Chapter Summaries

Roy accelerated his campaign to unify the East Blue, using propaganda, rewards, and a brutal purge to make himself its undisputed ruler. With the region under his control, he mobilized its resources and advanced technology to prepare for the coming war.

• Roy trained his subordinates, spread propaganda through Belo Betty, and ordered Rob Lucci and Bon Clay to purge destabilizing forces across the East Blue.
• East Blue residents who supported Roy helped identify suspected dissidents, and authorities arrested people in large numbers, executing severe offenders and sending others to labor on Terrachilf.
• Roy's forces suppressed opposition with overwhelming military power, destroying groups that used civilians as shields, and the East Blue increasingly accepted Roy as its sole ruler.
• After confirming some regions were under control, Roy expanded his forces and directed technology from Vegapunk, Caesar Kuro, Queen, and Vinsmoke Judge toward extracting resources and producing supplies.
• Factories producing Artificial Devil Fruits, clones, weapons, medicine, energy, and armor worked at full capacity to prepare Roy's forces for the coming war.

The Straw Hat Pirates fought a five-thousand-strong force on an ice field before Sanjuan Wolf, Pizarro, and Shiryu arrived to carry out the Blackbeard Pirates’ mission to capture Luffy. After the battle, Morgans published headlines celebrating the Straw Hats’ victory, while Roy planned to use Luffy’s growing fame and Nika powers against the World Government and other rival forces.

• The Straw Hat Pirates battled the Blackbeard Pirates’ five-thousand-man army across the frozen fields.
• Sanjuan Wolf, Pizarro, and Shiryu appeared and prepared to attack the Straw Hats, with Pizarro revealing that Teach wanted Luffy captured.
• A massive battle devastated a third of the ice fields, and news of its outcome spread three days later.
• At Roy’s instruction, Morgans publicized the Straw Hats’ victory and Luffy’s suspected Yonko-level strength.
• Roy planned to accelerate Luffy’s growth and use his Nika ability to disrupt the Blackbeard and Big Mom Pirates’ plans in Elbaf.

Roy leveraged the Straw Hat Pirates’ personal connections and Morgans’s publicity to elevate them into a sixth Emperor-class crew, confident they would not threaten his ambitions. Meanwhile, Kuzan and Enel continued guarding the sealed East Blue against incursions from the World Government and Marines.

• Roy’s family, friendships, and favors connected him to seven Straw Hat Pirates, and he trusted that the crew had no desire to rule.
• With Roy’s financial support and Morgans’s campaign, the World Economic Journal promoted the Straw Hat Pirates as a sixth Emperor-class crew.
• Kuzan complained that Marines and World Government agents kept attempting to cross the Calm Belt into the sealed East Blue.
• Enel destroyed a Marine surveillance ship with lightning and joked with Kuzan about his patrol duties.
• Kuzan thanked Enel and offered to treat him to Cloud Heaven after their missions ended.
• Roy kept Enel and his other forces busy patrolling and responding to crises while ensuring they had supplies and emotional support.

Sky City had grown into a five-part aerial war-fortress complex, powered by Devil Fruit abilities and Roy’s expanding industrial system. Vegapunk’s Green Blood technology helped supply energy for Sky City and Roy’s factories, while the East Blue prospered and Roy’s military strength continued to grow.

• Sky City expanded into a central city and four satellite cities, which could separate into independent aerial war machines during wartime.
• Roy used captured Devil Fruit users, including Don Acchino and his sons, to power factories and Sky City.
• As energy demands grew, Roy turned from cloning Devil Fruits to Vegapunk’s Green Blood technology for granting Paramecia abilities to cloned beasts.
• Vinsmoke Judge and Caesar Kuro collaborated to cultivate beasts that could serve as living energy sources.
• Vegapunk saw Roy using technology and Devil Fruits to improve lives and became more convinced that Roy was the savior.
• The East Blue flourished under Roy’s plans as his military strength rapidly grew behind its prosperity.

Captain Jack and his crew hunted a Sea King that threatened a shipping route, then delivered its meat to the Goa Kingdom’s processing plant. Roy inspected the factory’s new assembly line and concluded that its output still could not meet the needs of the population under his command.

