Recaps

Roy secured Whitebeard’s cooperation by presenting Kogarashi and having Albert impersonate Golden Lion over a Den Den Mushi. After spending the night aboard the Moby Dick finalizing plans, Roy flew away as Marco reminded him to contact Trafalgar Law about the Op-Op Fruit.

• Roy showed Whitebeard Kogarashi and claimed Golden Lion had taught him swordsmanship, prompting Whitebeard to ask him to become his son.
• Roy declined Whitebeard’s offer and handed Marco his cooperation plan before connecting a Den Den Mushi to Albert, who impersonated Golden Lion.
• Albert, speaking as Golden Lion, proposed joining Whitebeard’s war against the Marines, and Whitebeard agreed while warning him not to interfere.
• Roy stayed aboard the Moby Dick overnight to finalize cooperation details with the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Roy flew away the next morning, and Marco reminded him to find Trafalgar Law and use their Den Den Mushi to communicate.

Roy visited Wano to invite Kaido and the Beasts Pirates to join Golden Lion and Whitebeard in a war against the Navy. Kaido became excited by the prospect, while Roy left the decision open and vanished after King attacked his clone.

• Roy waited outside Wano and prepared for Kaido to arrive, wary of being attacked on Kaido’s territory.
• Kaido arrived in dragon form with King and demanded to know why Roy had come.
• Roy told Kaido that Golden Lion and Whitebeard had agreed to fight the Navy together and invited him to join them.
• Roy left Kaido a way to respond through the Den Den Mushi and departed without waiting for an answer.
• King attacked Roy with flaming bullets, but the attack only destroyed Roy’s Cloud Clone.
• Kaido eagerly reacted to the news that Whitebeard and Golden Lion were joining forces against the Navy.

Roy deceived Kaido into believing the Flying Pirate Group was preparing for war, then organized a toxic and physical bombardment above Sky City for the coming Summit War. After Caesar reported that the Straw Hat Pirates had escaped Enies Lobby with Nico Robin and Franky, Roy sent him and Golden Lion to bring Trafalgar Law to the New World.

• Roy sensed that his clone had been destroyed by King and left Wano after warning Kaido that he had laid bait for a major war.
• Roy gave the Beasts Pirates billions of Berries' worth of gold as a weapons deposit, prompting Kaido to order the weapons prepared and investigate the Marines and Whitebeard.
• Roy gathered rocks, wreckage, toxic sky islands, and experimental waste around Sky City, arranging them for chemical and physical attacks on Marineford during the Summit War.
• Caesar told Roy that the Straw Hat Pirates had escaped Enies Lobby with Nico Robin and Franky.
• Roy ordered Caesar to travel with Golden Lion and bring Trafalgar Law to the New World.

Roy stood guard as Trafalgar Law, assisted by Caesar Clown and Marco, began operating on Whitebeard to treat his old injuries. Whitebeard remained awake and amused as Law used the Op-Op Fruit to cut into him, while the operation continued for hours.

• Roy arrived at the Whitebeard Pirates' camp and encouraged Trafalgar Law and Caesar Clown before the operation.
• Whitebeard entered the glass operating room and told Law and Caesar not to worry about the risk of failure.
• Trafalgar Law used the Op-Op Fruit to numb Whitebeard and cut apart his thigh without causing bleeding.
• Whitebeard watched the surgery instead of lying down, briefly distracting Law and Caesar before they resumed their work.
• After several hours spent treating one leg, Law continued operating on Whitebeard's old injuries as Roy watched.

Trafalgar Law completed Whitebeard’s surgery, renewing his body and raising hopes for the plan to rescue Ace. Whitebeard held a celebration banquet, invited Law to be his son, and ended the night by slashing down a Sea King after Law refused.

• Trafalgar Law used the Op-Op Fruit, replacement tissues, and Marco’s healing flames to operate on Whitebeard for a day and a night.
• Whitebeard woke after the successful surgery, and Roy felt relieved that his plan could proceed.
• Whitebeard insisted on holding a celebration banquet despite Trafalgar Law’s warnings to let his wounds heal.
• At the banquet, Whitebeard invited Trafalgar Law to be his son, but Law refused after glancing at Roy and considering the risks.
• Whitebeard was forbidden from drinking and cut down an unsuspecting Sea King with a single slash.

