Recaps

Roy and Spandam watched Crocodile lead Cobra and Nico Robin into the royal tomb while Koza rallied over a million rebels toward Alubarna, where fighting engulfed the capital. The chapter left Crocodile facing Vice Admiral Gion after an explosion collapsed the underground chamber, with Cobra half-dead and Nico Robin’s fate unknown.

• Roy used the Echo Map to find the Poneglyph in the royal graveyard and hid with Spandam as Crocodile arrived with Cobra and Nico Robin.
• Koza rallied the rebel forces and led them toward Alubarna to overthrow Crocodile and save the king.
• The rebels reached the capital, where they clashed with Crocodile’s supporters as the Marines struggled to contain the fighting and sheltered civilians in a safe zone.
• An explosion collapsed the underground chamber, and Vice Admiral Gion confronted Crocodile while holding the half-dead Cobra.
• Crocodile realized Nico Robin had deceived him, and he faced the Marines amid the ruins, with Robin’s fate unknown.

Roy and Spandam watched Crocodile battle five Marine vice admirals as Alubarna descended into chaos. Roy aimed to let the fighting weaken Alabasta without destroying its population, and he sensed the battle would soon end.

• Doberman led Momonga, Onigumo, Gion, and Strawberry in attacking Crocodile, but Crocodile used his sand abilities to evade and counter them.
• Crocodile used Erosion Cycle to drain the moisture from the ground, turning buildings and stone into sand; Roy recognized the danger and retreated with Spandam.
• Roy saw Nico Robin emerge from the sand and confirmed the Poneglyph's location through the Echo Map.
• Roy and Spandam watched the capital's factions fight, while Roy decided not to detonate the clock tower bombs because he wanted Alabasta weakened, not destroyed.
• Spandam asked how many people would die, and Roy estimated hundreds of thousands before sensing the battle would soon end.

Crocodile fought five Marine Vice Admirals while Cobra and Vivi tried to stop the battle by revealing Crocodile’s conspiracy. Daz Bones attacked Cobra, but an unknown figure intervened just before he could kill him.

• Crocodile used his Sand-Sand Fruit powers to overwhelm the five Marine Vice Admirals in Alubarna.
• Cobra and Vivi entered the battlefield, and Cobra called on the fighting forces to stop after exposing Crocodile’s conspiracy.
• Cobra reunited with Igaram, and his return persuaded many rebels, royal soldiers, and Marines to heed his appeal.
• Daz Bones ordered his men to gather at Bank Street and kill Cobra, then cut down the king’s guards and attacked him.
• Igaram tried to shield Cobra as Daz Bones raised his blade, but an unknown person grabbed Daz Bones’s shoulder and told him Cobra could not die.

Aokiji arrived in Alubarna, rescued Cobra from Daz Bones, and froze much of the city while Marines began evacuating civilians. He stopped Crocodile’s attempt to detonate the explosives in the clock tower by blasting the frozen tower into the sky, where it exploded; icy rain then fell over Alubarna.

• Aokiji froze Daz Bones before he could kill Cobra and reassured the king that the Marines would save Alabasta.
• Aokiji ordered the Marines to rescue civilians, then unleashed Ice Time Capsule and froze half of Alubarna.
• Crocodile created quicksand to hinder the Vice Admirals and prepared to detonate explosives hidden in the clock tower.
• Aokiji sensed the danger, froze the clock tower, and punched it into the sky before Crocodile detonated it.
• The explosives erupted in the sky as fire and ice collided, and icy rain began falling over Alubarna.

Aokiji arrived in Alubarna, ended the fighting by freezing the city, and pursued Crocodile after he escaped in a sandstorm. Roy and Spandam watched the clash and left to begin their work as the Navy took control of the war.

• Aokiji’s explosion brought rain to Alabasta, but Crocodile’s followers renewed the fighting and civilians were swept back into the battle.
• Aokiji used Ice Time Capsule and Ice Arrows to freeze Alubarna and block Baroque Works members from escaping.
• Crocodile unleashed a Super Heavy Sandstorm to cover his retreat and went to take Nico Robin with him.
• Aokiji pursued Crocodile with Ice Bird Beak, while Crocodile countered with Great Sandstorm and blasted a breach through the city wall.
• Roy and Spandam watched the clash, then left to begin their work as the Navy took control of Alabasta.

