Recaps

Van rescued Qiangbalu’s town from pirates, bought supplies and clothing, and arranged to sell two captured pirate ships. After Qiangbalu delivered the supplies and helped purchase the ships, he knelt and asked to join Van at sea.

• Van entered the town and used ROOM to incapacitate the pirates attacking it, then treated Qiangbalu’s wounds.
• Van left the pirates for Qiangbalu and the townspeople to handle, and Qiangbalu chased after Van to thank him.
• Van bought women’s clothing and asked Qiangbalu to prepare a month’s supplies for ten people, which Qiangbalu offered for free.
• Van arranged for the miners to sell the two pirate ships, offering them half the sale price as a reward.
• Qiangbalu and the townspeople delivered supplies and offered five million Beli for the ships, then Qiangbalu asked Van to let him join his voyage.

Van arrived at Wikoff Island to reunite with Drake and the others, disguising himself to avoid recognition and following Shachi and Penguin back to their ship. He found the group safe, reunited with them, and heard how their crew had formed and gained a new member and Kikoku.

• Van paid to dock his ship at Wikoff Island and took the miners ashore while Qiangbalu stayed behind to guard the ship.
• Van spotted Shachi and Penguin and quietly followed them to their pirate ship.
• Van met Drake, revealed his disguised face, and reunited with Baby-5, Law, and the others.
• Drake explained that Shachi, Penguin, Bepo, and the others had become friends and left Swallow Island together.
• Drake said they had rescued Baiyan at Wilbemz Island, where Law had acquired the cursed blade Kikoku.

Van reunited with Drake and Law, learned about a mysterious Devil Fruit and Wikoff Island’s ties to the Donquixote Family, then robbed the island’s entertainment complex. He left by ship after threatening Doflamingo with a future confrontation on the Grand Line.

• Law gave Van the cursed sword Kikoku, but Van returned it and encouraged Law to become the world’s greatest swordsman.
• Drake showed Van an unidentified Devil Fruit salvaged from pirates’ supplies, and Van told him to keep it until they learned what it was.
• Shachi and Penguin reported that the Seidel Family controlled Wikoff Island’s port with Donquixote Family backing, and that the family ran an entertainment complex.
• Van sent Shachi, Penguin, and Baiyan with Qiangbalu to buy supplies, then arranged for Drake’s group to prepare to leave after dark.
• Van used his Operation Room to seize control of the entertainment complex while Qiangbalu collected its cash and valuables.
• Van threatened to destroy Doflamingo’s criminal empire, then left Wikoff Island aboard the transport ship.

Van distributed the crew’s first robbery haul through a counting game, then revealed that he had lied about taking them to the Grand Line and planned to seek the Germa Kingdom instead. The chapter ended with Qiangbalu noticing news that a woman had become the fourth Shichibukai.

• Van split the money into piles for a counting contest, and Baiyan won by counting his pile fastest and accurately.
• Van gave Baiyan 2 million Beli and everyone else 1 million, then left Qiangbalu and Drake to arrange the night watch.
• After the ship changed course toward the southeastern sea, Qiangbalu discovered it was no longer heading for Reverse Mountain.
• Van told Qiangbalu that he had lied about going to the Grand Line and said he intended to find the Germa Kingdom to discuss cooperation.
• Qiangbalu read the newspaper report announcing the fourth Shichibukai, a woman with the title of Emperor.

Van reached an island protected by the Germa Kingdom and arranged to meet Judge. Germa 66 arrived with its fleet, and Van sent Judge a gift before heading to the castle.

• Van disarmed the villagers and asked their chief to contact Germa, saying that he had a grudge against the Donquixote Family.
• The village chief agreed to pass Van's message to Germa.
• Germa 66's fleet appeared near the island and surrounded Van's transport ship.
• A Germa officer told Van that Judge had invited him to the castle for a meeting.
• Van accepted the invitation and tossed a wooden box onto the Germa warship as a gift for Judge.

Van met Judge and negotiated an alliance with the Vinsmoke Family, offering valuable intelligence in exchange for passage to the East Blue and access to Germa's facilities for his young companions. Judge accepted, and Van's group prepared to stay in Germa for a while before traveling east.

