Chapter Summaries

Robin translated a Poneglyph describing Joy Boy’s relationships with Imu and Nefertari Lily, leaving Mu Chen eager to learn how their story ended. The inscription revealed that Joy Boy apologized to Imu but vowed never to forgive them.

• Robin began translating a Poneglyph that named Joy Boy, Nefertari Lily, and Imu.
• Robin explained that Joy Boy met Imu on Sky Island and Nefertari Lily on Fool’s Island, and the three initially adventured together.
• Robin said Imu left Joy Boy over their feelings, while Nefertari Lily was eventually driven away.
• Robin read Joy Boy’s apology to Imu and his declaration that he would never forgive them for what they took from him and the lives of tens of thousands of civilians.

After translating Joy Boy’s message, Robin decided to go to Alabasta to prove the Ancient Kingdom existed and give meaning to Ohara’s sacrifice. Mu Chen agreed to take her there, leaving Clover and Olivia to confront the danger of her journey.

• Robin and Clover concluded from the Poneglyph that Joy Boy had died without forgiving Imu.
• Olivia warned Robin that the World Government would target her for translating the Ancient Language.
• Robin insisted on going to Alabasta, and Mu Chen supported her despite Clover and Olivia’s fears.
• Robin argued that uncovering the truth would honor Ohara’s scholars and reveal Lily and Joy Boy’s story.
• Mu Chen offered to take Robin to Alabasta, where he planned to have Crocodile protect her.

Mu Chen took Robin from Ohara and flew with her to Alabasta, where Crocodile sensed their arrival. The chapter ended with Crocodile bracing for the powerful presence approaching from the sky.

• Mu Chen promised to escort Robin secretly to Alabasta, and Clover and Olivia reluctantly agreed to let her go.
• Mu Chen left Kong Ming in charge of patrolling the South Blue and used Flying Thunder God to return to Robin.
• Mu Chen stored Robin's luggage in his Kamui Space, then carried her aloft in his complete Susanoo.
• Mu Chen and Robin reached Alabasta after about five days of flying, while he marked Flying Thunder God anchor points along the way.
• Crocodile recalled Mu Chen's request to look after Robin and sensed a powerful presence approaching from the sky.

Mu Chen brought Nico Robin to Crocodile and revealed that she could translate Poneglyphs, which changed Crocodile’s reaction from contempt to eager interest. Mu Chen also reminded Crocodile of their deal to collect Devil Fruits, leaving Crocodile at a loss for an explanation.

• Mu Chen teleported to Crocodile with Robin, and Robin recognized the Warlord as the bodyguard Mu Chen had found for her.
• Crocodile mocked Robin’s claim that she was an Ohara scholar and accused her of making up her past.
• Mu Chen identified Robin as a survivor of Ohara who could translate Poneglyphs, then began leading her away.
• Crocodile stopped Mu Chen and asked whether Robin really could translate Poneglyphs, since he had found two in Alabasta but could not read them.
• Mu Chen reminded Crocodile of their deal to collect Devil Fruits, and Crocodile realized he had neglected it while building his crew.

Mu Chen forced Crocodile to replace his delayed Devil Fruit promise with a promise to help him once in the future, then brought Robin to prove she could read Poneglyphs. Robin deciphered part of the tablet about Pluton, revealing that it recorded where the weapon was built and some details of its structure.

• Mu Chen confronted Crocodile over his failure to provide Devil Fruits and demanded one future favor instead.
• Crocodile agreed to Mu Chen's terms but insisted that Robin prove she could translate Poneglyphs.
• Crocodile led Mu Chen and Robin to a secret chamber containing two Poneglyphs, one connected to Pluton and the other possibly tied to Alabasta's royal family.
• Robin examined the inscriptions and announced that she had deciphered part of the Pluton tablet, which described where it was built and some details of its structure.

Mu Chen warned Crocodile that chasing Pluton would not make him Pirate King and explained what he knew about the three ancient weapons. Crocodile learned that the Celestial Dragons possessed Uranus, but Mu Chen said its use had conditions and that they ignored the Blue Sea as long as their rule remained unthreatened.

