Recaps

Roy read the unprecedented bounties issued after the Summit War and considered why the World Government had raised them so sharply. As he wondered how Buggy had earned a billion-Beli bounty, a Den Den Mushi rang and interrupted his quiet moment.

• Roy read the newspaper’s report that Whitebeard had escaped Marineford and was stronger than expected.
• Roy examined the new bounty posters, noting that Whitebeard’s 5.6375-billion-Beli bounty had surpassed Gol D. Roger’s record.
• Roy considered why the World Government had assigned enormous bounties to Golden Lion, Ace, Blackbeard, Enel, Caesar Clown, and his alter ego, Black Emperor.
• Roy noticed Buggy’s billion-Beli bounty and wondered what Buggy had done after Roy left.
• Roy’s Den Den Mushi rang, and he realized his break was over.

Roy and Spandam sailed from Sabaody to pursue Whitebeard’s scattered pirate crews, using their connections to prepare for the mission while avoiding a direct fight with Whitebeard’s main force. They caught up with the Octopus Pirates, and Spandam directed their heavily armed warship’s attacks from a safe distance.

• Spandam panicked over the order to pursue the Whitebeard Pirates, while Roy told him to contact his father and arranged to call Carlos.
• Roy and Spandam left Sabaody aboard a warship, relying on their connections to avoid pursuing Whitebeard’s main force directly.
• Roy considered exploiting the World Government’s shortage of personnel to advance his influence and promote his agents.
• The exhausted Octopus Pirates rallied under Karma, Roz, and their combat commander as they tried to escape the Navy and reunite with Whitebeard.
• Spandam directed the pursuit from a distance, ordering the crew to keep away from the pirate ship while firing its abundant ammunition.
• Roy watched as the warship’s anti-aircraft shells mostly splashed around the Octopus Pirates’ vessel.

Roy and Spandam attacked the Octopus Pirates to capture their captain, Karma, and gain credit with the World Government. After Spandam ordered the damaged pirate ship boarded, Funkfreed pierced its deck and transformed into an elephant.

• Spandam ordered the Marines to bombard the Octopus Pirates' ship heavily, ignoring their reports about conserving ammunition.
• Roy watched the attack and relied on Samael, the giant Sea King lurking beneath the pirate ship, to prevent Karma from escaping into the sea.
• Roy and Spandam planned to present Karma's capture to the World Government as a joint achievement and strengthen their faction with Carlos.
• Spandam halted the bombardment, ordered the warship to approach, and threatened a Marine gunner into firing Funkfreed at the pirate ship.
• Funkfreed pierced the deck and transformed into an elephant, prompting Spandam to declare himself a genius.

Spandam’s Marines closed in on Karma’s battered pirate ship, unaware that Karma was hiding aboard and planning to take Spandam hostage. Roy cut Karma down just before his ambush reached Spandam, leaving the Marines stunned.

• Funkfreed rampaged through the exhausted Octopus Pirates while the Marines bombarded their sinking ship.
• Spandam ordered the warship closer, and Roy monitored Karma’s movements through the Echo Map.
• Spandam boarded the wreck, celebrated the victory, and ordered the Marines to collect the pirates’ heads.
• Karma lunged at Spandam, hoping to capture him and use him as a hostage to escape.
• Roy struck Karma with a powerful sword slash, killing him before he could reach Spandam.

Roy and Spandam received orders to join the forces gathering at Churumbados to encircle the Whitebeard Pirates. Roy saw the Marines’ withdrawal from the first half of the Grand Line as an opportunity to expand his influence, while Spandam panicked at the prospect of facing Whitebeard.

• A marine colonel delivered orders directing all forces pursuing pirates to sail to Churumbados and encircle the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Spandam first celebrated the chance to gain credit, then panicked when he realized the mission meant confronting Whitebeard.
• Roy recognized that the order would leave the first half of the Grand Line with fewer Marine and World Government forces.
• Roy realized Whitebeard planned to cross the Calm Belt and escape to the Four Seas, explaining the urgent mobilization.

The World Government mobilized most of Paradise’s forces to eliminate Whitebeard, leaving the Grand Line exposed and stirring panic among civilians and ambition among pirates. Saint Warcury, Saint Saturn, and Nusjuro also planned to use the campaign to test Vegapunk’s research and identify forces they could punish for disobedience.

