Chapter Summaries

Carlos and Shanks revealed their trump cards and resumed their duel, escalating the fight until their clash shook Peach Blossom Island. The battle continued with neither side defeated.

• Carlos used Kamui to evade Shanks's Sword Qi, then trapped Shanks in a spatial vortex that Shanks escaped with his Conqueror's Haki.
• Carlos and Shanks agreed to stop if neither could win after using their trump cards, and Carlos summoned his Complete Body Susanoo.
• Shanks unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, which stirred Carlos's own Haki and intensified both fighters' battle intent.
• Carlos attacked with Susanoo's blades, and Shanks dodged before countering with a massive Sword Qi strike.
• Carlos and Shanks's attacks collided, collapsing the hill, scattering the clouds, and shaking Peach Blossom Island.

Carlos and Shanks fought with their strongest techniques until their final exchange ended in a draw, leaving both exhausted and the coastal landscape damaged. They agreed to set aside their conflict and try becoming friends, then headed to a hill to drink together.

• Carlos attacked with Yasakani no Magatama and Kamui Shuriken, while Shanks dodged and countered with Sword Qi.
• Carlos and Shanks agreed to end the fight with one final move, and their Susanoo Kamui and sword slash canceled each other out.
• Carlos dispelled Susanoo, and both fighters withdrew their powers after exhausting themselves.
• Shanks invited Carlos to share a drink and make friends, and Carlos agreed.
• Carlos and Shanks left for a nearby hill while Benn Beckman and Lucky Roo went to handle supplies.

Carlos and Shanks shared stories and drinks with their companions, discussing Haki and the Roger Pirates’ battle with the Flying Pirates. Carlos revealed that his crew and ship were nearly ready, and the gathering ended with both sides promising to meet again at sea.

• Carlos listened to Shanks recount his travels with Roger, then met Benn Beckman, Yasopp, and Lucky Roo over roasted meat and wine.
• Carlos considered that his crew needed a strong leader to command it in his absence and thought of someone who might fill the role.
• Carlos told Shanks that Golden Lion Shiki had taught him Haki, then speculated that Roger had lured the Flying Pirates into the Edowall Sea Area ahead of a natural tsunami.
• Shanks said he did not know the details but thought Carlos’s theory was probably close to the truth, and Carlos said he held no interest in judging Golden Lion’s past defeat.
• Shanks asked whether Carlos planned to sail, and Carlos said his crew was mostly recruited and his ship was being built, so he would likely set sail first.
• Carlos, Shanks, and their companions toasted their future fame and hoped to meet again at sea.

After awakening his Conqueror's Haki on Peach Blossom Island, Carlos decided to go to Impel Down and recruit Shiryu. He reasoned that Shiryu's brutality and dissatisfaction with prison life had stemmed from his former boss King the Conflagration's influence and Magellan's rise to power.

• Carlos rested inside Kamui Space after leaving Shanks and the others, then spent the next morning in the peach grove.
• Carlos focused his mental strength on the seed of his Conqueror's Haki and awakened it, knocking nearby animals unconscious.
• Carlos confirmed his awakening with Observation Haki and decided to visit Impel Down to recruit Shiryu.
• Carlos speculated that King the Conflagration had once led Impel Down and had influenced Shiryu before defecting to Kaido's crew.
• Carlos reasoned that Shiryu had become resentful of Magellan and the Marines because his promotion prospects and values clashed with theirs.

Carlos traveled to Impel Down to scout its defenses and find Shiryu, hoping to recruit him after a setback. He discovered Kaido being subjected to the prison’s punishments alongside King the Conflagration and saw that none of them could seriously harm Kaido.

• Carlos decided Shiryu was the only Impel Down prisoner he wanted to recruit and traveled from the West Sea to the prison using Kamui.
• Carlos arrived in a secluded corner of Impel Down and used his Byakugan to scout the prison and search for Shiryu and its higher-ups.
• Carlos spotted Kaido, King the Conflagration, and two other powerful figures on the fourth floor, Blazing Hell.
• Kaido was moved from the boiling blood pool and flames to the fifth floor, Freezing Hell, where the cold and military wolves failed to injure him.
• King the Conflagration became increasingly interested in devising punishments for Kaido, whose wounds healed quickly despite the pain.

