Chapter Summaries

Cobra reflected on Gawain’s humanity and hoped he would never become the inhuman figure from Alabasta’s legends. On Drum Kingdom, Chopper secretly treated injured animals, and Dr. Kureha told him to keep learning before he went out to sea.

• Cobra dismissed Chaka and privately concluded that Gawain’s human nature made him someone he could trust, even if he had become one of Gawain’s tools.
• Chopper sneaked away from Dr. Kureha’s house to visit a cave where injured animals waited for him.
• Chopper treated the animals for hours, including operating on a Hiking Bear, while Dr. Kureha watched nearby.
• Chopper spotted Dr. Kureha outside the cave and tried to hide, but she pointed out that he was hiding backward.
• Dr. Kureha teased Chopper about leaving to become a doctor, and Chopper begged to stay with her and continue learning.
• Dr. Kureha told Chopper to learn how to be a person and struck him when he said he wanted to treat humans, warning that doing so was illegal on Winter Island.

Dr. Kureha explained to Chopper why he could secretly treat animals but must not treat humans under Drum Kingdom’s laws, while arguing that a doctor’s duty was to treat illness regardless of payment. Meanwhile, the Five Elders praised Gawain’s diplomatic expansion but worried that his move into Alabasta could draw Lady Imu’s attention.

• Dr. Kureha comforted Chopper and allowed him to keep treating his animal friends, but forbade him from secretly treating humans without her permission.
• Dr. Kureha warned Chopper that Wapol had placed a 200,000 Beli bounty on doctors outside Doctor 20 and said humans might betray them for the reward.
• Chopper questioned Dr. Kureha’s high consultation fees, and she explained how years of patients’ distrust had shaped her approach to medicine.
• Dr. Kureha told Chopper that doctors must treat illness whether care was paid or free, then took him home to tend to the animals he had not finished treating.
• The Elder of Diplomacy praised Gawain for gaining influence across the islands without force, while the Elder of Military and the Elder of Culture worried that choosing Alabasta could upset Lady Imu.

Shanks returned to the New World after two months of evading Akainu and met Whitebeard at the entrance. After their clash, Shanks recognized Teach as the man who had scarred him and demanded they settle their score, prompting Whitebeard’s crew to rally around Teach.

• Shanks escaped Akainu’s pursuit, left Fish-Man Island, and found the Moby Dick waiting as his ship surfaced in the New World.
• Whitebeard and Shanks clashed with their swords and Conqueror’s Haki, damaging the Red Force before agreeing to talk aboard the Moby Dick.
• Shanks boarded Whitebeard’s ship, where Jozu praised Teach for withstanding his and Gawain’s Conqueror’s Haki.
• Shanks and Teach recalled their time aboard Roger’s ship, then Shanks revealed that Teach had left the three scars over his eye.
• Thatch, Marco, and the other Whitebeard Pirates stood by Teach and challenged Shanks to settle the score with them as well.

Whitebeard settled the grudge between Teach and Shanks, then learned that Shanks had partnered with Gawain and revealed his own doubts about Gawain’s plans. Meanwhile, Akainu told Gawain that Zephyr had agreed to meet him, and Gawain set off for Marine Headquarters.

• Whitebeard claimed responsibility for Teach’s debts to Shanks and praised Teach and Gawain while declaring that anyone strong enough could challenge him for the title of world’s strongest.
• Shanks warned Whitebeard that Teach was dangerous, but Whitebeard explained that Gawain had since obtained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and invited Shanks to enjoy his hot spring.
• Shanks told Whitebeard that Uta was his adopted daughter and that he had sought Gawain because she was aboard Gawain’s ship.
• Whitebeard asked whether Shanks had agreed to cooperate with Gawain, and Shanks’s reply revealed that both men had partnered with him.
• Akainu told Gawain that Zephyr had agreed to meet him at Marine Headquarters, and Gawain immediately agreed to go there.

