Arc 6The Land of Laborers

Good expanded his real-estate plans with the Whitebeard and Beasts Pirates, then crushed an uprising on Zebra Island and fought Shanks. He later confronted Dragon over the Revolutionary Army and battled Aokiji on Punk Hazard, where a Buster Call began as Good slept through the bombardment.

  • Good sold homes in Hoenn Residential Community, gave Whitebeard's commanders villas and a share of the profits, and urged Whitebeard to plan for his sons' future.
  • Good returned to Wano Country, gained Kaido's support for building Beasts Pirates bases across the New World, and took Yamato with him on an expedition.
  • Good used food and threats to end the labor uprising on Zebra Island, while Gaburu left the Revolutionary Army and agreed to work under Good to protect his people.
  • Good defeated Sabo in a duel, but spared him after Dragon apologized, then fought Shanks and lost before the laborers surrendered and Gaburu established the Land of Laborers.
  • Good criticized Dragon's leadership and told him to act more ruthlessly against the World Government, while Sengoku ordered Aokiji to monitor Good.
  • Good entered Punk Hazard to retrieve the failed Azure Dragon fruit as Yamato fought Aokiji on the coast, eventually striking the Admiral with Conqueror's Haki.
  • Good battled Aokiji with fire and lightning, severely injuring him, before the Buster Call fleet arrived and Good withdrew to rest.
  • Garp found Aokiji badly wounded as the Marines bombarded Punk Hazard, while Good slept undisturbed in a crater.
Chapters 126–150 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 126One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Hajrudin and the other Giants guarded the Hoenn Residential Community’s entrance as prominent pirates and underworld figures arrived for its opening. Good introduced Stussy as president of Groudon Real Estate Company, leaving the guests shocked and ready to tour the community before hearing its prices.

  • Hajrudin complained that Good had hired the Giants to guard a gate, but insisted they keep their agreement.
  • Underworld emperors and Whitebeard Pirates division commanders arrived, marveling at the Giants guarding the entrance.
  • Marco showed the commanders the community’s landscaped grounds and hinted that Good had another surprise for them.
  • Good appeared with Stussy, whose intimate behavior prompted the guests and Morgans to assume they were lovers.
  • Good introduced Stussy as president of Groudon Real Estate Company, and the guests reacted with shock.
  • Good invited the guests to tour the community before announcing its prices.

Ch. 127One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good launched sales for the Hoenn Residential Community, using a spectacular auction and the promise of safety and prestige to attract wealthy pirates. The guests rushed to buy units, and Good tried to keep the crowd orderly as the first batch went on sale.

  • The guests toured the community and admired its homes, gardens, plazas, shops, and beaches.
  • Good presented prizes for buyers, including Frost Calm, a Great Grade Sword forged in Wano Country.
  • Good auctioned Villa No. 2 with Frost Calm as a gift, and Du Feld won it with a bid of 1 billion Beli after Whitebeard had received Villa No. 1.
  • Good announced prices of 100 million Beli for villas and 10 million Beli for residential units, citing the protection of the Whitebeard and Beasts Pirates.
  • Pirates scrambled to buy residential units, while Good told them to line up and announced a one-unit limit and a 500,000 Beli deposit for advance purchases.

Ch. 128One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good expanded his real-estate business through deals with the underworld emperors and rewarded the Whitebeard Pirates with homes and dividends. After the Hoenn Residential Community sold out most of its homes, Good walked through it with Whitebeard, leaving their conversation about to begin.

  • Good invited Umit and the other underworld emperors to discuss building Hoenn Residential Communities on their islands and assigned Stussy to handle the business arrangements.
  • Good gave Marco and the other Whitebeard commanders villa keys and promised them two billion Beli from the home sales, plus annual dividends.
  • Several days later, all five hundred homes had sold, most of the villas were gone, and pirates moved into the community under its no-fighting rule.
  • Jozu asked Marco to help him plant flowers in his yard, while the commanders explored their new homes.
  • Good walked with Whitebeard through the villa district and said he wanted to show him how happy his sons were.

Ch. 129One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good persuaded Whitebeard to consider a future for his sons beyond piracy, and Whitebeard praised him as the strongest rookie. Good’s new fame alarmed the Five Elders and drew Shanks’s attention.

