Chapter Summaries

While Kureha performed a gruesome treatment on Roy, he learned that Garp, Doberman, and Onigumo were coming after him and began planning how to escape. Roy decided his best option was to use his Devil Fruit Ability to restrain Garp briefly and take the two vice admirals hostage, while keeping a harsher backup plan in reserve.

• Kureha continued Roy’s bone-scraping treatment without anesthetic, and Roy endured the pain while reflecting on his distrust of others.
• Roy received Dream Memory from Drake and learned that Marines at Headquarters were investigating him.
• Roy assessed the approaching force and concluded that Garp, Doberman, and Onigumo posed a serious but manageable threat.
• Roy planned to restrain Garp with his Devil Fruit Ability and seize Doberman and Onigumo as hostages, reserving the threat of Drum Island’s civilians as a last resort.
• Roy resolved that he needed to become strong enough to make even the World Government powerless to stop him.

As Marine warships headed for Drum Island to capture Roy, he completed the third stage of his bodily transformation and awakened Armament Haki. Roy tested his new power and prepared for the challenges ahead.

• Cyclops halted his crew’s fire when five Marine warships approached, then realized they were likely heading after Roy and considered selling the news.
• Vice Admiral Doberman ordered the fleet to ignore Cyclops’s pirates and press on toward Drum Island to capture Roy’s group.
• A blast tore through the castle as Roy’s transformation reached its third stage, alarming Kureha over the damage.
• Roy discovered he had awakened Armament Haki and demonstrated that he could harden his body and infuse Kikuichimonji with it.
• Roy judged that his increased strength gave him better odds against the battles ahead.

Roy checked his abilities and judged he could now face a fourth-stage opponent, then prepared his forces to meet the Marines arriving on Drum Island. Vice Admiral Doberman began a full-scale landing while Garp objected to Onigumo threatening the frightened civilians.

• Roy saw that Nightmare could not evaluate his combat power because his abilities were too well-rounded, and he believed he could now escape Doflamingo unharmed.
• Roy spotted the approaching Marines, dressed, and asked King whether the island’s explosives were ready; he rejected King’s plan to detonate them because there was no time to evacuate.
• Roy ordered his units to form up for battle, while Kureha explained to Chopper that the Marines were coming because Roy was a pirate.
• Doberman ordered the Marines to land on Drum Island at full speed, bringing three Vice Admirals, a hundred officers, and five thousand soldiers ashore.
• Onigumo proposed punishing civilians who fled, but Garp stopped him and called them pitiful people.

Roy’s pirates launched a surprise attack on the Marine force, overwhelming Doberman and Onigumo while Garp slept through the battle. The two vice admirals were left in greater danger as their suspicions about Garp threw them into confusion.

• Garp, Onigumo, and Doberman saw Roy’s force approaching and noticed that the pirates had gained two giants.
• Roy used his Devil Fruit Ability to give his officers silent orders to attack Onigumo and let Roy handle Doberman.
• Roy struck Doberman with overwhelming force, while the officers and giants combined their attacks to suppress Onigumo.
• The Marines realized Garp was still asleep, and Doberman and Onigumo suspected he had betrayed them and was pretending to sleep.
• Roy and the officers exploited the vice admirals’ confusion and intensified their assault.

Roy used Dream-Enter to keep Garp asleep while he battered Doberman and aimed to capture both vice admirals. After Onigumo wounded Garp, Garp woke and moved to save him, leaving Roy’s plan in jeopardy.

• Roy exploited Garp’s sleep and attacked Doberman with all his strength while his pirates held off the Marines.
• Roy defeated Doberman in three seconds, leaving him badly wounded and unconscious.
• Onigumo, enraged by Garp’s apparent inaction, broke away and slashed Garp across the chest.
• Garp woke from the wound and, misunderstanding the situation, prepared to rescue Onigumo from Roy’s officers.

Roy fought Garp to keep him occupied while his subordinates dealt with Onigumo, but Garp overwhelmed him with his immense strength. After learning that Onigumo had been defeated, Roy continued battling Garp to gather data for Dream.