Zephyr left the Marines to pursue his own justice and began heading for the docks with Ain and Binz, who refused to abandon him. Gawain suddenly appeared, injured from training, and pressured Zephyr to accept him as a disciple, leaving Zephyr speechless.

• Zephyr denounced the Marines and World Government for protecting Doflamingo and allowing pirates to hold the Shichibukai title, then decided to leave and form a force to hunt Devil Fruit pirates.
• Zephyr told Ain and Binz to stay behind, but they insisted on following him because they shared his hatred and remained loyal to him.
• Zephyr accepted Ain and Binz's decision to join him and started toward the docks, where a sudden lightning strike announced Gawain's arrival.
• Gawain explained that he had rushed to Marineford after hearing Zephyr would meet him and showed him a Haki-inflicted wound from Gion's training.
• Zephyr recognized Gawain's injury and warned him not to call him teacher, but Gawain threatened to shout that the Marines were beating a Celestial Dragon until Zephyr admitted he had broadened his horizons.

Gawain invited Zephyr to become the chief instructor of his Dark Bird Group, while Zephyr proposed funding a new generation of Marines in exchange for teaching Gawain. The two agreed to continue discussing their plans after Zephyr assessed Gawain and his organization, but their conversation ended with confusion over who had cut off Zephyr’s hand.

• Gawain asked Zephyr to lead the Dark Bird Group and examined Zephyr’s Seastone mechanical hand as Ain and Binz escorted them toward the hospital.
• Gawain argued that Zephyr had become dissatisfied with Marine Headquarters and urged him to consider leaving, while Zephyr said he wanted funding to hunt Devil Fruit-using pirates and build a new generation of Marines.
• Gawain revealed that he intended to build a new regime and wanted Zephyr to create its army, prompting Zephyr to say he admired Gawain’s rebellious outlook.
• Zephyr said he would teach Gawain for a few months before deciding whether to join, but warned him to take his injured hand seriously.
• Zephyr said Doflamingo had cut off his hand, and Gawain questioned him because he thought Weevil had done it; Zephyr did not know who Weevil was.

Gawain realized Doflamingo had severed Zephyr’s arm, then treated his own injuries at Marine Headquarters and secured Zephyr’s agreement to join his crew. The chapter ended with Gawain taking Zephyr and two of his disciples back to the Dark Bird Ship by lightning.

• Gawain questioned Zephyr about his severed arm and concluded that Doflamingo, not Weevil, had been responsible.
• Zephyr took Gawain to the hospital, where a nurse recognized him as Saint Gawain and panicked after the doctor tried to stitch his wound.
• Sakazuki arrived, learned Zephyr had accepted Gawain’s invitation, and urged him to use Gawain’s power for revenge before Zephyr told him to set his hatred aside.
• Zephyr asked to bring his two disciples along, and Gawain agreed as long as Sengoku permitted them to leave.
• Gawain told Sakazuki that Isuka had joined his crew, then took Zephyr and the two disciples back to the Dark Bird Ship by lightning.

Gawain brought Zephyr aboard his ship but accidentally left Zephyr’s Seastone mechanical hand at Marine Headquarters. As Zephyr explained how the Navy concealed his defeat by Doflamingo, the others struggled to believe that the former admiral had lost to him.

• Akainu ordered Zephyr’s mechanical hand packed up so it could be delivered to Gawain and Zephyr.
• Gawain arrived aboard his ship with Zephyr and his group, and Gion and Isuka recognized their former teacher.
• Zephyr discovered that Gawain had left his mechanical hand behind, and Gawain called Franky over to help.
• Rayleigh inspected Zephyr’s severed hand and asked about the injury, prompting Zephyr to explain that the Navy hid his defeat to protect the image of its admirals.
• Zephyr revealed that Doflamingo and his family had attacked his ship four and a half years earlier and that Vergo had helped him survive.
• Hancock and Rayleigh expressed disbelief that Doflamingo could have defeated Zephyr.

