Chapter Summaries

Redfield and Bullet persuaded Blackbeard that fate had set him against Longinus and urged him to become the Savior of Villains. Blackbeard then revealed his plans to gain a third Devil Fruit and claim the final piece needed to become Pirate King.

• Blackbeard feigned grief over Shiryu’s death before Redfield proposed making him their king, and Bullet admitted they also wanted him to serve as a shield.
• Redfield said Shiryu had called for a savior of villains, while Bullet argued that Longinus’s repeated attempts to kill Blackbeard proved their fates were linked.
• Redfield convinced Blackbeard that he represented the world’s darkness destined to clash with Longinus’s light, and Bullet warned that Longinus had now made him a priority target.
• Blackbeard guessed that Longinus’s Future Sight had shown him a future in which Blackbeard defeated him.
• Blackbeard declared that he could become a Three Devil Fruit User and knew where to find the final piece needed to become Pirate King.

Blackbeard revealed that the final Road Poneglyph was hidden in Dark Space in Wano and planned to draw the world against Kaido so he could kill him and take his Devil Fruit. Back aboard the warship, Kizaru exaggerated his injuries to request six months of paid sick leave, while Longinus reassured the Five Elders after they warned him about rumors tied to Dragon.

• Blackbeard told Redfield and Bullet that Rocks had hidden a Road Poneglyph in Dark Space in Wano, which only a Dark Fruit User could release.
• Blackbeard said he wanted to kill Kaido and seize his Devil Fruit, and Redfield proposed exposing the Poneglyph to make Kaido a target of the whole world.
• Bullet said he might support Blackbeard if he proved he had the potential to become king.
• Kizaru claimed he had bravely recovered the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and asked Longinus for six months of paid sick leave, but Longinus pointed out that Apophis had sold the fruit back to them.
• The Five Elders called Longinus to reassure him that the government still supported him despite rumors related to Dragon and the Revolutionary Army.
• Longinus told the Five Elders that he would not be swayed by gossip, and Kizaru remarked that they had called because they feared Longinus would leave.

At Marine Headquarters, Longinus awarded the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to Loki, who reluctantly accepted it after learning the Marines would provide his food. The meeting ended with news that Blackbeard had called the Four Emperors to Wano Country to compete for the final Road Poneglyph and open the route to Laugh Tale.

• Drake, Law, and Hiyori discussed Law's progress toward earning enough merit and cautioned Drake to avoid creating trouble for Longinus.
• Longinus briefed the Marines on the Avengers Alliance, reporting that Silvers Rayleigh had been killed, Crocodile captured, and Blackbeard, Bullet, and Redfield remained at large.
• Longinus awarded the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to Loki in recognition of his help during the Summit War.
• Loki objected to eating the fruit because he feared losing the ability to swim and catch Sea Kings, but agreed after Longinus promised the Marines would feed him.
• Rear Admiral Menard reported that Blackbeard had announced the final Road Poneglyph was in Wano Country and invited the other Three Emperors to gather there and open the route to Laugh Tale.

Longinus summoned Hiyori and the Nine Red Scabbards to announce that the Marines would help restore Wano Country. Meanwhile, Marco chose a small Whitebeard crew to head to Wano, while Kaido rejected Blackbeard’s proposal to share the Poneglyphs.

• Longinus told Hiyori, Kawamatsu, Kikunojo, Nekomamushi, and Inuarashi that he would fulfill his promise to restore Wano Country, and they agreed to join the Marines’ march there.
• Marco rallied the discouraged Whitebeard pirates by urging them not to fall behind Blackbeard, then selected Jozu, Vista, and Izo to accompany him to Wano Country.
• Harta and the others warned Marco’s group that Blackbeard likely had a plan behind publicizing the Poneglyphs, and Marco said they would avoid confronting him directly.
• Queen urged Kaido to accept Blackbeard’s proposal to share the Poneglyphs, but Kaido refused and declared that he would become Pirate King alone.

Blackbeard discussed joining forces with Apophis and Katakuri to take Kaido’s power before the Navy acted. At the ruins of Oden Castle, Longinus’s Marines warned Ashura Doji and the mountain bandits that many powerful pirates had come to Wano, then reassured them that Longinus could protect the country.

• Blackbeard planned to ally with Apophis and Katakuri and seize Kaido’s power before the Navy moved, while Redfield warned him about the Navy’s activity.
• Kawamatsu returned to the ruins of Oden Castle with the Marines, and Ashura Doji welcomed them as potential liberators of Wano Country.
• Longinus warned Ashura Doji that the Four Emperors and other powerful pirates had come to Wano, leaving the mountain bandits and Ashura Doji horrified.
• Kawamatsu and Hiyori reassured Ashura Doji that Longinus and the Marines could face the pirates, and Kawamatsu said two Kaidos might not match Longinus.

