Chapter Summaries

Kong Austin used Instant Clone to overwhelm Borsalino and Kuzan while Azure Austin chose to fight him head-on. Their clash revealed a cross-shaped mark on Azure Austin’s arm, and Kong Austin shot the arm off with a Seastone Bullet.

• Kong Austin created Demon King Gale Kick and Divine Departure clones, alarming the pirates, Marines, and future Admirals.
• Kong Austin’s Demon King Gale Kick clone kicked Borsalino away, while his Divine Departure clone cut through Kuzan’s ice attack.
• Azure Austin prepared to use the fight as Haki training and met Kong Austin’s Fist Bone Galaxy Impact head-on.
• Kong Austin noticed a cross-shaped mark on Azure Austin’s arm, which Azure Austin said had appeared after he met Shanks in the Holy Land.
• Kong Austin withdrew and fired a Seastone Bullet, causing Azure Austin’s right arm to explode.

Kong Austin fought Borsalino and Kuzan while removing the Shallow Sea Contract from Qing Austin by destroying and restoring his arm. Kong Austin warned that his strength was running low and left Qing Austin to win the fight himself.

• Kong Austin identified the Shallow Sea Contract as a mark that turned its bearers into Imu's obedient dogs, then blasted the marked arm off Qing Austin.
• Borsalino reacted furiously to Austin's lost arm, but Demon King Gale Kick Austin blocked his Light Speed Kick and counterattacked.
• Kuzan unleashed immense freezing power against Divine Departure, whose sword slash broke through the ice before Kuzan struck and stiffened his arm.
• Qing Austin calmly considered life with one arm as Kong Austin restored it without the mark and explained that Seastone was needed to destroy the contract.
• Kong Austin admitted his energy was running low and told Qing Austin to win the round himself, while Qing Austin agreed he would eventually betray the World Government.

After battling Kong Ao, Austin discussed how to counter his space-based abilities and realized he needed another Devil Fruit. Sengoku and Garp contacted Austin to confirm he had survived and worried over the return of the infamous Captain Austin, while Austin began wondering whether Imu might taste good.

• Borsalino arrived at the devastated battlefield and told Austin that Kong Ao was nearly impossible to defeat.
• Austin admitted that even his own Haki might not overcome Kong Ao’s combination of Observation Haki and the Power of Space, so he resolved to pursue another Devil Fruit.
• Sengoku and Garp called Austin and learned that he and Borsalino had survived, though Kuzan was unconscious.
• Sengoku and Garp recognized Austin’s enemy as the former Rocks Pirates captain who had ended the God Valley war and slaughtered Celestial Dragons.
• Austin reflected on Kong Ao’s past and began wondering whether Imu would taste good.

Austin reflected on a memory while Sade battled Loki and prepared to gather Elbaf’s Giants for his cause. Cross Guild’s rise under Buggy unsettled Teach, who feared Sade’s growing power, while another-timeline Teach realized he had been targeted by a monster.

• Austin drank orange juice as he recalled an interesting memory, and Sade asked what a memory was.
• Sade stretched his neck after Loki punched him, then slammed his Haki-coated forehead into Loki and demanded that the Black Dragon become his mount.
• Austin read that Buggy had recruited Doflamingo, strengthening Cross Guild and establishing it as a major force alongside the Emperors’ first mates.
• Teach raged over Buggy’s success and Law’s escape, then feared the growing force gathering under Sade, the Dark Sun God.
• In another timeline, Teach, still with the Whitebeard Pirates, reacted with bloodshot eyes to the realization that a monster had targeted him.

After the Wano Country Campaign ended with Austin's forces taking control of Wano, Austin recovered from his injuries and received a call from Saint Saturn. The Five Elders learned that Austin knew about the contract and agreed to lure him to Mary Geoise to kill him.

