Recaps

Lin Qi activated a mysterious global Q&A system and asked who would cause Ace’s death in the upcoming Paramount War. The question shocked people around the world, including the Marines, Whitebeard’s crew, and Luffy, while Lin Qi watched their reactions without realizing how the question might alter the world’s fate.

• A gigantic golden screen appeared across the sky, alarming people throughout the world as Marine attacks passed through it without effect.
• Lin Qi discovered the God's Live-Streaming Q&A System on his computer and decided to use it to provoke the world.
• Lin Qi asked who would ultimately cause Fire Fist Ace’s death in the upcoming Paramount War, listing Sengoku, Akainu, Blackbeard, and Garp as choices.
• The question stunned the Marines and Whitebeard’s crew, while Luffy lost his smile after seeing Ace’s name beside the word “death.”
• Lin Qi celebrated the reactions in his tavern, unaware that his question could change the world’s fate.

A worldwide livestream revealed that Garp’s hesitation during the future Marineford war would help Luffy reach Ace, leading to Ace’s death after Akainu attacked him. The video left Garp’s reputation shattered, and the livestream began issuing rewards and punishments to those involved.

• The livestream’s question about Ace’s death caused uproar around the world, while Garp, Whitebeard, and others reacted to the possible futures.
• The three-minute answering period ended without a correct answer, and the livestream revealed D: Garp.
• The livestream showed Garp letting Luffy pass during the future war because he could not strike his grandson.
• The footage showed Akainu provoking Ace and then killing him when Ace turned back to protect Luffy.
• The livestream declared the explanation complete and announced that rewards and punishments would be issued.

The system punished Monkey D. Garp and awakened Conqueror's Haki in Luffy after Ace's death, prompting Whitebeard to launch an attack on Marineford. Lin Qi then prepared a new question targeting Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach.

• The system stripped Garp of his Marine hero renown and shook his sense of justice for 72 hours.
• The system rewarded Luffy with an early awakening of Conqueror's Haki, and his outburst knocked out people across Grove 11.
• Whitebeard grieved for Ace and ordered his forces to attack Marineford.
• Lin Qi celebrated the system's impact and chose Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach, as the subject of his next question.

The sky screen identified Blackbeard as a major criminal in the coming Paramount War and revealed his plans to raid Impel Down and steal Whitebeard’s power. Whitebeard ordered a team to intercept Teach, while Teach realized the screen was exposing his past murder of Thatch.

• Sengoku learned that Whitebeard’s fleet was mobilizing early and that Garp’s Haki had weakened after the livestream’s punishment.
• The sky screen named Marshall D. Teach tenth among the Paramount War’s greatest war criminals and asked what role he would play.
• The screen’s options revealed that Teach would break into Impel Down, free prisoners, form a crew, and deal Whitebeard a fatal blow to steal his ability.
• Whitebeard ordered Marco to send a team to Impel Down to intercept Teach and said he did not intend to die.
• Teach realized the screen was showing the sequence of his murder of Thatch.

The sky screen exposed Teach’s murder of Thatch, betrayal of Ace, and plans for Impel Down, prompting Shanks and Magellan to prepare for his arrival. Further footage revealed Teach’s decades-long deception within the Whitebeard Pirates, leaving Whitebeard devastated by the betrayal.

• The sky screen showed Teach stabbing Thatch for the Dark-Dark Fruit and later defeating Ace before handing him over to the World Government.
• Shanks warned the Marines and told them to contact Magellan, who ordered Impel Down placed on full alert.
• Teach learned that his planned route into Impel Down and intended prisoners had been exposed, while his crew warned that Whitebeard also knew his intentions.
• The sky screen announced that answers C and D were correct and began showing Teach’s decades of infiltration and secret search for the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Whitebeard watched the footage and said Teach had plotted against him from the day he joined.

The sky screen revealed that Teach had spent thirty years pretending to be Whitebeard’s loyal son while secretly searching for the Dark-Dark Fruit. After the playback ended, the system punished him with a permanent Traitor’s Mark, which appeared on his forehead.

• The sky screen showed Teach joining Whitebeard’s crew twenty-six years earlier while secretly searching the Moby Dick for clues to the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• The screen revealed Teach had kept up his deception for decades, including using his friendship with Ace to seek access to the second division’s resources.
• Vivi, Cobra, Franky, and others reacted with horror to Teach’s betrayal, while Luffy vowed to save Ace and Zoro urged him to stay focused.
• The system finished its account of Teach’s thirty years in hiding and announced judgment as his companions moved away from him.
• The system condemned Teach for betrayal and murder, then struck him with a beam that placed a permanent, visible Traitor’s Mark on his forehead.

