Chapter Summaries

Leo reached an understanding with Koshiro to wait in Shimotsuki Village until Dragon returned, while arranging a search for promising recruits and other targets in the East Blue. The chapter left Enel and Ace heading out to search separate routes, while Lafitte flew toward the Grand Line.

• Koshiro said he could not decide on Leo's proposal and explained that Dragon might return to Shimotsuki Village within half a month.
• Leo agreed to stay in the village, and he and Koshiro clasped hands after reaching a preliminary consensus.
• Leo sent Lafitte to tell a woman that he would be away for half a month, and Lafitte flew toward the Grand Line.
• Smoker and Hina were transferred to the dojo courtyard, where villagers stared at and avoided them.
• Leo ordered Enel and Ace to map their routes and search for the Buggy Pirates, the Alvida Pirates, and the Moby Dick Restaurant Baratie.

Leo’s group settled in Shimotsuki Village while Smoker and Hina remained tied up, and Nami trained to use the Smooth-Smooth Fruit to defend Leo. As Ace and Enel mapped islands across the East Blue, Nami’s charts filled in their last gaps and pirates faced pressure from several powerful forces.

• Leo replaced Smoker and Hina’s Marine Seastone restraints with chains from the Amazon Lily Kingdom and kept them tied to stakes outside the dojo.
• Nami trained with Tashigi to keep her eyes open and deflect attacks with the Smooth-Smooth Fruit, though she still struggled against her instinct to dodge or close her eyes.
• Koshiro began teaching Tashigi swordsmanship, and Zoro sparred with her as she improved enough to withstand some of his Three Sword Style.
• Ace and Enel searched in opposite directions, using their speed and Shadow Dials to measure distances for Nami’s maps.
• Nami combined their findings with her knowledge of East Blue winds and currents, completing the final gaps in her sea charts as pirates faced the Marines and Revolutionary Army.

Garp and Aokiji pursued the force that had captured Smoker and Hina, suspecting it was the Revolutionary Army, while Dragon and Ivankov sailed toward Shimotsuki Village. The chapter ended with Dragon accelerating the ship and confirming that a decision about Kuma had already been made.

• Garp and Aokiji discussed Smoker and Hina’s capture while Aokiji froze a pirate crew that crossed their path.
• Garp and Aokiji suspected Dragon’s Revolutionary Army was targeting pirates and had taken Smoker and Hina with Seastone handcuffs.
• Aokiji proposed tracing the pirates’ routes to find where the Revolutionary Army had started, and Garp agreed to investigate.
• Dragon shivered aboard his ship while Ivankov asked how long remained before they reached Shimotsuki Village.
• Dragon told Ivankov that they had all decided what to do about Kuma, then filled the sails with a powerful wind and sped toward Shimotsuki Village.

Garp and Aokiji accepted Koby as a Navy trainee after confirming he had been forced into piracy. Meanwhile, Dragon arrived at Shimotsuki Village and found Leo teaching revolutionary strategy, then challenged him about revolutionaries who might surrender for power.

• Koby told Garp and Aokiji that Alvida had forced him onto the ship and that he wanted to join the Navy, so Garp took him on as a trainee with a three-month probation period.
• The pirates tried to claim they had also been coerced, but Garp’s officers rejected their excuses and ordered them below deck.
• Dragon arrived at Shimotsuki Village and saw Leo teaching villagers and Revolutionary Army members, whose confidence in Leo’s ideas had grown.
• Leo explained how local revolutions should rely on local people, avoid needless sacrifices, and prepare to resist a Navy counterattack.
• Dragon asked Leo what the revolutionaries should do if local leaders planned to surrender to the World Government to preserve their own power.

Leo explained to Dragon and the Revolutionary Army that revolution depended on educating and mobilizing the people, not ruling in their place, and Dragon welcomed him as a comrade. As the group prepared to celebrate, Ace and Enel arrived with Buggy captured so Leo could obtain the Buster Call formula.

