Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan accepted the passengers’ thanks, learned from Captain Toru that he was in the Pirate King world, and decided to explore it while seeking energy for his Energy Token. He fell asleep aboard the ship, while a surviving pirate swam off to warn the Krieg Pirates; when Chen Fan woke, an uproar had gathered people outside his cabin.

• Chen Fan changed into a suit, introduced himself to Captain Toru, and asked for food, a room, and information about the local area.
• Chen Fan accepted the passengers’ apologies and dismissed two women Captain Toru had arranged for him.
• Chen Fan learned that he was in the Pirate King world and decided to explore while looking for a way to replenish his Energy Token.
• A surviving pirate swam away to warn the Krieg Pirates about Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan woke to an uproar and found several people gathered outside his cabin.

Chen Fan faced a fleet of Krieg Pirates surrounding Captain Toru's ship and tested whether the passengers would fight for themselves. After they took up weapons, he told them he would handle the pirates and ordered the fleet to surrender over a megaphone.

• Captain Toru warned Chen Fan that over fifty Krieg Pirate ships carrying thousands of pirates had surrounded them.
• Chen Fan urged the passengers to take weapons and resist, but they hesitated until one passenger called on them to fight.
• The woman from the previous day picked up swords for herself and her boyfriend, and the passengers soon armed themselves.
• Chen Fan revealed that he had only wanted to see whether the passengers had the courage to fight and said he would deal with the pirates himself.
• Chen Fan used a megaphone to order the Krieg Pirates to drop their weapons, surrender, and hand over their treasure.

Chen Fan stopped the Krieg Pirates from attacking the cruise ship and revealed that he controlled a huge Sea King. Krieg, impressed by Chen Fan’s strength, offered him the position of vice-captain.

• Chen Fan joked with the surrounded passengers as a pirate fired a cannon at him.
• Chen Fan sliced the cannonball in half with sword energy, saving the passengers and drawing cheers from the survivors.
• Krieg ordered his crew to ready the cannons, so Chen Fan summoned his Sea King pet to stop them.
• Chen Fan used his newly developed Shunpo to appear aboard the pirates’ ship.
• Krieg offered Chen Fan the position of vice-captain in the Krieg Pirates.

Chen Fan destroyed Krieg and his pirate fleet, then took treasure from their ship. After the surviving pirates blamed him for the defeat, the Marines issued a wanted poster portraying him as a dangerous pirate who had hijacked a cruise ship.

• Chen Fan used his spiritual lens to judge the pirates, then struck them down with two sword-pressure slashes.
• Chen Fan appeared behind Krieg and killed him, prompting the remaining pirates to flee overboard.
• Chen Fan returned to the cruise ship and had the treasure moved from Krieg's ship.
• Three hours later, Marines arrived and captured the surviving pirates, who described Chen Fan as a powerful man with two Bone Blades and a Sea King pet.
• The Navy Colonel ordered a portrait made and issued a 500,000 Berry wanted poster accusing Chen Fan of hijacking the cruise ship.

Chen Fan discovered that the Navy had raised his bounty and mistaken him for a bounty hunter, then agreed to help a little girl rescue Roronoa Zoro. He and the girl headed to the Navy base where Zoro was being held by a corrupt colonel.

• Chen Fan recognized himself on a wanted poster, and Marines replaced it with a notice naming him and raising his bounty to 5,000,000 Berries.
• Chen Fan ate at a restaurant and met a little girl who asked him to save Roronoa Zoro, offering him two rice balls.
• The little girl showed Chen Fan the wanted poster and explained that Zoro had saved her life and was captured by the Navy Colonel.
• Chen Fan accepted the rice ball and agreed to help, then went with the girl toward the Navy base.

Chen Fan and Rika entered the Navy base to find Zoro, who had been tied up for nine days. When Helmeppo threatened them and ordered the soldiers to tie up Rika, Chen Fan swiftly grabbed him and left him terrified.

• Chen Fan carried Rika through the wall into the place where Zoro was tied up.
• Rika asked Chen Fan to save Zoro, and Zoro argued with Chen Fan after asking him to untie the ropes.
• Helmeppo arrived and ordered the Navy soldiers to arrest Chen Fan and Rika and tie them up in the sun.
• Chen Fan ignored Zoro's warning and quickly seized Helmeppo by the neck.
• Chen Fan threatened Helmeppo, who became frightened and wet his pants.

Chen Fan, Luffy, and Zoro were surrounded by Monka’s Marines, but the soldiers hesitated when ordered to shoot them. Monka threatened a Marine lieutenant who questioned his order.

• Chen Fan threw Mei Bo aside, then Luffy knocked away two Marines who tried to attack Chen Fan.
• Luffy mistook Chen Fan for Zoro and asked him to join his crew, then went to recruit the real Zoro, who refused.
• Koby recognized Chen Fan as the pirate who had defeated the Crocodile Pirates, and Monka arrived with Marines to surround the group.
• Monka ordered his Marines to shoot, but they froze because Zoro, the children, and the others had not done anything deserving death.
• A Marine lieutenant objected to Monka’s order, and Monka threatened him by pointing out that a lieutenant was weaker than a colonel.