Teach was branded with a mark that exposed him as a betrayer, while the sky screen revealed the prisoners he planned to free from Impel Down. Lin Qi selected the ninth war criminal, whose identity remained undisclosed as the countdown began again.

• Teach discovered that the indelible mark on his forehead revealed his betrayal, making it difficult for him to recruit a crew.
• Pirates celebrated Teach’s disgrace, and Underworld betting houses sharply lowered his odds of becoming a Four Emperor.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed how Teach’s exposure could limit his plans, while Sengoku warned that nine more war criminals remained on the list.
• The sky screen revealed the Level 6 prisoners Teach had planned to free, prompting Magellan to seal the passages and request reinforcements.
• Lin Qi selected the ninth war criminal, describing him as a Marine Headquarters Colonel and a future Marine Admiral candidate, and the next countdown entry appeared.

The sky named Koby the ninth war criminal, then showed how he had risked his life at Marineford to stop Akainu from killing retreating pirates. The system pardoned Koby and awarded him the title “Hero’s Heart,” while the eighth-place hint pointed toward Doflamingo.

• The sky identified Marine Headquarters Colonel Koby as the ninth war criminal and asked what he had done during the Paramount War.
• Capone Bege correctly chose that Koby had openly disobeyed orders and called on Akainu to stop the war.
• The footage showed Koby standing between Akainu and retreating pirates, pleading for the fighting to end until Shanks blocked Akainu’s magma fist.
• The system judged Koby a hero rather than a traditional war criminal, imposed no punishment, and granted him the title “Hero’s Heart.”
• Lin Qi revealed that the eighth-place war criminal was a Shichibukai whose existence was a lie, and Doflamingo recognized that the hint referred to him.

The sky screen named Donquixote Doflamingo among the ten greatest war criminals and asked how he became king of Dressrosa, threatening to expose his crimes. As the countdown began, Doflamingo prepared to destroy Dressrosa and flee if the truth came out, while Lin Qi watched the reactions without understanding the stakes.

• Doflamingo reasoned that the livestream was targeting the Shichibukai system and told Vergo to remain undercover and report any Marine moves against him.
• The sky screen named Donquixote Doflamingo eighth among the ten greatest war criminals and asked how he really became king of Dressrosa.
• The choice alleging that Doflamingo controlled King Riku I into slaughtering his people silenced the crowd and alarmed Doflamingo’s officers.
• Doflamingo ordered his officers to prepare for the worst and said they would destroy Dressrosa and flee with the SMILE factory records and their dealings with Kaido.
• The toys in the underground House of Toys looked toward the ceiling as the countdown started, while Lin Qi watched the reactions and laughed at Doflamingo’s retreat plan.

The sky screen revealed that Doflamingo had used his String-String Fruit to force King Riku and his soldiers to massacre Dressrosa’s people, then framed the king and built his rule on exploitation. The footage ended as the system prepared to reveal Doflamingo’s complete list of crimes, with Doflamingo rising to face it.

• Iceburg and Vivi recognized that option C described a strategy for overthrowing a country by manufacturing chaos and appearing as its savior.
• The sky screen confirmed that Doflamingo had controlled King Riku and his guards with Parasite String, forcing them to attack civilians ten years earlier.
• Dressrosa’s people saw King Riku weeping as he was forced to kill, and realized they had believed a lie for ten years.
• The footage showed Doflamingo smearing King Riku’s reputation, using Sugar’s power to turn people into forgotten toys for his factory, and supplying SMILE fruits with Kaido.
• Luffy watched a father turned into a toy and kicked aside, while Zoro silently stood beside him.
• The system announced that it would reveal Doflamingo’s complete list of crimes, and Doflamingo stood up with bloodshot eyes.

The livestream exposed Doflamingo’s crimes, Celestial Dragon heritage, and childhood suffering, then revealed that he used knowledge of Mary Geoise’s National Treasure to blackmail the Five Elders. As the Elders ordered CP0 to eliminate him, Lin Qi prepared to pass judgment on Doflamingo.

• The livestream listed Doflamingo’s crimes in Dressrosa and revealed that he was a Celestial Dragon, while Sengoku and Akainu discussed how the Navy could no longer deny the claims.
• The livestream showed Doflamingo’s childhood in Mary Geoise, his family’s renunciation of Celestial Dragon status, and the abuse he endured after civilians learned his origins.
• The livestream revealed that Doflamingo knew the secret of Mary Geoise’s National Treasure and used it to threaten the Five Elders.
• The Five Elders ordered CP0 to go to Dressrosa and eliminate Doflamingo before the livestream exposed more secrets.
• Lin Qi chose to pass judgment on Doflamingo, and golden characters announced that the judgment would begin.

