Recaps

Roy witnessed the World Government’s powerful escort fleet before joining Saint Gareth and the other Celestial Dragons as they prepared to hunt the people of Burael. The hunt began with the king’s execution, and Saint Gareth charged into the slaughter.

• Roy used the Echo Map to sense powerful figures among the escort fleet, but withdrew it when Saint Gellinger’s Observation Haki swept the area.
• Roy and Spandam approached Saint Gareth, who announced his intention to break his record by slaughtering a thousand people.
• Celestial Dragons gathered in Burael’s royal capital for the hunt, while the event was broadcast from Pangaea Castle and its rules were announced.
• The gates opened, civilians fled, and the king was killed to signal the hunt’s start.
• Saint Gareth raised his cannon and called Carlos to join him as he set off to hunt.

Impel Down escapees led by Ramir, Piraso, and Mobik decided to fight back against the Celestial Dragons’ island hunt instead of waiting to die. They set out to recruit the strongest escaped criminals, while Ramir secretly focused on taking revenge on someone who had humiliated him.

• Piraso said they could not escape by sea because Navy warships surrounded the island, and Ramir dismissed the idea of fleeing as hopeless.
• After gunfire signaled that the hunt had begun, Ramir urged the pirates to attack the hunters, and Piraso and Mobik agreed.
• Ramir took charge and told Mobik to use his Werewolf Fur Tribe bloodline to locate powerful escaped criminals for their alliance.
• Mobik led the group to find potential allies as Ramir concealed his desire to avenge past humiliations inflicted by a fat pig.

Roy used muscle relaxants and his abilities to weaken powerful prey so Saint Gareth could enjoy close-range hunting. The hunt continued across the island until a massive explosion and yellow smoke made Roy and Spandam fear that a Celestial Dragon was in danger.

• Roy used Cloud Clones, the Echo Map, and a muscle relaxant to locate and weaken prey for Saint Gareth.
• Saint Gareth eagerly continued hunting, while Celestial Dragons elsewhere killed civilians and broadcast their slaughter for entertainment and gambling in Mary Geoise.
• Saint Gareth ignored Carlos and Spandam’s warnings and charged into close combat against weakened prey.
• Roy used Directional Deterrence to stop one prey’s counterattack, allowing Saint Gareth to kill him and continue his rampage.
• A massive explosion sent yellow smoke into the sky, and Roy and Spandam reacted with alarm.

Ramir’s Pet Pet Fruit empowered civilians, slaves, and criminals to attack the Celestial Dragons, allowing his allies to capture two World Nobles. As the Knights of God arrived, Ramir fled and ordered his followers to kill every Celestial Dragon they could find.

• Marines rushed toward the hunting grounds after the alarm sounded, while Saint Gareth retreated toward the shore with Roy and Spandam.
• Pike knocked out a Celestial Dragon and carried him to Ramir, who had used the Pet Pet Fruit to turn captives into obedient attackers.
• Mobik watched the assault as Ramir and Pike discussed their plan and prepared to split up with the captured Celestial Dragons as bargaining chips.
• A powerful enemy arrived at the battlefield, and Ramir recognized the threat as the Knights of God before fleeing with Mobik.
• Ramir ordered his followers through Den Den Mushi to kill every Celestial Dragon they saw, and the controlled attackers charged the old man with moon-shaped hair.

Saint Figarland Garling rescued the Celestial Dragons, but a bomb hidden in Bebia’s collar detonated and wounded Garling and others. Enraged, the Celestial Dragons ordered Burael destroyed, while Roy and Spandam waited at the beach for the sunflower to bloom.

• Saint Figarland Garling killed a captured lowborn and reassured the rescued Celestial Dragons that he would deal with Gadru and their attackers.
• Saint Figarland Garling broke the collar controlling Bebia, but a hidden thread triggered explosives beneath Bebia’s clothing.
• Ramir fled toward the coast as the blast wounded Saint Figarland Garling and two other Celestial Dragons.
• The Celestial Dragons demanded that Burael be destroyed, and an old man watching the broadcast in Pangaea Castle decided to conduct another purge.
• Roy and Spandam sunbathed and ate fruit at the beach while Carlos waited by the tent for the sunflower to bloom.

