Arc 10The Empire Enters the New World

Hane brought the Ninja World into the Grand Line, where his forces protected Nico Robin, seized control of an island, and defeated the Marines sent against them. As the God Tree opened a passage between worlds, Nagato’s team reached Mary Geoise and prepared to confront its people.

  • Hane captured Bardock and the Saiyans, then transported the Ninja World into a new star system and encountered Nico Robin in the Grand Line.
  • Hane offered Robin protection and a place in the Empire, while Uchiha forces took over the Iron Hand Gang and restored order across the island.
  • Aokiji came to retrieve Robin but was driven off by Izumi, Konan, and Nagato, prompting the Marines to investigate the group.
  • Tsunade treated civilians after an Imperial arsenal disaster, and Hane ordered an investigation that uncovered a corruption network and led to mass arrests and executions.
  • The Marines attacked the island, but Uchiha Retsuyō and the Twelve Golden Guards defeated their forces, captured Sengoku and Akainu, and Hane declared the Empire would prepare for the coming storm.
  • Hane planted the God Tree, which strengthened his forces and made the island a supply station, then opened a portal between worlds and promised Kaguya the next God Tree Fruit.
  • Nagato’s team sailed with Morgans to Mary Geoise, where a Celestial Dragon ordered his guards to seize them and Nagato resolved to make the people experience pain.
Chapters 226–250 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 226The Arrival of the Saiyans

Hane bound himself to the Nine-Dragon Canopy as Saiyan warriors arrived in the Ninja World Galaxy, their ki weakened by the Disorder Universe. After the Saiyans attacked the gathered ninjas and crashed, Hane appeared to protect his people, leaving Bardock wary despite Hane's scanner reading zero.

  • Hane connected himself to the Nine-Dragon Canopy and recognized the power of the Ninja World's collective effort.
  • Bardock and more than a dozen Saiyans entered the Ninja World Galaxy, discovered their ki had been halved, and planned to attack under a full moon.
  • The Saiyans spotted the crowd beneath the Nine-Dragon Pillars and dismissed them as weak after scanning their combat power.
  • The Twelve Golden Guards formed Susanoo and struck the Saiyan spacecraft, forcing it to crash in the desert.
  • A Saiyan fired a Ki Light Bullet at Uchiha Retsuyō and the 12th Division, but Hane made it vanish and confronted the Saiyans.
  • The Saiyans scanned Hane and saw a combat power of zero, while Bardock's instincts warned him that Hane was dangerous.

Ch. 227Harvesting Saiyans

Hane defeated Bardock and the Saiyan squad by trapping them in a spatial barrier and turning their attacks back on them. He subdued the survivors and began sealing them, intending to use their bodies for his own purposes.

  • Hane ordered Uchiha Retsuyō and the 12th Division to withdraw before facing the Saiyans alone.
  • The bald Saiyan attacked Hane with Ki Light Bullets, but Hane absorbed the blasts with a sky-blue barrier.
  • The Saiyans tried to attack from all sides, only to find themselves trapped inside a cubic spatial barrier.
  • Hane redirected the Saiyans’ attacks into the cube, severely injuring Bardock and the rest of the squad.
  • Hane declared the Saiyans his spoils of war and formed golden runic hoops that left them weak and unable to move.

Ch. 228Pirate World

After the Saiyan invasion ended, Hane sent the Ninja World fleeing through space and arrived in the One Piece world, where Nico Robin collapsed while escaping bounty hunters. The chapter left Robin unconscious before a group of strangers, with her fate unknown.

  • Orochimaru and Kabuto examined the captured Saiyans and began planning research into their genes and a weakened genetic serum.
  • The Ninja World began leaving its solar system, prompting people across the Empire to witness the historic departure.
  • Hane stored the Ninja World inside his body and vanished from its original star system through space.
  • In the Grand Line in Sea Circle Calendar Year 1502, Nico Robin fled bounty hunters seeking her eighty-million-Beli bounty.
  • Nico Robin collapsed unconscious after spotting a group of unfamiliar people and pleaded with them to save her.

