Recaps

Tobiah conquered a small sky island for Roy using Cloud Spider Island’s firearms, and its prisoners were brought to the growing Sky City. Roy’s city expanded with new infrastructure and factories as its residents accepted his rule in exchange for protection and plentiful food.

• Tobiah led Cloud Spider Island’s soldiers in a two-hour assault that forced a small sky island to surrender, then had its prisoners and wealth loaded onto the War Island Cloud.
• Tobiah used the War Island Cloud’s sails and propeller to transport prisoners to the newly built Sky City centered on Puka Island.
• Roy observed the city’s construction through Photography Shells as his clouds were processed into building materials and his control over Sky City grew.
• Roy supplied abundant food and soil to the city’s slaves and citizens, earning the reverence of people who had previously faced famine and attacks.
• Roy planned factories where the people of Sky City would work in exchange for his protection, and they welcomed the plan.

Roy completed the basic power systems for Sky City and left Red Copper Island after Spandam ordered him back to work. On the way, he learned CP9 was being sent to Punk Hazard and considered exploiting the incident and Vegapunk’s laboratory relocation for his own gain.

• Roy brought in supplies, technicians, and materials to finish Sky City’s basic power systems and prepare the city to move.
• Roy boarded a World Government ship after Spandam urgently summoned him, while Red Copper Island’s officials celebrated his departure and worried about the ore he had taken.
• Roy learned from Spandam that CP9 was being sent to Punk Hazard because of a recent explosion and the Marines’ demands elsewhere.
• Roy remembered that Caesar Clown had destroyed Punk Hazard and suspected the mission involved relocating Vegapunk’s laboratory.
• Roy considered seeking the artificial Fish-Fish Fruit left behind at the laboratory and using Caesar Clown’s poison-gas expertise with his control over rain clouds.

Roy crossed Mary Geoise on his way to Punk Hazard and witnessed the brutality underpinning the World Nobles’ lavish lives. As he descended toward the New World, he wondered how long their extravagant rule could last.

• Roy arrived at Mary Geoise through Red Port and took the World Government’s official route across the Red Line.
• Using his Echo Map, Roy sensed the suffering of slaves forced to maintain the Holy Land and condemned the city’s cruelty.
• Roy avoided a Celestial Dragon who rode a slave and kicked him as he crawled toward a banquet.
• After the Celestial Dragon passed, Roy continued through a special passage to the lift on the far side of Mary Geoise.
• As the lift descended, Roy reflected that the sea’s fury could no longer be suppressed and looked forward to what came next.

Roy arrived at Punk Hazard after guiding Sky City through a violent storm and found the island devastated by Caesar Clown’s poison gas. He learned his mission was to escort recovered research equipment to Egghead Island and headed toward the toxic island, intent on obtaining an Artificial Fish-Fish Fruit.

• Roy and Sky City's command crew stabilized the floating city as it crossed a fierce Grand Line storm.
• Roy reached Punk Hazard and saw dead fish covering the sea and poison gas saturating the ruined island.
• A World Government official told Roy that he was to escort recovered equipment to Egghead Island, with the ship due to leave the next day.
• Roy deduced that Queen had learned of the explosion and targeted the research equipment, possibly through Kaido's spies.
• Roy went to his assigned room at the temporary command base, transformed into mist, and declared his intention to obtain an Artificial Fish-Fish Fruit.

Roy searched the ruined research institute on Punk Hazard, created a deadly weapon by combining poison gas with sea clouds, and broke into the facility despite the danger to its survivors. He decided to take the abandoned laboratory for Caesar Clown and reached the room holding the Artificial Fish-Fish Fruit.

• Roy used his white clouds to absorb poison gas, then fused the gas with sea clouds to create poisonous rain containing Seastone factors.
• Roy blasted open the intact research institute's iron doors, allowing poison gas to spread inside as its surviving prisoners fled deeper into the facility.
• Roy decided to move the institute's valuable equipment and the entire laboratory into the sky for Caesar Clown.
• Roy followed the Echo Map to the Devil Fruit storage room and turned into a phantom to reach the Artificial Fish-Fish Fruit.

