Chapter Summaries

A devastating shock wave from the battle between Yaen and Pluton battered Alabasta, while Hancock reassured Vivi that Yaen would protect her kingdom. Across the sea, Marines and the Gorosei watched in disbelief as they realized Yaen had pierced the ancient battleship.

• Pluton's attack unleashed a shock wave that swept across Alabasta, and Hancock shielded Vivi from the gale.
• Hancock told Vivi not to worry about Alabasta's future because Yaen had promised to preserve the kingdom.
• Vivi denied that she could ever compete with Hancock for Yaen's affection, easing Hancock's jealousy.
• The Marines and Gorosei saw that Yaen had pierced Pluton with a massive hole.

Yaen destroyed Pluton’s internal structure with his cherry blossoms, leaving him seemingly drained as Crocodile attacked. Gion and the others defeated Crocodile, but Enel killed him before he could expose Yaen’s identity as Yaso, then declared that the remaining fighters would face divine punishment.

• Yaen’s cherry blossoms damaged Pluton’s interior and disabled its Cannon Platforms, while the attack left him nearly out of strength.
• Crocodile surged from Pluton to attack Yaen, but Mihawk, Kuma, Moria, and Gion intercepted him.
• Gion pierced Crocodile through the chest, and Crocodile recognized Yaen as Yaso before trying to reveal the truth.
• Enel struck Crocodile with lightning, killing him and drowning out his attempted revelation.
• Gion guarded the apparently weakened Yaen as Enel threatened the group with divine punishment.

Enel's indiscriminate lightning sank the Pluton Battleship, ending the immediate threat as Yaen and Gion escaped. King Cobra was trapped in a sphere and sank with the ship, while Tiger and Jinbe waited beneath the sea to retrieve him as part of a mission for the Void Organization.

• Enel blasted Crocodile's corpse to dust, then unleashed lightning against Pluton for injuring his body.
• Enel's lightning created a fiery whirlpool that tilted Pluton and flooded the hole Yaen had blasted into it.
• Gion carried Yaen to a Marine Warship while Mihawk and Moria escaped with Kuma's help.
• Yaen and Gion watched Pluton sink, and King Cobra accepted what he believed was his fate beneath the sea.
• A vast black shadow enclosed King Cobra in a sphere, which sank with Pluton.
• Tiger and Jinbe waited underwater to retrieve King Cobra, and Tiger explained that completing the mission could earn him a place in the Void Organization.

After the Pluton Battleship sank, Yaen learned that baby-5 and King Cobra had been rescued and borrowed baby-5’s body to inspect what had been salvaged. He suspected the enormous jelly-like mass aboard the merchant ship was the Pluton Battleship’s brain, leaving him puzzled about why baby-5 could not interpret or recreate it.

• Gion ordered the Marines to retreat from the expanding whirlpool after the Pluton Battleship sank, then organized the fleet’s return to Alabasta for repairs and recovery.
• Yaen entered baby-5’s Mental Space and learned that Fisher Tiger had rescued her and King Cobra, while Dragon had completed the rendezvous.
• Yaen asked baby-5 about the Pluton Battleship’s internal structure, and she said she understood it but lacked the stamina to recreate such a massive weapon.
• Yaen borrowed baby-5’s body and introduced himself to Fisher Tiger, Jinbe, and Dragon as the Void Devourer, a member of the Void Organization.
• Yaen examined a huge jelly-like mass aboard the merchant ship and suspected it was the Pluton Battleship’s brain and control area.

Yaen, speaking through Baby-5, and Dragon rescued King Cobra and explained that Yaso had asked them to protect the Nefertari Family. Yaen then introduced the idea of class, leaving Cobra shocked as he began to understand the source of injustice.

• Yaen thanked Fisher Tiger and Jinbe, who left the merchant ship, while Dragon recognized that Yaen was using Baby-5’s body.
• Dragon introduced himself as the Revolutionary Army’s leader and told King Cobra that they had rescued him in response to Yaso’s request for help.
• Dragon claimed that Yaso had asked the organization to protect the Nefertari Family and delivered an emotional account of his life and sacrifice.
• King Cobra vowed to honor Yaso with a colossal statue, but Yaen said Yaso had cared more about the organization’s ideals.
• Yaen explained the concept of class, and King Cobra excitedly realized that class oppression explained the injustices he had struggled to understand.