• The World Government ordered nations across the first half of the Grand Line to close their borders and send forces to stop Whitebeard.
• An unknown figure leaked the mobilization order before Roy’s troops began moving, causing pirates to see an opportunity and exposed territories to fear an attack.
• Roy relayed the order to Kuzan and Bon Clay by Den Den Mushi.
• Saint Warcury confirmed that the troop orders were issued and Vegapunk’s preparations were ready for the campaign against Whitebeard.
• Saint Saturn backed the plan to test the research during the campaign, while Nusjuro revealed that the mobilization was also bait to identify disobedient forces and preserve the World Government’s authority.

Roy and Spandam guarded Ronnia Atoll as the World Government’s forces fought the Whitebeard Pirates near Galenbit. After Roy caught a rare fish and tried to reassure the anxious Spandam, Roy sensed an unprecedented danger and saw a brilliant flash beneath a darkened sky in the distance.

• Roy caught a Golden Elephant Trunk Fish near Ronnia Atoll and returned to the warship with it.
• Roy reflected on the World Government’s plan to destroy the Whitebeard Pirates at Galenbit and why he and Spandam had avoided joining the main force.
• Roy found Spandam anxiously watching the sea through a telescope and urged him to relax and prepare for a fish feast.
• Spandam warned Roy to heighten the warship’s guard because he feared Whitebeard despite the government’s careful plan.
• Roy felt an intense sense of danger, looked toward Galenbit, and activated his Echo Map when a bright flash appeared beneath the darkened sky.

Roy and Spandam faced a colossal tsunami triggered by a distant catastrophe at Galenbit, and Roy steered their warship onto the wave’s crest to survive. There, they saw that Galenbit had been replaced by an enormous, lightless void, which Roy suspected was the result of the World Government’s forbidden weapon.

• A blinding flash and tremendous roar from distant Galenbit stirred a massive tsunami that terrified Spandam and the Marines aboard the warship.
• Roy ordered Spandam to the engine room and took the helm, planning to ride the tsunami instead of trying to outrun it.
• Roy used the Echo Map to guide the warship through the dangerous waves and up to the tsunami’s crest.
• Spandam reached Roy at the helm and saw a vast void where Galenbit had been.
• Roy wondered if the World Government had used the weapon that defeated Joy Boy, and the void reminded him of Enies Lobby.

Roy watched the World Government search the Galenbit Sea for the critically injured Whitebeard and concluded that its unfinished Mother Flame had failed to destroy him. As the search expanded toward the Calm Belt, Roy worried that the strike had accelerated the world’s coming flood and considered advancing his Fish-Man Unit plans.

• Roy observed the sealed Galenbit Sea as warships searched for Whitebeard, whose Vivre Card had burned down to a fingernail-sized piece.
• Roy inferred that Whitebeard had survived the World Government’s strike because of his strength and a problem with the weapon, while most of his commanders had escaped toward the Calm Belt.
• Roy compared the Galenbit hollow with Enies Lobby and suspected that both were linked to the World Government’s ancient conflict with Joy Boy and its forbidden weapon.
• Roy reasoned from ruins and submerged structures that the world had suffered a great flood before, and feared the Galenbit strike had brought another flood closer.
• Roy considered expanding his Fish-Man Unit sooner and watched Admiral Aokiji while the Marines extended their search toward the Calm Belt.

Roy sent Samael to search for the severely wounded Whitebeard and seize him before the World Government could secure him. After two days, Samael found the unconscious Whitebeard and took him into its jaws, while Roy hid his excitement from Aokiji aboard the warship.

• Roy decided that capturing Whitebeard alive—or obtaining his corpse—could greatly strengthen his forces, and ordered Samael to search for him.
• Samael followed the scent Roy had imprinted in its mind and fought territorial Sea Kings while tracking the blood scent.
• Samael found the mangled, unconscious Whitebeard floating in the sea and took him into its jaws.
• Roy heard Samael's roar and eagerly ordered it to continue the plan, but told Aokiji he had only spotted a sea beast.

The World Government and Navy’s withdrawal to hunt Whitebeard left the New World in chaos as Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and Blackbeard made their moves. Roy and Spandam were reassigned to suppress the unrest, while Trafalgar Law received a shocking wounded patient in Sky City.

• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin sent their forces into the New World, intensifying the struggle for territory.
• Blackbeard led his officers and new subordinates onto an island under Whitebeard’s control and began his plan.
• The World Government and Navy searched the Calm Belt for Whitebeard for four days but found no trace of him.
• Roy and Spandam received orders to leave the Calm Belt and suppress the New World’s unrest.
• Trafalgar Law received a wounded patient in Sky City who shocked him and presented a difficult problem.

Roy had Whitebeard delivered to Sky City's research institute, where Caesar Clown and Trafalgar Law examined his devastating injuries and began planning his treatment. Roy and Spandam returned to Sabaody, and Roy wondered how Bon Clay's work at Fish-Man Island was progressing.

• Roy ordered Caesar Clown and Trafalgar Law to spare no effort or expense in treating the unconscious Whitebeard.
• Caesar Clown and Trafalgar Law were shocked to see Whitebeard alive and recognized the opportunity to study and treat him.
• Trafalgar Law lost his remaining doubts about Roy's strength and grew confident that Sky City could help him deal with Doflamingo.
• Caesar Clown, Trafalgar Law, and the institute's staff examined Whitebeard and began developing treatment plans for his severe injuries.
• Roy and Spandam returned to Sabaody aboard a Navy warship, and Spandam wept with relief at surviving the recent battles.
• Roy wondered about Bon Clay's progress at Fish-Man Island and the fish-men hiding beneath the sea.

Spandam’s Marines destroyed the Lizard Pirates, while Roy learned that Bon Clay had prepared Fish-Man Island for a raid. Roy left the plan ready to proceed when Kuzan and Enel arrived, with instructions to bring him the island’s National Treasure.

• Spandam rewarded Marine gunners for hitting the Lizard Pirates’ ship and ordered the bombardment to stop once its rudder was destroyed.
• CP agents killed the pirates who resisted and returned with ten heads, including those of the Lizard Pirates’ core elites.
• Spandam celebrated the victory and promised the CP agents five million Berries each.
• Roy spoke with Bon Clay by Den Den Mushi and learned that Bon Clay had stripped Hody Jones of most of his power and prepared to raid Fish-Man Island.
• Roy told Bon Clay to proceed when Kuzan and Enel arrived and to bring Fish-Man Island’s National Treasure back to him.

Roy planned to seize Fish-Man Island’s population and eventually usurp the Fish-Man Kingdom, using Bon Clay, Enel, and Kuzan in coordinated schemes while keeping Jinbe away. Spandam then reported that the World Government claimed Whitebeard had been wiped out, and Roy realized the report was a lie born of desperation.

• Roy planned to have Enel eliminate Hody Jones and Bon Clay take control of the New Fish-Man Pirates to seize fish-men from Fish-Man Island.
• Roy planned for Kuzan and the Sea Fire troops to pose as heroes and take over the Fish-Man Kingdom, while he used the Golden Lion Pirates’ reputation to keep Jinbe occupied.
• Roy imagined possessing the Fish-Man Kingdom and Shirahoshi, Poseidon, when Spandam entered the command room with news from the World Government.
• Spandam told Roy that Whitebeard had been wiped out and his main force was heading for the New World, and Roy recognized the report as a lie.

After the World Government announced Whitebeard’s death, the news restored public confidence in its power while pirates across the seas intensified their attacks. Shanks tried to stop Marco, Ace, and the surviving Whitebeard Pirates from returning to war, but Marco questioned where they could go without Whitebeard.

• The World Economic Journal reported Whitebeard’s death, prompting civilians to celebrate and powerful figures to doubt the World Government’s account.
• Roy and Spandam relaxed aboard their warship after hearing the news, while ambitious pirates accelerated their raids across the seas.
• A cloaked attacker defeated Hody Jones and his officers in Fish-Man District, then Bon Clay and Kuzan began an uprising.
• Big Mom’s and Kaido’s pirates seized islands and replaced the World Government’s flags with their own.
• Shanks blocked Marco, Ace, and the Whitebeard Pirates from returning to fight, warning them that they would die and urging them to go home.
• Marco asked Shanks where the Whitebeard Pirates could call home without Whitebeard.

