Chapter Summaries

After witnessing Roger’s execution in Loguetown, Wu De discovered that his newly obtained demi-human bloodline gave him control of an invisible Black Ghost. He used it to defeat five pirates threatening his ship, then sailed back toward the Oykot Kingdom.

• Wu De watched Roger’s execution, received the demi-human bloodline through a check-in, and saw Shanks and Buggy mourning nearby.
• Wu De manifested his Black Ghost during the storm and noticed Crocodile passing before Smoker asked where he was going.
• As Wu De boarded a sailboat to return to the Oykot Kingdom, five pirates threatened him and the crew.
• Wu De ordered his invisible Black Ghost to attack, and it swiftly defeated all five pirates.
• Mihawk sensed the strange aura and noticed Wu De before leaving, while Buggy cried out in shock from the shore as the ship departed.

After returning to Oykot Kingdom, Wude began training under Upton in swordsmanship and other combat skills while learning to use his Ajin abilities. Four years later, after Grandpa Greg died and Upton’s health declined, Wude set sail to join the Navy with his teacher’s final advice ringing in his ears.

• Wude returned to Oykot Kingdom, told Grandpa Greg that he had seen Roger die, and learned Greg had found him a teacher.
• Wude met Upton and chose to study every combat discipline, making swordsmanship his primary method and fighting techniques his support.
• Wude trained under Upton for four years, mastering the fundamentals and developing his abilities alongside Kuroh.
• Grandpa Greg died, and Upton’s health worsened as Wude prepared to leave for the Navy.
• Upton gave Wude one last lesson about refining himself like a blade, and Wude set sail from his second hometown.

Wude trained with Kuroh on a small sailboat, using years of practice to make his IBM fight independently and wield weapons. When Marines attacked a pirate ship, Wude’s invisible presence killed every pirate, and he left with their Berry as the Marines watched.

• Wude sparred with Kuroh, which fought with a sword, a flintlock pistol, and its wings.
• Kuroh repeated Wude’s old remark about his Black Ghost being cool as a pirate ship appeared in the distance.
• A Marine warship opened fire on the pirates, while Bellemere watched Wude’s boat from its deck.
• An invisible presence killed every pirate aboard the ship, leaving Wude calmly drinking tea on his boat.
• Wude jumped aboard the pirate ship and returned with a bag of Berry as the Marines watched.

Wude collected a pirate’s bounty and learned that Kyros was approaching 2,500 consecutive arena victories, which he considered a possible famous-scene check-in. After declining to join the 144th Marine Branch, he remembered that Bellemere’s unit would be wiped out in the Oykot Kingdom later that year and planned to clear out pirates there before heading to Dressrosa.

• Wude checked a pirate’s bounty booklet, collected the pirate’s five million Berries, and bought the latest newspaper from a News Coo.
• Wude read that Kyros had won 2,500 consecutive matches and considered whether Kyros’s future 3,000th victory would earn a famous-scene reward.
• Marine Colonel Vincent invited Wude to join the 144th Marine Branch, but Wude declined and said he planned to go directly to Marine Headquarters after verifying something.
• Wude remembered that Bellemere’s unit would be wiped out fighting pirates in the Oykot Kingdom later that year, and decided to clear out pirate forces around the kingdom and the Marine branch.
• Wude sailed with Vincent and Bellemere to the island where the 144th Marine Branch was based and walked toward its base.

Wu De hunted pirates around the Oykot Kingdom and met Shanks on an island, where they drank and fought. After Shanks overwhelmed Wu De with Haki, Wu De demonstrated his ability to revive by stabbing himself to death and returning unharmed, leaving Shanks baffled.

• Wu De exchanged a captured pirate for money at the Marine base, then sailed off to clear pirates from the waters around the Oykot Kingdom and Branch 144.
• Shanks watched Wu De defeat a pirate crew and recognized the strange invisible presence he had glimpsed in Loguetown years earlier.
• Wu De met Shanks on the island, declined his invitation to become a companion, and agreed to fight him.
• Shanks broke Wu De's blade, wounded him, and defeated Kuroh with Armament Haki during their fight.
• Wu De stabbed himself to demonstrate his ability, revived at full health, and left Shanks stunned.

