Chapter Summaries

After Oven and his crew were found missing amid blood on Toasted Cake Island, Katakuri suspected Roger’s crew and the confrontation erupted into a battle between Roger and Linlin’s forces. Roger sent Rayleigh away during the fighting, while Bullet took on Katakuri, Perospero, and Daifuku, and Shanks and Buggy faced a biscuit-armored opponent.

• Daifuku reported that Oven and his subordinates had vanished from Toasted Cake Island, leaving blood at the shore and aboard their ship.
• Katakuri suspected Roger’s crew, but Roger, Shanks, and Buggy denied stopping at the island.
• Katakuri released Conqueror’s Haki at Shanks, and Roger’s Haki overwhelmed Katakuri before Linlin attacked Roger.
• Roger and Linlin exchanged powerful attacks that devastated the garden, and Roger briefly whispered to Rayleigh before sending him away.
• Bullet fought Katakuri, then Perospero and Daifuku, while Shanks and Buggy battled a man wearing tough Biscuit Armor.

Shanks and Buggy fought Charlotte Cracker, and Shanks managed to break his Biscuit Armor and wound his true body. Cracker then summoned an army of Biscuit Soldiers, forcing Shanks and Buggy to face an even more difficult battle.

• Buggy's blades could not damage Cracker's Biscuit Armor, and Cracker struck Buggy with his shield before Buggy split apart to escape.
• Shanks attacked Cracker's neck and discovered that the apparent wound revealed biscuit crumbs rather than blood.
• Shanks provoked Cracker into charging, then used his sword and strengthened Armament Haki to break the Biscuit Armor and cut Cracker's waist.
• Cracker angrily threatened Shanks, while Buggy returned to his side; Gigue briefly considered killing Buggy but refrained because Shanks might cry.
• Cracker applauded and produced a group of Biscuit Soldiers, then sent them charging at Shanks and Buggy.
• Buggy was chopped into pieces by the soldiers and cursed Cracker's Devil Fruit ability.

Gigue watched Shanks fight Cracker’s Biscuit Soldiers until Buggy was tortured and Shanks awakened Conqueror’s Haki. When Cracker sent the soldiers after Shanks again, Gigue shattered them with his power and revealed that he had been holding Oven’s severed head.

• Cracker’s Biscuit Soldiers overwhelmed Shanks and seized Buggy, torturing him as Cracker threatened Shanks.
• Shanks’ fury over Buggy’s suffering awakened his Conqueror’s Haki, briefly drawing everyone’s attention.
• Roger recognized the exceptional purity of Shanks’ Haki, while Gigue watched with satisfaction, having hoped to provoke its awakening.
• Cracker sent the Biscuit Soldiers charging at the exhausted Shanks, but Gigue made them tremble and shatter before they could reach him.
• Gigue revealed Oven’s severed head, saying he had wanted to watch the others fight longer, then tossed the head forward.

Gigue arrived at the garden after killing Oven and Cracker, then faced Linlin as she attacked him. He survived her flames unharmed and overcame her sword aura, leaving Linlin shocked by his strength.

• Oven's iron head smashed through Cracker's biscuit walls and sent him flying into Linlin's hand.
• Gigue rode Oven's headless corpse into the garden, where Linlin recognized him as the boy from God Valley.
• Gigue pulled Cracker toward him with a dark vortex, killed him, and threw his head to Shanks and Buggy.
• Linlin attacked Gigue with Prometheus, Zeus, and Napoleon, but he walked through her flames unharmed.
• Linlin launched Nation's Might, but Gigue's sword aura overpowered hers and forced her to block his remaining attack.

Gigue battled Roger and Linlin on Whole Cake Island, overwhelming the Big Mom Pirates and drawing the island’s survivors into a gravitational attack. Roger and Linlin broke free, but the island was devastated, and Roger stopped Linlin’s Conqueror’s Haki roar before it could kill more pirates.

