Chapter Summaries

Locke, a young man from Earth reincarnated in the One Piece world, trained on Chrisby Island and reflected on his past and his efforts to become stronger. He planned to seek instruction from a master swordsman in Shimotsuki Village.

• Locke practiced sword swings on a wooden post until Carmen interrupted him with breakfast.
• Locke ate Carmen’s meal, praised it, and told her she had added too much salt.
• Locke went to a forest stream to bathe and recalled how an electric shock had killed him and sent his soul into the seven-year-old Locke’s body.
• Locke remembered that his merchant father had vanished at sea, leaving him a large house and two shops.
• Locke recalled starting physical and sword training and having people search for Shimotsuki Village, where a master swordsman could teach him.

Locke accidentally ate the Illusion-Illusion Fruit and discovered it let him create illusions. He returned to the manor to find Carmen, intending to discuss his plans to leave for Shimotsuki Village, and watched her practice cooking.

• Locke's hidden apple transformed into a Devil Fruit, and he ate it without realizing what it was.
• Locke learned the fruit was the Illusion-Illusion Fruit and tested its power by creating illusions of characters he remembered.
• Locke returned to the manor, greeted the elderly butler Ross, and asked where Carmen was.
• Locke recalled rescuing Carmen after a shipwreck and learning that she wanted to become the world's greatest chef.
• Locke found Carmen practicing her knife skills in the kitchen and watched without interrupting her.

Locke told Carmen he planned to leave Chrisby Island to study swordsmanship and asked her to come with him; she eagerly agreed. The next morning they set out for Shimotsuki Village, leaving the island by fishing boat and approaching the merchant ship that would carry them onward.

• Locke teased Carmen while she practiced, then told her he was leaving the island to study swordsmanship and asked her to join him.
• Carmen agreed at once and packed for their departure the next morning.
• Locke and Carmen left for the town dock carrying their luggage, and the townspeople greeted Locke warmly along the way.
• Iron Yi rowed them from the island's dock toward the merchant ship, while Carmen comforted Locke as he watched Chrisby Island recede.
• A chubby middle-aged man aboard the merchant ship welcomed Locke and called him over when the fishing boat arrived.

Locke boarded a merchant ship with Carmen, revealed his newly acquired Devil Fruit ability, and reflected on his uncertain future. After speaking with a mysterious passenger who wanted to change the world, Locke recognized him as Monkey D. Dragon, the Revolutionary Army leader, and wondered why he was aboard the ship.

• John welcomed Locke aboard and sent him and Carmen to their adjoining rooms.
• Locke told Carmen he had accidentally eaten a Devil Fruit and showed her a miniature image of Chrisby Island formed from purple light.
• Locke and Carmen admired the sea, and Locke contemplated his loneliness, his plans to study swordsmanship in Shimotsuki Village, and the possibility of changing the world.
• A trench-coated man challenged Locke to consider the possibility of succeeding at changing the world, then left the deck with his companion.
• Locke recognized the man as Monkey D. Dragon and wondered why the Revolutionary Army leader was aboard the ship.

Locke and Carmen sailed toward Shimotsuki Village, where a pirate ship fleeing Vice Admiral Garp briefly approached their merchant vessel before escaping. After arriving, Locke found Dragon and a towering man waiting outside the dojo.

• Locke practiced his new ability and swordsmanship during a long voyage at sea.
• A damaged pirate ship approached the merchant vessel, but changed course as Garp's dog-headed Navy warship pursued it.
• Garp's warship passed without stopping, and Locke noticed Dragon before Dragon disappeared from the deck.
• After another half-month at sea, Locke and Carmen arrived at Shimotsuki Village and said goodbye to John.
• Locke and Carmen reached the dojo and found Dragon with a huge man Locke suspected was Bartholomew Kuma.

Locke arrived at Koushirou’s dojo to study swordsmanship and met Kuina and young Zoro. After explaining his desire to become stronger, Locke began an assessment duel with Kuina, leaving his skill yet to be judged.

• Koushirou welcomed Locke and sent Kuina to lead him into the dojo with Carmen.
• Zoro challenged Kuina for the 1,888th time, but she quickly defeated him and left with Locke.
• Locke and Zoro bickered as Kuina led them to the sparring hall, where they waited for Koushirou.
• Koushirou asked Locke why he wanted to learn swordsmanship, and Locke said he wanted to become stronger and control his own fate.
• Koushirou asked Kuina to test Locke, and Locke attacked her with his self-made wooden Tang Dao.

Locke began training at Koushirou's dojo, where he became Kuina and Zoro's senior brother and grew closer to them and Carmen. After more than a month, he and Zoro had become friends through daily sparring, while Carmen and Kuina had become best friends.

• Kuina defeated Locke in their sparring session, and Koushirou arranged for him and Carmen to stay at the dojo.
• Zoro challenged Locke to a fight, but Locke won after breaking Zoro's bamboo swords.
• Locke discovered that Zoro was his roommate and slept through dinner after an exhausting day.
• The next day, Koushirou accepted Locke as his disciple, making him Kuina and Zoro's senior brother.
• Over the following month, Locke and Zoro grew closer through daily training and sparring, while Carmen and Kuina became best friends.

