Recaps

Boer questioned Tashigi and Smoker about Marine justice, then used his magnetic-field ability to travel from Loguetown to Alabasta. After searching unsuccessfully for Nico Robin, he obtained an Eternal Pose to Jaya and departed.

• Boer drew out Tashigi’s knowledge of Jaya and challenged her and Smoker to question the World Government’s justice and its protection of the Celestial Dragons.
• Smoker arrived at the café and resisted Boer’s invitation to fight the World Government, while Tashigi demanded that Boer leave Loguetown.
• Boer vanished from the café, found Loguetown’s underground black market, and bought an Eternal Pose to Alabasta.
• Boer teleported to Alabasta in a vast aurora, exhausting himself before recovering and searching the kingdom for Nico Robin without finding her.
• Boer bought an Eternal Pose to Jaya and teleported away from Alabasta.

Boer attacked Mary Geoise with a massive plasma sphere after probing the Flower Room and discovering that Imu possessed Lilith and drew power through a network connected to Sunlight Tree Eve. The explosion devastated the Red Line around the Holy Land, but Imu shielded Mary Geoise, then summoned the Elders to deal with the aftermath and report to her.

• Saint Saturn learned that Aaron Ball had destroyed dozens of Cipher Pol sites in East Blue and feared the organization would collapse or turn against the World Government.
• Boer scanned Mary Geoise, provoked Imu by probing the Flower Room, and discovered that Imu occupied Lilith's body and drew energy through a network connected to Sunlight Tree Eve.
• Boer created and hurled a thousand-meter plasma sphere at Mary Geoise, then escaped to an underwater capsule near Jaya as Saint Maz charged to intercept the attack.
• Saint Maz struck the sphere and was consumed by its explosion, while the blast shattered Mary Geoise's barrier and carved two vast abysses into the Red Line.
• Imu enveloped Mary Geoise in darkness and erased the remaining blast, after which the Elders and others bowed toward the Flower Room.
• Borsalino arrived to survey the destruction, and Imu ordered the four Elders to handle the aftermath and come to her.

In the Flower Room, Imu ordered the World Government to stop provoking Aaron Ball and decided to seek his allegiance as a divine agent called Calamity. Elsewhere, Enel woke from a dream of his childhood abuse and reaffirmed his rule over Sky Island.

• Imu questioned Saint Saturn about Aaron Ball, then searched Saturn’s memories and learned how the World Government had helped turn him into an enemy.
• Imu ordered the World Government to suspend actions that might provoke Aaron, observe him at the highest level, find him, and offer him authority as a Calamity.
• Imu told the Five Elders to repair the Red Line’s scars and have Mars return, and the Elders withdrew from the Flower Room.
• Enel dreamed of being bullied in Birka for lacking wings, then awoke aboard the Ark Maxim and dismissed his childhood self and homeland.
• Enel sensed prayers and doubts across Sky Island, planned to punish insufficiently devout tribes, and went to eat his divine feast.

Boer defeated Enel on Sky Island, seized the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s power, and fused it into his Magnetic Skeleton. The discovery that his perception had reached an absolute limit left him confronting the gap between his mortal soul and godhood.

• Enel detected a blind spot in his Mantra, brought the Ark Maxim to Sky Island’s forest, and ordered his four priests to kill Boer.
• Boer knocked out Ohm, Shura, Gedatsu, and Satori with Conqueror’s Haki, then deflected Enel’s lightning and absorbed his lightning dragon.
• Enel transformed into a thunder god and unleashed a lightning barrage, but Boer stopped it, redirected the charges, and trapped him in a lightning cage.
• Boer examined Enel’s Rumble-Rumble Fruit phantom, discovered that his own Life Magnetic Field contained no Devil Fruit phantom, and speculated that his transmigrator soul had altered the fruit’s rules.
• Boer extracted Enel’s Rumble-Rumble Fruit phantom, destroyed Enel, and forged the fruit’s power into a Superconducting Ring that fused with his Magnetic Skeleton.
• Boer’s electromagnetic perception expanded to a radius of one hundred kilometers before reaching a limit imposed by his soul, leaving him in tears as he recognized the boundary of his mortal existence.

Boer deployed an Electromagnetic Silence Field over Mary Geoise, disabling communications and isolating the Holy Land while blocking attempts to escape. As the Five Elders learned that Aaron Ball was responsible, Imu considered whether the powerful and precise attacker could be brought under control.