• Leo argued that the Revolutionary Army had to build the people’s revolutionary awareness and help them take the initiative against their oppressors.
• Dragon recognized the value of Leo’s ideas, introduced himself, and ordered a banquet to welcome him into the Revolutionary Army.
• Ace arrived with the captured Buggy, whose Chop-Chop Fruit had made him difficult to catch.
• Leo explained that he wanted Buggy for the Buster Call formula and called for a celebration.

Leo persuaded Dragon that sending Kuma to recruit and extract Vegapunk would be an impractical gamble that could drain the Revolutionary Army’s resources. Dragon thanked Leo for changing his mind, while the plan’s future remained unresolved.

• At the banquet, Leo and Dragon discussed the Revolutionary Army’s resources and learned more about each other’s work.
• Dragon explained that the Revolutionary Army planned to send Kuma undercover to contact Vegapunk and bring him out of Marine custody.
• Leo argued that Vegapunk might not accept their ideals or escape, and that extracting and protecting him would consume too much of the Revolutionary Army’s strength and money.
• Dragon realized the plan was misguided and thanked Leo, gripping his shoulders in relief.

Leo and Dragon discussed the Revolutionary Army’s future, while Ace learned that Sabo was alive and serving in the organization. After a night of celebration and strategic discussions, Leo considered the next steps for their alliance as a Marine warship approached Shimotsuki Village.

• Leo’s conversation persuaded Dragon and the Revolutionary Army members to reconsider their approach and embrace more principled revolutionary ideas.
• Leo told Ace that Sabo was his brother, and Dragon learned that Ace, Sabo, and Luffy were sworn brothers.
• Dragon explained that Sabo was away on a mission and would return in a few days, disappointing Ace’s hopes for an immediate reunion.
• The Revolutionary Army members and Cocoyasi Village villagers celebrated their new alliance, while the officers held an overnight meeting and abandoned the plan to make Kuma a deep-cover agent.
• Leo spent the night planning how to establish revolutionary bases and use their allies, unaware that a Marine warship carrying an Admiral and Dragon’s father was nearing Shimotsuki Village.
• The next morning, Leo woke to Revolutionary Army members loading bags of wheat onto their warship, while Dragon was absent.

Leo observed the Revolutionary Army’s food supply operation and spoke with Ivankov and Kuma before Dragon reported that Vice Admiral Garp and an Admiral were approaching. Leo arranged for Kuma to stay hidden and prepared to set sail to meet the Marines.

• Leo recognized that the Revolutionary Army’s secure bases and growing ranks depended on regular food supplies.
• Leo asked Ivankov where Dragon was, and Kuma thanked Leo for saving him from becoming a spy.
• Dragon arrived in a storm and ordered the Revolutionary Army to abandon the food and withdraw because Garp and an Admiral were coming.
• Dragon assured the group that Leo and his companions had not exposed the Revolutionary Army, and the revolutionaries hurried to their ships.
• Leo told Kuma to stay out of the coming battle and said he had a plan that needed him.
• Leo told Lafitte to inform Nami and the others to prepare to sail and welcome the Hero of the Marines.

Leo and his allies fled Cocoyasi Village as Garp and Aokiji pursued them across the sea. The chapter ended with ice spikes racing toward Dragon’s ships to freeze them in place.

• Leo gathered his allies and set sail, hoping to keep the villagers of Shimotsuki Village safe from the Marines.
• Aokiji left Garp’s warship and created a glacier to speed ahead in pursuit of Dragon’s group.
• Garp jumped onto the glacier and charged after Aokiji with the Marine officers.
• Aokiji and Garp spotted Dragon’s ships, and ice spikes spread across the sea toward them.

Ace fought Aokiji while Garp tried to drag him back to the Marines, and Dragon stepped in to face his father. The battle reached a stalemate, with Ace keeping Aokiji occupied as the ships sailed farther away.

