Chapter Summaries

After defeating Arlong, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji rushed to Cocoyasi Village when they learned a second giant beast was approaching, only to find a Marine had already defeated it. The Marine revealed that he was Luffy’s grandfather and struck at the frozen Luffy.

• Sanji, Luffy, and Zoro recovered enough to search for Nami, but Usopp explained that she and the villagers had gone to Cocoyasi Village to evacuate people from a second approaching beast.
• Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy hurried toward the village, with Luffy carrying Usopp along.
• At Cocoyasi Village, the group found a Marine in a dog head hat who had defeated the giant beast with one punch.
• Nami tried to signal Luffy’s group to run, but Sanji shouted accusations at the Marine and exposed her connection to Arlong’s crew.
• Zoro prepared to attack, but Luffy froze when he saw the Marine, who leaped over and called Luffy his grandson before swinging an iron fist at him.

Vice Admiral Garp reunited with Luffy at Cocoyasi Village, disciplined him, and learned that corrupt Marines had protected the Arlong Pirate Crew. After Garp’s crew revealed Golden Lion’s location, Luffy and his companions pressured Garp into taking them along, and he agreed while vowing to deal with Captain Nezumi.

• Garp hit Luffy with a Fist of Love, then warned him against becoming a pirate and examined his crew.
• Luffy stood between Garp and his companions, and Garp learned that Captain Nezumi’s Marines had shielded the Arlong Pirate Crew.
• Garp promised to investigate the corrupt Marines and give the villagers justice.
• Garp’s Vice Captain reported that Golden Lion’s Floating Island was in the nearby Northwest Sea Area, and the crew reacted to the news.
• Luffy and his companions insisted on joining Garp, and he reluctantly agreed while threatening Captain Nezumi.

Nami recounted how Arlong enslaved Cocoyasi Village and learned from Garp that fish-men had suffered human oppression before Arlong’s rule. Garp explained Fish-Man Island’s history and warned the crew that its human king, Nightmare, was a terrifying monster responsible for millions of deaths.

• Nami told Garp how Arlong’s crew extorted villages, forced her to draw charts, and stole the money she had saved to free Cocoyasi Village.
• Garp condemned Captain Nezumi’s collusion with Arlong and explained that humans had long enslaved and abused fish-men, despite their strength.
• Garp’s Vice Captain revealed that Arlong was subordinate to Jinbe, one of the Shichibukai, prompting Luffy and Zoro to ask about the group.
• Garp described Fish-Man Island and said Nightmare had improved its relations with humans after becoming its de facto king.
• Garp warned Luffy and the others that Nightmare was a ruthless human who had destroyed an entire race and caused millions of deaths, while Usopp covered his ears in fear.

Garp explained why the Marines tolerated the powerful Nightmare, then went to confront Golden Lion after his floating island appeared. Golden Lion unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, leaving Nami and Usopp unconscious while the others learned what the force was.

• Nami questioned why the World Government allowed the Nightmare to become a Shichibukai, and Garp explained his power, connections, and influence.
• Luffy vowed to defeat the Nightmare, and Garp punished him for declaring he would become the Pirate King.
• A gigantic island appeared overhead, and Garp identified it as a display of Golden Lion’s Float-Float Fruit power.
• Garp used Geppo to reach the island while the Vice Captain explained the technique to the Straw Hats.
• Golden Lion confronted Garp and released Conqueror’s Haki, which knocked Nami and Usopp unconscious.
• The Vice Captain explained Conqueror’s Haki to Zoro and Sanji while Luffy remained unaffected.

After Garp defeated Golden Lion, a masked man rescued the pirate through a spatial vortex before Garp could capture him. The Straw Hats and the adjutant survived the destruction of the floating island, but Golden Lion escaped and vowed to return with a stronger force.

• Sanji and the others watched meteors destroy the floating island, and the adjutant evacuated them before their warship sank.
• Nami and Usopp woke on an Unnamed Island, where the adjutant explained that Garp and Golden Lion had destroyed the island and their ship.
• Zoro recognized the scale of the fighters’ power and resolved to triple his training, while Luffy eagerly hoped they would come to the island.
• Garp and Golden Lion crashed onto the island after their battle, and Garp declared that Golden Lion had lost and would return to Impel Down.
• Golden Lion admitted defeat but vowed revenge, then a man in a spiral-patterned mask appeared and pulled him into a spatial vortex.
• Garp struck at the vortex but failed to stop the masked man from escaping with Golden Lion.

