Chapter Summaries

Boer returned to Bernia, killed Saint Roschard, and reunited with Chloe Kent, who begged him to end her suffering. After making Chloe disappear, Boer confronted Garp and Aokiji as they moved to stop him.

• Boer surveyed Silver City and saw Saint Roschard abusing the people of Bernia while Garp and Aokiji restrained themselves from intervening.
• Boer ordered the kneeling crowd to leave, then used magnetic pressure to crush Saint Roschard inside his bubble suit.
• Boer freed Chloe Kent from her chain, and she confronted him over his departure and Allison’s death before asking him to say he loved her.
• Boer told Chloe he loved her and Allison, then made Chloe disappear when she begged him to end her pain.
• Aokiji sealed the street in an ice dome, while Garp and a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent prepared to stop Boer.
• Boer donned his battle armor, told Garp and Aokiji that their justice was sickening, and began fighting them.

Kizaru received orders to capture or kill Aaron Ball in Bernia while Boer fought Garp and Aokiji inside the Ice Dome. Boer destroyed the Cipher Pol agents and unveiled his Dominator Armor, but Garp launched a powerful attack at its energy core as the battle continued.

• Strawberry informed Kizaru that Saint Roschar had been killed in Bernia by Aaron Ball, and Kizaru set off for the kingdom.
• Boer demanded that Garp and Aokiji release the Navy soldiers, and Aokiji used Ice Pillar: Return to evacuate them from the dome.
• Boer killed a hidden CP Agent and evaded Garp and Aokiji’s combined assault, then opened a hole in the dome and rapidly killed more Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents.
• Garp and Aokiji cornered Boer, but Boer awakened the Magnet-Magnet Fruit’s power and formed the seventy-meter Dominator Armor · White Calamity from nearby metal.
• Boer heated the dome with Flame Prison, forcing Aokiji to expend strength countering the heat while Garp leaped toward the armor’s energy core and attacked with Fist Bone: Galaxy Split.

Boer fought Garp and Aokiji in the Sovereign Armor, trading devastating blows with the two Marines as they worked together to overcome its defenses. Garp and Aokiji toppled the giant with a combined ice-spear attack, but Boer’s consciousness remained active inside the frozen armor.

• Boer used force fields and a sudden displacement to deflect Garp and Aokiji’s opening assault, then struck Garp with the armor’s palm and helped freeze him.
• Garp and Aokiji attacked the armor’s joints, while Boer repelled them, broke off frozen limbs, and battered them with the construct’s weapons.
• Garp smashed through the armor’s head, but Boer revealed that he was elsewhere and trapped Garp with metal tentacles while preparing a powerful energy attack.
• Aokiji wounded Boer and disrupted the charging weapon, and Garp escaped the tentacles and struck Boer with a furious barrage.
• Garp and Aokiji combined their attacks, using Garp’s ice-spears to pierce Boer’s defenses before launching Aokiji as a massive spear that froze the armor and toppled it.
• Boer’s consciousness sank into the ice, but his azure eyes opened in the darkness.

Boer fought Garp and Aokiji with his electromagnetic armor and overloaded Superconducting Matrix, while condemning the Celestial Dragons and refusing to recognize them. The battle ended in a catastrophic burst of energy that Aokiji tried to contain, as Kaido and Kizaru clashed in the skies above the New World.

• Boer transformed his armor and Superconducting Matrix, disrupting Garp and Aokiji’s Observation Haki before attacking them with lasers, metal weapons, and magnetic-field attacks.
• Garp and Aokiji countered Boer together, but Boer wounded them and used metal constructs and blinding light to overwhelm Garp’s senses.
• Garp trapped Boer and struck his armor with eighteen Haki-infused punches, while Aokiji forced Boer to retreat with an ice attack.
• Boer overloaded the Superconducting Matrix and transformed into a crimson lightning bird, injuring Garp and Aokiji before his energy ran out.
• Boer fell, and the damaged Superconducting Ring began releasing enough energy to destroy the Royal Capital; Aokiji froze and hurled Garp out of the Ice Dome, then sealed himself and Boer in ice as the ring erupted.
• Above the New World, Kizaru blocked Kaido’s route toward Bernia, and the two prepared to fight.

