Chapter Summaries

Nami weighed whether to help the two stranded people and realized their knowledge of the compass could make them useful guides. The pair eagerly accepted the chance to board despite the crew's broken compass.

• The man and woman begged Naruto and Nami to help them return to their island, insisting they meant no harm.
• Naruto left the decision to Nami, who challenged the pair about trying to kill Laboon and questioned their motives.
• The man promised to repay the crew, but Nami remained wary of trusting the pair.
• Nami realized the two could guide them because they knew how to use the compass, and asked whether they still wanted to come aboard despite the broken compass.
• The man and woman jumped up in delight at Nami's offer.

Nami revealed that she still had the pair’s compass, and Luffy agreed to take them aboard despite their earlier threats. Naruto warned them that any attempt to cause trouble would be met with overwhelming force, leaving the pair terrified.

• The man and woman dropped to their knees and begged for help after Nami reminded them that she had their compass.
• Naruto noticed the man’s quiet threat and decided to stay back while waiting for his chance to act.
• Luffy offered the pair a ride aboard, saying they did not seem completely rotten.
• Nami questioned Luffy’s decision, but he dismissed the pair as unskilled.
• Naruto warned that they would wipe out the pair’s town if they caused trouble, terrifying the man and woman.

Naruto and Luffy’s crew left the whale and sailed toward Whiskey Peak after Nami learned to use the compass. The weather suddenly turned snowy as the group continued their journey.

• Luffy declared that he would become the Pirate King, drawing ridicule from people who pointed out that Naruto was standing behind him.
• The old man finished teaching Nami to use the compass, and she confirmed that it pointed toward Whiskey Peak.
• Naruto said goodbye to the whale and warned it not to forget their agreement before the group set sail.
• The old man wondered whether Naruto and the others were the pirates they had been waiting for, and another voice agreed they might be.
• Snow began falling heavily as the crew sailed, and Naruto gave Nami a padded coat while Luffy and the others played in the snow.

Nami discovered that the ship had turned around while the crew ignored the unpredictable weather and their heading. The woman explained that the Special Log Pose was the only reliable guide, and Nami kicked her for lecturing instead of helping.

• Nami complained about the cold, and the man ordered her to shovel snow if she kept whining.
• Lightning flashed as Naruto grumbled about the rapidly changing weather, while Kaguya Ōtsutsuki suggested he use an Earth Release technique to block it.
• The woman pointed out that the crew had been ignoring the ship's heading, prompting Nami to check the compass.
• Nami saw that the ship was sailing back the way it came and urgently told the long-nosed man to turn it around.
• The woman warned Nami that the weather and sea could not be trusted and that only the Special Log Pose stayed reliable.
• Nami kicked the woman and demanded that she help instead of continuing to lecture.

The crew survived the Grand Line’s bizarre weather and hazards as they sailed toward Whiskey Peak. They reached the cactus-shaped island, where the two passengers who had been riding with them abruptly said goodbye and left.

• The weather changed suddenly, and Naruto refused to help, insisting that Luffy would keep everyone safe.
• Long Nose and the others narrowly steered around an iceberg, then patched the ship after it scraped against the ice.
• Luffy said they were nearing Whiskey Peak, while Nami warned the crew not to let their guard down.
• Naruto pointed out the island ahead, which looked like a cluster of cacti.
• The two passengers thanked the crew for bringing them back and left, confusing everyone aboard.

The crew reached Whiskey Peak, where the Mayor and townspeople welcomed them with a lavish banquet despite Naruto’s suspicion that the island was a trap. As night fell, the celebrations continued, while the crew still had no answer about how long the island’s magnetic field would take to record.

• Nami warned everyone to stay alert, but Naruto said they had to remain on the island until their compass recorded its magnetic field.
• Hidden watchers spotted the crew’s pirate ship and called for their defenses to be prepared.
• The townspeople greeted the crew warmly as they arrived at Whiskey Peak, leaving them bewildered.
• The Mayor invited the crew to a banquet and brushed off Nami’s question about recording the island’s magnetic field.
• At night, the town remained lively as people drank, music played, and laughter filled a building.