Longinus told Ashura Doji to evacuate Wano Country’s people before it became a battlefield, while the Navy considered Blackbeard’s possible targets. Hiyori asked Longinus to accompany her to a hidden chamber beneath Oden Castle, where Toki may have left a message.

• Longinus warned Ashura Doji that Wano Country could be destroyed in the coming war and asked him to evacuate its people, even by force.
• Ashura Doji learned that the people Longinus had asked about were staying at a tavern in the Flower Capital.
• Longinus and the Navy discussed whether Blackbeard meant to target Red-Haired or Kaido, and Longinus ordered the Marines to remain alert.
• Hiyori explained that Toki had left something for her in a secret underground chamber beneath Oden Castle, and Longinus agreed to go there with her and Kawamatsu.

Longinus, Hiyori, and Kawamatsu found the room where Toki and Hiyori had last stayed together, and Hiyori read her mother’s farewell letter. Longinus then discovered Toki’s Ancient Script journal, which revealed her thoughts about Imu, Joy Boy, Laugh Tale, and the scraps of cloth meant to carry her unfinished mission into the future.

• Longinus, Hiyori, and Kawamatsu reached Toki’s hidden underground room, where Hiyori remembered her final stay there with her mother.
• Kawamatsu found Toki’s letter, and Hiyori read her mother’s warning not to seek revenge and her wish that Hiyori live happily.
• Longinus searched Toki’s belongings for historical records while Hiyori and Kawamatsu mourned and remembered her.
• Longinus found a book written in Ancient Script and recognized Toki’s handwriting from the scrap of cloth brought to him by the White Dragon.
• Longinus read Toki’s journal, which described her suspicions about Imu, her discovery of a weapon on Laugh Tale, and her decision to leave ten scraps of cloth to complete her mission.

Kyoshiro warned Kaido that Blackbeard had arrived in Wano and was seeking Katakuri, while Blackbeard tried to secure Katakuri’s cooperation over a Poneglyph. Blackbeard left Udon to retrieve the stone, but Kaido found him and attacked before he could prepare.

• Kyoshiro told Kaido that Blackbeard wanted to kill him and was heading to Udon to meet Katakuri, prompting Kaido to set out.
• Blackbeard refused to show Katakuri the Poneglyph until they agreed to cooperate, so Katakuri challenged his motives and mentioned Apophis heading for Hakumai.
• Blackbeard left Udon to retrieve the Poneglyph, while Katakuri told Smoothie he suspected Blackbeard controlled Redfield and Bullet and planned to trouble him.
• Blackbeard said he would use Marine hostages to pressure Katakuri into cooperation, but Kaido arrived and attacked him with a blazing pillar of light.
• Blackbeard survived the blast and ordered his allies to attack Kaido.

Blackbeard, Bullet, and Redfield battered Kaido but could not overcome his rapid healing, while the Marines prepared to launch a decisive operation in Wano Country. Longinus set out to capture Kaido, liberate Wano, and prevent Blackbeard from obtaining the Poneglyph, leaving the coming clash poised to begin at full force.

• Daifuku, Smoothie, and Snack discussed whether to help Kaido, while Katakuri worried more about the Marines’ plans.
• Blackbeard, Bullet, and Redfield overwhelmed Kaido but found his regenerative ability made him nearly impossible to kill, so Blackbeard considered retreating.
• Kaido attacked the trio as they tried to leave, and Blackbeard turned toward the Prisoner Mine to throw Wano Country into further chaos.
• Longinus explained to Garp, Gion, Kaki, and the other Marines that they had to prevent the Emperors from uniting and keep the initiative.
• Longinus declared the operation’s goals were to capture Kaido, liberate Wano Country, and stop Blackbeard from obtaining the Poneglyph, and said the Marines would strike in an all-out decisive battle.

Blackbeard fled toward the Big Mom Pirates, but Garp and the Navy intervened and surrounded him, Kaido, and their allies. Katakuri realized the Navy aimed to disrupt the Four Emperors’ balance and led his family into the fight, while Aokiji froze Katakuri’s awakened mochi attack.