After the explosion at Bernia, Garp and Aokiji recovered in Marine Headquarters, where Aokiji doubted that Aaron Ball had died. Aaron survived by transforming into a magnetic current and reconstructing himself on a deserted East Blue island, but he awoke with a body split between flesh and energy and an unstable, painful power.

• Tsuru visited the wounded Garp, who called Aaron a fine young man despite the destruction he had caused.
• Aokiji told a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent that Aaron might have survived, recalling that Aaron had smiled and seemed to transform as the explosion began.
• Aaron’s consciousness became a strand of magnetic current and drifted through the planet’s magnetic field until it reached a calm magnetic loop near an island in the East Blue.
• Aaron reconstructed his body from energy and matter, but his half-magnetized form overwhelmed him with pain and electromagnetic information.
• A lightning bolt struck Aaron and revived him, after which he discovered he could control magnetic fields and clouds but that using his power increased his hunger and pain.
• Aaron formed black metal armor, failed to fly because his new body was unbalanced, and resolved to adapt to his half-finished awakening.

Boer learned to control his awakened electromagnetic senses and use his powers to feed and hydrate his divided body before heading toward Hamlet Fishing Village. There, Kyle sounded the alarm and charged at the armored stranger, unaware that Boer was approaching the village.

• Boer narrowed his electromagnetic perception to a hundred meters and discovered that slowly drawing energy through magnetic tendrils eased the pain between his blue and flesh-and-blood halves.
• Boer caught and cooked a giant grouper with his magnetic powers, gathered and purified rainwater, and replenished his body with food and drink.
• Boer identified his location as East Blue, decided to seek out Luffy and Garp, and set off toward a nearby fishing village while his hair grew long and black.
• At Hamlet Fishing Village, Kyle brooded over the village's exploitation and his desire to escape, while remembering his father Woolf's warnings and the combat training arranged with Henrik.
• Kyle spotted Boer approaching in black armor, rang the village alarm, and rushed toward him with a broken sword to buy the villagers time to hide.

Boer, calling himself Aaron, demonstrated his power to Hamlet Village by creating a mound of salt and fresh fish, then offered to stay and help the villagers profit from salt. Woolf and the villagers welcomed him cautiously, and the chapter left them imagining a chance to escape poverty.

• Kyle confronted Boer at the village entrance, while Woolf and the villagers gathered behind him in alarm.
• Boer said he needed to stay in the village and reassured Woolf that he had no enemies there.
• Boer used his powers to form a crystal dragon that delivered salt and fresh fish, and the villagers rushed to collect the gifts.
• Boer asked Kyle to invite him inside and suggested that his presence could mean the village would never lack salt.
• At the watchtower, Boer introduced himself as Aaron and told Woolf he could produce salt and help the village trade it for useful goods and make money.
• Woolf, Henrik, Buluolan, Kyle, and the other listeners reacted with excitement at the possibility of changing the village’s fortunes.

Boer proposed a way for Hamlet Village to trade his nearly free salt despite the gangs and authorities controlling the market, while Arlong’s return to Fish-Man Island transformed him into a violent leader. The chapter left Hamlet Village cautiously hopeful and Arlong’s influence spreading among Fish-Man extremists.

