Recaps

Kael pulled the C-rank character card for Yakumo Omori and planned to kidnap Morgan at Shells Town so he could become the card’s partner. Meanwhile, Smoker learned that the Dusk Pirates had defeated Alvida and were heading to Shells Town, then suspected Tashigi was with them and demanded to know what Kael had done to her.

• Kael identified Yakumo Omori as Gecko and decided to target Morgan, commander of the Marine G-153 Branch, as a compatible partner for the card.
• Smoker arrived in Ville Town while pursuing the Dusk Pirates and questioned the mayor about the Alvida Pirates’ capture.
• The mayor told Smoker that the Dusk Pirates had defeated Alvida and saved Ville Town, and revealed that they were headed for the Marine G-153 Branch.
• Smoker paid the town the 5 million Beli bounty, jailed Alvida’s surviving crew, and sailed toward Shells Town.
• After hearing about a skilled short-haired swordswoman, Smoker suspected she was Tashigi and angrily demanded to know what Kael had done to her.

Kael brought the Tiga to Shells Town to attack the Marine base and prove his 30 million Beli bounty was justified. As the Marines mobilized to stop the ship, Kael planted two strange sheets on the harbor gate and detonated them.

• Kael read his 30 million Beli bounty poster while Coby served him breakfast, still believing Kael was a heroic Marine agent undercover as a pirate.
• Kael trained Coby while Tashigi trained aboard the Tiga, and Tashigi’s strength rose to 9,240 combat power.
• After a week, Kael steered the Tiga toward Shells Town’s Marine base, intending to make a scene and confront Colonel Morgan.
• Tashigi vowed to defeat Morgan if he was as corrupt as Kael claimed, while Coby gripped his sword and prepared to fight.
• The Marines spotted the approaching Tiga and mobilized ships and cannons, but Kael drove straight toward the harbor gate.
• Kael threw two sheets of paper onto the gate, declared that art was an explosion, and set off a blast.

Kael and Tashigi attacked the G-153 Marine Branch, quickly neutralizing its defenses and soldiers. They confronted Colonel Morgan on the rooftop, where Kael offered him a choice between joining the pirate crew and having the truth about his capture of the fake Kuro exposed.

• Kael and Tashigi blew apart the harbor gate and Tashigi destroyed the base's gun emplacements with her Red Fire Cannon.
• Kael dodged the Marines' gunfire and knocked out more than a dozen soldiers, then ordered Coby to collect their weapons and ammunition.
• Tashigi restrained the Marines who rushed out of the base with binding spells while Kael told them to stay quiet.
• Kael and Tashigi fought their way through the building and reached the rooftop, where they found Morgan waiting.
• Kael offered Morgan a choice: surrender and join his crew, or have Kael expose that Morgan had captured the fake Kuro.

Kael confronted Marine Colonel Morgan about the truth behind Kuro’s staged death and used violence to challenge Morgan’s belief that he had defeated the pirate. Morgan remained bound and beaten as Kael forced him to answer a series of subtraction questions, while Tashigi watched uneasily.

• Morgan threatened Kael, but Kael questioned whether Morgan had really captured Kuro and caused him to recall a contemptuous gaze from his past.
• Kael explained that Kuro had used Jango’s hypnosis to make Morgan mistake a companion’s corpse for Kuro, though he questioned whether hypnosis alone had transformed Morgan’s personality.
• Kael told Tashigi to restrain Morgan, and she bound him with Bakudō #10: Hōrin.
• Kael knocked Morgan down, stepped on his metal jaw, and challenged him to face the possibility that he had never defeated Kuro.
• Kael repeatedly kicked Morgan’s jaw and demanded answers to successive subtractions, and Morgan answered until Kael tore the jaw free.
• Tashigi felt pity for Morgan but recalled Kael’s frightening image in the newspaper and stepped away from him.

Morgan recovered his memories of being hypnotized by Jango and his past as a righteous Marine, but Kael convinced him to join the Tiga as a pirate. Morgan then helped Kael confiscate the G-153 Branch’s valuables, and he gained a power called Kagune.

