Recaps

Carlos received maps and Sky Island goods from Gan Fall, then secretly traveled to Bika to search for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. He found the young Enel living alone in a dilapidated house, leaving the fruit’s location unknown.

• Gan Fall gave Carlos maps of the surrounding Sky Islands and Apadoa, along with Sky Island specialties for the Divine Eye Pirates.
• Carlos had Sholmer and Kelly inspect the banquet food and wine before the pirates ate, and the feast ended peacefully.
• After the banquet, Carlos wandered away from his crewmates and used a spatial vortex to travel to Bika.
• Carlos searched Bika with Observation Haki and the Byakugan, hoping to find Enel and locate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit near him.
• Carlos found Enel, an eight- or nine-year-old boy, alone in a crumbling house in northwest Bika.

Carlos found young Enel and left him the Bison Model Ox-Ox Fruit, Observation Haki instructions, a map to Angel Island, and an encouraging note. Enel ate the fruit, gained its power, and became known as Buffalo Enel.

• Carlos knocked Enel unconscious and left the Bison Model Ox-Ox Fruit beside him.
• Carlos wrote Enel instructions for the fruit and Observation Haki, drew a map to Angel Island, and left a note encouraging him to seek a better life there.
• Carlos left to search Bika Island for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, planning to use it for Deva Path Pain.
• Enel woke, saved his dinner from burning, read the note, and searched the yard for his benefactor.
• Enel ate one bite of the Bison Fruit and felt his body grow stronger as he began transforming parts of himself into a bison.

Carlos searched Bika for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and found it hidden beneath a tree. He left Shiryu and the others on Angel Island to attend the coronation ceremony while he continued searching.

• Carlos called Shiryu and told him to have the crew attend the coronation ceremony without him while he searched Bika for a treasure.
• Two Bika residents, Goll and Kirik, insulted Carlos and attacked him, so he killed them.
• Carlos searched a pond and the surrounding land, then spotted a strange patterned Devil Fruit in a pit beneath a tree.
• Carlos recognized the fruit as the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and picked it up.

Carlos confronted Bika Island’s leaders and used his overwhelming power to force its people to reconsider their discrimination against those without wings. After warning that continued discrimination would bring their destruction, he flew away in his Susanoo, leaving Bika’s future in the islanders’ hands.

• Carlos hypnotized the armed Bika people who came to arrest him and ordered their leader to gather everyone on the island within an hour.
• The Bika clan chief arrived with roughly three thousand people, and Carlos summoned a massive Susanoo that carved a ravine in front of the crowd.
• The Bika clan chief ordered everyone to drop their weapons and pleaded with Carlos to calm down.
• Carlos warned the Bika people that their wings could make them targets for slavery in the Blue Sea and demanded they treat people without wings equally.
• Carlos threatened to send a subordinate to destroy Bika if its people continued discriminating, then flew away in his Susanoo.

The Divine Eye Pirates left Angel Island and reached Apadoa for a casual treasure hunt and exploration. Carlos split the crew into four teams, then led the women through the forest, where Kelly made a precise shot at a mutant lizard.

• Carlos explored Angel Island after dispelling his Complete Body Susanoo and spent the night with a married woman from Sky Island.
• The Divine Eye Pirates departed Angel Island aboard the Underworld Moon and headed for Apadoa, their final stop in Sky Island.
• Carlos divided the crew into four teams, assigning Kelly, Dolores, and Susanna to his own group.
• The four teams set out to explore Apadoa's forest, with Carlos's group advancing while using Observation Haki to scan for danger.
• Carlos pointed out a mutant lizard to Kelly, and she shot it down with a precise pistol shot.

Carlos subdued a giant python and used it as a guide to search Upper Yard, leading his crew to a ruin and its hidden gold chamber. After sharing the treasure with Dolores and the others, he had Kelly summon the rest of the crew so they could explore together.

