Recaps

Lin Mo found Sandai Kitetsu in a Loguetown weapon shop, where he met Silvers Rayleigh, who knew about him through Shanks. Rayleigh invited Lin Mo to a drinking contest, while Bartolomeo confronted the shopkeeper about the sword.

• Lin Mo escaped Smoker by taking narrow alleys and entered a Loguetown weapon shop to search for Sandai Kitetsu.
• Lin Mo met Silvers Rayleigh, inspected Sandai Kitetsu, and returned it to the barrel after the shopkeeper refused to sell it.
• Rayleigh told Lin Mo that Shanks had mentioned him and invited him to a tavern for free drinks and a drinking contest.
• Lin Mo left with Rayleigh, and Bartolomeo entered the weapon shop demanding the sword Lin Mo had examined.

Rayleigh took Lin Mo drinking in Loguetown, then challenged him to a two-hour contest to catch Bounty Criminals. After Rayleigh stole one of Lin Mo’s targets, Lin Mo spotted Bartolomeo carrying Sandai Kitetsu.

• Rayleigh brought Lin Mo to the tavern, where he remembered Roger and trusted Lin Mo because Shanks had vouched for him.
• Rayleigh invited Lin Mo hunting, praised his potential, and challenged him to catch more Bounty Criminals within two hours.
• Lin Mo accepted the contest and caught five Bounty Criminals in an hour using Observation Haki.
• An explosion at the harbor drew a crowd, and Rayleigh snatched Lin Mo’s sixth target before he could act.
• Lin Mo spotted Bartolomeo searching an alley with Sandai Kitetsu in his arms.

Lin Mo escaped Bartolomeo, gained a new skill, and encountered Aokiji and Smoker in Loguetown. After losing a bounty-hunting bet to Rayleigh, Lin Mo agreed to collect the reward money for both of them, which meant going to the Marine Base for Smoker’s signature.

• Bartolomeo offered Lin Mo Sandai Kitetsu and a place as his right-hand man, but the sword briefly controlled Bartolomeo and made him attack Lin Mo before Lin Mo struck it from his hand.
• Bartolomeo’s admiration gave Lin Mo 10% check-in progress and the Fairy Sphere skill, bringing his total progress to 30%.
• Lin Mo saw Aokiji meet Smoker, and Smoker stopped Lin Mo to question him about catching a Pirate’s bullet with Armament Haki.
• Aokiji told Smoker that Pirates he had frozen at the harbor could shatter if disturbed, so Smoker rushed there and left Lin Mo with Aokiji, who soon rode away for a nap.
• Lin Mo and Rayleigh met with ten and eleven captured Bounty Criminals respectively, and Lin Mo accepted his loss in their bet.
• Rayleigh gave Lin Mo the criminals he had captured and proposed splitting the reward money, so Lin Mo had to visit the Marine Base to obtain Smoker’s signature.

Lin Mo delivered twenty-one unconscious Bounty Criminals to Smoker's Marine base and collected their total bounty of 4,550,000 Beli. Smoker questioned Lin Mo about his identity and Haki while Aokiji arrived, and Smoker blocked Lin Mo from leaving after learning he was not from Loguetown.

• Lin Mo brought twenty-one unconscious Bounty Criminals to Smoker's office, where the Marines confirmed they all had bounties.
• Smoker signed the bounty forms for 4,550,000 Beli and asked Lin Mo his name, age, and how long he had trained in Armament Haki.
• Aokiji arrived and agreed to help Smoker handle Pirates expected in Loguetown for the anniversary of Roger's death.
• Smoker used his Smoke-Smoke Fruit powers to block Lin Mo and asked whether he was from Loguetown, and Lin Mo nodded that he was not.

Lin Mo refused Smoker’s attempts to recruit him into the Marines and returned to Roger’s Tavern with Rayleigh. Their drinks were interrupted by a gang, and a bandanna-wearing man killed two of its members before confronting their leader.

• Smoker challenged Lin Mo to fight or join the Marines, but Aokiji intervened and Lin Mo refused both offers.
• Smoker let Lin Mo leave, and Lin Mo collected the bounty money before returning to Roger’s Tavern.
• Lin Mo gave Rayleigh his share of the money, and Rayleigh paid the Tavern Owner for their lodging and drinks.
• A gang led by Fatty barged into the tavern and demanded liquor, but the Tavern Owner told them the place was booked.
• A bandanna-wearing man shot two gang members, fought through the others with tonfas, and stopped in front of Fatty.

