Chapter Summaries

Gion visited the Appeals Department, where she met Sun Keiyun teaching Marines how to handle civilian disputes through questioning rather than force. After testing his explanation, she probed his origins, and Keiyun claimed his knowledge came from a hidden heritage of ancient civilization.

• Gion and Shilai listened as Sun Keiyun taught the Appeals Department staff to resolve a watermelon dispute by splitting it and watching the claimants' reactions.
• Gion proposed splitting the disputed item, and Sun Keiyun explained that questioning people about an item's origin could expose fabricated claims, especially when the item could not be divided.
• Sun Keiyun told the class to avoid violence against civilians unless they violently resisted the law.
• After class, Gion questioned Sun Keiyun about his unfamiliar legal knowledge and the nonexistent Rebel City, and he admitted he was not from there but refused to reveal his true origin.
• Sun Keiyun described his knowledge as an inheritance from his ancestors, leaving Gion to wonder whether he was connected to Ohara, before she agreed to call him Mr. Keiyun.

Tsuru’s staff suspected Sun Keiyun was a prince of the Flower Country, while Sun Keiyun challenged Gion’s assumptions about the Marines’ role in the Great Age of Pirates. The chapter left Gion eager to capture pirates and ask why they had turned to piracy.

• Tsuru’s staff inferred that Sun Keiyun might be a surviving Flower Country prince and Tsuru ordered an investigation into his identity.
• Gion followed Sun Keiyun, who asked her to help revise the Marines’ outdated Marine Drill Manual into a new code of conduct.
• Gion argued that the Great Age of Pirates was caused by pirates’ greed, not by any failure of the Marines.
• Sun Keiyun told Gion that the Marines needed to understand why people became pirates if they wanted to end the age of piracy.
• Gion grabbed Sun Keiyun and set off to capture pirates so they could question them about why they became pirates.

Sun Keiyun and Gion responded to a maritime alert about the Blood Axe Pirates, while Gion reflected on Sun Keiyun’s ideas for improving the Navy. When Gion’s warship reached the scene, Blood Axe ordered his crew to attack it, confident he could defeat its commander.

• Sun Keiyun accepted a Maritime Information Center alert about the Blood Axe Pirates and agreed to provide support.
• Gion considered how Sun Keiyun’s Maritime Information Center relied on dedicated workers and could avoid the wastefulness of other Navy departments.
• Sun Keiyun used his coordinate system to direct Gion’s warship toward the incident, and Gion said Marine Headquarters was creating a worldwide coordinate map based on his approach.
• Gion’s warship arrived as the Blood Axe Pirates were boarding a merchant ship.
• Blood Axe learned that only one warship had arrived and ordered his crew to attack it before returning to the Grand Line.

Sun Keiyun and Gion destroyed the Blood Axe Pirates’ ship with cannon fire and captured its crew. Blood Axe was shackled with Seastone and sent to a cell while Sun Keiyun prepared to interrogate the other pirates first.

• Gion ordered her veteran gunners to bombard the Blood Axe Pirates’ ship while Sun Keiyun watched and explained that he could read the enemy crew’s lips.
• The pirates’ ship sank before it could reach the Navy warship, and Gion’s soldiers hauled the survivors aboard.
• The soldiers captured Blood Axe, whose body went limp when they put Seastone handcuffs on him, revealing that he was a Devil Fruit user.
• Blood Axe protested that he had mistaken the powerful Navy warship for a weaker vessel, and Sun Keiyun ordered him locked in a cell.
• Sun Keiyun told Gion to set up an interrogation room and question the other pirates one at a time before interrogating Blood Axe.

Sun Keiyun questioned Rondobi, a captured pirate who revealed that nobles had destroyed his family and driven him to piracy. After promising to record his story and pursue justice, Sun Keiyun moved on to the remaining prisoners, leaving Gion shaken by what she had heard.

• Sun Keiyun questioned Rondobi about his life and persuaded him to explain why he had become a pirate.
• Rondobi recounted how a noble’s son caused his wife’s death, killed his children, and burned down his home after Rondobi tried to resist him.
• Rondobi asked whether his family’s grievances could still be cleared, and Sun Keiyun assured him that there was a chance.
• Gion felt distressed that someone the Marines were meant to protect had been driven into piracy, while Sun Keiyun reminded her that more than thirty prisoners were waiting.

