Recaps

Nana joined Allen and Yamato for their night together, and Allen later went to the shore as Shanks prepared to leave. After Luffy declared that he would become Pirate King, Allen decided to give him a straw hat and checked the system Shop for one.

• Nana left Robin asleep, bathed, and joined Allen and Yamato in their room.
• Allen woke at noon beside Nana and Yamato, then used Teleport to answer Shanks's call.
• Shanks told Allen he was leaving for the New World after an old woman took his territory, and Allen agreed to see him off.
• Luffy told Shanks he would become a pirate, find the World's greatest treasure, and become the Pirate King.
• Allen noticed Shanks had not given Luffy Father's straw hat and asked the system whether he could redeem one.

Allen gave Luffy a bright green straw hat, then offered Shanks a deal to stage a fake attempt to retrieve the Nika Fruit and split the World Government’s payment. Shanks agreed to hear him out after learning he could receive five billion.

• Allen redeemed a green straw hat and gave it to Luffy, while the Red-Haired Pirates laughed at its color.
• Allen asked Shanks whether he would take Makino with him, but Shanks said she would be safer staying behind and refused Allen’s offer to join him.
• Allen told Shanks that the World Government had hired him to retrieve the Nika Fruit, and Shanks angrily accused him of working for them.
• Allen offered Shanks five billion from the government’s ten-billion payment, and Shanks eagerly stopped him from leaving.
• Allen proposed that he and Shanks pretend to pursue the Nika Fruit and split the payment fifty-fifty.

Allen and Shanks arranged a fake battle so Allen could claim to steal a fake Nika Fruit, with Shanks agreeing to lose in exchange for five billion. After the duel was announced for Flying Fish Island, Big Mom ordered Perospero and Smoothie to seize Shanks's territory while he was occupied.

• Shanks worried about finding another Nika Fruit, and Allen suggested using a fake one to fool the Five Elders.
• Allen insisted that Shanks lose the staged fight, but Shanks refused to let Allen step on him and agreed to fake coughing up blood with tomato juice instead.
• Allen and Shanks chose an uninhabited island in the East Blue as their battleground, and Allen paid the Big News Group to publicize their duel for the next day on Flying Fish Island.
• The duel announcement stirred the pirate world as factions watched for the outcome.
• On Whole Cake Island, Perospero and Smoothie urged Big Mom to take Shanks's territory during the duel, and Big Mom ordered them to carry out the plan.

Whitebeard and the World Government reacted to Allen’s announced duel with Shanks, while spectators flocked to Flying Fish Island to watch. The Red-Haired Pirates drove the crowd away after discovering Big News Morgans had sold fake admission tickets, and Shanks waited as a strange storm approached.

• Marco showed Whitebeard the newspaper announcing Allen’s challenge to Shanks, and Whitebeard guessed the duel was a scheme to swindle the World Government.
• Saint Saturn and the other God-Warriors hoped the duel would leave Allen and Shanks badly injured, though Saint Saturn doubted they would truly fight each other.
• Spectators arrived at Flying Fish Island with tickets sold by the Big News Group, but the Red-Haired Pirates told them Morgans had scammed them and refused to let them ashore.
• A chubby young man defied the Red-Haired Pirates, so the pirate in charge punched him and sent the frightened spectators fleeing to their ships.
• Shanks waited at the center of Flying Fish Island as a powerful wind, sonic booms, and dazzling multicolored light gathered overhead.

Allen and Shanks staged a public duel on Flying Fish Island while testing each other’s strength, but Shanks refused to follow their planned ending. Allen improvised a hostage scene and obtained the chest containing the Devil Fruit, leaving the performance to continue before a worldwide audience.

• Allen descended dramatically toward Flying Fish Island, and Shanks attacked him with a Red Slash that Allen countered.
• Shanks and Allen traded sword blows and used matching Divine Avoidance attacks, while their battle was broadcast around the world.
• The duel continued for a day and night as both men tested each other, but Shanks kept attacking instead of taking the planned hit.
• Allen teleported beside Lucky Roo, held a sword to his neck, and demanded that Shanks hand over the chest containing the Devil Fruit.
• Shanks pretended to give in and had his men hand Allen the chest, which held a fruit Allen had supplied himself.

