Chapter Summaries

Aeneas drew Beginner Cooking from the Lottery System and discovered that its meals could gradually improve his and his companions’ physiques. After finishing his training, he entered Tinos, where he learned firsthand that the town was a lawless refuge for pirates and criminals, before someone called out to him.

• Aeneas drew the silver reward Beginner Cooking and realized that cooking could strengthen those who ate his food.
• Aeneas prepared a meal while practicing sword swings, hoping to learn Obi-Wan’s powerful sword strike when he returned.
• Aeneas finished his training and traveled openly to Tinos after completing Obi-Wan’s assigned task.
• Aeneas entered Tinos in disguise and saw its foul streets, neglected corpses, and harsh divide between the powerful core and exploited periphery.
• A voice called Aeneas a shorty and ordered him to stop.

Aeneas refused to hand over his heavy bundle when Pockmarked Three-Rough tried to rob him, then continued toward Tinos’s trade market. Orton gathered a gang to confront him, and Aeneas recognized the District One boss as he revealed his enormous axe.

• Pockmarked Three-Rough tried to seize Aeneas’s bundle, but Aeneas hurt his wrist and sent him stumbling away.
• Pockmarked Three-Rough told Orton about Aeneas, and Orton ordered his men to intercept the boy in District One.
• Aeneas hid Iron Sword under his cloak and headed for the trade market on Central Circle Street.
• Aeneas noticed the street had emptied and found himself surrounded by more than a dozen armed men.
• Orton appeared with his enormous axe, and Aeneas recognized him as the District One gang boss.

Aeneas escaped Orton and his men by hiding in a dark art studio, where a little girl named Marianne helped conceal him. He recognized her as Miss Goldenweek after the system’s notification reminded him of her identity.

• Orton mistook Aeneas for one of Bellamy’s group and attacked him with a huge axe.
• Aeneas dodged Orton’s attack, struck back with his blunt Iron Sword, then fled over the rooftops when he realized Orton was too strong to fight.
• Orton ordered his men to search the surrounding houses while he smashed nearby buildings in anger.
• Aeneas hid in a dark house, and Marianne waited until Orton’s men had left before revealing herself.
• Aeneas noticed Marianne’s art studio, stepped in green paint, and remembered the system’s notification before identifying her as Miss Goldenweek.

Aeneas encountered Marianne, the girl who would later become Miss Goldenweek, and received Ma Liang’s Magic Brush as a Silver Reward. After learning that Marianne had saved him with her psychological suggestion, he gave her the brush before leaving, and she used it to bring a painted bird to life.

• Aeneas recognized Marianne as the future Miss Goldenweek and received a Silver Reward draw for encountering her.
• Aeneas drew Ma Liang’s Magic Brush, which could temporarily turn drawings into real objects but gave them no mass.
• Aeneas realized Marianne’s colors had influenced people’s behavior and credited her with helping him escape the Underground Syndicate.
• Marianne told Aeneas that she lived alone in her art studio and that her parents were dead.
• Aeneas gave Marianne Ma Liang’s Magic Brush as thanks for saving him, then left the studio.
• Marianne used the brush to paint a bird that flew around the room and thanked Aeneas as he disappeared.

Aeneas gave Ma Liang's Magic Brush to Marianne and made his way from Orton's territory to the bustling Central Circle Street. There, he found a Marine 5th Branch wanted poster for Obi-Wan, the pirate hunter he recognized as a traitor.

• Aeneas gave Ma Liang's Magic Brush to Marianne and considered how it might strengthen her color-based psychological suggestion.
• Aeneas crossed District One and reached Central Circle Street, reflecting on his first year in the pirate world and vowing to make his name resound across the sea.
• Aeneas explored the crowded street and heard a vendor claim that one of ten expensive treasure boxes contained a Devil Fruit.
• Aeneas stopped at a wall of wanted posters and saw Obi-Wan listed as a traitorous pirate hunter with a 35 million Beli bounty.

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.