Arc 9Sky Island to Sabaody

Allen reached Sky Island, defeated Enel, settled the conflict between the Shandia and the Angels, and recruited allies and experts for his growing crew. After rescuing Brook and recovering his shadow, Allen’s crew gathered at Sabaody to prepare for Fish-Man Island, where Robin learned he had helped save her from the Buster Call.

  • Allen and his companions rode the Knock Up Stream to Sky Island, where Yamato fought Enel and Allen defeated him and took his Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability.
  • Allen helped the Shandia and the Angel people resolve their conflict by agreeing to share the land, then recruited Dr. Shi Shangfei to lead research into Human Weapons.
  • Allen arranged for Gion to teach selected Shandia and Angel warriors Rokushiki, gave Nana the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and left Sky Island with the crew and its gold.
  • Yamato defeated Diamante and captured a Donquixote Family ship, while Allen found a Fire Phoenix Fruit and a Door-Door Fruit hidden in its cargo.
  • Allen rescued Tom, Iceberg, and Flam from the World Government and brought them aboard the Poetry and the Distant Sea, where Tom became chief engineer.
  • Allen recruited Brook and helped him recover his shadow on Thriller Bark, then defeated Moria and made him serve the crew while Perona joined Allen’s team.
  • Allen reunited with Hancock, then returned to Sabaody, where his crew discussed coating the ship for Fish-Man Island and Shakky asked about his role in saving Robin from the Buster Call.
  • Robin realized Allen had opposed the Buster Call to save her and kissed him until Yamato called for them to stop.
Chapters 201–225 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 201Sky Island exists!

Allen sought Mont Blanc Cricket’s help in reaching Sky Island via the Knock Up Stream, and Cricket agreed to guide them. The group discovered that Cricket’s grand villa was only a facade as they prepared to find a South Bird.

  • Allen destroyed the green-haired ape’s ship, spared him, and had him lead the group to Mont Blanc Cricket’s villa.
  • Yamato subdued the ape, and Cricket cautiously asked Allen to spare his underling.
  • Allen asked Cricket to calculate when and where the Knock Up Stream would appear so he could reach Sky Island.
  • Cricket agreed and said the current would appear southeast at noon two days later, then warned them they would need a South Bird.
  • Cricket led the group into the villa, where Yamato, Robin, and Nana discovered it was only a facade.

Ch. 202Wait, no Iron Body!

Yamato took Cricket’s gold South Bird statue and traded it back for Allen’s promise to teach her how to fly. After returning to the ship, Allen decided to teach the crew Geppo and Tempest Kick, then arranged a trip with Gion to obtain her Rokushiki training manual.

  • Yamato took Cricket’s gold South Bird statue, then returned it after Allen agreed to teach her how to fly.
  • Allen searched the system Shop for Skill Books, found them too expensive, and decided that Geppo and Tempest Kick were the useful Rokushiki skills to learn.
  • Allen called Gion and asked her to take a trip with him, intending to get her Rokushiki training manual.
  • Gion asked Sengoku for a few days of leave, and he approved her request.
  • Chief Officer Tsuru found Gion choosing clothes for her trip with Allen and accepted that her sister’s happiness mattered most.

Ch. 203Yamato's Vindictive Streak

Gion visited Allen and taught Yamato and the others Geppo, while Yamato plotted revenge for Gion's insults. After secretly drugging Allen's stew, Yamato left Gion to endure his heightened passion.

  • Chief Officer Tsuru found Gion packing lingerie and warned her to stay safe during her trip with Allen.
  • Allen asked Gion about training manuals, and she advised him that Iron Body was powerful before he warned her about relying on it against strong Haki.
  • Yamato barged into Allen and Gion's room, and Gion used her promise to teach Geppo to keep Yamato in line.
  • Gion taught Geppo to Yamato, Nana, and Robin for two days, repeatedly scolding Yamato as she struggled to learn.
  • After mastering the basics of Geppo, Yamato bought special medicine and secretly poured it into Allen's stew.
  • Allen drank the drugged stew, and Yamato left with Nana and Robin while Allen carried Gion to their room, where she endured his passion for hours.