Chen Fan protected Rika as Monka executed a Marine lieutenant and ordered his troops to fire. Chen Fan stopped the bullets with his power and redirected them at Monka, then drew his Bone Blades to face the colonel.

• Monka killed the Marine lieutenant after the officer refused to obey his order to kill.
• Chen Fan told Rika to close her eyes and cover her ears, then challenged Monka.
• Monka ordered the Marines to shoot Chen Fan, but the bullets stopped in front of him and flew back toward Monka.
• Monka deflected the bullets with his axe and sliced through a railing and wall with a powerful swing.
• Chen Fan drew his Bone Blades as Zoro watched him closely.

Chen Fan defeated Colonel Monka and ended his rule over the town, then left with Rika while Luffy and Zoro became interested in him. Before leaving, Chen Fan cut Zoro free with a precise slash that narrowly missed his head.

• Chen Fan switched places with Monka and severed the tendons in his hands and feet before knocking him unconscious.
• The Marines and townspeople celebrated Monka’s defeat, and Chen Fan explained that he had spared the Marines and left Monka alive as evidence.
• Luffy decided he wanted Chen Fan as a partner, while Zoro watched Chen Fan’s swordsmanship and longed to challenge him.
• Chen Fan and Rika headed toward her home, with Luffy following, while Zoro shouted that Chen Fan had never intended to free him.
• After Zoro apologized and begged to be released, Chen Fan cut the ropes with a slash that narrowly missed Zoro’s head.

After helping Zoro and Luffy recover from hunger, Chen Fan paid for their meal and promised Rika he would protect her. The Marines ordered Chen Fan and his companions to leave because they were pirates, and the town saw them off at the harbor.

• Zoro accused Chen Fan of trying to kill him, while Chen Fan denied it and called him noisy.
• After eating, Zoro and Luffy admitted they had been hungry for nine days, and Chen Fan paid Rika's mother 200,000 Beli for the meal.
• Rika told Chen Fan she wanted to become strong like him, and he promised to protect her if anyone bullied her.
• A Marine informed Chen Fan and his companions that they had to leave town because they were pirates, and Chen Fan accepted that he could no longer clear his name after beating a Navy Colonel.
• Rika asked Chen Fan not to leave, and he promised to take her with him when she grew up; they sealed the promise with a pinky swear.
• The townspeople gathered at the harbor to see Chen Fan and the others off as the Marines saluted them.

Chen Fan left town with Luffy and Zoro, then sailed alone on Little One and encountered three men claiming to serve Buggy the Clown. The men climbed aboard his boat, and Chen Fan confronted them after realizing they had pretended to be drowning.

• Chen Fan summoned Little One, a Sea King, and sailed away from town while Luffy and Zoro set out in their own boat.
• Rika silently vowed that she would meet Chen Fan again and become his wife.
• Chen Fan drifted across the sea in a boat he had found, realizing he had no nautical chart or idea where to go.
• Chen Fan spotted three men struggling in the water and let them climb aboard in exchange for directions.
• One of the men drew a blade and identified them as Buggy the Clown's men, and Chen Fan accused them of faking their distress to rob him.

Chen Fan reached Orange Island with Little One and encountered Nami fleeing pirates with a map of the Grand Line. After Nami tricked him into facing her pursuers, Chen Fan fought the pirates, leaving two still standing.

• Chen Fan forced three stranded pirates to point out the way to Orange Island, then sent them away.
• Little One swept the three pirates away with its tail, and Chen Fan soon reached Orange Island's empty harbor.
• Nami ran from three pirates carrying a map of the Grand Line and hid behind Chen Fan, calling him her boss before escaping.
• Chen Fan dodged one pirate's blade and kicked two pirates, sending one crashing through a house wall.

Chen Fan agreed to team up with Nami, the pirate thief, and learned that she planned to steal from Buggy’s crew. The two began making plans in an evacuated town, where Nami revealed she hoped to earn one hundred million beli to buy a village.

• Chen Fan kicked the last pirate into a wall and told Nami he would have protected her.
• Nami introduced herself as a thief who stole from pirates and invited Chen Fan to work with her, and he agreed.
• Nami led Chen Fan to an empty house and explained that the townspeople had fled to the outskirts.
• Nami identified Buggy as the pirate crew’s leader and said he was infamous for bombarding a town with cannons and using strange magic.
• Nami told Chen Fan that she wanted to earn one hundred million beli and buy a village.

Nami tricked Chen Fan and brought him to Captain Buggy, claiming she had caught the thief and wanted to join Buggy's crew. Chen Fan was locked in an iron cage as Nami entered the pirates’ ranks.