• Austin and the Marines defeated Kaido, Kozuki Oden, and their forces, officially taking over Wano Country.
• Austin recovered his injuries by eating food and using Life Return, while Marines prepared to arrest the defeated forces and rescue Kuzan.
• Saint Saturn called Austin as the Five Elders discussed Kong Ao's return and the revelation that the Shallow Sea Contract could no longer control Austin.
• The Five Elders concluded that Austin knew about the contract and would not submit to their scheme, so they agreed to eliminate him.
• Saint Nusjuro proposed summoning Austin to Mary Geoise and capturing him.

The Five Elders tried to lure Austin to Mary Geoise under the pretext of a Marine Admiral selection meeting, planning to arrest or condemn him. Austin refused by citing his Marine duties and countered by requesting a war against Whitebeard, leaving the Marines poised for a major clash.

• The Five Elders summoned Austin to a meeting in Mary Geoise, claiming they needed to select future Marine Admirals while preparing to condemn him if he refused.
• Austin declined to attend soon, saying he was occupied with military duties and would forfeit his chance at promotion rather than neglect his work against pirates.
• The Five Elders postponed the meeting and resolved to accuse Austin of attacking Celestial Dragons, then test the Marines’ loyalty by ordering them to join a siege against him.
• After hanging up, Austin contacted Marine Headquarters and requested a new bounty poster for Marshall D. Teach of the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Austin, Borsalino, and Kuzan submitted a request to wage war against Whitebeard in the New World.

Morgans learned that Austin would lead Marines into war against Whitebeard and tried to publicize the news despite a World Government-backed attack. On the Moby Dick, Whitebeard’s crew discovered Teach’s new bounty just as Austin arrived, leaving Whitebeard facing his old acquaintance.

• Morgans chose Austin’s approved war against Whitebeard as the front-page story, but a World Economic News Paper lackey tried to shoot him for revealing sealed information.
• Morgans suppressed the rebellion, and News Birds spread the report of Austin’s impending war around the world.
• Thatch found Teach’s 200 million Beli bounty in the newspaper and showed it to the Whitebeard Pirates, while Teach reacted with alarm.
• Whitebeard wondered who had targeted Teach, and a lookout spotted someone approaching the Moby Dick.
• Austin’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked the newly joined rookies unconscious, and Whitebeard walked to the deck’s edge to face him.

Austin boarded the Moby Dick and reunited with Whitebeard, who recognized him as someone from their past with the Rocks Pirates. Austin revealed that he might be dying soon.

• Marco spotted Austin's approaching warship and warned Whitebeard, who laughed at Austin's Marine Hero title and recalled his history with him.
• Austin ordered his warship to pull alongside the Moby Dick despite his crew's fear of Whitebeard.
• Austin boarded the Moby Dick and greeted Whitebeard, who welcomed him warmly and shared drinks with him.
• Austin thanked Whitebeard for saving Gick at God Valley and listened as Whitebeard wondered whether Austin could have become his son.
• Austin told Whitebeard that he might be dying soon.

Austin told Whitebeard he was going to die, prompting Whitebeard to offer help because they had been friends in the past. When Whitebeard asked Austin to become his son, Austin refused but offered to preserve the Whitebeard Pirates at a crucial moment in the future.

• Austin casually announced that he was going to die while eating, shocking the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Whitebeard recognized Austin’s words as resembling Roger’s and asked whether Austin was copying Roger’s routine.
• Marco and the other crew members suspected Austin’s visit might be a plot against Whitebeard, but Whitebeard offered to help Austin instead.
• Austin asked whether he could request Whitebeard’s help, and Whitebeard agreed on the condition that Austin become his son.
• Austin declined to become Whitebeard’s son and offered to preserve the Whitebeard Pirates’ embers at a crucial point in the coming New Era.

Austin confronted Whitebeard about the world’s threats and asked him to lend Teach for a year so he could reach the top and prevent Rocks’s regret from happening again. Whitebeard reluctantly agreed, leaving Teach protesting that Austin was a Marine.