Roy returned to Mary Geoise after his work with the Whitebeard Pirates and resumed his role as a double agent. There, Spandam blamed CP9 for Enies Lobby’s destruction and urged Roy to help push the World Government to hunt them down.

• Roy sailed back to Mary Geoise after receiving orders from the World Government and decided to resume passing information between the government and the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Spandam greeted Roy with a swollen, bandaged face and complained that CP9 had let Nico Robin destroy Enies Lobby and had attacked him.
• Roy privately recognized that Spandam was lying to shift blame, but pretended to be outraged at CP9’s supposed crimes.
• Spandam urged Roy to persuade the higher-ups to send stronger forces after CP9, fearing they would retaliate if left alive.
• Roy agreed to go report the matter with Spandam, who followed eagerly without questioning Roy’s sudden support.

Roy put Enel through a brutal fight to break his arrogance, then spared him from Caesar Clown’s experiments for a few days. Enel began to see Roy as less unpleasant, while Roy planned to win his loyalty through alternating punishment and kindness.

• Roy restricted Enel’s battlefield and punished him whenever he tried to destroy the surrounding sea clouds.
• Enel transformed into Raijin and attacked Roy with a Thunder Dragon, but Roy struck him through the lightning with Armament Haki and made him vomit blood.
• Roy explained that Armament Haki let him hit Enel and mocked him for acting like a god.
• Caesar Clown arrived to ask for Enel’s help with another experiment, and Enel trembled with fear at his voice.
• Roy told Caesar to give Enel a few days off, and Enel felt grateful as Roy left.
• Roy told Caesar that keeping Enel under pressure while occasionally showing kindness was a precaution meant to win his loyalty.

Roy watched the human auction at Sabaody Archipelago as part of a mission to keep an eye on Rayleigh. He left abruptly after a wealthy woman bought Rayleigh at auction.

• Roy read reports that Kaido might join the conflict between Whitebeard and the Navy, and wondered why Kaido had not contacted him.
• Roy went to the Sabaody Archipelago human auction house to watch his assigned target.
• Roy recognized Rayleigh when the former Pirate King vice captain appeared onstage as an auction item.
• Roy decided not to reveal Ace's identity to Rayleigh and continued reading while the auction proceeded.
• Roy stood up and left the auction house after the woman beside him bought Rayleigh.

Roy tracked Rayleigh around the Sabaody Archipelago while avoiding the auction house and observing its events from a distance. After Roy frightened Saint Carlos unconscious, the Marines mobilized, and the Straw Hat Pirates’ confrontation with the Celestial Dragons began as Kuma approached.

• Roy rode through the lawless districts and used the Echo Map to keep track of Rayleigh.
• Roy used Reaper's Sound to frighten Saint Carlos and the slave he was riding, leaving both unconscious and throwing Area 5 into chaos.
• Roy learned that Rayleigh had entered another auction house, then found Luffy, Zoro, and Nami heading inside and photographed them.
• Roy stayed at a café and used the Echo Map to observe Rayleigh and the fish-man at the auction while noticing that Kuma was approaching.
• Marine forces moved to respond to the attack on Saint Carlos, and an explosion at the auction house signaled that the Straw Hat Pirates had struck Roswald.

After Luffy attacked Saint Rosward and kidnapped Saint Shalria, Sengoku summoned Garp back to Sabaody while Roy watched the ensuing battle. Roy revealed himself to Rayleigh after the old pirate detected him, and the two watched the fight together.

• Sengoku learned that Luffy had punched Saint Rosward and kidnapped Saint Shalria, then called Garp to report the incident.
• Garp turned his warship around and headed back to Sabaody after ordering Sengoku to monitor the situation.
• Roy changed his appearance and blended into the crowd as Marines rushed into the auction house and pirates fled the island.
• Roy used his Echo Map to follow the battle and noticed Rayleigh watching nearby.
• Rayleigh sensed Roy watching him, so Roy approached with ice cream and stood beside him as they sized each other up.

Roy avoided a fight with Rayleigh and later searched for the Straw Hat Pirates during the chaos on Sabaody, hoping to give Luffy Blackbeard’s contact information. He stopped to watch pirates attack Kizaru, who confronted them after their bullets passed harmlessly through him.

