Chapter Summaries

Carlos practiced Observation Haki in Loguetown, then used his Sharingan to make a group of drunken Pirates attack one another. He reached the execution square early the next morning, ready to witness Roger’s execution.

• Carlos tried to awaken Observation Haki at an inn but made little progress and decided to train again later.
• Carlos went to Loguetown’s dining street for dinner, where about twenty drunken Pirates followed him, hoping to rob him.
• Carlos cast an Illusion Technique on several Pirates with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and left as they attacked their companions.
• Marines arrived to stop the brawl, killing some Pirates and arresting others.
• Carlos encountered no further trouble and claimed a good spot at the execution square early the next morning.

Carlos waited in Loguetown as Gol D. Roger was brought to the execution platform, where Roger’s final words ignited the Great Pirate Era. Roger died smiling, and the world’s Pirates began dreaming of finding One Piece.

• Carlos reflected on Roger’s effect on the world and waited among the crowd for the execution.
• Marine officers escorted Roger through Loguetown as Pirates and spectators watched him approach the platform.
• Carlos shouted, asking Roger where he had hidden One Piece, and Sengoku ordered the execution to proceed.
• Roger used Conqueror’s Haki to stop the executioners briefly and declared that he had left all his treasure in one place for anyone to find.
• Fleet Admiral Kong ordered Roger killed, and the executioners stabbed him as he died with a smile.
• Dark clouds and rain covered the world while crowds celebrated and countless people became eager to search for Roger’s treasure.

After Roger’s execution ignited the Great Pirate Era, powerful pirates watched his death and people rushed to sea, prompting the Marines to prepare a harsh crackdown. Carlos left Loguetown to seize the chance to unify the West Sea Mafia, while the town grew increasingly lawless.

• Whitebeard watched Roger’s execution and ordered a banquet, while Blackbeard anticipated the new era and kept his ambitions hidden.
• Golden Lion celebrated Roger’s defiance and vowed to surpass him, while Red Count toasted Roger and other New World pirates watched the broadcast.
• Inspired by Roger’s final words, people began setting sail, but Marines outside Loguetown stopped the eager newcomers and took Roger’s body away.
• Carlos saw Shanks and Buggy mourning and noticed Dragon before leaving Loguetown to attack the John Family and unify the West Blue Mafia.
• With many Marines redeployed, Pirates in Loguetown began settling grudges and targeting rookies preparing to sail.

Carlos encountered Diamante of the Donquixote Family while walking to buy Loguetown's specialty liquor, and the two began fighting after Diamante demanded compensation. Carlos badly injured Diamante, who summoned reinforcements as Carlos advanced on him.

• Carlos avoided three men who flew out of an alley and kicked them back into it before their blood could splatter him.
• Diamante accused Carlos of interfering and demanded that he either die or pay, so Carlos accepted his challenge.
• Carlos caught Diamante's rapier and crushed the steel cloak protecting him, leaving bloody gashes across his chest.
• Carlos used Soru and a crow substitution to evade Diamante's attack and kick him through a house.
• Diamante used Army Flag to shake the ground and fired a signal flare, but Carlos used Geppo to approach him through the air.

Carlos defeated Diamante without killing him, then fought Doflamingo after he arrived to defend the Donquixote Family. Their battle escalated when Carlos briefly caught Doflamingo in an illusion and tore flesh from his arm.

• Carlos used an illusion to disorient Diamante, dislocated both his shoulders, and warned him that he had spared his life.
• Doflamingo arrived, saw Diamante's injuries, and confronted Carlos, who calmly smoked and deflected his Parasite String with his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• After Diamante admitted Carlos could have killed him, Doflamingo demanded compensation for his injuries, and Carlos challenged him to an all-out battle.
• Carlos dodged Doflamingo's Bullet String attacks, then charged with Soru and clashed with his Five Color String.
• Carlos cast an illusion showing Doflamingo shooting his father, but Doflamingo broke free with Conqueror's Haki and suffered five strips of flesh torn from his arm in Carlos's counterattack.

