Chapter Summaries

Allen used the Pluton blueprints to give Crocodile a task, then explained why the Revolutionary Army should not rely on the Ancient Weapon to defeat the World Government. He dismissed Pluton as outdated and costly, and ended by asking Aokiji to deliver a letter to the Whitebeard Pirates.

• Allen told Dragon and Cobra that he had used the Pluton blueprints as bait to find Crocodile something to do, and Cobra refused to inspect them.
• Sabo and Revolutionary Army officers wanted to examine the blueprints, but Dragon stopped them, and Allen warned that the World Government would target anyone who saw them.
• Dragon reminded Sabo that the Revolutionary Army was focused on rebuilding order and freeing the people, while the Demon Pirates would handle overthrowing the World Government.
• Allen told Aokiji that Pluton was outdated, costly, and vulnerable to Logia users, and argued that people with strong wills and power—not weapons—changed the world.
• Allen handed Aokiji a prepared letter and asked him to deliver it to the Whitebeard Pirates.

Allen sent Aokiji to deliver a letter to the Whitebeard Pirates, offering him the Ice-Ice Fruit in exchange. After Aokiji left, Allen discussed Devil Fruit research with Vilnalasath and encountered Smoker and Hina withdrawing their Marines from the inn.

• Allen offered Aokiji the Ice-Ice Fruit to deliver a letter to the Whitebeard Pirates, and Aokiji accepted despite worrying about the danger.
• Aokiji ate the Ice-Ice Fruit, quickly regained its power, and rode his bicycle toward the harbor.
• Allen explained to Vilnalasath that he had already recorded the Ice-Ice Fruit's Bloodline Factor and could recreate it.
• Vilnalasath said her analysis of Blackbeard Teach's samples remained incomplete because his genes appeared to include another person's.
• Allen and Vilnalasath discussed the Revolutionary Army's promise to hand over its Devil Fruits after the World Government fell.
• Allen saw Smoker and Hina lead their Marines away from the inn after deciding to withdraw to avoid casualties.

Allen met Smoker in Alabasta and asked him to help prepare the Marines to maintain order after the World Government fell. He planned to use Crocodile’s capture to advance Smoker’s career, then took Hina into his custody while Smoker agreed to wait at the harbor.

• Allen revealed that Smoker had agreed to become his ally and claimed Admiral Aokiji had joined the Demon Pirates, leaving Hina shocked and Smoker uncertain about Aokiji.
• Allen asked Smoker to rise through the Marines, build a faction, and preserve order after the World Government collapsed, while insisting the Revolutionary Army would eventually take over.
• Allen told Smoker that Crocodile’s capture could earn him a promotion, but said Crocodile belonged to Luffy and Smoker would have to wait until Allen had extracted all his value.
• Hina attacked Allen with an Armament Haki-coated punch, but Allen caught it and declared that she would stay with him.
• Jango and Fullbody tried to rescue Hina but were knocked down by Allen’s electricity, and Smoker agreed to wait at the harbor.

Smoker and Tashigi committed to working with One Piece to overthrow the World Government and reform the Marines. Meanwhile, Luffy and Zoro gained a preliminary grasp of Armament Haki, and Luffy challenged Crocodile before Kalifa thought they were ready.

• Smoker told Tashigi he intended to join forces with One Piece against the World Government, and she agreed to keep the secret and help reform the Marines.
• Kalifa put Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and the others through punishing Haki training, and Luffy gained a preliminary grasp of Armament Haki.
• Zoro wounded Kalifa with a slash coated in Armament Haki, impressing her with his progress.
• Kalifa advised Luffy to train for two more days before facing Crocodile, but Luffy blasted through the roof and shouted a challenge to him.
• Zoro followed Luffy into the street, ready to fight Daz Bones.

Crocodile and Luffy began a fierce battle in the desert while the other Straw Hat Pirates fought Baroque Works agents. Allen discussed the approaching Summit War with Dragon, then prepared to face Golden Lion Shiki, who had arrived seeking the Pluton blueprint.

• Crocodile followed Luffy's shout out of the city, and Luffy pursued him into the desert for a battle.
• The other Straw Hat Pirates fought Baroque Works' senior agents outside the city.
• Dragon joined Allen on the city wall, and they discussed the coming Summit War and plans to overthrow the World Government.
• Golden Lion Shiki arrived with floating islands and demanded the blueprint of the Ancient Weapon Pluton.
• Allen rose from the wall to confront Shiki and said he would test a new Soul-Soul Fruit ability on him.