  • Good told Whitebeard that the Whitebeard Pirates would need a future after his death and urged him to consider his sons’ lives beyond piracy.
  • Whitebeard acknowledged Good’s plans and publicly called him the strongest rookie.
  • Newspapers spread news of Good’s title, his connection to Stussy, and the Whitebeard Pirates moving into Hoenn Residential Community.
  • The Five Elders ordered Stussy to keep Good under close surveillance.
  • Shanks and his crew discussed Good’s rise, and Shanks called him troublesome.

Ch. 130One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Rockstar joined Shanks’s crew as an apprentice and relayed Good’s mocking message, which caught Shanks’s interest. Good prepared to leave Hachinosu for Wano Country after asking Stussy to recruit women to help pair off Whitebeard’s pirates, then teased her before departing; word of his return reached Onigashima.

  • Rockstar asked Shanks to let him join the crew, and Shanks welcomed him as an apprentice despite not recognizing his name.
  • Rockstar delivered Good’s message mocking Shanks, making the pirates laugh, and Shanks asked Hongo to find out whether Good had left Hachinosu.
  • Good told Stussy he was returning to Wano Country and asked her to recruit clever, attractive women to spend time with Marco and the other Whitebeard pirates.
  • Good teased Stussy, who drew the curtains and prepared to give in, but he asked her to act reluctant as she had before.
  • At Onigashima, the Beast Pirates heard that Good had returned and hurried to welcome him.

Ch. 131Pirates: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good returned to Onigashima, gave Kaido ten billion Beli, and laid out a plan to expand the Beasts Pirates' influence through real estate. The chapter ended with Kaido asking why Good believed the rising rookies could change the balance of power.

  • The Beasts Pirates welcomed Good back to Onigashima, where Speed used her ability to teleport him and others to the port.
  • Kaido held a banquet for Good, who presented him with ten billion Beli earned in part from his real estate business.
  • Good explained to Kaido and the officers that Groudon Real Estate Company would build residential communities across the New World that would serve as Beasts Pirates bases.
  • Good warned that rising rookies such as Trafalgar Law, Hawkins, Kid, Killer, and Capone Bege would enter the Grand Line within two years and could shift the world's balance of power.
  • Kaido asked Good why he thought the rookies could change that balance.

Ch. 132One Piece: Groudon, the Beasts Pirates' Earth Calamity

Good persuaded Kaido and the Beasts Pirates to prepare for a predicted battle over the Pirate King's throne by expanding their control of the New World through his real estate business. After Kaido assigned him to suppress labor uprisings and recruit workers, Good returned to Wano Country, where Yamato tearfully welcomed him.

  • Good told Kaido that Lady Toki's prophecy and Roger's actions suggested a new Pirate King would emerge in four years.
  • Good urged the Beasts Pirates to establish bases across the New World within two years, and Kaido agreed to support his Groudon Real Estate Company.
  • Good asked for workers, and Kaido assigned him to suppress labor uprisings on occupied islands; King gave Good a photograph of an uprising leader.
  • Good recognized the man's face and thought, "Working for someone else? Not a chance."
  • Good returned to the Heavenly Residence club in Wano Country, where Yamato clung to him and said she had been lonely.

Ch. 133One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good agreed to take Yamato on a voyage, and she showed him she had stopped trying to become Kozuki Oden and wanted to live as herself. The Groudon then sailed out of Wano Country with Yamato thrilled at her first glimpse of the open sea.

  • Yamato excitedly told Good about her visit to the Golden Inari Shrine, and Good grumbled that its offerings should belong to him.
  • Yamato asked to join Good’s expedition, and he agreed to take her along.
  • Good and Yamato walked through Hakumai, where they saw workers moving grain and a funeral procession.
  • Yamato said she no longer wanted to imitate Kozuki Oden and would live her own life, rejecting the selfish things Oden had done.
  • The Groudon burst through the waterfall, and Yamato cheered as she sailed into the open sea for the first time.
  • Giant koi leaped and swam around the Groudon, and Good called their appearance a good omen.

Ch. 134One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good arrived at Zebra Island to put down a labor uprising and learned that the Revolutionary Army’s Gaburu was behind it. After hearing how Scotch had been wounded by a mysterious fighter who wielded a steel pipe, Good began gathering the villagers and handing out rice.

  • Speed brought Good intelligence identifying Gaburu Vala, a Revolutionary Army officer, as the instigator of uprisings on several islands.
  • Good ordered the Groudon to sail at full speed to Zebra Island, where Scotch feared the Earth Calamity had come to kill him.
  • Scotch told Good that Gaburu had led the laborers in stealing weapons and that a mysterious pipe-wielding fighter had badly wounded him.
  • The next morning, Good had Scotch assemble the remaining townspeople, then arranged for rice to be distributed.
  • Good filled a sack with rice and placed it in the hands of a short, elderly woman.

