Recaps

Kazu defeated Oulait with a powerful Conqueror’s Haki attack and sent him to the hospital, then continued with his companions toward the auction. The group arrived at the No. 1 Auction House as the auction began, with Kazu offering to buy them anything they wanted.

• Kazu used his Conqueror’s Haki and Muramasa to overwhelm Oulait in a clash of swords.
• Oulait was knocked unconscious and embedded in a pile of rocks, but he held on to Chikō.
• Kazu told Carlmand and Behrens to take Oulait to the hospital, intending to avoid losing him.
• Kazu and his companions headed to the No. 1 Auction House while Marines arrived to handle the destruction.
• Kazu offered to buy Makino, Robin, and Hancock anything they wanted at the auction, and Hancock imagined that he meant to marry her.

Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates entered the auction house, where the staff quickly made room for them. Kazu bought a necklace for Hancock, but the super-strong alloy Drew wanted did not appear as the auction continued.

• Kazu claimed a thief had stolen his invitation, and the manager hurriedly let him and his companions inside.
• The auction house seated the Blond Hair Pirates on luxurious sofas at the front of the venue.
• Kazu bid thirteen million Beli for the necklace Crimson Passionate Love and won it without competition.
• Kazu gave the necklace to Hancock, who happily hugged his arm and imagined he was preparing to propose.
• As the auction continued, Drew's hoped-for super-strong alloy did not appear.

At the auction, Kazu ignored the overpriced legendary battle blade and waited until the Medicine-Medicine Fruit drew furious bidding. He interrupted the auction and demanded that everyone give him face because he wanted the fruit, leaving the bidders intimidated.

• Kazu let a South Blue royal family member win the battle blade for 96 million Beli.
• The auctioneer introduced the Medicine-Medicine Fruit, which could turn objects Kazu touched into any medicine.
• The VIPs bid fiercely for the fruit, hoping to prolong their lives.
• Kazu stood, approached the auctioneer, and told everyone he wanted the fruit and they should give him face.
• Kazu's intimidating presence stopped the bidding and frightened the auction attendees.

Kazu won the Medicine-Medicine Fruit for five hundred million Beli, and the auction’s final item, the Chilly-Chilly Fruit, drew fierce bidding. Saint Charlos arrived near the end, killed his slave, and was led to his private seat as his attendant asked about the auction’s progress.

• Kazu outbid the other guests and bought the Medicine-Medicine Fruit for five hundred million Beli.
• Kazu’s companions celebrated the prospect of gaining another Paramecia Devil Fruit User.
• The auctioneer presented the Chilly-Chilly Fruit, and its price climbed to eight hundred million Beli.
• Saint Charlos arrived at the auction house and shot his slave dead after blaming him for making him late.
• The manager welcomed Saint Charlos and led him to his private seat while his attendant asked how the auction was progressing.

Kazu confronted Saint Charlos after the Celestial Dragon tried to claim Hancock and the other women as his wives. Kazu killed Charlos’s guard and advanced on Charlos, intending to break his limbs before killing him.

• Saint Charlos spotted Kazu’s companions and ordered them to hand over the women he wanted as wives.
• The auction manager warned Saint Charlos that Kazu was a powerful pirate with a 2.077 billion Beli bounty and had been linked to a Celestial Dragon’s death.
• Kazu declared that Saint Charlos had earned his death, prompting the frightened auction crowd to flee.
• Saint Charlos fired repeatedly at Kazu, but missed every shot, then ordered his guard to attack.
• Kazu stopped the guard’s Shigan and kicked him through the auction house wall, killing him.
• Kazu approached Saint Charlos and prepared to punish him before killing him.

Kazu killed Saint Charlos at the No. 1 Auction House after the Celestial Dragon coveted his women, then led the Blond Hair Pirates away. The auction house staff reported the murder to the Marines, setting the authorities against Kazu.

