Arc 6Hawk Eyes and the Shichibukai

Allen defeated Hawk Eyes in a duel but earned his respect, then ended up bringing him into a clash with the Marines. As the World Government approached Allen about becoming a Shichibukai and offered him a mission against Shanks, Robin reunited with him and joined his household.

  • Allen fought Hawk Eyes in a fierce sword duel, defeated him with Thousand Strikes, and healed his grave injuries with the Heavenly Demise Sword.
  • Allen and Hawk Eyes drank together, and Yamato demonstrated Divine Avoidance before Allen left Hawk Eyes passed out on the shore.
  • Allen teleported Hawk Eyes to Marine Headquarters, where the Admirals and Marines attacked them, and Kake mistakenly stabbed Akainu with his scissors.
  • Allen rescued Hawk Eyes, returned with him to Loguetown, and sent him off with a Space Imprint on his blade and a supply of liquor.
  • The Marines debated recruiting Allen as a Shichibukai, while Gion admitted she would resign rather than fight him.
  • Allen reunited with Robin, who claimed their childhood connection entitled her to be his first woman, and he brought her back to Yamato and Nana.
  • A CP0 agent offered Allen the post of Chief Shichibukai, and Allen questioned whether the position would let him legally target Celestial Dragons.
  • Saint Saturn hired Allen to recover a World Government shipment stolen by Shanks, and Allen demanded ten billion Berry before arranging a deposit on Sabaody.
Chapters 126–150 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 126When Did You Get So Lame?

Hawk Eyes arrived to challenge Allen after being delayed by a three-day battle with Shanks, and Yamato fought him first. After Hawk Eyes defeated Yamato, Allen accepted his challenge and sent Yamato and Nana away from the shore.

  • Nana worried that Hawk Eyes was coming for Allen, and Allen reassured her before the visitor arrived.
  • Hawk Eyes confronted Allen, and Allen teased him about arriving late and asked who had won his battle with Shanks.
  • Hawk Eyes drew his Black Blade, Yoru, and challenged Allen, but Yamato eagerly stepped in to fight him first.
  • Hawk Eyes knocked Yamato back when she lost focus after seeing Allen cuddle Nana.
  • Allen accepted Hawk Eyes's challenge, teased Yamato for losing, and sent her away with Nana before the duel began.

Ch. 127Heh, try this move!

Allen and Hawk Eyes fought to test their strength, with Allen using his Myriad Swords Returning to Origin and Hawk Eyes defending with Black Blade "Night." After an hour of close combat, they agreed to settle the duel with one decisive move, and Allen began gathering power for his next attack.

  • Allen challenged Hawk Eyes to join him, then traded slashes with him barehanded before unleashing Myriad Swords Returning to Origin.
  • Hawk Eyes endured Allen's successive waves of sword aura, then countered with a powerful slash that Allen met with the Heavenly Demise Sword.
  • Allen asked Hawk Eyes why he never named his techniques, then invited him to join again; Hawk Eyes insisted Allen beat him first.
  • Allen and Hawk Eyes fought neck and neck for an hour before agreeing to decide the duel with one move.
  • Allen prepared a powerful attack without announcing its name as Hawk Eyes readied himself to give everything he had.

Ch. 128Hawk Eyes defeated

Allen fought Hawk Eyes with swordsmanship alone and defeated him with Thousand Strikes, a barrage of layered slashes. After Yamato and Nana assumed Hawk Eyes was dead, Allen sensed that he was still alive and rushed into the pit to find him.

  • Allen told Hawk Eyes he intended to defeat him through swordsmanship, and Hawk Eyes praised Allen's skill before preparing his own strike.
  • Allen and Hawk Eyes unleashed their slashes, but Allen's combined attack split into many separate strikes that exhausted Hawk Eyes's slash.
  • Hawk Eyes covered himself in Armament Haki and endured Allen's Thousand Strikes rather than retreating, while Yamato and Nana watched.
  • The attack left a massive pit, and Yamato and Nana celebrated what they thought was Hawk Eyes's death.
  • Allen used Observation Haki to find a faint sign of life beneath the pit and rushed down to Hawk Eyes.

