Chapter Summaries

Ye Tong boarded the pirate ships at Pildarks and pretended to clean their decks before defeating the captains Ulrok and Dinardo. He continued cleaning the remaining ships after ordering the pirates to keep the defeated men under watch.

• Ye Tong surprised Ulrok by appearing aboard his ship, then took out a broom and began sweeping the deck.
• Ulrok's pirates praised their captain, believing he had intimidated a Marine colonel into cleaning for him.
• Dinardo boarded and questioned Ulrok, while Ye Tong finished cleaning the ship and said the bounty was enough.
• Ye Tong used Soru to knock Ulrok and Dinardo down in a single move, then told the remaining pirates to watch them and tie them up.
• Ye Tong boarded Dinardo's ship and cleaned it, then dealt with the remaining Groudon Pirates.

Ye Tong called Zephyr after capturing Guladon, Dinardo, and Ulrok, demanding his mission rewards and reporting that only the three captains survived. In Pildac Kingdom, Hina recorded the pirates while Ye Tong inspected the captured loot and gained attributes, skills, and Pickup Points.

• Hina and the others arrived after Ye Tong had defeated the pirates, and Hina praised the capture of Guladon, Dinardo, and Ulrok.
• Ye Tong used Hina's Den Den Mushi to tell Zephyr that he had captured the three captains and demanded his mission rewards.
• Ye Tong told Zephyr that everyone aboard the three pirate ships was dead except the captains, then ended the call.
• The Marines brought the pirates to Pildac Kingdom, where Ye Tong asked Hina to record their names and past crimes.
• Ye Tong inspected the loot and gained Beli, attributes, marksmanship and swordsmanship, and over three thousand Pickup Points.

Ye Tong sentenced the captured pirates to serve the Pildac Kingdom, offering them a chance to earn citizenship if they helped strengthen it. The pirates accepted, and Ye Tong left them under King Kakajero’s authority.

• Ye Tong read the pirates’ records and learned that many had joined piracy after growing up poor and struggling to survive.
• Ye Tong sentenced the pirates to lifelong service in Pildac, with the possibility of citizenship and new identities if they passed an assessment.
• A pirate questioned whether Pildac could truly accept them, and Ye Tong prompted King Kakajero to reassure them.
• Kakajero promised to follow Ye Tong’s plan as long as the pirates behaved themselves.
• Ye Tong told the pirates to help make Pildac strong within ten years, and they agreed to serve.

Ye Tong persuaded King Kakajero to accept the pirates as citizens of Pildarks, explaining that they could strengthen the country’s workforce and defenses. He warned Kakajero against becoming a corrupt ruler, then left Hina questioning her ideas about justice.

• Ye Tong told Hina to help the people arrange their work and went with Kakajero to the palace.
• Kakajero worried that taking in pirates would give other countries an excuse to attack Pildarks.
• Ye Tong explained that the pirates could become citizens, soldiers, guards, and laborers, and Kakajero agreed to accept them.
• Ye Tong warned Kakajero to establish laws and collect taxes without becoming a corrupt king, and Kakajero promised to strengthen Pildarks.
• Hina questioned why Ye Tong had spared the pirates, and his challenge about the Celestial Dragons made her Absolute Justice waver.

Ye Tong met Zephyr at Pildac Island and collected the trash he had brought from Marineford. After Zephyr left with the training camp, Ye Tong prepared to set sail and rested aboard his ship.

• Hina found Ye Tong cleaning a restaurant and told him Zephyr had arrived.
• Ye Tong finished cleaning before meeting Zephyr, who had brought three bags of trash and the Marine training camp to show them Ye Tong as an example.
• Ye Tong took the trash, and Zephyr quickly returned to his warship and departed with the training camp.
• Ye Tong ordered Hina to check the supplies and prepare the ship to sail.
• Ye Tong sorted the trash, gained rewards from seventeen pieces discarded by high-ranking officers, then returned to his cabin to rest.

Ye Tong realized that Life Source had secretly increased his attributes and Digestion, then spent days aboard the warship waiting for new opportunities to collect rewards. The chapter left him excited when Hina spotted a ship ahead.

• Ye Tong noticed his attributes and Digestion had risen more than his pickups could explain, and concluded Life Source was responsible.
• Ye Tong ate another piece of Life Source and went to sleep.
• After five days at sea, Ye Tong grew frustrated that the warship no longer gave him Pickup Points or rewards.
• Hina spotted a ship ahead, and Ye Tong rushed off excitedly while Hina admitted she was scared.

Ye Tong boarded Brook’s ghost ship and cleaned it instead of fearing its ghostly captain. After Ye Tong returned to Hina’s ship, Brook followed in confusion, while Hina worried that they had been cursed.

• Ye Tong boarded the dilapidated ghost ship and cleaned its deck as a blue phantom appeared behind him.
• Brook tried to scare and kill Ye Tong, but Ye Tong kept cleaning and asked how Brook could kill him without a sword.
• Ye Tong recognized Brook as the Rumbar Pirates’ musician and acting captain, decided not to arrest him, and revealed he had moved Brook’s body to the storage room.
• Ye Tong used Geppo to return to Hina and said he felt refreshed after cleaning, while Hina continued sailing.
• Brook followed the Marines after returning to his body, puzzled that Ye Tong knew who he was, and Hina worried the ship had cursed them.

Ye Tong confronted Brook aboard the ghost ship and revealed that Laboon was still alive. Brook was left stunned as Ye Tong departed, telling him to wait in the New World for someone to explain.

• Ye Tong and Hina reached the ghost ship, where Brook followed them.
• Ye Tong kicked Brook away, then challenged him after Brook drew his cane sword.
• Brook used the Ballen Dance: Underworld Hymn, but Ye Tong resisted it and disarmed him.
• Ye Tong told Brook that Laboon was still alive and urged him to wait in the New World for someone to tell him about Babu.
• Ye Tong left Brook standing in a daze.

Ye Tong and his Marines stayed on Dallobissno Island while he collected trash and swept the streets, waiting for members of the Donquixote Family to appear. When Corazon and the Heart Army arrived, Ye Tong followed them to a locked door, saying he only wanted to clean inside.

• Hina briefed Ye Tong on the Donquixote Family's presence and bounties on Dallobissno Island, and he ordered the Marines to land and stay for several days.
• Ye Tong swept the streets while the Marines resupplied and rested, becoming known to the islanders as a garbage-collecting colonel.
• After five days, Ye Tong gained more than two thousand Pickup Points from sorting trash and continued cleaning around the island.
• A week later, Corazon and Tross arrived with the Heart Army and spotted Ye Tong sweeping in a courtyard.
• Corazon unlocked a door, and Ye Tong appeared in front of it, then walked inside despite the Heart Army drawing their weapons.

Ye Tong cleaned the Donquixote Family's building, then confronted Corazon at night and demanded that he produce trash. Ye Tong left Corazon unharmed, promising to return the next day.

• Ye Tong finished cleaning the building and told Corazon and the other pirates that he would return tomorrow for more trash.
• Ye Tong released his Conqueror's Haki, knocking out the underlings while Corazon and his three deputies stayed on their feet.
• That night, Ye Tong met Corazon and asked whether to call him Rosinante or Corazon.
• Corazon questioned whether Sengoku had sent Ye Tong, but Ye Tong said he was only passing through to collect trash.
• Ye Tong knocked Corazon's pistol from his hand with Spirit Echo, then left and told him to produce trash in peace.