Ch. 521Doflamingo Becomes a Warlord

Hyuga Shin’s household erupted in jealousy and playful rivalry as several women competed for his attention. Meanwhile, Sengoku struggled to find a suitable candidate for the Seven Warlords of the Sea, leaving Donquixote Doflamingo’s applications ignored.

  • Hyuga Shin stopped teasing Robin, and the women reacted with jealousy when they learned he had been intimate with someone else.
  • Sugar accused Monet, Koala, and Ain of warning that promiscuous men got stabbed, then cried when Hyuga Shin challenged her story.
  • Hancock kissed Hyuga Shin, Momousagi kissed him in response, and Robin followed with a bold kiss before Hancock and Momousagi pulled her away.
  • Olvia called everyone to eat, while Hancock and Marguerite settled into Hyuga Shin’s household despite the women’s rivalry.
  • Sengoku reviewed applications for the Seven Warlords of the Sea but found no suitable candidate and continued rejecting Donquixote Doflamingo’s applications.

Ch. 522Doflamingo Becomes a Warlord (cont.)

Donquixote Doflamingo seized the Heavenly Tribute and used a captured Marine Vice Admiral as leverage to force the World Government to make him one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. After handing back the tribute and Marines, he prepared to pursue his plans for Dressrosa.

  • Trebol warned Doflamingo that Sengoku and Hyuga Shin had ignored their request to make him a Warlord.
  • Doflamingo ordered Trebol to seize the Heavenly Tribute, and the Donquixote Family captured it along with a Marine Vice Admiral.
  • Doflamingo called Sengoku and threatened the captive Marine unless Sengoku made him a Warlord, but Sengoku refused and threatened to send Akainu.
  • Sengoku consulted the Five Elders, who ordered him to grant Doflamingo Warlord status.
  • Sengoku informed Doflamingo that the World Government had approved his appointment, and Doflamingo returned the Heavenly Tribute and the Marines.
  • Doflamingo declared that he would use his new status to pursue his plans and reclaim Dressrosa from the Riku Royal Family.

Ch. 523Blowing the Celestial Dragon to Pieces

Hyuga Shin accompanied Hancock to Holy Land Mary Geoise for a meeting of the Seven Warlords, where their party clashed with Cipher Pol after baby-5 shot a Celestial Dragon. Hyuga Shin killed the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero leader and the Celestial Dragon, and the other Celestial Dragons fled.

  • Sengoku summoned the Seven Warlords to Holy Land Mary Geoise, and Hancock asked Hyuga Shin to accompany her.
  • Hancock insulted the Celestial Dragons, and baby-5 shot the gun from an obese Celestial Dragon's hand.
  • Hyuga Shin refused to surrender baby-5 and kicked the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero leader when he attacked her.
  • Hancock petrified the Cipher Pol members who attacked the group with Slave Arrow.
  • Hyuga Shin killed the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero leader and the obese Celestial Dragon with lightning, causing the other Celestial Dragons to flee.

Ch. 524The Meeting

Hyuga Shin and Hancock attended a meeting of the Seven Warlords, where Sengoku warned them against abusing their privileges. Hyuga Shin then left with Hancock and their companions, leaving Sengoku to continue the meeting without them.

  • Hyuga Shin and Hancock entered the conference room, where the other Warlords and the Five Elders had gathered.
  • Gecko Moria mocked Hancock for arriving late, but Hyuga Shin silenced him with a threat.
  • Sengoku began the meeting and explained that the Warlords should avoid conflicts, while the Five Elders soon left to handle the Celestial Dragon's death.
  • Sengoku warned the Warlords not to abuse their privileges, while the chapter described the ambitions and motives of Mihawk, Kuma, Crocodile, and Doflamingo.
  • Hancock told Hyuga Shin she was bored, and Hyuga Shin took her hand and left with Baby 5 and Marguerite.

Ch. 525With Robin...

Sengoku ordered the Seven Warlords of the Sea to suppress pirates, and they accepted. Back with Hyuga Shin, Robin kissed him and asked who was prettier, her or Hancock, leaving him choosing Hancock.

  • Sengoku stopped Doflamingo from leaving and told the Seven Warlords of the Sea to suppress pirates.
  • Hyuga Shin and the others returned after the meeting, and Robin pulled him aside while Olvia lured Hancock into a sparring match.
  • Robin kissed Hyuga Shin, and he teased her about taking responsibility.
  • Robin asked Hyuga Shin whether she or Hancock was prettier, and he chose Hancock.
  • Robin pouted and asked Hyuga Shin why he had chosen Hancock.

