Chapter Summaries

Doflamingo rescued Charlotte Linlin, then struggled to keep her from destroying his palace during a hunger episode until mousse cake calmed her. After her memories of being defeated by Hancock returned and she went berserk again, Vegapunk located her in Dressrosa and began securing Totto Land for its food resources.

• Charlotte Linlin woke hungry, and Doflamingo fled with his subordinates while ordering Buffalo to have the chefs make mousse cake.
• Doflamingo used his strings to stall Charlotte Linlin until Buffalo and Baby 5 delivered the cake, which she devoured before falling asleep.
• Charlotte Linlin woke in the rubble with no memory of her defeat, and Doflamingo told her she had fallen from the sky and been rescued.
• Doflamingo's question about whether she had fought someone triggered Charlotte Linlin's memories of Hancock defeating her, and her scream knocked him unconscious as she rampaged through King's Plateau.
• Vegapunk used a Vivre Card to locate Charlotte Linlin in Dressrosa, confirmed she was recovering, and began arranging to secure Totto Land.

Vegapunk, Hancock, Katakuri, and Smoothie arrived in ruined Dressrosa and found Charlotte Linlin rampaging against the Donquixote Family. As Doflamingo called the Marines for help, Violet searched the palace ruins for the dungeon entrance.

• Vegapunk brought Hancock, Katakuri, and Smoothie to Dressrosa, where they heard the sounds of battle and headed toward the chaos.
• Jora and Lao G struggled to restrain Charlotte Linlin, while Pica emerged as a giant fused with Dressrosa’s stone and vowed to defeat her.
• Doflamingo woke to learn that Diamante, Trebol, and Gladius had died, then ordered Pink to contact the Marines and called Fleet Admiral Sengoku.
• Violet used her Glare-Glare Fruit to locate the buried dungeon entrance in the palace ruins, but lacked the strength to clear the rubble quickly.

Kizaru arrived in Dressrosa to fight the rampaging Charlotte Linlin, but Vegapunk intercepted him and revealed that his Electromagnetic Fruit could counter Kizaru’s light form. The chapter ended with Kizaru wounded and shifting his attention to Vegapunk, while Charlotte Linlin stood quietly before Hancock and the two Charlottes.

• Kizaru arrived above Dressrosa and saw Charlotte Linlin rampaging while Pica struggled to recover and Sugar refused to approach her.
• Pique ordered the Donquixote Family to evacuate aboard the Flamingo Ship and reported that Doflamingo had requested Marine aid.
• Kizaru attacked Charlotte Linlin, while Violet entered the underground prison and Vegapunk recognized Kizaru as a valuable test subject.
• Vegapunk told Hancock he would handle Kizaru, and Hancock volunteered to deal with Charlotte Linlin.
• Vegapunk ambushed Kizaru with a Haki-infused lightning blade that disrupted his elemental transformation and badly wounded him.
• Vegapunk explained that his Electromagnetic Fruit let him manipulate Kizaru’s light-based body, and Kizaru decided to change targets.

Vegapunk overcame Kizaru’s counters with his combat program and unusual abilities, then sealed him inside a Truth-Seeking Orb. He turned his attention to Charlotte Linlin, who confronted him and accused Smoothie and Katakuri of betrayal, and ordered Hancock to continue fighting her.

• Kizaru attacked Vegapunk with Yasakani no Magatama, but Vegapunk nullified the light projectiles and countered Kizaru’s swordsmanship in their duel.
• Vegapunk used gravity and microwaves to restrain Kizaru, then sealed the elementalized Admiral inside a Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Smoothie and Katakuri watched Vegapunk capture Kizaru and realized how formidable his inventions and abilities were.
• Vegapunk approached Charlotte Linlin, who demanded to know who he and Hancock were and accused Smoothie and Katakuri of betraying her.
• Vegapunk told Hancock to continue fighting Charlotte Linlin with less strength, and Hancock agreed to beat her while protecting Vegapunk.

Hancock defeated Charlotte Linlin in a destructive battle across Dressrosa, while Violet and the prisoners survived her attack. Vegapunk healed King Riku and agreed to take Violet and her father along, leaving Katakuri to carry the injured king as they prepared to visit Violet’s niece.

• Hancock battered Charlotte Linlin across Dressrosa, and Violet shielded herself and the prisoners from Linlin’s crash before Hancock rescued her.
• Hancock knocked Charlotte Linlin unconscious, then refused Violet’s plea to heal King Riku until Vegapunk intervened.
• Vegapunk repaired King Riku’s injuries, and Violet agreed to go with the group in exchange for her father’s rescue.
• Vegapunk sent robots through a Wormhole with the unconscious Charlotte Linlin, then ordered the group to take Violet to her niece.
• Katakuri wrapped King Riku in mochi and carried him as Violet prepared to lead the group away.

