Recaps

Loi Amos escorted the captured 'Gladiator' Antoria back to Marineford aboard a Detention Unit warship and revealed that his unassuming role concealed extraordinary strength and a mysterious Devil Fruit analysis system. After knocking Antoria unconscious, Loi prepared to send him to Impel Down.

• Loi Amos accepted Antoria from Major Gusil, who mocked the Detention Unit and warned him to keep Antoria's Seastone cuffs on.
• Hans complained about the Navy's disrespect for the Detention Unit, and Loi reminded him to complain less and work more before taking the first night watch.
• Antoria claimed that his Strong-Strong Fruit and Iron Rod would let him kill Loi and break out, but Loi lifted the weapon effortlessly and criticized his weak Fruit development.
• Loi's Light Screen identified Antoria's Strong-Strong Fruit and showed that its analysis was one-third complete toward granting Loi its first level.
• Loi struck Antoria unconscious and said he would be sent to Impel Down to broaden his horizons.

Marine Captain Loi Amos used his Fruit Encyclopedia to record the Strong-Strong Fruit, bringing his collection to nineteen, while worrying that he lacked the money to strengthen his abilities. When a sea beast attacked his warship, he combined the Strong-Strong Fruit with his Great Rhinoceros ability and defeated it with one punch.

• Loi Amos recorded the Strong-Strong Fruit, leaving him one Devil Fruit away from unlocking a third Fruit Slot.
• Loi reviewed how his Fruit Encyclopedia worked and worried that his salary and savings could not cover the cost of strengthening his abilities.
• A sea beast surfaced and attacked Loi’s warship, prompting him to order the Marines to stop firing so they would not damage its meat.
• Loi leaped toward the sea beast and combined his Great Rhinoceros and Strong-Strong abilities to punch it unconscious.
• Loi landed on the sea beast’s head and concluded that knowledge of multiple Devil Fruits let him draw extraordinary power from abilities at LV1.

Loi returned to Marine Headquarters and refused Smoker’s request to become his adjutant in Loguetown, prompting the two friends to fight. Hina stopped Smoker from pursuing Loi after he slipped away, leaving Smoker to answer for the disturbance.

• Loi assigned his Detention Unit Marines to escort a prisoner, sell the sea beast meat, and arrange a victory feast before reporting to Vice Admiral Billoss.
• Smoker confronted Loi at Oris Plaza and again asked him to leave the Detention Unit and join him in Loguetown; Loi refused and suggested Lieutenant Tashigi instead.
• Smoker attacked Loi with his smoke powers and Jitte, but Loi dodged his blows and countered with a golden shockwave that blasted Smoker away.
• Smoker questioned why Loi had chosen the Detention Unit despite his strength and recalled how Loi had helped a girl from Kishira Village, but Loi said he preferred his current post.
• Hina arrived and challenged Smoker over the disturbance, while Loi escaped; Hina then trapped Smoker in black iron bars and demanded an explanation.

After avoiding punishment for his clash with Smoker, Luo Yi reflected on his distrust of Marines and pirates and discussed a new opportunity with his superior, Billoss. He accepted a mission that could help him qualify for the All-Army Martial Arts Tournament and, if he ranked well, remain in charge of the Detention Unit after Billoss retired.

• Luo Yi evaded the Marine patrol after his battle and returned to Marine Headquarters, hoping Smoker would be confined long enough to leave him alone.
• Luo Yi told himself that the Marines were a place to hide and gain Devil Fruit Abilities, while he valued freedom and rejected the Marines' and pirates' claims to justice.
• Luo Yi entered Billoss's office, reported his latest mission, and received dango from his superior.
• Billoss offered Luo Yi a temporary mission involving a World Government-affiliated nation and explained that the All-Army Martial Arts Tournament would begin in two months.
• Billoss said he planned to retire after the tournament and would ask Sengoku to let Luo Yi manage the Detention Unit if Luo Yi achieved a good ranking.
• Luo Yi eagerly accepted the mission, hoping to earn access to the Detention Unit's authority and Impel Down.

Luo Yi arrived at Marine G-51 Branch to hand over a pirate and discovered that the Kingdom of Nysmal’s royal merchant ship was secretly transporting slaves. After witnessing the abuse of an old captive, he realized the branch was complicit in the trade, leaving him facing the corruption behind the Marines’ claim of justice.