• Austin told Whitebeard that no era or strength lasted forever and said he wanted to redefine the world.
• Austin asked Whitebeard to lend him Teach for one year, promising to become the strongest and prevent Rocks’s regret from happening again.
• Whitebeard grew angry at the thought of losing a son, but Austin reminded him that Old Gick had carried Teach to safety at God Valley.
• Whitebeard accepted Austin’s request, while Teach protested that his father was handing him over to a Marine.
• Austin told Teach to call him Uncle Austin.

Austin took Teach from the Whitebeard Pirates and brought him to Marineford, where he planned to investigate a way to gain multiple Devil Fruit abilities. He led Teach toward the Marine Science Unit.

• Austin seized Teach and carried him off the Whitebeard Pirates' ship despite Teach's protests.
• Whitebeard stopped Marco and the others from interfering, declaring that Teach had to accept his fate.
• Austin brought Teach ashore at Marineford while Kuzan and Borsalino remained behind in Wano Country.
• Teach recognized Austin from memories of being rescued with his mother at God Valley and grew less tense around him.
• Austin told Teach to accompany him to the Marine Science Unit.

Austin-kun brought Teach to Dr. Vegapunk and named him a crucial link in their plan to create the Happiness Advocate and guide the world toward prosperity. In Mary Geoise, the Five Elders received confirmation of a shocking report and saw a photograph of a pink-haired baby wielding a giant tree Homies.

• Austin-kun led a nervous Teach through Marineford to Dr. Vegapunk's secret facility.
• Dr. Vegapunk reminded Austin-kun that the Happiness Advocate, an intelligent machine meant to guide the world's development, was still unfinished.
• Austin-kun explained that he had brought back the escaped Ogre Tribe and Lunarian subjects and identified Teach as a key part of their plan.
• The Five Elders waited for a CP0 agent, who confirmed that the reported incident was true and showed them a photograph of a pink-haired baby swinging a giant tree Homies.

The Five Elders learned that Dante was the powerful infant son of Austin and Charlotte Linlin, and secretly planned to seize him, but their message was intercepted. As the World Government’s operation and other schemes stirred in secret, Old Gick arrived at Cake Island to meet his great-grandson.

• CP0 reported that Dante was Austin and Charlotte Linlin’s biological child and already had immense strength and instinctive Observation Haki.
• The Five Elders decided to bring Dante under government control, assigning the operation to the Knights of God and keeping the Marines in a supporting role.
• A transmission carrying the Five Elders’ plan was intercepted by Big News, who celebrated the prospect of a major scoop.
• Old Gick arrived at Cake Island, where Katakuri greeted him on Charlotte Linlin’s orders.
• Old Gick said he had come early because Dante was Austin’s son.

Dante, Big Mom’s unusually powerful young son, struggled with loneliness until his great-grandfather Old Gick arrived and embraced him. As Big Mom prepared a banquet for Old Gick, explosions at sea revealed approaching World Government ships.

• Dante played roughly with the Homies in the Sweet Forest and brooded over having no friends or family around him.
• Old Gick appeared, introduced himself as Dante’s great-grandfather, and won the boy’s affection.
• Katakuri told Big Mom that the banquet preparations were complete, and Big Mom eagerly asked what food would be served.
• Explosions sounded, and Katakuri spotted World Government ships approaching the island.

Saint Saturn and Saint Garling led an assault on Whole Cake Island to capture Austin’s biological son and use him to control Austin. At Marineford, Sengoku struggled with the World Government’s secret operation and decided to send Austin on an urgent mission to the New World.

• Saint Saturn and Saint Garling discussed Austin’s potential threat as their fleet approached Whole Cake Island.
• Garling ordered Shamrock and Shanks to find Austin’s pink-haired son while the Knights of God dealt with Big Mom.
• A Marine Vice Admiral guarded Whole Cake Island’s perimeter to prevent ships from escaping.
• Sengoku wondered why the World Government had ordered him to keep its operation hidden from Austin.
• Garp visited Sengoku and invited him to a new ramen shop, then Sengoku asked him to give Austin an urgent New World mission.