• Morgan relived Kuro’s attack and Jango’s hypnosis, remembering that he had not truly killed Kuro.
• Kael recreated the scene of Morgan’s past to restore his memories, while Tashigi used Healing Kido to treat his injuries.
• Kael told Morgan he would lose command of the G-153 Branch and might be imprisoned for his rule over Shells Town.
• Morgan accepted Kael’s invitation and joined his pirate crew, believing it offered him a chance to redeem himself.
• Morgan directed Marine soldiers as they loaded the branch’s beli, weapons, ammunition, and valuables onto the Tiga.
• Morgan gained a power called Kagune after undergoing Kael’s modification.

Kael upgraded Morgan with Yakumo Omori’s character template, giving him a ghoul’s kagune abilities without the associated drawbacks. After reporting the G-153 raid to Sengoku, Kael received a mission to find Kuro and a promise of a Zoan Devil Fruit, then spent fifty million Beli to begin upgrading Tiga.

• Morgan’s status showed strong Strength and Stamina, and Kael concluded that the system had granted him ghoul abilities without ghoul physiology or its risks.
• Kael reported the G-153 Marine Base situation to Sengoku, who assigned him to find Kuro of a Hundred Plans and offered him a Zoan-type Devil Fruit as a reward.
• Kael gathered Tashigi, Coby, and Morgan on deck and announced that he would modify Tiga, asking them to wait outside while he worked.
• Kael spent fifty million Beli to upgrade Tiga from Level 1 to Level 2, and a mystical glow enveloped the ship.

Kael upgraded the Tiga and spent the crew’s stolen Beli on new facilities to improve their rest, training, and navigation. Two days later, Smoker arrived at the ruined G-153 Marine Branch, learned that Tashigi had joined Kael’s Dusk Pirates, and resolved to pursue their growing feud.

• Kael saw the Tiga reach level 2, with six facility slots and a requirement of 300 experience to reach level 3.
• Kael bought two Crew Dormitories, upgraded them to level 2, and improved the Training Room to increase training gains.
• Kael spent his remaining 5 million Beli on a Chart Room, using all 80 million Beli he had looted from the Marine base.
• Two days later, Smoker arrived at the ruined G-153 Marine Branch, where townspeople were helping Marines rebuild after Morgan’s departure.
• Smoker learned that Tashigi had become a member of Kael’s Dusk Pirates and recognized her as the swordswoman described by the branch Marines.

Marine officers at Headquarters scrambled to contain the scandal of Morgan’s crimes and defection, which had drawn Fleet Admiral Sengoku’s attention. One officer proposed turning the affair into a public-relations victory centered on Smoker, and the rear admiral approved the plan.

• The rear admiral told the East Blue officers that Morgan had become a pirate and tyrannized Shells Town, demanding an official response before the day ended.
• The rear admiral rejected an officer’s suggestion to claim that Morgan had been a pirate impostor, warning that Headquarters would hold them responsible.
• The rear admiral suspected Smoker had alerted Sengoku and resolved to intensify the hunt for the Dusk Pirates and Morgan.
• An officer proposed apologizing publicly while presenting Smoker as the Marine hero who exposed Morgan’s crimes.
• The rear admiral applauded the proposal and called it brilliant.

Kael and the Dusk Pirates sold weapons and ammunition to Ville Town, planning to arm civilians across the East Blue. Meanwhile, Smoker resented being promoted as a hero in the newspapers, and Krieg ordered his crew to find Kael’s pirates and eliminate a rival overlord.

• Smoker read a newspaper that falsely credited him with exposing Morgan and portrayed his record as heroic, leaving him disgusted by Headquarters’ orders to play the role of the East Blue’s hero.
• Kael and the mayor of Ville Town completed a deal in which Kael sold the town weapons and ammunition for 20 million Beli.
• Kael planned to sell the Dusk Pirates’ remaining weapons across the East Blue, while the crew trained aboard the upgraded Tiga.
• Krieg discovered Kael’s 30 million Beli bounty and ordered his forces to locate the Dusk Pirates, declaring that the East Blue could not have two overlords.

Across East Blue, people reacted to Kael’s 30 million Beli bounty while the Dusk Pirates quietly sold weapons and treasures, raising 210 million Beli. Kael’s capsule draw yielded useless items, but Little Tiga then reported an unconscious girl drifting toward their ship.

