Recaps

Boer sent the Marines away with a donation of twelve hundred blades and demonstrated his control over metal by catching and inspecting Gion’s famous sword, Kompira. After the warship departed, the encounter left him resolved to become stronger so he could control his own destiny.

• Boer donated twelve hundred blades to the Marines and promised Gion he would not sell Pseudo-Black Blades to any faction.
• Boer caught Kompira between two fingers when Gion threw it at him and used his magnetic power to refine its internal structure.
• Boer returned Kompira to its scabbard with precise control and offered Gion’s associates blade services in exchange for a cooperative relationship.
• Gion accepted the offer conditionally and said she might shelter Boer from unnecessary trouble if he behaved sensibly.
• After the Marines’ warship left, Boer admitted his strength was still insufficient and resolved to become stronger.

Boer met with Caiyi to verify his theory about Armament Haki and discovered that his Magnetic Sense could disrupt its formation in a localized area. He then used his findings to awaken Armament Haki himself on his first attempt, leaving Caiyi stunned.

• Caiyi admitted he had little teaching experience and explained that he had awakened Armament Haki after repeated beatings from an elder.
• Boer used Extrasensory Vision to study Caiyi's Haki and noticed a brief drop in cellular activity after Caiyi released it.
• Boer concentrated his Magnetic Sense over Caiyi's wrist, making the area numb and preventing Caiyi's Armament Haki from covering it until Caiyi forced the energy through.
• Boer concluded that electromagnetic interference could obstruct the bioelectric currents behind Armament Haki, creating a potential weakness in its defense.
• Boer compressed his Magnetic Sense around his body and guided his life energy into a full suit of Armament Haki armor on his first attempt.
• Caiyi called Boer a monster and lamented how easily Boer had succeeded compared with his own painful awakening.

Boer discovered how to mix electricity with Armament Haki and expanded his magnetic perception to fourteen kilometers, where he sensed Nico Robin aboard a passenger liner approaching Bernia. After identifying her, he arranged discreet surveillance and preparations for her arrival.

• Boer mixed electrical energy into his Armament Haki, found that a 25% ratio was stable, and discovered that a higher ratio and an independent electrical armor harmed his body.
• Boer used life energy to expand his magnetic perception from eight kilometers to fourteen kilometers and established the limits of his current range.
• Boer sensed Nico Robin aboard a passenger liner and watched her return to her cabin, where she wondered whether someone was following her.
• Boer asked Caiyi what he would do with a rare rose in a dangerous wilderness, then invited him to remain in Bernia while they awaited news from Old Chinjao.
• Boer called Roland and Thatch and ordered harbor security adjustments, non-contact surveillance of the passenger liner, and reception preparations.

Nico Robin arrived in Bernia and was unexpectedly welcomed by Boer with lavish gifts, protection, and access to historical records. After Boer killed two Cipher Pol agents who had pursued her, he declared that he wanted her as his lover, and Robin demanded to know why he had chosen her.

• Nico Robin completed an Underworld commission, changed her clothes, and tried to leave Bernia Port after noticing a special reception for a noble passenger.
• Two bodyguards stopped Robin and escorted her to a welcoming ceremony prepared by Boer, where she received 79 million Beli, jewelry, clothing-store shares, and promises of Marine protection and library access.
• Thatch and Roland presented Boer’s gifts and arrangements to Robin as two captured Cipher Pol agents were thrown onto the red carpet.
• Boer descended at the dock and killed the Cipher Pol agents with steel needles before welcoming Robin to his home.
• Boer told Robin that he wanted her as his lover, and Robin restrained him with her hands and demanded to know why he had chosen her.
• Boer freed himself from Robin’s grasp, removed her veil, and said that the “White Monster” and the “Black Demon” were a match made in heaven.

Nico Robin accepted Boer's offer to manage the Kingdom Security Company and Steel Heavy Industry Consortium while continuing her archaeological work. Though wary of trusting him, she chose to stay in Bernia under his protection and watch what he would do.

