Chapter Summaries

Ages visited a bar and questioned its hostess about East Blue pirates, pretending he wanted to become a Marine when he grew up. He learned that East Blue had few notorious pirates and left with information about some of their whereabouts.

• Ages asked the flirtatious bar hostess for orange juice and listened to patrons discuss sea voyages, the Grand Line, and Marine recruitment.
• Ages asked the hostess what she knew about East Blue pirates and said he hoped to become a Marine and catch them.
• The hostess explained that East Blue was considered the weakest sea, with no recent pirate bounties in the tens of millions and a highest known bounty of 17 million Beli.
• The hostess shared the whereabouts of some pirates and continued flirting with Ages, who shyly declined her advances.

Ages learned about a pirate and went to the docks to prepare for his next move. Days later, a sharp-featured man rescued a stranded boy, who begged him to save his noble parents and promised him money.

• Sister Mary told Tietou that Ages seemed to be a swordsman searching for a pirate, and warned Tietou not to mention a dead person.
• Ages decided he had found his target and headed to the docks.
• At Purini Island, a sharp-featured man spotted a boy clinging to a plank and pulled him ashore, hoping to sell him.
• The boy drank the water the man gave him, then pleaded for help rescuing his parents and promised they would pay handsomely.
• The sharp-featured man’s disgust turned to delight when the boy said his parents were nobles with lots of money.

Ages persuaded the pirate Monkey to take him to Don Krieg by claiming that his parents were stranded on an island. After learning that Ages might have money, Monkey brought him aboard Krieg’s ship and presented the story to the leader.

• Monkey noticed that Ages’s torn clothes were made of expensive fabric and became eager to help him.
• Ages followed Monkey to Don Krieg’s ship while silently watching him with a chilling glint in his eyes.
• Monkey brushed off Duck and took Ages to the leader, after whispering about Ages to a guard.
• Krieg welcomed Monkey’s report of possible profit and asked Ages about his parents.
• Ages told Krieg that a storm had stranded his parents and begged him to send a rescue party.

Ages lured Don Krieg with a fabricated treasure and clues to his supposedly stranded parents, prompting Don Krieg to divide his forces among three islands near Skyfall Island. Don Krieg then accused Ages of acting, leaving Ages worried as he recalled a barmaid’s warning about Don Krieg’s intelligence.

• Ages promised Don Krieg a share of a hidden treasure if he rescued Ages’s parents, and Don Krieg eagerly questioned him for details.
• Ages described an uninhabited, hot island with black rocks, and Don Krieg used an East Blue map to identify three possible islands near Skyfall Island.
• Don Krieg ordered a thousand men to Changsiluobai Island, sent Gin with two thousand to another island, and assigned Ba the remaining two thousand for the third.
• After the shifty-looking man left, Don Krieg accused Ages of pretending to be a desperate child, while Ages tried to act confused and recalled a barmaid’s warning about Don Krieg’s intelligence.

Ages convinced Don Krieg he was an innocent child by surviving the pirate captain’s test, while secretly planning to capture him. Don Krieg ordered his pirates to search for a couple and their treasure, leaving Ages among the Krieg Pirates as he waited for a chance to act.

• Ages pretended to cry in terror when Don Krieg raised his fist, and Don Krieg stopped just short of hitting him, satisfied that Ages was not a spy.
• Don Krieg apologized and promised to buy Ages something tasty, while Ages pretended to accept the apology and both secretly regarded the other as a target for their schemes.
• The sharp-faced man relayed Don Krieg’s orders while Ages watched the more than five thousand pirates assemble along the shore.
• Don Krieg announced that the pirates would search for a couple and their treasure, which he claimed would help them build a fleet to conquer the Grand Line.
• The pirates cheered for Don Krieg as he laughed at their enthusiasm.

Ages sailed with Don Krieg to Changsiluobai Island, where he secretly prepared to use the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man as a decoy. After leading Don Krieg and his crew into the forest, Ages vanished and appeared floating above them.

• Ages explored the Dread Naught Saber and forced the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man to carry him while he secretly planted a small black ball on the man’s back.
• Ages and Don Krieg arrived at Changsiluobai Island as its volcano threatened to erupt, and Don Krieg demanded that Ages lead them to the treasure before rescuing his parents.
• Ages refused to reveal the treasure’s location until Don Krieg agreed to save his parents first, then ran into the forest ahead of the crew.
• Don Krieg ordered his men to follow Ages and planned to mutilate Ages’s parents after finding the treasure.
• Ages led Don Krieg and his men through the forest until he disappeared in tall grass, then revealed himself floating above them.

Ages confronted Don Krieg and his men, revealing his power by stopping their bullets and sending them back at the pirates. After Don Krieg tried to rally the survivors, Ages made the sharp-faced man swell up and explode, leaving the crowd covered in blood.

• Don Krieg demanded to know who Ages was and why he had lured them there, and Ages said he intended to kill them all.
• Don Krieg ordered his thousand-plus men to shoot Ages, but Ages stopped their bullets in the air with his left hand.
• Ages sent the bullets back into the crowd, killing about a quarter of Don Krieg’s men.
• Don Krieg killed a panicking pirate and tried to rally the survivors by telling them Ages was only a Devil Fruit User.
• Ages snapped his fingers, causing the sharp-faced man to swell up and explode in front of the crowd.