• Roy attacked Garp with Starfall, but Garp struck him into a blood mist and Roy immediately revived.
• Garp tried to capture Roy and drive him into the sea, but Roy saw through his plan and flew toward the center of the battlefield.
• Roy learned that Onigumo had been defeated and decided to use the fight to gather data on Garp for Dream.
• Garp repeatedly blasted Roy apart with powerful punches, while Roy kept reviving and charging back at him.
• Roy noticed a chip in Kikuichimonji's blade and continued fighting as Garp resolved to kill him.

Roy survived Garp’s relentless attacks and used the captured Marines to force a truce. He revealed that he planned to become a Shichibukai, even if he had to create an opening by defeating one of them.

• Roy endured Garp’s blows until his swordsmanship reached the peak of Master Swordsman, and he survived one of Garp’s punches.
• Roy called for a truce and stopped Garp from attacking by revealing that Doberman, Onigumo, and other Marines were alive and in his subordinates’ custody.
• Roy demanded that Garp return to Marine Headquarters and threatened the captives’ safety if Garp tried to rescue them.
• Garp agreed to the truce, and Roy said he intended to become a Shichibukai.
• Roy told Garp he could make room by getting rid of one of the existing Shichibukai.

After repelling Garp’s attack, Roy discussed becoming a Shichibukai and explained his view of the World Government’s rivalry with Marine Headquarters. His crew mourned their dead, treated the wounded, and set sail for Alabasta, while Kureha watched them leave.

• Roy told Garp that becoming a Shichibukai would let him live peacefully, and Garp questioned his willingness to accept the position.
• After Garp’s warship departed, Roy’s crew celebrated their survival and marveled at Roy’s strength.
• Reiju worried that the World Government might discard the captured vice admirals, and Roy explained how it could use the Shichibukai to restrain Marine Headquarters.
• Xun reported that she had stabilized most of the wounded but could not save those who had died.
• Roy comforted Xun, ordered the crew to bury their dead, and announced that they would sail for Alabasta.
• Kureha watched Roy and his crew depart and lamented that Roy was not the successor to the will of [D].

Sengoku questioned Garp about Roy’s capture of Onigumo and Doberman and learned that the Marines had little chance of rescuing them without risking their lives. Sengoku feared Roy’s growing power and possible Shichibukai status, while he and Garp ended the discussion by fighting in the Fleet Admiral’s office.

• Sengoku confronted Garp over the failed operation and the capture of Onigumo and Doberman.
• Garp recounted how Roy had put him to sleep, defeated Doberman, and helped his crew overpower Onigumo.
• Garp judged that a rescue attempt had almost no chance of success and could get the two Vice Admirals killed.
• Sengoku worried that Roy might become a Shichibukai and grow into a force the Marines could not eliminate.
• Garp suggested Sengoku set a trap to strip Roy of his Shichibukai title, and Sengoku punched Garp before they began fighting.

Roy and the Phantom Sword Pirates openly entered Alabasta and Rain Base, drawing attention as Roy targeted Crocodile and his Shichibukai title. As Cobra prepared to protect the kingdom from a possible battle, Crocodile accepted Roy’s challenge and vowed to destroy him.

• Xia questioned Roy’s decision to arrive openly, but Roy said Crocodile already knew he was the target and saw no need to plan around Crocodile’s weak forces.
• Roy’s arrival in Alabasta alarmed residents and prompted wealthy figures and gang leaders to move their assets ahead of a possible clash.
• Cobra panicked over the pirates’ arrival, and Igaram suggested they might be targeting Crocodile rather than Alabasta.
• Cobra ordered preparations for an emergency announcement and possible evacuation to protect the kingdom’s citizens.
• Robin told Crocodile that Roy’s group had entered Rain Base and likely wanted his Shichibukai title.
• Crocodile dismissed Roy’s victory over Doflamingo and vowed to lead him toward destruction with drought and decay.

Roy entered Rain Dinners and challenged Crocodile, hoping to recruit him by wagering their freedom and fates. Crocodile rejected the proposed gamble and insisted they settle matters in battle.

