Chapter Summaries

Yaen left the hospital in the Holy Land Mary Geoise with Kuzan and Borsalino, then learned the World Government believed the Void Organization had planned the attack for a year. He concealed his knowledge of the people hidden inside the Red Line as the admirals discussed the organization’s reach.

• Borsalino admitted he had lingered in the hospital to admire its nurses, and Kuzan called out Yaen for pretending to be unconscious.
• Yaen denied pretending to fool the nurses, then eagerly agreed to return to Marineford with Kuzan and Borsalino.
• As they boarded a Bubble Cable Car, Yaen saw World Government personnel using a device to search the Red Line for signs of biological activity.
• Kuzan explained the search was meant to find infiltrators or the missing slaves, and Yaen felt relieved that Corazon’s Silent-Silent Fruit had hidden the people inside the Red Line.
• Yaen told the admirals that Corazon might have fabricated all his information about the Void Organization, and Kuzan agreed that Corazon could have deceived the Marines.
• Borsalino said the World Government believed the Void Organization had orchestrated the attack on Mary Geoise through a plan that may have begun a year earlier, leaving Yaen stunned.

Yaen learned how the World Government interpreted the Void Organization’s attack on the Holy Land Mary Geoise and realized its investigation might expose the Lord of the Void. The chapter ended with Yaen privately acknowledging that he was the person they were searching for.

• Kuzan and Borsalino explained that Fisher Tiger and Corazon had quasi-Admiral-level strength, while the unnamed Devil Form Fruit user rivaled an Admiral.
• Kuzan described the World Government’s theory that Saint Mjosgard had offended the Lord of the Void a year earlier, prompting Fisher Tiger to infiltrate the Holy Land Mary Geoise as a slave.
• Kuzan said the World Government believed Fisher Tiger had rescued the slaves out of compassion and had sought the Lord of the Void before the attack.
• Yaen realized the World Government had mistaken a chain of accidental events for a carefully planned operation.
• Kuzan revealed that the World Government had issued a bounty for the Void Organization and was investigating Saint Mjosgard’s contacts and the Lord of the Void’s possible location.
• Yaen entered the Bubble Cable Car Port and admitted to himself that he was the Lord of the Void.

Yaen examined the Void Organization’s new bounty posters and realized their combined rewards were nearing ten billion Belly, while considering whether he could profit by selling the World Government false information. In Wano, Kaido and his executives dismissed the bounties, but a little girl secretly admired Hancock’s image.

• Yaen reviewed the posters and saw that Fisher Tiger, Corazon, and the Donquixote Family Executive had received enormous bounties after the attack on Mary Geoise and Bubble Cable Car Port.
• Yaen was shocked to see Hancock’s bounty reach 2.25 billion Belly, with the World Government labeling her extremely dangerous three times.
• Yaen found the Lord of the Void’s four-billion-Belly poster and considered inventing intelligence about the organization to claim the offered reward.
• The Void Organization’s total bounty spread across the sea, reaching nearly ten billion Belly and drawing widespread attention.
• Kaido and the Beast Pirates mocked the posters before Kaido tossed them aside and resumed the banquet.
• A little girl secretly retrieved the posters and admired Hancock’s Great Demon of Black Wings form.

Whitebeard learned of the Void Organization and wondered whether its Lord was the person Roger had awaited. Fleet Admiral Sengoku confronted Yaen about his ties to the organization and suspected Yaen had joined its attack on Mary Geoise.

• Whitebeard laughed over the Void Organization's bounty posters, while Marco noted that the Lord's identity and gender were unknown.
• Whitebeard speculated that the Lord might be connected to Roger, then ordered a banquet as Marco worried about his health.
• BIG Charlotte Linlin, Red-Haired Shanks, and people across the seas took notice of the Void Organization.
• Yaen nervously entered Fleet Admiral Sengoku's office, where Sengoku asked about the Void Organization, Corazon, the Op-Op Fruit, and Saint Mjosgard.
• Sengoku challenged Yaen to explain how he defeated Doflamingo and where his power came from.
• Sengoku privately suspected Yaen was the fourth member who attacked Mary Geoise and questioned him directly.

Yaen convinced Fleet Admiral Sengoku that his awakened Devil Fruit had drained his vitality, and promised he would remain loyal to the Marines while Sengoku was Fleet Admiral. Sengoku let him avoid his suspicions, while Yaen settled into an easy life at Marineford and continued planning for the Revolutionary Army in secret.

