Chapter Summaries

Lin Mo brought Shirahoshi to the surface near Sabaody, then sought Shakky’s help finding Whitebeard and a Log Pose to Jaya Island. After leaving his Sandai Kitetsu as collateral, he tracked down Rayleigh to make him help with the arrangements.

• Shirahoshi carried Lin Mo to the surface, marveled at the sunlight and sea, and waited underwater while he headed to Sabaody.
• Lin Mo visited Shakky’s Bar, where Perona was working off a debt, and asked Shakky to find Jinbe and a Log Pose to Jaya Island.
• Shakky said she needed time to get the Log Pose and offered to find Whitebeard’s location; Lin Mo left the Sandai Kitetsu as collateral and planned to return in three days.
• Lin Mo told Perona to stay safely at the bar, then searched Sabaody’s casinos and auction houses for Rayleigh.
• Lin Mo found Rayleigh at an underground casino and dragged him out before he could finish his round.

Lin Mo took Shirahoshi to Coconut Island, where she experienced the shore and enjoyed coconut juice while he fished. The islanders discovered her and planned to sell information about her, but Lin Mo knocked them unconscious, leaving Shirahoshi worried about them.

• Lin Mo agreed to make Shirahoshi more coconut juice while she played on the beach, then took out his fishing gear.
• Coconut Island's residents spotted Shirahoshi and discussed selling information about the giant mermaid to an auction house on Sabaody.
• Lin Mo used Conqueror's Haki to knock the islanders unconscious before they could act.
• Shirahoshi noticed the unconscious residents and asked Lin Mo whether they needed help, but he told her to ignore them.

Lin Mo protected Shirahoshi on Coconut Island as people learned of her presence and tried to capture her. On the third day, two Celestial Dragons arrived aboard a Marine battleship and fought over who would claim her.

• Shirahoshi watched the stars with Lin Mo, wished for humans and merfolk to live peacefully, and went to sleep beside the campfire after Lin Mo brought her coconut juice.
• The next morning, ships gathered around Coconut Island after rumors spread about Shirahoshi; Lin Mo destroyed them, and Shirahoshi rescued several people from the sea.
• The rescued people showed greed despite Shirahoshi saving them, while she explained to Lin Mo that she wanted to help others and believed every life deserved respect.
• News of Shirahoshi reached Celestial Dragons on Sabaody, and Marine Headquarters sent an Admiral with them to capture her.
• On the third day, two male Celestial Dragons spotted Shirahoshi from their Marine battleship and argued over who would claim her.

Kizaru came to Coconut Island to capture Shirahoshi for two Celestial Dragons, but Lin Mo confronted him and Rayleigh arrived to help. Kizaru retreated, and Rayleigh gave Lin Mo a Log Pose with Whitebeard’s coordinates, though they still needed a better boat for the journey.

• Kizaru arrived on Coconut Island and found Lin Mo with Shirahoshi, then tried to negotiate over his missing arm and warned that the Celestial Dragons wanted the mermaid.
• Lin Mo refused to let Kizaru take Shirahoshi and threatened to burn Kizaru’s arm until Kizaru returned Toyako to him.
• Lin Mo attacked Kizaru, sent Shirahoshi into the sea, and used Time Stop to cut off Kizaru’s remaining arm.
• Rayleigh arrived and helped Lin Mo fend off Kizaru, who withdrew rather than face them both.
• Rayleigh gave Lin Mo the Log Pose and Whitebeard’s coordinates, then asked whether Lin Mo could obtain a better boat for their trip.

Lin Mo and Rayleigh traveled with Shirahoshi to Whitebeard’s ship to ask for help finding Jinbe, who agreed to meet them in about half a month. After Lin Mo easily defeated Ace’s challenge, he learned that Ace still did not know Sabo was alive.

• Lin Mo and Rayleigh rode on Shirahoshi to the Moby Dick, where Whitebeard agreed to help find Jinbe after Lin Mo explained he wanted Jinbe to escort Shirahoshi home.
• Marco reported that Jinbe would come to them in about half a month, and Lin Mo said he would wait with Whitebeard’s crew.
• Ace challenged Lin Mo, who knocked him down and then used Conqueror’s Haki to make him collapse unconscious.
• Whitebeard held a welcome banquet, where Ace asked Lin Mo how he had been knocked out.
• Lin Mo asked Ace whether he knew about the Revolutionary Army and realized Ace did not know Sabo was alive.

Lin Mo and Rayleigh left Whitebeard’s ship for Jaya Island, where Cricket joined them to reach Sky Island. Their attempt to ride a knock up stream failed, leaving them back on Jaya Island and needing a reliable navigator.

