Chapter Summaries

Van and Blue Moon reached Sulfur-Iron Island, where Van learned that it was controlled by the Donquixote Family and secretly killed a man who claimed to be a miner. He settled the Redemption event and received rewards for Bellamy, Sugar, and Monet, though the system’s evaluations left him questioning what would happen to Sugar and Monet.

• Blue Moon revived Van with a kiss after he nearly drowned, and they searched the island for the ship she had followed.
• Van found a cargo ship, railway tracks, and a settlement, then used his Operation Room and Observation Haki to investigate without being seen.
• Van questioned a middle-aged man, learned the island was controlled by the Donquixote Family and that Lord Bareno was in charge, then killed him.
• Van returned to Blue Moon with food, opened a concealed cave, and settled the Redemption event.
• The system awarded Van 3,500 points for Bellamy, 1,200 each for Sugar and Monet, and 1,800 for the overall event, prompting Van to question the low evaluations and the girls’ uncertain futures.

Van considered spending all his remaining points to establish another Fate Event, then woke to Blue Moon’s romantic advances and learned about her painful past. He put her in the sea and left to handle important business.

• The system deducted 5,000 points from Van to repay his loan, leaving him with 4,500 points.
• Van decided to spend all his remaining points on a Fate Event rather than improving his strength, planning to kill Diamante afterward.
• Blue Moon tried to get closer to Van, and he learned she was twenty and had been betrayed and sold into slavery after befriending stranded humans.
• Van told Blue Moon not to trust humans so easily, then expanded his Operation Room and threw her into the sea before leaving to handle business.

Van attacked the guards on the island and confronted Diamante after killing Bareno. As Diamante's men fired into Van's Operation Room, Diamante targeted the escaped slave miners, forcing them to scatter.

• Van killed the sentries and guards at the island's outpost, then headed toward the mine to eliminate the remaining guards.
• Diamante and Bareno came ashore after receiving Van's taunt and found the dead guards.
• Van appeared from the direction of the mine, and Bareno charged him before Van severed his limbs with Operation Room.
• Diamante used his Ripple-Ripple Fruit ability and ordered his men to fire at Van from outside Operation Room.
• Diamante launched iron balls at the slave miners behind Van, killing some and driving the others into nearby buildings.

Van defeated Diamante and arranged a Fate Event linking Diamante, Drake, and Baby-5 for one year. He then helped the freed slave miners prepare to return home, leaving them cheering beside four newly built ships.

• Van seized the moment to attack Diamante’s men, then fought Diamante and used the Operation Room to dismember him.
• Van designated Diamante, Drake, and Baby-5 as Fate Anchors, and the system created the one-year Fate Event “Different Paths.”
• Van told the arriving slave miners to gather useful belongings and meet at the dock so he could arrange their departure.
• Van decided to build four ships, dismantled the settlement’s houses for timber, and recruited the miners to help assemble them.
• By nightfall, Van and the miners had completed four ships, and the freed people cheered and suggested holding a banquet before leaving.

After leaving Sulfur-Iron Island, Van sailed toward Wikoff Island with Blue Moon and a small crew while news spread that both the Navy and the Donquixote Family wanted him captured alive. The chapter ended as Van approached Luteni Island, where pirates were plundering the settlement, and ordered his crew to investigate.

• Blue Moon asked to join Van’s adventures, and he warned her of the dangers before accepting her decision to follow him.
• Van left Sulfur-Iron Island with Blue Moon and several miners after the rain cleared.
• News spread that Doflamingo had clashed with Zephyr, and the Donquixote Family raised Van’s bounty to two hundred million Beli while the Navy set it at eighty million Beli.
• Van told Blue Moon that the Navy wanted him for stealing a Devil Fruit and killing Marines.
• Van approached Luteni Island to resupply, learned that pirates were plundering it, and ordered a miner to investigate and search the pirate ships.

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.