Chapter Summaries

Noki defeated Ace but left him alive, while Ace vowed to stay in Loguetown until he could beat Noki. Nami arrived at the Marine Base to join the Marines, and Noki planned to assess her skills as a potential navigator.

• Ace reignited the fight after Noki released him, but Noki used Moonwalk and his sword to knock Ace unconscious.
• Deuce begged Noki to spare Ace, and Noki ordered him to take Ace away; Deuce carried Ace off for treatment.
• Nami brought Nojiko's love letter to the Marine Base, where Ain learned Nami was a skilled navigator and offered her access to the base library.
• Ain arranged a room for Nami and explained the recruit salary, while Nami agreed to study Grand Line navigation before taking a role.
• Noki returned, learned Nami had arrived, and agreed with Ain to evaluate her abilities before assigning her a position.
• Ain asked about Ace, and Noki proposed a bet that Garp would not get angry when told Noki had beaten his grandson.

Noki arranged to train Ace harshly after learning he had eaten the Flame-Flame Fruit, while Bartolomeo’s clash with Ace escalated into a fight that drew Noki to the scene. Noki defeated Ace’s fire attacks with his Dark-Dark Fruit powers and struck him in the chest, worsening his injuries.

• Noki told Garp that Ace had eaten the Flame-Flame Fruit and planned to train him severely, and Garp approved.
• Bartolomeo beat up a group who had failed to pay for supplies, prompting their captain to seek Lord Krieg’s help against Loguetown.
• Ace and Deuce took restaurant jobs while Ace recovered, but Bartolomeo recognized Ace and attacked him after Ace threw a tray of food at the Marines.
• Ace and Bartolomeo fought for more than half an hour, with Ace’s flames unable to break Bartolomeo’s barriers and the barriers unable to hurt Ace.
• Noki arrived, ordered Bartolomeo to explain himself, and confronted Ace, whose Black Hand and Dark Finger Pistol overwhelmed Ace’s Flame Fist and Cross Fire.

Noki defeated Ace and Deuce, then disciplined Bartolomeo and his men for causing damage while enforcing the law. Later, he met Nami and offered her a future role managing his ship’s personnel and finances, with extra pay and promotion opportunities.

• Noki used Armament Haki and other techniques to overwhelm Ace and Deuce, leaving both unconscious before heading into town with Bartolomeo.
• At the Marine base, Noki reprimanded Bartolomeo for destroying a restaurant and explained that Marines had to protect civilians while enforcing the law.
• Noki ordered Bartolomeo to compensate the restaurant and undergo two weeks of intensified training supervised by Dezaya, while his lackeys received doubled training under Tashigi.
• Noki’s reformation plan progressed as Dezaya’s training wore down Bartolomeo’s temper.
• Noki met Nami, praised her abilities, and offered her additional rewards if she managed personnel, finances, and resources on his future ship while continuing her navigation work.

Nami agreed to Noki’s demanding promotion plan and asked to train with Tashigi and Dezaya, while Ace and Deuce recovered in Loguetown and chose to remain despite the danger. Krieg ordered his fleet to gather at Loguetown to destroy Noki, and Noki took Ain to buy her new short blades before a sudden explosion interrupted them.

• Nami accepted Noki’s requirements for a higher salary and asked Ain to let her train alongside Tashigi and Dezaya.
• Ace woke in the hospital, decided he had to defeat Noki, and persuaded Deuce to stay with him; Dadi warned them to keep their pirate identities secret while they recovered.
• Dadi told Ain that Ace and Deuce had mostly recovered, then Krieg ordered his fleets to assemble at Loguetown in three days so he could attack Noki and raze the town.
• Ain agreed to train Nami and gave her an evaluation plan, while Noki spent several days earning millions of Beli by hunting wanted criminals.
• Noki took Ain to Ipponmatsu’s weapon shop and offered to buy her new short blades, telling her that she was family to him.
• A deafening boom suddenly interrupted Noki and Ain’s moment at the weapon shop.

Noki protected Loguetown from Krieg's fleet and annihilated the Krieg Pirates, leaving the town safe but shaken by his brutality. After comforting Noki, Ain stayed with him as news of the massacre spread, while Garp and Zephyr discussed Noki's future in the Marines.

