Recaps

In Loguetown, Chen Yu and Monkey D. Dragon met while Dragon rescued Luffy from Smoker, and the two leaders clashed over their competing visions for the world. Chen Yu let the Straw Hat Pirates escape, ordered his agents to track the Revolutionary Army and Luffy, and left Marine Headquarters alarmed by his appearance.

• Chen Yu watched Luffy fight Smoker until a storm erupted over the Execution Platform, and Dragon appeared to protect Luffy.
• Dragon freed Luffy and neutralized Smoker’s attacks, while Chen Yu stopped Smoker and crushed his Seastone-tipped Jitte.
• Chen Yu and Dragon confronted each other, clashing over revolution, centralized rule, and the future of the world before Dragon vanished.
• Chen Yu let Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates sail away, then ordered the Wind-Listening Guard to monitor Dragon and investigate the Will of D.
• Chen Yu told Guo Jia that Luffy’s destiny could draw the old world’s attention while his empire grew stronger, and ordered surveillance of the Grand Line routes.
• Sengoku and the other Marine leaders read Smoker’s report and grew alarmed that Chen Yu had met Dragon in Loguetown.

Guan Yu oversaw the Kaiyuan Empire’s consolidation of Sky Island and prepared to escort the captured Enel back to Chang'an. In the capital, Chen Yu approved a covert plan to investigate Crocodile and Pluton in Alabasta, dispatching Ma Chao and Zhou Yu as the Empire turned its attention toward the Grand Line.

• Guan Yu reviewed Sky Island’s construction, defenses, resources, and ancient documents while Wyper prepared a hundred Shandia warriors to escort Enel.
• Imperial officials, craftsmen, scholars, and medical officers arrived to organize Sky Island’s administration and public works.
• Chen Yu’s court discussed intelligence linking Crocodile and Baroque Works to Alabasta’s unrest and identified Pluton as Crocodile’s likely objective.
• Zhuge Liang proposed covert research, intelligence work, and contact with King Cobra, and Chen Yu appointed Ma Chao and Zhou Yu to make the initial approach.
• Guan Yu departed Sky Island with Enel and Wyper’s warriors, leaving Gan Ning in charge of the island’s defenses.

Ma Chao and Zhou Yu secretly surveyed Alabasta from an airship, seeking evidence of Crocodile’s schemes without exposing the Kaiyuan Empire. They spotted armed men terrorizing an oasis village and prepared to watch the confrontation unfold.

• Ma Chao urged Zhou Yu to land in Alubarna, but Zhou Yu insisted they keep their mission secret and gather evidence against Crocodile.
• Zhou Yu identified signs of a Baroque Works operation near an abandoned temple and warned that an overt attack could endanger King Cobra and Alabasta’s civilians.
• Following a Wind-Listening Guard report, Ma Chao and Zhou Yu hid their airship in clouds and used Observation Haki to inspect a village.
• They saw about fifty armed men beating villagers and demanding information about hidden grain and rebel collaborators.
• The masked leader kicked an elderly villager and ordered his men to kill the villagers, starting with a child.

Ma Chao and Zhou Yu intervened in a Baroque Works raid on a desert village, with Ma Chao incapacitating the agents and capturing their leader. Zhou Yu stopped the operation’s hidden overseer, Miss Merry Christmas, as she tried to escape through the sand.

• Ma Chao and Zhou Yu identified the attackers as Baroque Works agents and agreed to rescue the villagers while concealing their Imperial identities.
• Ma Chao descended into the village and used Mamaragan Heavenly Prison to incapacitate the agents, then stopped their leader from signaling for help and seized him for questioning.
• Zhou Yu tracked the hidden overseer as the figure fled beneath a sand dune and used Pure Heart Lock to sever her connection to the sand and immobilize her.
• The hooded figure was revealed to be Miss Merry Christmas, a senior Baroque Works agent and Mole-Mole Fruit user.

Zhou Yu and Ma Chao captured Baroque Works agents and saved the surviving villagers, then set course for Rainbase to contact King Cobra’s agent and prepare their evidence against Crocodile. After learning the operation had failed, Crocodile ordered phase two of the Utopia Operation and sent the Billions to hunt down the intruders.