• Linlin refused to make peace with Roger and ordered the Big Mom Pirates to attack Gigue, who sent most of them collapsing with his wings and repulsive force.
• Roger and Linlin joined forces against Gigue, who used Kamui to evade Linlin’s lightning and trapped the pair in a gravitational sphere.
• Gigue’s Dark Tensei pulled Whole Cake Island, its buildings, and many pirates into the sky, while Bullet, Shanks, and Buggy resisted the pull.
• Streusen emerged from underground and attacked Gigue, but Gigue seized him and twisted his body before Roger and Linlin broke free and struck the ground with sword auras.
• Linlin roared with Conqueror’s Haki over the ruined island, and Roger punched her in the abdomen, stopping her roar and restoring her senses.

Gigue devastated Whole Cake Island and battled Linlin and the Big Mom Pirates while Roger led his crew away. He withdrew using Kamui, then left Linlin to destroy a massive meteor before she roared his name in fury.

• Roger learned Rayleigh was safe, ordered Bullet and the others to retreat, and carried Shanks and Buggy away from the fighting.
• Linlin charged Gigue, who fought her and the Big Mom Pirates while cutting off their approach with a wall of flames.
• Gigue killed Amande with a lightning strike, and Mont-d'Or died after rushing into his flames to avenge her sister.
• Linlin protected Katakuri and the others as Gigue fought them, then absorbed his spreading flames with Prometheus.
• Gigue vanished using Kamui after raising rings of black light into the sky, and a huge meteor fell toward Whole Cake Island.
• Linlin destroyed the meteor with a blade wave and Zeus's lightning, then roared Gigue's name in anger.

Roger brought Oden the parchment recording the final route marker, which Oden deciphered to reveal the route to Laugh Tale. After Roger coughed up blood, he admitted he had little time left, while Oden vowed to use the coming new era against Gigue and the World Government.

• Roger took the parchment from Rayleigh and brought it to Oden, who was arguing with Toki about being served oden again.
• Oden apologized to Toki, comforted her, and then asked her to leave so he could discuss the Poneglyphs with Roger.
• Oden read the parchment and identified it as the final route marker that would reveal Laugh Tale's exact location.
• Roger suddenly coughed up blood and told Oden he was running out of time, despite their having found all the route markers.
• Oden declared that he would turn the world upside down and drown Gigue and the World Government in the new era.

Gigue told Garling that Roger was heading for Laugh Tale, and the two discussed finding the Nika Fruit and reclaiming a powerful position for the Figarland Family. Later, Gigue visited the slave-trading town beneath Mary Geoise, where a vendor’s shout about two newly arrived sisters caught his attention.

• Gigue told Garling that Roger had gathered all four Road Poneglyphs and was preparing to go to Laugh Tale.
• Garling said Roger could not unravel Laugh Tale’s secret without being Joy Boy’s successor and ordered the search for the Nika Fruit to continue.
• Gigue suggested that the Figarland Family should take a position currently held by a woman whose strength remained unknown, and Garling said Gigue would eventually surpass her.
• Garling rejected Gigue’s suggestion to bring Shanks back, insisting that Gigue alone would be the Figarland Family’s heir.
• Gigue disguised himself and walked through the slave market beneath Mary Geoise, seeing the slaves for sale but finding none he wanted to buy.
• A vendor shouted that a pair of beautiful sisters had arrived and were being sold together for two hundred million Beli, drawing Gigue’s attention.

Gigue watched Disco unveil two young sisters, Sugar and Monet, as high-priced slaves at a Sabaody auction. After Disco revealed Monet was a Logia Snow-Snow Fruit Ability User and pitched Sugar as a free extra, Gigue had decided to buy them, while the crowd weighed the risks of owning a Logia.

• Gigue recognized Disco and joined the crowd gathered around his two-hundred-million-Beli slave auction.
• Disco revealed the frightened sisters, Sugar and Monet, and the crowd jeered at their age and appearance.
• Gigue suspected Monet was a Devil Fruit user and decided to buy the sisters.
• Disco announced that Monet was a Logia Snow-Snow Fruit Ability User, shocking the buyers.
• Disco offered Sugar as a free addition to the purchase, addressing buyers’ concerns about controlling Monet.

Gigue paid three hundred million berries for Monet and Sugar, then freed them just as a Celestial Dragon arrived. He shot Disco when the auctioneer tried to recapture Monet.