Roy realized the prey were fleeing because something major had happened inside the island, while Piraso's group prepared to escape in a homemade submersible. Ramir’s group began a plan to lure sea beasts and approach the Marine ships with Saint Gadru as a hostage, as a massive wave of fleeing prey rushed toward Roy and Saint Gareth.

• Saint Gareth shot the pirates after deciding they were no fun, and Roy used Echo Map to notice prey fleeing from the island’s interior.
• Piraso reassured Catherine and the others that their homemade submersible could get them past the Marine blockade, and they lifted it onto their shoulders to carry it out.
• Ramir told Pike and the others he had learned how to attract sea beasts, then sacrificed captives and scattered prepared powder into the sea.
• Ramir sent Pike, Mobik, and their crew toward the Marine warships on a raft with Saint Gadru as their hostage.
• Saint Gareth saw a huge stream of people charging toward the shore and instinctively moved behind Roy and Spandam.

Roy slaughtered fleeing civilians and criminal slaves under Saint Gareth’s orders before meeting Figarland Garling Saint, who confirmed that Celestial Dragons Bebia and Gadru had been killed or kidnapped. As Garling departed to pursue the attackers, cannon fire drew powerful people toward the explosions, and Roy saw a chance to earn a place in CP0.

• Roy cut down crowds of fleeing people with Flying Slashes as Saint Gareth urged him to continue the massacre.
• Figarland Garling Saint arrived and questioned Roy about CP9, then recognized that Roy was serving Saint Gareth.
• Saint Gareth asked Garling whether Bebia and Gadru’s deaths and kidnapping were true, and Garling confirmed the report and vowed revenge.
• Spandam, Roy, and Carlos realized they had overheard dangerous information and wanted to leave the island.
• Garling praised Roy’s strength and left to hunt the attackers, while Roy anticipated winning a position in CP0.
• Cannon fire sounded from the island’s slope, and Roy used the Echo Map to see powerful people rushing toward its source.

Ramir’s group used a makeshift submarine and captured sea beasts to prepare an underwater escape while Pike and Mobik distracted the Navy with a seized warship and Saint Gadru. Pike and Mobik abandoned their companions, who fled aboard the ship, leaving them to continue the plan alone.

• Pike used Saint Gadru as a shield to keep the Navy from approaching the seized warship as it drew their attention across the island.
• Piraso and Catherine returned with the iron submarine, and Ramir showed them sea beasts gathering beneath the cliff.
• Catherine captured sea beasts while Ramir controlled them with green collars and the group attached them to the submarine with ropes.
• Pike’s companions chose to flee aboard the warship, but Mobik stopped Pike from arguing and the two jumped into the sea.
• The companions sailed away with Saint Gadru as their flag, while Pike and Mobik swam toward Ramir’s plan; they had been intended as discarded pawns.

During the hunt on Burael, Saint Gareth and Roy encountered Ramir, a former slave who confronted Gareth and Carlos over the abuse he suffered five years earlier. As Ramir’s attack on them began, Carlos showed signs of panic while Gareth struggled to remember him.

• Saint Gareth continued killing prey with Roy’s help, while Roy’s Echo Map guided him toward valuable targets.
• Catherine and the others heard Celestial Dragons approaching their camp, while Pike and Mobik returned to their submarine and learned that Ramir’s group had met enemies above the cliff.
• Ramir knocked aside Funkfreed and accused Saint Gareth and Carlos of forgetting the slave they had abused five years earlier.
• Saint Gareth asked Carlos whether a slave had escaped, and panic flashed across Carlos’s eyes.
• Carlos ordered Roy and Spandam to kill Ramir, and Roy sighed at Spandam’s lack of strength.

Roy overwhelmed Ramir, Catherine, Piraso, Pike, and Mobik while protecting Saint Gareth, demonstrating his strength to the live broadcast. Ramir used green collars to send his companions charging at Roy as he escaped, and Carlos urged Roy to catch him.

• Roy identified Catherine, Ramir, and Piraso as strong prey and prepared to fight them with Armament Haki coating Kogarashi.
• Ramir enlarged himself with his Devil Fruit power and charged at Saint Gareth, while Catherine and Piraso followed and Pike and Mobik climbed up to attack Roy.
• Roy intercepted Ramir and sent him crashing into a boulder with Sonic Boom Cutter, then swiftly injured the other attackers.
• Catherine urged Ramir to abandon his grudge and retreat, but Ramir used green collars to force his wounded companions to attack Roy as he fled over the cliff.
• Carlos told Roy to catch Ramir while Saint Gareth watched with desire.