• Kyle and the young fishermen offered to help sell Boer’s salt, but Woolf and Henrik warned that bandits, officials, nobles, and the Viper Gang made direct trade dangerous.
• Boer urged the villagers to establish Hamlet Village as a safe salt-trading point and said he could use violence if the gangs interfered.
• Woolf began considering leaving with Kyle and others when Boer eventually departed, as the village’s old peace seemed impossible to restore.
• In 1516, Arlong returned to Fish-Man District instead of going to the East Blue and defeated Hody Jones and his followers.
• Arlong unified Fish-Man District through force and formed a hunting squad that attacked human slave traders and other threats.
• Arlong saved Queen Otohime from an assassination attempt, strengthening his standing as the iron-fisted symbol of Fish-Man extremism.

Boer tested whether he could convert his flesh into a more stable magnetic state, then promised to protect Hamlet Fishing Village’s fishermen while refusing Woolf’s offer to make him their lord. As Boer settled into staying for a year, Kyle’s villagers began spreading affordable salt to nearby settlements, drawing interest toward Hamlet.

• Boer drew geomagnetic energy into his body and partially converted his right side, but stopped when the process threatened to drain his life essence.
• Boer crushed a giant Sea Tiger over the beach and replenished his depleted biological energy by drinking its blood, while Woolf watched in terror.
• Boer gave the children Sea King scales and announced a village feast, then refused Woolf’s request to become their lord but promised to deal with the sea beasts for the next year.
• Kyle led Hamlet’s villagers to nearby settlements to trade samples of their pure, inexpensive salt, prompting local families to consider visiting Hamlet.

Nami was nearly forced into a sexual bargain by Omar at Saint Laurent Noble Academy, but Carina and two Marines intervened. As she headed to G16 Marine Base to draw charts, Nami reflected on the dangers and compromises that shaped her life and her goal of saving one hundred million Beli so she could leave and chart the world’s seas.

• Omar cornered Nami at the academy and offered her fifty thousand Beli to spend a night with him, then ordered his companions to take her when she refused.
• Carina called Nami over with two Marines, forcing Omar to withdraw and allowing Nami to escape.
• Carina urged Nami to leave the academy and recalled how they had become partners after Fuka recruited Nami for her charting and handwriting skills.
• Nami agreed to meet Carina on the pedestrian street after she finished drawing charts for G16 Marine Base.
• On the carriage ride to the base, Nami resolved to keep studying and working until she could save one hundred million Beli and set sail.

Lieutenant Colonel Strawberry confronted Captain Nezumi, Snake, over stolen Marine wages and his collusion with pirates, but Snake exposed Strawberry’s own compromises and the Marines’ indifference to people outside World Government nations. Strawberry left the ruined office shaken and uncertain about justice, while Nami returned to her charting and her dream of saving one hundred million Beli.

• Strawberry discovered letters showing that Snake had arranged for pirates to exploit unaffiliated waters in exchange for protection and advance warnings of Marine operations.
• Strawberry forced his way into Snake’s office, drove the other Marines out, and threw Snake through his desk while demanding an explanation for the missing wages.
• Snake admitted to protecting pirate dealings and accused Strawberry of collecting escort fees from merchant ships while burying complaints against him.
• Snake argued that Marine regulations did not require protecting unaffiliated nations and claimed that higher-ups tacitly approved his corruption and relied on him to raise funds.
• Strawberry left the wrecked office in despair without answering Snake, and his West Blue subordinates followed him in silence.
• Nami watched the aftermath from the Chart Room, drew the curtains, and returned to her work while holding on to her goal of saving one hundred million Beli.

Boer completed a major stage of his bodily conversion and used his magnetic powers to annihilate Black Bear’s bandits when they attacked Hamlet. He left Kyle and the villagers to raid Grey Stockade themselves as the Salt Gang also began investigating the village’s salt supply.

• After devouring the third apex-class Thunder Eel, Boer’s body conversion passed two-thirds, easing his imbalance and the pain of using his abilities.
• The Aaron Salt Shop’s inexplicably replenishing, low-priced salt spread through the eastern Oykot Kingdom, drawing the attention of Salt Gang leader Ali.
• Black Bear led more than fifty bandits to Hamlet to seize its salt, but Boer appeared and killed the front ranks, including Black Bear, with Magnetic Field: Eye Blade.
• Boer told Kyle to handle what came next, and Kyle rallied the villagers to attack Grey Stockade and reclaim the bandits’ stolen goods.
• Boer stayed behind and watched the villagers head into the northern woods.

