Recaps

Luo Yi convinced Zephyr that his unusual abilities came from natural talent, and Zephyr asked him to leave the Detention Unit and become his true inheriting disciple. Zephyr believed Luo Yi could surpass him and become the Symbol of Justice on the sea.

• Luo Yi told Zephyr that his sharp senses let him perceive moisture and invisible fluctuations in the air, and Zephyr accepted his explanation as a special talent.
• Zephyr praised Luo Yi’s physique, Life Force, and sensitivity to the environment, saying they could help him learn powerful Martial Arts Styles.
• Zephyr asked Luo Yi to leave the Detention Unit and become his true disciple, intending to teach him his legacy and fight pirates alongside him.
• Smoker realized Zephyr meant Luo Yi to inherit his strength and connections, while Binz recognized the significance of Zephyr’s offer.
• Luo Yi asked if Zephyr’s praise concerned his body, and Zephyr said Luo Yi might surpass him and become the Symbol of Justice.

Zephyr offered to make Luo Yi his disciple and teach him physical combat, but Luo Yi refused to leave the Detention Unit because he wanted to reform it. Moved by Luo Yi’s stated ideals, Zephyr agreed to let him stay and offered to recommend him as the unit’s administrator, so Luo Yi accepted the discipleship after all.

• Zephyr called Luo Yi a potential Symbol of Justice, leaving Smoker to wonder whether he truly had such talent.
• Luo Yi told Zephyr he did not want to leave the Detention Unit, despite the chance to become his disciple.
• Zephyr offered to address Luo Yi’s concerns about his command, comrades, and future rank, but Luo Yi said he wanted to reform the Detention Unit.
• Luo Yi argued that criminals had to face the judgment of justice and law, moving Zephyr with words that echoed his own beliefs.
• Zephyr let Luo Yi remain in the Detention Unit and offered to recommend him as its administrator.
• Luo Yi accepted Zephyr’s offer to become his disciple.

Princess Vivi visited Dragon to learn who was plotting against Alabasta, but he told her she lacked experience of the wider world and sent her away. She returned disguised as Vivi, and Dragon revealed that the attacker was Baroque Works’ Mr. 2.

• Vivi visited Dragon, claiming King Cobra had sent her to thank him for bringing rain to Cataleya.
• Dragon said Igaram had exposed her excuse and warned that Alabasta’s enemies might soon target him.
• Vivi demanded to know the mastermind behind the drought, but Dragon told her she had never truly seen the world and should leave.
• Vivi drank Dragon’s cola before leaving, then ordered the guards away so she could return alone.
• Dragon asked whether he was the only one coming to take his head, and the disguised Mr. 2 attacked him.

Baroque Works’ elite agents ambushed Dragon of Chen in the South Hall, using ice, tunnels, wax, Seastone restraints, and a coordinated assault. Dragon emerged unharmed after they destroyed his last cup of cola and warned them that they would die unless they fought with everything they had.

• Feng Kley attacked Dragon, but Dragon stopped his kick with an ice wall and began freezing his leg.
• Miss Christmas dug tunnels while MR. 3, Gardino, and MR. 4, Babe, and Lassoo prepared a trap that bound Dragon with wax and Seastone shackles.
• Miss Valentine crushed Dragon and Feng Kley, then Miss Doublefinger, MR. 1, and MR. 5 joined the attack while Feng Kley struggled to avoid being hit.
• Baroque Works’ agents argued over who deserved credit for the apparent assassination, while MR. 1 waited to confirm Dragon’s death.
• Dragon emerged from the smoke unharmed, discarded the Seastone restraints, and warned the agents to give the fight everything they had or die.

Vivi and Igaram reached the South Hall and found Dragon had defeated the Baroque Works assassins, capturing their executives as evidence of the organization’s role in Alabasta’s drought. Dragon declined to join the interrogation and settled into a new room, where he addressed an unseen guest hiding nearby.

• Vivi persuaded Igaram to take her to the South Hall, where they found the hall split between intense frost and scorching heat and the Baroque Works assassins defeated.
• Dragon released the unconscious MR. 1 Daz Bones, told Vivi that the captured executives were evidence for King Cobra, and confirmed that Baroque Works’ president was responsible for the drought.
• Vivi ordered the guards to arrest the assassins, and Dragon warned them to use Seastone restraints and keep the prisoners alive because he still needed them.
• Vivi realized Dragon was vastly stronger than the Baroque Works executives and wondered how powerful the Twelve Zodiacs were.
• Dragon refused to attend the interrogation, requested a new room with cola, and then invited a hidden guest to reveal themselves.

