Arc 10Enies Lobby and Blackbeard

Wu Biao fought Aokiji during the Buster Call, escaped Enies Lobby with the Straw Hats, and returned to Marine Headquarters with Garp. After leaving prison, he killed Blackbeard and faced World Government accusations, while Garp took responsibility for his actions.

  • T-Bone and Wu Biao reached Enies Lobby, where Wu Biao knocked out the guards and then fought Aokiji as the Buster Call began.
  • T-Bone organized the evacuation and dug through frozen rubble while Wu Biao and Aokiji battled across the island and over the sea.
  • Wu Biao and Aokiji fought until the Bridge of Hesitation collapsed, and Robin pushed Wu Biao into the sea as the Straw Hats escaped with him.
  • Garp revealed that Luffy was his grandson and Dragon was his father, then took the recovering Wu Biao back to Marine Headquarters, where Sengoku sent him to prison.
  • After Wu Biao left prison, he attacked Blackbeard at Headquarters and defeated him despite Blackbeard’s darkness powers.
  • Wu Biao killed Blackbeard, and Sengoku advised him to claim self-defense while explaining the Seven Warlords system before Wu Biao fell asleep.
  • Spandine accused Wu Biao of treason, but Garp claimed he had ordered Wu Biao to kill Rob Lucci and Blackbeard and accepted responsibility before Sengoku sent everyone out.
Chapters 239–264 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 239Control

Wu Biao learned that T-Bone wanted him to kill Rob Lucci, then raced after the Straw Hat Pirates’ flying sea train toward Enies Lobby. He smashed through the Front Island gate and continued the pursuit with T-Bone.

  • T-Bone identified Rob Lucci as the target and recalled how Lucci had slaughtered five hundred captured soldiers as a child.
  • Wu Biao accepted the target as T-Bone pointed out Enies Lobby, where the sea train was flying toward the main island.
  • Wu Biao carried T-Bone at high speed to the Front Island, alarming the Marines and government agents guarding it.
  • Wu Biao kicked the steel gate off its hinges, scattering the guards and damaging the gate.
  • T-Bone scolded Wu Biao for destroying the gate, then urged him to chase the sea train as it continued toward the main island.

Ch. 240Long Live (Combined)

Wu Biao reached Enies Lobby after getting lost and arrived just as the Straw Hat Pirates and their allies gathered at the main island. He knocked out the guards while convincing T-Bone that it was the best way to protect them, then left T-Bone furious and unconscious.

  • Zoro and Sanji emerged from the Sea Train and reunited with the Franky Family and Dock One members.
  • Wu Biao kicked the main island's gate aside, appeared carrying T-Bone, and said he had gotten lost on his way back to Marine Headquarters.
  • Wu Biao recounted swimming through the Aqua Laguna and falling onto the tracks, while the guards mistook T-Bone for a captive and rallied against him.
  • Wu Biao persuaded T-Bone that he should knock out the guards to spare them from fighting the Straw Hat Pirates, then charged into the crowd and defeated them.
  • T-Bone realized Wu Biao had tricked him, confronted him, and fainted from rage after Wu Biao claimed he had only followed T-Bone's orders.

Ch. 241Chapter 230

Luffy fought his way through Enies Lobby’s forces while Spandam learned that the reported casualties were mounting. At the Tower of Justice, Aokiji explained that Sengoku had sent him to watch Wu Biao, leaving the Straw Hat Pirates outside his mission.

  • Luffy bounced bullets back at the Marines and overwhelmed waves of soldiers with his Gum-Gum attacks.
  • Spandam heard a report about Luffy’s casualties but misunderstood the correction before the reporting soldier was knocked unconscious.
  • Spandam welcomed the returned Cipher Pol 9 members and called for Nico Robin and Franky to be brought in.
  • Spandam noticed Aokiji with Robin and Franky, and Franky was shocked to learn that the sleeping man was an Admiral.
  • Aokiji told Robin and the Cipher Pol 9 members that Sengoku had ordered him to watch Wu Biao, but that he would not attack the Straw Hat Pirates outside his mission.

