Arc 3Chapters 51–55

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Ch. 51Truly Boring

Ages defeated Lucci in seconds, prompting Garp and the recruits to mock the CP0 agents. Zephyr revealed Ages’s extraordinary achievements, leaving the agents speechless as they carried Lucci away.

  • Ages threw the bloodied, unconscious Lucci at the CP0 agents after defeating him in seconds.
  • Garp mockingly scolded Ages, and Ages joked that Lucci could not take a beating, making the recruits and officers laugh.
  • The white-masked CP0 agent protested that Lucci would surpass Ages when they were the same age.
  • Zephyr listed Ages’s feats from ages ten to thirteen, including killing over a hundred Human Mimics, reaching 500 Doriki, awakening Observation Haki, and learning the Six Powers and Armament Haki.
  • The CP0 agents fell silent, picked up Lucci, and left while the others laughed at them.

Ch. 52Graduation Test

After mastering the Six Powers and Haki, Ages learned that Zephyr was ready to give him his graduation test. He chose to pursue the legendary grade and set out to capture a pirate with a 90 million bounty within eight days.

  • Garp asked Zephyr when Ages would graduate, and Zephyr said Ages had mastered the Six Powers and Haki and would take his graduation test.
  • Zephyr explained that test grades determined graduates’ Marine ranks and that the legendary grade awarded the rank of commodore, though no one had achieved it before.
  • Ages declared he would challenge the legendary grade, with Garp encouraging him and Zephyr warning him how difficult it was.
  • Zephyr explained that Ages had to capture a pirate with a 90 million bounty within eight days to earn the legendary grade.
  • Ages accepted the test, grabbed rice crackers, and left to begin; afterward, Garp asked Zephyr whether Ages could pass.

Ch. 53Lucky Ages

Ages struggled to find a way to capture a high-bounty pirate for his graduation test, then went to a Marineford bar and learned about a race in Hannabal that might provide a target. He set off for Hannabal with directions and an Eternal Pose.

  • Ages visited a Marineford bar and joined Ōru and the other marines for drinks.
  • Ōru asked why Ages was free, and Ages explained that his graduation test required him to capture a pirate with a bounty of up to 90 million Beli within eight days.
  • The bar owner offered advice and told Ages about Hannabal's Death Sea Race, where famous pirates gathered to compete for a large prize.
  • The bar owner gave Ages directions to the underground casino, and Ages obtained an Eternal Pose to Hannabal before departing.

Ch. 54Hannabal

Ages arrived in Hannabal and gathered information on the pirates competing in the Death Sea Race. The race began the next morning with thousands of spectators watching as the crews set sail and immediately attacked one another.

  • Ages entered a hidden pirate gathering place in Hannabal and bought an Eternal Pose for the race.
  • Ages paid the bar owner to learn about the four leading contenders: Chacha, Firsa, Berlinger, and Daman, along with Daff.
  • Ages bought a notebook listing the competitors' bounties and estimated that most entrants were far less dangerous than the top contenders.
  • The next morning, the host announced the start of the Death Sea Race before the participating crews launched their ships from Hannabal.
  • The pirates began firing cannonballs at rival ships as they sailed down the river and out of Hannabal.

Ch. 55The Fierce Sea Death Race

As the sea death race devastated the pirate crews, Ages blocked the three leading ships and announced a performance. The chapter ended as he raised his katana and began his attack.

  • Pirate ships fought and sank one another, while Sea Kings swallowed crews along the race route.
  • After a third of the course, only ten crews remained, with the Man-Snake Pirates, Chacha Pirates, and Scorched Fish Pirates ahead of Berlinger.
  • Berlinger gave in to his hunger and leaped toward another pirate ship to attack its crew.
  • Lookouts spotted Ages standing in the air ahead of the three leading ships, which stopped as if blocked by an invisible force.
  • Ages told the captains he had come to invite them to a performance, then drew his katana and swung it down to begin.
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