Chapter Summaries

Ross discussed the aftermath of the Roger Pirates hunt and suspected Marine disobedience in East Blue while continuing his plans for Wano. Vanessa reported that most of the Roger Pirates had been eliminated, and Ross learned that Garp and the other Marines had repeatedly avoided acting against Dragon.

• Ross kept the mutilated Oden Kozuki alive so he could witness the remaining stages of Wano's destruction.
• Vanessa told Ross that every Roger Pirate except the missing ship's doctor, Crocus, had been eliminated, and Ross ordered her to kill Laboon if Crocus did not surrender.
• Vanessa reported that Buggy had been killed while Shanks had been removed from the kill list after Fegrandu intervened.
• Vanessa told Ross that Garp and the other Marines had repeatedly encountered Dragon in East Blue but had not followed orders to target the non-Allied Nations where he had stayed.
• Ross concluded that the Marines were making covert moves and that the World Government already had a general idea of what was happening.

Garp, Kuzan, Sengoku, and Tsuru decided to desert the Marines rather than follow orders to destroy islands where Dragon appeared. They planned to join forces with Whitebeard in the New World, but discovered that the families of their trusted soldiers had already been sent there, leaving Tsuru suspicious of Sakazuki and Ross’s motives.

• Garp and Kuzan rejected the order to pursue Dragon and destroy islands where he appeared, and Kuzan laid down his Justice cape.
• Sengoku chose to leave the Marines with Garp, Kuzan, and Tsuru instead of remaining behind as an informant.
• Tsuru said their trusted forces, including East Blue Governor Chaton, were willing to leave with them, and advised heading to the New World to cooperate with Whitebeard.
• Kuzan asked about the soldiers’ families, and Sengoku revealed that Sakazuki had sent them to the Mermaid Kingdom as part of plans for a new Marine branch.
• Garp suspected Sakazuki and Ross intended to control their people through the families, but Tsuru warned that the situation might not be so simple.

Sengoku, Tsuru, Garp, and Kuzan debated why Ross had summoned Marine families to the Mermaid Kingdom, with Tsuru suspecting a hidden motive. Sakazuki then called to report that Ross and Gion had defeated Golden Lion Shiki, Kaido, and Oden Kozuki, leaving Sengoku’s group stunned and Garp furious at Sakazuki’s taunts.

• Tsuru questioned the purpose of the summons to the Mermaid Kingdom while Kuzan suggested it might be meant to keep the fleet from reaching the New World unnoticed.
• Sengoku answered a Den Den Mushi call from Fleet Admiral Sakazuki.
• Sakazuki reported that Golden Lion Shiki had been executed and Kaido and Oden Kozuki had been captured by Saint Ross.
• Sakazuki said only Ross and Gion had fought the three powerful opponents, prompting Garp to scoff at the claim.
• Sakazuki insulted Garp and the others, and Garp angrily threatened him.

After Ross’s victory in Wano, Sakazuki arrived and discussed the Marines’ plans for the New World with him. Ross agreed to fund a new Marine Headquarters in Wano, leaving Sakazuki to decide how to handle the country’s remaining population.

• Sakazuki hung up on Garp and respected Ross after learning how decisively he had defeated four top-tier fighters.
• Sakazuki asked Ross when the Marines could purge the New World of pirates, and Ross explained that the Marines lacked the strength and reach to do so.
• Ross offered two trillion Belly from the Jaygarcia Family to build a new Marine Headquarters in Wano and recruit personnel.
• Sakazuki thanked Ross and supported the plan to train a new generation of fighters in Wano.
• Ross told Sakazuki that Wano’s people were strong but often became pirates, and left him to decide whom to keep or kill.

Vanessa escorted Toki Heavenly Moon through Kibi and revealed that Kozuki Sukiyaki was coming for her. Sukiyaki confronted Toki and accused her of bringing the Land of Wano to ruin, while she blamed the Kozuki Family and the nation’s past choices for its downfall.

• Vanessa appeared beside Toki Heavenly Moon’s carriage and said she had come to protect her from troublemakers.
• Vanessa told Toki that Kozuki Sukiyaki was approaching, and Toki wondered how he could still be alive.
• Toki stopped the carriage and stepped out to meet Sukiyaki, who wore a tengu mask.
• Sukiyaki accused Toki of destroying the Land of Wano and prepared to draw his sword.
• Toki rejected Sukiyaki’s accusation and said Wano’s destruction had been destined since the day it provoked the World Government.