Locke used his Devil Fruit ability to show Naruto to Carmen, Zoro, and Kuina, then reflected on Kuina’s approaching fate and encouraged her belief that she could become the world’s greatest swordsman. Meanwhile, Dragon arrived in Shimotsuki Village with Kuma and an injured child, and the chapter ended with Kuina considering Locke’s claims about Devil Fruits.

• Locke ended the group’s Naruto viewing, and Zoro challenged Kuina for the 1,999th time before losing again.
• A merchant ship reached Shimotsuki Village carrying Dragon, Kuma, and an injured child, and Koushirou led them into the village.
• Locke remembered Kuina’s death and resolved to change her fate because he considered her a friend.
• Kuina asked Locke whether girls could become the world’s greatest swordsman, and he told her that powerful women and Devil Fruits could overcome physical limitations.

Kuina decided to leave the dojo and go to sea to seek a way to overcome the limits she believed her gender placed on her swordsmanship. Koushirou arranged for her to depart with Dragon and the others, and Locke was discovered hiding nearby and ordered to join them.

• Locke encouraged Kuina not to let appearances hold her back, while recognizing that she had to overcome her doubts herself.
• Kuina told Koushirou she wanted to go to sea to find a Devil Fruit or someone who could turn women into men, and Koushirou agreed to make arrangements.
• Dragon and Koushirou discussed a plan to help Kuina while protecting Koushirou from being linked to the Revolutionary Army.
• After Kuina disappeared for a day and returned, Locke watched her face another challenge from Zoro and stayed awake outside her room that night.
• Koushirou, Dragon, and the others came to collect Kuina, and Koushirou ordered the hidden Locke to come with them.
• Locke joined Kuina as the group left the dojo and quietly asked her where they were going.

Locke saw Kuina leave with Dragon and the Revolutionary Army, then learned that the dojo was told she had died in a fall. After her empty-casket funeral, Locke recommitted himself to training and promised to find her.

• Kuina told Locke she was going to sea with the Revolutionary Army to search for a Devil Fruit that could change her constitution.
• Dragon took Kuina and Locke aboard his ship, and Kuina said goodbye to Koushirou and promised to wait for Locke on the seas.
• The next morning, a junior disciple told Locke that Kuina had supposedly fallen down the stairs and died, and Locke realized her death had been faked.
• Locke joined the dojo members at Kuina's funeral, where Koushirou, Carmen, and Zoro mourned beside an empty coffin.
• After the funeral, Locke and Zoro resumed training, and Locke vowed to find Kuina.

Locke went to Shimotsuki Village with Carmen and Zoro to buy cooking ingredients, but pirates attacked the docks while they were there. Locke took Zoro’s sword and rushed to fight them, leaving Carmen to bring Zoro back to the dojo for help.

• Locke ignored Zoro’s daily challenge and went with Carmen to the village, with Zoro following them.
• Carmen asked Locke to play a song, and he used his Fruit power to summon tiny musicians who performed as they walked.
• After they finished shopping, a cannon blast announced a pirate attack at the docks.
• Locke took Wado Ichimonji from Zoro and told him to protect Carmen and alert Master at the dojo.
• Carmen dragged Zoro toward the dojo while Locke ran to the docks and used his Fruit power to kill a pirate threatening a mother and child.
• Locke urged the mother and child to run, then vanished again to attack the nearby pirates.

Locke fought Haribun and the pirates, using his Fruit ability and swordsmanship to defeat the captain despite suffering serious wounds. After Koushirou arrived with the dojo disciples, Locke collapsed into his master's arms.

• Locke ambushed and killed pirates until Haribun confronted him, revealing his eight-million-Beli bounty.
• Locke exchanged blows with Haribun, then used Illusion: Shadow Trick to create a second image of himself and confuse the captain.
• Locke used Phantom: Blade Flash as a decoy and became invisible, allowing him to stab Haribun through the heart from behind.
• Haribun died, while the badly wounded Locke faced the approaching pirates until Koushirou and the dojo disciples arrived.
• Koushirou caught Locke as he collapsed, and Locke lost consciousness.

After recovering from his battle with Haribun, Locke trained for three years, improving his swordsmanship and awakening his Devil Fruit ability. At sixteen, he reached a bottleneck and went to bid farewell to Koushirou so he could seek growth through dangerous battles.

• Locke woke in the dojo with Carmen watching over him, and she scolded him before bringing him food.
• After recovering from his wounds, Locke reflected that he had beaten Haribun through his Devil Fruit ability and a risky trick, so he resolved to focus on swordsmanship.
• Over the next three years, Locke learned to cut steel, and his phantoms began inflicting a little damage as his Devil Fruit neared awakening.
• After breakfast and another challenge from Zoro, Locke went to Koushirou's room to say farewell because he needed life-and-death battles to progress.

Locke said farewell to Koushirou and Zoro as he prepared to leave Shimotsuki Village with Carmen to seek a breakthrough at sea. Koushirou gave him a booklet about Haki, and Locke and Zoro ended the night drinking and promising to meet again.