Ch. 204The Knock Up Stream: Setting Sail for Sky Island!

Allen and the women rode the Knock Up Stream toward Sky Island, with Allen protecting their ship using his Space Ability. The Poetry and the Distant Sea soared through the clouds, beginning their Sky Island adventure.

  • Allen reassured Robin that the crew would reach Sky Island safely, while Yamato teased him and Gion about the previous night.
  • Gion accused Yamato of putting an aphrodisiac in Allen's soup, and Yamato admitted it before provoking Gion further.
  • At Gion's request, Allen lightly swatted Yamato, then pointed out that the Knock Up Stream was arriving.
  • Allen activated his Space Ability to shield the ship as the Knock Up Stream launched it into the sky.
  • The Poetry and the Distant Sea climbed through the clouds, and the crew began their Sky Island adventure.

Ch. 205The Sky Island Admission Fee Dispute

Allen and his companions arrived at Sky Island, where the Guard Force demanded an exorbitant admission fee for entering without using the main gate. Yamato beat the guards after they refused to let the group pass, and Allen led everyone onward to explore the island.

  • Allen and his companions reached Sky Island, and Nana excitedly bounced across the sea of clouds.
  • Allen told Yamato that her father, Kaido, came to Sky Island to jump from the sky in an attempt to kill himself.
  • The Sky Island Guard Force stopped the group and demanded seven billion Extol per person, equivalent to seven hundred thousand Berries, as a fee and fine.
  • Yamato called the guards robbers and knocked down their captain and the guards who charged at her.
  • Allen apologized to the fallen captain, then reassured Gion and led the group away to explore Sky Island.

Ch. 206Exploring the Golden City Ruins

Allen and his companions met Gan Fall, learned that Enel ruled Sky Island amid conflict between the Shandia and the Angels, and continued toward the Golden City Ruins. They found the ruins and a Poneglyph, which Robin began studying.

  • Allen and his companions met Gan Fall, who recognized Allen as Roger's son and warned them about Enel and the conflict between the Shandia and the Angels.
  • Allen asked Gan Fall for directions to the Golden City Ruins, then led the group toward Sky Island's forbidden zone.
  • Robin and Yamato bickered over Allen's attention as the group traveled.
  • Allen and his companions reached the Golden City Ruins, where Robin admired the architecture and recorded her observations.
  • Yamato spotted a Poneglyph, and Robin hurried to study its ancient writing.
  • Allen teased Yamato about finding the tablet, and Yamato threatened to jump; Allen quickly told her not to.

Ch. 207Enel Arrives

While Robin studied a Poneglyph in the Golden City, Enel arrived and attacked the group. Yamato deflected his first lightning strike and countered his stronger El Thor attack, but the outcome of her swing was left unclear.

  • Robin found that the Poneglyph recorded Sky Island's history and clues about the Ancient Weapons.
  • Enel appeared above the ruins, and Gion recognized the danger of his Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
  • Yamato insisted on fighting Enel alone and challenged his claim to be a god.
  • Enel fired lightning at Yamato, but she transformed and slashed it aside.
  • Enel unleashed El Thor, and Yamato coated her sword with Conqueror's Haki Infusion to strike back, though something unexpected happened.

Ch. 208Enel, Who Wouldn't Survive Two Chapters

Allen defeated Enel, took the Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability, and proposed making Sky Island the group's base. With the Shandians and Angels fighting over control after Enel's fall, Allen decided to meet their leaders and resolve the conflict.

  • Yamato's attacks kept landing near Allen and the others, but Allen absorbed Enel's 60 Billion Volts: Thunder Dragon and sent the attack back at him.
  • Allen used Armament Haki to grab Enel in his lightning form, punched him, trapped him in a spatial rift, and took his Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability with the Divine Sword.
  • Nana praised Allen, and he suggested making Sky Island their base; Yamato, Gion, and the others agreed.
  • The Shandians and Angels began fighting over Sky Island after Enel fell, and Allen decided they should intervene.
  • Robin and Gion argued that they needed to find the root of the centuries-old conflict, so Allen led the group to meet the two sides' leaders.

