Recaps

Bai Yu removed his 300-kilogram training suit and unleashed the strength it had been suppressing before overwhelming Treasure at the docks. After Naolai’s arrows failed to harm him, Treasure vowed to punish Bai Yu for looking down on him.

• Zoro and the others watched as Bai Yu removed his weighted suit, revealing that it had suppressed most of his strength and releasing his immense Spiritual Pressure.
• Koshiro told Zoro to leave the East Blue and see the wider world, while Treasure realized he had foolishly urged Bai Yu to strip.
• Bai Yu rushed Treasure and battered him with more than a hundred sword strikes, forcing Treasure to call for Naolai’s help.
• Naolai fired seven arrows at Bai Yu, but Bai Yu emerged from the flames unharmed beneath full-body Armament Haki.
• Bai Yu criticized Treasure for straying from the fight’s purpose, and Treasure angrily swore to make him pay.

Bai Yu defeated Treasure with a powerful sword technique after Treasure took Carina hostage and sent Domon to handle the aftermath. Zoro resolved to pursue Bai Yu as a future rival, while Bai Yu turned his attention to finding Nami.

• Treasure used chains to capture Carina and threatened to kill her unless Bai Yu obeyed him.
• Bai Yu infused his wooden sword with spiritual pressure and cut through Treasure’s chains and the pirates behind him with Kendo: Bisection, killing Treasure.
• Koshiro encouraged Zoro to pursue Bai Yu, and Zoro decided he would aim to become Bai Yu’s final opponent.
• Bai Yu received 1.5% template progress, 300 system points, and a free shop refresh for killing Treasure.
• Bai Yu left Domon to clean up the dock and arrange Treasure’s bounty payment, then set out to deal with Nami.

Garp and Smoker arrived on Shimotsuki Island expecting to rescue Bai Yu from Treasure, only to learn that Bai Yu had already killed the pirate and his crew. Garp decided to tell Sengoku about Bai Yu’s victory and recommend him for a high-ranking Marine position.

• Garp and Smoker hurried to Shimotsuki Island after learning Bai Yu might have encountered Treasure, while Garp feared for his grandson’s safety.
• Garp and Smoker rushed ashore, expecting a bloody battle, but found Marine soldiers repairing their ship and handling supplies.
• Domon told Smoker and Garp that Bai Yu had killed Treasure, his right-hand man, and the pirate crew, then split their ship with a tremendous slash.
• Smoker examined the enormous slash and realized Bai Yu had defeated the pirate he had hoped to capture.
• Garp laughed at Smoker’s surprise and said he would inform Sengoku of Bai Yu’s victory and recommend him for Vice Admiral or Admiral Candidate.

After defeating Treasure, Bai Yu headed toward Cocoyasi Village with Zoro and Carina while Smoker set out to confront him. On the voyage, Bai Yu refreshed the System Shop and froze at the two new listings.

• Domon told Smoker that Bai Yu had left Shimotsuki Island for Cocoyasi Village, and Garp noted that Onigumo was near those waters.
• Smoker left to find Bai Yu, while Garp let him go, hoping Bai Yu might prove worthy of an Admiral candidate position.
• Bai Yu trained aboard a small boat with Zoro, who recognized how quickly Bai Yu had mastered the iron-cutting realm.
• Carina worried about Nami, but Bai Yu said they should not arrive before her and disrupt his plan.
• Bai Yu refreshed the System Shop and froze when he saw its two new items.

Bai Yu spotted a chance to accelerate his character-template progress and challenged Marine Vice Admiral Onigumo, whose Eight-Sword Style he wanted to test. Onigumo had come to escort Bai Yu to Marine Headquarters, but the chapter ended with him questioning whether Bai Yu’s challenge was a joke.

• Bai Yu considered the system shop’s listings for Arakuri Heron and the Seven Bladed Swords, then thought of a new way to advance his template.
• Carina shot down a sea eagle, and Bai Yu praised her unexpected skill before noticing an approaching warship.
• Onigumo learned Bai Yu was approaching and ordered his ship to rendezvous with him so he could take him to Marine Headquarters.
• Onigumo told Bai Yu to board the warship, but Bai Yu refused and challenged him to a fight, saying a Vice Admiral should be worth a slash.
• Onigumo stopped and demanded to know whether Bai Yu was serious about challenging a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral.