Ch. 135Pirates: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good’s food distribution weakened support for the laborer rebels, and he ignored reports of their hideouts while his forces relaxed on Zebra Island. Several days later, Sabo and Koala arrived at the rebels’ hideout, where Gaburu reported that the laborers were on edge.

  • Good distributed rice to villagers and promised more food to anyone who revealed the laborers’ hiding places.
  • Villagers reported multiple hideouts to the Beasts Pirates, and a scout brought rice to the rebels’ main hideout, alarming Gaburu.
  • Good left the rebels alone as peace returned to Zebra Island and he spent time relaxing with Yamato, Qikara, and Speed.
  • Sabo and Koala arrived at the hideout, and Gaburu told Sabo that the rebels were on edge.

Ch. 136One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Sabo and Gaburu decided to launch an offensive against the Beasts Pirates before their laborers’ rebel army lost its resolve, with Sabo taking responsibility for fighting Earth Calamity Good. As the rebel army reached town, it found Good relaxing on the beach with the villagers, and the sight unsettled the laborers.

  • Gaburu agreed to lead an attack if Sabo handled Earth Calamity Good, and Sabo insisted on fighting despite Koala’s concerns.
  • Good ordered Scotch to offer the laborers amnesty if they surrendered and returned to work at the weapons factory.
  • The offer divided the laborers, but Gaburu rallied them and led thousands toward town.
  • Good received word of the advancing rebel army and told Antelope to send them to the beach.
  • The laborers arrived to find Good barbecuing with the villagers, including their families, and one man saw his wife with a pirate.

Ch. 137One Piece: Groudon, the Beasts Pirates' Earth Calamity

Gaburu met Good to negotiate over the laborers' uprising, but Good demanded that they return to work and threatened to massacre them if they resisted. Gaburu was left asking whether any other solution existed.

  • A laborer grieved for his wife as Gaburu's grandmother urged him to speak peacefully with the pirates.
  • Gaburu went to Good's beach camp to negotiate, accompanied by Sabo and Koala.
  • Good invited Gaburu to join him, then demanded that the laborers return to the weapons factory and held Gaburu personally responsible for the uprising.
  • Gaburu protested that the workers would remain under tyranny, but Good threatened to kill them all and destroy Zebra Island.
  • Good said the Beasts Pirates could abduct replacement workers from elsewhere, and Gaburu asked if there was any other solution.

Ch. 138One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good pressured Gaburu to become a false hero for the Beasts Pirates, and Gaburu agreed to protect Zebra Island’s people despite leaving the Revolutionary Army. Sabo challenged Good to stop him, but Good overwhelmed him and launched a devastating attack that left their duel unresolved.

  • Good explained that he wanted Gaburu to pose as a hero while helping him exploit the laborers, and threatened the people of Zebra Island to secure Gaburu’s cooperation.
  • Sabo tried to stop Gaburu from accepting, but Gaburu chose to leave the Revolutionary Army and make a deal with Good to protect his homeland.
  • Sabo challenged Good to a duel, and Good accepted before walking with him toward the beach.
  • Sabo attacked Good with his pipe and Dragon Claw Fist, but Good’s strength forced his claws open and withstood his Haki strike.
  • Good struck Sabo with Rolling Stone: Tackle, then leaped after him and smashed his abdomen with Monstrous Strength: War Hammer.

Ch. 139One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good spared Sabo after Monkey D. Dragon personally intervened and bowed to request his release. As the Revolutionary Army withdrew, Shanks arrived on Zebra Island to assess Good and prevent a conflict from disrupting the balance of the seas.

  • Qikara transformed into a muscular woman and overwhelmed Koala while Good left Sabo severely injured.
  • Dragon stopped Good from drawing his greatsword to kill Sabo and asked him to spare Sabo's life.
  • Good accepted Dragon's bowed apology and released his grip on his sword.
  • Shanks approached Zebra Island aboard the Red Force after following the Revolutionary Army ship, intending to assess Good and mediate if necessary.
  • Dragon carried Sabo and Koala back to his ship and bade farewell to Gaburu, who remained on Zebra Island as a pirate's subordinate.
  • The Revolutionary Army departed as the Red Force entered the harbor.

Ch. 140Pirates: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good confronted Shanks on Beasts Pirates territory, provoking a fight between the two captains. Shanks’s Haki overwhelmed Good at first, but Good transformed into his hybrid form and broke its hold on him.

  • Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates arrived at the Beasts Pirates’ territory, and Shanks’s Haki knocked out the waiting pirates.
  • Good challenged Shanks to explain how Good had provoked him, while Shanks’s crew could not reveal the humiliating message behind the dispute.
  • Good drew his Greatsword and attacked Shanks, who met his blow with his own sword.
  • Their blades collided, sending Beasts Pirates flying and prompting the officers to call Kaido.
  • Shanks’s Haki began overpowering Good, but Good transformed into his hybrid form and dispelled it.

Ch. 141One Piece: Groudon, the Beasts Pirates' Earth Calamity

Good was badly wounded by Shanks, transformed into Groudon, and forced Shanks to defend the Red Force from his devastating beam. After Kaido arrived and pursued Shanks, Good turned to the laborers and had Gaburu announce that their uprising had succeeded.

  • Shanks defeated Good with Divine Departure, breaking his greatsword and hurling him into a mountain.
  • Good emerged as Groudon and fired an enormous beam at the departing Red Force, which Shanks split with his sword.
  • Good recovered at the beach camp, where Yamato questioned his claim that he had driven Shanks away.
  • Kaido arrived, learned that Shanks had gone east, and flew after him.
  • Good told Gaburu to address the laborers, who surrendered after witnessing the battle, and Gaburu announced that their uprising had succeeded.

Ch. 142One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

After Gaburu negotiated better conditions for the laborers, they celebrated him as a hero, and the islands united as the kingless Land of Laborers. Good expanded his plans for laborer recruitment and propaganda, then prepared to move the workers to construction sites.

  • Gaburu explained the negotiated jobs, wages, and overseas construction work to laborer representatives, who thanked and celebrated him despite his private doubts.
  • The weapons factory reopened, laborers returned to work, and the uprising spread across the other islands before subsiding.
  • Gaburu announced that he would remain to watch the pirates and that the islands would form the Land of Laborers, prompting people to cheer his name.
  • Good ordered Antelope to promote labor through posters, holidays, celebrations, and competitions.
  • Speed told Good that more than half of the five thousand construction workers had been recruited, and Good ordered her to arrange ships through Umit.
  • Good drank his special goji berry tea on the balcony after Speed visited him.

Ch. 143One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good agreed to advise Dragon on the Revolutionary Army in exchange for his pocket watch, then argued that Dragon himself was the army’s greatest problem. He left Dragon questioning whether his distant leadership had failed his companions, including Ginny, Ivankov, Inazuma, and Kuma.

  • Dragon asked Good for advice on changing the Revolutionary Army’s situation and offered his pocket watch as payment.
  • Good kept the watch after noticing an old family photograph that reminded him of Garp, then invited Dragon to ask his questions.
  • Dragon said he wanted to improve the Revolutionary Army, and Good blamed its lack of growth on Dragon’s leadership.
  • Good accused Dragon of neglecting his companions’ trust and challenged him over Ginny’s abduction, Ivankov and Inazuma’s imprisonment, and Kuma’s service to the World Government.

Ch. 144One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good urged Dragon to retaliate against the World Government and show more resolve, while the Marines designated Good a priority surveillance target and prepared Aokiji to confront him. After learning the Marine blockade around Punk Hazard was withdrawing, Good set sail to collect the Pink Dragon Fruit and hoped it would evolve his Groudon.

  • Good criticized Dragon for abandoning Ginny and advised him to capture hostages and act more ruthlessly against the World Government.
  • At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku discussed Good’s growing involvement in major New World events and ordered the Marines to closely monitor him.
  • Sengoku assigned Aokiji to stop Good if he made a move, citing Aokiji’s ice powers as a counter to Good’s abilities.
  • Good learned from Caesar that the Marines were withdrawing their blockade of Punk Hazard and set sail to collect the Pink Dragon Fruit.
  • Good wondered whether the Pink Dragon Fruit could evolve his Groudon into its complete form.

Ch. 145One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good arrived in Dressrosa with Yamato and Speed to retrieve Caesar, while Aokiji came to watch him and warn him against causing trouble. The visit ended with Diamante crashing into nearby buildings, and Good took Aokiji’s appearance as a sign that the Marines were preparing for a possible conflict.

