Recaps

After learning that Obi-Wan had become a wanted man, Aeneas went to the port hoping to find a message about Obi-Wan and Rami. There, he heard that a pirate hunter had received a 35 million beli bounty and seized a sailor to demand more information.

• Aeneas saw Obi-Wan's bounty poster and worried about what had happened to him and Rami.
• Aeneas decided to check the port for a message from Obi-Wan.
• Aeneas overheard sailors discussing Tinos's annual Round Street Slaughter and its rumored contenders.
• Aeneas heard that a pirate hunter from Tinos had received a 35 million beli bounty.
• Aeneas pinned the fat sailor to the ground and demanded everything he knew about the pirate hunter.

Aeneas fought the Ziton Pirates after they attacked him, then questioned Jerry about the pirate hunter Obi-Wan and his 35-million-Beli bounty. Jerry said Obi-Wan was rumored to have been seen in Tinos, leaving Aeneas with little useful information as he worried about Obi-Wan and Rami.

• Aeneas stopped Jerry’s crewmate from attacking him, drove back the pirates, and used Jerry as a shield when Captain Ziton ordered his men to shoot.
• Aeneas leaped into the gunfire, defeated Ziton and an underling with Facebreaker, then escaped into an alley with Jerry.
• Aeneas questioned Jerry about Obi-Wan’s 35-million-Beli bounty, and Jerry explained that Obi-Wan had alarmed a Marine branch and attracted many hunters.
• Jerry said Obi-Wan was rumored to have been seen in Tinos, where pirates had gathered, but he did not know Obi-Wan’s current location.

Aeneas accepted Krachio Emondi’s invitation to meet Boss Scusen after learning that Obi-Wan had arranged the meeting. He discovered Scusen was Stephanie’s younger brother and Obi-Wan’s brother-in-law, then grew alarmed when Emondi said he had not seen Rami.

• Aeneas kicked Jerry away and decided to keep searching Tinos for Obi-Wan.
• Krachio Emondi introduced himself as District Three’s combat captain and invited Aeneas to meet Boss Scusen on Obi-Wan’s instructions.
• Emondi explained that Stephanie was Scusen’s biological older sister and Obi-Wan was Scusen’s brother-in-law.
• Aeneas asked whether Rami was with Obi-Wan, but Emondi said he had not seen the girl.
• Aeneas worried that something had happened to Rami and arrived with Emondi at an inconspicuous house.

Aeneas followed Emondi into Tinos’s hidden underground syndicate and learned how it trained and sold fighters to pirate crews. There, he reunited with Obi-Wan and discovered that the Marine 5th Branch had taken Rami, whose illness left him with little time.

• Emondi took Aeneas down to an abandoned mechanical base beneath Tinos and revealed it housed the Underground Syndicate.
• Aeneas learned the syndicate trained volunteers and sold them to pirate crews, and Emondi mentioned Bellamy might overturn the Kam Group.
• Aeneas reunited with an aged and anguished Obi-Wan and asked where Rami was.
• Obi-Wan told Aeneas that the Marine 5th Branch had taken Rami and that Rami had little time left because Stephanie could not treat his illness.

Aeneas learned that Rami had Amber Lead Syndrome and was likely from Flevance, leaving her life in grave danger. He resolved to rescue her from the Hunter Organization, while Obi-Wan planned to exchange himself for her.

• Scusen confirmed that Rami had Amber Lead Syndrome, and Aeneas realized she was likely an orphan from Flevance.
• Aeneas considered finding Law and the Op-Op Fruit as a way to save Rami, but feared there was no time.
• Obi-Wan and Scusen told Aeneas they planned to rescue Rami during the Round Street Slaughter.
• Scusen identified the Hunter Organization as Rami's captors, and Obi-Wan revealed they had betrayed him after his identity was exposed.
• Obi-Wan planned to surrender himself in exchange for Rami, while Aeneas grew furious at the betrayal.