Austin tested the ancient King Punch technique at Marine Headquarters while Teach questioned whether Austin sought to become World King. On Cake Island, Garling attacked Katakuri before Big Mom’s food frenzy interrupted him, as Old Gick carried Dante away from the World Government’s pursuit.

• Austin demonstrated King Punch, a technique Vegapunk had found in an ancient tome, and discussed researching whether its power could be applied to Haki.
• Teach wondered whether Austin shared his father’s ambition to become World King.
• Garling blasted Katakuri through Cake Castle and nearly struck him with a slash, but Katakuri dodged using his Observation Haki.
• Big Mom, overcome by Food Craving Syndrome, attacked Garling and kept him from approaching her.
• Old Gick carried Dante away from the World Government’s manhunt and promised to get him out alive.

The World Government launched a Buster Call on Whole Cake Island while the Knights of God searched for Dante. As Old Gick and Dante hid among the Homies, Dante questioned why Celestial Dragons dared hunt him, and someone discovered their hiding place.

• The Marines destroyed fleeing boats during the Buster Call, and Vice Admiral Sakazuki reprimanded a soldier who hesitated to fire.
• Shamrock and the Knights of God searched the Candy Forest, where Saint Shanks joined them after cutting through Homies with Gryphon.
• Old Gick struggled to keep ahead of the Knights while Homies sacrificed themselves to cover his and Dante’s escape.
• Dante asked Old Gick why they were being hunted, insisting that his father was invincible and that he would become the World's Strongest.
• A voice from above Old Gick’s hiding place announced that the searchers had found them.

Austin sought funding from Dr. Vegapunk for research into allowing one body to possess multiple Devil Fruits, and considered raising money by exploiting Wano Country or robbing nobles. Meanwhile, Shamrock captured a grandfather and grandson near Whole Cake Island and prepared to kill them, while Shanks regretted failing to help them escape.

• Austin learned that Dr. Vegapunk lacked the funding to continue researching how one person could wield multiple Devil Fruits.
• Austin considered robbing nobles or heavily taxing Wano Country to raise money, but Vegapunk offered to secretly divert World Government funds for preliminary work.
• After Austin left, Vegapunk planned to conceal the research by incorporating Austin's genes into the Seraphim experiments.
• Shamrock captured a grandfather and grandson near Whole Cake Island and drew his sword, which transformed into a three-headed hound.
• Shanks, whose surrender had been feigned so he could help the captives escape, realized Shamrock had found them first.
• Shamrock prepared to kill the grandfather and grandson, calling them an evil bloodline.

Old Gick tried to protect Dante from the Knights of God, but Shamrock overwhelmed him and the Knights prepared to torture them. A black cubic box released Austin’s stored Conqueror’s Haki to defend them, though Shanks feared the power would eventually run out against their immortal enemies.

• The Knights of God cornered Old Gick and Dante while Shanks watched, worried that he had failed to help them escape.
• Dante suffered as he sensed the Celestial Dragons’ hatred through Observation Haki, and Old Gick vowed to protect him.
• Shamrock disarmed Old Gick and prepared to attack him and Dante with his transformed three-headed hound.
• The black cubic box unleashed Austin’s stored Conqueror’s Haki, forcing the Knights of God to shield themselves and halt their assault.
• The Knights suspended Old Gick and Dante from a tree and burned them with nonlethal flames, while Dante wept and felt a king-like will rise within him.

Dante awakened Conqueror's Haki while captive, revealing a powerful inherited will and prompting the World Government to order his immediate execution. Morgans tried to alert Austin, but Austin foresaw the conversation and hung up.

• Old Gick watched the Knights of God overpower the Homies and feared their near-immortality would break the defenders' resolve.
• Dante shouted defiance at the Knights of God and awakened Conqueror's Haki, sending black-red lightning across the battlefield.
• Shamrock recognized Dante as a king who inherited both bloodlines and declared that the World Government would not allow him to live.
• Saint Saturn ordered the Knights of God to kill Dotol Dante with all their strength.
• Morgans watched the broadcast and tried to call Austin with the news, but Austin saw the future of their conversation and ended the call.