• Captain Jack and four other fishing boats killed a bull-headed Sea King after hunting it for nearly half a month.
• Jack’s crew butchered the Sea King and loaded its meat onto their boats for the return journey.
• Jack and his crew delivered the carcass to the port at Foosha Village, where officials verified their mission and arranged their rewards and rank increases.
• Roy toured the Goa Kingdom’s food factory and inspected its new assembly line, which the chief director said improved efficiency by at least fifty percent.
• Roy watched the factory process and package meat, then decided its production was still insufficient for his population.

Roy inspected Goa Kingdom’s sea farms and food factories, which formed part of his No-Hunger Plan to secure food supplies across the East Blue. He then slipped away to Foosha Village, where he approached Garp in Makino’s tavern.

• Roy’s scientists developed fast-growing seaweed varieties and marine crops that helped ease the East Blue’s food crisis.
• Roy toured Goa Kingdom’s sea farms and ordered the marine cultivation program to keep expanding across the East Blue.
• After visiting a kelp processing factory, Roy used a Cloud Clone to leave his entourage and travel to Foosha Village.
• Roy entered Makino’s tavern, ordered cola for himself and sherry for Garp, and addressed the old man.

Roy met Garp in Makino’s tavern and urged him to abandon the World Government and join his cause to save the world. Garp left with Roy’s Den Den Mushi and identity card, agreeing to see how the East Blue had changed before deciding.

• Makino served Roy cola, sherry, and side dishes, and Garp began drinking the sherry Roy pushed toward him.
• Garp asked when Roy had contacted Zephyr, and Roy said it was during Zephyr’s final recruit training camp.
• Roy accused the World Government of threatening the world and invited Garp to join him, prompting Garp to react in shock.
• Roy argued that the Celestial Dragons’ actions betrayed Garp’s original sense of justice and urged him to choose whether to help save the world.
• Roy gave Garp a Den Den Mushi and a Hearts 3 card, telling him to tour the East Blue and judge the changes for himself.
• Garp put the items away, left money for Makino, and quietly departed, leaving behind a bent iron spoon.

Roy toured Windmill Port incognito to assess the real state of Goa Kingdom, finding that its rapid development had brought widespread but mostly manageable problems. He left quietly for his next destination, arranging for specialists to address the worst issues after his departure.

• Roy wandered through Windmill Port and reflected on how Garp might be influenced by seeing the East Blue’s changes.
• Roy used the Echo Map and his observations to inspect the town and found abuses by security personnel, poorly educated officials, and factory pollution.
• Roy judged that Goa Kingdom’s problems were tolerable costs of rapid development, provided they did not spread into the military.
• Roy finished assessing Goa Kingdom and departed Windmill Port in secret.
• Roy arranged for specialists to arrive after he left and deal with the kingdom’s most serious problems.

Workers in the Tachibana Kingdom labored on the bridge, while corrupt officials Trick and Nick secretly stole from the rewards intended for them. Roy arrived near High Wall Fortress and prepared to launch a purge of the kingdom’s corrupt personnel.

• Belo Betty rallied the bridge workers, who competed for residential slots in the central district as they built the bridge.
• Trick and Nick discussed stealing half of the twenty residential slots and dismissed the risk of being investigated.
• Owl told Roy that he was half an hour from High Wall Fortress and that Violet had prepared for the purge.
• Roy reviewed the corruption in the Tachibana Kingdom and resolved to execute prominent offenders as a warning to his subordinates.

A merchant ship arrived at High Wall Fortress, Roy’s immense sea-and-air stronghold in the East Blue, as Violet finished preparing forces for an operation in Tachibana Kingdom. Roy’s arrival set the planned mobilization in motion.

• A merchant ship approached High Wall Fortress, whose ground, sea, and aerial defenses dwarfed it.
• The chapter described how High Wall Fortress coordinated its ships, ground troops, and flying forces to control the western East Blue.
• Violet coordinated more than five thousand personnel and finalized preparations to purge Tachibana Kingdom.
• A subordinate reported that Roy’s ship had reached the harbor, and Violet ordered the forces to follow the original plan.
• Forces at High Wall Fortress deployed while senior garrison officers received orders to head to Tachibana Kingdom and take control.