• Locke told Koushirou he would leave the next day, and Koushirou gave him a booklet about Haki while warning him not to rush into training.
• Locke told Carmen to pack for their departure, then informed Zoro that he was leaving to seek a breakthrough in swordsmanship.
• Zoro challenged Locke to a sword fight, and the two fought until they were exhausted.
• Locke and Zoro watched the sea from the mountaintop and promised to meet again, with Zoro determined to defeat him.
• Locke and Zoro bought alcohol, shared memories and hopes for the future, and returned to the dojo after midnight.

Locke and Carmen left Shimotsuki Village aboard John’s merchant ship, planning to return to Chrisby Island and prepare for a voyage toward the Grand Line. During the journey, the crew rescued a starving man from a bamboo raft, and he began explaining his origins after recovering.

• Locke and Carmen departed before dawn, while Koushirou and Zoro watched them leave; Zoro vowed to defeat Locke someday.
• Locke reunited with John aboard the merchant ship and kowtowed toward Shimotsuki Village as the ship sailed away.
• Locke told Carmen they would stop at Chrisby Island to buy a ship and find companions, especially a navigator, before entering the Grand Line.
• After thirty days at sea, a sailor spotted a person rowing a bamboo raft toward the ship, and John ordered the crew to rescue him.
• The rescued man recovered after receiving water and food, and he began telling John, Locke, and the crew about his origins.

Locke learned from Yun Zhinnan about Great Xia, a country isolated in a separate space, and how Yun had fled there after killing the man betrothed to his beloved Xi Cai. Locke invited Yun Zhinnan to join his voyage, and began explaining the world beyond the sea.

• Yun Zhinnan told Locke that he had escaped Great Xia through a spatial rift after becoming a wanted fugitive.
• Locke believed Yun Zhinnan after noticing the unfamiliar character embroidered on his clothes, then asked Carmen to leave so they could speak privately.
• Yun Zhinnan explained that Great Xia had been moved into a separate space a thousand years earlier, whose unstable entrance had become a forbidden zone.
• Yun Zhinnan recounted how he had fallen in love with Xi Cai, killed the man she was forced to marry after learning she had died, and fled with her jade pendant.
• Yun Zhinnan said he wanted to travel the world for Xi Cai, and Locke invited him to join his voyage before offering to explain the world.

Locke returned to Chrisby Island with Carmen and Yun Zhinnan, who had agreed to join his crew as a shipwright. They reunited with Grandpa Ross at the pier and headed home, where Carmen soon asked Locke to tell her a show.

• Locke, Carmen, and Yun Zhinnan rowed toward Chrisby Island, and Carmen and Yun Zhinnan cried over Xi Cai while Locke took over rowing.
• The group reached the island, where Locke embraced Grandpa Ross and introduced Yun Zhinnan as his friend and future crewmate.
• Locke and Grandpa Ross caught up as they walked to the villa, while Yun Zhinnan explored the island and held his jade pendant.
• After everyone settled into their rooms, Carmen asked Locke to tell her a show, and he described stories from memory, often ending them with Mars crashing into Earth.

Locke prepared to leave Chrisby Island and chose to sail as a pirate with Carmen and Yun Zhinnan. After naming his ship the Phantom, the three set out to sea, where Locke began discussing the crew’s plans.

• Locke decided to go to sea as a pirate and asked Ross to arrange a larger ship.
• Yun Zhinnan learned the local writing and ship-repair basics, becoming Locke’s shipwright.
• Locke, Carmen, and Yun Zhinnan boarded the Phantom after Locke entrusted the island’s affairs to Ross.
• Locke had Yun Zhinnan raise the anchor and unfurl the sails, then guided the ship out of the harbor.
• Locke told Carmen and Yun Zhinnan that they would sail as pirates and proposed deciding on a crew name.

Locke founded the Phantom Pirates and led Carmen and Yun Zhinnan toward a treasure marked on his map. They reached a graveyard island beneath dark clouds, where four stranded brothers faced a bear attack, while Carmen refused to go ashore.

• Locke named his crew the Phantom Pirates, raised their flag, and chose the treasure map’s destination for their next stop.
• Locke, Carmen, and Yun Zhinnan sailed for five days toward the island marked on the map.
• Beneath the island, four brothers discussed being stranded for over a month and worried when they heard a bear roaring outside.
• Locke confirmed the eerie island covered in gravestones was the map’s destination and ordered Yun Zhinnan to drop anchor.
• Carmen refused to join Locke and Yun Zhinnan on the island because she feared zombies.

Locke, Carmen, and Yun Zhinnan explored the island using the treasure map and discovered another group of treasure hunters. They secretly approached the group and saw its members mistreating three bound captives as they forced them to lead the way.

• Carmen armed herself with garlic, salt, and a cross before joining Locke and Yun Zhinnan on the island.
• The three followed the treasure map and found signs of a recent fight near shattered gravestones.
• Locke sent Yun Zhinnan ahead, and Yun Zhinnan confirmed that another group was heading toward the treasure.
• Locke led the others toward the group using his illusion ability, and they hid nearby to listen.
• A man called Coby attacked the three bound captives after one of them defied the captain.