Recaps

Roy sailed toward the Beasts Pirates’ territory to capture X Drake, whom Saint Gareth had chosen as his next favorite. The mission was part of Carlos’s effort to repay Gareth for Patches’s death, and Roy traveled aboard a Marine warship under the care of T Bone.

• T Bone made Roy’s bed and urged him to rest, believing Roy was heading into a dangerous mission.
• Roy examined X Drake’s photograph and reflected on the danger of being targeted by Saint Gareth.
• Roy recalled that Carlos had tasked CP9 with capturing X Drake to help Gareth forget Patches.
• Roy accepted the mission with Spandam, and the Marine warship headed for the Beasts Pirates’ territory.

Roy infiltrated Hokadill and captured X Drake from the Beasts Pirates’ weapons factory, then fled as the island sounded the alarm. Jack prepared to pursue him, but King joined him, suspecting the attacker had a strong advantage.

• Roy left T Bone at the edge of Beasts Pirates territory and flew to Hokadill, where X Drake ran the weapons factory.
• Roy located X Drake and knocked him unconscious with a surprise attack while X Drake spoke with Jack.
• Roy grabbed X Drake and escaped, but the Beasts Pirates discovered the capture and began firing cannons at him.
• Roy used icebergs to fend off the pursuing pirates as he raced away from Hokadill.
• Jack prepared to pursue the attacker, and King decided to go with him.

Roy fled toward the Red Line with X Drake after kidnapping him, but King and Jack pursued him together. Roy called Caesar Clown to release the partially modified Golden Lion, who emerged from his cultivation chamber as an obedient puppet.

• Roy carried the unconscious X Drake away from Beasts Pirates territory and avoided returning to Sky City or meeting T Bone so he would not endanger them.
• Roy detected King and Jack closing in, realized two of the Three Calamities were pursuing him, and called Caesar Clown for help.
• Roy ordered Caesar Clown to release Golden Lion before his modifications were complete.
• Caesar Clown removed Golden Lion from the cultivation chamber, and the obedient puppet stepped out with part of his combat ability restored.

Roy fled from King, the Flame Calamity, while the Beasts Pirates pursued him over the sea. After their attacks clashed, Roy prepared a venom-infused sonic defense as King closed in.

• Roy accelerated to escape King, while King released Jack and flew ahead to pursue him.
• King recognized Roy’s cloud-controlling ability and suspected he was connected to the World Government’s defeat of Queen.
• Roy fired a Sonic Nuclear Missile at King, who blocked it with Flame Emperor.
• Roy attacked with Fire Dragon Emperor and One Sword Style: Sonic Boom Cutter, and the clash nearly scattered the clouds beneath him.
• Roy flew forward and crushed Caesar Clown’s venom container inside his Sonic Armor, forming Poison Sound Armor.

Roy fought King with his cloud-manipulating abilities while preparing poison rain and Seastone-laced clouds as hidden weapons. He turned an Iron Cloud giant into a barrage of fragments aimed at King, but the result of the attack was left unresolved.

• Roy covered himself in venom, summoned a storm, and clashed with King's flames and winds.
• Roy ordered Sky City's workers to prepare Iron Cloud weapons and mix poison gas into the sea clouds.
• Roy attacked King with a Haki-infused slash, but King deflected it with his wing.
• Roy formed an Iron Cloud giant and sent it charging at King, who answered with a flaming pterosaur.
• Roy dispersed the giant into Iron Cloud arrows, then broke the arrows into fragments as they reached King.

Roy used clouds containing Seastone particles to weaken King, then unleashed a barrage of attacks while King struggled to escape. Jack arrived as King was overwhelmed, and Kaido sensed danger through his burning Vivre Card.