Sun Keiyun and Gion investigated pirates across the North Blue and found that most had turned to piracy after oppression by nobles and local bullies. As Gion concluded that the roots of piracy might only be removed by eliminating the nobles, she accused Sun Keiyun of being part of the Revolutionary Army.

• Sun Keiyun presented Gion with statistics showing that many pirates had become pirates after suffering at the hands of nobles, bullies, poverty, or land loss.
• Gion agreed to remain with Sun Keiyun and help establish Maritime Information Centers while investigating pirates across the North Blue.
• Over six months, the Navy sent more than six hundred captured pirates to Fort G9, and the expanded data showed that nobles and bullies remained the leading causes of piracy.
• Sun Keiyun explained that the statistics represented survivors, while many more victims of noble and bully oppression had died before escaping.
• Gion recognized that the Navy often protected nobles over commoners and concluded that noble oppression helped create pirates.
• After dismissing those around them, Gion confronted Sun Keiyun and accused her of secretly belonging to the Revolutionary Army.

Sun Keiyun explained to Gion that noble oppression had driven the people to sea and that the World Government’s rule was nearing its end. Gion accepted his vision of a just world and asked about his organization and purpose in joining the Marines.

• Sun Keiyun told Gion that the growing pirate era reflected the conflict between nobles and commoners, and said the World Government’s rule was nearing its end.
• Gion worried that the Marines might arrest Sun Keiyun as Dragon’s accomplice, but she struggled with the idea that true justice required eliminating the nobles.
• Gion imagined a world without Celestial Dragons, where the Marines upheld equal justice, and realized she shared Sun Keiyun’s ideals.
• Gion went to Sun Keiyun’s room and asked what organization he belonged to and why he had joined the Marines.
• Sun Keiyun said he had no organization and had joined only because Shilai invited him to be an adviser; Gion recalled that Shilai’s report confirmed his account.

Sun Keiyun decided to enlist in the Navy and rise through its ranks so he could earn Marines’ trust and eventually change the organization. Gion tested his strength on the warship’s training ground and judged his unarmed power to be at headquarters-officer level.

• Gion advised Sun Keiyun that a grassroots military career would earn him more support than taking a staff position, and offered to help him advance and obtain a Devil Fruit.
• Sun Keiyun agreed to enlist, believing he could rise quickly after the Summit War.
• Gion brought Sun Keiyun to the training ground, where female soldiers teased him before she called them back to training.
• Sun Keiyun struck Gion with both fists using Dragon Snake True Intent, but she remained unmoved.
• Gion assessed Sun Keiyun’s Doriki Value as 2645 and asked him to demonstrate his swordsmanship.

Sun Keiyun sparred with Gion and introduced her to the Flowing Wind Sword, helping her discover a path to greater strength. Gion broke his training sword and thanked him, declaring that she no longer needed him to enlist because she could carry the banner of justice herself.

• Sun Keiyun checked his Doriki Value of 2,600 and took a training sword to spar with Gion.
• Sun Keiyun used the Flowing Wind Sword, and Gion was impressed by its changing attacks and began adapting its techniques.
• As Sun Keiyun explained how to borrow and control the wind, Gion recognized new possibilities for her swordsmanship and physical abilities.
• Gion realized that mastering what she had learned could raise her to Admiral level and end her status as an Admiral Candidate.
• Gion snapped Sun Keiyun's sword during the spar, embraced him, thanked him, and said she could carry the banner of justice without him enlisting.

Gion gained confidence that she could rise beyond admiral candidate and asked Sun Keiyun to practice swordsmanship with her. After reading news about Crocodile’s defeat and Ace’s disappearance, Sun Keiyun worried that the Summit War was approaching and planned to forge a weapon that could help him seize the world’s attention.

• Gion explained that Sun Keiyun’s teachings had shown her a path toward becoming an admiral, and she asked him to practice swordsmanship with her.
• Sun Keiyun read that Smoker had defeated and arrested Crocodile, while the newspaper concealed the details of Crocodile’s plot in Alabasta.
• Sun Keiyun also read that Ace had left the Whitebeard Pirates, and he realized the Summit War might be near.
• Sun Keiyun asked Gion for permission to take materials from the warehouse and forge a weapon, and she sent Lana to guide him.
• A female soldier teased Gion about taking a liking to Sun Keiyun, and Gion admitted she was attracted to him before sending the soldier back to training.

Sun Keiyun began forging a long-range sniper rifle aboard the warship, keeping its design secret because he believed it could threaten even an Admiral. He also urged Gion to build a following and persuade others to support her vision of true justice.