After Garp stopped Golden Lion’s attack on the East Blue, he suspected that Golden Lion and the Masked Man belonged to a larger enemy organization. In the Dream Dimension, Gild Tesoro declared that he would begin his revenge against the Celestial Dragons.

• Garp warned that Golden Lion’s alliance with the Masked Man might signal a wider threat, while Usopp and Nami feared they had been drawn into it.
• Luffy mistook the Masked Man for a rival for the Pirate King title, and Garp punched him as the others backed away.
• In the Dream Dimension, Gild Tesoro mocked Golden Lion for his failed revenge plan, and Golden Lion told him to keep quiet.
• Roy and the others discussed Garp’s strength, Golden Lion’s past rivalry with him, and Roy’s own unknown current power.
• Gild Tesoro vowed to make the Celestial Dragons suffer the flames of his revenge.

Tesoro revealed his plan to destroy Golden City during a lavish auction aimed at drawing in Celestial Dragons, and several powerful figures agreed to attend. Dragon refused to involve the Revolutionary Army, which remained under an intense World Government crackdown, but vowed that it would rise again.

• Doflamingo questioned Tesoro's decision to risk Golden City, but Tesoro explained that Nightmare's ability gave him a chance to start over and that he could no longer endure his hatred of the Celestial Dragons.
• Tesoro announced that he would attract Celestial Dragons to a grand auction next month and blow up his Golden Giant Ship; Golden Lion, Roy, and Doflamingo agreed to attend, while Roy planned to remain hidden until the operation began.
• Dragon said the Revolutionary Army would not take part, and the others responded with sympathetic remarks about its worsening situation.
• Dragon explained that the World Government had intensified its campaign against the Revolutionary Army, diverting Marine forces from fighting pirates and fueling the Great Pirate Era.
• Dragon suspected the crackdown began after a CP0 comrade he had cultivated was exposed, then vowed that the Revolutionary Army would rise again as long as the World Government failed to change the world at its roots.

Roy and Enel arrived at Gran Tesoro for an auction attended by powerful pirates, Marines, and World Government agents. Roy stopped their car and encountered Teach, who warned his companion Curtis not to provoke him.

• Orlinda greeted Roy and Enel, then drove them toward the Golden King Hotel in a turtle car.
• Orlinda listed the notable guests, including Red Hair Shanks, several Yonko commanders, Shichibukai, and Marine officers.
• Roy ordered Orlinda to stop the car and got out.
• Curtis angrily confronted Roy after a collision, but Roy ignored him and walked on.
• Teach restrained Curtis and warned him that Roy was too dangerous to provoke.

Roy confronted Teach and his Whitebeard Pirates group, then challenged Vice Admiral Chaton and Admiral Momousagi for following him through the Golden City. He warned Chaton to stay away, leaving the Navy pair unable to confront him.

• Teach stepped forward to smooth over Curtis's dispute with Roy, and Roy recognized him as Blackbeard Marshall D. Teach and mentioned his interest in the D. clan.
• Roy let Curtis and the others leave, then approached the turtle car where Momousagi and Chaton were waiting.
• Roy mocked Chaton's rank and asked Momousagi about Sakazuki, while she restrained Chaton from acting rashly.
• Roy questioned why the Navy officers had followed him, and Chaton admitted they had only been passing by.
• Roy threatened to kill Chaton if he saw him tailing him again, then told him that strength let him do whatever he wanted.

Chaton tried to recruit CP0 to help the Marines defeat Nightmare, but Bazel refused and warned that Roy was too powerful to provoke. Chaton then considered exploiting the pirates in Golden City, while Momousagi questioned his judgment.

• Chaton asked Bazel to help the Marines wipe out Nightmare, arguing that Roy had brought only the Rumble-Rumble Fruit User aboard the Golden Ship.
• Bazel rejected the plan, said CP0 lacked authorization to attack a Shichibukai, and warned that Roy was powerful enough to match a Four Emperor crew.
• Bazel recalled CP0's disastrous encounters with Roy and told Chaton and Momousagi not to provoke him.
• Momousagi asked whether CP0 had intelligence about or prior dealings with Roy, but Bazel refused to comment and left.
• Chaton vowed to make Roy regret what he had done and hinted that he might use pirates against him, prompting Momousagi to question his intentions.

