Chapter Summaries

Xie Wen welcomed Link Meow, a well-equipped leopard cat from Hyrule, and introduced him to the Palico Research Commission. Link Meow quickly learned both types of Haki, leaving Xie Wen impressed and eager to learn his advanced combat techniques.

• Link Meow landed on the deck, greeted Xie Wen silently, and warmed to him after Xie Wen understood his gestures and petted him.
• Xie Wen introduced Link Meow to Klee Meow and the other cats, then explained their world and circumstances.
• Link Meow showed curiosity about Haki and asked Xie Wen to demonstrate it.
• After just over an hour of practice, Link Meow mastered Armament Haki and Observation Haki.
• Xie Wen recognized Link Meow's combat talent and considered learning his techniques, including Flurry Rush, Charged Spinning Sword, and Perfect Shield Parry.

Meow Jūshirō awakened Observation Haki, while Ai Haibara Meow resisted learning Mink Tribe Mode because she was afraid of static electricity. After Hua Mei Meow made her practice, the cats crossed the Calm Belt and reached the South Blue.

• Meow Jūshirō awakened Observation Haki, and the other cats made progress in their training, though Ai Haibara Meow refused to learn Mink Tribe Mode.
• Xie Wen, Hua Mei Meow, and Klee Meow discussed why Ai avoided the technique, and Klee Meow sensed that Ai was embarrassed rather than traumatized.
• Xie Wen guessed Ai was afraid of static electricity, prompting Hua Mei Meow to leave and confront her.
• Hua Mei Meow made Ai practice Mink Tribe Mode, and Ai mastered it after only a few attempts.
• The Toot Toot Forward crossed the Calm Belt and reached the South Blue.

Xie Wen and Hua Mei Meow planned a South Blue route that would bring them near Reverse Mountain, then Xie Wen contacted Morgans for information about Famous Swords and devil fruits. Morgans revealed that the Kuja Pirates had been asking about Xie Wen, but agreed not to turn their recent clash into a news story; he promised to share any new leads and valued Xie Wen as an ally.

• Klee Meow asked about finding an island like Explosion Island, but Xie Wen explained that the map lacked that level of detail.
• Xie Wen and Hua Mei Meow planned a route through the South Blue toward Reverse Mountain, aiming to uncover about 75% of the map.
• Xie Wen called Morgans to ask for South Blue information about Famous Swords and devil fruits.
• Morgans asked whether Xie Wen had offended the Kuja Pirates, and Xie Wen admitted that they had fought during a Calm Belt crossing before both sides withdrew.
• Morgans declined to report the clash without evidence and promised to pass along new information, valuing Xie Wen as a powerful, well-informed ally.

Xie Wen traveled through the impoverished, mechanically inventive South Blue, reflecting on how oppression drove many people to piracy. After Link Meow brought him the Skillful Grade lance Astalon from a pirate stronghold, Lindbergh of the Revolutionary Army’s South Army flew in and aimed a pistol at him.

• Xie Wen observed the South Blue’s scrap-built machinery and poverty, and considered how the Heavenly Tribute and mistreatment pushed people toward piracy.
• Link Meow and Meow Jūshirō helped Xie Wen raid a pirate stronghold while Hua Mei Meow stayed behind with Klee Meow and Ai Haibara Meow.
• Link Meow gave Xie Wen the lance Astalon, a Skillful Grade Sword that had belonged to the royal collection of the Kingdom of Ziado.
• Link Meow and Meow Jūshirō noticed someone approaching through the sky, and Xie Wen saw a top-hatted man flying with a jetpack.
• The newcomer, Lindbergh of the Revolutionary Army’s South Army, aimed an oddly shaped pistol at Xie Wen, who told Link Meow to shoot him down.

Xie Wen and the Palicoes encountered Lindbergh after Xie Wen had killed the pirates threatening the Kingdom of Ziado. After a misunderstanding and a brief clash, Lindbergh gave Xie Wen a Vivre Card for Zou.

• Lindbergh mistook Link Meow and Meow Jūshirō for children and fired a Multicolored Paint Bullet at Xie Wen.
• Link Meow’s Light Arrow burst the paint bullet over Lindbergh and pierced his Jetpack, but Lindbergh escaped injury with an Inflatable Cushion.
• Xie Wen explained that Link and Seijūrō were adults, and Lindbergh admitted he had attacked them because he thought Xie Wen had brought children into danger.
• Lindbergh introduced himself as an inventor named Lind, while Xie Wen asked him how to find Zou.
• Lindbergh explained that Zou moved on Zunesha and gave Xie Wen a piece of a Vivre Card labeled Zou after the Palicoes refused an offer to return without Xie Wen.

Xie Wen and the cats encountered Eustass Kid and Killer fighting the Tiger Pirates near the Toot Toot Forward. After Kid introduced himself and declared his goal of finding the One Piece, Xie Wen’s unimpressed response left him baffled.