• Sun Keiyun found a forge among the seized supplies, moved it into an empty room, and began refining iron and forging parts.
• Lana asked Sun Keiyun to make her a dagger, but he refused because he feared the whole crew would make similar requests.
• Gion found Sun Keiyun making a drill bit and learned he was building a sniper rifle with a range of two kilometers.
• Sun Keiyun rejected Gion's offer to obtain a Navy firearm, explaining that his rifle could threaten an Admiral and its technology needed to remain secret.
• Sun Keiyun advised Gion to recruit subordinates and develop the eloquence to spread her ideals of true justice.

Sun Keiyun completed the Light of Justice, a powerful anti-materiel sniper rifle, while Gion built support for her new ideals of justice aboard the warship. They confronted the Scarecrow Pirates, and Sun Keiyun fired at their ship from long range, leaving the shots’ results unknown.

• After reading about Luffy’s raid on Enies Lobby, Sun Keiyun finished forging a PTRD-41-style rifle and making its ammunition.
• Gion finished quietly spreading her new ideals of justice among the ship’s female soldiers while Sun Keiyun completed the weapon.
• Sun Keiyun named the rifle the Light of Justice and learned that the Scarecrow Pirates had been spotted in North Blue.
• The warship approached the Scarecrow Pirates, who were tangled with a merchant vessel, and Sun Keiyun aimed at them from 1.5 kilometers away.
• Sun Keiyun fired twice, and he told Gion to let the bullets fly before judging whether he had missed.

Hawkins attacked a merchant ship because his crew was running low on supplies, but an approaching Marine warship overwhelmed his pirates with long-range rifle fire and cannon fire. Unable to fight or escape, Hawkins ordered his crew to surrender.

• Hawkins learned that North Blue’s Marine patrols had made it difficult for pirates to find supplies, and he decided to raid a merchant ship despite his warning divination.
• Hawkins divined a high chance of victory but a low chance of escape, then realized Marines were approaching and ordered his crew to withdraw.
• A Marine sniper killed the lookout and several pirates with powerful shots from a warship about a kilometer away.
• Hawkins ordered his crew to cut the grappling ropes and raise the sails, but the sniper killed four pirates who gathered on deck.
• As the Marines began firing cannons, Hawkins abandoned his plan to resist and ordered his crew to surrender.

Gion captured Hawkins after Sun Keiyun had broken the Hawkins Pirate Crew’s morale, while Sun Keiyun joined a chat group created by his Main Body and learned how its members could exchange knowledge. The chapter left Sun Keiyun preparing to study the Six Powers and Haki with Gion as his alternate-world allies shared resources and improved techniques.

• Gion stopped Hawkins’s attempted transformation with her sword and ordered him taken away.
• Sun Keiyun accepted an invitation to the Keiyun Chat Group and learned that it connected his alternate-world selves through the Gestalt Core.
• Hokage Keiyun explained that the clones joined the group after seizing fate by killing or arresting important characters, and offered to improve their techniques.
• Sun Keiyun uploaded his Path of Force and asked Gion to teach him the Six Powers and the three types of Haki.
• Biochemical Keiyun shared a library’s worth of files, while Hokage Keiyun suggested Sun Keiyun search for books salvaged from Ohara.
• Hokage Keiyun turned Yitian Keiyun’s basic archery knowledge into the Seven Day Sun Shooting Arrow manual, leaving One Piece Keiyun eager to see his own technique improved.

Sun Keiyun cultivated the Great Path of Golden Core and became a Gun Master, then learned that Gion had been ordered to return to Marineford for an elite summons. He planned to travel to the West Blue before joining the Marines, while Tsuru arranged to verify whether he was the missing Liu Mu.

• Sun Keiyun read the Great Path of Golden Core, quickly reached Mind Stabilization, and found his strength increasing as he cultivated.
• While sparring with Gion, Sun Keiyun dented her Haki-covered Konpira with a shot and explained that he had become a Gun Master by sensing the vibrations of all things.
• Tsuru told Gion that Sun Keiyun might be Liu Mu, a missing Flower Country prince, and ordered her to bring him or his blood to Marineford for verification.
• Tsuru informed Gion that an elite Marine summons had been issued, and Gion prepared to return to Marineford.
• Sun Keiyun said he intended to travel to the West Blue before joining the Marines, and Gion offered him a ship and a sea chart.