Carlos watched King torture Kaido in Impel Down and considered using Kaido’s presence to create a prison break. He decided to delay recruiting Shiryu until King left, hoping to persuade Shiryu to resign voluntarily.

• King opened a box of torture tools and began tormenting the exhausted, Seastone-bound Kaido while Carlos observed from outside Impel Down.
• Kaido woke, mocked his captors, and again tried to recruit King by promising him authority and prisoners to interrogate among the Beasts Pirates.
• King continued the interrogation as Shiryu watched with admiration and Magellan reluctantly turned a blind eye.
• After a full afternoon of torture, the guards carried the rapidly healing Kaido to a special cell and planned to continue the interrogation the next day.
• Carlos reconsidered taking Shiryu by force and planned to wait for King to leave, possibly by arranging a Kaido prison break.

Carlos secretly freed Kaido from Impel Down, and Kaido used the escape to unleash a massacre while publicly claiming King had sent his rescuer. Kaido planned to make the Marines distrust King and drive him toward joining the Beasts Pirates.

• Carlos infiltrated Kaido’s cell at night and burned through the Seastone-infused chains with Amaterasu.
• Carlos disguised his voice and claimed King had sent him to free Kaido, then escaped into the cell’s corner.
• Kaido broke out of his cell, thanked King aloud, and blamed the rescue on one of King’s men.
• Kaido slaughtered the prison soldiers and wrecked Impel Down, hoping the destruction would cost King his position as warden.

Kaido rampaged through Impel Down, defeating the Prisoner Beasts and breaking through to Hunger Hell, where Magellan and Shiryu tried to stop him. As Carlos watched, Kaido shrugged off their attacks and continued toward Warden King.

• Kaido used Dragon's Roar to incapacitate the guards and Prisoner Beasts, then punched through the floor into the third level, Hunger Hell.
• Carlos watched Kaido's strength and wondered how much power he was using.
• Kaido rampaged through Hunger Hell, and Magellan attacked him with poison to buy time for Warden King to arrive.
• Kaido resisted Magellan's poison, offered to recruit him, then decided to kill him when Magellan refused.
• Shiryu ambushed Kaido with a sword strike, but it only left a mark before Kaido turned on him.

King faced Kaido in Impel Down after rejecting his offer to join the Beasts Pirates until they fought. Their first clash devastated the prison, forcing nearby guards and prisoners to flee or risk being caught in the shockwaves.

• King ordered Magellan and Shiryu to suppress the rioting criminals while he dealt with Kaido.
• Kaido told King that a mysterious man in a Spiral mask had released him in King's name, then tried to recruit him into the Beasts Pirates.
• King said they should fight before discussing Kaido's offer, and Kaido agreed, promising him the foremost position among the Three Disasters.
• King struck first with a blazing sword slash, which Kaido evaded before punching a hole through the floor with a restrained blow.
• King unleashed a gigantic fire blade, and Kaido countered with Thunderclap Fist, producing a shockwave that burned nearby onlookers to ash.

King and Kaido moved their battle away from Impel Down, then resumed fighting over the sea with devastating attacks. As Carlos watched, Borsalino arrived and struck at Kaido, whose defense stopped the attack without injury.

• King urged Kaido to take their fight outside Impel Down, and Kaido followed him toward the sea.
• King and Kaido reached the waters outside Impel Down, where Kaido transformed into a Flood Dragon and changed the weather.
• King attacked with a purple-flamed sword slash, but Kaido countered with Heat Breath and forced King to dodge.
• Kaido fired four Continuous Breath attacks, which King evaded as the explosions devastated the sea.
• Borsalino arrived in the middle of their battle and shot a laser at Kaido's eye, but Kaido blocked it with his eyelid and Haki.

