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.

Good overwhelmed Ace in their duel and demanded that he serve under him or die. Ace refused to submit and prepared to unleash his strongest attack, Flame Emperor, as Yamato and the pirates fled the battlefield.

• Yamato ordered the captured intruders imprisoned and rushed toward Back Mountain, where Good was fighting Ace.
• Ace bombarded Good with Fire Daruma, but Good burst through the flames and knocked Ace into the ground.
• Good blew away Ace's Heat Haze, seized his head, and dragged him through a furrow in the rocky battlefield before tossing him aside.
• Good demanded that Ace serve under him or die, threatening the lives of Ace's captured subordinates.
• Ace refused to submit, transformed his flames into a gigantic fireball, and unleashed Flame Emperor.
• Yamato warned the pirates to flee as the enormous attack threatened the battlefield.

Good survived Ace’s devastating Fire Fist and evolved Groudon into its adolescent form, then ordered Ace imprisoned. In the Flower Capital, Orochi struggled to arrange Kyoshiro’s assassination and reluctantly considered asking Good for help.

• Ace unleashed a massive pillar of flame that devastated the battlefield, but Good emerged transformed as a giant, armored monster.
• Good’s Groudon evolved into Adolescent Groudon, and Good returned to human form after Ace fell unconscious.
• Good ordered the pirates to lock Ace in the dungeon and keep him alive.
• Orochi learned that Fukurokuju gave the assassination of Kyoshiro only a thirty-percent chance of success.
• Daikoku proposed asking Good to help hold off Kyoshiro, and Orochi reconsidered because Kyoshiro posed a greater threat to his life.

After defeating and capturing Ace and his crew, Groudon Good offered to release them in exchange for a one-billion-Beli debt contract with thirty percent annual interest. Ace accepted the crushing terms to save his crewmates.

• Ace woke in Onigashima's dungeon, realized Kaido had defeated him, and saw that his crewmates had also been captured.
• Good ordered Ace's crewmates sent to the Prisoner Quarry, and Ace begged him to take their place.
• Good revealed that he was Groudon Good, an officer of the Beasts Pirates, and claimed Kaido was far stronger than he was.
• Good offered to release Ace and his crew for one billion Beli, then produced a contract after Ace said he had no money.
• Good set the interest at thirty percent a year, and Ace agreed to sign so his crewmates could be freed.

Good brought the bandit suppression money to Shogun Orochi’s banquet, while Kyoshiro concealed his hatred and waited for a chance to kill Good. The gold was presented, and Orochi’s next move remained uncertain.

• Kyoshiro brooded over Shutenmaru’s death and resolved to endure while protecting his cover.
• Kyoshiro greeted Good at the castle and hid his desire for revenge as Good arrived with treasure chests.
• Orochi welcomed Good and Kyoshiro into a private room to discuss the bandit suppression funds.
• Good explained that the captured pirate had escaped, then ordered his subordinates to bring in the gold.
• Orochi admired the gold and dismissed Good’s subordinates.

Good’s dispute with Orochi over the bandit-suppression funds triggered a fight that exposed Kyoshiro as a retainer of Kozuki Oden. Kyoshiro battled the Oniwabanshu while Good refused to help beyond preventing his escape, leaving Orochi waiting for reinforcements.

• Good claimed seventy percent of the remaining funds, enraging Orochi, who summoned the Oniwabanshu to attack him.
• Kyoshiro tried to mediate, but Good poured wine over him and insulted him, prompting Orochi to order the Oniwabanshu to kill Kyoshiro.
• The Oniwabanshu attacked Kyoshiro, and he realized Orochi had uncovered his identity as a Kozuki infiltrator.
• Kyoshiro removed his disguise and revealed the Kozuki Family crest, declaring himself a Kozuki Samurai.
• Kyoshiro defeated several Ninja in the ensuing battle while Good watched, and Good refused Orochi’s demand to stop him beyond keeping him from escaping the castle.

Ace and the Spade Pirates attacked Shogun Orochi’s castle, where Ace defeated Fukurokuju and pursued Orochi. The chapter left Orochi cornered by Ace, with the courtesans refusing to help him.

