Chapter Summaries

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.

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.