Chapter Summaries

Xie Wen’s group discovered that Tot Musica could only be defeated by attacking it in reality and Uta’s Sing-Sing Fruit world at the same time. After they brought Uta to the battlefield, Xie Wen coaxed her into taking charge of the plan, and she agreed to help.

• Xie Wen’s attacks and the others’ abilities failed to harm Tot Musica, so he realized it was immune unless they found its special weakness.
• Robin recalled that Tot Musica existed in both reality and the Sing-Sing Fruit world, and Xie Wen sent Shalmeow to find Uta.
• Yamato and the cats combined their ice powers to freeze Tot Musica and contain it while they waited for Uta.
• Shalmeow brought Uta to the battlefield, where Uta panicked at seeing Tot Musica appear again.
• Xie Wen told Uta that she had to send fighters into her world and direct both sides to attack together, then persuaded her that the battle depended on her.
• Uta regained her resolve and promised to help defeat Tot Musica.

Xie Wen and the cats entered Uta’s Sing-Sing Fruit World and helped her defeat Tot Musica in both worlds. Afterward, Xie Wen and the cats reassured Uta and Sasha Meow, leaving Uta’s emotional wounds soothed but her feelings about Shanks unresolved.

• Uta sent Xie Wen and five cats into the Sing-Sing Fruit World, where they saw Tot Musica rampaging through burning Elegia ten years earlier.
• Klee Meow summoned Flame Cat Warriors, while Shalmeow used metal claws to restrain Tot Musica as Uta and the others prepared to attack.
• Xie Wen struck Tot Musica’s central skull as Uta signaled the cats outside to launch a coordinated assault on the real-world monster.
• The combined attacks destroyed both Tot Musicas, though Jinx Meow accidentally hit Touma Meow.
• Xie Wen and the cats reassured Uta and shifted blame away from Sasha Meow, while Xie Wen promised to face future trouble together with Uta.

After Tot Musica was defeated, Xie Wen helped Uta face the truth about Elegia’s destruction and her guilt. Uta reconciled with Gordon, while Xie Wen wondered how she would respond when Shanks arrived.

• Klee Meow told Xie Wen that Kaido Meow had destroyed the score that summoned Tot Musica and that Uta’s emotional state had steadied.
• Morgans contacted Xie Wen about the battle, and Xie Wen promised to explain Tot Musica after dealing with the aftermath.
• Uta asked Xie Wen what he would have done if Sasha Meow had accidentally caused a similar disaster, and then admitted that she had summoned Tot Musica ten years earlier.
• Xie Wen said Uta should accept some responsibility but make amends rather than blame herself endlessly, and Gordon confessed he had never resented her.
• Uta apologized to Gordon through tears, and Xie Wen wondered whether she would still forgive Shanks when he arrived.

After Tot Musica’s defeat, Xie Wen explained to Shanks that Uta had not summoned the demon intentionally and told him she was still unsure about forgiving him. Ai Haibara Meow and the other Felines encouraged Uta to make Shanks earn her forgiveness, leaving them plotting ways to punish him.

• Xie Wen stopped Uta from publicly revealing the truth about Tot Musica and her past until she could discuss it with Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates.
• Xie Wen told Shanks that a Feline had accidentally summoned Tot Musica and that Uta had helped defeat it with her Devil Fruit Ability.
• Xie Wen told Shanks that Uta had faced her childhood mistakes but stayed silent when he came up, and Shanks accepted that she might resent him.
• Ai Haibara Meow urged Uta not to forgive Shanks easily, and Uta agreed that she could not let him off without a lesson.
• Baby 5, Yamato, Kaido Meow, Klee, and the other Felines offered Uta ways to attack, trick, or otherwise punish Shanks.

While Elegia was being rebuilt, Xie Wen and the others tested the limits of Uta’s Sing-Sing Fruit and found it could not support a metaverse. Rumors about Tot Musica and Shanks’s rush to Elegia drew pirates, Emperors, armies, the Revolutionary Army, and the Marines toward the island, leaving Xie Wen to realize the looming crisis was largely Shanks’s fault.

• Xie Wen focused on rebuilding Elegia while Robin, Meowrah, Ai Haibara Meow, and Sanji Meow pursued their interests and helped with the work.
• Xie Wen, Uta, and the Felines discovered that Uta’s Sing-Sing Fruit World collapsed when she lost consciousness, strained her mind with large crowds, and limited what characters she could create.
• Klee Meow and the other Felines improvised while role-playing stories in Uta’s world, so Xie Wen abandoned his idea of recording their performances for a TV series.
• Pirates returned to Elegia after suspecting it hid Vegapunk or treasure, and Shanks’s exposed voyage toward the island convinced more of them to follow.
• Kaido and Big Mom sailed for Elegia, Whitebeard followed after Teach urged him to help, and nearby countries and the Revolutionary Army sent forces as the Marines mobilized.
• After Morgans told him about the growing mobilization, Xie Wen concluded that Shanks was to blame for the coming commotion.