• Roy filled the sky around King with iron cloud fragments, which King vaporized and turned into Seastone-laced steam.
• King inhaled the Seastone particles, weakened, and reverted to human form as Roy attacked him with lightning and sound.
• Roy continued striking King with lightning, sound waves, and sword slashes while King tried to retreat.
• Jack rushed in after hearing King's cry, but Roy unleashed his strongest attacks before Jack could reach him.
• Kaido felt his chest burn, saw his Vivre Card nearly half-consumed, and released his Conqueror's Haki across the winter island.

Roy fought King and Jack, then offered to let the conflict end so he could leave with X Drake. Roy flew away before King could answer, but King sensed a powerful force approaching and rushed to rescue Jack.

• Roy unleashed a barrage of attacks against King and Jack, but Jack took much of the damage to protect King and sank into the sea.
• Roy and King continued fighting as King recovered from his injuries and attacked with storm clouds and Seastone icicles.
• Roy gained the upper hand and offered to leave if King would call the conflict even, while secretly moving Sky City away.
• Roy picked up the unconscious X Drake and flew off as King hesitated over the offer.
• King sensed a powerful force approaching, realized what was happening, and flew toward Jack in the sea.

Roy prepared Collier Reef for a battle against Kaido, using Golden Lion and his Devil Fruit powers to hide Sky City and shape a dangerous battlefield. Kaido and King arrived, and Kaido opened the fight with a Heat Breath as Roy braced to test himself against a Yonko.

• Roy learned from Caesar Clown that Golden Lion had been activated and ordered Caesar Clown and Kuzan to protect Sky City while it entered silent defensive mode.
• Roy had Golden Lion lift seawater and reef rock into the sky while he gathered storm clouds, poison, and Seastone particles to prepare the battlefield.
• Roy suspected Kaido was approaching and chose Collier Reef as the place to confront him, relying on Golden Lion as his chance to escape.
• Roy sensed two powerful presences nearing through the sky and prepared himself with Poison Sound Armor and Armament Haki.
• Kaido fired a Heat Breath that evaporated the rain clouds, and Roy answered with One Sword Style: God's Cross.

Roy faced Kaido on the reef after injuring King, refused Kaido’s offer to join the Beasts Pirates, and fought back against his overwhelming attacks. The chapter ended with Kaido coating his club in Haki and unleashing Thunder Bagua at Roy.

• Kaido appeared before Roy, endured his Thunder Noise attack, and offered him a seat in the Beasts Pirates.
• Roy rejected Kaido’s offer, and Kaido attacked him with his spiked club.
• Roy used his Logia powers to evade Kaido’s blows and struck back with a Haki-infused Flying Slash, but Kaido remained unharmed.
• Kaido praised Roy’s underhanded fighting style, coated his club in Haki, and launched Thunder Bagua.

Roy struggled to hold off Kaido while Golden Lion retrieved Jack from the seabed, giving Roy leverage against the Beasts Pirates. The chapter left Roy preparing to risk everything as Kaido remained unfazed by his poison.

• Kaido struck Roy with his lightning-wreathed club, overpowering him and smashing him into the reef.
• Roy tried to stall Kaido while Golden Lion and King moved into position to seize Jack as leverage.
• Golden Lion used his power to lift Jack and a vast column of seawater into the sky, then let the water crash back into the sea.
• Jack recognized Golden Lion and wondered whether the legendary pirate's arrival was connected to the powerful man he had encountered.
• Roy saw that Kaido was still unaffected by the poison and prepared to use more underhanded tactics.

Roy fought Kaido in the sky, using poison, sound, clouds, and lightning against Kaido’s dragon form and elemental powers. As Kaido maintained the advantage and King watched without intervening, Roy waited for Golden Lion’s help; his Den Den Mushi watch suddenly reacted.

• Kaido transformed into a dragon and attacked Roy with fire, wind, and lightning while Roy countered with icebergs, storm clouds, and poison.
• Roy used poison-laden cloud giants and sonic attacks against Kaido, but Kaido’s toughness and elemental powers largely neutralized them.
• King recovered at the edge of the battlefield and chose not to interfere, believing Kaido had the advantage.
• Kaido surrounded himself with flame clouds that burned away Roy’s storm clouds and Seastone-laced gases.
• Roy worried that Golden Lion was taking too long to arrive, then his golden-furred Den Den Mushi watch suddenly reacted.