• Van arrived at the Germa Kingdom flagship with Drake and the others, while the middle-aged man delivered a box containing Diamante's preserved head to Judge.
• Judge invited Van into the castle alone, where Van met Reiju, Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji; Sanji was absent.
• Van asked Judge to help him and his companions reach the East Blue and let them study Germa's institutions, offering intelligence that could improve the modified soldiers.
• Judge accepted Van's terms, declared him and his companions honored guests, and toasted their partnership.
• Chavik led Van back to Drake and the others, who agreed to stay in Germa despite their doubts about crossing the Red Line.

Van and his crew settled into a lavish castle in the Germa Kingdom, where he planned to spend half a year studying medicine and developing the Op-Op Fruit. He assigned training and study plans to the crew, leaving Baby-5 focused on physical conditioning and learning about weapons.

• Chavik left Van and the others at the castle with ten clone maids, whom Van warned his crew to treat as surveilling staff.
• Van ordered the maids to clean the rooms again, then told his crew to stay disciplined and explained that they would remain in the castle for about half a year.
• Van said he would study medicine and medical equipment to develop his Fruit ability, and urged the crew to use the time to strengthen themselves.
• Van planned to teach Drake and Qiangbalu the Six Powers, while advising the younger crew members to train their bodies or learn useful skills.
• Baby-5 volunteered to study cooking, but Van recommended weapon studies and physical training so she could develop the Arms-Arms Fruit’s combat potential.

The Germa Kingdom crossed the Red Line and reached the East Blue, where Judge asked Van to support an attack on the Kogia Kingdom. During the invasion, Reiju freed Sanji, and Judge let him leave after forbidding him from using the Vinsmoke surname.

• The snail fleet climbed the Red Line, and Van encouraged Drake and the others to return to training after they explored its barren summit.
• Blue Moon asked Van to let her train so she could help him, and he agreed to arrange it later.
• After twenty days crossing the Red Line and two more days at sea, the Germa Kingdom reached the East Blue, and Judge asked Van to join the attack on the Kogia Kingdom.
• The Germa forces overwhelmed the harbor defenders, and Reiju freed Sanji from the castle while Judge allowed him to go but told him not to use the Vinsmoke surname.
• Van wondered why Sanji's release had not triggered a Fate Event.

Van decided to leave Kogia Island to pursue further growth, and he told Judge about Wapol’s ability to create Wapometal. The chapter ended with Judge agreeing to seek cooperation with the Drum Kingdom and arranging Van’s departure.

• After Germa conquered the Kogia Kingdom, Van continued training quietly until he decided it was time to leave the East Blue.
• Van asked Chavik for an ordinary ship, then went to meet Judge at the main castle.
• Judge asked Van for the information he had promised, and Van explained that Prince Wapol’s Munch-Munch Fruit could produce shape-reconstructing memory metal.
• Van proposed that Germa work with the Drum Kingdom to develop Wapometal and share the benefits, offering to help if they refused.
• Judge accepted the proposal and arranged for Van to leave Kogia Island the next day.

Van left Kogia Island with his crew and ten former nobles whom Reiju asked him to rescue, while keeping a wary eye on them. Aboard the ship, he offered the Spring-Spring Fruit to his crew, and Baiyan ate it.

• Van arrived at the port with his group and learned Reiju had arranged ten Kogia nobles as attendants for their voyage.
• Van isolated himself and Reiju with his ability, and she asked him to take the nobles away so they would not be trapped on Kogia and die in despair.
• Van agreed to Reiju’s request, warned the nobles to obey the ship’s rules, and set sail with them aboard.
• Elena told Van the nobles would follow his rules, while her companions discussed leaving at the next island; Elena insisted they wait and keep trying.
• Drake brought Van the Spring-Spring Fruit, and Van offered it to Shachi, Penguin, and Baiyan.
• Shachi and Penguin declined the fruit, and Baiyan accepted it and ate it.

Van supported Drake's decision to join the Marines and arranged for him to meet Garp at Foosha Village, while the crew sailed toward the Goa Kingdom. As they approached, Van prepared to send Elena and her companions ashore, but Drake argued they should stay until the crew's work was settled.