• Boer used the Superconducting Ring to spread an Electromagnetic Silence Field across Mary Geoise, shutting down electrical devices and communications.
• Celestial Dragons and officials panicked as their devices failed, while the Five Elders ordered messengers and forces to restore contact and suppress unrest.
• Imu told the Five Elders that Aaron Ball had appeared and was watching, then considered recruiting him as a weapon capable of changing the balance of power.
• Boer disrupted carrier birds, falcons, and dolphins attempting to cross the field, killed Cipher Pol personnel trying to escape by speedboat, and dragged most airborne escapees into the sea.
• A woman riding a giant black bird escaped through an apparent spatial jump, prompting Boer to strengthen the field to interfere with spatial movement.

Boer blocked Kizaru from reaching Mary Geoise, where his Silence Field had cut communications and left the Celestial Dragons vulnerable to a slave uprising. At Marineford, Sengoku’s officers debated the Navy’s response and approved a plan to preserve unity, stabilize the world, and prepare for the loss of contact with the World Government.

• Boer told Kizaru that the Navy could take custody of heavenly tribute and described the chaos unfolding inside isolated Mary Geoise.
• Boer warned Kizaru not to send Marines to die, and Kizaru returned to Marineford to report to Sengoku.
• Kizaru confirmed Boer’s role in the Silence Field, while Sakazuki angrily demanded that he should have attacked Boer.
• Tsuru proposed a tiered strategy to stabilize key bases, monitor the Shichibukai, secure tribute, and withdraw vulnerable New World branches.
• Sengoku approved the Navy State of Emergency Declaration and Global Stabilization Order, assigned responsibilities to Sakazuki, Kuzan, Tsuru, and Garp, and warned against internal division.

As Mary Geoise remained cut off, Du Feld secretly prepared for disaster while Stussy concealed her suspicions about the silence. In Dressrosa, Golden Lion Shiki demanded the hidden Heal-Heal Fruit user, and Doflamingo persuaded him that Aaron Ball was behind the upheaval and proposed an alliance to exploit the coming chaos.

• Du Feld heard Stussy claim a magnetic storm had disrupted Mary Geoise’s communications, then secretly ordered his people to trade assets for supplies and weapons.
• Stussy privately doubted the magnetic-storm explanation and hoped the Celestial Dragons had suffered a disaster.
• Doflamingo learned that the Navy was preparing to take over Heavenly Tribute shipments, then Golden Lion Shiki burst into the palace and demanded the Heal-Heal Fruit user.
• Shiki revealed that Aaron Ball had removed the ship’s wheel from his head and told him about the fruit user, prompting Doflamingo to realize Ball might have caused Mary Geoise’s isolation.
• Doflamingo urged Shiki to join forces and take advantage of the upheaval while Aaron Ball carried out his plans.
• Shiki accepted the prospect of joining the coming struggle and ordered Doflamingo to bring him the Heal-Heal Fruit user so he could recover first.

After Mary Geoise lost contact, the world’s major powers prepared for the possibility of Marine withdrawal and upheaval. Kaido and Big Mom planned expansion, while Whitebeard, Shanks, Dragon, and others took defensive or covert measures as ordinary life continued under an uneasy calm.

• Kaido ordered King, Queen, and the Flying Six to mobilize forces, watch Marine bases, and recruit powerful fighters, while Big Mom directed Perospero and Katakuri to gather intelligence and pressure unprotected territories into Totto Land’s protection.
• Whitebeard told Marco to keep subordinate fleets near their protected islands and increase patrols, while Shanks decided to visit the Moby Dick and discuss setting limits on Kaido and Big Mom’s expansion.
• Dragon ordered the Revolutionary Army to reduce public clashes, deepen covert operations, and strengthen intelligence gathering, grassroots organizing, and supplies.
• Mihawk ignored the Marine notice, Hancock sealed Amazon Lily’s waters, Crocodile accelerated his plan to find Pluton, and Kuma continued his Shichibukai role as a disguise.
• Moria welcomed the prospect of war as a source of shadows and corpses, while Jinbe strengthened Fish-Man Island’s defenses and renewed its request for Whitebeard’s protection.
• Merchants, black-market dealers, and other well-informed people began stockpiling supplies and moving assets as most ordinary people remained unaware of the turmoil gathering beneath the world’s apparent calm.

Boer studied how to restore his flesh-and-magnetic body while the Five Elders faced shortages and isolation in Mary Geoise. After rejecting Imu’s offer to recruit him, he challenged the Five Elders to find a way through his blockade.

