Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen attacked the Peninsula Restaurant and confronted the Supernovas Bonney, Bege, and Hawkins, demanding they surrender and go with him to a Marine prison. The three recognized him as a newly appointed Shichibukai, and Bege refused to back down, leaving them poised to fight.

• Bege stabbed a subordinate who warned him against provoking the Marines, while Bonney demanded more food at the restaurant.
• Hawkins stopped a subordinate from killing a waiter and used fortune-telling cards to assess his group’s fate.
• Luo Chen blasted a hole through the restaurant wall and entered, drawing the attention of Bege, Bonney, and Hawkins.
• Hawkins’s readings shifted between a fifty-percent and zero-percent chance of survival as Luo Chen approached.
• The three Supernovas identified Luo Chen as a 500-million-Beli pirate recently recognized as a Shichibukai.
• Luo Chen ordered the three to surrender or be beaten and taken to a Marine prison, but Bege rallied them to resist.

Luo Chen fought Bege, Hawkins, and Bonney, quickly defeating the first two before Bonney’s age-altering ability transformed him into a small child. The chapter ended with Bege and Hawkins returning to the fight as Bonney believed Luo Chen had been beaten.

• Luo Chen drove Bege, Bonney, and Hawkins out of the restaurant with a blood-red crescent slash to keep the fight away from bystanders.
• Luo Chen struck Bege with a rapid Shigan barrage, badly injuring him and sending him crashing through a wall.
• Luo Chen hit Hawkins with a Rankyaku attack that brought down the building he crashed into.
• Luo Chen confronted Bonney, but her Age Age ability made his arm shrink when it passed through her rings.
• Luo Chen stopped using Armament Haki, allowing Bonney’s ability to turn him into a four- or five-year-old child.
• Bege and Hawkins reappeared beside Bonney, battered, and stared at the transformed Luo Chen.

Luo Chen fought Bege, Hawkins, and Bonney, defeating Bonney and surviving the two men’s strongest attacks. As Bege and Hawkins saw his wounds rapidly healing, they realized he possessed a monstrous recovery ability.

• Bege, Hawkins, and Bonney launched their attacks at Luo Chen, but he destroyed them with his Crimson Breath Tyrant Dragon Fist.
• Luo Chen used Soru to strike Bonney unconscious, causing her to return to his youthful appearance.
• Bege and Hawkins tried to flee, but Luo Chen’s returning Ring Blade Slash knocked them down.
• Bege transformed into Fortress Giant and Hawkins summoned his Straw Body of the Evil God, and they unleashed their strongest attacks on Luo Chen.
• Luo Chen stood back up after their combined assault, and Bege and Hawkins watched his wounds heal rapidly.

Luo Chen fought Hawkins and Bege after they empowered themselves with their Devil Fruit abilities, surviving their combined attacks and curses. He knocked Bege unconscious, while Hawkins fled after divining the outcome.

• Luo Chen healed his wounds and used Soru to press Hawkins and Bege into a desperate fight.
• Bege transformed into a tank fortress, while Hawkins sacrificed cursed substitutes across the island to strengthen himself.
• Luo Chen tested their enhanced defenses with Rankyaku slashes, but Hawkins and Bege destroyed the attacks.
• Bege blasted Luo Chen with his Tank Annihilation Cannon, and Hawkins stabbed him with a curse before striking him through several buildings.
• Hawkins divined their fate and ran, while Luo Chen appeared beside Bege and knocked him unconscious with Vajra Dragon Fist.

Luo Chen defeated Hawkins and reported that Hawkins, Bege, and Bonney had been captured, then agreed to help stall the Straw Hat Pirates, Kid, and Law until Admiral Kizaru arrived. At the auction house, Saint Shalria collapsed before she could shoot Camie, and Rayleigh emerged with the giant as the chaos continued.

• Luo Chen defeated Hawkins with Abyss Dragon Fist, leaving him unconscious beside Bege and Bonney.
• Luo Chen called Vice Admiral Romas to report the three captured Supernovas, and Romas asked him to head to auction house number one after the Straw Hat Pirates attacked Saint Charlos.
• Luo Chen accepted the task of holding off the Straw Hat Pirates, Kid, and Law until Admiral Kizaru arrived, then hurried to the auction house.
• Saint Shalria tried to shoot Camie, but an unseen force knocked her unconscious before she could fire.
• Rayleigh and the giant tore through the auction house screen, and Hachi recognized Rayleigh as the coating craftsman the group sought.