Allen took the fruit from Shanks, then demanded money from Saint Saturn, forcing the Five Elders to agree to pay him. The chapter then recounted how Steve Dunas became a Holy Knight and set his sights on becoming Commander after Imu promised the position to whoever earned the most merit against the Void Pirates.

• Allen took the fruit from Shanks and left, then called Saint Saturn to demand money within an hour.
• Saint Saturn told the other three Five Elders that they had to pay Allen to prevent him from causing more trouble, and they agreed.
• The chapter recounted how Saint Nusjuro's arrogance led him into a conflict with Steve Jobs, the Holy Knights Commander with the Poop-Poop Fruit.
• The Five Elders' trap for the Void Pirates failed, and the pirates killed seven of the World Government's eight experts before the Commander later died of his injuries.
• Imu ordered the Five Elders and the Holy Knights to fight the Void Pirates and promised the Commander position to whoever earned the most merit.
• Steve Dunas, then a lower-middle-ranking Holy Knight, vowed to become Commander.

Steve Dunas used his awakened Devil Fruit ability to humiliate Kyuushi Shixu during a battle, helping bring about Kyuushi Shixu and Roland Saint’s deaths and earning command of the Holy Knights. Later, Saint Nusjuro taunted Steve, and a phone call ended with Honghua telling him that Cuihua had died horribly.

• Steve Dunas ambushed Kyuushi Shixu with a dragon made of shit, then transformed into a shit man and accidentally forced Kyuushi Shixu to swallow some when Kyuushi punched him.
• Kyuushi Shixu chased Steve Dunas, but the Five Elders repeatedly stopped him; he then fused his soul with Roland Saint’s and self-destructed, killing them both.
• Saint Nusjuro replaced Roland Saint as Financial God-Warrior, while Imu appointed Steve commander of the Holy Knights for his contribution to the battle.
• Saint Nusjuro mocked Steve Dunas, and their insults escalated into an argument.
• Steve Dunas answered his phone expecting Cuihua, but Honghua told him that Cuihua had died a horrible death.

After Cuihua drowned while waiting for Steve Dunas, he blamed Saint Nusjuro, attacked him, and was brutally beaten. Grief and drunken rage then drove Steve to slaughter Nusjuro’s family, leaving Nusjuro to discover the massacre and roar in anguish.

• Honghua told Steve Dunas that Cuihua had drowned while waiting for him, and blamed him for her death.
• When Saint Nusjuro insulted Cuihua, Steve Dunas covered him in shit and fought him until he was exhausted and defeated.
• Saint Nusjuro beat Steve Dunas, then left him lying bruised and humiliated on the ground.
• Steve Dunas mourned Cuihua at her grave, drank heavily, and blamed Saint Nusjuro for her death.
• Steve Dunas infiltrated Saint Nusjuro’s family territory and killed more than a hundred members of his family.
• Saint Nusjuro found his family dead in a shit pit and roared in grief and fury.

After Steve Dunas’s death gave rise to the legend of Shitaro, Allen sold the World Government a fake Nika Fruit and escaped with eight billion Berries. The Elders learned that Allen was celebrating with the Red-Haired Pirates in the East Blue, despite their plan to drive a wedge between them.

• Saint Nusjuro searched for Steve Dunas, found him dead by Cuihua’s grave, and was restrained from flogging the corpse.
• Steve Dunas’s absurd battle became known as the Shit Wolf story, and the name eventually changed to Shitaro.
• Allen handed the World Government a fake Nika Fruit in exchange for eight billion Berries, while CP0’s leader persuaded his subordinates to call it genuine.
• Saint Saturn recognized the fruit was fake, struck Two, and let him leave after he accepted the blame.
• Saint V. Warcury said the deal had still caused a rift between Allen and the Red-Haired Pirates.
• A messenger told Saint Saturn that Allen and his companions were holding a banquet with the Red-Haired Pirates in the East Blue.

After Shanks and Allen celebrated swindling the World Government, Shanks’s crew encountered the BIG MOM Pirates and fought Smoothie and Perospero. Shanks was about to finish the two Sweet Commanders when Big Mom arrived, forcing him to stop.