Bai Yu accepted Vice Admiral Onigumo’s challenge and used the system to master Eight-Sword Style, surprising the Marines with his strength. As the two traded powerful attacks, Onigumo launched a sword thrust from a concealed angle, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Bai Yu told Onigumo he was serious about fighting to the death, and Onigumo agreed to teach him a lesson.
• Onigumo displayed his Eight-Sword Style, using six arms created through Life Return along with the two swords in his hands.
• Bai Yu used the system to acquire Eight-Sword Style, then clashed his golden blade aura against Onigumo’s attack and knocked away seven blades of his own.
• Bai Yu declared that he used Eight-Sword Style and charged Onigumo with a heavy cleave, forcing the Vice Admiral to retreat two steps.
• Bai Yu switched to two pointed blades and pressed his attack, while Onigumo countered with a sword thrust from a third Life Return arm.

Bai Yu defeated Vice Admiral Onigumo in a spar by unleashing his unconventional Eight-Sword Style. The Marines recognized Onigumo’s loss after Bai Yu’s final attack shattered his swords and blasted him across the deck.

• Bai Yu chained together attacks with his third through seventh swords, forcing Onigumo to block each strike and use Life Return.
• Onigumo mocked Bai Yu for having no apparent eighth sword and thrust at him with his remaining blade.
• Bai Yu covered his forehead with Armament Haki and charged headfirst into the attack with Head Eighth Sword.
• Bai Yu’s final blow snapped Onigumo’s sword and smashed him into the steel cabin, breaking six of his blades.
• The Marines reacted in disbelief, while Onigumo realized that Bai Yu had won their spar.

Bai Yu defeated Onigumo, declined his offer to return to Marine Headquarters, and sailed on toward Cocoyasi Village. There, Nami returned with the money to buy the village from Arlong, while asking Nojiko for news about Treasure.

• Bai Yu told Onigumo that his Eight-Sword Style had developed through combat, and the system rewarded him for defeating the Vice Admiral.
• Bai Yu declined to sail with Onigumo to Marine Headquarters and left for Cocoyasi Village, hoping to find Arlong and gain more template progress.
• Onigumo watched Bai Yu depart, then shouted for him to come back and help repair the wrecked warship.
• Nami arrived at Cocoyasi Village with forty million Beli and told Nojiko that Arlong had agreed to a deal if she brought him a hundred million.
• Nami asked Nojiko whether she had found news about Treasure, then headed to meet Arlong and buy Cocoyasi Village's freedom.

Nami returned to Arlong Park with a hundred million Beli to buy back Cocoyasi Village, only to learn that Arlong had arranged for Nezumi to steal her savings and never intended to let her go. As Kuroobi cornered her, Lord Bai Yu intervened and killed him with a flying wooden saber.

• Nami reassured Nojiko and headed to Arlong Park, hoping her money would free Cocoyasi Village.
• Outside the gates, Nami overheard Chew, Kuroobi, and Arlong reveal that Arlong had arranged for Nezumi to steal her treasure and planned to keep exploiting her.
• Nami burst into Arlong Park and attacked Arlong, who caught her staff and ordered Kuroobi to beat her and then attack Cocoyasi Village.
• Nami fled to warn the villagers, but Kuroobi cornered her against a wall.
• Lord Bai Yu's wooden saber pierced the wall and struck Kuroobi, killing him and leaving Nami to recognize her rescuer.

Bai Yu slaughtered Arlong’s Fish-Men and left Arlong broken and begging for mercy. Captain Nezumi and Navy soldiers arrived to find the park full of dead Fish-Men and Arlong defeated.

• Arlong ordered the Fish-Men to attack Bai Yu after his blade failed to injure him.
• Bai Yu dodged Chew’s water cannonballs and cut Chew down with a single strike.
• Bai Yu slaughtered the Fish-Men who tried to flee, leaving Arlong too terrified to fight.
• Arlong charged at Nami, but Bai Yu struck him through a wall and caved in half his chest.
• Arlong begged Nami to spare him and offered the Beli and twenty villages.
• Captain Nezumi arrived with Navy soldiers and froze at the sight of Arlong and the dead Fish-Men.

