Chapter Summaries

Roy considered which Devil Fruit to pursue for himself and decided to save the Flame-Flame Fruit for Ace. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku asked Roy to take Trafalgar Law as his disciple, and Roy agreed to have Law train alongside Ace and Luffy.

• Roy remembered that his special body let him safely eat a second Devil Fruit and decided to reserve the Flame-Flame Fruit for Ace.
• Roy considered seeking the Rumble-Rumble Fruit but concluded that the search would distract him from training the children.
• Two days later, Roy went to Sengoku's office and found Trafalgar Law waiting to see him.
• Law told Roy that the Op-Op Fruit had cured his Amber Lead Syndrome and said he wanted to become strong enough to protect those he cared about.
• Sengoku revealed that he had adopted Law as his grandson and asked Roy to take him as a disciple.
• Roy accepted Law, and Sengoku arranged for him to train alongside Ace and Luffy.

Roy brought Trafalgar Law to live and train with his household, where Ace and Luffy greeted him with a failed sneak attack and immediate bickering. Over a lively meal, Law began to feel welcomed by the family, while Roy thought about taking the children to visit his parents.

• Ace and Luffy ambushed Roy at the door, but he stopped them with a knock on each of their heads.
• Roy introduced Trafalgar Law as Admiral Sengoku's grandson and said he would live and train with them.
• Bellemere served a feast, and Law watched in shock as Roy, Ace, and Luffy devoured the food.
• Nami, Nojiko, and Bellemere welcomed Law at the table, and he admitted quietly that the meal and company were not bad.
• Roy thought it had been a long time since he visited his parents and considered taking the children to see them.

Roy asks Tsuru to find Gild Tesoro, whom he believes will become powerful and useful to the Marines against certain beings. At the training grounds, Ace and Law spar, and their fight ends with mutual respect and Ace eager for a rematch.

• Roy asks Tsuru to prioritize finding Gild Tesoro, explaining that Tesoro may one day shake the world economy and help the Marines deal with certain beings.
• Roy brings Law to the training grounds and arranges a spar with Ace, while Zephyr and the recruits watch.
• Law uses ROOM and Shambles to evade Ace and disrupt his footing, then cuts Ace's coat with Scalpel without injuring him.
• Ace uses Soru to land a Haki-coated punch on Law, but Zephyr stops the match after noting Ace's Haki needs work and Law is near his stamina limit.
• Ace vows to win next time, Law responds coolly, and Drake resolves to get stronger.

Roy gave Ace the Flame-Flame Fruit, and Ace gained the power to control fire after enduring its awful taste. Meanwhile, Doflamingo killed Bellamy for returning alive and turned his anger toward Roy.

• Roy reassured Ace that he could become strong through his own efforts, then offered him the Flame-Flame Fruit.
• Ace accepted the fruit, grimaced at its terrible taste, and swallowed it while Roy recorded his reaction.
• Ace awakened the fruit's power and produced a flame in his palm as Roy welcomed him to the world of fire.
• Bellamy returned to Doflamingo's territory and realized he had been used as a scapegoat.
• Doflamingo killed Bellamy with his strings and vowed revenge against Roy.

Ace accidentally blew up Roy's kitchen while trying to toast bread, prompting Roy to intensify his training. After Zephyr exposed the weaknesses in Ace's flame control, Roy and Zephyr began teaching him precision and arranged specialized thermodynamic training, which Ace eagerly accepted.

• Ace accidentally caused an explosion in Roy's kitchen while trying to toast bread, and Roy took him to the training ground.
• Zephyr shattered Ace's Fire Fist and Flame Whip, then criticized his flames for lacking heat, density, and control.
• Roy told Ace to practice igniting a flame precisely and charring a twig without burning it in two.
• Roy explained how precise, concentrated heat could make Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit more destructive than simply using broad attacks.
• Zephyr arranged for Lieutenant Fireworker to teach Ace Thermodynamic Model Training at the Science Unit each afternoon, and Ace eagerly agreed to begin.

Ace defeated Law in a fierce training-ground duel, while Roy learned that Gild Tesoro had been spotted in the North Blue and decided to investigate. The chapter ended with Ace being subjected to Science Unit tests and Law quietly amused by his predicament.