Ch. 229Nico Robin

Hane and the Twelve Golden Guards rescued Nico Robin and brought her to their residence, where she learned they knew her identity but would not hand her over. Hane planned to take control of the island, restore the group’s strength, and eventually plant the God Tree to spread Chakra and devour the world’s consciousness.

  • Hane ordered Retsuyō to bring the unconscious Nico Robin along, and Arayama used Genjutsu to incapacitate the men who tried to claim her.
  • Robin woke in Hane’s luxurious residence, where Izumi had changed her clothes and welcomed her to a meal.
  • Robin asked whether Hane knew who she was, and he identified her as the World Government’s Devil Child but assured her they would not send her to a Marine base.
  • Hane told the Twelve Golden Guards that their strength had been suppressed in this world and that they needed to adapt and regain their power.
  • Hane agreed to seize control of the island without attracting the World Government’s attention, then plant the God Tree, give the world Chakra, and devour its consciousness.

Ch. 230Robin Joins

Hane explained how this world weakened his powers and planned to gain its Fortune by taking over the Iron Hand Gang. Nico Robin joined the Empire in hopes of uncovering history and avenging her family, while Uchiha Retsuyō renamed the gang Uchiha and brought its members under their command.

  • Hane explained that the unfamiliar world suppressed his cultivation and that gaining its people's recognition would let him summon more clan members and eventually merge the worlds.
  • Hane ordered Uchiha Sosuke and the others to take control of the Iron Hand Gang and rename it Uchiha to win support on the island.
  • Hane asked Nico Robin about her future, and Robin said she wanted to uncover the truth of the world's history.
  • Hane offered Robin protection and a chance to join the Empire; Robin accepted, saying she wanted revenge for her family and hometown.
  • Robin's Fortune strengthened Hane and could let him summon a hundred-man Chunin squad.
  • Uchiha Retsuyō's men killed the gang leaders who resisted, then brought the remaining Iron Hand Gang members under Uchiha's command.

Ch. 231Taming the Mafia

Uchiha Retsuyō set strict rules against abusing civilians and offered generous pay and support to Mafia members willing to join the Uchiha. Most of the gang members fled, while those who stayed agreed to serve; Uchiha Wada secretly killed the deserters who mocked them outside.

  • Uchiha Retsuyō ordered the Mafia members to protect civilians, maintain public order, and follow the Uchiha’s rules or leave.
  • A middle-aged Mafia member chose to quit, and hundreds of others rushed out after seeing that Uchiha Retsuyō let him go.
  • Fewer than fifty members remained, and a scarred, blue-haired young man said he wanted to join because his mother was harassed.
  • Uchiha Retsuyō promised the remaining members monthly salaries of about ten thousand Beli, covered living expenses, and support for injured members’ families.
  • Several deserters mocked the Uchiha outside the bar, and Uchiha Wada used his Mangekyō to make them break their own necks.

Ch. 232Territory Cleanup

Arayama announced Uchiha’s takeover of the West District and laid out rules, offering daily wages and meals for cleanup and factory work. The frightened civilians rushed to sign up, then formed orderly lines under the Uchiha members’ supervision.

  • Arayama and his forces entered the West District and announced that Uchiha had destroyed the Iron Hand Mafia and taken control.
  • Arayama announced bans on theft, plans for factories, and a complete cleanup of the district, warning that Uchiha would enforce its rules.
  • A burly man challenged Arayama, but changed his mind when Arayama promised meals and 500 Beli in daily wages.
  • Arayama opened registration immediately and set a three-day deadline to transform the street.
  • Uchiha members ordered the eager civilians into lines, and the crowd quickly obeyed.

Ch. 233Cipher Pol

Kazuya helped Uchiha Arayama’s group restore order in the West District, where a paid cleanup effort began to win residents’ trust. Meanwhile, a Cipher Pol agent learned that Nico Robin was believed to be on the island and set out to find her before Marine Vice Admiral Aokiji arrived.