• At dinner, Boer introduced Robin as his lover and Chloe, Allison, and Elena as his women.
• Boer offered Robin the choice of managing two major departments or focusing on archaeology, and promised not to force her into anything.
• Robin agreed to try managing the departments, prompting satisfaction from Boer and complicated reactions from the other women.
• Alone in her room, Robin reflected on her years in hiding, Boer's protection, and the rare books he had provided for her research.
• Robin decided to stay as an observer and participant, then used her ability to watch Boer training in the Iron-Encased Basement as he smiled at the flower appearing in his Extrasensory Vision.

Boer defeated Robin at chess and then appointed her to represent him with full authority over the Kingdom of Bernia. As Donquixote Family officers Pica and Buffalo flew toward Bernia to capture Boer, he prepared to meet the approaching intruders.

• Pica and Buffalo argued as they flew toward Bernia to capture Boer, with Pica warning that Boer had combat strength comparable to a Marine Vice Admiral.
• Boer and Robin discussed ancient artifacts and Bernia's growing port power while playing chess in a carriage.
• Robin won their chess game with a carefully planned attack, and Boer agreed to buy her top-grade East Blue coffee.
• At the Steel Club, Boer introduced Nico Robin to Prince Locke and appointed her to handle all the kingdom's affairs in his place.
• Boer ordered Thatch and Roland to route intelligence and documents through Robin, then guided her into the head seat.
• Boer noticed Pica and Buffalo approaching and prepared to entertain the uninvited visitors.

Boer defeated Pica and Buffalo after they came to Bernia to bring him to Doflamingo, then told Doflamingo he was coming to Dressrosa. He used the Vivre Card to set off with the two captured subordinates as his guests.

• Boer detected Pica and Buffalo approaching Bernia and waited for them in a metal chair in the sky.
• Pica attacked Boer, then threatened to destroy his country, prompting Boer to strike Pica and Buffalo and leave them badly injured.
• Buffalo called Doflamingo and reported that Boer was far stronger than the Navy intelligence had claimed.
• Boer dropped Pica onto the harbor ground, took Buffalo's Den Den Mushi, and told Doflamingo he would come to Dressrosa shortly.
• Pica resumed fighting with his Stone-Stone Fruit, but Boer restrained him with electrified metal serpents.
• Boer took Buffalo's Vivre Card, secured both men in his metal aircraft, and departed for Dressrosa.

Aaron Ball reached Dressrosa at extreme speed and confronted Donquixote Doflamingo, demanding payment for returning Pica and Buffalo before challenging him. After their clash, Boer ended the fight and Doflamingo agreed to discuss matters more peacefully.

• Boer accelerated his aircraft to Mach 8 and arrived at Dressrosa, where Doflamingo had gathered his officers after learning that Pica and Buffalo had been captured.
• Boer smashed through the palace meeting room ceiling and returned Pica and Buffalo in metal cocoons, then demanded five hundred million Beli from Doflamingo.
• Boer challenged Doflamingo, and the two clashed with Conqueror's Haki, strings, metal threads, and magnetic force fields.
• Doflamingo unleashed his awakened strings and Sixteen Holy Bullets: God Thread, but Boer stopped fighting before the palace and kingdom were destroyed.
• Doflamingo dispelled his ultimate attack and agreed to speak with Boer in a more friendly way.

Boer and Donquixote Doflamingo negotiated a weapons partnership at the Royal Palace of Dressrosa, each seeking profit while testing the other's limits. After Boer foiled Doflamingo's attempt to use Sugar against him, they agreed to cooperate, and Doflamingo warned Boer that powerful enemies might hinder his rise.