Roy stole Vegapunk’s Artificial Fish-Fish Fruit and stripped the remaining research facility on Punk Hazard of its equipment and supplies. He returned to the shore base with a vast haul and concluded that Caesar Clown had deliberately planned the island’s explosion.

• Roy broke into the laboratory, took the Artificial Fish-Fish Fruit, and escaped from two prisoners using his cloud powers.
• Roy used the Echo Map and Sky City’s island clouds to absorb the poison gas and bring Albert, Torres, and the Sky Islanders to the facility.
• Roy ordered his people to carry away the laboratory’s equipment and used his sword to remove large machinery that could not be dismantled.
• Roy’s group captured the prisoners and, guided by those who knew the facility, spent a day and night stripping it of supplies and instruments.
• Roy returned to the base on Punk Hazard’s shore and inferred that Caesar Clown had prepared the facility’s stores for a planned explosion.

Roy discovered that the World Government transport ship carried unfinished Seraphim clones modeled after Jinbe, and he became eager to claim them. When cannon fire erupted during the voyage, Roy saw an opportunity to act.

• A chubby official warned the transport ship’s crew that the Beasts Pirates had attacked two ships and urged everyone to stay alert.
• Roy used the Echo Map to inspect the World Government’s cargo and found cultivation pods holding child clones resembling Jinbe.
• Roy recognized the clones as incomplete Seraphim test subjects and considered taking them for their potential sea-based combat power.
• Cannon fire broke the storm’s silence, and Roy checked the situation through the Echo Map and saw his chance had come.

The Beasts Pirates attacked a World Government convoy carrying secret cargo, and Roy prepared to confront Queen, one of their Three Calamities. Roy blocked Queen’s opening attack with a flying slash, while Queen concluded that the convoy carried the equipment he wanted.

• The convoy’s crews fled from the Beasts Pirates as Roy sensed Queen aboard the pursuing ship with his Echo Map.
• Queen grew furious over repeated bad intelligence, then launched himself toward the convoy and fired Black Flames at its transport ship.
• Roy came onto the deck, told Cole to hide, and warned him that Queen was approaching.
• Roy’s pale blue flying slash cut through Queen’s beam before it could strike the ship.
• Queen welcomed the presence of a strong fighter and decided the convoy likely carried the equipment he wanted.

Roy fought Queen, one of the Beasts Pirates' Three Calamities, above the sea and unleashed Meteor Noise, which blasted Queen out of sight. As Cole warned Roy that Queen was behind him, the battle remained unresolved.

• Roy identified Queen and told Cole to guard the ship before confronting him in the air.
• Queen offered Roy a place among the Beasts Pirates, then attacked when Roy refused.
• Roy blocked Queen's plague bomb and traded sword strikes and sound-based attacks with him.
• Roy shattered Queen's headphones with a Sonic Laser, then struck him with Meteor Noise, sending him out of sight.
• Cole searched the sea for Queen, then spotted danger behind Roy and shouted a warning.

Roy used his Logia powers and a massive hailstone to counter Queen, who responded by firing his Freeze No. 1 virus weapon. The hailstone struck the sea, and the virus spread through the seawater as ships struggled in the aftermath.

• Queen attacked Roy, but Roy's upper body vanished through Logia Elementalization, leaving Queen and the onlookers stunned.
• Queen coated his mechanical grappling claw in Armament Haki and attacked again, but Roy dispersed into mist to evade him.
• A pirate warned Queen about the giant hailstone falling from above, and the Beasts Pirates tried to flee.
• Queen turned invisible and fired a Freeze No. 1 shell at the hailstone, despite his crew's warnings.
• The shell shattered against the hailstone, releasing pale blue mist as the hailstone struck the sea and the virus mixed with the seawater.

Roy and Queen fought across the stormy sea, using poison, plague, ice, and hail while their crews and nearby Marines suffered devastating casualties. Queen tried to destroy the World Government ships, but seawater and sea clouds crashed down from above, leaving Cole staring up in shock.