• Zhou Yu exposed Miss Merry Christmas as a senior Baroque Works agent and took her recording dial and telescope as evidence.
• Ma Chao reported that the villagers were safe, and Zhou Yu used Ho-Oh’s blessing to heal the injured and comfort the survivors.
• Zhou Yu explained why they would go to Rainbase to meet King Cobra’s “Nightingale” and prepare their evidence before confronting Crocodile.
• Zhou Yu shackled Miss Merry Christmas, and he and Ma Chao boarded a stealth airship with the prisoners and evidence bound for Rainbase.
• Crocodile learned that Miss Merry Christmas and her squad had gone missing, then ordered phase two of the Utopia Operation and sent the Billions to find the intruders.

Zhou Yu and Ma Chao brought captured Baroque Works agents and forged evidence to a Wind-Listening Guard safe house, where they met Princess Vivi. Vivi explained how Crocodile’s schemes were turning the kingdom against itself, and Zhou Yu asked her for intelligence on Crocodile’s location and plans.

• Zhou Yu and Ma Chao entered the Rainbase safe house with Miss Merry Christmas and the other prisoners they had captured.
• Zhou Yu recognized the disguised woman as Princess Nefertari D. Vivi, who welcomed the Kaiyuan Empire’s envoys and described her undercover work in Baroque Works.
• Sand Fox and Night Owl examined the prisoners and seized evidence, confirming that Baroque Works had staged attacks to frame rebels and the Kingdom Army.
• Vivi explained that Crocodile used the resulting unrest to undermine the kingdom while posing as its protector, and said they needed evidence of his larger plan.
• Zhou Yu pledged the empire’s help and asked Vivi what she knew about Crocodile’s location, forces, and plans in Rainbase.

Vivi revealed that Crocodile might be seeking the Ancient Weapon Pluton at the Nefertari royal family’s forbidden Funerary Temple, and Zhou Yu offered the Kaiyuan Empire’s help. When Baroque Works agents found their safe house, Zhou Yu and Ma Chao prepared an ambush while Vivi and her allies escaped through a hidden passage.

• Vivi identified the Funerary Temple near the Sandora River as Crocodile’s possible target, and Zhou Yu connected it to Pluton.
• Zhou Yu persuaded Vivi that the Kaiyuan Empire could help protect Alabasta, and Vivi agreed that Crocodile must be stopped.
• Vivi explained that Crocodile’s surveillance had cut off her contact with King Cobra and that her father had warned of a planned attack on Alubarna.
• Night Owl detected intruders, and Sand Fox identified them as Mr. 5, Miss Valentine, and Mr. 4; Zhou Yu suspected they had tracked Miss Merry Christmas.
• Zhou Yu and Ma Chao used a hidden passage plan to help Vivi, Night Owl, and Sand Fox escape, then concealed themselves as the Baroque Works agents entered the safe house.
• Miss Valentine warned the others just as Ma Chao’s lightning-wreathed spear strike descended from the ceiling.

Ma Chao defeated Mr. 5, Mr. 4, and Miss Valentine in Rainbase, while Zhou Yu began interrogating the captured agents about Crocodile and the Utopia Operation. Crocodile learned that intruders had entered the city and ordered his forces to accelerate the plan for Alubarna and tighten surveillance across Rainbase.

• Ma Chao pierced Mr. 5’s explosive attack with his lightning spear and burned his shoulder.
• Ma Chao disrupted Miss Valentine’s weight ability, destroyed Mr. 4’s shells, and captured Miss Valentine with a controlled lightning shock.
• Ma Chao struck Mr. 5 and Mr. 4 into a stone wall, leaving two of Baroque Works’ officer agents severely injured and one captive.
• Zhou Yu restrained and healed Mr. 5 as he demanded information about Crocodile, the Utopia Operation, and the Funerary Temple.
• Crocodile ordered his agents to speed up the operation in Alubarna and told Mr. 2 to prepare the next stage.
• Crocodile ordered Mr. 1 to raise Rainbase’s alert level and have the Billions monitor the city without engaging the intruders.

Crocodile investigated the destruction of a Baroque Works base and prepared to defend his plans for Pluton as Zhou Yu and Ma Chao infiltrated Rain Dinners to seek evidence against him. The two reached the banquet, where they prepared to make their move while Crocodile learned they had arrived and threatened Princess Vivi.