Ages terrified Don Krieg’s pirates, destroyed their escape ship, and revealed that he had planned to trap them on the island. Don Krieg tried to rally the survivors to scatter and hide, but Ages hinted that he had already prepared for that too.

• Ages warned the panicked pirates that anyone who fled would meet the same fate as the sharp-faced man, while Don Krieg demanded to know who he was.
• Don Krieg fired an MH5 poison gas bomb at Ages and ordered the pirates to retreat, intending to use them as a distraction while he escaped.
• Ages dispersed the poison gas and detonated black spheres he had planted on the Dreadnaught Sabre, destroying the ship and trapping the pirates on shore.
• Don Krieg accused Ages of planning the destruction in advance, and Ages admitted he meant to prevent the evil pirates from escaping.
• Don Krieg urged the pirates to split up and hide, restoring their hope, but Ages dismissed the plan and claimed he had a foolproof way to stop them.

Ages triggered a series of volcanic eruptions that destroyed Changsiluobai Island and killed the fleeing Krieg Pirates. He later found Don Krieg dying on a rocky slope and beheaded him, leaving the Krieg Pirates’ leader dead.

• Ages activated hidden devices in the island’s mountain range, causing the ground to split and the volcano to erupt.
• Magma, falling rocks, and boiling seawater engulfed Changsiluobai Island as the pirates tried to flee.
• Ages triggered further eruptions and flew away while the island was consumed by disaster.
• Several hours later, Ages returned and searched the remaining exposed slopes for survivors.
• Ages found Don Krieg with his lower body swallowed by magma and refused his plea for help.
• Ages beheaded Don Krieg, killing the leader of the Krieg Pirates.

After wiping out the Krieg Pirates on two volcanic islands, Ages arrived at the Marine 44th Branch carrying Don Krieg’s head. He met Vice Admiral Garp, who laughed after seeing the bloody contents of Ages’s bag.

• Ages used his Devil Fruit power to bury the Krieg Pirates’ remaining members in eruptions on two islands, then took Don Krieg’s head to the Marine 44th Branch.
• Marine Corporal Johnny learned that Vice Admiral Garp had arrived and hurried to the dock with Colonel Willis to welcome him.
• Garp asked Johnny whether there were promising recruits, but Johnny’s response was interrupted when Garp sensed a strong smell of blood.
• Ages arrived carrying a white cloth bag, and Johnny greeted him before introducing him to Garp.
• Ages called the bag’s contents his pass to join the Marines, and Garp laughed after looking inside.

Ages revealed that he had killed Don Krieg and his men by causing three volcanic eruptions with his Gravity Fruit. Garp became fascinated by Ages's power, leaving Ages wary of the Vice Admiral's intense attention.

• Garp laughed after seeing the bloody head in Ages's bag, and Ages explained that it was his ticket into the Marines.
• Ages admitted the head belonged to Don Krieg, whose 17-million-Beli bounty and 5,000-man crew shocked Johnny and the others.
• Ages said he had killed Don Krieg and his men using a few tricks, then revealed that he had triggered three volcanic eruptions with his Devil Fruit.
• Ages identified his Devil Fruit as the Gravity Fruit, and Garp recognized its immense potential.
• Garp stared hungrily at Ages, who stepped back and protested that he was not into men.

After joining the Marines, Ages accepted Garp's recommendation to enter the deadly Ferocious Beast Training Camp, hoping it would speed his rise through the ranks. Garp brought him to Marine Headquarters in Marineford and sent him to the camp while he went to register him.

• Ages completed his agreement with Johnny and asked to join the Marines, and Garp pulled him aside to speak with him.
• Garp explained that the Ferocious Beast Training Camp trained gifted recruits under eighteen, carried a sixty percent death rate, and could lead graduates to field or flag officer ranks.
• Ages asked whether the camp was the fastest route to becoming a senior Marine and agreed to join when Garp confirmed it.
• Garp took Ages to Marineford, where Ages followed Ōru to the Ferocious Beast Training Camp while Garp headed to Sengoku's office.

At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku learned from Ages's report why Garp and Kong had approved the ten-year-old's entry into the Ferocious Beast Training Camp. Ages arrived at the camp, saw its Ferocious Beast List, and entered ahead of his first life-and-death test.

• Sengoku questioned whether ten-year-old Ages was too young for the Ferocious Beast Training Camp, but Garp and Kong confirmed they had approved his entry.
• Kong gave Sengoku a report on Ages, and Sengoku was shocked to learn that Ages had triggered three active volcanoes and wiped out more than 5,000 people as a Devil Fruit User.
• Sengoku accepted Ages's enrollment and said the new class at the Ferocious Beast Training Camp would be interesting.
• Ages arrived at the camp and sensed a ferocious aura from the gate's plaque, whose characters Sengoku had written.
• Ages asked Officer Ōru about the Ferocious Beast List, and Ōru explained that it recorded graduates and their ranks before leading Ages inside.