• Luo Yi and the Detention Unit reached G-51 Branch with the captured, unnamed pirate and learned the branch Marines were preparing for a banquet hosted by Manager Mantar of Nysmal.
• Luo Yi noticed the royal merchant ship’s spiked hull and cage-like interior as he walked toward the branch to meet Colonel Aster.
• Luo Yi saw the ship’s guards drag a bloodied old man back through a cannon port after he tried to escape.
• Luo Yi used his enhanced hearing to hear the guards say the old man’s daughter had been sold and that his organs might be sold through another channel.
• Luo Yi recognized the vessel as a slave ship and realized that Nysmal and the G-51 Branch were involved in the slave trade.

Luo Yi took custody of a tortured young pirate at G-51 Headquarters and recognized that the prisoner was a user of the Slice-Slice Fruit. He deduced the young man’s plan to rescue slaves from the merchant ship, while the Light Screen revealed the fruit’s cloning abilities and upgrade requirements.

• Luo Yi overheard Colonel Aster accepting a bribe from Manager Mantar, who mentioned a Devil Fruit and a merchant ship’s treasure.
• Luo Yi ignored Mantar’s banquet invitation and had Colonel Aster take him to the prison to complete the prisoner transfer.
• Luo Yi saw the badly tortured young pirate and brought him aboard his warship, ordering Hans and Fal to report their return to Headquarters.
• Luo Yi questioned the prisoner and explained how he had warned the merchant ship, allowed himself to be captured, and planned to rescue the remaining slaves.
• The Light Screen identified the young man as Alan’s Slice Clone and revealed the Slice-Slice Fruit’s clone abilities and progression costs.

Luo Yi discovered that Alan’s Slice-Slice Fruit could create clones that copied Devil Fruit abilities, giving him a way to pursue money while keeping his Marine identity. He equipped the fruit, tested his clone, and prepared to send it out in disguise.

• Luo Yi learned that the prisoner Alan possessed the Slice-Slice Fruit and instructed the night watch to provide him with food, water, and a blanket.
• The Slice-Slice Fruit brought Luo Yi’s recorded fruit total to twenty and unlocked his third Fruit Slot.
• Luo Yi equipped the Slice-Slice Fruit and created a clone that shared his consciousness and copied his Snow Hare and Great Rhinoceros abilities.
• Luo Yi confirmed that Slice Clones copied Devil Fruit abilities, though each clone’s Slice-Slice Fruit occupied one ability slot.
• Luo Yi decided his clones could earn the money needed for fruit enhancements while he remained in the Marines, then disguised one with a Sea Beast Mask.

Alan infiltrated the Ekyorn to rescue his grandfather and the other captives, but the guards exposed and defeated him. A Rooster Masked figure then attacked the ship’s guards, leaving the rescue and the fate of Alan’s companions unresolved.

• Two guards aboard the Ekyorn discussed how Colonel Astah and the Marines protected the slave trade, including Keli’s sale to a Celestial Dragon.
• Alan and his six Slice Clones ambushed the guards, learned Keli’s fate, and planned to rescue the captives in the hold.
• The wounded guards raised the alarm, and the ship’s guards captured Alan and several of his clones, intending to sell them as Ability User slaves.
• A Rooster Masked figure smashed through the deck and appeared above the ship, prompting the older guard to recognize him as a dangerous fighter.
• The Rooster Masked figure charged into the guards, beginning a violent assault across the deck.

Luo Yi rescued Alan and the remaining slaves aboard the Ekyorn, but Alan’s grandfather died before he could save him. Luo Yi refused to promise a rescue for Alan’s sister Keli, who had been bought by Celestial Dragons, but offered to seek help from his organization if Alan completed two tasks.

• The Rooster Mask-wearing Luo Yi killed the ship’s guards and gave Alan the keys to the cages.
• Alan freed the slaves and found his dying grandfather, who kept calling for Keli.
• Alan explained his escape plan and begged Luo Yi to help rescue his sister, who had been bought by Celestial Dragons.
• Luo Yi refused to risk war with the World Government but offered to ask his organization for help in exchange for Alan completing two tasks.
• Alan agreed to Luo Yi’s request despite being astonished by what the tasks involved.

Luo Yi tracked the stolen Ekyorn to the treasure hidden beneath Marine G-51 Branch and confronted Colonel Aster. After Aster tried to flee, Luo Yi used Rankyaku: Wind Slash to kill him.

• At a banquet, Manager Mantar promised Colonel Aster rewards for helping transport the Kingdom of Nysmal's Celestial Gold.
• An alarm revealed that the Ekyorn had left port and its guards had been killed, so Colonel Aster ordered Marines to pursue the ship.
• Manager Mantar and Colonel Aster hurried to the hidden treasure room, where Luo Yi ambushed them and killed Mantar.
• Colonel Aster revealed that he had mastered Iron Body: Hardwood, then pretended to attack and fled when he realized Luo Yi was stronger.
• Luo Yi demonstrated Rankyaku: Wind Slash and killed the fleeing Colonel Aster.