Ch. 209Suppressing Everything with Force

Allen stopped the fighting between the Shandia and the Angel people, and Robin helped them reach a peace agreement to govern Sky Island together. Allen then began planning to make Sky Island his base and asked the system to provide a scientist on Vegapunk’s level, but the system questioned whether he was sure.

  • Allen descended onto the battlefield, drove the fighters back, and led his companions to the Shandia camp.
  • Robin offered to help resolve the conflict, but Yamato pressured the Shandia warriors into taking them to their leader.
  • Allen and his companions visited the Angel people, whose leader agreed to negotiate if Allen could persuade the Shandia to stop attacking.
  • Robin explained the conflict’s roots, and Allen proposed sharing the land; the Shandia and the Angel people agreed to govern Sky Island together.
  • Allen decided to develop Sky Island as his base and asked the system to provide someone on par with Vegapunk, prompting the system to ask if he was sure.

Ch. 210Top scientist · Dr. Shi Shangfei

Allen spent three million Hero Points to summon the scientist Dr. Shi Shangfei, but his arrogance immediately angered Yamato. After Allen stopped restraining her, Yamato’s aura sent Dr. Shi Shangfei flying, and he begged her for forgiveness.

  • Allen redeemed the top scientist for three million Hero Points and summoned Dr. Shi Shangfei.
  • Dr. Shi Shangfei complained that Allen had left him without a place to stay, then called Yamato his daughter and provoked her.
  • Yamato prepared to attack Dr. Shi Shangfei, but Allen restrained her and explained that the scientist’s talents were important to their plans.
  • Dr. Shi Shangfei boasted about his importance, and Allen stopped suppressing Yamato’s aura.
  • Yamato’s aura cracked the ground and sent Dr. Shi Shangfei flying, after which he knelt and begged her to forgive him.

Ch. 211The Human Weapon Project Begins

Allen began the Human Weapon project by tasking Dr. Shi Shangfei with developing loyal, powerful clones using Lunarian blood and other bloodlines. After setting up a research institute, Allen told Gion he planned to recruit talented Shandians and Angels and hinted that he would need her help.

  • Yamato stopped scolding Dr. Shi Shangfei, and Allen teased him as he switched between arrogant and fawning behavior.
  • Allen gave Dr. Shi Shangfei Lunarian blood and ordered him to cultivate powerful human weapons with the abilities of multiple bloodlines.
  • Dr. Shi Shangfei agreed to the project, explaining that natural growth would take about ten years and that external intervention could speed it up.
  • Allen spent two million Hero Points on a secure research institute, supplied Dr. Shi Shangfei with robot servants and blood from King, Desert Crocodile, and Doflamingo, then left with the women.
  • Allen visited Gion and said he planned to recruit talented Shandians and Angels as subordinates.
  • Gion asked how Allen planned to trouble her, after he apologized for the help he might need from her.

Ch. 212Gion leaves

Allen prepared Sky Island as his base, training its warriors and developing its resources before setting out to adventure with his companions. Gion returned to Marine Headquarters after her extended stay, while Allen and the others prepared to take Sky Island’s gold with them.

  • Allen persuaded Gion to teach selected Shandia and Angel warriors Rokushiki, and he secured their loyalty with Soul Imprisonment.
  • Allen bought supplies for Sky Island while Dr. Shi Shangfei focused on cultivating the Human Weapons.
  • Allen decided to leave Sky Island with Robin, Yamato, and the others, and they gathered gold from the Golden City Ruins for their journey.
  • Gion said goodbye to the group and returned with Allen to Marine Headquarters after Yamato provoked her.
  • Allen kissed Gion before leaving her at Marine Headquarters.

