Recaps

The King of Drum Kingdom rejected the Divine Eye Pirates’ demands and called on the Marines to help defeat them. At Marine Headquarters, Fleet Admiral Kong summoned senior officers and appointed Sengoku to preside over the response meeting.

• A minister told the King of Drum Kingdom that the Divine Eye Pirates had seized imported medicinal supplies and demanded entry to the kingdom and access to its medical research.
• The King of Drum Kingdom refused the pirates’ conditions, ordered the kingdom to delay them, and requested powerful Marine support so their forces could destroy the crew.
• A reporting officer delivered Drum Kingdom’s urgent request for assistance to Fleet Admiral Kong at Marine Headquarters.
• Kong ordered Admiral Sengoku and the Vice Admirals at headquarters to assemble for a meeting.
• Kong asked Sengoku to preside over the meeting, and the assembled officers accepted the arrangement.

Carlos prepared the Divine Eye Pirates for a possible clash with Drum Kingdom and the Marines, planning contingencies and arranging reinforcements. The crew reached Drum Island in secret, and Carlos left to investigate whether an admiral had arrived.

• Shiryu reported that Drum Kingdom was stalling negotiations, and Carlos concluded it was likely gathering forces while waiting for Marine support.
• Carlos planned to abandon the operation if an admiral came, hide the Dark Moon, avoid a naval battle, and use Kamui to evacuate the crew if necessary.
• Carlos reassured Shiryu that Conqueror’s Haki and more than twenty creatures he controlled from Primordial Island could protect Kelly, Susanna, and Sholmer.
• Carlos brought the crew through a spatial vortex to a snowy mountain on Drum Island and told them to set up camp.
• Carlos vanished through Kamui to investigate the Marines, while the crew discussed how his ability could not yet transport the Dark Moon.

Sakazuki arrived at Drum Island with elite Marines to hunt the Divine Eye Pirates, but the search had yielded no clues. From a nearby snowy mountain, Carlos attacked Sakazuki’s flagship, leaving the Marines with a sinking warship and a fight ahead.

• Sakazuki landed at Drum Island with his Marine officers and asked guard captain Roche whether the Pirates had been found.
• Roche invited Sakazuki and the Marines to a banquet prepared by Drum Kingdom’s King, and Sakazuki accepted while they waited for leads.
• Carlos watched the Marines from a snowy peak and recognized Sakazuki as the last of the future Admirals he had yet to fight.
• Carlos summoned his purple Susanoo and fired an arrow into Sakazuki’s flagship, blasting open its hull and flooding it with seawater.

After Carlos sank a Navy warship, Akainu blamed the Divine Eye Pirates and ordered the Navy to search Drum Island. On the snowy mountain, Carlos found a pack of Carnivorous Rabbit Rabon and began subduing them to use against the Navy.

• Carlos left after firing an arrow that sank the Navy warship, and Akainu returned to find it gone.
• A Navy colonel reported that a gigantic purple sword had pierced the warship, and Akainu suspected the Divine Eye Pirates.
• Akainu ordered the Navy warships to converge on Drum Island and told Roche to arrange a campsite while the Navy prepared to search.
• Carlos found Shiryu and the others sheltering on a snowy mountain, where a pack of Carnivorous Rabbit Rabon surrounded them.
• Carlos stopped Olsen and O'Neal from killing the rabbits, then used Kotoamatsukami to subdue their leader and planned to gather more packs against the Navy.

Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates gathered thousands of Carnivorous Rabbit Rabons and Primordial Island beasts to prepare a scattered ambush against the Marines and Drum Kingdom Guards. Carlos launched the northern attack at lunchtime, leading a stampede of fierce beasts down the mountain toward Akainu's camp.

• Carlos ordered his crew to search Drum Island for Carnivorous Rabbit Rabon tribes and control their chiefs.
• Sakazuki and the Drum Kingdom Guards searched the island, then Akainu arrived with ten warships and thousands of Marines.
• The Divine Eye Pirates located and controlled tribes numbering over 3,500 Rabons, then agreed to split into four groups and strike first.
• Carlos and his crew assigned each group a battlefield and planned to attack at noon while the Marines ate lunch.
• Carlos summoned Primordial Island beasts in the north and led nearly a thousand of them downhill on a tyrannosaurus toward Akainu's camp.

