Chapter Summaries

Ace, Sabo, and Luffy adapted their tactics and managed to wound Crocodile, but he escalated the fight by revealing a poisonous needle in his Gold Hook. The chapter left the brothers facing Crocodile’s full killing intent.

• Crocodile drained Luffy’s arm with his sand and struck Ace back, while Sabo freed Luffy and Robin supplied water skins.
• Sabo took command and coordinated the brothers, using Luffy to distract Crocodile while Ace prepared a water-coated, Haki-infused strike.
• Luffy’s unpredictable attacks and Sabo’s precise staff blows forced Crocodile to expose himself, allowing Ace to hit his shoulder.
• Crocodile showed a lethal poison needle hidden in his Gold Hook and declared that he would now fight to kill.

Crocodile attacked Ace, Sabo, and Luffy with his poison hook and sand, wounding and poisoning Sabo while drying out Ace’s arm. With Kahn’s warning and Sabo’s instructions, the brothers regained their coordination and countered Crocodile’s next assault, but the fight remained underway as Luffy launched himself at the sand current.

• Crocodile attacked Luffy from behind, and Sabo deflected the poison hook but was cut and poisoned in the shoulder.
• Ace struck Crocodile with his Haki-coated iron pipe, but Crocodile drained moisture from Ace’s arm before Ace escaped his grasp.
• Crocodile taunted the brothers to provoke them, but Kahn and Sabo warned Ace and Luffy not to lose their rhythm.
• Crocodile split his sand attack into three currents, and Robin pulled Sabo aside while he warned Luffy to jump.
• Luffy rebounded off a stone beam and charged toward the central sand current, ignoring Ace and Sabo’s warning not to call out his move.

Ace awakened Conqueror's Haki when Crocodile nearly killed Luffy, then joined his brothers in a renewed assault. The fight continued as Crocodile switched to close combat and his poison hook narrowly missed Ace.

• Luffy, Ace, and Sabo coordinated their attacks and forced Crocodile to one knee, but Crocodile spread fine sand to suffocate them while Sabo was weakened by poison.
• Crocodile trapped Luffy and aimed his poison hook at him as Sabo and Ace were unable to intervene in time.
• Ace roared at Crocodile, unleashing Conqueror's Haki that stopped the sand, knocked Crocodile's arm aside, and incapacitated many Baroque Works agents.
• Sabo recovered enough to direct Luffy and Ace, and Crocodile gathered his sand for a close-range attack with his Desert Diamond Saber.
• Luffy deflected a sand blade with a water-coated fist while Ace struck Crocodile with his bloodied, Haki-coated iron pipe; Crocodile blocked with his Gold Hook.

Ace, Sabo, and Luffy pushed Crocodile to the brink, but he launched another attack against them. Luffy awakened a faint sign of Nika’s power, and the fight continued with Sabo preparing a final blow.

• Ace’s Conqueror’s Haki slowed Crocodile long enough for Sabo and Luffy to strike, and Ace smashed Crocodile into the royal tomb doors.
• Crocodile, badly injured but still standing, armored himself in sand and taunted the children as they fought through their injuries.
• Luffy declared that Kahn, Ace, and Sabo were his family, then softened the stone beneath his hand and ricocheted through the passage to hit Crocodile.
• Ace shattered a sand hand aimed at Luffy while Sabo studied Crocodile’s defenses and gathered himself for one final attack.

Sabo, Ace, and Luffy defeated Crocodile in the royal tomb, and Kahn treated Sabo's poisoning while the group prepared to expose Crocodile to Alabasta. Robin handed over Baroque Works intelligence, and Sabo ordered Garino's people to secure its bases and assets.

• Sabo found Crocodile's physical weak point and struck it while Ace and Luffy pinned him down, allowing Luffy to deliver the final blow that knocked Crocodile unconscious.
• Kahn confirmed the three had passed his test, then used dark golden heat to draw most of the poison from Sabo's shoulder and gave Ace water for his dehydration.
• Robin revealed that spare Seastone handcuffs were at Rain Dinners, and Kahn said Crocodile should be shown to Alabasta's people.
• Robin searched Crocodile and gave Kahn his keys, encrypted lists, a vault key, and Baroque Works contact codes.
• Sabo identified Baroque Works bases and a harbor escape team, then ordered Garino's people to seal the harbor and secure the organization's assets.

Kahn captured Crocodile and negotiated with Cobra for Eclipse to take over Baroque Works’ assets and establish a base in Alabasta, while organizing relief for the starving population. The chapter ended with Eclipse securing its first foothold on the Grand Line and preparing to put Crocodile on public trial.

