Chapter Summaries

Carlos subdued Olsen and the Mad Bull Pirates, then began securing their loyalty by promising to teach them his martial arts. He gave the survivors their first order, leaving their new allegiance ready to be tested.

• Carlos released his Illusion Technique, and Olsen returned to human form and ordered his crew to surrender.
• Carlos returned the merchant ships to their owners and kept Olsen and the surviving Pirate officers with him.
• Olsen told Carlos about the John Family, and Carlos promised to teach him the Golden Bell Shield if he earned merit.
• Carlos demonstrated his strength by snapping a cleaver in half, convincing the surviving Pirates to call him their Boss.
• Carlos gave Olsen and the survivors their first order and sent them to carry it out.

Carlos secretly reached Maglin Island on a shark, avoiding the Marines and anyone who might recognize him, then explored the busy city. At a cooking competition, he spotted John Dilton, a son of the John Family patriarch, and decided to try kidnapping him for information.

• Carlos had Olsen stop the Mad Bull Pirates’ ship outside the Marines’ patrol area, hypnotized a great white shark, and rode it through the fog to Maglin Island.
• Carlos disguised himself with sunglasses and a half-face mask, entered the island unnoticed, and wandered through its busy streets.
• After hearing about the Royal Court Hotel’s cooking competition, Carlos pushed through the crowd to watch the chefs and judges.
• Carlos recognized John Dilton, the John Family patriarch’s fourth son, and considered killing him before deciding that kidnapping him could yield useful information.
• Carlos judged that kidnapping John Dilton would be difficult because he was surrounded by elite bodyguards.

Carlos followed a spoiled young master to the Royal Court Hotel and booked the room directly beneath his suite to learn more about him. He used the Byakugan to spy on the young master, then decided to find a chance to teach him a lesson.

• Carlos watched the cooking competition end and saw a young, freckled girl win the championship.
• He noticed the spoiled young master leave with eight bodyguards and tailed their car to the Royal Court Hotel.
• Carlos used conversation and the Sharingan to learn that the young master occupied a top-floor suite, then booked a room beneath it.
• From his hotel room, Carlos used the Byakugan to see the young master having sex with three women and judged that his health was poor.
• After an hour of watching, Carlos stopped and decided to teach the young master a lesson.

Carlos infiltrated Dilton’s suite, but found him poisoned and used the dying man’s mind to uncover information before escaping the hotel. The John Family launched an investigation, identified Carlos and Grace Kelly as suspects, and uncovered Grace’s motive for revenge.

• Carlos climbed into Dilton’s room and caught him as he collapsed from poison.
• Carlos used the Sharingan to question Dilton, then the Ghost Eye to search his memories before leaving the hotel.
• The guards discovered John Dilton’s body, sealed the hotel, and alerted John Abad.
• The investigation named Grace Kelly and Carlos as suspects, but Carlos’s disguise and false name left few clues to his identity.
• The John Family learned that Grace had returned after Dilton destroyed her family five years earlier.

After the John Family ordered a hunt for Kelly and Carlos, Carlos bought its most expensive sniper rifle, Blood Night, and escaped his pursuers. He left the city to prepare for a planned attack on a high-ranking World Government official visiting the John Family in three days.

• Abad ordered the John Family's forces to hunt down Kelly and Carlos, despite weak evidence against Carlos.
• Carlos entered a John Family-owned firearms store and bought the sniper rifle Blood Night for two million, with fifty rounds of ammunition included.
• Carlos noticed several people following him, used his Byakugan to identify them, and lost them in the crowd.
• Carlos bought camping supplies and left the city to find a remote place to test Blood Night.
• Carlos planned to target a high-ranking World Government official arriving secretly in three days, hoping the official's death would bring trouble down on the John Family.

Carlos tested his Blood Night sniper rifle and later used it from Maglin Island’s clock tower to assassinate a visiting World Government official. He fled immediately, while the harbor crowd was left stunned by the official’s sudden death.