Ch. 242Chapter 231

At Enies Lobby, Wu Biao arrived to help Luffy and confront Rob Lucci, despite being a Marine. After clashing briefly with Zoro, he faced the assembled guards and began knocking them unconscious with a mysterious ability.

  • At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku discussed Wu Biao’s actions with Garp and prepared to punish him while reviewing Rob Lucci’s criminal record.
  • Garp ordered the Marines to find records of Lucci’s crimes and vowed to kill him, accepting the consequences of helping Wu Biao.
  • At Enies Lobby, Wu Biao carried the unconscious T-Bone and struck Zoro after learning Zoro had cut him down, then explained he had come to help Luffy and confront the ice user.
  • Wu Biao told the Straw Hats he intended to hold off or defeat the ice user, whom they suspected was Aokiji.
  • When guards surrounded the group, Wu Biao advanced and caused them to collapse unconscious one after another with a mysterious ability.

Ch. 243An Eye for an Eye, Today a Dog Bit Me, So I

Spandam learned that a bald youth had taken down nearly all the guards on Enies Lobby’s main island and realized the attacker was a Marine colonel. Aokiji identified the youth’s power as Conqueror’s Haki, leaving Spandam alarmed and Robin hopeful that he could protect Luffy.

  • Spandam tried to leave his office, but an agent brought him an emergency report from Enies Lobby’s main island.
  • Spandam called the main island and learned that about sixty invading pirates had reached the plaza outside the Courthouse and nearly all the guards had been knocked unconscious.
  • The guard reported that Luffy had defeated nearly a thousand people and that a bald youth had felled the remaining guards with each step he took.
  • Robin recognized that the bald youth had come to help Luffy, while Spandam suspected the attacker was the Marine colonel Aokiji had mentioned.
  • Aokiji confirmed that the bald youth was a Marine and said he possessed Conqueror’s Haki, then complained that the young man was a lunatic.

Ch. 244Limit State

Wu Biao unleashed a dangerous Limit State to fight Aokiji, after admitting he could no longer use Kannon Biraki. His transformed strength startled Aokiji, who countered with increasingly powerful ice attacks as their battle continued.

  • Zoro, Sanji, Nami, and Chopper reached the courthouse plaza, where Zoro and Sanji recognized that Wu Biao was building up a dangerous fighting spirit.
  • Aokiji arrived, and Wu Biao immediately attacked him, insisting he could not accept losing to him again.
  • Aokiji sent Wu Biao flying with Ice Block: Pheasant Beak, but Wu Biao struck his own chest with accumulated Hellfire and activated Limit State.
  • Wu Biao emerged transformed and struck Aokiji hard enough to shatter his Armament Haki-coated ice shield and send him flying.
  • Aokiji entered full combat mode and used Ice Age and Partisan, while Wu Biao's punches broke through the ice and forced Aokiji to unleash a vast field of freezing power.

Ch. 245Limit One Punch

Wu Biao and Aokiji pushed their fight to devastating extremes, ending with Aokiji freezing Wu Biao in an ice sculpture after Wu Biao shattered his ice giant. As Aokiji worried about transporting him, an invisible pressure suddenly descended.

  • Wu Biao shattered Aokiji’s ice wall and withstood the enormous Ice Stake before breaking it apart with Limit One Punch.
  • Aokiji created an ice giant with Ice Time Capsule: Giant, and Wu Biao charged forward to clash fists with it.
  • Their collision destroyed the ice giant and froze the surrounding island, while Wu Biao became a humanoid ice sculpture.
  • Aokiji used Ice Age to keep Wu Biao frozen, then wondered how to transport him without letting him break free.
  • An invisible pressure descended, and Aokiji’s expression darkened.

Ch. 246Terrifying Battle

Wu Biao fought Aokiji in his dangerous Limit State, enduring severe frostbite as they traded increasingly powerful attacks. Their battle tore through the suspended island and continued over the frozen sea, where both men remained locked in combat.

