Chapter Summaries

Law saved Luffy and performed emergency surgery that brought Zoro back from the brink of death. After Roy moved the warship out of Whitebeard’s cannon barrage, he confronted Whitebeard and Kaido and knocked Kaido back with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated punch.

• Law used his Op-Op Fruit powers to restore Luffy and operate on Zoro, whose heartbeat and breathing returned.
• Kuina clung to the recovering Zoro and cried with relief, while Roy took comfort in knowing they were alive.
• Jozu, Vista, and Thatch ordered the Moby Dick to fire on the Marine warship, but Roy used spatial power to move the ship and Enel out of the barrage.
• Whitebeard protected the gravely wounded Marco as Kaido emerged from the ruins and both confronted Roy.
• Kaido attacked Roy with Thunder Bagua, but Roy met the blow with a Haki-coated punch that sent Kaido crashing into the ground.

Roy overpowered Kaido, then faced Whitebeard when the Emperor intervened to protect Kaido. As Kaido and Whitebeard joined forces against Roy, Whitebeard recognized Garp’s fist technique and questioned Roy about his relationship with him.

• Roy struck Kaido with a powerful punch and followed with Galaxy Impact, driving him deep into the ground and leaving him near death.
• Whitebeard interrupted Roy’s finishing attack with Air Quake: Collapse, and their Conqueror’s Haki clashed across the sky.
• Kaido got back up and joined Whitebeard in attacking Roy from both sides.
• Roy used his speed and teleportation to batter Kaido, then struck Whitebeard with Fist Bone: Meteor.
• Whitebeard blocked Roy’s attack with Murakumogiri, recognized Garp’s familiar fist intent, and asked Roy what his relationship with Garp was.

Roy continued overwhelming Kaido while keeping Whitebeard from attacking, then prepared to destroy the island with Galactic Starburst. Red-Haired Shanks arrived and forced Roy to stop, leaving the battle poised for a new confrontation.

• Marco blocked Jozu and Vista from joining the fight, warning that they would only die and make things harder for Whitebeard.
• Blackbeard watched Roy suppress Whitebeard and Kaido, then became consumed by a desire to obtain Roy's power.
• Roy battered Kaido and redirected Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit slash into Kaido's back, making Whitebeard hesitate to attack again.
• Roy struck Kaido into the island and prepared Galactic Starburst, intending to destroy the island beneath them.
• Shanks sent a distant slash toward Roy, interrupting his attack, then arrived at the battlefield aboard a ship flying a red pirate flag.

Roy fought to stop King from escaping with the battered Kaido, but Shanks and Whitebeard forced him to break off the pursuit and realized his stamina was nearly spent. As Shanks and Whitebeard prepared to attack Roy together, Admiral Kizaru arrived to intervene.

• On the Red Force, Shanks arrived while Whitebeard recognized him as the former apprentice from Roger's ship, and Roy taunted Shanks as a self-proclaimed guardian of balance.
• King found the severely wounded Kaido underground and carried him through the fissures, while Roy sensed them and moved to pursue.
• Whitebeard's quake attack and Shanks's Divine Departure disrupted Roy's pursuit, giving King time to escape with Kaido.
• Roy stopped chasing King and Kaido, and Whitebeard and Shanks noticed that Roy's stamina was nearly exhausted.
• Shanks drew Griffon and prepared to kill Roy, while Whitebeard joined him and the three gathered their Haki for another clash.
• Borsalino, the Navy Admiral known as Kizaru, descended in golden light and challenged Shanks and Whitebeard for threatening Roy.

Roy, Kizaru, Whitebeard, and Shanks ended their confrontation without another clash, and Whitebeard ordered his crew to retreat. Roy returned to Zephyr’s warship, where he confirmed Zoro and Luffy were recovering, as the Marines headed for Marineford and the battle’s consequences began to reshape the world.

• Kizaru arrived beside Roy, and Shanks urged him to stop before the fight endangered the next generation.
• Roy threatened Whitebeard’s crew, but Whitebeard acknowledged his age and ordered the Moby Dick to retreat.
• Shanks returned to the Red Force, and Roy and Kizaru left as the deserted island collapsed beneath the sea.
• Roy and Kizaru appeared aboard Zephyr’s warship, where Zephyr praised Roy and Law confirmed Zoro and Luffy would recover after resting.
• Roy thanked Kuina, Enel, and Law, then the warship turned toward Marineford as the battle’s impact on the world became clear.