Ages and the other recruits began their first life-and-death test, a hunt for Human Mimic baboons on an isolated island. After reaching the island, Ages rejected an offer to join a team and went into the forest alone.

• The giant instructor announced that the recruits would face a test with a sixty percent death rate, and Ages eagerly awaited it.
• The instructor explained that the recruits had two days to kill the bloodthirsty Human Mimics and warned them not to bleed.
• The recruits sailed to the isolated island and went ashore to begin the test.
• An older recruit invited Ages to join his team, but Ages refused and entered the forest alone.
• A girl criticized Ages for going alone, while the older recruit dismissed him as a young, ignorant boy.

Ages entered the island’s forest alone and killed four Human Mimics that were about to attack a recruit. He left the boy behind without giving him a badge and continued hunting, hoping to attract the camp’s attention and earn more cultivation resources.

• Ages traveled through the forest in the treetops, marking his route and hiding his presence from potential prey.
• Ages heard a recruit being chased by Human Mimics and went to investigate.
• Ages used gravity to immobilize four Human Mimics and killed them before they could attack the fallen boy.
• Ages took a badge from one of the dead Human Mimics and told the boy to cover his bloody wounds with dirt before leaving him behind.
• Ages decided not to share his badges and continued through the forest, aiming to impress the camp’s higher-ups.

Ages left the four Human Mimics behind, unaware that their leader tracked his scent while other Human Mimics attacked a group of freshmen. The Human Mimics abandoned the battle after hearing distant roars, leaving the surviving freshmen to wonder what had drawn them away.

• Ages leaped toward a tree as a dozen Human Mimics found the four headless corpses and their leader followed Ages's scent.
• More than ten Human Mimics fought roughly fifty freshmen, and one tore an injured boy in half before the freshmen killed it.
• The Human Mimics grew more frenzied as both sides suffered casualties, and the freshman captain ordered the twenty survivors to retreat.
• Distant roars made the freshmen fear that reinforcements had arrived, but the Human Mimics ran toward the sound instead.
• A freshman suggested the roars might come from companions attacking Human Mimics, and urged the others to follow and help.

Ages used his blood to lure every Human Mimic on the island into a gathering, then revealed a giant sphere of rock above them and unleashed Moonfall: Starburst. The blast and the Human Mimics’ screams echoed across the island, while the freshman captain and other freshmen witnessed the attack.

• The freshman captain took a mark from a dead Human Mimic and led the freshmen onward, unaware that the roars were rallying the creatures to hunt Ages.
• The Human Mimics gathered under their muscular leader and pursued Ages, whose killing of the Human Mimic King’s offspring had provoked them.
• Ages cut his palm and used the smell of his blood to draw the Human Mimics toward him.
• Ages raised his hand, darkened the forest, and brought down the trees to reveal an enormous sphere of rock above the Human Mimics.
• Ages unleashed Moonfall: Starburst, exploding the rock sphere as the Human Mimics and watching freshmen stared in horror.

Ages killed the Human Mimics with an explosion and began collecting the mission markers. When the freshmen challenged his right to claim them, he demonstrated his power and made them realize he had caused the massacre.

• Ages calmly bandaged his hand as the explosion’s rock fragments killed the Human Mimics around him.
• The freshman captain and the others saw the bloodied blast site and were horrified by the destruction.
• Ages walked through the wreckage, collecting mission markers, while the freshmen followed to claim some for themselves.
• Ages told the freshmen they were not qualified to take the markers because he had killed the Human Mimics.
• A female freshman challenged his claim, so Ages formed a black sphere that drew nearby fragments toward him and convinced everyone he had caused the explosion.

Ages collected nearly all the tokens on the island after the other newcomers learned to fear and avoid him. When the training camp instructor arrived, Ages revealed his haul and the newcomer captain offered to show the instructor how he had done it.

• The newcomer captain apologized to Ages, and Ages lowered his guard only enough to keep collecting tokens while watching the others.
• The remaining newcomers arrived, saw the devastation, and kept their distance after learning Ages had caused it.
• Two days later, the giant instructor reached the island and was surprised that so many newcomers had survived.
• Ages showed the instructor a bag containing nearly all the island's tokens and said he had hunted them down.
• The newcomers confirmed Ages's claim, and the newcomer captain led the giant instructor to the site of the devastation.

After the life-and-death test, the giant instructor reported to Marine Headquarters that Ages had single-handedly wiped out the Human Mimics and turned the island into a scene of devastation. Ōru rushed to inform Fleet Admiral Kong, while the giant instructor wondered whether another terrifying figure was entering the world.

• The giant instructor ordered the recruits aboard the warship and sailed back to Marineford with them.
• The giant instructor called Ōru and reported that the test island could no longer be used because all the Human Mimics had been killed.
• The giant instructor explained that Ages, a ten-year-old recruit, had wiped out almost all the Human Mimics by himself, despite the class having the lowest mission completion rate.
• The giant instructor sent Ōru a photo of the devastated island, leaving him stunned and questioning whether the culprit was truly human.
• Ōru rushed off to tell Fleet Admiral Kong, and the giant instructor wondered if another terrifying existence would soon emerge.