Roy set a ruthless purge of Tachibana Kingdom and its connected networks in motion, while traveling to join the operation. Bon Clay and Lucci's forces took control of the kingdom under the cover of a surprise defense exercise, and arrests began as the targets realized the attack was real.

• Violet reported that Lucci's guards had reached Tachibana Kingdom, Bon Clay controlled the surrounding military forces, and the purge had begun.
• Roy told Violet to carry out the purge ruthlessly and prepared to accelerate the operation.
• Roy, Owl, and the others boarded a flying island cloud and departed High Wall Fortress for Tachibana Kingdom.
• Bon Clay's troops landed, and Lucci's team used the Haki Den Den Mushi network to cut off local broadcasts.
• Belo Betty calmed the population by claiming the landing was a surprise test of the kingdom's defenses, allowing troops to seize key locations without resistance.
• Soldiers began kicking in the doors of targets across Tachibana Kingdom and its connected routes, revealing that the purge was underway.

Roy’s forces carried out a purge across the Tachibana Kingdom, arresting corrupt officials and suppressing resistance as Belo Betty and Roy reassured the public. The chapter ended with Trick begging to expose other corrupt people after his and Nick’s crimes were discovered.

• Lucci ordered his forces to execute anyone who resisted, while Enel, Bon Clay, Roy’s Guard, and other troops suppressed riots and arrested key targets.
• Belo Betty explained the operation to the people of the Tachibana Kingdom, and Roy’s broadcast assured them that ordinary people were not the targets.
• Roy arrived above the Kingdom on the Bridge, and his appearance terrified the corrupt people hiding there.
• Nick confronted Trick about their crimes, and Trick blamed higher-ranking conspirators for taking more than they had agreed.
• A man entered to arrest Nick and Trick, and Trick fell to his knees and offered to report the other corrupt people.

Roy’s purge in Techira Wolf restored order, recovered stolen benefits, and strengthened support for the East Blue Fate Community Alliance. As news of the crackdown spread, Roy gathered his top forces for their first real-time conference since East Blue’s independence.

• The Alliance executed officials and others found guilty of corruption, while Roy’s forces restored order in Techira Wolf.
• Roy returned embezzled property and gave those whose benefits had been withheld double compensation.
• Morgans publicized the corruption cases, punishments, and compensation across East Blue, prompting some wrongdoers to surrender and others to hide their tracks.
• Major powers across the Pirate World received fragmented reports of the purge, and many viewed Roy’s actions favorably.
• Roy used Vegapunk’s technology to hold a real-time conference with his top combat forces, including Whitebeard, Kaido, Vegapunk, and Kuzan.

Roy convened a high-level meeting, where Ace and Marco saw the scale of his forces and understood why Whitebeard had trusted him with the hope of saving the world. Roy explained that unrest in the Tachibana Kingdom had exposed problems in his military, and he prepared to purge the core forces under his command.

• Ace and Marco joined Roy's video meeting and were stunned to see powerful figures from across the seas gathered under his command.
• Roy valued Ace and Marco as important talents and had specially invited them to the meeting as part of his plans to cultivate them.
• Roy announced that the meeting would review ongoing tasks and address the military problems revealed by unrest in the Tachibana Kingdom.
• Roy planned to purge Sky City and the Wings of Freedom, focusing especially on the middle ranks that he considered most likely to cause trouble.

Roy’s forces unanimously supported his plan to purge key members, then began reporting on the progress of their sectors. Caesar Clown presented an array of major scientific achievements, earning recognition as Roy’s First Scientist.

• Roy’s senior commanders approved his preventive purge plan, leaving its details to their subordinates.
• Roy began the sector performance reports and called on Caesar Clown to report first.
• Caesar Clown described progress in cloning Zoan and some Paramecia Devil Fruits, while research on Logia and Mythical Zoan cloning continued.
• Caesar Clown reported advances in biological, explosive, mechanical, bacterial, and chemical weapons, including Death Dioxide’s ability to restrict Logia users’ Elementalization.
• Roy applauded Caesar Clown’s report, and the other leaders recognized the scale of his work and regarded him as Roy’s First Scientist.

Roy heard reports on East Blue’s defenses, the Fish-Man forces, and food production before Vinsmoke Judge revealed a discovery about Blackbeard. The chapter ended with Roy reacting gravely to the claim that Blackbeard belonged to an unusual race.