Lin Mo defeated Gin the Demon in a tavern in Loguetown, impressing Rayleigh with his use of Divine Departure and earning an increase to his Observation Haki. Smoker arrived to investigate the bodies and identified Gin, while Rayleigh remained hidden in the storeroom.

• Gin the Demon attacked Lin Mo to avenge Krieg, whom Lin Mo had killed at Baratie.
• Lin Mo used Divine Departure to strike Gin down, and Rayleigh recognized the technique as Roger's sword style.
• Rayleigh hid in the tavern storeroom as Smoker arrived with Marines and ordered the bodies removed.
• A system notification awarded Lin Mo Rayleigh's admiration and raised his Observation Haki to level four, briefly letting him hear heartbeats across Loguetown.
• Smoker identified the surviving Gin and questioned Lin Mo about Krieg's death, but Lin Mo continued drinking without answering.
• Smoker warned that pirates would soon flock to Loguetown and said he would visit the tavern often, irritating the Tavern Owner.

Lin Mo tried to sleep on a quiet beach, but a pirate crew disturbed him and Aokiji, forcing the supposedly off-duty Admiral to face them. The pirates charged despite Aokiji insisting he would not arrest them, and the confrontation was left unresolved.

• Smoker questioned Lin Mo about staying in Loguetown for Roger's death anniversary, then left the tavern.
• Rayleigh left the tavern to gamble at an underground Casino, while Lin Mo went to the beach to sleep.
• Aokiji arrived at Lin Mo's spot and fell asleep standing beside him as a pirate crew quietly came ashore.
• Little Jia approached the sleeping pair with a sword, waking Lin Mo and revealing Aokiji as a Marine Admiral.
• The pirates panicked, ignored Aokiji's assurances that he would not arrest them, and charged at him as Lin Mo stood aside.

Aokiji visited Lin Mo in Loguetown and found him drinking with Rayleigh, while Bartolomeo resolved to earn Lin Mo’s friendship. Lin Mo rejected Aokiji’s invitation to join the Marines, gaining another level of Armament Haki as the chapter ended.

• Aokiji froze the Pirates who had approached Lin Mo, then answered Garp’s call and confirmed he had met Lin Mo.
• Lin Mo overheard people discussing Rayleigh’s heavy losses at a Casino, then refused to lend Rayleigh money unless their owed drink counted as settled.
• Rayleigh and Lin Mo returned to the tavern, where Bartolomeo asked to be Lin Mo’s friend; Lin Mo rejected him, but Rayleigh encouraged him to keep trying.
• Aokiji entered the tavern and shared a drink with Lin Mo and Rayleigh, telling Lin Mo that people’s choices could change.
• Lin Mo again refused to join the Marines, triggering a system reward that raised his Armament Haki to level 5.

Lin Mo spent Roger’s death anniversary with Rayleigh, who planned to pay his respects at the Execution Platform despite the Marines’ ambush. After an explosion drew the Marines’ attention, Smoker spotted Lin Mo and the hooded Rayleigh at an alley entrance.

• Aokiji told Garp that Lin Mo had refused to join the Marines and that Rayleigh was in Loguetown, then left for the Marine Base.
• Rayleigh and Lin Mo drank together until they were nearly sick, advancing Lin Mo’s check-in progress to 70%.
• Over the following days, Rayleigh captured Bounty Criminals, Smoker patrolled for Pirates, and Bartolomeo continued following Lin Mo.
• On the anniversary of Roger’s death, Rayleigh took two bottles of Rum and brought Lin Mo to Central Square, where Marines were hiding in nearby buildings.
• An explosion struck the main street, and Smoker’s Marines spotted Lin Mo and the hooded Rayleigh at an alley entrance.

Rayleigh visited the Execution Platform to mourn Roger before leaving Loguetown, while Lin Mo defeated a group of mysterious attackers with Armament and Conqueror's Haki. Rayleigh then departed with Lin Mo accompanying him to the harbor.

• Smoker and Aokiji watched Lin Mo and Rayleigh, and Smoker worried that Rayleigh might cause trouble in Loguetown.
• Rayleigh poured Rum for Roger at the Execution Platform while Lin Mo watched from an alley.
• Armored attackers emerged from a hole in the main street and began attacking the town, so Smoker ordered the Marines to arrest them.
• Lin Mo punched away attackers who targeted him and knocked out the rest with Conqueror's Haki.
• Rayleigh told Smoker that Lin Mo had defeated the attackers, then said goodbye and left; the Marines detained the unconscious intruders.
• Rayleigh asked Lin Mo to see him off, and Lin Mo accompanied him to the harbor.