• Carlos used his Rinnegan to control the giant python and inscribed a summoning formula into it.
• Carlos realized the python could guide them to ruins and treasure, then summoned it back and told it what he wanted.
• Carlos and his companions rode the python to an ancient ruin, where he discovered a hidden chamber filled with gold and valuables.
• Carlos opened the chamber by tearing up the stone floor, and Dolores and the others chose treasures to keep.
• Carlos told Kelly to contact the rest of the crew so everyone could share the treasure and search Upper Yard together.

Carlos and his crew searched Sky Island ruins for treasure, then staged a prank by hiding carved stones inside a golden pyramid and ordering the men to carve obscene pictures into the walls. The chapter ended with Hawk Eyes Mihawk awkwardly wondering whether to join in as the crew worked.

• Carlos summoned the other teams, let his crewmates choose treasure, and stored the remaining gold in Kamui Space.
• Carlos led the crew to more ruins, where they found treasure and he decided to leave a prank for future visitors.
• Dolores, Shiryu, and Hawk Eyes Mihawk carved stones into fake gold bricks, which Carlos used to build a golden pyramid around them.
• Carlos sent the female crewmates outside, then carved an adults-only image of Nami into a stone wall and ordered the male crewmates to make their own drawings.
• Carlos warned the crew to take the drawing task seriously, while Hawk Eyes Mihawk stood awkwardly, unsure whether to participate.

Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates explored the island’s ruins, carved pictures across the walls, and copied the Poneglyph before preparing to leave Sky Island. After several days of rest, they set out under Gan Fall’s escort, having checked that their departure arrangements were safe.

• Carlos judged the crew’s carvings, warned Shiryu against plagiarizing him, and led everyone to the next ruin.
• Louis stammered out what the men had been carving, making Kelly, Dolores, and Susanna blush and scold the crew.
• The Divine Eye Pirates covered the island’s largest ruin with detailed, colored carvings, photographed the Poneglyph, and made a rubbing.
• The crew camped among the ruins for several days, then boarded the Nether Moon and sailed toward Angel Island with the giant serpent escorting them.
• Carlos ordered Gan Fall to arrange their departure and had the crew inspect the preparations before setting out with Gan Fall and the Divine Soldiers.

The Divine Eye Pirates reached Long Ring Long Land, where Hawk Eyes Mihawk left to seek strong opponents. A CP9 agent delivered a letter from the World Government to Carlos, who began reading it as his crew watched.

• Carlos considered using powerful Impel Down prisoners as materials for the Six Paths of Pain and planned to preserve any Devil Fruit abilities they had possessed.
• Five days later, the Mingyue arrived at Long Ring Long Land, and Hawk Eyes Mihawk said farewell to Carlos and the crew before departing.
• Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates disembarked and explored the island, then gathered on a grassy plain to eat and drink.
• A CP9 agent approached the crew and said he had been assigned to deliver a World Government letter to Carlos.
• Carlos accepted the letter, and after Shiryu speculated that it might offer benefits or cooperation, Carlos opened it and began reading.

Carlos received the World Government’s offer to bring the Mafia alliance into the government as a member nation and saw a chance to become King. Both sides prepared to negotiate, leaving Carlos’s proposed kingship dependent on the terms they reached.

• Carlos told his crew that the World Government wanted him to lead the Mafia alliance into the World Government as a nation, giving him the chance to become King and his allies the chance to become nobles and ministers.
• Carlos said he was interested in the offer, and his crew supported him, so he changed the negotiation site from Enies Lobby to Water 7 and told Kelly to notify the World Government.
• The Five Elders learned that Carlos had accepted the invitation in principle and discussed sending negotiators, CP0 elites, and Marine Vice Admirals to Water 7.
• The Five Elders planned to use the alliance to ease financial and political pressure and considered promoting a policy of using pirates to control pirates.

The Divine Eye Pirates arrived in Water 7 to negotiate with the World Government, which had discreetly secured the area around Carlos’s villa. The negotiating teams met, and Carlos learned that the dangerous powerhouse among the World Government’s representatives was called Number Four.