  • Kazuya thanked Arayama for the opportunity to lead as the West District’s cleanup began.
  • Uchiha paid the workers their promised daily wages, spreading news of the West District’s changes across the island.
  • A North District gang leader learned that Iron Hand was dead and heard reports that Nico Robin might be hiding on the island.
  • The gang leader contacted his Cipher Pol superior, who ordered him to locate Robin before Aokiji arrived.
  • The Cipher Pol agent entered the West District, saw residents cleaning for pay, and dismissed the effort as naive.

Ch. 234Robin's Worries

Izumi took Robin outside to help her overcome her fear of being discovered, but a Cipher Pol agent followed them and was killed by the ninjas guarding the Empire’s territory. Robin saw Izumi command the ninjas and wondered about the powerful group that had taken her in.

  • A ninja spotted a suspicious man in a suit infiltrating the western district and alerted his teammates.
  • Izumi reassured Robin and took her for a walk, while a Cipher Pol agent recognized Robin and followed them toward a villa.
  • The ninjas confronted the agent, who shot one of them, only for the apparent victim to reveal himself as a smoke clone and kill the agent.
  • Robin feared the gunshot meant the World Government had found her, but Izumi led her outside to see that the threat had been handled.
  • The leading ninja apologized to Izumi and addressed her as Your Highness, leaving Robin curious about Izumi, Hane, and their group.

Ch. 235Aokiji Arrives

Hane reassured Robin that Uchiha would protect her and oversaw the West District’s transformation and expansion into the South District. A week later, Aokiji arrived at the orderly port and noticed Uchiha’s uniformed troops.

  • Hane told Robin to call him Your Majesty and promised that Uchiha would protect her from the World Government and Marines.
  • Hane told Izumi that Konan and the others could come out once the island was stabilized, and Izumi took Robin to make lunch.
  • Over the next week, Uchiha restored order in the West District, took over the South District, expanded its ranks, and established jobs and services for residents.
  • Uchiha’s recruitment drew eager applicants, but its requirement that recruits come from respectable families disqualified many islanders.
  • Aokiji rode an ice road to the port, found the area cleaner and calmer than he remembered, and noticed Uchiha troops marching toward him.

Ch. 236Aokiji and Robin's Encounter

Aokiji arrived on the island and registered under Uchiha rules before searching for Nico Robin. He found Robin shopping with Izumi and Konan and warned her that staying with them could put them in danger.

  • Aokiji registered as a Navy Vice Admiral and received an entry pass after the Uchiha clerk warned him to obey the island's rules.
  • Aokiji entered the West District, showed his pass to a guard, and began searching for Robin with Observation Haki.
  • Aokiji found Robin shopping for clothes with Izumi and Konan, who treated her warmly.
  • Robin panicked when Aokiji appeared and asked why he had come.
  • Aokiji advised Robin to leave Izumi and Konan to avoid endangering them, then noticed Izumi's strange scarlet eyes.

Ch. 237Aokiji's Battle with the Two Women

Izumi and Konan fought Aokiji to protect Robin, revealing their powerful abilities and driving him back over the sea. Robin watched in astonishment as Aokiji emerged battered from their attacks.

  • Izumi stood between Aokiji and Robin, while Konan reassured Robin that Izumi could protect her.
  • Aokiji froze the ground and attacked, but Izumi used the Flying Thunder God to move him out to sea.
  • Izumi healed her frostbitten hand, activated her Five-Tomoe Sharingan, and summoned Perfect Susanoo to withstand Aokiji's ice spears.
  • Izumi's Susanoo slashed through Aokiji's ice barrier, and Aokiji used Elementalization to avoid the blow.
  • Konan bombarded Aokiji with explosive paper, leaving him wounded and his coat in tatters as Robin watched from the air.

Ch. 238Marine Headquarters

Konan, Nagato, and their allies defeated Aokiji while protecting Robin, giving her hope that the World Government and Marines could be challenged. Aokiji returned to Marine Headquarters and reported the group’s abilities, prompting Steel Bone to order an investigation and plans to put them on the wanted list.

