Chapter Summaries

Ortolan met Stussy at the Golden City construction site, where she used her charm and playful teasing while Hina eyed her warily. Stussy planned to serve as a ceremonial World Government representative while privately seeking an alliance with Ortolan and hoping he could help her gain freedom.

• Ortolan saw Stussy arrive at the Golden City construction site and admired her presence.
• Hina met Stussy for the first time and immediately viewed her as a rival trying to seduce Ortolan.
• Stussy teased Ortolan for not contacting her, and he answered with playful praise before greeting her.
• Stussy told Ortolan she would rely on his guidance at the Golden City and had no intention of taking control of the project.
• Stussy decided to act as a ceremonial representative for Mary Geoise while privately pursuing an alliance with Ortolan to gain her freedom.

Ortolan and Stussy discussed the Golden City project and their ambitions in private, where Stussy asked him to help her kill Bakin Stussy so she could become the one and only Stussy. Ortolan agreed and dismissed the risk of offending Whitebeard by declaring he would take the title of the strongest as well.

• Ortolan showed Stussy around the Golden City construction site and introduced her to its key personnel, including Moria, Tesoro, Master Tom, and Fisher Tiger.
• Ortolan and Stussy agreed that she could make decisions at the site while Totto Land cooperated without meddling.
• Ortolan activated an anti-eavesdropping device during a private lunch with Stussy aboard his warship.
• Stussy described Ortolan as ambitious and calculating, then said she trusted him and wanted freedom in return for helping him.
• Stussy asked Ortolan to help her kill Bakin Stussy so she could be the only Stussy, and he agreed despite the possibility of offending Whitebeard.

After Queen Stussy left, Ortolan reassured Hina that he knew how to handle her before meeting Vinsmoke Judge. Judge discussed Bakin Stussy and warned Ortolan about Edward Weevil, then prepared to give his answer to Ortolan’s conditions for joining his crew.

• Queen Stussy left Ortolan’s cabin, and Hina caught Ortolan eating from Stussy’s untouched plate and mistook his motive for food wastefulness.
• Hina warned Ortolan that Stussy seemed to have improper intentions, but Ortolan laughed off her concern.
• Hina told Ortolan that Vinsmoke Judge wanted to meet him, and Ortolan invited Judge into the cabin.
• Ortolan asked Judge about his past with Bakin Stussy, and Judge said she had been a fraud and offered to try to locate her.
• Judge warned Ortolan to be wary of Edward Weevil, then Ortolan asked whether Judge had decided to accept his conditions.

Ortolan secured Judge’s loyalty by requiring Germa to open its research and assigning him to establish a scientific research department for the New World Marines. After promising to help Germa gain recognized territory, Ortolan skipped a planned visit to the Big Mom Pirates and prepared to travel to Skypiea with Issho.

• Judge agreed to open Germa’s research results to Ortolan and serve as his scientific adviser in the New World.
• Ortolan assigned Judge to develop technologies for Golden City and establish a research department for the New World Marines.
• Judge asked Ortolan to help Germa become a normal country with fixed territory, and Ortolan promised to address the problem.
• Ortolan dismissed Judge and decided to skip his planned visit to the Big Mom Pirates on Cake Island.
• Ortolan asked Hina to summon Issho so they could travel to Skypiea and settle matters concerning Shandora before visiting King Neptune.

Spandine admired the Golden Den Den Mushi Ortolan had given him while serving as a senior CP-0 operations commander on Enies Lobby. During a call with Dragon, he revealed that CP-2 had been sent to acquire the Rubber-Rubber Fruit and that Mary Geoise had connected the mission to Nika, leaving Dragon alarmed and interested.

• Spandine admired the Golden Den Den Mushi Ortolan had given him to improve his security and strengthen their friendship.
• Dragon called Spandine to request intelligence as payment for their previous cooperation, and Spandine reluctantly took the call.
• Spandine told Dragon that CP-2 had been assigned to acquire the Rubber-Rubber Fruit in the East Blue.
• Spandine added that Mary Geoise had mentioned Nika in connection with the mission and suspected the fruit might be a smokescreen.
• Dragon treated the Nika intelligence as important because the Revolutionary Army had gathered ancient accounts describing Nika as a Sun God.

Ortolan learned from Spandine that the World Government had captured the Rubber-Rubber Fruit in East Blue, and warned him that leaking information about Nika could prove fatal. The chapter left Ortolan wondering whether Dragon would take the fruit and what that might mean for Luffy.