Gild Tesoro gathered the world’s major factions at the Golden King Hotel, while Roy met him privately to discuss the Devil Fruit he planned to present. Roy revealed that the supposed Dark-Dark Fruit was actually the Disguise-Disguise Fruit, leaving their plan to deceive the assembled powers underway.

• Mr. Tanaka reported that the various factions had arrived and were staying at the Golden King Hotel.
• Tesoro dismissed everyone from the room, and Carina escaped after he spared her and closed the doors on his private guest.
• Roy met with Tesoro and confirmed he had personally brought the item Tesoro was expecting.
• Tesoro warned Roy that a convincing scheme to incite conflict among the factions required the real Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Roy produced a fruit resembling the Dark-Dark Fruit and revealed that it was the Disguise-Disguise Fruit.

Roy used a counterfeit Disguise-Disguise Fruit to replace the Dark-Dark Fruit at Tesoro’s auction, leaving the person who claimed it with a useless ability instead. Tesoro warned Roy that Scopper Gaban had appeared and might be coming for him.

• Roy explained to Tesoro that the supposed Dark-Dark Fruit was actually the Disguise-Disguise Fruit, which he had disguised with his power.
• Roy said the fruit had returned to circulation after Foxfire Kin'emon's death and joked that it could make its user a successful fashion designer.
• Tesoro doubted Roy’s claim, but Roy assured him that his counterfeit could pass for the real fruit.
• Roy said he had considered using Corazon’s Silence-Silence Fruit as a substitute but had chosen the even less useful Disguise-Disguise Fruit instead.
• Tesoro warned Roy that Scopper Gaban, Roger’s left hand and a figure long thought gone, had appeared on the visual Den Den Mushi.
• Roy took the warning seriously and wondered whether Roger might once have been called the Sky King.

Roy dismissed Scopper Gaban as a threat, while Gild Tesoro warned him that the Roger Pirates could seek revenge for Kozuki Oden. At the tense Golden City auction, Shanks and the other powerful attendees gathered, and Roy finally confronted Shanks as their rivalry came into view.

• Gild Tesoro reminded Roy that Scopper Gaban might be seeking revenge for Kozuki Oden, whom Roy had killed.
• Roy declared that he would send Scopper Gaban to hell if the old pirate came after him.
• Before the auction, Jack provoked Katakuri, Marco, and Lucky Roux, and Shanks crushed him with Conqueror's Haki.
• The gathered powers grew wary of the Red Hair Pirates, who seemed to hold the advantage with Shanks present.
• Roy spoke up, and Shanks turned toward him with a serious expression.

Roy attended the Golden City auction, where his influence over the Charlotte Family drew attention from the other pirates. Before leaving, he warned Katakuri to prepare to protect his family, leaving Katakuri worried about what would happen next.

• Blackbeard, Hawkeye, and Kuma watched Roy and considered what his arrival meant for their plans.
• Tesoro welcomed the guests and opened the auction, and Red Hair led his crew to their VIP room.
• Roy reunited with the Charlotte Family, whose members treated him as their most trusted figure, while Flampe demoted Katakuri to a backup option in her fan association.
• Katakuri invited Roy to his private room, but Roy declined and told him to prepare to protect his family.
• Roy left Katakuri with an ambiguous warning, and the crowd speculated that he might unite the Big Mom Pirate Crew with his own.

As the Century Auction approached, Ulysses and Marco worried that Nightmare’s alliance with the Big Mom Pirate Crew signaled a bid for a place among the Four Emperors. Teach persuaded the Whitebeard Pirates to help him obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit, while the other guests waited for the auction to begin.

• Bazel felt relieved that Red Hair had kept Nightmare occupied and hoped to escape the monster’s attention.
• Ulysses warned Jack that Nightmare and the Big Mom Pirate Crew might attack a Four Emperors’ crew, but Jack fell asleep instead of listening.
• Marco suspected Roy’s return and alliance were preparations to claim a Four Emperors’ position.
• Teach convinced Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates to prioritize funds and support for the Devil Fruit he wanted.
• The other powerful guests without access to VIP suites waited in the hall for the auction to begin.

