Chapter Summaries

Sola offered Otohime the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, but Otohime refused and accepted the Yama-Uba Fruit after learning it would strengthen her ability to hear people’s thoughts and improve her physical condition. Sola also arranged for Ina to eat the Bubble-Bubble Fruit so she could help Otohime work underwater, leaving Otohime hopeful about Fish-Man Island’s future.

• Sola explained that Ross had intended his wives to receive Devil Fruits, and Otohime realized the gifts were benefits of her place in the family.
• Otohime refused the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, so Sola offered her the Yama-Uba Fruit and explained its mind-hearing, terrain, and physical-enhancement abilities.
• Otohime accepted the Yama-Uba Fruit, recognizing that its abilities would help with her work and fragile body.
• Sola revealed that Ross had also secured a Bubble-Bubble Fruit that would let its user travel freely underwater.
• Nia and her two sisters volunteered to eat the Bubble-Bubble Fruit, and Ina was chosen to remain at Otohime’s side.
• Otohime thanked Ross and felt hopeful about Fish-Man Island’s future.

At a Marine Headquarters meeting, Ross listened as the officers debated the World Government’s order to launch a Buster Call on Fish-Man Island. After Sakazuki and Kuzan unexpectedly opposed each other’s apparent positions, Ross revealed that Neptune had killed Rozward, head of a Celestial Dragon family, leaving the Marines to face the concealed truth.

• Borsalino arrived at the meeting, and Ross said he would only listen while Kong presided.
• Kong announced the World Government’s order to carry out a Buster Call on Fish-Man Island.
• Sakazuki objected, arguing that Fish-Man Island was a member nation with innocent civilians, while Kuzan questioned his motives and raised doubts about the order.
• Ross offered to reveal the secrets behind the matter, and Sakazuki told those unwilling to hear them they could leave.
• Ross revealed that Neptune had killed Rozward, head of the Rozward family, on Fish-Man Island.

Ross opposed the planned Buster Call on Fish-Man Island, citing his ties to Queen Otohime and the island’s people while warning that the World Government was also moving against the Whitebeard Pirates. After the Marines’ leaders declined to volunteer, Kong assigned himself and Sengoku, Kuzan, Tsuru, and Garp to lead the operation.

• The Marine high command reacted with alarm when Ross revealed that Rozward, head of a Celestial Dragon family, had died on Fish-Man Island.
• Ross said Queen Otohime was his wife and that Fish-Man Island belonged to the Mermaid Kingdom, then threatened anyone who chose to carry out the Buster Call.
• Ross revealed that he had also killed Whitebeard Pirates Captains from the First, Third, and Fifth Divisions, and warned that the World Government had sent Knights of God and CP0 agents to destroy the pirates.
• Kong called for volunteers to join the Buster Call, but no one raised a hand.
• Kong ordered Sengoku, Kuzan, Tsuru, and Garp to lead the Buster Call and announced that he would join them himself.

Ross told Moi that the Navy had approved a Buster Call against Fish-Man Island and revealed the World Government’s formidable roster of S-class fighters. He began explaining why that strength did not let the Government simply eliminate the pirates, leaving the calculation unfinished.

• Ross told Moi that Kong and Sengoku would lead the Buster Call, with Kuzan, Garp, and Tsuru participating.
• Ross explained that the Knights of God handled Celestial Dragon affairs and had fifteen members, including himself, Gion, and Saint Jarlen.
• Ross estimated that the Navy had six S-class fighters, CP0 had four, the Five Elders had five, and the Knights of God had six.
• Moi asked why the World Government tolerated pirates despite its strength, and Ross began dividing its powerhouses into the Navy, CP0, and the Knights of God.

Ross explained to Moi how the Marines, CP0, and Knights of God differed, then revealed the forces being sent to attack Whitebeard. Dragon learned of the threat and left his hidden base to seek allies, while Whitebeard prepared to retaliate after seeing how Marco and the others had been brutalized.

• Ross told Moi that the Knights of God were the Celestial Dragons’ core fighting force and that three S-class fighters were expected to go to the New World, with more possible.
• Moi decided to pass the information to Dragon so he could gather allies and confront the Knights of God.
• Dragon received Moi’s message in the Kingdom of Goa and left to find help before contacting Whitebeard.
• Teach told Whitebeard that Marco had awakened after the crew found him with Vista dead, Carlo’s heart removed, Leviatan decapitated, and a Celestial Dragon hoofprint branded on Marco.
• Whitebeard went to see Marco and vowed to make the Celestial Dragons, the World Government, and Ross pay for what they had done.