Xie Wen and the Felines set up a plan to teach Shanks a lesson when he arrived at Elegia, while Uta pretended to remain angry with him. After Shanks reunited with Uta and joined the banquet, he sensed a trap in the sake but chose to drink it anyway.

• Xie Wen and the Felines prepared to make Shanks pay for the trouble his arrival had caused, and Uta agreed to keep up her stern act.
• Shanks arrived at Elegia and apologized to Uta, who hid her eagerness to forgive him and turned away.
• Xie Wen told Shanks that the Beasts and Big Mom were heading for Elegia, and Shanks promised the Red Hair Pirates would protect the island.
• Klee Meow and the other Felines rebuffed Shanks, though the mood gradually improved as the crews talked and held a banquet.
• Uta sang at the banquet, and Shanks sensed a warning when a Feline offered him Ibuki Sake but drank it anyway.

Shanks recovered from the Felines’ prank, but Kaido attacked Elegia before he could fully recover, bringing the Beasts Pirates into battle against the Red Hair Pirates. As Beckman and Lucky Roux were struck down, Ai Haibara Meow revealed herself among the fallen fighters.

• Shanks watched the recording of his staged collapse, learned Xie Wen had already left, and found out Uta had gone to rest.
• Kaido arrived over Elegia and attacked Shanks, who drew Griffin to meet his blow.
• King, Jack, and the Beasts Pirates joined the fight, and Beckman sent Lucky Roux to protect Uta and Gordon.
• A flaming dog head swallowed Lucky Roux, and King froze Beckman before knocking him down.
• Lucky Roux and Beckman awoke to find the fighters lying unconscious and Ai Haibara Meow waving at them.

Ai Haibara Meow revealed that Benn Beckman and Lucky Roux had been removed from Uta’s Sing-Sing Fruit illusion so they could watch Xie Wen’s plan unfold. Shanks remained trapped in the staged battle, emotionally destabilized and unable to save his crew, as Uta appeared before him.

• Ai Haibara Meow explained that Beckman had been targeted first because his sharpness made him most likely to notice flaws in the illusion.
• Ai Haibara Meow said Klee had arranged for Lucky Roux to leave early because she liked him, and Beckman and Lucky Roux joined the cats and Shirahoshi to watch the illusion’s silent footage.
• Inside the Sing-Sing Fruit World, the Red Hair Pirates believed Beckman and Lucky Roux had been killed by the Marines and Beasts Pirates.
• Kaido Meow taunted Shanks and attacked him while claiming the Marines had allied with the Beasts Pirates to eliminate the Red Hair Pirates.
• Shanks, weakened by Ai Haibara Meow’s potion and overwhelmed by grief, could not protect his crew as they fell, then saw Uta and shouted for her to run.

Xie Wen and the Felines staged Uta’s apparent death to make Shanks confront his feelings and regret leaving her behind. As Shanks prepared to attack them, Xie Wen shattered the illusion, leaving the truth of the spectacle about to be revealed.

• Xie Wen let Uta decide to continue the staged battle, and she improvised a scene in which a masked CP0 agent appeared to kill her before Shanks.
• Shanks caught Uta and mourned her, while the Red Hair Pirates watched and learned from Ai Haibara Meow that Uta’s heartfelt lines had been prepared with Xie Wen’s help.
• Uta finished speaking to Shanks and sang softly, then followed the planned deathbed farewell as Shanks’s anger and Conqueror’s Haki rose.
• Shanks laid Uta down, threatened Xie Wen and the Felines, and faced Xie Wen as he raised his sword and called out, “Shatter, Illusion!”
• Cracks spread across the scene like a mirror, and the illusion shattered.

Shanks and Uta reconciled after Uta’s illusion made him believe his companions were dead, and Uta decided to restore Elegia before joining the Red Hair Pirates as their musician. Shanks’s failure to find Devil Fruits led Xie Wen to plan a search for a Zoan Fruit once their work in Elegia was finished.

• Shanks realized Xie Wen had helped Uta stage the illusion, then embraced Uta and apologized for abandoning her.
• Uta apologized for doubting Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates, and Shanks promised to support her plan to restore Elegia.
• The Red Hair Pirates welcomed Uta as one of their own, and Shanks called for another banquet to celebrate their reconciliation.
• Ai Haibara Meow demanded a Devil Fruit from Shanks, who explained that Xie Wen’s news about artificial Devil Fruits had driven prices up and made them hard to obtain.
• Xie Wen gave the Red Hair Pirates Ibuki Sake and told Ai Haibara Meow they could search for a Zoan Devil Fruit in Sleepy Town after finishing in Elegia.