• Carlos used his Byakugan and Sharingan to snipe a cobra from three kilometers away and praised the Blood Night rifle’s power and range.
• Three days later, Carlos took a concealed position atop Maglin Island’s landmark tower and watched the John Family prepare for a visitor.
• John Abad and his family welcomed an elderly World Government official as spies secured the harbor.
• When the official approached Abad without his bodyguards, Carlos fired and retreated from the tower.
• The bullet struck the official in the head and killed him instantly, shocking everyone at the harbor.

After shooting a John Family elder, Carlos fled across Maglin Island while the island’s forces mobilized to hunt the sniper. Near the coast, he rescued a woman in black from pursuing Mafia Members and waited to see what she would do.

• John Abad ordered Maglin Island sealed and mobilized the John Family, government forces, and navy to find the sniper who killed the elder.
• Carlos ran through the eastern forest, called Olsen to hurry the pickup, and reached the coast.
• Carlos spotted a woman in black fleeing more than a dozen armed Mafia Members toward the beach where his ship was expected.
• Carlos used Blood Night and his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to shoot down the pursuing Mafia Members, and the woman in black joined in with her twin guns.
• The woman in black approached Carlos and silently examined him after he put away his rifle and began smoking.

Carlos escaped Maglin Island with Gretel Kelly, who joined him as his chef after revealing she had killed John Dilton to avenge her family. Aboard his ship, Carlos introduced himself as Lucifer Carlos and revealed he was the Mafia Boss of Iron Island.

• The Woman in Black blamed Carlos for the chaos on Maglin Island, then agreed to join him as his chef in exchange for his protection.
• The Woman in Black revealed that her name was Gretel Kelly, that she had won the Royal Court Hotel cooking competition, and that she had killed John Dilton, who had murdered her family.
• Carlos told Gretel that he had a grudge against the John Family and brought her aboard his ship with Olsen and two Pirates.
• After they sailed away from Maglin Island, Gretel served Carlos steak, and he ate it enthusiastically while reading.
• Gretel asked Carlos about his identity, and he introduced himself as Lucifer Carlos, the Mafia Boss of Iron Island.

Carlos told Kelly that he had assassinated the John Family’s high-ranking World Government backer, then returned to Iron Island and exposed a traitor among his captains. He ordered Cani’s execution and the confiscation of his property, while the surviving captains pledged their loyalty.

• Carlos explained to Kelly that he had taken over the Mike Family and infiltrated the John Family, leaving them too occupied with their fallen backer to target him.
• After Kelly pressed him for the truth, Carlos revealed that he had shot the John Family’s high-ranking World Government partner and warned her that knowing the secret could endanger her freedom.
• Six days later, Carlos returned to Iron Island with Kelly and summoned his captains, declaring that a traitor had leaked his whereabouts to the John Family.
• Carlos used his scarlet eyes to hypnotize the five captains, exposing Kilan Cani as the traitor and making him reveal his motives.
• Carlos ordered Cani’s interrogation and execution by firing squad, confiscated his property while reserving some for his family, and placed the family under surveillance.
• The four remaining captains praised Carlos and vowed to ensure no one escaped the cleanup.

Carlos organized a Mafia training camp to strengthen his forces, introducing specialized combat training and a challenge-based rank system. After half a month, over four hundred members emerged as combatants with greatly improved abilities, and Carlos rewarded them with a feast while telling them to keep the training secret from the next batch.

• Carlos ordered the leaders to organize specialized training in shooting, hand-to-hand combat, and coordination, with members able to challenge for higher ranks.
• Three days later, Carlos began training the first batch of five hundred members at Small Canyon, personally enduring harsher exercises than anyone else.
• After half a month, more than four hundred members retained or earned combatant status, while the rest lost rank or benefits but kept opportunities to advance.
• Carlos praised the trained members, sent them to celebrate with a feast, and told them to hide the training details from the brothers who had not yet attended.

