Jesus Burgess

It is unknown if Burgess obtained this belt from his mastery in wrestling or if it’s just there for his wrestler appearance. During the timeskip, Burgess has grown a beard and become even more muscular. His hair has also turned a lighter shade than what it was two years ago. While at the Corrida Colosseum, Burgess dons the traditional gladiator attire of sandals and a loincloth, as well as his trademark belt. In addition, his right arm is armored, with his shoulder being covered by a plate pauldron, all held in place by a harness across his chest.

He also wears a pair of black gloves. When he first entered the Colosseum as Mr. Store, he was wearing a light green paper bag mask which has eyeholes in it and the name “Store” which is colored aqua-blue and Happy written in black upside-down on the forehead. His regular outfit after the timeskip is mostly the same as two years ago. However, he now wears a vertically striped black and white sleeveless shirt that has the same orange symbol as his luchador mask, and he now wears a pair of brown gloves. In Dressrosa, he also carries a green bag which has swirly patterns on it. During the Egghead Arc, he now wears a golden metal plating over the right side of his skull and jaw due to the injuries he received from fighting Sabo. He also wears his original outfit and reduced his beard to a chin curtain for the metal plating on his face.

Despite, or perhaps because of his profound love for combat, Burgess also appears to be a sore loser, unable to accept defeat even when he is critically injured. He is also willing to use whatever dirty and underhanded tactics he can should he or his allies be unable to win in a fair fight, as evidenced by how he joined the rest of the Blackbeard Pirates in their nine-on-one assault against Whitebeard or tried to goad Sabo into approaching him by taunting him about Ace’s last request and him not being there to save his brother so he could stab the revolutionary with a hidden knife. He has a much more serious nature than his captain, as he scolded Blackbeard for laughing when they lost the Straw Hat Pirates. However, he seems to have become quite laid-back after the time-skip shown when meeting Monkey D. Luffy in the Corrida Colosseum hallways and letting his captain talk to him. Late into the Dressrosa Arc, Burgess also displayed a ruthless opportunistic mindset, willing to take advantage of Luffy’s weakened state to kill him and take his Devil Fruit, despite the fact that Luffy was the country’s best chance at saving them from the oppressive Doflamingo. This is further shown when he tried to kill Sabo just to get his hands on the Mera Mera no Mi when he interfered in his attempts to kill Luffy, believing that it was his right to have the fruit. He is also very determined and stubborn as he ignored his injured state and infiltrated Sabo’s ship and so he could find the Revolutionary Army’s headquarters and managed to stay hidden for days before informing his comrades. After Blackbeard had become an Emperor and began going by the new title of “Admiral Teach”, Burgess repeatedly forgets to address Blackbeard by this moniker and habitually calls him “Captain Teach”, prompting Laffitte to remind him several times in the past not to do this. According to himself, he is attached to the crew’s raft. Burgess’ signature laugh is “Wiiihahaha!”

As Luffy’s sworn brother, Sabo is an enemy to Burgess. At the Corrida Colosseum, Burgess fought Sabo for the Mera Mera no Mi and was displeased when the latter ate the fruit. During the Birdcage game, Sabo stopped Burgess from killing Luffy and told him that he was Luffy’s brother as well as Ace’s. Burgess was amused but tried to ignore Sabo though after Sabo revealed he ate the Mera Mera no Mi, he decided to go after him. After defeating Burgess, Sabo was just going to walk away but Burgess spoke ill of Ace, in an attempt to kill Sabo. A furious Sabo evaded his attack and injured him further, by severely burning him. Burgess managed to survive and stowaway on board a ship that took him to the Revolutionary Army’s base at Baltigo. When informing his comrades of his location, Burgess is shown to detest Sabo as he insulted him and told the rest of Blackbeard Pirates to attack Baltigo, forcing the revolutionaries to relocate their base of operations.