Dragon revealed himself to Nico Robin and offered her shelter and information about Poneglyphs in exchange for a mutually beneficial partnership. He claimed the Twelve Zodiacs already knew the Alabasta Poneglyph’s contents and Pluton’s location, then hinted that the identity they valued most was not Robin’s status as the Child of the Devil.

• Dragon used the Light Screen’s analysis of the Flower-Flower Fruit to draw Nico Robin out of hiding and identify her.
• Dragon introduced himself as a high-ranking officer of the Twelve Zodiacs, confirming Robin’s suspicion that he and Rooster belonged to the same organization.
• Robin asked Dragon what he wanted from her, and he proposed sheltering her while sharing information about Poneglyphs for a price.
• Dragon said his organization knew the Alabasta Poneglyph’s contents and Pluton’s location, but would not make Robin share anything she discovered herself.
• Robin questioned why the Twelve Zodiacs wanted to cooperate with her if they had no interest in her ability to read Poneglyphs.
• Dragon said they were interested in another identity of hers and addressed her as Miss All Sunday.

Crocodile returned to Alabasta after hearing Nico Robin had found a clue to Pluton, only to discover the supposedly dead Rain Summoner and Robin waiting at Spider Cafe. Dragon of the Dawn claimed to be MR.0 and Baroque Works’ leader, prompting Crocodile to unleash his sand powers against them.

• Crocodile arrived at Spider Cafe in Elma, believing Baroque Works had killed the Rain Summoner and hoping to learn what Nico Robin had found about Pluton.
• Crocodile found Nico Robin with the Rain Summoner and realized the other Baroque Works officers were absent.
• Dragon of the Dawn introduced himself as Nico Robin’s partner and the president and leader of Baroque Works, claiming the title MR.0.
• Crocodile recognized that Robin could make Dragon of the Dawn MR.0 in the eyes of Baroque Works, then accused them of trying to seize his organization.
• Crocodile declared that Baroque Works depended on his power and unleashed a wave of sand that began devouring the cafe.

Crocodile buried Dragon of the Zodiac and Nico Robin in a quicksand pit, but Dragon of the Zodiac escaped using ice and confronted him. Dragon of the Zodiac then struck Crocodile with an uncoated fist, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Crocodile used Desert: Sunflower to swallow the former Spider Cafe site and considered how to continue his plans without Nico Robin and his agents.
• The sand pit froze and shattered, revealing Dragon of the Zodiac and Nico Robin alive.
• Dragon of the Zodiac taunted Crocodile, who attacked him with his Golden Hook.
• Dragon of the Zodiac blocked the hook with an ice wall and suggested they move elsewhere to fight.
• Dragon of the Zodiac hit Crocodile with an Iron Body: Steel Strength Fist despite not using Haki, sending him crashing through rocks into the desert.

Dragon of the Chen used water and ice to strike Crocodile, exposing the Shichibukai’s weakness and forcing him to block the rain with a giant curtain of sand. Crocodile vowed not to let water touch him again, but Dragon of the Chen remained unconvinced as their fight continued.

• Dragon of the Chen sent Crocodile flying with a water-coated punch, shocking Nico Robin.
• Dragon of the Chen blocked Crocodile’s Desert Treasure Sword with three Ice Shields and explained that water was more useful than Haki against him.
• Crocodile recognized that Dragon of the Chen’s abilities countered him but grew excited by the danger.
• Crocodile raised a Yellow Sand Giant Curtain to shield himself from the rain and declared that Dragon of the Chen had missed his chance to kill him.
• Dragon of the Chen laughed and told Crocodile that he did not believe water could no longer touch him.

Aha witnessed the Rain Summoner, Dragon, battle Crocodile in the desert as their powers transformed the terrain. After completing his analysis of Crocodile’s Sand-Sand Fruit, Dragon revealed a plan that used rain-soaked sand to create a huge ice mountain, then began transforming it into a giant wave.

• Aha rode west with Dodol after noticing strange shifts in the sand and a gloomy sky.
• Aha saw Crocodile and Dragon fighting amid a massive sand curtain and quicksand, and worried that Crocodile had the advantage.
• Crocodile kept his distance and attacked Dragon with sand, while Dragon blocked and evaded the attacks.
• After his analysis of the Sand-Sand Fruit reached 100%, Dragon raised a gigantic Frozen Frost Mountain from the desert.
• Crocodile realized Dragon had used the rain to increase the battlefield’s moisture, and Dragon announced his codename as Dragon of the Hour.
• Dragon began transforming the ice mountain into a giant wave as Crocodile watched.