Allen challenged Golden Lion Shiki to a fight for the Pluton blueprint and demonstrated that the legendary pirate could not match his strength. The battle continued as Allen charged Shiki again.

• Shiki recognized Allen as the Sea Devil and praised his attacks against the World Government, while Allen offered him the Pluton blueprint if he could win.
• Shiki attacked Allen with Lion's Roar - Ground Roll, but Allen dodged at lightning speed and struck him into a crater.
• Shiki used Lion - Thousand Grain Cut, killing one of Crocodile's senior agents, while Crocodile, Zoro, and the others recognized the Golden Lion.
• Allen emerged unharmed and said Shiki's Haki was far weaker than his own, then told the old pirate his era had passed.
• Allen accelerated into a bolt of lightning and charged at Shiki again.

Allen defeated Golden Lion Shiki, then stripped away his memories and emotions to turn him into a battle puppet. The chapter ended with Shiki stopping the falling islands on Allen’s command, while Crocodile realized Allen could do the same to him.

• Shiki raised a sand wall, but Allen passed through it and struck him down with an Armament Haki-coated fist.
• Allen trapped Shiki inside a Barrier Ball and overwhelmed him with concentrated lightning from the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• As the Float-Float Fruit-powered islands fell toward Alabasta, Allen slowed time across the area.
• Allen altered Shiki’s soul, restored his body, and ordered him to control the islands.
• Shiki stopped the islands from crashing, and Crocodile trembled as Allen dismissed him as unworthy of becoming a puppet.

Allen explained the limits of his soul puppets after turning Golden Lion into one, then ordered his crew to exterminate the beasts on the floating islands. Below, Luffy finally struck Crocodile’s real body with an Armament Haki-coated fist.

• Allen told Kalifa that his puppets needed precise orders and that humans remained more capable than tools, then reflected on the Soul-Soul Fruit’s deeper power to restore the dead.
• Lucci reported trouble on Golden Lion’s floating islands, and Allen sent him and the others to kill the rampaging Rare Beasts.
• Zoro defeated Daz Bones and Bora, Sanji defeated Bon Clay, and the Straw Hat crew handled Crocodile’s remaining allies.
• Luffy struggled to hit Crocodile, who hid his real body in sand and mocked the Straw Hats as pawns controlled by Allen.
• Luffy’s Armament Haki-coated fist finally struck Crocodile’s true body and slammed him into the ground.

Luffy defeated Crocodile in Alabasta while Allen’s crew captured Crocodile’s men and secured the Pluton Blueprint. At Enies Lobby, the Marines abandoned their Alabasta mission and prepared to receive Ace, whose identity as Roger’s son had been revealed as Blackbeard sought a Warlord position in exchange for him.

• Luffy smashed Crocodile’s sand blades with Armament Haki and knocked him unconscious with a Gum-Gum Battle Axe.
• Dragon left after speaking with Allen, and Lucci reported that the Floating Island’s enemies had been cleared before Allen ordered him to capture Crocodile and his men for their Devil Fruits.
• A few days later, the defeated men were handed over to Smoker’s Marines, Cobra sent a letter praising Smoker, and Allen announced that he had the Pluton Blueprint.
• At Enies Lobby, Akainu and the other Marines argued over whether to continue to Alabasta after seeing Allen with the Pluton Blueprint in the newspaper.
• Sengoku ordered Akainu to cancel the Alabasta operation and prepare to receive Ace, explaining that Blackbeard had offered him in exchange for a place among the Seven Warlords and that Ace was Roger’s son.

Teach handed Ace over to the Marines at Enies Lobby and planned to exploit the coming war to strengthen the Blackbeard Pirates. In the New World, Whitebeard rejected Allen’s warning and Shanks’s counsel, leaving him determined to fight alone and rescue Ace.

• Teach delivered the battered Ace to Akainu’s Marines and revealed his plan to use the war against Whitebeard to build up his crew.
• Shanks warned Whitebeard to call Ace back, but Whitebeard defended his decision and dismissed the warning.
• Aokiji arrived aboard the Moby Dick as a member of the Demon Pirates and delivered Allen’s letter to Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard destroyed the letter, struck Aokiji, and refused Allen’s help, ordering him to leave.
• Shanks said Whitebeard would likely have to fight alone, then departed; Whitebeard vowed to rescue Ace.

