Chapter Summaries

Xie Wen followed Garp to Mount Colubo, where Garp brought him to meet Ace and Dadan and asked him to teach Ace and Luffy a lesson. After introducing himself as a bounty hunter, Xie Wen asked the cats which one would fight, leaving the challenge unresolved.

• Garp insisted that Xie Wen come to Mount Colubo to demonstrate his teaching ability by fighting Ace.
• Garp struck Luffy after accusing him of secretly cursing at him, and the group continued toward the bandit den.
• Luffy rushed to Dadan's house and introduced Ace and the bandits to the talking cats.
• Xie Wen introduced himself to Ace as a bounty hunter, and Luffy briefly mistook him for someone who had come to capture them.
• Garp told Xie Wen to teach Ace and Luffy a lesson, then admitted he was never good at teaching.
• Xie Wen asked the cats which of them wanted to fight.

Xie Wen fought Ace and Luffy, demonstrating his superior strength and using Armament Haki to hurt them. He then refused to continue and sent Sanji Meow to take over the fight.

• Xie Wen tried to get the cats to fight Ace and Luffy, but they all refused, so Luffy challenged him while Ace took up his pipe.
• Xie Wen dodged Luffy’s stretching punches and Ace’s pipe strikes as the cats watched from the sidelines.
• Xie Wen struck both brothers with his sheathed sword and taunted them, then used Armament Haki to hurt them when they charged again.
• Xie Wen noticed that Garp seemed to be hiding Haki from Ace and Luffy, but chose not to reveal it.
• Ace and Luffy got back up, but Xie Wen refused to continue and told Sanji Meow to fight them instead.

Sanji Meow fought Ace and Luffy, using his speed and electric attacks to bring Ace down while Luffy's rubber body resisted most of his blows. As Sanji Meow used Luffy as a training target, Ace suddenly unleashed a powerful pressure from the ground.

• Sanji Meow stopped Ace and Luffy from attacking Xie Wen and challenged them to a fight.
• Klee Meow asked to join in, but Xie Wen refused because her explosions might damage a nearby home.
• Sanji Meow used his electrified kicks to disarm and batter Ace, then kicked Luffy away with a cat-shaped air cannon.
• Luffy repeatedly interfered, but Sanji Meow eventually scratched him and decided to use him as a punching bag to practice awakening Armament Haki.
• Ace collapsed after taking repeated electric shocks, and Garp and Dadan watched as Sanji Meow continued beating Luffy.
• Ace roared from the ground, releasing a heart-stopping pressure.

Ace’s Conqueror’s Haki interrupted the fight, but Sanji Meow powered up with Demon Mode and defeated Ace and Luffy before collapsing from exhaustion. After Xie Wen fed Sanji Meow dried fish, Luffy woke at the smell and asked for some too.

• Ace unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out several bandits and startling Klee Meow and Sanji Meow.
• Sanji Meow recovered from Luffy’s punch, activated Demon Mode, and attacked Ace and Luffy with the Front Lotus.
• Sanji Meow used Diable Jambe: Reverse Lotus to beat both boys, then collapsed alongside them from exhaustion.
• Xie Wen praised Sanji Meow and gave him dried fish, while Meow Jūshirō advised him to rest and improve his stamina.
• Luffy woke when he smelled the dried fish and asked Xie Wen for some, so Xie Wen handed more to Dadan.

Xie Wen told Garp about Marine corruption in East Blue and refused to join the Marines, but he negotiated over training Ace and Luffy. After Garp offered to use his connections, Xie Wen asked for a Devil Fruit, and the two exchanged a Haki-coated punch.

• Luffy called Xie Wen a good person while he and Ace ate dried fish and recovered from their fight.
• Xie Wen told Garp about Captain Nezumi's collusion with Arlong and the suffering in the Conomi Islands, prompting Garp to vow to investigate.
• Xie Wen challenged Garp over the Celestial Dragons, but Garp warned him that they were difficult to oppose.
• Garp asked Xie Wen to help train Ace and Luffy, and Xie Wen refused to join the Marines but began negotiating for a reward.
• Xie Wen asked Garp for a Devil Fruit, then met Garp's Haki-coated punch with his own.

Xie Wen tested his strength against Garp, first in a brief fist clash and then with his strongest combined technique, Scarlet Sky's End. Garp revealed Conqueror's Coating to stop the attack, and Xie Wen, Klee Meow, and Meow Jūshirō continued fighting him together.