Ch. 526Impel Down Prisoners Escape

Hyuga Shin and Robin became lovers, while Hancock and the other women realized what had happened. Days later, Sengoku asked Shin to recapture escaped Impel Down prisoners, and Shin set out with the women to pursue Bundy World and Patrick Redfield.

  • Robin confessed her feelings to Hyuga Shin, and the two spent the night together.
  • Hancock and the other women inferred what had happened between Shin and Robin when they returned home, and Momousagi angrily confronted Robin.
  • Sengoku told Shin that Impel Down prisoners had escaped and asked him to recapture Bundy World and Patrick Redfield.
  • Shin agreed to pursue the two dangerous pirates, gathered the women, and left Marine Headquarters aboard a warship.
  • Olvia warned the group that the Red Earl was powerful as Hancock and Robin jostled for space in Shin's arms and Sugar asked Monet for help.

Ch. 527The World Destroyer, Byrnndi World

Hyuga Shin gave Koala the Door-Door Fruit before turning his warship toward Marineford to intercept Bundy World. He found Bundy World and his pirates, and the two sides began fighting.

  • Sugar asked Ain and Koala to turn people into children so she could bully them, then clung to Hyuga Shin when they refused.
  • Hyuga Shin gave Koala the Door-Door Fruit, and Koala ate it despite its awful taste.
  • After hearing that Bundy World planned to attack Marineford, Hyuga Shin turned the warship around and headed to intercept him.
  • Sengoku left Marine Headquarters to confront Bundy World, fearing the destruction his More-More Fruit could cause, while Garp went back to sleep.
  • Bundy World fired at Hyuga Shin, Shyarly blocked his hundredfold bullet with a wooden shield, and Hancock used her Love-Love Fruit to captivate Bundy World and his pirates.

Ch. 528The Mogu Mogu no Mi in Hand

Hyuga Shin and his crew defeated Bundy World, who had escaped Impel Down and threatened Marineford, and Shin took the More-More Fruit before killing him. With Bundy World gone and Sengoku returning to Marine Headquarters, the crew turned their attention to finding Red Count in the New World.

  • Momousagi slowed Bundy World's enlarged blade with her Slow Beam, then severed his right arm with her sword aura.
  • Monet froze Bundy World with snow, but he used Armament Haki and Moon Step to attack Hyuga Shin, who crushed him with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
  • Koala opened an Air Door and swallowed Bundy World's first Hundredfold Cannon, while Shin's Susanoo blocked three more.
  • Hyuga Shin extracted the More-More Fruit from Bundy World and killed him with a Laser beam as his ship sank.
  • Hyuga Shin told Sengoku he had dealt with Bundy World and asked for his reward, while Olvia raised the question of finding Red Count in the New World.

Ch. 529Dueling the Red Count

Hyuga Shin drew Patrick Redfield into a duel by publicly challenging him, and the world’s pirate powers gathered to watch. On an island in the Calm Belt, the two faced off, and their first exchange began.

  • Olvia spread news that Hyuga Shin had challenged Red Earl to a duel, prompting pirates and powerful crews across the world to take notice.
  • Whitebeard said Red Earl would accept the challenge and decided to bring his crew to watch, while the other Four Emperors and Seven Warlords also headed to the duel.
  • Patrick Redfield accepted the challenge, flew to the Calm Belt, and chose Hyuga Shin as his first opponent after regaining his peak strength.
  • Hyuga Shin demonstrated the More-More Fruit’s power by enlarging a cannonball five hundred times and blasting a huge crater into the sea.
  • Hyuga Shin arrived at the unnamed island, traded taunts with Red Earl, and began their duel as Red Earl vanished and Hyuga Shin swung at him.

Ch. 530Kaido Keeps Getting Caught in the Crossfire

Hyuga Shin overwhelmed Red Count while mocking him, and Red Count repeatedly recovered by using his vampire powers. After draining the island's ferocious beasts to restore his strength, Red Count declared that the real battle was beginning, while Hyuga Shin waited to see what he would try next.

  • Hyuga Shin struck Red Count in the face, then mocked him and compared his weakness to Kaido.
  • Red Count transformed into vampire bats and attacked, but Hyuga Shin blasted the swarm with Yasakani no Magatama.
  • Hancock argued with Whitebeard's crew after calling Red Count an old man discarded by the times.
  • Hyuga Shin continued bombarding Red Count with light and lightning, while Red Count regenerated from his injuries.
  • Red Count drained the island's ferocious beasts to restore his strength, and Hyuga Shin said he wanted the vampire Devil Fruit.
  • Red Count claimed the real battle was only beginning, and Hyuga Shin challenged him to show his next trick.

