Chapter Summaries

Kael defeated the Alvida Pirates and persuaded Ville Town’s mayor to buy Alvida, her ship, and its weapons while promising cheap ammunition so the town could defend itself. After the townspeople went to raise the money, Kael turned his attention to the trembling Coby, whom he recognized as a future “big shot.”

• Kael sold the captured Alvida to Ville Town’s mayor for 4 million Beli.
• Kael urged the mayor to arm Ville Town and offered to supply cannonballs and bullets at half the market price.
• The mayor agreed to buy Alvida’s ship, weapons, and ammunition for 25 million Beli, and the townspeople went to collect the funds.
• Tashigi defeated the remaining Alvida Pirates, leaving the crew completely crushed.
• Kael focused on Coby, the frightened pink-haired boy aboard Alvida’s ship.

Kael confronted Coby in Ville Town, learned that the boy had been forced to work for the Alvida Pirates, and decided to recruit him as an errand boy for the Dusk Pirates. Coby accepted under threat, and the two waited for the townspeople to gather the money before setting sail.

• Kael approached Coby, who had held up Alvida's frame, and Coby fell to his knees begging not to be killed.
• Kael fired a shot to stop Coby's crying and recognized his potential, including his ability to sense emotions.
• Coby explained that Alvida had forced him to work as an odd-job worker after he accidentally boarded her pirates' transport ship.
• Kael ordered Coby to become the Dusk Pirates' errand boy, and Coby agreed because he feared for his life.
• Kael told Coby to wait with him until the mayor and townspeople gathered the money, and Coby stood by his side.

After Tashigi returned from defeating the Alvida Pirates, Kael welcomed Coby into the Dusk Pirates and prepared to leave Ville Town. Once the Tiga sailed out, Kael spent most of the crew’s savings on gacha pulls and obtained several items, including an Explosive Tag and Nemu’s Soul Reaper Uniform.

• Tashigi reported that she had killed thirty-two Alvida Pirates and severely wounded twenty-two, and Kael stopped her from attacking Coby before introducing him as the crew’s new deckhand.
• Kael sent Tashigi to take Coby aboard the Tiga, show him the training room notebook, and explain the crew’s circumstances.
• The mayor arrived with twenty-five million Beli and supplies, and Kael exchanged Den Den Mushi contact information with him before the Tiga sailed away from Ville Town.
• Kael put the money in his safe, kept three million Beli for expenses, and spent ten million on an ordinary ten-pull gacha.
• Kael inspected the Explosive Tag, a single-use explosive, and Nemu’s Soul Reaper Uniform, which could adjust to its wearer and offered some defensive protection.

Kael used his gacha rewards to prepare a Soul Reaper Uniform and stockings for Tashigi, then considered how to use a powerful Poké Ball that could tame defeated non-human creatures. After reaching captain level two, he drew the S-rank skill Finishing Move—Serious Punch, based on Saitama.

• Kael set aside Nemu's Soul Reaper Uniform and Emilia's white stockings to give to Tashigi after her training.
• Kael obtained a B-rank Poké Ball that could turn a defeated non-human creature into a C-rank companion, and decided to save it for a valuable beast or Sea King.
• Kael rejected the idea of using the Poké Ball on the Arlong Pirates and kept the item in his inventory.
• Kael became a level-two captain, gaining a ten-percent combat power boost and access to a new skill draw.
• Kael drew the S-rank captain skill Finishing Move—Serious Punch, represented by Saitama.

Kael obtained the S-rank Finisher—Serious Punch and tested it by destroying a rocky islet, discovering that it had a 170-hour cooldown. He then spent his remaining 10 million Beli on a premium gacha pull and received the C-rank Character Card—Yakumo Omori.

• Kael examined the description of Finisher—Serious Punch and realized its power could erase targets from the world, though its cooldown depended on his strength and the attack's power.
• Kael asked Tiga to stop the ship beside a rocky islet so he could test the skill.
• Kael unleashed Serious Punch and shattered the islet, then found that the skill had a 170-hour cooldown.
• Kael resumed the voyage with Tiga and returned to the captain's cabin to spend his remaining 10 million Beli.
• Kael used a premium gacha pull and obtained the C-rank Character Card—Yakumo Omori.

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.