Toki Heavenly Moon rejected Sukiyaki Kozuki and let Vanessa capture him for Ross. Two days later, she agreed to help bring the Kozuki Family’s conflict to an end on the day Ross planned to execute Oden Kozuki.

• Sukiyaki Kozuki accused Toki Heavenly Moon of betraying him, and she revealed that Kanjuro was Kurozumi Kanjuro.
• Toki Heavenly Moon handed Sukiyaki Kozuki over to Vanessa, who shot his limbs and knocked him unconscious.
• Vanessa ordered the driver to feed Sukiyaki Kozuki a Devil Fruit and restrain him with Seastone handcuffs before taking him back to Kuri.
• Two days later, Toki Heavenly Moon told Ross she knew Sukiyaki Kozuki would arrive and offered to bring the matter to an end.

Kaido tormented the captured Oden Kozuki while Ross and Toki Heavenly Moon confronted him about his betrayal and failed attempt to hide. Oden learned that Ross and his allies had tracked him from the start, leaving him furious and unable to accept his own mistakes.

• Kaido taunted the bound Oden Kozuki and explained how Sakazuki had slaughtered nearly everyone in Kuri while Kaido released Oden’s retainers on Ross’s orders.
• Kaido told Oden that the retainers would likely cause trouble for Whitebeard, who would tolerate them after Oden’s death.
• Ross arrived with Toki Heavenly Moon, and Oden accused them of adultery and blamed Toki for exposing him.
• Toki cursed Oden and revealed that Ross had discovered his hiding place on his first day in the Land of Wano.
• Kaido revealed that Zephyr and Moria had watched Oden’s movements and that Moria had eavesdropped on the Kozuki residence.

Toki Heavenly Moon confronted Oden Kozuki with the consequences of his choices, then beheaded his father, Sukiyaki Kozuki, before him. Kaido restrained Oden as he raged, while Ross and Kaido recognized Toki's ruthlessness.

• Toki Heavenly Moon told Oden Kozuki that his choices had brought ruin to Wano and left him unable to protect what he valued.
• Ross signaled for Sukiyaki Kozuki to be brought before Oden, and Kaido revealed that Orochi had not killed him.
• Toki Heavenly Moon approached Sukiyaki with Oden's sword, Totsuka no Tsurugi, and ignored Oden's frantic pleas to stop.
• Toki Heavenly Moon beheaded Sukiyaki Kozuki with Ame no Habakiri, and Oden broke free of his chains and charged at her.
• Kaido subdued Oden and pinned him down as he cursed Toki, then regarded her as a ruthless person.

Toki Heavenly Moon punished Oden Kozuki and left his fate in Kaido’s hands, then tried to use her Devil Fruit on Ross during their private encounter. Ross explained that he had anticipated her attempt because she hated him even more than she hated Oden Kozuki.

• Toki Heavenly Moon cut away Oden Kozuki’s restraints and ordered Kaido to bring the people of Kuri to him.
• Kaido carried Oden Kozuki away, planning to make the people of Kuri believe they could survive by stabbing their lord.
• Toki Heavenly Moon asked Ross for approval, and he praised her before taking her back to their room.
• Toki Heavenly Moon tried to activate her Time-Time Fruit on Ross but failed.
• Ross told Toki Heavenly Moon he knew she would target him next because her hatred for him surpassed her hatred for Oden Kozuki.

Toki Heavenly Moon failed to send Ross into the future, then traveled twenty years ahead after agreeing to meet him and Hiyori again. After Oden Kozuki died and Wano became the Navy’s New World headquarters, Borsalino joined Otohime and Nia at the Mermaid Kingdom’s port as they prepared to confront hidden intruders.

• Toki Heavenly Moon admitted Ross had seen through her plan to use her Devil Fruit to send him two hundred years into the future.
• Ross promised to wait with Hiyori for Toki Heavenly Moon, who traveled twenty years ahead after saying she would return for a final farewell.
• Five days later, Ross witnessed Oden Kozuki’s death and gained five million experience as Wano became the Navy’s New World headquarters.
• At the Mermaid Kingdom’s port, Borsalino asked Otohime how she had discovered the hidden intruders, while Nia stood beside her.

Otohime watched Kuzan and Tsuru evacuate naval families while Tsuru grew suspicious that Ross had made their escape unusually easy. Kuzan realized Ross was exploiting Dragon’s planned disturbance to brand them criminals and kill other Marines’ families, but flames had already erupted in Punk Hazard’s Central District.