Ch. 213The Sky Island journey ends

After returning to Marine Headquarters, Gion was caught daydreaming about Allen and promised Tsuru she would not bring him back again. On Sky Island, Allen gave Nana the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and the crew set off through the clouds toward their next adventure.

  • Tsuru found Gion happily lost in thoughts of Allen, then scolded her for bringing him to Marine Headquarters, and Gion promised not to do it again.
  • Allen gathered the gold on Sky Island while Yamato urged him to head for their next destination.
  • Allen gave Nana the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and Nana ate it despite its awful taste.
  • Nana discovered that she could control lightning, while Yamato and Robin teased each other about their old nicknames.
  • Allen opened a hole in the sea of clouds, and the ship sailed through it and began its descent from the sky.

Ch. 214Yamato had her wits about her

Allen, Yamato, Robin, and Nana plunged from the sky toward a Donquixote Family transport ship, where Yamato defeated Diamante, Lao G, and their crew. Allen and the others boarded the captured ship, and Yamato waited proudly for praise from Robin.

  • Yamato and Nana protested Allen's reckless free fall as Robin spotted a Donquixote Family ship below.
  • Diamante ordered his crew to fire cannons at Allen's ship, but Allen's Space Sphere bounced the shells back.
  • Yamato leaped onto the transport ship, froze it in place, and quickly defeated Lao G and the underlings.
  • Diamante called Doflamingo for help, but Yamato cut down Diamante and took the cargo after he offered two powerful fruits to spare his life.
  • Allen landed the Poetry and the Distant Sea and boarded the captured ship with Robin and Nana, while Robin mocked Yamato's pride in her victory.

Ch. 215A rich haul

Allen and his companions searched the captured cargo and discovered two powerful Devil Fruits hidden in a secret compartment, while Saint Saturn learned that Allen had seized the shipment. The crew kept the goods, and Saint Saturn blamed the Marines for their failure.

  • Allen and Nana praised Yamato, calming her down before the group searched the cargo hold and found no top-tier Devil Fruits among the visible goods.
  • Allen cut open a hidden compartment and found a Fire Phoenix Fruit and a Door-Door Fruit, whose abilities he learned from the system.
  • Allen decided the Fire Phoenix Fruit would be perfect for his younger brother Ace and explained both fruits to the women.
  • Nana brought over Seastone nail clippers, and Robin identified the cargo as supplies intended for a trade with the World Government.
  • Allen stopped Yamato from roughly handling the Devil Fruits and said the seized goods would go to the crew.
  • Saint Saturn learned from Doflamingo that Allen had taken the cargo, then angrily called the Marines and criticized their performance.

Ch. 216Quick, hack that damn pervert to death!

Sengoku ordered Kizaru to retrieve the Mythical Zoan Fruit Allen had stolen from Saint Saturn, but Kizaru ignored the assignment and continued his vacation. In Water 7, Spandam prepared to execute Tom and demanded the Pluton Battleship Blueprint until Allen arrived through a spatial rift to intervene.

  • Saint Saturn ordered Sengoku to recover the Mythical Zoan Fruit from Allen, and Sengoku assigned the task to Kizaru.
  • Kizaru complained about working without overtime pay, then ignored Sengoku's orders and stayed on vacation in the Sabaody Archipelago.
  • Tom watched his Workers' Sea Train succeed, while the World Government prepared to execute him and search for the Pluton Battleship Blueprint.
  • Spandam and CP5 agents captured Tom, Iceberg, and Flam, then threatened Tom with Flam's execution to force him to reveal the blueprint.
  • Spandam ordered the CP5 agents to kill Flam, but Allen appeared through a spatial rift and was challenged by Spandam.

Ch. 217Inviting Tom and His Two Apprentices to Join

Allen rescued Tom, Iceberg, and Flam from the World Government and invited them to help build his independent power in the New World. After a CP0 team arrived and vanished, Allen took the three from Water 7, while Sengoku learned of the escape and found Kizaru and Aokiji fishing instead of intervening.