• Boer considered using his living flesh as a template to reconstruct his magnetic skeleton and regenerate a complete body.
• Saint Saturn reported that all attempts to send messages beyond the Silence Field had failed, while Saint Nusjuro confirmed that more than fifty Celestial Dragons had died or been irreversibly injured.
• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter warned that Mary Geoise had less than a week of food, and Saint Warcury feared that Imu might abandon the Five Elders; Saint Saturn then ordered the Life Protection Barrier activated.
• Boer appeared as a hologram in the Chamber of Authority and warned that the Navy might act independently while Mary Geoise remained cut off.
• Saint Saturn and Saint Nusjuro offered Boer a position above the Five Elders, but Boer refused and challenged them to break his blockade.

The Five Elders attacked Boer in the sky above Mary Geoise, using their monstrous forms and shared powers to coordinate their assault. Boer wounded several of them but was forced onto the defensive, and the chapter ended as he began charging a stronger attack.

• Saint Saturn summoned the black arrows from Pangaea Castle, and the arrows empowered the Five Elders to fly toward Boer.
• Boer unleashed his Magnetic Skeleton mode and Conqueror’s Haki, then used plasma wings and lasers to break up the Five Elders’ formation.
• The Five Elders coordinated an ambush that drove Boer toward Saint Shepherd Ju Peter’s sandworm maw, but Boer escaped and blasted through Saint Saturn’s chest.
• Saint Nusjuro’s Kitetsu slash passed through Boer as he split his body, while Boer pierced Saint Warcury’s shoulder with a plasma blade.
• Iza Tenjin attacked Boer from above, but Boer’s Ion Shield burned and damaged his talons, forcing him to retreat.
• Boer faced the regrouped Five Elders and began gathering a much greater magnetic energy storm as the battle continued.

Aaron Ball used his speed, varied powers, and seemingly inexhaustible energy to overwhelm the Five Elders in their demonic forms. After they were forced to retreat into human forms, he announced that their close-range fight was beginning.

• Boer used magnetic fields, gravitational force, and ion penetration to evade the Five Elders’ attacks and badly injure Saint Warcury.
• Boer blocked Iza Tenjin’s assault with five ion spheres, then detonated them beside all five Elders, who regenerated using vitality from Sunlight Tree Eve.
• Boer trapped the Five Elders in an endless thunderstorm and struck Iza Tenjin with Solar Storm: Expansion, but Saint Nusjuro extinguished the flames with his sword technique.
• Boer kicked Saint Nusjuro in the back, breaking his spine, while Saint Saturn and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter struggled against the thunderstorm.
• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter urged the Five Elders to cancel their demonic forms, and they returned to human form as Aaron Ball prepared a lightning spear and announced round two.

Boer drew the Five Elders away from Mary Geoise and continued fighting them on the Red Line, using his magnetic powers and lightning to counter their coordinated attacks. The Elders began to tire, but Saint Nusjuro reminded them that Imu was watching, and they prepared to attack again.

• Boer attacked Mary Geoise’s protective barrier, forcing Saint Nusjuro to agree to move the fight away while Kizaru returned to report to Sengoku.
• Boer met the Five Elders on the Red Line and fought their Beast-Man Forms, blocking Saint Saturn and Saint Nusjuro while using energy wings to repel Saint Mars and Saint Warcury.
• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter emerged from underground to interrupt Boer’s attack, but Boer later magnetically disarmed Saint Nusjuro and sent Kitetsu through Saint Warcury’s chest.
• Boer repeatedly escaped the Elders’ combined attacks and countered with magnetic control, while the Elders struggled to keep up as their stamina and concentration waned.
• Saint Mars and Saint Saturn recognized that Boer’s combat rhythm was overwhelming them, but Saint Nusjuro reminded the group that Imu was watching, and the Elders regrouped for another attack.

Imu descended through Saint Mars and revealed to Boer the origins and purpose behind the World Government’s system of control, arguing that enforced stability was necessary to prevent stronger nations from oppressing weaker ones. Imu invited Aaron Ball to unite with them and preserve an eternal, static order, leaving Boer to face the choice between Imu’s order and freedom’s risks.

