Ch. 730Gag characters never play by the rules

Cat Princess fought Shalmeow with bizarre gag-character abilities, turning their clash into a chaotic battle across the Dudu’s deck. Shalmeow eventually struck her down, but Cat Princess’s strange laser eyes knocked Shalmeow back, leaving Ai Haibara Meow to wonder whether Cat Princess had been modified.

  • Cat Princess dodged Shalmeow’s lightning by burrowing into the Dudu’s deck, then emerged with hundreds of Seastone fists to attack her.
  • Suika Meow expanded the Dudu’s deck with her Density-Density Fruit so Shalmeow and Cat Princess had room to fight.
  • Shalmeow trapped Cat Princess in a lightning web, but Cat Princess flew into the air using flames from beneath her skirt and dodged Shalmeow’s attacks.
  • Cat Princess used Arcueid Bea~~~~~m, whose physical-impact beams struck Shalmeow and knocked her onto the deck.
  • Ai Haibara Meow suspected Cat Princess might be a modified Palico, while Xie Wen recognized her antics as gag-character behavior.

Ch. 731The plan has changed. Prepare to march north!

Shalmeow fought Cat Princess after Cat Princess's Seastone pranks, then Xie Wen questioned her about provoking the crew. Cat Princess admitted she wanted to create chaos, prompting Xie Wen to decide to get involved in the Revolutionary Army's business.

  • Shalmeow outmaneuvered Cat Princess's clones with Observation Haki and slammed her into the deck, ending their fight.
  • Jinx Meow and Suika Meow offered to fight Cat Princess, but Cat Princess declined when she saw Hua Mei Meow and the others watching sternly.
  • Xie Wen asked Cat Princess why she had pressed Seastone against Sherry and the others, and she said she had done it for fun.
  • Cat Princess explained that she had planned to touch more power users and start a free-for-all, but said she knew where to draw the line and could cause trouble for pirates and Celestial Dragons instead.
  • Xie Wen realized Cat Princess wanted to create chaos and decided to get involved in the Revolutionary Army's business.

Ch. 733White Soil Island, Baltigo

Xie Wen and the cats arrived at the Revolutionary Army’s base on Baltigo, where Dragon explained the island’s strategic value and outlined a plan to verify whether the World Government could still use Uranus. Dragon hinted that he knew a way to provoke the Government into using the weapon.

  • Xie Wen used Uta’s Sing-Sing Fruit World to keep Cat Princess and the other restless cats occupied during the journey.
  • Xie Wen and his companions reached Baltigo, where Bonney reunited with Kuma and Dragon welcomed the group alongside the Revolutionary Army’s five Army Commanders.
  • Dragon explained that Baltigo’s remote, barren terrain made it a discreet headquarters and training camp for the Revolutionary Army.
  • Dragon told Xie Wen that the Revolutionary Army planned to test whether the World Government possessed and could use Uranus before revealing Imu’s existence.
  • Dragon suggested that the World Government would use Uranus to eliminate someone it would not spare, leaving Xie Wen stunned.

Ch. 734Nothing ventured, nothing gained

Dragon and Xie Wen agreed to a Revolutionary Army plan to draw the Five Elders’ attention with false news about Joy Boy and a Poneglyph while attacking Egghead Island. Xie Wen offered Purah’s spatial transfer technology to evacuate civilians, and the allies began refining the plan and sharing research.

  • Dragon explained that the Revolutionary Army would plant false information about Joy Boy and a Poneglyph, then attack Egghead Island to pressure the World Government into deploying Uranus or diverting forces.
  • Dragon argued that Luffy’s possible confrontation with the Five Elders could help awaken his Devil Fruit, and Xie Wen accepted the risk to Luffy.
  • Dragon showed the group candidate islands and raised concerns about evacuating their residents if Uranus attacked.
  • Xie Wen offered Purah’s spatial transfer technology as a way to move people beyond Uranus’s attack range, prompting Dragon to welcome the solution.
  • Xie Wen, the Revolutionary Army officers, Robin, and the Research Commission members discussed how to carry out the plan, while Ai Haibara Meow and Meowrah delivered promised technology to Lindbergh’s Science Unit.