• Doflamingo offered Boer a deal to sell Black Blades through the Donquixote Family and proposed a revenue split.
• Boer and Doflamingo agreed to arrange private commissions for famous swords using rare metals, then haggled over their respective shares.
• Doflamingo sent Sugar toward Boer, hoping her Hobby-Hobby Fruit powers would give him leverage, but Boer detected the threat and caught her in a metal cocoon.
• Boer revealed that he knew Sugar was a Hobby-Hobby Fruit user, rejected Doflamingo's trick, and returned her to Trebol.
• Doflamingo and Boer settled on a fifty-fifty partnership covering one Black Blade-level weapon and one famous-sword commission each month.
• Boer proposed expanding cooperation to his consortium's other products, and Doflamingo warned him about the World Government, the Marines, and the New World Emperors.

After Aaron Boer’s surprise attack on Dressrosa made him a serious concern to the world’s powers, he spent a private bath with Nico Robin easing her tension and discussing her work and archaeological research. He left her safely in her bedroom, where Robin accepted the possibility of becoming his woman.

• The World Economy News Paper reported that Aaron Boer had reached Dressrosa from the West Blue in forty minutes, challenged Donquixote Doflamingo, and settled for five hundred million Beli, prompting the world’s powers to take him seriously.
• Boer asked Robin how she was managing her new responsibilities, then transformed a metal brick into a warm floating board and carried her onto it when she said she was not ready for more.
• Boer soothed Robin with a gentle massage and reassured her that she did not need to shoulder every task; Robin kissed his hand and called him her future man.
• Boer promised to accompany Robin to ancient ruins and discussed her research into historical carvings and the Void Century, deepening their connection.
• Boer dried and carried Robin to bed, kissed her forehead and lips, and left; Robin privately decided that becoming his woman might not be so bad.

Nico Robin received Capone Bege, who tried to intimidate her and hold her hostage to extort Boer. Boer arrived and overpowered Bege, but agreed to hear his proposal to bring the West Blue underworld into the Kingdom Security Company’s network.

• Robin reviewed welfare and infrastructure proposals and learned that Capone Bege was waiting to meet her.
• Bege threatened Robin, but she called Boer, who arrived at the office with a burst of electricity.
• Bege opened his body’s castle gates and aimed guns and cannons at Boer and Robin, but Boer trapped him and his weapons in a shrinking plasma shield.
• As Boer threatened to kill him, Bege offered to use the Mafia’s influence to unite the West Blue underworld and expand the Kingdom Security Company.
• Boer released Bege and invited him to the meeting room to discuss the business expansion.

Boer discussed recruiting trusted allies and the challenges of dismantling the West Blue gangs, then arranged a midnight meeting with Monkey D. Dragon and Bartholomew Kuma. He told Robin he feared the World Government would eventually target them and revealed he hoped to divert its attention by joining the Revolutionary Army with Capone Bege’s underworld network.

• Boer asked Thatch to invite trusted former schoolmates to help with their undertaking, while Capone Bege anxiously listened.
• Thatch and Robin warned that eliminating the West Blue gangs would leave problems of governance, commerce, and conflict with nobles and kingdoms.
• Boer asked Thatch to contact Dragon and Kuma for a midnight meeting at the Steel Club and told Capone Bege he would attend.
• After Thatch escorted Bege out, Boer spoke privately with Robin about using her public association with him as leverage to buy time from the World Government.
• Boer proposed that an alliance between the Revolutionary Army and Bege’s underworld network create turmoil across the West Blue and distract the World Government.

Boer outlined a revolutionary strategy to Dragon, Kuma, and Capone Bege, proposing that the Revolutionary Army build lasting grassroots bases with support from the West Blue gangs and Boer’s resources. Dragon found the plan feasible, while Bege considered the opportunity to transform his organization and unite the gangs.

