Recaps

Klee Meow used her Whoosh-Whoosh Bombs to incapacitate the Head-Hunting Pirates while Xie Wen protected Explorer One from their cannon fire. After the crew boarded the pirate ship to collect spoils, Xie Wen saw the bombs had badly damaged both the pirates and their ship.

• The Head-Hunting Pirates fired cannonballs at Explorer One, and Klee Meow retaliated by launching several Whoosh-Whoosh Bombs.
• Xie Wen cut incoming cannonballs apart with Flying Slashes while Klee Meow’s bombs stunned the pirates and silenced their ship.
• Xie Wen promised Klee Meow a bigger ship once they had more companions, and she hurried aboard the pirate ship to look for treasure.
• Sanji Meow followed Klee Meow and lowered a rope ladder so Xie Wen and Ottilia could board.
• Xie Wen found unconscious pirates with bleeding ears and saw that the Whoosh-Whoosh Bombs had warped and cracked parts of the ship.

Xie Wen and the cats subdued the Head-Hunting Pirates, but an ambush revealed that Ottilia was Nico Robin. The chapter ended with Robin’s identity exposed after she used her powers to stop a pirate attacking Klee Meow.

• Xie Wen tied up the unconscious pirates and warned Klee Meow and Sanji Meow to watch for anyone pretending to be unconscious.
• A pirate sprang up and fired repeatedly at Xie Wen, who deflected the bullets and killed him with Long Moon.
• Klee Meow rushed out of the cabin as another pirate lunged at her with a bomb in her hand.
• Ottilia used her power to sprout arms from the attacker and incapacitate him, revealing herself as Nico Robin.

Xie Wen recognized Ottilia as Nico Robin after she revealed her Flower-Flower Fruit power, then decided to help her rather than turn her in. After they dealt with the pirates and escaped aboard the Explorer One, Xie Wen destroyed their ship, leaving Robin with the group.

• Nico Robin used her Flower-Flower Fruit to save Klee Meow, and Xie Wen recognized her identity.
• Robin tried to take Klee Meow and Sanji Meow hostage but only pulled dried fish from Klee Meow’s schoolbag.
• Xie Wen told Robin he would not turn her in, and she reluctantly joined him and the cats in tying up the pirates and taking their treasure.
• Xie Wen and the others returned to the Explorer One, and he cut the pirate ship apart with Long Moon.
• Xie Wen let the ship sink with the pirates aboard, abandoning their bounty rather than carry a severed head.

Robin explained how she manipulated the Buono, Shimento, and Capone families to escape Gures, while Xie Wen assured her he would not turn her in. He wanted to help her find safety but worried she would endanger the ship’s young passengers, until Klee Meow and Sanji Meow objected to sending her away.

• Klee Meow asked whether Robin was a bad person, and Xie Wen explained that she was being hunted by the Marines and other dangerous people, including Cody.
• Robin recounted how she had used the Buono Family to lure Cody to Gures and planned to pit the Shimento and Capone families against the Buono Family so she could escape.
• Robin explained that Capone Bege’s hidden Devil Fruit ability and Xie Wen’s defeat of Bege had disrupted her plan, though Xie Wen’s early departure from Gures gave her a chance to hide aboard Explorer One.
• Xie Wen told Robin he would not turn her in, but said she could not stay aboard forever because her presence put the little ones at risk.
• Klee Meow and Sanji Meow objected to making Robin leave, and Klee Meow insisted she was not afraid of the people hunting Robin.

Xie Wen tried to persuade Nico Robin to prioritize her safety, but she refused to abandon her mission to decipher the Poneglyphs. Robin decided not to join the crew, while Klee Meow offered to make her protective bombs before she left.

• Xie Wen explained to the cats that Robin wanted to pursue a goal beyond escaping the Navy and Cipher Pol.
• Robin said she intended to find and decipher every Poneglyph to carry on Ohara's will, and refused to postpone her mission or stay aboard the ship.
• Xie Wen criticized Robin and Ohara's scholars for pursuing their research without first securing their safety, but Robin remained resolute.
• Klee Meow accepted that Robin would leave and offered to make her more bombs for protection.

Xie Wen and the cats gave Nico Robin gifts and advice before she left their ship. Robin departed after Xie Wen suggested she seek refuge with the Revolutionary Army.

