Recaps

CP9 Deputy Chief Roy went to Mock Town to recover a stolen shipment, but the raid on the Giant Sword Pirates turned into a fierce fight when their captain revealed his explosive Devil Fruit powers. Roy wounded Bambina, though Bambina detonated his own blood and escaped the clash with Roy’s condition unclear.

• Roy ordered Bruno to lead the agents to Mock Town and retrieve the supplies while he monitored the operation from the ship.
• Bruno’s raid on the Giant Sword Pirates’ forest base erupted into explosions after the agents discovered their captain, Bambina, was a Bomb-Bomb Fruit user.
• Roy rushed to the base and joined the battle after Bruno was blasted aside by Bambina.
• Roy used Weakness Sonic Wave and a sword strike to slash Bambina’s shoulder, but Bambina detonated his blood and blasted himself backward to escape.

Roy defeated the Giant Sword Pirates and arranged for their spoils to be distributed while concealing the loss of stolen supplies. Bruno then presented him with a map that appeared to show a Devil Fruit’s location.

• Roy dodged Bambina’s blood-triggered explosions and used Reaper's Sound to paralyze the pirates before killing Bambina with a slash and Sound Bullet.
• Bruno reported that the Giant Sword Pirates’ assets and estimated bounties totaled roughly three to four hundred million berries, and Roy ordered him to recount the supplies while hiding their losses.
• Roy offered to clear Owl’s mistake from a previous mission, and Bruno thanked him before producing a map found among the Giant Sword Pirates.
• Bruno told Roy that the map appeared to record the whereabouts of a Devil Fruit.

Roy examined a treasure map said to be a Bambina family heirloom and decided to search for its Devil Fruit treasure at Twin Capes on Mount Levius. He and Bruno sailed toward the mountain, arriving near it at night as a vast shadow loomed over their ship.

• Bruno told Roy that the Giant Sword Pirates had searched for the treasure for years and that Bambina had recently recovered the map, which had been a family heirloom.
• Bruno judged the map to be at least one or two hundred years old, so Roy decided to take him to Twin Capes to investigate it.
• Roy arranged for two bloodstained ships to return to Enies Lobby while he and Bruno sailed toward Mount Levius aboard a pirate ship.
• Roy relaxed on deck and questioned Bruno about his Door-Door Fruit ability as their ship approached Whiskey Peak.
• After passing Whiskey Peak at night, Roy and Bruno's ship advanced toward Mount Levius, where a huge shadow suddenly appeared before Roy.

Roy and Bruno reached Twin Capes and used Roy’s Echo Map to locate a hidden cave on the Red Line Continent. Roy found a century-old Devil Fruit in a chest and swallowed it whole.

• Roy and Bruno approached Mount Levius by ship while Roy used Echo Map to locate Laboon and the lighthouse.
• Roy warned Edwards to hurry toward the lighthouse, then used Bruno’s Door-Door Fruit to reach the cliffs above Twin Capes.
• Roy and Bruno searched the cliffs until Roy found the spot marked on the treasure map, more than seven hundred meters above the lighthouse.
• Roy smashed open the concealed cave entrance and found gold, jewels, and a small golden chest inside.
• Roy opened the chest, found a pure white Devil Fruit, and swallowed it whole.

Roy ate the long-missing Cloud-Cloud Fruit and discovered that he could turn into mist, fly, and manipulate clouds and weather. He began to see the Logia power as the foundation for his future ambitions in the skies.

• Roy recognized the Cloud-Cloud Fruit as a dream ability and valued its potential to control the Seastone-rich clouds above Jaya Island.
• Roy swallowed the fruit whole, surprising Bruno with his eagerness.
• Roy manifested the Cloud-Cloud Fruit's power, turning his arm into white mist and confirming that he had gained Logia elementalization.
• Roy floated above the ground and tested his abilities by reshaping clouds and making rain fall inside the cave.
• Roy considered how controlling clouds and weather could support his future rise and plans for a base in the sky.

Roy brought the Turkey Pirates under his command, then trained his Cloud-Cloud Fruit powers before returning with Bruno to Enies Lobby. He planned to visit Sky Island to develop his abilities and eventually claim Enel’s cloud islands and Gold City.

• Roy recruited the lucky Turkey Pirates while they gathered supplies on a deserted island.
• Roy created a massive Cloud Giant over the sea, but struggled to generate lightning and decided to seek training on Sky Island.
• Roy planned to avoid Enel for now, though he intended to claim Enel’s territory and Gold City in the future.
• Roy told Bruno they had to return to work before Spandam grew angry, and the Turkey Pirates finished preparing their ship.
• Roy and the Turkey Pirates arrived at Enies Lobby, where the pirates feared the place and the Impel Down prison behind it.