• A green-haired swordsman noticed Kael’s 30 million Beli bounty, while Arlong dismissed it as insignificant.
• A young thief wondered whether Kael was stronger than Arlong, as East Blue residents trusted Smoker to protect them.
• The Dusk Pirates spent a month helping villages arm themselves and evading searches while Kael sold their seized goods and gathered 210 million Beli.
• Kael used a ten-pull capsule draw and received only E-rank items, including expired instant noodles, Puri-Puri Prisoner’s prison uniform, and Killua’s yo-yo.
• Little Tiga reported that a small boat was drifting toward them with an unconscious young girl aboard.

Kael recognized the rescued girl as Nami and uncovered her Arlong Pirates tattoo. After Nami considered infiltrating the Dusk Pirates for money, Kael offered her a place in his crew.

• Kael ordered Coby and Tiga to rescue a distressed girl and bring her aboard the Tiga.
• Kael recognized the girl as Nami and suspected she had staged a shipwreck to sneak aboard and steal something.
• Kael and Tiga pretended to plan to harvest Nami’s kidneys, prompting her to reveal that she was alive.
• Nami recognized Kael and secretly considered selling the Dusk Pirates’ location to the black market.
• Kael exposed the Arlong Pirates tattoo on Nami’s arm, covered her with a coat, and invited her to join his crew.

Kael recruited Nami into the Dusk Pirates and revealed his Marine-spy identity as they sailed toward the Arlong Pirates. Their voyage was interrupted when Krieg’s fleet spotted the Tiga and charged toward it.

• Kael persuaded Nami to join the Dusk Pirates by promising to destroy the Arlong Pirates, and she agreed to serve as their navigator.
• Kael told Nami that he was a Marine spy and fabricated a story about using her testimony to expose Colonel Nezumi and seek permission to eliminate the Arlong Pirates.
• Tashigi learned about Nami’s suffering and apologized tearfully, while Nami comforted her and the two quickly became friends.
• Nami guided the Tiga toward the Arlong Empire, estimating they would arrive in less than a week.
• Krieg spotted the Tiga with a fleet of fifty warships and ordered his men to bring their ship alongside.

Krieg surrounded the Dusk Pirates with his fleet and demanded that Kael join him or be sunk. Kael ignored the ultimatum and began a Serious Punch aimed at Krieg’s warships.

• Krieg ordered his fifty warships to encircle the Tiga and prepare their cannons against the Dusk Pirates.
• Little Tiga alerted Kael to the approaching fleet, and Kael gathered Tashigi, Morgan, and the crew on deck.
• Tashigi identified the fleet as the Krieg Pirates and raised a protective barrier around the Tiga.
• Kael recognized Gin among Krieg’s crew and considered recruiting him.
• Krieg demanded that Kael submit or face the fleet’s cannon fire, and Kael rose into the air and began a Serious Punch toward the warships.

Kael crippled Krieg's fleet with a single punch, captured Krieg, and negotiated with Gin to secure the pirates' assets and ships. He left Morgan to oversee the survivors and returned to the Tiga with Tashigi.

• Kael targeted the fleet's sails with his punch, and the resulting storm disabled all fifty warships.
• Kael boarded Krieg's ship with Tashigi and Morgan, then confronted Krieg and Gin.
• Krieg pretended to surrender but fired a hidden gun; Kael dodged the bullet and stabbed him until Gin begged for his life.
• Gin offered to lead Kael to the Krieg Pirates' assets, so Kael spared Krieg and had Tashigi bind him.
• Kael ordered Morgan to supervise Gin and the surviving pirates, sell the fleet's ships, and bring back the assets before he returned to the Tiga with Tashigi.

After defeating Krieg, Kael imprisoned him and resumed his gacha draws, obtaining a B-rank Quinque Black Box and a character card for Sebastian Michaelis. The chapter ended with Kael recognizing the elegant demon butler from Black Butler.