Roy realized Ramir was behind the Celestial Dragons’ deaths and saw a chance to earn the World Government’s favor. He and Spandam pursued Ramir while holding back enough for Saint Garin to deliver the final blow, and Roy concluded that Ramir and his companions were finished.

• Roy recognized that Ramir was fleeing in a submarine pulled by sea beasts, chose to protect Carlos, and realized Ramir was likely the culprit behind the Celestial Dragons’ deaths.
• Spandam also identified Ramir as the culprit and rushed down the cliff to show loyalty to the Celestial Dragons.
• Roy struck toward Ramir’s fleeing submarine with a slash, killing sea beasts while deliberately keeping his attacks from being decisive.
• Roy and Spandam shouted their loyalty and pursued Ramir as Saint Garin arrived and used Observation Haki to locate him.
• Saint Garin unleashed a massive slash that struck the sea, sending blood and submarine wreckage to the surface, and Roy recognized that Ramir and his companions were finished.

Roy and Spandam watched as the hunt resumed after Ramir was captured, while the Celestial Dragons competed for the trophy. Saint Gareth ranked near the top and took revenge on Ramir, leaving Roy and Spandam guarding the tent as Carlos reaffirmed his place as Gareth’s butler.

• Saint Garin’s sword slash destroyed the makeshift submarine, and a powerful man rescued the near-drowned Ramir from the sea.
• Roy brought Spandam to Saint Gareth as the Celestial Dragons and Marines captured the surviving prey.
• Saint Gareth claimed his score put him in contention for the trophy, and Saint Jimil hurried into the forest to keep him from winning.
• Saint Garin praised Roy and Spandam before returning to the hunt, while Saint Gareth remained behind to punish Ramir.
• Ramir screamed inside the tent as Roy and Spandam stood guard, and Carlos declared that only he could be Saint Gareth’s butler.

After Burael was destroyed and its survivors executed, Roy gained a place in CP0 and began planning how to exploit Ace’s identity to stir up the coming Summit War. As the fleet sailed onward, he discovered a strange fruit in his bag: the Pet Pet Fruit.

• Burael remained intact until its silver mines were secured, then the World Government let the eleven-day inferno reduce the kingdom to ash.
• Saint Gareth took second place in the hunt, while Roy watched Ramir and his companions face execution and turned away.
• Roy’s performance secured him a position in CP0, and Carlos shared his connections with Roy as repayment for his help.
• Roy planned to use CP0 to sell information about Ace’s identity and take part in the Summit War.
• Roy found the Pet Pet Fruit among the fruit in his shoulder bag.

Roy battled the Sea King Samael near the Calm Belt, hoping to capture the enormous beast as a laborer for his seabed development. After wearing Samael down with attacks from the sky, Roy knocked it unconscious and called Albert to take over.

• Roy used the Echo Map and iron-cloud spikes to draw Samael out of the sea and wound it.
• Roy and Samael continued their battle as Caesar Clown, Kuzan, and Albert watched from a floating island.
• Roy repeatedly struck Samael with thunder and sonic attacks whenever it tried to escape beneath the sea.
• Roy unleashed Thunder Welcome: Sea of Clouds, bombarding the sea until Samael lay unconscious on the surface.
• Roy told Albert it was his turn to act.

Roy had Samael captured and transformed into a half-mechanical Sea King under Caesar Clown’s supervision. After Roy and Spandam joined CP0, they used their influence to keep CP9 under their control by installing their own people in the vacated positions and binding the agents to Roy’s network of favors.

• Albert exhausted himself creating a collar that made the unconscious Samael Roy’s property, and a medical team began treating the Sea King.
• Caesar Clown and his researchers operated on Samael for more than a week, installing mechanical components and weapons while Roy kept the giant beast afloat with sky islands and iron clouds.
• Roy approved Caesar Clown’s plan to develop Samael into a powerful underwater weapon and focused on ensuring Caesar’s loyalty and funding the research.
• Roy and Spandam accepted vacant CP0 positions, becoming representatives of the Celestial Dragons’ strongest shield.
• Roy and Spandam used their connections to fill their former CP9 roles with their own people, while Roy expanded his network of favors to secure control over CP9’s members.