• The Five Elders realized Allen and Shanks had tricked them, while Shanks and Allen celebrated with the Red-Haired Pirates.
• The Five Elders blacklisted Allen, and after New Year the Red-Haired Pirates and Allen’s group set off on their journeys.
• Shanks’s crew encountered Smoothie and Perospero, and Shanks ordered his men to attack over stolen territory.
• Smoothie drained her own underlings to grow stronger, while Perospero immobilized the Rodolfo with candy.
• Shanks defeated Smoothie’s purple slash with Griffin’s Red Slash, and the Red-Haired Pirates bombarded the BIG MOM Pirates’ ship.
• Shanks prepared to finish Smoothie and Perospero with Divine Avoidance, but Big Mom arrived and he stopped.

Shanks and Big Mom fought to a stalemate before Shanks withdrew, while Allen sailed toward Alabasta with his family to help Robin find Poneglyphs. At Reverse Mountain, they met Gion’s Marine ship, and Gion boarded under the pretext of searching for pirates, leaving the women to search while she spoke with Allen alone.

• Shanks and Big Mom battled fiercely until Shanks drove her back with an all-out strike and then ordered his crew to leave.
• Allen set sail with his family for Alabasta, choosing the route to help Robin pursue the history of the Void Century.
• Allen’s ship approached Reverse Mountain and spotted Chief Officer Tsuru and Gion aboard a Marine warship.
• Gion ordered a search of Allen’s ship, and Yamato and Nana saluted her while Robin learned that Gion was Allen’s lover.
• Gion boarded with several female soldiers, told them to search the ship, and arranged to speak with Allen alone.

Allen and Gion reunited privately aboard the ship, but their intimacy drew the attention of the female soldiers and Chief Officer Tsuru. After Gion returned to the Marine warship, Tsuru warned her to be more careful, while Allen later joked with Yamato about feeding Gion.

• Gion invited Allen into a cabin, where they embraced and kissed while Robin waited outside.
• The returning female soldiers heard noises from the cabin, and Yamato claimed Allen and Gion were only chatting.
• When the soldiers worried that Gion was in trouble, Gion reassured them, and Allen took her to Kamui Space to avoid further interruptions.
• Gion returned to the Marine warship, where Chief Officer Tsuru noticed food at the corner of her mouth and warned her about being careless with Allen.
• Allen took a hot bath, then told Yamato that Gion had insisted he feed her.

Allen and the women crossed Reverse Mountain safely, then encountered a gigantic whale and an old man who stopped Yamato from attacking it. Yamato confronted the old man, who warned that he would drop dead if she poked him any harder.

• Allen used a Space Sphere to slow the ship's fall from Reverse Mountain and land it safely on the sea.
• Robin spotted a huge shadow beneath the water, and Allen guessed it was an enormous whale.
• Yamato prepared to punch the whale, but an old man on shore shouted for her not to hit it, and the whale dove back underwater.
• Yamato blamed the old man for ruining her dinner and repeatedly poked him despite his warnings.
• The old man told Yamato that if she poked him any harder, he would drop dead in front of her.

Allen reunited with Uncle Croccus and brought Robin, Nana, and Yamato to spend the night with him. After hearing about Laboon and the Rumbar Pirates, the group faced the painful possibility that the crew would never return.

• Allen introduced Uncle Croccus to Robin, Nana, and Yamato, while Yamato nearly punched the old man after he provoked her.
• Allen promised Uncle Croccus they would visit again that day, and Yamato first refused before changing her mind and joining them.
• Allen, Robin, and Nana returned ashore and shared drinks with Uncle Croccus, who revealed they were seawater mixed with sugar.
• Robin asked about the whale ramming the wall, and Uncle Croccus told them Laboon's story and the promise made by the Rumbar Pirates.
• Nana cried over Laboon's story, while Robin reasoned that the Rumbar Pirates were unlikely to return after forty years, leaving the group subdued.

Allen told Robin and Nana about Brook, the revived Rumbar Pirates member who had become a skeleton, then asked Croccus for medical supplies before the group prepared to eat Yamato’s cooking. The chapter ended as Yamato presented her new “Conscience Sandwich.”

• Allen explained that Brook had eaten the Revive-Revive Fruit and returned to life as a skeleton, though he admitted he had made the story up.
• Robin and Nana believed Allen and looked forward to meeting Brook, while Croccus questioned how Allen knew about him.
• Allen asked Croccus for medical books and medicine, and Croccus brought him a sack full of supplies.
• Yamato announced that dinner was ready, and Allen dreaded her cooking while Croccus questioned why she was still with them.
• Yamato presented her latest creation, the “Conscience Sandwich,” after Robin guessed that she had made sandwiches.