• Ace and Law fought with their enhanced abilities, and Ace won after Law's stamina began to fail.
• Zephyr and Roy praised the boys' potential, and Roy was summoned to the Intelligence Division for an urgent update.
• Tsuru told Roy that Gild Tesoro, a former Celestial Dragon slave, had last been seen at Kremia Transit Port in the North Blue.
• Roy decided to investigate Tesoro himself despite Tsuru's warning about Doflamingo's influence in the North Blue.
• Roy noticed Ace's Vivre Card reacting and vanished, then Ace protested as Science Unit researchers tested his blue-white flames while Law watched with a faint smile.

Roy arrived at Kremia Transit Port seeking Gild Tesoro and learned that Tesoro had gone to the Abandoned Mining District. He found Tesoro there and suddenly teleported away with him, leaving the miners behind.

• Roy entered a tavern at Kremia Transit Port and demanded information about Gild Tesoro.
• The tavern owner said Tesoro had gone from the Golden Sand Casino to the Abandoned Mining District that morning.
• Roy traveled to the mine and saw Tesoro directing laborers to gather Star Iron Ore so they could buy a ship.
• Roy appeared behind Tesoro, recognized the Star Iron Ore, and placed a hand on his shoulder.
• Roy and Tesoro vanished from the mine, leaving the laborers and their abandoned pickaxes behind.

Marine Rear Admiral Roy approached Tesoro in an abandoned smelter and offered to invest in his ambition to become the world’s richest man and challenge the Celestial Dragons. Tesoro accepted Roy’s Gold-Gold Fruit and ate it, beginning their partnership.

• Roy introduced himself to Tesoro as a Marine Rear Admiral and proposed a partnership rather than an arrest.
• Tesoro challenged Roy over the Marines’ protection of the Celestial Dragons, but Roy said he saw him as a future power capable of breaking their world.
• Roy overwhelmed Tesoro with Conqueror’s Haki and promised him the means to confront the people behind his nightmares.
• Roy presented Tesoro with the Gold-Gold Fruit and explained its power to control gold.
• Tesoro accepted the fruit and ate it, vowing that money would serve him.

Tesoro tested the Gold-Gold Fruit and asked Roy for startup capital and a ship. Roy seized a Donquixote Family merchant vessel and its money for him, leaving Tesoro to begin his rise as Gild Tesoro.

• Tesoro awakened and controlled gold traces within metal, then asked Roy for startup capital and a ship.
• Roy suggested taking assets from Doflamingo’s North Blue businesses, and Tesoro agreed to the risky plan.
• Roy boarded the Donquixote Family’s merchant ship, defeated its pirates, and forced Diamante to surrender the vessel, cargo, and money.
• Roy warned Diamante to tell Doflamingo to give up on Dressrosa, and Diamante fled by boat.
• Tesoro counted three hundred million Beli and claimed the ship, then questioned Roy about his Marine identity.
• Roy called Tesoro his chosen partner, and Tesoro sailed away aboard the Flamingo Merchant Ship.

Doflamingo learned that Roy had warned him away from Dressrosa, then received an unexpected visit from Queen of the Beasts Pirates. At Marine Headquarters, Roy reunited with Nami, Nojiko, Gion, and Kujaku before deciding to check on Ace and Law’s training.

• Doflamingo erupted in anger after Diamante reported Roy’s warning to stop targeting Dressrosa, and suspected Rosinante had betrayed his plans.
• Trebol told Doflamingo that Queen had arrived outside the castle, and Doflamingo ordered him to be let in.
• Roy reflected on his efforts to change Luffy and Sabo’s fates as he walked through Marine Headquarters.
• Nami and Nojiko greeted Roy and said they were heading to lessons with Gion, who introduced him to Kujaku.
• Roy watched Gion lead the girls to the intelligence division, then decided to check on Ace and Law’s training.

Roy continued training Ace, Law, and Luffy at Marine Headquarters while urging Kuzan to challenge the world’s unjust structures. In the East Blue, Dragon rescued Sabo after the boy learned of the Burning Plan, and later saved him again when Saint Charlos’s ship destroyed his escape boat.

