Ch. 26One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good and Page One fought on Onigashima’s Back Mountain, with Page One revealing the strength of his Spinosaurus form. Good then summoned his newly evolved juvenile Groudon and transformed into his Lightweight Form, preparing to test his power.

  • Good grabbed Ulti and challenged Page One to spar at the Back Mountain, saying he could not bear to hit Ulti.
  • Good stopped Page One’s Haki-coated punch and slammed him into the ground, prompting Page One to transform into a Spinosaurus.
  • Page One’s jaws shattered a rock as Good evaded his bite, but Page One struck Good with his tail and sent him crashing through rocks.
  • Good recovered and said he wanted to test his newly acquired power against Groudon.
  • Groudon completed its first transformation into a larger juvenile form after eating ten Artificial Devil Fruits.
  • Good transformed into his crimson-armored Lightweight Form as Groudon cheered for the fight.

Ch. 27One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good defeated Page One with a single blow after revealing his Groudon-like transformation, then left with Ulti as Page One approved of him as a possible brother-in-law. As the Beasts Pirates gathered on Onigashima for an approaching expedition, a battle began in the Castle plaza.

  • Page One charged Good, but Good leaped into the air and smashed him into the ground with a powerful blow.
  • Good told the injured Page One not to push himself, and Page One insisted he would win next time.
  • Good reflected that Groudon needed more natural energy to evolve and that Devil Fruits might help it grow stronger.
  • Good and Ulti headed back toward Skull Castle while Page One silently decided Good should become his brother-in-law.
  • The Beasts Pirates gathered on Onigashima ahead of an expedition, and two pirates fought on a platform in the Castle plaza.

Ch. 28One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good defeated Holdem in a challenge at Kaido’s banquet and convinced Kaido to leave him behind to guard Onigashima during the expedition. As the fleet departed from Wano, Good stayed behind while Page One joined Ulti aboard the ships.

  • Kaido welcomed Good to the front row at a banquet and revealed that Holdem had received an Artificial Devil Fruit.
  • Holdem challenged Good, who transformed, shattered Holdem’s sword, and sent him crashing out of the banquet hall.
  • Good persuaded Kaido that Onigashima needed protection from possible attackers, including Fire Fist Ace, and Kaido entrusted the island to him.
  • Good promised Kaido a surprise for his return before the Fire Festival.
  • The Beasts Pirates fleet departed from Hakumai with ten thousand troops, while Good stayed behind and Page One boarded with Ulti.

Ch. 29One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good used the Beasts Pirates' departure to take control of their Wano territory and forced God of Wealth Town's villagers to sign a contract by threatening to destroy their homes. Yamato challenged his cruelty, then declared she would help people even if they hated her, while the villagers reluctantly gave up their refuge.

  • After the Beasts Pirates' fleet left, Good celebrated his new authority and took Yamato to God of Wealth Town.
  • Old Kang served Good and Yamato their last cup of clean water, which Yamato drank without noticing his distress.
  • When Old Kang hesitated to accept Good's offer, Good threatened to raze the town unless every villager signed his contract within half an hour.
  • Yamato objected to Good's treatment of the villagers, and Good explained that they feared and hated the Beasts Pirates because of their suffering.
  • Yamato said she would help people regardless of whether they liked her, and Good told her he was starting to like her.
  • The villagers gathered in God of Wealth Town and pressed their handprints onto the contract, believing they had signed away their last refuge.

Ch. 30One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good secured ownership of the town and its surrounding farmland, then gave the villagers ten thousand gold and food. After the villagers returned the gold and agreed to buy homes from him, Good and Yamato headed toward the Flower Capital, where Yamato called him despicable.

  • Good accepted Old Kō's contract for the town and its surrounding farmland, unleashing a burst of powerful Haki that astonished Yamato and Old Kō.
  • Good showed the villagers ten thousand gold, and they fought over it until Old Kō intervened.
  • The villagers held a shareholders' meeting and returned the gold, then Old Kō asked Good whether they could still buy homes from him.
  • Good confirmed the home deal and gave the villagers food and water from his cart, prompting Old Kō to apologize and thank him.
  • Good and Yamato rode toward the Hot Spring Shop in the Flower Capital, and Yamato suddenly called Good despicable.