Roy and Spandam traveled to the East Blue as new CP0 agents on a mission to remove the royal family of the Kingdom of Calotte and install a new king. After reaching Calotte, they split up to carry out their respective roles that night.

• Roy and Spandam crossed the Calm Belt aboard a Marine warship, enjoying CP0 privileges while the Marines rowed.
• After reaching an island in the East Blue, Roy left the harbor crowd while Spandam joked that he would pay for their expenses at the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Roy and Spandam reached the Kingdom of Calotte and met the minister who was expected to become its next king.
• Roy prepared to kill the royal family while Spandam prepared to extort the future king using CP0's authority.

Roy completed his first CP0 mission by killing King Moribea and seizing the royal treasury, while the Revolutionary Army learned of the king’s death and prepared to respond. Roy waited in the capital for anyone to challenge the new ruler, but no major target appeared before the minister raised the kingdom’s new flag.

• Roy killed King Moribea, recorded the execution, took the king’s head as proof, and emptied the royal vault.
• Dragon learned that Moribea’s Vivre Card had burned away and ordered Belo Betty to go to Calotte and withdraw the Revolutionary Army’s people.
• Dragon vanished from headquarters, apparently setting out to avenge Moribea, while Belo Betty grieved aboard a ship bound for Calotte.
• Roy and Spandam drank in a capital tavern as Roy monitored the city with his Echo Map for anyone who might respond to the king’s death.
• After no major target appeared by three in the morning, Roy left with two women as the minister raised the new kingdom’s flag.

Roy and Spandam left the Kingdom of Calotte after the World Government ordered them to investigate Crocodile in Alabasta. On the voyage, Roy spotted Belo Betty, commander of the Revolutionary Army East Army, aboard a merchant ship.

• Spandam told Roy that the World Government had ordered them to go to Alabasta because Crocodile was doing something alarming.
• Roy agreed to leave that afternoon and later departed the Kingdom of Calotte with Spandam aboard a luxurious cruise ship.
• Roy reflected on his own strength, the powerful figures in the world, and Luffy's expected departure from Foosha Village on May 5.
• Roy's Echo Map detected a merchant ship, and he recognized Belo Betty, commander of the Revolutionary Army East Army and wielder of the Motive-Motive Fruit.

Roy ambushed Belo Betty as she approached the ruined Kingdom of Calotte and captured her with clouds containing Seastone. He took the weakened Revolutionary Army captain to Sky City, where Robert put a collar around her neck.

• Belo Betty surveyed the World Government’s destruction of the Kingdom of Calotte and prepared to go ashore while warning Little Jack and the crew to stay cautious.
• Roy attacked the merchant ship with a descending sea of Seastone-laced clouds, forcing Belo Betty to flee.
• Belo Betty tried to resist with Armament Haki and the Motive-Motive Fruit, but the Seastone clouds swallowed her and drained her strength.
• Kuzan had already dived underwater, and Roy rescued the sinking Belo Betty before declaring that she would be his slave.
• Roy brought Belo Betty to Sky City, where Robert placed a dark green collar around her neck.

Roy’s peaceful cruise toward Mount Levius was interrupted by Buggy’s pirates, but he recognized Buggy as a promising ally and approached him with a show of force. He gave Buggy a way to contact his mercenaries, leaving the Buggy Pirates stunned by his strength.

• Roy relaxed aboard a cruise ship until cannon fire and an alarm announced a pirate attack.
• Roy identified Buggy and his crew as the attackers and decided Buggy was worth recruiting.
• Roy threw a cola can at Buggy, then used Reaper’s Sound to frighten the Buggy Pirates without hurting them.
• Roy introduced himself to Buggy and offered him a Den Den Mushi for contacting his mercenaries.
• Roy demonstrated his swordsmanship by splitting the sea with a slash, and the Buggy Pirates recognized him as a Great Swordsman.

Roy defeated Buggy’s crew with a Flying Slash, introduced himself as the Black Emperor, and left Buggy with a mercenary Den Den Mushi. Days later, Roy and Spandam received orders to assist the Marines in capturing Crocodile and investigate Pluton.

