Chapter Summaries

Roy fought Yonji and overcame his high-tech attacks while his crew handled the soldiers. When Yonji took to the air with a rocket launcher, Roy revealed that he could walk through the sky using his Dream-Dream Fruit power.

• Roy countered Yonji’s close-range attacks and flames, repeatedly striking him through the defenses of his combat suit.
• Patch fought Yonji’s soldiers while King covered the battlefield with his sniper rifle and Kayou held off the attackers.
• Yonji used a blinding attack, but Roy relied on Observation Haki to strike him again and wear down his suit.
• Yonji flew into the air with his rocket launcher and declared that his height gave him an advantage.
• Roy used Pseudo Moonwalk to project footholds beneath his feet and walked into the air toward Yonji.

Roy controlled Yonji with Dream Mist and took command of his soldiers, while the Marines investigated the Phantom Sword Pirates and issued bounties. Marine Headquarters decided to send Rear Admiral X Drake to capture Roy’s crew in the North Blue.

• Roy used Dream Mist to control Yonji and ordered him to stop his men from fighting.
• Yonji declared that his soldiers would serve Roy, and Patch, Jin, and Kayou reacted to the sudden change.
• Marine Headquarters reviewed Roy’s record, including the destruction of the Marine 29th Branch and his capture of Yonji.
• The Marines recommended bounties of 50 million Beli for Roy, 30 million for Patch, and 20 million for Jin.
• Marine Headquarters chose Rear Admiral X Drake to pursue Roy and the Phantom Sword Pirates.

Roy’s first 50-million-Beli bounty made him notorious across the North Blue, and the Vinsmoke Family learned that Yonji had surrendered to him. Judge ordered the entire family to mobilize against Roy, setting up a major confrontation.

• Roy’s 50-million-Beli bounty and his crew’s combined 100-million-Beli bounty alarmed Marines and pirates across the North Blue.
• Roy believed that a person’s spirit and ambition could develop Conqueror’s Haki, and that the Marines’ restraints conflicted with it.
• Vinsmoke Judge condemned Yonji for surrendering, while Ichiji and Niji mocked each other and Reiju wondered what had made Yonji submit.
• Reiju suggested Yonji had been tricked and proposed that she and her brothers defeat Roy together.
• Judge rejected Reiju’s plan and ordered the entire Vinsmoke Family to mobilize and wipe out Roy.

Roy assessed his Haki and strength before arriving at the Extreme Sword Dojo to challenge its master, Kenkon. Kenkon asked Roy to spare his students and return his family’s heirloom blade, Kikuichimonji, to the Himura Family Head if Roy reached Wano Country.

• Roy learned the Vinsmoke Family’s Haki training methods from Yonji’s Dream Memory and realized his body was not yet strong enough to awaken Armament Haki.
• Roy reviewed his status and judged himself near the peak of the second tier of strength, while considering how he might learn more about the world’s power hierarchy.
• Roy sailed to Dover City to challenge the famed Extreme Sword Dojo master, Kenkon, after killing or defeating other North Blue swordsmen.
• Kenkon refused to flee and declared that a true swordsman must face another swordsman’s challenge.
• Roy entered the dojo and introduced himself as a swordsman rather than as the captain of the Phantom Sword Pirates.
• Kenkon asked Roy to spare his students and promised to reveal where Kikuichimonji was hidden if Roy agreed to return it to the Himura Family Head in Wano Country.

Roy and Kenkon fought a fierce, speed-driven duel outside the city, with Kenkon revealing the power of Flying Heaven Sword Style. As both swordsmen neared their limits, Kenkon prepared to unleash Nine-Headed Dragon Flash, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Kenkon offered to reveal the hiding place of a Great Grade Sword 21 Works blade after the battle, and Roy accepted.
• Roy and Kenkon traveled to a plain outside the city and began their duel, trading sword strikes that carved trenches into the ground.
• Kenkon used Godspeed to greatly increase his speed and then unleashed Dragon Nest Flash: Bite, which Roy deflected at the cost of intense concentration.
• Roy grew excited by the chance to learn from Flying Heaven Sword Style, while both swordsmen exhausted themselves in the fast-paced fight.
• Kenkon warned Roy that he would use the supreme secret Nine-Headed Dragon Flash, and his disciples watched as he prepared the technique.

Roy fought Kenkon and reached a breakthrough that let him briefly wield a Master Swordsman’s power, then brought the mortally wounded Kenkon back to the dojo and healed him with his Dream Domain. Kenkon survived and recognized Roy’s strength and spirit, while Roy kept his ability to turn illusion into reality hidden from others.

