Recaps

Leo challenged the pirates to test his combat ability against the weakest fighter aboard the ship. After he easily outmaneuvered Todlin, Longarm Wood knocked Todlin aside and confronted him, revealing that the pirates were still dangerous Grand Line fighters.

• Great Bay Blade William ordered Todlin to fight Leo after none of the pirates volunteered.
• Todlin charged Leo with a punch, but Leo dodged and tripped him onto the deck.
• Todlin repeatedly attacked Leo and fell without landing a hit, injuring himself in the process.
• Leo asked William to choose another opponent, but Todlin stubbornly tried to continue.
• Longarm Wood stepped between them and sent Todlin flying with one punch.
• Longarm Wood rebuked Todlin for ignoring Leo's request to change opponents.

Leo faced Barbaro in a fight and was quickly beaten, but he accepted his weakness without discouragement. Rindou stopped Barbaro from attacking further and asked to examine Leo’s injury.

• Leo realized the Cutlass Pirates’ captain and first mate were only humble because they feared the Kuja Pirates’ strength.
• Longarm Wood chose Barbaro to fight Leo, and Leo prepared with the boxing stance he had learned in modern society.
• Barbaro struck Leo’s guard, exploited his exposed abdomen with a roundhouse kick, and knocked him to the ground.
• Rindou’s killing intent made Barbaro stop his follow-up attack and return to the crowd.
• Leo got back up, told Rindou he could improve by recognizing his weakness, and she asked to see his injury.

Leo continued fighting Barbaro to gain combat experience and earned his respect despite losing. He then invited the pirates to fish and cook dinner, using the gathering to begin infiltrating their crew.

• Leo rested briefly, then challenged Barbaro to fight again while Rindou watched.
• Leo used boxing footwork and fast jabs, but Barbaro eventually grappled him and won the messy fight.
• Barbaro helped Leo to his feet and said he respected him, while the pirates jeered at their reconciliation.
• William quieted the pirates and asked Leo whether he was satisfied with the battle.
• Leo pulled fishing rods from beneath the lifeboat and told the pirates to catch their own dinner, planning to observe them as he infiltrated the crew.

Leo used fishing to relieve the captured pirates’ boredom and ease tensions aboard the ship, explaining to Rindou that shared excitement could reduce their hostility toward him. Great Bay Blade William acknowledged Leo’s efforts and offered to help him.

• Leo gave the pirates fishing rods and hooks, and they began catching fish in the Calm Belt with polished hooks used as lures.
• The pirates worked together to knock out dangerous fish, prepare them, and share bait and catches with those who had caught nothing.
• Rindou asked Leo why he had given the pirates fishing gear, and William remarked that he had never seen the crew so lively.
• Leo explained that fishing and fighting provided stimulation, helped the pirates associate him with enjoyment, and eased the strain of life aboard the ship.
• William thanked Leo and asked whether there was anything else he could do for him.

Leo won William’s trust and used the fishing trip to earn the Cutlass Pirates’ cooperation, but the arrival of two Yuda reminded everyone of their captivity and the power gap. He announced that he would turn the surviving pirates into disciplined warriors through harsh training.

• William accepted Leo’s goodwill and asked how he could help, while Leo told him to watch.
• Leo organized the pirates into groups to fish and prepare their catch, and the activity continued until a giant seal attacked the ship.
• The two Yuda tore apart and devoured the seal, then returned to pulling the Kuja Pirates’ Perfume Yuda after Rindou ordered them back.
• Leo reminded the frightened pirates that recognizing their weakness would let them survive and grow, and explained why he had spared them.
• Leo declared that he would reshape the pirates into disciplined warriors to fight the Marines, using absolute authority to transform their bodies and minds.

After realizing that winning over the Cutlass Pirates required decisive action as well as ideals, Leo changed his approach and prepared to rule them through force. The next morning, he confronted the pirates aboard their ship and ordered them to obey him unconditionally.

• Leo abandoned his plan to win the pirates over through accommodation and decided to use the Kuja Pirates and the Shichibukai as leverage.
• The Empress treated Leo's bruises and offered to teach the Amazon warrior women a lesson, but Leo declined and planned a different approach.
• The next morning, Rindou, Ran, and Sandersonia accompanied Leo onto the Cutlass Pirates' ship.
• Leo told the pirates their food and ship belonged to their captors, then ordered them to speak only when called on and obey him unconditionally.

Leo began drilling the pirates aboard the ship, using Sandersonia to punish hecklers and forcing the crew through squats to expose their neglected lower-body strength. He picked up a wooden stick as the crooked ranks stood waiting for what he would do next.