• Carlos led the Divine Eye Pirates into Water 7 and settled them into a rented villa.
• Carlos contacted the World Government and arranged negotiations for noon the following day.
• The World Government monitored the villa and secured the surrounding area to keep the negotiations secret.
• Gion, Chaton, and thirteen black-suited officials arrived at the villa to meet Carlos and his Crewmates.
• Morgensen introduced the delegation, and Carlos identified Number Four as a likely CP0 powerhouse.

Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates reviewed the World Government’s proposed agreement for joining, but the demand for one hundred billion Berries in annual Celestial Gold enraged him. Carlos ended the negotiations and told Morgensen to report back to the Five Elders, leaving the talks at an impasse.

• Morgensen explained the negotiation rules, and Carlos agreed that disagreements should be settled without violence.
• Morgensen’s team distributed the draft agreement for Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates to review.
• Carlos found the proposed annual Celestial Gold payment of one hundred billion Berries and judged it far beyond what the Black Alliance could afford.
• Carlos rejected Morgensen’s reassurances, accused the World Government of lacking sincerity, and ordered his people to end the meeting.
• Carlos told Morgensen to have the Five Elders reconsider their demands and ordered his crew to see the World Government delegation out.

Carlos negotiated the Celestial Gold payment down to thirty billion Berries, then found clauses granting the Divine Eye Pirates a legal plunder license and allowing the World Government and Marines to summon them. He accepted the license but rejected the summon provision, leaving the negotiations headed for another dispute.

• Carlos refused to continue talks after the World Government’s team proposed an opening payment of one hundred billion Berries.
• Morgensen returned the next day and bargained with Carlos, who held firm at twenty-five billion Berries until Morgensen offered thirty billion.
• Carlos agreed to the thirty-billion-Berry payment and resumed reading the contract with his crew.
• Carlos suspected the legal plunder license was meant to redirect Pirates toward the Divine Eye Pirates and reduce the Marines’ burden, but he decided to accept it.
• Carlos threw down the contract after reading the clause letting the World Government and Marines summon the Divine Eye Pirates, and his crew followed suit.

Carlos rejected the World Government’s proposed agreement and insisted that the Divine Eye Pirates would not be summoned at will. While waiting for the Five Elders’ answer, he teased Momousagi by proposing she become his kingdom’s princess consort, then learned the Five Elders had accepted his conditions.

• Carlos smashed the negotiation table and declared that the Divine Eye Pirates would follow orders but would not answer summons unless a major incident occurred.
• Carlos demanded that Morgensen contact the Five Elders immediately, threatening to fight if they rejected his terms.
• While the negotiators waited, Carlos assessed Number Four as a potential body for the Asura Path and then openly examined Momousagi.
• Carlos reminded Gion that he had seen her years earlier in Marineford while Chaton made his fifty-sixth confession to her.
• Carlos teased Gion by saying she would suit the role of princess consort in his kingdom, provoking Chaton’s anger.
• Morgensen returned from contacting the Five Elders and told Carlos they had accepted his conditions.

Carlos resumed negotiations with the World Government and proposed conditions involving processed Seastone, improvements to the Mingyue, and six corpses from Infinite Hell. The Navy objected fiercely, but Carlos clarified that he wanted dead prisoners for an experiment with his Devil Fruit ability.

• Carlos resumed negotiations after the shattered table was replaced and the room was cleaned, then said he had two conditions of his own.
• Carlos asked the World Government to process Seastone for the Mingyue and provide a propulsion expert to improve its speed in the Calm Belt.
• Carlos demanded six bodies from powerful prisoners in Infinite Hell, prompting Momousagi and Chaton to reject the condition on the Navy's behalf.
• Carlos clarified that he wanted fresh corpses, not living prisoners, and said he needed them for an experiment to develop his Devil Fruit ability.
• Carlos argued that using the imprisoned Pirates' bodies would put them to use and warned that Impel Down could become dangerous if its prisoners ever escaped.

Carlos and the World Government negotiators settled on an agreement that would clear the Divine Eye Pirates’ identities in exchange for the Pirates killing strong prisoners from Impel Down’s Infinite Hell. The chapter ended with the agreement being revised for signing and Carlos preparing to establish the Nations of the Black Night.