• Roy floated above the sea while Queen concealed himself with his stealth suit and spread plague virus through the waters.
• Roy used the Echo Map to locate Queen and summoned Caesar Gas rain, forcing Queen to recognize the poison and hold his breath.
• The poison rain, Queen's plague, Freeze No. 1, hail, and ice spikes overwhelmed pirates and Marines aboard the ships.
• Queen discovered Roy could see through his stealth, struggled against the weakening sea clouds, and nearly mistook falling seawater for another attack.
• Queen chose to retreat, but first fired Black Flames at the World Government ships and transport vessels.
• Seawater and sea clouds swept down from the sky, and Cole watched the enormous cascade and said the sky had fallen.

Roy secured a Seraphim test subject by using the battle with Queen to cover his theft, then rescued Cole and prepared to report the attack. Queen escaped as World Government warships approached, leaving Roy to make his injuries look convincing.

• Roy caused the sea clouds to crash down on Queen, who fired a missile at the transport vessel and fled using his Jet Wings.
• Roy blocked Queen’s missile with an iron-cloud shield and gave Cole a dose of CP9 medicine, intending to recruit him and make him share responsibility for the attack.
• Roy used Thread Cloud to remove one of the six iron chests from the transport vessel and conceal it on an island cloud.
• After Queen escaped and the plague virus dissipated, Roy cut himself to make his injuries appear genuine as World Government warships arrived.
• Roy checked his appearance and called Spandam on a Den Den Mushi.

Roy escaped punishment for losing the Seraphim test subject by using Spandam’s connections and paying Carlos, a trusted Celestial Dragon’s butler. As Roy recovered at Enies Lobby, he learned Caesar Clown would be sent to Impel Down the day after tomorrow, when his vacation began.

• Spandam questioned Roy about surviving a fight with one of the Beasts Pirates’ Three Calamities, but Roy ignored his doubts.
• Roy reflected that he had paid Carlos five hundred million Berries, along with women and treasures, to erase the World Government’s investigation and punishment.
• Roy recalled that surveillance footage showed the Jinbe clone had fallen into the sea rather than been captured by the Beasts Pirates, allowing him to keep his position.
• Spandam demanded repayment for the money and favors he had lent Roy, but Roy changed the subject by asking when Caesar Clown would be sentenced.
• Spandam said Caesar Clown would be sentenced tomorrow and sent to Impel Down the day after, and Roy noted that his vacation would start then.

Caesar Clown was sent from Enies Lobby toward Impel Down after the World Government finalized its decision to imprison him. A Marine secretly working for Doflamingo slipped him a wire, leaving Caesar poised to use his escape plan.

• The World Government decided to send Caesar Clown to Impel Down rather than risk using the unstable scientist.
• At Enies Lobby's harbor, a Marine beat Caesar Clown and other prisoners before loading them onto a warship.
• After the warship departed, Caesar Clown revealed that the Marine had secretly passed him a small piece of wire.
• Caesar Clown trusted Doflamingo to help him escape and hoped to use the Shichibukai and Artificial Devil Fruits to pursue his ambitions.

Caesar Clown escaped his Seastone restraints and fled the Marine warship, but Roy intercepted him in the Vortex Triangle Sea Area. Caesar tried to escape Roy by absorbing the surrounding mist, only to discover too late that it contained Seastone particles.

• Caesar Clown picked the locks on his handcuffs and shackles, then used hypnotic gas to disable the surveillance Den Den Mushi.
• Caesar Clown escaped the warship in his elemental form and flew toward the edge of the Vortex Triangle Sea Area, dreaming of working with Doflamingo and surpassing Vegapunk.
• Roy appeared in the fog, told Caesar he wanted him as a lackey, and used Reaper's Sound to frighten him.
• Roy gathered sea clouds around Caesar, who mistook the sound for Conqueror's Haki and decided to flee.
• Caesar used Void World to absorb the mist, but its Seastone particles incapacitated him and sent him falling toward the sea clouds below.

Roy forced Caesar Clown to submit and then told him the World Government had placed a 700-million-Beli bounty on him for allegedly being able to translate Poneglyphs. Roy had fabricated the rumor to make Caesar a target of the World Government and leave him with nowhere to turn but Sky City.