Luo Yi killed Colonel Aster, found a route chart linking the Kingdom of Nysmal’s Celestial Gold to Arashit Island, and looted the royal treasure. He also discovered and analyzed an Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit that granted him the Wind God Dragon form.

• Luo Yi used Rokushiki to kill Colonel Aster and searched Manager Mantar’s corpse, finding numbered keys and a route chart.
• Luo Yi realized the chart led from the Sabaody Archipelago to Arashit Island, where the Kingdom of Nysmal’s Celestial Gold was stored and transported.
• Luo Yi opened the treasure chests and used his system to absorb their Belly and valuables.
• Luo Yi opened a Seastone chest and found an Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit, the Dragon-Dragon Fruit: Model Pterodactyl.
• Luo Yi analyzed the fruit and gained access to the Wind God Dragon transformation and its abilities.

Luo Yi planned to seize the Celestial Gold on Arashit Island, but first needed to reunite with his Slice Clone. After learning that Alan’s diversion had ended with Colonel Aster and the Nysmal Kingdom’s royal manager dead, Luo Yi volunteered to return to Master Port and search for the attacker.

• Luo Yi celebrated earning five hundred million Belly and obtaining the Wind God Pterosaur Fruit, which made his plan to bypass the security around the Celestial Gold seem feasible.
• Luo Yi realized he needed to meet his Slice Clone to refresh its abilities, then waited for a chance to return to Master Port.
• Hans brought Luo Yi a call from Vice Admiral Billoss, who reported that Colonel Aster, the royal manager of the Kingdom of Nysmal, and the manager’s guards had been killed at G-51 Marine Branch.
• Luo Yi recognized the attack as the diversion he had assigned Alan and learned that Alan had drawn away the Marines by commandeering a merchant ship and sinking it.
• Luo Yi requested to return alone to Master Port while Hans and the others continued escorting their prisoner, declaring that he would face danger for justice.
• Vice Admiral Billoss approved Luo Yi’s return and promised to speak well of him at headquarters.

After the Marine bases guarding Arashit Island stopped responding, Commodore Lan Li realized the Golden House was under attack. A colossal winged creature descended over the forest, and Lan Li prepared to face it.

• A Colonel told Commodore Lan Li that the World Government had ordered the Celestial Gold moved from Arashit Island after the attack on Master Port.
• Lan Li reluctantly contacted the incoming transfer ships and learned one had been delayed by powerful gales.
• Lan Li ordered the Colonel to check the island's four bases, but none of them answered.
• A barely conscious watchtower guard reported an attack by a gale monster from the sky before the call went silent.
• Lan Li took his battle stance as a huge winged creature descended over the forest, blotting out the sunlight.

Commodore Lan Li confronted Luo Yi, who had come to take the Celestial Gold, and their fight began after Lan Li’s flying slash failed to wound him. The chapter left them trading close-range attacks as Lan Li unleashed his Volcano Style swordsmanship.

• Lan Li ordered the Colonel to leave and check the other bases while he faced the Wind God Pterosaur alone.
• Luo Yi said his mission was to take the Celestial Gold and that he only needed to defeat Lan Li.
• Lan Li struck Luo Yi’s pterosaur wing with a flying slash, but it left only a faint mark.
• Luo Yi changed into his human-beast form and dropped to the ground, angering Lan Li, who believed he was being humiliated.
• Luo Yi used Shave to attack, and Lan Li blocked the blow with his Haki-coated Great Katana before being knocked through a tree.
• Lan Li charged back and attacked Luo Yi with Volcano Style Violent Storms, beginning their close-range battle.

Commodore Lan Li fought Luo Yi in the forest and unleashed his strongest sword strike, but Luo Yi survived and revealed a golden, seemingly elemental power. Luo Yi defeated Lan Li and identified himself as Rooster.

• A Colonel assessed the wrecked watchtower and watched the distant battle, wondering whether Lan Li could win.
• Lan Li realized he could not defeat Luo Yi through an ordinary fight, while Luo Yi used the battle to adapt to his Wind God Pterosaur Fruit.
• Lan Li gathered his strength and struck Luo Yi with his strongest attack, the Volcano Style: Iaido Slash: Huoshan, severing his head.
• Luo Yi regenerated in golden light, prompting Lan Li to conclude that Luo Yi had a Mythical Zoan ability and had not been fighting at full strength.
• Luo Yi knocked Lan Li unconscious and said his name was Rooster.