• Lin Mo decided to leave Shirahoshi with Whitebeard and Jinbe after staying aboard the Moby Dick for one more week.
• Lin Mo and Rayleigh traveled to Jaya Island, where Lin Mo told Cricket that Sky Island and the City of Gold existed.
• Cricket decided to go to Sky Island, and the Saruyama Alliance helped the group prepare a ship and time the knock up stream.
• The knock up stream hurled the ship back toward the sea, and Lin Mo, Rayleigh, and Cricket survived the failed attempt.
• Rayleigh concluded that they needed a reliable navigator, and one of the Saruyama Alliance captains offered to lend them his ship’s navigator.

After repeated failures to reach Sky Island, Lin Mo sent Rayleigh to find Whitebeard and Red-Hair and search for Poneglyphs while he explored the Grand Line alone. He learned that Luffy had defeated Crocodile, then spotted the Going Merry and its straw-hat sail as it approached Jaya Island.

• After another failed Knock Up Stream attempt, Lin Mo contacted Teng Hai, who found Whitebeard's and Red-Hair's locations.
• Lin Mo sent Rayleigh to the New World to seek Poneglyphs and told him to return to Jaya Island in four months.
• Lin Mo left Jaya Island in a small boat and encountered Dracule Mihawk, whom he urged to visit the East Blue.
• Two months later, Lin Mo heard that Luffy had defeated Crocodile in Alabasta and set off back toward Jaya Island.
• Lin Mo spotted the Going Merry, with Luffy and his companions aboard, only two days into his return journey.

Lin Mo rejoined the Going Merry and was welcomed by Luffy, Zoro, and Chopper, then proved his strength by defeating Zoro in one strike. He invited Zoro and Chopper to join his crew, but Zoro remained with the Straw Hat Pirates, while Chopper had not decided.

• Usopp questioned Robin about her past, and Nami accepted her after seeing the jewels she had brought from Crocodile.
• Lin Mo appeared aboard the Going Merry, and the crew recognized him; Luffy immediately agreed to let him sail with them for a while.
• Zoro challenged Lin Mo, who knocked him down with one strike, then declined Luffy's challenge until Luffy could beat Enel.
• Lin Mo told Zoro that Kuina had joined his crew and invited Zoro to join him, but Zoro chose to stay with the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Lin Mo invited Chopper to be his ship's doctor, and Luffy said he would let Chopper go but would steal him back; Chopper remained uncertain.

Lin Mo joined the Going Merry, where the Straw Hats learned more about his reputation and began questioning why he had come aboard. The crew reached Pineapple Island, while Sanji and Zoro remained suspicious of Lin Mo’s motives.

• Nami recognized Lin Mo as a notorious figure with a two-billion-Beli bounty, but Luffy, Chopper, Zoro, Sanji, and Robin reassured her that he had helped them.
• Lin Mo set up a tent on the Going Merry’s bow and shared dinner with the crew, then stopped Luffy from stealing his food by throwing him through a wall.
• Zoro asked Lin Mo about Kuina and his missing crewmates, while Lin Mo said he was searching for them and told Zoro to follow the Straw Hats’ usual route.
• Sanji told Zoro that Lin Mo’s history of helping nearly all of them seemed too coincidental, but the two ended up fighting over Sanji’s resentment at not being recruited.
• The next morning, Nami spotted an island, and the Going Merry stopped off the shore of Pineapple Island.

While the Going Merry’s crew traveled on, Robin asked Lin Mo about the missing Alabasta Poneglyph and traded him information about two stones she knew of. A mail-order salesman then arrived aboard the ship, and Nami tried to buy durable paper for her dream of drawing a map of the world.

• Chopper stayed aboard to watch the Going Merry while the others explored Pineapple Island, then joined Lin Mo and asked about his travels.
• Robin asked Lin Mo whether he had taken the Alabasta Poneglyph; he denied it, then agreed to show her his stones in exchange for information about Poneglyphs she knew.
• Robin told Lin Mo about stones in Ohara and deep in a West Blue forest, and Chopper later relaxed around her after they went to fetch water together.
• The crew left Pineapple Island and continued sailing; Luffy caught a giant shell that turned out to contain Lace Lace, a Little Ladybug Mail Order salesman.
• Nami sought sturdy paper for her world map, but Lace Lace quoted forty-eight million Beli for a thousand sheets of Thousand-Year Paper.
• Sanji tied up Luffy to offer him to the Marines as payment, and Robin warned Lace Lace that Lin Mo’s bounty could support his family for life.

Lace Lace fled the Going Merry after Robin revealed Lin Mo’s enormous bounty, while Nami began drawing a map of the crew’s route. After Luffy accidentally ruined her map, the crew later escaped a waterspout, and the chapter ended as Usopp spotted Marine ships in the fog ahead.