• Blackbeard ran toward Smoothie and the others, but Garp struck Kaido into a crater before Blackbeard could reach them.
• The Navy surrounded Blackbeard and his allies, and Katakuri warned the Charlotte Family that the Navy was moving against the Four Emperors rather than pursuing the Poneglyph.
• Katakuri ordered the Charlotte Family to help Kaido and Blackbeard drive back the Navy.
• The Navy officers overwhelmed the already weakened Blackbeard, Kaido, and their ally, prompting Blackbeard to call for Katakuri’s help.
• Katakuri awakened his Devil Fruit and turned the ground into attacking mochi, but Aokiji froze it with Ice Age after Longinus asked him to hold Katakuri back.

The Marines fought the Big Mom Pirates as Charlotte Linlin’s hunger sent her into a destructive frenzy, while Aokiji tried to persuade Katakuri to withdraw. Longinus and Kizaru continued pressuring Blackbeard’s group, and Redfield questioned whether Blackbeard was counting on outside help.

• T Bone stepped forward and frightened Charlotte Linlin into running, but Smoothie threw meat toward the Marines, triggering Linlin’s rampage.
• Kaki caught Linlin’s club attack, and Gion blasted her away with Moonlight Waltz Slash, though Linlin quickly got back up.
• The Marines and Wano samurai suppressed most of the Big Mom Pirates, while Katakuri fought Aokiji and complained that the Beasts Pirates had not joined the battle.
• Aokiji offered to let Katakuri leave, but Katakuri suspected Aokiji feared Red-Haired and the others might appear.
• Longinus and Kizaru kept Blackbeard’s three-man group under pressure, and Redfield asked Blackbeard whether he was relying on someone else.

Blackbeard and Redfield tricked the Marines with a staged attack and fled with Bullet, hoping to reach the Poneglyphs before the Marines could secure them. Left behind, Katakuri tried to help his family escape, but Longinus’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out Brulee and left the Charlotte Family in despair.

• Blackbeard realized he could use the chaos to pursue the Poneglyphs and secretly planned to flee with Redfield and Bullet.
• Blackbeard feigned a powerful attack, cloaked the battlefield in darkness, and escaped with Redfield and Bullet.
• After the Marines saw through the ruse, Longinus chose to focus on Katakuri’s forces rather than pursue the escapees.
• Katakuri ordered Brulee, Smoothie, and Snack to escape while he stayed behind to buy them time.
• Longinus released his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out the Charlotte Family members around Brulee and leaving the pirates convinced they could not escape.

After the Marines captured Katakuri and Kaido, Katakuri warned that the World Government would eventually target Longinus and the people around him. Longinus dismissed the warning and flew to capture Blackbeard's crew, believing the government would soon turn against him.

• The Marines captured Katakuri and Kaido, and the samurai of Wano celebrated Kaido's defeat and their country's liberation.
• Katakuri warned that the World Government would suppress Longinus and might target his companions to force him from power.
• Longinus rejected Katakuri's warning, ordered him imprisoned, and set off to capture Blackbeard's crew.
• Senior Marines worried that the World Government would react to the Marines' growing power, while Longinus privately anticipated that he would soon become its target.

Blackbeard withdrew with Barrett and Redfield after the Marines routed the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates, planning to take the Poneglyphs from their territories. In Ringo, Apophis left after clashing with Red-Haired, while Marco’s plan to target Blackbeard was thrown into doubt when Beckman revealed the Marines had already defeated their intended targets.

• Blackbeard told Barrett they were making a strategic withdrawal and planned to take the Poneglyphs from Kaido’s and Katakuri’s strongholds.
• Redfield flew toward Onigashima, while Blackbeard and Barrett headed for Hakumai to retrieve the Poneglyph there before going to Totto Land.
• Apophis fought Red-Haired in Ringo, then departed after mocking him about rumors involving Hawk Eyes.
• Red-Haired confronted Lucky Roux after learning he had told newspaper staff that Red-Haired and Hawk Eyes slept in the same bed.
• Marco explained that he and the others planned to use the gathering forces in Wano Country to attack Blackbeard, but Beckman announced the Marines had already routed the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates.
• Marco and the others realized the Marines’ surprise attack had left their plan without a chance to proceed.

After learning that the Marines had nearly defeated the Big Mom and Beasts Pirates in Wano Country, Red-Haired and his allies prepared to retreat with Marco and the other survivors. In Hakumai, Blackbeard recovered the Stone Tablet but discovered that he and Bullet would have to carry it away themselves.

• Rockstar told Red-Haired that the Marines had nearly defeated the Big Mom and Beasts Pirates, and Red-Haired and Beckman realized Longinus had used Wano Country to surprise the Four Emperors.
• Beckman urged Red-Haired's crew to leave, and Red-Haired invited Marco and the three bewildered survivors to come with them.
• Blackbeard searched the Dark Space for the Stone Tablet while Bullet waited, then finally expelled the huge tablet.
• Blackbeard and Bullet realized neither of them knew how to make a rubbing of the tablet.
• Blackbeard explained that he could not transport the tablet out of Wano Country, so he and Bullet would have to carry it off the island.