• Robin translated an inscription saying Pluton was hidden in mist and could be found only with a special key, but she could not locate the key.
• Crocodile eagerly pursued the idea of finding Pluton, while Mu Chen mocked his fixation and argued that Crocodile lacked the strength to control the battleship.
• Mu Chen explained that Poseidon was a person who could command Sea Kings and speculated that Uranus could attack from high in the sky.
• Mu Chen claimed the Celestial Dragons possessed Uranus, frightening Crocodile, and told Robin that Uranus had conditions for use and that the Celestial Dragons left the Blue Sea alone while their rule was safe.

Robin translated a Poneglyph describing Nefertari Lily’s refusal to become a Celestial Dragon, impressing Crocodile. When Mu Chen and Crocodile left the secret chamber, Bullet appeared and insisted that Mu Chen fight him.

• Robin translated the slab’s account of Nefertari Lily refusing Imu’s offer and choosing to stay in Alabasta with her people.
• Crocodile recalled a mural of Lily helping Liu Ming and recognized that her recorded deeds were true.
• Mu Chen and Crocodile left Robin alone with the Poneglyphs, then encountered Bullet, who demanded a fight with Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen tried to leave by claiming he had a mission, but Crocodile offered a banquet while hoping Bullet would beat him up.
• Bullet explained that he had become stronger and remained determined to avenge his first defeat by Mu Chen.

Mu Chen tried to leave rather than spar with Bullet, but Crocodile and Bullet pressured him into fighting. Crocodile took them to a deserted stretch of Alabasta’s desert, where Mu Chen and Bullet began a clash of Conqueror’s Haki.

• Mu Chen tried to use Intangibility to escape, but Bullet threatened to quit the Seven Warlords of the Sea if he left.
• Crocodile also threatened to quit and demanded that Mu Chen spar with him, while Bullet insisted Mu Chen had no choice.
• Mu Chen reluctantly agreed to spar on the condition that they avoid killing blows, but Crocodile ignored his warning and took him and Bullet to the desert.
• Crocodile flew away after ordering Bullet to beat Mu Chen, and Bullet challenged Mu Chen to a Conqueror’s Haki clash.
• Bullet and Mu Chen unleashed their Conqueror’s Haki, and their opposing waves collided above the Alabasta desert.

Mu Chen and Bullet fought across the desert, escalating their abilities as their Haki-infused attacks clashed. Bullet transformed into elaborate mechanical armor, while Mu Chen sensed a distortion around him through his Blood Sharingan.

• Mu Chen and Bullet stopped their Conqueror's Haki clash and prepared to fight in earnest.
• Bullet formed a giant Haki-coated axe with the Gasha Gasha Fruit, and Mu Chen blocked it with his Susanoo Battle Blade.
• Mu Chen cracked Bullet's axe with his stronger Conqueror's Haki, while Bullet activated his Devil Form and attacked with metal wires.
• Mu Chen used Intangibility to evade the wires, then he and Bullet fought at high speed as Crocodile watched from behind a dune.
• Bullet turned his axe into a chain blade, attacked Mu Chen's Susanoo joint with spikes, and then transformed further with metal tendrils and mechanical armor.
• Mu Chen saw a shroud of distorted Haki surrounding Bullet through his Blood Sharingan.

Mu Chen opened the Seventh Gate and combined Armament Haki with Conqueror’s Haki to face Bullet’s Demon God Form in a desert battle. Their fight continued as Mu Chen struck a joint in Bullet’s mechanical skeleton, while Crocodile watched from a distance.

• Bullet revealed his Demon God Form and challenged Mu Chen to open the Eight Gates.
• Mu Chen opened the Seventh Gate and covered himself in Armament Haki threaded with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Crocodile watched as Bullet gathered desert iron sand into enormous mechanical wings and realized Mu Chen had fused two kinds of Haki.
• Bullet attacked with a Haki-coated metal tendril, but Mu Chen countered with a powerful punch and dodged Bullet’s cutting lines.
• Bullet charged Mu Chen like a metal war chariot, and Mu Chen leaped around him before driving his Haki-coated knee into a mechanical joint.