Ch. 735"Nika Ruins"

After the World Government sent Akainu to investigate a fabricated report about Poneglyph research on Fapoket Island, the Revolutionary Army lured him to hidden ruins. Akainu exposed a Poneglyph and awakened ancient giant robots, leaving them rising to confront him.

  • The World Government’s forces settled into a temporary watch over Egghead Island while Akainu and Kizaru traveled to suppress unrest elsewhere.
  • The Revolutionary Army arranged false intelligence about Poneglyph research on Fapoket Island, and Kuzan reluctantly ordered Akainu to investigate.
  • Akainu ignored Kuzan’s warning to spare civilians and redirected his fleet to Fapoket Island.
  • Akainu’s men found a disguised archaeological team carrying a covered Poneglyph near the ruins, and Akainu attacked them with Hell Hound.
  • The team escaped into the ruins after blocking Akainu’s attack, while his magma burned away the covers and revealed ancient giant robots.
  • The robots’ eyes lit red, and they broke their ropes and rose from the ground.

Ch. 736The plan in motion

Sakazuki destroyed the replica ancient robots on Fapoket Island and began searching for the disguised Revolutionary Army members, unaware they had escaped. The Five Elders prioritized the island’s apparent connection to Nika, but their orders reached Kuzan after he had already sent reinforcements toward Egghead Island, where the Revolutionary Army was attacking.

  • Sakazuki ordered his Marines to seal off Fapoket Island and alerted Marineford after seeing the ancient-looking robots.
  • Sakazuki attacked and melted the replica robots, then ordered their remains taken aboard and led a search of the ruins.
  • The disguised Revolutionary Army members used Xie Wen’s Sheikah Slate to teleport back to the Toot Toot Forward, where Xie Wen and Sabo watched the Marines’ response.
  • Xie Wen told Sabo they were waiting to see whether the World Government would use Uranus against Fapoket Island, while Bon Clay celebrated the prospect of an Ancient Weapon.
  • Kuzan and the Five Elders received reports from Ryokugyu and Akainu, and the Five Elders judged Fapoket Island’s Sun-emblem robots more urgent than Egghead Island.
  • Kuzan realized the reinforcements he had already sent toward Egghead Island could not quickly turn back, even as the Revolutionary Army attacked there.

Ch. 737Moving out

The Revolutionary Army gained the upper hand on Egghead Island as Sengoku and Aramaki struggled to contain its commanders and troops. Cat Princess intercepted Kizaru, while the Five Elders decided to erase Fapoket Island and its occupants rather than divert reinforcements from Egghead.

  • Garp and Dragon exchanged blows and acknowledged each other’s strength, while Sengoku worried that the Revolutionary Army had grown far stronger than expected.
  • Morley and Lindbergh held Sengoku at bay, Ivankov and Revolutionary Army weapons restricted Aramaki, and Karasu neutralized Egghead Island’s Elemental Beasts.
  • Borsalino arrived on Egghead Island but Cat Princess attacked him, countered his laser with heat vision, and knocked him out of his light form.
  • Aokiji told the Five Elders that pulling reinforcements from Egghead Island was impractical, and argued that Fapoket Island needed manpower rather than combat forces.
  • Saint Mars questioned whether the Fapoket Island group belonged to the Revolutionary Army, and Saint Nusjuro and the other Five Elders agreed to erase the island and its occupants.

Ch. 738The Five Elders Fell for the Trap

The Five Elders sent Saint Mars to Egghead Island to prepare for Uranus’s arrival, while Xie Wen and the Revolutionary Army made plans to blunt the Ancient Weapon’s threat. Shalmeow detected Uranus approaching as Akainu’s forces withdrew, leaving Xie Wen’s group ready for its arrival.

  • Saint Nusjuro asked Saint Mars to go to Egghead Island, and Saint Warcury and Saint Nusjuro proposed punishing the Marines and CP Agents if they failed to eliminate enough pirates.
  • Saint Saturn urged the Elders to deal with Fapoket Island and the Revolutionary Army on Egghead Island, and Saint Mars agreed to summon the others once he arrived.
  • Klee Meow joked that Uranus was a flying Shirahoshi, and Xie Wen promised she could use Little Girl to blow it up if it lacked the Mother Carmel Flame as its power source.
  • Sabo asked Xie Wen about the Ancient Weapons, and Xie Wen explained that the Revolutionary Army needed to damage Uranus enough to prevent the World Government from deploying it freely.
  • Shalmeow sensed Akainu and the Marines withdrawing from Egghead Island and warned Xie Wen that Uranus was flying toward them.