Gion realized she had fallen in love with Sun Keiyun after he left for the West Blue, while Sun Keiyun made his way toward the Flower Country to seek revenge. Back at Marine Headquarters, Tsuru warned Gion that the coming war against the World's Number One could be deadly, and Gion vowed to use his head to rise to Admiral.

• After Sun Keiyun departed, Gion admitted to Shara that she thought of him constantly and had fallen for him, though she worried about their age difference and whether he liked her.
• Sun Keiyun sailed toward Taigu Island, used his mental power to turn away a Sea King, and paid fishermen to carry him the last stretch of the journey.
• Sun Keiyun continued by ship, disembarking and taking detours that ultimately pointed toward the Flower Country.
• Tsuru and Gion reviewed Sun Keiyun's route and discussed his plans for revenge, while Tsuru cautioned that he was likely being watched by Marine intelligence.
• Tsuru warned Gion that Marine Headquarters faced a dangerous coming war against the World's Number One, and Gion vowed to defeat him and become an Admiral.

Sun Keiyun entered Flower Country and met Li Huai, a CP5 agent who claimed to support his claim to the throne. Sun Keiyun exposed CP5’s plan to use him to bring Flower Country under World Government control, leaving Li Huai stunned.

• Sun Keiyun arrived in Le City, bought apples from a farmer, and was approached by CP5 agent Morita.
• Morita escorted Sun Keiyun to the Lin Family Tavern, where Li Huai received him with a show of force.
• Li Huai identified Sun Keiyun as Liu Mu and said he wanted to help him overthrow General Cai and restore order in Flower Country.
• Sun Keiyun accused CP5 of seeking control of Flower Country because its rulers refused to pay Celestial Gold, and said it had chosen him as a powerless prince to install.

Li Huai forced Sun Keiyun to accept a scheme to impersonate Liu Mu and become the Flower Country's King's Equal, giving the CP Organization influence over the Marines. After signing the contract, Sun Keiyun began preparing to assume Liu Mu's identity.

• Li Huai disarmed Sun Keiyun and explained that the CP Organization would falsify a blood test to present him as Liu Mu.
• Sun Keiyun recognized that the King's Equal position would let the CP Organization control a high-ranking figure in the Marines, and he negotiated for money, status, and freedom to act in the Flower Country's interests.
• Li Huai offered to record their promises in a contract, and Sun Keiyun agreed and signed it as Liu Mu.
• Li Huai assigned Lina to serve as Sun Keiyun's personal maid and help prepare him for his new role.
• Lina told Sun Keiyun that a CP5 Devil Fruit user would alter his face, then teach him Flower Country writing and court etiquette.

Sun Keiyun defended Wu Guangliang’s wall paintings and inspired him to make art that served ordinary people. He left Wu with a fourteen-character maxim to guide his work.

• Lina led Sun Keiyun to Wu Guangliang, a Drawing-Drawing Fruit user, where a basin of black paint splashed against Sun’s banana leaf.
• Sun Keiyun challenged Lina’s dismissal of murals and argued that art could belong to ordinary people, not just the royal court.
• Wu Guangliang explained that poverty had led him to paint on stones and walls, where everyone could see and enjoy his work.
• Sun Keiyun urged Wu Guangliang to paint ordinary life and practical knowledge, such as farming and animal care.
• Sun Keiyun wrote Wu Guangliang the maxim, “Paint illustrations in keeping with the times; create pictures in keeping with events!”

Sun Keiyun agreed to take the identity of Prince Liu Mu after Wu Guanglu revealed Flower Country’s succession crisis and painted him several alternate faces. The chapter ended with Sun Keiyun praising Wu Guanglu’s work and offering to teach him to draw comics.

• Wu Guanglu revealed that CP5 had recruited or coerced officials and described Flower Country’s fractured military and endangered royal family.
• Sun Keiyun agreed to pose as Prince Liu Mu but warned Wu Guanglu to avoid exposing their plans to CP5.
• Wu Guanglu explained the Drawing-Drawing Fruit and created a Color-Adjusting Bracelet so Sun Keiyun could switch between identities.
• Wu Guanglu painted Sun Keiyun as Liu Mu and then gave him a vicious-looking pirate face, which Sun Keiyun named Pirate D.M.
• Sun Keiyun supplied references for a proud, beautiful woman, and Wu Guanglu painted him a convincing female face.
• Sun Keiyun praised Wu Guanglu’s painting and offered to teach him how to draw comics.