  • Aokiji attacked Konan with Ice Block: Pheasant Beak, but Nagato appeared and blasted him away with Super Shinra Tensei.
  • Konan comforted Robin, who thanked her, while Nagato and Deidara exchanged remarks before the group left to find Izumi.
  • Aokiji regained consciousness on an unfamiliar island, recovered his strength, and decided to return to Marine Headquarters.
  • Three days later, Aokiji told Steel Bone, Sengoku, and Garp about the three women and Nagato’s abilities.
  • Steel Bone ordered Sengoku to have the Intelligence Department gather information and photographs of the group so the World Government could put them on the wanted list.

Ch. 239Tsunade and Red-Hair

Red-Haired Shanks and his crew arrived at the island to resupply and registered with the Uchiha Mafia’s ninja patrol before entering the city. At the island’s only bar, Shanks approached a depressed Tsunade, who called him a thief for being a pirate.

  • Shanks and his crew reached the island after a storm damaged their ship and sought a place to resupply.
  • The ninja patrol required the pirates to register, and Shanks agreed after a crewman challenged them.
  • Shanks and his crew entered the orderly city, found it unlike the lawless zone marked on their chart, and headed for the bar.
  • Tsunade drank alone at the bar, frustrated that she could not gamble or race cars on the island.
  • Shanks bought drinks for his crew and Tsunade, then introduced the Red Hair Pirates and defended piracy as freedom.
  • Tsunade dismissed Shanks’s defense and said she hated thieves.

Ch. 240Engineering Accident

Tsunade responded to a catastrophic arsenal collapse by directing medical aid, while Hane learned that corruption had caused the disaster and ordered a harsh punishment for those involved. Shanks watched Tsunade’s work and remained eager to recruit her as his crew’s ship’s doctor.

  • Shizune told Tsunade that the Empire’s arsenal had collapsed, and Tsunade left the bar to help the injured.
  • Shanks followed Tsunade to the disaster site and watched her direct medical ninja as they treated civilians.
  • Tsunade summoned the Slug Sage, which released countless offspring to heal the wounded.
  • Uchiha Retsuyō told Hane that a wealthy merchant had bribed Imperial Commerce Department officials to tamper with the project.
  • Hane ordered the 12th Division to investigate and execute those responsible, then sent Chika to have the Sage of Six Paths open the Gate of Hell on execution day.

Ch. 241Imperial Anti-Corruption Storm

Gato was killed after Zabuza helped him flee the Imperial Capital, while Qingyan Hyuga concealed her own role in the corruption scandal. She confronted her son Shimizu Hyuga, whose resentment toward the Branch Family left their conflict unresolved.

  • A hidden figure ordered Gato to erase their connection to the corruption scandal, and Gato fled the Imperial Capital with Zabuza and Haku.
  • Zabuza killed Gato on the way to an abandoned village, then reported to Qingyan Hyuga that he had completed her task and destroyed the records.
  • Qingyan Hyuga dismissed Zabuza and refused an offer to kill him, reflecting on how jealousy between the Hyuga Main and Branch Families had led her son into corruption.
  • Shimizu Hyuga defended his corruption by arguing that the Main Family needed the money to maintain its household and status.
  • Qingyan Hyuga shouted at Shimizu to stop when he accused her of letting the Branch Family rise above the Main Family.

Ch. 242Zabuza Captured

The Empire's Supervision Department launched a crackdown on officials tied to Gato's scheme and captured Zabuza and Haku. In the Underworld, Madara received Hane's order to open the Gates of Hell in three days, leaving him furious but forced to obey.

  • Qingyan Hyuga scolded Shimizu Hyuga for his part in the scandal and ordered him to deal with his friends.
  • The Aburame clan head learned that Gato was dead and that Zabuza was implicated, then sent elite ninjas to intercept him.
  • Chika delivered Hane's imperial decree ordering Madara to open the Gates of Hell in three days, and Madara reluctantly accepted.
  • The Empire's operation captain dispelled Zabuza's mist, subdued him, and had him arrested with chakra-suppressing restraints.
  • A Supervision Department ninja arrested Haku at his academy, and Haku confessed and agreed to explain what had happened.