• Robin revealed that Lin Mo had a two-billion-Beli bounty, and Lace Lace abandoned his merchandise and fled.
• Nami began drawing a map of the places the crew had visited, while Sanji assigned the others to clean the deck.
• Luffy crashed into Nami’s cabin and spilled ink over her map, prompting Nami to send him out and ask Usopp to repair the door.
• Chopper noticed a waterspout approaching, and Lin Mo encouraged him to alert Nami; she directed the crew to secure the ship and escape the danger.
• After several days, Usopp spotted several Marine ships in a thick bank of fog ahead of the Going Merry.

Lin Mo helped Sanji and Taj on a Marine Battleship, then used Geppo to keep Luffy out of trouble and return to the Going Merry. After the fog began clearing, the crew sailed away, while Luffy and Chopper pestered Lin Mo to teach them Geppo and Sanji asked how quickly he had learned it.

• Lin Mo crossed the fog-covered sea with Geppo and found Luffy wandering on a Marine Battleship while Sanji helped Taj in the Kitchen.
• Lin Mo kept Luffy from running around by feeding him giant fruit, then knocked out a lookout Marine with Conqueror's Haki.
• Lin Mo used Geppo to reach Sanji, and Sanji returned to the Going Merry with Luffy after encouraging Taj to keep believing in the all-blue.
• Lin Mo explained that his air-walking technique was Geppo, and Nami ordered the crew to sail away before the fog cleared.
• Luffy and Chopper begged Lin Mo to teach them Geppo, Robin distracted them by tickling them, and Zoro asked to see Lin Mo's wooden sword.
• Sanji asked Lin Mo how long it took him to learn Geppo, and Lin Mo answered that it took one day.

Lin Mo arranged for Sanji, Luffy, and Chopper to potentially learn Geppo through exchanges with Kaku, then stayed behind while the Straw Hat Pirates visited an island and watched its Fireworks Festival. The Going Merry later reached the waters around Jaya Island after Usopp spent days making fireworks for Lin Mo.

• Lin Mo offered to have Kaku teach Sanji Geppo in exchange for cooking lessons, and said Luffy and Chopper could also negotiate with Kaku.
• The Straw Hat Pirates found an island after days of rain, and Luffy and the others went ashore while Lin Mo, Zoro, and Robin stayed aboard the Going Merry.
• Lin Mo watched the island's Fireworks Festival alone and felt afraid of losing something after recalling the shopkeeper's warning.
• After the crew returned, Lin Mo paid for Usopp's tools and gunpowder and asked him to make a thousand fireworks so Lin Mo could give others a Fireworks Festival.
• Usopp made fireworks for several days as the Going Merry escaped Marine pursuit and passed two more islands before reaching the waters around Jaya Island.

After a ship fell from the sky, the Straw Hats learned that the Log Pose pointed toward Sky Island, and Lin Mo confirmed that he had been there before. As Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji searched underwater for clues, the Orangutan Pirates arrived and revealed they had been waiting for Lin Mo at Cricket’s place with a newly built ship.

• A huge ship fell into the sea near the Going Merry, and Robin explained that the Log Pose had recorded Sky Island as its next destination.
• Luffy found a chart of Sky Island, and Lin Mo confirmed that the island existed and that he had visited it.
• Lin Mo said his ship could fly and revealed that Kaku, Enel, and Kuina were waiting for him on Sky Island.
• Nami sent Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji to dive for information and treasure aboard the sunken ship.
• Masira and the Orangutan Pirates approached the Going Merry, recognized Lin Mo, and said they had been waiting for him at Cricket’s place with a newly built ship.

The Straw Hats sailed to Jaya Island after surviving a giant sea turtle and enormous winged figures, then docked at a lively town. As Luffy and Zoro went ashore, Nami worried they would cause trouble before returning to the ship.

• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji searched a sunken wreck, defeated Masira's men, and were swallowed with the wreck by a giant sea turtle.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji escaped with sacks of salvage, while enormous winged figures in the clouds sent both crews fleeing.
• Nami scolded Luffy and the others for returning with junk, and Lin Mo said they should head to Jaya Island to reach Sky Island.
• Robin produced an Eternal Pose pointing to Jaya, and the Straw Hats sailed there under Nami's directions.
• Luffy and Zoro went ashore in Jaya's town, while Nami worried they would cause trouble.

Lin Mo reunited with Rayleigh and Cricket on Jaya Island, stored away their Poneglyphs, and agreed to use the Going Merry for the next day's knock up stream. As the crew prepared to reach Sky Island, Cricket revealed that Lin Mo had told him the City of Gold was there.

