Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.