Ch. 531The Red Count Dies

Hyuga Shin overwhelmed Red Count, who used his vampire powers and a forbidden technique to keep fighting. After restoring himself by draining a Sea King, Red Count found himself unable to hit Hyuga Shin, who began a final assault by launching him into the sky.

  • Red Count attacked Hyuga Shin from the shadows, but Hyuga Shin kicked him through the air and exposed how difficult he was to kill.
  • Red Count unleashed a piercing ultrasonic attack and then amplified his strength with a forbidden technique, but Hyuga Shin shattered his arm with a single clash.
  • Red Count drained a Sea King’s blood to restore his arm, while Gecko Moria feared the Sea Kings would turn on the spectators.
  • Hyuga Shin used Kamui to make Red Count’s attacks pass through him, then uppercut Red Count into the sky.
  • Hyuga Shin vanished and reappeared above Red Count as Red Count soared upward.

Ch. 532Spy Kalifa

Hyuga Shin killed Red Count, drove the watching pirates away, and returned to Marine Headquarters. There, he exposed Kalifa as a Cipher Pol No. 9 spy sent by the Five Elders.

  • Hyuga Shin killed Red Count after retrieving his Devil Fruit, and the pirates watched his death.
  • Hyuga Shin kicked Kaido into the sea, ordered the other pirates to leave, then drew Sea Kings toward them with light bullets.
  • Hyuga Shin returned to Marine Headquarters and told Sengoku that Red Count was dead.
  • Kalifa asked to serve under Hyuga Shin, but he identified her as a spy sent by the Five Elders.
  • Baby 5 tied Kalifa up as she denied being a spy.

Ch. 533First Meeting with Luffy

Hyuga Shin exposed Kalifa as a spy but spared her and left her in Hancock’s care. Two years later, he visited Foosha Village to meet Luffy, where Garp hoped he would discourage the boy from becoming a pirate.

  • Hyuga Shin confronted Kalifa about being a spy for the Five Elders, and Hancock persuaded him to spare her and train her.
  • Hancock ordered Kalifa to study an erotic book, and Kalifa gradually became absorbed in such books over the next two years.
  • Hyuga Shin sailed to the East Blue and reached Foosha Village, where Garp greeted him and offered to introduce him to Luffy.
  • Garp introduced Luffy to Hyuga Shin, and Luffy invited him to become a pirate and set sail together.
  • Hyuga Shin said he thought Luffy becoming a pirate could be fine, leaving Garp frustrated about his grandson’s ambitions.

Ch. 534Arlong Gets Taught a Lesson

Hyuga Shin and Shyarly reached Cocoyasi Village and found Arlong terrorizing Bell-mère, Nojiko, and Nami. Shyarly overpowered her brother and sent him fleeing from East Blue, leaving the village safe for now.

  • Garp said he would not spare Luffy if he became a pirate, and Hyuga Shin left Foosha Village after talking with him.
  • Shyarly asked Hyuga Shin to find her brother Arlong, and they sailed to Cocoyasi Village.
  • Shyarly confronted Arlong while Bell-mère held Nojiko and Nami, and Arlong learned that Hyuga Shin was a Marine Admiral.
  • Shyarly bound Arlong with vines, broke off part of his nose, and threw him into the sea after warning him to stop committing crimes.
  • Arlong fled with Hatchan and the other fish-men, deciding to leave East Blue for South Blue, while Bell-mère thanked Hyuga Shin and Shyarly.

Ch. 535Successfully Winning Nami Over

Hyuga Shin persuaded Nami and her family to join his warship, then gave Nami a Logia-type Devil Fruit. The chapter ended with Hancock leading Hyuga Shin to a surprise involving Kalifa and Marguerite.

  • Hyuga Shin invited Nami to become a navigator, and Bell-mère and Nojiko encouraged her to pursue her dream.
  • Nami persuaded Bell-mère and Nojiko to join her aboard Hyuga Shin's warship for the free food.
  • Nami boarded the warship, opened a chest of jewels, and declared she would sleep with them.
  • Hyuga Shin gave Nami the Wind-Wind Fruit, and Nami regretted eating it after Robin told her it was worth billions of Beli.
  • Hancock led Hyuga Shin upstairs, where Kalifa and Marguerite waited in alluring outfits.

Ch. 536Back to Fish-Man Island! First Meeting with Shirahoshi!