Chenlong defeated Crocodile after surviving his poisoned ambush with a combination of frost and magma Elementalization. Crocodile died regretting his failed ambitions, while Chenlong's extraordinary powers were left poised to shake the seas.

• Crocodile countered Chenlong's Giant Wave with Corrosion Samsara and Heavy Sandstorm, but the wave overwhelmed the sandstorm and soaked him, preventing him from using Elementalization.
• Chenlong charged Crocodile with a frost-covered fist, but Crocodile's hidden hand stabbed Chenlong with a venom-coated needle.
• Chenlong evaded the poison by using Elementalization and revealed a Frost-Fire Body formed from both ice and magma.
• Chenlong struck Crocodile with his combined frost-and-magma fist, and Crocodile died reflecting on his ambitions and past defeats.

Morgans learned that Crocodile had been killed by the Sea Beast Mask and suspected the victor was the Second Person of the Twelve Zodiacs. He ordered the World Economic News Agency to uncover the masked figure’s identity within two days, leaving the newsroom mobilized to investigate Alabasta.

• Morgans berated his reporters for submitting stories that he considered unworthy of the front page and asked whether they had found information about Rooster.
• A young reporter brought Morgans a telegram reporting that Crocodile had been killed.
• Morgans examined a photograph of the desert battle and recognized the Sea Beast Mask standing over Crocodile’s body.
• Morgans suspected the Sea Beast Mask was the Second Person of the Twelve Zodiacs and ordered the agency to investigate Alabasta.
• Morgans gave the agency two days to gather all available information about the masked figure and declared him the subject of the next front page.

King Cobra negotiated with CP0 agent Gernika to conceal Crocodile’s crimes in exchange for World Government disaster relief, while Vivi confronted her father about the truth. Cobra explained that he had hidden the burden from her because he wanted to protect her from guilt and pain.

• Gernika arrived in Alabasta and asked Cobra who had killed Crocodile, and Cobra named the Dragon of the Dawn.
• Cobra presented documents about Baroque Works’ Utopia Plan and negotiated with Gernika to hand over the remaining evidence when the Government delivered disaster-relief funds.
• After Gernika left, Cobra dismissed the guards but ordered the disguised Vivi to stay, then recognized her and asked her to remove her armor.
• Vivi accused Cobra of hiding Crocodile’s crimes, and Cobra explained that the Government would prefer a story that protected its reputation.
• Cobra told Vivi that he had concealed the truth to secure aid for Alabasta and spare her from carrying the guilt and pain himself.

Smoker and Hina read a report claiming Crocodile was killed by Dragon of the Chen, linking him and Rooster to the Twelve Zodiacs. While Smoker trained for the upcoming tournament against Luo Yi, Luo Yi relaxed and celebrated taking over Baroque Works as his Fruit Encyclopedia gained a fourth slot.

• Hina and Smoker ended their sparring session and received an extra edition reporting Crocodile's death and Baroque Works' connection to the Twelve Zodiacs.
• Smoker dismissed the news and pushed Hina to keep training, determined not to lose to Luo Yi at the Three-Army Martial Arts Tournament.
• Luo Yi lounged in Zephyr's training camp, where his assigned routine consisted mostly of basic strength training and physical assessments.
• Luo Yi reflected that Dragon of the Chen had taken over Baroque Works with Nico Robin's help and that he planned to keep its business clear of human trafficking and prohibited drugs.
• Luo Yi reviewed his projected earnings from Baroque Works and King Cobra, then saw his Fruit Encyclopedia display a fourth fruit slot and the future Fruit Fusion Slot.

After gaining twelve Devil Fruits in Alabasta, Luo Yi unlocked a fourth Fruit Slot and learned that collecting sixty fruits would open a Special Fruit Slot for Fruit Fusion. Zephyr then brought him to Training Room Zero to begin teaching him a unique physical training method called Black Body Flow.

• Luo Yi examined the Fruit Encyclopedia’s new Special Fruit Slot and wondered whether collecting more fruits would unlock further abilities.
• Luo Yi decided he needed a way to meet his Rooster and Dragon clones without being discovered, and planned to leave Marine Headquarters after training with Zephyr.
• Binz led Luo Yi to Training Room Zero, where Zephyr announced that his real training would begin.
• Zephyr explained that physical prowess and technique were the foundation of strength for non-Ability Users and described how Garp developed his Iron Fist.
• Zephyr revealed that he would teach Luo Yi Black Body Flow, a technique for awakening and tempering every part of the body.