• Kazu crushed Saint Charlos’s limbs and used Space Confinement to torture him before killing him with Space Compression.
• Drew questioned Kazu’s brutality, and Kazu explained that anyone who coveted his women was his mortal enemy and that he would never betray a woman’s devotion.
• Robin, Makino, and Hancock invited Kazu to their room for a surprise, and he led the Blond Hair Pirates out of the auction house.
• Kazu secretly took the Chilly-Chilly Fruit from the auction stage as he left.
• The auction house manager reported Saint Charlos’s death to the Marines and asked them to deal with the captain of the Blond Hair Pirates.

After Saint Charlos’s death, the Marines and Five Elders moved to make their response clear, and Admiral Kizaru confronted Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates. The chapter left Kazu arguing with Kizaru after the Admiral destroyed the watermelon Kazu had offered him.

• Fleet Admiral Sengoku ordered Kizaru to go to the Sabaody Archipelago after learning that Her Kazi had killed Saint Charlos.
• The Five Elders also decided to pursue the Blond Hair Pirates and show that the World Government would respond.
• Kizaru flew to Sabaody ahead of five Marine Vice Admirals and their warships.
• On the way to the hospital, Kazu met Kizaru, while nearby Marines hurried to surround the Blond Hair Pirates.
• Kazu offered Kizaru a watermelon, and Kizaru fired a laser into it, prompting Kazu to accuse him of deliberately starting a fight.

Kazu challenged Kizaru after the Admiral destroyed his watermelon, and their fight showed the strength of Kazu’s Space-Space Fruit abilities. Kizaru survived Kazu’s attacks but recognized that the battle would be difficult.

• Kazu unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out many Marines, and Kizaru ordered the remaining officers to evacuate the soldiers.
• Kizaru attacked with a golden kick, but Kazu swapped into position and kicked him into a crater.
• Kizaru used Yasakani no Magatama, but Kazu made the light clusters explode with Space Collapse and struck Kizaru with a Haki-coated fist.
• Kazu confined Kizaru with Space Confinement, then fired over a thousand Space Bullets at him.
• Kizaru escaped the barrage and admitted that Kazu was far stronger than Kuzan had described two years earlier.

Kizaru planned to feign defeat and let Kazu go, but Kazu used his Space-Space Fruit and Conqueror’s Haki to overpower him. Kazu sent Kizaru flying to Area 50, where Kizaru realized how cunning his opponent was.

• Kizaru decided to let Kazu leave after taking a few hits, reasoning that he had already demonstrated the Marines’ stance.
• Kazu dismissed Kizaru’s claim that his attacks lacked power and coated his fist with Conqueror’s Haki and layers of compressed space.
• Kizaru anticipated Kazu’s Space Confinement and escaped, but Kazu used Space Swap to pull him back in front of his fist.
• Kazu struck Kizaru with six layers of Space Compression and sent him flying from the Lawless Zone to the shipyards and coating area in Area 50.
• Kizaru thought that Kazu was so crafty that he felt like a raw recruit beside him.

Kazu and his crew left the Marines behind after Kizaru’s apparent defeat and recruited the recovering swordsman Oulait. They boarded the Divine Dragon and prepared to head for the New World, though Oulait wondered how they would reach Fish-Man Island without a coated ship.

• Kizaru lay injured and pretended to remain unconscious, hoping to avoid Kazu until he left.
• Kazu and his companions departed the battlefield while the Marines stayed behind to tend to the wounded and assess the damage.
• Kazu visited Oulait in the hospital and invited him to join the Blond Hair Pirates, promising regular sparring sessions.
• Oulait accepted Kazu’s offer and left the hospital with the crew despite still being bandaged and attached to an IV.
• Oulait boarded the luxurious Divine Dragon and questioned how they would reach Fish-Man Island because the ship was not coated.

Kazu used his Space-Space Fruit powers to open a passage through the Red Line so the Blond Hair Pirates could avoid coating the Divine Dragon. After breaking through, the crew celebrated their new route from Paradise to the New World.