• Lin Mo visited Rayleigh and Cricket, put both Poneglyphs into his System Space, and raised his collection progress to 11/30.
• Lin Mo chose the Going Merry for the trip to Sky Island, and Cricket agreed to have it modified for the knock up stream.
• Luffy and the Straw Hats arrived, and Sanji told them the story of Mont Blanc Noland, the explorer branded a liar for claiming he had found an island of gold.
• Cricket's two pirate allies arrived and offered to help repair and reinforce the Going Merry before the knock up stream appeared at noon the next day.
• Cricket told Nami that Lin Mo had revealed the City of Gold was on Sky Island, and Lin Mo confirmed it.

Luffy knocked Bellamy unconscious after Bellamy attacked Cricket and mocked his dreams, and the Straw Hats then set sail for Sky Island with Cricket. After reaching the White Sea, Lin Mo announced that he was leaving, and Zoro asked if he was going to find Kuina and the others.

• Bellamy and his crew attacked Cricket and the Saruyama Alliance, but Luffy waited until Bellamy insulted Cricket before knocking him unconscious with one punch.
• Nami and the others revealed their higher bounties, and Bellamy's crew fled with him; Chopper treated Cricket and the two captains.
• Cricket joined Luffy's group, and they repaired the Going Merry and rode the knock up stream toward Sky Island.
• Blackbeard tried to capture Luffy for his bounty, but he retreated after recognizing Rayleigh and seeing Lin Mo as the knock up stream launched the Going Merry skyward.
• Nami guided the Going Merry safely to the White Sea and through Heaven's Gate to the second level, where Lin Mo said he was leaving.
• Chopper asked when they would meet again, and Zoro asked Lin Mo whether he was going to find Kuina and the others.

Lin Mo returned to Jalle Island after taking Rayleigh across the White Sea, where he reunited with Enel and Kaku and learned how his crew had been doing. Little White remained angry with him, while Lin Mo promised Shusuke he would find a way to make him normal or kill him within seven days.

• Lin Mo left Luffy and the others on a Waver with Rayleigh and traveled toward Jalle Island, eventually reaching it after five days.
• Enel attacked Lin Mo when he arrived, but Lin Mo knocked him down and apologized, and Kaku greeted Lin Mo aboard the Inkman.
• Kaku told Lin Mo that Kuina had drawn three swords from the Eight Desolations Sword Case and that his experiments to suppress Shusuke's ability had failed.
• Little White returned from hunting, knocked Lin Mo down, licked his face, and coiled around his wrist without speaking.
• Shusuke confronted Lin Mo and challenged him to fulfill his promise, while Enel's attack proved ineffective against Shusuke's black-mist body.
• Lin Mo told Shusuke he had a way to make him normal or kill him and asked for seven days.

Lin Mo’s crew reunited with Kuina on Jalle Island and learned that Rayleigh had narrowly defeated Sendou in a sword fight. Rayleigh said his temporary work was finished and planned to part ways with the crew once they returned to the Blue Sea.

• Rayleigh went to fight Sendou after Lin Mo challenged him, while Kaku and Enel watched the battle on Jalle Island.
• The next morning, Kuina returned with Rayleigh and told Lin Mo she would keep training with Sendou for six more months before finding her own way back to the Blue Sea.
• Lin Mo gave Kuina a piece of his Vivre Card, then told Kaku to arrange Vivre Cards for the crew when they returned to the Blue Sea.
• Rayleigh revealed that he had released six swords from Kuina’s Eight Desolations Sword Case and narrowly beaten Sendou, prompting Lin Mo to warn Kuina not to lend the weapon to others.
• Lin Mo told Kuina that Zoro was on Angel Island, but she chose to keep training rather than visit him.
• Rayleigh said his temporary-worker duties were complete and asked whether he could return to Sabaody after the crew reached the Blue Sea.

Kaku created a seastone ring that let Shusuke suppress his deadly ability, and Shusuke agreed to serve aboard Lin Mo's ship. After completing the Jalle Island check-in, Lin Mo prepared to leave, giving Kuina and the others a farewell fireworks display.

• Kaku tested his seastone ring on Shusuke, who confirmed it suppressed his ability without harming Herald.
• Shusuke agreed to work for Lin Mo for three years and freed his subordinates to choose whether to stay with him.
• Shusuke and Herald boarded the Inkman, completing Lin Mo's Jalle Island check-in and unlocking the Preta Path.
• Lin Mo decided the crew would leave that night and told Kuina to seek them out when she could wield four swords.
• Lin Mo arranged a fireworks display for Kuina, and she promised to return as soon as she could.