• Drake told Van he dreamed of joining the Marines, and Van accepted his choice without anger.
• Van planned for Drake to meet Garp at Foosha Village and seek to become his disciple, then let Drake direct the ship toward the Goa Kingdom.
• Van confided to Blue Moon that he respected Drake's ambitions and would not keep his friends from pursuing their futures.
• During their voyage, Law led the crew in defeating two small pirate groups while Van and Drake stayed out of the fights.
• Van ordered Qiangbalu to arrange for Elena and her companions to leave the ship, but Drake asked him to wait until the crew's duties and training were settled.

Van arrived in Foosha Village searching for information about the Red Hair Pirates and Ace, then learned they had left after clashing with mountain bandits. He encountered seven-year-old Luffy and triggered a fate event just as Luffy returned to Makino's bar, where the bandits were gathered.

• Van sent Drake and the others into Foosha Village for supplies, then instructed Qiangbalu to watch Elena and her companions while he went ashore alone.
• Van questioned Makino at PARTYS BAR and learned that Garp visited Foosha Village only occasionally and that the Red Hair Pirates had left after a fight with mountain bandits.
• Van returned to the ship, then entered the village alone the next morning and spotted Luffy, who was seven years old and not yet wearing his straw hat.
• Van followed Luffy until the boy returned to Makino's bar hungry, where the mountain bandits were the only customers.
• A fate event called “Sorrow of the Severed Arm” triggered for Van, presenting the anchors Destined One, Inheritance, and Madman.

Van pursued Higuma to save Luffy and arrange a confrontation involving Shanks and the Lord of the Coast. After Van’s attack overturned Higuma’s boat, Shanks rushed to rescue Luffy, and Van fired a tethered harpoon toward the sea beast.

• Higuma beat Luffy and carried him away after Luffy defended Shanks and his crew.
• Van chased Higuma while Makino sought help, and the returning Red Hair Pirates failed to stop Higuma from escaping with Luffy.
• Van and his crew intercepted Higuma at sea, where Van used Baby-5 as a rocket launcher to overturn the boat.
• Qiangbalu jumped into the water to retrieve Higuma as the enraged Lord of the Coast moved toward Luffy.
• Shanks ran across the sea to save Luffy, and Van fired Baby-5’s tethered harpoon at the Lord of the Coast.

Shanks lost an arm saving Luffy from the Lord of the Coast, but Law said Van could reattach it if they recovered it. After Qiangbalu and the crew defeated the beast, Shanks and Luffy reached the dock, where the Red Hair Pirates reacted to Shanks's injury.

• Shanks used his Conqueror's Haki to stop the Lord of the Coast, then rescued Luffy and said he had lost his arm to keep him safe.
• Law, Penguin, and Shachi brought Shanks and Luffy ashore and told them Van could reattach Shanks's arm if they found it.
• Qiangbalu stabbed the Lord of the Coast while Baby-5 held it with a fish spear, and Van's crew killed the beast.
• Van cut up the Lord of the Coast and piled its meat at the dock as Luffy and Shanks arrived.
• Makino checked on Luffy, and the Red Hair Pirates gathered around Shanks and questioned how he had lost his arm.

Van reattached Shanks's arm after removing the mark that connected him to Imu, and the Red Hair Pirates and villagers celebrated together in Foosha Village. Shanks invited Van to join him on the Grand Line, but Van declined, while Luffy declared his dream and received Shanks's treasured Straw Hat.

• The Red Hair Pirates worried over Shanks's missing arm, and Shanks reassured them that he could keep leading them on adventures.
• Van revealed that he had cleaned Shanks's severed arm and removed its mark, then brought Shanks aboard the ship to reattach it in private.
• While Van treated Shanks, Luffy suggested a feast, and the Red Hair Pirates and villagers joined together to prepare and celebrate.
• After Shanks emerged with his arm reattached, the celebration continued through the night and into the morning.
• Shanks invited Van to adventure with him on the Grand Line, but Van declined and said he would meet him there later.
• Luffy declared that he would become a pirate and the Pirate King, and Shanks placed his treasured Straw Hat on Luffy's head.