Roy returned to Enies Lobby and learned that Ace had defeated a Shichibukai, triggering chaos in the Machino Sea Area. He and Spandam feared that the turmoil could expose their illegal weapons sales, and Roy reacted violently when he heard Vice Admiral Doberman was being sent to the region.

• Roy returned to Enies Lobby and noticed that Marines had captured many pirates from the Machino Sea Area.
• Roy encountered Owl and Jabra, then Spandam hurried him to his office because of a serious crisis.
• Owl told Bruno that newcomer Ace had defeated a Shichibukai and thrown the Machino Sea Area into chaos.
• Spandam told Roy that pirates had occupied the Krol Kingdom, where they jointly owned a weapons factory that had sold weapons to rebels and pirates.
• Spandam revealed that the Marines planned to send Vice Admiral Doberman to suppress the pirates, and Roy smashed the desk in anger.

Roy and Spandam decided to eliminate the troublemakers in the Machino Sea Area before Doberman arrived to suppress the pirates and uncovered their weapons factory. Roy flew to the Krol Kingdom alone, where pirates were pillaging, while news of Ace defeating a Shichibukai spread across the world.

• Spandam panicked after learning Doberman would leave Marine Headquarters for the Machino Sea Area the next day, but Roy proposed killing everyone causing trouble before the Marines could investigate.
• Spandam agreed and prepared to ask Spandine for help, but Roy said there was no time and left for the Machino Sea Area himself.
• Roy transformed into mist, used Sound Release to create an invisible barrier, and flew rapidly toward the Krol Kingdom.
• News of Ace defeating a Shichibukai spread around the world as the Marines and World Government made arrangements in response.
• Pirates continued robbing and slaughtering people in the Krol Kingdom as Roy's mist approached from above.

Roy flew toward the Krol Kingdom, where Patches had conquered the country and taken control of its weapons factory. As Patches celebrated and planned to seize the vacant Shichibukai position, a hailstorm of enormous stones began striking the kingdom.

• Two Black Eagle Pirates praised Patches for their plunder and discussed the weapons factory he had discovered in the Krol Kingdom.
• Roy crossed the sea by flying and followed his pointer toward the Krol Kingdom.
• Patches reveled in the conquered kingdom, having attracted more pirates and taken control of its weapons factory.
• Patches dreamed of claiming the vacant Shichibukai position while celebrating with the queen and his crew.
• Rain turned into a violent hailstorm, and watermelon-sized hailstones began smashing into the pirates before they understood the danger.

Roy created a massive hailstorm over the Krol Kingdom, devastating the pirates who had terrorized its civilians. Patches transformed into a black eagle to shelter his surviving crew as Roy sent ten gigantic icebergs crashing toward them.

• Roy rapidly gathered dark clouds at high altitude and caused enormous hailstones to fall across the Krol Kingdom.
• The hail crushed pirates and buildings while trapped civilians watched the pirates suffer the disaster.
• Patches saw his subordinates being killed and ordered the survivors to flee toward the coast.
• Patches transformed into a black eagle and shielded the surviving Black Eagle Pirates with his wings.
• Roy formed a hailstone larger than a warship and aimed it at the fleeing pirates.
• Patches spotted ten miniature icebergs falling toward his crew.

Roy used a storm of enormous hailstones to devastate the Krol Kingdom’s port and destroy the Black Eagle Pirates, leaving Patches as the sole survivor. As Patches charged at the clouds causing the storm, Roy prepared to strike him with amplified sound.

• Enormous hailstones crushed the pirates and wrecked the Krol Kingdom’s port, while Patches survived.
• Patches transformed into a black eagle and flew into the storm clouds, enraged by the destruction of his crew and fortune.
• Patches discovered a tornado-shaped cloud mass producing the giant hailstones and charged toward it.
• Roy blamed the Black Eagle Pirates for destroying his weapons factory and aimed amplified sonic energy at Patches, unleashing “Sound Lightning.”

Roy attacked Patches with sound-based powers while controlling the dark clouds around them. Patches tried to flee, but Roy pierced his chest with a Sonic Laser and sent him falling.

• Roy struck Patches with Sound Lightning, blasting away most of his feathers, then hit him with a Sonic Missile.
• Patches realized a person had created the storm and fled, believing Roy was a Logia Devil Fruit user he could not defeat.
• Roy pursued Patches through the cloud-covered sky and repeatedly attacked him with Meteor Noise.
• Patches dodged most of the falling attacks and asked Roy who he was and why he was attacking.
• Roy fired a Sonic Laser through Patches's chest, causing him to fall uncontrollably.

Roy subdued Patches, the Black Eagle Pirates’ flying Zoan Devil Fruit user, and decided to give him to the Celestial Dragons in exchange for influence and privileges. After collecting the pirates’ stored treasure, Roy flew toward the weapons factory as dawn broke.