Mu Chen used speed, Flying Thunder God, and Intangibility to repeatedly strike Bullet’s Demon God Armor while evading his attacks. After Mu Chen severed Bullet’s mechanical wing, Bullet’s frustration drove him into crazed laughter.

• Bullet’s Demon God Armor reflected Mu Chen’s Haki attack, and Bullet slammed Mu Chen into the sand with a metal tentacle.
• Mu Chen countered with his Susanoo Battle Blade, using speed and Flying Thunder God to attack Bullet’s mechanical joints.
• Bullet formed a defensive net with his tentacles, but Mu Chen severed one and continued targeting weaknesses in his armor.
• Bullet turned into a giant metal sphere and bombarded the desert, but Mu Chen used Intangibility to avoid every attack.
• Mu Chen appeared above Bullet and severed his left mechanical wing, leaving Bullet laughing crazily in frustration.

After Bullet conceded defeat to Mu Chen, Crocodile insisted on fighting him next, hoping to prove he was the strongest of the three. Mu Chen protested that they were taking turns wearing him down, but Crocodile prepared to test a countermeasure against his Intangibility.

• Bullet conceded to Mu Chen and vowed to break through his defenses next time.
• Bullet told Crocodile it was his turn to fight Mu Chen, and Crocodile challenged Mu Chen to prove who was strongest.
• Mu Chen tried to leave and complained that Bullet and Crocodile were unfairly wearing him down, but Crocodile blocked his way.
• Crocodile claimed his Sand-Sand Fruit could drain the moisture in a ten-mile radius and planned to use his Killing Domain against Mu Chen's Intangibility.

Crocodile used his Sand-Sand Fruit to trap Mu Chen in a desert domain and exploit the limits of his Intangibility. Just as Crocodile’s sand giant was about to strike, a purple-black force repelled the sand, leaving Crocodile baffled.

• Mu Chen accepted Crocodile’s challenge, and Bullet leaped away to watch.
• Crocodile transformed the surrounding desert into a sand domain and attacked Mu Chen with waves of sand blades.
• Crocodile deduced that Mu Chen could not attack while intangible, and Bullet realized the same weakness might let him fight Mu Chen.
• Mu Chen’s Flying Thunder God marks flickered as Crocodile’s sand interfered with them, then Crocodile trapped him in a sandstorm vortex.
• Crocodile formed a giant from the sand and swung its fist at Mu Chen, but a purple-black force stopped the attack and began disintegrating Crocodile’s sand.

Mu Chen revealed his Rinnegan and used its repulsive and gravitational powers to overwhelm Crocodile. The chapter ended with Mu Chen grabbing Crocodile by the neck.

• Mu Chen unleashed Shinra Tensei, destroying Crocodile's sand blade, flattening the surrounding sand, and throwing Crocodile into a crater.
• Crocodile and Bullet noticed Mu Chen's unfamiliar eyes, while Mu Chen taunted Crocodile and Bullet urged him to keep fighting.
• Crocodile launched seastone-tipped sand spears with Sand Explosion Burial, but Mu Chen used Copper Tree to take control of them and form a sand chain.
• Mu Chen used Banshō Ten'in to drag Crocodile through the air and seize him by the neck.

Mu Chen defeated Crocodile by using his Rinnegan to control Crocodile and his sand, then urged him to train his Haki. Crocodile accepted the advice but stayed haughty, while Bullet asked Mu Chen about his eyes as they headed back to eat.

• Mu Chen used his Rinnegan to pull Crocodile close, restrain him with sand chains, and defeat him.
• Mu Chen told Crocodile that Devil Fruits could be countered by the sea, Seastone, opposing powers, and powerful Haki, and Bullet cited Roger and Rayleigh as examples.
• Crocodile admitted he would train his Haki, though he remained defiant.
• Mu Chen suggested they return to eat, and Crocodile walked toward their lodgings despite telling him to find food himself.
• Bullet asked Mu Chen about his eyes, and Mu Chen replied that everyone had secrets.

After sharing whiskey with Crocodile and Bullet in Alabasta, Mu Chen left for his warship and learned that the crew had nearly finished touring the South Blue. He decided to head to the North Blue and approach the Vinsmoke Family, hoping to bring them into the Revolutionary Army while maintaining his Marine cover.

