After securing the Sunny, O-Tama takes Luffy to the house where she lives with her master, the sword-smith Tenguyama Hitetsu, and prepares him a meal to thank him. She walk away for a moment when her stomach started growling. Now, the capital is the only place that is not a desolate land, but the two still live there waiting for the return of the pirate, Ace. Luffy reveals to them that unfortunately they waited in vain since Ace died. Hitetsu explains that, wrecked on the island, Ace helped them four years earlier during a famine. Meanwhile, Basil Hawkins, now a subject of Kaido, goes to investigate the soldiers defeated by Luffy.

Nami and Shinobu finish with their current objective in the Flower Capital and Sanji's soba stand is growing more popular. In Udon, Luffy and Kid continue to work. Dobon becomes angry at them for eating alot of food. The vice warden tries to attack them only to be defeated by the pair.

Luffy and Old Man Hyo try to climb up the wall and break out of the Excavation Labor Camp, but Queen the Plague stands in their way and gives them a hard time! Meanwhile, Nami and Robin experience a public bathhouse along with Shinobu and come to know about the Land of Wano’s great yakuza boss.

The Mountain God continues its rampage in the Flower Capital until Oden confronts and defeats it. After this incident, Oden was expelled from the capital. Due to their admiration for Oden, Kin'emon and Denjiro decide to follow him.