Chapter Summaries

Lina and her allies fought Crocodile in the underground palace, where his sand powers forced them to struggle for an opening. Luffy prepared to use a stronger move as Usopp sought a chance to shoot Crocodile with a Seastone bullet.

• Robin caught the test tube and dagger with her sprouted hands, splashing water on Crocodile, but he cut her arms and attacked her until Blue Ogre shielded her.
• Red Ogre hurled a spinning spear at Crocodile, who deflected it and retreated before turning the ground and palace into a spreading desert.
• Lina gave Luffy water, and he charged Crocodile alongside Blue Ogre and Red Ogre as Crocodile unleashed a sandstorm and giant sand serpents.
• Luffy and the ogres broke through Crocodile's sand defenses, but Crocodile created dozens of sand crocodiles to keep them at bay.
• Lina sent Usopp into the shadows with a gun that fired Seastone bullets, while Luffy decided he needed to use a stronger move to reach Crocodile.

Sanji defeated Bon Clay on Polk Street and continued toward the royal palace, while Lina and Luffy struggled against Crocodile beneath it. As Crocodile wounded Lina’s undead fighters, Luffy chose to use Second Gear despite its dangerous side effects.

• Sanji used a series of kicks to overpower Bon Clay and launch him into the sky.
• Sanji lit a cigarette and ran toward the royal palace.
• Beneath the palace, Crocodile’s relentless sand attacks wore down Luffy, Lina, the Blue Ogre, and the Red Ogre.
• The Blue Ogre and Red Ogre used Haki to cut Crocodile, but he struck back with Desert Sword and wounded them.
• Luffy announced that he would use Second Gear, and Lina stopped trying to dissuade him.

Luffy used Gear Second to fight Sand Crocodile, while Lina and the Blue Ogre and Red Ogre supported him. Crocodile was battered but remained wary, and Lina fired a shot as Crocodile tested his suspicion about the hidden attackers.

• Luffy activated Gear Second and struck Sand Crocodile with a series of fast attacks, but Crocodile countered with Crescent Sand Dune and drained Luffy's water.
• Lina gave Luffy water, and Luffy rejoined the Blue Ogre and Red Ogre to overwhelm Crocodile.
• Crocodile used sand blades and serpents, then revealed poison needles hidden in his golden hook, but the Red Ogre endured them and the Blue Ogre struck him.
• Luffy's Rubber Jet Whip sent Crocodile crashing through stone pillars, while Crocodile wondered why Lina was the only one giving off killing intent.
• Crocodile let the Blue Ogre and Red Ogre's spears pass through his sand body, and Lina fired a gunshot from behind.

Zoro defeated Daz Bones by discovering how to cut steel and continued toward the royal palace. Beneath the Royal Mausoleum, Lina shot Crocodile with a Seastone bullet, letting Blue Ogre and Red Ogre pin him with Haki-coated spears, but Crocodile's unsettling laughter prompted Lina to order the finishing blow.

• Daz Bones's steel body withstood Zoro's attacks, but Zoro found the breath of all things and cut him with Lion Song.
• Zoro left the defeated Daz Bones and headed toward the royal palace.
• Lina shot Crocodile with a Seastone bullet while he had transformed into sand, weakening him so Blue Ogre and Red Ogre could impale and pin him.
• Nami, Chopper, Vivi, and the others celebrated Crocodile's apparent defeat as he lamented his failed three-year pursuit of Pluton and laughed hysterically.
• Lina noticed Crocodile's twisted expression, shouted for the others to finish him, and Blue Ogre and Red Ogre readied a combined attack.

Crocodile tore off his Seastone-pinned hand and launched a desperate attack, forcing Lina and Luffy into a fierce battle. Lina’s surprise ambush with Blue Ogre and Red Ogre, followed by Usopp’s Seastone shot, finally knocked Crocodile unconscious.

• Crocodile ripped off his own hand to escape the Seastone spear and charged at Lina, Luffy, and the others with Haki-coated sand blades.
• Luffy attacked Crocodile with a Jet Pistol, but Crocodile’s sand body absorbed the blow after Luffy’s water evaporated.
• Crocodile trapped Lina in quicksand and shattered her Bone Chain Sword and specially made pistol while attacking her with his poisoned hook.
• Lina secretly recalled and resummoned Blue Ogre and Red Ogre behind Crocodile, and their Haki-coated spears pinned him to the ground.
• Crocodile summoned a giant sand crocodile to attack Lina, but Usopp fired a Seastone bullet that made it collapse and left Crocodile unconscious.