• Issho used his gravity to set the Marine warship safely on the White White Sea, while Hina and the soldiers admired the unfamiliar scenery.
• Spandine told Ortolan that he had sold Dragon information about the Rubber-Rubber Fruit and grew suspicious when mentioning Nika changed Dragon's reaction.
• Ortolan warned Spandine that Nika was forbidden knowledge and told him to erase his traces and stay clear of the mission.
• Ortolan recalled how the fruit's capture differed from the events he remembered, since the Red Hair Pirates had been destroyed and Shanks was absent.
• After ending the call, Ortolan speculated that Dragon might obtain the fruit and wondered whether Luffy would still become a pirate, then turned his attention to the White White Sea.

Ortolan traveled with the Marines to Angel Island, sharing the story behind his Goro Goro no Mi and the Golden Country while failing spectacularly at fishing. The warship reached Angel Island after a brief clash with Shandia attackers, where Ortolan met God Gan Fall.

• Hina asked Ortolan how he obtained the Goro Goro no Mi, and he claimed his father had left him both the fruit and the Golden Country as a legacy.
• The Marines crossed the White White Sea toward Angel Island while Ortolan fished for nearly two months without catching anything and Hina landed plenty of sky fish.
• Hina mocked Ortolan for his fishing failure, and he struck her helmet with his fist after handing it to her.
• Several Shandia people attacked the warship on flying boards, but Ortolan struck them down with lightning.
• The Marines docked at Angel Island, where Gan Fall greeted them, and Ortolan asked if he was the island's god.

Ortolan led the Marines to Skypiea’s Golden Country, with Gan Fall guiding them and the Marines capturing Shandia warriors along the way. Ortolan confirmed that the city and its foundations were made of pure gold, leaving him convinced the treasure could secure the Marines’ finances and strengthen their independence.

• Gan Fall abandoned resistance and agreed to guide Ortolan’s Marines to the Golden Country in exchange for their demands being met.
• Gan Fall led the Marines toward the Land of God, where they captured nearly seventy Shandia warriors who attacked the warships.
• Ortolan and his companions reached a cliff overlooking the Golden Country and were stunned by the city of gold below.
• Ortolan used his thunder power to uncover buildings buried beneath dust and confirmed that every structure was made of pure gold.
• Ortolan celebrated the discovery, believing the gold could secure the Marines’ finances and support the creation of a powerful army.

Ortolan, Issho, and Hina found the Roger Pirates’ inscription at the Golden Bell in the Golden Country, and Ortolan rang the bell. Its chime reached Mont Blanc Cricket near Jaya Island, proving his ancestor’s story was true and leaving Cricket to proclaim the Golden Country’s existence to the empty sea.

• Issho and Hina examined the Poneglyph and ancient inscription beneath the Golden Bell, and Ortolan identified it as a message left by the Roger Pirates.
• Ortolan pretended he could read ancient writing because of his Marine training, but Hina exposed his joke before he walked off to study the bell.
• Ortolan remembered Mont Blanc Cricket as a true adventurer while standing beside the Golden Bell.
• Near Jaya Island, Mont Blanc Cricket saw the bell’s shadow in the clouds and heard its chime reach the Blue Sea.
• Cricket wept with relief and shouted that the Golden Country existed and that his ancestor had not been a liar.
• Hina asked why Ortolan rang the bell, and he said he hoped its sound could reach the person who needed it.

Ortolan parted ways with Issho after they found the Golden Country, then sailed toward the Blue Sea while Issho moved the island through the air. At Mary Geoise, the Five Elders learned the Revolutionary Army had seized the Rubber-Rubber Fruit and ordered a campaign against Ginny’s forces as they discussed Ortolan’s prospects and the coming World Conference.

• Ortolan left Issho to transport the Golden Country and took his warship down from the White White Sea toward the Blue Sea.
• The CP Director told the Five Elders that Ginny’s Revolutionary Army had accidentally seized the Rubber-Rubber Fruit while leaving the Kingdom of Goa.
• Saint V. Nusjuro ordered CP to destroy the Revolutionary Army’s East Army within a year, capture Ginny, and identify whoever ate the fruit.
• The Five Elders discussed Ortolan’s achievements and the possibility of bringing him and Doflamingo into the Donquixote Family as Celestial Dragons.
• The Five Elders turned to the World Conference, which was due to convene in 1506.

Kuzan left the G-8 Marine base on his bicycle, but Ortolan’s falling warship crashed onto it and stranded him at sea. Ortolan paid for the damage with gold bricks, and Kuzan boarded his ship happily with six of them.