Scusen explained a three-part plan to rescue Rami: Obi-Wan would surrender, a team would break into the Hunter Base from underground, and Aeneas would draw its forces into the Round Street Slaughter. The group agreed to proceed, but Aeneas warned that Marines might help the bounty hunters.

• Aeneas questioned whether the hunters would keep their promise to release Rami, and Scusen explained that the rescue team would break into the Hunter Base through blocked underground passages.
• Aeneas volunteered to join the underground rescue, but Scusen assigned him to create a riot during the Round Street Slaughter and draw the Hunter Base's fighters outside.
• Aeneas understood that the riot would weaken the Hunter Base's defenses and agreed to follow the plan with Emondi.
• Aeneas worried that Obi-Wan might be harmed when he surrendered, and Obi-Wan insisted he knew the Hunter Organization well.
• Aeneas warned that Marines who had paid the bounty hunters might assist them, startling Obi-Wan, Scusen, and Emondi.

Aeneas warned Scusen and Obi-Wan that the Round Street Slaughter could involve pirates, then made Emondi agree to let him direct the operation. Emondi revealed that the Kham Group’s hidden backer was connected to Germa 66, leaving Aeneas curious about the nature of that alliance.

• Aeneas warned Scusen and Obi-Wan that pirates might be involved in the Round Street Slaughter, and they agreed to prepare while keeping the overall plan unchanged.
• Emondi led Aeneas to meet the District Three participants, and Aeneas challenged him over whether they meant to use him to seize more businesses.
• Aeneas threatened to punish anyone who betrayed Obi-Wan, and Emondi agreed to follow Aeneas’s command during the operation.
• Aeneas asked Emondi about the grass leaf markings, and Emondi explained they represented Stephanie, the hidden backer of District Three.
• Emondi told Aeneas that the Orton Group was backed by a great pirate and that the Kham Group’s hidden backer was connected to Germa 66.

Aeneas and Emondi prepared to use the Round Street Slaughter to disrupt the Hunter Base and advance their plans. When the bell rang to begin the three-day battle, Aeneas defeated an ambusher and began honing his swordsmanship in the fighting.

• Emondi explained that they would stir up conflicts at industrial flashpoints and use temporary alliances to interfere with the Hunter Base, while Aeneas agreed to the plan.
• Aeneas drew the bronze reward Damp Canvas, trained, and joined Emondi and the combat squad as they returned to Central Circle Street.
• Emondi sent his subordinates to act independently and told Aeneas to remain at the reception point as the street emptied and the slaughter drew near.
• The Hunter Base's great bell rang, beginning the Round Street Slaughter.
• A burly man attacked Aeneas with a great saber, and Aeneas struck him through a wall before practicing swordsmanship in the Pit Grit state.

Obi-Wan turned himself in at Hunter Base to protect Rami, but Nader’s men arrested him and confiscated his weapon. Scusen prepared to break into the underground base while the Orton Group and Kam Group also pursued their own plans there.

• Obi-Wan arrived at Hunter Base and demanded that Nader release Rami, resisting the urge to attack when Nader’s men threatened her.
• Nader ordered hidden experts to subdue Obi-Wan, then had him handcuffed and his weapon confiscated.
• Nader increased security around the prison and Rami while waiting for a warship to arrive the next day.
• Scusen and his men watched Obi-Wan’s capture, then began blasting and digging a passage into the underground base to rescue him and Rami.
• Scusen urged his crew to shorten the time needed to reach the base as the Orton Group and Kam Group also set their sights on it.

Aeneas struggled to infuse his slashes with heroic spirit, then proved his strength to Emondi’s men by crushing Amos in a head-on fight. After regrouping with Emondi and finding their scouts missing, Aeneas headed toward North Street and encountered Spring Man Bellamy amid a field of corpses.

• Aeneas fought through Round Street Slaughter without killing anyone, while Emondi’s subordinates killed their opponents.
• Aeneas stopped Amos from challenging him, knocked him flying with a powerful punch, and welcomed him afterward.
• Emondi reported that his people had found suitable locations on Southwest Street, while Aeneas ruled out West Street.
• When their scouts failed to report back, Aeneas and Emondi split up to search, with Aeneas leading a group toward North Street.
• Aeneas found corpses scattered across a ruined street and watched Spring Man Bellamy bounce down in front of him.