• Oulait asked how the Blond Hair Pirates would reach Fish-Man Island without coating the Divine Dragon, and Kazu explained that he planned to cut through the Red Line.
• The Divine Dragon raced toward the Red Line as onlookers and spies followed, unable to keep pace with the ship.
• Kazu studied the map, chose a thin section of the Red Line, and used Space Swaps to inspect the location from above.
• Kazu gathered the power of his Space-Space Fruit and opened a massive tunnel through the Red Line in less than a minute.
• The crew cheered Kazu as light appeared through the new passage, and Oulait proudly joined in their celebration.

Kazu led the Blond Hair Pirates through the passage he had opened in the Red Line and celebrated their arrival in the New World with Oulait. The next day, news of Kazu killing Saint Charlos and creating a new route to the New World spread worldwide, and Morgans named him the fourth Emperor of the Sea.

• Kazu withdrew his spatial power, and the Divine Dragon sailed through the enormous passage into the New World.
• Pirates arriving behind the Divine Dragon marveled at the man-made tunnel and realized Kazu had created it.
• The crew welcomed Oulait with a lavish barbecue and drinking contest, which Kazu won.
• Kazu returned to his quarters, where Makino, Robin, and Hancock were waiting, and spent the night with them.
• News spread that Kazu had slain Saint Charlos and opened a 150-meter-tall, 300-meter-wide passage through the Red Line.
• Morgans called Kazu the fourth Emperor of the Sea in the newspaper.

The Marines and World Government raised the Blond Hair Pirates' bounties to provoke other pirates into targeting them. Kazu read the new posters aboard the ship and saw that the crew's combined bounty had reached 8,361,000,000 Beli.

• Sengoku grew angry after reading Morgans's praise of the Blond Hair Pirates and feared it would inspire more people to become pirates.
• The Five Elders and Sengoku agreed to raise the Blond Hair Pirates' bounties and released the new posters the following day.
• Oulait accepted Kazu's decision to postpone their sparring until Oulait had recovered from his injuries.
• Kazu bought a newspaper from a seagull and read that he had been called the fourth Emperor of the Sea.
• Kazu examined the crew's new bounty posters and calculated their combined bounties at 8,361,000,000 Beli.

The Blond Hair Pirates examined their updated bounty posters, while Whitebeard and Kaido’s crews reacted to news that Kazu had punched a tunnel through the Red Line. Whitebeard set course to see the feat for himself, and King warned Kaido to treat the newly risen crew carefully.

• Kazu handed out the new bounty posters, revealing his 1.188 billion Beli bounty and Oulait’s 970 million Beli bounty.
• Carlmand discovered he had fallen to fifth place among the Blond Hair Pirates and resolved to find a Devil Fruit.
• Whitebeard praised Kazu for punching through the Red Line and ordered Marco to turn the ship around and visit the tunnel.
• Kaido gave King the newspaper, and King warned that the Blond Hair Pirates would be a dangerous force in the New World.
• Kaido vowed to make Her Kazi mine for him if he came to their territory, while King privately welcomed the crew’s defiance of the Celestial Dragons.

Charlotte Linlin decided to invite Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates to Totto Land, hoping to have a child with him. Meanwhile, Kazu's crew reached their first island in the New World and headed toward its town.

• Charlotte Linlin read about Kazu and told Perospero to send the Blond Hair Pirates a high-grade tea party invitation.
• After two days of sailing through the New World, Carlmand spotted an island once the storm passed.
• Kazu encouraged Oulait to join the crew's outing, but Oulait declined because Makino, Robin, and Hancock were with them.
• Kazu left the Divine Dragon by the shore and led the crew toward the island's town.
• Makino admired the peaceful path, Robin warned about venomous snakes and bugs, and Hancock clung to Kazu's arm.

Kazu and his companions explored Mukelong, a town protected by the Whitebeard Pirates, while Kazu planned to contact them from a nearby deserted island. After learning that the Blond Hair Pirates had arrived, Mayor Bais began evacuating the townspeople and prepared to seek help from Whitebeard.

• Carlmand led the group through Mukelong, where Oulait realized their outing involved women and was dragged along by Behrens and Drew.
• The welcoming residents told Kazu and his companions that Mukelong was a small marketplace under the protection of the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Kazu saw the Whitebeard flag at the mayor's office and decided to find a deserted island nearby before calling the pirates.
• Kerry warned Mayor Bais that the Blond Hair Pirates' ship was moored by the shore.
• Bais ordered Kerry to sound the alarm and evacuate the civilians while he prepared to contact the Whitebeard Pirates and approach the Blond Hair Pirates.