• Xie Wen heard that a revolution in the Kingdom of Ziado had overthrown its king and installed a well-regarded noble as the new ruler.
• A group of thugs blocked Xie Wen and the cats, and Link Meow quickly defeated them.
• At the harbor, Xie Wen found Kid and Killer fighting Simmons, captain of the Tiger Pirates, while the cats watched from the ship.
• Kid used his metal-controlling power to knock Simmons unconscious with a massive mechanical arm.
• Kid pointed his mechanical arm at Xie Wen, introduced himself as Eustass Kid, and declared that he would find the One Piece, but Xie Wen merely asked, “So?”

Kid challenged Xie Wen to provoke a fight and earn a reputation, but Xie Wen let Link Meow face him instead. Link Meow overcame Kid’s magnetism with Haki and his shield, knocking him unconscious while the crew watched.

• Kid demanded that Xie Wen fight him, but Xie Wen asked whether Kid even had a bounty and caught his wrench when he attacked.
• Xie Wen invited Meow Jūshirō and Link Meow to try fighting Kid, and Link Meow accepted the challenge.
• Link Meow adapted to Kid’s magnetic pull with Armament Haki and pierced Kid’s mechanical arm with a powerful sword beam.
• Link Meow used the Hylian Shield to parry Kid’s metal attacks, then concealed himself behind a reflected metal cone and bashed Kid in the forehead.
• Link Meow followed with a Flurry Rush barrage of shield blows and knocked Kid unconscious.

After Link Meow defeated Kid, Xie Wen claimed Simmons and extracted a Tiger-type Cat-Cat Fruit, then explained why he wanted the String-String Fruit or a similar power. The cats offered to help him pursue his plans, and Ai Haibara Meow volunteered to research a Wirebug Launcher.

• Link Meow knocked Kid unconscious, and Killer surrendered before Xie Wen called Link back to the ship.
• Xie Wen let Kid go with a warning and claimed the unconscious Simmons, while Killer accepted his decision.
• Xie Wen killed Simmons and used Klee Meow's luck to produce a Tiger-type Cat-Cat Fruit, though it yielded no shard.
• Xie Wen explained that he wanted the String-String Fruit to improve his Wirebug abilities, while considering Spider or Silkworm Zoans as alternatives.
• Klee Meow promised to help find the fruits, and Ai Haibara Meow offered to research a Wirebug Launcher before protesting Xie Wen's kisses.

Xie Wen and his cats arrived in Sorbet Kingdom, where he recognized that Kuma might be King Bulldog’s successor. After Ai Haibara Meow asked to help with free medical consultations, Xie Wen arranged for the rest of the crew to join them, suggesting they would stay for a while.

• Hua Mei Meow told Xie Wen about Sorbet Kingdom’s divided regions and how the Revolutionary Army had overthrown Bekori and restored Bulldog to the throne.
• Xie Wen arrived at Sorbet Kingdom and explored Northern City with Ai Haibara Meow and Meow Jūshirō while the other cats stayed aboard the Toot Toot Forward.
• Seeing the city’s residents, Xie Wen recalled that Kuma had been king of Sorbet Kingdom and wondered whether Bulldog had chosen him as his successor.
• Ai Haibara Meow spotted free medical consultations and said she wanted to help put her medical knowledge to use.
• Xie Wen promised to ask the practitioners to let Ai Haibara Meow join them, then sent Meow Jūshirō to fetch the others so they could stay longer.

Ai Haibara Meow impressed the Sorbet Kingdom with her medical skills, and Xie Wen and the other cats helped her feel valued. After the doctors tested her knowledge, they asked for her help with a child suffering from the rare Azure Jade Scale Disease, and the group went to see the patient.

• Ai Haibara Meow treated patients at the free clinic, while Klee Meow, Hua Mei Meow, and the others praised her.
• Xie Wen noticed the doctors were assessing Ai Haibara Meow, and Hua Mei Meow also sensed something unusual about them.
• After the patients had been treated, the doctors discussed medicine with Ai Haibara Meow to test her abilities.
• The elderly doctor explained that a child had Azure Jade Scale Disease, an incurable illness that caused deadly scales to grow even without sunlight or moonlight.
• Ai Haibara Meow agreed to examine the child after Xie Wen encouraged her.

Xie Wen and the cats met Kuma in a church in the Sorbet Kingdom, where he asked Ai Haibara Meow to examine Bonney, his young daughter afflicted with Azure Jade Scale Disease. After examining Bonney, Ai Haibara Meow found no other abnormalities and said she needed the ship’s infirmary equipment for a closer check.