Carlos delegated the Mafia’s affairs and endured five months of solitary cultivation to prepare for the coming Great Age of Pirates. After Kelly brought news that Roger had been captured, Carlos ordered a fast ship prepared and planned to leave for the East Blue.

• Carlos entrusted the Mafia’s internal affairs to Noah and Kelly before beginning solitary cultivation in the forest on Iron Island.
• Carlos followed a rigorous daily schedule to strengthen his Dojutsu, internal energy, physical stamina, and mental strength.
• Five months passed while Carlos continued cultivating, and Kelly arrived with the day’s newspaper and food.
• Kelly told Carlos that the Marines had captured Roger, and Carlos recognized the news as the beginning of a coming storm.
• Carlos said he would finish cultivating within two days and ordered Kelly to prepare the fastest ship available for a trip to the East Blue.

After five months of training, Carlos left Lucifer Manor with Kelly and his subordinates, sailing toward the Red Line so he could reach Marineford and watch Golden Lion attack Marine Headquarters. He used his Mangekyō Sharingan’s Kamui to cross the Red Line, leaving his crew astonished.

• Carlos completed five months of intensive training and returned to Lucifer Manor, where he put Noah in charge of the family’s affairs and departed with Kelly.
• Carlos and five Mafia combatants boarded a prepared ship, and he ordered the navigator to find a route to the Red Line beneath Mary Geoise rather than enter East Blue through Reverse Mountain.
• The ship reached the Red Line after a day and a half, and Carlos told his subordinates to wait on a nearby island until he contacted them.
• Carlos activated Kamui and vanished into a spatial vortex, crossing the Red Line as Kelly and the crew watched in amazement.

Carlos traveled from the Red Line toward Marineford and spent time relaxing in a prosperous town near Marine Headquarters. There he watched Chaton confess to Momousagi for the fifty-sixth time, and Momousagi rejected him before continuing on her way.

• Carlos used Kamui to travel across the Red Line, resting and eating before reaching a town near Marineford.
• Carlos explored the town, spending Berries on food and entertainment while waiting for Golden Lion Shiki to attack Marine Headquarters.
• Carlos saw Chaton kneel in the street and confess his love to Momousagi for the fifty-sixth time.
• Momousagi coldly rejected Chaton and walked away, while Chaton got up and left without appearing discouraged.
• Carlos watched Momousagi pass by and continued eating grilled octopus and drinking rice wine.

Carlos waited in Marineford for Golden Lion Shiki to arrive, then watched Shiki launch a brutal assault on Marine Headquarters. Garp and Sengoku confronted the attack, while Carlos moved to find safer shelter as a storm gathered.

• Carlos avoided approaching Momousagi and spent several days enjoying Marineford while waiting for Golden Lion Shiki.
• Carlos heard an explosion on the evening of the third day and saw Shiki arrive at Marine Headquarters.
• Shiki carved through Marine Headquarters with a powerful sword strike, then slaughtered more than a hundred Marines in close combat.
• Garp and Sengoku arrived and resolved to capture Shiki, while Carlos observed the battle from a mountaintop with his Byakugan and Sharingan.
• Carlos noticed a storm gathering and took an umbrella from his Kamui Space before preparing to leave the exposed mountaintop.

Carlos secretly watched Golden Lion fight Garp and Sengoku at Marine Headquarters, studying their techniques and Haki to improve his own strength. The clash devastated Marineford as the battle continued in the air.

• Carlos found a hidden vantage point and began observing Golden Lion, Garp, and Sengoku as their battle erupted.
• Golden Lion attacked Garp and Sengoku with his Meito, and the two Marines met his blades with powerful Haki-enhanced strikes.
• Garp and Sengoku fought Golden Lion at close range, while Carlos analyzed their movements, swordsmanship, and use of Haki.
• Golden Lion summoned a gigantic lion made of rainwater and sent it charging at Garp and Sengoku.
• Garp and Sengoku countered with Bone Fist Iron Star and Great Buddha Impact, and the collision shook Marineford and the surrounding sea.
• Carlos marveled at the power of the three fighters and resolved to become a world-class powerhouse as their battle continued.

