Chapter Summaries

Ra explained how the World Government used the Navy and pirates to balance each other, and why the Shichibukai offered a profitable opportunity. The group could not choose a candidate yet, so they would wait for the World Government to select them.

• Ra used a conjured scale to explain that pirates collectively outnumbered the Navy, but their disunity let the Navy suppress them.
• Ra argued that the World Government kept the Navy in check by using the Shichibukai to balance pirates and maintain its rule.
• Ra explained that the group could only approach Shichibukai candidates after the World Government selected them, since the group and its associates were unlikely to be considered.
• Burufatt asked why Ra had given the explanation, and Ra said her main purpose had been killing time.

While recovering from his injuries, Sengoku helped select candidates for the World Government’s new Shichibukai program and warned Kong that legitimizing pirates would damage the Marines’ credibility. The Marines finalized the first-generation candidates and sent invitations, while Osiris and Obelisk remained without wanted posters.

• Kong apologized that Sengoku had to begin selecting Shichibukai candidates before fully recovering, and Sengoku said he was well enough to help.
• Sengoku criticized the plan to grant pirates legal rights to plunder, but Kong explained that the Gorosei had ordered it and the Marines could only choose candidates carefully.
• Sengoku selected about a dozen powerful pirates with limited crews, and Kong called Tsuru and the staff department to make the final choice.
• Sengoku asked about wanted posters for Osiris and Obelisk, and Kong said the Government had issued none because the battle had supposedly never happened.
• Kong, Sengoku, Tsuru, and the staff finalized the first-generation Shichibukai candidates and sent them invitations, after which news of the group spread worldwide.

Kaido chose a newly appointed Shichibukai as a prospective partner and arranged a liquor banquet, while Wright and Willy discussed using the alliance to expand arms sales and remove Caspa. At the training grounds, Ra spoke with Jinbe about his hidden plan to go to sea and assured him that Beasts would not stop him.

• Kaido dismissed most Shichibukai candidates as weak but recognized a familiar face and invited him to an island banquet with seized liquor.
• Kaido ordered Wright to prepare a requisition for liquor to recruit the new Shichibukai.
• Wright and Willy discussed using a Shichibukai intermediary to reach World Government buyers and replacing Caspa once the business connections were secure.
• Oshi watched the Fish-Man children play and teased Jinbe for training during their break.
• Ra visited the children, asked Jinbe about his dream, and revealed that she knew he planned to set out to sea when he came of age.
• Ra told Jinbe that she did not object to his plan and that Beasts would not prevent him from leaving, and Jinbe thanked everyone.

Oshi agreed to train Jinbe until he was strong enough to sail on his own, while Ra handled Kaido’s request for alcohol to host a Shichibukai. Ra left the story with the request approved under strict limits and recordkeeping conditions.

• Oshi decided to give Jinbe special training until he was at least as strong as Uncle Burufatt, and Jinbe thanked her while correcting her about his name.
• Oshi told Jinbe to use aliases when causing trouble and invoke her name so she could fight anyone who challenged him.
• Ra explained to Oshi that Burufatt was busy reorganizing the fleet and dealing with postwar losses and repairs.
• Oshi asked Ra to bring back Pocky, and Wright delivered Kaido’s vague request to withdraw alcohol for a Shichibukai banquet.
• Ra approved one-tenth of each type of alcohol, totaling 128 barrels, and told Wright to wait for the Shichibukai’s arrival and complete the records.

Ra visited a small town, where she learned that the Capone gang had helped wipe out the West Blue families and that Miss Lap had moved her restaurant nearby. The news left Nina stunned as Ra bought Pocky and wondered what the Capone Family was.

• Ra found Miss Lap's familiar Syracuse restaurant across from the Snack Shop, but it had not opened yet.
• Ra entered the Snack Shop and saw Miss Lap teasing Nina, who had left her family.
• Miss Lap told Nina that an outside gang called Capone had destroyed Madam Sicily and nearly all the other West Blue families using Beasts' Typewriter Matchlocks.
• Miss Lap explained to Ra that her father had moved the restaurant because a Marine Admiral had made him nervous, and that he had returned to their hometown after the gang violence.
• Miss Lap said West Blue gangs were scrambling to buy Beasts firearms, while Ra wondered who the Capone Family was and ordered four boxes of Pocky from Nina.