  • Allen kicked Spandam through a spatial rift, where Garp pulled him from a bag of Senbei and punched him.
  • Allen freed Flam from his Seastone restraints, then warned Tom, Iceberg, and Flam that the World Government might target them again.
  • Allen invited the three to join him in building facilities for an independent power in the New World, and all three agreed to go with him.
  • Allen made Flam put on pants, trapped the arriving CP0 team in a transparent membrane, and transported them away.
  • Allen took Tom, Iceberg, and Flam from Water 7 after they packed their belongings.
  • Sengoku learned that Allen had taken the prisoners and discovered Kizaru and Aokiji were holding a Sea King fishing contest near Water 7.

Ch. 218Super pervert?

Allen welcomed Tom, Iceberg, and Flam aboard the Poetry and the Distant Sea, while Yamato stopped Flam from returning to his pantsless pervert form. After a failed assassination attempt, Saint Saturn ordered CP0 to ambush Allen at the Sabaody Archipelago.

  • Allen returned to the Poetry and the Distant Sea with Tom, Iceberg, and Flam, and introduced Robin and Nana to the shipbuilders.
  • Allen announced that Tom would be the crew's chief engineer and introduced Iceberg and Flam, who called himself the super pervert.
  • Flam asked Allen if he could return to his pantsless form, but Yamato threatened to beat him if he exposed himself.
  • Nana cooked a celebratory dinner, while Allen stopped Yamato from showing off her cooking.
  • Saint Saturn learned that Allen's Space Transfer had sent twelve CP0 agents to the Marine cafeteria, where Garp beat them after the captain grabbed his senbei.
  • Saint Saturn ordered the CP0 agents to ambush Allen at the Sabaody Archipelago and threatened them with Saint Figarland if they failed again.

Ch. 219An Encounter in the Silent Sea Area

Allen and his crew boarded an abandoned ship in the Florian Triangle and met Brook, a skeleton who had survived alone for decades. Brook agreed to join Allen’s crew, then recounted his past with the Rumbar Pirates and spoke of his loneliness.

  • The Poetry and the Distant Sea entered a fog-shrouded stretch of sea, where Yamato spotted an abandoned ship and persuaded the others to board it.
  • Brook revealed himself on deck, startling Nana and the crew, then introduced himself as a user of the Revive-Revive Fruit and made a lewd joke that earned him a punch from Yamato.
  • Allen invited Brook to join the crew as a musician, and Brook accepted despite Nana’s unease.
  • Brook described his years with the Rumbar Pirates and his long solitude in the fog, while Yamato joked that he might have taught Allen’s father a lesson.

Ch. 220Arrival at Thriller Bark

Allen agreed to help Brook recover his stolen shadow from Moria and led the crew to Thriller Bark. They arrived on the eerie island, where zombies and a three-headed hellhound confronted them.

  • Brook explained that Moria had stolen his shadow, leaving him unable to go near sunlight, and Yamato insisted on helping him get it back.
  • Allen agreed to rescue Brook's shadow, while Yamato grew suspicious of Allen's reaction to the trip.
  • Brook tearfully pledged his life to Allen and clung to him until the crew pulled him away.
  • Allen and the others reached Thriller Bark, where Nana sought Allen's protection from the fog and eerie surroundings.
  • Zombies burst from the ground, and Robin remarked that their stitching was better than Flam's handiwork.
  • A three-headed hellhound charged from the fog, and Yamato punched one of its heads apart while arguing with Robin over whether it looked cute.

Ch. 221Ptooey, Trash!

Allen and his companions reached Gecko Moria in the depths of Thriller Bark, where Moria threatened to turn them into zombies. Allen dismissed him as trash, destroyed his shadows with a punch, and faced Moria after he transformed into a giant.