Marco returned to Whitebeard with the Celestial Dragon Hoofprint branded on his face, and Whitebeard vowed to avenge him by targeting the Celestial Dragons. As Whitebeard's crew set sail, Ross learned that Whitebeard had disappeared and suspected he was preparing a larger plan.

• Marco apologized to Whitebeard for his defeat and showed him the permanent brand Ross had carved into his face.
• Whitebeard comforted Marco, promised revenge, and heard his account of Ross's strength.
• Teach suggested looking for Saint Jarlen and cooperating with the Revolutionary Army, but Whitebeard refused and ordered his crew to set sail.
• Ross dismissed Shamrock's request for help finding Whitebeard and suspected Whitebeard's disappearance meant he was planning something bigger.

Ross learned that Whitebeard had killed Saint Yarlin and listened as the Five Elders ordered the Navy to hunt him down. He revealed that Golden Lion had escaped Impel Down, leaving the World Government facing another dangerous pirate at large.

• Ross received a summons from the Five Elders and learned that Whitebeard had destroyed Saint Yarlin’s fleet and killed him.
• Saint Maz demanded action, and Ross offered to hunt Whitebeard while pointing out how difficult he would be to locate.
• Saint Maz ordered every Marine force to search for Whitebeard and prepare to execute him once they found him.
• Ross warned the Five Elders that most Navy forces were occupied and revealed that Golden Lion had escaped Impel Down half a month earlier.

The Five Elders planned a major campaign to eliminate Whitebeard, recruiting Navy leaders they suspected of betrayal as part of the force. Moi warned Whitebeard that at least ten S-class fighters were coming, but he remained unfazed as Marco and Teach reacted with alarm.

• Saint Saturn, Saint Maz, Saint Nusjuro, and other World Government leaders agreed to send ten top fighters after Whitebeard, including Kuzan, Sengoku, and Garp.
• Ross considered the Holy Land’s limited forces and cautioned that moving Sakazuki and Borsalino could leave it exposed.
• The World Government decided the forces would gather in the North Blue, with Kuzan and the other Navy men approaching through the Calm Belt after a Buster Call on Fish-Man Island.
• Whitebeard’s crew celebrated aboard the Moby Dick in the Calm Belt while seeking Saint Jarlen through Moi and the Revolutionary Army.
• Teach brought Whitebeard a call from Moi, who warned that the World Government was sending at least ten S-class fighters after him.
• Whitebeard laughed off the threat, while Marco sweated and Teach’s legs weakened.

The Whitebeard Pirates learned that the World Government had deployed 150,000 troops and issued massive bounties to find them, so Whitebeard planned to draw other pirates into attacking the Holy Land. Rayleigh then contacted Whitebeard with offers of help, and Dragon appeared on the call with a condition.

• Moi told the Whitebeard Pirates about the 150,000 troops and the bounties, then warned them not to reveal their location.
• Whitebeard proposed staying away from the Holy Land and provoking other pirates to attack it while its defenses were weakened.
• Rayleigh called Whitebeard and offered help from himself, Gaban, and Bullet, revealing that Golden Lion had escaped prison with Bullet.
• Rayleigh said Dragon had arranged the call, and Dragon told Whitebeard he could help but had a condition.

Whitebeard rejected Dragon’s proposal to lie low and wait twenty years for Joy Boy, then convinced Rayleigh to help launch an attack on Mary Geoise. Rayleigh agreed to raid Impel Down and create chaos while Whitebeard fought the World Government’s forces.

• Whitebeard mocked Dragon for asking the Whitebeard Pirates to disappear after the crisis and refused to compromise with the World Government.
• Dragon argued that they should wait twenty years for Joy Boy’s return, but Whitebeard ridiculed him and urged Rayleigh to choose whether to wait or fight.
• Whitebeard told Rayleigh that the World Government had sent at least ten S-class fighters to suppress him and estimated that no more than five comparable fighters remained in Mary Geoise.
• Rayleigh asked about the Marines and Saint Ross, then concluded that their side had enough strength to act.
• Whitebeard proposed breaking prisoners out of Impel Down to sow chaos, and Rayleigh agreed to attack Mary Geoise with him.