Wude left Shanks stranded after winning their drinking contest through repeated revivals, then sailed to Saint Croix Island to find Elton. He and Kuroh fought through Elton’s pirates, and Kuroh captured their captain in midair.

• Wude and Shanks drank together until Wude repeatedly revived to erase his drunkenness and win; after Shanks passed out, Wude stole his wine and sailed away with Kuroh.
• Wude reached Saint Croix Island, where Elton had established a pirate hideout, and surrendered when the pirates refused to let him meet their captain.
• Wude ordered Kuroh to attack, and she began killing the pirates with invisible strikes while Wude endured their gunfire and revived.
• Wude and Kuroh fought through the pirates, killing dozens as the captain ordered his men to keep attacking.
• Kuroh seized the pirate captain with her claws and carried him into the sky, causing the remaining pirates to drop their weapons and stop fighting.

Wude led Kuroh to Elton’s crew, killed Elton, and used the pirates’ greed to make them fight over the captain’s treasure. After taking 40 million Berry, he killed the last five survivors and left the island with the remaining nonviolent pirates.

• Wude followed the pirate leader to Elton’s camp, where Elton tried to draw his gun and Kuroh killed him.
• Krieg knelt and begged Wude for mercy, but Wude ordered the pirates to beat him to death.
• Wude made the pirates with bounties fight those who had killed civilians, promising the survivors a share of Elton’s treasure.
• Wude collected 40 million Berry with the help of the pirates who had never killed anyone.
• Wude rejected the five surviving fighters as his crew and had Kuroh kill them before leaving the island.

Wude sailed to Marine Branch 144 to collect bounties, then headed for Reverse Mountain with a ship crewed by spared pirates. As his ship entered the canal, a rival pirate ship followed close behind and threatened them.

• Wude replaced the pirate ship’s skull flag with plain sails and had his tools carry his supplies and the captured pirates’ bodies aboard.
• Wude reached Marine Branch 144, where Bellemere led him to collect several tens of millions of Berry in bounties; Colonel Vincent also gave him a Log Pose.
• Wude bought supplies and sailed past Loguetown toward Reverse Mountain, explaining the canal route to his frightened tools.
• Wude’s ship approached the canal through heavy rain, and his crew saw the powerful currents and whirlpool at the Red Line.
• A pirate ship with a crossed double-snake flag threatened Wude’s crew, but Wude’s ship surged into the canal ahead of them.

Wude blasted the Twin Serpent Pirates apart with bombs during the passage through Reverse Mountain, then reached the Grand Line with his crew. At Twin Capes, he witnessed Laboon repeatedly ramming the Red Line and received Explosive Tags and Healing Potions through a check-in.

• Wude threw bombs at the Twin Serpent Pirates, setting their ship ablaze and destroying it with seven more explosives.
• Wude's ship nearly collided with another pirate ship at Reverse Mountain's peak, but Kuroh struck its hull and helped Wude's ship pass safely.
• Wude and his crew encountered Laboon near Twin Capes as the whale rammed the Red Line.
• Laboon injured himself while trying to break through the Red Line, and Crocus came ashore to treat him.
• Wude completed the check-in and received 50 Explosive Tags and 50 Healing Potions.

At Twin Capes, Wude considered how to spare Laboon years of grief and sang songs that stirred the former pirates into confronting their regrets. The flunkies resolved to leave their pirate lives behind and work to regain their families’ respect.

• Wude watched Crocus treat Laboon’s head wound and thought about the whale’s bond with Brook and its relentless attempts to break through the Red Line.
• As the group camped near Twin Capes, Wude wondered how to help Laboon move on and decided to teach the flunkies to sing.
• Wude sang “Bitter Sand” and “Old Boy,” and the songs made several flunkies weep over painful memories of their families and lost hopes.
• B, C, and D said they no longer wanted to be known as pirates, and Wude challenged them to take responsibility and earn back their families’ good opinion through their own efforts.
• The flunkies thanked Wude and vowed to work hard, while A admitted he still did not understand what was happening.