Lin Mo saw Rayleigh off, learned Germa 66 had engineered an explosion at the Marine base, and refused to help Bartolomeo with the chaos caused by Sandai Kitetsu. The chapter left him holding the Demon Sword after wrenching it from a man it had possessed.

• Rayleigh sailed away in his Small Wooden Boat after promising Lin Mo a favor, and Lin Mo gained check-in progress and an Iron Body level.
• Smoker and Aokiji discovered that the captured attackers were identical Clones, while Lin Mo encountered Vinsmoke Judge and his children leaving Loguetown.
• Judge and his children revealed that the Clones were programmed to detonate, and Aokiji contained their explosions by freezing the Marine base.
• Bartolomeo told Lin Mo that someone had taken Sandai Kitetsu and was attacking people, but Lin Mo refused to intervene.
• A man controlled by Sandai Kitetsu attacked Lin Mo, who seized the blade with Armament Haki and forced it out of his grip.

After completing his Loguetown check-in, Lin Mo took Sandai Kitetsu and the tavern’s wine before leaving for Drum Island. He arrived as Wapol’s purge drove the island’s doctors into exile, and the system awarded him a Mystical Palm Technique.

• Lin Mo completed his Loguetown check-in after obtaining Sandai Kitetsu, unlocking Shave, Kami-e, and the Great Dragon Fire Technique.
• Lin Mo collected the tavern’s wine, left a million Beli behind, and sailed away from Loguetown while Bartolomeo watched him go.
• Lin Mo crossed the Calm Belt and reached the Grand Line after a difficult voyage, eventually spotting Drum Island as his wine ran low.
• Lin Mo ignored fleeing doctors’ pleas to leave Drum Island and brought his boat ashore.
• The system registered Lin Mo’s arrival at Drum Island, added ten percent check-in progress, and rewarded him with Beginner-level Mystical Palm Technique.

Lin Mo crossed Drum Island as Wapol’s guards hunted doctors, using his powers to survive their attacks and heal a feverish girl. He left Kokowitt Town with two bottles of Wine after the townspeople realized he had cured the girl.

• Lin Mo reached a Town where Wapol’s guards were arresting doctors and knocked down Will when the guard tried to shove him.
• Will fired at Lin Mo, who caught and crushed the bullet, then asked Will for directions to Kokowitt Town.
• Other guards shot at Lin Mo, but he dodged some bullets, blocked the rest with the Fairy Sphere, and knocked the guards unconscious with Conqueror’s Haki.
• In Kokowitt Town, Lin Mo took two bottles of Wine from a grieving man and healed the man’s feverish daughter from a distance with the Mystical Palm Technique.
• The man thanked Lin Mo, and the townspeople realized the Wine had been payment for the girl’s treatment as Lin Mo walked away.

Lin Mo encountered the young Trafalgar Law on Drum Island as Law tried to take medical books from townspeople, then went to eat at New Rising Ramen. Law followed him to warn him about the country’s ban on doctors and ended by asking whether Lin Mo was a swordsman.

• Lin Mo spotted Law fleeing with medical books and watched townspeople surround him, but Law argued that the books were needed as doctors were being driven from Drum Island.
• The townspeople recognized Lin Mo as the boy who had cured Old Xing’s daughter, and Law learned that Lin Mo had treated her with a strange green light.
• A townsman gave Law the books on the condition that he warn Lin Mo not to reveal his medical skills, so Law hurried after him.
• Lin Mo reached New Rising Ramen, ordered ramen and Wine, and Law joined him to deliver the warning.
• Law went hungry while Lin Mo ate, then noticed Lin Mo’s swords and asked if he was a swordsman.

Lin Mo rejected Luo’s invitation to join his crew and later refused to teach him medicine, while heading into Drum Island’s mountains to find Chopper. After a pack of Lapahns attacked them, Lin Mo defeated the beasts with ease, and Luo continued following him.

• Lin Mo rejected Luo’s offer to make him vice captain, gained mastery of the Mystical Palm Technique through the System, and gave the hungry Luo money before leaving the ramen shop.
• After resting at the inn for two days, Lin Mo set out toward Drum Island’s mountains to find Chopper.
• Luo saved Lin Mo from a Lapahn and asked him to teach medicine, explaining that he wanted to prevent another loved one from dying as Corazon had.
• A pack of Lapahns surrounded Lin Mo and Luo, and Luo used ROOM and Shambles to fight them but was overwhelmed.
• Lin Mo defeated the attacking Lapahns with Sandai Kitetsu, impressing Luo, who followed him in silence.