Ch. 31One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good offered the courtesans at his Hot Spring Club the chance to buy their freedom, then summoned four gang bosses and presented them with employment contracts. The gang bosses rejected the contracts, while Good insisted the money he placed before them was only for buying better clothes.

  • Cai Die told Good the Hot Spring Club was fully booked and that the therapists earned far more than they had as courtesans.
  • Good asked whether Kyoshiro had approached Cai Die and promised to buy the courtesans' freedom if they wanted to stay.
  • Gongoro, Acho, Mitaiping, and Omasa arrived at the Hot Spring Club after Good invited them to talk.
  • Good gave the four gang bosses employment contracts and a bag of money, and Omasa objected that Good wanted them as his dogs.
  • Acho refused to sign the contracts, and Good explained that the money was for buying them decent clothes.

Ch. 32One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good forced four yakuza bosses to work for him by revealing that Hyogoro was alive and promising to free him after five years. He then went to the Prisoner Quarry with Yamato and threatened Chief Warden Babanuki into lending him a thousand prisoners.

  • Good told the four yakuza bosses that Hyogoro was alive and offered to release him if they worked for five years.
  • The four bosses agreed to Good's terms after he promised to take them to see Hyogoro, and they met him the next morning in new clothes.
  • Good and Yamato traveled with the four bosses to the Prisoner Quarry, where Babanuki reported that around three thousand prisoners were held.
  • Good demanded a thousand prisoners from Babanuki and claimed that Kaido had put him in charge of Wano Country.
  • Good threatened to replace Babanuki and had Yamato aim her Spiked Club at him when he hesitated to comply.

Ch. 33One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good forced Babanuki to send 1,000 prisoners, including Hyogoro, from the quarry to Hakumai so he could recruit them. He told Hyogoro he might let him live, leaving the four gang bosses hopeful about their former leader’s fate.

  • Good intimidated Babanuki into agreeing to provide prisoners and keep their transfer secret.
  • Babanuki gathered 1,000 prisoners and arranged weapons for Good’s men, then added Hyogoro to the group when Good demanded it.
  • The prisoners arrived in God of Wealth Town, where Hyogoro reunited with his four former gang bosses.
  • Acho explained that the gang bosses had agreed to serve the Beasts Pirates for five years in exchange for Hyogoro’s rescue.
  • Good told Hyogoro he had brought him out to secure the gang bosses’ service, but said he might allow Hyogoro to live.

Ch. 34One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good brought Hyogoro and Shimotsuki Yasuie together and assigned them and four underworld bosses roles in rebuilding Hakumai. He made clear that their cooperation rested on aligned interests, leaving them to begin work on his ambitious plans.

  • Good agreed to spare Hyogoro after Omasa, Mitaiping, Gongoro, and Acho offered their service in exchange.
  • Good revealed that he knew Old Yasuie's identity, and Old Yasuie and Hyogoro reunited as old friends.
  • Good outlined plans to build a town, dig a wastewater channel, reclaim farmland, and construct roads around God of Wealth Town.
  • Good assigned the four underworld bosses to form patrol forces for the projects and appointed Hyogoro commander of the prisoners, promising food and monthly releases for top performers.
  • Good appointed Shimotsuki Yasuie chief administrator and told him he did not trust them, but their interests were aligned.
  • Hyogoro asked Good a question.

Ch. 35One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Orochi learned that Good and Yamato were building a town in Hakumai and ordered Fukurokuju to bring them to him, fearing the project would undermine his rule and worsen the Flower Capital’s influence. Meanwhile, Yamato enthusiastically helped the freed prisoners construct the town, then relaxed with Good at the hot spring.

  • At a banquet, Orochi praised Good for capturing Kozuki Samurai and renewed his vow to destroy the Kozuki Clan.
  • Fukurokuju told Orochi that Good and Yamato were building a town with prisoners, gifted money, and surplus supplies from Paradise Farm.
  • Orochi grew angry at the project’s potential to improve life in Wano and ordered Fukurokuju to bring him Good and Yamato.
  • Good visited the construction site, where the prisoners worked eagerly, and Yamato hauled enormous stones to help build the town.
  • That night, Yamato bathed with Good at the Hot Spring Shop, where she fell asleep while he scrubbed her.