• Roy tormented Patches in dark clouds until the pirate begged for his life, intending to keep him as a valuable gift for the Celestial Dragons.
• Roy struck Patches with a sonic shell, caught him before he hit the sea, and threw him onto a hail-covered beach.
• Roy used his Echo Map to locate the Black Eagle Pirates’ treasure and collected what they had stored.
• Roy left the treasure in a fixed location and flew toward the weapons factory.

Roy destroyed the weapons factory in the Krol Kingdom and escaped with treasure, then went with Spandam to Sabaody Archipelago to trade the captured Patches for control of World Government resource islands. As they waited for Saint Gareth’s response, Roy considered traveling to Sky Island to build a portable flying base.

• Roy killed the surviving pirates at the weapons factory, then ignited its gunpowder stores and destroyed the factory in a chain of explosions.
• Roy unleashed another round of giant hail before leaving the devastated Krol Kingdom with treasure and Patches captive aboard his ship.
• Roy decided that his losses at the factory strengthened his resolve to travel to Sky Island and obtain a portable flying base.
• Roy and Spandam arrived at Sabaody Archipelago and planned to offer Patches to Saint Gareth in exchange for jurisdiction over several resource islands.
• Roy and Spandam discussed whether their offer would satisfy Saint Gareth, while the chrysanthemums at Mary Geoise turned into sunflowers.

Roy and Spandam waited anxiously for word about their tribute deal while a Celestial Dragon enjoyed a drugged slave in Mary Geoise. Carlos left the villa with the goods, hoping Spandam would honor their agreement.

• After three days without an answer, Roy questioned Spandam, who admitted he did not know why the usual response from the Holy Land had been delayed.
• A fat Celestial Dragon emerged from a room stained with blood and told Carlos that the medicine and slave had pleased him.
• The Celestial Dragon ordered Carlos to keep the slave alive, and Carlos sent guards into the room after his master left.
• Carlos decided to trust Spandam to keep their deal and walked away with the goods.
• The chapter revealed that Roy and Spandam had promised Carlos half their gains in exchange for using the Celestial Dragons' authority to help their plan.

Roy sailed toward Water Seven, planning to recruit CP9 while leaving Pluton’s blueprints with Iceburg for now. He arrived near the city with Bruno and began preparing to put his plans into motion.

• Roy considered Spandam’s lack of money and decided Carlos’s greed made him a promising future partner.
• Roy memorized Carlos’s contact information and sailed with Bruno toward Water Seven.
• Roy saw the Sea Train and lamented that Spandam had caused Tom’s death instead of protecting the gifted shipwright.
• Roy planned to leave Pluton’s blueprints with Iceburg until he could obtain a Glint-Glint Fruit or Memory-Memory Fruit user.
• Roy decided not to interfere with Spandam sending CP9 to Water Seven, intending to recruit the agents after the World Government abandoned them.

Roy arrived in Water Seven to acquire five merchant ships from Galley-La Company without paying and prepared an extortion scheme involving Franky. After kidnapping Franky and taking him to Tom’s abandoned junkyard, Roy waited for Iceburg to arrive.

• Roy found Franky with Echo Map and slipped an extortion letter into Iceburg’s office, but found no Pluton blueprints there.
• Roy collected a large frozen crate from the King of Shipping’s port and headed to Franky House.
• Roy engulfed Franky House in clouds, abducted Franky, and left his underlings searching for him.
• An observer from Iceburg’s company saw the abduction and contacted Iceburg by Den Den Mushi.
• Roy took Franky to Tom’s abandoned junkyard, where Franky woke and saw Iceburg.

Roy confronted Iceburg and Franky in a scrapyard after taking five ships as ransom, then revealed Tom’s frozen corpse to the two brothers. As Iceburg and Franky mourned their teacher, Roy asked Iceburg whether he wanted to resist the World Government and avenge Tom.

• Iceburg arrived alone to deliver the ransom and warned Roy that Water Seven would be sealed off if he did not return within an hour.
• Franky attacked Roy, but Roy caught his punch, hurled him into a garbage heap, and subdued him.
• Iceburg apologized for Franky’s attack, while Franky insisted that Iceburg leave and let him take responsibility.
• Roy said he had borrowed five ships and presented an iron chest as compensation.
• Iceburg and Franky recognized Tom’s frozen corpse inside the chest and broke down in tears.
• Roy asked Iceburg whether he wanted to resist the World Government or avenge Tom.

Roy secured Iceburg’s willingness to cooperate with him and sailed toward Red Copper Island, planning to use it as a base to conquer and develop a sky island. He intended to seize the island’s resources and force its inhabitants to provide labor.