• Kahn told Ace and Luffy to keep Crocodile alive so the people of Alabasta could learn who had caused their suffering.
• Kahn demanded Baroque Works’ assets, a permanent base at Rainbase Port, and food relief, and Cobra agreed to the terms.
• Robin restrained Crocodile with Seastone handcuffs, while Daz Bones accepted submission and was ordered to work for Eclipse.
• Robin chose to wait until Alabasta’s affairs were settled before reading the Poneglyph in the royal tomb, and Kahn agreed to let her read it.
• Sabo ordered Eclipse to secure Rainbase Port, Baroque Works’ resources, and the grain stores, and arranged for Crocodile’s public trial in Alubarna Square the next day.

Sabo presented evidence at Crocodile’s public trial, revealing how Baroque Works had fabricated the accusations against Cobra and incited the war in Alabasta. The crowd turned against Crocodile, who blamed Kahn for ruining his plan, while Luffy still wanted to hit him again.

• Sabo opened Crocodile’s trial and presented records proving Baroque Works had smuggled Dance Powder and framed Cobra.
• Sabo revealed that Baroque Works bounty hunters had killed civilians at Yuba, and the captured men confessed to following orders.
• Vivi defended Cobra, and Cobra accepted responsibility for failing to protect Alabasta while urging the people to confront the true criminal.
• Doto knelt and apologized to Cobra, who told him he had only wanted to help people survive.
• Crocodile mocked the trial and claimed Kahn had ruined his plan, while Luffy demanded another chance to punch him.

After exposing Crocodile's crimes, Kahn left his punishment to Alabasta as Eclipse took control of Baroque Works' assets and Robin began reading the royal tomb's Poneglyph. In Mary Geoise, the Five Elders recognized Eclipse's expanding influence as a growing threat to the World Government.

• Sabo revealed that Crocodile had sought the Poneglyph's clues to Pluton, and Cobra stripped Crocodile of his rights in Alabasta and ordered him imprisoned pending judgment.
• Kahn dismissed Crocodile's taunt as he was dragged away, while Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and Tony mocked him for being defeated by three minors.
• Eclipse seized Baroque Works' assets, opened hidden granaries, registered the port fleet, and put former agents to work or interrogation.
• Robin entered the royal tomb and began reading the Poneglyph as Kahn and Tony waited nearby.
• The Five Elders received reports of Crocodile's defeat and Eclipse's takeover of Alabasta, and they debated the danger posed by Kahn's growing reach.

The Five Elders and Marine Headquarters struggled to respond after Kahn’s Eclipse exposed Crocodile’s crimes and publicly put him on trial in Alabasta. Sengoku faced pressure to act, while Tsuru warned that a military intervention would turn witnesses against the Navy.

• The Five Elders decided to label Crocodile a traitorous criminal Shichibukai, strip his title, and demand that Alabasta hand him over to Impel Down.
• The Five Elders learned that Marine Headquarters had convened an emergency meeting to discuss Alabasta.
• Akainu demanded permission to lead thirty warships into Alabasta and arrest Crocodile, threatening to execute Eclipse if it resisted.
• Kizaru warned that Kahn had grown more dangerous and that an attack would make the Navy appear to be protecting Crocodile.
• Tsuru presented evidence of Crocodile’s crimes and cautioned that sending troops would drive Alabasta’s witnesses to support Eclipse.

The Marines debated how to respond to Crocodile’s downfall and Kahn’s actions in Alabasta, with Aokiji chosen to lead a cautious mission. As news of Eclipse spread, Sengoku remained troubled by the challenge Kahn posed to the World Government.

• Akainu urged an immediate military response, while Aokiji, Garp, and others warned that fighting would endanger Alabasta’s civilians and that Kahn was too dangerous to provoke.
• Tsuru outlined the Marines’ competing positions, and Sengoku received the World Government’s orders to strip Crocodile of his title, demand his surrender, and investigate Eclipse.
• Aokiji agreed to lead a limited delegation to Alabasta, and Sengoku ordered him not to attack Kahn without authorization.
• Garp warned Sengoku that Kahn responded to persuasion rather than pressure, then left the office.
• Aokiji’s warship prepared to sail as News Coos carried word of Crocodile’s downfall across the seas, and Sengoku stopped Garp at the door.

Sengoku confronted Garp about Kahn’s growing power and asked what the boy wanted. Garp said Kahn wanted fairness, leaving Sengoku to question whether Kahn’s actions could be justified and whether the Marines might become his next target.