Ch. 36One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good took Yamato to Orochi Castle for a meeting with Orochi, where the Oniwabanshu welcomed them and led them to a banquet hall. As their host failed to appear, Yamato waited hungrily while Good finally picked up his chopsticks.

  • Yamato woke after falling asleep in the bath, then saw Good asleep with three women and got caught peeking into his room.
  • Good scolded Yamato over breakfast and told her they would visit Orochi Castle instead of working in Hakumai.
  • Good reminded Yamato that Oden had danced naked at Orochi Castle, upsetting her before they continued inside.
  • Ten Oniwabanshu ninjas welcomed Good and Yamato and escorted them to a banquet hall, where Yamato spotted the ninjas hiding around the room.
  • After three minutes passed without Orochi appearing, Good picked up his chopsticks while Yamato waited to eat.

Ch. 37Chapter 37

Good and Yamato attended Orochi’s banquet, where Good pressured the shogun into promising fifty thousand gold for Hakumai’s construction. He then revealed that Yamato was Kaido’s only child and heir, leaving Orochi to consider the project’s connection to the Beasts Pirates’ future.

  • Yamato ate through the banquet dishes while Good handled Orochi’s attempts to make conversation.
  • Good asked Orochi to fund Hakumai’s construction and maneuvered him into agreeing to provide fifty thousand gold.
  • Orochi grew furious at Good’s audacity but asked why they were building Hakumai and whether Kaido knew about it.
  • Good explained that the project was meant to increase the value of their land and said Yamato had helped plan it.
  • Good told Orochi that Yamato was Kaido’s only child and the heir to the Beasts Pirates.

Ch. 38One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good declared that Yamato and Ulti were both his fiancées, forcing Orochi to abandon his attempt to kill him. Orochi then directed Good and Yamato toward Ashura Doji, hoping they would eliminate the troublesome bandit or fall fighting him.

  • Good claimed that he was Yamato’s fiancé and said Ulti was his other fiancée, while Yamato reacted with confused embarrassment.
  • Fukurokuju confirmed that Yamato and Good were intimate, so Orochi apologized and pretended his threat had only been a test.
  • Good avoided a fight because Orochi had many powerful forces and was difficult to kill.
  • After drinking with Good, Orochi suggested that they kill Ashura Doji, the former retainer leading thieves from Atamayama in Kuri.

Ch. 39One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good persuaded Orochi to fund a campaign against Shutenmaru’s bandits and used the announcement to attract support for Yamato’s new city in Hakumai. Three days later, Good met with his trusted subordinates to hear their report on the city’s growing attention.

  • Good agreed to lead a campaign against Shutenmaru’s bandits, then convinced Orochi to contribute one hundred thousand gold and lend troops.
  • Good secretly remained sober as Yamato carried him home, then summoned Blue Worm and the others.
  • Orochi and the Beasts Pirates announced the bandit campaign, while Tile News reported on Hakumai’s new city and Orochi’s support for Yamato’s construction project.
  • Three days later, Good met with Blue Worm and his other subordinates, and Red Sparrow reported that the whole city was talking about Hakumai’s new city.

Ch. 40One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good launched advance sales for Hakumai City, drawing eager buyers from across Wano Country with low prices and installment payments. As the crowds converged on the construction site, Good left to attend to other business, amused by how Orochi would react.

  • Good ordered Red Sparrow and the others to spread notices across Wano Country announcing Hakumai City's property presales.
  • People across the regions learned they could reserve homes and other properties with a down payment, and many hurried toward Hakumai.
  • Good opened the Hakumai City Property Sales Office and explained to Shimotsuki Yasuie that affordable homes would attract the population the city needed.
  • Huge crowds arrived from the Flower Capital and by boat, so Good told Acho and her subordinates to organize the buyers and keep order.
  • Good slipped away from the sales site, humming as he imagined Orochi's reaction.

Ch. 41One Piece: Groudon, the Beasts Pirates' Earth Calamity

Orochi and Fukurokuju arranged to use the bandit extermination campaign to eliminate Good, while Good delayed the mission until its funding arrived and recruited the Oniwabanshu assigned to him for a lavish welcome. After discovering news about Ace, Good led the funded force toward Kuri, where it reached the bandit stronghold at Atama Mountain.