Rayleigh urged Dragon to stop waiting for fate and join the fight against the World Government, prompting Dragon to decide to test its hidden strength. At Marine Headquarters, Kuzan questioned Ross about justice, and Ross defended his own principles while warning Kuzan that the other Celestial Dragons were far worse than him.

• Rayleigh dismissed Dragon's doubts and told him to fight alongside them if he wanted to do something for the world.
• Dragon resolved to test the World Government's hidden cards while he still had the chance.
• Ross sensed Kuzan outside his lounge, and Kuzan entered to ask how Celestial Dragons viewed justice.
• Ross said he accepted any justice that preserved rule and stability, but claimed the other Celestial Dragons did not share his view.
• Ross warned Kuzan that the Celestial Dragons were far more wicked than he was and said Kuzan could defect, but would be destroyed if he betrayed them.

After Kuzan left Ross, the Buster Call fleet departed for Fish-Man Island and then the New World to pursue the Whitebeard Pirates. Sakazuki ordered Borsalino to rescue Doflamingo from Big Mom, leaving Sakazuki alone at Marine Headquarters.

• Ross recognized that Kuzan was seeking peace of mind, and he hoped Kuzan would eventually betray the World Government.
• Moi suggested Kuzan might be recruited by the Revolutionary Army, and Ross responded by playfully slapping her lower back.
• Sakazuki and Borsalino watched the Buster Call fleet sail toward Fish-Man Island and the New World.
• Sakazuki ordered Borsalino to ensure the safety of Doflamingo, whom Big Mom had captured.
• Borsalino agreed to go after Doflamingo and teased Sakazuki about being left alone at Marine Headquarters.

Katakuri reported Whitebeard’s offer of an alliance against the World Government to Big Mom, who refused to help. Doflamingo revealed that he had deliberately become Big Mom’s captive to force the World Government into action, while Kaido decided to send Oden to Colo Island after suspecting Whitebeard’s invitation had hidden motives.

• Katakuri told Big Mom that Whitebeard wanted her to join forces against the World Government in exchange for special captives, but Big Mom refused.
• Doflamingo, who had allowed himself to be captured as part of a plan with Ross, resolved to make Big Mom join the conflict and threaten to expose the World Government’s secrets if it did not rescue him.
• Kaido rejected Whitebeard’s invitation to meet at Colo Island because he suspected the location concealed a trap or ulterior motive.
• Kaido ordered King to pass the invitation’s details to Oden, hoping Oden would go to Colo Island and either stir up trouble or die fighting the World Government.

Oden decided to leave Wano with Inuarashi and Nekomamushi to help Whitebeard, entrusting the country and his children to his retainers and Toki. Meanwhile, Gion, Sola, and Otohime prepared to meet the Marines arriving to carry out a Buster Call on Fish-Man Island.

• Inuarashi told Oden that Whitebeard was surrounded and urged him to go to his aid.
• Oden worried that leaving Wano would break his agreement with Orochi, but Kin'emon offered to manage the country in his absence.
• Oden chose to leave with Inuarashi and Nekomamushi, and asked Toki to care for Momonosuke and Hiyori.
• Toki agreed to care for the children but felt a foreboding about Oden's departure.
• Gion, Sola, Otohime, and their companions waited aboard a coated battleship as dozens of Marine warships arrived to carry out the Buster Call.
• Sola asked Gion and Otohime to meet the Marines with her and invited Zephyr to see his old friends.

Sola and Otohime met the Marines as Kong prepared to carry out a Buster Call on Fish-Man Island, where hundreds of thousands of Fish-Men and Mermaids still remained. When Kuzan balked at freezing the island with its residents on it, Kong plunged into the sea to clear them out himself, leaving Tsuru to wonder whether he had truly spared Kuzan from a moral choice.

• Sola and Otohime arrived at Kong's warship with Ross's group, and Sola noticed the tension between Kuzan, Garp, Sengoku, and the World Government.
• Kong told Sola he planned to have Kuzan freeze Fish-Man Island and asked how many people remained there.
• Sola and Otohime explained that most residents had evacuated, but hundreds of thousands refused to leave their home.
• Kuzan objected to freezing the island while so many people remained and asked whether they could be evacuated first.
• Kong saw Kuzan's hesitation and dove into the sea to clear the remaining residents himself.
• Tsuru suspected Sola had placed Kuzan in a position where carrying out the Buster Call would compromise his sense of justice, then questioned whether Kong had actually spared him.