The livestream’s punishments exposed Doflamingo’s crimes, disabled his String-String Fruit, and revealed his SMILE dealings with Kaido, pushing Dressrosa toward chaos. Kaido accelerated preparations for war in Wano, while Lin Qi continued the countdown and named Sengoku as the seventh greatest war criminal.

• Doflamingo discovered that he could not use his String-String Fruit and realized the revelations would bring enemies to Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo learned Vergo had been exposed and surrounded at G-5, then ordered him to retreat to Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo ordered Pica to release the dwarves and told his officers to inform Kaido that their SMILE dealings had been exposed.
• Kaido learned the Beasts Pirates’ SMILE operation had become public and ordered Wano’s lockdown raised as he prepared his forces for war.
• Lin Qi chose to continue the countdown of the ten greatest war criminals and revealed Sengoku in seventh place.

The sky screen exposed Sengoku’s use of Ace’s execution as bait and his order to launch a Buster Call against an area where Marines were still fighting, then sentenced him to reveal ten hidden Marine crimes. The first crime implicated Akainu in ordering an evacuation ship sunk during the Ohara incident, while Lin Qi watched the revelations unfold.

• Dragon refused Sabo’s suggestion that the Revolutionary Army answer the sky-screen question, choosing to avoid drawing the World Government’s attention.
• The sky screen revealed that both using Ace’s execution to lure Whitebeard and ordering a Buster Call during the war were Sengoku’s greatest mistakes.
• Footage showed Sengoku ordering artillery fire on a combat zone where Marine soldiers were still fighting, shaking the Marines’ faith in their justice.
• The system sentenced Sengoku to have ten hidden Marine crimes revealed, one every twenty-four hours for ten days.
• The sky screen revealed that the Marines sank an evacuation ship during the Ohara incident and named Akainu Sakazuki as the officer who ordered it.
• Lin Qi watched the public reaction to the revelation and marveled at how the question about Sengoku had exposed Akainu’s past.

The sky revealed Akainu Sakazuki’s role in the Ohara massacre, including his order to sink a civilian evacuation ship, and showed the island’s destruction. After the system judged him guilty of crimes against humanity, Akainu defended his actions as necessary, and the system began announcing his punishment.

• Aokiji confronted Sengoku, who admitted he had known Akainu sank the evacuation ship and had stayed silent afterward.
• The sky showed Ohara before and during the Buster Call, while Nico Robin watched images of her childhood with Nami beside her.
• The footage showed a younger Akainu ordering Marines to sink the civilian evacuation ship, killing everyone aboard.
• The system publicly judged Akainu Sakazuki guilty of unforgivable crimes against humanity during the Ohara Incident.
• Akainu said he would give the same order again to prevent information about Ancient Weapons from endangering the world.
• The system announced that Akainu’s punishment would now be revealed.

The system punished Akainu for the Ohara massacre and rewarded Nico Robin with an awakened potential and a fragment of the Void Century. It then announced the next war-criminal judgment, naming Boa Hancock sixth and asking what she did during the Paramount War.

• The system branded Akainu with the Slaughterer's Fire and reduced his Magma-Magma Fruit power, leaving nearby Marines overwhelmed by the victims' fear and despair.
• The system granted Nico Robin the title Last Archaeologist, awakened potential for her Flower-Flower Fruit, and a Burned Poneglyph Translation Fragment, which she recognized as part of the Void Century.
• Luffy and Zoro watched Robin receive her reward, and Luffy resolved that they had to become much stronger.
• The system announced that the Marines' ten hidden crimes would be revealed over ten days and introduced Boa Hancock as the sixth-ranked war criminal.
• The system asked whether Hancock had assassinated a Marine officer, helped Luffy infiltrate Marineford, petrified soldiers on both sides, or done all three.
• Hancock heard Luffy's name in the broadcast and said she only cared that he did not hate her.

The sky screen revealed that Boa Hancock helped Luffy infiltrate Marineford and clear a path for him, then disclosed that she had become a Shichibukai to protect Amazon Lily and had once been enslaved by the Celestial Dragons. As public anger toward the Celestial Dragons surged, the screen announced that the next war criminal was the Marine who killed the most people during the Paramount War.