Carlos and Akainu fought amid a stampede and avalanche, then the surviving Marines and Fierce Beasts clashed after the disaster passed. As Akainu confronted Carlos again, Carlos revealed Sasuke Uchiha’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and prepared to face him with it.

• Akainu ordered the Marines to retreat and used Meteor Volcano to weaken the avalanche while Carlos shattered a magma fist and charged at him.
• Carlos dodged Akainu’s magma bullets, interrupted his attack with a laser, and traded close-range blows with him until the avalanche forced them apart.
• Carlos used Kamui to shelter in the Kamui Space while Akainu survived the avalanche by elementalizing into magma.
• After the avalanche passed, Carlos-controlled Fierce Beasts attacked the Marines, killing more than two hundred before the soldiers rallied and fought back.
• Akainu confronted Carlos and threatened to kill him, while Carlos revealed his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and said he would not use his newly awakened Rinnegan yet.

Carlos fought Akainu on the snowy battlefield, revealing Susanoo and Amaterasu flames to counter the Magma-Magma Fruit. Akainu failed to seize the black flames, and Carlos reflected that the Flame-Flame Fruit could be developed by raising its flames’ temperature limit.

• Akainu charged Carlos with a magma punch, and their clash sent a shockwave through the snow before Carlos was blasted away.
• Akainu attacked with Hell Hound, so Carlos summoned his second-stage Susanoo, which endured Akainu’s blows long enough to counter with a two-handed strike.
• Carlos formed a Susanoo bow and fired an Amaterasu arrow, forcing Akainu to use Great Eruption to extinguish its momentum.
• Akainu scooped up some returning Amaterasu flames to study them, but Carlos made them vanish with his Pupil Power.
• Carlos considered how studying Amaterasu could raise magma’s temperature and how Ace could develop the Flame-Flame Fruit by increasing its upper temperature limit.

The Divine Eye Pirates fought the Marines across Drum Island’s southern, western, and eastern fronts while Carlos battled in the north. Their opponents pressed them hard, but the carefully arranged battle formations let the crew hold their ground.

• The Marines deployed three Vice Admirals, including Akainu, alongside numerous other officers to hunt down the Divine Eye Pirates, while the Fierce Beasts tied up lower-ranking forces.
• Shiryu fought a sword-skilled Vice Admiral on the southern mountain, recovering from an early disadvantage until they were evenly matched, while O'Neal fought in lion form among the beasts.
• Martin overwhelmed a steel-bodied Vice Admiral in the western basin, while Olsen fought as a buffalo and Sholmer used his poisoned dagger to kill stragglers.
• Kelly supported Susanna's large-scale Clima-Tact attacks on the eastern front.
• Dolores held off two Rear Admirals and a Brigadier General with her swordsmanship, while Riley in Small Giants form fought a Rear Admiral, two Brigadier Generals, and four Colonels.

Carlos survived Akainu’s magma barrage, then used Conqueror’s Haki and the Fierce Beasts to devastate the Marines and force Akainu to stay behind. He pretended to head south from Drum Island, but left through a spatial vortex toward the east.

• Akainu bombarded Carlos’s Susanoo with magma shells, but Carlos escaped under concealment as the attack subsided.
• Carlos ordered Fierce Beasts to retreat to the battlefield’s edge, then knocked most Marines and combatants unconscious with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Carlos commanded the standing Fierce Beasts to slaughter unconscious Marines while the remaining Marine officers fought desperately to stop them.
• Carlos taunted Akainu and fled south, forcing him to stay and protect his subordinates from the Fierce Beasts.
• Carlos changed direction and traveled east through a spatial vortex, revealing that his southward escape had been a ruse.

Carlos used Kamui to reach the eastern battlefield, where he and Dolores killed Marine officers and moved to reinforce Riley. After Carlos killed the Rear Admiral attacking Riley, Dolores struck at the three Marine Colonels surrounding him.