Luo Yi began Zephyr's Black Body Flow training in the deep sea, where the crushing pressure would toughen his entire body. Zephyr ordered him to spend a month adapting, but Luo Yi decided to use his Fruit Encyclopedia for points to accelerate his progress.

• Luo Yi realized Zephyr's Black Body Flow trained the whole body and wondered why few people could learn it.
• Zephyr explained that Ability Users could not train in Black Body Flow and that most people could not endure its environment.
• Binz opened the training platform, and Zephyr sent Luo Yi through a coated pipe to a depth of five thousand meters.
• Zephyr kicked Luo Yi out of the pipe into the deep sea, where he endured intense water pressure and pain.
• Zephyr told Luo Yi to adapt to the pressure for a month before beginning formal training, while privately admiring his physical strength.
• Luo Yi complained that the training would take too long and called on the Fruit Encyclopedia to give him points.

Luo Yi adapted to the pressure five thousand meters beneath the sea after equipping the Slicing-Slicing Fruit, and Zephyr led him to the Marine Giant Gyre for formal training. Zephyr split one of its Black Snake currents with a powerful Haki technique, leaving Luo Yi eager to learn it.

• Luo Yi straightened under the deep-sea pressure, and Zephyr confirmed that he had adapted without injury.
• Luo Yi’s Light Screen revealed that the Slicing-Slicing Fruit had strengthened his body’s hardness to steel.
• Zephyr led Luo Yi deeper beneath Marineford, where they encountered the Black Snakes of the Marine Giant Gyre.
• Zephyr explained that Luo Yi’s training required him to resist and defeat the Black Snakes.
• Zephyr demonstrated his Black Body Flow Secret Technique: Mountain Collapse, punching a hole hundreds of meters wide through an undersea current.
• Luo Yi watched Zephyr’s technique in amazement and decided that he wanted to learn it.

Zephyr trained Luo Yi in Black Body Flow, pushing him to endure the deep-sea currents and control his body while revealing his great potential for Armament Haki. Luo Yi sensed his Haki for the first time, but Zephyr’s estimate that mastering it would take years left him wishing for a Haki Fruit.

• Zephyr demonstrated Black Body Flow’s ultimate technique and explained how it coordinated control of the body with Haki.
• Luo Yi trained in the deep-sea currents as Zephyr repeatedly rescued him and corrected his movements.
• Luo Yi grew stronger through the repeated strain and recovery, then sensed a power within his body that Zephyr identified as Haki.
• Zephyr explained that Luo Yi could draw out Haki in about half a year, use it proficiently in one or two years, and reach Zephyr’s level in about ten years.
• Luo Yi balked at the long timeline and wondered whether a Haki Fruit existed, while Zephyr ordered him to complete ten more training rounds.

A month after Crocodile’s defeat, Dragon reorganized Baroque Works and assigned its assassins to gather intelligence for the Twelve Zodiacs. MR.4’s account of finding Lassoo in a vanished laboratory led Dragon to suspect it belonged to Vegapunk, near Water 7, where the Devil Fruit he sought was also located.

• Dragon told the Baroque Works assassins that he was their new MR.0, that Crocodile was dead, and that their operations would change under the Twelve Zodiacs.
• MR.1 questioned Dragon’s story, but the assassins accepted the change in leadership, and MR.3 pledged his loyalty alongside Miss Golden Week.
• Dragon assigned the assassins sea regions and ordered them to gather intelligence on valuable items, including gold and Devil Fruits.
• Lassoo barked at a location on the Sea Chart, and MR.4 explained that he had found the weapon in a laboratory after surviving a shipwreck.
• MR.4 said the island had vanished when he and Lassoo returned, and Dragon recognized that its location was near Water 7.
• Dragon suspected the laboratory was one of Vegapunk’s early facilities and recalled that the Devil Fruit he needed was also in Water 7.

Luo Yi used a mission assigned to Fal and Hans as a chance to leave Marine Headquarters for Water 7. He joined the Detention Unit aboard a newly refurbished warship that the Marines had named after him, and ordered them to set sail.

• Luo Yi decided that traveling to Water 7 himself was the safest way to obtain the fruit he wanted and investigate the Vegapunk laboratory.
• Binz told Luo Yi that Zephyr was away testing the Crusher and that Fal and Hans had come to invite him on a mission assigned by Vice Admiral Billoss.
• Luo Yi agreed to go with Fal and Hans, seeing the mission as a convenient reason to leave Marine Headquarters.
• Luo Yi reunited with the Detention Unit Marines, who showed him a refurbished warship designed like a bottle of cola and named [Loy (Luo Yi Amos)].
• Luo Yi accepted the warship and ordered his crew to set sail.