Ch. 739Ancient Weapon vs. Feline Weapon

Xie Wen and the cats watched Uranus erase Fapoket Island, then launched Klee Meow’s upgraded Little Girl at the Ancient Weapon. The bomb detonated near Uranus, leaving the Revolutionary Army blinded and the weapon’s fate unclear.

  • Uranus fired a massive beam that destroyed Fapoket Island and left a vast, bottomless hole in the sea.
  • Sabo and the Revolutionary Army were stunned by Uranus’s power, while Akainu resolved to seek access to the weapon.
  • Klee Meow launched the upgraded Little Girl at Uranus using Jinx Meow’s Fishbones, with Suika Meow assisting.
  • The Little Girl expanded into a purple flame cat that clung to Uranus and blocked its beams.
  • Jinx Meow triggered the bomb, and its flash blinded Xie Wen and the Revolutionary Army as a dark shape fell from the sky.

Ch. 740The reflection of light

Dragon helped the Revolutionary Army begin its planned withdrawal as the Five Elders arrived on Egghead, while Cat Princess turned the mirror she had pulled from beneath her clothes against Kizaru’s light attacks. After knocking Kizaru from the sky, she joined the fight and charged at Saint Mars.

  • Dragon struck Garp hard enough to leave him injured in the rubble, and Sengoku worried that the Five Elders would hold Garp accountable for throwing the fight.
  • Dragon ordered the Revolutionary Army to withdraw under the five deputy army commanders while he and the five army commanders prepared to test the Five Elders.
  • Cat Princess deflected Kizaru’s laser with a mirror, then reflected his Yasakani no Magatama projectiles back at him.
  • Cat Princess hit Kizaru with an Arcueid Beam, scorching him and sending him falling from the sky.
  • Cat Princess chose Saint Mars as her next opponent and launched herself at him with Rocket Headbutt.

Ch. 741Arcueid Cat

Cat Princess fought the Five Elders on Egghead Island, using bizarre attacks to blow four of them apart before revealing she had survived. As Dragon led the Revolutionary Army’s retreat, Cat Princess unleashed another enormous attack to delay their pursuers.

  • Cat Princess dodged Saint Mars's attacks, then struck him with an expanding sword made of Neco-Arc clones.
  • The Five Elders abandoned their opponents and rushed Cat Princess, who enlarged herself and exploded, blasting four of them apart while Saint Warcury remained intact.
  • Saint Warcury searched for Cat Princess, while Dragon worried that she had sacrificed herself for the Revolutionary Army.
  • Cat Princess emerged from the ground and told Dragon the Five Elders could not be killed, so the Revolutionary Army should flee.
  • As the Navy and the surviving Elders slowed their escape, Cat Princess summoned a gigantic can of cat food that fell toward Egghead Island.

Ch. 742Misdirected anger

After the Five Elders failed to stop the Cat Can, they blamed the Marines and ordered Garp arrested before rushing back to answer Imu’s summons. Dragon’s group escaped, and Dragon contacted Sabo to check on Xie Wen’s side, where Xie Wen claimed the chaos came from a Flash Bomb.

  • The Five Elders accused the Marines of failure and ordered Garp arrested for colluding with the enemy, killing two Marines who hesitated to obey.
  • The Five Elders learned that the Palico Research Commission had damaged Uranus and depleted its remaining energy, then returned to Pangaea Castle.
  • Sengoku tried to warn the Five Elders that Kaido and Big Mom might attack again, but they vanished before he could speak, so he contacted Kuzan and Kong.
  • Dragon thanked Arcueid for stopping the Cat Can, while Cat Princess bragged that she might be able to summon one as large as the moon.
  • Dragon called Sabo to ask about Xie Wen’s group, and Xie Wen answered that they had only been hit by a Flash Bomb.