Lin Mo rescued Chopper from armed townspeople in Kokowitt Town, earning Chopper’s goodwill and improving his Fairy Sphere skill. After Lin Mo went to a tavern with Luo, they learned Wapol’s Royal Guard had gone after a child rumored to crush bullets with his bare hands.

• After two months of searching for Chopper, Lin Mo heard townspeople report that the Snowman had appeared and followed them to a pine forest with Luo behind him.
• When an armed townsman shot at Chopper, Lin Mo caught and crushed the bullet, then told Chopper to run; he blocked a second shot and Chopper escaped into the forest.
• Lin Mo received Chopper’s goodwill, raising his sign-in progress to 50% and Fairy Sphere to level 2, then left the townspeople without arguing as Luo challenged their prejudice.
• Lin Mo went to a tavern near the docks, where Luo joined him, and Genzo arrived with news that the Royal Guard was pursuing a child who could crush bullets.
• Genzo explained that the Royal Guard had gone to Kokowitt Town after hearing Lin Mo had crushed bullets while saving the Snowman.

Lin Mo and Luo went to Wapol’s Castle to rescue the innkeeper, whom Wapol had taken hostage to lure Lin Mo in. Luo defeated the Royal Guards with his ROOM power and cut Wapol into pieces, leaving the tyrant’s fate unresolved.

• After the tavern patrons identified Lin Mo as the child the Royal Guards sought, he left for Wapol’s Castle with Luo to rescue the innkeeper.
• At the cable car summit, Dalton urged Lin Mo and Luo to leave, but Lin Mo walked past him toward the Castle.
• Wapol appeared with the bound innkeeper and ordered his soldiers to kill Lin Mo and Luo.
• Luo created a ROOM, vanished, and cut the Royal Guards into pieces while keeping them alive.
• Luo expanded his ROOM to Wapol and cut the king into countless pieces.

Lin Mo and Luo defeated Wapol’s forces on Drum Island, and Lin Mo drove Wapol away after surviving his cannon attack. As Lin Mo, Luo, and the innkeeper prepared to leave, Dalton pleaded for his dismembered men, and Luo reluctantly restored them.

• Lin Mo knocked Dalton aside, freed the innkeeper, and watched Luo battle Wapol as Wapol ate weapons and cannons to arm himself.
• Wapol fired several shells at Lin Mo, but Lin Mo protected himself and the innkeeper with the Fairy Sphere and then kicked Wapol away.
• Lin Mo headed for the cable car while Dalton asked Luo to restore the guards he had cut apart.
• Dalton knelt and pleaded for his men, and the innkeeper urged Luo to help them.
• Luo put the guards back together and then joined Lin Mo and the innkeeper at the cable car.

Lin Mo and Luo encountered Kureha and Hiriluk on Drum Island, where Hiriluk chased after the frightened Chopper. Kureha described Hiriluk’s dream of saving the country, then questioned Luo about his knowledge of medicine.

• Kureha stopped Lin Mo and Luo, offered to trade her secret to staying young for Lin Mo’s healing method, and threw scalpels at Luo and Boc.
• Hiriluk arrived with a new medicine and chased Boc, while Chopper watched the group from behind a pine tree.
• After Boc called Chopper a monster, Hiriluk defended him, but Chopper fled when Hiriluk’s tranquilizer gun fell from his case.
• Hiriluk ran after Chopper, and Lin Mo told Luo that Hiriluk would be fine.
• Kureha criticized the Drum Kingdom’s fearful people and explained that Hiriluk persisted in seeking a cure for every illness because he hoped to save them.
• Luo argued that Hiriluk should understand no universal cure could exist, and Kureha asked whether Luo knew medicine.

Luo pursued Kureha to learn medicine, while Chopper thanked Lin Mo and resolved to become stronger. Lin Mo earned a medical ninjutsu reward, but Wapol confronted him in Kokowitt Town and threatened two hostages.

• Lin Mo urged Luo to learn from Kureha, and Luo hurried after her.
• Hiriluk introduced Chopper by name, and Chopper thanked Lin Mo for helping him; Lin Mo encouraged him to keep going despite being called a monster.
• Chopper asked Hiriluk to teach him medicine so he could become stronger and protect what mattered to him, earning Lin Mo a system reward of beginner-level Yin Healing Wound Destruction.
• Boc warned Lin Mo that Wapol had ordered his arrest and threatened anyone who sheltered him; Lin Mo left the inn with two jars of wine.
• Wapol and his guards surrounded Lin Mo, then brought a mother and daughter forward as hostages and demanded that he stay put.

