The Name of That Sea is

Garp chooses to free Luffy on the grounds that he is family and plans to cover the decision when reporting to the Marines, though Bogard suggests simply saying the boy slipped away. Outside, Koby describes how Marine vessels manage the Calm Belt: Seastone is laid along their hulls, a mineral that gives off the same aura as the ocean so that Sea Kings pay them no mind. He attributes the invention to a brilliant researcher named Vegapunk, and Helmeppo adds that the scientist has even worked out how to load Devil Fruit powers into objects. Eavesdropping by the pool through a black Den Den Mushi, Nami listens in. Koby names the waters beyond the Red Line the New World, reached to its end only by the Pirate King, and departs as a future rival.

The crew throws a huge barbecue that pulls in the Franky Family, the whole Galley-La company, and Iceburg, with Sogeking leading a song. Apart from the revelry, Robin hears Aokiji's voice asking why she did not run this time, and she answers that she could no longer stand by and watch her friends die. He explains that Jaguar D. Saul had been a close friend, and honoring what Saul once wanted, he means to see how her life turns out. Aokiji tells her to keep living because Ohara endures within her, then disappears before she can chase him down. The chapter ends at Mary Geoise, where a member of the Five Elders learns that Shanks and Whitebeard have made contact, as Whitebeard greets Shanks aboard demanding he brought decent drink.

The scientist Vegapunk earns his very first mention here, and Koby explains both the New World and the Seastone-fitted ships that traverse the Calm Belt. Contact between Shanks and Whitebeard puts the World Government on edge. The cover continues Enel's lunar journey as he comes upon a lifeless body in a uniform inside a hole.