Van’s crew sailed toward Shimotsuki Village, where Van awakened Conqueror’s Haki and tested the system’s event rewards. The chapter ended with Elena killing Higuma on Qiangbalu’s order and isolating herself afterward.

• Van left Foosha Village with his group and set course for Shimotsuki Village while the Red Hair Pirates prepared to depart separately.
• The system rewarded Van for the Sorrow of the Severed Arm event with points, a Conqueror’s Haki Experience Book, and the King's Disdain ability.
• Van used the Experience Book, releasing a burst of Conqueror’s Haki that knocked out Blue Moon and affected everyone on deck.
• After Qiangbalu reported Elena’s strange behavior, Van told him to deal with Higuma and ordered him to have Higuma killed.
• Qiangbalu ordered Elena to kill Higuma, and she stabbed him, threw his body into the sea, and later locked herself in the lower hold.

Van learned that Drake had been accepted by Garp and received a large reward from the completed Divergent Paths event. He spent most of his points on Intermediate Lucky Bags, strengthened his physique and Haki, and ended the chapter markedly more powerful.

• Van read that Celestial Dragons planned to visit the Goa Kingdom and worried that Garp might return to Foosha Village.
• Drake called Van to say that Garp had agreed to take him to Marine Headquarters, and that he would soon move onto Garp’s warship.
• Van received 12,100 points from the Divergent Paths event, bringing his total to 15,900 points.
• Van bought and opened fifteen Intermediate Lucky Bags, receiving ten Physique Experience Books, two Observation Haki Experience Books, and three Armament Haki Experience Books.
• Van used the experience books, raising his physique to B, his Observation Haki and Armament Haki to B-, and his overall strength to A-.

Van arrived in Shimotsuki Village, left Elena and her companions to make their own way, and asked Koshiro to let his companions train at the dojo and help him find land for a house. Koshiro agreed to meet them the next day, while Kuina and Zoro’s latest duel ended in Kuina’s victory.

• Van gave Elena and her companions five million Berries and sent them ashore, then told Qiangbalu to stay aboard while he arranged a place to live.
• Van went to the Shimotsuki Dojo, where Kuina asked if he had come to study swordsmanship.
• Zoro challenged Kuina for the 999th time, but Kuina disarmed him and won as Koshiro and the dojo disciples watched.
• Kuina introduced Van to Koshiro, and Van asked to enroll his older companions at the dojo and build a house on the island.
• Koshiro agreed to receive Van’s companions at the dojo the next day and offered to arrange help finding a place to build.

Van brought Law and the others to Shimotsuki Dojo, where Law joined the dojo after defeating Zoro in a bamboo-sword spar. Van left the group in Koshiro’s care and arranged for a house to be built in the village.

• Van introduced Bepo, Law, and the others at Shimotsuki Dojo, and Kuina agreed to arrange their training and accommodations.
• Zoro challenged Law to spar, and Koshiro allowed them to use bamboo swords as an entrance test.
• Law disarmed and knocked Zoro off balance with a single exchange, then explained that he used his strength to end the fight quickly.
• Law offered Zoro a hand, and Zoro vowed to defeat him someday while Kuina worried about the physical gap between men and women.
• Van gave Kuina ten million Beli for the group’s tuition and told Law to protect everyone, especially Baby-5.
• Koshiro accepted the payment and sent Zoss to take Van to the village chief so he could arrange to build a house.

Van learned that Fisher Tiger had died and Arlong had been captured, so he agreed to help Blue Moon return to Fish-Man Island. He then asked Koshiro to bring Kuma to Shimotsuki Village, claiming Ginny was near death and Kuma might save her; Kuma arrived at the dojo.

• Van received a newspaper reporting that Fisher Tiger had died after refusing a blood transfusion and Arlong had been captured by the Marines.
• Blue Moon worried about her father and asked Van to return her to Fish-Man Island, and Van agreed to arrange her departure.
• Van told Koshiro he knew where Ginny was and asked him to contact Kuma, explaining that Ginny would die soon and Kuma might save her.
• Koshiro contacted Kuma, who arrived at the dojo about half an hour later.