Ch. 129Supreme Seven Kettle, you deserve it!

After rescuing Hawk Eyes from the pit, Allen used the Heavenly Demise Sword to heal his severe injuries, earning his gratitude. The group gathered for a roast Sea King, where Allen bought a hundred dozen bottles of rice wine from the system and immediately regretted the cost.

  • Allen carried the gravely injured Hawk Eyes out of the pit, then returned after Yamato and Nana secretly discussed sterilizing him.
  • Allen used the Heavenly Demise Sword to channel life force into Hawk Eyes and repair his injuries.
  • Hawk Eyes thanked Allen and promised to repay the favor, while Allen asked Yamato and Nana to prepare food.
  • The four shared a roasted Sea King, and Allen asked Nana for alcohol.
  • Allen bought a hundred dozen bottles of Supreme Seven Kettle rice wine for 50,000 points, then demanded a refund from the system.

Ch. 130I hate it when people interrupt my showing off!

Allen shared expensive rice wine with Hawk Eyes, and the two became close while drinking. Yamato interrupted Allen’s bragging about his sword techniques and agreed to demonstrate hers, leaving Allen, Hawk Eyes, and Nana covered in sand.

  • Allen ignored the system’s silence, hid his anger from Nana, and brought out liquor from his Space Backpack.
  • Hawk Eyes praised the rice wine, while Yamato disliked it and Nana went to fetch her juice.
  • Allen and Hawk Eyes drank together until they were calling each other brothers, and Hawk Eyes asked about Allen’s swordsmanship.
  • Allen claimed his techniques were exclusive, but Yamato interrupted and claimed she knew them too, including techniques Allen had not taught her.
  • Hawk Eyes asked Yamato to demonstrate, and she raised the Glazed Sword, unleashing an aura that blasted sand into the faces of the onlookers.

Ch. 131Too much of this liquor is unhealthy. Drink less!

Yamato froze the sea with Divine Avoidance, impressing Hawk Eyes and Nana while Allen complained that she had frozen his ship. After drinking with Hawk Eyes, Allen discovered the system had sold him liquor made with industrial alcohol and a secret ingredient, then left with Yamato and Nana.

  • Yamato unleashed Divine Avoidance and froze the sea, leaving Hawk Eyes and Nana stunned by her strength.
  • Allen complained that Yamato had frozen his Poetry and the Distant Sea, then drank with Hawk Eyes until Hawk Eyes passed out.
  • Allen asked the system why the liquor was so strong and learned it contained industrial alcohol and a special ingredient from brewer Ah San.
  • The system revealed that the seasoning was Technology and Ruthlessness, and Allen angrily cursed it before withdrawing his consciousness.
  • Allen vanished with Yamato and Nana, leaving Hawk Eyes lying beside the frozen sea.

Ch. 132Who's Interrupting My Fun?!

Allen returned to his ship with Hawk Eyes, interrupted Yamato and Nana while they were teasing each other, and spent the night with the two women. The next afternoon, Hawk Eyes asked Allen for a Vivre Card so he could challenge other swordsmen before returning to fight him.

  • Allen remembered Hawk Eyes, found him passed out drunk on the shore, and brought him back to the ship.
  • Allen heard Nana and Yamato under the covers, teleported into their room, and discovered Yamato had been squeezing Nana's breasts with her consent.
  • Allen told Yamato he had gone to retrieve Hawk Eyes, then went to bathe and later spent the night with Yamato and Nana.
  • Allen woke in the afternoon and found Hawk Eyes waiting on the sofa with a glass of juice.
  • Hawk Eyes refused to join Allen for now and asked for a Vivre Card so he could challenge other swordsmen before facing Allen again.

Ch. 133Holy shit, this is Marine Headquarters!

Allen advised Hawk Eyes to keep developing swordsmanship beyond traditional limits, then teleported him to Marine Headquarters while pretending they had arrived in Loguetown. The Three Admirals recognized Allen, and Akainu called for them to attack.