• Roy terrified Caesar Clown by cutting an apple from his head with a Flying Slash, and Caesar agreed to become his subordinate.
• Roy removed Caesar's Seastone handcuffs and warned him not to betray him.
• Roy showed Caesar a new 700-million-Beli bounty poster accusing him of being able to translate Poneglyphs.
• Caesar denied knowing anything about the Poneglyphs and panicked over the World Government's attention.
• Roy revealed that he had spread the rumor to make Caesar a target and ensure he would stay in Sky City.

Roy secured Caesar Clown’s loyalty with a Vivre Card and showed him a large research institute in Sky City. Caesar discovered a Seraphim test subject there, and Roy tasked him with studying the clone of Jinbe and helping it awaken safely.

• Roy had Caesar Clown’s hair and nails taken to make a Vivre Card, leaving Caesar convinced he could not escape or betray his new master.
• Roy showed Caesar the research institute built for him in Sky City, and Caesar became more respectful as he recognized equipment from Punk Hazard.
• Roy brought Caesar into an iron-cloud laboratory, where Caesar was shocked to find a Seraphim test subject in a cultivation chamber.
• Roy told Caesar to study the clone of Jinbe and help it awaken slowly and safely.
• Caesar eagerly began examining the test subject, while Roy expected to possess a Shichibukai clone soon.

Roy and Spandam visited Crocodile’s casino in Rain Country to skim money, and Roy used his abilities to win nearly two hundred million Beli. As they cashed out, a casino watcher noticed Roy’s unusual control over his wins and losses.

• Roy reassured Spandam that taking a few hundred million Beli from Crocodile’s casino would be safe and worthwhile.
• Roy and Spandam disguised themselves as wealthy tycoons and entered Rain Country’s largest casino, splitting up according to their plan.
• Roy used the Echo Map and Observation Haki to win repeated bets, drawing attention from the gamblers around him.
• Roy deliberately lost money to shake off gamblers who were copying his bets, then continued playing until he and Spandam had nearly two hundred million Beli in winnings.
• As Roy and Spandam exchanged their chips for cash, a heavily made-up man in a ballet skirt watched them through a surveillance Den Den Mushi and remarked on Roy’s ability to control his results.

Roy and Spandam escaped Rain Casino with the money they had won, but Bon Clay pursued Roy to uncover how he had cheated. Roy ambushed Bon Clay and decided to recruit him for his abilities and loyalty.

• Roy sensed someone following the carriage and used mist to incapacitate the driver before changing course.
• Spandam took his carriage driver hostage, and the two carriages split up.
• Bon Clay ignored casino rules and followed Roy, curious about his apparent cheating and awareness of the pursuit.
• Roy stopped his carriage in an alley, slipped behind Bon Clay, and subdued him with the threat of his abilities.
• Roy recognized Bon Clay's value as a loyal intelligence agent and decided to take him into his command.

Roy escaped Rain Country with Spandam and recruited Bon Clay, while Crocodile reviewed surveillance footage and grew suspicious of CP9’s presence. Crocodile sent Mr. 3 to retrieve Nico Robin and ordered the plan accelerated as he sought to learn what the World Government agents wanted.

• Roy intimidated Bon Clay into following him and offered support for Bon Clay’s dream of reaching the Okama Kingdom.
• Roy returned to Spandam, introduced Bon Clay as a recruit, and led them toward the port city of Nanohana.
• Crocodile watched surveillance footage of Roy and Spandam leaving Rain Country and recognized Spandam as a CP9 official.
• Crocodile ordered Mr. 3 to bring Nico Robin back and tell her to speed up their plan.
• Crocodile left to investigate why the CP9 agents had come to Rain Country.

Roy, Spandam, and Bon Clay crossed Alabasta’s desert and reached Nanohana, where Roy recognized that Crocodile’s men were watching Spandam. Seeing a chance to demand more than his casino winnings, Roy began putting a plan to extort Crocodile into motion, while an anonymous letter emerged from Bon Clay’s printing Den Den Mushi.