• Kuzan said goodbye to Jonathan and cycled across the sea toward Marine Headquarters.
• Ortolan’s warship fell from the sky and crashed into the sea, landing on Kuzan’s bicycle.
• Kuzan froze the waves around the damaged ship and angrily confronted Ortolan over his ruined limited-edition bicycle.
• Ortolan threw gold bricks at Kuzan’s bicycle, and Hina hit Kuzan in the face with one, breaking him into ice.
• Kuzan re-formed, asked about the gold’s purity, and let Hina hit him with more bricks in exchange for six gold bricks.
• Kuzan boarded Ortolan’s warship and insisted he did not care about losing his bicycle.

Ortolan sailed with Kuzan toward Fish-Man Island and learned that Aramaki had joined the Marines as a powerful Mera Mera no Mi user. Kuzan warned that Aramaki was gathering pro-World Government officers and drawing close to Sakazuki, leaving Ortolan aware of a rising faction at Marine Headquarters.

• Kuzan used his Ice-Ice powers to repair the damaged warship, then asked Ortolan about his plans for the World Conference.
• Ortolan said he was skipping the conference and heading to Fish-Man Island to meet King Neptune, and Kuzan asked him to invite Neptune to attend.
• Kuzan told Ortolan that Aramaki had recently transferred from Mary Geoise to Marine Headquarters and had eaten the Mera Mera no Mi.
• Ortolan reacted with shock at Aramaki's Devil Fruit and said the Mera Mera no Mi was not on Kuzan's level.
• Kuzan explained that Aramaki disliked Ortolan, had support from Mary Geoise, and was gathering loyalist Marine officers while growing close to Sakazuki.

Kuzan warned Ortolan that Marine Admirals could uncover the covert affairs of Sengoku and Ortolan, and that the World Government was building influence in the Marines through Aramaki. Ortolan weighed Sakazuki’s silence and uncertain loyalties, then decided to keep moving forward while accelerating his plans.

• Kuzan told Ortolan that he and Sakazuki could learn about hidden matters within the Marines, then said he only wanted to warn Ortolan and would not interfere.
• Ortolan realized the Five Elders were establishing a new link to the Marines through Aramaki as a precaution to preserve the World Government’s control.
• Ortolan considered Sakazuki’s past ties to Mary Geoise and his lack of response to Sengoku and Ortolan’s affairs, but concluded that Sakazuki remained loyal to the Marines.
• Ortolan decided not to let Sakazuki’s silence dictate his actions and resolved to proceed with his plans faster.

Ortolan arrived at Fish-Man Island to discuss a major cooperation deal and spotted Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, and a group he suspected included Momonosuke. He let them leave the island for now but ordered Marines in the New World to stop them from reaching Whitebeard’s territory.

• Ortolan arrived at Coral Hill, where Arlong greeted him and escorted him toward Ryugu Palace.
• Ortolan spotted Inuarashi and Nekomamushi guarding people dressed in Wano Country clothing at another dock.
• Arlong told Ortolan that the group had arrived weeks earlier, was coating a ship, and seemed connected to the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Ortolan concluded that the group included Kozuki Oden’s retainers and family, including Momonosuke, but decided not to confront them on Fish-Man Island.
• Ortolan ordered Tokikake to alert Marine bases in the New World to arrest the group and pay special attention to Momonosuke.

Strawberry mobilized New World Marine forces to blockade the gateway waters on Ortolan’s orders, despite the approaching World Conference. Momonosuke’s group returned to the New World, unaware that Marines were searching for them, while Nekomamushi dismissed Ortolan as an unknown brat.

• Tokikake relayed Ortolan’s order to Strawberry to search for the retainers of Whitebeard’s Second Division Commander and blockade the gateway waters.
• Strawberry ordered G-1’s warships to deploy despite concerns that the blockade would disrupt royal families traveling to the World Conference.
• Stainless, Hoshigaki, and Kaisa sent their forces to help blockade the waters, while Momonga and Katakuri changed their search from Saint Juan Wolf to Momonosuke’s group.
• Momonosuke’s group surfaced in the New World after leaving Toki and Hiyori on Spring Queen Island under Kikunojo’s protection.
• Nekomamushi mocked Ortolan as an unknown brat while Inuarashi warned him about the New World Marines.
• Ortolan sat in Ryugu Palace drinking with Neptune as mermaids sang and danced.

