Chapter Summaries

Austin’s Seagull King battled Doflamingo and was badly wounded, so Austin gave him a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit that transformed him into a powerful Swift Bird. The battle resumed with Seagull King gaining the upper hand, leaving Doflamingo injured and struggling against him.

• Seagull King dodged Trebol’s attacks while Austin controlled the fight and knocked down Doflamingo’s family executives.
• Doflamingo escalated his attacks, and Seagull King fought back but suffered multiple wounds from the Five-Color Strings.
• Austin caught the falling Seagull King and offered him a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, which Seagull King swallowed.
• Seagull King transformed into a majestic Swift Bird, recovered most of his injuries, and unleashed powerful winds.
• Austin ordered the battle to continue, and Seagull King struck Doflamingo with his beak, making him spit blood.

Austin watched Doflamingo and Seagull King fight until both were ready to unleash their ultimate attacks, then stopped them before they could decide the victor. The chapter left their contest unresolved as Austin called an end to the fight.

• Austin praised Seagull King for wounding Doflamingo and reassured Baby 5 that no one would die.
• Seagull King created a massive hurricane, but Austin confined the storm to prevent widespread destruction.
• Doflamingo used his awakened strings and Armament Haki to counter Seagull King's attacks and close in on him.
• Doflamingo and Seagull King fought evenly for an hour as their abilities and combat experience improved.
• Both prepared their strongest attacks, but Austin caught them with an invisible hand and told them to stop.

Austin stopped Doflamingo and Seagull King’s evenly matched ultimate attacks, then rewarded Doflamingo and toured Dressrosa. The chapter ended as Austin arrived above Whitebeard’s ship and greeted the escaped Golden Lion Shiki.

• Austin used his power to freeze Doflamingo and Seagull King before their attacks collided, then dispelled both fighters’ attacks.
• Austin praised Doflamingo’s improvement, gave him half the promised reward, and ended the matter of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit.
• Austin rode Seagull King through Dressrosa and ordered the country to find the seafood rice shop Sabo had visited.
• Underworld figures abandoned plans to exploit Joker’s market share after learning Austin had been satisfied with his time in Dressrosa.
• Golden Lion Shiki met Whitebeard and began talking about disappearing to show the era something before Austin arrived and greeted him.

Austin arrived aboard the Moby Dick and reunited with Whitebeard and Golden Lion Shiki after overwhelming most of the crew with his Conqueror’s Haki. Shiki invited Austin to join forces with him and use their resources and plans to rule the world.

• Austin arrived on the Moby Dick aboard a giant bird, and his Conqueror’s Haki knocked out most of Whitebeard’s crew.
• Whitebeard and Golden Lion recognized Austin, who greeted them and recalled their past battles at Marineford.
• Austin singled out Teach as one of the few crewmen still standing, leaving Teach shaken.
• Austin and Whitebeard mocked Golden Lion over his defeat and capture after their Marineford battle.
• Golden Lion proposed that Austin join his underground forces and long-brewing plan to rule the world.

Austin refused Golden Lion Shiki’s offer to join him in ruling the world, then showed off his Devil Fruits and reminisced with Shiki and Whitebeard about Shanks and Buggy. The chapter left Teach coveting Austin’s Dark-Dark Fruit while Whitebeard took note of Austin’s prediction that Shanks and Buggy would become Sea Overlords.

• Austin rejected Shiki’s proposal, saying he had no interest in ruling the world.
• Shiki predicted that Austin would make the coming era fear the pirates of their generation, and he and Whitebeard remarked on Austin’s Mythical Zoan Seagull King.
• Austin displayed a string of powerful Devil Fruits, including the Dark-Dark Fruit, and Teach recognized the fruit he had coveted for decades.
• Whitebeard recalled the young Shanks and Buggy, and Austin said they would someday become Sea Overlords.
• Austin shared expensive liquor with Shiki and Whitebeard, who remembered Shanks’s name and wondered about Buggy.