  • Wu Biao broke free from Aokiji’s ice sculpture, and Aokiji realized he could no longer use his phoenix-like flame to counter the freezing.
  • Wu Biao entered Limit State, forcing Hellfire through his heart and blood vessels to gain explosive strength while suffering intense pain and a frenzied rush of blood to his brain.
  • Aokiji and Wu Biao clashed with ice blades and Limit One Punch, then Aokiji unleashed Ice Thorn Forest as Wu Biao attacked from above.
  • T-Bone and the guards watched as the frozen battlefield collapsed through the suspended island, revealing Wu Biao and Aokiji fighting over the sea.
  • Aokiji froze the seawater with Ice Age, and Wu Biao sent a massive Kannon Bullet at him.
  • Aokiji countered with five pillars of ice, and the two resumed their furious battle atop an ice-crystal arena over the sea.

Ch. 247Buster Call Activated

Spandam accidentally activated a Buster Call and revealed that he welcomed the destruction of Enies Lobby to secure a promotion. As the island’s residents rushed to evacuate, T-Bone tried to free those trapped behind the ice-blocked Courthouse, and others returned to help him dig.

  • Spandam’s broadcast exposed that he had activated the Buster Call and intended to sacrifice Enies Lobby’s people to advance his career.
  • The guards and Marines panicked and rushed toward the harbor, while T-Bone organized them into an orderly evacuation.
  • T-Bone heard that people were trapped behind the ice-covered ruins and began cutting a passage through them.
  • T-Bone struggled to break the frozen rubble, but people who had started evacuating returned with tools to help him dig.

Ch. 248The Battle Nears Its End

Wu Biao and Aokiji fought to their limits as the Buster Call approached Enies Lobby. The battle remained undecided when ten Marine warships appeared beyond the gate.

  • Aokiji warned Wu Biao that his transformed state was weakening, but Wu Biao launched another attack instead of ending the fight.
  • Wu Biao overwhelmed Aokiji with a rapid barrage, then dislocated his own elbow to land a spinning kick that sent Aokiji through the ice rubble and opened a passage.
  • Aokiji counterattacked with five pillars of ice, smashing Wu Biao into the Courthouse and telling T-Bone and the others to flee.
  • Wu Biao burst from the Courthouse ruins as the Buster Call fleet, led by five vice admirals, arrived near Enies Lobby.

Ch. 249The Curtain Falls (Two-in-one, 4900 characters)

As the Buster Call bombarded Enies Lobby, Wu Biao emerged from his battle with Aokiji badly wounded and ordered the recruit camp to kill the defeated Rob Lucci. Brice obeyed, and Wu Biao used Limit Mode: Overload to fight Aokiji again; both collapsed, leaving the Straw Hat Pirates to escape by sea.

  • The Straw Hat Pirates held the Bridge of Hesitation while Luffy defeated Rob Lucci, and Aokiji arrived injured as Wu Biao emerged from the frozen ruins.
  • Wu Biao ordered the recruit camp to kill Rob Lucci, and Brice shot the unconscious agent dead despite the vice admiral's protest.
  • Aokiji warned Wu Biao that the World Government would hold him accountable, but Wu Biao activated Limit Mode: Overload and attacked him.
  • Wu Biao and Aokiji exchanged devastating blows until the Bridge of Hesitation crumbled and both men collapsed from their injuries.
  • Nico Robin's arms pushed Wu Biao into the sea, and the Straw Hat Pirates followed him toward a pirate ship waiting below.

Ch. 250I Don't Like The Look Of You (Part 2, 4600 words)

After recovering from his battle with Aokiji, Wu Biao reunited with the Straw Hat Pirates in Water 7 and met Luffy’s grandfather, Garp. Before leaving with Garp, Wu Biao told Luffy that he valued family over adventure and hoped they would not meet again.

  • Wu Biao woke up, joined Luffy and the others for a meal, and marveled at Luffy eating in his sleep.
  • Garp burst into the office, revealed himself as Luffy’s grandfather, and punched Luffy awake; the Marines learned that Luffy was Garp’s grandson.
  • Garp had doctors treat Wu Biao’s heightened sensitivity, then sent Koby and Helmeppo to confront Zoro while Luffy followed.
  • Garp revealed that Monkey D. Dragon was Luffy’s father, then helped repair the damaged house before leaving Water 7 with the Marines.
  • Wu Biao thanked the Straw Hat Pirates, told Luffy that he would choose family over adventure, and left with Garp.