  • Good explained to Yamato and Speed that the Hobby-Hobby Fruit turned living beings into toys and that Dressrosa’s authorities were ignoring the victims.
  • Good ordered Yamato to stay out of trouble while he waited at a café for Caesar, but Yamato went with Speed to visit the colosseum.
  • Aokiji arrived by bicycle, bought Good coffee, and admitted that he had come to keep an eye on him rather than arrest him.
  • Diamante crashed into the street and destroyed several buildings, while Good insisted the incident had nothing to do with him.
  • Aokiji rode away, and Good concluded that the Admiral’s visit had been a warning from the Marines.

Ch. 146One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good and Caesar entered Punk Hazard to search its abandoned research institute while Yamato guarded the shore, but Aokiji arrived with a Marine fleet. Yamato fought off the Marines and faced Aokiji, whose ice attack left her unexpectedly relaxed.

  • Good left Yamato at the shore to guard against Marines while he and Caesar entered Punk Hazard through its poison fog.
  • Aokiji ordered the G-1 fleet to stop Good from reaching Punk Hazard, and the Marines pursued the Groudon when it moved around the island.
  • Yamato used ice on the sea and a Ringing Arrow to damage a Marine warship, then defeated Commodore Kibin with Thunder Bagua.
  • Aokiji warned the Marines away from Yamato and attacked her with Ice Block: Partisan.
  • Yamato knocked aside Aokiji's ice spears and felt soothed by their cold.

Ch. 147One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Yamato fought Admiral Aokiji to keep him from reaching Good, while Good searched Caesar’s laboratory for the failed Azure Dragon fruit. After finding it, Good swallowed the fruit, allowing Groudon to consume it.

  • Yamato revealed that she was Kaido’s daughter and transformed into her Okuchi no Makami Human-Beast Form to block Aokiji.
  • Aokiji froze the coast and attacked Yamato, but she endured his ice and fought back with her own ice, Haki, and martial arts.
  • Yamato struck Aokiji with Glacial Falls: Naraku, creating a massive iceberg, and the two charged at each other again.
  • Good entered the last laboratory and demanded that Caesar find the Failed Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon.
  • Caesar led Good to the fruit, and Good swallowed it so Groudon could consume it.

Ch. 148One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Yamato fought Admiral Aokiji on the frozen coast of Punk Hazard, where her immunity to freezing and powerful Haki gave her the advantage. After she struck him with Conqueror's Haki infusion, Aokiji prepared to change tactics as he worried that the returning Earth Calamity would turn the fight into a two-on-one battle.

  • Marines watched Yamato and Aokiji clash on the frozen coast while Vice Admiral Doll explained that Yamato could not be frozen.
  • Aokiji dropped a mountain-sized block of ice on Yamato, but she shattered it with Thunder Bagua and dodged his Ice Partisan attack.
  • Yamato rushed Aokiji with Divine Swiftness and struck him with White Serpent, infusing the blow with Conqueror's Haki and hurling him into the ground.
  • Aokiji emerged from the crater badly injured and realized Yamato had mastered Conqueror's Haki infusion.
  • Aokiji reached into his coat, deciding he had to change tactics before the Earth Calamity returned.

Ch. 149One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good returned to Punk Hazard and fought Aokiji after learning the Marines had called a Buster Call. The chapter left Good and the badly injured Aokiji facing each other as Aokiji’s ice melted before it could reach Good.

  • Aokiji activated a Buster Call and decided to hold Good’s group on Punk Hazard until the bombardment arrived.
  • Good returned from the island’s interior, and he ordered Yamato to take Caesar to the ship while he faced Aokiji.
  • Good struck Aokiji with a powerful punch, sending him crashing through the ground.
  • Good used Explosive Flame: Mega Punch to shatter Aokiji’s Ice Block: Pheasant Beak and scorch the sea around Punk Hazard.
  • Aokiji emerged with serious burns, while Good stood unharmed and melted the ice spreading toward him.

Ch. 150One Piece: Groudon, the Earth Calamity of the Beasts Pirates

Good defeated Aokiji with Eruption and Precipice Blade, then retreated inland as the Buster Call arrived. Garp found Aokiji gravely wounded while the Marines began bombarding Punk Hazard, and Good slept through the shellfire in a crater.

  • Good countered Aokiji's ice attacks with fire and lightning, then hurled him into the sky.
  • Good struck Aokiji with Eruption and Precipice Blade, leaving him charred and severely injured.
  • The Buster Call fleet arrived, and Good withdrew into the island to rest.
  • Garp reached the fleet and found Aokiji badly wounded, with half his right leg gone.
  • The Marines bombarded Punk Hazard while Good slept undisturbed in a crater.
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