• Krieg's fleet bombarded Loguetown, but Noki used darkness to stop the cannonballs and ordered Tashigi, Dezaya, Bartolomeo, and the Marines to protect the town.
• Noki attacked the fleet, killed Gin, and used Black Hole to destroy ships before Krieg fired an M.H.5 poison gas bomb at him.
• Noki caught the gas bomb with Dark Devourer, killed Krieg, and wiped out the Krieg Pirates; the surviving officers' pleas for surrender did not move him.
• Tashigi, Dezaya, and Bartolomeo returned to Loguetown uneasy about Noki's slaughter, while Ain comforted him at the base as he struggled to sleep.
• News of the Krieg Pirates' annihilation reached Marine Headquarters, where Kuzan, Kizaru, and Akainu reacted; Garp and Zephyr discussed Noki's methods and his uncertain future.
• Noki donated Marine base funds to Loguetown residents for reconstruction, bought Ain a fine sword, and saw the town become so peaceful that bounty hunter Dadi struggled to find pirates.

Noki defeated Ace again but spared him, and after six months of peace in East Blue, Marine Headquarters ordered him to return and appointed Smoker to take over Loguetown. As Noki prepared to leave with his chosen team, he gave Carter a Zoan Devil Fruit to help him protect the base.

• Noki fought Ace outside Loguetown, overwhelmed him, and refused to kill him, prompting Ace to vow that he would one day earn Noki's recognition and defeat him.
• Over the next six months, Noki trained Ace and the Loguetown group as East Blue grew peaceful and pirates became less active.
• Marine Headquarters ordered Noki to return immediately and assigned Smoker to take command of the Loguetown base.
• Noki selected Tashigi, Dezaya, Bartolomeo, Nami, Bartolomeo's underlings, Tereina, and Carmen to accompany him to headquarters.
• Noki gave Carter a Zoan Devil Fruit as a parting gift, and Carter promised to protect Loguetown in his place.

Noki left Loguetown aboard her Headquarters warship and crossed the Calm Belt with her crew, then encountered Princess Vivi near Alabasta. After Vivi revealed her mission against Baroque Works, Noki refused to intervene without orders from Headquarters.

• Smoker arrived in Loguetown to take command, and Noki departed after Ace challenged her to a future rematch.
• Nami learned that the warship could cross the Calm Belt using Seastone, and she guided it safely through the Grand Line.
• Near Alabasta, Tashigi, Dezaya, and Bartolomeo defeated a pirate crew under Ain's orders and discovered a girl claiming to be Princess Vivi.
• Vivi confirmed her identity as Nefertari Vivi and explained that she had infiltrated Baroque Works to investigate Alabasta's unrest.
• Noki told Vivi she could not act against Baroque Works without orders from Headquarters.

Vivi secured Noki’s promise to help Alabasta and returned safely to Nanohana, where Noki warned Chaka about Crocodile. Back at Marine Headquarters, Noki learned he had been assigned to escort a Celestial Dragon and began training with Garp, whose intentions seemed suspiciously violent.

• Vivi apologized to Noki, who promised to eradicate Baroque Works after receiving authorization and told her to return to Alabasta.
• Noki’s Marines escorted Vivi to Nanohana, where Chaka received her and Noki warned him to stay vigilant around Crocodile.
• Noki returned to Marine Headquarters, reunited with Garp, and reported to Kuzan, who assigned him to escort a Celestial Dragon.
• Noki went to train with Garp and suspected that Garp planned to beat him in revenge for his grandson Ace.

Noki trained with Garp to strengthen his boxing, enduring the Dark-Dark Fruit’s doubled pain until Gion intervened and learned why he suffered. Over tea, Garp and Gion told Noki about his father Rogers’s rise and death in an ambush by Catarina Devon; later, Noki returned home to Ain, who had prepared dinner and settled Tashigi and the others in at Headquarters.

• Noki exchanged punches with Garp at the training grounds, enduring severe pain from his Dark-Dark Fruit ability as Marines watched.
• Gion rushed in and stopped the training, but Noki explained that he had asked Garp to teach him boxing, and the three went to a tea shop.
• Garp and Gion told Noki that his father, Rogers, had risen from a junior officer to Vice Admiral before dying with his crew in an ambush set by Catarina Devon.
• Gion teased Noki about Ain before leaving, and Garp confirmed that Ace intended to challenge Noki again on the Grand Line; Noki said he would show no mercy if they met.
• Nearly a year later, Noki returned home, where Ain had settled Tashigi and the others and prepared dinner after hearing about his training with Garp.

Noki captured a runaway Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit power, secretly absorbed it, and transferred it into one of his Navy robes, creating an intelligent nine-tailed fox. He left the fox with Ain before heading to training with Garp, while Ain named it Little Black.

• Kizaru asked Noki to find a runaway object that had eaten the Dog-Dog Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Nine-Tailed Fox, which could imitate any person or object.
• Noki searched the sealed Science Division, spotted the fox disguised as a Navy soldier, and captured it with Dark Water.
• Noki secretly absorbed the fox's Devil Fruit power, then used Dark Liberation to give the power to his Navy robe and create a new white fox.
• The fox showed affection for Noki and transformed into Ain, but Ain objected to it following him in her likeness, so Noki asked Ain to teach it instead.
• Ain agreed to care for the fox, suggested using her own appearance, and named it Little Black before Noki went to train with Garp.