Roy dug up a Poneglyph that Crocodile had buried beneath the desert, and he and Spandam decided to report it as the result of their mission. Five injured Navy vice admirals arrived and recognized the stone, leaving Roy and Spandam with Navy witnesses to their discovery.

• Roy punched through the frozen sand and unearthed the Poneglyph while Spandam waited nearby.
• Roy launched the massive stone onto the desert surface and told Spandam it was likely what Crocodile had sought.
• Spandam recognized the Poneglyph and agreed with Roy that they could report it as a mission success.
• Five injured Navy vice admirals rushed over after hearing the commotion, and Momonga examined the Poneglyph.

Roy watched Alubarna thaw after Aokiji froze the city, then sailed away with the Poneglyph. As Aokiji pursued Crocodile, Roy offered him a deal to reveal his Alabasta networks in exchange for getting him out of Impel Down, and Crocodile accepted.

• Roy used rain to help thaw Alubarna's frozen civilians, while Marines and the royal army arrested Baroque Works criminals and suppressed rioters.
• Roy had Marine soldiers load the Poneglyph onto a warship, then sailed away from Alubarna.
• Crocodile fled from Aokiji, who had wounded him and was closing in.
• Roy called Crocodile and offered to get him out of Impel Down in exchange for information about his Alabasta channels.
• Crocodile weighed the deal as Aokiji approached and agreed to accept it.

Roy secured Crocodile’s hidden business channels in case Aokiji captured him and warned him to seek help from Blackbeard if he ended up in Impel Down. Roy then planned to sell Ace’s parentage to both the World Government and Blackbeard, and learned that Blackbeard was near Banaro Island.

• Roy recorded Crocodile’s hidden channel locations and told him that Blackbeard or Luffy might help him escape Impel Down, advising him to agree to Blackbeard’s terms.
• Crocodile revealed more locations, tossed a Den Den Mushi toward an oasis, and prepared to flee from Aokiji.
• Roy planned to sell Ace’s parentage to the World Government and Blackbeard, hoping to get value from Blackbeard’s Devil Fruit-stealing ability.
• Roy received intelligence that Blackbeard was active near Banaro Island and decided to approach him there.

Roy confronted Teach on Banaro Island and offered to help him become a Shichibukai and bring down the Whitebeard Pirates in exchange for cooperation. As Teach considered Roy’s offer, a massive flying island appeared overhead and threw the town into panic.

• Roy found Teach and the Blackbeard Pirates at a tavern on Banaro Island and revealed that he knew Teach had killed Thatch and left Whitebeard’s crew.
• Burgess attacked Roy, but Roy unleashed Reaper’s Sound, incapacitating the tavern’s other patrons and making the Blackbeard Pirates wary of him.
• Roy offered Teach a chance to become a Shichibukai and defeat the Whitebeard Pirates, presenting an Impel Down blueprint marked with the Flying Pirate Group’s emblem.
• Teach asked Roy whether he was one of Golden Lion’s men, but Roy did not answer directly.
• People outside the tavern cried that something was falling from the sky, and Teach and his crew saw a flying island’s shadow cover Banaro Island.

Roy used the Flying Pirate Group’s threat over Banaro Island to persuade Blackbeard to cooperate, offering intelligence that could help him become a Shichibukai and provoke a clash between Whitebeard and the World Government. Blackbeard accepted the deal in exchange for helping the group seize a Devil Fruit, while Roy identified himself as Black Emperor before abruptly disappearing.

• Golden Lion’s floating islands and falling seawater trapped Blackbeard and his crew inside a tavern on Banaro Island.
• Roy told Blackbeard that the Flying Pirate Group wanted to drag Whitebeard into conflict and offered intelligence that could secure Blackbeard a Shichibukai position.
• Blackbeard weighed the risks and accepted Roy’s offer, asking what price he would have to pay.
• Roy called himself Black Emperor, gave Blackbeard the intelligence and an Impel Down map, and demanded help seizing a Devil Fruit.
• Roy’s body rapidly dissipated through Elementalization.

Roy gave Blackbeard intelligence revealing that Ace was the Pirate King's son, prompting Blackbeard to set out to lure Ace into capturing him. Roy then prepared a cautious report for the World Government and arranged its urgent delivery to the Five Elders.