Rayleigh arrived at the auction house, recognized Hachi, and used his Haki to knock out the crowd and remove Camie's collar. As Rayleigh carried Hachi away, Kid, Law, Luffy, and Phil argued over who would confront the Marines surrounding the building.

• Two soldiers recognized Rayleigh and the giant, panicked, and fled the auction hall.
• Rayleigh recognized Hachi, realized the others had saved him, and used his Conqueror's Haki to knock out the remaining minor fighters.
• Rayleigh removed Camie's collar, then picked up the badly injured Hachi and prepared to take him to Shakky's.
• Rayleigh asked Kid, Law, and Phil to handle the Marines outside, while Kid said he would deal with them and leave before an Admiral arrived.
• The Marines surrounded the auction house and prepared to rescue Saint Rosward as Kid, Law, Luffy, and Phil argued over who would fight them.

Phil, Law, Kid, and Luffy defeated the Marines blocking their way out of the venue, then parted from Rayleigh and his group. Luffy learned that Phil was part of Luo Chen’s crew and that Luo Chen had become a Shichibukai, while Rayleigh wondered if Luo Chen had been the source of the powerful Observation Haki he sensed.

• The Marine officer ordered his soldiers to attack Phil, Law, Kid, and Luffy, but the four turned the cannon fire back on the Marines.
• The Marines charged again, and Luffy and Kid swept through them with their signature attacks while Law and Phil dodged the blows.
• Rayleigh and the others came out of the venue, and Kid said goodbye before leaving with Law and their crew.
• Phil called for George and left, while Luffy asked Rayleigh who the two men were and learned they served Luo Chen, a Shichibukai.
• Nami and Usopp explained Luo Chen’s status and Phil’s 250 million bounty, and Rayleigh wondered whether Luo Chen had used the Observation Haki he sensed.

Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro fought the artificial weapon PX-5 while Phil and George met with their captain, Luo Chen. Luo Chen flew off to hunt the Supernovas, and PX-5 was destroyed by the Straw Hats’ group.

• Luffy and his companions thanked Sanji’s former kidnappers for picking them up, dealt with the kidnapping ring, and headed to Shakky’s bar.
• Phil sensed Luo Chen approaching, and Luo Chen questioned him about joining the Straw Hats against the Marines at the auction.
• Luo Chen explained that he had agreed to help the Marines deal with the Supernovas in exchange for payment and rewards, then flew off after sensing Luffy’s group.
• Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro attacked the Kuma-like PX-5 together and dodged its laser beam.
• Chopper transformed after eating a Rumble Ball, damaged PX-5, and helped the group defeat it with a combined finishing move that caused it to explode.

After defeating PX-5, Luffy and his companions faced Sentomaru and another artificial weapon, but Sentomaru sensed Luo Chen watching nearby. Luo Chen revealed himself as a Shichibukai and reunited with Luffy, with both accepting that they would now fight as rivals.

• Luffy and his companions celebrated after defeating PX-5, but Sentomaru arrived with another artificial weapon and declared he would capture them.
• Sentomaru deflected Usopp’s attack and revealed that he sensed someone hiding behind the group.
• Luo Chen came down from a tree after Sentomaru called him out, and explained how he had identified Sentomaru.
• Sentomaru recognized Luo Chen as a Shichibukai and returned his attention to capturing the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Luo Chen and Luffy greeted each other and agreed to fight despite their past relationship.

Luo Chen tested Luffy’s strength in a fierce fight, using his Rokushiki techniques and Armament Haki to overwhelm him. Luffy was left bloodied and unable to move after Luo Chen’s final knee strike.

• Luo Chen attacked Luffy with a Haki-coated Shigan, but Luffy dodged with his reflexes and escaped with a cut on his cheek.
• Luo Chen struck Luffy’s crossed-arm guard with Tekkai, sending him crashing into a tree, but Luffy ordered Zoro, Sanji, and the others not to interfere.
• Luo Chen dodged Luffy’s Gatling and Battle Axe attacks, then launched a massive Rankyaku slash that gouged a deep fissure in the ground as Zoro and the others got clear.
• Luffy hit Luo Chen with a Gum-Gum Bazooka, but Luo Chen blocked it with hardened arms and grabbed one of Luffy’s arms.
• Luo Chen swung Luffy into the ground repeatedly, then struck his abdomen with an Armament-coated knee, leaving Luffy unable to move.