Luo Yi returned to Marineford and discussed the Arashit Island attack with his subordinates before meeting Hina in Peace City. Hina urged him to leave the Detention Unit and pursue greater influence, but Luo Yi remained committed to his own path toward strength and freedom.

• Hans told Fal that the Arashit Island attacker had worn a Sea Beast Mask associated with South Blue, and they discussed the stolen Celestial Gold and the attacker’s possible connection to Master Port.
• Luo Yi overheard Hans suggest he had fled Master Port in a sorry state and ordered Hans to meet him at the Training Ground that night.
• Luo Yi went to Xianxian Department Store to restock cola and ran into Hina, who said Smoker had chosen Tashigi as his subordinate.
• Hina argued that Luo Yi’s strength could help change the world and recalled that Vince might have lived if Luo Yi had joined the 35th Action Detachment.
• Luo Yi rejected Hina’s proposed path, deciding that advancement within the Marines would not give him the freedom or power he wanted.

Luo Yi learned that the Navy had issued a huge bounty for Rooster and was investigating the Twelve Zodiacs, the organization Luo Yi had invented to conceal his own crimes. Lieutenant General Billoss also promoted Luo Yi to major and prepared to tell him about another matter.

• Lieutenant General Billoss showed Luo Yi Rooster’s 170-million-Belly wanted poster and explained that Rooster was believed to be a powerful Mythical Zoan user.
• Lieutenant General Billoss told Luo Yi that Alan had revealed Rooster was a high-ranking officer in an organization called the Twelve Zodiacs, which had twelve officers and a supreme leader.
• Luo Yi pretended to be shocked while privately recognizing that Alan had delivered the false information he had arranged to mislead the Navy.
• Lieutenant General Billoss said the Navy was investigating the Twelve Zodiacs, ordered Luo Yi not to mention Alan, and classified information about the organization.
• Lieutenant General Billoss informed Luo Yi that his actions at Master Port had earned him a promotion to major.

Loi Amos accepted his promotion to Major and prepared for the All-Army Martial Arts Tournament while weighing how to strengthen his Devil Fruits. A newspaper report about Alabasta’s drought gave him an idea, and the chapter ended with a masked figure bringing rain to the parched city of Elma.

• Vice Admiral Billoss told Loi he had promoted him to Major, entered him in the All-Army Martial Arts Tournament, and arranged special training with an old friend.
• Loi resolved to strengthen the Slice-Slice Fruit and considered which other fruits to enhance after reading that Alabasta had gone seven months without rain.
• Loi forgot to meet Hans at the Detention Unit Training Ground, leaving Hans waiting outside until he caught a cold.
• In Elma, Aha worried with his wife about the worsening drought and rumors that King Cobra had reserved the rain for Alubarna.
• Aha saw a masked figure approaching Elma beneath dark clouds, surrounded by torrential rain, and hurried to gather containers to catch the water.

King Nefertari Cobra prepared to meet the mysterious Rain Summoner, hoping the man’s rain could save Alabasta from its seven-month drought. Princess Vivi joined him at the palace, where the masked guest revealed he was the Dragon of the Twelve Zodiacs and had come to propose a transaction that could bring the country destruction or rebirth.

• Cobra dismissed Igaram’s concerns and decided to welcome the Rain Summoner in person because Alabasta needed hope.
• Vivi arrived and insisted on meeting the guest, and Cobra agreed to let her listen in as she began taking part in state affairs.
• A palace guard reported that the Rain Summoner had entered Arubana, and Cobra, Vivi, and the guards went to meet him.
• The masked guest reached the palace and introduced himself as the Dragon of the Twelve Zodiacs, offering Cobra a transaction concerning Alabasta’s future.

Dragon warned King Cobra that Crocodile’s plan was using Dancing Powder to create drought and provoke rebellion, then offered to help Alabasta in exchange for cooperation. After Cobra questioned Dragon’s connection to Rooster, Dragon demonstrated his power over ice and heat before calling himself a pacifist and a merchant.

• Dragon told King Cobra that someone was engineering Alabasta’s drought to seize the throne, and Cobra identified Dancing Powder as the likely cause.
• Dragon explained that Crocodile planned to let the drought worsen, then have Dancing Powder discovered in the capital to spark rebellion and war.
• Dragon offered to help expose the mastermind, stop the organization, and bring rain, but Cobra demanded to know Dragon’s connection to Rooster.
• Dragon admitted that Rooster was his colleague, then froze Igaram, Huka, Bell, and the guards before melting the ice and releasing them.
• Dragon reassured Cobra that the organization’s officers worked independently and described himself as a pacifist and a merchant.