The Navy prepared to use Ace’s public execution to draw the Whitebeard Pirates into war while discussing its weakened Seven Warlords. In Alabasta, Cobra told Vivi that the royal family would give power to a commoner parliament and offered her the Sand-Sand Fruit, leaving her stunned and directing her to ask Allen for answers.

• Sengoku announced the Navy’s plan to use Ace’s execution as bait for war with the Whitebeard Pirates, and Momonga asked whether other Emperor crews would interfere.
• Sengoku said Kaido was badly injured, Red-Haired would likely stay out of the conflict, and the Five Elders would handle Allen.
• Tsuru reported that the Navy still had no news of Aokiji, and Sengoku ordered worldwide mobilization and the recruitment of new Seven Warlords.
• Cobra hosted a banquet for the Straw Hat Pirates while Vivi privately asked him about the unfamiliar people in the palace.
• Cobra told Vivi that Alabasta would transfer power from the royal family to a parliament of commoners, then offered her the Sand-Sand Fruit and suggested she ask Allen about her doubts.

Allen explained his alliance with the Revolutionary Army to Princess Vivi and offered her a chance to use her political skills in Utopia. After learning that Jewelry Bonney and Trafalgar Law had appeared, he left to meet them.

• Allen told Vivi that Utopia was a model for a system without kings or nobles, governed by the people through parliament.
• Allen invited Vivi to join Utopia and suggested she could first travel with Luffy and the Straw Hat Crew before deciding.
• Vivi joked that Allen was called the pirate least like a pirate, and Allen said his goal was to destroy the World Government and kill the Celestial Dragons.
• Kalifa reported that Jewelry Bonney had appeared near Water 7 and Trafalgar Law had landed at Alabasta, apparently seeking the Pluton Blueprint.
• Allen set off to meet Bonney and investigate her Devil Fruit ability.

Jewelry Bonney arrived in Alabasta and met Allen, who demanded her age-altering Devil Fruit in exchange for another power. She accepted the Steam-Steam Fruit and left the island with her crew.

• Jewelry Bonney and her crew landed in Nanohana, where the city had recovered and trade was thriving.
• Allen appeared in a lightning strike and invited Jewelry Bonney to join his team.
• Allen told Jewelry Bonney he would let her go if she handed over her Devil Fruit, offering her a choice from his list in exchange.
• Jewelry Bonney chose to trade her Devil Fruit for the Steam-Steam Fruit.
• Allen extracted Jewelry Bonney's age-altering Devil Fruit, and she sailed away with her crew to master her new power.

Allen reflected on his fear of losing height while explaining to Georgia Rini why he had traded the Steam-Steam Fruit to Bonney. He discussed his plans with the captive Hina and tried to persuade her to cooperate with him without betraying her principles.

• Allen told Georgia Rini that forcing Bonney's Pirates to submit could plant a dangerous threat inside their organization, and said he wanted to change the world rather than repeat pirate customs.
• Allen examined the Life-Life Fruit and worried that its effects had shrunk him by five centimeters, while it could not increase his height.
• Hina asked why Allen had become a pirate, and he said he could not trust himself to ignore the Celestial Dragons' crimes and would become wanted if he killed one.
• Allen confiscated Hina's lighter, teased her about Fullbody and Jango, and asked whether she had considered his proposal.
• Hina refused to betray the Marines or her principles, but said she would consider requests that did not violate her bottom line.

After Allen left Alabasta for Water 7, the Five Elders suspected he planned to build Pluton and ordered agents to steal its technology while preparing a weapon to assassinate him. A warship carrying the weapon and two bloodthirsty CP0 assassins headed for Water 7, where Sentomaru feared the danger they posed.

• Allen ordered the Endless Abyss to sail from Alabasta to Water 7, and Hina departed separately with her subordinates.
• Spies reported Allen's destination to the Five Elders, who suspected he would build Pluton in Water 7.
• The Five Elders discussed a new weapon capable of killing a Marine Admiral and chose two Devil Fruit users to help ensure it hit Allen.
• The Five Elders ordered Spandine to deal with Iceberg and obtain Pluton's key technology for Dr. Vegapunk.
• A warship carrying the covered weapon and two CP0 assassins departed for Water 7, and Sentomaru recoiled from the assassins' bloodlust.

The Demon Pirates returned to Water 7, where Allen sought Trafalgar Law and arranged to modify the Endless Abyss at Galley-La Company. Iceberg and his suspicious associates acted strangely, and Allen decided to investigate who was controlling them.