• Blackbeard read Roy's intelligence and realized Ace was the Pirate King's son, while Burgess, Lafitte, and the others were shocked by the revelation.
• Blackbeard decided to use himself as bait to draw Ace out and ordered his crew to sail first to Fish-Man Island, then to find Ace.
• Roy caught up with the warship carrying the Poneglyph and wrote a carefully limited report about Ace, omitting Garp's role.
• Roy checked the report, placed it in a document pouch, and used CP0's Den Den Mushi to request the fastest transmission channel to the Five Elders.

After confirming Ace was the son of Pirate King Roger, the World Government began covert operations against him while Roy enjoyed a vacation with a promotion in prospect. When Bon Clay reported that the Straw Hat Pirates had reached Mock Town, Roy put his plan into motion and called Caesar.

• Roy left a World Government interrogation and told Spandam he would treat him to a trip to the Sabaody Archipelago.
• The World Government confirmed that Ace was Roger’s son and quietly began operations targeting him, while Garp was spared because of his reputation and influence.
• Roy reviewed a Haki Training Manual at Sabaody Archipelago and complained that mastering Observation Haki through training was difficult.
• Bon Clay told Roy that he had guided the Straw Hat Pirates to Mock Town and that the next Upward Sea Current eruption was expected in three days.
• Roy instructed Bon Clay to help the Straw Hats without arousing suspicion, then called Caesar and told him to bring Albert because they might visit the skies above Mock Town.

Caesar Clown prepared potent anesthetic gases and equipment after Roy ordered him to meet above Mock Town, while Sky City set out for the same destination. In Mock Town, Luffy defeated Bellamy as part of Roy’s plan to guide the Straw Hats toward Sky Island, and Edwards anticipated the storm and Upward Sea Current.

• Albert led Sky City's people in praising Roy, while Caesar Clown observed the effects of Belo Betty's Motive-Motive Fruit.
• Caesar Clown received Roy's order to bring anesthetic poison gas above Mock Town and told Rock to prepare Death Dioxide No. 2 and KORO.
• Caesar Clown retrieved a frozen test tube from the institute's cold storage vault, intending to test gas bombs made from the Deep Sea Stinger Octopus.
• Roy directed Sky City toward Mock Town to pursue Shandora's gold and capture Enel after Luffy defeated him.
• Luffy knocked Bellamy unconscious, collected the gold, and left Mock Town with Nami as Bon Clay and Edwards watched.
• Edwards explained that the Bellamy incident had been scripted, arranged to pay Bellamy, and sensed that the storm and Upward Sea Current were about to begin.

Roy sailed toward God's Domain with Caesar Clown and Albert, preparing to capture Enel while waiting for Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates to arrive. When their ship rose into the White Sea, Roy saw that Chopper was aboard as a Drum Kingdom physician and part of his plan to obtain information at the story’s decisive moment.

• Roy left Golden Lion and Kuzan to guard Sky City while he, Caesar Clown, and Albert sailed toward God's Domain.
• Roy used Bon Clay's Vivre Card and the Echo Map to locate God's Domain, then hid the Cloud Ship and approached through the mist.
• Roy found a violently boiling patch of White Sea and watched an Upward Sea Current carry the Straw Hat Pirates' ship into the sky.
• Roy sensed Luffy and the others aboard and anticipated their inevitable conflict with Enel.
• Roy saw Nico Robin and Chopper aboard the Straw Hat ship and reflected that he had placed Chopper there to gather crucial information later.

Roy and Caesar watched from a concealed villa as the Straw Hat Pirates reached Skypiea and the battle for God Island began. Roy prepared doctored clouds to counter Enel’s lightning and waited for the conflict to create an opportunity to claim the spoils.

• Luffy fell overboard, and Usopp and Robin pulled him back aboard the Going Merry.
• Roy bypassed the Gate of Heaven by lifting his island cloud toward Angel Island, then kept his group away from God Island.
• Roy made a hidden villa from island cloud and sent Caesar Clown’s doctored clouds toward the Sky-piercing Vine as a countermeasure to Enel’s Raigo.
• Explosions erupted on God Island, and Roy used the Echo Map to check the unfolding battle before gathering doctored sea clouds above the island.
• Caesar Clown realized Roy was wary of Enel and doubted the Straw Hat Pirates could defeat him, but Roy told him they could create miracles.
• Enel and his priests began fighting the Straw Hat Pirates as the Shandia and Sky Islanders charged toward God Island, while Roy watched for a chance to seize the spoils.