Violet reunited with Rebecca and brought the injured King Riku to her flower-field home, where the group learned the Donquixote Family was leaving Dressrosa. Vegapunk then declared that he would hunt down Doflamingo and ordered Violet to use her Glare-Glare Fruit to search for him.

• Violet asked Rebecca to shelter King Riku while Dressrosa remained in chaos, and Rebecca agreed despite worrying she could not defend him from the Donquixote Family.
• Violet told Rebecca that the Donquixote Family was leaving and hinted that Doflamingo had met an unbeatable opponent; Rebecca celebrated and invited the group to a meal.
• Kyros watched the visitors warily as Rebecca cooked for them, and Katakuri, Charlotte Smoothie, and Violet left her food and money afterward.
• Violet asked Vegapunk about his organization and their next move, and he identified himself as connected to the Umbrella Corporation.
• Vegapunk said he would hunt Doflamingo for the Donquixote Family's Devil Fruit users and ordered Violet to search for Doflamingo with her Glare-Glare Fruit.

Doflamingo waited near Dressrosa, unsure how the battle between Kizaru and Charlotte Linlin had ended, until Vegapunk and his companions used a wormhole to reach the Flamingo Ship. Vegapunk refused Doflamingo’s offer to lead him to Caesar and attacked, leaving Doflamingo fighting for his life.

• Doflamingo wondered why the fighting in Dressrosa had ended so quickly and whether he should return.
• Violet located the Donquixote Family, and Vegapunk read her memories before opening a wormhole to the Flamingo Ship.
• Doflamingo recognized Charlotte Smoothie and Katakuri, then realized Violet had revealed his location.
• Vegapunk identified Caesar as an escaped former assistant and told Doflamingo he planned to capture him and the Donquixote Family.
• Doflamingo attacked Vegapunk with God-Slaying Spear, but Vegapunk shattered it with a finger and pressed forward.
• Doflamingo awakened his String-String Fruit and covered the deck in threads that erupted into spikes.

Hancock defeated Doflamingo and his crew, while Vegapunk spared Sugar and brought Violet along to find Caesar on Punk Hazard. Vegapunk confronted his former assistant and stopped Caesar’s distress call; Caesar ended the chapter clinging to him and claiming Judge and Queen had forced him to betray Vegapunk.

• Hancock suppressed Doflamingo’s awakened attack, knocked him unconscious, and used Conqueror’s Haki to defeat the Donquixote Family members who charged her.
• Violet warned Vegapunk and Hancock that Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit could turn people into toys and erase them from everyone’s memories, but Vegapunk spared Sugar.
• Vegapunk sent the unconscious Donquixote Family members through a Wormhole and had Violet lead the group to Caesar’s laboratory.
• Vegapunk arrived behind Caesar, criticized his Land of Death poison gas research, and revealed his identity.
• Vegapunk blocked Caesar’s emergency alert with electromagnetic force, and Caesar grabbed his leg and claimed Judge and Queen had forced him to leave.

Vegapunk brought Caesar and the research base’s equipment to Dream Star, then studied Devil Fruit users from the Donquixote Family and developed a way to extract Devil Fruits while keeping their users alive. He prepared to test whether Yamato could combine an Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit with the genuine Azure Dragon Fruit extracted from Kaido.

• Vegapunk forced Caesar to return as his assistant under the control of nanobots, then took Caesar and the research base’s instruments while poison gas drove the Marines off Punk Hazard.
• On Dream Star, Vegapunk made Caesar and Queen work together before turning his attention to researching the Donquixote Family’s Paramecia users.
• Vegapunk developed a machine that could make a Devil Fruit leave its living user, and he accelerated his research with the Dark-Dark Fruit he had stolen from Thatch.
• Vegapunk brought Yamato to test whether an Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit could merge with the genuine Azure Dragon Fruit extracted from Kaido.
• Yamato agreed to enter the suspended-death chamber and undergo the experiment so she could become a true Azure Dragon.

Vegapunk forced Yamato’s Azure Dragon Fruit to awaken by infusing it with power from the artificial version, then subdued her rampage and used Kotoamatsukami to stabilize and control her. With the experiment concluded, he turned his attention to Luffy’s impending voyage and the harsher conditions facing pirates as the Marines and World Government sought to restore their standing.

