Chapter Summaries

Rayleigh and Apophis fought Kuzan after revealing that they belonged to the same group seeking to unmask the world. Kuzan froze Apophis and tried to hold Rayleigh off until reinforcements arrived, but Apophis broke free, and the two began overpowering him.

• Rayleigh deflected Kuzan's ice attacks and claimed that Apophis was not a single person, revealing that he and the Crimson Swordsman belonged to the same group.
• Rayleigh told Kuzan that the group had come to unmask the world, then he and Apophis prepared to leave as Kuzan called for reinforcements.
• Kuzan attacked with his Endless Ice Domain, but Apophis and Rayleigh countered together and fought him through the ruined street.
• Kuzan froze Apophis with Ice Age and believed he could hold Rayleigh off, but Apophis broke free much sooner than expected.
• Rayleigh struck the distracted Kuzan, and Apophis joined him in beating the weakened Marine.

Sengoku and Kaki reached Sabaody and found Kuzan critically injured inside an Ice Barrier, while Apophis and Rayleigh escaped by swimming away. Rayleigh confronted Apophis over the killing of Kōzuki Momonosuke and warned that someone from the Kōzuki Clan would challenge him in fifteen years.

• Sengoku and Kaki sailed toward Sabaody, suspecting the attack on the Celestial Dragons had been planned to expose their deaths and possibly involve Dragon and the Revolutionary Army.
• Sengoku and Kaki found Kuzan frozen in an Ice Barrier inside a huge crater, and Sengoku sent him back to Marine Headquarters while he went to inspect the Celestial Dragons.
• Apophis and Rayleigh surfaced at sea after escaping, and Apophis explained that they had fled rather than spend several minutes breaking through Kuzan's final move.
• Rayleigh asked Apophis why he had killed Kōzuki Momonosuke, and their Conqueror's Haki stirred the sea as Apophis refused to explain.
• Rayleigh said someone more qualified would confront Apophis in fifteen years, and Apophis accepted the warning without concern.

Apophis and Rayleigh reached Daughter Island after swimming through the Calm Belt, where Hancock and her sisters reunited with them. Apophis departed after telling Hancock to find him when she was strong enough to decide her own future, while Rayleigh compared Apophis’s aim to Roger’s.

• Shakky told Gloriosa that Apophis and Rayleigh were powerful enough to reach Daughter Island without a ship.
• Rayleigh asked Apophis about his mask and his interest in testing the World Government’s reaction as they crossed the Calm Belt.
• Hancock rushed to embrace Apophis when he arrived, and Gloriosa thanked him and Rayleigh for rescuing the three girls.
• Apophis told Shakky that he had killed one Celestial Dragon and that CP0 had killed the other eight.
• Apophis refused to attend the island’s bonfire party and told Hancock he would appear again when she could decide her own future.
• Rayleigh watched Apophis leave and said that, like Roger, he wanted to tear off the world’s mask.

The Five Elders learned that Crimson Swordsman Apophis and a masked ally had killed nine Celestial Dragons on Sabaody and discussed the group’s stated aim to tear off the world’s mask. The World Government blamed the Revolutionary Army and raised Apophis’s bounty to one billion Beli, while Dragon and others reacted to the news.

• The Five Elders read Kuzan’s report identifying Crimson Swordsman Apophis and a masked ally as the attackers, and debated whether the Revolutionary Army was behind them.
• The Five Elders decided to pin the Sabaody incident on Dragon’s Revolutionary Army and ordered Apophis’s bounty raised to one billion Beli.
• The World Government announced that Apophis was a Revolutionary Army officer responsible for a deadly riot, while another account praised him for freeing slaves and killing nine Celestial Dragons.
• At Baldego, Revolutionary Army recruits celebrated Apophis’s actions, but Dragon told the Okama King he did not know the Crimson Swordsman.
• Hawk Eyes wondered whether he should kill Celestial Dragons to provoke the World Government, while Doflamingo celebrated the news because it would keep the World Government away from him.

At the tea party on Whole Cake Island, Apophis appeared aboard Umit’s ship and stabbed him before Big Mom could intervene. Apophis escaped into the sea with Umit, leaving Stussy stunned as Big Mom arrived.