  • Allen argued that building new swordsmanship on the techniques of predecessors could create limitless possibilities, and Hawk Eyes thanked him before preparing to leave.
  • Hawk Eyes asked Allen for more liquor, and Allen freed Hawk Eyes' boat from the ice before making it disappear into a spatial vortex.
  • Allen teleported Hawk Eyes to Marine Headquarters, intending to make others believe they were allies, but told him they were in Loguetown.
  • Kizaru noticed Allen in the plaza, and Hawk Eyes recognized Marine Headquarters after seeing the building and the Three Admirals.
  • Akainu recognized Allen and urged the Three Admirals to attack him and Hawk Eyes.

Ch. 134I'm Not with Him!

Allen and Hawk Eyes fought the Three Admirals and the Marines after Allen pretended his teleportation ability needed five minutes to recharge. Sengoku ordered the Marines to attack them, leaving Hawk Eyes under heavy pressure while Allen mostly defended himself and protected Marine officers who were secretly avoiding the fight.

  • Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru launched a combined attack at Allen and Hawk Eyes, who blocked it with sword slashes.
  • Allen claimed he could not teleport for five minutes, and Hawk Eyes agreed to hold out until then.
  • Sengoku arrived, blamed both men for the destruction, and ordered lower-ranking soldiers to retreat while flag officers surrounded them.
  • Kizaru joined Aokiji and the Marines attacking Hawk Eyes, while Allen faced Akainu alone and defended rather than counterattacking.
  • Marine officers below Vice Admiral rank pretended to attack Allen but deliberately missed, and Allen protected them from Akainu's stray blows.

Ch. 135The King of Simps' Unusual Move

Allen fought the Marines at Marine Headquarters while they suspected he had lost his Space Ability, and Kake prepared to ambush him. Allen suddenly used his ability to swap places with Akainu, leaving Kake stabbing Akainu as everyone watched in stunned silence.

  • Several Marine officers from Kizaru's faction pretended to attack Allen while slacking off, and Tsuru told Sengoku that Allen seemed to be holding back.
  • Tsuru guessed that Allen could no longer use his Space Ability, so Sengoku ordered the Marines to keep him at Marine Headquarters.
  • Kake abandoned his training, brought his enormous scissors to the plaza, and waited for a chance to attack Allen.
  • Hawk Eyes told Allen that he was close to being beaten, and Allen said his ability would return in two minutes.
  • Kake crept behind Allen while Allen blocked Akainu's Magma Fist, but Allen swapped places with Akainu just before the scissors struck.
  • Kake stabbed Akainu with the scissors and repeatedly thrust them, leaving the Marines frozen in shock.

Ch. 136A ruined rear

Kake accidentally tormented Akainu with the scissors in his rear, causing Akainu to awaken Conqueror's Haki and turn his anger on Allen. Allen fought Akainu with a Susanoo Hand as Kizaru's faction began retreating, while Hawk Eyes remained trapped and called for help.

  • Kake realized he had mistaken Akainu for Allen and repeatedly pulled the scissors from Akainu's rear before shoving them back in.
  • Akainu awakened Conqueror's Haki in a burst that blasted Kake away and knocked nearby commodores and rear admirals unconscious.
  • Akainu blamed Allen for his humiliation and attacked him with a Magma Fist, but Allen met the blow with an Armament Haki-coated fist.
  • Hawk Eyes asked Allen to free him, but Allen told him to wait while he dealt with Akainu.
  • Allen formed a giant Susanoo Hand, prompting Kizaru and his underlings to retreat.

Ch. 137The fall of a generation's King of Simps

Allen provoked Akainu into killing Kake, then escaped Marine Headquarters while leaving Hawk Eyes behind. After returning to rescue him, Allen teleported them both to Loguetown, where Hawk Eyes angrily blamed him for the ordeal.

  • Akainu charged Allen with a magma attack, but Allen vanished with the Mecha's arm and caused Akainu to strike Kake instead.
  • Allen accused Akainu of killing his close friend, and Kake died after giving Gion one last look.
  • Sengoku ordered the Marines to attack Allen, who teleported away and accidentally left Hawk Eyes behind.
  • Allen returned to Marine Headquarters, grabbed Hawk Eyes, and teleported them both to Loguetown.
  • Hawk Eyes berated Allen for getting him into trouble, while Allen joked that his name would protect him from the Marines.