• Yaen cried and told Fleet Admiral Sengoku that his Devil Fruit awakening had cost him vitality, then asked to be given a clerical position.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku asked whether Yaen would betray the Marines, and Yaen vowed to stay as long as Sengoku remained Fleet Admiral.
• Yaen resolved to suppress the Revolutionary Army's actions until Sengoku retired, then imagined an easy Marine career alongside secret training and support for the revolutionaries.
• Yaen spent the next few days relaxing at Marineford and talking with Robin, Baby-5, and the Boa Sisters through Xiao Jin's Castle.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku grew concerned about Yaen's affection for Xiao Jin and told Vice Admiral Tsuru that the brat was ruining himself by playing with birds.

Sengoku and Tsuru discussed the Gorosei’s decision to approve the Seven Warlords Plan and the need to find suitable candidates. Meanwhile, Yaen oversaw the expanding slave settlement and hidden port beneath the Red Line, unaware of the plan and puzzled by his companions’ desire to sail.

• Sengoku told Tsuru that Yaen spent nearly all his time playing with birds, and they considered asking Gion to visit him.
• Sengoku showed Tsuru the Gorosei’s resolution approving the Seven Warlords Plan, which would recruit pirates to help control the seas.
• Tsuru warned that the plan could empower pirates and damage peace, while Sengoku explained the World Government’s concerns about Marine influence and the Void Organization.
• Yaen watched Mori expand the cavern settlement beneath the Red Line and planned a secret port stretching across the Grand Line.
• Fisher Tiger formed the Sun Pirates and sailed away, while Corazon resumed command of the Donquixote Pirates and headed for the New World.
• Yaen listened to Robin report on the settlement and wondered why anyone wanted to set sail instead of eating and drinking at home.

The Donquixote Pirates returned to Dressrosa, where King Riku prepared to defend the kingdom but soon faced Corazon and his overwhelming forces. Corazon challenged Riku’s claim to rule while acknowledging the old Donquixote Family’s tyranny, leaving their future arrangement unresolved.

• A sentry spotted the Donquixote Pirates approaching Dressrosa, and news of Corazon’s arrival sent the kingdom’s civilians into panic.
• King Riku prepared to resist by contacting the World Government, arranging a refuge for the princess, ordering citizens to stay indoors, seeking allied reinforcements, and gathering his army.
• Corazon and the Donquixote Pirates landed, and King Riku saw that their forces greatly outnumbered his soldiers.
• Corazon thanked the Riku Family for ruling Dressrosa, then asked whether they would agree to the Donquixote Family ruling again; King Riku refused.
• Corazon argued that Dressrosa needed strength to survive in the New World, while admitting the former Donquixote rulers had been tyrants.

Corazon persuaded King Riku to accept a constitutional monarchy and make the Donquixote Family Dressrosa’s royal family, with Riku serving as prime minister. At Mary Geoise, the Gorosei weighed how to respond to Corazon and Fisher Tiger while admitting they knew too little about the Void Organization.

• Corazon explained constitutional monarchy to King Riku as a way to limit the king’s authority and prevent a return to tyranny.
• King Riku pledged the Riku Family’s allegiance to the Donquixote Family, and Corazon appointed him prime minister as three thousand soldiers knelt.
• The Gorosei discussed the difficulty of capturing Fisher Tiger and the Sun Pirates, whose Fish-Men crew could escape into the sea.
• The Gorosei judged Corazon too powerful and a Marine expedition into the New World too risky, especially given the unknown strength of the Void Organization.
• The Mustached Gorosei asked how to answer King Riku’s plea for help, and the Bald Gorosei noted that Corazon’s attack was intriguing in light of the Donquixote Family’s past.

The Gorosei decided to offer Corazon Shichibukai status and control of Dressrosa in exchange for his cooperation, and ordered Yaen to approach him. Sengoku told Yaen that Gion would accompany him as his adjutant and promoted him to Major General.

• The Gorosei rejected restoring Corazon's Celestial Dragon status but agreed to offer him the Shichibukai position and recognition of the Donquixote Family's rule over Dressrosa.
• The Gorosei chose Teffimoe Yaen to contact Corazon, with a young spy from the subordinate CP Organization accompanying him as a safeguard.
• Sengoku informed Yaen that the World Government wanted him to persuade Corazon to join the Shichibukai.
• Yaen asked whether he could refuse, but Sengoku said the Gorosei had specifically ordered him to go because he was Corazon's sworn brother.
• Sengoku named Colonel Gion as Yaen's adjutant and promoted him from Marine Headquarters Captain to Major General.