On Marinpite Island, Caspa, Spandine, and Singe discussed their profitable arms-smuggling network and Spandine’s promotion to lead a CP division. Meanwhile, a pirate arrived at Fenrir Island, where Kaido welcomed him and sent Wright to fetch the liquor.

• Caspa complained about the cigars at the Golden Glazed Pavilion while meeting with Spandine and Singe.
• Spandine revealed that he had been ordered to take charge of a CP division after the original candidate died in the battle a few months earlier.
• Singe and Caspa discussed the diverted compensation funds and their profits from selling military weapons to West Blue countries through Capone Al.
• A pirate ship with a Tyrannosaurus figurehead docked at Fenrir Island, and Kaido welcomed its masked captain in person.
• Kaido sent Wright to the wine cellar and told the arriving pirate that he had prepared liquor for him.

Hana-za returned to Fenrir Island and reunited with Kaido, explaining how his New World travels led to his rise as a Shichibukai. The chapter ended with Kaido drinking barrel after barrel at the banquet while Hana-za wondered if he had been abstaining from alcohol.

• Hana-za arrived on Fenrir Island and greeted Kaido, who noted how much he had changed since their last meeting.
• Hana-za told Kaido that his travels had improved his Devil Fruit abilities and Haki, and that defeating a famous pirate had brought him attention from Sengoku.
• Hana-za explained that he had accepted the Shichibukai offer to use the World Government's resources to find a rare Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit.
• Kaido insisted that a user's Haki mattered more than whether their Devil Fruit was Mythical or Ancient, surprising Hana-za after their earlier clash.
• At the banquet, Kaido drank barrel after barrel of liquor, and Hana-za wondered whether he had been abstaining from alcohol.

Hana-za drank the icy-blue Snow Wolf Wine and nearly died as supernatural cold froze him from within, but his life force awakened and restored him to his peak. He recovered while Kaido mistook the dangerous liquor for ordinary Snow Wolf Wine and began drinking it himself, just as Wright tried to warn him.

• Hana-za drank the icy-blue liquor and was overwhelmed by a soul-deep cold that left him frozen and near death.
• A Hana-za Pirate suffered frostbite after touching his captain, and Kaido also got frostbite when he examined Hana-za.
• Hana-za experienced a vision of winter giving way to spring and summer as his life force erupted, reviving him and healing his old injuries.
• Hana-za asked Kaido whether the liquor was what he usually drank, and Kaido assumed it was ordinary Snow Wolf Wine.
• Kaido began drinking from the barrel, but Wright shouted for him to stop, saying he remembered what the liquor was.

Oshi corrected Jinbe’s Fish-Man Karate by tailoring the movements to his body and guided him through the basics. The lesson ended when a Den Den Mushi call summoned Oshi urgently because Kaido had stopped breathing.

• At a banquet, someone poured icy blue liquor down Kaido’s throat, and he collapsed as his people panicked and called for help.
• Oshi pointed out that Jinbe’s instructor had taught him techniques suited to the instructor’s body, not Jinbe’s proportions.
• Oshi used floating Pocky and golden currents to guide Jinbe through the basic Fish-Man Karate movements ten times.
• Oshi received a Den Den Mushi call telling her to hurry because Mr. Kaido was not going to make it.

After Kaido stopped breathing from drinking half a barrel of Ra’s dangerous experimental wine, Ra told the Beasts Pirates to have Oshi revive him. Oshi restored Kaido’s heartbeat, and he began to wake.

• Kaido collapsed after drinking half a barrel of Ra’s experimental Snow Wolf Wine, and the pirates feared he was dead.
• Wright called Ra, who explained the wine’s danger and told the crew not to touch Kaido because of the freezing cold.
• King persuaded Ra to help, and she directed the pirates to have Oshi perform CPR while warning that flames would not protect them from the cold.
• Oshi sensed the chill in Kaido’s soul and used lightning and the wind of life to restart his heart.
• Kaido began breathing again and slowly came around.