• Carlos said he would abandon the deal if the Navy refused his terms, then warned that his crew might hunt Navy powerhouses instead.
• Morgensen supported Carlos’s demand, and Momousagi left to ask Fleet Admiral Kong for instructions.
• Momousagi returned and confirmed that Kong had agreed to hand over the dead prisoners.
• Carlos and Morgensen agreed to revise and sign the agreement that day, and Carlos announced his plan to establish the Nations of the Black Night.
• Carlos and Morgensen went to celebrate while the other Navy and Pirate representatives kept their distance.

Carlos secured a preliminary agreement with the World Government and arranged for the Black Alliance to prepare to become the United States of Night. He then asked Morgensen to take him to Marine Headquarters and Impel Down, confident he could survive among the Marines.

• Carlos pressed Morgensen to secure Seastone and corpses from Infinite Hell before he returned to the West Sea, and Morgensen persuaded the Five Elders to approve the advance delivery.
• Carlos gave Morgensen thirty million Berries and called Noah to order preparations for reorganizing the Black Alliance as the United States of Night.
• Noah promised to gather the Black Alliance’s leaders and ensure they supported the nation’s establishment.
• Carlos told Morgensen he wanted to visit Marine Headquarters while waiting for the Seastone, then travel by Marine warship to Impel Down.
• Morgensen questioned whether Carlos had thought through the danger, but Carlos said he feared neither Marine Headquarters nor Kaido.

Carlos arranged to travel from Water 7 to Marine Headquarters aboard a Marine warship, intending to collect a specially crafted Seastone item before heading to Impel Down. Bored by the warship’s solemn atmosphere, he hypnotized the Marines into playing cards and turned the vessel into a noisy gambling ship.

• Morgensen agreed to relay Carlos’s requests to the Marines and the Five Elders, and Carlos offered him another twenty million Berries for handling the arrangements.
• The next morning, Carlos boarded a Marine warship while Momousagi, Gion, and Chaton watched unhappily.
• Carlos headed for Marine Headquarters to collect his specially crafted Seastone item and then travel to Impel Down by way of the Triangle Current.
• Carlos lounged on the warship’s deck, eating shrimp and drinking wine while the Marines resented his behavior.
• When the Marines refused to play cards, Carlos used his Mangekyō Sharingan to hypnotize them into joining him.
• The card game drew in more Marines until the warship became a rowdy gambling ship.

Carlos won a gambling match against a Marine officer, then provoked Momousagi and Chaton after using hypnosis to make the Marines obey him. Chaton attacked Carlos, who cut through his strike with a Haki-coated playing card, and Carlos invited both officers to fight him.

• Carlos went all in against a Marine officer, revealed a winning nine, and collected the Berries.
• Momousagi and Chaton confronted the Marines for gambling, but Carlos told the crowd to leave and they obeyed him.
• Carlos challenged Momousagi and Chaton to play cards and mocked Chaton by calling him short.
• Chaton attacked Carlos with a palm strike, and Carlos sliced through it with a Haki-coated playing card before Momousagi stopped the fight.
• Carlos urged Momousagi and Chaton to attack him, saying he would not blame them or break his agreement with the World Government.

Carlos fought Momousagi and Chaton in the sky above the warship, teasing them while testing their strength. He left the battle eager for them to attack again, while keeping the Rinnegan’s full power hidden.

• Carlos provoked Momousagi and Chaton until they pursued him into the air above the warship.
• Momousagi cut through Carlos’s laser with Konpira, while Chaton blocked it with a wall of compressed air.
• Chaton trapped Carlos in a vacuum as Momousagi struck with peach-pink Sword Qi, forcing him to evade both attacks.
• Carlos used the Rinnegan’s Banshō Ten’in to pull Momousagi and Chaton toward him, but released them so they collided and absorbed Chaton’s wind blades with the Preta Path.
• Carlos changed to his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Momousagi and Chaton prepared to continue fighting while mistaking his Rinnegan for the weaker ability.