• Imu used Saint Mars as a vessel to descend, while Saint Saturn, Saint Nusjuro, Saint Warcury, and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter fell motionless and Boer transformed into a thunder giant.
• Boer confronted Imu over the World Government’s exploitation, and Imu explained that Lilith had created them as a civilization regulator meant to guide humanity’s desires and dreams.
• Imu argued that unchecked freedom would let the strong exploit the weak and lead to a new tyrannical world power, causing Boer to briefly consider the danger of unrestrained conflict.
• Boer accused Imu of becoming a tyrant, but Imu claimed the Celestial Dragons concentrated oppression, while the Grand Line, Shichibukai, and Four Emperors served as outlets for ambitious forces.
• Imu confirmed that history had been erased to prevent people from imagining another path and invited Aaron Ball to unite with them as a kindred being.
• Imu asked Boer to choose between the freedom he believed in and joining Imu to maintain an eternal, carefully controlled balance.

Boer rejected Imu’s offer to fuse with them and govern the world, insisting humanity must choose its own future despite the suffering that freedom brings. After Imu withdrew and the Elders offered concessions, Boer returned to his blockade above Mary Geoise, uncertain whether to lift it.

• Boer refused Imu’s Eternal Garden and declared that humanity, not self-proclaimed gods, should decide its future.
• Imu burned Saint Saturn to ash, then offered Boer power, authority to reform the World Government, and a fusion that would elevate them beyond mortal limits.
• Boer rejected Imu again, and Imu withdrew from Saint Mars and the other Elders, leaving Saint Mars and the remaining Elders shaken.
• Saint Nusjuro told Boer that the government would respect his wishes and asked him to allow communications and supply ships through.
• Boer suspected that fusion with Imu could bind or consume him, then teleported back above Mary Geoise without answering the Elders.
• Boer considered whether to lift the Electromagnetic Silence Field, knowing that keeping it in place would prolong the blockade while lifting it could restore the government’s authority.

After weeks of worldwide upheaval, Boer left as Mary Geoise resumed communications and the World Government began planning its recovery. The Five Elders agreed to strengthen the Marines and intelligence services while publicly portraying Aaron Ball as a hero who had helped save the Holy Land.

• Boer surveyed the wars and unrest spreading across the world, then departed after meeting the gaze of the being in Mary Geoise.
• As Boer crossed a vast distance, Mary Geoise reconnected its energy core and restored communications with Marine Headquarters.
• Saint Garling took Saint Saturn’s former seat, and Saint Nusjuro proposed ending Mary Geoise’s protective lockdown and deploying the Holy Knights against Kaido and Big Mom.
• Saint Nusjuro proposed increased Marine funding, mass recruitment, and two additional Admiral positions, while Saint Warcury called for reorganizing Cipher Pol as the C.I.D.
• Saint Maz proposed a public address and redirecting some Celestial Dragons’ Heavenly Tribute to support Marine Headquarters.
• Saint Nusjuro decided the World Government would blame the blackout on a geomagnetic upheaval and grant Aaron Ball the title of World Hero, then moved on to plans for the retreating Marines.

The Marines retreated under attack from Kaido and Big Mom, but the Three Admirals coordinated their defenses and counterattacks. Whitebeard, Shanks, Shiki, and Doflamingo then arrived, and the Holy Knights’ deputy commander Saint Killingham and four Knight Commanders appeared through a sinister formation as the confrontation widened.

• Aokiji froze the sea into a vast wall to separate the pursuing fleets from the retreating Marines, while Kizaru and Akainu joined him to defend the withdrawal.
• Kaido fired a Bolo Breath at the evacuation fleet, but Aokiji blocked it; Kizaru struck Kaido, and Akainu attacked both Emperors’ fleets, causing several pirate ships to sink.
• Big Mom and her children protected her fleet, while King and the Flying Six helped defend Kaido’s ships from Akainu’s lava attack.
• Whitebeard and Shanks arrived and declared their intent to stop the conflict, while Kaido and Big Mom accused them of seeking to interfere and claim rewards.
• Shiki and Doflamingo appeared above the battlefield on floating islands, joining the gathering of the sea’s greatest powers.
• A taciturn Marine Vice Admiral used blood and dark energy to summon Saint Killingham and four Holy Knights’ Knight Commanders into the communications ship.

The Holy Knights arrived amid the standoff between the Marines and the pirate crews, but Aaron Ball suddenly returned and redirected the conflict toward Golden Lion Shiki. As the Marines retreated, Boer and the other powerful fighters unleashed their Conqueror's Haki, and Boer challenged Shiki to begin their unfinished fight.