• Klee Meow gave Robin basic, enhanced, and sonic Boom-Boom bombs and explained how they worked.
• Sanji Meow gave Robin sausages and smoked meat for her journey.
• Xie Wen gave Robin money and advised her to learn Observation Haki, explaining that intense pressure or concentration might help awaken it.
• Robin thanked Xie Wen and the cats, while Klee Meow begged her to stay before reluctantly letting her go.
• Xie Wen suggested that Robin seek refuge with the Revolutionary Army.

Xie Wen tried to awaken Observation Haki through his improvised Sword Meditation, but only managed to focus on sensations he could already perceive. Klee Meow then revealed that she could sense things over a wider range and read emotions, leading Xie Wen to realize she had already awakened Observation Haki.

• Xie Wen attempted Sword Meditation on Explorer One while Klee Meow and Sanji Meow watched him.
• Xie Wen entered a focused state and noticed the ship's sounds, smells, and breeze, but concluded that he had not awakened Observation Haki.
• Xie Wen explained Observation Haki to Klee Meow, who struggled to understand his description.
• Klee Meow said she could sense things beyond her normal hearing and smell, as well as other people's emotions.
• Xie Wen recognized Klee Meow's ability as Observation Haki and felt defeated that she had awakened it before him.

Klee Meow revealed that she had awakened Observation Haki and explained how it worked to Xie Wen and Sanji Meow. Xie Wen encouraged her to practice the ability, and she agreed to train.

• Klee Meow sensed Observation Haki in Xie Wen and described how she had awakened her own ability.
• Xie Wen and Sanji Meow teased each other about their lack of Observation Haki before Klee Meow joined their playful wrestling.
• Klee Meow recalled that her Observation Haki awakened when she sensed an experiment on Uncle Cody's ship was about to explode.
• Klee Meow explained that her Observation Haki let her sense emotions, inanimate things, and changes that would happen, but using it for long made her tired.
• Klee Meow said she had also sensed the bad intentions of the men who tried to buy her and Sanji Meow at the Gures Auction.
• Xie Wen encouraged Klee Meow to practice Observation Haki, and she promised to work hard.

Xie Wen and Sanji Meow trained with Klee Meow’s bombs on a remote island, trying to awaken Observation Haki, before returning to Explorer One to resupply. Xie Wen checked their next destination and discovered it was Flower Country.

• Xie Wen took Klee Meow and Sanji Meow to an isolated black reef island so they could train their perception while Klee Meow tested bombs.
• Xie Wen and Sanji Meow struggled to sense the explosions at first, and Xie Wen repeatedly shielded them from blasts.
• After three days, Xie Wen and Sanji Meow became better at spotting signs that bombs were about to detonate, while the explosions reduced the island to less than ten square meters.
• Klee Meow ran out of bomb-making inspiration, so Xie Wen and his companions returned to Explorer One to seek fresh water and new clothes.
• Xie Wen checked the map for their next destination and saw that it was Flower Country.

Xie Wen arrived in Flower Country, hoping to meet Chinjao, Sai, and Boo and learn from their Haki training. He explored the prosperous city with Klee Meow and Sanji Meow and ended the chapter heading toward its food shops.

• Xie Wen questioned why Flower Country had suffered defeats despite the strength of Chinjao and the Happo Navy, then decided to seek out its fighters for advice.
• Klee Meow admired the bustling city, and an old man proudly credited Flower Country's navy for keeping pirates and gangs away.
• Xie Wen explored the city with Klee Meow and Sanji Meow and noticed that its architecture looked more Chinese than its residents' clothing.
• Sanji Meow led Xie Wen to a steamed bun shop, where Klee Meow chose a kelp-and-tuna bun and Sanji Meow picked an octopus-and-scallop bun.
• Xie Wen tried a sea beast meat bun, found it tasty, and headed toward nearby noodle, dumpling, and flatbread shops.

Xie Wen spent nearly half a month enjoying the Flower Country with Klee Meow and Sanji Meow while gathering information about its Treasure Navies and trying to learn how to meet Chinjao. At Drunk Moon Tower, Helisa approached him again and demanded that he marry her so she could claim his cats.

• Xie Wen learned that the Flower Country had nine Treasure Navies with different duties, while the Happo Navy handled unofficial foreign operations and was away in the Grand Line.
• Xie Wen decided to visit Chinjao, but first took Klee Meow and Sanji Meow to Drunk Moon Tower, where Sanji Meow visited the kitchen.
• Helisa, the daughter of the Erbao Navy's Pillar and Sai's fiancée, confronted Xie Wen and demanded one of his cats or marriage.
• Xie Wen rejected Helisa again, and she calmly took a chicken leg from his table and began eating.