After Ali learned that an armored Devil Fruit User had slaughtered dozens of bandits at Hamlet, he canceled his attack and sought help from his political allies. The king and Duke Sergei agreed to send elite forces to capture the user alive and divide the profits from his salt, setting a royal operation against Hamlet in motion.

• Ali heard his subordinate’s account of the Armored Man killing dozens of bandits with a glance and paid him to keep quiet.
• Ali canceled the Salt Escort Squad’s planned attack and decided to seek help from the kingdom’s royal power.
• Duke Sergei and Prince Stanv urged the kingdom to send troops to Hamlet, while King Francisco III and Minister Sphenica resisted committing funds without a share of the salt profits.
• King Francisco III negotiated with Sergei, offering to deploy Admiral Krieg and the kingdom’s two commanders in exchange for twenty percent of the salt profits.
• Sergei agreed to help capture the user alive and received the king’s promise that the royal family would not secretly take possession of him.

Boer met Johnny, the Viper Gang leader, who offered money and intelligence about a planned attack by the kingdom, Krieg’s pirates, and two Devil Fruit commanders. Boer prepared to confront the plotters and ordered Johnny’s wider network to search for Nami and a rubber-bodied child.

• Boer woke after a restful night and went to meet Johnny at the village entrance.
• Johnny knelt before Boer, offered him a case of Beli, and pledged his usefulness.
• Boer asked for more valuable information, and Johnny revealed a plan to surround and kill Boer with the kingdom’s army, Krieg’s pirate fleet, and two Devil Fruit commanders.
• Boer read Johnny’s intelligence and said he would deal with the threat after eating.
• Boer asked Johnny about Fish-Man pirates, then ordered his network to search the East Blue for Nami and a rubber-bodied child.

After merchant Koby threatened Bellemere and Nojiko, Nami revealed that she had been surviving in the Royal Capital by forging documents and paintings for criminals, prompting her family to embrace her through their grief. The next morning Nami returned to the capital despite Bellemere’s plea to stay, promising to become a great navigator and one day bring her family to freedom.

• Koby offered Bellemere low prices for her oranges and suggested Nojiko could be adopted by a wealthy gentleman, so Bellemere drove him away and he vowed to buy the fruit below cost.
• Nami returned with honey cake for Nojiko and a new top for Bellemere, but Bellemere questioned where she had gotten the money.
• Nami confessed that she forged land deeds, signatures, and paintings for criminals to survive in the Royal Capital, where classmates, a teacher, gangsters, and Marines had exploited or harassed her.
• Bellemere embraced Nami, and Nojiko joined them as the three cried together in the Orange Grove.
• The next morning Bellemere asked Nami to stay, but Nami returned to the Royal Capital, promising to become the world’s greatest navigator and bring Bellemere and Nojiko away someday.

Boer took Johnny to the Oykot Royal City on a gigantic flying salt cube and sealed the city inside a Salt Cage. As the king weighed whether Boer could help him replace his troublesome ministers, the commanders Luca and Finn prepared to confront him.

• After eating an enormous meal, Boer rejected Johnny's offer of a carriage and raised a hundred-meter salt cube from the sea.
• Boer lifted Johnny onto the cube and flew them toward the Royal City, where Johnny became convinced Boer would defeat the kingdom's commanders.
• Boer and Johnny arrived at the Royal City's main gate, and the frightened crowd and soldiers scattered in panic.
• Boer spread salt-crystal torrents along the city's walls and sealed the Royal City inside a Salt Cage.
• The king considered using Boer to replace Sergei and other disobedient ministers, while secretly instructing the commanders to capture Boer alive if possible.
• Luca and Finn reached a clock tower, assessed Boer as formidable prey, and prepared to face him.