• Roy’s attack left Buggy and Mochi conscious while the rest of Buggy’s crew collapsed.
• Buggy asked Roy’s name, and Roy called himself the Black Emperor before vanishing into elements.
• Spandam panicked at the sight of the distant slash, but Roy calmed him by pretending the danger had passed.
• Several days later, Roy and Spandam received orders to help capture Crocodile and search for information on Pluton.
• Spandam protested the assignment, and Roy explained that CP0’s manpower shortage had led them to be sent from the East Blue.

Roy and the Marines advanced toward Alubarna after learning Crocodile planned to take its population hostage, while news of the World Government revoking Crocodile’s Shichibukai status stirred reactions across the seas. Crocodile captured King Cobra and the princess and demanded information about Pluton, threatening the capital’s people.

• Hina told Vice Admiral Strawberry that Crocodile had gathered his forces in Alubarna and might hold hundreds of thousands of people hostage, so headquarters ordered the Marines to advance.
• The World Economic Journal reported Crocodile’s conspiracy and the World Government’s decision to revoke his Shichibukai status.
• Doflamingo, Boa Hancock, and Whitebeard reacted to the news, while Ace insisted on pursuing Teach and Whitebeard urged him to wait.
• Crocodile captured Cobra and the princess and demanded that Cobra reveal what he knew about Pluton or let Alubarna’s population die.

Crocodile paid Roy 800 million berries for intelligence revealing that five vice admirals and Aokiji were being sent against Alubarna, prompting him to hurry back to the royal palace. Roy used the money to fund development and grain purchases while arranging for Golden Lion to support Alabasta’s rebels, leaving multiple forces converging on the kingdom.

• Crocodile took a call from Roy, who offered intelligence about the World Government’s deployment against Alubarna for 800 million berries.
• Crocodile agreed to pay after Roy warned that the force was stronger than an ordinary Buster Call.
• After receiving the money, Roy directed his financial officer to fund Edwards’s route development and spend half the remaining funds on grain.
• Crocodile read the intelligence, learned that five vice admirals and Aokiji were coming, and rushed toward the Alabasta royal palace.
• Golden Lion carried intelligence from the royal capital to Alabasta’s largest rebel organization as Marine forces gathered near the capital.

Roy and Spandam discovered Crocodile’s preparations to turn Alubarna into a battlefield as Marines began infiltrating the capital. With explosives planted in the clock tower and Crocodile’s forces assembling, Aokiji hurried toward the city to join the operation.

• Roy and Spandam met Vice Admirals Gion and Doberman outside Alubarna, then went into the city while the Marines prepared to capture Crocodile’s organization.
• Roy and Spandam saw that Crocodile’s supporters had armed themselves and filled Alubarna’s streets as Crocodile’s heroic image turned the civilians against the World Government.
• Roy discovered powerful explosives in the clock tower and led Spandam away from the dangerous area.
• Galdino learned that Marines were near the outer wall and began carrying out Crocodile’s plan to make Alubarna a battlefield, while Daz Bones gathered trained fighters.
• Five figures led elite Marines into the royal capital as Aokiji received Sengoku’s order to hurry to Alubarna and join the operation.

Crocodile forced Cobra to lead him and Nico Robin to Graveyard Hall by threatening Vivi, while Marines fought Baroque Works and civilians in the capital. Vice Admiral Strawberry and four other figures reached Vivi, who begged them to rescue her father and revealed that Crocodile was searching for Pluton.

• The Marines entered the city and clashed with civilians incited by Baroque Works; Onigumo and Doberman ordered the Marines to treat armed attackers as pirates.
• Cobra charged Crocodile, but Crocodile defeated him and threatened Vivi with his Golden Hook until Cobra agreed to lead him to the historical text.
• Crocodile released Vivi and took Cobra and Nico Robin toward Graveyard Hall, promising to consider stopping the war after finding what he wanted.
• Vice Admiral Strawberry arrived on the rooftop and killed Ms. Valentine and Mr. 5 with a Flying Slash.
• Vivi told the four newly arrived figures that Crocodile had taken Cobra to Graveyard Hall to learn Pluton's whereabouts, and the Marines asked which way to go.