• Sengoku showed Garp a newspaper photograph of Kahn and challenged him to deny their connection.
• Sengoku listed Kahn’s actions in the Goa Kingdom, East Blue, Fish-Man Island, Amazon Lily, and Alabasta, warning that the Five Elders feared his influence.
• Garp recalled Kahn’s childhood and said Kahn wanted fairness above all else.
• Garp defended Kahn by citing the civilians he had saved and the corruption the Marines had failed to address.
• Sengoku argued that Kahn could not simply judge anyone or seize any place he chose, and asked whether the Marines might be next.

Garp confronted Sengoku over Kahn and the World Government, declaring that he stood with the living rather than the rulers of Mary Geoise. As Aokiji's fleet approached Alabasta, Sengoku ordered him to avoid attacking Kahn and prevent the country from becoming a battlefield.

• Sengoku argued that Kahn threatened the World Government's authority, while Garp refused to call him merely a criminal.
• Sengoku revealed that Kahn was descended from Gol D. Roger, and Garp defended Kahn and Ace as children who had not deserved persecution.
• Garp told Sengoku to prove the Marines were not the World Government's dogs, then said he stood with the living and left the office.
• A messenger informed Sengoku that Aokiji's ten-ship fleet was heading to Alabasta with orders to take custody of Crocodile and investigate Eclipse.
• Sengoku told Aokiji to take custody of Crocodile, assess the situation, monitor Eclipse, and not attack Kahn without authorization.
• Aokiji confirmed he understood and told Sengoku he could already see the desert.

Aokiji and the Marines arrived at Rainbase to take custody of Crocodile, but Eclipse controlled the harbor and imposed strict rules on their landing. Aokiji accepted the restrictions and saw Eclipse organizing relief for Alabasta’s civilians.

• Aokiji ordered the Marines not to fire on Eclipse’s ships as both fleets faced off outside Rainbase Harbor.
• Garino let the Marines enter only under strict rules, requiring them to seal heavy weapons and register personnel.
• Aokiji followed Garino’s rules, allowing the Marines to dock and disembark in limited groups.
• The Marines saw Eclipse distributing food and water, managing relief lines, and forcing Baroque Works remnants to carry grain.

Aokiji and the Marines saw Eclipse providing aid in Rainbase, complicating their orders to investigate the organization and take custody of Crocodile. After Kahn invited Aokiji to Alubarna, Aokiji traveled there with negotiator Brian Mort and judicial officer Allen Peace.

• Aokiji gave water to a starving girl, who asked whether the Marines had come to save the people, and he told her they would make sure she could hold her water steady.
• Garino told Aokiji that only twenty representatives could go to the capital and that the other Marines had to remain at the port or help with disaster relief.
• Garino told Brian Mort that Crocodile was held in Alubarna under the royal family's guard and that Brian would have to request custody from King Cobra and Kahn.
• An Eclipse message invited Aokiji, Brian Mort, and Allen Peace to meet Kahn in the underground palace prison, while the rest of the Marines stayed in Rainbase.
• Aokiji traveled toward Alubarna with Brian Mort and Allen Peace, noticing that disaster victims showed more reverence toward Eclipse than toward the Marines.

Kahn confronted the World Government and Marines over their attempt to take custody of Crocodile, demanding accountability for his crimes in Alabasta. The negotiations remained unresolved as Kahn began laying out terms for public acknowledgment and compensation.

• Aokiji and the World Government delegation entered the damaged palace and found Crocodile imprisoned while Cobra, Vivi, Robin, and Kahn waited nearby.
• Brian presented the order to strip Crocodile of his Shichibukai title and transfer him to Impel Down, demanding Alabasta cooperate.
• Sabo rejected the transfer documents as a whitewash and demanded compensation for the harm Crocodile and Baroque Works had caused.
• Kahn demanded that the World Government and Marines publicly acknowledge Crocodile's crimes and their responsibility for granting him legal authority.
• Kahn demanded that Baroque Works' Alabasta assets go first to disaster relief under Eclipse's inventory and the royal family's supervision.

Kahn refused to let the Marines take Crocodile without accepting Alabasta’s demands, while Aokiji tried to prevent the dispute from turning into a battle. The standoff remained unresolved when Sengoku urgently contacted Aokiji for an explanation.