Carlos fought Momousagi and Chaton, then trapped Chaton in his Tsukuyomi world and tortured him until his will nearly broke. Back in reality, Chaton warned Momousagi to avoid Carlos's gaze while Carlos remained ready to continue the fight.

• Carlos feinted past Momousagi and tore through Chaton's tornadoes with his Sky Eagle Claw.
• Carlos caught Chaton in Tsukuyomi and formed Susanoo to block Momousagi's attack from behind.
• Carlos subjected Chaton to repeated deaths, flames, ice, and venomous snake bites inside the Tsukuyomi world.
• Chaton endured a day and night of torture in the illusion before Carlos released him, though only an instant had passed in reality.
• Chaton warned Momousagi to close her eyes and avoid Carlos's gaze, then relied on weakened Observation Haki to track him.

Carlos defeated Momousagi and Chaton, then traveled with them to Navy Headquarters under the guise of a Navy officer. At Marineford, he prepared to meet the Navy while Momousagi tried to get him off her warship as quickly as possible.

• Momousagi attacked Carlos with a sword technique, but he pierced her blade net with Amaterasu and escaped unharmed.
• Carlos struck the injured Chaton, worsening his wounds, then ended the fight and ran after the warship.
• Momousagi and Chaton accepted that they could not continue fighting, while Chaton vowed to train and reclaim his honor.
• Carlos gambled, played music, and disrupted the warship during the journey, while Momousagi and Chaton moved away from the noise.
• After the warship resupplied at Enies Lobby and reached Marineford, Carlos wore a Navy Cloak of Justice and ordered a colonel to notify Momousagi.
• Carlos told Momousagi that becoming a soldier had been his childhood dream, and she remained eager to send him away.

Carlos arrived at Marine Headquarters and refused to accept the lone Rear Admiral sent to receive him, forcing Momousagi to take responsibility for his stay. She escorted him to his lodging, where Marines mistook him for a Rear Admiral and watched jealously as he walked beside her.

• Carlos entered Marine Headquarters aboard Momousagi's warship and complained that only one Rear Admiral had come to receive him.
• Carlos demanded that Momousagi show him around and threatened to leave on his own; Chaton objected but fell silent when Carlos threatened to send him back to the Tsukuyomi World.
• Momousagi agreed to arrange Carlos's food and lodging and report the situation to Fleet Admiral Kong.
• After the arrangements were completed, Carlos put on a Cloak of Justice and followed Momousagi to the residential district.
• Marines greeted Momousagi as she walked with Carlos, mistaking him for a Rear Admiral and failing to recognize him as a Pirate.

Carlos visited Marine Headquarters and met Fleet Admiral Kong and Sengoku while waiting for the Marine Science Institute to process the Seastone. Their tense exchange ended with Carlos refusing to back down from their warnings to follow Marineford’s rules.

• Carlos explored his villa, visited Momousagi’s flower-filled home, and asked her to arrange a meeting with Kong and Sengoku.
• Momousagi brought Carlos to Kong’s office, where he and the two Marine leaders assessed one another.
• Kong warned Carlos not to cause trouble at Marine Headquarters and threatened that he and Sengoku would suppress him if he did.
• Sengoku insisted that Carlos follow Marineford’s rules, and Carlos replied that his behavior would depend on how the Marines treated him.

Carlos demonstrated Kamui's defensive ability to Fleet Admiral Kong, then toured Marine Headquarters with Momousagi and encountered Zephyr training recruits. Their teasing ended in a sword clash that cracked the ground and drew everyone's attention.

• Kong attacked Carlos in his office, but Kamui let his hands pass through Carlos, and Kong ended the confrontation after Carlos reassured him.
• Carlos left with Momousagi and toured Marine Headquarters, ordering her to stop Marines from photographing him.
• Carlos and Momousagi watched Zephyr train recruits, and Momousagi explained that he had taught her.
• Carlos teased Momousagi about stealing hearts and openly appraised her, prompting her to slash at him with her sword.
• Carlos blocked Momousagi's attack, cracking the surrounding floor and drawing the training ground's attention.