• Carlos emerged at the edge of the eastern battlefield and rushed toward Dolores, killing Marine soldiers along the way.
• Carlos used Banshō Ten'in to pull in and kill one Marine Rear Admiral, then caught a fleeing Rear Admiral and killed him with Overlord Elbow.
• Dolores told Carlos she could continue fighting, and he led her toward Riley to follow the plan.
• Carlos used Banshō Ten'in to stop the Marine Rear Admiral fighting Riley and shot him dead with three bullets.
• Dolores attacked the three Marine Colonels surrounding Riley.

Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates overwhelmed the Marines on Drum Island, killing their senior fighters and breaking their forces apart. After Carlos killed the Vice Admiral fighting Martin, the Marines’ defeat became certain, while Akainu led reinforcements by sea toward the southern battlefield.

• Dolores killed three Marine colonels with her sword technique, and Carlos led his crew toward the western battlefield.
• Carlos joined Martin against a Marine Vice Admiral, whose desperate counterattack wounded Martin before Carlos drove him back.
• Carlos battered the Vice Admiral, trapped him with Amaterasu, and killed him after he released his Devil Fruit ability.
• The Marines’ morale collapsed, and the Divine Eye Pirates routed their scattered forces.
• Akainu led awakened Marines aboard warships toward Drum Island’s southern battlefield.

Akainu learned that Carlos had routed the eastern and western battlefields and rushed to warn the Marines fighting in the south. After the southern Marines began retreating, Carlos ended the pursuit to focus on plundering Drum Kingdom before stronger Marine forces arrived.

• Akainu ordered communications personnel to contact every battlefield, then learned that Carlos had defeated the Marines on the eastern and western fronts.
• Akainu ordered the southern Marines to retreat to the coast and sent support at full speed.
• After receiving the warning, the Marine Vice Admiral fighting Shiryu ordered a retreat, and the Marines withdrew in formation while Shiryu's Fierce Beasts pursued them.
• Carlos arrived more than twenty li behind the retreating Marines, released his control over the Fierce Beasts, and ended the pursuit.
• Carlos planned to extort the King of Drum Kingdom, take medicines, supplies, and medical techniques, and search for a Devil Fruit before stronger Marines arrived.

After the Divine Eye Pirates defeated the Navy on Drum Island, Akainu reported the failure to Fleet Admiral Kong and received orders to keep the pirates under surveillance. Kong sent Sengoku to hunt them down, while Sengoku raised concerns about Lucifer Carlos’s ties to the West Sea.

• Akainu told Kong that the Divine Eye Pirates had outmaneuvered and defeated the Navy forces on Drum Island.
• Kong suspended Akainu’s punishment and ordered him to monitor the pirates, prevent their escape, and await Sengoku’s arrival.
• Akainu directed the Navy to regroup survivors, patrol Drum Island, and watch the royal palace for signs of the pirates’ plans.
• Kong went to Sengoku and ordered him to travel to Drum Island and eliminate the Divine Eye Pirates.
• Sengoku questioned how the Navy would handle Carlos’s West Sea connections, and Kong said the World Government would manage the region.

Carlos confronted the King of Drum Kingdom after defeating the forces that opposed the Divine Eye Pirates, then negotiated for medical techniques and the royal collection of Devil Fruits. The two agreed to a partnership that would use the West Blue Mafia as cover and give Drum Kingdom protection and resources.

• Carlos entered the royal palace hall and knocked out its guards with Conqueror's Haki.
• The King of Drum Kingdom recognized Carlos and asked what he wanted after learning he had won.
• Carlos demanded Drum Kingdom's medical techniques and its two collected Devil Fruits, and the King agreed to hand them over.
• Carlos proposed that Drum Kingdom's doctors and medical knowledge serve his forces through a partnership with the West Blue Mafia.
• Carlos and the King of Drum Kingdom shook hands on the agreement, and the King sent a trusted confidant to retrieve what Carlos had requested.

Carlos escaped Drum Island with the Divine Eye Pirates aboard the Dark Moon and put the island’s medical materials to use by supporting Sholmer’s research. The crew sailed on while Sengoku arrived at Drum Island and failed to find them.