Kaido and King fled toward the New World, and Borsalino and Carlos followed before returning to Impel Down. Sengoku then faced the task of choosing between Magellan and Shiryu as the prison’s new chief warden.

• Kaido and King left Borsalino behind and headed toward the New World, while Carlos secretly followed them.
• Borsalino and Carlos stopped at the Red Line, then returned to Impel Down after King’s defection made further pursuit too dangerous.
• Borsalino reported King’s defection to Sengoku, and Fleet Admiral Kong ordered a wanted poster issued with a one-billion-Berry bounty.
• Sengoku handled Impel Down’s aftermath and considered Magellan and Shiryu for chief warden, since neither held a clear advantage.
• Sengoku decided to assess Magellan and Shiryu in person and use strength to settle the choice if they remained evenly matched.

Carlos trained in Kamui Space while Sengoku chose Impel Down’s next Warden through a duel between Magellan and Shiryu. Magellan defeated Shiryu with poison and became Warden, leaving Shiryu as Deputy Warden.

• Carlos hid in Kamui Space and trained his stamina, Pupil Power, spirit, and body while reflecting on recent battles.
• Sengoku separately questioned Magellan and Shiryu, then decided their combat ability would determine who became Warden.
• Magellan and Shiryu agreed to fight for the positions of Warden and Deputy Warden in a duel on Impel Down’s surface.
• Magellan filled the arena with poison and avoided Shiryu’s direct attacks, gradually limiting his movements.
• Shiryu was poisoned and lost the duel, so Magellan became Warden of Impel Down.

Carlos visited Shiryu after Magellan won the Chief Warden position and invited him to join his ship. Shiryu learned about Carlos’s ambitions for the Black Alliance and considered the offer, but had not yet answered.

• Magellan defeated Shiryu, became Chief Warden, and had Shiryu treated for poison.
• Carlos learned that Shiryu had lost and secretly discovered where he was recovering in Impel Down.
• Carlos appeared in Shiryu’s room at night, and Shiryu attacked him before realizing his slashes passed through Carlos’s projection.
• Carlos introduced himself as the West Sea Godfather and invited Shiryu to join his ship.
• Carlos explained that he intended to make the Black Alliance an affiliated nation of the World Government, and Shiryu found the plan intriguing.

Carlos tried to recruit Shiryu by arguing that Magellan would stifle his career and that the wider world offered better challenges. Shiryu demanded a fight to test whether Carlos deserved to be his captain, and their battle began on a remote islet with Carlos turning aside Shiryu’s opening strike.

• Carlos warned Shiryu that Magellan would undermine him and urged him to leave Impel Down to pursue stronger opponents.
• Shiryu agreed that Carlos’s arguments made sense but insisted on fighting him to decide whether Carlos was strong enough to be his captain.
• Carlos used Kamui to transport himself and Shiryu from Impel Down to a rocky islet.
• Shiryu recognized Carlos’s power as the ability behind Golden Lion’s escape, and Carlos admitted he had rescued him.
• Shiryu launched the first attack with Raiu, but Carlos dodged and struck the blade with a Haki-coated finger, seizing the initiative.

Carlos fought Shiryu to prove he was strong enough to be his captain. Shiryu conceded the duel and accepted Carlos as his captain, leaving the two laughing together on the rocky islet.

• Carlos used Hurricane Fist to overwhelm Shiryu's Sword Qi, then chased him with laser beams from his eyes.
• Shiryu gathered strength and split Carlos's laser beam with a powerful sword slash, but Carlos activated his Bloodied Battle Body, Susanoo, and Wind Thunder Leg to attack at close range.
• Shiryu's slash broke Carlos's Susanoo bones but failed to penetrate his Bloodied Battle Body, and Carlos's Whip Kick sent Shiryu crashing into a boulder.
• Carlos charged again with Overlord Elbow, but Shiryu ended the fight, admitting he could not overcome Carlos's defense or mysterious ability.
• Carlos asked whether he qualified to be Shiryu's captain, and Shiryu agreed, praising his strength and abilities.