• Roy watched Ace and Law spar and spoke with Kuzan, arguing that Ace should not be rejected for his bloodline and that Marines should break unjust structures.
• Sabo tried to warn people that the Goa Kingdom planned to burn Gray Terminal, but soldiers stopped him until Dragon intervened and rescued him.
• Dragon recognized Sabo from Roy’s letter and promised to teach him to overthrow the existing order.
• Sabo woke in his family mansion and was ordered by Outlook III to attend Saint Charlos’s arrival, but he stole a fishing boat to escape.
• Saint Charlos ordered Sabo’s boat sunk, and Dragon rescued Sabo from the sea as the nobles held their welcoming ceremony.

Roy brought Ace and Luffy to Loguetown, where he met his old friend Smoker before heading home to see Grandma Airin. He told Smoker that he wanted to discuss how Red-Haired Shanks lost his arm, leaving the men to face a dangerous mystery.

• Two years earlier, Rock and Airin mistook Ace and Luffy for Roy's secret children before welcoming them into their home as family.
• Airin cared for Ace and Luffy with meals, handmade clothes, and affection, and the boys grew deeply attached to her.
• Roy brought Ace and Luffy ashore in Loguetown, promising they would soon visit Grandma Airin.
• Smoker emerged from a cloud of smoke and accused Roy of bringing trouble to his jurisdiction.
• Roy told Smoker that his business concerned how Red-Haired Shanks lost his arm, and Smoker agreed to talk at their usual place.

Roy learned that Shanks had met a Satsuruso Kingdom royal shortly before losing his arm, then rushed with Ace and Luffy to Cocoyasi Village after the Arlong Pirates attacked. As the trio descended toward the burning village, Roy left the fight to the boys.

• Roy and Smoker discussed Shanks's lost arm, and Smoker revealed that the Red Force had stopped at the Satsuruso Kingdom and Shanks had privately met a royal family member.
• An intelligence officer reported that the Arlong Pirates were attacking Cocoyasi Village, and Smoker ordered his Marines to mobilize.
• Roy took Ace and Luffy with him, and the three vanished from the tavern at high speed while Smoker prepared to follow with his troops.
• Roy, Ace, and Luffy flew toward Cocoyasi Village and spotted the Arlong Pirates' shark-painted ship near the coast as smoke rose from the village.
• Roy identified Arlong and told Ace and Luffy that the fight was theirs, then led them down toward the battlefield.

Arlong and the Arlong Pirates invaded Cocoyasi Village and demanded a head tax, but Luffy and Ace arrived to defend the villagers. Ace burned Arlong’s nose and launched a Fire Fist at the Fish-Men, leaving the battle underway.

• Arlong landed at Cocoyasi Village with the Arlong Pirates and declared that the village would come under their control.
• Genzo led the villagers in resisting Arlong, who shattered his harpoon and demanded monthly payments under threat of death.
• Kuroobi struck Genzo, and Chū advanced on the villagers before Luffy dropped from the sky and knocked him into the rocks.
• Ace protected Luffy from Arlong’s Shark ON DARTS attack, and his flames burned Arlong’s nose.
• Arlong ordered his crew to attack, and Ace’s Fire Fist swept into the Fish-Man officers, engulfing Kinjō, Shioyaki, Pizarro, and Kobu.

Ace and Luffy defeated Arlong’s crew in Cocoyasi Village, overcoming Chū’s hostage threat before Ace killed Arlong. The surviving Fish-Men were left defeated as Ace condemned their claims of racial superiority and pirate pride.

• Ace killed Kinjō, Shioyaki, Pizarro, and Kobu with a Fire Fist, then defeated Arlong and Hachi with his flames.
• Luffy used Armament Haki and several martial techniques to break Kuroobi’s arms and incapacitate him.
• Ace and Luffy confronted Arlong, who identified himself as Marine Headquarters’ Ace and Luffy as a future Marine Admiral.
• Chū took Dr. Nako hostage, but Ace killed him with a tiny flame before he could harm her.
• Arlong and Hachi threatened the villagers and invoked Jinbe’s Shichibukai status, but Ace killed Arlong with a white-hot blow to the chest.
• Ace told the surviving Fish-Men to stop claiming superiority and said pirate blood was nothing to be proud of.