Roy unleashed a descending storm of clouds, lightning, and seawater against Kaido while Golden Lion secretly targeted King. After Kaido survived the clash, he saw Golden Lion and was stunned that he was still alive.

• Roy used Storm Clouds: Sea of Thunder to send a vast storm crashing down and rejected Kaido's offer to join him.
• Kaido answered with Flaming Drum Dragon while King transformed and protected himself at the battlefield's edge.
• Poison slowed Kaido, but he kept preparing to meet Roy's attack as Roy called on Golden Lion not to fail him.
• Golden Lion used the falling seawater to trap King while Kaido collided with Roy's storm in a violent clash.
• Kaido emerged in human-beast form, praised Roy's strength, and then recognized Golden Lion, exclaiming that he was still alive.

Kaido confronted Golden Lion, who freed Jack and King from the seawater cages and attacked him, while Roy backed Golden Lion up. As Kaido charged to rescue his subordinates, Roy held a blade to King's neck and threatened to kill him.

• Kaido released his Conqueror's Haki and focused on testing Golden Lion, wary of the strength the old pirate had shown during the Rocks era.
• Golden Lion ignored Kaido's greeting, raised seawater lions, and sent them at him with his Float-Float Fruit.
• Kaido destroyed the seawater lions with his Conqueror's Haki-coated club, but Roy interrupted his test with a Moon Ring Sonic Slash.
• Kaido prepared to charge at Golden Lion and Roy to rescue Jack and King, who remained trapped in seawater cages.
• Roy put Kogarashi to King's neck and warned Kaido to stop, drawing blood from King's throat.

Roy held King and Jack hostage to force Kaido to negotiate, then secured safe departure, a weapons dealer’s identity, and a shipload of Seastone. Kaido mistook Roy for Golden Lion’s subordinate and accepted the proposed arrangement, leaving them with a Den Den Mushi for future contact.

• Roy threatened King and Jack with Kogarashi, stopping Kaido from attacking.
• King urged Kaido not to compromise, but Kaido withdrew his Conqueror’s Haki and agreed to talk.
• Roy demanded that his group be allowed to leave, receive the identity of a weapons dealer, and obtain a shipload of Seastone.
• Kaido assumed Golden Lion was behind Roy’s actions and accepted the demands.
• Roy gave Kaido a Den Den Mushi and proposed exchanging payment and goods together, with mercenary work also available.

Roy and Golden Lion received Kaido’s Seastone ransom and released King and Jack, who remained too weak to fight. Kaido left with his subordinates, and Roy and Golden Lion departed with the Seastone after completing the mission and establishing contact with Kaido.

• Roy and Golden Lion waited on a sky island with King and Jack weakened by their injuries and sea-cloud restraints.
• Kaido arrived carrying a huge box of Seastone and demanded that Golden Lion honor their agreement.
• Golden Lion removed the sea clouds from King and Jack, but Roy’s precautions left them too weak to help Kaido.
• Kaido took King and Jack and flew away after acknowledging his defeat for the time being.
• Roy opened the box, inspected the Seastone, and Golden Lion raised the sky island to leave.

Marco attacked Sky City, where Caesar Clown and Kuzan confronted him, and easily overwhelmed the young Fish-Man despite the soldiers’ weapons. Just as Marco tried to recruit Kuzan, Roy appeared behind him and challenged his conduct.