• Carlos gathered the crew into Kamui Space and brought them from Drum Island to the hidden Dark Moon before the Marines could arrive.
• Carlos returned the stored medicine and supplies to the ship, then ordered the crew to set sail.
• Carlos retrieved two unknown Devil Fruits and considered asking Stussy to obtain a Devil Fruit Encyclopedia so he could identify them.
• Carlos gave Sholmer Drum Island’s medical materials and promised to provide laboratory equipment and a future medical laboratory.
• Sholmer spent the next two days studying the materials in the ship’s new laboratory while Carlos’s crew sailed away.
• Sengoku arrived at Drum Island, but the Marines found no trace of the Divine Eye Pirates despite searching the island.

After the Marines retreated from Drum Island, Carlos read about the Divine Eye Pirates’ sharply increased bounties and considered the power he wanted to build. The crew reached Alabasta and chose to sneak ashore rather than risk a direct clash with its authorities.

• Sengoku and Akainu left Drum Island after failing to eliminate the Divine Eye Pirates, and Akainu vowed to destroy Carlos’s crew.
• Carlos read that his bounty had risen to four hundred million Berries and that the rest of his crew had also received high bounties.
• Carlos learned that the Flying Pirates and Beasts Pirates had fought in the New World, but decided not to get involved.
• Carlos reflected that he wanted influence across the underworld and legitimate world without becoming a Four Emperor or a subordinate of the World Government.
• The Divine Eye Pirates reached Alabasta, and Carlos chose to have the crew sneak ashore because Pirates were forbidden from entering openly.

Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates arrived in Nanohana and split up to enjoy three days in the city. After sampling the local food, Carlos entered a casino, where his grand entrance ended with him placing a ten-Beri bet.

• Carlos knocked out the Kung Fu Dugongs with Conqueror's Haki as the Hades Moon approached Nanohana.
• Carlos told the crew to explore Nanohana for three days and regroup afterward, and the pirates went their separate ways.
• Carlos spent three hours sampling food along the city’s food street before heading to the entertainment district.
• Carlos entered the casino Gong Xi Fa Cai, exchanged ten Beri for chips, and took a seat at a dice table.
• Carlos bet his ten-Beri chip on the small bet, prompting jeers from the gamblers who had expected a larger wager.

Carlos used his abilities to win repeatedly at a casino, drawing a crowd and attracting the casino’s attention before Fujitora Issho invited him to talk. After they left, Carlos introduced himself as the captain of the Divine Eye Pirates and invited Issho to get ramen, and Issho agreed because Carlos interested him.

• Carlos detected dice results with his abilities, won fifteen consecutive rounds, and moved between tables as a crowd of gamblers followed his lead.
• Fujitora Issho approached Carlos and asked to speak elsewhere, while the gamblers protested until Carlos calmed them down.
• Casino employees tried to bring Carlos to their manager, but Carlos refused and left with Issho, causing their leader to abandon his attempt to recruit him.
• Carlos introduced himself as Lucifer Carlos, and Issho recognized him as the captain of the Divine Eye Pirates with a four-hundred-million bounty.
• Carlos invited Issho to have ramen, and Issho agreed because he found Carlos interesting.

Carlos met Fujitora over ramen and tried to recruit him into the Divine Eye Pirates, but Fujitora declined. Carlos arranged for Fujitora to spar with Shiryu the next day, leaving Shiryu eager for the fight.

• Carlos told Fujitora that the Divine Eye Pirates avoided ordinary pirate crimes and explained how Marine pursuits had forced them into conflict and earned them high bounties.
• Carlos invited Fujitora to travel with the Divine Eye Pirates, but Fujitora declined because he preferred to roam alone.
• Carlos asked Fujitora to guide Shiryu in swordsmanship, and Fujitora agreed to spar with him outside the city the next day.
• Carlos called Shiryu and told him to prepare for a fight with a powerful opponent, leaving Shiryu excited about the chance to become a Great Swordsman.

Shiryu and Fujitora began their fight in the desert outside Nanohana, where Shiryu tested his swordsmanship against Fujitora’s perception, gravity powers, and defensive technique. Their close-range duel continued as Shiryu sensed that Fujitora’s swordsmanship could help him improve.