• A heckler mocked Leo, and Sandersonia used her snake-like hair to identify and hoist him into the air.
• Leo ordered the heckler hung from the mast, then made the crew form eight-person rows within twenty seconds.
• After several men laughed at Leo's squat demonstration, Sandersonia hung three more men from the mast.
• Leo had each row perform twenty squats and observed the crew's weak lower-body muscles.
• Leo picked up a wooden stick and swung it toward the crew as they stood in crooked lines.

Leo drilled William’s pirate crew in formation under the blazing sun, explaining that discipline and coordinated musket fire could make them dangerous even without Haki. The crew began to understand that their training was preparing them to use a three-stage firing tactic in boarding battles.

• Leo forced the pirates to hold painful standing positions, and Ran tried the exercise herself before giving up after five minutes.
• Leo explained that the drills built physical strength and discipline, then described Haki as beyond the crew’s current abilities.
• Todlin questioned the purpose of the training, and Leo admitted it would not teach them Haki.
• Leo argued that a disciplined formation with one musket per pirate could unleash enough firepower to defeat even their captain William.
• Leo revealed that the crew was practicing three-stage firing, a tactic designed to compensate for muskets’ poor accuracy.

The starving Spade Pirates decided to raid Iska’s warship for its Log Pose, but the Kuja Pirates arrived before they could act. The Kuja warriors aimed their Haki-infused arrows at Ace’s crew, setting up a confrontation.

• With no navigator, food, or water, the Spade Pirates drifted far from their last island while Iska pursued them.
• Ace decided to raid Iska’s warship and take her Log Pose, and the crew eagerly agreed.
• The Perfume Yuda, drawn by two Yuda, appeared before the Spade Pirates’ ship.
• Masked Deuce recognized the Kuja Pirates as a Shichibukai crew as Amazon warriors raised their bows and aimed at the Spade Pirates.

Leo recognized Ace’s arrival as proof that the world’s future could be traced, while the Kuja Pirates fought the Spade Pirates under his order not to kill anyone. After Hancock protected Leo from a sneak attack, she incapacitated Ace and his crew, leaving Leo to realize she had used Conqueror’s Haki.

• Leo told the Kuja Pirates warriors not to kill anyone as Ace and the Spade Pirates prepared to fight.
• Wores leapt into the air and was badly wounded by the Amazon archers, while Michael shot and knocked down one of the women.
• The Spade Pirates charged from the masts, but the Kuja archers pinned them with arrows.
• A Spade Pirates member fired at Leo, and Hancock blocked the bullet with her Haki-coated hair.
• Hancock’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked the wounded crew unconscious, and she kicked Ace unconscious before asking Leo if he was all right.

After Hancock defeated Ace and the Spade Pirates, Leo revealed that he knew Ace was Roger’s son and asked him to help overthrow the Marines, the World Government, and the Great Pirate Era. Ace and his crew remained bound as he considered Leo’s unexpected knowledge and proposal.

• Hancock knocked out Ace and subdued the injured Spade Pirates, then checked on Leo.
• Sandersonia and Marigold praised Leo for resisting Hancock’s Conqueror’s Haki, while Leo reflected on his own Haki and shared a quiet moment with Hancock.
• Ace woke up and saw that his companions were alive, though the Spade Pirates had been completely defeated.
• Leo identified Ace as Roger’s son, shocking both the Spade Pirates and the Kuja Pirates.
• Ace suspected Leo was connected to the Marines, but Leo denied it and asked Ace to join his cause against the Marines, the World Government, and the Great Pirate Era.

Leo tried to recruit Ace to help create a new world by arguing that Roger’s Great Age of Pirates had changed nothing and that the World Government remained the root of the world’s suffering. Ace asked what Leo intended to do, and Leo proposed uniting dissatisfied Marines and other forces to oppose the World Government.

• Leo told Ace he needed strong allies to create a new world and argued that the world had not fundamentally changed since Roger’s death.
• Scar angrily defended Roger, but Ace ordered him to be quiet because his feelings about his father were complicated.
• Leo revealed that Roger had been terminally ill, left secrets on Raftel, and ignited a spark for a new era.
• Leo reminded Ace that people like his brother Sabo would continue to die while the World Government remained in power.
• Ace asked Leo what he planned to do, and Leo said he would unite every force he could, beginning with Marines and officers dissatisfied with the World Government.

On the Perfume Yuda, Leo discussed bringing the Cutlass Pirates into his force and urged the Spade Pirates to strengthen themselves, while correcting their dismissive view of the Navy. He ended by deciding to teach them how the Navy operated and trained its next generation.