Zephyr explained how illness and Doflamingo’s attack left him unable to protect his students, and how his experience made him question his principle of never killing. Gawain welcomed Zephyr’s former students aboard, assigning Franky to repair Zephyr’s hand and placing Ain and Binz with allies who could use their abilities.

• Zephyr told Rayleigh and the others that heart failure and asthma had weakened him during Doflamingo’s attack, allowing Doflamingo to kill his students and sever his wrist before Vergo’s arrival helped him capture the pirate.
• Zephyr revealed that Doflamingo’s Celestial Dragon connections had prevented him from killing him, and said he now understood the injustice of demanding that victims let go of their hatred.
• Gawain asked Franky to examine Zephyr’s device and make him a mechanical hand, and Franky eagerly took Zephyr to his laboratory.
• Gawain assigned Ain and Binz to the Iron Eagle Group, explained their Devil Fruit abilities, and Jinbe took Binz to investigate growing Treasure Tree Adam aboard the ship.
• Gion took Ain under her wing, then brawled with Hancock after teasing her, leaving Isuka to show Ain around the ship.

Gawain prepared to leave Alabasta for Drum Island, where he planned to depose King Wapol and obtain Wapol Metal for Franky's projects and Zephyr's mechanical hand. After the Dark Bird Ship departed that night, Gawain and his crew continued their training and voyage preparations.

• Kalifa tried to eat the Slow-Slow Fruit but fled after tasting it, while Zephyr called everyone to train.
• Franky told Gawain that Zephyr needed skilled doctors and a powerful mechanical hand made from Wapol Metal.
• Gawain agreed to head for Drum Island after the Alabasta train finished its trial run and ordered Lucci to plan the trip.
• Issho and Vivi condemned Wapol, and Gawain ordered Issho to take him down and Lucci to arrange a puppet ruler for Drum Island.
• Gawain fought Shiryu under Zephyr's instruction as the crew trained and stocked the Dark Bird Ship.
• The Dark Bird Ship sounded its horn and departed Alabasta at eight that evening.

Gawain and his crew continued their morning routine aboard the Dark Bird ship as Zephyr and Rayleigh clashed over Ace’s training and ambitions. The ship sailed into falling snow, while Ain and Binz settled into life among the crew, with Binz once again recruited to grow food.

• Gawain woke beside Hancock, then encountered a jealous Gion and teased her before she took Vivi out onto the deck.
• Vivi spotted snow falling, and Gawain put on a vest before heading to the training area.
• Rayleigh scolded Ace about his conduct, but Zephyr seized Ace and criticized his weak Observation Haki and insufficient physical training.
• Rayleigh argued with Zephyr over who had the right to teach Ace, then left for the swimming pool while Gawain explained the older generation’s rivalries to Isuka.
• Ain praised life aboard the ship, while Jinbe hurried Binz off to grow Sichuan pepper and star anise.

As the Dark Bird Ship approached Drum Island, Gawain explained how Binz’s plant-growth ability could help address the world’s food shortages, while the crew prepared for their arrival. Kuma asked Issho to let him confront Wapol, and Vivi, Uta, and Shirahoshi reacted to the island’s cold.

• Gawain told Binz that his Mosa Mosa no Mi could accelerate crop breeding and help feed people across the seas, then promised he would no longer have to personally taste-test the plants.
• Jinbe dragged Binz toward the forest and botanical garden, while Gawain began sparring with Shiryu and announced the ship was nearing Drum Kingdom.
• Robin showed Crocodile her record of his Alabasta conspiracy and explained that she was preserving history for future generations.
• Kuma asked Issho to let him deal with Wapol, and Issho agreed that Kuma could handle the king of Drum Kingdom.
• Vivi admired Drum Island’s snowy mountains, Uta complained about the cold, and Shirahoshi rolled out bundled in winter clothes as they teased her bulky outfit.