Hyuga Shin went to Fish-Man Island to meet Shirahoshi, whose identity as Poseidon had been revealed to Queen Otohime and Neptune. Otohime allowed him to speak with Shirahoshi alone, and he entered her palace as the frightened princess watched him.

  • Hyuga Shin told Neptune that he had come to meet Shirahoshi, and Otohime worried about his intentions.
  • Hyuga Shin confirmed that he knew Shirahoshi was Poseidon and said he intended to take her with him for her protection.
  • Otohime agreed to trust Hyuga Shin and led him and his companions to Shirahoshi's palace.
  • Shirahoshi was delighted to see her mother but grew frightened when she saw Hyuga Shin and the others.
  • Hyuga Shin entered Shirahoshi's palace alone while Otohime and the others stayed outside.

Ch. 537Taking Shirahoshi Away

Hyuga Shin persuaded Shirahoshi to leave Fish-Man Island with him, helping her shrink to a child-sized body and giving her human legs. After she said goodbye to her parents, he took her aboard a warship, where she remained frightened of the women around her.

  • Hyuga Shin told Shirahoshi about the outside world and invited her to travel with him, and she agreed to ask her parents for permission.
  • Hyuga Shin gave Shirahoshi a Shrink Fruit, and she learned to control her size after shrinking to the size of an ant.
  • Hyuga Shin used Yin-Yang Release to replace Shirahoshi’s tail with human legs and made clothes for her.
  • Queen Otohime confirmed Shirahoshi had no reaction to Seastone, then allowed her to leave with Hyuga Shin after he promised to protect her.
  • Hyuga Shin and the women toured Fish-Man Island for several days before Shirahoshi said goodbye to Neptune and Queen Otohime and boarded a warship with them.

Ch. 538Sugar Gets Duped

Hyuga Shin comforted Shirahoshi as she left Fish-Man Island and saw the sun for the first time, while Sugar’s attempt to gain strength without training ended with Robin shocking her. The crew continued their voyage with Shirahoshi growing more comfortable around them and Sugar nursing her grievance against Robin and Hyuga Shin.

  • Hyuga Shin reassured the frightened Shirahoshi aboard the warship as Sea Kings watched over their king from beneath the sea.
  • The ship surfaced, and Shirahoshi marveled at the sun and glittering ocean; Hancock picked her up, and Shirahoshi began to feel more at ease around her.
  • Sugar refused to train, so Robin offered her a supposedly effortless way to get stronger and applied an electric current to stimulate her cells.
  • Sugar collapsed from the shock, then recovered and admitted she felt slightly stronger, though the pain made her furious with Robin.
  • Sugar sought comfort from Hyuga Shin, who teased her about expecting a free lunch, and she angrily pounded him.

Ch. 539Encounter with Shanks

Sugar clashed with Robin aboard Hyuga Shin’s ship before Shirahoshi spotted Red-Haired Shanks’s crew approaching. Shanks chose to meet Hyuga Shin rather than evade him, and the two captains faced off as Hyuga Shin threatened to capture him for Garp.

  • Sugar provoked Robin, who grabbed her and threatened her with an electric shock until Sugar apologized; Sugar then planned to get revenge later.
  • Shirahoshi spotted a ship ahead, and Hyuga Shin recognized it as Red-Haired Shanks’s pirate ship heading toward Sabaody.
  • Shanks consulted Benn Beckman, then decided the Red-Haired Pirates would continue straight toward Hyuga Shin’s warship rather than turn away.
  • Momousagi and Hancock prepared for a confrontation as the two ships stopped fifty meters apart.
  • Hyuga Shin teased Shanks about going to Impel Down and threatened to capture him for Garp, while Shanks laughed without showing fear.

Ch. 540The Battle Begins! What a Spectacle!

Hyuga Shin and his allies attacked Shanks’s crew, petrifying and killing several Red-Haired Pirates before destroying their ship with a missile. Beckman attacked Hyuga Shin after the blast, and Kalifa blocked his punch as Bell-mère prepared to join the fight.

  • Hancock petrified several of Shanks’s crew and parts of their ship with Slave Arrow, then refused to undo the effect unless Shanks defeated her.
  • Hina, Olvia, and Baby-5’s weapons battered the Red-Haired Pirates while Shanks tried to defend his crew.
  • Shirahoshi launched Baby-5’s missile, and Beckman ordered the crew to abandon ship before it was destroyed; two officers died in the attack.
  • Beckman fired at Hyuga Shin, but Hyuga Shin deflected the bullet into another Red-Haired officer, killing him.
  • Beckman charged Hyuga Shin, and Kalifa blocked his punch with a Protective Barrier as Bell-mère readied her rifle to fight.
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