• Roy returned Tom’s body to Iceburg and gave him contact information, prompting Iceburg to consider whether he could avenge Tom.
• Roy decided to build goodwill with Iceburg and Franky rather than threaten them, and planned to obtain Pluton’s blueprints himself.
• Iceburg contacted Roy to confirm that the future Galley-La Company was willing to cooperate with him.
• Roy’s crew received five new ships, and the fleet sailed toward Red Copper Island near Jaya Island.
• Roy planned to use Red Copper Island as a transit base for developing a sky island, relying on technology he had acquired from Salvia and intending to enslave the sky island’s natives as labor.

Roy arrived at Red Copper Island, where Owl had seized control and removed the island’s corrupt officials. Roy then flew up to investigate the Sea of Clouds and discovered that its Seastone particles nullified his Devil Fruit power, leaving him eager to envelop the clouds with his own ability.

• Owl welcomed Roy to Red Copper Island after using CP9’s authority to eliminate the officials and take control of the miners and guards.
• Roy praised Owl and ordered him to collect supplies in Nanohana and deliver them to Red Copper Island.
• Roy surveyed the island’s mines from the mountaintop villa before flying toward the Sea of Clouds.
• Roy touched the Sea of Clouds, lost his Devil Fruit power, and fell until he escaped its Seastone effect.
• Roy declared that he would wrap the Sea of Clouds in his Cloud Domain.

Roy learned to control the Sea of Clouds infused with Seastone particles, then searched the sky for a cloud island. After hours without finding one, he detected a Bloody Spearhead on his Echo Map.

• Roy spread his ability-created clouds through the Sea of Clouds and opened a tunnel through the clouds above.
• Roy flew through the tunnel and used Echo Map to search the sky for a cloud island.
• Becky comforted the starving Emma as Puka’s people waited anxiously for Albert and the men who had left to seek food.
• Roy searched the Sea of Clouds for hours without finding an island, then detected a Bloody Spearhead.

After the Four Island Alliance crushed Puka’s army, Roy appeared before the starving survivors and led them back to Puka Island. He saved the island by controlling clouds and fish, and its people accepted him as their god and ruler.

• Albert regretted leading Puka into war as he and the wounded remnants of his army prayed beneath the full moon for a miracle.
• Roy appeared in the sky above the survivors, and Albert believed their prayers had been answered.
• Roy followed Albert and the other soldiers to Puka Island, where the people were starving and desperate.
• Roy created clouds and brought fish to Puka, saving its people and gaining their submission.
• Albert offered Roy fish soup and called him the God of Miracles, while Roy regarded Puka’s people as subordinates and slaves.

Roy transformed Puka Island into an aerial base and prepared to conquer the Four Island Alliance to gain more Sky Islander labor. He flew with Albert toward the Kalia Alliance and located Kalia in the sea of clouds.

• Roy turned Red Copper Island into a factory and sent supplies to Puka Island, where the Sky Islanders rebuilt their home according to his plans.
• Roy abandoned transporting Blue Sea slaves to the sky islands after they suffered altitude sickness and decided to use Sky Islanders to develop Puka.
• Albert supported Roy’s plan to attack the Four Island Alliance, and Roy set out with him on an island cloud.
• Roy used Albert’s directions and the Echo Map to find a small island in the Roiling White Sea and asked whether it was Kalia.

Torres persuaded the Four Island Alliance to conquer nearby tribes for supplies, but Roy arrived on Kalia with Albert and a gigantic Cloud Giant. The alliance’s leaders faced Roy as Albert identified them as the rulers of the four islands.

• Torres urged the Four Island Alliance to invade smaller tribes because famine had left them short of supplies.
• The rulers of Cloud Spider Island, Cloud Shell Island, and Crab Island agreed with Torres’s proposal to wage war.
• A soldier warned Torres that Puka Island’s god had attacked, and a massive blast began destroying the temple.
• Roy controlled a towering Cloud Giant that appeared over Kalia Island and left its inhabitants too terrified to resist.
• Albert, standing beside Roy atop the giant, identified Torres and the other three rulers as the leaders of the Four Island Alliance.

Roy conquered Kalia Island and began gathering information about the shifting sea of clouds. After setting Albert and Torres against each other as rival subordinates, he declared his intention to unite the sky islands and began moving Kalia Island with his cloud power.

• Roy conquered Kalia Island, and the four Gods of Sky Island, including Torres, bowed and offered their loyalty.
• Roy ordered Albert to count the island’s population, giving him authority over the future slaves.
• Torres offered to explain the map of the sea of clouds, and Roy accepted, setting him up as a rival to Albert.
• Torres explained that the islands moved in regular patterns, helping Roy understand why he had been unable to find them.
• Roy declared that he would unite the sky islands, then used his power to transform and move Kalia Island.