Luo Chen shrugged off Zoro and Sanji’s attacks while Sentomaru overwhelmed the Straw Hat crew. As Luffy tried to defend his friends, Kizaru arrived to take charge of the confrontation.

• Zoro and Sanji attacked Luo Chen with their ultimate techniques, but his Tekkai left him unharmed.
• Sentomaru struck Chopper, sent Brook flying, and knocked Usopp unconscious as the crew struggled to stop him.
• Luffy tried to protect his crewmates, but Robin’s attack failed and Luffy charged Sentomaru in Gear Second.
• Kizaru arrived and Sentomaru asked whether they should capture the Straw Hat Pirates or kill them.

Admiral Kizaru arrived as Usopp regained consciousness and learned that his bones were cracked and the Admiral was there. Kizaru refused to take over Luo Chen’s mission, leaving Luo Chen to face the Straw Hat Pirates while he watched.

• Kizaru appeared and demanded that the Straw Hat Pirates surrender.
• Brook and Chopper helped Usopp, who woke badly injured, and Chopper confirmed that an Admiral had arrived.
• Kizaru approached Luo Chen and said he knew of him as the newly appointed Shichibukai and knew about his mission.
• Luo Chen asked whether Kizaru would handle the Straw Hat Pirates, but Kizaru declined to accept the mission as complete.
• Kizaru told Luo Chen to follow the original plan and deal with the Straw Hat Pirates while he observed Luo Chen’s abilities.

Luo Chen revealed his full Asura Form and challenged the Straw Hat Pirates while Kizaru ordered Sentomaru not to interfere. The battle began with Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy working together against Luo Chen, who was left crashing into a redwood.

• Luo Chen unleashed his killing aura, and Kizaru told Sentomaru to stop attacking and let Luo Chen fight the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Luo Chen released his Asura Form, and Robin recognized it as the Human-Human Fruit’s legendary ability described in an Ohara book.
• Luo Chen created a demonic shadow clone, while Zoro rebuked Usopp for panicking and told him to watch quietly.
• Luo Chen attacked Zoro with Blood Tempest Blade and Scarlet Flame Gun, and Zoro blocked and countered with his three swords.
• Sanji kicked aside Luo Chen’s attack on Zoro, and Luffy struck Luo Chen with Gear Second’s Gum-Gum JEK Bazooka, sending him into a redwood.

Luo Chen overpowered Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji during their decisive battle, using his techniques and blood aura to turn their attacks against them. He ended the chapter by piercing Luffy and Zoro through the abdomen with blood-red halberds.

• Luo Chen knocked Luffy through several buildings and sent Zoro flying after overpowering his sword defense.
• Sanji broke Luo Chen’s shield with Diable Jambe, but Luo Chen seized his foot and threw him into Luffy’s Giant Pistol, leaving him buried in a crater.
• Luffy attacked Luo Chen with Spiral Gigant Pistol while Zoro joined him with A-Shura Oni Giri.
• Luo Chen blocked their combined assault with giant blood-aura arms and formed two blood-red war halberds.
• Luo Chen’s halberds pierced Luffy and Zoro through the abdomen and knocked them out of the air.

Luo Chen defeated Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates, but Rayleigh appeared to protect them and confronted Kizaru. When Kizaru ordered Luo Chen to kill the captured crew, Luo Chen refused, and Sentomaru was stopped just before striking Luffy.

• Luo Chen defeated Luffy and Zoro, while his clone subdued Nami's group, and Luffy asked him to spare the crew.
• Luo Chen prepared to kill the captured Straw Hat Pirates, but Rayleigh cut through his energy blade and appeared to protect them.
• Rayleigh asked Kizaru to release the Straw Hat Pirates, but Kizaru refused and prepared to fight him.
• Kizaru ordered Luo Chen to kill Luffy and his crew, but Luo Chen rejected the order and left them to the Marines.
• Kizaru ordered Sentomaru to kill the Straw Hat Pirates, but an unknown gentle voice stopped Sentomaru as he raised his axe over Luffy.