With Shanks helping protect Elegia, Xie Wen learned that the Marines’ actions had exposed Egghead Island’s nearby location. He decided to head there and seek out Vegapunk.

• Shanks joined the effort to rebuild Elegia, revealed Uta’s identity and the truth behind its destruction, and explained his presence to the public.
• Morgans told Xie Wen that the Marines were blocking pirates near Egghead Island, suggesting it lay close to Elegia.
• Ai Haibara Meow remembered that Uta’s recovered Den Den Mushi bore the SSG abbreviation, linking the devices to Vegapunk’s group.
• Morgans reported that a World Economy News Paper informant was following Vice Admiral Yamakaji toward Egghead Island and had sent Xie Wen the informant’s Vivre Card.
• Xie Wen soothed Ai Haibara Meow and changed plans to go straight to Egghead Island, hoping to find Zoan devil fruits at Vegapunk’s facility.

Xie Wen planned a discreet trip to Egghead Island to acquire Vegapunk’s technology and keep it from Kaido, assembling a small team and preparing to travel by submarine. Morgans sent him a Vivre Card and footage of the island, where Xie Wen saw two enormous, unusual creatures amid the pirate and Marine forces.

• Shanks warned Xie Wen that Egghead Island was dangerous, but offered to help if a fight broke out.
• Xie Wen said he wanted to inspect Vegapunk’s new technology and prevent Kaido from obtaining it, while noting that Whitebeard and others could provide support.
• Xie Wen chose Klee Meow, Ai Haibara Meow, Meowrah, Hua Mei Meow, and Ai Haibara Meow’s Black Organization squad for a covert trip aboard the Anglerfish submarine.
• A News Coo delivered a Vivre Card and a Visual Den Den Mushi, and Morgans told Xie Wen to turn on the device to see Egghead Island.
• Xie Wen watched footage of pirates, Marines, and mechanical sea beasts around Egghead Island, then saw a giant leopard made of metal powder and a giant reindeer made of corrosive liquid.

Xie Wen and the cats traveled to Egghead Island during a massive battle between Pirates and Marines, then slipped onto the island under stealth. He planned to wait for the fighting to reveal a safe way to reach the upper level and search for the ancient giant robot.

• Xie Wen recognized the World Government's Elemental Beasts as Zoan Devil Fruit weapons, and Jean growled at the metal leopard until he promised her a future match.
• Xie Wen told Morgans he did not intend to fight, then took the cats aboard the Anglerfish toward Egghead Island.
• Xie Wen learned that Pirates had landed but failed to break through the island's defenses, and that they had destroyed the surrounding mechanical Sea Beasts.
• Xie Wen used a drone to spot Kaido, Big Mom, the Admirals, Zephyr, Garp, Sengoku, and Smoker among the forces battling on Egghead Island.
• Xie Wen and the cats donned Raid Suits, activated stealth, and entered Egghead Island from the quieter side.
• Xie Wen decided to wait before going to the upper level and set out to find the ancient giant robot, regretting that Suika Meow was not there to compress it.

Xie Wen and the cats explored Egghead Island’s lower level while avoiding the fighting, sampling its technology and food. They were eventually approached by Vegapunk, who recognized their invisibility technology.

• Xie Wen and the cats navigated past pirates, Marines, and Mechanical Security Guards as they toured Egghead Island’s futuristic buildings.
• At Klee Meow’s urging, Xie Wen let the cats try nearby high-tech devices, and Klee Meow’s hologram distracted a Holy Knight long enough for pirates to kill him.
• Xie Wen and the cats escaped the ensuing clash and tried food from an Unmanned Cooking Machine, which they judged inferior to Sanji Meow’s cooking.
• Vegapunk appeared behind the invisible group and remarked that their Germa Stealth Technology looked familiar.

Vegapunk met Xie Wen and the cats on Egghead Island after recognizing them and gave them access through the research-level barrier. Xie Wen reached Punk Records, where the group discussed Vegapunk’s inventions, and Klee Meow tried to pull the apple stem from his head.

• Vegapunk used his experimental spatial transfer technology to appear before Xie Wen and the cats, then gave them a device that let them pass through the research-level barrier.
• Meowrah resolved to study teleportation technology and ask Vegapunk how he had solved its positioning problem.
• Xie Wen carried the cats through the barrier, which made their Stealth Black effect disappear, and followed the lights to Punk Records.
• Vegapunk welcomed Xie Wen and the cats and asked what they thought of his inventions.
• Xie Wen criticized the Unmanned Cooking Machine’s practicality because its ingredients could spoil and its many varieties would be difficult to restock.
• Klee Meow grabbed the apple stem on Vegapunk’s head and tried to pull it off, prompting Vegapunk to cry out in alarm.