• Ace used his Flame-Flame Fruit to melt Aokiji’s ice and then fled Garp’s Haki-coated punch.
• Garp pursued Ace, and Ace struck back with a flame-propelled, Armament Haki-coated Rocket Punch.
• Dragon appeared to protect Ace and took over the fight against Garp.
• Dragon used wind and elemental transformations to evade Garp while keeping him away from the ships.
• Ace used his speed and flames to pin down Aokiji, leaving the Marine officers unable to help as the ships escaped.

Leo and his allies escaped Shimotsuki Village after Ace and Dragon fought Garp and Aokiji, while Smoker offered to join Leo as a feigned spy. The group sailed on with their strength and secrets intact, and Leo sent Enel to check whether the others needed help.

• Leo guessed that Aokiji had come for Smoker and Hina, and discussed how his allies could defeat an admiral while keeping Enel's strength and allegiance secret.
• Smoker asked to join Leo, but admitted they could only decide what to do after the current situation was over; Leo left his Seastone handcuffs on.
• After the ship had sailed for more than ten minutes, Ace and Dragon returned to their ships, injured but having successfully left Garp and Aokiji behind.
• Leo reflected on Ace's growing strength and the inconvenience of lacking Den Den Mushi.
• Leo sent Enel to check whether the others needed help.

Zoro and Tashigi challenged the Bounty Hunters at Whiskey Peak, with Zoro declaring that he would become their boss. As they fought through the crowd without killing anyone, Leo called the battle their graduation test.

• Zoro landed at Whiskey Peak and announced that he would become the boss, drawing his three swords.
• Tashigi joined Zoro despite his warning to stay behind him, and the Bounty Hunters laughed at their challenge.
• Zoro deflected a bullet with Kitetsu III, impressing Tashigi with his swordsmanship.
• Zoro and Tashigi charged into the Bounty Hunters and knocked them down without drawing blood.
• Robin worried about the two fighters, while Leo described the battle as their graduation test.

Leo laid out a plan for Bartholomew Kuma to become a Shichibukai and establish a Revolutionary Army foothold at Whiskey Peak. Meanwhile, Baroque Works agents stopped Zoro and Tashigi’s rampage.

• Leo told Kuma to seek a Shichibukai position and use Whiskey Peak as his territory, and Dragon approved the plan.
• Kuma launched himself toward Mary Geoise using his ability, startling Smoker and Hina.
• Smoker wondered whether Nico Robin and Nami were useful, and Nami challenged him for thinking something rude.
• Baroque Works’ intermediate agents gathered to stop Zoro and Tashigi’s one-against-a-thousand charge.
• Mr. 11 engaged Tashigi while Miss Monday and Mr. 9 teamed up against Zoro.

Zoro and Tashigi defeated Whiskey Peak’s Bounty Hunters, while Dragon recognized their potential as recruits for the Revolutionary Army. Leo then went ashore with Nami to recruit or capture useful agents and Devil Fruit users, hoping Kuma could eventually turn their powers into his side’s strength.

• Zoro unleashed his Tornado technique and knocked out two attackers, while Tashigi defeated her opponent with her broken sword and badly injured Mr. 11.
• Zoro and Tashigi fought through Whiskey Peak and knocked unconscious more than a thousand Bounty Hunters.
• Dragon judged the defeated Bounty Hunters to be promising soldiers who could become a revolutionary force with organization and ideology.
• Leo went ashore with Nami and considered recruiting useful agents, capturing Devil Fruit users, and using Kuma’s power to obtain their abilities.

Leo took control of the port and waited for Crocodile to send stronger Baroque Works agents into his trap. Dragon and the others intercepted Crocodile's orders but chose not to tell Leo, leaving Miss Valentine and Mr. 5 on their way.

• Leo ordered the defeated hired hands to clean up, hide the wounded, watch the ship, and send representatives to negotiate with him.
• A rat-like Intermediate Agent reported the situation to Crocodile while Dragon and the Revolutionary Army listened in using a black Den Den Mushi.
• Dragon and the others heard Crocodile order Miss Valentine and Mr. 5 to handle the situation.
• Dragon suggested keeping the intercepted orders from Leo, and the group—including Nico Robin—agreed to pretend they had heard nothing.
• Buggy remained bound and confined in a barrel because he refused to hand over the Buster Call formula.