After hosting Hana-za and showing him Beasts Group’s operations, Kaido failed to recruit him directly, but Hana-za explained that he could help as a Shichibukai. The two old friends shared the reasons behind their choices and toasted to Kaido’s dream of building a world ruled openly by strength.

• Kaido and Hana-za sobered up and spent three days touring Beasts Heavy Industries, its factories, properties, and Fish-Man education base.
• Kaido invited Hana-za to join his command for a third time, but Hana-za declined and said he could provide more help as a Shichibukai.
• Hana-za revealed that he had fled Wokak Kingdom after becoming a noble because its aristocrats treated soldiers’ deaths as entertainment.
• Kaido declared his dream of creating a world where the strong ruled openly and power was the only truth.
• Hana-za asked Kaido to share part of his dream with him.

After Hana-za joined the Beasts Pirates, Kaido called a meeting to speed up their plans but got drunk before it began. Ra finally urged him inside so the delayed meeting could start.

• Kaido ordered King to summon Burufatt, Skypegate, and Taolong for an important meeting, and told Wright and Oshi to contact other officers and bring Ra and Obe.
• Kaido finished the banquet wine while the summoned officers prepared to meet on Fenrir Island.
• Ra, Wright, King, Burufatt, and the other attendees gathered in the meeting room, with Den Den Mushi connecting officers who could not attend in person.
• Kaido arrived late and drunk, then hesitated at the doorway while Ra waited for him to enter.
• Ra put down her papers and told Kaido to come in and begin the meeting, and the attendees relaxed.

Kaido convened the Beasts officers to advance the World War Plan, which aimed to use weapons sales to control conflicts worldwide. Ra warned that expanding beyond the New World would be a long, difficult struggle against the World Government and could end in failure.

• Kaido announced that the Beasts would move the World War Plan into its next phase, and King explained its four stages to the officers.
• Wright reported that Beasts Heavy Industries controlled more than eighty percent of the New World weapons market and proposed expanding into the Grand Line’s first half and the Four Seas.
• The officers celebrated the prospect of overthrowing the World Government, but Ra cautioned that its home territories were far harder to penetrate than the New World.
• Ra warned the officers not to grow careless and concluded that the campaign would be a long, difficult tug-of-war.

Ra warned the Beasts officers that their limited territory and lack of footholds outside the New World left them at a disadvantage against the World Government, then explained that their World War Plan aimed to weaken its system rather than defeat it in a direct fight. He urged the Beasts to use the Marines’ recovery period and the Shichibukai’s early weakness as a golden window to expand into the Four Seas.

• Ra pointed out that the Beasts held only a handful of islands outside the New World and lacked reliable bases for projecting force.
• Ra reassured the officers that the World War Plan was meant to dismantle the World Government’s member-nation system, not defeat it in a head-on battle.
• Ra handed out his analysis of the Shichibukai system, and the officers read it before Kaido asked whether they should expand outward immediately.
• Ra explained that the Marines were still recovering from their losses but would likely regain their strength within a year or two.
• Ra said the Shichibukai were currently weak but would eventually gain powerful members, so Beasts Heavy Industries should establish a foothold in the Four Seas while both forces were still vulnerable.

Ra proposed using Hana-za as an intermediary to build the Beasts’ own weapons production and sales network, making arms sales a long-term goal. After the meeting, Obe misunderstood why Oshi had saved her Pocky, and Ra stopped Kaido’s group as they left to drink, asking King and Burufatt to stay.

• Ra concluded that the Beasts should use Kaido’s Shichibukai acquaintance, Hana-za, to sell weapons worldwide and use weapons and war to influence the world.
• Taolong summarized Ra’s plan, and Ra confirmed that the Beasts had completed the preliminary preparations for their weapons trade.
• After the three-hour meeting ended, Oshi offered Obe a box of Pocky, and Obe briefly thought her sister had saved it especially for her.
• Oshi revealed that Ra had bought the Pocky for Obe and that Oshi had eaten the other box, making Obe angrily bite through her snack.
• Kaido invited Burufatt, Taolong, and Skypegate to join him for another drink, but Ra stopped them and told King and Burufatt to stay behind.