Lina cuffed Crocodile after the Straw Hat Pirates defeated him, and Nico Robin revealed where he had hidden a bomb in the capital. As the group prepared to deal with the threat, Lina unexpectedly awakened her Devil Fruit.

• Lina restrained Crocodile with Seastone handcuffs, while Luffy collapsed from exhaustion and Usopp bragged about his shot.
• Vivi reunited with Cobra and explained how the Straw Hat Pirates had helped end the conflict in Alabasta.
• Cobra warned the group that Crocodile had planted a bomb in the capital, set to explode the following afternoon.
• Nico Robin revealed that the bomb was hidden in the clock tower and said she had kept the ancient weapon's location from Crocodile.
• Lina discovered that Azure Flame Clouds circled her and realized that she had awakened her Devil Fruit.

Lina awakened his Devil Fruit and discovered it let him control elements through undead templates, though he decided the power was more useful for enhancing swordsmanship. After Luffy launched the group away from Smoker, Vivi stayed behind to tell the Marine about Crocodile’s plot.

• Lina awakened his Devil Fruit, gained a subtle affinity for the elements in undead templates, and fused Ace’s and Crocodile’s templates into sand-and-flame control.
• Lina decided to make a humanoid undead with the fused template and considered updating Luffy’s and Usopp’s templates later.
• Smoker appeared in the underground palace and pursued Luffy and the others as Luffy launched them into the sky.
• Vivi stopped Smoker and pointed out that Crocodile, who lay unconscious nearby, was plotting to overthrow the country.
• Lina chose not to pursue Smoker’s template, judging the risk of provoking him and Aokiji not worth it.

Lina and the Straw Hat Crew escaped the Marines in Alubarna, then accepted Bell’s invitation to the palace for food and a reunion with Vivi. Meanwhile, Smoker learned that Marine Headquarters wanted the incident kept quiet and asked him to report it.

• Lina and the Straw Hat Crew ran into Hina, but Lina’s Red Ogre struck Hina with a shield and sent her crashing into a building.
• Sanji joined the group, and the Straw Hats realized Zoro had gone missing again as they fled the Marines.
• The exhausted crew hid in an alley, where Bell arrived and invited them to the palace for food with the king and Vivi.
• Lina collected Bell’s template, made another peregrine falcon, and set off for the palace with the others.
• At Nanohana, a Marine told Smoker that Headquarters wanted the matter kept quiet and had requested his report for updating the wanted posters.

Smoker and Hina discussed the Straw Hat Crew’s Haki users and the growing trouble involving Blackbeard, while Lina and the crew shared a chaotic banquet at the palace. Afterward, Lina flew to Rain Dinners to look for Robin.

• Smoker told a Marine soldier he would gather evidence at Rain Dinners before escorting Crocodile to Impel Down, and said they would leave the Straw Hat Crew alone for now.
• Hina complained that a Haki user from the Straw Hat Crew had sent her flying, and Smoker explained that Vivi had identified two Haki users among the crew: Blue Ogre and Red Ogre.
• Hina told Smoker that Teach had killed his captain and fled to the first half of the Grand Line, prompting Portgas D. Ace to pursue him.
• Bell led Lina and the others to the palace reception hall, where they found Zoro already eating and drinking with Vivi and Cobra.
• Lina wondered where Robin had gone and decided to search Rain Dinners, then argued with Luffy over food during the rowdy banquet.
• After the banquet, Lina summoned a falcon created with Bell’s template and flew west toward Rain Dinners.

Lina crossed the dangerous Santo River by falcon and reached Rain Country, where he found Rain Dinners wrecked after a Marine raid. He shot the casino’s fleeing manager and began to confront what remained of the aftermath.

• Lina crossed the Santo River on the Falcon Undead and killed a sea beast that attacked them.
• Lina spotted the eerie Sea Cat watching him from the river before it sank back beneath the water.
• Lina arrived in Rain Country and found Rain Dinners deserted, damaged, and bloodstained.
• Lina realized the Marines had raided the casino before him and approached its manager as he tried to escape with briefcases.
• The manager threatened Lina with a pistol, and Lina shot him in the shoulder.