• Allen protested that the World Government should freeze and control Crocodile’s assets, but Tony, Luffy, and Ace mocked the bureaucracy and urged the officials to help deliver grain.
• Cobra and Vivi declared that Alabasta would expose Crocodile’s crimes rather than let the World Government conceal the truth.
• Kahn demanded that the royal family retain interrogation rights to uncover Baroque Works’ remnants, Dance Powder’s source, the Yuba massacre perpetrators, and Crocodile’s hidden assets; Robin supported keeping Crocodile in Alabasta’s custody.
• Brian demanded Crocodile’s immediate surrender, but Kahn challenged Aokiji to take him by force, and Aokiji warned that a fight could devastate Alubarna.
• Aokiji silenced Brian and admitted he lacked authority to accept Kahn’s terms, then received an urgent call from Sengoku demanding to know what was happening.

Kahn, Aokiji, and the Alabasta leaders argued with Sengoku over Crocodile’s custody and disaster relief, while Tony Stark discovered Seastone and proposed a cross-world supply business. The confrontation ended with Tony assessing Seastone’s potential uses, as Sengoku and the others learned more about the outsider from another world.

• Aokiji told Sengoku that Crocodile was alive in Alabasta, and Kahn and Sabo demanded public accountability and disaster relief from Baroque Works’ assets.
• Sabo offered the Marines disaster relief zones, while Kahn accused Sengoku of protecting the Five Elders and warned against transferring Crocodile without addressing Alabasta’s suffering.
• Tony Stark emerged from a nearby evidence warehouse with Seastone, prompting Robin to explain its scarcity and controlled circulation.
• Tony proposed a cross-world Seastone supply chain, and Kahn confirmed that he had brought Tony from another world.
• Aokiji confirmed Tony’s advanced armor to Sengoku, while Tony described Seastone’s potential for alloys, restraints, armor, and weapons.

Tony and Robin catalogued Crocodile’s seized weapons and Dance Powder equipment, while Sengoku put Aokiji in charge of the transfer and delayed Crocodile’s handover. Tony then planned a Seastone research venture in New York, and Ace, Sabo, and Luffy prepared to go with him.

• Tony asked Robin to identify the origins of the evidence in Baroque Works’ warehouse, and she explained how Crocodile used Dance Powder to cause drought and incite rebellion.
• Tony argued that the dangerous equipment should be dismantled, catalogued, and studied rather than buried, and Robin recognized that he wanted to control how technology was used.
• Sengoku ordered the evidence inventory submitted and delayed Crocodile’s transfer until Alabasta’s preliminary interrogation, putting Aokiji in charge and overruling Brian.
• Tony pocketed a Seastone sample and asked Kahn to send him to New York so he could discuss a research project with Pepper Potts.
• Sabo offered Eclipse’s lead role in any Seastone research venture, and Ace, Sabo, and Luffy said they wanted to go to New York with Tony.

Kahn opened a Space Gate to New York and took Tony, Luffy, Ace, and Sabo with him, leaving Alabasta’s affairs in the hands of Sabo, Garino, Robin, and Aokiji. The group arrived in Tony’s world while Brian Mort prepared to report the departure to the Five Elders.

• Sabo assigned Garino, Robin, and the others to manage Alabasta’s blockade, Baroque Works assets, and relations with the royal family and Marines.
• Kahn reassured Cobra that Aokiji and Sengoku did not want a fight and that the Five Elders would not risk provoking him.
• Robin advised Sabo to issue clear orders, and he allocated Alabasta’s supplies, funds, fleet, and armory among relief efforts and Eclipse.
• Kahn warned Luffy, Ace, and Sabo to avoid trouble and keep core information secret, then opened a Space Gate to New York.
• Tony, Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and Kahn passed through the gate, while Aokiji stayed behind to keep Alabasta stable.
• Brian Mort said he would report the event to the Five Elders, and Aokiji warned that the news would keep them awake.

Kahn and Tony returned from the One Piece World to Stark Tower, where Tony learned that nearly a year had passed for them but only twenty-seven days in New York. Tony discovered that his body had grown dramatically stronger, while Kahn tracked Ace, Sabo, and Luffy to Queens; their arrival had already drawn the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the military.

• A spatial rift separated Ace, Sabo, and Luffy from Kahn and Tony, but Kahn sensed that the three brothers had survived.
• Kahn used the Space Stone to bring himself and Tony to Stark Tower, where they crashed through the laboratory floor and shattered the windows.
• Tony learned from JARVIS that he had been missing for twenty-seven days and that his body had gained extraordinary strength during their time in the One Piece World.
• Tony tested his strength, then asked whether he could beat Luffy, Ace, or Sabo, and Kahn told him he could only beat a damaged robotic arm.
• Kahn heard Ace, Sabo, and Luffy in Queens after Luffy flipped over a hot dog stand.
• JARVIS reported that S.H.I.E.L.D., military satellites, and six drones had detected the energy burst and were monitoring Stark Tower.