Bai Yu killed Arlong and prepared to kill Captain Nezumi, but Smoker intervened and revealed Bai Yu was Vice Admiral Garp’s grandson. As Smoker confronted him, Bai Yu unlocked the Subordinate Template and gained Scissor Seven’s powers.

• Arlong offered Captain Nezumi a hundred million Beli to help kill Bai Yu, and Nezumi ordered his Marines to fire.
• Bai Yu walked through the bullets and cut Arlong down, then sent his wooden sword flying at Captain Nezumi.
• Smoker deflected Bai Yu’s attack and saved Captain Nezumi, then revealed Bai Yu was Vice Admiral Garp’s grandson.
• Bai Yu refused Smoker’s demand to spare Nezumi, and Smoker transformed into smoke and challenged him.
• Bai Yu’s system unlocked the Subordinate Template, granting him Scissor Seven’s Sword Control with Qi and beginning a character fusion.

Bai Yu killed Captain Nezumi with his own saber despite Smoker’s attempt to protect him, then fought Smoker at Arlong Park. Smoker’s White Smoke Domain failed to conceal him from Bai Yu, who struck him flying into a rock.

• Bai Yu’s killing intent froze Smoker, Nezumi, and the fleeing navy soldiers in place.
• Bai Yu drew Nezumi’s saber from a distance and used it to cut Nezumi’s throat, then dismissed Smoker’s accusations by saying Nezumi had died by his own weapon.
• Smoker unleashed his White Smoke Domain and charged at Bai Yu through the mist.
• Bai Yu saw through the smoke, struck Smoker in the face with his wooden sword, and scattered the mist with the blow.
• Smoker flew into a massive rock, shattering it as the navy soldiers watched in shock.

After defeating Arlong’s forces, Bai Yu told Garp he had killed Captain Nezumi and learned that Ace had eaten the Flame-Flame Fruit. Bai Yu left Cocoyasi Village with Nami and Carina aboard his ship, where Carina demonstrated her skill with a gun.

• Garp arrived at Arlong Park, saw Smoker defeated, and questioned Bai Yu about the Fish-Man corpses and Captain Nezumi.
• Bai Yu told Garp he had killed Nezumi and took Ace’s bounty poster, discovering Ace had a fifty-million-Beli bounty as captain of the Spade Pirates.
• Bai Yu explained that he had told Ace where to find the Flame-Flame Fruit, then said he would leave to handle personal business and look for Ace.
• Garp asked Bai Yu to deal with Krieg if they crossed paths, while Bai Yu and Nami left Arlong Park.
• A day later, Nami joined Bai Yu’s ship as its navigator, and Carina shot down a seabird while explaining that she wanted to provide cover for the crew.

Bai Yu used his System Shop points to buy a super-modified sniper rifle and scope, intending to arm Carina. After assembling the weapon to demonstrate it, he looked through the scope and was stunned by what he saw.

• Bai Yu asked the system whether he could share shop items and learned it would retrieve or erase them if he stopped sharing.
• Bai Yu spent all eight hundred System Points on a Super-Modified 98K and a Super-Modified 8x Scope.
• Bai Yu offered the sniper rifle to Carina, while Nami and Zoro questioned his claim that it could kill one of the Four Emperors.
• Bai Yu assembled the rifle and looked through the scope, then reacted with disbelief at its capabilities.

Bai Yu tested his modified sniper rifle against the approaching Krieg Pirates and struck Don Krieg from a thousand meters away. Krieg’s armor shattered, and his fleet fell into chaos as Bai Yu prepared to face the survivors.

• Bai Yu discovered that his modified scope could use his Observation Haki to see targets as far as a thousand meters away.
• Carina spotted the Krieg Pirates approaching, and Zoro offered to fight while Bai Yu chose to test his gun instead.
• Krieg boasted that Bai Yu’s weapon could not hurt him and ordered the crew to surrender.
• Bai Yu fired at Krieg, smashing him into the mast and disabling the lead ship, which caused the following pirate ships to collide.
• Krieg’s golden armor cracked apart, leaving him injured and stunned by the power of Bai Yu’s supposedly toy gun.

Bai Yu used his modded 98K to devastate Krieg’s flagship and gave the weapon to Carina for sniper cover. Three days later, Ace and the Spade Pirates arrived at the floating restaurant as Krieg’s battered fleet approached, leaving the cause of its retreat a mystery.