Carlos and Doflamingo fought across the outskirts of Loguetown, testing each other’s abilities and techniques. When the Marines arrived and opened fire, Carlos used Susanoo to shield himself, while Doflamingo blocked the bullets with a wall of threads.

• Doflamingo used Observation Haki to avoid Carlos’s Mangekyo Sharingan, and ordered Trebol, Gladius, Buffalo, and Diamante to keep watch while he fought alone.
• Carlos and Doflamingo exchanged close-range claw and kick attacks, with Carlos copying Doflamingo’s techniques as the fight destroyed nearby streets and buildings.
• Doflamingo launched Overheat from atop a ruined house, but Carlos cut through the thread attack with his golden Eagle Shatters the Sky claw aura.
• More than four hundred Marines arrived, and their commander ordered them to fire on Carlos and Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo formed a spiked wall of threads to slice the bullets, while Carlos summoned a red Susanoo skeleton to protect himself.

Carlos and Doflamingo joined forces to slaughter the Marines surrounding them in Loguetown. After Carlos killed the Marine commander with Amaterasu, the black flames spread through nearby soldiers, leaving Doflamingo shaken.

• Carlos accepted Doflamingo’s proposal to fight the Marines together.
• Doflamingo dodged the Marines’ gunfire and used Parasite Strings to turn soldiers against one another, while Carlos blocked the barrage with Susanoo and charged into battle.
• Carlos and Doflamingo rapidly killed nearly a hundred Marines, prompting the commander to call for reinforcements.
• Carlos used Amaterasu to set the Marine commander ablaze, and the black flames killed nearby Marines who tried to help.
• Doflamingo watched the black flames consume the fallen Marines and felt a chill.

Carlos and Doflamingo slaughtered the Marines at Loguetown before Doflamingo withdrew, and both were later identified as culprits. Carlos then learned the John Family was heading for Iron Island and prepared to confront them.

• Carlos and Doflamingo killed the Marine force, but Doflamingo ended their fight and flew back to his ship.
• Doflamingo questioned Diamante about the conflict and described Carlos's Susanoo and Amaterasu to the officers.
• The Loguetown Marine branch reported the massacre to Marine Headquarters, which later identified Doflamingo and Carlos.
• Kelly told Carlos that the John Family had gathered forces and was heading for Iron Island.
• Carlos told Kelly to bring the ship beneath the Red Line as he headed back to face the John Family.

Carlos returned to his ship and learned that the John Family was sending a large force to attack his holdings on Iron Island. As he prepared his forces for war, the surge of inexperienced pirates brought on by the Great Pirate Era made his voyage home increasingly dangerous.

• Carlos used Kamui to reach his waiting ship, where Kelly reported that John Limos, two retainers, and roughly 2,500 men were heading for Iron Island.
• Carlos praised Kelly’s intelligence, predicted the John Family would arrive within five days, and told her she could escape if the situation became critical.
• Carlos called his three leaders and ordered the Lucifer Family in Iron Island East City to mobilize and prepare for battle.
• On the voyage back, Carlos encountered four groups of Pirates in less than two hours; he swiftly defeated the three hostile groups and criticized their lack of competent navigators.

Carlos returned to Iron Island after defeating more pirate bands and prepared his forces for the John Family’s invasion, while considering how to strengthen his crew and guard against other threats. He ordered surveillance of the Lord’s Mansion and Steel Self-Defense Force, then decided he might need to investigate the faction himself.

• Carlos reflected that his Mafia forces lacked strong fighters and considered carefully recruiting core crewmates, potentially using Kotoamatsukami on a suitable recruit.
• Carlos returned to Lucifer Manor to prepare for the John Family’s attack, which he expected after refusing to pay them tribute from Iron Island’s iron-ore profits.
• Carlos questioned Noah, Xiaoli, and Hawk about their preparations, and they reported that their men were ready to fight.
• Carlos warned that the Lord’s Mansion might join the John Family if offered control of East City and ordered his men to watch the Lord’s Mansion and Steel Self-Defense Force.
• After dismissing his subordinates, Carlos decided to investigate the low-profile faction himself in case it threatened his plans.