Austin secured investment for Golden Lion’s research into artificial Mythical Zoan powers, and a photograph of him drinking with Whitebeard and Golden Lion made news around the world. The Five Elders discussed the gathering and its implications, while Crocodile returned to Alabasta and crushed pirates who attacked her.

• Golden Lion persuaded Austin to fund his research, and Seagull King photographed Austin drinking with Whitebeard and Golden Lion.
• Austin left Golden Lion a signed note for withdrawing funds and departed; the World Economic News Paper published the photograph with sensational headlines.
• A guard reported the gathering and Golden Lion’s withdrawal to the Five Elders, who decided to monitor him without treating the matter as an immediate crisis.
• In Alabasta, Crocodile read the news about Austin as pirates attacked her, then killed them with a sandstorm.

Austin visited Egghead Island after Vegapunk called him with news of an interesting invention. Vegapunk showed him a device that could let him play in the past, while Austin also secured a share of command authority over the planned Seraphim Project.

• Crocodile killed a band of pirates, and the residents cheered her as a Shichibukai.
• Mihawk split an approaching pirate ship with a slash and told its crew they had been slightly in his way.
• Enel transported funds from the Sabaody Archipelago to Golden Lion’s withdrawal point and struck unlucky ships with lightning.
• Austin arrived at Egghead Island and asked Vegapunk what good news he had called about.
• Austin offered Vegapunk thirty percent more research funding in exchange for the highest Seraphim command authority, and Vegapunk agreed to keep it from the Five Elders.
• Vegapunk presented Austin with a device and asked whether he wanted to go back and play in the past.

Austin learned that Vegapunk’s pseudo time machine could send him to the past for one or two years, though he could not change the past or bring anything back. He decided to use it to visit an earlier era and entrusted his forces to Mihawk before departing.

• Vegapunk explained that the pseudo time machine came from the Green Blood of a frozen Devil Fruit user and could only create a parallel timeline without changing Austin’s past.
• Vegapunk told Austin that he could stay in the past for about one or two years and return whenever he wished.
• Austin decided not to rush back and said he would settle matters with his subordinates before leaving.
• Austin called Mihawk and asked him to oversee the underworld, the Kingdom of Morardus, and Fish-Man Island while he was gone.
• Mihawk agreed to keep Austin’s forces in order and promised that the sea would not fall into chaos.

Austin left his territories in Mihawk’s care and traveled back in time to one year before the God Valley incident. He met the young Roger Pirates on Narcissus Star Island, where he and Roger prepared to clash with matching Divine Departures.

• Austin told Mihawk and his other allies he would be away for a year or two, then sent Seagull King off to train at sea.
• Austin asked Vegapunk to send him to one year before the God Valley incident, and the time machine transported him away.
• On Narcissus Star Island in Marineford Era 1483, Roger realized the Log Pose had not led the Roger Pirates to the Final Island.
• Austin emerged from the mist and introduced himself as a pirate, prompting Roger to challenge him and offer him a place in the crew.
• Austin matched Roger’s Conqueror’s Haki, then drew Ace as both men launched Divine Departure.

Austin clashed with Roger on Water First Star Island, matching his Divine Departure and surviving Roger’s devastating slash before striking him with Garp’s Fist Bone Galaxy Impact. After Roger laughed and invited Austin to join his crew, Austin challenged the entire Roger Pirates to fight him together.

• Austin and Roger clashed with Divine Departure, and Roger unleashed a powerful slash that tore apart half of Water First Star Island.
• Austin took Roger’s slash head-on, suffered a deep chest wound, and healed as he walked out of the crater.
• Austin used the Warp Fruit to appear before Roger and hit him with Fist Bone Galaxy Impact, sending him flying until Rayleigh and Gaban caught him.
• Roger praised Austin’s strength and said he would beat him and recruit him, while Rayleigh and Gaban warned Roger about Austin’s strange ability.
• Austin summoned Ace and challenged the Roger Pirates to come at him together.