• Xie Wen noticed that Kuma was far more expressive and gentle than the version he knew, while Klee Meow sensed Kuma’s hidden sadness.
• Kuma knelt before Ai Haibara Meow and asked whether she could cure Bonney, and she said she needed to examine the patient first.
• Kuma led Xie Wen and the cats into a church whose windows were boarded up to keep natural light away from Bonney.
• Bonney greeted Xie Wen and admired his cats, while Ai Haibara Meow examined the azure scales on her face and checked her for other symptoms.
• Ai Haibara Meow told Xie Wen and Kuma that she needed the infirmary equipment on the ship for a detailed examination, and Xie Wen asked where her glasses had come from.

Xie Wen and the cats helped Kuma bring medical equipment into the church so Ai Haibara Meow could examine Bonney. Kuma revealed that his Paw-Paw Fruit could not repel Bonney’s illness, and Klee Meow offered him her luck while they waited for Ai’s diagnosis.

• Ai Haibara Meow admitted she had bought glasses through Heave-Ho Panda, and Xie Wen discovered Hua Mei Meow had used her membership card to buy gifts for the other cats but had also put new clothes in his wardrobe.
• Kuma hurried to fetch the medical equipment, using his Paw-Paw Fruit to send the Toot Toot Forward flying intact to the church.
• Kuma explained to Klee Meow that he had eaten the Paw-Paw Fruit and could repel anything his hands touched.
• The group set up a temporary medical room in the church, and Ai Haibara Meow sent everyone else outside to examine Bonney.
• Xie Wen asked Kuma whether he could repel Bonney’s illness, and Kuma said his ability could remove fatigue, injuries, and pain but had failed to affect her disease.
• Klee Meow sat on Kuma’s shoulder, offered him her luck, and said Ai would definitely cure Bonney.

Ai Haibara Meow determined that Bonney’s azure jade scales came from a harmful substance embedded in her cells and outlined two possible treatments, both requiring scarce equipment. Xie Wen rallied Kuma and the doctors to seek supplies, then considered how Trafalgar Law’s Op-Op Fruit might help; Bonney’s treatment remained unresolved.

• Ai Haibara Meow explained that Bonney’s azure jade scales were caused by an inert, likely inherited or deliberately implanted substance that competed with her body for nutrients.
• Ai Haibara Meow said she could treat Bonney but lacked the specialized equipment, prompting Kuma to seek help from the Revolutionary Army and the doctors to contact colleagues.
• Ai Haibara Meow presented two treatment plans: replace Bonney’s affected cells with transplanted stem cells, or remove the harmful substance directly from her cells.
• The doctors warned that the equipment would be prohibitively expensive, while Ai Haibara Meow expressed confidence in her skills but uncertainty about Bonney’s ability to withstand the riskier plan.
• Xie Wen judged the second plan more practical and considered asking Trafalgar Law to use the Op-Op Fruit to assist with Bonney’s treatment.

Xie Wen and Ai Haibara Meow helped Kuma and Bonney choose a risky surgery to treat Bonney’s Azure Jade Scales, then arranged Potions and medical equipment to improve her chances. While Kuma searched for supplies and Ai studied the Potion, Bonney heard about Luffy’s rubber body and wondered if he was Nika.

• Ai Haibara Meow recommended trying the Op-Op Fruit surgery first, and Bonney interrupted Kuma to insist on the second plan so she could go to sea with him sooner.
• Sanji Meow reminded Xie Wen that he had two bottles of Potion, and Ai Haibara Meow said they would guarantee Bonney’s safety.
• Kuma thanked Xie Wen and the cats, then left to find medical equipment while Xie Wen promised to contact Morgans for help.
• Ai Haibara Meow took a Potion to study, and Xie Wen traded information about Lucci and the others to secure Morgans’s help finding equipment.
• Kuma traveled the world gathering equipment and money, while Ai Haibara Meow studied the Potion and Xie Wen and the other cats trained, played with Bonney, and cooked for her.
• Sanji Meow told Bonney about Luffy’s rubber body, and Bonney wondered if Luffy was Nika.

Bonney trained with the cats at Xie Wen’s church and unexpectedly transformed into an older version of herself, revealing that she had an unknown Age-Age Fruit ability. Xie Wen suspected the ability’s origin was connected to Vegapunk and resolved to discuss it with Kuma, while Bonney looked forward to surprising her father.

• Xie Wen reassured Bonney that she did not need Nika to bring her happiness, and Bonney said she loved Xie Wen and the cats.
• Bonney learned that Xie Wen wrote the Travel Guide and said she hoped to write her own travel journal someday.
• Hua Mei Meow led Bonney, Klee Meow, and Ai Haibara Meow through training, but stopped Bonney from exercising until exhaustion because she was young and ill.
• Bonney wished she could grow up faster, then unconsciously aged herself into a teenager in front of Hua Mei Meow, Klee Meow, and Ai Haibara Meow.
• Xie Wen recognized Bonney’s transformation as an Age-Age Fruit ability, learned she did not remember eating a Devil Fruit, and suspected the ability had an unusual origin.
• Xie Wen told Bonney to develop her powers and suggested she use them to surprise Kuma when he returned.