Ch. 251The Shockwave at Marine Headquarters

Garp returned to Marineford with the exhausted Wu Biao, who had fought Aokiji to a draw and killed Rob Lucci. At Headquarters, they learned that a Marine fleet had been defeated and Shanks had met Whitebeard Edward Newgate in the New World.

  • On the voyage back, Garp repeatedly warned Wu Biao to behave respectfully toward World Government officials and claim that Garp had ordered Rob Lucci's death, but Wu Biao kept falling asleep.
  • Garp asked Koby and Helmeppo to look after Wu Biao, whose overuse of his limit state had left him needing at least ten days to recover.
  • Garp and his officers reached Marineford and noticed the unusual number of guards and the tense atmosphere.
  • A rear admiral reported that the fleet sent to the New World had been defeated and that Shanks and Whitebeard Edward Newgate had met there.

Ch. 252Because I Don't Have a Partner, I Want to Skip an Update on Qixi Festival

At Marine Headquarters, the admirals and vice admirals discussed Wu Biao and Aokiji’s strange, punishing fight with him. Garp arrived with the exhausted Wu Biao, who mistook the Fleet Admiral’s office for his room and fell asleep beside Aokiji, leaving Sengoku furious.

  • Aokiji warned Kizaru that Wu Biao was a lunatic and recalled how their encounters had left him badly injured.
  • Sengoku grew increasingly irritated as Aokiji and Kizaru chatted and behaved casually during the meeting.
  • Garp arrived, followed by Koby and Helmeppo, while Wu Biao entered, took off his shoes, and mistook the office for his room.
  • Wu Biao curled up beside Aokiji and immediately fell asleep, stunning everyone in the room.
  • Garp explained that Wu Biao had not recovered from his fight, but Sengoku smashed his desk and ordered someone to throw him out.

Ch. 253Pirates Arrive at Marine Headquarters

Wu Biao was released from Marine Headquarters’ prison after a month and learned that Garp had gone to pursue pirates. As Wu Biao returned to the headquarters building, he saw Brannew escorting an unfamiliar pirate.

  • Koby and Helmeppo welcomed Wu Biao as he emerged from prison, and Helmeppo told him that Garp had been sent to pursue pirates after the Straw Hat Pirates escaped.
  • Wu Biao complained about his month in prison and set off with Koby, Helmeppo, and the other Marines.
  • The Marines explained that Wu Biao’s actions at Enies Lobby had earned him support from government personnel, despite his clashes with Aokiji and the death of Rob Lucci.
  • Prisoners and guards celebrated Wu Biao’s departure, while Marines greeted him amicably as he crossed headquarters.
  • Wu Biao noticed Brannew escorting a rough-looking, unfamiliar pirate toward the headquarters building.

Ch. 254Blackbeard

Wu Biao encountered Blackbeard at Marine Headquarters and learned he was about to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. After Blackbeard connected Wu Biao to Lafitte’s death, Wu Biao attacked him, leaving Blackbeard furious and surrounded by black mist.

  • Brannew tried to keep Wu Biao and Blackbeard from recognizing their past conflict as he brought Blackbeard toward Headquarters.
  • Blackbeard remembered Wu Biao and asked whether he had killed Lafitte, while Wu Biao remained oblivious and traded jokes with Koby, Helmeppo, and Brannew.
  • Wu Biao abruptly challenged Blackbeard and landed a roundhouse kick that sent him crashing through a nearby building.
  • Blackbeard rose from the rubble in pain, then released black mist and threatened to kill Wu Biao.

Ch. 255Instant Kill?

Wu Biao attacked Blackbeard at Marine Headquarters, but Blackbeard’s Dark-Dark Fruit could not suppress Wu Biao’s Hellfire or strength. Wu Biao sent Blackbeard crashing through a wall and, angered by how weak he seemed, advanced toward the ruins.

