Recaps

Roy welcomed the awakened Seraphim test subject, a powerful young fish-man clone based on Jinbe, and named him Kuzan. He planned to use Kuzan to build a fish-man kingdom loyal to him and exploit the undersea world’s resources.

• Roy hurried to Sky City after learning that the Seraphim test subject had awakened.
• Caesar Clown and the scientists examined the chubby blue boy and marveled at his strength and replicated fish-man abilities.
• The clone recognized Roy as his highest authority, appeared before him, and knelt, calling him Master.
• Roy used Weakness Sonar and found that the young clone could easily defeat pirates with bounties over one hundred million Berries.
• Roy named the clone Kuzan and declared that he would become the king of the seas.
• Roy resolved to use Kuzan to build a fish-man kingdom under his control and develop the riches beneath the sea.

Roy trained the growing Seraphim test subject Kuzan while Owl and Who's Who completed a raid to gather Fish-Man slaves for transport to Sabaody Archipelago. They finished their mission with eighty Fish-Men, but found no mermaids.

• Roy ended Kuzan's training session and praised the young Fish-Man's strength and potential.
• Owl reported that he and Who's Who had gathered eighty Fish-Men and were preparing to transport them to Sabaody Archipelago.
• A surviving islander attacked Owl and Who's Who with a rocket launcher, but Who's Who killed him with an iron spear.
• Owl and Who's Who continued searching the slave traders' stronghold, sparing the Fish-Men and useful slaves while killing everyone else.
• Owl and Who's Who left the burning island aboard their transport ship, and Who's Who regretted that they had found no mermaids.

Roy sold the slaves he had captured at auction, then organized the rescued fish-men into a force called Sea Fire under Kuzan and began preparing them for future work underwater. After learning that Ace had joined the Whitebeard Pirates, Roy received an order to help CP9 escort Saint Gareth on a visit to the East Blue.

• Roy sold the slaves at the human auction house and left with the proceeds.
• Roy returned to Sky City and formed Sea Fire from the rescued fish-men, placing them under Kuzan and ordering their training.
• Roy read in the newspaper that Ace had joined the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Spandam told Roy that CP9 would temporarily escort Saint Gareth during his visit to the East Blue.

Roy and Spandam arrived at Mary Geoise to protect Saint Gareth on his journey to the East Blue, where Roy learned how cruelly the Celestial Dragon treated his captives. As the voyage continued, Carlos sought Roy out for help with an undisclosed problem.

• Spandam viewed the mission to protect Saint Gareth as a chance to advance into CP0, and he traveled with Roy to Pangaea Castle.
• Roy and Spandam joined Owl and Who's Who to escort Saint Gareth, whose procession included Patches imprisoned in a cage.
• Saint Gareth's party began its voyage to the East Blue aboard a World Government ship.
• Roy kept his distance from Saint Gareth and heard screams from the Celestial Dragon's luxurious room, reflecting on his abuse of captive men.
• Carlos approached Roy and asked for his help, looking troubled as another cry came from Saint Gareth's room.

Carlos urged Roy to arrange Patches's death before the favored concubine could gain power and seek revenge. Roy agreed while secretly planning to frame Golden Lion, and he set an enormous falling object on course for the World Government's ship near the Calm Belt.

• Carlos told Roy that Patches had become Saint Gareth's favored concubine and posed a threat to them both.
• Roy agreed that Patches had to die, while considering how to avoid being linked to the killing and keep Carlos on their side.
• After Carlos left, Roy revealed that Spandam had been listening and discussed turning the crisis into an opportunity.
• Roy and Spandam spotted a huge object falling from the sky, and Roy revealed that he intended to blame Golden Lion for the apparent accident.
• Roy aimed the falling object at the World Government's ship sailing near the Calm Belt.

Roy and CP9 rescued Saint Gareth from a falling island while Roy used sea clouds containing Seastone to disable Patches. The island’s shockwave destroyed the ship, and Patches realized Roy had targeted him.

• As an island fell toward the ship, the crew panicked and rushed to save Saint Gareth from his room.
• Owl carried the naked Saint Gareth out, and the Celestial Dragon screamed when he saw the falling island.
• Patches searched for Saint Gareth instead of escaping, then tried to fly away with his companion using his Devil Fruit power.
• Roy’s sea cloud covered the ship and drained Patches’s strength, making him realize Roy had attacked him.
• Patches cursed Roy as the island’s shockwave destroyed everything around the ship.