• Vegapunk infused the Azure Dragon Fruit with power extracted from the artificial fruit, and Yamato ate the real fruit after losing her former powers.
• Yamato transformed into an Azure Dragon and unleashed an uncontrolled storm, so Vegapunk used his electromagnetic ability to bring her down.
• Vegapunk cast Kotoamatsukami on Yamato while her mind was confused, allowing her to return to human form and become obedient to him.
• Vegapunk told Yamato her fruit had awakened and that her powers now surpassed Kaido’s, while he reflected that forced awakening was dangerous but could be useful for suitable users such as Nico Robin.
• Vegapunk prepared to seek out Luffy as he set sail, noting that the Marines and World Government had strengthened their forces across the Four Seas and Grand Line.

Stussy brought Nami aboard Vegapunk’s ship to meet Umbrella Corporation’s leader and consider joining its core ranks. Nami accepted a wristwatch that revealed the company’s plan to overthrow the World Government, leaving her terrified and unsure whether she could back out.

• Stussy led Nami through the ship’s Folding Space, where Nami met Yamato and Nico Robin, who recognized her as the Cat Burglar and warned that they knew about her side thefts.
• Nico Robin and Stussy explained how Nami had risen to become a key supervisor in Umbrella Corporation’s East Blue branch after helping bring down the Arlong Pirates.
• Stussy introduced Nami to Vegapunk, who offered her a place in Umbrella Corporation’s core ranks.
• Vegapunk gave Nami a Wristwatch that transmitted the company’s confidential plans into her mind, including its goal of overthrowing the World Government.
• Nami asked to return to her East Blue post, but Vegapunk said she could only leave if her memories were erased, and Nami feared the consequences of either choice.

Vegapunk and Nami watched Luffy set sail from Windmill Village, then Vegapunk used a Giant Dragon to defeat and nearly roast him. Vegapunk rescued Luffy and planned to take his blood, enhance him, and try to awaken the Nika Fruit.

• Vegapunk told Nami they had come to Windmill Village to inspect Luffy and take his blood, and Robin activated the ship’s stealth system.
• Luffy left the harbor after eating the villagers’ provisions and defeated the Lord of the Coast with a Gum-Gum Pistol.
• Vegapunk released a Giant Dragon created from the Azure Dragon Lineage Factor, frightening Nami and stirring up towering waves.
• The Giant Dragon blasted Luffy’s boat into ashes and roasted him before he fell into the sea.
• Vegapunk recalled the Giant Dragon, pulled the smoking Luffy onto the ship, and planned to draw his blood, heal and enhance him, and attempt to awaken his Nika Fruit.

After recovering aboard Vegapunk’s ship, Luffy tried to recruit Vegapunk as a crewmate but agreed to repay him by joining an experiment. Vegapunk began an intense food-and-training regimen to strengthen Luffy, leaving him horrified as the next round began.

• Luffy woke aboard Vegapunk’s ship, learned the dragon had left, and immediately went looking for food.
• Vegapunk secretly collected Luffy’s blood while telling him a hornet had stung him.
• Luffy invited Vegapunk to join his search for the Grand Treasure, then agreed to participate in an experiment as repayment for being saved.
• Vegapunk force-fed Luffy high-energy food and used shockwaves in a training pit to break down and rapidly rebuild his body, making him stronger.
• Vegapunk forced Luffy to eat an even larger portion and dragged him toward another training machine as Luffy pleaded for help.

After intense physical and Haki training, Luffy underwent Vegapunk’s Devil Fruit awakening procedure and ate what he still believed was the Gum-Gum Fruit. The Nika Fruit awakened, transforming Luffy as its power erupted.

• Luffy celebrated his increased strength, but Vegapunk activated the Devil Fruit Interference Field and forced him into a second experiment.
• Vegapunk used the Limited Tsukuyomi Training Pod to put Luffy through desperate scenarios and Haki training, where Luffy learned to control his Conqueror’s Haki.
• After ten days, Luffy emerged with greatly improved Haki and learned that Vegapunk’s experiments had prepared him for Devil Fruit awakening.
• Vegapunk drained Luffy’s Devil Fruit power into an Artificial Nika Fruit, then Luffy ate the restored fruit without knowing its true identity.
• The Mythical Zoan power erupted, surrounding Luffy with milky-white flames as his hair turned white and his body took on a cartoon-like form.

After Luffy’s newly awakened Nika Fruit exhausted his stamina, Vegapunk sent him off with an upgraded boat and navigation AI. Vegapunk then headed for Gran Tesoro with Nami and the others, hoping to find the Luck-Luck Fruit user based on information from Carina.

• Luffy rampaged in his awakened Nika form until his stamina ran out, leaving him limp and wrinkled on the deck.
• Vegapunk explained that Luffy’s exhaustion was temporary and that he could learn to control the awakening with practice.
• After Luffy recovered, Vegapunk gave him an upgraded boat with intelligent navigation and sent him on his journey.
• Vegapunk asked Nami about her information on the Luck-Luck Fruit user, and she revealed that Carina had provided it.
• Vegapunk decided to sail for Gran Tesoro, where he expected the Luck-Luck Fruit user might be hiding.
• Nami excitedly admired Gran Tesoro from the group’s cruise ship as they approached the golden city.