• Kael had Little Tiga lock Krieg in the ship’s cabin and question him about his poison gas bombs and armor.
• Kael reassured Coby and Nami after the battle, then checked the cooldown on his Serious Punch.
• Kael spent one hundred million Beli on ordinary gacha draws and sorted through the items he obtained.
• Kael found a B-rank Quinque Black Box and decided to equip it to Morgan.
• Kael identified his C-rank character card as Sebastian Michaelis from Black Butler.

Kael celebrated a jackpot from his first premium ten-pull, which yielded an S-rank Janna card along with several other valuable rewards. He reached Level 3 as captain and planned to test Janna’s compatibility with Nami after dealing with the Arlong Pirates.

• Kael considered how his C-rank butler-and-demon card might suit Kuro the Black Cat, whose deception had angered Sengoku.
• Kael spent his first premium ten-pull and received an S-rank Janna character card, a B-rank Zabuza Momochi card, an A-rank Awakening Stone, and other items.
• Kael examined Janna’s card and planned to test whether she was compatible with Nami.
• Kael assessed Zabuza Momochi’s potential for Water Release and considered Gin a likely compatible partner.
• Kael stored the Awakening Stone because Tashigi needed three for her first awakening and Morgan was away, then reached Level 3 after spending his last 200 million Beli.

Kael drew the Tsukuyomi skill and fused the S-rank Janna, the Storm's Fury, template with Nami, who awakened the power to summon wind. As Nami prepared to train for the coming assault on the Arlong Pirates, Kael sensed that her new ability came from the power of faith.

• Kael used his available draw and obtained Tsukuyomi, a skill that trapped enemies in an illusion where suffering felt real.
• Kael considered testing Tsukuyomi on Krieg and keeping prisoners aboard for future skill experiments.
• Kael fused the Janna, the Storm's Fury, template with Nami, who summoned small whirlwinds and vowed to serve him after Arlong's defeat.
• Kael told Nami they would wipe out the Arlong Pirates and sent her to train with Tashigi for a chance to kill Arlong herself.
• Kael inspected Nami's status and sensed that her awakened wind power came from faith.

Kael confirmed that Nami could form connections with believers but could not gain faith power, and he turned Krieg into a devoted follower of the Storm Witch. He planned to send Krieg to Impel Down to establish a church there, and Krieg eagerly accepted the mission.

• Kael reasoned that Nami might connect with her believers and create an intelligence network for the Dusk Pirates, though she would not grow stronger from their faith.
• After seven days of torture and Tsukuyomi, Krieg became a devout believer in Nami, whom Kael had named the Storm Witch.
• Krieg recognized that Kael had never intended to release him and accepted that he would eventually be used and discarded.
• Kael revealed that he was a Marine and said Krieg would be arrested, tried, and sent to Impel Down.
• Kael asked Krieg to establish a Storm Witch Church in Impel Down and serve as its archbishop, and Krieg enthusiastically accepted.

Kael brought the Tiga to the Arlong Empire, where Nami unleashed a devastating storm against Arlong and his fish-men. After the Tiga entered the ruined compound, Nami declared that Arlong’s death had come.

• Kael decided Krieg could use his altered mind to establish the Witch Cult and gather useful information from criminals.
• The Tiga approached the Arlong Empire, where Hatchan relaxed and anticipated collecting protection money from Cocoyasi Village.
• Nami summoned a tornado that tore through the Arlong Empire and killed Hatchan and many fish-men.
• Arlong recognized Nami and Kael as the storm dissipated and the Tiga entered through the destroyed gates.
• Nami joined Kael aboard the Tiga and told Arlong that his time to die had come.

Nami unleashed her storm magic to destroy the Arlong Pirates and avenge Cocoyasi Village, while Kael claimed their treasure. After Nami and Nojiko met with him aboard the Tiga, Kael asked Nojiko whether she had heard of religious faith.

• Nami summoned a devastating storm that destroyed the Arlong Empire and killed the surviving fish-men.
• Arlong crawled out of the ruins, threatened Nami and Cocoyasi Village, and Nami killed him with a blade of wind.
• Kael and Nami found the treasure room, and Kael’s crew hauled away 500 million Beli and other valuables.
• Nojiko and the Cocoyasi villagers arrived at the ruins, uncertain whether Kael’s pirate crew could be trusted.
• Kael invited Nami and Nojiko to his cabin, then asked Nojiko if she had heard of religious faith.