Lina found Nico Robin in a hidden basement and asked her to join the Straw Hat Crew. Robin refused at first, but Lina tried to persuade her by offering the crew’s strength and support in her search for the Poneglyphs.

• Lina questioned a frightened man, then followed him to a locked basement containing a freshwater tank and Crocodile’s banana gators.
• Robin reflected on her exhausting search for the Poneglyphs and remembered Luffy and another man whose warmth had touched her.
• Lina and the Blue Ogre smashed open the basement door, and Robin prepared to fight, assuming they had come for revenge.
• Robin used Six-Flower Blossom to restrain Lina, but he broke free without moving from his place.
• Lina invited Robin to join the crew, explained that he knew about her search for the Poneglyphs, and summoned the Red Ogre and powerful undead to demonstrate their strength.

Lina persuaded Nico Robin to reconsider joining the Straw Hat Pirates by telling her about the Road Poneglyphs and the New World, then returned to the palace in Alubarna. The crew rested and explored the city while Zoro got lost again, ending up fleeing a dancer who pursued him.

• Lina told Nico Robin about the Road Poneglyphs and invited her to travel with the Straw Hat Pirates, giving her hope to continue searching for the Poneglyphs.
• Lina flew back to the palace and worried that Aokiji might intervene if Robin remained adrift among factions.
• The next day, Igaram escorted Lina to the reception room, where the crew ate and Nami learned Lina had taken two hundred million berries from Rain Dinners.
• Lina assured Chopper he could use the crew's money to buy medicinal herbs, and the crew later split up to explore Alubarna and shop for supplies.
• Lina bought Chopper pink cotton candy and asked who aboard reminded him of Dr. Hiriluk; Chopper chose Luffy.
• Zoro emerged from an alley in Alubarna and ran from a woman trying to lure him into a dance house.

Vivi said goodbye to the Straw Hat crew and stayed in Alabasta to help rebuild her country, while Lina and the others departed for Nanohana. Back in her room, Vivi kept Lina’s photograph and found his message reminding her that she would always be part of the crew.

• Vivi declined to sail with the Straw Hat crew because she felt responsible for helping Alabasta recover, and the crew comforted her through the night before leaving the palace.
• Lina and the others traveled from Alubarna to Nanohana on undead animals, then reached the Going Merry and cleaned and restocked it.
• After the palace ceremony, Cobra praised Vivi for her speech, and she said she had learned a great deal while traveling with the Straw Hat crew.
• Vivi found Lina’s photograph in Fastest’s bag, decided to keep it, and read his message saying she would always be one of them.

The Straw Hat crew accepted Nico Robin aboard the Merry after she offered her knowledge of the Poneglyphs and a pouch of gemstones. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku and the vice admirals set new bounties for the Straw Hats before turning their attention to another man in Smoker’s report.

• The Merry’s crew mourned Lina’s departure until Nico Robin emerged from the living quarters and asked Luffy to let her join.
• Robin explained that she could read the Poneglyphs and wanted to uncover the truth of the Void Century, and Luffy accepted her without hesitation.
• Nami welcomed Robin after seeing her gemstones, while Lina told Zoro that he had invited Robin because the crew would need her; Zoro remained distrustful.
• At Marineford, Sengoku and the vice admirals debated the Straw Hats’ bounties and set Luffy’s at 150 million, the Blue Ogre and Red Ogre at 120 million each, and the Knife-and-Saw duo at 30 million each.
• Brannew displayed another man singled out in Smoker’s report, and the Marines looked curiously at his image.

The Marines debated Lina’s threat level and settled on a five-million bounty, while Lina trained with the Straw Hats and created a new Mage Undead modeled after Frieren. He demonstrated her enormous firepower by making a giant fireball and lowering it into the sea to fish.

• Brannew uncovered a sealed report stating that Lina had killed Captain Morgan in an ambush and read out his unimpressive account of Lina’s Alabasta fight.
• Sengoku and the vice admirals dismissed Lina as a minor threat and agreed on a five-million bounty before adjourning the meeting.
• Aboard the Going Merry, Lina trained with Zoro and praised Usopp for completing two thousand repetitions.
• Lina created a white-haired Mage Undead modeled after Frieren, and Nami admired her appearance.
• Lina had the Mage Undead form an enormous fireball, then lowered it into the sea to catch fish.