  • Wu Biao judged Blackbeard to be unexpectedly weak and charged at him in a burst of Hellfire.
  • Blackbeard used Black Vortex to pull Wu Biao toward him, expecting his darkness to suppress Wu Biao’s powers.
  • Wu Biao let the pull draw him closer, then struck Blackbeard with a Hellfire-coated punch that burned through the dark mist.
  • Blackbeard flew across the plaza and smashed through the outer wall, leaving the onlookers stunned.
  • Wu Biao’s overwhelming presence forced the watching Marines to their knees as he angrily walked toward the ruins and challenged Blackbeard for being so weak.

Ch. 256Who is the Darkness?

Wu Biao confronted Blackbeard in the Marine Headquarters plaza, while Sengoku and the Admirals chose not to intervene. Wu Biao discovered that Blackbeard’s darkness could not absorb his Hellfire and prepared a devastating attack against the buried pirate.

  • Akainu and Kizaru discussed whether to stop Wu Biao, but Sengoku decided to let the fight continue and frame Blackbeard’s death as the result of a personal grudge.
  • Sengoku privately hoped Garp would not act rashly, while the Marines in the plaza held back and watched Wu Biao.
  • Wu Biao called for Blackbeard to emerge from the rubble, unaware that Hellfire and the pain caused by his Dark-Dark Fruit had left Blackbeard unable to respond.
  • Wu Biao formed a massive Kannonji-dan filled with slashes and slammed it toward the rubble.

Ch. 257Playing Hide-and-Seek With Me?

Blackbeard swallowed Wu Biao in darkness and claimed the Marine had been crushed, but Wu Biao survived and burned the darkness away. The battle ended with Wu Biao pinning Blackbeard down while Sengoku wondered about the source of his flames.

  • Blackbeard used Black Hole to engulf Wu Biao and much of the plaza in darkness, then released it and declared that Wu Biao had been crushed.
  • Blackbeard taunted the Marines and reminded them that he was a Warlord, while Sengoku, Kizaru, and Akainu reacted to his apparent victory.
  • Wu Biao emerged from the black mist, grabbed Blackbeard by the neck, and burned the darkness with his flames.
  • Wu Biao slammed Blackbeard to the ground and explained that the darkness had not harmed him because his Hellfire had spread through it.
  • Sengoku felt relieved that Wu Biao had survived and grew more curious about the power of his flames.

Ch. 258Pure Hand-to-Hand Combat

Wu Biao and Blackbeard fought at close range, with Blackbeard’s gravity and durability letting him withstand and counter Wu Biao’s attacks despite being badly hurt by the pain. Wu Biao refused to use Limit State and kept pressing the fight, leaving Blackbeard battered and screaming after a series of punishing blows.

  • Blackbeard realized Wu Biao could suppress the Dark-Dark Fruit and launched a desperate attack to kill him.
  • Blackbeard used Black Vortex to pull Wu Biao close, then struck him hard enough to dislocate his jaw.
  • Wu Biao and Blackbeard traded blows, and Wu Biao landed a Hellfire-wreathed kick that sent Blackbeard rolling across the ground.
  • Blackbeard used Black Water to disrupt Wu Biao’s attack and punched him in the groin, briefly knocking him out of his fighting state.
  • Wu Biao and Blackbeard charged into another exchange, and Wu Biao followed with a chest punch, a knee to Blackbeard’s head, and a Geppo-assisted kick to his abdomen.

Ch. 259Machines Born for Battle

Wu Biao relentlessly battered Blackbeard, whose Devil Fruit powers were countered by Wu Biao’s Hellfire and close-combat skill. Blackbeard struck back with darkness, rubble, and Kannonji-dan, but Wu Biao survived the blast and fixed his gaze on him, ready to continue fighting.

