Summary:
While Kureha and Dalton rejoice at the now possible rebirth of their country, they learn that Chopper has joined a group of pirates whose captain is worth Beli 30,000,000. Meanwhile, Chopper and his new friends discover life aboard the Going Merry.
Kureha and Dalton are sitting under the sakura snow, now holding out hope for their country’s future, when a villager appears carrying Luffy’s reward poster. Realizing that their friend met dangerous people, Kureha made cryptic remarks about Gol D. Roger and Will of D. When asked where the poster came from, the villager replies that a stranger appeared a few days ago looking for Blackbeard. The pirates who destroyed the island. When a stranger named Ace learned that they had already left, he gave Luffy’s poster to the villagers so they could tell Luffy to wait for him in Arabasta for 10 days if they reached Drum.
Aboard the Going Merry, Chopper is full of nostalgia and is not happy with the others who are having a sakura party. However, once Nami gives him his first aid kit, which he didn’t have time to prepare during his hasty departure, he realizes that Kureha did it for him and secretly agreed to his departure. This revelation changes his mood and he quickly learns the customs of the crew, who happily celebrate the new Straw Hat Doctor.
Meanwhile, in Little Garden, an okama named Mr. 2 Mr. 3 to fulfill Crocodile’s order to kill him, but Mr. 3 was nowhere to be found.