• Saint Killingham and four other Holy Knights arrived, shifting the balance of power and drawing questions from Akainu about the World Government's orders.
• Golden Lion Shiki launched floating islands at the assembled forces, but Princess Astraea, Saint Phoenix, and Saint Orpheus destroyed the attack.
• Aaron Ball appeared over the battlefield and suppressed the Holy Knights' auras before addressing Shiki about their unfinished fight.
• Akainu ordered the Marines to retreat, and Aokiji and Kizaru helped the fleet escape the battlefield.
• Kaido, Linlin, Golden Lion, Whitebeard, Red-Haired Shanks, and Boer clashed with their Conqueror's Haki as Boer prepared to fight Shiki.

Boer and Golden Lion Shiki fought fiercely above the gateway to the New World, with Boer challenging Shiki’s beliefs and adapting when Shiki gained the advantage in close combat. After Boer wounded him, Shiki unleashed his awakened Float-Float Fruit power to surround Boer with enormous lions of rock, wind, and seawater, and Boer prepared to meet the attack head-on.

• Golden Lion Shiki urged Boer to join forces against the World Government and other powers, but Boer rejected his offer and charged into battle.
• Boer and Shiki traded powerful attacks, and Shiki used rock pythons and a barrage of sword strikes to destroy Boer’s Magnetic Storm Dragon Lance.
• Doflamingo speculated that the Holy Land had reached a deal with Boer, and Gunko’s Palace said that Lord Imu admired him.
• Shiki closed in and pressured Boer with his Two-Sword Style, but Boer blinded him with Light Burst: Nova and wounded him with plasma tentacles.
• Boer shifted from swordplay to fists, while Shiki praised his willingness to use every means to win.
• Shiki awakened the Float-Float Fruit and summoned giant lions of rock, wind, and seawater to encircle Boer, who steadied himself and raised his fists.

Boer defeated and killed Golden Lion Shiki by merging with the planet’s magnetic field to unleash a devastating magnetic storm, then exhausted himself and teleported to Cocoyasi Village. The watching powers withdrew, leaving the consequences of the battle and Boer’s condition uncertain.

• Boer and Golden Lion exchanged increasingly powerful attacks as the onlookers realized Boer’s Superconducting Ring let him generate and store immense energy, giving him the advantage in a prolonged fight.
• Boer disrupted Observation Haki and bombarded Golden Lion with lightning, plasma, and an electromagnetic greatsword, leaving him badly injured and exhausted.
• Boer connected with the planet’s magnetic field, immobilized Golden Lion with a planetary magnetic storm vortex, and annihilated him with a Magnetic Storm Pillar.
• Golden Lion’s swords, Oto and Kogarashi, fell into the sea as Boer re-formed in the sky, exhausted, and teleported away.
• Boer appeared in Bellemere’s Orange Grove in Cocoyasi Village, where Nojiko watched in astonishment as he fell among the trees.
• Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, Whitebeard, Red-Haired Shanks, and the Holy Knights withdrew from the battlefield, while Saint Killingham ordered the Holy Knights to report to Lord Imu.

After Golden Lion Shiki fell, Doflamingo sought a way to survive the political fallout while Kaido and Linlin began stripping their occupied territories. At Marineford, Sengoku briefed the officers on Aaron Ball’s new status, the Marines’ expansion, and plans for a counteroffensive into the New World.

• Doflamingo feared that his support for Golden Lion and his defiance of the World Government would cost him his Shichibukai title, so he resolved to strengthen himself and considered using his connection to Monet to reach Boer.
• Kaido urged Linlin to burn the territories they had occupied, but Linlin insisted on taking resources and captives while leaving civilians and settlements for future exploitation.
• Sengoku announced that Aaron Ball had been named a World Hero and was no longer publicly an enemy of the Marines, prompting Yamakaji to angrily protest the decision.
• Sengoku outlined increased Marine funding, a worldwide military draft, two additional Admiral positions, and Holy Knights deployed as World Government troop commanders.
• Sengoku revealed that Aaron Ball had killed Golden Lion Shiki in less than half a day, and Garp said Boer could coexist with the Marines unless they provoked him or obstructed his goals.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to prepare a counteroffensive against Kaido and Linlin, aiming to reclaim territory, rescue civilians, and restore Marine authority.

After defeating a powerful opponent, Boer returned to Cocoyasi Village and recovered his humanlike appearance with his magnetic powers. As Nojiko prepared food for him, he reflected on the village’s ordinary lives and decided to focus on restoring himself rather than trying to control the world’s future.