After the island’s impact scattered the survivors at sea, Carlos found the badly injured Patches and killed him to protect his standing with Saint Gareth. Roy recorded the murder as leverage, then led the survivors to Carlos, who immediately rushed to serve Saint Gareth.

• Carlos survived the wreck and clung to a plank, believing Roy and Saint Gareth might still be alive.
• Carlos found the injured Patches and, after receiving a brief call on his Den Den Mushi watch, decided to kill him.
• Carlos stabbed Patches and destroyed evidence of the murder while Roy secretly recorded him from a low cloud.
• Roy signaled his main body, and Who's Who pushed a plank carrying Roy, Saint Gareth, and Spandam toward Carlos.
• Carlos shoved Spandam aside and attended to Saint Gareth by holding his injured toe in his mouth.

After a Celestial Dragon ship was attacked, the World Government mobilized Marines and sent Kizaru to the East Blue. Roy and Spandam extorted Captain Mouse at Marine Branch 16, while Kizaru confronted an opponent near the Calm Belt.

• The World Government recognized the falling island in the ship’s final images as a sign of Golden Lion’s attack, deployed agents, and sent Kizaru to the East Blue.
• Saint Gareth and Carlos took refuge at Marine Branch 16, where Gareth ate and demanded that Roy, Spandam, and the others return to protect him.
• Roy and Spandam had Owl torture Captain Mouse until he revealed his wealth, which included several hundred million in assets.
• Roy and Spandam discussed extorting wealthy East Blue officials and involving Carlos in their scheme.
• Kizaru faced an opponent near the Calm Belt in the East Blue.

Roy and Spandam escorted Saint Gareth back toward Mary Geoise while using CP9’s authority to extort wealthy people along the way. Golden Lion, badly wounded after fighting Kizaru, spotted their World Government ship and prepared to attack, while Roy sensed the approaching Floating Island.

• After Navy intelligence reported that Kizaru was fighting Golden Lion, Saint Gareth abandoned his planned visits and boarded a luxurious cruise ship headed back toward Mary Geoise.
• Roy, Spandam, and Carlos supported the return route and extorted wealthy tycoons and corrupt officials at stops along the way, killing those who resisted or threatened the World Government.
• Golden Lion escaped Kizaru’s attack severely wounded after severing his tail, and he lamented the loss of his plans and much of his crew.
• A subordinate reported that a World Government ship was beneath Golden Lion’s ruined Floating Island, and Golden Lion ordered his remaining pirates to attack it for revenge.
• Roy used Echo Map to detect the Floating Island near Sky City and realized that Golden Lion was coming after them.

Roy prepared Sky City for a battle after discovering Golden Lion’s battered Floating Island approaching the cruise ship carrying a Celestial Dragon. Roy flew out to confront Golden Lion, who recognized him as a powerful Logia user and decided to kill the Celestial Dragon in revenge for his ruined plans.

• Roy used the Echo Map and Observation Haki to spot Golden Lion’s approaching Floating Island and judged that the Flying Pirate Group had been weakened by its battle with Kizaru.
• Roy ordered Albert to put Sky City on highest alert, release stored sea clouds, and have Torres and Caesar Clown prepare poison clouds.
• Sky City rose above ten thousand meters while Caesar Clown prepared KORO and KX Poison Gas, and the city’s forces readied for battle.
• Roy told Caesar Clown to bring poison gas and Kuzan, then transformed into clouds and flew toward Golden Lion.
• Golden Lion sensed Roy approaching, recognized him as a powerful Logia user, and resolved to kill the Celestial Dragon aboard the cruise ship.

Roy reached Golden Lion’s devastated island and advanced toward the wounded legendary pirate while Caesar Clown and Kuzan fought the island’s powerful beasts and the Flying Pirate Group. Roy used Reaper’s Sound to kill those inside the central building as he confronted Golden Lion.