• Caesar Clown and Enel reported their recent achievements, including the completed East Blue defensive network.
• Kuzan reported on the Fish-Man and Sea King units, and Roy arranged for him to take a legion to Fish-Man Island to support Jinbe.
• Neptune reported on sea farms, fisheries, and processing plants expected to produce millions of tons of food.
• Bon Clay, Torres, Trafalgar Law, King, and Queen reported on their respective work, including food engineering projects.
• Vinsmoke Judge reported his lineage factor research and told Roy that Blackbeard’s race was no ordinary one.

Vinsmoke Judge reported discovering a substance in Blackbeard’s lineage factors that might let someone withstand eating two Devil Fruits. Roy gave Judge greater authority and ordered him to focus on developing the method, leaving his allies eager for the research to succeed.

• Vinsmoke Judge explained that pure-gold equipment had let him extract a rapidly regenerating substance from Blackbeard’s lineage factors.
• Judge reported that laboratory mice injected with the substance had survived eating two Artificial Devil Fruits, suggesting it was the reason Blackbeard could eat two Devil Fruits.
• Caesar Clown, Whitebeard, and Enel reacted excitedly to the discovery, and Enel expressed interest in Whitebeard’s Devil Fruit ability.
• Roy praised Judge, granted him first-class authority at the Central Research Institute, and told him to devote himself to overcoming the project.

Vinsmoke Judge received Level 1 Authority at Roy’s Central Research Institute, while Kaido reported that Elbaf was threatened by the Blackbeard and Big Mom Pirates, Prince Loki, and World Government agents. Roy ordered Kaido to stage a defeat against the Straw Hat Pirates, intending to draw Luffy into Elbaf’s conflict and help him awaken his Devil Fruit; Roy then turned to Vegapunk and Whitebeard.

• Roy granted Vinsmoke Judge Level 1 Authority, and Judge vowed to meet his expectations as Queen resolved to focus on research.
• Kaido reported that the Blackbeard and Big Mom Pirates had occupied the outer perimeter of Elbaf’s World Tree, most giants were occupied by Prince Loki, and World Government agents were present.
• Roy ordered Kaido to find the Straw Hat Pirates, clash with them, and lose, with Morgans and Ace helping publicize the staged victory.
• Ace agreed to coordinate the plan and felt relieved that Kaido would only pretend to fight Luffy.
• Roy planned to bring the Straw Hat Pirates into Elbaf, unite its divided factions under the Sun God’s name, and encourage Luffy’s Devil Fruit awakening; he then looked toward Vegapunk and Whitebeard.

Vegapunk reported that Mother Flame had been produced in a small batch and that Pluton’s restoration was four-fifths complete, while Roy urged him to accelerate both projects and promised more support. The meeting ended with Gild Tesoro revealing that Spandam had apparently fallen into the hands of a World Government member nation.

• Vegapunk told Roy that Mother Flame had been made for testing and could enter mass production after more data was gathered, while Pluton’s restoration had reached four-fifths.
• Roy praised Vegapunk, demanded faster progress, and promised support from Brulee’s secretariat and scientists led by Caesar Clown.
• Vegapunk agreed to accelerate the projects and reflected on the dangers Roy faced from the force on the Red Line and the heroes of the seas.
• Crocodile, Robert, and the others gave their reports before Gild Tesoro summarized his work obtaining supplies and intelligence.
• Gild Tesoro told Roy that Spandam had apparently fallen into the hands of one of the World Government’s member nations.

Roy reviewed his forces’ development and pressed Caesar Clown to accelerate the Black Sun, a devastating weapon powered by research into Pluton’s fusion reactor. The chapter ended with Roy recalling intelligence from Tesoro about Spandam and remarking that his luck was still rotten.

• Roy considered the unknown threats posed by One Piece and Imu, and urged Vegapunk to speed up Pluton’s development.
• Caesar Clown showed Roy the Black Sun prototype and said Vegapunk’s Mother Flame could accelerate its development.
• Roy told Caesar Clown to work with Whitebeard’s side in Wano Country to replicate Pluton’s fusion reactor for the Black Sun.
• Caesar Clown agreed to speed up the project, and Roy ended the call before recalling Tesoro’s intelligence about Spandam.