Lina demonstrated that her awakened Devil Fruit let undead use abilities from their templates, then stopped Zoro from overtraining by alerting Chopper. As the crew sailed on, Robin began learning about her shipmates, and three days later Lina spotted an island ahead.

• Lina's Undead Mage used a sand attack modeled on Crocodile's ability, but the seawater caused the sand to disperse.
• Lina explained that her awakened Devil Fruit let undead bring out abilities from their templates, and Zoro decided to train harder.
• Lina warned Chopper that Zoro was overtraining while injured, and Chopper forced him to stop and rest.
• Robin looked through the crew's photographs and asked Nami to tell her about everyone aboard the Merry.
• Lina asked Nami about their route to Gaudy Island, and the crew shared lunch while Zoro went to retrieve the liquor Lina had bought.
• Three days later, Lina spotted an island ahead and called the others up to the deck.

Lina and the Straw Hat Pirates paid an inflated docking fee to enter the Kingdom of Holled and enjoy a brief vacation. Meanwhile, Sandy studied evidence linking the crew to an old attack on Joker’s forces but remained unsure who had committed it.

• Lina brought the Merry into Holled’s harbor despite Nami’s objections to the docking fee, and Luffy refused to lower the pirate flag.
• The guard captain demanded thirteen million berries, and Lina paid rather than risk a confrontation before the crew entered the city.
• Two off-duty guards revealed that Sandy served the Donquixote Family and had come to rebuild its base after Gild Tesoro took a Devil Fruit and later made peace with Joker.
• Sandy compared a wanted man’s photograph with a report about a burned base in Loguetown and wondered whether Clown Buggy’s crew had been arrested instead.

Sandy investigated the destruction of his family’s East Blue base but doubted that Lina was responsible because Lina appeared too weak to have defeated Kruke. Meanwhile, Lina and the Straw Hats checked into the Feiwen Grand Restaurant, collected spending money, and split up to shop and visit the casino.

• Sandy reviewed the evidence linking Lina to the weapons sold in Loguetown, but his observations of Lina made him question whether Lina could have beaten Kruke.
• Lina treated the crew to rooms at the Feiwen Grand Restaurant, and he mocked a condescending staff member by leaving him a 20-Berry tip.
• Lina offered the crew two million Berries each, then got struck by Nami after teasing her about not needing spending money.
• Nami and Robin left to shop, and Lina asked them to buy him clothes and suspenders.
• Lina and the other men headed to the casino, where Lina eagerly suggested they play some games.

Lina and his crew gambled at a casino, where he lost heavily while enjoying the attention of two hostesses. Sandy, the harbor guard captain, spotted Lina and became convinced he was connected to a mystery, leaving Lina puzzled by his attention.

• Lina and his crew arrived at the casino, where Chopper noticed several people getting high in a corner.
• Usopp bet on big while Lina followed him, but Zoro, Sanji, and Chopper bet on small and won the first round.
• Lina lost millions of berries as the crew kept gambling, then exchanged another twenty million for chips and flirted with two bunny girls.
• Sandy woke up on a sofa, recognized Lina at the dice table, and decided to test his suspicions about him.
• Lina sensed Sandy watching from across the casino, met his gaze, and watched him leave without explanation.

Lina followed Sandy to the eastern peninsula of Gaudy Island after suspecting he was connected to the trouble in Loguetown. She revealed the Mage Undead and watched it overwhelm Sandy with fire, ending the chapter as it unleashed a massive flame wave.

• Lina gave away her remaining two million berries at the casino, then left with the Mage Undead while Zoro returned inside.
• Lina and the Mage Undead followed Sandy from Feiwen Grand Restaurant to the eastern peninsula, where he confronted them in a reed bed.
• Sandy revealed that he had suspected Lina because of the weapons she had sold and challenged her to fight.
• The Mage Undead attacked Sandy with firebirds, forcing him to dodge and cut through the pursuing flames.
• Sandy charged the Mage Undead with a ranged sword strike, but it answered with a towering wave of fire.