Naruto and the Straw Hats realized the people of Whiskey Peak were setting them up for an attack and suspected Baroque Works was behind it. They hid in an abandoned watchtower to wait for the Log Pose to finish recording, while Naruto and Nami kept watch over the town.

• Naruto and Nami spotted signs that the cheerful festival guests were armed and waiting for an opportunity to attack.
• Naruto used a deliberately dull adventure story to confirm the townspeople were watching for him to lower his guard.
• Naruto led the crew out of the hall, and they found guards watching the streets, docks, and their ship.
• Nami identified Baroque Works as a likely threat, and Naruto urged the crew to stay together until the Log Pose finished recording.
• The crew settled beneath an abandoned watchtower, where Zoro took first watch and Nami estimated the Log Pose needed another day to record.

Naruto and the others investigated Whiskey Peak in daylight and learned that bounty hunters were watching them while someone else hid in the hills. As they planned to leave that night, the Mayor touched Naruto at a vulnerable spot, prompting him to decide they needed to spend the night elsewhere.

• Zoro and Naruto reported that messengers had visited the central wooden building overnight, while Nami warned that the log would finish recording before nightfall.
• Luffy and Zoro drew three disciplined men following them into an alley, where Zoro confronted them and made them leave.
• Nami and Usopp found signs that the shopkeeper knew about an outsider, and Naruto concluded that bounty hunters operated among the townspeople while another force hid in the hills.
• The group agreed to keep up appearances and leave after the log finished recording, avoiding a fight because they did not know how many enemies were nearby.
• Naruto found a recently placed crate of Whiskey Peak liquor on their ship and spotted a possible clearing in the hills.
• The Mayor approached Naruto with liquor and touched a vulnerable spot near his neck, so Naruto decided the group would spend the night somewhere else.

Naruto and his crew discovered that Baroque Works was imprisoning captured pirates on the hill and decided to rescue them before leaving town. As night fell, Naruto prepared a plan to reclaim their ship, attack the hill, and confront the woman in red if necessary.

• Usopp showed Naruto and the others a map of suspicious locations, including a hidden underground passage behind the big wooden house.
• Naruto sent Zoro and Sanji to scout the hill while the others watched the town and waited for the Log Pose to finish recording.
• Zoro and Sanji reported that armed guards held injured pirates in chains inside an enclosure on the hill.
• Nami concluded that Baroque Works was storing captured pirates to sell, and Naruto decided the crew could not leave without helping them.
• As night approached, Naruto gathered the crew and planned to recover their ship before attacking the hill.

Naruto and the Straw Hats raided the hilltop prison, freed the captives, and fled as the town’s forces closed in. Luffy stayed behind to cover their retreat, but the group found armed men and the red-dressed woman waiting at the rocky beach.

• Naruto’s crew quietly reclaimed their ship and incapacitated its guards before heading toward the hill.
• Zoro and Sanji subdued the road guards, and the crew climbed to the fenced enclosure where prisoners were chained.
• The Straw Hats defeated six guards, while Chopper freed the prisoners and Naruto found more captives bound inside the stone building.
• After the town raised the alarm, Luffy insisted on holding off the pursuers while Naruto led the freed prisoners down the north slope.
• At the rocky beach, Naruto’s group found more than a dozen armed figures and the red-dressed woman waiting beside a boat.

Naruto and the Straw Hats fought the woman in the red dress while evacuating the rescued pirates from the rocky shore. After Luffy defeated her and the survivors escaped into the forest, the crew sailed toward the next island, expecting the woman to pursue them.

• Naruto, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, and Chopper used smoke and a coordinated attack to protect the wounded pirates and get them to the boat.
• The woman in the red dress fought Zoro and Sanji, then drove Naruto and the swordsmen back with a whirlpool created by her Swim-Swim Fruit.
• Luffy caused a mudslide that blocked the pursuers' route, then broke the woman's sword and sent her into the water while Nami disrupted her control of it.
• The woman in the red dress fled toward town, and Naruto gave Soldier Pills to the bearded pirate before the rescued people headed into the forest.
• The crew sailed away before dawn, and Luffy told Naruto that the woman in red would come after them again.