Ch. 243Eighteen Levels of Hell

After Zabuza’s evidence triggered the Empire’s first large-scale anti-corruption purge, officials across the country were arrested, including members of the Hyuga clan. At public executions, the Empire revealed the Eighteen Levels of Hell, leaving the Ninja World terrified of the punishments awaiting criminals after death.

  • The Supervision Department used Zabuza’s evidence to launch a nationwide purge that exposed corruption tied to the New World project.
  • The Aburame clan leader told Hyuga Hiashi that the Hyuga Grand Elder, her son, and other Main Family members were implicated, and Hiashi ordered their arrest.
  • Supervision Department agents captured Shimizu Hyuga as he tried to flee, then dragged away other Hyuga officials, including Grand Elder Qingyan Hyuga.
  • The Empire announced the arrests of more than a thousand officials, including over ten Level Two and Level Three Imperial Governors, and publicly exposed the criminals’ crimes.
  • At the executions, the Empire summoned eighteen gates that showed condemned souls being tortured in Hell, including a former governor ground repeatedly in the Stone Mill Hell.

Ch. 244The Navy Arrives

Tsunade rejected Shanks's invitation to join his pirate crew, and the Red-Haired pirates encountered a Navy fleet led by Sengoku and Akainu. After learning that five Navy warships were approaching the island, Hane sent Uchiha Retsuyō and the Twelve Golden Guards to meet them.

  • Shanks again invited Tsunade to join his crew, but she refused and called pirates thieves who betrayed the Will of Fire.
  • Shanks ordered his crew to depart, and they spotted five Navy warships led by Sengoku and Akainu as they left the island.
  • Uchiha Retsuyō reported to Hane that a Black Eagle had discovered five Navy warships approaching the island.
  • Hane ordered Retsuyō and the Twelve Golden Guards to meet the Navy and test their strength.

Ch. 245Akainu's Fury

The Navy fleet led by Sengoku and Akainu attacked the Empire’s port, where Uchiha Retsuyō’s forces repelled their bombardment and overwhelmed the Marines with ninjutsu. Wada turned the Marines’ weapons against their own men, and Akainu unleashed a furious magma assault as the chapter ended.

  • Shanks returned to the port and realized the Empire’s fighters were waiting for both his crew and the approaching Navy.
  • Akainu attacked the shore with Great Eruption while Sengoku ordered the warships to bombard the port, but the Empire’s protective barrier blocked the cannon fire.
  • Sosuke used his Six-Tomoe eyes to threaten Akainu, while the Imperial Army charged across the sea and attacked the fleet with explosive kunai and ninjutsu.
  • Sengoku transformed into Dharma Manifestation, but Uchiha Retsuyō arrived with more than a dozen scarlet-eyed figures and identified the Uchiha as Robin’s adoptive family.
  • Wada used a mental wave to make the Marines shoot their comrades, killing many soldiers and enraging Akainu, who unleashed a massive wave of magma at Retsuyō and the others.

Ch. 246Battle Sengoku Fled

Uchiha Retsuyō and the others revealed thirteen Susanoo and fought Sengoku and Akainu when the Marines demanded they hand over Robin. Sengoku fled with the last Marine warship, while Akainu fell after Arayama trapped and tortured him in Tsukuyomi Space.

  • Uchiha Retsuyō and the others summoned thirteen Susanoo, shrugging off Akainu’s magma attacks and shocking Sengoku, Shanks, and Robin.
  • Sengoku demanded that the group surrender Robin, but Uchiha Retsuyō refused and mocked the Marines for fearing a child.
  • Sengoku attacked with shock waves as the Susanoo took to the air and returned slashes; Arayama dodged Sengoku’s strike, then caught Akainu in Tsukuyomi Space.
  • Arayama tortured Akainu in the illusion, where one second outside lasted seventy-two hours, and Akainu eventually fell from the sky.
  • Sengoku saw his warships sunk and his forces losing, so he used a shock wave and the surging waves to escape on the only remaining Marine warship.