Yamato tried to prank Croccus with her Nine-Turn Pork Intestines, but he recognized the dish and tricked her into thinking it tasted good. After leaving Croccus, Allen and the women reached Lodestar Island, where the women went shopping while Allen waited in a tavern and answered a call.

• Yamato served Croccus Nine-Turn Pork Intestines, but he recognized the dish and praised it to trick her into trying it.
• Allen stopped Yamato from eating the intestines, and Croccus spat them out before ordering everyone away.
• Allen and the others sailed to Lodestar Island, where scouts reported their arrival to the island's master.
• Allen used the system Shop to get sun-protection supplies, then carried the women in Kamui Space when they tired of walking.
• In a desert town, the women shopped while Allen waited in a tavern, and Robin warned him not to flirt or bring home another sister.
• After the women had been gone for a long time, Allen received a Den Den Mushi call and answered it.

Crocodile kidnapped Robin and Nana to force Allen to help him find the Ancient Weapon Pluton, but Allen arrived with Yamato to confront him. Crocodile demanded Allen become his subordinate, and Yamato mocked him as the standoff continued.

• Crocodile called Allen and revealed that he had captured Nico Robin and Nana, prompting Allen to head to the casino with Yamato.
• Crocodile tried to recruit Robin to decipher Poneglyphs, while Robin and Nana insisted Allen would rescue them.
• Crocodile claimed his Seastone cage and collars would keep Allen from freeing the captives, but Robin remembered Allen had once swum in the sea despite being an ability user.
• Allen arrived at Crocodile's office and found Robin and Nana trapped, while a scarred man held a detonator to threaten them.
• Crocodile demanded Allen help him find Pluton so he could rule the world, and Yamato mocked him with a crude joke.

Allen freed Nana and Robin from Crocodile’s Seastone cage and collars, then attacked Crocodile and pursued him into the desert. Crocodile stopped to fight with his Desert Treasure Blade as Allen prepared to counter.

• Yamato mocked Crocodile, and Allen secretly swapped the detonator for a transparent mold.
• Allen crushed the Seastone cage bars with his Mecha-covered arm, while Crocodile wrongly concluded the Seastone was fake.
• Allen used Flowing Cherry Haki to break Nana’s and Robin’s collars, then struck Crocodile and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Crocodile escaped through the wall as sand, but Allen pursued him using Teleport and Observation Haki after telling Yamato to protect the others.
• Crocodile stopped in the desert and formed a forty-meter sand blade with his Desert Treasure Blade technique, while Allen covered his arm in black Mecha and prepared to attack.

Allen overwhelmed Crocodile’s attacks and trapped him inside an unbreakable barrier. As the cage shrank around Crocodile, he dismissed Allen’s claim that even Kizaru could not break it and challenged him to make the same boast about Beasts Kaido.

• Allen caught Crocodile’s sand blade barehanded, shattered it, and taunted him.
• Crocodile used Desert Prison to trap Allen in a sand cage and tried to drain his moisture.
• Yamato stopped Nana and Robin from rushing to help, saying Allen could handle the attack.
• Allen escaped the cage with a black Greatsword and told Crocodile his Haki was too weak to hold him.
• Allen trapped Crocodile in a shrinking barrier that Crocodile could not cut through.
• Allen claimed even Kizaru could not break the barrier, and Crocodile challenged him to say the same about Beasts Kaido.

Allen beat Crocodile after he kidnapped Yamato, then decided to trade him to Cobra for money rather than kill him or recruit him. Allen took Crocodile into Kamui Space and flew with Yamato, Nami, and Robin toward Alabasta’s Royal Palace, while the World Government learned of the beating.

• Allen trapped Crocodile in a confined barrier and broke his arm before beating him as onlookers gathered.
• A man identified Allen as Gol D. Allen, whose bounty was two billion Berry, and agents reported the incident to their superiors.
• Allen decided to sell Crocodile to Cobra for one billion Berry and later retrieve him from Impel Down if needed.
• When the onlookers demanded more, Allen slapped them with Formless Sword Qi and ordered them to leave.
• Allen stored Crocodile in Kamui Space and flew with Yamato, Nami, and Robin toward Alabasta’s Royal Palace.
• In Mary Geoise, Saint Topman Warcury cursed Crocodile for being beaten soon after becoming a Shichibukai.