Baccarat used her Luck-Luck Fruit to win at Gran Tesoro and escaped the casino guards, while Vegapunk and his companions searched for her. Vegapunk’s Lightning Clones found several possible targets, including Baccarat, just as she reached the city exit.

• Baccarat won a large fortune from three gamblers, and her luck caused two of them to die in bizarre accidents while the third was injured.
• Baccarat considered joining Gild Tesoro’s subordinates but abandoned the idea when her coin tosses never favored it, then slipped past the casino guards.
• Nami argued with Carina over an old treasure and a five-million-Beli intelligence fee before they identified Baccarat as the red-haired Goddess of Luck.
• Vegapunk used electromagnetic waves and Observation Haki to locate possible targets, then sent Lightning Clones through Gran Tesoro’s gold.
• Baccarat saw a figure made of electric light rise from the gold near the city exit and reacted in alarm.

Vegapunk recruited Baccarat and Carina while considering how to take control of Gran Tesoro without destroying it or provoking immediate retaliation from the World Government. Baccarat believed her Luck-Luck Fruit could win the casino for them, leaving Vegapunk’s group to decide how to challenge Gild Tesoro.

• Vegapunk confronted Baccarat with his Lightning Clone, and she surrendered rather than risk attacking him.
• Vegapunk brought Baccarat into his group, revealed his identity through a wristwatch, and discussed her taking over Gran Tesoro as a rich source of luck.
• Carina realized Vegapunk’s group also wanted Gran Tesoro and considered stirring up trouble, but Vegapunk pulled her over and attached a wristwatch to her.
• Hancock threatened Carina after she insulted Vegapunk, and Carina hastily apologized.
• Vegapunk decided that force would cause too much damage and attention, while Baccarat proposed using her Luck-Luck Fruit to win Gran Tesoro from Gild Tesoro.

Vegapunk awakened Baccarat’s Luck-Luck Fruit, and she used its expanded power to win over ten billion Beli at Gran Tesoro. Gild Tesoro confronted her and tried to recruit her, but Baccarat made clear she intended to win the entire city.

• Vegapunk spent weeks helping Baccarat awaken her Luck-Luck Fruit while she and the others enjoyed Gran Tesoro.
• Baccarat’s awakened ability let her drain luck from people across a range of more than a thousand meters, and Vegapunk predicted it could eventually cover all of Gran Tesoro.
• Baccarat stopped hiding her power and won over ten billion Beli from Gran Tesoro, drawing the attention of Gild Tesoro.
• Gild Tesoro met Baccarat at the casino, admitted his gambling master had died after losing to her, and offered her a place in Gran Tesoro.
• Tesoro warned Baccarat she could be robbed if she left, but Baccarat said she could defend herself and might instead win all of Gran Tesoro.

Baccarat faced Tesoro’s offer and was sent to meet Saint Kamael, but Vegapunk’s group intervened and turned the Celestial Dragon and his entourage into toys. Brulee altered their memories, leaving Baccarat confused about what had happened.

• Tesoro tried to recruit Baccarat and used Conqueror’s Haki against her, but her nanoparticle protection blocked it.
• CP agents summoned Baccarat to Saint Kamael, and Vegapunk reassured her while arranging for Sugar and Charlotte Brulee to join them.
• Saint Kamael ordered his guards to break Baccarat’s legs, so she drained the luck of everyone nearby and triggered accidents among his entourage.
• Vegapunk emerged through a spatial portal, immobilized the guards, and ordered Sugar and Brulee to turn the group into toys and alter their memories.
• Sugar took the toys away, while Baccarat and the others forgot the encounter and were left uncertain about what had happened.

Vegapunk defeated the real Tesoro and used a clone and a disguise to help Baccarat win Gran Tesoro through a staged gambling campaign. When the final wager became a duel, Vegapunk appeared in the arena to fight the fake Tesoro.

• Tesoro attacked Vegapunk, but Vegapunk countered his Gold-Gold Fruit, bound him with gold ornaments, and knocked him unconscious with an electromagnetic pulse.
• Vegapunk transformed into Tesoro and planned to use a clone to lose Gran Tesoro to Baccarat in a public wager.
• Baccarat won more than three hundred billion Beli over several days, while the disguised Tesoro's assassination attempts failed.
• The fake Tesoro wagered Gran Tesoro and himself against Baccarat, then chose a duel as the final contest.
• Baccarat accepted the duel and called Vegapunk into the arena to face the fake Tesoro.