Ch. 743No loss

Xie Wen’s group attacked Sakazuki’s fleet after Uranus escaped, and Klee Meow engulfed the Marines in blue flames. Klee Meow confronted the injured Sakazuki while Xie Wen watched for a chance to obtain his Devil Fruit.

  • Xie Wen realized Uranus had escaped after its shield absorbed the Little Girl’s attack, then turned his attention to Sakazuki’s fleet.
  • Xie Wen provoked Klee Meow into attacking the Marines by reminding her that Sakazuki claimed magma was superior to fire, and she engulfed the fleet in blue flames.
  • Meowrah explained how magma could extinguish ordinary flames, while Xie Wen recalled Klee Meow’s earlier fight with Sakazuki and learned that Ai Haibara Meow had mastered Armament Haki.
  • Sabo, Xie Wen’s cats, and the Revolutionary Army subdued most of the Marines without killing them, following Dragon’s belief that many Marines could be won over.
  • Klee Meow confronted the charred Sakazuki, insisting that her fire was stronger and challenging him to prove his magma could extinguish it.

Ch. 744Ignorance Was Truly Terrifying

Klee Meow confronted Sakazuki and proved her blue flames could burn through his magma, then defeated him with summoned beasts. Xie Wen arrived, comforted Klee, and incapacitated the exhausted Sakazuki with a Seastone dagger.

  • Sakazuki’s fleet was caught in Klee Meow’s blue flames, which burned away his magma as she challenged his claim that it was stronger.
  • Sakazuki attacked Klee Meow with magma techniques, but she countered each one and criticized his attack names.
  • Jinx Meow advised Klee Meow to stop matching Sakazuki’s moves and simply beat him, so Klee summoned beasts to overwhelm him with blue flames.
  • Klee Meow complained to Xie Wen that Sakazuki refused to admit defeat, and Sakazuki charged at Xie Wen when he saw him.
  • Xie Wen lifted Klee Meow onto his shoulder, reassured her that everyone had seen her win, and struck Sakazuki with a Seastone dagger, leaving him collapsed.

Ch. 745Even Chaotic Evil cats were well-behaved!

Xie Wen exchanged prisoners with the Revolutionary Army and reunited with Cat Princess, whose Ex-catlibur summoned a swarm of Neco-Arcs. After leaving the Marines with Dragon, Xie Wen received an angry call from Vegapunk about Cat Princess and the Five Elders.

  • Xie Wen gave the captured Marines to Sabo but kept Sakazuki, then flew with the cats to meet Dragon and Cat Princess.
  • Cat Princess told Xie Wen that she had fired an Excatlibur at one of the Five Elders, prompting the other four to attack her.
  • Cat Princess demonstrated Ex-catlibur, which summoned a crowd of Neco-Arcs that swarmed Xie Wen before vanishing into the ground.
  • Xie Wen praised Cat Princess for following his wishes, handed the Marines to Dragon, and departed with the cats while waiting to learn whether Uranus could be used.
  • Vegapunk called Xie Wen and angrily asked whether Cat Princess had tried to kill him along with the Five Elders.

Ch. 746Akainu's death

After the feast, Xie Wen confronted his prisoner Sakazuki with Robin and killed him. He extracted the Magma-Magma Fruit, which turned out to look like a chili pepper.

  • Arcueid admitted that her Cat Cans could heal injuries and let Ai Haibara Meow study them.
  • Xie Wen told Arcueid not to throw giant cans without permission and to apologize to Vegapunk, then let her join the feast.
  • After dinner, Xie Wen entered the storeroom with Robin to deal with Sakazuki, who had injured himself trying to escape his Seastone restraints.
  • Sakazuki taunted Robin, but she revealed that Aokiji had helped her escape Ohara, enraging him.
  • Xie Wen snapped Sakazuki's neck and used the Hunter's Knife to extract his Magma-Magma Fruit, which looked like a chili pepper.

Ch. 747The Magma-Magma Fruit Goes Better with a Palico

Xie Wen offered the Magma-Magma Fruit to his cats, but Ai Haibara Meow declined because its destructive power would not help her research. Hua Mei Meow ate it, and after Klee Meow awkwardly joked about her temper, Hua Mei asked Shalmy to help her learn to use her new ability.

