Chapter Summaries

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.

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.