  • Orochi raged over Hakumai's growing popularity, and Fukurokuju proposed killing Good during the campaign and taking Hakumai afterward.
  • Daikoku and three other Oniwabanshu ninjas arrived with five hundred samurai, but Good refused to depart until the campaign funds were ready.
  • Good insisted that Daikoku's group enjoy the Hot Spring Club's VIP services while the money was being raised.
  • Good realized he needed stronger, more dependable allies, then Yamato returned with a newspaper containing information about Ace.
  • Orochi's forces assembled with five hundred samurai, four Oniwabanshu ninjas, and nearly three hundred thousand gold, and Good led them toward Kuri.
  • Good's force reached the bandit stronghold deep in Atama Mountain.

Ch. 42Another Way to Use Yamato

Shutenmaru led the Atama Mountain Thieves toward Boro Town while Good predicted the move and arranged an ambush. As Good challenged Yamato’s idealized view of Kozuki Oden, the thieves attacked a grain convoy bound for the bandit-suppression army.

  • Shutenmaru learned the suppression force had reached Atama Mountain and led dozens of bandits toward Boro Town.
  • Good told Yamato about the crimes of Shutenmaru, other retainers, and Kozuki Oden, urging her to question her assumptions about Oden.
  • Good predicted Shutenmaru would strike at Boro Town and revealed that he had arranged for ninjas to ambush the bandits there.
  • Shutenmaru’s bandits attacked the grain convoy northwest of Boro Town, killing samurai and pursuing the fleeing farmers.

Ch. 43One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good’s ambush badly weakened Shutenmaru’s bandits, but Shutenmaru escaped to his stronghold. Good tracked the wounded bandits to Atama Mountain and ordered his army to rest before attacking, leaving the reason for the delay unexplained.

  • Shutenmaru led his bandits to slaughter a grain convoy, but samurai hidden in the wagons ambushed them.
  • Shutenmaru defeated Daikoku and fought off three other ninja before escaping with some of his men.
  • Good arrived after the battle, ordered Daikoku to report to Orochi, and asked Yamato to track Shutenmaru by scent.
  • Shutenmaru reached his stronghold badly wounded and vowed revenge on Good.
  • Good’s army found the stronghold, but he ordered the samurai to rest instead of attacking, prompting Daikoku to ask why.

Ch. 44One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good’s forces set fire to Atama Mountain and attacked Shutenmaru’s stronghold while the bandits slept. Shutenmaru charged into the square as the burning hall became impossible to endure.

  • Good organized the samurai into three groups and led the main force toward the stronghold.
  • Good hinted that Yamato could become shogun, prompting Daikoku to suspect Kaido planned to replace Orochi.
  • At 1:45 a.m., Good’s forces set the mountain ablaze and fired flaming arrows into the stronghold.
  • The awakened bandits fled into the central square, where Good’s samurai shot down the first wave.
  • Trapped by gunfire, flames, and smoke, Shutenmaru drew his sword and charged into the square.

Ch. 45One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good’s forces defeated Shutenmaru’s bandits, but Ushimitsu Kozō appeared and rescued Shutenmaru. Good recognized the long-sought thief and prepared to give Yamato a task.

  • Good ordered the samurai to gun down the bandits as they charged from the stronghold.
  • Shutenmaru’s three remaining men sacrificed themselves to help him escape, and Shutenmaru attacked Good.
  • Daikoku protected Good from Shutenmaru, then Shutenmaru fled west and was trapped by Good’s stone spikes.
  • Ushimitsu Kozō appeared, used Oden Two-Sword Style attacks to clear a path, and carried Shutenmaru away.
  • Yamato blocked Ushimitsu Kozō’s slash from reaching Good, and Daikoku identified the black-clad man as the thief he had pursued.

Ch. 46One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Ushimitsu Kozō tried to help the badly wounded Shutenmaru escape, but they were trapped by Good’s forces. Shutenmaru was stabbed by Daikoku and detonated dynamite beside Good, while Ushimitsu Kozō remained in danger.