Xie Wen visited Chinjao with Helisa to ask for guidance on Haki, and Chinjao agreed on the condition that Xie Wen beat up Garp if he ever got the chance. Xie Wen rejected the bargain and left, while the chapter ended with an author’s note celebrating a recommendation slot.

• Helisa offered to accompany Xie Wen to visit Chinjao, and Xie Wen thanked her for helping him seek instruction.
• Xie Wen and Helisa bought two barrels of Drunk Moon Tower wine and went to Chinjao’s nearby home with Klee and Sanji.
• Chinjao recognized Xie Wen as the traveler whose cat was learning to cook and welcomed the group after spotting the wine.
• Xie Wen showed Chinjao his Armament Haki and asked for guidance on it and Observation Haki, while Klee said she already knew Observation Haki.
• Chinjao offered to teach Xie Wen if he would someday beat up Garp, but Xie Wen refused and said farewell.

Xie Wen rejected Chinjao’s plan to use them against Garp, but Chinjao still taught him and the cats Haki and explained Hasshoken. After training, Xie Wen had learned most Armament Haki applications while Sanji Meow awakened Observation Haki before him.

• Chinjao stopped Xie Wen and asked him to help beat Garp, but Helisa exposed Chinjao’s history with the Marine and Xie Wen explained that Garp was exceptionally strong.
• Chinjao explained his plan and promised to teach Haki regardless, while Klee Meow questioned why he wanted revenge on Garp.
• Xie Wen told Klee Meow that people could not always be divided into good and bad, and reflected on how pirates were viewed in their world.
• Chinjao taught Xie Wen and the cats Haki and explained Hasshoken, which Xie Wen understood as a technique that overlapped with advanced Armament Haki.
• Xie Wen learned hardening, imbuement, and emission but could not master internal destruction, and Chinjao advised him that combat was needed to improve Haki.
• Chinjao trained Xie Wen and Sanji Meow in Observation Haki through blindfolded surprise attacks, but Sanji Meow awakened it before Xie Wen.

Xie Wen awakened Observation Haki during a surprise attack, then helped Klee Meow prepare to demonstrate the power of her bombs to Chinjao. The chapter ended as Klee’s oversized Jumpy Dumpty exploded against Chinjao’s Armament Haki.

• Xie Wen awakened Observation Haki and discovered it let him sense presences, danger, and weaknesses.
• Klee Meow became upset that she could not use Armament Haki, and Xie Wen and Sanji Meow comforted her.
• Xie Wen persuaded Chinjao to test Klee’s bombs, and the group traveled to an abandoned open-pit mine outside the city.
• Klee Meow threw an oversized Jumpy Dumpty at Chinjao after he hardened his whole body with Armament Haki.
• Klee’s bomb bounced several times and exploded.

Klee Meow’s Jumpy Dumpty bombs blasted Chinjao into a crater, though he emerged unharmed and praised her strength. Xie Wen then asked Chinjao to let him experience Conqueror’s Haki, while Klee Meow quietly considered a more powerful bomb.

• Chinjao underestimated Klee Meow’s Jumpy Dumpty and let his Armament Haki fade as the bomb bounced toward him.
• Chinjao sensed danger, reinforced his Armament Haki, and endured Jumpy Dumpty and a chain of smaller bombs that engulfed him in explosions.
• Xie Wen checked on Chinjao, who climbed out of the rubble unharmed and insisted he could withstand more bombs.
• Little Plushie praised Chinjao, and he praised Klee Meow’s bombs while comparing them unfavorably with Garp’s fists.
• Xie Wen and Sanji Meow sensed danger as Klee Meow pondered a new bomb, then Xie Wen asked Chinjao to demonstrate Conqueror’s Haki.

Chinjao tested Xie Wen and the cats with Conqueror's Haki, but Xie Wen found it less intimidating than expected. He then challenged Chinjao to a serious training fight, with Klee Meow and Sanji Meow joining him.