• Disco auctioned Monet and Sugar, and the bids rose to two hundred and eighty million berries.
• Gigue bid three hundred million berries and made bundles of money appear in front of Disco.
• Someone announced that a Celestial Dragon was approaching, and the crowd knelt while Gigue stayed standing.
• Gigue tore open the cage and broke Monet’s Seastone shackles as she urged him to kneel.
• Disco lunged to shackle Monet again, and Gigue shot him.

Gigue confronted Saint Rosward after Rosward threatened to kill his family, and revealed that he was a Celestial Dragon whose Figarland Family outranked ordinary Celestial Dragons. The chapter ended with Gigue asking Rosward to repeat the threat.

• Rosward shot Disco and ordered his attendant to attack Gigue, but Gigue killed the attendant with a slap.
• Rosward threatened to kill Gigue's entire family, so Gigue carried Monet and Sugar over to confront him.
• Gigue's Haki blasted Rosward's attendants into blood mist, and he shattered Rosward's bubble helmet.
• Rosward recognized Gigue as Saint Gigue and trembled in fear while Monet realized Gigue was a Celestial Dragon.
• Gigue asked Rosward whether he had just threatened to kill Gigue's entire family.

Gigue punished Rosward for threatening the Figarland Family, then brought Monet and Sugar to the Figarland estate. As Monet learned who Gigue was and remembered how she and Sugar had been captured, she began to believe that serving him might keep them safe.

• Gigue forced Rosward to seek Saint Garling's forgiveness and flew away with Monet and Sugar.
• Gigue handed the sisters to a maid, who told Monet that Saint Gigue was the Figarland Family's sole heir.
• The maid revealed that Saint Garling held power over the Celestial Dragons and that Gigue was Admiral Black Dragon, a title he had earned through strength.
• Monet abandoned thoughts of escape and hoped Gigue's protection would keep anyone from harming her and Sugar.
• Monet recalled that villagers had betrayed her to pirates after she revealed her Snow-Snow Fruit powers, and that the pirates had captured Sugar, restrained Monet with Seastone, and sold her to Disco.

Monet and Sugar moved into the servants’ quarters, where Joanna explained that Lucia was both Gigue’s former slave and his Marine adjutant, suggesting that slavery under him could bring high status. When Joanna tried to bathe Monet, Monet’s snow powers emerged and she escaped the tub as a snowman.

• Joanna introduced herself to Monet and Sugar, then led them to the servants’ quarters and showed them their shared bed.
• Joanna explained that the small bed belonged to Lucia, a slave of Gigue who served as captain of the Third Guard Division and his Marine adjutant.
• Monet was surprised to learn that being Gigue’s slave could carry high standing in the Figarland Family.
• Joanna tried to put Monet in a bath that felt unbearably hot to her, and Monet transformed into snow to escape.

Monet learned that Gigue also possessed a Logia Devil Fruit and was brought with Sugar to meet him and Garling. As she waited in the Royal Chamber, she overheard them discuss punishing Rosward and Gigue’s purchase of the sisters, leaving Sugar wondering whether they had been picked up.

• Joanna explained Monet’s Snow-Snow Fruit and told her that Gigue possessed the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Joanna dressed Monet and Sugar in servant uniforms and led them to Garling’s Royal Chamber to meet Gigue and Garling.
• Monet and Sugar waited at the entrance while Gigue and Garling discussed fining Rosward three years’ worth of Celestial Gold.
• Gigue told Garling that he had bought Monet and Sugar for three hundred million Berries, and Sugar quietly asked Monet whether they had been picked up.

Gigue welcomed Monet and Sugar, and Sugar’s affection for him led Monet to accept her new status as his slave. The sisters remained with Gigue as he considered their training and Sugar’s future Devil Fruit, until Carlos announced that Saint Sadan wanted to speak with him.

• Sugar spoke out, drawing Garling and Gigue’s attention, and Joanna pushed Monet forward to meet Gigue.
• Gigue offered Sugar grapes, then examined Monet and told Garling he had bought her because she was a Logia.
• Sugar asked about Lucia, and Gigue explained that Garling had bought Lucia for him before picking Sugar up and feeding her grapes.
• Gigue asked Monet about her identity, and she knelt and declared herself his slave; Sugar echoed her.
• Gigue confirmed that Sugar had not eaten a Devil Fruit and considered training the sisters in Taijutsu and choosing a fruit for Sugar.
• Carlos entered and told Garling that Saint Sadan was waiting to discuss something with Gigue.