• Roy's group arrived at Rain Base, where frightened citizens scattered and weak pirates who tried to ambush him were killed.
• Roy entered Rain Dinners, causing the gamblers to flee in panic as they feared it would become the battleground for him and Crocodile.
• Crocodile and Robin emerged from the VIP room, and Roy challenged Crocodile to gamble their freedom and fates, hoping to recruit him.
• Crocodile dismissed Roy's wager and declared that their battle would determine the winner's right to decide everything.

Roy used Nightmare as a convincing dream clone to trick Crocodile and wound him with an Armament Haki sword strike. Crocodile realized too late that the figure he had crushed was a decoy, while Roy’s Dream Clone Technique was revealed.

• Crocodile attacked Roy with a crescent-shaped sand blade that transformed into a giant hand of quicksand.
• Roy avoided the quicksand trap and struck Crocodile from behind with an Armament Haki-coated sword.
• Crocodile reassembled from sand with a severe wound and demanded to know how Roy had hidden his position.
• Roy’s allies watched as it was revealed that Nightmare had posed as Roy while the real Roy waited in the shadows.
• Roy’s Dream Release: Dream Clone Technique was revealed, and Nightmare’s destruction was shown to be harmless as long as Roy lived.

Roy battled Crocodile the Sand across Rain Base as Crocodile unleashed four rampaging sand dragons that threatened to destroy Alabasta. Roy revealed a massive attack called Great Cataclysm, aimed at the entire desert rather than Crocodile alone.

• Roy refused to reveal his abilities and struck Crocodile the Sand, driving him into the ground.
• Crocodile summoned four sand dragons that destroyed Rain Base and advanced toward Yuba, threatening all of Alabasta.
• Roy evaded the dragons and destroyed a hidden poison-hook attack, while Crocodile concealed himself within the sandstorm and made the dragons more agile.
• Roy admitted that Crocodile had forced him to take the fight seriously and prepared a technique he had gained from fighting Garp.
• Roy unleashed Great Cataclysm, targeting the entire desert and leaving Crocodile stunned by the scale of the attack.

Roy and Crocodile’s battle unleashed Sword Qi powerful enough to destroy the sandstorm and obliterate Rain Base, leaving a bottomless abyss. In Alubarna, Cobra learned the city was gone and that Pell could not approach the battlefield, while the victor remained unknown.

• Roy’s Sword Qi shattered the four converging Sand Mad Dragons and caused violent tremors across Lodestar Island.
• Cobra comforted Vivi during the quake, then learned from Igaram that the disturbance had come from Rain Base.
• Pell arrived and told Cobra that Rain Base had been completely destroyed, with only a bottomless abyss left behind.
• Cobra fainted at the news, then woke and angrily blamed Crocodile the Sand and Phantom Sword for the destruction.
• Igaram reminded Cobra that the sandstorm had been stopped, and Cobra restrained his anger rather than risk drawing the fighters to Alubarna.
• Pell said he did not know who had won because residual Sword Qi had injured him before he could reach the battlefield.

After defeating Crocodile the Sand, Roy invited him and Nico Robin to join his fleet, then revealed that he needed Robin’s knowledge to find Pluton. Crocodile refused to submit but was kept in custody as the group prepared to pursue the weapon.

• Roy offered Crocodile the Sand a place in his crew, but Crocodile refused despite Roy’s confidence that he could keep him under control.
• Roy considered turning Crocodile into a biological weapon if he remained defiant, but decided to bring him along instead.
• Roy invited Nico Robin to join his fleet, and she accepted after he dismissed the danger posed by the World Government.
• Roy told Robin that he needed her knowledge to find Pluton, shocking her and revealing that Crocodile had planned to trade information about it for his freedom.

Roy's crew reached Alubarna after defeating Crocodile the Sand, and talk of Pluton unsettled his subordinates as Roy admitted he could not claim the Ancient Weapon yet. At the royal palace, Cobra prepared to surrender to protect Alabasta's people, but Roy had not yet stated what he wanted.

• Roy told Robin and his crew that he was curious about Pluton but was not ready to seize it.
• Igaram warned Cobra that Roy's group had arrived in Alubarna and that Crocodile the Sand had been captured.
• Cobra refused to flee and ordered Igaram to take Vivi to safety rather than risk harm to the citizens.
• Pell and Jackal tried to hold off Roy, but Patch struck them aside with a single attack.
• Cobra offered to agree to Roy's demands and surrender the throne to spare Alabasta further suffering.