Garp and Sengoku battled Golden Lion through the night, eventually defeating him and sending him to Impel Down. Carlos left Marineford before the fight ended, then used what he had learned from watching the battle to begin practicing Soru and Geppo.

• Carlos watched the battle from hiding and learned the finer techniques behind Soru, Geppo, and other Rokushiki moves.
• Golden Lion raised enormous lion heads from Marineford's ruins, but Garp and Sengoku struck them down with powerful attacks.
• Garp and Sengoku continued fighting Golden Lion until dawn, leaving much of Marineford in ruins and exhausting all three fighters.
• Sengoku ordered Golden Lion's arrest, and two Vice Admirals shackled him with Seastone and escorted him away.
• Carlos left Marineford and practiced in a secluded forest, initially learning Soru and Geppo in half a day.

Carlos decided to rescue Golden Lion from Impel Down, hoping to gain advanced Haki training and preserve the pirate’s remaining forces for future advantage. After learning Golden Lion had been taken to the prison by Garp, Carlos arrived ahead of the escort and hid nearby to wait for him.

• Carlos weighed the consequences of rescuing Golden Lion and decided the potential benefits outweighed the risks.
• Carlos infiltrated Marine Headquarters, hypnotized a Marine Commander, and learned that Garp had escorted Golden Lion to Impel Down after his arrest.
• Carlos used Kamui to travel to Impel Down, bypassing the Marine defenses and arriving before the escorting warship.
• Carlos surveyed the prison from above, then hid outside and waited for Golden Lion to arrive.

Carlos entered Impel Down’s Infinite Hell to find Golden Lion and brought him into the Kamui Space. He offered to free Golden Lion in exchange for Haki training and future cooperation, but Golden Lion demanded proof of sincerity.

• After waiting for Garp’s warships to arrive and leave, Carlos entered Impel Down and headed for Level 6.
• Carlos searched the Infinite Hell, ignored the prisoners’ pleas and threats, and found Golden Lion’s cell at the deepest part of the prison.
• Carlos used Kamui to pull Golden Lion out of his cell and into the Kamui Space.
• Carlos offered Golden Lion freedom in exchange for teaching him Haki and cooperating with him afterward.
• Golden Lion rejected the idea that he needed Carlos to escape and insisted that Carlos show sincerity.

Carlos negotiated an alliance with Golden Lion, freed him from his Seastone restraints, and revealed that Roger had surrendered because he was terminally ill. Golden Lion agreed to cooperate with Carlos and teach him Haki and Body Techniques, leaving the two to begin their partnership over a meal.

• Carlos refused Golden Lion’s offer to join the Flying Pirates and proposed cooperating as independent powers, which Golden Lion accepted.
• Carlos used Amaterasu and Kagutsuchi to melt Golden Lion’s Seastone handcuffs and shackles in the Kamui Space.
• Carlos told Golden Lion that Roger had turned himself in because he was terminally ill, and Golden Lion guessed Roger had a plan to cause trouble for the Marines and World Government.
• Golden Lion agreed to teach Carlos Haki and Body Techniques and provide him with secret techniques from various schools.
• Carlos and Golden Lion agreed to eat together while discussing their cooperation.

Carlos learned Haki from Golden Lion Shiki, arranged to use the Flying Pirates’ connections to buy weapons, and then traveled to Loguetown as the Marines prepared to execute Roger. He encountered the young Hawk Eyes Mihawk in a tavern but left without approaching him.

• Carlos and Golden Lion Shiki discussed Haki and their cooperation, then retrieved Carlos’s swords and parted outside Impel Down.
• Two days later, Marines discovered that Golden Lion had vanished from Impel Down, shocking Fleet Admiral Kong and Sengoku.
• Carlos arrived in Loguetown, where the Marines had gathered in force ahead of Roger’s execution.
• Carlos entered a tavern and recognized the young Hawk Eyes Mihawk, and the two silently sized each other up before Mihawk left.