Saturn summoned Gigue to meet Imu in the Flower Chamber, while warning him that conflicts among their own would never become a fight to the death. After Saturn left, Gigue teased Garling and then secretly overheard an awkward conversation between Joanna and Carlos.

• Saturn told Gigue that Imu wanted to meet him the next morning, and Gigue agreed to go.
• Saturn warned Gigue and Garling that Imu bore Gigue no ill will and that conflicts among their own had limits.
• Garling advised Gigue not to be restrained around Imu, and Gigue teased him before vanishing with Kamui.
• Gigue used the Vampire Fruit's invisibility to listen as Joanna and Carlos awkwardly discussed how Carlos saw her.

Gigue caught Carlos and Joanna together and told Carlos to report their relationship to Saint Garling. Back in his room, Gigue caught Sugar when she slipped, rewarded her, and told the Monet sisters he would arrange lessons for them.

• Gigue surprised Carlos and Joanna, who admitted they were in a relationship and that Carlos had left his post without permission.
• Gigue told Carlos to report the relationship to Saint Garling and reminded him that he was the First Division Captain.
• Gigue considered giving Carlos the Heat-Heat Fruit but decided to keep observing him before making a decision.
• Gigue found Monet and Sugar cleaning his room, then caught Sugar when she slipped on frost.
• Gigue gave Sugar grapes, told the sisters he would arrange a teacher to teach them to read, and went to sleep.

Monet and Sugar tried to wake Gigue, who pulled them into bed and continued sleeping until Garling startled him awake. Gigue left with Saturn to meet Imu, while Garling arrived back at an empty reception room.

• Monet and Sugar found Gigue asleep and worried when Sugar thought he was not breathing, but Gigue pulled them into his arms when Monet shook him.
• Garling found Gigue sleeping with Monet and Sugar, heard Monet explain, and ordered the sisters out before waking Gigue with his voice and Conqueror's Haki.
• Gigue woke, told Garling that he had been sleeping unusually deeply, and got ready to answer Imu's summons.
• Gigue praised Monet and Sugar for their wake-up service, vanished, and appeared in the reception room before Saturn.
• Gigue and Saturn left to meet Imu, and Garling returned to find the reception room empty.

Gigue met Imu in the Flower Chamber, where she identified Demonic Sword: Muramasa as the key to his mission to kill Joy Boy. Imu revealed that Joy Boy’s will had persisted for eight hundred years and was guiding people toward his eventual revival.

• Saturn escorted Gigue to the Flower Chamber and left him to meet Imu at the Void Throne.
• Imu told Gigue that Cassius's final will had dissipated and revealed herself to be a woman.
• Imu destroyed a fake Demonic Sword: Muramasa, inspected Gigue's real sword, and returned it to him.
• Imu told Gigue that his mission was to kill Joy Boy completely and end everything he represented.
• Imu explained that Joy Boy's will had always remained in the world, guiding people such as Roger to prepare others to answer his call when he revived.

Gigue met Imu, who warned him that the Clan of D was protected by Joy Boy and ordered him to kill Roger. Back at the Figarland family grounds, Gigue discussed bringing Shanks back to meet Garling, then examined three Devil Fruits Rosward offered as an apology.

• Imu told Gigue that the Clan of D was protected by Joy Boy and instructed him to kill Roger if he had the chance.
• Gigue returned to the family grounds, told Garling about his meeting with Imu, and said he planned to kill Roger.
• Gigue suggested bringing Shanks back after Roger's death, but Garling hesitated before Rosward arrived to seek forgiveness.
• Rosward presented Garling and Gigue with boxes of gold and jewels, but Garling rejected the gift and ordered him to leave.
• Rosward offered Gigue three appraised Devil Fruits, and Gigue asked to see them.
• Gigue examined two banana-shaped Devil Fruits and an unusual cherry bomb-shaped fruit.