• Boer met with Capone Bege and discussed Bege’s promise to hand over his West Blue resources after uniting the gangs.
• Dragon and Kuma arrived, and Boer used a metal map to explain how the World Government, pirates, and Revolutionary Army held power across the seas.
• Boer described how oppression reinforced itself and challenged Dragon to build institutions that would let liberated civilians govern and defend themselves.
• Boer proposed that the Revolutionary Army organize workers and farmers, establish lasting bases, and unite with sympathetic groups rather than rely on elite-led coups.
• Boer offered Bege’s smuggling routes and informants, his own funds and supplies, and the Kingdom of Bernia as an experimental base for the plan.
• Dragon called Boer’s vision feasible, while Kuma showed approval and Bege considered the chance to transform his gang network.

Boer warned Kuma that his visions suggested Ginny’s death and Kuma’s later self-sacrifice, then described a future in which Luffy became a white-haired warrior. Boer, Dragon, Kuma, and Capone Bege established an initial framework for cooperation in the West Blue, leaving Boer wondering how his actions would change the future.

• Boer told Kuma that his visions suggested he would lose a pink-haired woman and later sacrifice himself, causing Kuma to fear for Ginny until Dragon reminded him that the future could change.
• Boer described seeing a straw-hatted young man become a white-haired warrior who fought five powerful beings, and Robin lightened the tense conversation by asking about their shared future.
• Boer proposed supplying the Revolutionary Army through Bernia and its trade network, and Dragon revealed that he had known Robin’s mother, Olvia.
• Kuma told Robin that Revolutionary Army members had secretly protected and aided her during her years on the run, and Robin realized she had not been alone.
• Boer proposed using Capone Bege’s smuggling network to deliver supplies and recruit willing mafia members, and Bege agreed to consider the plan while expanding intelligence gathering.
• Boer, Dragon, Kuma, and Bege outlined an initial West Blue alliance, and Boer wondered what future his actions would bring.

Robin woke beside Boer and learned that Chloe and Allison’s presence at the estate represented the nobles’ alliance with him. Boer promised to accompany Robin on an archaeological expedition to the Death Burial Mounds, and they planned to leave the next day.

• Robin woke beside Boer, teased him, and playfully pinched and pulled his face after he startled her with cold metal.
• At breakfast, Elena explained that Chloe had gone to meet noblewomen and Allison was still asleep before her classes at Kingdom University.
• Elena told Robin that Chloe and Allison had moved into the Earl’s Estate as symbols and gifts of the nobles’ alliance with Boer.
• Robin teased Boer about the women at his estate, and he changed the subject by revealing that Thatch and Caiyi had arranged access to the Death Burial Mounds.
• Boer invited Robin to visit the burial site, and Robin agreed to go the next day after preparing for the archaeological expedition.
• Boer promised to stay with Robin wherever she went, and Robin accepted a piece of meat from him.

Boer prepared a metal eagle and a magnetic hover scooter for Robin's archaeological journey, then took her flying toward the Flower Country. After sharing an exhilarating free fall and a high-speed flight, Robin kissed Boer.

• Boer used magnetic control to build a giant metal eagle and showed Robin a hover scooter designed to help her avoid tomb traps.
• Copperhammer and Thatch supplied the scooter and emergency oxygen cylinders before Boer and Robin departed for the Flower Country.
• Boer flew Robin above Bernia, where she delighted in her first clear view of the world from the sky.
• Robin threw herself into Boer's arms, and Boer leaped with her from the eagle into a controlled free fall.
• Boer slowed their descent, spread glowing wings, and raced with Robin over the forest before hovering above a hill.
• Robin kissed Boer as they hovered in the air.

Boer and Robin arrived in the Flower Country, where Caiyi and Chinjao welcomed them with a lavish visit to the Cai Residence. The next morning, they set out for the feared Thousand Mounds Plain, equipped with supplies from the Happo Navy.

• Boer landed his metal eagle at the Happo Navy base and reunited with Caiyi, who insisted that he and Robin attend a welcoming feast.
• Robin shared her fear that her peaceful life with Boer might be a dream, and Boer comforted her during the carriage ride to the Cai Residence.
• Chinjao and the Cai family hosted Boer and Robin for a banquet, then Abu showed them around the Royal Capital.
• After spending the night at the Cai Residence, Boer and Robin received supplies and a Den Den Mushi from Caiyi and Abu.
• Boer and Robin departed for Thousand Mounds Plain, also known as the Death Burial Mounds.