• Xie Wen traded punches with Garp, who sent him through Dadan's cabin wall without injuring him.
• Xie Wen resumed bargaining for a Devil Fruit or sword, but Garp refused and challenged him to fight.
• Xie Wen invited Klee Meow and Meow Jūshirō to join him, and the group moved to an open area on Mount Colubo.
• Xie Wen used Scarlet Sky's End, forcing Garp to coat his fist with Conqueror's Haki before knocking Xie Wen back.
• Klee Meow bombarded Garp with explosives and flame rays while Xie Wen and Meow Jūshirō attacked with Haki-coated blades.

Xie Wen, Meow Jūshirō, and Klee Meow coordinated a barrage of attacks against Garp, managing to leave him with two small cuts but little other damage. After Sanji Meow explained Haki to Luffy and Ace, Garp, embarrassed by his battered uniform and annoyed that his plan to impress them had failed, prepared to hit harder.

• Garp dodged Klee Meow's bomb and fought off Xie Wen and Meow Jūshirō, but their combined sword technique cut him twice.
• Klee Meow dropped Jumpy Dumpty on Garp as Xie Wen and Meow Jūshirō kept him in place, then joined their attacks with fiery Rathian and Rathalos.
• Luffy worried that the group might defeat Garp, while Sanji Meow reassured him and explained the three types of Haki to him and Ace.
• Garp emerged from the smoke with only superficial wounds, tore off his ruined uniform, and launched Fist Bone Impact in a foul mood.

Garp struck Xie Wen unconscious, prompting Klee Meow to attack him with a flaming Dodoco Bear before Garp stopped her. After Xie Wen recovered, he refused Garp's offer to join the Marines but negotiated maps, Seastone, and a Log Pose.

• Garp's punch overwhelmed Xie Wen and sent him flying, so Xie Wen lost consciousness before hitting the ground.
• Klee Meow summoned a flaming Dodoco Bear and attacked Garp, but he extinguished its flames and grabbed her.
• Sanji Meow woke Xie Wen with a healing rice ball, and Klee Meow and the others rushed to check on him.
• Garp praised Xie Wen and again offered him a place in the Marines, but Xie Wen refused and Klee Meow apologized for attacking him.
• Xie Wen asked Garp for maps and Seastone, and Garp agreed to provide them along with a Log Pose.

After Garp left Foosha Village, Xie Wen trained Ace and Luffy while Klee Meow created a flame puppet that appeared to show Devil Fruit Awakening. Xie Wen explained Devil Fruits and the Shichibukai, and the chapter ended as a News Coo arrived with a parcel from Garp.

• Garp settled the details of his trade with Xie Wen, ate with Ace and Luffy at Dadan's place, and left after promising to send supplies by News Coo.
• Xie Wen began training Ace and Luffy in physical conditioning, Observation Haki practice, and sparring with Sanji Meow and Hua Mei Meow.
• Klee Meow animated her flames into a bear puppet called Dodobear, prompting Xie Wen to suspect she had awakened her Logia ability.
• Xie Wen explained the Devil Fruit categories and awakening to Ace and Luffy, then warned them about the strength of the Shichibukai.
• Ace reacted intently to hearing about Whitebeard, while Luffy declared he would beat everyone and become Pirate King.
• A News Coo carrying a parcel flew up to Xie Wen.

Xie Wen tested Seastone on Luffy and Klee Meow, then read news announcing the Four Emperors and showed their Wanted Posters to Luffy and Ace. Luffy learned that Shanks was one of the Emperors and rushed off to train, while Sanji Meow wondered whether he would miss lunch.

• Xie Wen received Seastone and a Log Pose from Vice Admiral Garp, and showed Luffy how Seastone weakened Devil Fruit Users.
• Xie Wen let Klee Meow touch the Seastone briefly to begin helping her overcome her weakness to it.
• Xie Wen paid the News Coo's shipping fee, then used his Press Pass to get a newspaper for free.
• Xie Wen read that the Red Hair Pirates and Beasts Pirates had clashed, and showed Luffy and Ace the Four Emperors' Wanted Posters.
• Luffy recognized Shanks, learned he had been on Pirate King Roger's crew, and rushed outside to train.
• Sanji Meow asked whether Luffy had forgotten lunch, and Xie Wen reassured him that Luffy would return soon.

Xie Wen left Foosha Village after ten days of training with Ace and Luffy, and told them that their brother Sabo had survived the Celestial Dragons’ attack. Ace and Luffy set out with renewed hope to find Sabo, while Xie Wen and his cats headed for Shimotsuki Village.