Noki trained with Garp and made startling gains, while Little Black settled into life with Noki and Ain and began learning how to use its abilities. The chapter ended when loud banging and a stern voice woke Noki at home.

• Noki sparred with Garp, who was surprised by how much Noki's strength had improved, and Noki trained with him until dinner.
• Noki joined Ain and Little Black for dinner and reconsidered turning Little Black back into a Devil Fruit because he viewed it as a living being.
• Noki asked Little Black to try using its illusions on him, but Little Black could not yet control its ability.
• Over the next few days, Noki continued training with Garp while Little Black imitated Noki and Ain, once startling them by kissing Noki.
• Ain stayed overnight at Noki's home, and Noki woke to loud banging and a stern voice.

Noki learned he would command the Navy escort for a female Celestial Dragon, despite Sakazuki's warnings to keep his distance from her. The convoy was ambushed by a prepared pirate fleet, and Noki suspected a powerful figure was directing the attack.

• Sakazuki warned Noki not to get close to the Celestial Dragon he would escort to the Kingdom of Krilar, then told him to train under Garp before learning more about his father.
• Noki asked Garp about the woman Sakazuki had mentioned, but Garp refused to reveal what he knew.
• Noki took command of three warships escorting a veiled female Celestial Dragon, whose presence felt strangely familiar to him.
• Noki ordered the convoy to maintain its guard while his crew sailed toward the Kingdom of Krilar.
• Ain woke Noki after pirate ships surrounded the convoy, and she cut apart incoming cannonballs as Noki suspected the attack had been planned by a powerful figure.

Noki defeated pirates who attacked a World Noble’s ship, but she could not uncover who had organized the assault. In Mary Geoise, a Donquixote Family member revealed that the first assassination had failed and that a second attempt was planned; days later, Noki accompanied the World Noble to the Kingdom of Krilar to protect her.

• Noki led the Navy’s defense, killed Heavy Sword Barvatis, and used her dark powers to defeat the pirates who boarded the World Government ship.
• Noki rescued the World Noble’s maid and defeated the polar bear pirate and the wind-controlling woman before the Marines and CP agents subdued the remaining attackers.
• Noki interrogated the surviving pirates, but they only blamed Barvatis; she suspected Doflamingo but had no evidence to report.
• In Pangaea Castle, a Donquixote Family member told an angry Celestial Dragon that the first assassination had failed and that a second attempt would follow.
• Several days later, Noki traveled with the World Noble to the Kingdom of Krilar and stayed at the royal palace to protect her.

Noki discovered that the disguised Celestial Dragon, Anasiah, was his mother and learned that his father Rogers may have been killed through a World Government plot. He agreed to spend a day with her in Krilar, where she also revealed Rogers had arranged for Boa Hancock to become Noki’s wife.

• After Noki entered the Celestial Dragon’s room, Anasiah revealed that she had impersonated her maid and asked him to guard her on a secret outing.
• Anasiah told Noki that she was his mother and explained how she and Rogers met, how Noki was born, and why she had stayed away from him.
• Noki concluded that the World Government may have arranged Rogers’s death and decided he could not let his father’s possible murder go unavenged.
• Anasiah asked Noki to spend a day with her in Krilar, and he agreed before taking her to find an inn.
• Anasiah told Noki that Rogers had asked her to arrange a marriage between him and Boa Hancock, but Noki rejected the idea and said he would introduce Anasiah to Ain.

Noki introduced Ain to his mother, Anasiah, and the three spent time together as Ain and Anasiah bonded. After taking Anasiah around the city, Noki encountered the fighting champion Jesus Burgess and recognized an opportunity to recruit him.

• Noki learned from Ain that Jesus Burgess, a powerful fighting champion, had been challenging warriors across kingdoms, and he decided Burgess was worth recruiting.
• Noki explained his situation to Ain and brought her to meet Anasiah, who warmly welcomed her and asked about their marriage and future children.
• Ain told Anasiah stories about Noki's childhood, and they talked late into the night while Noki fell asleep.
• Anasiah suggested inviting Boa Hancock to help Ain, causing Ain to mistakenly think Anasiah disapproved of her; Noki later explained the misunderstanding.
• Noki took Anasiah around the city and encountered Jesus Burgess at a fighting ring, where Burgess offered prize money to anyone who could defeat him.

Noki defeated Burgess and prepared an elaborate security plan for Anasiah’s public appearance, but a coordinated assassination attempt ended with a sniper killing the woman posing as the World Noble. Noki killed one attacker and rushed toward the distant sniper, suspecting Van Augur.