• Roy waved to Rayleigh and left without fighting, and Rayleigh admired his strength before disappearing into an alley.
• As chaos spread across Sabaody, Roy killed several thugs with Reaper's Sound and sought the Straw Hat Pirates after hearing they planned to reach Impel Down.
• Roy rode a bubble bike toward the Straw Hat Pirates and noticed pirates preparing a sneak attack on Kizaru.
• The pirates fired three bullets at Kizaru, but they passed through his body without harming him.
• Kizaru noticed the gunmen and asked whether they had been trying to kill him.

Roy used Kizaru’s attack to light a cigarette, then faced the Marine Admiral on his way through the residential district. After Roy revealed his CP0 passport, Kizaru let him leave.

• Kizaru’s attack missed the fleeing pirates, lit Roy’s cigarette, and split a massive tree, prompting Roy to criticize the damage.
• The winged Monk and his subordinates watched as Kizaru approached Roy and asked whether he had seen Sentomaru.
• Roy denied being a pirate, told Kizaru he was in a hurry, and refused Kizaru’s offer to join the Marines.
• Roy revealed his gold-trimmed CP0 passport, and Kizaru recognized his affiliation and moved aside.
• Roy rode off on his bubble bike while Kizaru called him interesting.

Roy rode across Sabaody Archipelago after meeting Kizaru, drew the attention of Urouge, and passed through a clash between Marines and Jewelry Bonney. He continued toward Luffy and the others after blasting Urouge’s group with a sound attack, while Urouge became more curious about him.

• Roy rode away from Kizaru, and Urouge decided to follow him after wondering who he was.
• Roy noticed Urouge trailing him, but artillery fire erupted at the harbor as Marines reported that their soldiers had turned into old men and children.
• Jewelry Bonney confronted the Marines, and Roy rode between them before telling her that Bartholomew Kuma was in Town 12.
• Bonney ran toward Town 12 after hearing Roy’s news, while Roy continued riding toward Luffy and the others.
• When Urouge’s underling shouted at Roy to stop, Roy struck Urouge and his group with Meteor Noise.
• Urouge staggered back to his feet and concluded that Roy’s power explained how he had left Kizaru unharmed.

Roy encountered Hawkins and his crew on the road to Town No. 12, where Hawkins asked to become his subordinate after divinations predicted the crew had an 85% chance of surviving if they followed Roy. Roy let them follow him for now, and Hawkins then drew a card predicting every crew member would survive.

• Hawkins waited on the road with his crew, believing the next person to pass would determine their fate.
• Roy approached on a bubble bike and tried to ride past Hawkins and his pirates.
• Hawkins and his crew bowed and asked Roy to take them in as subordinates.
• Hawkins showed Roy divination cards predicting the crew had an 85% chance of surviving by pledging themselves to him.
• Roy allowed Hawkins and his crew to follow him for now, and Hawkins drew a card predicting their survival rate was 100%.

Roy led the Hawkins Pirates through Sabaody Archipelago while using his authority to keep the Marines from stopping them. He reached a battle involving the Straw Hat Pirates and a malfunctioning Pacifista, just as Bonney kicked Franky away in anger.

• Roy contacted the Sabaody Marine branch and ordered the Marines to ignore the Hawkins Pirates, easing Hawkins's doubts about joining him.
• Roy and the Hawkins Pirates came upon a Pacifista firing lasers, and Roy explained that it was an uncalibrated experimental robot modeled after Bartholomew Kuma.
• Hawkins grew more curious about Roy's identity after hearing him identify the World Government's secret weapon.
• Sanji kicked the Pacifista away, and Zoro slashed it, causing its circuits to short and its chest to explode.
• Franky moved to inspect the fallen Pacifista, but Bonney kicked him aside and shouted, "What the hell did you bastards do?"

Bonney confronted Sentomaru over the Pacifistas modeled after her father, Kuma, while Roy and Hawkins’s crew raced toward the battle. The Straw Hats fled the attacking Pacifistas and spotted another group approaching them.