• Sanji Meow complained that feeding Luffy was exhausting, so Xie Wen offered to grill extra meat for the hungry boy.
• Xie Wen used his Hunter’s BBQ Spit to make grilled meat for Luffy, who devoured it and demanded more.
• After about ten days in Foosha Village, Xie Wen said goodbye to Luffy and Ace and planned to continue training in Shimotsuki Village.
• Ace promised to master Haki before their next fight, and Luffy joined him in challenging Xie Wen; Klee Meow also invited them to try her bombs.
• Xie Wen told Ace and Luffy that Sabo had survived and been rescued, though he did not know where Sabo was.
• Ace and Luffy thanked Xie Wen, and Luffy tearfully called him a great guy.

Xie Wen reached Shimotsuki Village and asked Isshin Dojo’s master, Shimotsuki Koshiro, for guidance on his swordsmanship. After discussing Xie Wen’s simple view of the sword, Koshiro proposed a spar so they could learn through their blades.

• Xie Wen and the cats arrived at Shimotsuki Village after searching across the East Blue for a dojo known for its swordsmanship.
• Xie Wen politely asked Koshiro to assess his swordsmanship, while the dojo’s children mistook him for a challenger and called for Zoro.
• Koshiro recognized Xie Wen as the Cat Swordsman and asked what a sword and swordsmanship meant to him.
• Xie Wen said a sword was a weapon and that he used one because it suited him, though he wanted to improve.
• Koshiro suggested that they spar so Xie Wen could understand more through the sword.

Xie Wen learned from sparring with Shimotsuki Koshiro that swordsmanship could grow through understanding the will behind a blade, though he remained unsure how to find his own path. Meow Jūshirō quickly revealed exceptional swordsmanship talent, and the group stayed at the dojo hoping to meet Zoro, who failed to arrive before dinner.

• Xie Wen sparred with Koshiro and used Observation Haki to sense the will infused in Koshiro’s ordinary sword.
• Xie Wen realized that advancing along Koshiro’s path meant understanding why he wielded a sword, but he decided not to rush that self-discovery.
• Meow Jūshirō sparred with Koshiro and quickly showed that his sword had become powerful, astonishing Koshiro with his talent.
• Koshiro ended the spar and told Meow Jūshirō that his talent and established path needed no further guidance.
• Koshiro invited Xie Wen and his companions to stay so they could spar with Zoro, but Zoro remained lost until evening, so Koshiro suggested they eat.

Xie Wen used a fabricated claim that he had won Isshin Dojo to provoke Zoro into a wager, hoping to borrow Wado Ichimonji long enough to register it in his catalog. Zoro accepted the sword as his stake, setting up their duel.

• After Zoro failed to return to the dojo, Koshiro learned that students had told him Xie Wen was there to challenge the dojo, and Zoro had run off in the wrong direction.
• Zoro arrived the next morning and challenged Xie Wen, while Xie Wen spotted Wado Ichimonji and considered how to obtain it.
• Xie Wen claimed he had won Isshin Dojo from Koshiro and demanded that Zoro put up a wager to win it back.
• Xie Wen threatened to turn the dojo into a restaurant and other businesses, with Sanji Meow and Hua Mei Meow helping him play along and Klee Meow suggesting a playground.
• Xie Wen offered to accept Wado Ichimonji as Zoro's wager, and Zoro agreed.

Xie Wen defeated Zoro in a sparring match at Isshin Dojo, first knocking him unconscious and then wounding his shoulder during a two-sword fight. Zoro recovered Wado Ichimonji and insisted on another match, while Koshiro pointed him toward breakfast and treatment.

• Xie Wen knocked Zoro unconscious with Long Moon, picked up Wado Ichimonji to examine it, and returned it to Koshiro.
• After waking and noticing his missing sword, Zoro charged Xie Wen, who met him with Morning Haze and Kusari in a two-sword fight.
• Xie Wen cut Zoro's shoulder, and Koshiro stopped the match when the gap between them made continuing too dangerous.
• Koshiro explained that Xie Wen had only come to spar and returned Wado Ichimonji to Zoro.
• Zoro demanded a rematch after eating, then ran from the dojo until Koshiro called him back and directed him to the kitchen.

Zoro challenged Xie Wen to another match, but Xie Wen sent him to spar with Meow Jūshirō instead. Meow Jūshirō defeated Zoro by exploiting his mistakes and lost composure, then returned to Xie Wen for a reward.