The Blond Hair Pirates arrived in Mukelong, prompting Mayor Bais to call the Whitebeard Pirates for help. Kazu promised the town they would behave peacefully, and Bais lifted the alert while the Moby Dick sped toward the island.

• Bais contacted Captain Wallem to report the Blond Hair Pirates’ arrival and ask for help, and Wallem told him to wait for the Whitebeard Pirates’ instructions.
• Wallem informed Marco, who said the Moby Dick was already heading to Mukelong; Whitebeard ordered the ship to go at full speed after learning Kazu was there.
• Mukelong’s siren sent villagers home, and Kazu realized the town had become wary of his crew.
• Mayor Bais approached Kazu and asked the Blond Hair Pirates not to harm the town.
• Kazu promised the crew would only experience local life and leave in a couple of days, so Bais lifted the alert and told the villagers they could resume their routines.

Carlmand, Behrens, Drew, and Oulait wandered through a town whose shops closed whenever a siren sounded, then reopened when another sound rang out. Carlmand persuaded Oulait to enter the House of Cloud Dreams, where the group ordered the most expensive package.

• Carlmand and the others found the streets empty after a siren sounded, and residents refused to answer their knocks.
• When another sound rang out, the residents returned to the streets, and Drew urged the group to resume their search.
• Behrens and Drew dragged Oulait to the House of Cloud Dreams, but Oulait initially refused to enter.
• Carlmand convinced Oulait to try the establishment so he could later criticize it and argue back against Kazu.
• Carlmand ordered the most expensive package for everyone and asked the manager to find Oulait two enthusiastic, well-rounded girls.

Oulait joined the others in exploring the town and accepted that visiting the House of Cloud Dreams was an enjoyable way to unwind. Before setting out for Broken Stone Island, Kazu revealed that Whitebeard was his father and that he intended to confront him; Carlmand then asked Kazu for the Chilly-Chilly Fruit so he could fight the Whitebeard Pirates at full strength.

• Oulait willingly followed Carlmand and the others as they continued exploring, having decided that visiting the House of Cloud Dreams was a satisfying way to relax.
• After two days in town, Kazu told his companions they would travel northwest to deserted Broken Stone Island.
• Kazu revealed that Edward Newgate, Whitebeard of the Four Emperors, was his father and that he planned to beat him on behalf of his mother.
• Carlmand, Behrens, and Oulait accepted Kazu's plan and said they would face the Whitebeard Pirates alongside him.
• Carlmand asked Kazu for the Chilly-Chilly Fruit so he could be at his strongest against the Whitebeard Pirates' division commanders.

Kazu gave Carlmand the Chilly-Chilly Fruit and Makino the Medicine-Medicine Fruit, then contacted Whitebeard to arrange a confrontation on Broken Stone Island. Whitebeard agreed to arrive within two days, and Kazu prepared to settle his mother’s debt by defeating him.

• Carlmand and Makino asked Kazu for Devil Fruits so they could support their companions, and Kazu gave them the Chilly-Chilly Fruit and the Medicine-Medicine Fruit.
• Carlmand and Makino ate their fruits, and Carlmand accidentally unleashed a wave of freezing cold before Kazu told him to stop.
• Kazu and his companions sailed northwest aboard the Divine Dragon toward Broken Stone Island to rest and regroup.
• Kazu called Whitebeard and challenged him to come to Broken Stone Island so he could collect the debt owed to Her Navia.
• Whitebeard accepted the challenge and said he would arrive within two days, while Kazu remained confident he could defeat him.

Kazu and the Blond Hair Pirates prepared on Crushed Stone Island for their coming battle with the Whitebeard Pirates. After a day of training and waiting, Whitebeard’s crew arrived, leaving both sides on the brink of the fight.