• The sky screen confirmed that Boa Hancock had taken all three actions to help Luffy during the Paramount War, including bringing him into Marineford and shielding his route.
• Sengoku condemned the Seven Warlords of the Sea system, while Hancock proudly defended her actions and declared that she feared nothing for Luffy's sake.
• The system revealed that Hancock had accepted the Shichibukai position to protect Amazon Lily from the World Government and would receive no ability-related punishment.
• The sky screen disclosed that the Celestial Dragons had enslaved Hancock for four years, provoking worldwide anger and causing Sabaody's human traffickers to pack up their stalls.
• Lin Qi announced the next war criminal, and Akainu recognized the hint as referring to him.

The sky screen judged Akainu Sakazuki guilty of all the listed acts of “Absolute Justice,” replaying Ace’s death and imposing a punishment that made Akainu hear the voices of those he killed. It also granted the imprisoned Portgas D. Ace an Undying Flame Seed that could save him once from mortal danger, leaving the Whitebeard Pirates hopeful that he could be rescued.

• The world chose D as the answer, and Whitebeard vowed to break Akainu’s spine at Marineford for killing Ace.
• The footage showed Akainu killing surrendering or incapacitated pirates, then provoking Ace and fatally striking at Luffy, prompting Ace to shield his brother and die.
• Lin Qi saw the world’s grief and added a compensatory reward through the system panel.
• The system punished Akainu with the permanent effect “Voices of the Dead,” and he began hearing the people he had killed.
• The system implanted the Undying Flame Seed in the current-timeline Portgas D. Ace, who felt it pulse in his cell in Impel Down.
• The Whitebeard Pirates cheered at the reward, and Marco declared that Ace could be saved.

The livestream ranked Kong fourth among the Ten Great War Criminals, exposing his role in authorizing the Paramount War and covering up its aftermath. As his punishment promised to reveal secret military files, the system announced Monkey D. Dragon as third, leaving the Revolutionary Army stunned.

• The livestream identified Kong as the mastermind who approved the plan against the Whitebeard Pirates, restricted Marine moderates, authorized a Buster Call, and pushed to silence witnesses.
• Aokiji told Kizaru that Kong's orders had blocked his peace proposal before the war.
• The Five Elders worried that the rankings could expose the World Government's secrets and Lord Imu.
• The livestream revealed Kong's signed authorization for Ace's execution and punished him by disclosing top-secret military files, including records of seventeen operations against the Revolutionary Army.
• Dragon ordered Sabo to gather the staff department to study the newly disclosed records and identify the World Government's spies.
• The system announced Monkey D. Dragon as third among the Ten Great War Criminals, shocking Dragon and Sabo.

The canopy revealed that Monkey D. Dragon had the power to intervene in the Paramount War but chose not to help his son, Luffy. Dragon admitted he had done nothing, leaving Sabo confronting the cost of Dragon’s revolutionary strategy as the livestream confirmed option C.

• The canopy named Monkey D. Dragon the third-greatest war criminal and asked what he had done during the Paramount War.
• Luffy told Zoro that Dragon was his father and said he wanted to know why Dragon had not helped Ace.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Dragon’s absence from Marineford and compared his choice unfavorably with Garp’s.
• Sabo recalled that Dragon had known about the war and was directing supplies toward the East Blue instead of going to Marineford.
• Sabo told Dragon that option C was true and challenged him for doing nothing to help Luffy or Ace.
• Dragon acknowledged that he had done nothing, and the canopy confirmed option C as the correct answer.

The sky screen revealed that Dragon had refused to intervene in the Paramount War despite caring about Luffy, leaving Ace to die. The system punished Dragon by exposing his history and Storm-Storm Fruit ability and binding him to suffer half of Luffy’s damage for thirty days, as the new bond stirred an unfamiliar emotion in him.

• The footage showed Dragon ordering the Revolutionary Army to prioritize supply transfers and stay out of the war, then watching Luffy and Ace’s fate without intervening.
• People around the world judged Dragon’s choice, while Whitebeard condemned him and Luffy said he was angry on Ace’s behalf.
• The system announced Dragon’s punishment: it would reveal his full history and combat strength and make him share half of Luffy’s damage for thirty days.
• The sky screen identified Dragon’s Devil Fruit as the Logia Storm-Storm Fruit, with a Disaster Level ability assessment.
• A chain of light linked Dragon and Luffy, and Dragon quietly said Luffy’s name as an unfamiliar emotion surfaced.