Marco revealed that Whitebeard was still alive but in grave condition, prompting Shanks to reconsider blocking the Whitebeard Pirates from returning to him. Meanwhile, Roy and Spandam reached the waters near the Grant Kingdom, which the Big Mom Pirates had seized, and discussed their next move as the World Government prepared to respond.

• Shanks initially blocked the battered Whitebeard Pirates from returning, and Ace struggled with the choice between seeking Whitebeard and protecting his companions.
• Marco showed Shanks Whitebeard’s Vivre Card and explained that Whitebeard was alive but in extremely poor condition.
• Shanks realized why the Whitebeard Pirates were desperate to return and warned his crew that he might do something reckless.
• A sudden storm battered Roy and Spandam’s Marine warship as it approached waters controlled by the Big Mom Pirates.
• Spandam asked Roy whether they should wait for Marine reinforcements before going to the Grant Kingdom.
• Roy studied the sea chart as the chapter explained that the Big Mom Pirates had seized the Grant Kingdom after its Marine forces were reassigned, and that the World Government would not accept its loss.

Roy learned that Charlotte Cracker led the Big Mom Pirates stationed in the occupied Grant Kingdom and decided to attack without waiting for Marine support. He left Spandam weighing the operation after dangling the prospect of becoming Grand Governor of the Four Seas, a position Roy also wanted.

• Roy destroyed a patrolling pirate ship with a single sword slash as his warship entered Grant Kingdom waters.
• Spandam brought Roy intelligence that Charlotte Linlin had left the occupied kingdom and Charlotte Cracker was in command there.
• Roy decided to attack Grant Kingdom without waiting for Marine support, arguing that Cracker’s forces were limited and the local mercenaries would resist Big Mom’s rule.
• Roy urged Spandam to support the attack by mentioning the planned Grand Governor of the Four Seas position and his own desire to rise through the ranks.
• Roy went to the command room, confident that Spandam would approve, while he privately pursued the governorship for himself.

Roy learned that he was among the candidates for Grand Governor of the Four Seas and sought to recruit Spandam and Spandine as allies. After Spandine explained the selection to Spandam, Spandam rushed to Roy and proposed working together.

• Roy told Spandam that the World Government planned to appoint Grand Governors of the Four Seas, and Spandam hurried to confirm the news with Spandine.
• Roy reflected that Carlos had informed him he was a candidate because his family had served the World Government for nearly three hundred years.
• Roy decided to recruit Spandam and Spandine as allies to strengthen his bid for the governorship.
• Spandam rushed into Roy's command room and said he wanted to work with him.

Roy formed an alliance with Spandam and Spandine, promising Spandam the deputy governor position if he secured East Blue. He led the Marines toward the Grant Kingdom to confront Cracker and reached the shore alone, ready to test how the rain affected Cracker’s Biscuit-Biscuit powers.

• Roy agreed to ally with Spandam and Spandine, revealing his cooperation with Carlos and promising Spandam a deputy position if he became East Blue Governor.
• Roy ordered the Marines to turn toward the Grant Kingdom and declared that he would defeat the Big Mom Pirates stationed there.
• Roy’s forces destroyed ships they encountered and gathered information about Cracker’s defenses by interrogating captured pirates.
• Roy used the Echo Map to guide the warship through the storm and brought it to a remote cliff on the Grant Kingdom’s coast.
• Roy reassured Brigadier General Joseph that he would confront Cracker alone, climbed the cliff, and wondered how the rain would affect Cracker’s powers.

Roy used a storm to weaken Charlotte Cracker’s Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit and traveled alone across the Grant Kingdom, killing the Big Mom Pirates and their allies. He reached the palace, where Cracker confronted him about abandoning his subordinates to the rain.

• Roy maintained Elementalization through the storm he had created to exploit the Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit’s weakness to water.
• Roy used the Echo Map to locate Cracker and learned that pirates, Homies, and traitorous mercenaries were spread across the Grant Kingdom.
• Roy killed the forces in his path as he made his way toward the palace, disregarding them as insignificant.
• Roy entered the palace and found Cracker sitting on the throne, eating sweets.
• Cracker accused Roy of being cold-hearted for abandoning his subordinates after the rain countered his ability.