Robin and Boer investigated the Thousand Mounds Plain and discovered that its oldest burial ground centered on an ancient, still-functioning obelisk. After Robin deciphered its inscriptions and Boer found the concealed entrance they described, they prepared to enter the underground tomb.

• Robin and Boer explored the mist-covered burial ground, where Robin identified tombs from two different eras and traced the oldest ones toward the center.
• Boer detected nine hidden entrances around the obelisk, all of them deadly traps, while Robin recognized that the obelisk’s unusual material resembled Poneglyph stone.
• Boer cleaned the obelisk, revealing inscriptions, and sensed that it functioned as an ancient information terminal; Robin identified references to coordinates, authentication keys, and a cryptic prophecy.
• Robin interpreted the prophecy as directions to a concealed entrance, but Boer used his perception to locate it without waiting for a celestial event.
• Boer revealed a hidden black doorway in the slope north of the obelisk, and he invited Robin to enter the underground tomb with him.

Boer and Robin navigated the Death Burial Mounds’ deadly traps and uncovered murals suggesting a connection to the Void Century before retrieving a scroll from a sealed coffin. The tomb collapsed in an explosion, but Robin left with the scroll and renewed determination to continue her archaeological journey.

• Boer removed the black gate and led Robin through a passage, warning her about the traps and identifying a chamber lined with dangerous Seastone.
• Boer and Robin examined murals depicting a white demon’s defeat, the division of the world into twenty regions, and the later imprisonment of the man who took the demon’s scepter.
• Boer guided Robin past the deadly sun and moon shafts and into an underground cavern illuminated by transplanted roots of Sunlight Tree Eve, where a vast pool of mercury concealed the tomb’s coffin.
• Boer controlled the mercury to reach the coffin, extracted a small metal box, and triggered a catastrophic explosion that forced him to carry Robin out as the tomb collapsed.
• Robin opened the box and read a scroll describing courage, wisdom, trust, freedom, and truth as the true inheritance, then resolved to continue her archaeological journey.

Boer ended his electrical training and met Buffalo, who delivered rare metals and a Devil Fruit from Doflamingo as payment for their agreement. Boer forged the volcanic mica gold into a powerful flaming blade and demonstrated its strength, leaving Buffalo stunned.

• Boer absorbed the electricity in the Training Ground and learned from Robin that Buffalo had arrived with special metals and a Devil Fruit.
• Buffalo recognized Nico Robin and considered reporting her identity to Doflamingo, while Robin secretly locked the Meeting Room door behind him.
• Buffalo presented Boer with deep-sea pressure steel, volcanic mica gold, self-repairing womb metal, and the Bandage-Bandage Fruit as settlement of the five-hundred-million-Beli debt.
• Boer accepted the payment and used magnetic control to forge the volcanic mica gold into a blade, then coated it in Armament Haki and awakened its fiery energy channels.
• Boer demonstrated the Flame Cutter with a sweeping strike that sent a huge wave of flaming sword energy into the sky, and asked Buffalo whether he was satisfied.

Boer left Robin to answer an emergency distress call and rescued the Kingdom of Jeff Hardy from Ralph Pito’s pirate raid. After killing Pito and noticing Cipher Pol observers, Boer returned to Robin with roses.

• Raymont called Boer and reported that Ralph Pito was attacking the Kingdom of Jeff Hardy, so Boer flew there to help.
• Boer used magnetic shock waves to kill the raiders and rioters committing violence, then extinguished the fires as he moved through the city.
• Boer confronted Pito in the Royal Palace, saved a maid from being thrown at him, and blocked Pito’s escape with a thunder net and scorching force field.
• Boer killed Pito with his light sword, while a Cipher Pol No. 5 agent observed the battle and assessed Boer’s abilities.
• Boer spotted the Cipher Pol observers, then returned to Bernia and gave Robin roses after her bath.