• Makino demonstrated that her Medicine-Medicine Fruit could transform objects into medicine, and Kazu praised her as the crew’s future medicine chest.
• Carlmand trained with the Chilly-Chilly Fruit, while Kazu and the others traveled to Crushed Stone Island and prepared to meet the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Kazu rested on the island as Robin read, Makino prepared medicinal drinks, Hancock joined Kazu, and Carlmand, Oulait, Behrens, and Drew trained.
• After lunch the next day, Marco spotted Crushed Stone Island, and Whitebeard rose with Murakumogiri, eager for the battle.

Whitebeard rushed ahead to test Kazu’s strength, but Kazu’s Conqueror’s Haki-coated strike overpowered his attack and injured his arm. Whitebeard returned to the Moby Dick, where Marco healed him, and admitted that Kazu might already be as strong as he was.

• Whitebeard told his crew to show the Blond Hair Pirates their courage but warned them not to kill anyone.
• Whitebeard leapt from the Moby Dick and attacked Kazu with Murakumogiri and his Tremor-Tremor Fruit power.
• Kazu countered with Conqueror’s Haki and spatial power, overpowering Whitebeard’s attack and sending him flying backward with an injured arm.
• Whitebeard landed on the Moby Dick, while the division commanders assumed he had defeated Kazu.
• Marco used his Phoenix Flames to heal Whitebeard’s arm, and Whitebeard told him Kazu might be no weaker than he was.

Kazu and Whitebeard clashed on Crushed Stone Island, where Kazu wounded Jozu before Whitebeard stopped his slash in a draw. Whitebeard learned Kazu was his son, but Kazu said they would have to catch up after he fulfilled Her Navia’s last wish, revealing that she had died.

• Kazu sent a Conqueror’s Haki-coated slash at the Whitebeard Pirates, and Jozu tried to block it with his diamond body.
• Kazu’s spatial power pierced Jozu’s defenses, wounded his chest, and sent him flying.
• Whitebeard met Kazu’s slash with Murakumogiri, splitting the clouds and shattering the island and surrounding sea before both men stepped back.
• Oulait turned his attention to Vista, hoping to fight the Whitebeard Pirates’ swordsman.
• Whitebeard asked about Kazu’s relationship with Her Navia, and Kazu confirmed that she was his mother.
• Kazu told Whitebeard he knew him as his father but had to fulfill Her Navia’s last wish first, and Whitebeard learned that she had died.

Kazu told Whitebeard that Navia’s last wish was for him to beat Whitebeard once he was strong enough, and the two began their fight. Kazu wounded Whitebeard and was struck by an Air Quake, then resumed attacking with a Shigan and Space Swap.

• Kazu revealed Navia’s last wish, and the division commanders realized he was Whitebeard’s biological son.
• Whitebeard agreed to fight Kazu, and Kazu used Space Confinement to slash his back without hitting a vital organ.
• Whitebeard countered with an Air Quake that struck Kazu and tore his clothes, though Kazu suffered little injury.
• Kazu charged again, jabbed Whitebeard in the kidney with Shigan, and used Space Swap to evade Whitebeard’s counterattack.

Kazu and Whitebeard fought while Oulait and Vista, and Behrens and Marco, each began their own battle. Carlmand kept forming an ice battlefield beneath the fighters as Whitebeard’s tremors repeatedly destroyed it, and Marco and Behrens continued trading attacks.

• Whitebeard realized his and Kazu’s Devil Fruit abilities interfered with each other, then used vibrations to disrupt Kazu’s Space Swap and charged at him.
• Kazu met Whitebeard head-on as the space around them repeatedly shattered and repaired itself, while Marco treated Jozu’s superficial wounds.
• Oulait challenged Vista, and the two began a sword fight with neither gaining a decisive advantage.
• Marco challenged Behrens, who accepted, while Carlmand formed an ice battlefield for the fighters.
• Whitebeard’s tremors repeatedly destroyed Carlmand’s ice, and Carlmand kept making more as Oulait and Vista fought on it.
• Marco attacked Behrens with a kick, and Behrens countered with a Thunderous Fist and lightning balls before Marco blocked them with blue flames and sent fireballs back.