Taolong and Skypegate prepared to return to their stations as the Beasts planned to expand their influence and weapon sales beyond the New World. Wright gave them Ra’s warning about Kaido’s dangerous drinking and revealed that cadres would soon be chosen to help a Shichibukai open weapon sales channels.

• Taolong, Skypegate, and the other officers prepared to return to their stations and ready their troops for the Beasts’ coming expansion.
• Wright gave Taolong and Skypegate Ra’s handwritten notice about Kaido’s drinking incident and told them to study it.
• Taolong accepted the warning and resolved to remind his combat squad captains not to drink while firing cannons.
• Wright told Taolong that cadres would soon assist a Shichibukai with opening weapon sales channels outside the New World.
• Taolong asked when the candidates would be chosen, and Wright invited him to try for the assignment.

Caspa’s rise had restored the Media Family’s fortunes, and he used his assumed influence over the Beasts Pirates and World Government to bully the arms-dealer representatives. Willy finally challenged Caspa’s authority, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• The narrator described how Caspa had rebuilt the Media Family after Old Media fled the New World, earning control over the family spokesmen.
• Willy and the other arms-dealer representatives arrived at Media’s manor for their routine meeting, and Willy let Caspa sleep instead of waking him.
• Caspa arrived late, boasted about spending the night with World Government and Marine associates, and insisted that the representatives address him by his title.
• Caspa ordered Sendog to slap himself twice for questioning him, but Willy told Caspa he had gone too far.
• Caspa threatened that Willy would regret opposing him, despite a sudden flicker of unease.

Willy announced Beasts’ plan to reorganize the Arms Dealers Syndicate and remove Caspa from his position. Caspa learned that Beasts had also renegotiated with his World Government contacts and planned to replace him as their agent.

• Caspa threatened Willy, believing Beasts trusted him as the Syndicate’s true decision-maker.
• Willy distributed Beasts’ instructions, assigning Kuge, Sendog, and Elder Mu leadership over logistics, weapons production, and sales.
• Willy told Caspa that he was being transferred to headquarters and showed him dangerous weapons-testing assignments.
• Caspa erupted in anger and invoked his ties to the World Government.
• Willy revealed that the World Government officials connected to Caspa had made a new agreement with Beasts to replace him as their agent.

Willy exposed Caspa’s secret arms deals and arranged for him to be removed as Beasts Heavy Industries began its new trade operation. Taolong arrived to take over the manor as a base, and Willy killed the attendant who had pleaded for Caspa.

• Willy confronted Caspa with records of his meetings, arms transfers, and bribes, revealing that Spandine and Singer had abandoned him and returned some of the money.
• Caspa begged to see an executive, but Willy left him to the others and announced that Beasts Heavy Industries would open for business the next day.
• Willy left the conference hall and met Taolong, who had won the assignment to assist Hana-za with Beasts’ arms trade.
• Taolong ordered his men to take over and clean out the manor, while Willy reassured the attendant that Caspa was fine.
• Willy shot the attendant six times, then checked that the factory’s guns met the quality standard.

Taolong and Willy helped secure a formal arms-trade agreement between Beasts Heavy Industries and the World Government-backed Shichibukai Hana-za, allowing Beasts weapons to enter the Navy. As the weapons spread, Sengoku urged Fleet Admiral Kong to establish a Navy science unit so the Navy could develop its own arms.

• Taolong watched Willy kill Media's former butler's son and heard Willy promise to eliminate everyone on the list.
• On Marinpite Island, Spandine, Smith, Willy, and Taolong signed an official arms-trade agreement for Hana-za, who sat aside drinking.
• Willy and Spandine exchanged friendly remarks while Taolong dismissed Smith's question about Caspa by claiming Caspa had died after eating ice cream and getting scalded.
• Beasts Heavy Industries' weapons entered Navy service, and most soldiers welcomed their range, accuracy, power, and appearance.
• Kong questioned whether letting Beasts weapons into the Navy had been the right decision, and Sengoku urged him to seek approval from the Gorosei for a Navy-exclusive Science Unit.