Boer welcomed Thatch’s master, Hokushin Ichiteru, and the Divine Mind One Sword Style to the port, giving Hokushin two finely forged swords and the Bandage-Bandage Fruit. The fruit restored Hokushin’s youth and strength, and he pledged the school’s allegiance to Boer before vowing to restore its reputation.

• Robin and Boer arrived at the pier to meet Thatch and Camille, and Thatch explained that he wanted his master to eat the Bandage-Bandage Fruit to recover from his old injuries.
• Hokushin Ichiteru arrived with the Divine Mind One Sword Style and recognized Boer as White Calamity Aaron Ball.
• Boer presented Hokushin with the odachi Azure Abyss and wakizashi Butterfly Cutter, while Thatch offered him the Bandage-Bandage Fruit.
• Hokushin ate the fruit, endured a ravenous transformation, and regained his youth and strength by devouring a large sea fish.
• Hokushin pledged himself and the Divine Mind One Sword Style to Boer, then ordered the disciples to begin morning practice two hours earlier so the school could reclaim its name.

Cipher Pol No. 3 confronted Rear Admiral Raymont over Aaron Ball’s actions in the Kingdom of Jeff and his suspected role in protecting Nico Robin, but Raymont defended his choices. In the New World, Shanks warned Dracule Mihawk about Aaron’s Pseudo-Black Blade technology, and Mihawk set out to investigate him.

• Cipher Pol No. 3's commander accused Rear Admiral Raymont of failing to stop Aaron Ball and concealing Nico Robin's whereabouts, but Raymont denied wrongdoing and blamed his choices on Aaron's power and Marine response times.
• After the Cipher Pol agents left, Raymont worried that Boer might bring disaster upon the West Blue.
• Shanks told Dracule Mihawk that Aaron Ball's Pseudo-Black Blade technology could disrupt the world's balance if it spread.
• Mihawk agreed to examine Aaron and his weapons for himself, then sailed away in his coffin boat.

Boer confronted his limits in a sparring match with Hokushin Ichiteru, whose swordsmanship overwhelmed him despite his strength and perception. Afterward, Hokushin agreed to join Boer's security company and entrusted his disciples' future to him.

• Boer reflected on his limited endurance and the gap between his strength and the world's top fighters before inviting Hokushin Ichiteru to spar.
• Boer and Hokushin exchanged powerful attacks, and Hokushin's skill repeatedly countered Boer's strength and Extrasensory Vision.
• Hokushin gained the advantage with a flying kick and a relentless sword assault, then stopped the match and praised Boer's potential.
• Boer acknowledged Hokushin's mastery, and Hokushin explained that the Divine Mind One Sword Style needed a future for its disciples.
• Boer promised the disciples safe roles, fair compensation, and support, and Hokushin agreed to join his company and intensify their training.

Cipher Pol 9 sent Miriam to photograph Aaron Ball and Nico Robin, but Aaron caught her and she died after taking poison. Aaron destroyed Dask’s escape boat and confronted Rear Admiral Raymont, leaving the Marines scrambling to respond to the apparent Cipher Pol operation.

• Dask sent Miriam, disguised as a bat with a miniature camera, to spy on Aaron and Nico Robin at the Earl’s Estate.
• Aaron detected Miriam, caught her outside the bedroom, and removed her camera, but she swallowed a poison capsule and died.
• Dask fled by speedboat, but Aaron disabled its engine with a bolt of electricity, sending it crashing into reefs.
• Spandine learned that the operation had failed and lashed out at his secretary before worrying about the cost and consequences.
• Aaron called Rear Admiral Raymont and accused the Marines or World Government of sending Miriam; Raymont blamed Cipher Pol and promised to report the incident to Marineford.