Aeneas encountered Bellamy and received a Gold-tier reward that would bring Bruce Banner to him with a Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit: Hulk Form. As Aeneas waited for Banner, Bellamy tried to recruit him, then attacked.

• Aeneas triggered an Encounter Reward after meeting Bellamy and drew the character reward “Hulk Banner.”
• The system said Bruce Banner would arrive within an hour and that his Hulk transformation had become a Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit ability.
• Bellamy introduced Sarquis and Lillis, then sent them away so he could recruit Aeneas.
• Bellamy called Aeneas the “port's strong kid,” and Aeneas found his reputation had increased.
• Bellamy compressed his arms into springs and charged at Aeneas with killing intent.

Aeneas fought Bellamy, whose Spring-Spring Fruit-powered attack initially overwhelmed him, then countered with Knuckled Down and knocked Bellamy into the air. Afterward, Aeneas focused Grit onto his Iron Sword and created a golden sword aura, naming the new technique Grit Swift Slash.

• Bellamy attacked Aeneas with Spring Hopper and overpowered his left heavy punch, sending him crashing through a tree.
• Aeneas used Knuckled Down to strike Bellamy with a left heavy punch followed by a right, launching him more than thirty meters into the air.
• Bellamy crashed to the ground, badly hurt and unable to get back up.
• Aeneas gathered Grit onto his Iron Sword and unleashed a slash that formed a golden sword aura.
• Aeneas named his new technique Grit Swift Slash.

Aeneas used Grit Swift Slash to defeat Bellamy, but Andorhal intervened and revealed that he belonged to the Donquixote Family. Bellamy attacked Andorhal for claiming the family name, while Aeneas and Emondi left and the two rising stars prepared to fight.

• Aeneas unleashed Grit Swift Slash at Bellamy, but Andorhal shot the sword energy apart and saved him.
• Andorhal called Aeneas the real dark horse, and Bellamy noticed the Donquixote Family emblem on his jacket.
• Andorhal said he was a member of the Donquixote Family, and Bellamy accused him of being an impostor and attacked with Spring Snipe.
• Bellamy overwhelmed Andorhal with spring-powered blows and sent him flying.
• Aeneas and Emondi left to continue stirring up conflict, while Bellamy and Andorhal readied themselves for another clash.

Aeneas left without waiting to meet Bruce Banner, prioritizing his mission to rescue Rami and hoping Banner would cause a riot near the Hunter Base. Banner arrived at North Street, transformed into Hulk, and set out to find his master while struggling to control his destructive urge.

• Aeneas decided to keep moving rather than wait for Banner, focusing on rescuing Rami and weakening the Hunter Base’s defenses.
• Bellamy defeated Andorhal, then spotted Banner’s Hulk form destroying the area and left before confronting him.
• Banner returned to human form, wondered where he was, and remembered that he had come to find his master.
• Banner transformed into Hulk again but retained control, resolved to develop his powers to protect Aeneas, and headed toward a crowded area with an urge to smash everything.

Banner rampaged through Northeast Street in Hulk’s enraged form while searching for his master, leaving widespread destruction. Kham sent weapons against the monster, but Hulk crushed Will and continued his advance.

• Banner uprooted a tower and killed several lackeys who had been hiding nearby, then terrified another man before leaping toward a crowded area.
• Hulk rampaged through Northeast Street, destroying buildings and killing many people as groups struggled to stop him.
• A lackey told Kham that a Zoan Devil Fruit user was attacking, and Kham ordered him to deploy Weapon No. 1 and dozens of cannons.
• Kham revealed his cyborg body and vowed to make Bellamy suffer, considering sending another group against Hulk if Weapon No. 1 failed.
• Will attacked Banner with his Rock-Shattering Kick, but Banner grabbed his leg, crushed it, and swung him to death.