Newspapers reported that Roy had fought the Two Emperors and left Kaido gravely injured, sending shockwaves through the world. As the Beasts Pirates scrambled to recover and rival powers considered their next moves, the Five Elders abandoned their plan to control Roy for now.

• King carried the gravely injured Kaido back to Onigashima, where he ordered the Beasts Pirates to seal off the island and withdraw their defenses before collapsing unconscious.
• Charlotte Linlin read the news of Kaido's defeat, rejected Perospero's suggestion to seize his territory, and sent Katakuri to secure the Western Front in Wano Country.
• Sabo celebrated Roy's strength at Revolutionary Army headquarters, while Koala reminded him of his duties and Dragon silently studied Roy's photograph.
• The Five Elders acknowledged Roy's strength and stamina after his clashes with Kaido, Whitebeard, and Shanks, then agreed to stop trying to control him for the time being.

Sengoku and the Marine leadership reviewed Roy’s battle against Kaido and learned that the Five Elders had withdrawn restrictions on him, warning that he was not to be provoked. Sengoku released his Conqueror’s Haki and declared that the Marines must support Roy and the new generation rather than serve as puppets of the Celestial Dragons.

• Sengoku reported that Roy had held off two Emperors and beaten Kaido nearly to death during the battle in the New World.
• Garp celebrated Roy’s strength but warned that he would attack Onigashima if Luffy had been harmed; Tsuru said the young Marines were exhausted but not seriously injured.
• Sengoku revealed that the Five Elders had withdrawn orders to monitor and restrict Roy, instructing their agents not to provoke him.
• Tsuru and Kuzan cautioned that the World Government might treat Roy as a dangerous, uncontrollable variable and intervene more covertly.
• Sengoku unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and declared that the Marines served justice, not the Celestial Dragons, and that Roy and the new generation were not their puppets.

Roy and his allies returned to Marineford after surviving a major battle, and Sengoku pledged the Marines’ full support to Roy and the new generation. As Luffy and Zoro recovered, Luffy reunited noisily with Ace, Nami, and Nojiko while Zoro and Kuina renewed their resolve to grow stronger.

• Roy’s warship returned to Marineford, where Ace rushed aboard to find Luffy and Zoro alive but badly injured; Law said they needed several days of rest.
• Marines gathered to welcome Roy and his companions as heroes who had driven back two emperors.
• Sengoku promised Roy and the new generation the Marines’ full support, and Roy, Zephyr, Kizaru, and Enel backed the Marines’ resolve to stand on their own.
• Luffy woke hungry and reunited with Ace, Nami, and Nojiko, filling the hospital room with bickering and laughter.
• Zoro woke to find Kuina beside him and vowed to defeat Wildfire himself next time; Kuina challenged him not to hold her back.

Roy watched the young Marines and their companions share a peaceful meal, realizing that their smiles and future were what he wanted to protect. The gathering ended with everyone taking a group photograph, which they hung in the living room as a memory of their newfound home and family.

• Roy watched Nojiko, Nami, and Kuina prepare dinner while the wounded Luffy and Zoro ate, and Law and Rosinante helped Baby 5 set the table.
• Garp and Zephyr arrived, and Garp thanked Roy for bringing him back from the East Blue before calling out to Luffy and making him choke in surprise.
• Kuzan, Enel, and Sengoku joined the gathering, and everyone shared a lively meal in the courtyard.
• Nojiko brought out a camera snail, and the group gathered to take a photograph beneath the courtyard lights.
• The group hung the photograph in the living room with the inscription, "This moment is worth remembering forever."

After recovering, Zoro, Luffy, Enel, Zephyr, Kuina, and Ace fought and trained at the Training Ground, with Roy recognizing how the battle against Kaido had accelerated their growth. On Onigashima, Kaido awakened and realized Roy had used him as a whetstone, leaving him wary of Roy’s future strength.

• Zoro rushed to challenge Kuina after Roy lifted the ban on sword training, while Luffy followed to watch.
• Enel and Zephyr traded powerful blows, and Roy noted that Enel’s Armament Haki had improved after Kaido’s attacks and that Zephyr seemed to have broken through a long-standing bottleneck.
• Zoro and Kuina clashed with their swords as the trainees watched, while Luffy struck a training post, fired up by the fighters around him.
• Roy told Ace to spar with Luffy, and Luffy met Ace’s Fire Fist with Armament Haki before the brothers began a serious fight.
• Kaido awoke in Onigashima, remembered Roy defeating him, and grew furious as he concluded Roy had used him to grow stronger.