Wude convinced Laboon that Brook might still be alive and trapped in the Florian Triangle after demonstrating his ability to revive. Laboon set off to search for Brook, and Wude and his crew prepared to leave Twin Capes.

• Wude trained the errand men at Twin Capes while spending his evenings with Crocus.
• After Laboon recovered, he struck the Red Line again, and Wude realized he received no second sign-in reward for the same event.
• Wude explained that Brook's Revive-Revive Fruit could bring him back to life, then proved his own ability to revive by cutting his throat and returning to life.
• Wude told Laboon that Brook might be trapped in the Florian Triangle, giving the whale hope that his friend had survived.
• Laboon accepted Wude's suggestion and swam toward the Florian Triangle to search for Brook after Wude patted his head.

Wude and the crew visited Virgin Island, where Daisis’s women tried to entice the penniless pirates into the island’s pleasure district. Disappointed by the town’s atmosphere, Wude stopped at an old man’s food cart to order a meal for everyone.

• The crew recoiled from Kuroh’s disastrous cooking, but A ate the food while Wude warned Kuroh not to cook again.
• The ship reached Virgin Island, where Daisis welcomed Wude and the crew with a group of women offering their company.
• Wude refused the women because he had no money, and the tool people followed him away from the beach.
• After exploring the town, Wude complained that Virgin Island was a pleasure district rather than the pirate battleground he had wanted.
• Wude ordered everything the old man’s food cart could make and frightened the little girl by making a face at her.

Wude waited on the island for the Log Pose to finish recording its magnetic force while training his Observation Haki and spending time with the old man’s family. After a week, Kuroh began imitating a woman, prompting Wude to decide he needed to keep a closer eye on them.

• Wude asked the old man how long the island’s magnetic force took to record and learned it would take half a month.
• When the Bald Pirate Crew threatened the old man and his granddaughter, Wude confronted them, and Jia used a bag of bombs to make them surrender.
• Wude paid for the meal, returned to his ship, and trained his Observation Haki by dodging Kuroh’s iron-rod strikes while blindfolded.
• Wude spent the next few days training by day and eating with the old man’s family at night as he waited for the Log Pose to finish recording.
• After a week, Wude found that Kuroh had developed a feminine appearance and decided to keep them from wandering off unsupervised.

Wude watched Daisis’s courtesan procession in the Pleasure District, where her brother Xiluo cowed a pirate who tried to abduct her. After learning Xiluo was a Devil Fruit user, Wude grew curious about his power but left, insisting he preferred fighting to watching the procession.

• At the noodle cart, Wude discussed courtesans with the little girl and said that liking someone could not be decided on a whim.
• The next day, Wude and the little girl went to watch Daisis lead a procession through the Pleasure District.
• A pirate tried to make Daisis his captain’s wife, but Xiluo appeared and forced him to kneel with a glare.
• Wude learned from a bystander that Xiluo was a Devil Fruit user and became interested in sparring with him.
• Daisis glanced at Wude as her procession passed, while Wude left and clarified to a passerby that he meant a physical sparring match.

Wude ignored Daqisi’s lavish invitation and chose to return to training, while Daqisi and her brother Xiluo took an interest in him. The chapter left Daqisi planning to test Wude by sending a courtesan after him.

• Daqisi rejected a pirate for being ugly and too weak to defeat her brother, and the crowd turned against him until he fled in tears.
• Daqisi offered the island’s people drinks and a banquet featuring courtesan dances, but Wude left to train after the sickly powerful man disappeared.
• Daqisi watched Wude reject the festivities and told Xiluo she wanted to send a courtesan to test him.
• Xiluo said he had dealt with the fish who slipped through the net, and Daqisi approved.
• A pleasure district woman invited Wude to the banquet, but he refused, while Kuroh compared their chests with Wude watching.