• The Spade Pirates ate with the Kuja Pirates, and their wounds began healing as they recovered.
• Leo explained that the Cutlass Pirates had been rescued from the Calm Belt and that he wanted to recruit them, though they were difficult to tame.
• Ace fell asleep face-first in his bowl, while Leo recognized Teacher Michael as the sniper who had injured a Kuja warrior.
• Leo told the Spade Pirates to master Observation Haki and Armament Haki so they could face high-ranking Navy enemies.
• Wores and the others dismissed the Navy as weak based on their past encounters, so Leo resolved to teach them how the Navy operated and trained its next generation.

Leo explained to Ace and the others that the Marines used their vast organization to let promising officers grow through pursuing powerful pirates, then joined forces to defeat those pirates. He suggested Iska might be one such Marine seed, though her role remained uncertain.

• Leo confirmed that Iska was pursuing the Spade Pirates and that she seemed interested in Ace.
• Leo reminded Ace that Roger had entrusted Ace and his mother to Garp, explaining that Roger and Garp had trusted each other despite being enemies.
• Leo described his theory that powerful pirates spurred Marines to grow, after which the Marines used their superior numbers and resources to crush them.
• The Spade Pirates wondered whether Iska was a Marine seed assigned to grow stronger while pursuing them, and Leo said they could not know for sure.

Leo planned for the Cutlass Pirates and Ace’s group to face the Marines pursuing the Spade Pirates, using the encounter to test his crew. As the two ships closed for battle, Leo ordered Michael to shoot the Marine lookout without killing him.

• Leo explained that the Navy would capture the pirates and urged Ace to defeat and capture the Marines following him.
• The Marines aboard a ship with over a hundred crewmen and twenty cannons spotted the Spade Pirates’ ship and prepared to attack.
• Ace and the others questioned whether the Cutlass Pirates could match the Marines, while Leo told his crew to stand by and watch.
• The Marine lookout spotted the Cutlass Pirates waiting in formation on deck as the ships drew within two hundred meters.
• Leo ordered Michael to shoot the lookout without killing him.

Iska and the Marines attacked the Cutlass Pirates, whose disciplined forces turned the boarding attempt into a one-sided slaughter. As waves of Marines fell to rotating musket volleys, the wounded Iska begged her subordinates to stop charging.

• A sniper shot a Marine, and Iska learned that the approaching Cutlass Pirates had more than two hundred fighters.
• The Marines fired cannon volleys, damaging the enemy ship but failing to stop it from closing in.
• Iska led the Marines across planks onto the pirate ship, where they found more than a hundred pirates ranked with muskets.
• The first sixteen pirates fired together, killing or wounding the Marines who had boarded.
• Fresh groups of sixteen pirates took turns firing into each wave of Marines, while wounded Iska begged her subordinates to stop and cried out against the slaughter.

Leo's volley-fire formation overwhelmed Iska's Marines, forcing them to surrender and giving the Cutlass Pirates confidence in their strength. The battle ended with Ace tending to Iska's wound as she clung to him.

• Leo's formation fired repeated volleys that killed more than thirty Marines and stopped their advance.
• Leo ordered the pirates to move forward in formation and aim their muskets at the remaining Marines.
• Iska, wounded in the thigh, called for her men to surrender, and Leo said their fate depended on whether they laid down their weapons.
• The Marines began dropping their weapons, and the Cutlass Pirates celebrated their victory by shouting Leo's name.
• Ace jumped down beside Iska and pressed on her wound, and she recognized him and clung to his waist while crying.

After defeating the Marines, Leo ordered the pirates to restrain prisoners and treat the wounded, then operated on a few Marines to remove lodged bullets. The chapter ended with their survival uncertain after Leo stitched their wounds closed.

• Leo ended the pirates’ victory celebration, ordered them to take ten lashes after the battle, and assigned them to restrain Marines and treat the wounded.
• Ace carried Iska to Masked for treatment while the pirates tended to other injured Marines, though some died from their wounds.
• Leo treated Marines with lodged bullets, explaining their options and operating on a few whose injuries were in their torsos.
• The onlookers applauded as Leo removed the bullets, and he stitched the wounds while hoping the Marines would survive.

Leo established his authority over the Cutlass Pirates by directing their treatment of the Marines and handling of the spoils. He formed the pirates up and announced that he would honor his promise to let them leave after they departed the Calm Belt.

• Leo oversaw the pirates as they treated wounded Marines, secured prisoners, counted loot, and searched the Marine ship for Log Poses and documents.
• The Empress and her sisters emerged from the cabin while Leo hurried between tasks, and Iska asked Masked who Leo was.
• Masked and Ace explained that Leo had orchestrated the Marines’ defeat, while the Spade Pirates described his transformation of the pirates into an army as magic.
• Leo called the pirates into formation, praised their training, and reminded them that he had promised they could leave after the ship departed the Calm Belt.