Roy and Caesar Clown sabotaged the Ark Maxim and poisoned the clouds while Luffy fought Enel. As Enel unleashed Raigo, Roy dispersed the thunderclouds and prepared to capture him.

• Roy and Caesar Clown found the golden Ark Maxim, and Caesar planted KORO poison gas bombs inside it.
• Roy and Caesar watched Luffy battle Enel and used poisoned clouds to slow Enel’s neural responses.
• Enel formed the massive Raigo thundercloud and sent it descending over God's Domain.
• Luffy charged into the lightning with a golden ball as Roy and Caesar revealed themselves in the clouds.
• Roy snapped his fingers and scattered the thunderclouds after Luffy shouted, "Clear up for me!"

Roy and Caesar Clown captured Enel after Luffy’s attack left him vulnerable to poison, clouds, and seastone chains. The war ended with Sky Island celebrating, while Roy took Enel to Sky City to begin controlling and training him.

• Enel transformed into Raijin and threatened Luffy, but the poison gas Caesar Clown released stiffened his body.
• Luffy struck Enel with Gum-Gum Golden Rifle, and Caesar Clown used Reaper's Sound and Sea Cloud Prison to trap them in a poisoned cloud mass.
• Roy bound the petrified Enel with seastone chains, freed Luffy, and flew away with Caesar Clown and their captive.
• The Straw Hat Pirates treated Luffy as the people of Sky Island celebrated the end of the war and began reconciling.
• Roy placed a collar around Enel, had Caesar Clown stabilize him, and took him toward Sky City to prepare for his training and further safeguards.

Roy’s forces conquered God’s Domain, absorbed it into Sky City, and claimed its hidden gold while Roy demonstrated his power over the islands. After Blackbeard secured the Target-Target Fruit, Roy planned to cooperate with him and enter the coming Summit War as the Flying Pirate Group, hoping to draw in Whitebeard and possibly Kaido.

• Sky City’s soldiers conquered God’s Domain, and Albert offered its people residence in Sky City if they accepted Roy as their master.
• Roy’s forces discovered the hidden Gold City, while Caesar Clown imprisoned Enel for experiments in his laboratory.
• Roy lifted the Sky Island and arranged God Island and Angel Island around Sky City as future satellite cities.
• Blackbeard told Roy he had obtained the Target-Target Fruit and agreed to further cooperation with the Flying Pirate Group.
• Blackbeard learned Ace was looking for him and prepared to leave Sabaody with his crew to confront the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Roy planned to use the Summit War to weaken the Marines, joining the conflict as the Flying Pirate Group and possibly involving Kaido.

Roy and Spandam sailed toward Water Seven to help capture Ace, but treated the mission as a paid vacation. After Blackbeard captured Ace and handed him to the World Government, Roy began preparing to exploit the coming Summit War to weaken the Navy and provoke Mary Geoise.

• Roy and Spandam boarded a Navy warship and sailed toward Water Seven, where they failed to find Ace before continuing their journey.
• Roy and Spandam relaxed aboard the ship, enjoying an extravagant dinner while discussing Ace's strength and embezzling World Government funds.
• Spandam received word that Ace had been captured, while Roy learned that Blackbeard had handed Ace over to the World Government and secured the vacant Shichibukai position.
• Roy ordered Edwards to acquire grain, purge their territories, increase troop training, and raise alert levels as the Summit War approached.
• Roy planned to contact Blackbeard and Whitebeard, buy weapons from Kaido using Golden Lion's identity, and offer to transport Kaido's troops.
• Roy resolved to use the Summit War to weaken the Navy and create greater chaos, including openly provoking the Celestial Dragons of Mary Geoise.

Roy and Spandam returned to Marineford, where Roy used Spandam’s ambition to set a plan in motion against CP9. The chapter left Spandam taking a call about Water Seven, unaware that Roy intended to make CP9 bear the risk of a mission targeting Robin and Franky.