• Bai Yu charged his modded 98K with Haki and fired a laser that destroyed Krieg’s flagship, while Krieg escaped by diving into the sea.
• Bai Yu gave the modded 98K to Carina and told her to cover him by shooting where he pointed.
• Three days later, Ace, Masked Deuce, and Mihal sailed toward the floating restaurant, where Patty, Zeff, and Sanji recognized Ace as the rising pirate captain.
• Sanji noticed commotion in the western sea, and the restaurant’s guests spotted Krieg’s damaged fleet fleeing with a disheveled Krieg aboard.
• Deuce assured everyone that Ace could handle Krieg, while Zeff suggested they watch the fleet before eating.

Ace and the Spade Pirates confronted Krieg’s fleet at the floating restaurant, but the Krieg Pirates panicked when the mysterious pursuer who had chased them for three days appeared. After the stranger split a pirate ship with a golden slash, Krieg collapsed in terror, while Ace refused to retreat.

• Krieg ordered his battered fleet to seize the floating restaurant’s food and slaughter anyone who resisted.
• Ace announced his fifty-million-Beli bounty and asked Krieg to withdraw, but Krieg dismissed him and sent his pirates to attack.
• Mihal spotted someone walking across the sea, and the Krieg Pirates abandoned their charge in terror, recognizing their pursuer.
• Krieg tried to rally his crew for a final fight, but a golden blade aura split a pirate ship in two and made him kneel in fear.
• Mihal asked whether the Spade Pirates should retreat, but Ace refused and trusted in his Flame-Flame Fruit powers.

Bai Yu reached the sea restaurant, killed Krieg, and faced Ace, who challenged him with the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit. The two prepared to fight, with Ace claiming Bai Yu could not even hit him.

• Ace identified Bai Yu as a Marine supernova and said he had been seeking a rematch since gaining the Flame-Flame Fruit.
• Bai Yu used Shun Soru to reach the sea restaurant, where Krieg begged him to stop pursuing him and attacked with a golden battle spear.
• Bai Yu shattered Krieg's spear and struck him into a ship's deck, killing him in two moves.
• Ace confronted Bai Yu and demonstrated his Logia Elemental Transformation, while Deuce warned Bai Yu about the Flame-Flame Fruit.
• Bai Yu asked whether Ace was worth a slash, and Ace charged at him, boasting that Bai Yu could not land an attack.

Bai Yu and Ace fought across the sea, escalating from repeated exchanges to Ace's Flame Emperor and Bai Yu's overwhelming two-handed slash. Bai Yu split the enormous fireball and sent his blade aura toward Ace as the resulting flames engulfed nearby ships and battered the floating restaurant.

• Ace attacked Bai Yu with Fire Fist, Fire Pistol, and a ring of fire, but Bai Yu cut through each attack with golden blade auras.
• Deuce and Zeff discussed Ace's Logia advantage as Ace declared he would get serious and began gathering a massive fireball.
• Ace launched Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor, a hundred-meter fireball that bore down on Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu released overwhelming Spiritual Pressure and used Kendo: Bisection, splitting the fireball in two and sending the remaining blade aura toward Ace.
• The uncontrolled flames erupted like a tsunami, swallowing nearby pirate ships and sending the floating restaurant, Deuce, and the others flying.

Bai Yu knocked Ace out of his Elemental Transformation and sent him into the sea, shocking the Spade Pirates. After Zoro defeated Deuce, Ace resurfaced and revealed that Bai Yu was both a Marine and his sworn older brother.

• Ace reformed from flames and believed his Logia powers had protected him, but Bai Yu struck him out of his elemental state and sent him crashing into the sea.
• Mihal dove in to rescue Ace while Deuce tried to hold off Bai Yu and attacked with One Sword Style: Ocean Waves.
• Zoro emerged from the water and defeated Deuce with Three-Sword Style: Rhino Strike.
• Deuce exposed the bombs under his clothes, and Bai Yu called out to Ace, who climbed back onto the deck with Mihal's help.
• Ace exchanged familiar banter with Bai Yu and told the stunned Deuce that Bai Yu was a Marine and his sworn older brother.

Bai Yu defeated the Krieg Pirates and explained Haki to Ace and the others. After Zeff offered them a meal, Nami and Carina arrived, and Bai Yu decided to board their ship.