• An attendant warned the banquet guests that Kyoshiro was supposedly an assassin, and Ace’s Fire Fist engulfed the officials who rushed into the side hall.
• The Spade Pirates revealed themselves and held off Orochi’s samurai while Ace went after the shogun.
• Ace burned Orochi, then defeated Fukurokuju with his fire attacks after Fukurokuju’s Earlobe Jutsu failed to restrain him.
• Ace pursued the fleeing Orochi, whose courtesans refused to protect him.
• Ace confronted Orochi and told him that his crimes could not be repaid even if he died ten thousand times.

Kyoshiro confronted Good, who revealed how he had uncovered Kyoshiro’s identity and blocked his escape while threatening Hiyori’s safety. After Ace killed Orochi, Yamato transformed and prepared to fight Ace and the Spade Pirates.

• Good told Kyoshiro he had suspected his identity after Kyoshiro released a Kozuki Samurai, then raised a stone pillar to stop Kyoshiro from fleeing.
• Good warned Kyoshiro that his men had gone to the Pleasure District, and Kyoshiro accepted a fight while fearing for Hiyori.
• Ace killed Orochi’s last head and returned to the Banquet Hall, where he announced the Shogun’s death and caused the samurai to drop their weapons.
• Yamato arrived and challenged Ace on Good’s orders, transforming into her Okuchi no Makami form and unleashing her Haki.
• Ace ignited his flames and accepted Yamato’s challenge.

Good defeated and killed Kyoshiro after a brutal fight at Shogun Orochi's Castle, then took control of the aftermath. He ordered Kyoshiro's body displayed and summoned Wano's leaders to discuss the next shogun.

• Good overwhelmed Kyoshiro in a contest of strength and repeatedly disrupted his sword techniques.
• Good seized Kyoshiro's sword hand, headbutted him, and battered him with a series of powerful attacks until he was near death.
• Kyoshiro pleaded for Kozuki Hiyori, and Good said he would not kill her before executing Kyoshiro with a stone spike.
• Good ordered the samurai to display Kyoshiro's body and announce that he had conspired with Fire Fist Ace to assassinate Shogun Orochi.
• Good called Wano's regional Daimyo and officials to a meeting about the shogun's successor, then left with Yamato.

Good secured Yamato's position as Wano Country's next shogun after the Oniwabanshu, the Patrol Squad, and the daimyo pledged allegiance to her. He then ordered the daimyo killed and their deaths reported as suicides, while news of their deaths began spreading through the Flower Capital.

• After Orochi's death, people across Wano Country celebrated, while Shimotsuki Yasuie and Hyogoro worried about Good's growing power.
• Three days later, Good announced that Yamato would become shogun, prompting the five daimyo to object.
• Daikoku pledged the Oniwabanshu's allegiance to Yamato, and Hotei pledged the Patrol Squad's allegiance as well.
• Good cited Yamato's deeds and Hakumai's development, and the daimyo and assembled officials knelt to recognize Yamato as shogun.
• That night, Good ordered the daimyo killed and instructed the Oniwabanshu to report that they had hanged themselves.
• News spread through the Flower Capital that all the daimyo were dead.

Good managed Wano’s new government while overseeing Hakumai City’s construction and profitable property sales. He ordered the remaining prisoners sent to build new cities across the other regions.

• Wano’s people reacted to news that Yamato had become shogun and pirates had become the regional daimyo.
• Good refused Yamato’s request to work in Hakumai, then took her to inspect the city.
• Good reviewed Hakumai’s sales ledgers and construction progress, finding that property sales had brought in 250,000 gold.
• Hyogoro told Good that some prisoners had tried to escape and that he had punished them by gouging out one eye each.
• Hyogoro reported that twenty-three of thirty exemplary prisoners had chosen to stay and work for wages, with the chance to buy homes and settle in Hakumai.
• Good ordered Hyogoro to keep the prisoners needed in Hakumai and send the rest to build new cities in other regions.