  • Ushimitsu Kozō used Oden’s sword techniques while fleeing with Shutenmaru, who realized his rescuer was one of the Nine Red Scabbards.
  • Wind Blade, Chiyome, and Good’s forces surrounded the pair at the foot of the mountain, leaving them no escape route.
  • Shutenmaru and Ushimitsu Kozō fought back-to-back as the samurai attacked, but Shutenmaru was badly wounded and Ushimitsu Kozō was occupied fighting a silver-haired girl.
  • Daikoku stabbed Shutenmaru from behind while he clashed with Good, then stepped back after completing Orochi’s order.
  • Shutenmaru pulled out lit dynamite and detonated it beside Good, and Ushimitsu Kozō shouted his name as the explosion left him exposed to danger.

Ch. 47One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good returned to the Flower Capital with Shutenmaru’s corpse and was celebrated by Orochi and Wano’s officials. He questioned Daikoku about Ushimitsu Kozō and began investigating the connection between the chivalrous thief and Shutenmaru.

  • Good and Yamato drove Ushimitsu Kozō away, and Good found Shutenmaru dead after the explosion.
  • The Bandit Suppression Army returned to the Flower Capital with Shutenmaru’s corpse, and the people cheered their victory.
  • Orochi praised Good, announced the destruction of the Atamayama Thieves, and held a grand victory banquet in his honor.
  • Good met privately with Daikoku and asked him for information about Ushimitsu Kozō.
  • Good reasoned that Ushimitsu Kozō and Shutenmaru must share a close connection, then recalled Shutenmaru’s past as Ashura Doji.

Ch. 48Beasts Pirates Earth Calamity Groudon

Good suspected that Kyoshiro was a surviving retainer of Kozuki Oden and maneuvered Daikoku toward helping eliminate him, while the Spade Pirates arrived in Wano and Ace befriended the villagers of Amigasa Village. The chapter left Ace weaving hats with Tama as she asked why he had come to Wano.

  • Good showed Daikoku blue hair from the Ushimitsu Kozō’s headscarf and suggested that Kyoshiro might be a Kozuki Oden retainer.
  • Good implied that Daikoku should help ensure Kyoshiro could not escape, then dismissed him and hinted that Fukurokuju might also be a target.
  • Good learned that the Spade Pirates had entered Wano through the Kuri waterfall and ordered his men to search for them.
  • Starving villagers in Amigasa Village tied up the Spade Pirates and took their food, but Ace let them eat and asked for dessert afterward.
  • Ace spent time with the villagers, then accidentally set fire to the conical hat he was weaving as Tama asked what he and his crew had come to Wano to do.

Ch. 49One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Ace and the Spade Pirates set out to defeat Kaido and rescue the adults taken from Amigasa Village, while Good prepared to face Ace at Onigashima. Three days later, Ace’s crew reached the island, ready to attack.

  • Ace told the villagers of Amigasa that he would defeat Kaido and bring back the adults Orochi had taken.
  • Good returned to Onigashima with Yamato and warned her not to attack Ace, whom he intended to face himself.
  • Orochi ordered Fukurokuju to kill Kyoshiro after Good’s suspicions convinced him that Kyoshiro might be a Kozuki spy.
  • After searching for three days, Ace and the Spade Pirates found Onigashima and brought their ship alongside the island.

Ch. 50The Beasts Pirates' Earth Calamity Groudon

Good mistook himself for Kaido to lure Ace to the Back Mountain, where they fought and Good transformed into Groudon. As the battle escalated, Good sensed that Groudon was absorbing Nature Power from Ace’s Flame-Flame Fruit.

  • Ace and the Spade Pirates landed at Onigashima and searched for Kaido, prompting Good to raise the alarm.
  • Good jumped from Skull Castle and confronted Ace, then claimed to be Kaido and led him to the Back Mountain.
  • Good and Ace traded powerful blows, and Good overpowered Ace’s punch before Ace unleashed Fire Fist.
  • Ace’s flames engulfed Good, but Good transformed into a red, five-meter-tall Groudon.
  • Good noticed Groudon absorbing Nature Power from Ace’s Flame-Flame Fruit, while Yamato defeated and bound the Spade Pirates.
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