• Kenkon attacked Roy with nine indistinguishable figures, and Roy resisted using his Dream Domain to face him with swordsmanship alone.
• Roy found resolve, unleashed Starfall, and unleashed a clash that devastated the surrounding terrain and left Kenkon defeated.
• Roy brought Kenkon back to the dojo and worried that his injuries would prevent him from obtaining Kenkon’s Dream Memory inheritance.
• Roy had Patch guard the dojo and used Dream Domain: Illusion-Reality Conversion to heal Kenkon.
• Kenkon recovered rapidly, while King and Kayou marveled at Roy’s Devil Fruit Ability and Yonji continued to believe in him completely.

After Kenkon pledged loyalty to Roy, he explained his family’s connection to Wano and offered to show Roy the heirloom sword Kikuichimonji. Roy followed Kenkon to the hidden shrine chamber and found the famed blade buried under dust and cobwebs.

• Kenkon sincerely offered to serve Roy in gratitude for saving him and teaching him swordsmanship, and Roy accepted his loyalty.
• Kenkon said his ancestors had fled Wano after his ancestor, Himura Sword Heart, known as Battosai, changed from a feared killer into a swordsman who vowed never to kill.
• Kenkon explained that persecution after his ancestor’s death drove part of the family to flee with Kikuichimonji and settle in the North Blue.
• Kenkon led Roy and the others through a hidden passage beneath the dojo shrine to retrieve the family heirloom, one of the Great Grade Sword 21 Works.
• Roy found Kikuichimonji on an offering table, covered in dust and cobwebs, and remarked on its neglected condition.

Roy obtained Kikuichimonji but learned its original scabbard had been lost, then studied the Flying Heaven Sword Style from Kenkon and rapidly mastered it through dream training. After Kayou identified the Black Hand Clan in the Gilia Kingdom as North Blue’s leading weapon makers, Roy chose to travel there to have a scabbard made.

• Roy restored Kikuichimonji and learned from Kenkon that its scabbard had been lost when their ancestors fled.
• Roy asked Kenkon to teach him the Flying Heaven Sword Style, and Kenkon explained its techniques and ultimate secrets.
• Roy studied Kenkon’s experience and manuals, then used dream training to surpass Kenkon’s mastery without risking backlash.
• Kayou reported that the Black Hand Clan in the Gilia Kingdom was North Blue’s most famous weapon-making clan.
• Roy decided the group would leave for the Gilia Kingdom to seek a scabbard for Kikuichimonji.

Hyena Bellamy attacked a refugee pirate crew and learned that Phantom Sword Roy had devastated Dover City, prompting him to challenge Roy’s fame. Roy’s crew spotted the Bellamy Pirates approaching, and Roy chose to face them despite Bellamy’s connection to Doflamingo.

• Bellamy defeated a refugee pirate captain, killed him, and ordered Sarquiss to seize their treasure.
• The vice captain told Bellamy that Roy and the Phantom Sword Pirates had caused the destruction in Dover City, and Bellamy grew angry at Roy’s greater bounty and reputation.
• Roy prepared his crew to sail for the Gilia Kingdom, but King warned him that the Bellamy Pirates were approaching.
• King explained that Bellamy idolized the Shichibukai Doflamingo, while Roy dismissed the threat and prepared to meet Bellamy.

Roy used his illusion ability to defeat Bellamy and left him behind, while Bellamy’s defeat cost him his place in the Donquixote Family. In Dressrosa, Doflamingo learned of Bellamy’s failure and decided to deal with him and Roy personally.

• Bellamy attacked Roy with his spring-powered legs, but Roy’s illusion made Bellamy see and strike an untouchable phantom.
• Roy kicked Bellamy into the sea, then ordered his men to retrieve the defeated Devil Fruit user.
• Bellamy broke down, realizing he could no longer call himself a member of the Donquixote Family, while Roy left him behind.
• Trebol told Doflamingo that Bellamy had been defeated by rookie pirates in the North Blue.
• Doflamingo dismissed Bellamy as worthless and said he would personally handle him and Roy.

The Gilia Kingdom’s king and ministers panicked after learning that the Phantom Sword Pirates, led by Roy, were approaching, and they scrambled to devise a way to survive. When Roy arrived, the kingdom welcomed him with a mysterious gift, and he guessed the nobles had prepared something lewd for him.