Ch. 138Brotherly bonds

Allen left Marine Headquarters with Hawk Eyes, insisting they were brothers and offering him liquor and help, while the Marines dealt with the wreckage and Kake’s death. At Marine Headquarters, officers split over whether to attack Allen, and Gion remained indifferent to the debate.

  • Allen reassured Hawk Eyes that he would help him, marked Hawk Eyes’s blade with a Space Imprint, and gave him twenty-five dozen bottles of Supreme Seven Kettle.
  • Allen loaded the liquor onto Hawk Eyes’s coffin boat and called after him as Hawk Eyes departed without replying.
  • Sengoku ordered the Marines to bury the dead and tend to the injured, while Kizaru repeated the order and left for his office.
  • Gion returned to her quarters without checking on Kake, whose head was placed in a glass box, and Akainu vowed to kill Allen.
  • Allen returned to the Poetry and the Distant Sea, where Yamato teased him about the Marines plotting against him before drawing him under the covers.
  • At a Marine officers’ meeting, Akainu’s faction called for an immediate attack on Allen, Aokiji’s faction urged caution, and Gion stayed indifferent.

Ch. 139The Shichibukai affair

Sengoku announced that Shanks had become a fourth Emperor and that the World Government planned to establish the Shichibukai early. The government’s first recruitment target was Allen, leaving the Marines shocked as Akainu protested and Tsuru suggested Allen might refuse.

  • Sengoku announced that Shanks of the Red-Haired Pirates had become a fourth Emperor, noting his ties to Allen.
  • Sengoku revealed that the World Government had ordered the Marines to establish the Shichibukai to preserve the world’s balance.
  • Sengoku explained that the Shichibukai would be seven powerful pirates permitted to plunder in exchange for serving the government when summoned.
  • Sengoku named Allen as the government’s first recruitment target, and Akainu stood up and smashed the table in protest.
  • Kizaru moved his chair beside Garp to avoid the outburst, while Gion struggled with the idea of Allen joining the Shichibukai.
  • Sengoku told Akainu to calm down, and Tsuru remarked that Allen might reject the offer or kidnap another Celestial Dragon.

Ch. 140Gion's decision

At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku revealed the candidates for the Shichibukai while the Marines awaited Allen’s answer to the government’s offer. Gion struggled with the possibility of fighting Allen and told Tsuru she would resign rather than face him.

  • Akainu said the Marines would proceed with their plans against Allen if he refused to become a Shichibukai, and Sengoku said the government was waiting for his answer.
  • Sengoku named Dracule Mihawk, Bartholomew Kuma, Crocodile, Boa Hancock, and Gecko Moria as candidates, leaving the seventh position undecided.
  • Gion privately worried that the government had chosen Allen’s secret wife, Boa Hancock, as a candidate.
  • Tsuru urged Gion to persuade Allen to join the Shichibukai so she would not have to fight him as a Marine.
  • Gion said she would resign rather than fight Allen and admitted she loved him enough to give him her life.
  • Tsuru left after warning Gion not to do anything she would regret, and Gion acknowledged her words.

Ch. 141A Supersized Robin

Allen and his companions encountered Robin, who had disguised herself so thoroughly that he failed to recognize her. After Robin revealed who she was and confirmed they had met nine years earlier, Allen asked why she looked so different, then asked whether she ever looked in a mirror.

  • Allen, Yamato, and Nana met a heavily disguised woman on their way to the shore, and she stared at Allen without answering his questions.
  • Allen gently poked the woman to snap her out of her memories, but she became hurt when he said he did not recognize her and burst into tears.
  • Yamato accused Allen of having mistreated the woman, while Robin called him a scumbag for forgetting her.
  • Robin revealed that she was Robin from Ohara, whom Allen had met nine years earlier, and Yamato and Nana reacted differently to their connection.
  • Allen accepted that Robin was his childhood acquaintance, then asked what her mother fed her and whether she ever looked in a mirror.