• Noki defeated Burgess, then ordered Dezaya to take him to the hospital and pay for his treatment.
• Noki returned Anasiah to the palace and took charge of security for the kingdom’s public performance.
• When an explosion drew the kingdom’s army away, Noki recognized it as a diversion, and Ain uncovered assassins hiding among the performers.
• A crew-cut pirate charged the viewing platform, but Noki overwhelmed him while agents guarded Anasiah.
• A distant sniper shot and killed the maid posing as the World Noble, and Noki killed the crew-cut pirate before rushing toward the shooter.
• Noki suspected the sniper was Van Augur, one of only two people he knew capable of making such a shot.

Noki captured Van Augur after foiling the assassination plot, then persuaded Burgess and Van Augur to join the Marines under his command. After completing Anasiah’s escort mission, Noki earned a recommendation for promotion to vice admiral and was assigned to escort Alabasta’s delegation to the World Conference, with a request to investigate Nico Robin.

• Noki revealed that the apparent World Noble who was shot was a maid disguised as Krilar’s second princess, then defeated Van Augur and took him prisoner.
• Noki arranged for the World Noble’s party to return early to Mary Geoise, then persuaded Burgess and Van Augur to join the Marines.
• Noki brought Burgess and Van Augur aboard his ship, where Ain assigned them positions, while Noki helped Tashigi improve her swordsmanship.
• Noki escorted Anasiah safely to Mary Geoise, returned to Marineford, and learned that Kuzan planned to recommend him for promotion to vice admiral.
• Kuzan told Noki that Alabasta had requested him as an escort for the World Conference and asked him to investigate Nico Robin.

Noki learned from Rogers's letter that he had a special constitution capable of withstanding two Devil Fruit abilities, while Kuzan asked him to investigate Nico Robin. After reaffirming his place in the Marines and discussing possible cooperation with Monkey D. Dragon, Noki ran into Momonga and joined him, Ain, and Momonga's companion for dinner.

• Kuzan told Noki how Saul had protected Nico Robin at Ohara and asked him to investigate her before the Reverie.
• Sakazuki gave Noki Rogers's letter, which revealed that Noki could withstand two Devil Fruit abilities and warned him about eating two fruits of the same type.
• Sakazuki urged Noki to remain loyal to the Marines, assigned him a potted plant to care for, and advised him to set romance aside.
• Noki trained with Garp, then told him what he had learned about the World Government; Garp suggested he consider cooperating with Monkey D. Dragon's revolutionary cause.
• Noki encountered Momonga on a date with a civilian official, and Ain arrived and invited them all to a couples' restaurant for dinner.

Noki spent time with Ain and Momonga, discovered how Little Black could use its illusions to disguise him, and later sailed with his Marines to Alabasta ahead of the Reverie. He left Ain to meet the royal family and infiltrated Crocodile’s casino, where he confronted Nico Robin before escaping.

• Noki and Ain helped Momonga spend time with Faye, then Noki cooked dinner for Ain and Little Black at home.
• Noki tested Little Black’s illusion ability while wearing its Marine coat and successfully transformed his appearance into Ain’s.
• Noki trained with Garp while Burgess challenged officers at Marine Headquarters, and Sengoku postponed Kuzan’s application to promote Noki to vice admiral.
• Noki sailed to Alabasta with his subordinates, left Ain to meet Princess Vivi, and flew to Rainbase to investigate Crocodile’s casino.
• Noki disguised himself as a casino employee with Little Black’s illusions and encountered Nico Robin inside the casino.
• Noki struck Robin and escaped, while Robin told a man in a black fur coat that her attacker seemed like a World Government agent.

Noki recruited Robin to help him secretly take control of Baroque Works and bring down Crocodile. Days later, he reassured Vivi and King Cobra that Baroque Works had not framed the royal family with Dancing Powder and promised the truth would soon emerge.

• Crocodile ordered Robin to mobilize Baroque Works and find the Marine who had arrived in Alabasta, while putting operations against Alubarna on hold.
• Robin led Noki into the desert, deduced he was a Marine allied with Aokiji, and listened as he explained why Aokiji had watched over her.
• Noki proposed that Robin help him use Baroque Works as a secret organization, overthrow Crocodile, and install his false identity as a new Shichibukai; Robin agreed.
• Noki explained his plan to Robin, who praised him for being devious.
• Vivi summoned Noki to the palace, where she asked him for more information about Baroque Works and the plot against Alabasta.
• Noki assured Vivi, Cobra, and the officials that Baroque Works had not used Dancing Powder to frame the royal family and asked them to trust him until the truth came out.