Dragon negotiated with King Cobra for the Twelve Zodiacs to bring rain to Alabasta and deal with the mastermind behind the drought, offering to use himself as bait to prove his claims. After Dragon left, King Cobra explained to Vivi why he had agreed to cooperate, choosing Alabasta’s people over concerns about the World Government.

• Vivi questioned Dragon about his organization, and he revealed the Twelve Zodiacs while refusing to disclose its leader.
• Dragon demonstrated his power and offered to sell rain for Belly, while King Cobra demanded answers and evidence before agreeing to cooperate.
• Dragon and King Cobra negotiated a price of five hundred million Belly per rainfall and a three-billion-Belly bounty for resolving the mastermind threat.
• Dragon proposed staying at the palace as bait so the mastermind would send someone to attack him, and King Cobra accepted the plan.
• After Dragon departed, King Cobra told Vivi that Dragon’s restraint and concern for the people suggested he was not behind the drought.
• King Cobra told Vivi that they were responsible for Alabasta’s people, regardless of the World Government.

Rooster visited Alan's new fishing village and offered supplies, then agreed to train Alan so he could search for his sister Keli. Alan and the villagers chose to stand with Rooster against the world.

• Rooster found Alan building the village and praised him for helping with the plan against the Kingdom of Nysmal.
• Alan explained that his Slice Clones had let him learn of Rooster's recent victories and said he was glad Rooster had stolen the Celestial Gold.
• Rooster gave Alan supplies for the village, and Alan asked him to stay and train him so he could find Keli at the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Rooster agreed to train Alan and said he could apply to join the Twelve Zodiacs if he became strong enough, warning that Rooster was a wanted criminal.
• Alan told Rooster that he and the villagers were willing to follow him even if it meant standing against the world.

Luo Yi enjoyed the success of his artificial-rain plan in Alabasta while waiting for his major appointment, until Smoker arrived to take him to special training. Smoker also told him that the All-Army Martial Arts Tournament had become the Three-Army Martial Arts Tournament, involving forces across the World Government.

• Hans and Fal bickered over Hans's promotion to sergeant major while Luo Yi drank cola and enjoyed the sunny weather.
• Luo Yi reflected on his successful artificial-rain experiment, the deal with King Cobra, and the Devil Fruit abilities he had acquired in Alabasta.
• Luo Yi worried that he could not safely use his Zoan fruits' other forms or Logia elementalization at Marineford without revealing his identity.
• Smoker arrived and said he had been asked to escort Luo Yi to special training, so Luo Yi left the Detention Unit with him.
• Smoker explained that Sengoku and Kong had expanded the All-Army Martial Arts Tournament to include World Government forces and renamed it the Three-Army Martial Arts Tournament.

Smoker brought Luo Yi to meet Black Arm Zephyr, who had agreed to train him at Vice Admiral Billoss's request. Zephyr immediately tested Luo Yi by launching a surprise attack and declaring that fists would decide things.

• Smoker told Luo Yi that the Three-Army Martial Arts Tournament would offer major promotions and that forces across the World Government would participate.
• Luo Yi and Smoker met Binz at the Marine training ground, where Binz said Ain was away on a mission and Zephyr had gone to the SSG.
• Binz explained that Zephyr had agreed to train Luo Yi because he was an old friend of Vice Admiral Billoss, despite withdrawing from recruit training after the attack four years earlier.
• Luo Yi considered Binz's Shove-Shove Fruit and Ain's Return-Return Fruit while he and Smoker waited for Zephyr.
• Zephyr arrived, recognized Luo Yi, and launched a swift Shave attack while declaring that fists would do the talking.

Luo Yi demonstrated his extraordinary physical strength and rapid healing while exchanging blows with Zephyr, then revealed that his Wave Fist could injure an opponent with a shock wave even after they dodged. Zephyr was impressed and wanted to see the full extent of Luo Yi’s abilities, but ended by questioning whether Luo Yi was truly not a Devil Fruit user.

• Luo Yi used several loaded Fruit abilities to meet Zephyr’s opening punch head-on, shocking Smoker and Binz with his strength.
• Zephyr intensified his Haki and sent Luo Yi crashing into the Z Alloy wall, but Luo Yi recovered quickly and returned with only minor injuries.
• Zephyr asked Luo Yi to demonstrate his special fist technique after Smoker had told him about Wave Fist.
• Luo Yi used Soru and Wave Fist: Round Seal to injure Zephyr with a shock wave despite Zephyr dodging the punch.
• Zephyr compared Luo Yi’s shock wave to Sengoku’s power and asked whether Luo Yi was really not an Ability User.