Luo Yi considered taking his Marine warship to Water 7 when his crew spotted the battered Spadille, carrying the injured Spade Pirates. He ordered his ship alongside, while Ace launched a fiery attack, convinced he could deal with the Marines in one strike.

• Luo Yi contemplated using ship repairs as an excuse to visit Water 7, but Hans had already completed maintenance on the warship.
• A lookout spotted a pirate ship, and Hans and Fal identified it as the Spadille, the ship of Portgas D. Ace’s Spade Pirates.
• Fal and Hans urged Luo Yi to withdraw and report the pirates, but Luo Yi ordered the warship to come alongside.
• Deuce worried that the injured Spade Pirates might have to fight the approaching Marines after escaping Hanafuda’s pursuit.
• Ace told Deuce he could handle the warship with one strike, then leaped into the air and launched Fire Fist.

Luo Yi, newly strengthened to Great Buddha Form LV3, faced Ace’s Fire Fist and answered with a devastating Wave Fist that split the sea and battered the Spade Pirates’ ship. Ace protected his crew from the attack, but the ship was left wrecked as Deuce realized how dangerous Luo Yi was.

• Ace’s Fire Fist met Luo Yi’s shock wave, and Luo Yi held the flames back from the warship.
• Luo Yi’s fruit enhancement advanced his Great Buddha Form from LV1 to LV3, and he shattered Ace’s flames with a stronger punch.
• Luo Yi used Wave Fist: Infinite Light, splitting the sea as Ace abandoned Elementalization to shield the Spade Pirates’ ship.
• Ace countered with Mirror Flame, but Luo Yi’s shock wave dispersed the fire wall and severely damaged the Spade Pirates’ ship.
• Deuce obeyed Ace’s warning to get down, then saw the ship’s bow figure, masts, and rear cabin had been destroyed.

Luo Yi struck Ace and the Spade Pirates with a devastating shock wave, but Ace chose to flee rather than risk his crew in a prolonged fight. As Luo Yi prepared to pursue, Hanafuda’s fleet arrived and attacked the Marines’ warship.

• Luo Yi’s punch overwhelmed Ace’s flames and devastated the Spade Pirates’ deck, leaving Ace injured and his crew alarmed.
• Deuce urged Ace to escape because Hanafuda was still pursuing them, and Ace agreed to protect his companions.
• Ace used the Spade Pirates’ ship’s machinery and his flames to propel it away like a rocket.
• Luo Yi reflected on his growing strength and began preparing to pursue the fleeing pirates.
• Hanafuda’s seven-ship fleet appeared, fired on the Spade Pirates, and blasted the Marines’ warship from behind.

Luo Yi’s Marines were injured when Hanafuda’s fleet accidentally struck their warship, and Luo Yi decided to retaliate. As Hanafuda’s ships bore down on them, Luo Yi unleashed a freezing Wave Fist, leaving the blow’s impact unresolved.

• The Detention Unit learned that Hanafuda’s stray shots had damaged their ship and left Morr and Lanster injured or missing.
• Luo Yi ordered his men to search for the injured Marines and repair the ship, then said he was calm enough to beat Hanafuda to a pulp.
• Luo Yi noticed that Hanafuda’s Giant Dinosaur Fleet was heading straight toward their warship, while Hanafuda focused on pursuing Ace and dismissed the Detention Unit as weaklings.
• Hanafuda’s ships struck ice that formed across the sea, and he recognized Luo Yi leaping toward them with Geppo.
• Luo Yi attacked Hanafuda’s fleet with Ice Wave Fist: Eternal Frost.

Luo Yi froze the sea and destroyed most of Hanafuda’s fleet with a second, fiery Wave Fist attack, then explained his powers to the Detention Unit as new forms of Fish-Man Karate-inspired Wave Fist. As Luo Yi’s crew returned to the wrecked flagship, a monstrous figure emerged from the smoke and roared at the Marines.

• Luo Yi froze the sea around Hanafuda’s fleet, trapping its ships and stopping the Tyrannosaurus.
• Luo Yi launched Flame Wave Fist: Boil Sea, engulfing Hanafuda’s fleet in flames and a shock wave as Ace and the Spade Pirates watched from afar.
• Ace and Deuce recognized Luo Yi’s attack and concluded that Hanafuda’s fleet had been destroyed.
• Luo Yi returned to the warship and told Hans and Fal that his ice and flame attacks were new branches of Wave Fist inspired by Fish-Man Karate and other techniques.
• Luo Yi clarified that defeating Hanafuda in one strike would still be difficult, then a huge monster emerged from the smoke and roared at the Marines.