• Nami told Chen Fan she planned to steal Buggy the Clown’s treasure and then plunder the Grand Line, while Chen Fan decided he wanted her as his navigator.
• Buggy berated three injured pirates for letting the thief escape, but they warned him that Chen Fan was powerful.
• Nami arrived at Buggy’s tavern with a fake map and presented the bound Chen Fan as the thief she had captured.
• Nami told Buggy she had fallen out with Chen Fan and wanted to join his crew, and Buggy accepted her.
• Buggy’s pirates locked Chen Fan in an iron cage while Nami stayed with the crew.

Nami tried to gain Buggy's trust by drinking with his crew while Chen Fan remained imprisoned, but Buggy ordered her to fire a powerful Buggy Ball at him. Nami refused, leaving her caught between Buggy's pirates and Chen Fan.

• Buggy rallied his crew to drink and prepare for their next battle, while Nami won a drinking contest and hoped to get the key to Chen Fan's restraints.
• Nami admitted to Chen Fan that she had planned to deceive the pirates and warned him not to trust people too easily.
• Buggy confronted Chen Fan and ordered his men to demonstrate the Buggy Ball by blasting a row of houses.
• Buggy told Nami to fire the Buggy Ball at Chen Fan to prove her loyalty, but she tried to change the subject and refused.
• Buggy and his crew demanded that Nami blow Chen Fan up.

Nami defied Buggy and his pirates by refusing to kill Chen Fan, but the cannon fired before she could stop it. As the pirates celebrated and threatened Nami, Chen Fan reached out from the smoke and grabbed one of them.

• Buggy ordered Nami to light the cannon fuse while the pirates cheered for Chen Fan's execution.
• Chen Fan told Nami that she was a good woman and said he wanted her to become his woman.
• When a pirate showed Nami how to light the fuse, she struck him with her joined rods and refused to kill someone important to another person.
• The fuse reached the cannon, which fired and knocked Nami down as smoke filled the area.
• The pirates assumed Chen Fan was dead and turned their attention toward Nami, but Chen Fan's hand emerged from the smoke and seized one of them by the head.

Chen Fan appeared unharmed after the bomb exploded and used his overwhelming killing intent to subdue the pirates, though it also affected Nami. He fought off the attackers and trapped them with Sword Domain, while Buggy the Clown remained among them.

• Chen Fan emerged from the smoke holding the bomb and a pirate, then terrified the pirates with his killing intent before withdrawing it when Nami was affected.
• Chen Fan helped Nami up, apologized, and told the pirates he would kill them for their cruelty.
• Buggy the Clown ordered two pirates to attack Chen Fan and threw them at him; Chen Fan killed them with two flashes of white light.
• Buggy sent the remaining pirates charging at Chen Fan while preparing a sneak attack with his blades.
• Chen Fan cast Sword Domain, and the white barrier struck down the pirates who touched it.

Chen Fan defeated Buggy the Clown and absorbed some of his remains with the Soul Society token. After taking Nami and the stolen treasure to an empty house, he tried to kiss her, but she woke and slapped him.

• Buggy the Clown tried to take Nami hostage, but Chen Fan caught his blade and attacked him.
• Chen Fan cut Buggy into dust despite his Diced-Diced Fruit, and Buggy’s pirates fled.
• The Soul Society token absorbed some of Buggy’s dust, and Chen Fan realized it had taken in a Devil Fruit user.
• Chen Fan carried the sea chart, treasure, and sleeping Nami to an empty house.
• Chen Fan leaned in to kiss Nami, but she woke, slapped him, and called him a pervert.

After defeating the pirates, Chen Fan tried to keep Nami by his side, but she insisted their partnership was over and left with half the treasure and the Grand Line chart. Chen Fan followed her, and they fled the townspeople after he left the treasure in the road to help rebuild the town.

• Nami counted ten million Beli in the treasure, then gave Chen Fan half and ended their partnership because she did not want him caught in danger.
• Chen Fan told Nami he would not let her get hurt, but she left with her share and the sea chart.
• Chen Fan caught up with Nami and insisted they were traveling together, reminding her of her promise to become his woman if they survived.
• Nami noticed the treasure bag was gone, and Chen Fan said he had left it in the middle of the road.
• As angry townspeople approached, Chen Fan told Nami the money could help rebuild the wrecked town, and they fled toward the shore.

Chen Fan and Nami sailed away together after he gave up the treasure, and his teasing turned into a kiss that Nami returned before pulling away. Nami questioned why he had hidden his strength, and Chen Fan admitted he wanted her to become his woman and be happy.

• Nami berated Chen Fan for throwing away the treasure, but gave up trying to change his mind.
• Chen Fan caught Nami when a wave nearly knocked her from the boat, then kissed her, and Nami eventually responded before pushing him away.
• Nami said they should split up because Chen Fan brought danger, but she stayed with him and checked that his hand was unharmed.
• Nami asked whether Chen Fan could have defeated Buggy and his crew from the start, and he admitted he had followed her plan deliberately.
• Nami demanded to know Chen Fan's goal, and he seriously told her he wanted her to become his woman and give her happiness.