• Crocodile invited Mu Chen and Bullet to drink whiskey at an oasis, where the three bickered around a campfire.
• Mu Chen told Crocodile to protect Nico Robin, and Crocodile insisted he could keep her safe.
• After several days in Alabasta, Mu Chen said goodbye to Robin, Crocodile, and the others and returned to his warship.
• Kong Ming told Mu Chen that they had nearly visited every place in the South Blue and asked where they should go next.
• Mu Chen decided to travel to the North Blue and try to recruit the Vinsmoke Family into the Revolutionary Army, while using the trip to capture pirates and Germa clones for Sengoku.

Mu Chen redirected his Marine expedition from the South Blue to the North Blue, using reports of Revolutionary Army activity to justify visiting the Vinsmoke Family. He confronted Vinsmoke Ichiji with a claim that Revolutionary Army members disguised as Germa researchers were stealing cloning technology.

• Mu Chen ordered Kong Ming to report that they had found no Revolutionary Army members in the South Blue and were heading to the North Blue.
• Sengoku worried Mu Chen would provoke the Vinsmoke Family, but Garp supported using the Revolutionary Army hunt as cover to challenge them.
• Mu Chen assured Sengoku that the Vinsmoke Family might be targeted by the Revolutionary Army and ended the call after Sengoku warned him to behave.
• Half a month later, Vinsmoke Ichiji arrived at Mu Chen's warship and mocked the Marines for lounging around.
• Mu Chen splashed liquor on Ichiji's boots and claimed Revolutionary Army members disguised as Germa researchers were copying the Vinsmoke Family's cloning technology.

Mu Chen used a forged Revolutionary Army message to pressure Vinsmoke Ichiji into taking him to Germa, where he confronted Vinsmoke Judge about his past dealings with Dragon. Judge demanded to know what Mu Chen wanted, but Mu Chen had not yet revealed his aim.

• Mu Chen claimed Revolutionary Army agents might have tunneled into Germa and showed Ichiji a forged coded message about stealing cloning data.
• Ichiji refused to let Mu Chen meet his father but offered to take him to the cloning base's perimeter.
• Mu Chen teleported behind Ichiji and challenged his reluctance, prompting Ichiji to lead him into Germa's castle.
• After passing twelve genetic verification gates, Mu Chen met Vinsmoke Judge in the throne room.
• Mu Chen accused Judge of once conspiring with Dragon to overthrow the World Government, and Judge demanded to know what Mu Chen wanted.

Mu Chen confronted Vinsmoke Judge and demanded that the Vinsmoke Family serve him. After Judge’s defenses failed against Mu Chen’s powers, Judge refused to accept the offer, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Mu Chen threatened Judge over an alleged charge, but escaped the Seastone tentacles Judge had used to restrain him.
• Mu Chen told Judge that he wanted the Vinsmoke Family to serve him, prompting Judge to attack with metal wires and bombs.
• Mu Chen used Susanoo to withstand Judge’s attacks and knocked Judge backward into the throne.
• Judge deployed laser cannons, but Susanoo blocked their beams, and Mu Chen struck Judge’s mechanical eye with his flask.
• Mu Chen held Susanoo’s blade near Judge’s throat and offered him a chance to agree, but Judge refused because he would not become a Marine follower.

Mu Chen defeated Judge’s clone army with Conqueror’s Haki and demanded that Judge reconsider his proposal. Vinsmoke Reiju and her brothers shielded their father, and Mu Chen began revealing another secret.

• Judge triggered Gene Explosion, but Mu Chen’s Susanoo remained intact, and Judge’s mechanical arm was damaged.
• Judge summoned his clone army and ordered it to attack Mu Chen, who stopped the laser barrage and incapacitated over a thousand clones with Conqueror’s Haki and Shinra Tensei.
• Mu Chen confronted the defeated Judge and challenged his ambitions to restore Germa and rule the North Blue.
• Vinsmoke Reiju stood between Mu Chen and Judge, and Ichiji, Niji, and Vinsmoke Yonji joined her to protect their father.
• Mu Chen withdrew his Haki, asked Judge again to consider his proposal, and began crackling with lightning as he started to reveal another secret.