King Bekori returned to the Sorbet Kingdom and began burning and killing its people, prompting Xie Wen to disguise himself and intervene. After rescuing civilians and cutting down Bekori’s soldiers, Xie Wen confronted the king at the Royal Palace, where Bekori ordered two borrowed guards to kill him.

• Elderly visitors warned Xie Wen and Bonney that King Bekori had returned and was burning people, so Xie Wen had Bonney age him into a bearded disguise.
• Xie Wen left Hua Mei Meow to guard the church, rescued people from a fire, and extinguished the flames with Manticore.
• Xie Wen killed the noble and soldiers responsible for the fire, then hurried toward the Royal Palace after sensing protests and gunfire.
• Bekori ordered his soldiers to shoot protesters and grew furious when the fire was put out.
• Xie Wen arrived at the Royal Palace, identified himself as a guard hired by King Bulldog, and Bekori ordered his two borrowed guards to attack him.

Xie Wen defeated Bekori’s CP0 agents, chased down the fleeing king, and killed him. He returned to the church and prepared with the cats to help the injured while hiding his involvement, then went to the extinguished fire site.

• Xie Wen blocked two CP0 agents’ attacks and defeated them with a Haki-coated Great Sword combo.
• Bekori fled when his forces began to lose, but Xie Wen caught up with him and cut off his head.
• Xie Wen returned to the church with Bekori’s head and treasure, then told Bonney and the elders to claim he had never left.
• Hua Mei Meow advised Xie Wen to stay and help treat the injured so their presence would seem natural.
• An elderly man tried to fake an injury to explain the delay, but Xie Wen caught him and suggested Kuma could take the blame instead.
• Xie Wen and the cats left the church to reach the extinguished fire site.

Xie Wen discussed the Sorbet Kingdom and the Revolutionary Army’s shortcomings with Kuma, then learned that Bonney’s Devil Fruit ability might have been implanted. Kuma revealed that Bonney was not his biological daughter and recounted Ginny’s abduction by the Celestial Dragons; Xie Wen promised to help cure Bonney.

• Klee Meow showed Xie Wen a Wanted Poster identifying him as “Manticore” Claude Strife with a 120 million Beli bounty, which had risen after Morgans published the Sorbet Kingdom story.
• Xie Wen criticized the Revolutionary Army’s handling of the Sorbet Kingdom and suggested reforms and ways to conceal its strength, while Kuma listened.
• Xie Wen asked Kuma about Bonney’s unusual Devil Fruit ability, and Kuma said he had not fed her a Devil Fruit because he had often been away when she was young.
• Xie Wen told Kuma that Bonney’s ability might have been implanted, like her Azure Jade Scale Disease, and asked what Kuma knew about the disease’s origins.
• Kuma revealed that Bonney was not his biological daughter and explained that Ginny had been abducted by the Celestial Dragons and later abandoned after contracting Azure Jade Scale Disease.
• Xie Wen comforted Kuma and promised that they would do everything they could to cure Bonney.

Xie Wen and Kuma found Trafalgar Law and asked him to treat Bonney, whose life was threatened by a virus. Law agreed to help but refused to travel with strangers until Xie Wen offered to help him deal with Doflamingo.

• The Heart Pirates discussed whether they were strong enough to enter the Grand Line before Law spotted two figures flying toward them.
• Xie Wen and Kuma landed near the crew, and Klee Meow excitedly praised Kuma’s Paw-Paw Fruit ability.
• Kuma asked Law to treat Bonney, explaining that a virus had left her with less than five years to live.
• Law agreed to treat Bonney but objected when Kuma said she was in the South Blue and remained wary of being sent there by a stranger.
• Xie Wen offered to help Law deal with Donquixote Doflamingo, prompting Law to react with surprise.

Xie Wen told Law about Doflamingo’s past and tried to recruit him to help Bonney and oppose the Donquixote Family. After Klee Meow accidentally angered Law, she stepped in to fight him, and the battle began.

• Xie Wen explained how Doflamingo’s family history drove him to seek revenge and asked whether Law wanted to hear about Rosinante and Law’s escape.
• Xie Wen offered Kuma’s gratitude as a reason to trust him and admitted he wanted the Devil Fruits of Doflamingo and his subordinates.
• Klee Meow revealed that Xie Wen had once considered taking Law’s Op-Op Fruit, prompting Law to challenge Xie Wen to prove his strength.
• Xie Wen sent Klee Meow to fight Law while warning her not to use overly powerful bombs.
• Klee Meow charged Law with Chidori, then summoned Dudu Bear after he dodged her attack.