Burgess has tremendous physical strength. He easily ripped an entire building off its foundations and threw it at Ace across a great distance, while carrying it in the air. In the Corrida Colosseum, he completely overpowered all of his opponents in A Block (including a giant in the anime) by himself single-handedly within seconds. Burgess’s strength also extends to his extremely sturdy legs as he jumped down from Dressrosa’s immensely high royal palace to the country’s street level without a scratch, allowing him to make it to Luffy’s location in a very short amount of time, a feat that greatly shocked Koala. In terms of hand-to-hand combat, Burgess is also an immensely powerful and skilled wrestler. His wrestling attacks such as elbow strikes and lariats can generate massive, air pressure-based shockwaves that can demolish buildings with great ease. Burgess also possesses massive endurance and durability, as seen (pre time-skip) when he took a direct hit from a Gura Gura no Mi strike from former Emperor Edward Newgate, as well as Fleet Admiral Sengoku’s shockwave in his Buddha form without suffering much damage. In Dressrosa, Burgess took Sabo’s Kaen Ryuou at point blank range, which blasted him with enough firepower to smash him through several buildings, and recovered enough to quickly resume the battle. After being defeated by Sabo in a heavily injured state, Burgess survived being brutally burned by Sabo’s Hiken after his failed attempt to steal the Mera Mera no Mi. Despite suffering this much damage, Burgess could stow himself away on a ship of the Revolutionary Army travelling to Baltigo for an extended period of time without any medical treatment, allowing him to contact Laffitte to inform him of his location in Baltigo while still on the verge of death, showing considerable stealth and infiltration skills as well.

Attacks

Noncanon Attacks

Devil Fruit

At some point after the Dressrosa Arc, Burgess ate the Riki Riki no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that grants him superhuman strength. This enhances Burgess’ already immense strength to the point where he can casually lift a mountain over his head and throw it a far distance.

Haki

Armament Haki

Burgess demonstrated the use of Armament Haki when he hardened his elbow armor in an attempt to resist Sabo’s Armament Haki-infused attack in the Corrida Colosseum’s final round. However, his Armament Haki was inferior to Sabo’s, as his elbow armor was shattered.

Observation Haki

Burgess possesses the ability to use Observation Haki.

Weapons

During the Summit War of Marineford, he was seen using two pistols against Whitebeard. When Burgess tried to kill Luffy, he wielded a large dagger.

The Blackbeard Pirates sailed to Impel Down and passed through the Gates of Justice. They reached the prison as Monkey D. Luffy was rioting in Level 4. As they made their way through Level 1, they encountered former Head Jailer Shiryu, and then made their way down to Level 4, where they encountered the escaping prisoners. Burgess stood by as Blackbeard and Luffy briefly fought. After exchanging words with the prisoners, the Blackbeard Pirates continued on their way to the lower levels and confronted Chief Warden Magellan, who poisoned them with his Hydra technique. Later, the whole crew was saved by an antidote from Shiryu, who accepted Blackbeard’s offer and joined their crew. When they reached Level 6, the Blackbeard Pirates had the prisoners fight to the death with the survivors joining the crew. The following events are non-canon, and therefore not considered part of the canon story.

One Piece Stampede

Burgess noticed there was one more person, Douglas Bullet, who had survived the battle royale, but Teach told Burgess to leave him alone, taking the others to the surface. Concludes non-canon section.

Marineford Arc

Burgess was spotted along with the other members of the Blackbeard Pirates on the execution platform where they were watching the events that unfold on the battlefield. They came to Marineford because they had wanted to witness Ace’s death. After Blackbeard had confronted Whitebeard, the Blackbeard Pirates struck down Whitebeard. After Whitebeard’s death, Burgess assisted his crewmates in covering Whitebeard with a black cloth and guarded Blackbeard as he started to demonstrate his powers. Blackbeard later emerged and demonstrated the power of the Gura Gura no Mi. Sengoku in his Buddha form then attacked the Blackbeard Pirates, blasting them with shockwaves. While Blackbeard fought against Sengoku and Monkey D. Garp, Red-Haired Shanks arrived on the battlefield. The Blackbeard Pirates decided to leave rather than fight the Red Hair Pirates.