• Chinjao warned Xie Wen that he might lack the potential to awaken Conqueror's Haki, then released his Haki to demonstrate its effects.
• Klee Meow and Sanji Meow reacted strongly to Chinjao's Haki, while Xie Wen felt only a brief jolt before getting used to it.
• Chinjao withdrew his Haki, surprised that Xie Wen and even Klee Meow had endured it so well.
• Xie Wen asked Chinjao to fight him seriously so he could train under pressure.
• Xie Wen summoned Klee Meow and Sanji Meow to join the fight against Chinjao.

Xie Wen and the cats teamed up against Chinjao, using coordinated sword strikes, bombs, and Klee Meow’s fire powers to hurt him. Chinjao unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, but Xie Wen resisted and leapt into a counterattack.

• Xie Wen opened the fight with Flying Slashes as Klee Meow threw Boom-Boom bombs, then clashed with Chinjao using Armament Haki and activated Demon Mode.
• Chinjao used Hasshoken: Wutou, and Xie Wen rolled away as Klee Meow threw Jumpy Dumpty and Sanji Meow kicked it toward Chinjao.
• Chinjao survived the explosions and launched Wuzhui Nail toward Klee Meow, who escaped by splitting into fire clones and attacked him with Boom-Boom Spark.
• Xie Wen struck Chinjao with Sacred Sheathe Iai Slash while Klee Meow’s fire rays burned him, prompting Chinjao to release a surge of Conqueror’s Haki.
• Klee Meow dispelled her clones and Sanji Meow halted his charge, while Xie Wen resisted the Haki and leapt into a Super Amped Elemental Discharge Soaring Blade.

Xie Wen and the cats lost their fight against Chinjao, but he encouraged Xie Wen and sparred with him before they left the Flower Country. After setting sail, Xie Wen announced he planned to submit something to the World Economy News Paper and said he would need help from Klee Meow and Sanji Meow.

• Xie Wen and the cats fought Chinjao, but he overwhelmed Xie Wen and defeated Klee Meow and Sanji Meow after Xie Wen fell.
• Klee Meow and Sanji Meow helped pull Xie Wen from the rubble, and Chinjao reassured him that his strength was impressive for his age.
• Xie Wen and the others stayed in the Flower Country for several days, where Xie Wen sparred with Chinjao and improved his Haki slightly.
• Xie Wen and the cats bought local goods and kitchenware, said goodbye to Chinjao and Helisa, and left the island.
• After they set sail, Xie Wen told Sanji Meow to watch Klee Meow during her experiments and revealed he planned to submit something to the World Economy News Paper.

Morgans discovered Xie Wen’s unusual travel guide to Flower Country and arranged to serialize his future guides in the World Economy News Paper. Xie Wen agreed in exchange for information about Devil Fruits and famous swords, seeking a useful intelligence connection.

• Morgans received Xie Wen’s travel guide to Flower Country and became engrossed in its descriptions of local customs, food, and culture.
• Morgans decided the guide could anchor a new newspaper section and ordered his staff to contact its author.
• A News Coo delivered a Den Den Mushi to Xie Wen, and Morgans recognized him as the swordsman who had defeated Capone Bege.
• Morgans offered to serialize Xie Wen’s travel guides and pay him for future submissions.
• Xie Wen agreed and asked Morgans for information about the whereabouts of Devil Fruits and famous swords.

Xie Wen traded travel articles with Morgans for famous-sword leads and a World Economy News Paper press pass, then accepted a formal position with the newspaper. After Xie Wen revealed that he knew of Cipher Pol and one of its members, Morgans urgently arranged to send him a secure Den Den Mushi.

• Xie Wen and Morgans agreed to exchange travel guides for information about famous swords, and Morgans gave Xie Wen the lead on Morning Haze and a press pass.
• After Xie Wen's West Blue travel guide attracted readers, Morgans shared an unverified sword lead and asked him for another article.
• Xie Wen explained that his next travel guide was written but lacked illustrations, and Morgans offered him a formal position at the World Economy News Paper.
• Xie Wen accepted the position and received contact codes that let him access local news and exchange information with Morgans.
• Xie Wen told Morgans that he knew about Cipher Pol and one of its members, prompting Morgans to send someone with an anti-eavesdropping Den Den Mushi.

Xie Wen followed Morgans’s leads while his travelogues caused trouble for Big Mom and brought him more sword intelligence. He reached the Suwak Pirates’ base seeking the Great Grade Sword Kentaur and brought his captured crew ashore under orders to deceive the pirates on the island.

