terms for Ling Xuan and left his office to call Zephyr.
• Zephyr scolded Smoker for loafing in Loguetown, and Smoker admitted that he had let himself and his teacher down.

Smoker secured Zephyr’s agreement to train Ling Xuan at the Navy’s Elite Training Camp and arranged for him to stay in Loguetown until an important person arrived. Ten days later, the Sheep Pirates approached Loguetown for supplies, and their captain was stunned when his first mate reported someone riding a bicycle across the sea.

• Smoker spoke with Zephyr, who agreed to assess Ling Xuan and train him at Headquarters.
• Smoker called Admiral Aokiji, then told Ling Xuan that the Elite Training Camp arrangements were settled and that he should remain in Loguetown for a few days.
• Ling Xuan and Kuina moved into the Loguetown Navy Branch, where they stayed for ten days.
• Captain Sheep decided to bring the Sheep Pirates into Loguetown to resupply despite his first mate Jianren Xiba’s warnings about the fate of the Tiger Head Pirates.
• Jianren Xiba reported seeing someone riding a bicycle on the sea, and Sheep took a telescope to check for himself.

Aokiji froze and shattered the Sheep Pirates as he traveled toward Loguetown, where he finally met Ling Xuan. Their first meeting left both men recognizing the other's strength.

• Aokiji found the Sheep Pirates' bounty poster and froze their ship and crew with Ice Age.
• Captain Sheep told Jianren Xiba that the cyclist was Admiral Aokiji, but Aokiji shattered the frozen pirates and continued toward Loguetown.
• Smoker waited for Aokiji to arrive and bring Ling Xuan to Navy Headquarters while Zephyr repeatedly called to ask about the young swordsman.
• Kuina and Tashigi took Ling Xuan shopping, making him carry their purchases as they visited the last street.
• Aokiji rode into Loguetown and exchanged a knowing look with Ling Xuan, and both recognized the other's strength.

Ling Xuan met Aokiji in Loguetown, while the Admiral arrived at the Navy branch to meet the promising youngster Smoker had told him about. After a long shopping trip with Kuina and Tashigi, Ling Xuan returned to the base and ran into Smoker, who had been waiting for him.

• Ling Xuan recognized Aokiji as the heavyweight figure Smoker had mentioned, and both men left without speaking further.
• Aokiji arrived at the Loguetown Navy Branch, where the soldiers were thrilled to see a Marine Headquarters Admiral.
• Aokiji took Smoker's office chair, asked about Ling Xuan, and fell asleep while waiting for him.
• Smoker organized the branch soldiers and kitchen while Aokiji slept in his office.
• Ling Xuan returned from shopping with Kuina and Tashigi carrying bags, then helped deliver them to their rooms.
• Smoker complained that Ling Xuan had been gone so long, and Ling Xuan apologized for keeping him waiting.

Smoker urged Ling Xuan to impress Aokiji, hoping to support his future in the Navy, and brought them together after dinner. Aokiji recognized Ling Xuan’s strength and approved him without a test before leaving Loguetown for his tour of the Four Seas.

• Smoker told Ling Xuan that Aokiji might test him and encouraged him to show what he could do.
• After dinner, Smoker brought Aokiji to the branch plaza, where Ling Xuan greeted the admiral as someone he had already met on the commercial street.
• Smoker introduced Ling Xuan as a promising recruit, and Aokiji shook his hand and praised him, surprising Smoker.
• When Smoker suggested testing Ling Xuan, Aokiji said no test was needed and approved Smoker’s recommendation.
• Aokiji said he would tour the Four Seas before heading to Headquarters with the training-camp soldiers, and Ling Xuan left with Smoker.

Ling Xuan and Kuina left Loguetown aboard a Navy warship bound for the Elite Training Camp at Navy Headquarters, while Aokiji admired Ling Xuan’s talent and wondered what justice he believed in. After entering the Grand Line, Ling Xuan described it as wonderful, strange, and interesting, drawing Aokiji’s attention and the envy of the other trainees.

• Aokiji left Loguetown and headed for the North Blue to recruit promising Navy soldiers, convinced that Ling Xuan was a young Great Swordsman.
• The Navy Headquarters Elite Training Camp began, and Ling Xuan brought Kuina with him aboard the warship bound for Headquarters.
• Kuina asked Ling Xuan when they could return to Loguetown, and he promised to take her back within half a year to two years.
• After the warship entered the Grand Line and reached the Calm Belt, Aokiji asked Ling Xuan what he thought of the sea, and Ling Xuan called it wonderful, strange, and interesting.
• The branch trainees watched Ling Xuan talk with Aokiji and resented his beauty’s company and his connection to the Admiral.

Ling Xuan arrived at Marineford with Kuina after traveling alongside Admiral Aokiji, who asked what kind of justice he upheld. As Ling Xuan settled in for the Elite Training Camp, Gude spread word of his favored treatment, stirring resentment among the other recruits.

• Ling Xuan and the other Marines reached Navy Headquarters, where Aokiji asked Ling Xuan what kind of justice he believed in.
• Ling Xuan answered, “Absolute Justice of Following One's Heart,” then left the warship with Kuina.
• Aokiji reflected on Ling Xuan's answer and anticipated that he would soon make his voice heard.
• A Headquarters colonel gave the recruits three days to settle their affairs and arranged accommodations for them and their families.
• Ling Xuan took Kuina to look for a house while Gude told other recruits about Ling Xuan's voyage with Aokiji and stirred their jealousy.

Ling Xuan and Kuina chose a house in the Marine residential district and spent three days exploring Navy Headquarters. Ling Xuan then joined the Elite Training Camp trainees as they set out, unaware that Gude had encouraged their growing distance from him.

• Ling Xuan and Kuina selected a house, registered it, and moved in together.
• Kuina thought about Tashigi and Zoro while she waited for Ling Xuan to return with the key.
• Ling Xuan and Kuina spent three days enjoying the food and sights around Navy Headquarters.
• Ling Xuan noticed the other trainees keeping their distance, while Gude took satisfaction in seeing him isolated.
• A headquarters colonel gathered the trainees and led them toward the Elite Training Camp.

Ling Xuan and the other trainees arrived at Navy Headquarters’ Elite Training Camp and learned that former admiral Black Arm Zephyr would instruct them. After Zephyr assembled both the new trainees and earlier classes, Ling Xuan watched him assess the tense group.

• A Headquarters colonel led Ling Xuan and the new trainees to the Elite Training Camp and announced that Black Arm Zephyr would personally train them.
• The colonel revealed that the Navy’s Three Admirals had all been trained by Zephyr, exciting the trainees while Ling Xuan recalled Zephyr’s tragic future and resolved to change it.
• Ling Xuan’s group entered the camp and encountered trainees from earlier classes, whose insults sparked hostility between the groups.
• Zephyr arrived and ordered both groups to assemble, then introduced himself as their instructor.
• Zephyr judged the trainees as he searched for promising students and wondered which one was the young swordsman Smoker had mentioned.