• Carlos gathered the Divine Eye Pirates and Fujitora at Nanohana, then led them into the desert to watch Shiryu and Fujitora fight.
• Shiryu opened with a powerful sword slash, but Fujitora blocked it by finding its weakest point with Observation Haki.
• Fujitora used gravity to pin Shiryu in a pit, but Shiryu broke free with Haki and counterattacked.
• Shiryu unleashed a rapid barrage of sword strikes, and Fujitora met them with his cane sword and Observation Haki.
• Fujitora stopped using his Devil Fruit powers, and the two fought an intense swordsmanship duel as Shiryu recognized the value of Fujitora’s technique.

Shiryu fought Fujitora in a swordsmanship duel, but Fujitora’s gravity powers eventually overwhelmed him. After Fujitora showed mercy, Shiryu realized the pressure had helped his swordsmanship advance and asked to leave so he could absorb his insight.

• Shiryu and Fujitora exchanged sword attacks, and Fujitora used gravity to slow Shiryu and redirect his Thunder Cut into the ground.
• Fujitora summoned a meteor, which Shiryu split and shattered with Rain Pierce.
• Fujitora trapped Shiryu in a thousand-meter Gravity Field and attacked while remaining unaffected by its increased gravity.
• Fujitora struck Shiryu several times but showed mercy, and Shiryu sensed his swordsmanship drawing closer to the realm of a Great Swordsman.
• Fujitora dispelled the field, and Shiryu thanked him and asked to find a quiet place to absorb his insight.

After feasting with Fujitora and his crew, Carlos settled into a hotel in Nanohana and received a Devil Fruit Encyclopedia he had ordered. The hotel staff chose not to report the Divine Eye Pirates, and Carlos discovered that his own Eye of the Devil was absent from the book.

• Fujitora advised Shiryu to temper his mind and cultivate his character, then Shiryu went off to reflect on the advice.
• Carlos invited Fujitora to a lavish meal and asked him to instruct the crew, and Fujitora agreed to join them for ramen and a feast.
• Carlos and the crew ate an extravagant meal costing eleven million Berries, while Shiryu missed it because he was reflecting.
• After lunch, Fujitora left and Carlos booked rooms for the crew at the hotel.
• The hotel manager decided not to alert the kingdom's army or the Marines after learning the guests were the Divine Eye Pirates.
• Carlos received a Devil Fruit Encyclopedia and found that it did not list his Eye of the Devil.

Carlos identified the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit in a Devil Fruit Encyclopedia and gave it to Sholmer, believing its ability to control bacteria and fungi would suit the doctor. Sholmer ate the fruit and left to develop his new power alongside his medical skills.

• Carlos read the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia and identified his Bison Fruit and Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit.
• Carlos called Sholmer and offered him the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit for his medical research and strength.
• Sholmer accepted the fruit and swallowed a bite despite its terrible taste.
• Carlos instructed Sholmer to develop the fruit through medicine while training his body every day.
• Sholmer returned to his room to study his new ability, while Carlos considered its potential against enemy forces.

Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates traveled across the Alabasta desert and camped for the night. After hearing a gunfight nearby, Carlos armed the crew and invited them to join in, leaving them unsure whom they were supposed to shoot.

• Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates left their hotel, bought camels and moving crabs, and set out for Alubarna across the desert.
• The crew traveled during cooler hours, rested when their mounts grew tired, and made camp beneath a dune.
• Gunshots drew Carlos and the crew to the dune, where they saw an elite group pursuing a skilled gunman.
• The pursued gunman took cover and shot three pursuers in the head, prompting Carlos to offer the crew a chance to join the fight.
• Carlos used Kamui to produce rifles, took out Blood Night, and told the crew to fire at anyone.

Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates joined a desert gunfight, then encountered the badly wounded Louis, who had been hunted by the combatants. Carlos invited Louis to stay for the night and have his wounds treated, and Louis followed Sholmer into a tent.

• Carlos and the Divine Eye Pirates fired into the ongoing desert battle, turning it into a three-way melee before the fighting ended with both sides retreating or fleeing.
• Carlos noticed a wounded figure approaching the camp and sent Olsen to bring him over.
• The stranger identified himself as Louis, asked for water, thanked the pirates, and tried to leave after receiving a canteen.
• Carlos offered Louis shelter and medical treatment, and Sholmer agreed to remove the bullets.
• Louis accepted the offer and followed Sholmer into a tent for surgery.