Arc 8Chapters 176–198
No recap yet. An arc gets one once it has 25 chapters.
No recap yet. An arc gets one once it has 25 chapters.
Crocodile learned that Demon King Urizen was aboard the ship and, terrified of provoking him, submitted to Enel’s order to clean the deck. Enel returned from his shopping mission with ingredients and a live goose, then hurried to cook.
Enel and Crocodile wasted the final minutes arguing instead of cooking, while the crew feared the countdown’s consequences. Kirishima Bupai emerged from the cabin and surveyed the chaotic deck, ending the chapter with his attention on the empty, smoking pan.
Enel’s pan-searing attempt turned the foie gras into a charred, lightning-struck lump, but Crocodile’s frantic addition of oil and salt helped keep it edible enough for Kirishima Bupai to try. After Kirishima called it average and returned to the cabin, he reappeared and questioned why Crocodile was there, leaving Crocodile scrambling to understand Enel’s explanation.
After Enel falsely claimed Crocodile had been ordered to stay aboard as a cleaner, Kirishima struck him into the Ark Maxim’s bulwark and identified him as the ship’s “Power Bank.” Kirishima demanded to know why Crocodile was there, and Crocodile offered information about Nico Robin, the Poneglyphs, and Pluton to earn a place aboard.
Crocodile led Kirishima Bupai and his party to the secret chamber beneath Alabasta’s palace, where Nico Robin began translating the Historical Poneglyph about Pluton. Kirishima erased the Poneglyph and its information, devastating Crocodile and leaving Robin stunned, then ordered his group to leave.
Crocodile resigned from the Seven Warlords of the Sea and joined Kirishima’s Demon King Travel Group as the Ark Maxim departed Alabasta. News of the group spread worldwide, drawing alarm from the Marines and World Government and interest from the Four Emperors.
Dragon ordered the Revolutionary Army to investigate the Demon King Travel Group as Kirishima Bupai sailed into unknown waters with Enel and Crocodile aboard the Ark Maxim. Enel and Crocodile nearly fought over their standing in the group, but Kirishima’s power stopped them and left both wary of him.
Crocodile offered Kirishima leads about ancient energy, including a hidden core beneath Baldimore and a mysterious sea vortex. Kirishima pointed toward the depths of the Calm Belt, leaving Crocodile and Enel to wonder what he sought there.
Kirishima Bupai detected a dangerous vortex and a Sea King ambush in the Calm Belt, then used a coordinate scroll to set a course for Water 7. As the Ark Maxim was surrounded, he drew Yamato and struck twice, cutting down the advancing Sea Kings.
Kirishima Bupai carved a passage through the Calm Belt with two slashes and brought the Ark Maxim to Water 7, where its arrival caused panic. He ordered Crocodile to safeguard the ship before preparing to take Yamato somewhere nice.
Kirishima Bupai brought Enel and Crocodile through a spatial rift to a school athletic field in the middle of the Holy Grail War, where Lancer and Archer were fighting. Their arrival disrupted the battle, and the Servants turned on the newcomers as witnesses.
Archer and Cu Chulainn faced Enel’s overwhelming lightning, while Kirishima Bupai remained calm and ordered Crocodile to take the Servants down. Cu Chulainn then charged Kirishima, enraged by his contemptuous command.
Enel intercepted Cu Chulainn’s attack on Kirishima, while Archer tried to exploit the clash to strike Kirishima and Crocodile stopped him. The battle continued with Cu Chulainn injured and Archer trapped in Crocodile’s sandstorm.
Enel and Crocodile overwhelmed Cu Chulainn and Archer until Rin Tohsaka and Sakura Matou arrived. Kirishima Bupai then stopped everyone’s movement with a glance, interrupting Archer’s attempt to activate Unlimited Blade Works and leaving Archer collapsed on one knee.
After Kirishima Bupai overwhelmed the fighters at the athletic field, he left with Crocodile and Enel and dismissed the Holy Grail War as boring. As they walked through Fuyuki, they encountered a clash between Iskandar and the King of Heroes.
Kirishima Bupai intervened in Gilgamesh and Iskandar’s battle, effortlessly stopping Gilgamesh’s Noble Phantasms and provoking the King of Heroes. Gilgamesh unleashed Ea and struck at Kirishima with Enuma Elish, leaving the outcome unresolved.
Kirishima Bupai erased Gilgamesh’s Enuma Elish and shattered the Sword of Rupture, then ordered Crocodile to defeat Iskandar. Kirishima finished both Heroic Spirits with Dimension Slashes, leaving Tokiomi Tohsaka terrified amid the ruined city block.
The Holy Church and Mage's Association classified Kirishima Bupai and his attendants as an existential threat after he defeated Gilgamesh and Iskandar, and organized a campaign to eliminate him. The surviving forces gathered at Ryuudou Temple while their leaders prepared a powerful sealing ritual, Divine Judgment.
Kirishima Bupai arrived at Ryuudou Temple with Crocodile and Enel, erased its barrier, and killed Assassin with ease. Enel then fought Heracles, whose repeated deaths and resurrections drove Illya to spend all three of her Command Spells as the battle continued.
Heracles spent three Command Spells to unleash his final attack on Enel, but Enel killed him with Divine Judgement. Crocodile then attacked Medea at the barrier’s nexus, while Soichiro Kuzuki was badly wounded trying to stop him.
Kirishima Bupai defeated Medea, Berserker, and Saber, leaving Shirou Emiya, Rin Tohsaka, and Sakura Matou devastated. With the Heroic Spirits annihilated, the corrupted Holy Grail erupted from beneath Ryuudou Temple and released All the World's Evil.
Kirishima erased the corrupted Holy Grail just as it was about to unleash its power, ending the catastrophe in Fuyuki City. He left through a dimensional rift with Crocodile and Enel, while the survivors remained in stunned silence.
The author apologized for rushing Kirishima Bupai’s Fuyuki City story to its end and thanked readers for following along. The book ended there, and the author hoped to meet readers again in a future story.