Leo challenged the pirates and Marines to question the world that had driven people into piracy, then urged the exploited to unite and fight for a better future. He left them weighing whether to return to their old lives or risk everything for their descendants.

• Leo declared that the Cutlass Pirates were free but asked whether they wanted to become stronger in a different way.
• Leo argued that pirates and Marines were trapped in a cycle of violence and described how people could pursue the lives they wanted if the world were just.
• Barbaro, Todlin, Wood, Chalin, and Gabon explained that debt, orphanhood, nobles, the king, and Heavenly Gold had driven them to piracy.
• Leo named landlords, nobles, royalty, corrupt Marines, the World Government, and the Celestial Dragons as exploiters who created people with nothing.
• Leo urged the pirates to unite, take up arms, and choose between returning home to be exploited or fighting for their descendants, then waited for their answer.

Leo’s speech inspired pirates and disillusioned Marines to join his cause, while Iska struggled between her emotions and her duty. The chapter ended with pirates and Marines forming ranks together as one group.

• Leo asked those willing to follow him to step forward, and all ninety-eight pirates moved together.
• Six badly wounded Marines begged Leo to take them with him, saying nobles had killed their families and they had become the nobles’ dogs.
• Around forty or fifty bound Marines struggled to their feet and asked to join Leo’s group.
• Iska felt drawn to the group but fought the urge, believing that joining them would betray the Marines.
• Leo ordered those who wished to join to fall in, and the wounded and bound Marines formed rows alongside the pirates.

Ace, the Spade Pirates, and former Marines joined Leo’s new revolutionary organization, which aimed to overthrow the World Government through open, careful, and sustained action. Leo laid out a plan to build strength, recruit allies, dismantle the World Government’s influence, and finally destroy the Marines.

• Ace joined the formation, and the Spade Pirates followed him to stand together as part of the Revolutionary Army.
• The three Empress sisters watched the formation and embraced the goal of revolution against the Marines, the World Government, and the Celestial Dragons.
• Ace urged Iska to leave the Marines, criticizing their failure to punish corruption and crimes against civilians.
• Iska joined the ranks, and the Marines who had already defected looked to her with hope.
• Leo rejected assassination as their path and described a plan to build power, win allies, dismantle the World Government’s reach, and crush the World Marines.

Leo taught the gathered pirates and Navy soldiers that revolution would not succeed until its ideas spread throughout the world, and that they needed to preserve themselves while preparing. The lesson ended with William asking whether they could spread those ideas more quickly.

• Leo reflected that Dragon’s revolutionary strategy had failed to secure gains and that the Revolutionary Army had been scattered after the government destroyed its headquarters.
• The ships resumed their voyage toward Jaya Island, and Leo began teaching the assembled crews and Navy soldiers each evening.
• Iska asked when the time would be right for revolution, and Leo replied that it would never come if they did nothing to spread revolutionary ideas.
• Leo explained that people remained divided and uninformed, so revolutionaries had to plant and protect the seeds of revolution across the world.
• William asked whether there was a way to spread those ideas more quickly.

Leo laid out a long-term plan to transform the Marines from within by scattering loyal recruits across the Four Seas and recruiting others discreetly. He warned them that a once-in-a-century pirate tide was approaching and urged them to learn Haki before they went their separate ways.

• Leo told Iska to return to the Marines pretending her group had been defeated and to recruit promising allies through careful, long-term observation.
• Leo instructed Iska and the other recruits to train in Haki, seek assignments in Marine branches across the Four Seas, and avoid contacting one another after they scattered.
• Leo warned that some recruits might betray the revolution as they gained rank, wealth, and influence.
• Leo told the Marines to memorize his lessons without taking notes and to adapt his teachings to their future posts.
• Leo cautioned that a once-in-a-century pirate tide was coming and that the new generation of pirates could threaten their lives.

Leo taught the Marines about rebellion, military tactics, and the Celestial Dragons’ exploitation of ordinary people. He revealed that he had once been enslaved by the Celestial Dragons and described their cruelty, leaving his listeners horrified.

• Leo explained why he kept the Revolutionary Army’s plans secret from its undercover agents and taught them military training methods instead.
• Leo argued that ordinary people created value while the Celestial Dragons and other nobles profited from taxes and Heavenly Gold.
• Leo called the Marines the Celestial Dragons’ dogs and asked whether they had to submit to them.
• Leo revealed that he had once been a Celestial Dragon’s slave, shocking the listeners.
• Leo described Celestial Dragons abusing their wives and a Skin Peeler who collected the skin of living people.