Lin Mo completed the Drum Island check-in after helping Luo become Kureha’s apprentice, then prepared to leave for Alabasta. Before departing, he promised Chopper they were friends and that they might meet again when Chopper sailed the sea.

• Lin Mo knocked out Wapol’s guards and the hostages with Conqueror’s Haki, winning Luo’s bet with Kureha in seconds.
• Kureha honored her wager and agreed to teach Luo medicine, while Lin Mo received Yin Healing Wound Destruction and increased his Armament Haki to level six.
• Lin Mo decided to leave Drum Island for Alabasta and refused Luo’s invitation to join his pirate crew, but quietly agreed that they were friends.
• Chopper followed Lin Mo to the harbor and begged him to stay, so Lin Mo reassured him that they could meet again and said they were already friends.
• Chopper watched Lin Mo sail away and vowed to set out to sea someday as a stronger reindeer.

Lin Mo reached Alabasta, gained a powerful sandstorm skill, and set out across the desert toward Alubarna. Shanks followed him to the country, learned which way he had gone, and chased after him while Beckman and the Red Hair Pirates waited behind.

• Lin Mo passed the Heart Pirates, sailed to Alabasta, and received the Beginner-Level Wind Release: Infinite Sandstorm Breakthrough skill upon reaching shore.
• Lin Mo bought a hat and goggles in Narohara Town, learned that Alubarna lay far across the desert, and set off on a Camel.
• Shanks arrived in Narohara Town with the Red Hair Pirates and asked the hat Shopkeeper about Lin Mo, but misunderstood the Shopkeeper's hints to buy a hat.
• The Shopkeeper finally told Shanks that Lin Mo had gone toward Alubarna, and Shanks ran after him without buying a Camel.
• Beckman and the crew confronted the Shopkeeper, frightened him, paid for several hats, and warned him not to judge people by their appearance.

Lin Mo and Red-Hair crossed the Alabasta desert together after Red-Hair caught up with him, and Red-Hair spent the journey talking about their past and Lin Mo’s potential. They reached a Town, where Red-Hair hoped to find a tavern and drink with Lin Mo.

• A frightened Camel carried Lin Mo off course as a giant desert lizard attacked, while Red-Hair was swallowed by another lizard and cut his way free.
• Red-Hair caught up with Lin Mo after defeating the lizards, and explained that he had tracked him to Alabasta based on stories of a young boy buying alcohol.
• Lin Mo continued toward the next Town with Red-Hair, who asked about his swords and learned that he had visited Isshin Dojo but had not sparred with its master.
• Red-Hair told Lin Mo about Luffy, his former Captain Gol D. Roger, and why he had given Luffy the Straw Hat.
• Red-Hair praised Lin Mo’s potential and invited him to join his Pirates, but Lin Mo showed little reaction as they continued walking.
• After nearly three hours, Red-Hair spotted a Town ahead and suggested they find a tavern for a drink.

Lin Mo and Shanks drank at a tavern in Alabasta, where Lin Mo drove off the Desert Thieves after they tried to rob the customers. The tavern patrons celebrated their safety, and the Tavern Owner offered everyone free drinks.

• Shanks bought wine for himself and Lin Mo, then treated the tavern customers to drinks.
• Dack and his Desert Thieves entered the tavern and robbed the customers.
• Hoppy threatened Lin Mo and attacked him with a blade and a revolver, but Lin Mo remained unharmed and dodged every bullet.
• Dack attacked Lin Mo with a special Spiked Club, but Lin Mo smashed it with his fist.
• Dack fled with his men, and the Tavern Owner offered the relieved customers free wine.

Lin Mo and Red-Hair left the tavern and crossed the desert toward Alubarna, with Red-Hair refusing to stop following him. After reaching a prosperous town, they encountered a stallholder selling supposedly legendary Golden Apples.

• Pell arrived at the tavern, thanked Lin Mo and Red-Hair for driving off the Desert Thieves, and left after offering to pay for their drinks.
• The Tavern Owner recognized Red-Hair as captain of the Red Hair Pirates and told him about a Devil Fruit auction in Yuba; Lin Mo declined Red-Hair's offer to attend.
• On their desert journey, Red-Hair and Lin Mo encountered Deceptive Birds pretending to be injured, then fought off Man-Eating Grasses that burst from beneath the sand.
• Lin Mo's camel ran off with him, but Red-Hair caught up by riding a Deceptive Bird and continued traveling with him.
• After nearly two days, Lin Mo and Red-Hair reached a lush, wealthy town, where a stallholder claimed his Golden Apples could grant a thousand years of life.