Carlos secretly confronted Josh Morris in the Lord's Mansion and discovered that the John Family had arranged to seize most of the Mike Family's former interests on Iron Island with the Mansion's help. He forced Morris to turn the scheme against the John Family and left his family as leverage before knocking him unconscious.

• Carlos used Kamui to enter the Lord's Mansion and found Josh Morris asleep in his bedroom.
• Carlos woke Morris at gunpoint, revealed his identity, and threatened his family if Morris lied about colluding with the John Family.
• Morris admitted the John Family had offered the Lord's Mansion a share of the Mike Family's interests and control of East City in exchange for helping remove Carlos's forces.
• Carlos ordered Morris to help trap every John Family member who came to Iron Island and took Morris's wife and children as guests and leverage.
• Carlos made Morris lose consciousness before he could object.

Lord Morris turned against the John Family after Carlos took his wife and legitimate children, while Carlos prepared Iron Island to resist the John Family’s invasion. The John Family’s forces landed and advanced toward Lucifer Manor, confident they would defeat Carlos.

• Lord Morris found his wife and legitimate children missing and agreed to follow Carlos’s instructions by turning against the John Family.
• Carlos told the three leaders about the Lord’s Mansion’s alliance with the John Family and ordered them to secretly contact the Steel Self-Defense Force about cooperating against the plot.
• Three days later, the John Family’s ten ships reached Iron Island, and cannon fire began a battle with the Lucifer Family’s coastal defenses.
• The John Family’s forces landed after the defenders suffered heavy losses, while Carlos’s layered defenses drew the invaders toward Lucifer Manor.
• John Movinton, Degu, and Kara discussed capturing or killing Carlos, confident that the John Family and the Lord’s Mansion would win.

Carlos joined the battle at Iron Island and killed Kara and the gunmen protecting him, turning the tide of the fight. As enemy leaders converged on him, he waited for them while two forces moved in to encircle the battlefield.

• Carlos left the hilltop and shot at Kara, forcing the enemy sniper to retreat as he advanced.
• Carlos dodged Kara’s bullets, defeated the men who converged on the sniper, and closed the distance with Soru.
• Carlos used Force Through a Thousand Armies to kill Kara and the surrounding gunmen.
• Carlos’s attack lifted his allies’ morale and slowed the enemy advance, while Degu and the John Family’s fifth young master moved toward him.
• Carlos waited for the enemy leaders as two forces of two thousand armored men approached to encircle the battlefield.

Carlos defeated Movinton and the John Family leaders with Susanoo while his reinforcements ambushed the enemy army. After killing Movinton and cornering the fleeing Degu, Carlos demanded his surrender or death, and Degu knelt.

• Carlos activated Susanoo to withstand Degu's attack and repel him, then evolved it to defeat Movinton's sword strikes and knock away four John Family leaders.
• Carlos's reinforcements ambushed Degu's forces, and Movinton realized the gunfire came from the enemy before Carlos grabbed and killed him.
• Carlos took Movinton's blade and used Kamui to appear in front of the fleeing Degu.
• Carlos demanded that Degu surrender or die, and Degu knelt after a brief hesitation.

After defeating his enemies, Carlos interrogated Degu with the Mangekyō Sharingan and learned every detail about him, then began planning to replace the John Family. He left the chapter weighing an indirect strategy that could exploit divisions within the family.

• Carlos ordered his subordinates to handle battle casualties and compensation properly, then told them to arrange a victory banquet.
• Carlos used the Mangekyō Sharingan to hypnotize Degu and make him reveal his personal details, secrets, and history.
• Carlos showed Degu the notes of his exposed secrets, secured his oath of loyalty, and ordered that he receive the highest treatment.
• Alone, Carlos decided he wanted to replace the John Family and later unify the West Sea Mafia before sailing toward the Grand Line.
• Carlos assessed his lack of manpower against the John Family and considered recruiting its neglected factions to avoid a direct battle.