• BIG MOM and the guests discussed the Crimson Swordsman’s attack on the Celestial Dragons and the Revolutionary Army led by Dragon.
• Stussy warned Umit that Apophis might target his slave-trading operations, but Umit boasted that he was not afraid.
• As Umit prepared to leave Whole Cake Island, Morgans spotted Apophis standing on Umit’s ship flag.
• Apophis stabbed Umit from behind while the other guests watched, and Umit accused him of attacking by surprise.
• BIG MOM ordered Apophis to put Umit down, but Apophis grabbed Umit and leaped into the sea before she could stop him.

Apophis captured Ursus to obtain records of his ships, then learned that the slave ship carrying Demi had sunk years ago. He left to seek revenge on Donquixote Doflamingo.

• Big Mom raged after Apophis escaped into the sea, while Stussy and Morgans reconsidered how dangerous he was.
• Apophis dragged Ursus to a deserted island and killed him after Ursus hesitated to answer about ship rental records.
• Ursus’s underlings tried to seize his treasure, but they found Apophis waiting in the vault, and he killed them and destroyed the island’s trade hub.
• Apophis discovered that the slave ship had sunk with three-year-old Demi aboard, ending his obsession with finding her.
• Apophis named Donquixote Doflamingo as the final target of his revenge.

Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family defeated the Hurricane Pirates on Plutos Island, then faced Apophis, who revealed that he had come for Doflamingo over a blood feud. Doflamingo unleashed his domineering aura as their fight began.

• Doflamingo used his strings to make the Hurricane Pirates attack one another after they insulted Pica and the Donquixote Family.
• The Donquixote Family overwhelmed the Hurricane Pirates, and Trebol threw the defeated captain aside while the family discussed finding a safe base.
• Doflamingo spotted Apophis, the Crimson Swordsman, sitting atop the clock tower and assumed he had come for the Hurricane Pirates.
• Apophis appeared before the family and declared that Doflamingo was his target because of a blood feud.
• Doflamingo laughed, said there was no room for negotiation, and released a powerful domineering aura.

Apophis overwhelmed the Donquixote Family and broke free of Doflamingo’s Birdcage. Elsewhere, Lin Sanjiu and Ji Shanshan examined a rare adaptive Special Item, which they decided to save for emergencies.

• Apophis overcame the Donquixote Family’s combined attacks, wounding Trebol and crushing Pica while Gladius’s self-destructive blast failed to harm him.
• Apophis cut through Doflamingo’s Spiderweb Wall and seemingly severed him, but Doflamingo used a string double to trap Apophis in a shrinking Birdcage.
• Apophis burst out of the Birdcage, leaving Doflamingo stunned.
• Ji Shanshan told Lin Sanjiu that a blank card was a valuable adaptive Special Item whose effect depended on the environment and the user’s immediate desire, but activation consumed immense physical energy.
• Lin Sanjiu stored the card and told Ji Shanshan not to use it unless they ran out of other options.

Apophis broke through Doflamingo’s defenses and defeated him, but stopped short of killing him when he recognized Monet as his long-lost younger sister. The Donquixote Family was left stunned by the revelation that the legendary Great Swordsman was Monet’s brother.

• Apophis activated Slaughter Mode, broke through Doflamingo and Pica’s defenses, and rapidly battered Doflamingo into defeat.
• Apophis raised his sword to kill Doflamingo, but stopped when he heard a familiar voice and noticed Monet.
• Apophis walked toward Monet despite the Donquixote Family’s attempt to intervene, and he addressed her as Demi.
• Monet recognized Apophis as her brother and cried in his embrace.
• The Donquixote Family reacted in disbelief, while Diamante suspected Apophis had believed Monet died aboard a slave ship they sank ten years earlier.

Apophis reunited with Monet and revealed that he had spent years avenging her, but then declared that Doflamingo should die. He suspected Doflamingo might use Monet to help the World Government kill him in exchange for returning to Mary Geoise.

• Doflamingo realized Apophis had likely been under fifteen when Monet was taken and concluded that the young Crimson Swordsman was now aligned with the Donquixote Family.
• Apophis and Monet reunited, and Monet realized his attacks on slave traders and his raid on Sabaody had been part of his search for her.
• Apophis told Monet he had killed everyone in their village after she was sent away, while Sugar feared she was not Monet’s real sister and was comforted by her.
• Doflamingo tried to put the misunderstanding behind them, but Apophis abruptly said Doflamingo would be better off dead.
• Apophis confronted Doflamingo about being a Celestial Dragon and suggested he might use Monet as bait to help the World Government kill Apophis and regain his place in Mary Geoise.