• Crocodile learned that Mr. 5, Miss Valentine, and Mr. 4 were missing after their base was destroyed, and he ordered Mr. 2 to accelerate his operation in Alaburna.
• Zhou Yu and Ma Chao planned to use Crocodile's banquet as cover to enter Rain Dinners' underground levels and find evidence of the Utopia Operation.
• Sand Fox brought the invitations and warned that Baroque Works was searching the city, so Zhou Yu and Ma Chao left for Rain Dinners early.
• Zhou Yu and Ma Chao entered Rain Dinners with their weapons and attended the banquet, while Zhou Yu sensed Crocodile's presence below.
• Crocodile learned that Zhou Yu and Ma Chao had entered Rain Dinners, destroyed a portrait of the royal family, and vowed to kill the intruders.
• Zhou Yu and Ma Chao mingled with the banquet guests and prepared for their operation to begin.

Zhou Yu and Ma Chao were lured into a trap beneath Rain Dinners, where they defeated Crocodile’s agents and faced Crocodile himself. As Crocodile unleashed a devastating sandstorm, Zhou Yu and Ma Chao combined their powers to meet it head-on, shaking all of Rainbase.

• Zhou Yu accepted a merchant’s invitation to the VIP room while Ma Chao warned him that observers and a huge mechanism were lurking beneath the casino.
• Zhou Yu shielded the merchant from a poisoned needle, then protected the group from machine-gun fire in a trapped underground corridor.
• Ma Chao transformed into his Zekrom Fruit-human-beast form and struck the bronze gate, revealing Crocodile, Mr. 1, and Mr. 2 beyond it.
• Mr. 1 and Mr. 2 attacked Zhou Yu and Ma Chao, but Ma Chao’s lightning strike knocked them unconscious while Zhou Yu protected the merchant.
• Crocodile unleashed his Desert Funeral attack, and Zhou Yu and Ma Chao answered with the Ho-Oh Fruit-Heaven-Scorching Flames and Zekrom Fruit-Ideal Thunder as their powers collided with the sandstorm.

Zhou Yu and Ma Chao defeated Crocodile beneath Rainbase, then searched his archive and found evidence of his plans and experiments. As an ancient mechanism shook the underground, they escaped Rainbase with Sand Fox and Princess Vivi, while Rain Dinners began to sink.

• Zhou Yu’s Ho-Oh power purified Crocodile’s sand as Ma Chao’s Zekrom lightning tore through his awakened Sand Inferno.
• Ma Chao’s spear gravely wounded Crocodile and pierced the Bronze Gate, and Crocodile agreed to retreat rather than risk dying.
• Zhou Yu and Ma Chao entered Crocodile’s archive, found four unconscious Baroque Works agents, and recovered files and a blood sample labeled as Nefertari D. Vivi’s royal blood.
• When the underground began shaking, Zhou Yu and Ma Chao decided to withdraw and leave the Funerary Temple to Straw Hat Luffy.
• Zhou Yu and Ma Chao escaped Rainbase with the fat merchant and met Sand Fox and Princess Vivi as Rain Dinners began sinking.

Zhou Yu and Ma Chao split from Vivi and Sand Fox, drawing Crocodile’s forces toward Yuba while Vivi’s party traveled Scorpion Road toward Alubarna with evidence of Crocodile’s crimes. Crocodile learned of their movements and ordered an attack on Yuba as he advanced his plan to seize Alabasta and claim Pluton.

• Vivi, Zhou Yu, Ma Chao, and Sand Fox planned to split up, with Vivi and Sand Fox carrying evidence to Alubarna and Zhou Yu and Ma Chao going to Yuba to investigate the poisoned water and draw pursuers away.
• Sand Fox led Vivi and the Sand Scorpion Squad onto Scorpion Road, where they avoided quicksand and fought through a pack of Hammer-Tail Sand Lizards.
• Zhou Yu and Ma Chao disguised themselves as Baroque Works Billions and planted misleading evidence and a coded message to persuade Crocodile’s forces that they were fleeing toward Yuba.
• Crocodile learned that the evidence had been taken and ordered Mr. 1 to tell Mr. 7 to use “that thing” against Yuba, while leaving Scorpion Road unblocked.
• Crocodile ordered Mr. 2 to begin destroying King Cobra and Vivi’s reputations and declared that he would take Alabasta and obtain Pluton.