Yaen was forced to accept a promotion to Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral and a mission to contact Corazon, despite fearing the attention it would draw from the Void Organization. After Sengoku assigned CP9 member Rob Lucci to assist him, Yaen met Lucci and learned how ruthlessly he judged weakness.

• Yaen objected to Sengoku’s decision to promote him to Rear Admiral, but Sengoku explained that the Gorosei had authorized the rank to show the World Government’s sincerity to Corazon.
• Sengoku gave Yaen a document outlining negotiation limits and mission details, then warned him to avoid provoking the Void Organization.
• Sengoku told Yaen that a young CP9 member would assist him, and Yaen suspected the agent was there to monitor him.
• Yaen considered how the Shichibukai system might affect the balance of power and wondered whether he could secure more seats for his allies.
• Rob Lucci introduced himself to Yaen and defended his decision to kill five hundred hostage soldiers before dealing with their captors.
• Lucci warned Yaen that he would eliminate him if Yaen interfered with the mission.

Yaen was threatened by Rob Lucci at Marineford, but Gion and Kake stopped Lucci before he could strike him. Lucci left for the port after Yaen called him a cat, while Kake was still eager to fight him.

• Lucci attacked Yaen with Shigan after Yaen challenged him to call for help.
• Gion slashed at Lucci's finger as Kake held an Armament Haki-imbued gun to his waist.
• Kake threatened Lucci, and Yaen persuaded him to let Lucci go.
• Lucci threatened to remember Kake, then turned toward the port after Yaen stopped the confrontation.
• Kake reached for his gun, but Yaen told him that using force on a cat was useless.

Yaen learned that his promotion to Marine Major General had made him the youngest in Marine history, and he worried the attention would undermine his plans to stay unnoticed. He argued that Marines should be remembered for their service and sacrifices rather than their youth, leaving Kake and Gion speechless as he urged them to reject the title.

• Kake complained that Lucci had provoked Yaen in Marineford, and Yaen praised Lucci’s potential while considering him a possible future CP0 infiltrator.
• Kake congratulated Yaen on becoming the youngest Major General in Marine history, and Yaen realized Lucci might see him as a rival.
• Yaen asked who had given him the title and argued that remembering a Marine only for his youth was insulting.
• Yaen warned Kake that celebrating youth would overshadow battle-tested heroes and named the Three Admirals, Garp, and Sengoku as Marines worthy of admiration.

Yaen discouraged Kake from spreading an unhealthy culture of titles, then boarded a warship approved for his mission and introduced himself to its crew. He left Gion in charge of nearly all ship affairs, intending to remain a hands-off commander.

• Yaen told Kake that Marines should focus on justice and the Navy’s development rather than titles, and Kake promised to spread the message.
• Gion invited Yaen aboard after confirming the supplies and soldiers were ready for departure.
• Yaen objected to receiving a warship, but Gion explained that the Gorosei had specially approved it for his mission.
• Yaen boarded the warship and found Marine soldiers and CP9 agent Rob Lucci waiting on deck.
• Yaen told the crew that Gion would handle routine and major matters, leaving him free to avoid most responsibilities.

Yaen sailed toward Dressrosa while considering whether Corazon should accept the Shichibukai invitation and planning how to secure the best terms from the World Government. His crew mistook his secluded work and trust in Gion for signs of deep wisdom and faith in his subordinates, leaving Yaen confused by their admiration.

• Yaen left the warship’s affairs to Gion and retired to the captain’s cabin as the ship set sail for Dressrosa.
• Yaen read Sengoku’s documents and reviewed the negotiable rewards offered for Corazon, including money, political recognition, aid, and intelligence access.
• Yaen began drafting a negotiation plan that would let him direct both sides while keeping the process plausible to the World Government.
• Yaen spent the voyage refining his plan, while Gion interpreted his secluded work as important service to the sea and his delegation of duties as profound trust.
• After Yaen emerged onto the deck, he found the Marines looking at him with intense admiration and wondered what had caused it.

Yaen investigated why the Marines respected him, then secretly contacted Corazon through the Mental Space after confirming Lucci was monitoring him. Yaen urged Corazon to accept the World Government’s offer for a large payment, but Corazon reminded him that the Lord of the Void had ordered an attack on Mary Geoise.