Ch. 142Like her, my ass! I hate her the most!

Robin removed her disguise and reunited with Allen, while Yamato revealed that several women had slept with him and that Hancock held the number-one spot. As Allen answered Hancock’s call, someone snatched the Mystic Mirror from his hand.

  • Robin saw her reflection, realized she was still disguised, and used her Flower-Flower Fruit ability to reveal her true appearance.
  • Allen and Nana admired Robin, while Yamato mistakenly asked where the ugly woman had gone and then argued with Robin.
  • Yamato offered to help Robin compete for Allen, and Robin insisted she deserved first place because she had met him first.
  • Yamato named Nana, Gion, a Celestial Dragon, and Hancock among the women who had slept with Allen, leaving Robin stunned.
  • Hancock appeared on the Mystic Mirror and teased Allen, but someone suddenly snatched the mirror from his hand.

Ch. 143Here she goes, here she goes, acting all slutty again!

Allen's call with Boa Hancock turned into a jealous argument with Robin over their childhood betrothal and whether they had slept together. After Allen ended the call, he took an angry, tearful Robin away for a private talk, leaving Yamato annoyed that he did not come back to comfort her.

  • Hancock saw Robin on the Mystic Mirror and challenged her, while Robin claimed she had been betrothed to Allen since childhood.
  • Robin declared that she was Allen's first woman because they had slept in the same bed nine years earlier, and Allen clarified that they had only talked under the covers.
  • Hancock mocked Robin for not having kissed Allen, making Robin sob, before Allen ended the call after promising to visit Hancock that night.
  • Yamato mocked Hancock after the call, and Allen took Robin toward the shore while telling Yamato not to follow them.
  • Yamato waited for Allen to comfort her, but Nana pointed out that he had already gone far away with Robin, leaving Yamato furious and hurt.

Ch. 144It Felt Great, So Soft and Springy!

Allen and Robin argued about his relationships with other women before he admitted he still liked her and flirted with her on the walk back. He brought Robin to Yamato and Nana and introduced the three women as future sisters.

  • Robin asked Allen why he would not show her affection, and he blurted out that she was not one of his women yet.
  • Robin demanded that Allen leave his other women, but he refused, saying he would not abandon them.
  • Robin called Allen a scumbag and followed him as he walked back to Yamato and Nana.
  • Allen deliberately squeezed Robin, admitted that he had done it on purpose, and continued touching her as they walked.
  • Allen brought Robin to Yamato and Nana and told them they would be good sisters from then on.

Ch. 145An emissary from the World Government

A CP0 agent delivered the Five Elders’ offer for Allen to become Chief Shichibukai, and Allen explained the system’s purpose and terms to Nana, Yamato, and Robin. The agent left suspecting that Marine Admiral Kizaru might be a spy and resolved to report his suspicions to the Five Elders.

  • A CP0 agent approached Allen and said the Five Elders wanted him to join the Shichibukai as Chief Shichibukai.
  • Allen explained to Nana, Yamato, and Robin that the World Government planned to use seven powerful pirates to counterbalance the rise of a fourth emperor.
  • Robin pointed out that the Shichibukai would be powerful enough to resist the World Government, and Allen explained that they received legal permission to plunder in exchange for answering its calls.
  • Allen confirmed the Shichibukai’s terms to the CP0 agent, who grew uneasy when Allen showed how much he knew.
  • The CP0 agent suspected Allen had nearly mentioned Admiral Kizaru and resolved to tell the Five Elders that Kizaru might be an undercover agent.

Ch. 146The Unlucky CP0

Allen manipulated CP0 agent Seven into contacting the Five Elders while plotting to exploit the Shichibukai’s legal plundering rights against Celestial Dragons. He took the Den Den Mushi from Seven and kicked him away as Saint Saturn answered, leaving Allen poised to speak with him directly.