• Marco arrived at Sky City, where Caesar Clown feared the Whitebeard Pirates’ second-in-command and Marco showed interest in the city and its inhabitants.
• Kuzan attacked Marco, but Marco deflected his blows and threw him into nearby buildings.
• Albert, Torres, and the Sky Islander soldiers fired sea-cloud nets and iron-cloud weapons at Marco, who burned them away with his Blue Flame.
• Marco struck Kuzan down, pinned him in the ruins, and asked him to join the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Roy appeared behind Marco, placed a hand on his shoulder, and criticized him for bullying Kuzan and taking things by force.

Roy and Caesar Clown captured Marco with a Slowness Potion and Seastone cuffs, while Marco mistook Roy for Golden Lion. Whitebeard arrived and clashed with Roy and Golden Lion, leaving the two old rivals facing each other in the sky.

• Caesar Clown used his Slowness Potion to help Roy capture Marco and lock Seastone handcuffs around his wrists.
• Roy took Marco captive, and Marco recognized him as Golden Lion.
• Roy sensed Whitebeard approaching and moved Sky City as Whitebeard launched a massive slash toward it.
• Roy and Golden Lion countered Whitebeard's attack with sword strikes, and Whitebeard recognized Golden Lion.

Roy and Golden Lion faced Whitebeard after he arrived to rescue Marco, and Roy chose to avoid a fight with the powerful Yonko. Golden Lion freed Marco and escaped, while Roy left Whitebeard a Den Den Mushi bearing the Clown King emblem.

• Whitebeard arrived and tested Roy with Conqueror's Haki, while Roy warned him that Marco was their hostage.
• Caesar Clown controlled Golden Lion's speech from Sky City, and Golden Lion greeted Whitebeard before enclosing Marco in a sphere of seawater.
• Whitebeard asked Golden Lion to release Marco and called the clash a misunderstanding, so Roy agreed to let Marco go.
• Golden Lion dispersed the seawater and threw Marco toward Whitebeard before flying into the clouds.
• Roy gave Whitebeard a Den Den Mushi bearing the Clown King emblem and then vanished.

After returning from the New World, Roy delivered X Drake to Carlos in Mary Geoise and strengthened his alliance with him. Carlos rewarded Roy with control of Nine Islands Port near G-8 Fortress, which Roy recognized as useful for reaching Alabasta and Drum Island.

• Roy returned from the New World and reflected on how his recent battles had exposed his weakness against Yonko.
• Roy handed the unconscious X Drake over to Carlos, who sent him to Saint Gareth's villa.
• Carlos brought Roy to his residence in Pangaea Castle and praised his work.
• Roy accepted Carlos's offer to manage Nine Islands Port in exchange for making timely offerings to Saint Gareth.
• Roy recognized that Nine Islands Port's location offered advantages for routes to Alabasta and Drum Island.

Roy agreed to join Spandam on the Celestial Dragons’ study tour in Burael, hoping to secure a place in CP0 and gain power. He suspected the tour would target Burael’s silver mine and left determined to use the opportunity to uncover the World Government’s secrets.

• At Saint Gareth’s villa, naked Saint Gareth whipped the terrified X Drake as screams rang out.
• Spandam urged Roy to join the Celestial Dragons’ study tour, arguing that success could earn them positions in CP0.
• Spandam told Roy that the tour would take place in Burael, a South Blue kingdom where a massive silver mine had been discovered.
• Roy recognized that the tour was a cover for the World Government’s plunder of wealthy kingdoms and intended to use it for his own advancement.
• Roy agreed to go with Spandam, aiming to gain power, join CP0, and investigate the world’s hidden truths.

Roy used CP9’s authority to seize Nine Islands Port and began supplying Bon Clay’s covert takeover of Drum Kingdom. With the Celestial Dragons’ studies approaching, Roy left the coup’s final stage to Kuzan and Caesar Clown and planned to turn Drum Kingdom into a permanent base producing doctors and soldiers, with doctors serving as spies.