• Crocodile mobilized Alabasta’s intelligence forces to search for Spandam, but their findings connected the matter to the Revolutionary Army.
• After three days in the desert, Roy, Spandam, and Bon Clay reached Nanohana, where Spandam and Bon Clay embraced in relief.
• Roy used Bon Clay’s closeness to Spandam to learn more about him and keep a safeguard against Spandam’s possible betrayal.
• Roy sensed hostile watchers in Nanohana and realized they were focused on Spandam, but he let Spandam remain unaware.
• Roy decided to use his knowledge of Crocodile’s weakness and scheme to extort more from him, then met the Turkey Pirates at the harbor.
• Baroque Works received news of Spandam’s appearance as Bon Clay’s printing Den Den Mushi produced an anonymous letter.

Roy confronted Crocodile in the desert and demanded a port city in exchange for keeping Crocodile’s secret scheme in Alabasta from the World Government. After their clash, Crocodile stopped attacking but remained suspicious as Roy insisted he had no right to refuse.

• Crocodile read Roy’s extortion demand, recognized the reference to Dance Powder, and flew from his office to confront him.
• Roy prepared for Crocodile’s probing attacks, confident that his control over rain could counter Crocodile’s Sand-Sand Fruit.
• Crocodile attacked Roy with Sandstorm and Desert Sword, while Roy dodged and launched Flying Slashes at him.
• Roy and Crocodile exchanged attacks at close range, but Crocodile’s hook pierced Roy’s neck and Roy’s blade failed to cut Crocodile through his Armament Haki.
• Roy threatened to reveal Crocodile’s actions to the World Government and demanded one port city in exchange for letting his plan continue.

Roy forced Crocodile to choose between abandoning his Alabasta plans and surrendering Nanohana to CP9, and Crocodile agreed. When Crocodile demanded Bon Clay as well, Roy refused and prepared to fight, using rain to exploit Crocodile’s weakness.

• Roy explained that Crocodile could not risk the World Government learning about his search for Pluton and offered him a choice: give up Nanohana or face exposure and pursuit.
• Crocodile threatened to kill the CP9 members, but Roy warned that survivors could reveal his actions and Crocodile doubted he could stop Roy from escaping.
• Crocodile agreed to clear the way for CP9 to take Nanohana, but demanded that Roy hand over Bon Clay.
• Roy refused to surrender Bon Clay, summoned rain, and told Crocodile that no additional conditions would be accepted.
• Crocodile recognized that Roy had caused the rain and understood that Roy knew his weakness.

Roy traded a secret about Alabasta’s royal family to Crocodile for Bon Clay’s freedom and Crocodile’s help securing Nanohana for Roy. After leaving Alabasta, Roy assigned Edwards to establish the Turkey Merchant Association’s headquarters in Nanohana and sent Bon Clay toward Drum Kingdom to infiltrate its king’s court.

• Roy and Crocodile fought, then agreed that Roy would keep Crocodile’s activities secret in exchange for Bon Clay’s release and Crocodile clearing Nanohana for Roy’s takeover.
• Crocodile learned that Alabasta’s royal family descended from one of the twenty kings and hurried toward the royal capital to pursue his interests in Pluton and the royal family’s history.
• Roy, Spandam, and Bon Clay boarded the Turkey Merchant Association’s ship as Edwards joined them and they sailed from Nanohana.
• Roy ordered Edwards to make Nanohana the association’s headquarters and monitor events in Alabasta.
• Roy told Bon Clay to travel to Drum Kingdom, study its king’s routine, and replace him.

Roy assigned Bon Clay to infiltrate and take over the Drum Kingdom, hoping to secure its medical resources, Wapol, and Wapol Metal for the future. After Bon Clay left to carry out the plan, Roy received news that the Seraphim test subject had been modified and was about to wake up.

• Roy explained his plan for Bon Clay to infiltrate the Drum Kingdom and remove its brutal king, Wapol.
• Bon Clay accepted the dangerous mission after Roy promised increased compensation and a chance to visit the Okama Kingdom and learn about his idol.
• Roy reassured himself that Bon Clay was capable of carrying out the plan and watched him depart.
• A Den Den Mushi called Roy and reported that the Seraphim test subject had been successfully modified and was about to wake up.