The sky screen revealed Dragon's Admiral-level power and showed that he had left the Marines after the Ohara Incident, leaving the infant Luffy with Garp to protect him from the World Government. The system judged Dragon's failure to help Luffy at the Paramount War to be a father's crime, then Lin Qi confirmed the second war criminal, whose identity was hinted to be more than one person.

• The sky screen assessed Dragon's awakened Storm-Storm Fruit and Haki as giving him strength equal to or above a Marine Admiral, and Tsuru connected his power to the storm that had saved Luffy in Loguetown.
• Supplementary footage showed Dragon questioning Marine justice over Ohara, resigning from the Marines, and leaving Luffy with Garp because the World Government would target those close to him.
• The system concluded Dragon's judgment, stating that his crime was letting Luffy face the Paramount War alone despite having the power to change its course.
• Dragon listened as Sabo urged him to visit Luffy after the revelations, but he stayed focused on the upcoming operation records.
• Lin Qi confirmed the second-ranked war criminal, and the sky screen hinted that this entry was not one person.

The sky screen identified the Five Elders as the second-place war criminals and revealed their eight centuries of rule and mass killings. It began to expose their true forms, but Lin Qi postponed that revelation to avoid spending all his Reputation Points, leaving their punishment to proceed.

• Sengoku and Tsuru realized the sky screen was targeting the Five Elders, whose names it then revealed to the world.
• The Five Elders recognized the livestream was exposing the layers of power leading toward Imu and ordered CP0 and the Holy Knights to prepare.
• The sky screen asked about the Five Elders' role in the Paramount War, and people across the world chose D.
• The explanation showed the Five Elders signing orders for mass purges across centuries and stated that they had destroyed more than thirty nations and killed millions.
• Lin Qi saw a warning that revealing the Five Elders' true forms would consume all his Reputation Points, so he postponed that information while allowing the punishment to proceed.

The Sky Screen punished the Five Elders by exposing their purge records, locations, and the truth of the Poneglyphs. It then named Imu as the world’s true king, revealing that he had occupied the Empty Throne for eight hundred years.

• The Sky Screen announced three punishments for the Five Elders, including disclosure of the purge list, real-time tracking, and the lifting of restrictions on Poneglyph information.
• Robin realized the livestream could reveal the Void Century’s truth, while the Five Elders decided to remain in the Room of Authority rather than risk revealing Imu’s location.
• The Sky Screen marked the Five Elders’ locations in Holy Land Mary Geoise, prompting people worldwide to question who ruled above them.
• Lin Qi confirmed the final reveal, and the Sky Screen named Imu the first-ranked war criminal.
• The Sky Screen revealed that Imu had sat on the Empty Throne for eight hundred years and was the true king of the world.

The world learned that Imu had secretly ruled from the Empty Throne for eight hundred years, and the question about Imu’s role in the Paramount War revealed the D. Clan’s bloodline as a target. The answer was D, confirming that Imu had orchestrated the war to assess the threat posed by the D. Clan.

• People across the world saw Imu named as the master of the Empty Throne, and Doctorine and Vivi questioned what the revelation meant.
• King Cobra suggested that the Nefertari family had stayed in Alabasta because their ancestors discovered Imu’s existence.
• The Five Elders feared the system would reveal Imu’s abilities, weapon, or actions against the Lulusia Kingdom.
• The sky screen asked what role Imu had played in the Paramount War, offering choices that included using the war to assess the D. Clan’s threat level.
• Shanks connected Imu’s name to what Roger had seen on Laugh Tale, while Lin Qi learned the system filled in missing details from his knowledge.
• The countdown ended, and the sky screen marked D as the correct answer.

The sky screen revealed that Imu had used the Paramount War to test Monkey D. Luffy’s potential as a bearer of the D. Clan’s bloodline, while Ace’s execution served as bait. It also disclosed that Imu had ordered at least six countries erased, then withheld further details and announced Imu as the target of the coming punishment.

• The sky screen showed Imu tearing up Monkey D. Luffy’s photograph as the Five Elders described the war as a test of the D. Clan’s potential for Awakening.
• People around the world reacted with panic, while King Cobra told Vivi that their ancestors had left the place where Imu lived because they had seen him.
• Luffy decided that the D. must be a good thing if Imu feared it, and Zoro agreed that Imu’s attention showed he was afraid of Luffy.
• Ace realized that Imu had intended to use him as bait to observe Luffy, and Jinbe urged him to find a reason to keep living.
• The sky screen revealed that Imu had ordered at least six countries erased and named Lulusia Kingdom as a future target; Lin Qi delayed the full disclosure because he lacked credibility points.
• The sky screen announced that the punishment target was Imu, Master of the Empty Throne.