Apophis ensured Doflamingo would protect Monet, offering to act on his behalf three times in return. At the banquet, Doflamingo asked Apophis how he could become stronger, but Apophis told him his balanced abilities were mediocre and that he should specialize.

• Doflamingo refused to trade Monet for profit, and Apophis warned him that he would kill him if Monet came to harm.
• Doflamingo said he planned to give Monet the Snow-Snow Fruit, but Apophis turned it down and promised to find her a better power.
• Apophis offered to act on Doflamingo's behalf three times in exchange for looking after Monet, and Doflamingo asked how he could contact him in the future.
• Apophis told Doflamingo to publish a matrimonial advertisement in the World Economic Journal so Apophis would recognize it.
• At the banquet, Doflamingo asked Apophis where his strength fell short, and Apophis said his abilities were mediocre and he should specialize.

Apophis explained what it took to reach the pinnacle and revealed that he had gained Future Sight after recognizing Monet. He then offered to push Doflamingo toward Devil Fruit Awakening through a day of life-and-death combat, leaving Doflamingo unconscious after a brutal training session.

• Apophis described Supreme Power as including abilities such as Great Swordsman-level swordsmanship, awakened Devil Fruits, advanced Haki, or a superhuman physique.
• Apophis explained that fighters could reach the pinnacle through different specializations, and Doflamingo asked whether he should focus on developing his Devil Fruit.
• Apophis revealed that battle to the death could catalyze awakening and offered to fight Doflamingo for one day; Doflamingo accepted despite suspecting Apophis wanted an excuse to beat him.
• Apophis said goodbye to Monet and began fighting Doflamingo outside the Donquixote Family's base.
• After Doflamingo's screams faded, Apophis returned carrying him unconscious and said the rough training had succeeded.

After returning to Marine Headquarters, Longinus discussed the Masked Men and the Revolutionary Army with Sengoku and Borsalino. His carefully framed theory led Sengoku to suspect that a hidden force called “Mask” was operating behind Dragon, and Sengoku left to report the lead to the Five Elders.

• Longinus met Borsalino outside the hospital, where Sengoku told them Kuzan would need six months of bed rest after his injuries.
• Sengoku asked Longinus and Borsalino whether the Crimson Swordsman and the other Masked Man were connected to Dragon and the Revolutionary Army.
• Borsalino speculated that Dragon might have ordered the attack on Kuzan, while Longinus argued that Dragon likely did not control the Masked Men.
• Longinus claimed the Masked Man was the hidden force behind the incident and wanted to spread revolutionary ideals by tearing away the world's mask.
• Sengoku accepted the possibility of a separate “Mask” force and said he would investigate it and report to the Five Elders.
• Sengoku assigned Longinus to handle G2 Branch's affairs while Borsalino was stationed in Sabaody.

Longinus took charge of G2 Branch and proposed shifting some of its military costs onto the royal families in the regions it protected. He planned to use the branch as a test of the World Government’s limits on Marine financial independence, while waiting for someone to appear.

• Longinus returned to G2 Branch and led a meeting where its officers described shortages of funding and manpower.
• Longinus explained that bounty payments and death benefits consumed much of the branch’s budget, leaving too little for troops and equipment.
• Longinus urged officers to build relations with local royal families and persuade them to cover part of the Marines’ expenses.
• When officers worried the plan would burden the people and violate rules, Longinus argued that unwilling rulers could be treated as enemies of Justice.
• Longinus privately considered G2 Branch a small-scale test of financial freedom from the World Government and wondered when the person he was waiting for would appear.

Longinus arranged new military funding by claiming a share of untraceable pirate assets and proposed recruiting from nearby kingdoms. A wounded CP9 team arrived at his base seeking help for Rob Lucci, and Longinus recognized Blueno’s Door-Door Fruit as he inspected them.

• Longinus told the officers that the Marines would seize thirty percent of untraceable pirate assets for military funds and said he would take responsibility if powerful people objected.
• Longinus proposed recruiting troops from nearby kingdoms, but a lieutenant colonel interrupted the meeting to report wounded government agents seeking help.
• Longinus explained that CP9 was a secret government agency and ended the meeting so the officers could inspect the agents.
• At the harbor, Jabra, Blueno, Fukurou, and Kumadori argued about Longinus and their injuries while Blueno warned that Rob Lucci needed treatment.
• Longinus arrived, focused on Blueno, and praised the Door-Door Fruit.