The real Kuma arrived at Sabaody and began sending the exhausted Straw Hat Pirates flying, while Sentomaru accused him of helping them escape. Kuma calmly defied the Marines, and Sentomaru attacked Franky as the chapter ended with smoke hiding the result of Franky’s cannon blast.

• Kuma appeared before the Straw Hat Pirates, recognized Zoro, and sent him flying with his Paw-Paw Fruit ability.
• Kuma sent Usopp and two other crewmates flying, then did the same to Sanji despite Luffy and Sanji trying to fight back.
• Sentomaru accused Kuma of letting the Straw Hat Pirates escape, and Kuma replied that the Marines had no authority over him.
• Sentomaru attacked Franky, who fired his Beans Machine Gun and Franky Cannon at him.
• Sentomaru blocked Franky’s cannonball with an invisible shockwave, and an explosion engulfed him in smoke.

Kuma sent the Straw Hat Pirates flying one by one, leaving Luffy devastated before sending him away as well. He then interrupted Rayleigh and Kizaru’s battle and told Rayleigh to verify what he had said, leaving its truth uncertain.

• Kuma struck Franky and Sentomaru explained that Kuma’s power sent people flying for days toward unknown destinations rather than killing them.
• Sentomaru attacked Nami and Robin, but Kuma struck Nami away before Luffy’s attack could hit him.
• Kuma sent Robin flying despite Luffy’s attempt to reach her, and Luffy collapsed in grief and blamed himself for failing to protect his crew.
• Kuma sent Luffy flying, completing the Straw Hat Pirates’ separation, while Sentomaru remarked that Kuma had defied the Navy and government’s orders.
• Kuma leaped into Rayleigh and Kizaru’s fight, told Kizaru that his actions were none of the Navy’s business, and urged Rayleigh to investigate what he had told him.

Kizaru ended his fight with Rayleigh after confirming that Rayleigh would stay out of the coming war, then left with Sentomaru to report to the Celestial Dragons. Luo Chen completed his mission and headed to the Marine base, while Rayleigh departed after Luo Chen urged him to investigate Ace’s background.

• Rayleigh told Kizaru he would not take part in the war between the Marines and Whitebeard, and Kizaru agreed to end their fight.
• Sentomaru questioned leaving Rayleigh behind, but Kizaru explained that fighting him could draw other powerful figures into the Marines’ conflict with Whitebeard.
• Kizaru told Kuma to proceed with his next mission and directed Luo Chen to report to the Marines before heading to Marineford.
• Kuma vanished without answering Luo Chen, while Rayleigh said he would stay out of the coming war and left.
• Luo Chen urged Rayleigh to have the proprietress investigate Ace’s background, then flew to the Marine garrison base to report to Romas.

Luo Chen returned to the Marine base, completed his transaction with Vice Admiral Romas, and secured permission from Fleet Admiral Sengoku to visit Impel Down. He set sail with the Marines and the captured Supernovas, as the story moved toward the Paramount War.

• Luo Chen returned to the base, where Romas's soldiers confirmed that Hawkins and the other Supernovas were detained in Seastone cuffs.
• Romas paid Luo Chen for completing their deal, and Luo Chen asked to discuss the Shichibukai summons and visit Impel Down.
• Romas told Luo Chen that they would wait for Kuma to return before departing for the summons.
• Luo Chen asked Romas to let him accompany the Supernovas to Impel Down and see Fire Fist Ace, and Romas obtained Sengoku's approval.
• Luo Chen boarded a warship with Romas and the captured Supernovas, and they set sail for Impel Down.

After Luo Chen left, Rayleigh investigated Ace’s background and realized Ace was Roger’s son. He decided to act to protect him and set off to retrieve Luffy from Kuja before the war.

• Rayleigh returned to Shakky’s bar and asked her to investigate Ace after Luo Chen suggested they might be connected.
• Shakky’s records revealed that Garp had adopted Ace in the South Blue and that Ace was Portgas D. Ace.
• Rayleigh recalled Roger telling him that he had a child with a woman from the South Blue and had chosen the name Ace for a son.
• Rayleigh concluded that Ace was Roger’s child and decided he could not stand by while Ace was in danger.
• Shakky suggested that Rayleigh pick up Luffy from Kuja so Luffy could help keep Garp occupied during the war.
• Rayleigh agreed and left for the docks to set out.