• The Straw Hats relaxed when Franky emerged unharmed, but Bonney continued crying as she stared at the damaged Pacifista.
• Sentomaru arrived with another Pacifista and recognized Bonney, while Roy sensed Kuma approaching and pedaled toward the fight with Hawkins and his crew following.
• Bonney used the Toshi Toshi no Mi to turn Sentomaru into an old man and demanded to know what he had done to her father.
• Luffy and the Straw Hats dodged Pacifista attacks as Usopp and Chopper urged them to flee, and Nami spotted a group coming toward them.

Roy gave Luffy a Den Den Mushi and urged him to contact someone if he wanted to save his brother, then intervened when Kizaru’s attack was deflected toward him. Rayleigh confronted Kizaru to protect the Straw Hat Pirates, while Kuma sent Bonney flying.

• Roy used Shave to reach Luffy, gave him a Den Den Mushi, and told him it could help save his brother.
• Luffy crashed into Kizaru, and Zoro shielded him from Kizaru’s beam, injuring his back.
• Rayleigh arrived and kicked Kizaru’s attack off course, sending it toward Roy.
• Roy blocked the deflected beam with a powerful sword slash, and Kizaru recognized him as a Great Swordsman.
• Rayleigh faced Kizaru and asked him not to end the young pirates’ era before it began.
• Sentomaru shouted at Kuma for sending Bonney flying.

Roy left Kuma, Kizaru, and the others after Kuma sent Bonney away, then watched the Straw Hat Pirates get launched into the sky. He called Blackbeard to offer him an ally for an attack on Impel Down, leaving Blackbeard to hear the proposal.

• Kuma sent Bonney flying away, and Roy left the battlefield with Hawkins while Kizaru called after him for help against Rayleigh.
• Roy watched the Straw Hat Pirates fly away and ordered Hawkins to search the battlefield for tissue they had left behind.
• Roy called Blackbeard and asked whether he had settled the matter of Impel Down.
• Roy told Blackbeard that he had found him an ally who would most likely join an attack on Impel Down.

Roy arranged for Blackbeard to meet an unnamed ally who held a grudge against him, while keeping the ally’s identity secret. As the Marines intensified their purge of Sabaody Archipelago, Roy discovered Sakazuki was leading the crackdown, putting the pirates’ chances of escape in doubt.

• Blackbeard asked Roy about the ally interested in Impel Down, and Roy described him as a powerful but dangerous double-edged sword without revealing his identity.
• Roy ended the call with Blackbeard after they discussed the proposed alliance, and both men privately regarded the other as scheming.
• The Marines continued their sweeping crackdown on Sabaody Archipelago, threatening the businesses Roy and Spandam owned there.
• Spandam urged Roy to use his connections to protect their assets, but Roy brushed him off and headed toward the island’s shore.
• Roy saw Sakazuki unleash Great Eruption to destroy fleeing pirate ships and realized why Hawkins had predicted such a low survival rate.

Roy watched Akainu’s attack on the island while relaxing in a café, and reflected on how his alliance with Whitebeard, Kaido, and Blackbeard could change the coming war. Hawkins and his crew narrowly avoided Akainu before reaching Roy with the remains he had ordered them to collect.

• Roy watched Akainu destroy pirate ships and considered the Admirals’ strength and the coming Summit War.
• Roy made coffee and relaxed in an abandoned café while the Navy attacked the island.
• Hawkins and his crew gathered the bodily remains of the Straw Hat Pirates on Roy’s orders.
• Akainu sensed the Hawkins Pirates and prepared to attack, but a Marine rear admiral told him they had submitted to the World Government.
• Hawkins’s crew escaped Akainu’s attention and hurried to Roy, who was relaxing at the café.
• Hawkins told Roy that they had brought what he wanted.

Roy arranged for Hawkins and his crew to leave Sabaody and pursue the Shichibukai seat Blackbeard would vacate after the Summit War. After the Hawkins Pirates departed, Roy contacted Dragon to propose funding revolutions in exchange for specific resources.

• Roy collected bloodied and burned items from Hawkins and ordered him to take his crew away from Sabaody on a World Government-flagged ship.
• Roy urged Hawkins to claim the Shichibukai seat by hunting pirates, and Hawkins accepted the mission, tempted by the chance to rise to prominence.
• Hawkins and his crew saw Kid and Capone Bege being escorted to the port and boarded the ship Roy had arranged.
• Roy used Betty's Den Den Mushi to offer Dragon funds and weapons for revolutions in several countries in exchange for specific resources.