Naruto and Sanji discussed why Naruto had stayed behind during the escape, and Naruto later spoke with Luffy about the woman in red and her sword. As the crew shared soup, Nami revealed that the Log Pose pointed northeast, away from White Reef Island, suggesting the people on the island were searching for something.

• Sanji realized Naruto had stayed behind without using Shadow Clones because the woman in red could sense his chakra, and he warned Naruto not to risk himself like that again.
• Naruto told Sanji he had let the injured people go because the ship lacked room and supplies, and they did not want to come along.
• Luffy told Naruto that the woman in red's power depended on her sword, and they agreed to take it from her next time.
• Naruto checked Nami's sea chart and learned that the crew planned to reach White Reef Island for supplies and repairs.
• Nami told Naruto that the Log Pose pointed northeast, opposite White Reef Island, and suggested the woman in red and her people were searching for something.

Naruto and the Straw Hats arrived at White Reef Island and learned that a woman in a red dress had built a mysterious stone platform in the woods. When Luffy touched it, blue light rose from its center, matching the light inside the Anchor Point.

• Boss Zhou welcomed Naruto and the Straw Hats to White Reef Island and described a stone platform built by a woman in a red dress.
• Boss Zhou said the woman had claimed the island belonged to her people and promised to return for something.
• Nami sent Luffy, Zoro, and Naruto to investigate the platform while Sanji arranged ship repairs and the others handled supplies and the ship.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Naruto followed a rhythmic vibration through the woods and found a vine-covered stone platform with a circular recess.
• Luffy touched the platform, stopping the vibration and causing blue light to rise from the recess; Naruto recognized it as the same light inside the Anchor Point.

Naruto, Luffy, and Zoro activated an ancient stone platform, where a blue fox reacted to Naruto and strange characters appeared. The island’s forest wardens confronted them, and Naruto left with a clue that the woman in the red dress had sailed north.

• A blue fox formed above the platform, looked toward Naruto, and triggered a surge of Nine-Tails chakra; Zoro noticed the platform’s inscriptions were newer than the pillar carvings.
• Naruto copied the strange characters into his notebook, felt a brief sting in his palm, and watched the lights fade away.
• Zoro warned that people were approaching, and a short-haired forest warden confronted the group over Naruto’s notes.
• The forest warden said the woman in the red dress had sailed straight north and confirmed the platform had never lit up before.
• Naruto recognized a symbol from the letter and noted the platform’s connection to the anchor points, the Tailed Beasts, and the northbound target before returning to the pier.

Naruto and Nami connected the woman in the red dress, an old man, and ancient symbols to a mysterious object moving north. The Nine-Tails and Naruto’s compass both pointed slightly east of north, leaving Naruto convinced their journey should lead toward the Okinawa Trough.

• Nami told Naruto that the Log Pose’s needle was slowly turning north, following the object the woman in the red dress had taken from the stone platform.
• Naruto showed Nami the platform’s symbols, and she recognized them from ancient ruins near Alabasta and other places, including Sky Island and Fish-Man Island.
• Nami reported that an old man in a black robe had left the woman’s ship and rowed east toward the Okinawa Trough, where Jiang Feng had seen something human-shaped.
• Naruto mapped White Reef Island, Anvil Island, and the Okinawa Trough, then inferred that the woman was carrying the object to another anchor point.
• The Nine-Tails conveyed a direction slightly east of north, and Naruto’s compass needle settled on the same bearing.

Naruto and the crew sailed toward Anvil Island while investigating an old chart and the strange force drawing them north. Naruto’s Guixu Mark reacted to a symbol linked to the letter, and the chapter ended as a huge shape rose beneath the sea ahead.