  • Yamato hurled the two-headed hellhound at Flam, who punched it away, and the group finished off the zombies before heading deeper into Thriller Bark.
  • The group encountered Gecko Moria, who threatened to make them his zombie puppets, then recognized Allen as Gol D. Allen.
  • Allen mocked Moria and dismissed the black shadows he summoned by covering himself in Armament Haki.
  • Allen struck the air, splitting space and the ground and erasing Moria's shadows, shocking Tom, his apprentices, Brook, and Flam.
  • Moria summoned and absorbed his shadows to become a hundred-meter giant, then swung a massive fist at Allen, who met it head-on.

Ch. 222Perona Delivered to His Door

Allen defeated Moria, forced him to release the stolen shadows, and captured Perona after her ghosts failed against his Haki. He trapped Perona in a barrier and invited her to join his crew.

  • Allen overwhelmed Moria with Sword Aura and stomped him until the stolen shadows poured from his mouth and his body returned to normal.
  • Brook celebrated getting his shadow back while Allen mocked the defeated Moria.
  • Perona attacked Allen and the others with ghosts, but Allen's Conqueror's Haki sent them fleeing back to her.
  • Allen grabbed Perona and told Brook to watch her, but Brook's request to see her panties let her break free and attack with Negi-Negi Ghosts.
  • Allen trapped Perona and her ghosts inside a barrier, then invited her to join his team.

Ch. 223Brother, fill her up!

Allen forced Moria to obey him, Brook celebrated getting his shadow back, and Perona reluctantly began working for the crew. After Allen visited Hancock on Amazon Lily for three exhausting days, he returned to the ship and was pulled into further rounds with Yamato and Robin, while Hancock missed him from afar.

  • Allen forced Moria to swallow a Soul Imprisonment Pill, and Moria tearfully promised to report shadows before stealing them.
  • Brook celebrated the return of his shadow by playing violin until Yamato threatened him over his panties jokes, while Perona reluctantly took up her customer service job.
  • Moria obeyed Allen's orders to report suitable shadows and sometimes steal them temporarily for Allen to study.
  • Allen appeared at Amazon Lily, where Hancock dismissed the Warrior Women and took him to her bedchamber for three days and nights of treatment.
  • Allen returned to the ship exhausted, and Yamato and Robin dragged him into a room and took turns with him.
  • Hancock watched the Grand Line from Amazon Lily and murmured that she missed Allen.

Ch. 224Coating trouble

Allen and his companions prepared to coat their ship for the descent to Fish-Man Island, while Flam’s extravagant design sparked a fight and Yamato made him tone it down. Flam still planned to pursue his idea after Allen and the others left.

  • Allen’s crew gathered aboard their ship on Sabaody Archipelago to discuss coating it for the journey to Fish-Man Island, and Flam proposed a Rainbow Donkey design.
  • Flam and Iceberg fought after Iceberg criticized the design, and Flam declared himself the winner and began sketching his coating theme.
  • Allen and Yamato arrived, and Yamato intimidated Flam into agreeing not to add red underwear to the design.
  • Yamato confronted Brook over his gaze, and Brook denied wanting to see her underwear.
  • Allen and Yamato left after telling the others to keep the coating from becoming too outrageous, and Flam muttered a threat before kicking Brook for calling himself Yamato’s lapdog.

Ch. 225An unexpected visit to Shakky's bar

Allen brought Yamato, Nana, and Robin to Shakky’s bar, where Yamato beat him after he tried to tease her, and the group reunited with Shakky. Shakky revealed that Allen had gone to Ohara to save Robin, prompting Robin to kiss him passionately before Yamato interrupted them.

  • Yamato complained that Shakky’s bar was tiny, and Allen said he had already given his uncle several hundred million.
  • Allen teased Yamato by pretending to feed her his booger, so Yamato punched and kicked him until Nana and Robin restrained her.
  • Allen and the women entered Shakky’s bar, where Shakky welcomed them and looked over Allen’s companions.
  • Shakky asked Allen whether he had taken Rayleigh to Ohara to save Robin, and Allen admitted that he had.
  • Robin realized Allen had opposed the Buster Call to save her, then threw herself at him and kissed him until Yamato called for them to stop.
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