Reckless!!

Mohji drags himself back to camp determined to warn Buggy about Luffy, yet he blacks out before a single useful word leaves him. None of the crew can piece together his message, but Buggy gathers that a formidable enemy is near and barks at his men to speed up the Buggy Balls. Beyond the town, an injured but living Chouchou limps into the townsfolk's shelter, easing their fears, though their worry turns to Boodle, who never returned with the animal.

Within the town, Nami silently rethinks her low opinion of Luffy. The mayor, by contrast, is furious with himself for standing idle through the dog's brawl with Luffy. He recounts how the barren land was claimed only forty years earlier by settlers escaping the pirates who had ruined their lives, and he names the town his one true treasure. Right then a Buggy Ball smashes into his house, where Zoro had been asleep, hurling everyone aside; the swordsman rises from the wreckage awake and barely marked. Shattered by the destruction of his life's work, the mayor storms off to confront Buggy. Nami flatly refuses to turn pirate but agrees to help Luffy for a share of any treasure, and the group sets off after Buggy.

Chouchou returns to the camp alive. Mohji collapses before describing Luffy's Devil Fruit power to Buggy. The backstory of Orange Town is laid out. A Buggy Ball destroys the building Zoro slept in, yet he walks away without a scratch. Boodle charges off to fight Buggy. Nami signs on as an ally of the group, while Luffy treats her as a genuine crewmate, and the crew heads off toward their showdown with Buggy.

The cover belongs to the Animal Theater series and shows Luffy in a captain's greatcoat posing as a classic vampire under a full moon as bats circle him. Among the supporting cast, Richie is shown knocked out and Hocker appears in a flashback to the town's founding. The chapter is part of the Orange Town Arc.