• Otohime and Blamenco agreed they would not attack Kuzan and Tsuru unless the visitors caused trouble.
• Tsuru directed the naval families’ evacuation and noticed they had been placed in a remote area seemingly prepared for their departure.
• Kuzan and Tsuru discussed the suspicious arrangements and realized Dragon’s separate assignment could put them in danger.
• Flames erupted in Punk Hazard’s Central District before Kuzan could warn Dragon to avoid causing unrest.
• Kuzan concluded Ross intended to use Dragon’s disturbance to frame them as criminals and have the other Marines’ families wiped out.

Tsuru and Kuzan withdrew their group after realizing they had been set up, while Dragon attacked the Central District and clashed with Blamenco. Otohime confronted Vanessa about the fire, and Vanessa admitted she had acted as Ross’s executor; the story left the Marine families’ fate and Ross’s next move unresolved.

• Tsuru decided to evacuate the group and blame the attack on Dragon, and Kuzan helped carry out the withdrawal.
• Dragon defended his arson and attack as revenge against the World Government, while Blamenco attacked him to protect the Marines’ families.
• Dragon rose into the air and declared that he would show no mercy to anyone aiding the World Government, and Blamenco pursued him.
• Otohime helped bring the fire under control, then confronted Vanessa at Ross’s former residence.
• Vanessa admitted she had acted on Ross’s instructions and explained that Dragon’s attack had made the Marine families expendable pieces in Ross’s plan.

Vanessa offered the Mermaid Kingdom 100 billion Belly to compensate for the deaths caused during Dragon’s attack, while news of the incident and the Marines’ defection damaged the NEO Marines’ reputation. Sengoku, Tsuru, Garp, and Kuzan struggled to contain internal unrest and financial problems as the chapter ended with their new force facing growing scrutiny over its funds and conduct.

• Vanessa offered Otohime 100 billion Belly as compensation for failing to keep an eye on Dragon, then left to give Ross her share of the Nairona Family’s wealth.
• News spread that Sengoku, Tsuru, Garp, Kuzan, and half the doves had defected and allegedly joined forces with Dragon, who burned the families of Marines who refused to leave.
• Tsuru and Kuzan publicly denied cooperating with Dragon, but the NEO Marines’ reputation and morale suffered after the deaths of their comrades’ families became known.
• Sengoku asked Tsuru about NEO’s internal stability, and she said the force seemed stable but feared some members would secretly contact the Marines.
• Tsuru reported that NEO had a surplus of 10 billion after Chaton took East Blue branch assets, but Sengoku worried that the funding and the branch’s rising pirate problem had further damaged their reputation.

Gion, Zephyr, Borsalino, and Vanessa confronted Sengoku’s fleet, and the former allies began fighting. As Gion spoke with Tsuru, she warned that Ross would leave those who did nothing alone, while Tsuru hinted she had uncovered unsettling details about the Mermaid Kingdom incident.

• A Flying Slash split Kuzan’s iceberg defense, and Sengoku recognized Gion’s attack as the World Government’s pursuers arrived.
• Zephyr attacked Sengoku over the deaths in the Mermaid Kingdom, and Sengoku let him land blows because he accepted responsibility for missing Ross’s trap.
• Vanessa took over Gion’s fight with Kuzan, while Blamenco engaged Garp and used his light-form ability to evade him.
• Gion greeted Tsuru and discussed how much she had grown since leaving the Marines.
• Gion told Tsuru that Ross would not target her if she stayed out of the conflict, while Tsuru suggested she had discovered troubling details about the incident.

Gion confronted Kake and killed him after overpowering Tsuru, then implied that members of the NEO Marines had leaked information about their location. The attackers withdrew, leaving the NEO fleet with wrecked ships and Kake’s corpse.

• Tsuru invited Gion to join them, but Gion said they were still trapped like birds in a cage and demanded that Kake come out.
• Kake emerged and insulted Gion, who overwhelmed him with her Conqueror’s Haki.
• Gion attacked Kake with Konpira, and Tsuru rushed to defend him but was blasted away by Gion’s Conqueror’s Haki coating.
• Gion beheaded Kake and suggested that Tsuru’s faction had underestimated him and that someone among them had supplied the attackers with intelligence.
• Gion and the other attackers retreated, leaving the NEO fleet silent amid wrecked warships and Kake’s headless corpse.

After an enemy attack killed Kake and deepened divisions among the NEO Marines, Sengoku, Tsuru, Garp, and Kuzan considered how to keep the East Blue faction from breaking away. They chose Vergo as its representative and appointed him a Vice Admiral, with Kuzan tasked to guide him.