Postwar Arc

The Blackbeard Pirates made their move in the New World, taking out Jewelry Bonney in the process. The crew was bickering amongst each other on a fiery island. The Blackbeard Pirates’ raft was brought close to the point of destruction due to Sanjuan Wolf’s size, and they seemingly got in contact with the Marines to trade Jewelry Bonney for a battleship. On look out, Van Augur alerted Teach that the battleship had arrived, but not for a trade, because Akainu was on board. Knowing that the deal would not happen, the Blackbeard Pirates fled, leaving Bonney and her crew behind to be arrested.

During The Timeskip

One year after the war at Marineford, the Blackbeard Pirates fought against the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates and ultimately won. The Blackbeard Pirates used Teach’s knowledge of Whitebeard’s former territory to conquer nearly all of it. Now that Blackbeard had become an Emperor, the Blackbeard Pirates began hunting down powerful Devil Fruit users in order to absorb their abilities. At some point, the Blackbeard Pirates expanded, and Burgess became one of the Ten Titanic Captains, leading the first ship of the fleet. At some point, the crew arrived at an island in the New World, where some of them were frozen by the former Admiral Kuzan. However, the latter and Teach started talking and drinking, so Kuzan got rid of the freezing. After the former Marine talked about his fight with Akainu, Catarina Devon asked him about “the man with the burn mark”. As Kuzan had no knowledge about this, Burgess told him about the Road Poneglyphs and how Kaidou and Big Mom are known to have one each; while Teach added that “the man with the burn mark” could lead them to the fourth. After some speculation about the latter, Kuzan replied that he did not see a red Poneglyph in Ohara and began to tell why this brought back bad memories for him; though Burgess simply began to laugh upon hearing it. Suddenly hearing Lafitte suggest that they steal his Devil Fruit, Kuzan froze some of the crew members again, but Teach convinced the former Admiral to join the crew. After Trafalgar Law caused what is now known as the Rocky Port Incident the Blackbeard Pirates made the island Hachinosu their base of operations.

Dressrosa Saga

Dressrosa Arc

Burgess entered the monthly Corrida Colosseum tournament as “Mr. Store” to compete for the Mera Mera no Mi and was assigned to A Block. It did not take him long to defeat all of his opponents and he was declared the winner of the A Block battle royale. He then removed the paper bag mask he was wearing and revealed his identity, shocking the spectators and the other fighters. During the fight between Luffy (as Lucy) and Chinjao, Burgess went to the observation deck and commented that Block C had gotten interesting.

He then wondered who Lucy was. After witnessing Lucy’s victory, Burgess realized that the man was in fact Luffy and got excited. After Block C ended, Burgess spoke to Blackbeard via Den Den Mushi. Teach was discussing the possibility of recruiting Kuzan to join their crew, but Burgess stated that the former admiral could not be trusted. When Luffy stopped by, Burgess handed the Den Den Mushi to him, allowing him to speak to Blackbeard.

When Luffy declared that he would not allow the Blackbeard Pirates to get Ace’s power, Burgess merely laughed. After Rebecca had won Block D, Burgess looked forward for the finals. He later entered the arena alongside Lucy (now Sabo), Bartolomeo, Rebecca, and Diamante. After Diamante explained the rules of this round, a five-person battle royale commenced. A fighting fish attacked Burgess, but he easily repelled it and sent it flying towards the audience.

He later clashed against Lucy, who managed to break the armor around his right arm. Despite that setback, Burgess continued to engage Lucy in heated combat, causing more damage to the colosseum in the process. During the time the toys in the audience transformed back into their original forms, Burgess was surprised when Lucy demolished the entire arena with his bare hands. After Lucy had acquired the power of the Mera Mera no Mi and destroyed the arena, Burgess fell into the underground trade port. Burgess then noticed that Lucy was not Luffy and was frustrated that he lost the Devil Fruit.

On top of the royal palace during the final battle between Luffy and Doflamingo, Burgess watched as the events unfolded while wondering what to do next. After Luffy’s Gear 4 wore off, Burgess took an opportunity to attempt to kill Luffy for the Gomu Gomu no Mi. He jumped down from the palace and pursued him. Before he could strike Luffy, Sabo intercepted him. Sabo then informed him of his relationship to Luffy and Burgess realized that Sabo was the Lucy who fought in the colosseum final after Sabo revealed he ate the Mera Mera no Mi.