Carlos judged that his strength was not yet enough to defeat the John Family alone and planned to unify the West Blue Mafia to build up his power. After John Abad prepared a larger assault on the Lucifer Family, Carlos developed a plan to strike first and set the pace of the conflict.

• Carlos reasoned that even top fighters could be worn down by large forces and concluded he could not face the entire John Family alone.
• News of the Iron Island defeat reached the John Family, and John Abad grieved for his dead son while fearing the loss of his position as family head.
• John Abad decided to deal with internal challengers before attacking the Lucifer Family again with the forces of both the main and affiliated families.
• Carlos received word of the coming attack and refined a plan to strike first rather than let the John Family dictate the conflict.

Carlos traveled to Maglin Island with Degu and planned to exploit John Matt’s ambition to sow chaos within the John Family. He then prepared a masked assassin persona called Tobi and left Degu to make contact with John Matt.

• Carlos took Degu to Maglin Island using Kamui and asked him to identify an ambitious but weak member of the John Family.
• Degu recommended John Matt, and Carlos ordered Degu to approach him and introduce Carlos as an assassin named Tobi who could eliminate his rivals.
• Carlos instructed Degu to encourage John Matt’s ambition and provoke conflict among the John Family’s brothers.
• Carlos visited a mask shop, commissioned an orange-yellow spiral mask and a black-and-red cloud outfit, and hypnotized the shop workers to cover his tracks.
• Carlos put on the outfit and mask to assume the appearance of Tobi, then departed to make preparations.

Carlos accepted a request from Matt to kill Jamie Ward as proof of his strength, then tracked down and killed the man with his Mangekyō Sharingan. He took Ward’s watch as evidence and left the body in a private club restroom.

• Carlos agreed to kill Jamie Ward and asked Degu for Ward’s location and routine.
• Carlos read a newspaper, dismissed its government-focused coverage, and rested before beginning the job.
• Carlos followed Ward to a private club and watched him with the Byakugan until he went to the restroom alone.
• Carlos ambushed Ward as he left the restroom, froze him with a Mangekyō Sharingan illusion, and killed him by crushing his throat.
• Carlos left Ward’s corpse in the restroom, took his watch as proof, and departed.

Carlos met John Matt at the Royal Court Hotel to begin their partnership, with Carlos aiming to use Matt to spark a struggle within the John Family. After a lavish banquet and a visit to the hotel’s private hot springs, Carlos used his Sharingan to learn that the woman assigned to him had come willingly for money, and he proceeded with her.

• Carlos arrived at the Royal Court Hotel and greeted John Matt, agreeing that Carlos would gain money while Matt pursued power.
• John Matt hosted Carlos, Degu, and his underlings at a lavish welcome banquet and celebration feast.
• John Matt brought Carlos and the others to the hotel’s private hot spring area and arranged a woman to attend Carlos.
• Carlos used his Sharingan to hypnotize the woman and learned that she was there willingly in exchange for money.
• Carlos released the hypnosis and proceeded with the woman.

Carlos struck a deal with John Matt to eliminate or recruit the core figures supporting Matt’s brothers in the John Family’s succession struggle. After agreeing to the plan and its risks, Carlos prepared to begin a bloody campaign that he intended to use to claim the family’s position among the Five Great Godfathers of West Blue.

• Carlos assured John Matt that his assassination skills could handle targets across the West Sea and offered him a discount.
• John Matt gave Carlos an envelope of targets, offering double payment for anyone Carlos recruited and asking him to kill those who refused.
• Carlos warned John Matt that the killings could provoke retaliation and advised him to hide; John Matt chose to stay concealed and strengthen his guards.
• Carlos asked John Matt to provide detailed information on the targets the next day, then returned to his room with a box of cigars.
• After searching his suite with his Byakugan, Carlos planned to spread panic among the Mafia’s young masters and use the resulting bloodshed to pursue the family-head position.