Boer effortlessly countered Oykot Kingdom Commanders Luca and Finn with salt-crystal constructs while remaining seated outside the royal city. At the G16 Marine Branch, Strawberry chose to observe the battle and prepare to intervene as a mediator if it benefited the Marines.

• Boer sensed Strawberry and several Devil Fruit users in Oykot Royal City as Luca and Finn confronted him outside the gate.
• Luca and Finn attacked Boer, but his invisible defenses erased Luca’s fireball and stopped Finn’s tail strike.
• Boer summoned a White Salt Giant and White Salt Snake, which pinned Luca and Finn while he relaxed in his salt chair.
• Luca blasted the White Salt Giant with Great Eruption, but its protective force field kept the salt from melting, and Luca realized the fight was going badly.
• At G16 Marine Branch, Strawberry persuaded Snake to let the battle continue, then ordered Marines to approach in civilian clothes and prepare to mediate.

Boer defeated Finn and Luca, then met King Francisco III, who welcomed him as a guest and sought to recruit him. When Marine Lieutenant Colonel Strawberry recognized Boer and reacted as though he had returned from the dead, Boer greeted him as an old acquaintance.

• Finn’s White Salt Snake dispersed, leaving him unconscious, while Luca continued fighting the Salt Giant.
• Residents of the Royal City discovered the salt covering the city and began eagerly collecting it, while Duke Sergei ordered an escape through a secret passage.
• The Salt Giant knocked Luca unconscious, and Boer brought both commanders before him as King Francisco III arrived to welcome him.
• Boer introduced himself to Francisco III as Aaron, and the king warmly clasped his hand and treated him as a potential ally.
• Colonel Snake accused Boer of crimes, but Strawberry recognized him, recoiled, and asked whether he had not already died.
• Boer faced Strawberry and asked how he had ended up in the East Blue.

Boer revealed his identity as Aaron Ball to King Francisco III and Marine Lieutenant Colonel Strawberry, who proposed hiding him in Oykot under the cover of a salt-industry reformer. Boer agreed to cooperate on the salt market and offer limited help with public works, and the three reached a preliminary agreement.

• Boer enclosed himself, King Francisco III, and Strawberry in a magnetic dome, revealed his true appearance, and sat down to talk.
• Strawberry recalled his past work with Boer in West Blue, while the king recognized Boer as the supposedly dead White Calamity, Aaron Ball.
• King Francisco III proposed that Boer remain in Oykot under a false identity and break the Salt Gang's monopoly in exchange for legal status and guidance on development.
• Strawberry offered to conceal Boer's identity from Marine Headquarters and report that a new Logia user had won a dispute over salt interests.
• Boer said he would not stay long but agreed to cooperate on salt profits and advise on practical infrastructure and public works.
• Boer, the king, and Strawberry established a preliminary partnership to benefit the kingdom and the Marine branch while keeping Boer's identity secret.

Nami returned to the Royal City and was summoned with Carina to meet Boer, who revealed his power and offered Nami a Devil Fruit in exchange for her future. After threatening her family and learning of her dream, he introduced himself as Aaron Ball and proposed waiting until she had fulfilled it.

• Nami returned to the Royal City and saw the damage left by the battle at the gates.
• A Fuka Gang underling summoned Nami and Carina to headquarters, where they found Fuka kneeling before Boer.
• Boer showed Nami and Carina Omar's severed head and said he had wiped out the marquis's family.
• Boer frightened Nami by revealing he knew about Bellemere and Nojiko, then gave her a Devil Fruit worth around a hundred million Beli to protect them.
• Nami agreed to trade her future, and Carina offered to do the same, but Boer proposed waiting until Nami had fulfilled her dream.
• Boer introduced himself to Nami as Aaron Ball.