Van told Kuma that Ginny had escaped Mary Geoise but was gravely ill and racing to return to the Sorbet Kingdom, where Van might still save her. Kuma set out to find her and, before leaving for South Blue, sent Blue Moon to Fish-Man Island.

• Van revealed that the World Government had captured Ginny and that a Celestial Dragon had taken her, but she had since escaped.
• Van explained that Ginny had Sapphire Scales and had recently given birth to a daughter, prompting Kuma to break down in tears.
• Van said Ginny might be saved if they found her in time, and Kuma chose to ask his friends in the Sorbet Kingdom for help while Koshiro agreed to contact Dragon.
• Van asked Kuma to send Blue Moon to Fish-Man Island before they traveled to South Blue, and Kuma agreed.
• Kuma used his power to send Blue Moon to Fish-Man Island, then prepared to send Van and himself after her.

Van treated patients while Kuma waited for Ginny to return to Sorbet Kingdom, and Ginny finally arrived critically ill with Sapphire Scales Disease. Van saved her through surgery and used the rescue to earn system points, leaving Ginny alive but in need of recovery.

• Kuma organized a kingdom-wide search for Ginny, while Dragon searched elsewhere in South Blue, but she did not appear for half a month.
• Van treated a young woman’s appendicitis at the church before Kuma rushed in carrying a dying Ginny and their infant, Bonney.
• Van told Kuma to prepare medical supplies and assured him that Ginny’s condition could be treated.
• Van designated Ginny as a Fate Anchor, established the Rescue event, and operated to remove her diseased tissue and restore her body.
• Van settled the Rescue event and received 4,000 points, then had 2,600 points deducted for the loan while Ginny survived and began her recovery.

After curing Ginny, Van left Kuma and Bonney in the Sorbet Kingdom and traveled to a Sky Island to search for Birka and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. There, he encountered Urouge and began fighting him.

• Van treated Ginny's wounds and told Kuma she would recover within two or three days.
• Van asked Kuma to send him to Birka, but Kuma had never visited it, so he sent Van to another Sky Island instead.
• Van arrived at a Sky Island, struggled to adjust to the thin air, and was approached by Urouge and a group of Skypieans.
• Urouge attacked Van after suspecting he posed a threat, but Van knocked him aside and overpowered him in close combat.
• Urouge's body swelled as he reached his limit and used Karmic Punishment.

Van defeated Urouge in a clash and persuaded him to take the temple’s boat to Birka. As they sailed, Urouge expressed interest in visiting the Blue Sea, and Van offered to bring him along without requiring him to become a subordinate.

• Van and Urouge exchanged powerful punches, and Urouge collapsed after losing the clash.
• After waking, Urouge told Van that Birka lay two days south along the cloud route and explained that his people lacked enough wood to build a large ship.
• Van asked the Skypieans to provide the temple’s boat, and Urouge returned with it, along with food, water, and Dials.
• Urouge used Jet Dials to propel the boat toward Birka while explaining how the Dials worked.
• Urouge said he wanted to visit the Blue Sea, and Van offered to take him there while leaving him free to decide whether to join his crew.
• Urouge agreed to help Van find what he sought in Birka.

Van and Urouge reached Birka, where Van found the Rumble-Rumble Fruit hidden in the temple and learned that Enel was a temple guard with a poor reputation. After securing the fruit, Van established a Fate Event called Choice with Enel as its anchor.

• Van reasoned that the missing Rumble-Rumble Fruit was likely hidden in a neglected part of Birka’s temple and headed there with Urouge.
• Birka’s residents warned the pair about Enel and said that wingless outsiders should not enter the temple.
• Enel arrived with four divine soldiers, then vanished when Van moved behind him; Urouge fought the soldiers while Van went to the temple.
• Van incapacitated the divine soldiers at the temple, searched a neglected storeroom, and found the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in an old wooden box.
• Van tested Shura as a Fate Event anchor and failed, then successfully established the Fate Event Choice with Enel as its anchor.