Wude attended a Pleasure District banquet, where he stayed wary of the guests and the women onstage despite appearing uninterested. After drawing a lot to meet a courtesan queen, he crushed it rather than sell it, leaving the queen reassured and a Marine outmatched.

• Wude followed his companions to the Pleasure District banquet, where he fell asleep during the dancing and ignored a young lady's attempts to serve him.
• Wude watched the crowd and performers carefully while pretending to admire the show.
• Wude drew a lot marked with a hairpin, which gave him a chance to meet the qipao-clad courtesan queen.
• A pirate offered five million Berry for the lot, and a disguised Marine raised the offer to forty million Berry.
• Wude refused to sell the lot, crushed it, and apologized to the courtesan queen for declining her kindness.

After slipping away from the Marines by claiming to be Rear Admiral Rengoku Kyojuro, Wude was challenged by Xiluo, a strange blood-controlling ability user. Their fight left off as Wude unleashed a Flying Slash that destroyed Xiluo’s blood blade.

• Wude told his followers to leave him alone, then bluffed the pursuing Marines by claiming to be Rear Admiral Rengoku Kyojuro before escaping into an alley.
• Xiluo confronted Wude and challenged him to a fight, offering his sister’s marriage and the island as the stakes regardless of who won.
• Xiluo formed a sword from blood and attacked Wude, whose initial slash split the weapon into crescent-shaped blades that he narrowly dodged.
• Xiluo explained that he could reshape his blood weapons, then sent the blades back at Wude while laughing.
• Wude recalled his teacher’s advice, focused his strength into one strike, and unleashed a Flying Slash that shattered the blood blades into droplets.

Wude drove Xiluo away after overpowering his blood weapons with Kuroh, then grew suspicious of the island and its residents. He followed two doctors who removed a madman after the man warned that the food was dangerous.

• Xiluo used blood to form weapons and send arrows at Wude, but Kuroh shielded Wude from them.
• Xiluo fled when he realized Wude and Kuroh could overwhelm him, while Wude chased him to learn about his glare-and-kneel ability.
• Daisis found her exhausted, blood-spitting brother and admitted she had fallen for Wude despite Xiluo's warnings.
• Wude questioned his henchmen's suspicious story about a free night at the pleasure district and went into town to investigate.
• A disheveled man warned Wude not to eat the food before two doctors dragged him away, and Wude followed them, suspecting the island's lack of medical facilities was a clue.

Wude uncovered Daisis and Xiluo’s scheme to control him, but after escaping Daisis’s hypnosis, he returned to find ordinary civilians held hostage. He surrendered and prepared to exchange hostages while Kuroh moved toward Daisis.

• Wude followed Daisis’s agents to a restaurant, where Daisis offered to free kidnapped Marines if he dated her and joined her side.
• After Wude refused and ate fruit, Xiluo revealed that Daisis’s blood contained a toxin that could control anyone who consumed it.
• Daisis hypnotized Wude, but he ordered Kuroh to kick him awake, sending him crashing through a wall and escaping the restaurant.
• Wude returned to confront Daisis and Xiluo, but Xiluo held a little girl, an old man, and other travelers at swordpoint.
• Wude surrendered with his hands raised as Kuroh quietly crept toward Daisis.

Wude captured Daisis and negotiated with Xiluo to free his people, while discovering that the siblings had turned nearly everyone on the island into weapons. He led the hostages in retreat, but their Log Pose had not finished recording, leaving them trapped in a tense standoff.

• Daisis tried to force Wude to marry her, but Kuroh grabbed her and used her as a hostage; Wude knocked her unconscious after she bound them together with silk.
• Wude and Xiluo bargained over Daisis and the hostages, and Xiluo revealed that more than twenty of Wude’s shipmates were being held.
• Jia and the others refused to let Wude surrender, and Xiluo kicked Jia for disrupting the negotiations.
• Xiluo handed over the hostages and removed their Blood Poison while Kuroh carried Daisis away.
• Wude led the group backward through the island as Xiluo’s controlled residents armed themselves, and Yi warned that the Log Pose had not finished recording.