• The Navy Minister warned the king that Roy’s 50 million Beli bounty made the Phantom Sword Pirates dangerous, and he explained that another 50-million-bounty pirate crew had conquered the Ciss Kingdom.
• The king, Duke Hess, and General Gilbert passed responsibility for the crisis among themselves until Earl Albert proposed asking the Navy for help, only to learn that the 25th Marine Branch had already left to pursue a far weaker pirate.
• General Gilbert advised the kingdom to welcome Roy with honors, and the king ordered his subjects to restrain their troublesome young people and prepare a troupe to entertain him.
• Earl Albert claimed that Roy and his crew were gay and persuaded the king to replace the women’s troupe with a variety of men.
• Roy stepped ashore to find the Gilia Kingdom’s people lining the streets to welcome him, and he guessed that the nobles’ promised gift was lewd.

Roy visited the Black Hand Clan to have a scabbard forged and met the clan’s diplomatic elder, Black Hand Mound. As they approached the legendary smith Black Hand Qi’s forge, Kenkon learned that the clan’s Great Grade Sword had already been sold at auction.

• Roy put Earl Albert to sleep with a dream punishment after Albert arranged an unwanted welcome performance.
• Roy left his subordinates with the Gilia Kingdom’s king and traveled to the Black Hand Clan Residence.
• Black Hand Mound welcomed Roy and guided him through the clan’s forge-shaped buildings, revealing that the clan had forged one Great Grade Sword and seven Skillful Grade Swords.
• Black Hand Mound explained that Black Hand Qi had forged the clan’s Great Grade Sword, but the clan had later sold it at auction for 100 Million Beli.
• Kenkon sighed after learning that the Great Grade Sword was no longer at the clan.

Roy visited Black Hand Master and asked him to forge a scabbard for Kikuichimonji, but the master said a scabbard strong enough for Roy’s sword-drawing technique required rare Star Sand Gold. Roy left planning to seek the material and agreed to return the next day for an ordinary scabbard.

• Black Hand Mound warned Black Hand Master that important guests had arrived, and Roy entered the blazing forge with several Senior Executives.
• Roy showed Black Hand Master Kikuichimonji, and the smith eagerly examined the legendary Great Grade Sword.
• Black Hand Master explained that a suitable scabbard needed to withstand the Sword Qi of Roy’s Drawing Sword Strike.
• Roy rejected Sea Stone as a scabbard material and learned that Star Sand Gold was rare and might be found in the Well of Stars Kingdom.
• Black Hand Master agreed to make Roy an ordinary scabbard for the time being and told him to return the next day.

Rear Admiral Arita fled the Drunken Pirates and sought help from the nearby Gilia Kingdom, while King Gilia’s banquet turned to panic when he learned the pirates were headed their way. The king and his court were left terrified as Arita’s distress signal revealed the Marines had been defeated and the Drunken Pirates planned to wipe them out.

• Rear Admiral Arita ordered his Marines to reach the 25th Branch and use its defenses, but no one there answered his calls.
• King Gilia toasted Lord Roy’s mercy at a palace banquet before an attendant warned that Rear Admiral Arita’s warships were approaching.
• Duke Hess and the Navy Minister explained that Arita was a formidable branch rear admiral, leaving King Gilia to wonder how he would fare against Lord Roy.
• A second attendant reported that Arita was requesting support because the Drunken Pirates were pursuing him after defeating his forces.
• King Gilia fainted in fright, then learned that the Drunken Pirates planned to wipe out the Marines and had sought help from his kingdom.

King Gilia asked Roy to save the Gilia Kingdom from the approaching Drunken Pirates and offered him an Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit in exchange. Roy agreed after learning it was the Pteranodon Fruit, Quetzalcoatlus Model.

• King Gilia and his officials feared the Drunken Pirates after learning that Big Drunkard Vasco Shot had defeated Rear Admiral Arita and was considered worthy of an 80 million Beli bounty.
• King Gilia rejected the officials’ plans to flee and decided to seek Roy’s help, believing he had a bargaining chip that could persuade him.
• Roy let King Gilia in after training and concealed his overwhelming aura when the king struggled to stand before him.
• King Gilia begged Roy to protect the kingdom from the Drunken Pirates and offered sufficient bargaining chips in return.
• King Gilia revealed the Ancient Zoan Pteranodon Fruit, Quetzalcoatlus Model, and Roy agreed to help.