• Zoro sought out Xie Wen for another match, but Xie Wen directed him to Meow Jūshirō.
• Zoro apologized for underestimating Meow Jūshirō, introduced himself as a Three-Sword Style swordsman, and challenged him.
• Meow Jūshirō stopped Zoro’s Oni Giri with a precise thrust and explained the flaws in his attack.
• Zoro lost his temper, and Meow Jūshirō used Cat Claw Flash and Rolling Flash to knock him down and hold a sword to his neck.
• Meow Jūshirō declared Zoro defeated, returned to Xie Wen, and enjoyed being petted as the other Palicoes praised him.

After training in Shimotsuki Village, Xie Wen and the cats left the East Blue, where they found Sandai Kitetsu and defeated Krieg’s crew. As they approached their final East Blue island, Xie Wen expected to complete a Summon Ticket and summon another Palico.

• Zoro trained with Meow Jūshirō and sparred with Xie Wen, improving his swordsmanship and renaming many of his moves after cats.
• Before leaving Shimotsuki Village, Xie Wen gave Zoro Morning Haze and Kusari, and Koshiro gave Xie Wen a booklet of the Shimotsuki Family’s swordsmanship insights.
• Xie Wen let Klee Meow set off explosives on a deserted island, then found Sandai Kitetsu, whose curse barely affected him; acquiring it gave him no Summon Ticket fragment.
• Xie Wen and the cats encountered Krieg and his officers and wiped them out, including Gin.
• Hua Mei Meow told Xie Wen that their next island would be their last East Blue stop and could complete a Summon Ticket; she sent Sanji Meow to help steer the ship.

Xie Wen completed the map and used the resulting Summon Ticket, discovering that full progress let him choose the Palico type. He chose to summon a Healing-type cat, and the chapter ended with Hua Mei Meow stopping the chaos as the new companion arrived.

• Xie Wen uploaded the completed map and received a Summon Ticket fragment, then combined it with his existing fragment to make a full ticket.
• Xie Wen discovered that the ticket’s symbol could be changed to choose among Palico types, including Healing, and decided healing was the team’s priority.
• Sanji Meow urged Xie Wen to wish for a pretty big sister, but Xie Wen refused and summoned a Healing-type Palico instead.
• Sanji Meow attacked Xie Wen in anger, Klee Meow joined the scuffle, and Hua Mei Meow broke it up before they could embarrass themselves in front of their new companion.

Xie Wen and the cats welcomed Ai Haibara Meow after she stumbled out of the rain, and he helped calm her before introducing her to the group. She accepted the Palico Research Commission’s explanation of their new world, though her guarded nature left her past unclear.

• A sudden downpour began while Xie Wen and the cats listened to Hua Mei Meow, and Xie Wen sheltered them with his umbrella.
• Ai Haibara Meow emerged from the bushes in a white lab coat and collapsed, so Xie Wen caught her and Klee Meow dried her with a small jet of flame.
• Xie Wen soothed the frightened kitten, learned her name, and recognized her as Ai Haibara.
• Xie Wen introduced Ai Haibara Meow to Klee, Sanji, Li Huamei, and Hiko Seijūrō, and Klee warmly hugged her.
• Xie Wen explained the Palico Research Commission and their world, and Ai Haibara Meow accepted her new situation without revealing much about her past.

Xie Wen and the cats chose to cross the Calm Belt toward the Grand Line, where the lack of wind left him laboring at the ship’s sculling oar while the crew encountered Sea Kings and earned a summon-ticket fragment. The journey continued with Ai Haibara Meow uneasy around Klee Meow’s explosives, while Xie Wen looked forward to reaching the South Blue.

• Xie Wen asked the cats whether they wanted to take the Calm Belt route, and Hua Mei Meow and Klee Meow reassured the reluctant Ai Haibara Meow.
• The crew steered the Explosion Black Cat Maria into the Calm Belt, where Xie Wen realized the windless sea required him to power the ship by sculling.
• Hua Mei Meow watched the ship’s course, Meow Jūshirō practiced Mink Tribe Mode, Sanji Meow prepared snacks, and Ai Haibara Meow studied medicine while Klee Meow kept her company.
• Klee Meow’s attacks on Sea Kings added entries to Xie Wen’s Hunter’s Notes, which produced a white Standard Pool Summon Ticket fragment.
• Klee Meow invited Ai Haibara Meow to blast fish, but Ai refused after remembering how powerful Klee Meow’s bombs were.