• Roy arrived at Golden Lion’s hideout with Caesar Clown and Kuzan, then headed for the central building while leaving the approaching enemies to his companions.
• Giant beasts and Flying Pirate Group pirates attacked Caesar Clown and Kuzan in the burned forest.
• Caesar Clown fired poison gas bombs, and Kuzan struck down a giant eagle that survived the blow and continued fighting.
• Caesar Clown, intrigued by the beasts’ unusual strength, launched an Organophosphorus Poison Gas Bomb.
• Roy located the seriously injured Golden Lion in the ruined central building, taunted him, and advanced through the air.
• Roy used Reaper’s Sound, causing the people inside the building to die as he approached Golden Lion.

Roy confronted Golden Lion and gauged the damage he had suffered in his battle against Kizaru. After seeing Golden Lion’s injuries, Roy believed he had a ninety percent chance of winning and launched a full attack.

• Roy’s Reaper’s Sound killed Golden Lion’s guards, but Golden Lion remained unharmed and recognized that Roy was using inaudible sound waves.
• Roy approached Golden Lion and sent a probing Flying Slash through the hall’s doors.
• Golden Lion countered with an equally powerful slash, and the clash destroyed the doors and opened the roof.
• Roy saw Golden Lion’s bandages and judged that Kizaru had badly injured him, raising Roy’s estimated chance of victory to ninety percent.
• Golden Lion praised Roy’s strength, then attacked with Slash Wave as his Float-Float Fruit carried him into the air.
• Roy blocked the attack with Sound Wall, declared himself an officially registered World Government employee, and launched another slash.

Roy battled Golden Lion across the Floating Island, using sound techniques and his weather powers against the older pirate’s swordsmanship and Float-Float Fruit. As Golden Lion grew tired and Roy discarded his damaged sword, Roy summoned hail, rain, thunder, and lightning to strike him.

• Roy and Golden Lion traded powerful sword attacks that shattered the palace and devastated the Floating Island.
• Spandam ordered the cruise ship carrying the CP9 agents to flee toward the nearest Marine branch as the distant battle rumbled.
• Golden Lion lifted rubble and hills to attack Roy, who answered by summoning dark clouds and torrential rain.
• Golden Lion floated seawater toward Roy, but Roy broke it apart with Sound Lightning and blocked the remaining water with a Sound Wall.
• Roy and Golden Lion exchanged dozens more attacks as Golden Lion tired and Roy’s sword became badly damaged.
• Roy threw away his sword and called down hail, heavy rain, thunder, and lightning on Golden Lion.

Roy fought Golden Lion on the Floating Island, using sound, lightning, and weather-manipulating powers against the injured pirate. Golden Lion unleashed his ultimate attack as Roy continued trying to wear him down before capturing him.

• Roy dodged Golden Lion’s attacks and countered with sound-based strikes while lightning and rain gathered over the island.
• Golden Lion recalled his old naval battle, worried about Roy’s weather control, and felt his stitched wounds start to reopen.
• Roy and Golden Lion clashed in the sky with Cloud Thunder Martial and Lion’s Roar: Ground Roll, creating a crater and a storm across the island.
• Roy and Golden Lion traded attacks while questioning each other’s stamina and strength.
• Golden Lion launched Lion: Thousand Grain Valley after Roy provoked him, while Roy aimed to exhaust the injured pirate before capturing him.

Caesar Clown and Kuzan fought off the Flying Pirate Group’s beasts and pirates after the shockwave from Roy and Golden Lion’s clash cleared away the poison gas. Caesar deployed a new chemical to amplify the toxins in Roy’s rain, setting up their plan against Golden Lion and his crew.

• Caesar Clown and Kuzan faced elite beasts and pirates who avoided the poison gas and attacked them from the air.
• Indigo tried to recruit Caesar Clown and Kuzan, but Caesar rejected him and fired another poison gas rocket.
• Indigo used Chemical Magic to send explosive spheres into the poison gas, while Scarlet rallied the beasts.
• Kuzan prepared to fight Scarlet’s giant Gorilla, but Caesar stopped him and urged him to rely on strategy.
• Caesar smashed a bottle of Death Dioxide No. 1, whose vapor reacted with the poison gas and was meant to amplify the toxins absorbed from Roy’s rain.

Roy fought Golden Lion in the sky while using newly formed clouds to spread toxin-laced rain across the island. As the rain’s effects began to cripple the Flying Pirate Group, Roy and Golden Lion remained locked in battle.