• Nami set the ship on a north-northeast course after comparing an old chart with a modern one and finding a missing island in the direction indicated by Nine-Tails.
• A fast-moving shape passed beneath the ship, and Nami noted that an opposing current was flowing from the north.
• Naruto matched symbols from the stone platforms to the letter and felt his palm react to a short stroke; Nine-Tails’ chakra then numbed his left side and made the Guixu Mark glow.
• Naruto told Zoro and Nami that Nine-Tails was connected to the symbol, then chose to visit Anvil Island before pursuing the location on the old chart.
• The sea turned dark green and cold, Luffy smelled blood, and the compass pointed toward the same direction as Nine-Tails before a shape larger than the ship began rising from the depths.

A colossal bone-plated creature surfaced across the ship’s route, and the Nine-Tails warned Naruto not to climb onto it. The creature sank after its powder was absorbed by Naruto’s Guixu Mark, leaving Naruto to suspect it guarded another Anchor Point as the crew continued toward Anvil Island and the northern waters.

• A huge spine-like creature surfaced, blocking the ship’s path, and the Nine-Tails warned Naruto not to climb onto it.
• Nami steered the ship around the creature while Naruto’s Guixu Mark glowed and the creature released poisonous mist.
• The creature’s powder gathered on Naruto’s hand, changed color, and seeped into the Guixu Mark, after which the creature sank.
• Naruto and Zoro concluded the creature had been seeking Naruto, and Naruto recorded its connection to the symbol and marked its location in his notebook.
• Naruto told Nami he would search Anvil Island for clues, suspecting the creature had guarded another Anchor Point near the sea trench.
• Naruto checked the compass and resolved to follow the northern route toward the vanished place on the old map while the Nine-Tails watched that direction.

Naruto and Nami investigated the woman in black and the gray-robed man on Anvil Island, finding a complete stone tablet linked to the Stone Platform. After comparing its symbols, Naruto decided the crew would leave at first light, while the Guixu Mark continued to respond.

• Naruto and Nami found the gray-robed man drawing a map in a courtyard and followed the woman's trail to the inn.
• Naruto and Nami searched the woman's room and found a stone tablet with symbols matching those on the Stone Platform.
• Naruto saw the gray-robed man watching them from a cliff before he disappeared from view.
• Nami compared the tablet with her old booklet and concluded its symbols marked a route pointing north by east.
• Naruto secured the tablet and told Nami they would leave Anvil Island at first light as the Guixu Mark warmed again.

Naruto and the crew followed the tablet’s north-by-east bearing to Bone Reef despite a warning from the Gray-Robed Old Man. As the Guixu Mark flared and something stirred beneath the reef, Naruto chose to sail through.

• Naruto found the Gray-Robed Old Man’s note on the dock telling them to turn back, while the tablet still pointed north by east.
• Nami reasoned that the Woman in Black and the Gray-Robed Old Man had different motives, and Naruto decided to follow the tablet’s direction.
• Naruto saw a gray figure watching from a cliff as the crew sailed away from Anvil Island.
• Usopp’s sonar buoy detected a sudden drop in the seabed beside Bone Reef, and Naruto sensed the reef continued underwater.
• The Guixu Mark blazed, the water turned gray-green, and Luffy sensed something beneath the ship.
• Naruto felt a powerful pull toward the reefs and ordered the crew to go through.

Naruto and Nami followed the silver creatures through Bone Reef to an energy node, where the Guixu Mark activated a complete route map and revealed a key to its second layer. The map pointed toward Gray Whale Cape, where Nami recognized words connected to a note left by her adoptive mother.

• Naruto spotted silver spheres beneath Bone Reef, and Nami identified them as energy relay points shown in the old booklet.
• Usopp saw silver creatures gathering ahead, and Naruto realized they were leading the ship along the route.
• Naruto followed the creatures into a hidden pool, where the Guixu Mark activated the node and raised a large stone slab.
• Nami deciphered the slab as a complete route map pointing through Gray Whale Cape toward an endpoint, and Naruto found a copper-foil key matching the second layer of the Guixu Mark.
• Nami recognized writing on the map from a note left by her adoptive mother, who had told her to look north of Gray Whale Cape if her compass stopped working.