Ch. 247Sengoku Was Captured

Sengoku tried to retreat with the surviving Marines, but Nagato trapped their warship in a sphere of seawater and captured them. Hane revealed himself as the Empire’s ruler, ordered Sengoku and Akainu imprisoned, and announced that the Empire would begin planting the God Tree’s seeds.

  • Sengoku told the Marines he would accept responsibility for their retreat, while Hane watched and warned that they could not leave Empire territory.
  • Nagato and five others appeared in the sky, and Nagato used Banshō Ten'in to pull the Marine warship and surrounding seawater upward.
  • Sengoku attacked Nagato in his Buddha form, but Nagato captured him and the surviving Marines inside a giant sphere of water.
  • Nagato brought the captured Marines to shore, where Tsunade’s medical ninja treated and marked them as prisoners; Akainu was also brought ashore after Arayama defeated him.
  • Hane arrived with Robin, challenged Akainu’s idea of Absolute Justice, and ordered Sengoku and Akainu taken to the Empire’s prison.
  • Hane announced that the Empire would prepare for the coming storm and plant the God Tree’s seeds, while Uchiha Retsuyō slapped Akainu before he could reply.

Ch. 248Reactions from All Sides

After the Uchiha Mafia captured Sengoku and Akainu, news of the unprecedented defeat spread across the seas despite the World Government’s attempts to suppress it. The chapter ends with Whitebeard and Kaido recognizing that a new storm is brewing and Kaido studying the unknown Mafia as a dangerous force.

  • Shanks ordered his crew to sail for the second half of the Grand Line and grow stronger after witnessing the capture of Akainu.
  • Morgans confirmed his reporter’s account of the capture and sent the news agency to print it across the sea.
  • Five days later, newspapers reported Sengoku and Akainu’s capture, while the World Government issued a bounty notice for the Uchiha Mafia and its members.
  • Whitebeard read the news aboard the Moby Dick, and he and Jozu concluded that a new storm was brewing.
  • At a banquet on Onigashima, Kaido learned that the Uchiha Mafia had captured Sengoku and grew serious as he read the report.

Ch. 249Sowing

The Five Elders discussed the Marines’ weakened state and agreed to send Garp to negotiate for Sengoku and Akainu while they stabilized the New World. On Nameless Island, Hane planted the God Tree, creating a base that weakened the world’s suppression of his forces and could help the Ninja World expand its influence.

  • The Five Elders berated Steel Bone Kong over Sengoku’s capture, the Marines’ vacancies, and their failure to eliminate the Uchiha organization.
  • Steel Bone Kong persuaded the Five Elders to delay a major assault and send Garp to negotiate for Sengoku and Akainu.
  • Hane planted the God Tree Fruit at the center of Nameless Island, where it grew into a towering God Tree as Morgans watched.
  • Hane explained that the God Tree spread Chakra, weakened the world’s rejection of his forces, and made the island a supply station where his fighters could use their full strength.
  • Retsuyō and the others celebrated their increased power, and Hane asked how far they had progressed in learning the Three Types of Haki.

Ch. 250Celestial Dragons

Hane established the God Tree as a passage between worlds and ordered the Empire to expand, while Nagato’s team traveled to Mary Geoise to gather intelligence and make a name for the Empire. After seeing a Celestial Dragon abuse a slave, Nagato decided the city deserved to experience pain.

  • Hane opened a portal beneath the God Tree, declared it the passage between worlds, and ordered the clan to organize people to build an administrative center.
  • Kaguya crossed through the portal and persuaded Hane to promise her the next world’s God Tree Fruit if she worked harder.
  • Nagato’s team set sail with Morgans, who declined Nagato’s invitation to join the Empire but agreed to guide them to Mary Geoise.
  • Nagato and his companions entered Mary Geoise and saw a Celestial Dragon riding a wounded man while the crowds moved aside.
  • The Celestial Dragon ordered his guards to capture Nagato’s group, and Nagato decided to make the city’s people experience pain.
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