• Roy and Spandam arrived at Marineford after Ace was imprisoned and celebrated with an extravagant meal.
• Spandam received a call about Water Seven and hurried to the restroom to speak with his father.
• Roy anticipated that Spandam would take charge of a mission involving Nico Robin and Pluton’s blueprints.
• Roy planned to use his influence and Spandam’s hunger for credit to push CP9 into a dangerous mission, with its members serving as scapegoats if it failed.

Roy learned from Owl that CP9 had found traces of Pluton in Water Seven, but he refused to join their operation because he planned to make the mission fail and draw CP9 into his grasp. He issued further orders to strengthen the net around them as he prepared to recruit CP9 for his growing organization.

• After getting drunk with Roy, Spandam left early for Water Seven, hoping to claim credit for the mission.
• Roy woke at noon and reaffirmed his plan for Luffy to defeat Lucci and escape with Nico Robin and Franky, with Golden Lion and Caesar Clown ready to intervene if needed.
• Owl called Roy from Bruno's tavern basement with Bruno and Kaku present and reported that CP9 had found possible traces of Pluton in Water Seven.
• Owl offered to involve Roy so he could share the credit, but Roy declined while pretending he wanted to protect CP9 from risk.
• Roy made several calls to advance his plan to make CP9's mission fail and draw the agents into his organization.

Roy traveled to Whitebeard’s territory to spy on the pirates and prepare an offer for Kaido to join an expanded Summit War. He learned that the town was preparing for war over Ace’s capture and ran into Pineapple Head in a tavern.

• Roy received orders to infiltrate Whitebeard’s territory and gather intelligence after Ace was imprisoned.
• Roy left Mary Geoise for the New World, intending to work with Whitebeard and bring gold to Wano Country to persuade Kaido to join the Summit War.
• Roy reached a town under Whitebeard’s flag and found its tavern empty.
• The tavern owner told Roy that the townspeople were helping at the blacksmith shop and preparing for Whitebeard’s response to Ace’s capture.
• Pineapple Head entered the tavern and recognized Roy.

Roy arrived at the Whitebeard Pirates’ tavern on Golden Lion’s orders to discuss cooperating against the Marines, and Marco agreed to take him to Whitebeard. Whitebeard greeted Roy with Conqueror’s Haki, and Roy answered with a sound attack.

• Roy greeted Marco in a tavern, but Marco raised a wall of blue flames and warned Dam to get away.
• Roy explained that Golden Lion had sent him to discuss cooperation in the Whitebeard Pirates’ coming war with the Marines.
• Marco considered the potential alliance and escorted Roy toward Whitebeard’s ships.
• Roy used Sound Release to follow Marco across the sea and arrived at the ships as Whitebeard recognized him.
• Whitebeard unleashed Conqueror’s Haki at Roy, who retaliated with Death Sound.

Roy and Marco arrived aboard the Moby Dick, where Whitebeard confronted them and his crew reacted warily to Roy’s powers. Roy sensed Whitebeard’s many old injuries and offered to recommend a doctor, leaving the pirates angered until he mentioned the Op-Op Fruit.

• Roy’s sound waves and Whitebeard’s Conqueror’s Haki affected the Moby Dick, knocking weaker pirates unconscious before both men stopped their powers.
• Whitebeard tore out his IV and went to meet Roy, while his doctor and nurse tried to stop him.
• Whitebeard ordered his pirates to sheathe their weapons and asked Roy why Shiki had sent him; Roy and Marco landed on the deck to speak with him.
• Roy used Weakness Sonar to detect Whitebeard’s old injuries, and Whitebeard caught him probing.
• Roy apologized and offered to recommend a doctor, then asked whether the pirates had heard of the Op-Op Fruit.

Roy told Whitebeard that an Op-Op Fruit user would arrive in a week to treat his injuries, then shifted the conversation to cooperation in the war against the World Government. Whitebeard asked whether Roy had the authority to make decisions for Shiki.

• Marco ordered Jozu and the other captains to put away their weapons after Roy apologized.
• Marco learned that Roy knew an Op-Op Fruit user who had already reattached their captain's legs, and asked whether the doctor could treat Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard asked Roy where the doctor was and offered him a favor if the treatment could help.
• Roy said the doctor would arrive in a week, declined Whitebeard's offer of a favor, and proposed discussing cooperation in the war.
• Whitebeard struck Murakumogiri against the deck and asked Roy whether he could make decisions for Shiki.