Austin challenged the entire Roger Pirates crew, whose leaders recognized him as a formidable opponent. He outmaneuvered Roger and Gaban, then struck Rayleigh with a powerful kick that left him briefly unconscious.

• The Roger Pirates prepared to fight Austin after he challenged their whole crew, while Roger insisted Austin was his opponent.
• Austin's Conqueror's Haki grew stronger under the pressure, and Bitam's Haki-coated bullet passed harmlessly through his head.
• Austin used Dragon Claw Fist to catch Gaban's axe, hurl Gaban toward Roger, and disrupt their attacks.
• Austin appeared beside Rayleigh and unleashed Demon King Gale Kick, overpowering Rayleigh's sword and knocking him unconscious.

Austin fought Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban, then turned his attention to the rest of the Roger Pirates. He began testing the techniques they had taught him, starting with Fish-Man Karate against Sambel.

• Austin kicked Rayleigh into a crater, leaving the young vice-captain unconscious for several seconds before he got back up.
• Roger and Gaban attacked Austin together, but Austin endured their Haki-infused blows and used his strength to push them backward.
• Austin taunted Roger about being forced back, making Roger angrily struggle against Austin’s advance toward the crew.
• Austin vanished from his clash with Roger and Gaban and appeared among the Roger Pirates at the Oro Jackson, announcing that the fight would mark his graduation.
• Austin faced Sambel and declared he would use Fish-Man Karate before launching Tangluo Wa Seiken.

Austin fought the Roger Pirates by copying their combat techniques, defeating nearly all of them before enduring a seven-day battle against Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban. Afterward, a banquet aboard the Oro Jackson stirred Austin’s memories, and Roger comforted him as he cried.

• Austin used Fish-Man Karate to overpower Sambel and sent him into the sea, then defeated the Roger Pirates with their own techniques.
• Rayleigh returned from a distant crater and wondered who Austin was, noting his connection to Ace, his lack of hostility, and his powerful Conqueror’s Haki.
• Austin matched Bitam’s sniping and deflected his Haki-coated bullets, leaving Bitam unable to keep firing.
• Austin challenged Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban, then fought them for seven days and seven nights as half of Narcissus Star Island was destroyed.
• The crew held a banquet aboard the Oro Jackson, where Austin cried over memories of the past and Roger comforted him after Ace conveyed feelings of nostalgia and reunion.

Austin shared a joyful meal with the Roger Pirates, who guessed that he was Roger’s son, but he did not confirm it before sensing an approaching enemy. The Rocks Pirates closed in on the Oro Jackson as a storm gathered.

• Rayleigh asked Austin to reveal his identity, but Roger interrupted with a guess and promptly fell asleep.
• After the crew woke Roger and resumed their guessing, he called Austin a fan of the Roger Pirates, while Rayleigh declared that Austin was Roger’s son.
• Roger accepted Rayleigh’s claim, but Austin froze and looked toward the distant sea after sensing danger with his Observation Haki.
• Austin and the other fighters noticed a storm gathering around the Oro Jackson and spotted enormous warships approaching.
• Austin recognized the emblem on the approaching ships as belonging to the Rocks Pirates.

The Roger Pirates were surrounded by the Rocks Pirates, led by Whitebeard and joined by Golden Lion, Big Mom, and Kaido. Though Austin warned that Roger’s crew was still injured from their fight with him, he joined them in the coming battle and spotted a familiar old man through his rifle scope.

• The Rocks Pirates surrounded the Oro Jackson after Roger refused Rocks’ invitation, and Whitebeard, Golden Lion, Big Mom, and Kaido prepared to attack.
• Gick watched the powerful captains with admiration and vowed that he might become a king one day.
• Austin assessed the Roger Pirates’ injuries and warned that they would be wiped out if they fought in their current condition.
• Roger and his crew insisted they could face the Rocks Pirates, and Austin decided to fight alongside them because he had injured them.
• Austin readied his rifle to find a target, then recognized an unusual figure as an old man.