Zhou Yu and Ma Chao infiltrated Yuba, exposed Baroque Works’ deliberate contamination of the city’s water, and sparked an uprising to cover their approach to the city lord’s residence. They moved toward its underground warehouse to uncover the “Final Purge” plan and Crocodile’s hidden cargo.

• Zhou Yu and Ma Chao pretended to be near death, then Ma Chao defeated Mr. 7 and Miss Father's Day with a lightning strike and escaped with Zhou Yu into Yuba.
• Zhou Yu and Ma Chao disguised themselves as residents and observed Baroque Works controlling the city’s scarce water while its people suffered.
• Ma Chao knocked out the guards abusing an old man and his granddaughter, while Zhou Yu took their leader’s notebook and found records of Desiccant Type 3 being added to Yuba’s wells.
• Zhou Yu discovered that the notebook mentioned special cargo in the city lord’s residence’s underground warehouse, guarded by Mr. 7 and connected to the Final Purge plan.
• Zhou Yu and Ma Chao set off explosions near Baroque Works-controlled wells, provoking Yuba’s residents to fight the guards as the pair slipped toward the city lord’s residence.

King Cobra’s illness concealed a plot to poison and replace him, while Vivi and her escorts crossed the deadly Wind-Eroded Canyon on their way to Alubarna. The chapter ended with Vivi wounded but alive at Withered Oasis, as the Royal Capital remained unaware of the danger approaching it.

• Cobra learned from Pell that Chaka had found a suspicious warehouse in Cateria and that the Dance Powder trail led inside the kingdom, while Vivi remained out of contact.
• A bribed royal physician poisoned Cobra’s medicine, and Mr. 2 Bon Clay used the secret refuge beneath the bedchamber to replace the unconscious king while Pell stood guard outside.
• Sand Fox led Vivi and the remaining Wind Traveler members into Wind-Eroded Canyon, where violent winds and Scary Face Vultures attacked them.
• Vivi’s Den Den Mushi shield blocked a fatal strike from the Vulture King, and Sand Fox wounded the creature as the group fought its way through the canyon.
• The survivors reached Withered Oasis, where Sand Fox treated Vivi’s back wounds and prepared to lead them toward the underground passage to the palace’s old garden.

Mr. 2 Bon Clay impersonated King Cobra in the palace, while the real king’s whereabouts remained unknown. Vivi returned to Alubarna with evidence of Crocodile’s crimes, met Pell, and hid in a secret chamber as they prepared to uncover the king’s fate and plan a counterattack.

• Mr. 2 Bon Clay revealed that he had been impersonating King Cobra and intended to use Vivi’s return to discredit and condemn her.
• Vivi, Sand Fox, Wind Traveler A, and Wind Traveler C emerged from the palace’s abandoned sewer exit, and Sand Fox summoned Pell with a secret signal.
• Pell told Vivi that he and Chaka suspected the king in his bedchamber was an impostor and warned that the palace might be a trap for her.
• Sand Fox refused to hand over the evidence, and Pell led Vivi and her companions to a hidden chamber in the Old Garden.
• Pell left to contact Chaka and plan how to verify the real king’s safety, while Vivi treated her wounds and vowed to keep the evidence safe.

Vivi remained hidden in a secret chamber while Pell lured Sand Fox to a staged battle at Mirror Lake, where they discovered the enemy’s trap. With covert operatives sent by Lord Zhou Yu helping them escape, Sand Fox and Pell fled as the false king’s forces began searching the palace for Vivi.

• Pell told Sand Fox that Chaka was surrounded at Mirror Lake, and Sand Fox left Vivi under the protection of Wind Traveler A and Wind Traveler C.
• At Mirror Lake, Sand Fox recognized signs of an ambush and exposed the false Chaka’s attack on Pell.
• Pell and Sand Fox fought the bald commander, the disguised impostor, and their forces, but a Spiral Spike disrupted their movements and put them in danger.
• Shadow Shuriken, Heavy Axe, and Chain Sickle arrived on Lord Guo’s orders, helped Pell and Sand Fox break through the encirclement, and escaped with them.
• The bald commander ordered the palace sealed and searched for Vivi, while the false Chaka prepared to accelerate the plan against Pell and the others.

Mr. 2 ordered a purge of the Old Garden to capture Vivi, but Zhou Yu rescued her from a Cleaner ambush and led her allies out of Alubarna. The group headed for a concealed outpost while Mr. 2 prepared to frame them as rebels and bring Crocodile into the palace.

