Tensions are escalating around the world. While Ctzo and his crew have been exploring exotic lands and fighting for justice, pirates and other troublemakers have been strengthening themselves for a day of vengeance against the Questavan Empire. Even while Ctzo seeks to reunite with his lost crewmembers and Vasitan plots to profit from the blackwaters pirates, a storm is brewing-one that may just have the power to break the Empire's defences.