Roy offered the Revolutionary Army intelligence, weapons, ammunition, and money in exchange for cooperation against the World Government, while insisting that Belo Betty would remain with him for ten years. At dawn, Dragon’s side agreed to cooperate if they could verify Roy’s claims.

• Roy told Dragon and the Revolutionary Army that Belo Betty was safe but would work for him for ten years.
• Roy offered intelligence on six World Government member nations, ten thousand muskets, ammunition, and three billion Beli, with the first weapons to be delivered in Dressrosa.
• Roy said his offer was separate from Belo Betty and urged the Revolutionary Army to seize the opportunity created by Whitebeard’s conflict with the Navy.
• Roy ended the call and waited through the night in the Sabaody Archipelago as the Navy swept the island.
• At dawn, Dragon’s side called Roy back and said they would agree to cooperate after verifying his claims.

Roy strengthened his alliance with the Revolutionary Army by supplying weapons while drawing Kaido toward the coming war. After learning that the Flying Pirate Group had armed the Revolutionary Army, Kaido decided to join the fray and ordered King to prepare for a banquet.

• Roy and Dragon finalized their cooperation, and Roy named his forces the Nika Anti-Government Alliance to shock Dragon and establish their shared opposition to the World Government.
• Roy sent ten thousand muskets to the Revolutionary Army through Dressrosa, while Belo Betty contacted Revolutionary Army headquarters and reported that she was safe and held authority in Sky City.
• Roy negotiated with Kaido as the Flying Pirate Group and arranged for weapons to be transported through Dressrosa, tempting Kaido with the prospect of the coming conflict.
• In Wano Country, Kaido was roused by news that Yamato had freed captured samurai again, but Doflamingo's intelligence then informed him that the Flying Pirate Group had supplied the Revolutionary Army.
• Kaido erupted in Conqueror's Haki and laughed at the prospect of the Revolutionary Army joining the war, then told King to prepare Queen for a grand banquet.

As the Marines and World Government prepared for war against Whitebeard, Roy confirmed that Kaido would join the battle and assessed the forces he had assembled against Marineford. He planned to use the conflict to weaken the World Government while guarding against its hidden leaders, but knew his side would have to retreat if the full strength of the Marines and World Government emerged.

• The World Government prepared the Marines, Shichibukai, and elite agencies to face Whitebeard, while Roy was sent to Sabaody to monitor Pluton Rayleigh.
• Roy received Kaido's confirmation that he would join the war and was relieved that his forces would be close to Marineford's strength on paper.
• Roy counted on Whitebeard, Kaido, and the battle-damaged Golden Lion to oppose the three Admirals, with Enel assigned to hold Sengoku and other allies confronting the remaining forces.
• Roy planned to draw in the Blackbeard Pirates and possibly Straw Hat Luffy's group as the battle unfolded.
• Roy had involved the Revolutionary Army to distract and weaken the World Government, and prepared a surprise for Mary Geoise to limit the intervention of its five hidden leaders.
• Roy aimed to damage the World Government rather than destroy the Marines, and accepted that his forces would have to flee if their enemies unleashed their full power.

Roy monitored Rayleigh as the coming war over Ace’s execution shook the world, then learned Caesar Clown had completed Golden Lion’s modifications. He left Sabaody with Golden Lion to meet Kaido in Wano Country and prepare the Beasts Pirates’ troops for a surprise attack on Marineford.

• Roy read that Ace would be publicly executed in three days and reflected on how the coming war would reshape the world.
• Roy watched prices rise and heard that conflicts were breaking out in territories left exposed by the Marines’ redeployment.
• Caesar Clown told Roy that Golden Lion’s modifications were complete, reaching about ninety percent of Bartholomew Kuma’s later level of modification.
• Roy left Sabaody with Golden Lion to travel to Wano Country, where he planned to coordinate with Kaido and use the Beasts Pirates’ five thousand elite troops in a surprise attack on Marineford.
• Roy warned Caesar Clown not to let Golden Lion fail at a critical moment, and Caesar said he had only been testing the results.