  • Sanji Meow and Ai Haibara Meow explained that chili peppers counted as fruit and that the Magma-Magma Fruit might resemble a wax apple.
  • Ai Haibara Meow rejected the Magma-Magma Fruit because she preferred a Devil Fruit suited to research, while Touma regretted having already eaten the Yamata no Orochi Fruit.
  • Meow Jūshirō yielded the fruit to Hua Mei Meow, who took a bite and grimaced at its awful taste.
  • Klee Meow worried that Hua Mei Meow's new strength would bring harsher punishments, then blurted out that she was like an erupting volcano.
  • Hua Mei Meow reassured Klee Meow and asked Shalmy to help her get familiar with her Devil Fruit Ability, making Shalmy bristle in alarm.

Ch. 748Vice President

Xie Wen received the latest newspapers and bounty posters, learning that the Revolutionary Army’s five-country uprising had met little resistance and that the World Government still had not responded to Fapoket Island’s destruction. The chapter left him reviewing rising bounties and noticing that Luffy and his crew were forming much as they had in the original story.

  • Klee Meow asked whether Sakazuki’s Magma-Magma Fruit would let Xie Wen summon another kitty, but he explained that it had yielded only two Logia Fragments.
  • Xie Wen remembered that he had promised Vegapunk a chance to observe a summon, then soothed the Cat Princess and petted the other kitties.
  • A News Coo delivered newspapers and bounty posters to Xie Wen, who rewarded it with Sanji Meow’s dried fish.
  • Xie Wen read that the Revolutionary Army had overthrown five governments and seized Heavenly Tribute, while the World Government had not publicly addressed Fapoket Island’s destruction.
  • Xie Wen learned that Sengoku’s counterattack had blunted Kaido and Big Mom’s third assault on Egghead, and that Shanks had killed a Celestial Dragon who tried to marry Uta.
  • Xie Wen saw that his and the kitties’ bounties had risen, while Luffy had earned a thirty-million bounty and Nami, Sanji, Zoro, and Usopp had joined the Straw Hat Pirates.

Ch. 749The Research Commission Returned to Saint Mary Geoise

Dragon planned a cautious operation in Saint Mary Geoise to rescue the slaves and destroy the Celestial Dragons’ food stores while probing the World Government’s response. After discussing an underground infiltration, Xie Wen and the cats agreed to test whether Uranus had been repaired once the slaves were safe.

  • Dragon recruited Xie Wen and the Sapphire Star to help rescue slaves in Saint Mary Geoise and burn the granaries.
  • Dragon and Xie Wen discussed using Morley’s ability to infiltrate underground, and Xie Wen suggested hiding the food underground instead of burning it.
  • Ai Haibara Meow proposed distracting the Celestial Dragons while Morley moved the slaves underground through an escape route.
  • Cat Princess suggested smashing a Cat Can to test Uranus, and Xie Wen agreed to consider trying it after the rescue.
  • Klee Meow asked to test her upgraded Little Girl bomb, and Xie Wen allowed it while warning that the World Government might destroy it before detonation.

Ch. 750Who Bared Their Fangs at the Throne

Xie Wen and the Revolutionary Army waited until night to attack Saint Mary Geoise, freeing slaves before Klee Meow summoned Lunastra to set the Celestial Dragons’ settlement ablaze. Saint Figarland Garling and the Holy Knights counterattacked, and Xie Wen entered the fight against Garling.

  • Xie Wen’s group waited for nightfall, avoided Pangaea Castle, and gathered intelligence while the Celestial Dragons slept.
  • Morley carried the group underground as they rescued slaves, and Klee Meow, Jinx Meow, Meowrah, and Ai Haibara Meow disabled the slaves’ bomb shackles.
  • Klee Meow summoned Lunastra, who breathed blue flames over the Abode of the Gods and threw the Celestial Dragons into chaos.
  • A giant bird made of powder helped extinguish the flames while Saint Figarland Garling and the Holy Knights and CP Agents arrived to counterattack.
  • Jinx Meow and the others engaged the enemy forces, while Xie Wen attacked Saint Garling with Red Radiant Meteor.
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