After Zephyr’s training exposed Enel’s weakness against Kaido, Roy advised him to strengthen his body by enduring his own lightning. Zoro lost another duel to Kuina, but they recognized each other’s strength as the two continued pursuing mastery of the sword.

• Zephyr struck Enel and told him that Haki, will, and physical strength mattered more than a powerful Devil Fruit, prompting Enel to remember how Kaido had overwhelmed him.
• Roy suggested that Enel use lightning to temper his body, and Enel began shocking himself as he vowed to grow stronger through physical training.
• Kuina fought Zoro using her Vampire Fruit and defeated him after knocking Sandai Kitetsu away and overcoming his Lion’s Song with her Netherworld Prison Slash.
• Kuina told Zoro their record was 2,324 wins and zero losses, and Zoro promised to win next time.
• Zoro told Kuina that mastering her Devil Fruit and incorporating it into her swordsmanship was part of her strength, and Kuina thanked him.

Luffy and Ace fought a destructive training battle, culminating in a clash between Ace’s Explosive Flame Lotus and Luffy’s developing Galaxy Impact. Ace narrowly won, and the brothers reconciled as Roy protected Marine Headquarters from their attacks.

• Kizaru watched Zoro and Kuina recover from their training before leaving in a flash of light.
• Luffy used his Pink Dragon powers and Fist Bone Martial Arts against Ace’s compressed, detonating flames as the brothers traded powerful attacks.
• Roy transported the cadets to safety and diverted the brothers’ final clash into the clouds, where their techniques exploded above Marine Headquarters.
• Sengoku angrily confronted Garp over the destruction, while Garp celebrated Luffy’s use of Galaxy Impact.
• Ace narrowly defeated Luffy, then helped him up, and the brothers stood together as Zephyr praised them as sparks of a new era.

Roy discussed the New World’s shifting balance after Shanks became the Fourth Emperor and insisted that the young Marines needed to face hardship. In Water 7, Iceburg entrusted the Pluton blueprints to Cutty Flam, who became Franky and built the Franky Family into the city’s shadow guardians.

• Roy, Garp, and Zephyr discussed Shanks becoming an Emperor, Kaido’s incapacitation, and Charlotte Linlin’s move to secure Beasts Pirates territory.
• Zephyr reported that Sakazuki, Kuzan, and Borsalino were being deployed, while Sengoku wanted Roy to remain at Marine Headquarters as a guide for the next generation.
• Roy watched Luffy, Ace, Zoro, and Kuina train and said they needed to weather storms to grow stronger.
• Iceburg gave Cutty Flam the Pluton blueprints and urged him to leave Water 7 and abandon his name, but Cutty Flam said he would protect the city and Mr. Tom’s dream.
• Half a month later, Franky led the Franky Family in their work as dismantlers and bounty hunters, declaring them Water 7’s shadow guardians.

Law and his team arrived in Water 7, where Vice Admiral Roy tasked them with protecting the shipbuilding engineer Franky and stopping Cipher Pol No. 9 from obtaining the Pluton Blueprints. The team prepared to find Franky at an abandoned shipyard, with orders to eliminate CP9 if they made a move.

• Law, Kuina, Ain, Binz, and Zoro arrived in Water 7, where Zoro got lost and Kuina dragged him back to the group.
• The team settled into a temporary residence, and Law briefed them on Vice Admiral Roy’s mission to protect Franky and repel Cipher Pol No. 9.
• Law explained that CP9 was searching for the Pluton Blueprints, which Franky might possess, and that agents had infiltrated Water 7.
• Law relayed Roy’s order to draw their blades if CP9 acted and said they could beat Spandam to death.
• Law directed the team to find Franky at the abandoned shipyard, and they set out to stop the blueprints from falling into the wrong hands.

Spandam ordered CP9 to capture Franky, suspecting he was connected to the Pluton Blueprints, and led the agents to the Abandoned Shipyard. Franky and the Franky Family stood their ground, and the clash with CP9 began.

• Spandam presented intelligence linking Franky to Iceburg and the Pluton Blueprints, then ordered CP9 to capture him alive.
• Lucci questioned the intelligence and Kaku and Blueno cautioned against a rash approach, but Spandam insisted on carrying out his plan.
• Spandam and the other CP9 agents burst into the Abandoned Shipyard and confronted Franky during a feast.
• Zanbai urged Franky to flee, but Kopu and the other Franky Family members chose to fight alongside him.
• Franky activated his weapons and fired at Spandam, but Lucci blocked the projectiles, and the battle began.