• Yaen questioned Marines and used Observation Haki to check whether their growing respect for him came from hypnosis or another outside influence, finding no signs of manipulation.
• Lucci watched Yaen and recorded his belief that the Rear Admiral was deliberately winning over his subordinates.
• Yaen learned through Robin’s voice from Xiao Jin that Lucci thought he was cultivating loyalty, and decided the Marines’ respect was probably harmless.
• Yaen entered the Mental Space to tell Corazon that the World Government planned to recruit him from the Void Organization and that CP9 was monitoring Yaen’s surroundings.
• Corazon laughed at the idea of joining the World Government, but Yaen urged him to accept so they could negotiate a large payment.
• Corazon warned that the Lord of the Void had ordered an attack on Mary Geoise, leaving Yaen stunned because he did not remember issuing that mission.

Yaen and Corazon coordinated their plan for the meeting at Dressrosa, including a scheme to recruit the World Government’s observer, Rob Lucci. After weather delayed the Marines’ arrival, Corazon’s family prepared to stage an attack on their warship as first contact began.

• Yaen reassured Corazon that Lord of the Void permitted their plan and told him to create an opportunity to recruit Rob Lucci.
• A tsunami damaged Gion’s warship and injured its crew, delaying its arrival at Dressrosa until dusk.
• Gion warned Yaen to stay close as the Marines approached Corazon, whom they regarded as a dangerous Great Pirate.
• Violet spotted Yaen and Gion aboard the warship, and Corazon recognized Gion as the woman Yaen wanted to recruit.
• Corazon ordered the Donquixote Family Executives to begin their plan, and Dellinger swam beneath the warship and rammed it with his horns.

Yaen ordered the Marines to push through the Donquixote Family’s underwater attacks and reach Dressrosa, where Gion clashed with Pica’s rock giant before Mahalbís knocked her toward the island. Yaen was left confused by Corazon’s wink and wondered whether the attack had been part of his plan.

• The Donquixote Family damaged the Marine warship underwater, but Yaen ordered Gion and the Marines to advance at full speed toward Dressrosa.
• Pica formed a giant from the port’s rocks and swung a huge palm at the warship.
• Gion used Moon Walk and her Flying Slash, One Sword Style: Bi Character Extreme Slash, to break apart Pica’s rocky palm.
• Mahalbís struck Gion with Thump Thump: Hundred Ton Bais and sent her flying toward Dressrosa.
• Yaen saw Corazon wink from the port and wondered whether the attack on Gion had been planned.

Gion stalled the Rock Giant and Mahalbis long enough for the Marines to land, while Dellinger and Lao G attacked Rob Lucci. Lucci transformed and fought back, but Dellinger struck at his neck as Lucci prepared to unleash Rokuogan.

• The Rock Giant and Mahalbis attacked Gion, who dodged their blows while Yaen directed the Marines as their warship docked.
• Dellinger and Lao G ambushed Rob Lucci, broke through his Tekkai, and knocked him down.
• Lucci transformed into his panther form and attacked Lao G, who overwhelmed him with a series of rapid strikes.
• Lucci continued fighting despite his injuries and prepared to use Rokuogan against Lao G.
• Dellinger caught up with Lucci and launched his Head-Chopping High Heels toward Lucci's neck.

Yaen rescued Rob Lucci from Lao G and Dellinger, revealing the power of his cherry-blossom technique. Corazon then ordered the Donquixote Family executives to attack Lucci, and the battle at Dressrosa’s port erupted across three fronts.

• As Lucci prepared to unleash Rokuogan against Lao G and Dellinger, Yaen intervened with a shower of cherry blossoms, forcing both attackers to retreat.
• Lucci reached for a blossom and cut his claw, then asked Yaen whether the blossoms were his Devil Fruit ability.
• Lucci explained that CP9 had little need or authority to learn much about Marine intelligence, while Corazon mistakenly wondered whether Yaen was interested in Lucci rather than Gion.
• Corazon accused Yaen of caring about the spy and ordered the Donquixote Family executives to attack Lucci.
• The port battle split into three fronts: Yaen protecting Lucci, Gion fighting Pica and Mahalbis, and the Marine Soldiers defending the warships.

Yaen and Lucci fought off the Donquixote Family Executives together, but Corazon broke through Yaen’s defenses with a lethal strike aimed at Lucci. Yaen rescued Lucci and challenged Corazon to target him instead.

• Yaen used Senbonzakura to defend himself and Lucci, while Lucci protected Yaen from attacks that slipped through.
• Corazon used the Praying Mantis of Holy Cry to break through the cherry blossoms and strike at Lucci.
• Lucci shielded Yaen and used Steel Shield Tekkai to withstand Corazon’s blow.
• Yaen moved himself and Lucci more than a hundred meters away, saving Lucci from the scythe.
• Yaen called out to Corazon and urged him to attack Yaen rather than anyone else.