Roy learned that the Gilia Kingdom's royal family had hidden an Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit in an uncleared Underground Palace and agreed to confront the Drunken Pirates in exchange for it. Meanwhile, Rear Admiral Arita chose to use the Gilia Kingdom's warships to escape, accepting that the pirates might punish the kingdom's people.

• King Gilia explained that his ancestor had placed the Devil Fruit at the center of a trap-filled Underground Palace, and generations of royals had failed to retrieve it.
• King Gilia identified the enemy as the Drunken Pirates, whose captain Vasco Shot had defeated Rear Admiral Arita and was believed to be as strong as an 80-million-Beli pirate.
• Roy considered the challenge worthwhile because an Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit would be a valuable reward for defeating such a powerful opponent.
• Arita learned that his damaged warship could not sail much farther and decided to resupply at the Gilia Kingdom's Marine base.
• Arita dismissed a major's objection that the Drunken Pirates would retaliate against the kingdom, saying the Marines had to survive to protect the North Blue.

Rear Admiral Arita led his Marines into Gilia Kingdom, expecting the Phantom Sword Pirates to be fighting the Drunken Pirates, but Roy’s fleet was waiting to confront the Drunken Pirates. After Yonji wounded Arita and Roy killed him, the Drunken Pirates arrived, setting the stage for the battle.

• Arita learned that the Phantom Sword Grand Fleet controlled the port and planned to reach the 25th Branch base while the pirate crews fought each other.
• Roy assembled the Phantom Sword Grand Fleet to face the Drunken Pirates, and Arita entered the city expecting an ambush.
• Yonji attacked Arita, endured his blows with his Combat Suit, and broke Arita’s lower leg before Arita knocked him unconscious.
• The Drunken Pirates arrived by ship, and Roy killed Arita with a single whip kick before he could attack.

Roy detained Arita as the Drunken Pirates arrived, led by the monstrous Vasco Shot. Roy’s crew overwhelmed the attackers, leaving the Drunken Pirates’ officers defeated and their strength badly shaken.

• Roy knocked Arita unconscious and ordered his crew to guard him while they awaited the arriving pirates.
• Vasco Shot confronted Roy, and the Drunken Pirates attacked as Patch charged into their ranks and tore Barton in half.
• King shot two officers, while Patch defeated the Longarm Tribe officer who had been left alone.
• Kayou used Evil-Breaking Eight Arrays, driving nearby pirates into a frenzy of hunger and violence.
• Kenkon defeated several Drunken Pirates officers with Dragon Hammer Soaring Flash, as the enemy realized Roy’s crew was full of powerful fighters.

Roy battled Big Drunkard Vasco Shot at the city gate, evading his attacks until he discovered Vasco Shot had concealed his Armament Haki. After Vasco Shot’s devastating Million Ton Punch destroyed the gate and walls, Roy emerged completely unharmed through his Dream Domain: Reality Conversion, leaving Vasco Shot stunned.

• Big Drunkard Vasco Shot attacked Roy with a powerful blow, and Roy dodged before countering with a slash that killed several Drunken Pirates.
• Vasco Shot unleashed Wild Flurry, but Roy used Observation Haki to evade his punches and spotted a brief opening after each assault.
• Roy struck Vasco Shot with Oni Giri, but Vasco Shot blocked the slash with Armament Haki and revealed that his apparent openings had been deliberate.
• Vasco Shot slammed the ground with Great Earthquake to restrict Roy’s movements, then attacked him with Million Ton Punch, destroying the city gate and part of the city wall.
• Vasco Shot celebrated, believing he had won, but Roy appeared unharmed and revealed that Reality Conversion had repaired his body.

Roy and Big Drunkard continued their battle, with Big Drunkard relying on Armament Haki to withstand Roy’s attacks. The fight turned when Big Drunkard unleashed a corrosive wine attack, enraging Roy and leaving the battle unresolved.

• Big Drunkard recovered his composure and charged at Roy, using Armament Haki to protect himself from Roy’s slashes.
• Roy dodged Big Drunkard’s attacks with Observation Haki as their battle moved from the city gate through the streets toward the Royal Palace.
• Roy realized he needed to defeat Big Drunkard with overwhelming speed, while Big Drunkard planned to restrict Roy’s movements with a wider attack.
• Big Drunkard drank from his gourd, then sprayed corrosive wine across the battlefield, melting pirates who failed to escape.
• Roy recoiled at Big Drunkard’s disgusting attack and grew furious as the Wine Rain threatened him.