Sola's plan used Kong's slaughter of Fish-Man Island to turn Kuzan against the Marines, while she warned Garp and Sengoku that Dragon had been seen with Pluto Rayleigh. The chapter left Sola urging Garp to keep Dragon out of the conflict so he would not become an enemy of Ross.

• Kuzan entered Fish-Man Island and saw Kong indiscriminately slaughtering its people, prompting him to use Ice Age in an attempt to save survivors.
• Sola revealed to Tsuru that Dragon had been seen in the Sabaody Archipelago with Pluto Rayleigh.
• Garp reacted with Conqueror's Haki, but Sengoku and Zephyr intervened before he could trouble Sola.
• Sola told Garp and Sengoku she hoped Garp would contact Dragon and urge him not to get involved.

Sola reminded Sengoku and Garp that Dragon might join the conflict, while secretly hoping Garp would help draw Dragon into Ross’s plan to weaken the World Government. After Kuzan froze Fish-Man Island during the Buster Call, Otohime accepted that she would have to destroy the remaining supremacists to protect others.

• Sola asked Sengoku and Garp to persuade Dragon to return, and Sengoku promised to speak with them.
• Sola left with Gion and Otohime, having used the warning to prepare Garp and potentially bring Dragon into Ross’s plan.
• The bubble membrane around Fish-Man Island shattered, seawater poured in, and Kuzan’s ice spread through the island.
• Gion estimated that Fleet Admiral Kong had killed a third of the inhabitants and that Kuzan’s control would leave about half of the rest alive.
• Otohime said she would deal with the remaining supremacists after the Buster Call fleet departed, resolving to make sacrifices to prevent further suffering.

At Marine Headquarters, Ross received reports from Moi and ordered the Navy to pressure Kuzan while sending Zephyr and Moriah toward Wano over Kaido’s unusual activity. Moi secretly welcomed the moves as a chance to weaken Ross’s forces before the planned assault on the Holy Land, while Ross prepared to use the Wano situation for his own plans.

• Moi reported that Kong’s forces had completed the Buster Call and were waiting at Punk Hazard for orders from the Five Elders and the World Government.
• Moi reported that Otohime had killed the remaining Mermaids and Fish-Men on Fish-Man Island, and Ross ordered her to pass the news to the Five Elders so they would warn and reward the Navy.
• Moi told Ross that Kaido of the Land of Wano was making unusual moves.
• Ross ordered Zephyr and Moriah to Wano, and Moi secretly hoped their departure would leave Ross with too few combatants to stop the planned attack on the Holy Land.
• Ross told Moi to inform Sola and privately resolved to plot against Wano after the immediate matter was settled.

As the World Government’s overwhelming fleet pursued Whitebeard, Ross watched Moi nervously await the launch of a secret plan. Above the Holy Land, Shiki arrived with Rayleigh, Gaban, and Bullet, ready to begin their operation.

• The World Government sent Saint Nusjuro, two other Five Elders, Knights of God, CP0, and Navy forces to hunt Whitebeard after he publicly challenged them from the Giant Kingdom.
• Moi told Ross the fleet had passed Egghead, while Ross concealed that he knew she was involved in a plan set for that day.
• Ross and Moi discussed Laugh Tale and the World Government’s lack of interest in searching for the island.
• Shiki, Rayleigh, Gaban, and Bullet traveled aboard a floating island toward the Holy Land and traded taunts about their strength.
• Shiki announced that they had reached the Holy Land and told the others to prepare for the operation.

Shiki, Rayleigh, Bullet, Dragon, and a host of pirates prepared to attack the World Government's Holy Land, aiming to kill Celestial Dragons and throw the government into chaos. Shiki led the assault from a floating island, and the force descended on Mariejois as CP0 guards raised the alarm.

• Rayleigh, Shiki, Bullet, and Dragon gathered at the edge of the floating island and argued over Roger's choice not to attack the Holy Land.
• Dragon urged the group to kill Celestial Dragons to destabilize the World Government, and Shiki revealed that his island would crash into the Holy Land.
• Shiki declared the assault and leaped first toward Mariejois, with hundreds and thousands of fighters following him.
• CP0 agents spotted the descending attackers above Mariejois and shouted that the Holy Land was under attack.