Franky fought Cipher Pol No. 9 at the abandoned dockyard, but Lucci pierced his arms after Franky let Spandam go to help his crew escape. Commodore Trafalgar Law arrived with Zoro, Kuina, Ain, and Binz, and the Marines clashed with Cipher Pol No. 9.

• Kaku blasted Franky into a pile of parts, but Franky burst out and seized Spandam to give Kiwi and Mozu time to evacuate the injured Franky Family members.
• Lucci used Soru and Shigan to pierce Franky's metal arms, freeing Spandam and leaving Franky on one knee.
• Spandam charged at Franky with Funkfreed, but Law used ROOM to switch Franky with a steel ship component, causing Spandam's sword to strike it and send him tumbling.
• Law arrived with Zoro, Kuina, Ain, and Binz and told Franky they were allies.
• Zoro attacked Kaku with Three Sword Style: Oni Giri, and the two swordsmen began fighting as Kuina, Ain, and Binz prepared to face the other Cipher Pol No. 9 agents.

Law and the Justice Supernovas confronted CP9 over the World Government’s attempt to seize the cyborg, and both sides unleashed their powers. The battle spread across the battlefield, where Law struck down Spandam and warned the remaining agents to flee.

• Lucci recognized Law, Zoro, Kuina, Ain, and Binz as the Navy’s Justice Supernovas and insisted they had no right to interfere with the secret mission.
• Law drew Kikoku to defend the cyborg, and Kuina intercepted Lucci’s attack before challenging him to fight.
• Ain clashed with Kalifa while Binz thwarted Blueno’s ambush with a wall of thorny vines.
• Kumadori, Fukurou, and Spandam attacked Law together, but Law expanded his ROOM and used Shambles to get behind Spandam.
• Law pierced Spandam’s throat with Injection: Shot, drove Kumadori and Fukurou back with spatial blades, and told them to run.

Zoro and Kuina fought CP9 agents Kaku and Lucci amid the wreckage of ships. Kaku transformed into a giraffe and struck Zoro, while Kuina wounded Lucci with a powerful slash after he took leopard form.

• Zoro clashed swords with Kaku and taunted him as Kaku struggled to keep up.
• Kaku transformed into his giraffe-human form and attacked Zoro with Giraffe Slash and Whip Bamboo Grove, knocking him through a wrecked ship.
• Lucci attacked Kuina with Six Powers Lotus, but she split the assault with her swordsmanship.
• Lucci transformed into his leopard-human form and launched a flurry of attacks, eventually striking Kuina's shoulder with his tail.
• Kuina unleashed Shimotsuki Style Form Glow Flash, cutting a deep gash across Lucci's chest and forcing him back.

Law, Ain, and Binz helped rout Cipher Pol No. 9, leaving Lucci and Kaku as the only agents still fighting. As Kuina approached them, Lucci felt a chill for the first time.

• Law used ROOM to turn Kumadori and Fukurou's attacks against each other, then knocked both unconscious with Scalpel.
• Ain and Binz trapped Blueno with vines, and Ain rewound him into a child before Binz struck him unconscious.
• Binz restrained Kalifa's whip while Ain rewound Kalifa into a little girl, then bound her.
• The Franky Family watched the marines defeat their former tormentors, and Franky wondered whether Mr. Tom might have survived if they had possessed such power.
• Zoro slashed Kaku through his Tekkai, while Lucci realized that every other Cipher Pol No. 9 member had been taken out.
• Kuina approached Lucci and Kaku, and Lucci felt a chill as he met her gaze.

Zoro defeated Kaku with Three-Sword Style Secret Technique: Three Thousand Worlds, while Kuina overcame Lucci in their fight. Law gathered the fallen Cipher Pol No. 9 members and declared the mission complete.

• Kaku used Tekkai: No Blind Spot and four-way Tempest Kicks to keep Zoro at bay, but Zoro unleashed Three Thousand Worlds and shattered his iron-box defense.
• Lucci attacked Kuina with Leopard King Gun, but she deflected his blows and cut his chest.
• After Kaku's defeat, Lucci wrapped his tail around Kuina's ankle and launched Greatest Round: Rokuogan, but Kuina severed his tail and countered with a series of sword strikes.
• Kuina defeated Lucci, who noticed a scarlet light in her eyes before losing consciousness.
• Law used ROOM: Circle Domain to gather the fallen Cipher Pol No. 9 members and declared the mission complete.