The World Government decided to strip Crocodile of his Shichibukai title and have the Marines negotiate for him, assigning Sengoku to the task. Garp set course for Alabasta to approach Allen, while the chapter ended with the king questioning Bell about the report.

• Saint Saturn and the other elders agreed to have the Marines negotiate with Allen for Crocodile, dead or alive.
• Sengoku called Garp and ordered him to go to Alabasta and secure Crocodile.
• Garp learned Allen had beaten Crocodile after Crocodile kidnapped Allen’s woman, and agreed to negotiate for the World Government.
• Garp ordered his warship to head for the Kingdom of Alabasta.
• At the Royal Palace, the king asked Bell whether the information was true.

King Cobra learned that Gol D. Allen had defeated Crocodile, but worried Allen might threaten Alabasta next. Allen and his companions arrived at the palace to meet Cobra, where Yamato criticized its modest decorations.

• A royal informant told Cobra that Allen had defeated Crocodile, whose schemes had caused Alabasta’s drought and civil war.
• Cobra told Bell he feared Allen would become the kingdom’s next threat.
• Chaka reported that Allen and three young women had arrived at the city gates, and Cobra ordered them welcomed and a banquet prepared.
• Cobra received Allen’s party, and Yamato called the palace poor before Cobra explained that Alabasta prioritized its people over royal luxury.
• Allen studied Cobra and privately wondered why the king had allowed his daughter to infiltrate Baroque Works.

Allen collected five hundred million Berry from King Cobra after defeating Crocodile, then spent the night bathing and celebrating with his companions. The next afternoon, Allen and the women met Garp in the palace dining room, where Yamato traded insults with him.

• Allen asked King Cobra for a billion Berry, but accepted five hundred million after Cobra said the treasury could not cover the full amount immediately.
• Cobra invited Allen and his companions to dinner, after which Allen took the women to bathe in his villa in Kamui Space.
• Allen teleported to Hancock and Gion while they were bathing and brought them back to join the others.
• The five women played in the hot spring, then teamed up to exhaust Allen until dawn; afterward, Allen returned Hancock and Gion to their rooms.
• Allen and the three women woke in the afternoon and went to the palace dining room, where they found Garp eating.
• Yamato insulted Garp, and he called her a guard dog; Cobra urged them to calm down, and everyone ate in silence.

Allen negotiated Crocodile’s handover to the World Government for 2 billion Berry, while Garp secretly demanded 500 million for himself. After the government took Crocodile and published its account of his arrest, Garp confronted Allen about the missing money.

• Garp asked Allen to hand over Crocodile, and Allen demanded 1.5 billion Berry; Garp immediately agreed.
• Garp called Sengoku and claimed Allen had demanded 10 billion before settling for 2 billion, then secured the World Government’s approval for the payment.
• Garp told Allen that 500 million Berry was his share, and Allen teleported to the usual place to make the exchange.
• The World Government took custody of Crocodile and announced that Garp had defeated and imprisoned him after foiling an attack on a government-affiliated nation.
• When Allen returned to Alabasta empty-handed, Garp asked where his money was.

After securing a Poneglyph copy in Alabasta, Allen grew angry when the newspaper credited Garp with defeating Crocodile, then sailed with his companions to Jaya Island to find a route to Sky Island. When Green Orangutan attacked their ship with ultrasonic waves, Allen countered and severely damaged the enemy vessel.

• Allen paid Garp, then asked Cobra to show him the Poneglyph beneath the Royal Palace and arrange tools to copy it.
• Two days later, Allen read that Garp had been credited with defeating Crocodile and tore up the newspaper in anger.
• After Nana teased Allen about her new clothes, Allen and his companions reached Jaya Island and argued about how to reach Sky Island.
• Green Orangutan attacked the Poetry and the Distant Sea with ultrasonic waves, but Allen protected the ship with a Space Sphere.
• Allen pursued Green Orangutan and hurled Sword Aura Spheres at his ship, blasting a hole in it and injuring Green Orangutan.