• Boer landed in the orange grove, told Nojiko he had beaten someone incredibly strong, and teased her into blushing.
• Boer used magnetism to regrow mimetic skin over his Magnetic Skeleton and scanned Cocoyasi Village, where Bellemere and Ace were helping with construction.
• Boer asked why Nojiko had stayed behind instead of going to the Royal City with Nami, and she said the orange grove was her home and she wanted to care for it with Bellemere.
• Nojiko went to make Boer a warm meal while he considered the ordinary people around him and the world’s oppressive order.
• Boer resolved to restore and strengthen his own life, leaving the world’s paths to Dragon and Luffy to decide for themselves.

Ace and Luffy earned the villagers’ respect by hunting dangerous beasts, and Bellemere accepted the money they offered to pay for their meals. As Nami and Carina took Luffy to Oykot Royal City, Ace stayed behind; at dusk, Boer offered him Sea King meat.

• Ace caught small fish near the Orange Grove and headed home, remembering Bellemere’s concern for him.
• A month earlier, Ace and Luffy hunted a giant tiger, and the villagers witnessed their strength.
• Ace offered Bellemere eighty thousand Beli from the tiger, and she praised both boys while refusing to take the money.
• Nami and Carina prepared to return to Oykot Royal City with Luffy, but Ace chose to stay in Cocoyasi Village.
• Ace arrived home with fish and found Boer grilling Sea King tenderloin, who invited him to eat.

Ace shared a barbecue with Boer, Nojiko, and Bellemere, revealing his dream of becoming Pirate King and living as himself. Boer agreed to keep teaching Ace, but said he would leave once he finished his business, before his teasing remark about Nojiko enraged Bellemere.

• Nojiko offered Ace grilled Sea King meat, and Bellemere handed him a washcloth, stirring memories of the care he had received from Dadan and the people of Foosha Village.
• Boer asked Ace about his dream, and Ace said he wanted to make his name on the seas, escape his devil's bloodline, and become Ace; he planned to become Pirate King and look after Luffy.
• Nojiko said she wanted to improve the Orange Grove and help Nami achieve her dream, while Boer admitted he had once wanted to let everyone live happy lives but found that goal too difficult.
• Ace asked Boer to teach him more fighting techniques, and Boer agreed, warning that Ace would need to become strong to survive at sea.
• Boer told Bellemere he would leave after taking care of his business, then teased that he wanted Nojiko by his side, prompting Bellemere to attack him while Ace tried to restrain her.

Boer tested Ace’s fighting ability on the hill opposite Cocoyasi Village, using their sparring to teach him about Haki and expose the gap between them. Ace awakened a full Armament Haki coating and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki before collapsing, while Boer promised to treat him to Sea King feasts for a month.

• Boer brought Bellemere, Nojiko, and Ace to the hill, where Ace accepted his challenge to fight with everything he had.
• Ace attacked repeatedly, but Boer blocked and countered him while pointing out his flaws and explaining Observation Haki and Future Sight.
• Boer used magnetic force to suspend Ace and struck him hard; Ace fully coated his arms in Armament Haki to block, but Boer caught him before he hit the cliff.
• Bellemere called for the sparring to end, but Boer asked Ace to use Conqueror’s Haki, and Ace admitted he could not control it without risking Bellemere and Nojiko.
• Boer provoked Ace by asking whether his mother had taught him, causing Ace to unleash his Conqueror’s Haki before collapsing into Boer’s arms.
• Boer said Ace had hurt his feelings and offered to treat him to Sea King feasts for a month, and Ace faintly smiled before losing consciousness.

Strawberry and Snake received orders promoting Strawberry to captain and demoting Snake while keeping him at G16, along with a confidential directive to accommodate Aaron Ball, now hailed as a World Hero. They agreed Snake would continue handling the branch’s administration and prepare a gift for the orange-haired cartographer who represented Aaron’s interests in Oykot Kingdom.

• Strawberry showed Snake his promotion order, Snake’s disciplinary notice, and the confidential dispatch about Aaron Ball’s World Hero title and suspected return to the East Blue.
• A month earlier, Strawberry and Snake had endured a tense meeting with Marine leaders and Cipher Pol Aigis Zero, after which the silence from above left Strawberry fearing arrest.
• Snake reasoned that his demotion had cleared his past offenses, while Strawberry told him he would still handle the branch’s corrupt administrative business.
• Snake considered using the young cartographer to gain favor with powerful men, but Strawberry interrupted him and suggested sending her a gift of pearls and other valuables.
• Snake agreed to arrange the gift, and Strawberry apologized for leaving the administrative work to him as he watched the night sea.