Carlos brought Shiryu back to Paradise Island, introduced him to the crew, and handled urgent Mafia business. He then began recruiting navigators and doctors for the Dark Moon, preparing for the crew’s voyage.

• Shiryu resigned from Impel Down and traveled with Carlos to Paradise Island.
• Carlos introduced Shiryu as the crew’s new swordsman, and Shiryu met the crew, including the swordswoman Dolores.
• Carlos ordered the destruction of a small Mafia family that continued exploiting civilians despite his warning and offer of compensation.
• Carlos finished his backlog of work and checked on the Dark Moon’s construction and recruitment for navigator and doctor positions.
• After learning that dozens of navigators and doctors had arrived, Carlos arranged examinations and interviews to select the crew’s specialists.

Carlos recruited a navigator and a doctor for his crew, planned training for the crew’s fighters, and arranged for Noah to oversee Nether Moon Island and the Black Alliance council. With preparations nearly complete, Carlos awaited his flagship so he could begin sailing.

• Carlos held assessments for navigators and doctors, then selected Belzanna and Carlsholmer as his new Crewmates after checking that neither intended to harm him.
• Carlos introduced the two to the crew and outlined how he would train the crew, designating Shiryu, Martin, Riley, and Dolores as core combatants.
• Carlos dismissed the crew to their duties and waited for his flagship while the construction of Nether Moon Island’s facilities neared completion.
• Carlos warned Noah about his growing arrogance and ordered him to lead troops to Nether Moon Island and chair the Black Alliance council, with two other leaders serving as deputies.
• Carlos finished arranging matters before his departure and waited for the final preparations to let him set sail.

As the Nether Moon neared completion, Carlos prepared to leave Paradise Island and arranged for the Black Alliance to keep running in his absence. He gave Olvia and Robin protection and advice before departing, then Olvia asked to speak with him alone, leaving their conversation unresolved.

• Carlos assigned Olsen and O'Neal to learn basic shipwright and helmsman work while the Nether Moon neared completion.
• Carlos began transferring the Black Alliance's routine authority to the council on Nether Moon Island while reserving major decisions for himself.
• Carlos visited Olvia and Robin three days before his departure and gave Olvia a powerful Black Alliance VIP card and a Den Den Mushi.
• Carlos explained that he could not take them sailing, but encouraged them to travel if they wished and arranged teachers and combat instruction for Robin.
• Olvia called Robin away and asked to speak privately with Carlos, leaving him sensing an ambiguous atmosphere.

Olvia, moved by Carlos’s kindness and uneasy about accepting so much without giving anything in return, invited him to stay the night. Carlos accepted, kissed her, and they began a playful game together.

• Olvia considered how much Carlos had risked and done for her and Robin, and decided she needed to respond to his kindness.
• Olvia gathered her courage and asked Carlos to stay that night, and he agreed.
• When Olvia tried to leave to prepare the bedroom, Carlos pulled her onto his lap and kissed her.
• Carlos told Olvia he would go to her bedroom after Robin fell asleep and asked her to prepare men’s bedding for him.
• Olvia prepared everything and returned, and Carlos drew her into a playful game where the loser had to drink and grant the winner a small request.

On September 9th, Oceanic Era 1500, Carlos left Olvia and Robin behind and set sail from the West Sea aboard his enormous flagship, the Dark Moon. He and his elite crew headed for Reverse Mountain, beginning their voyage toward the Grand Line.

• Carlos said goodbye to Robin and left the castle while Olvia stayed in bed, exhausted.
• Carlos arrived at Lucifer Manor, where the Mafia Members greeted him, then traveled with his Crewmates to the private dock.
• Carlos and his Crewmates boarded the Dark Moon, a heavily armed flagship built with advanced technology and designed to travel on land and sea.
• Riley began teaching Olsen and O'Neal how to operate the ship as the Dark Moon left the dock.
• Carlos declared that he would make his name known and return, and the Dark Moon sailed toward Reverse Mountain under its distinctive black flag.