• Garp complained about the enemy attack, while Tsuru explained that it had aimed to sow discord and kill Kake.
• Sengoku reported that the East Blue Marines were angry over Kake's death, and Tsuru warned that his death had destabilized the faction he had led.
• Tsuru explained that the East Blue Marines resented Sola's appointment as Chief of Staff and believed she had gained her position through connections.
• Garp wanted to confront or abandon the East Blue faction, but Sengoku argued that doing so would damage the NEO Marines' ideals and reputation.
• Kuzan suggested finding an outstanding East Blue Marine to win over the faction, and Tsuru identified Kake's former adjutant, Vergo.
• Sengoku appointed Vergo a Vice Admiral and asked Kuzan to mentor him.

Ross told Doflamingo to keep Vergo’s position in NEO secret and agreed to let Tesoro cooperate with him over the Gold-Gold Fruit. Sola reported that research was progressing and that Ross and Saint Saturn had been asked to preside over the upcoming Reverie, where allied nations would test the World Government’s strength and protest Ross’s Employment Association.

• Doflamingo told Ross that Vergo had become a Vice Admiral in NEO, and Ross ordered him to keep Vergo’s identity secret.
• Doflamingo asked Ross about Tesoro, and Ross approved cooperation with him because the Gold-Gold Fruit suited casino operations.
• Sola told Ross that research into improving civilian productivity was progressing with the concepts he had provided.
• Sola reported that the World Government conference would convene in one month and that Figarland wanted Ross and Saint Saturn to preside over the Reverie.
• Sola explained that powerful allied nations planned to test the World Government’s strength and challenge the Employment Association’s effects on their wealth and authority.

Ross received updates from Sola about Navy restructuring, Doflamingo’s position, and Fegrandu’s covert outreach to the Revolutionary Army. The chapter ended with Ross learning that Shanks was negotiating on Fegrandu’s behalf, while the Revolutionary Army had already agreed to cooperate.

• Sola told Ross that Vergo had become a Vice Admiral and Corazon had taken the highest-ranking officer position in the Donquixote Kingdom.
• Ross told Sola to leave Doflamingo in place, assign Cipher Pol recruits to assist Tesoro, and proceed with the Navy’s restructuring into two headquarters and four branches.
• Sola explained that Vice Admirals would command the Four Blues branches and that service there would be required for future promotions to Vice Admiral or Admiral.
• Sola reported that Fegrandu had offered the Revolutionary Army one hundred billion Belly and help developing in secret, and that Moi had agreed to preliminary cooperation.
• Ross learned that Shanks had represented Fegrandu in the negotiations and that Fegrandu had sought Rayleigh and the others’ bodies from Saint Saturn.

Ross learned that Imu had declared “This ends here” and took it as a concession, then discussed leaving the Land of Wano with Kaido once Gion returned. Kaido revealed that he now believed Roger’s treasure was left by Joy Boy, while Ross kept his reasons for seeking it to himself.

• Sola told Ross that Imu had privately summoned Saint Saturn and left the message, “This ends here.”
• Ross laughed at Imu’s apparent concession and said they could leave him alone while Ross and his forces grew stronger.
• Ross went outside, where Kaido waited, and Black Maria approached and greeted her master.
• Ross told Kaido they would leave the Land of Wano after Gion returned and said they had found what Kaido was seeking.
• Kaido asked why Ross wanted the treasures of Wano, including the Road Poneglyph and Pluton, and Ross hinted that Roger’s treasure was not Roger’s own.
• Kaido said he had learned in Wano that the treasure had been left by Joy Boy and wondered what Ross would make of the world.

Gion and Zephyr arrived at the New World Marine Headquarters and discussed how Ross had changed the waters around Wano and planned to automate industry. Gion explained that Ross wanted to free ordinary people from material pressures, and she spotted him waiting at the new port.

• Gion and Zephyr sailed toward the New World Marine Headquarters through waters Ross and Sakazuki had cleared by altering the seabed.
• Gion explained that Sola was developing automated machinery to transform part of the Red Line into agricultural and industrial parks.
• Zephyr worried that automation would make ordinary people useless, but Gion said Ross wanted to liberate them and see what they chose to do with their lives.
• Gion reasoned that Ross had sent her to kill Kake because Kake had become mediocre after joining the NEO Marines.
• Gion saw Ross standing at the newly built port and greeted him with a radiant smile.