Ace and Luffy defeated Arlong’s Fish-Man pirates, and Roy arrived to protect them after Hachi and Kuroobi threatened their family. Roy warned Hachi to keep Jinbe away from the boys, then took Ace and Luffy back toward Cocoyasi Village for grilled meat.

• Hachi and Kuroobi threatened Ace and Luffy with Jinbe’s revenge and harm to their family.
• Ace and Luffy dismissed the threats, and Luffy slapped Hachi while Ace said he would burn anyone who threatened their family.
• Roy arrived and Hachi recognized him as a powerful Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral.
• Roy praised Ace and Luffy, then ordered Hachi to tell Jinbe that he would go to Fish-Man Island if Jinbe touched either boy.
• Hachi fled with the unconscious Kuroobi, and Roy led Ace and Luffy toward the village to get grilled meat.

Roy, Ace, and Luffy celebrated saving Cocoyasi Village with a banquet after defeating the Arlong Pirates, then brought the pirates’ battered ship and records back to Smoker in Loguetown. Smoker praised Ace and Luffy before Roy and the boys hurried home to see Grandma.

• Roy teleported Momoo out of the sea, and Ace and Luffy celebrated the prospect of roasting the giant sea cow.
• The villagers held a banquet, where Genzo and Dr. Nako thanked Roy and Roy praised Genzo for standing up to the pirates.
• Roy, Ace, and Luffy arrived in Loguetown aboard the Arlong Pirates’ battered ship, startling the harbor and prompting Smoker to recognize Roy’s handiwork.
• Roy left the ship and its records for Smoker to investigate, while Ace and Luffy said they had defeated the Fish-Men and enjoyed a banquet.
• Smoker praised Ace and Luffy, then watched as the boys dragged Roy away to go home and see Grandma.

Roy returned to Dawn Island and left Ace and Luffy with his parents before setting out again. Suspecting that Shanks deliberately lost his left arm to escape the World Government's control, Roy flew toward Satsuruso Kingdom to investigate.

• Roy, Ace, and Luffy arrived home late at night, and Roy told his parents he had to leave again.
• Roy entrusted Ace and Luffy to Airin and Rock, then vanished through a ripple in space.
• Ace gave Airin a wind chime from Marineford, and Rock hung it by the window while the family shared a meal.
• As Roy crossed the night sky, he wondered whether Shanks had cut off his own left arm to escape surveillance and gain freedom.
• Roy flew toward Satsuruso Kingdom, where Shanks had lost his arm, to discover what had happened.

Shanks told Rayleigh and Shakky that he had returned to the East Blue because he sensed he would meet someone, and that he gave his arm to a kind, resilient boy who reminded him of a legend. Roy investigated the Red Hair Pirates’ peaceful visit to Satsuruso Kingdom but found no sign of a fight, while an eight-year-old boy appeared on a mountain outside the kingdom.

• Shanks visited Shakky's Rip-off Bar and told Rayleigh and Shakky that he had chosen to free his arm for a boy he met in the East Blue.
• Shanks said the boy's kindness and resilience reminded him of a legend and raised a toast with Rayleigh to Roger's will and the new era.
• Roy searched Satsuruso Kingdom with Observation Haki and found no evidence of a battle or unusual activity by the Red Hair Pirates.
• Roy questioned the harbor tavern owner and checked the palace archives, learning that the pirates had behaved peacefully and registered their supplies properly.
• After Roy left, an eight-year-old boy carrying a basket of fruit climbed the mountain path, unaware of the fate sleeping within him.

Roy returned to Dawn Island and spent a warm evening with his family before deciding to seek Pure Gold so his parents could live in health and happiness. The next morning, Roy, Ace, and Luffy left the island through a spatial ripple, while Rock and Airin watched them go.

• Roy returned to the village, gave candy to the children, and heard the old uncle praise the village road he had built.
• At dinner, Roy asked Rock and Airin to move to Marineford, but they chose to remain at home and promised to contact him if anything happened.
• Roy thought about finding Pure Gold to keep his aging parents healthy and happy.
• The next morning, Airin packed provisions and said goodbye as Roy, Ace, and Luffy prepared to leave.
• Roy opened a spatial ripple, and the three departed while Rock and Airin watched them vanish.