Banner’s Hulk form endured a united barrage of gunfire and then more than twenty powerful cannons, growing larger and angrier before appearing dead in a crater. His wounds rapidly healed, leaving the surrounding fighters to realize he was still alive.

• The hostile factions stopped fighting each other and concentrated their gunfire and artillery on Banner.
• Banner survived the barrage, grew to around six meters tall, and roared as Hulk’s rage took over.
• Kham’s underling ordered more than twenty cannons to fire, blasting Banner into a crater.
• The fighters believed Banner was dead, but his heartbeat continued and his body rapidly healed beneath a man standing on him.

Banner’s Hulk form battled Kham’s men, enduring a Railgun blast before killing their lackey and the remaining attackers. Banner returned to human form and hid, unaware that a red mechanical eye was watching him from an underground structure.

• The Hulk’s renewed strength and terrifying aura sent many of Kham’s men fleeing, while the lackey ordered Weapon Number One brought out.
• The Hulk leapt into the air and crushed the men holding their ground beneath his massive body.
• The lackey fired Germa 66’s Electromagnetic Gun, whose Railgun blast badly wounded the Hulk and slowed his regeneration.
• The lackey urged the others to attack, but the Hulk knocked them away and crushed the lackey with his fist.
• Banner’s Hulk form shrank back into a haggard man, and Banner went to hide as a red mechanical eye tracked him from a dark corner.

Obi-Wan was brought to a lavish room and confronted by Alfred, the former Hunter King and his old master, who had helped orchestrate his capture. Alfred revealed that he sought revenge for Obi-Wan’s past actions, and the chapter left Obi-Wan facing the man he once defeated.

• Obi-Wan endured taunts from his captors while secretly questioning where they were taking him.
• Obi-Wan entered a lavish room, recognized the Strong Crossbow, and found Alfred waiting for him.
• Alfred called Obi-Wan his disciple, and Obi-Wan challenged him about surviving and working with the Navy.
• Alfred said Obi-Wan’s mercy had allowed him to survive and return for revenge.
• Obi-Wan recalled that Alfred had raised and brainwashed children into loyalists, and that Obi-Wan had defeated him and reformed the Hunter Organization.
• Obi-Wan realized Alfred had allied with the Navy branch, used the captured girl to lure him in, and arranged the operation against him.

Obi-Wan faced Alfred’s threats over Rami while keeping Scusen’s plan secret. When riots erupted across Round Street Slaughter, Obi-Wan revealed the underground breakout, and Alfred ordered the base’s defenses strengthened.

• Alfred questioned Obi-Wan about the Dunhold Family and threatened Rami to learn the names of his accomplices.
• Obi-Wan heard Rami’s voice over the Den Den Mushi before Alfred ended the call and threatened to have her tortured.
• A giant green Monster crashed into North Street as rioters surged toward the Hunter Base and chaos spread across Round Street Slaughter.
• Alfred deduced that the riot was a diversion, and Obi-Wan admitted that Scusen and the others were escaping through the underground base.
• Alfred ordered the underground base’s defenses reinforced and prepared to confront Obi-Wan further.

Alfred mobilized the hunters to contain the riot and prepare for Scusen’s group, while Obi-Wan blamed himself for betraying his comrades to protect Rami. In the underground cell, Rami escaped by feigning illness and turned the guard’s own weapon against him, then set out to find her captured uncle.

• Alfred ordered the hunters to suppress the riot and guard the underground entrances against Scusen’s group.
• Obi-Wan smashed his head against the ground in guilt and hoped Aeneas could still change the outcome.
• Rami pretended to suffer a severe attack until the guard entered her cell to carry her out.
• Rami slipped out of the bundle, killed the guard with the charcoal-roasted iron plate, and took his keys.
• Rami left the cell to search for the place where her uncle was being held.

Aeneas left Bellamy and Andorhal fighting over the Donquixote insignia and headed toward the Hunter Base, thinking about the Dunhold Family’s destruction and his need to clear his name. On South Street, he encountered Kotahan, a massive fighter whose Hammer-Hammer Fruit ability and childlike voice surprised him.