Austin intervened in the Rocks Pirates’ assault on the Roger Pirates, using his Black Spear to wound Whitebeard and reveal his overwhelming power. As the battle stalled, Austin appeared above the Roger Pirates’ lookout tower and struck Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido, leaving the Rocks Pirates stunned.

• Austin saw Whitebeard preparing to attack Roger and fired a Black Spear bullet infused with Haki, gravely wounding him.
• Whitebeard warned the Rocks Pirates that an incredible enemy had appeared and identified Austin as a king-level powerhouse.
• Austin teleported to the Roger Pirates’ lookout tower and said he was fighting dirty to make the Rocks Pirates give him some face.
• Austin named Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido, and bloody wounds burst from each of them.
• Gick stared at Austin in shock as the Rocks Pirates realized they faced a monster.

Austin devastated the Rocks Pirates’ crew and defeated the young Charlotte Linlin, while Roger and Rayleigh watched from a distance. The chapter ended with Dotol Gick stepping forward to challenge Austin.

• Austin’s Haki-coated shots wounded Kaido, Golden Lion, Charlotte Linlin, Whitebeard, and others aboard the Rocks Pirates’ ships.
• Big Mom attacked Austin with Emperor Sword: Break-Break Fruit, but he blocked her strike and sent her flying with a Demon King Gale Kick.
• Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and the other wounded captains moved to test Austin, while Rayleigh stopped Roger from joining the fight.
• Austin pinned Charlotte Linlin to the deck and subdued her Homies, leaving the crew too afraid to intervene.
• Dotol Gick stepped forward with two swords to face Austin, who recognized him as the old man from later in life.

Austin let Dotol Gick wound him rather than strike the old man who had raised him, leaving Gick convinced he had won. After Shiki and Whitebeard arrived and attacked, Austin protected Gick and challenged both pirate crews to end their battle with the Roger Pirates.

• Dotol Gick charged Austin with his twin swords and declared that he would stake his life on the Two-Sword Style he had learned from Captain Shiki.
• Austin and Gick exchanged blows, but Gick emerged unharmed while Austin bled from two shallow wounds on his chest.
• A crewman accused Gick of winning only because Austin was exhausted, then Austin slapped the man away before he could approach.
• Shiki and Whitebeard arrived on Big Mom's ship, and their Conqueror's Haki made Gick's legs buckle until Austin shielded him.
• Whitebeard and Shiki attacked, but Austin appeared in front of Gick and protected him from their strikes.
• Austin challenged the Rocks Pirates and Roger Pirates to stop fighting, declaring that he would face anyone who continued.

Austin stopped the fighting between the Roger and Rocks Pirates, then offered to join Rocks in Roger’s place. Roger objected, while Gick realized Austin was his brother and shouted it to the battlefield.

• Austin’s presence intimidated Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and the other Rocks Pirates, who hesitated to attack as the Roger Pirates approached.
• Charlotte Linlin urged the Rocks Pirates to keep pursuing Roger because Rocks had ordered them to bring him back.
• Austin told Roger’s crew to stand down and announced that he would join the Rocks Pirates in Roger’s place.
• Roger protested that Austin could not join Rocks, while Gick recognized Austin as his brother and declared it aloud.

Austin returned to the Rocks Pirates after stopping Roger and Gick from fighting, and Newgate made him one of the crew’s captains. Gick joined Austin’s command and began calling himself Little Gick.

• Austin calmed Roger and Gick, then watched the Oro Jackson sail away as he released the seawater he had held above the fleet.
• Shiki tried and failed to control Austin’s suspended seawater with the Float-Float Fruit, while Newgate chose not to stop the Roger Pirates from leaving.
• Newgate contacted Rocks and announced that Dotol Austin had become one of the Rocks Pirates’ highest-ranking captains.
• Gick questioned Austin about his surname and scar, then asked to serve under him, and Austin agreed.
• Gick respectfully addressed him as Captain Austin and asked to be called Little Gick.