Roy fought Charlotte Cracker in the palace and planned to capture him for World Government merit before intercepting him to obtain the Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit. Cracker’s request for reinforcements was already on its way, and the chapter ended with him climbing from the rubble after Roy’s devastating slash destroyed much of the palace.

• Cracker revealed his true body and summoned biscuit soldiers to attack Roy.
• Roy dodged the biscuit soldiers’ attacks and praised Cracker’s Devil Fruit ability, while deciding to capture him and claim his power.
• Cracker taunted Roy about the Summit War and revealed he had requested reinforcements from Whole Cake Island, hoping Katakuri would arrive.
• Cracker used Roll Pretzel, but Roy answered with Reaper’s Sound and a powerful sword slash.
• Cracker narrowly dodged Roy’s slash as it cut through the palace pillars and roof, then climbed from the rubble to face Roy.

Roy defeated Charlotte Cracker in the rain, shattering Pretzel and leaving the Big Mom Pirates' Sweet Commander collapsed in the mud. He then vanished with Cracker and began slaughtering the remaining survivors in the ruined capital.

• Roy chose to end the fight quickly as Cracker braced himself to face him rather than flee.
• Roy overwhelmed Cracker's sword attack and drove him through a pillar, leaving him badly wounded.
• Roy's Reaper's Dragon's Roar froze Cracker with a vision of death, allowing Roy to pierce his biscuit shield and shatter Pretzel.
• Roy struck Cracker in the chest and knocked the Biscuit Knight into the mud.
• Roy declared that he would deal with the remaining survivors, and a bloody slaughter began in the ruined capital.

Roy wiped out most of the pirates in the Grant Kingdom and captured Charlotte Cracker before escaping ahead of the Big Mom Pirates’ reinforcements. Back aboard the warship, Roy and his allies began using the victory and 7 billion Beli in campaign funds to pursue the East Blue Governor position.

• Roy returned to the warship with Charlotte Cracker and numerous pirate heads, then ordered the Marines to collect the spoils and prepare to leave before Charlotte Linlin arrived.
• The Marines sailed out of the Grant Kingdom as three Big Mom Pirates ships arrived in the nearby waters.
• Roy and Spandam relaxed aboard the warship while news of Cracker’s capture was sent to the World Government and Marine Headquarters.
• Roy, Spandam, Spandine, and Carlos assembled 7 billion Beli and used their connections to campaign for the East Blue Governor position.
• Spandine and Carlos took charge of the bribery and lobbying as factions across the World Government competed for the Four Seas governor positions.

Roy and Spandam used their intelligence connections and collected leverage to weaken Roy’s rivals in the competition to become East Blue Governor. Roy began confronting powerful officials privately, starting with Mr. Anderson and his affair with his superior’s wife.

• Roy, Spandine, and Carlos used campaign funds and loyalty-buying to build support for Roy, while Roy and Spandam mobilized intelligence agents to pressure their competitors’ supporters.
• Roy and Spandam received files exposing widespread crimes among World Government officials, but Roy searched for personal secrets that would give him stronger leverage.
• Roy selected useful blackmail material, discarded the less valuable evidence, and slipped out into the wealthy district at night.
• Roy dragged Mr. Anderson from bed, knocked out the woman with him, and threatened to reveal Anderson’s affair with his superior’s wife.

Roy used the World Government’s investigation into assassinated officials to strengthen his bid for East Blue Governor while hiding Enel’s role and framing the Whitebeard Pirates. As Roy and Spandam sailed to investigate, a Fish-Man watched Charlotte Cracker’s prison ship depart for Impel Down.

• Roy won over or threatened his election rivals’ supporters, while Enel assassinated officials and other threats to Roy’s businesses.
• The World Government assigned Roy and Spandam to lead an investigation into the killings, giving Roy a chance to improve his standing among the governor candidates.
• Roy, Spandam, Spandine, and Carlos agreed to blame the Whitebeard Pirates and have Roy claim to uncover and eliminate the supposed culprits.
• Roy instructed Enel and Bon Clay to steer the investigation toward the Whitebeard Pirates as he and Spandam boarded a warship for the Grand Line.
• Charlotte Cracker was sent toward Impel Down aboard a prison ship as a pair of Fish-Man eyes watched from beneath the sea.