Leo and his crew subdued Baroque Works agents at Whiskey Peak and waited for the organization’s stronger agents to respond. Bon Clay arrived, and Leo recognized him as one of his strategic targets.

• Leo rejected the agents’ suggestion that his crew join Baroque Works and asked when their Senior Agents would arrive.
• Leo spent the night sleeping without arranging a watch, while Nami and Tashigi stayed anxious and slept poorly.
• Bon Clay burst into the room demanding to know where the troublemaker was.
• Leo recognized Bon Clay as the user of the Clone-Clone Fruit and an ardent follower of Ivankov.

Leo made Nami fight Bon Clay so she could learn to use her Smooth-Smooth Fruit, and she defeated him by letting his kick slide harmlessly off her face. Mr. 9 and Miss Monday watched in disbelief as Bon Clay fell.

• Leo decided not to recruit Bon Clay yet and told Nami to fight him to test her abilities.
• Nami challenged Bon Clay, who initially hesitated to fight a girl but soon had to take her seriously.
• Leo cheered from the sidelines until Nami and Bon Clay threatened to beat him up together.
• Bon Clay knocked Nami's iron staff away and kicked at her, but his ballet shoe slid off her face without hurting her.
• Nami swept away Bon Clay's supporting leg and knocked him down, shocking Mr. 9 and Miss Monday.

Nami defeated Bon Clay, and Leo won his loyalty by revealing that Ivankov and the Revolutionary Army were involved. Bon Clay agreed to help draw more Baroque Works agents to the ship, while Leo also urged him to contact the organization’s boss.

• Nami offered Bon Clay a hand after defeating him, and he accepted his loss.
• Leo invited Bon Clay to drink and quietly told him enough to ease his worries about Baroque Works and point him toward Ivankov’s Revolutionary Army.
• Bon Clay agreed to cooperate with Leo and lure the other agents to the ship so Ivankov could confront their boss.
• The other Baroque Works agents questioned Bon Clay, who claimed he had stopped fighting because Nami had defeated him.
• Bon Clay offered Leo a Den Den Mushi that could contact the boss, and Leo told him to ask for more agents and invite the boss himself.

Crocodile ordered Mr. 1 and Miss Doublefinger to confront Leo’s group after Bon Clay defected, while Baroque Works agents began backing Leo as a possible new boss. Mr. 1 arrived at Whiskey Peak and clashed with Zoro, whose attack he blocked with blade-like fingers.

• Crocodile dismissed Bon Clay as a useless tool and ordered Mr. 1 and Miss Doublefinger to deal with Leo’s group.
• Mr. 1 and Miss Doublefinger traveled to Whiskey Peak on sea turtles and arrived that afternoon.
• Baroque Works agents gathered behind Leo, hoping he would defeat Mr. 1 and take control of the organization.
• Mr. 1 questioned Bon Clay, who admitted that he had been defeated and joined Leo’s group.
• Leo sent Zoro to fight Mr. 1, and their opening clash ended with Mr. 1 blocking Zoro’s three-sword attack using blade-like fingers.

Leo’s group fought Baroque Works agents in Alubarna while Zoro and Mr. 1 faced off, and Tashigi confronted Miss Doublefinger. Their clashes moved away from town, and Bartholomew Kuma arrived to tell Leo that he had become a Shichibukai.

• Leo assigned Tashigi to fight Miss Doublefinger, while Mr. 1 warned her to move away before he and Zoro fought seriously.
• Mr. 1 attacked Zoro with blade auras, and Zoro deflected most of them, though the strikes wounded his shoulders and cut down several Baroque Works agents.
• Leo told the agents to flee, and they scattered as Zoro and Mr. 1 continued their battle beyond the town.
• Nami voiced concern about Tashigi, but Leo reassured her that Enel could watch over the island with Mantra.
• Bartholomew Kuma landed before Leo and announced that he had become a Shichibukai.