Gawain arrived in Drum Kingdom and discovered that its people were terrified of him, then intervened when a sick little girl collapsed. He sent Issho, Kuma, and Shiryu to seize Wapol while he took the girl to Dr. Kureha for treatment.

• Gawain reached Drum Kingdom and noticed its citizens kneeling in fear long before his ship arrived.
• Gawain pretended to condemn Wapol for failing to welcome him, but stopped when a sick girl collapsed and ordered the crowd to stand.
• Kuma used his power to ease the girl's pain, and Gawain promised her mother he would seek medical treatment for her.
• Gawain ordered Issho, Kuma, and Shiryu to capture Wapol alive while Dalton led him to Dr. Kureha.
• Gawain carried the girl into the forest, while Issho and Kuma reassured her parents and prepared to take them to the palace.

Gawain brought a seriously ill girl to Dr. Kureha for treatment, then discussed Drum Kingdom’s future with Kureha and Dalton. After an explosion sounded on Drum Mountain, Gawain told Dalton to prepare to become the new king, making clear that the throne was his to bestow.

• The girl's mother agreed to guide Issho and his companions to Wapol in hopes that her daughter would be cured.
• Gawain flew to Dr. Kureha's hut with the girl, where Kureha and Chopper accepted her as a patient.
• Gawain reassured Dalton after Kureha attacked him, then shared drinks with them and explained his anger at Wapol's rule.
• Gawain argued that Wapol had weakened Drum Kingdom by driving out its doctors and said he wanted rulers who did not harm commoners to secure their power.
• An explosion sounded on Drum Mountain, and Gawain told Dalton to prepare to become Drum Kingdom's new king because the position was bestowed by him.

Gawain’s subordinates toppled Wapol and left him alive, while Gawain urged Dalton to lead the Drum Kingdom. Gawain then asked Dr. Kureha to join his crew; after testing his trust with a potent medicine that knocked him out, she agreed to consider it after meeting his crew.

• Issho crushed the front of Wapol’s castle, Shiryu knocked out the soldiers and impaled Wapol’s ministers, and Kuma destroyed the palace before disabling Wapol while keeping him alive.
• Gawain told Dalton to govern the Drum Kingdom better than Wapol, and Dalton accepted the challenge before racing toward Drum Mountain.
• Gawain invited Dr. Kureha to become his ship’s doctor, but she examined him and warned that his body was severely depleted.
• Kureha gave Gawain a potent nutrient formula, and he drank it to show his trust before collapsing unconscious.
• Kureha ordered Chopper to give Gawain further treatment and said she would consider joining after meeting his crew and judging their bonds.

Issho and the Dark Bird Group rushed to rescue Gawain after Issho sensed that something had happened to him, while Rayleigh ordered Drum Kingdom placed under military control. Issho found Gawain unconscious in Kureha’s cabin and attacked her, but Kureha revealed she was treating Gawain’s dangerously depleted body just as Hancock, Gion, and Rayleigh arrived.

• Kuma and Issho discussed replacing Wapol, but Issho sensed danger to Gawain and had Kuma launch him southwest while alerting Rayleigh.
• Rayleigh and Zephyr ordered the Dark Bird Group to secure Drum Kingdom and rush to Gawain, with Zephyr warning that the kingdom could be destroyed if civilians were involved in the attack.
• Kureha heard a meteor approaching her cabin, fired a Haki-coated bullet that shattered it, and fought Issho when he arrived to protect Gawain.
• Issho found Gawain unconscious and carried him from the cabin as Hancock and Gion charged after Kureha, furious that she had hurt him.
• Kureha surrendered and explained that Gawain was unconscious because of her treatment, then warned that his depleted cellular potential could kill him before he reached forty without her care.
• Hancock and Gion stopped attacking Kureha, and Rayleigh arrived demanding to know why Gawain was unconscious.