Longinus learned that a battle in the Ice Cream Kingdom had left Rob Lucci gravely wounded and revealed Bartholomew Kuma’s terrifying strength. As the Navy arranged medical help, Longinus turned his attention to obtaining the Door-Door Fruit.

• Kumadori alerted Longinus that Lucci was badly injured, and Longinus ordered Commodore Kage to bring the base doctors.
• Blueno explained that CP9’s covert operation to capture suspected Revolutionary Army members had become a four-sided battle after Fukurou exposed their presence.
• Blueno said Lucci had taken a powerful blow from a monster and escaped only because Blueno used his Devil Fruit ability to get the survivors away.
• Blueno identified the monster as Ice Cream Kingdom King Bartholomew Kuma, who had crushed thousands of pirates with one palm.
• Longinus considered Kuma’s possible ties to the Revolutionary Army and focused on how to get the Door-Door Fruit.

Longinus visited the injured CP9 agents and offered to help with their mission, while considering how to obtain Blueno’s Door-Door Fruit. He left Lucci recovering and training, Jabra trapped by his own boasting, and Fukurou asking for Marine assistance.

• Longinus considered whether to take Blueno’s Door-Door Fruit himself or have Apophis kill him and wait for Devil Fruit Item Technology.
• Lucci resumed training despite his wounds, and Jabra admitted that Lucci was stronger than him.
• Lucci provoked Jabra into claiming he would tear Longinus apart, then revealed Longinus was standing behind him.
• Longinus turned Jabra’s boast into a promise to meet at the training ground, leaving Jabra furious at Fukurou for exposing his fear.
• Longinus asked Lucci whether CP9 needed help, and Fukurou eagerly said that Lucci and Jabra could not defeat their target without assistance.

Longinus heard Fukurou explain the mission in the Ice Cream Kingdom, then challenged Jabra to a fight at the training ground. Jabra imagined himself becoming the King of Cipher Pol, but Longinus overwhelmed him with ease.

• Longinus stopped Lucci from objecting and let Fukurou explain that the mission was to recover Revolutionary Army contact codes and communication lists from the dead.
• Longinus told the group to depart once Lucci had recovered, then summoned Jabra to the training ground.
• Jabra imagined defeating Longinus and rising to rule Cipher Pol as Marines mocked him.
• Longinus claimed his Doriki was 10,000, and Jabra charged at him after insisting that fighting spirit could overcome the gap.
• Longinus dismissed Jabra's speed as too slow for Shave and struck him flying, while Jabra convinced himself the defeat was only the start of his comeback.

Longinus accompanied CP9 to Ice Cream Island while secretly marking them so he could track them later, intending to let Apophis obtain the Door-Door Fruit. At the mass grave, Jabra proposed capturing Kuma’s valued child to control him, but Kuma appeared and prepared a devastating attack as Longinus seemed lost in thought.

• Longinus overpowered Jabra in training, secretly placed a Judgment Mark on him, and decided to let Apophis take the Door-Door Fruit while planning to ambush CP9 after their mission.
• A week later, Longinus and CP9 searched a mass grave on Ice Cream Island but found no trace of the Revolutionary Army branch commander.
• Jabra suggested capturing a child Kuma valued to force the Paw Fruit User to obey them.
• Kuma appeared at the grave and raised a powerful paw-shaped mass of air, while Blueno found that he could not open a door through the disrupted air currents.
• Kumadori turned to Longinus for help and saw him standing beneath a tree with his head lowered, apparently distracted.

Kuma confronted Longinus and the CP9 agents, then attacked Jabra over the damage CP9 had caused and their plan to kidnap Bonney. Longinus protected the agents and stayed behind to fight Kuma while the others fled.

• Kuma's Observation Haki detected the CP9 agents, but he could not sense Longinus as Kuma unleashed an Air Cannon that Longinus kicked away, leaving a vast crater in the forest.
• Kuma recognized Longinus and explained that he had let the Revolutionary Army branch commander and his surviving subordinates escape after they endured three Paw Pad Impacts.
• Jabra asked which way the Revolutionary Army members had gone, and Kuma pointed in a random direction before stopping Jabra from leaving.
• Kuma attacked Jabra for the casualties CP9 had caused and for trying to kidnap Bonney, but Longinus caught Jabra and returned him to Lucci and the others.
• Kuma launched a barrage of Paw Pad Impacts at Longinus, who told the others to leave while he stayed to fight.