  • Wu Biao caught up to Blackbeard and drove him headfirst into the ground with a Hellfire-wreathed kick.
  • Wu Biao slammed Blackbeard in the abdomen and sent him flying, leaving Blackbeard convinced he would be beaten to death if the assault continued.
  • Blackbeard unleashed darkness, then hurled Kannonji-dan and more than a hundred tons of plaza rubble at Wu Biao.
  • The attack triggered a massive explosion that sent Marines flying and flattened the rubble.
  • Wu Biao emerged bloodied but alive, identified Kannonji-dan as Master Kannonji’s ultimate technique, and locked onto Blackbeard for the next exchange.

Ch. 260Predestined Death

Wu Biao defeated and killed Blackbeard after trapping him in a battle he could not escape, then revealed that his solemn final words had been an attempt to sound cool. Brannew, Koby, and the others arrived to find Wu Biao boasting at them.

  • Blackbeard realized Sengoku’s Marines had sealed off his escape routes and feared that Wu Biao would kill him.
  • Wu Biao repeatedly kicked Blackbeard into the ground, dismissing his protests and declaring that Blackbeard’s death was inevitable.
  • Wu Biao punched through Blackbeard’s chest and killed him, while Blackbeard died still unwilling and remembering his days aboard Whitebeard’s ship.
  • Wu Biao admired his own dramatic lines and admitted he thought they sounded cool.
  • Brannew, Koby, and the others arrived, and Wu Biao warned them that he would knock them all down as they silently reconsidered finding him impressive.

Ch. 262Aids Sleep

Wu Biao ate in Sengoku’s office while Sengoku tried to explain the political consequences of killing a Seven Warlords of the Sea successor and coached him on what to tell the World Government. Wu Biao slept through the explanation, then Sengoku ordered him out just as Aokiji entered.

  • Sengoku warned Wu Biao that the World Government might hold him accountable for killing a Seven Warlords of the Sea successor and told him to claim self-defense.
  • Koby and Helmeppo brought Wu Biao a wild boar, which he devoured along with its bones while the officers watched in disbelief.
  • Sengoku explained why the Seven Warlords helped maintain the balance of power, but Wu Biao fell asleep during the speech.
  • Wu Biao woke when Sengoku threw an inkstone at him, then argued that pirates deserved punishment and asked Akainu what he would do; Akainu said he would kill them and abolish the Seven Warlords.
  • Wu Biao compared Sengoku’s explanation to a sleep-inducing English lesson, so Sengoku shouted at him to get out just as Aokiji opened the door and froze.

Ch. 263Mockery is Innate

Wu Biao spent the morning helping an elderly former Marine major bring her vegetable cart to the market and trading insults with the neighbors. Koby and Helmeppo then summoned him to Marine Headquarters because someone from the World Government had arrived, and Wu Biao assumed they had come to cause trouble.

  • Wu Biao joked with neighbors who teased him about the trouble he had caused and his recent imprisonment.
  • Wu Biao helped the elderly woman set up her stall, bought a pumpkin, and bluntly warned her against letting her grandson join the Marines.
  • Koby and Helmeppo told Wu Biao that someone from the World Government had arrived and Rear Admiral Brannew wanted him at Marine Headquarters.
  • Wu Biao declared he would punch anyone who looked for trouble, while Helmeppo urged him not to pick a fight.

Ch. 264Garp's Fury

Spandine confronted Wu Biao over the Enies Lobby incident and the killing of Blackbeard, but Garp took responsibility for the orders and silenced the investigation. Garp then left Sengoku’s office looking grief-stricken after discussing his captured grandson.

  • Wu Biao sat down in Sengoku’s office and mocked Spandine, who accused him of helping the Straw Hat Pirates attack Enies Lobby and threatened to charge him with treason.
  • Garp and Tsuru arrived, and Wu Biao offered to help Garp kill whoever had upset him.
  • Garp told Spandine that he had ordered Wu Biao to go to Enies Lobby and kill Rob Lucci and Blackbeard, explaining that Blackbeard had captured his grandson.
  • Garp insisted that the Five Elders could punish him instead, and Sengoku ordered Spandine to report Garp’s words before sending everyone else out.
  • Wu Biao asked Koby and Helmeppo whether the Straw Hat Pirates had been captured, and Koby said he knew of no such capture.
  • Garp left Sengoku’s office more than ten minutes later with sorrow on his face.
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