Kael explained the power of faith to Nojiko, and Nami demonstrated her storm powers to prove that she had defeated Arlong. He recruited Nojiko to help establish the Storm Witch Cult across the East Blue, leaving her uneasy that their plan amounted to deceiving people into worshipping Nami.

• Nojiko struggled to believe that Nami had killed Arlong, so Nami used her storm powers to lift herself into the air and demonstrate her new abilities.
• Kael told Nojiko that Nami could communicate with believers and temporarily grant them power through their faith.
• Kael proposed establishing the Storm Witch Cult to protect villages from future pirate attacks, and Nojiko agreed to help.
• Kael laid out a plan for Nami and Nojiko to travel between islands, display miracles, and persuade people to join the cult.
• As Nojiko listened to Kael's plan, she began to suspect that he was asking her to trick people into worshipping Nami.

Kael planned for Nami and Nojiko to establish a church that sold believers access to Nami’s power, while he continued the Dusk Pirates’ plans to raid the G-16 Branch and trade weapons. After seeing Tashigi reach level 40 and outgrow the training room, he decided to give the Tiga its third full-scale overhaul.

• Kael left Nami and Nojiko to set church membership fees and visit villages harmed by Arlong to perform miracles and gather faith.
• Kael and the others sailed toward the G-16 Branch, intending to capture Colonel Nezumi before the Marines learned of Arlong’s defeat and to loot the branch’s weapons.
• Kael considered expanding his arms dealings and learned from Krieg that an East Blue weapons factory was backed by Joker, whom he suspected was Doflamingo.
• Tashigi continued training aboard the Tiga and reached level 40, while Kael noted that the level 2 training room could no longer keep pace with her.
• Kael called Tashigi and Coby to the deck and announced the Tiga’s third full-scale overhaul.

After the Tiga evolved, Kael upgraded its training room and captain’s quarters before sailing to the Marine 16th Branch. As the base approached, Tashigi reflected on her doubts about Marine justice and prepared to attack its gates.

• The Tiga grew to more than twice its previous size, and Tashigi found its hull too tough to mark with her strength.
• Little Tiga demonstrated his new power by creating a storm around the ship before it quickly collapsed.
• Kael upgraded the training room to Level 3 and the captain’s quarters to Level 2.
• The Tiga reached the Marine 16th Branch base after sailing for two hours.
• Tashigi recalled the Marines’ corruption and the people Kael had helped, then cast Hadō No. 73, Twin Lotus Blue Fire Crash, at the base gates.

Tashigi led an assault on the Marine 16th Branch, knocked out Colonel Nezumi, and ordered his subordinates to move the base’s valuables onto the Tiga. As Marines helped load the ship, Zoro arrived at the base by sailboat, unaware of what had happened.

• Tashigi blasted open the Marine 16th Branch gates and led the Tiga into the base.
• Tashigi swiftly defeated the Marines in the plaza and fought her way into the base building.
• Nezumi failed to contact other Marine bases or Arlong, then confronted Tashigi in his office.
• Tashigi knocked Nezumi unconscious and ordered his subordinates to carry him and the base’s valuables onto the Tiga.
• Zoro arrived in a small sailboat carrying two blood-soaked bundles and wondered why the Marine 85th Branch was so lively.

Zoro arrived at the Marine 16th Branch to claim a bounty, where he encountered Tashigi and learned he had mistaken it for another base. As Zoro left, Kael stopped him, saying he knew Zoro’s story.

• Little Tiga spotted Zoro approaching the harbor and vanished to report him to Captain Kael.
• Tashigi and Coby inventoried the vast cash and treasures seized from the corrupt Marine base and Colonel Nezumi.
• Zoro presented two heads to Tashigi, mistook her for someone else, and asked to collect a bounty.
• Tashigi told Zoro the base was closed and directed him to Marine 17th Branch, but Zoro revealed he had thought it was Marine 85th Branch.
• Kael jumped down from the Tiga, called Zoro by name, and told him his head was filled with Zoro’s story.