• Edwards executed Nine Islands Port’s officials under a fabricated charge of colluding with pirates, using a real World Government seal and CP9’s authority.
• Over two days, Roy’s forces purged local powers and took control of the port, then prepared to ship supplies to Drum Island.
• Bon Clay infiltrated Wapol’s troops and neared the final stage of his plan to take over Drum Kingdom, while Kuzan and Caesar Clown went to support the coup.
• Roy planned to transform Drum Kingdom into a base that would produce doctors and soldiers and train doctors to act as spies, naming the scheme the Doctor Spy Plan.

Bon Clays and Drum Kingdom’s soldiers overthrew Wapol, who was subdued after Caesar Clown incapacitated him with hypnosis gas. Meanwhile, Kuzan defeated Jace at sea, leaving the rebellion’s outcome tied to the battle against Wapol’s forces.

• Bon Clays confronted Wapol as Doruton and the soldiers turned against the king, and Wapol blamed Bon Clays for the rebellion.
• Wapol blocked the soldiers’ gunfire with an iron shield and transformed into his Human Weapon form, prompting Doruton to protect Bon Clays.
• Wapol’s cannon blast struck the palace roof after he was overcome by dizziness, and Caesar Clown kicked him and knocked him unconscious with hypnosis gas.
• The soldiers cheered Wapol’s defeat as Roy’s plan shifted from secretly replacing him to seizing Drum Kingdom outright.
• Kuzan held Jace by the throat amid the wreckage of ships and soldiers near Drum Kingdom.

Roy and Spandam secured roles as Saint Gareth’s guards for the Celestial Dragons’ hunt at God Valley, while Roy returned to Sky City and found Caesar Clown turning Wapol into a factory that converted ore into silver ingots. The hunt preparations continued in secret as Roy began imagining broader uses for Wapol’s Munch-Munch Fruit.

• Caesar Clown shipped Drum Kingdom’s medical equipment in exchange for food, helping Bon Clay strengthen his control over the kingdom.
• Roy and Spandam built connections with CP0 through days of drinking and were assigned as Saint Gareth’s guards for the hunt.
• The World Government secretly transported slaves and powerful pirates to the South Blue kingdom chosen as the hunting ground.
• Roy and Spandam agreed to prepare for the hunt, which they saw as crucial to their future.
• Roy returned to Sky City and found Caesar Clown feeding ore to Wapol, who produced silver ingots with his Munch-Munch Fruit.

Roy and Spandam oversaw the World Government’s blockade and slaughter around Burael as the Celestial Dragons prepared their hunting event. In Burael’s silver mine, Caesar Clown used Wapol as a controlled mobile factory to produce silver and develop Wapol Metal.

• CP5 agents slaughtered ships near Burael to keep the Celestial Dragons’ hunting event secret.
• Roy and Spandam watched the killings as CP3 and CP5 forces helped seal off the island.
• World Government agents and the Navy encircled Burael while its citizens remained unaware of the danger.
• Caesar Clown used Wapol to produce pure silver ingots from the mine’s ore.
• Roy and Caesar Clown had Caesar mechanically modify Wapol, controlling him with a heart bomb and changes to his brain.
• The World Nobles in Mary Geoise began to make their move.

Roy and Spandam oversaw World Government agents as they seized Burael and prepared its people, slaves, and prisoners for the Celestial Dragons’ hunt. Two days later, Saint Robil and Saint Gareth arrived and wagered their prized captives on who would hunt the most prey.

• World Government ships approached Burael, and its soldiers gathered at the harbor to defend the kingdom.
• Roy watched elite agents overwhelm Burael’s forces and seize the harbor, while enslaved people and pirate prisoners were unloaded and sorted into the hunting grounds.
• Spandam celebrated the power to destroy a kingdom, but Roy warned him to stay cautious because they had rivals for positions in CP0.
• Roy and Spandam spent two days preparing Burael for the Celestial Dragons’ arrival, then went to the harbor to welcome their fleet.
• Saint Robil challenged Saint Gareth to a hunting competition and wagered Fer against Gareth’s X Drake.