Gild Tesoro opened the auction by presenting the Dark-Dark Fruit and selling unidentified Devil Fruits and other valuable items. Carina, disguised as staff, stole from the wealthy guests and entered the next private room, where she recognized the powerful figure from Gild Tesoro’s room and feared she had been caught.

• Gild Tesoro presented the Dark-Dark Fruit as the auction’s grand finale and promised to keep it on display until the final bidding.
• The auctioneer began selling unidentified Devil Fruits, and the first one sold for ninety-three million Beli.
• Gild Tesoro’s auction offered powerful weapons, territories, an entire country, arms deals, and slaves.
• Carina, disguised as a staff member, stole money from wealthy guests and decided to make one last attempt before escaping with her treasure.
• Carina entered the private room beside hers, recognized the powerful figure who had appeared in Gild Tesoro’s room the previous day, and panicked.

Carina recognized Roy as the feared Nightmare and worried he would punish her for witnessing his secret meeting with Gild Tesoro. Roy instead recruited her to steal an unspecified item and gave her a Silence Ring, leaving Carina eager to prove its usefulness.

• Carina found an old newspaper photograph identifying the man she had seen with Gild Tesoro as Nightmare, the Hidden Emperor.
• Roy asked Carina to steal something for him, and she nervously agreed after he warned her not to deceive him.
• Roy gave Carina a ring infused with the Silence-Silence Fruit, explaining that it could conceal her voice and presence.
• Carina put on the ring and boasted that she could use it to break into Gild Tesoro's treasure vault, though Roy had not yet told her the target.

Roy pressured Carina into stealing the Dark-Dark Fruit from the Golden Emperor’s auction, promising to conceal her and distract powerful observers. Meanwhile, the Red Hair Pirates planned to wait until the auction ended before confronting Roy, as the auction continued toward the fruit’s appearance.

• Carina tried to reassure Roy that she would steal from the Celestial Dragons, but Roy revealed that he wanted her to steal the Dark-Dark Fruit from the Golden Emperor.
• Roy explained how he would help Carina swap the fruit’s chest unnoticed and draw powerful observers’ attention away, and Carina reluctantly accepted the mission.
• Roy sensed the activity outside his private room and decided to stir up trouble at the auction.
• In Red Hair’s private room, Red Hair decided to postpone confronting Roy until the auction ended, while Yasopp and Ben Beckman discussed the danger posed by the Big Mom Pirate Crew and their hope that others would help fight Roy.
• After the sixty-ninth beauty auction, a new auctioneer appeared carrying a treasure chest containing a Devil Fruit.

Teach grew increasingly anxious as he watched the auctioneer make a suspicious move toward the Dark-Dark Fruit, but Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates misunderstood his warnings. The chapter ended with Teach still unable to make them recognize the danger before the fruit might be taken.

• Jozu reassured Teach that rival crews were unlikely to bid seriously for the Dark-Dark Fruit, and Teach pretended to calm down.
• Marco sensed danger and suspected Red Hair or Nightmare might target the Whitebeard Pirates, while Teach tried to point his attention toward the auction stage.
• Teach grew alarmed when nobody reacted to the auctioneer’s suspicious behavior and directly indicated the person on stage.
• Jozu and the other crewmen mistook Teach’s warning as romantic interest in the auctioneer, and Marco offered to introduce them after the auction.
• Teach fumed that the Dark-Dark Fruit could be eaten before the auction ended.

Roy confronted Red Hair over Scopper Gaban’s appearance, triggering a clash of Conqueror’s Haki that shook the golden hall. Teach concluded that Roy was distracting Red Hair to cover the auctioneer’s actions around the Dark-Dark Fruit and decided to seize the fruit while the two powerful men were occupied.

• Marco and Jozu reassured Teach and called him a good person, leaving him wounded by their apparent sincerity about his looks.
• Roy unleashed a powerful aura and challenged Red Hair, asking whether Scopper Gaban had come for him.
• Red Hair answered with Conqueror’s Haki, and Gild Tesoro used Golden Solidification to repair the cracked hall.
• The guests recognized the clash between Red Hair and Nightmare, while Bazel gathered the unconscious Celestial Dragons.
• Teach reasoned that Roy’s attack was meant to conceal the auctioneer’s movements and keep Red Hair from watching the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Teach decided to erupt and take the Dark-Dark Fruit while Roy and Red Hair were occupied with each other.