• Mr. 2 learned that Pell had escaped the Mirror Lake ambush and ordered forces to search the Old Garden, with a plan to destroy hiding places if the search failed.
• Wind Traveler A and Wind Traveler C led Vivi through a secret passage and killed two guards at the exit, but the Cleaners ambushed them in the street.
• Zhou Yu arrived and drove off the Cleaners with his golden flames, declaring that Hua Country protected Vivi.
• Pell, Sand Fox, and the Wind-Listening Guard agents regrouped with Vivi and Zhou Yu, then followed Shadow Shuriken out of Alubarna toward a concealed outpost.
• Mr. 2 found the Old Garden empty and began drafting a wanted notice accusing Pell and his allies of abducting Vivi, while planning to invite Crocodile into the palace.

Ma Chao arrived in Yuba and fought Crocodile, destroying Baroque Works’ forces and killing their leader. He then ordered the survivors to surrender and flew off to suppress the remaining resistance, leaving the city’s future uncertain.

• Crocodile ordered Mr. 11 and Miss .12 to destroy Yuba and frame the Kingdom Army and Rebel Army for the devastation.
• Ma Chao struck the square with lightning, announced that he had come to execute Crocodile, and challenged him.
• Ma Chao countered Crocodile’s sand attacks and wounded him with a lightning-infused Ryuo spear thrust.
• Ma Chao unleashed a massive lightning storm that devastated the square and left Crocodile seriously injured.
• Ma Chao killed Crocodile with the Thunderfall Dragon Spear, declared Baroque Works dissolved, and demanded the surviving agents surrender.
• The surviving Baroque Works members surrendered, and Ma Chao flew off to put down the remaining resistance in Yuba.

Zhou Yu planned to expose the false King Cobra at morning court while rescuing the real king from the Old Garden. As the false king accused Pell of treason, a palace assault began, and a familiar voice challenged him from outside the hall.

• Zhou Yu argued that the real King Cobra was probably alive and devised a two-pronged plan to expose the impostor and rescue the king.
• Vivi agreed to help, while Pell, Sand Fox, and the others prepared to search the Old Garden, spread evidence, and draw the false king's forces away.
• At morning court, Mr. 2, disguised as Cobra, accused Pell of attempting regicide and abducting Vivi.
• An explosion and an assault at the eastern palace gate interrupted the court, prompting Mr. 2 to dispatch the Shadow Hounds and Cleaners.
• A commanding voice called the false king an impostor, and the hall's doors began to open.

Cobra and Vivi exposed Bon Clay’s impersonation of the king and presented evidence against Crocodile, but Vice Admiral Gion intervened to take control of the investigation. Zhou Yu clashed briefly with Gion, and the chapter ended as Ma Chao breached the palace gate.

• Cobra returned to the hall with Pell and the others, reunited with Vivi, and revealed that Bon Clay had impersonated him on Crocodile’s orders.
• Pell distributed documents and photographs proving Crocodile had used Dance Powder and backed the rebels, turning the officials against Bon Clay.
• Vice Admiral Gion arrived with Marines and ordered the parties to cooperate with her investigation, drawing suspicion from Cobra and Zhou Yu.
• Zhou Yu challenged Gion’s attempt to detain them, then exchanged blows with her and unfurled his golden flame wings as they prepared to fight.
• A guard reported that a silver-armored general riding a Lightning Steed had destroyed the palace gate, and Zhou Yu and Gion recognized the likely arrival of Ma Chao.

Ma Chao arrived at Alabasta’s palace and challenged Vice Admiral Gion after Zhou Yu identified the real King Cobra and the impostor, Mr. 2. Ma Chao defeated Gion in battle, but before the Marines could settle the confrontation, Admiral Borsalino appeared.

• Ma Chao entered the ruined hall as Zhou Yu identified Cobra and Vivi as the rightful royals and accused Gion of protecting Mr. 2.
• Gion struck at Ma Chao, but he blocked her attack and overwhelmed her in a clash of swordsmanship and lightning.
• Cobra confirmed that Ma Chao and Zhou Yu had come at Vivi’s request and declared Mr. 2 the traitor conspiring with Crocodile.
• Borsalino appeared in the shattered hall and acknowledged Ma Chao’s strength, prompting Ma Chao to raise his spear toward the Admiral.