Red-Haired stopped Blackbeard from taking the Poneglyph out of Wano, and Blackbeard secretly hid it elsewhere before fleeing. A week later, he returned with Bullet to retrieve it, only to find that someone had dug up its hiding place and stolen it.

• Red-Haired confronted Blackbeard over the Poneglyph and refused to let him take it, so Blackbeard fled under a barrage of attacks from the pirates.
• A week later, Blackbeard and Bullet returned to Wano after the Navy and the remaining Four Emperors' crews had left.
• Blackbeard revealed that he had sent the Poneglyph to a designated location rather than storing it in his Dark Space.
• Blackbeard led Bullet and their companion to a graveyard in Ringo, where he discovered that someone had dug up the hiding place and stolen the Poneglyph.

The Straw Hat Pirates hid in a cemetery in Wano while the Navy and Four Emperors fought, and a falling Red Stone revived Luffy. Robin recognized the Poneglyph and secretly returned it, leaving to pursue her own course while Zoro and Sanji watched her go.

• Nami and the Straw Hat Pirates hid in a cemetery, worried about Luffy and their dwindling chance to revive him before the deadline.
• A Stone Tablet fell from the sky onto Luffy, and the pressure revived him as his body recovered.
• Robin identified the tablet as the final Red Stone, which recorded the coordinates of Laugh Tale, and realized her boss might have controlled events.
• The next morning, Robin tearfully sent the Red Stone back toward where it had come from and left the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Zoro and Sanji revealed they had let Robin go, and Sanji said he would bring her back openly and honorably.

At the G2 Branch, Marines treated Fleet Admiral Shirozou’s former dormitory as a place of inspiration, alarming CP0 Observer Dagg with their fervent admiration. When news arrived that Shirozou had captured two Four Emperors in Wano, the Marines erupted in celebration, while Dagg was said to be reflecting on the Fleet Admiral’s spirit.

• Recruits visited Shirozou’s former dormitory and praised the lessons they found in his life there.
• Rear Admiral Gregory defended the visit to Observer Dagg and mocked his objections as poor ideological awareness.
• Gregory’s recruits and fellow Marines condemned Dagg after learning he had suggested ending similar events.
• Dagg suspected Shirozou’s influence might extend across the Government, then tried to reassure himself that the idea was impossible.
• A Marine announced that Shirozou’s fleet had defeated the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates in Wano and captured two Four Emperors.
• The Marines cheered the news, and the brigadier general claimed Dagg had gone to comprehend Shirozou’s spirit.

After the Marines defeated the Four Emperors, Doflamingo and the Revolutionary Army assessed the shifting balance of power while Blackbeard, Redfield, and Bullet met with Apophis on Onigashima. Apophis proposed an alliance and presented documents through Robin, whose connection to the Straw Hat Pirates surprised Blackbeard.

• Doflamingo told Pica that the Four Emperors and possibly the Shichibukai had become relics as the Marines reached their peak.
• The Revolutionary Army’s leaders decided to go underground and wage a prolonged grassroots campaign against the Marines, while Dragon privately wondered how Blackbeard’s actions had changed events.
• A week later, Blackbeard, Redfield, and Bullet arrived at Apophis’s base on Onigashima, where Urouge escorted them to the palace.
• Apophis proposed an alliance with Blackbeard, who warned that they could not resist the Marines without Red-Haired’s support.
• Robin brought Apophis’s meeting gift, and Apophis revealed that he had planted her as a hidden piece from the beginning.

Apophis offered Blackbeard and Bullet a translated Road Poneglyph and proposed using Pluton to destroy Mary Geoise. The men agreed that Bullet would wield the weapon, and they prepared to set out together.

• Blackbeard examined the translated Road Poneglyphs and questioned Apophis about their origins and motives.
• Apophis explained that Kaido and Katakuri had provided two rubbings, while Robin had retrieved the last stone from Wano Country.
• Robin recounted how the stone had fallen near the Straw Hat Pirates in Ringo and revived Luffy, before Apophis stole it back.
• Apophis revealed his plan to use Pluton against Mary Geoise and said he wanted to cooperate with Bullet, whose Combine-Combine Fruit could unleash the weapon's power.
• Blackbeard accepted Bullet's role in the plan, and Apophis urged the group to set off at once.