• Bai Yu used Conqueror's Haki to knock out Krieg, Gin the Demon Man, and the remaining Krieg Pirates.
• Zeff identified Bai Yu's powers as the Three Types of Haki and explained their abilities to Ace and the others.
• Bai Yu warned Ace not to let getting the Flame-Flame Fruit make him overconfident, and Ace admitted that his crew had gone three days without food.
• Zeff offered to treat Bai Yu and the others to a meal, while he and Sanji argued about Sanji leaving the restaurant.
• Nami and Carina arrived at the floating restaurant, and Bai Yu announced that he was getting on their ship.

At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku explained why rookie pirate Fire Fist Ace had received a 50-million-Beli bounty and assigned the Admirals to monitor several threats. He then announced Bai Yu as his choice for a new Admiral Candidate.

• Sanji tried to board the ship with Carina and Nami, but Zeff attacked him with his wooden leg as they resumed their brawl.
• Sengoku showed the officers a bounty request for the Spade Pirates’ captain, Fire Fist Ace, and explained that Ace possessed the Logia Flame-Flame Fruit.
• Sengoku said Garp would keep watch on Ace and assigned Kizaru, Aokiji, and Akainu to monitor the Beasts Pirates, the Shichibukai selection, and the Celestial Dragons.
• Sengoku announced that Marine Headquarters needed another Admiral Candidate because the Three Admirals were stretched too thin.
• Sengoku revealed that Bai Yu, rather than Yamakaji, Doberman, or Onigumo, was his recommended candidate.

Sengoku defended Garp’s recommendation of Bai Yu for Admiral Candidate by revealing Bai Yu’s accomplishments and Onigumo’s defeat, but Akainu and Kizaru remained unconvinced. The Marines postponed the decision until Bai Yu reached Headquarters, while Sengoku wondered whether his gamble would lead to trouble.

• Sengoku told the Marine officers that Garp had recommended Bai Yu after Bai Yu killed Treasure and Arlong and defeated Onigumo.
• Akainu challenged the claim, and Onigumo confirmed by Den Den Mushi that Bai Yu had beaten him using the Eight-Sword Style.
• Onigumo praised Bai Yu’s Three Types of Haki, swordsmanship, and combat instincts, saying his talent could rival Dracule Mihawk’s.
• Akainu and Kizaru objected to appointing an unproven newcomer, so Sengoku postponed the decision until Bai Yu arrived at Marine Headquarters.
• After the officers left, Sengoku reflected on the risk he had taken for Garp’s grandson and voiced unease that something major might happen.

At the Marine branch in Loguetown, Smoker told Isuka that Bai Yu had defeated him and possibly Ace, then asked her to help patrol during the anniversary of Roger’s death. Meanwhile, Bai Yu’s ship approached Loguetown, where Carina shot down a Sea King with her Super-Modified 98K.

• Isuka arrived at the Loguetown Marine branch, where Smoker showed her the slash on his face and said Bai Yu had defeated him with one Armament Haki-enhanced slash.
• Smoker told Isuka that Bai Yu was rumored to have defeated the Krieg Pirates and Fire Fist Ace, but he had no news that Ace was in Marine custody.
• Isuka explained that she had pursued Ace after encountering him in the Sixis Sea and had requested his fifty-million-Beli bounty.
• Smoker asked Isuka to help patrol Loguetown on the anniversary of Pirate King Roger’s death, and she agreed before leaving to browse weapon shops.
• Aboard Bai Yu’s ship near Loguetown, Carina used the Super-Modified 98K to kill an attacking Sea King, and Bai Yu praised her shot.

Nami and Carina used their weapons to defeat a swarm of Sea Kings, prompting Sanji to ask Bai Yu for training and receive weighted wrist guards and advice on developing his kicking power. After the ship reached Loguetown to restock, Bai Yu went ashore and collided with an orange-haired woman in a hurry to buy a sword.

• Nami's Thunderstorm Tempo struck the Sea Kings with lightning and left their bodies scattered across the water.
• Sanji admitted he wanted to become stronger, and Bai Yu gave him adjustable wrist weights and advised him to train toward a heat-generating spinning kick.
• Bai Yu announced that the crew would resupply in Loguetown, while Zoro chose to stay aboard and train.
• Bai Yu went ashore and bumped into an orange-haired woman who apologized before hurrying off to buy a sword.