With Sabo standing in his way, Burgess decided to take his Devil Fruit power and the two subsequently clashed. Despite his efforts, Burgess was eventually defeated by Sabo. As the revolutionary was leaving, Burgess asked him if he was going to kill him. Sabo replied that there was no point in doing so. However, Burgess goaded Sabo into staying by telling him what Ace said when he was captured. Burgess mocked the latter for choosing such pathetic words causing Sabo to become angered and grab Burgess’ head as the latter continued to spew insults. Burgess then drew a concealed dagger, preparing to kill Sabo for his Devil Fruit. Sabo reprimanded Burgess for his words as Burgess mocked Sabo for not being there to save his brother and attempted to kill him. However, having heard enough, Sabo attacked Burgess with point blank Fire Fist, both burning and sending the screaming Burgess flying.

Whole Cake Island Saga

Zou Arc

After his defeat at the hands of Sabo, a heavily injured Burgess secretly boarded a ship that took him to Baltigo. On the verge of death, he lost consciousness and was unable to tell his crewmates he had left Dressrosa, who came looking for him. After regaining consciousness, he later contacted Shiryu and Laffitte and confirmed the island as the Revolutionary Army’s main headquarters, where Dragon and Sabo were currently residing, an island hidden from the world that neither he nor the world knew about. Burgess asked for the crew to come find him and also bring Doc Q to treat his injuries, as he was on the verge of death. He then told them to inform Teach and get the entire crew to attack the island, who would be able to reach him using his Vivre Card. The Blackbeard Pirates later attacked Baltigo, destroying the island by the time the Marines and Cipher Pol arrived, but the Revolutionary Army was able to escape. However, the Blackbeard Pirates fled after briefly clashing with Cipher Pol. At some point after leaving Baltigo, Burgess acquired the power of the Riki Riki no Mi as well as metal plating around the right side of his face to cover the damage he received from Sabo. The following events are non-canon, and therefore not considered part of the canon story.

Wano Country Saga

One Piece Stampede

Burgess attended the Pirates Festival on Delta Island. Concludes non-canon section.

Final Saga

Egghead Arc

Knowing that Law, Eustass Kid, or Luffy would travel to Winner Island once they left Wano, Teach decided to wait there with Jesus Burgess, Van Augur, Doc Q, and Stronger to steal of the Road Poneglyphs from any arriving crew. When they saw the Polar Tang of the Heart Pirates, they attacked it, opening several holes in the submarine’s hull. After the opponents surfaced, Van Augur teleported Burgess to the island, who was completely jubilant as he displayed his newfound power by lifting an entire mountain, then throwing it at the Heart Pirates. However, Law destroyed the entire mountain with his own abilities, where Teach would then appear to confront Law himself. Subsequently, the crew managed to defeat the Heart Pirates, leaving almost all of them in the sea along with the sunken and destroyed Polar Tang. Afterwards, Burguess and the rest of the Blackbeard Pirates surrounded an unconscious Law, while Teach contemplated what to do with the latter’s Ope Ope no Mi. However, Bepo transformed into Sulong and attacked the crew, before swimming away, taking Law with him.

Elbaph Arc

Some time later, Burgess returned to Hachinosu with the rest of the crew, where they would see everything that had happened on the island while they were away. After that he would meet up with some of the other Titanic Captains who were there watching as Teach scolded Pizarro for all the trouble that had occurred. However, when some of his subordinates encouraged him, the Commodore calmed down and laughed as morale rose, stating that they should take advantage of it. When Teach and Kuzan discussed how they now had Garp captured, Burgess stated that the wind was now in their favor. After celebrating that they were able to capture Charlotte Pudding as well, the Emperor asked the others to contact Laffite, something they agreed to do. Shortly after, Pizarro informed them that Catarina Devon and Van Augur had returned.