Roy compelled Cobra to take him to Alabasta’s underground mausoleum, where Robin was forced to confront a Poneglyph and choose whether to help Roy uncover Pluton’s secret. The chapter left Robin agreeing to serve Roy, while he warned her that betrayal would not be forgiven.

• Roy used his Devil Fruit Ability to change Cobra and his companions’ feelings toward him, then ordered Cobra to lead him to the royal family’s underground mausoleum.
• Cobra guided Roy, Crocodile the Sand, and Robin to a hidden Poneglyph, where Robin began reading its inscription aloud.
• Roy accused Robin of lying, and she refused to reveal the Poneglyph’s true meaning because she feared Pluton falling into his hands.
• Roy urged Robin to pursue the truth behind Ohara’s destruction and the World Government, threatening to read her memories if she refused.
• Robin chose to follow Roy, and he warned her that he would not tolerate another betrayal.

Roy had Robin translate a Poneglyph whose warning linked Devil Fruits, the Great Kingdom, Ancient Weapons, and a World-Destroying Serpent. After hearing Elbaf’s legend of the Red Line as a Blood-Stained Serpent, Roy questioned Crocodile about how he learned Alabasta might hold Pluton’s secret.

• Robin translated the Poneglyph’s warning about a Forbidden Fruit, a fallen Kingdom of Gods, sinful bloodlines, a Divine War Weapon, and a World-Destroying Serpent.
• Robin suggested the Kingdom of Gods was the Great Kingdom and connected its fall to Devil Fruits, then recalled that Elbaf’s records mentioned the World-Destroying Serpent.
• Dorry and Brogy explained that Elbaf’s people called the Red Line the Blood-Stained Serpent, a name based on a king’s view from the summit of the sacred War Tree.
• Robin speculated that Ancient Weapons might be hidden in the Red Line, while Roy privately considered the World Government’s possible control of Uranus.
• Roy asked Crocodile the Sand where he had heard that Alabasta held Pluton’s secret, and Crocodile said he had found Marines trading Ohara’s remnants and believed the World Government had used the information to ensnare him.

Roy explained why the World Government had used Crocodile to investigate Alabasta, then exposed a hidden CP0 agent who had come to contact him on behalf of the Five Elders. Roy accepted a Den Den Mushi to speak with them, while keeping his true ambitions toward the World Government secret.

• Robin questioned why the World Government had needed Crocodile to uncover Alabasta's secrets, and Roy explained that direct intervention would draw suspicion because of the Nefertari family's ties to the Celestial Dragons.
• Roy detected a concealed CP0 agent nearby and forced him to reveal himself.
• The CP0 agent praised Roy's Observation Haki and said he had been sent to make preliminary contact after the Five Elders learned about Roy from Marine Headquarters.
• Crocodile explained to Robin that CP0 stood above the other Cipher Pol agencies and was the world's strongest intelligence organization.
• The CP0 agent offered Roy a Den Den Mushi so he could discuss his demands with the Five Elders, and Roy took it without hesitation.
• The CP0 agent withdrew, while Roy resolved not to reveal his ultimate ambition or provoke the World Government unnecessarily.

Roy negotiated with the Five Elders for a Shichibukai position, using the Nefertari Royal Family’s records about the Ancient Weapons as his bargaining chip. He argued that the World Government did not truly fear the Four Emperors, leaving the Five Elders wary of his insight and waiting to hear what he wanted.

• Roy called the Five Elders and argued that Crocodile the Sand’s defeat had left a Shichibukai position open.
• The Five Elders rejected Roy’s demand and warned that they would not allow a fifth emperor to emerge.
• Roy dismissed the captured Marine vice admirals as an excuse and offered the Nefertari Royal Family’s Ancient Weapons records instead.
• The Five Elders threatened to kill Roy and take the Poneglyph, but Roy argued that the World Government could outlast the Four Emperors.
• Robin, Crocodile, and the others listened in surprise as Roy challenged the Five Elders’ assumptions, and the Five Elders demanded to know his true purpose.