  • Allen threatened Seven when the CP0 agent tried to leave, then reminded him that he had come to discuss Allen joining the Shichibukai.
  • Allen asked whether Shichibukai could legally plunder and whether that protection extended to robbing or killing Celestial Dragons, leaving Seven unable to answer.
  • Yamato warned Allen she would leave if he became a World Government lapdog, then realized and approved of his plan to target Celestial Dragons.
  • Seven proposed putting Allen in direct contact with the Five Elders, and Allen agreed.
  • Saint Saturn answered Seven’s Den Den Mushi call, and Allen took it before kicking Seven away; Yamato started to attack Seven but stopped when Allen looked at her.

Ch. 147If You Dare Keep Running, I'll Kill a Few Celestial Dragons!

Allen used a Den Den Mushi to speak with Saint Saturn after sparing CP0, forcing the agent to return and slap himself before letting him go. Allen then asked whether becoming a Shichibukai granted him the legal right to plunder, leaving Saint Saturn to suspect he meant slaughtering Celestial Dragons.

  • Seven fled after Allen kicked him away, while Allen took the Den Den Mushi and spoke to Saint Saturn.
  • Allen called Seven back by threatening to kill Celestial Dragons if he kept running.
  • Allen teased and intimidated Seven until the CP0 agent apologized and slapped himself three times, then let him leave.
  • Allen told Saint Saturn that Seven was alive and well, and Saint Saturn asked what Allen wanted.
  • Allen asked whether a Shichibukai could legally plunder, prompting Saint Saturn to suspect Allen wanted permission to slaughter Celestial Dragons.

Ch. 148I Said, That Costs Extra!

Allen rejected Saint Saturn’s warning about killing Celestial Dragons, then agreed to help the World Government recover a stolen shipment from Shanks’s Red-Haired Pirates for ten billion. He arranged to collect the deposit on Island One of the Sabaody Archipelago, then joked with Yamato about selling her for 250 Berry.

  • Allen cursed Saint Saturn and hung up, but answered when the Den Den Mushi rang again.
  • Saint Saturn asked Allen to recover a World Government shipment stolen by the Red-Haired Pirates and offered him five billion.
  • Allen recognized that the cargo was likely the Rubber-Rubber Fruit and suspected Saint Saturn wanted to turn him against Shanks.
  • Allen demanded ten billion, including a two-billion deposit, to go after Shanks, and Saint Saturn agreed.
  • Allen arranged to receive the deposit on Island One of the Sabaody Archipelago in two hours.
  • Yamato teased Allen about betraying Shanks, and Allen said he would sell her for exactly 250 Berry.

Ch. 149The wind is strong here. I'm afraid it'll mess up my hair!

Yamato teased Allen in public until their flirtation turned intimate, and Allen used his Space Sphere to take them and Robin and Nana back to the Poetry and the Distant Sea. Allen and Yamato then disappeared, while Nana quietly set out to bring Robin closer to them.

  • Yamato bit Allen, but his Armament Haki protected him, so she licked and breathed on his ear instead.
  • Allen kissed Yamato and touched her intimately until she stopped him because they were outdoors with people nearby.
  • Yamato asked to return to the room, and Allen used a Space Sphere to take all four of them back to the ship.
  • Allen and Yamato vanished before Robin could speak, and Nana said they probably had something to take care of.
  • Nana offered to help Robin with her luggage and led her toward the room closest to Allen and Yamato.

Ch. 150You're so naughty, I love it

Robin arrived at Allen's home and secretly used her Flower-Flower Ability to watch him and Yamato, leaving her flustered and jealous. At dinner, Allen flirted with Nana and teased Robin, who stayed to eat beside him.

  • Robin heard Yamato's cries from Allen's room and secretly used her Flower-Flower Ability to watch them.
  • Allen noticed Robin's spying and told Yamato to get on top, while Robin blushed and quickly canceled her ability.
  • After more than an hour, Yamato lay exhausted as Allen dressed and joined Nana, who had prepared a table of strength-boosting foods.
  • Allen flirted with Nana and promised to visit her room that night, but Robin interrupted them.
  • Robin sat beside Allen, sulking with jealousy, and Allen claimed his shamelessness was why his women had fallen for him.
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