Chapter 49

Cover
Straw hat and animals: Nami hugging a giant seagull.

Short Summary
Hawk eyed guy appears; Nami disappears.

Long Summary
Zeff knows a guy called the Hawk eyed man who seems to fill Gin description. Zoro puzzled look from previous chapter comes from the fact that he is looking for that same person and thought to find him nearby, according to some informations Johnny gave him. Consequently the Straw Hats decide that Grand Line is the place they must go to (despite Sanji sarcasm).

Meanwhile, Don Krieg crew is recovering thanks to Zeff food. Krieg tells them is plan to steal the Baratie ship and return to grand line. When he saw the lack of motivation of his men to return to a place, where they were almost killed, he fires on a man who criticized his decision... which appears to quickly change their mind.

While they are starting to attack the restaurant, their galleon is suddenly cut in half creating a lot of disbelief faces as well as some nasty waves. That makes Luffy, Zoro and Usopp worry for the others. When they arrive to the place where they left the Merry, they found Johnny and Yosaku almost drowning but no more ship. The both bounty hunters tell them the abominable truth : Nami fled with the Merry and all their belongings

Characters
3 : First apparition

Anime episode
Episode 23