• Roy and Golden Lion traded attacks in the air, with Roy using Iron Cloud Guards and his Logia powers to gain a slight advantage.
• Roy prolonged the fight, relying on Golden Lion’s injuries and age to drain his stamina while toxin-laced rainwater gathered on the island.
• Caesar Clown and Indigo faced off on the ground as the rain grew heavier and the Flying Pirate Group watched the aerial battle.
• The pirates and giant beasts began retching and struggling to breathe, and Caesar revealed that his invisible, odorless poison had spread through the rain.
• Indigo tried to rush to Golden Lion but was immobilized by the toxins, while Caesar watched Roy’s battle and wondered when Golden Lion would succumb.

Roy continued battling Golden Lion while toxins accumulated in Golden Lion’s body, and Caesar Clown sent Kuzan to finish off the remaining enemies. The toxins finally erupted during Roy’s final attack, leaving Golden Lion with an arm severed as Roy revealed his plan had worked.

• Caesar Clown judged that Roy was wearing Golden Lion down with toxin-laced attacks and ordered Kuzan to finish off the surviving pirates and beasts.
• Roy and Golden Lion traded powerful sword attacks as Roy used clouds and rain to spread toxins through Golden Lion’s body.
• Roy sensed that the toxins were about to take effect, dispersed some of the strength-draining clouds, and prepared a final attack.
• Roy charged with Supersonic Sonic Boom Cutter while Golden Lion countered with Lion: Ten Thousand Valley Cut.
• Golden Lion lost an arm and realized he should have been able to dodge Roy’s attack, while Roy confirmed that the toxins had erupted.

Roy and Golden Lion unleashed their final attacks, and Roy defeated the poisoned pirate in a devastating clash. Roy left Golden Lion unconscious and planned to use him as a living puppet rather than kill him.

• Golden Lion realized Roy had poisoned him through the rain and clouds, then gathered the island into a massive lion-shaped attack.
• Roy formed an enormous electrified cloud sphere and launched it against Golden Lion’s Lion’s Might: Ten Thousand Earth Rolls.
• The attacks collided in an explosion that shook the sea, leaving both fighters wounded and the Floating Island breaking apart.
• Roy found Golden Lion gravely injured, and Golden Lion acknowledged Roy’s strength before asking him to take his head.
• Roy used Sound Bullet to knock Golden Lion unconscious and revealed that he intended to keep him alive as a puppet.

Roy defeated Golden Lion and planned to turn him into a modified weapon under his control. After Sky City collected the Floating Island’s survivors and valuable creatures, Roy outlined plans to restore Golden Lion’s body and strength.

• Roy used island clouds to catch the remnants of the Floating Island and ordered Caesar Clown to treat Golden Lion and perform a lobotomy.
• Caesar Clown agreed to save Golden Lion and believed Roy intended to make him an idiot for later modification.
• Roy guided Sky City down, while Torres and Albert directed armed personnel in recovering the island’s poisoned beasts and pirates.
• Roy rested and reflected on how fortunate he had been to face a weakened Golden Lion.
• Roy planned to use Trafalgar Law to restore Golden Lion’s limbs and remove the ship’s wheel from his head, then have Ain’s Rewind-Rewind Fruit return him to his prime.
• Roy intended for Caesar Clown and Sky City’s scientists to modify Golden Lion into a Human Weapon.

Roy and Spandam escorted Saint Gareth back from the East Blue while exploiting his authority to extort local officials and magnates. After reaching the Red Line, Roy secured an alliance with Carlos, leaving himself with Celestial Dragon protection for his schemes.

• Roy and Spandam helped Carlos find pirates for Saint Gareth, who had been grieving his dead concubines, and Saint Gareth went through eight pirates in two days.
• Roy and Spandam crossed the East Blue with Saint Gareth, extorting nearly half the route as pirates fled their attacks.
• Roy and Spandam completed the escort mission at Mary Geoise and later divided the extorted wealth with Carlos, with Roy estimating his share at about one billion Beli.
• Roy and Spandam got Carlos to agree that CP9 would handle his secret dirty work in exchange for his use of Celestial Dragon authority to protect their illegal activities.