Ortolan finalized cooperation with Neptune on Fish-Man Island and took the Sea Forest Poneglyph with him when he departed. As his ship returned toward the New World, Momonga began the Marine operation to capture Kozuki Momonosuke and his companions, who had been caught in the blockade.

• Ortolan persuaded Neptune to have Fish-Man Island attend the World Conference and finalized expanded Golden City cooperation, including deep-sea goods, residents, performers, and guards.
• Ortolan and Neptune planned joint mining and fishing ventures, with Fish-Men from Fish-Man District to be recruited as fishermen.
• Ortolan met Queen Otohime and Princess White Star, toured the Thousand Sunny, and took the Sea Forest Poneglyph aboard his ship.
• After nearly half a month at Fish-Man Island, Ortolan departed with Hina and ordered the Marine blockade at the New World gateway waters lifted.
• Inuarashi and Kozuki Momonosuke's group were trapped alongside Sanjuan Wolf by more than thirty Marine warships, and Momonga ordered jamming activated before the arrest operation began.

The Marines attacked the ship carrying Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, and their companions, who tried to seize Momonga’s warship. Momonga revealed the Gulp-Gulp Fruit’s ability to use powers stored in swallowed objects, leaving Nekomamushi burning as he fell into the sea.

• Momonga ordered the Marines to encircle and bombard the ship, while Inuarashi and his companions tried to board the warship and capture it.
• Hoshigaki used the Ash-Ash Fruit to strike Kanjuro, who escaped on a painted skylark and counterattacked with painted birds.
• Inuarashi attacked Momonga, but Momonga met his strike with Griffin and drove him back with a soundwave blast from the Soundwave Fruit.
• Nekomamushi attacked Momonga, who swallowed an alloy ring to block his slashes and a ruby ring to unleash a fiery soundwave attack.
• Nekomamushi fell into the sea to put out the flames, while Smoker watched Momonga’s display in awe.

The Marines boarded the pirate ship to capture Kozuki Momonosuke, while Momonga overwhelmed Nekomamushi and turned back to fight Inuarashi. Rob Lucci emerged from the cabin with Momonosuke in his grip and threatened to kill him unless Kanjuro surrendered.

• Stainless and Kaisa boarded the pirate ship, where Raizo attacked Stainless and Kanjuro engaged Kaisa while O-Nami took Momonosuke into the cabin.
• Nekomamushi and Inuarashi attacked Momonga together, but Momonga seized Nekomamushi and smashed him into Smoker's sea of smoke.
• Momonga left Nekomamushi with Smoker and returned to confront Inuarashi.
• Lucci burst from the cabin with Momonosuke captured, after O-Nami was thrown onto the deck injured.
• Lucci threatened to tear out Momonosuke's throat unless Kanjuro dropped his weapons and surrendered.

The Marines captured Kozuki Momonosuke and his allies, then killed Saint Juan Wolf during their operation in the New World gateway waters. Ortolan gathered his forces at G-3 and planned to destroy the Whitebeard Pirates without support from Marine Headquarters, while preparing to inform Sengoku.

• Strawberry confirmed the Marines had used the Vice Admirals and Lucci to create an opening, and Lucci captured Momonosuke alive while Kin'emon and the others surrendered.
• Katakuri joined the Marines' attack on Saint Juan Wolf, and killed him despite the order to capture him alive.
• Momonga reported the captures and Wolf's death to Ortolan, who ordered the Marines to claim publicly that the blockade had been meant to stop Wolf from disrupting the World Conference.
• Ortolan directed Momonga to gather the officers at G-3 and told Hina to summon the New World Vice Admirals for a meeting.
• Ortolan assessed the Marines' strength against Whitebeard's forces and decided to lead the New World Marines in an attack without requesting Headquarters' support.
• Ortolan contacted Fleet Admiral Sengoku to inform him of the plan.

Sengoku and Tsuru discussed the World Conference and Garp's worry that Dragon had secretly caused Luffy to eat the Rubber-Rubber Fruit. Ortolan then called Sengoku and announced he was preparing to go to war with the Whitebeard Pirates, leaving Sengoku and Tsuru stunned.

• Sengoku explained to a caller that the Marine blockade near the New World gateway had ended after the threat from Saint Juan Wolf was resolved.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Garp's escort duty and suspected that his distress concerned Dragon and Luffy.
• Sengoku and Tsuru considered Doflamingo's many identities and the upcoming World Conference, which Ortolan and Garp would miss.
• Ortolan called Sengoku and said he had no time for the conference because he was preparing to fight the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Sengoku choked on his tea, and Tsuru was stunned by Ortolan's announcement.