On Gloom Island in the Grand Line, Perona finds out that her captain, Gecko Moria, is alive and she is about to leave Dracule Mihawk who let her stay there for the last two years. Meanwhile, Moria raids the Pirate Island of Fullalead with his zombie army to take back his friend from Blackbeard.

In the Excavation Labor Camp, Luffy competes against Kid by hauling stones for food and they both get tons of it. However, Dobon, a vice warden, becomes furious when he finds out all their provisions are gone, and gives Luffy and Kid a new sentence: death.