After Dr. Kureha explained that Gawain’s body had suffered dangerous strain, she woke him, and he reassured his crew before insisting that Drum Kingdom’s upheaval be handled calmly. Rayleigh and the Dark Bird Group pleaded with Kureha to treat their captain, leaving Gawain in her care.

• Hancock demanded to know whether Gawain was seriously ill, and Rayleigh stopped advancing to hear Dr. Kureha’s assessment.
• Dr. Kureha explained that Gawain’s body had sustained dangerous damage from repeated overexertion and said her nutrient solution could help him recover.
• Dr. Kureha woke Chopper, who panicked at the crowd and argued with Rayleigh after he called him a tanuki.
• Rayleigh threatened to destroy Drum Kingdom if Gawain could not be woken, so Dr. Kureha went inside and revived him.
• Gawain told Rayleigh to undo any actions taken while he was unconscious, then agreed to use Uta’s concert to ease the citizens’ fears after the change of regime.
• Rayleigh struck Gawain for arguing with Kureha, then bowed and pleaded with her to restore his health as the Dark Bird Group joined him.

Kureha agreed to join Gawain’s crew by sending Chopper as its doctor, while Gawain restored order in Drum Kingdom and appointed Dalton king. Chopper learned he would go to sea with them, though Issho insisted they were enemies of pirates.

• Kureha accepted Gawain’s invitation and assigned Chopper to serve as the Dark Bird Ship’s doctor, while Issho helped move her medical equipment.
• Gawain returned to the southern docks and told Drum Kingdom’s civilians that Dalton would replace Wapol as king and abolish Wapol’s policies.
• The civilians cheered Gawain and celebrated the prospect of free access to doctors and a better life under Dalton.
• Chopper asked Kureha whether they were going to sea with Saint Gawain, and she reassured him that some people were not frightening.
• Chopper wondered if he would become the pirate Hiriluk had dreamed of being, but Issho declared that they were sworn enemies of pirates.

Gawain arranged a census and medical aid for Drum Kingdom while Dr. Kureha joined his crew and reunited with Shakky, revealing their shared past as artificial humans. The chapter ended with Shakky and Kureha reminiscing about Stussy and another old companion.

• Gawain ordered Kalifa to investigate Drum Kingdom's population and send doctors to improve medical care.
• Gawain welcomed Dr. Kureha and Chopper aboard, then teased Chopper by telling Shirahoshi that he was a talking reindeer she could eat.
• Shirahoshi chased the terrified Chopper toward the forest while Dr. Kureha and Gawain laughed.
• Dr. Kureha told Gawain about meeting the giant pirates Brogy and Dorry at Little Garden and driving them away after they depleted the local Sea Kings.
• Shakky recognized Dr. Kureha as her old friend and former fellow artificial human, and they reminisced about Stussy and another companion.

Kuma revealed that his mother was Jewelry, a former queen of the Sorbet Kingdom, and asked Gawain to take in his daughter, Jewelry Bonney. The crew welcomed Dr. Kureha and Chopper, while Kuma prepared to deliver Wapol to Vegapunk and bring Bonney aboard the Dark Bird Ship.

• Shakky told Dr. Kureha that Jewelry had died and passed her Devil Fruit to her granddaughter, prompting Kuma to realize they had known his mother.
• Kuma explained that Vegapunk had considered him an ideal template for cyborgs, but Gawain forbade him from risking himself and insisted he was more than his lineage.
• Kuma asked Gawain to let Jewelry Bonney join the Iron Eagle Swordsmen, and Gawain agreed to welcome her aboard the Dark Bird Ship.
• Kuma planned to deliver Wapol to Vegapunk and retrieve Bonney, but first gave Franky time to document Wapol's knowledge of the Munch-Munch Fruit.
• Chopper finished treating a girl from the Drum Kingdom, then drew attention from Hancock, Rayleigh, and Zephyr before Gawain placed him with Dr. Kureha to train as a doctor.
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