Xie Wen and the cats learned how Vegapunk’s Brain-Brain Fruit and Punk Records worked, then challenged the risks of his plan to connect minds through a shared network. Vegapunk agreed the project needed refinement but remained determined to continue it.

• Klee Meow tugged on Vegapunk’s body until Xie Wen and the satellites called for her to let go, and Xie Wen tried to excuse her mischief.
• Vegapunk explained that his antenna connected him to Punk Records and that his Brain-Brain Fruit had once made his head enormous.
• Ai Haibara Meow, Meowrah, Hua Mei Meow, Klee Meow, and Xie Wen discussed the benefits and dangers of sharing knowledge and thoughts through Punk Records.
• Xie Wen warned Vegapunk that the Celestial Dragons, the World Government, or a disloyal satellite could manipulate or compromise Punk Records.
• Vegapunk dismissed the possibility of a satellite replacing him and said he would continue refining Punk Records; Xie Wen considered adding controls and spreading the Holy Flame Cat Cult.

Xie Wen and the cats visited Vegapunk’s research level, where Atlas showed them the inventions and explained the ancient Iron Giant and the island’s power source. Klee Meow swallowed the Mother Flame, plunging the laboratory into darkness.

• Vegapunk welcomed Xie Wen and the cats because he wanted to learn about Palico technology, and Ai Haibara Meow and Purah discussed their research with him and his satellites.
• Atlas guided Xie Wen and the cats around the research level, then took them to see Vegapunk Force No. 01 and explained the ancient Iron Giant’s history and missing power source.
• Atlas showed them the Mother Flame, an experimental source of energy, and Xie Wen recognized its connection to the World Government’s island-destroying weapon.
• Klee Meow swallowed the Mother Flame, causing the laboratory lights and nearby machinery to shut down.

As Egghead Island’s barrier vanished, Kaido, Big Mom, the Whitebeard Pirates, and the Revolutionary Army intensified their assault on the Research Layer, overwhelming the World Government’s defenders. Just as the Marine line faltered, Saint Saturn and Saint Mars arrived on the island.

• Kaido and Big Mom realized they could not breach Egghead Island while its barrier remained, but the island’s lights and holograms suddenly went dark and a flying slash struck the Research Layer.
• Kaido and Big Mom attacked the Research Layer, forcing Akainu, Kizaru, and Ryokugyu to defend it as the pirates launched more ranged attacks.
• The Whitebeard Pirates and Revolutionary Army joined the assault, while the Holy Knights considered retreating as the World Government’s forces fell under pressure.
• Two flaming magic circles appeared on Egghead Island, and Saint Saturn and Saint Mars emerged from them.

The Five Elders, Saint Saturn and Saint Mars, arrived at Egghead Island and revealed their monstrous forms and immortality. While Kaido, Big Mom, and Whitebeard engaged the Elders and Marines, pirates rushed toward the Research Layer, only to find its barrier restored.

• Saint Saturn and Saint Mars emerged in awakened forms and killed nearby Marines and pirates who insulted them.
• Kaido and Big Mom struck the Elders with Hakai, but their bodies regenerated after being nearly bisected.
• Kaido and Big Mom stayed to fight the Elders while Whitebeard attacked Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr, and the Revolutionary Army targeted high-ranking Marines.
• The remaining pirates charged toward the Research Layer as the World Government's strongest fighters were occupied.
• Katakuri's Power Mochi punch hit a restored grid-like barrier blocking the Research Layer.

Klee Meow swallowed Egghead Island’s Mother Flame, temporarily cutting power to the island, then returned it after digesting it. The power furnace restarted with its energy conversion efficiency increased by 47.28%, and Atlas eagerly wanted Klee to swallow the flame again.

• Klee Meow told Xie Wen and Atlas that she had swallowed the Mother Flame because it smelled delicious, and that she needed time to digest it.
• Atlas panicked over Egghead Island losing power, while Xie Wen reassured her and let her scold him for the crisis.
• Xie Wen and Hua Mei Meow sensed a strange presence growing stronger outside as two explosive booms sounded.
• Klee Meow finished digesting the Mother Flame and spat it back into the power furnace, restoring Egghead Island’s power.
• Atlas checked the furnace and discovered that the Mother Flame’s energy conversion efficiency had increased by 47.28%, then held Klee Meow in hopes she would swallow it again.