Kizaru intervened in the Alabasta palace confrontation and fought Ma Chao while Zhou Yu defended Cobra, Vivi, and the others. The battle escalated into Kizaru’s Yasakani no Magatama colliding with Ma Chao’s Thunder God Descends, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Kizaru arrived at the ruined palace and challenged Ma Chao and Zhou Yu over their actions in a World Government member state.
• Ma Chao charged Kizaru with Extreme Speed: Thunder Fang Thrust, but Kizaru detonated a light projectile in his path, and Ma Chao survived by shielding himself with Haki and lightning.
• Kizaru vanished and struck Ma Chao with a Light-Speed Kick, while Ma Chao answered with Thunderbolt Strike: Eight Directions; their collision devastated the palace grounds and left Ma Chao badly wounded.
• Kizaru launched Yasakani no Magatama at Ma Chao, Zhou Yu, Cobra, Vivi, Pell, and the others, while Zhou Yu formed a phoenix-shaped Sacred Fire barrier to protect them.
• Ma Chao rose and unleashed Thunder God Descends, sending a pillar of lightning into Kizaru’s descending golden projectiles.

Ma Chao broke through to Admiral level after surviving his clash with Kizaru, and Zhou Yu kept Gion from joining the fight. Kizaru withdrew with Mr. 2, leaving Ma Chao and Zhou Yu to help Cobra restore order in Alabasta.

• Ma Chao and Kizaru's attacks collided, devastating the royal palace, while Zhou Yu shielded Cobra, Vivi, and the others from the blast.
• Badly wounded but still standing, Ma Chao broke through to Admiral level as his lightning power transformed and his injuries began to heal.
• Zhou Yu blocked Gion from aiding Kizaru, and Kizaru chose to withdraw rather than risk a costly battle.
• Kizaru's Marines took Mr. 2 with them, while Zhou Yu and Kizaru agreed to set aside their conflict for the moment.
• Zhou Yu and Ma Chao thanked Cobra for his trust and urged him to restore order; Ma Chao began recovering while preparing to secure the Royal Capital.

Zhou Yu helped King Cobra restore order in Alabasta while Ma Chao used his newly mastered lightning powers to crush resistance across Alubarna. As reconstruction plans took shape, Kizaru reported the Hua Country’s growing influence to the Marines and urged a reassessment.

• Zhou Yu and King Cobra discussed rebuilding Alabasta, and Cobra accepted Koza’s terms for the Rebel Army’s surrender while ordering a purge of officials who had colluded with Baroque Works.
• Ma Chao finished consolidating his new power and used precise lightning strikes to eliminate resistance at Earl Duvall’s estate without leaving his recovery platform.
• Ma Chao’s lightning swept through Alubarna over the following hours, defeating armed holdouts and enabling Pell and Chaka to arrest conspirators and seize evidence.
• Zhou Yu advised Cobra to prioritize relief, reconstruction, and an amnesty for deceived Rebel Army soldiers, while Vivi wondered about the Hua Country and its ruler, Chen Yu.
• Kizaru learned that Crocodile had died and that the Hua Country had become deeply involved in Alabasta, then reported the threat to Sengoku and Mary Geoise and requested more resources to investigate Pluton.

The Straw Hat Pirates, Portgas D. Ace, and Smoker’s Marines converged in Alabasta, where their fight in a restaurant drew Ma Chao’s intervention. Ma Chao subdued and imprisoned them for three days, after which Luffy’s crew prepared to resume their voyage while Ace and Smoker departed.

• The Straw Hat Pirates, Portgas D. Ace, and Smoker arrived in Alabasta as the kingdom rebuilt under Ma Chao’s protection.
• Smoker confronted Luffy at a restaurant, and Ace revealed that he was Luffy’s older brother before the Marines and pirates began fighting.
• Ma Chao stopped the brawl with his Haki, defeated Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Smoker, and Ace with a lightning attack, and ordered them imprisoned alongside their companions.
• Ma Chao sentenced the troublemakers to three days in custody and promised the restaurant owner double compensation for the damage.
• After three days, Ace left to resume his pursuit of Blackbeard, Smoker departed with his Marines, and the Straw Hat Pirates stayed in Alabasta briefly to rest and resupply.