• Xie Wen traded Uncle Cody’s identity to Morgans for information about a Famous Sword, then learned it was held by a West Blue branch major and was out of reach.
• Xie Wen bought Morning Haze, added it to his weapon catalog, and received no new summoning ticket fragment.
• Xie Wen’s West Blue travelogues attracted fans, while Big Mom’s attempts to kidnap chefs led to clashes with Comil and the Marines and gave Morgans more headlines.
• Morgans gave Xie Wen intelligence about Devil Fruits and Famous Swords, and Xie Wen set out for the Suwak Pirates’ base in search of Kentaur.
• Xie Wen and his companions defeated the pirates who approached Explorer One, then ordered one captive to signal the island that they had captured the ship.

Xie Wen and the Palicoes defeated the Suwak Pirates and claimed their weapons and treasure. Klee Meow found a spiral-patterned fruit in a chest, leaving Xie Wen to discover what it was.

• Xie Wen identified pirate captain Linde Suwak and his fighter Rugo while the pirates mocked him.
• Sanji Meow kicked Rugo away, and Klee Meow told Xie Wen that she had tied up the pirates from the earlier fight.
• Suwak challenged Xie Wen, but Sanji Meow and Klee Meow defeated the entire crew without Xie Wen joining the battle.
• Xie Wen unwrapped Suwak's sword and recognized it as Kentaur, one of the Twenty-One Great Grade Swords, but decided it was awkward to use and planned to sell it.
• Klee Meow brought Xie Wen a treasure chest containing a spiral-patterned fruit.

After claiming a map-progress reward and identifying a Reindeer-form Ox-Ox Fruit, Xie Wen decided to leave the West Blue for other seas once he finished visiting its mapped islands. He left the remaining map unexplored for now, hoping the Hunter’s Notes would provide new progress elsewhere.

• Xie Wen checked the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, identified the fruit as the Ox-Ox Fruit, Reindeer Form, and offered it to Sanji Meow, who refused.
• Xie Wen pressed a newly appeared upload icon on the map page and received a second Sea-Blue Summon Ticket Fragment.
• Xie Wen saw that actual West Blue exploration had reached 75% and virtual exploration stood at 91.7%, while the map remained incomplete and unexplored regions stayed fogged over.
• Xie Wen considered how missing islands such as God Valley and Ohara could make fully mapping the West Blue difficult, then decided to switch seas after visiting the mapped islands if new map progress became available.
• Xie Wen sniffed Klee Meow for good luck and asked whether she wanted to explore other seas; Klee Meow eagerly agreed so she could try different fish.

Xie Wen finished his West Blue travel guide and sailed with Klee Meow and Sanji Meow toward Reverse Mountain, leaving the West Blue behind despite falling short of fully exploring it. After reaching the summit, they stopped the Explorer One and prepared to descend toward the East Blue.

• Xie Wen used his Hunter's Knife on a Devil Fruit user and carved out 22 million Beli, matching the pirate's bounty, which strengthened his belief that the knife could extract Devil Fruits.
• Xie Wen found that West Blue exploration had reached only 94.8% and chose not to search for the remaining islands, partly because of the risk of drawing the World Government's attention.
• Xie Wen, Klee Meow, and Sanji Meow set sail for Reverse Mountain and navigated the Explorer One up its Reverse-Flow River.
• Xie Wen anchored the Explorer One at the summit before it could rush down toward Twin Cape, then moved it beside the river leading to the East Blue.

Xie Wen visited Loguetown to acquire Yubashiri, while Klee Meow found gunpowder that interested her. After Sandai Kitetsu failed to appear among the shop’s cheap swords, Xie Wen offered Ipponmatsu his Great Grade Sword Kentaur in exchange for Yubashiri, and the trade was made.

• Xie Wen arrived in Loguetown with Sanji Meow and Klee Meow and went looking for the weapon shop.
• Klee Meow asked Ipponmatsu about powerful bombs, and Xie Wen bought the explosives that interested her.
• Xie Wen searched the barrels for Sandai Kitetsu with Observation Haki but could not find it.
• Ipponmatsu recognized Kentaur as one of the Twenty-One Great Grade Swords and examined it eagerly.
• Xie Wen offered to trade Kentaur for a Skillful Grade Sword, and Ipponmatsu brought out Yubashiri.
• Xie Wen tried Yubashiri and agreed to trade Kentaur for it.