


Then they breached the surface and there Ace was, on the stand, chained like Kotatsu once had been.Kotasu turned to others, even that stupid canine, to find the warmth he lost when fire-human left.Kotatsu remembered his own confinement, the poor food, the cage he was forced to sleep in and the captures who hurt him for their own amusement.Kotatsu refused to lose another friend to cruel men.He was warm and understood the importance of naps.Ace was now the one who was trapped, who was hurting. Law tells her that even though Luffy has been stabilized, he also suffered severe injuries from the battle.When Porchemy asks about Ace's treasure, he refuses to answer and together, Ace and Sabo defeat Porchemy and Luffy is rescued.At Windmill Village, Garp visits Dadan and the mountain bandits.Ivankov offers to teach Sanji the ways of newkama cooking if he can gather 99 recipes from around the kingdom and retain his manhood while doing so.The second story arc, which is yet to be named, also adapts material from the 59th to 61st volumes of the manga.As Whitebeard's forces reach the plaza, Sengoku and Garp prepare to fight them.The fighting between the pirates and the Marines continues as Sengoku and Garp fight Blackbeard, and the Marines are determined to eliminate the fleeing Whitebeard pirates.Sengoku orders all the Transponder Snail to stop broadcasting, but the one Buggy stole continues to broadcast images of the war as he tries to make himself famous.On Weatheria, Nami attempts to flee from the island by stealing a local balloon, but it crashes and Nami is captured by the townspeople as a traitor.

Ivankov also says that Luffy pushed himself to save Ace, much to Hancock's sadness.Upon hearing Luffy has woken up, Hancock orders food to be made for him (partly so she can go and see him), despite not having eaten anything herself in the two weeks.He tells Luffy that he wanted to know whether someone like him deserved to be born.Dadan orders her bandits to take Luffy away.Luffy follows the reporters and throws a bouquet of flowers.Luffy checks to see that Ace is still alive, then stops Crocodile from attacking Whitebeard.