• Nami, Robin, and the others arrived in Water 7 and spotted the Going Merry in the harbor.
• Allen told the crew to search for Trafalgar Law and the Heart Pirates while he went to Galley-La Company to request a shipyard.
• Iceberg greeted Allen as "Your Majesty" and reluctantly agreed to provide a shipyard and materials for the Endless Abyss.
• Kalifa and Lucci sensed that Iceberg's associates were likely CP Intelligence Agency agents, while Robin noticed that the supplied equipment looked brand-new.
• Allen told Lucci not to attack yet and chose to find out who was pulling the strings behind Iceberg.

Spandine ordered his agents to focus on gathering the Pluton blueprints and preparing for an operation against Allen, while fearing the Five Elders’ plans and a possible Buster Call. At Franky House, Luffy decided to replace the Going Merry, and Franky agreed to build the crew a ship—though only the world’s second best—while the Straw Hats discovered they lacked enough money.

• Spandine learned that Kalifa was wary of his agent and that Franky, Trafalgar Law, and Allen were all in Water 7, so he ordered his people to leave the Heart Pirates alone and focus on Iceberg, the Demon Pirates, and the Pluton blueprints.
• A messenger told Spandine that the Five Elders had sent two dangerous agents and gave him a Golden Den Den Mushi with orders to launch a Buster Call if the operation became untenable; Spandine feared Nico Robin would learn he had destroyed Ohara again.
• The Straw Hat Pirates celebrated at Franky House, where Franky asked Luffy what he planned to do about the Going Merry.
• Luffy chose to build a new ship, and Usopp protested that they should not abandon the vessel Kaya had given them; Zoro and Sanji supported replacing it because its keel was damaged and the crew needed a stronger ship.
• Vivi asked Franky to build them a first-rate ship, and Franky agreed to make the world’s second-best vessel because Allen’s Endless Abyss was beyond comparison.
• The Straw Hats agreed to build the new ship, but they realized they did not have enough money, and Sanji blamed Luffy for eating it.

The Straw Hat Pirates struggled to afford a new ship, and Vivi offered to sell the Sand-Sand Fruit before the crew refused. They decided to ask Allen for a loan and arrived at the dock where the Endless Abyss was being maintained.

• Vivi asked Franky how much a new ship would cost, and he estimated two to three hundred million Beli for materials alone.
• Vivi offered to sell the Sand-Sand Fruit her father had given her, but Sanji, Luffy, and Zoro objected.
• A member of the Franky Family reported that Allen and the Endless Abyss had arrived at Water 7.
• Vivi proposed borrowing money from Allen, and the Straw Hat Pirates agreed to ask him for a loan.
• Luffy led the crew to the enclosed dock, where Nico Robin cleaned the Endless Abyss and Allen studied the Blueprint of the Ancient Weapon Pluton.

Allen lent the Straw Hat Pirates 300 million Beli to build a replacement for the Going Merry, then told them Iceberg was being held by Cipher Pol agents. The Straw Hats left to rescue him as Allen anticipated their fight with the agents.

• Franky recognized that Allen planned to adapt some of Pluton's designs for the Endless Abyss, and Allen said he had no intention of rebuilding Pluton.
• Luffy asked Allen to lend the Straw Hat Pirates money because the Going Merry's keel was damaged, and Franky requested 300 million Beli.
• Allen immediately agreed, and Kalifa brought the crew two cases of cash.
• Allen warned the Straw Hats about Cipher Pol agents near Iceberg and revealed that they had captured and interrogated him.
• Franky insisted on rescuing Iceberg, so Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates left to confront the agents, who had mastered Rokushiki, Haki, and Devil Fruit abilities.

Allen’s crew prepared for the arrival of World Government assassins while keeping X Drake’s reports under control. When Fukurou found the Heart Pirates at the Water City Elevator, Allen rushed off to pursue Trafalgar Law and claim the Ope Ope no Mi.

• Moore reported that he had intercepted and altered X Drake’s intelligence, while Kalifa and Moore discussed Drake’s ignorance.
• Allen said he looked forward to facing the assassins sent by the World Government, and Shiki emerged from hiding as a soul puppet.
• Robin asked about the assassins, and Lucci recalled that they had slaughtered sixty thousand Rebel Army soldiers and were rumored to eat people.
• Fukurou told Allen that the Heart Pirates were at the Water City Elevator buying weapons and equipment, and Allen vanished in a streak of lightning.
• Kuro decided to follow Allen to see whether Trafalgar Law would join them or trade away his Devil Fruit.