Arc 28The World Turns Against the Government
After Blackbeard and Apophis set their sights on Pluton, Law’s attempt to save Corazon ended in tragedy and Longinus was imprisoned for protecting him. Marines, kingdoms, and allies rallied behind Longinus, who reclaimed his leadership and began assembling forces for war.
- Blackbeard and Bullet failed to make a rubbing of the Red Stone, and Blackbeard later discovered that someone had stolen it from its hiding place in Ringo.
- A Red Stone fell onto Luffy and revived him, but Robin returned the stone and left the Straw Hats, while Apophis revealed that he had used her to secure it and planned to wield Pluton with Bullet.
- Law found Corazon enslaved by Saint Charlos, freed him at the cost of Corazon’s life, and killed Charlos before Sebastian attacked them.
- Longinus defeated Sebastian, but the Five Elders refused to pardon Law and had Longinus imprisoned in Impel Down after he demanded that Law be spared.
- Garp, Sengoku, and the Marines rejected the government’s orders, while kingdoms and major races rallied behind Longinus and declared plans to form a new government.
- Longinus accepted the Marines’ call to lead them, and Dragon joined the movement after revealing his long cooperation with Longinus and warning of the World Government’s hidden god.
- Blackbeard took Pluton, gathered Jacks’s pirates, and decided to attend Longinus’s meeting of the world’s major powers as his rival.
- Longinus recruited Katakuri, Ace, and Kaido for the coming war by offering conditional freedom, and all three agreed to fight for him.