Roy and Kuzan reached the Kingdom of Lubunil to find Trafalgar Law, the doctor Roy needed to restore Golden Lion's health. After Kuzan knocked out Bepo, Shachi, and Penguin, their trouble reached Law, who realized something had happened to his crewmates.

• Caesar Clown told Roy they were nearing the Kingdom of Lubunil, and Roy asked him to watch Golden Lion while he went to find Trafalgar Law.
• Roy and Kuzan arrived at the port, where Roy reflected on Noland's reputation and took Kuzan to explore the city.
• Roy and Kuzan bought snacks as they wandered, and they encountered Bepo, Shachi, and Penguin arguing about bear-shaped cotton candy.
• Kuzan attacked and knocked out Bepo, Shachi, and Penguin, then Roy and Kuzan carried them away through the crowd.
• News of the fight spread to a bar, where Trafalgar Law stood up and said something had happened to Bepo and the others.

Roy and Kuzan subdued the Heart Pirates on a beach while waiting for Trafalgar Law, whom Roy wanted to operate on an injured person. Roy revealed Law’s hidden past and offered to spare his entire crew in exchange for the surgery, leaving Law shocked by the demand.

• Kuzan knocked out the remaining Heart Pirates while Roy relaxed on the beach and explained that Trafalgar Law was a skilled doctor.
• Roy sensed Law approaching and called Caesar to prepare for the operation.
• Kuzan intercepted Law’s attack, and the two fought while Roy assured Law that his crew was alive and only unconscious.
• Roy recited Law’s secret history, including his connection to the Clan of D and Corazon, leaving Law frightened and shaken.
• Roy asked Law to operate on an injured person and offered the lives of all his crew as payment, startling Law.

Roy forced Trafalgar Law to operate on Golden Lion by holding the Heart Pirates hostage. Law used the Op-Op Fruit to remove the ship's wheel fused to Golden Lion's brain and repair his body, leaving Golden Lion restored and intact.

• Roy brought the unconscious Heart Pirates aboard his ship and used their safety to make Law perform the surgery.
• Law boarded the ship and saw Golden Lion being kept alive in a nutrient tank, along with Caesar Clown's advanced medical equipment.
• Caesar Clown warned Law about Golden Lion's severe injuries and the ship's wheel fused to his brain.
• Law activated ROOM and sensed Roy's overwhelming strength, then began the operation without challenging him.
• Law split Golden Lion's head into eight pieces, removed the ship's wheel, and reassembled his body until Golden Lion was whole again.

Trafalgar Law completed the difficult operation that saved Golden Lion, and Roy paid him with documents and a black-spade Den Den Mushi offering future help against Doflamingo. After rejoining his crew, Law opened the documents and recognized Corazon.

• Trafalgar Law finished repairing Golden Lion with help from his Op-Op Fruit powers and Caesar Clown.
• Roy praised Law, gave him additional payment, and handed him a Den Den Mushi as contact information for future deals, including a possible deal against Doflamingo.
• Law considered the possibility of using Roy's group to kill Doflamingo, though he knew he could not afford the price yet.
• Caesar Clown led Law to his submarine, where Bepo embraced him and Penguin asked who Roy's group were.
• Law called them merchants, then opened Roy's documents and recognized Corazon.

Roy planned to build sea, land, and air forces and create a card-ranked network of Den Den Mushi through which powerful factions could hire his services. As Sky City returned to Enies Lobby, Crocodile and Iceburg received special Den Den Mushi, but Iceburg stored his cautiously in a safe.

• Roy considered the restored Golden Lion as the foundation for an aerial force and identified the Sky Islanders, CP9, and fish-men as recruits for his air, land, and sea forces.
• Roy planned to use fifty-four specially bred Den Den Mushi to build a business network, with higher-ranked devices granting greater privileges and the Two allowing a faction to hire him directly.
• Roy chose Crocodile in Alabasta and Iceburg in Water Seven as recipients, while deciding to distribute only a few devices until Golden Lion recovered.
• Roy reflected on the World Government's plans and returned Sky City to Enies Lobby, where he resumed his leisurely routine.
• Crocodile examined his Two of Spades Den Den Mushi, while Iceburg placed his Jack of Clubs in a secure safe rather than using it rashly.