• Aeneas watched Bellamy’s faith in the Donquixote Family help him break through his limits, then reflected that the family was likely tied to the Dunhold Family’s destruction.
• Aeneas decided to keep the Dunhold name and clear his predecessor’s reputation, since using a false identity would reduce fame gained through the Lottery System.
• Aeneas worried about Obi-Wan’s surrender and the threat to the Hunter Base, then calmed himself with the Essence Breathing Technique and charged into battle with Emondi, Amos, and the others following.
• Aeneas and his companions expanded their fight across Southwest Street and South Street as the conflict between Kham and the Orton Group intensified.
• Emondi introduced Kotahan as a favored dark horse and a Hammer-Hammer Fruit user, and Aeneas was startled by the burly fighter’s childlike voice.

Aeneas watched Emondi wound Kotahan with Seastone Tiger Knuckles and try to recruit him against Orton, but Kotahan refused to cooperate. Orton then arrived at the arena, swinging his colossal battle-axe and clearing a wide path as the group faced the feared Destroyer.

• Kotahan used his hammer techniques to knock Orton’s minions around, while Amos laughed at his childish voice and provoked his anger.
• Emondi told Aeneas that Orton had murdered Kotahan’s family, then attacked Kotahan with Seastone Tiger Knuckles and wounded him.
• Emondi apologized and sought Kotahan’s cooperation against Orton, but Kotahan rejected the offer and ordered the group to leave.
• Aeneas observed Emondi’s Soru and considered asking him for pointers on the technique.
• Orton abandoned his subordinates and charged toward the group, swinging his battle-axe through a wide area as he arrived.

Aeneas and Emondi learned from Kotahan that Orton was a semi-mechanical being whose strength depended on his battery level. After Orton overpowered Kotahan, Kotahan recalled the loss of his family and fused three body-made hammers into a meteor hammer to attack him.

• Emondi explained that Orton's strength fluctuated between ordinary and overwhelming, and Kotahan revealed that Orton's power depended on his battery level.
• Kotahan charged Orton with a Double Hammer Strike, but Orton blocked it with his giant axe and sent him crashing into a building.
• Kotahan recalled how Orton had killed his wife and baby daughter, fueling his resolve to take revenge.
• Kotahan transformed his hands and skull into three hammers and fused them into a spiked meteor hammer.
• Kotahan extended the meteor hammer's chain and hurled it toward Orton.

Orton’s fight with Kotahan, Aeneas, and Emondi revealed that Orton was a cyborg, while Aeneas recognized the big-nosed man with broken glasses from the port. The stranger shed his disguise to reveal a woman, leaving Aeneas and Emondi stunned as the confrontation continued.

• Kotahan transformed into a meteor hammer, trapped Orton’s axe and struck his head, but Orton seized him and whipped him unconscious.
• Emondi and Aeneas attacked Orton, and Aeneas punched through his chest to discover machinery and electrical wires beneath his skin.
• Aeneas and Emondi backed away as Orton grew sluggish and unstable, and Kotahan lay unconscious in the ruins.
• A big-nosed man with broken glasses emerged, identified Orton as a failed experiment, and threatened Aeneas.
• Aeneas recognized the stranger from the port, and the man shed his disguise to reveal a woman.

Caroline revealed that Germa 66 controlled Tinos and used it for cyborg experiments, then activated Orton’s mechanical body to attack Emondi. Aeneas tried to intervene, but Caroline’s combat bracelets let her overpower him, leaving both men facing Germa 66’s enhanced technology.

• Caroline introduced herself as a Germa 66 test subject and said Tinos was under the organization’s control.
• Caroline activated Orton’s mechanical body with an Overload Battery, boosting his strength and speed as he attacked Emondi.
• Caroline struck Aeneas aside when he tried to help Emondi, revealing her own enhanced strength.
• Aeneas attacked Caroline with Knuckled Down, but her Combat Bracelet absorbed the blow.