King Cobra joined the Revolutionary Army after accepting its ideals, then learned how powerful the organization already was. He explained that Pluton was a sentient warship whose Ship Spirit could wield its full strength without a crew.

• Dragon invited King Cobra to become a comrade, and Cobra accepted the Revolutionary Army's ideals and joined.
• Cobra offered to support the Revolutionary Army with Alabasta's supplies, but Dragon asked whether they could trade directly in gold.
• Dragon and Yaen revealed the Revolutionary Army's extensive influence and strength, shocking Cobra, who had believed it was a small organization.
• Dragon asked about the mass taken from Pluton, and Cobra identified it as the Pluton Battleship's Ship Spirit.
• Cobra explained that the World Government had secretly killed Pluton's sailors to cripple the warship, unaware that Pluton's Ship Spirit had developed consciousness and could operate it alone.

King Cobra explained that Pluton’s Ship Spirit had remained asleep for eight hundred years and that only their ancestor had been recognized as its captain. After Pluton spoke to Dragon, Dragon invited it to become his partner and sail with the Revolutionary Army into a new era.

• King Cobra explained how the Nefertari ancestor hid Pluton beneath the royal palace and how the Ship Spirit recognized only that ancestor as captain.
• Yaen realized that secretly studying Pluton could have awakened it and endangered the Revolutionary Army.
• Dragon wondered whether Pluton had been lonely, prompting its Ship Spirit to appear and speak directly to Dragon, Yaen, and King Cobra.
• Pluton asked why they had brought it there after choosing to destroy it, and Dragon apologized for protecting it from the World Government.
• Pluton accepted that its journey could end, but Dragon invited it to become his partner and join the Revolutionary Army on a new voyage.

Dragon invited the Ship Spirit, Pluton, to join the Revolutionary Army and promised to build it a new hull, while Yaen considered the future warship's potential. After docking in Alabasta, Yaen received a call from Fleet Admiral Sengoku, who praised his role in the Pluton Incident.

• Dragon offered to build the Ship Spirit, Pluton, a new hull using ancient and future technology, and Yaen said the project was possible.
• The Ship Spirit, Pluton, agreed to try joining Dragon but said it had to honor an old promise to grant control to someone of the Nefertari Family until a historical mission was completed.
• Dragon accepted the condition and said King Cobra and the Revolutionary Army were partners fighting for the same ideals.
• Yaen reflected that the Revolutionary Army could eventually gain a powerful Pluton Battleship, with its Ship Spirit controlling the vessel and a captain directing it.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku called Yaen in Alabasta, asked whether Hancock and his grandson were safe, and praised Yaen's work during the Pluton Incident.

After Fleet Admiral Sengoku warned Yaen to leave Alabasta because a powerful World Government force was approaching, Yaen departed and reunited with Hancock and Princess Vivi. He told Vivi that King Cobra had died with the Pluton Battleship, then left with Hancock, who admitted Robin had accompanied her to Alabasta.

• Fleet Admiral Sengoku warned Yaen that a force stronger than CP0 was advancing toward Alabasta and urged him to leave.
• Yaen ended the call, reflected on Sengoku’s concern, and quietly departed without saying goodbye to Gion.
• Yaen found Hancock and Princess Vivi, embraced Hancock, and told Vivi that King Cobra had sunk with the Pluton Battleship.
• Yaen left with Hancock and questioned her about coming to Alabasta without telling him.
• Hancock blamed Robin for the trip and said Robin was hiding aboard the Kuja Pirate Ship.

Yaen and Hancock tried to leave Alabasta before the World Government's secret unit could find them, but two agents intercepted the Kuja Pirates. Hancock attacked after the Great Tengu woman demanded Yaen come with them, and the woman retaliated with Wind Blades.

• Yaen and Hancock hurried back to the Kuja Pirates' ship and prepared to sail away from Alabasta.
• Yaen spotted two fast-approaching figures and sent Robin into the Castle, while Hancock insisted on staying beside him.
• Yaen allowed Hancock to fight but warned her to use the Great Demon of Black Wings Form if danger arose.
• A Great Tengu woman and an armored young man landed on the ship, and the woman ordered Yaen to come with them.
• Hancock attacked the intruders, but the armored young man blocked her kick with soil, and the Great Tengu woman sent Wind Blades toward her.

Yaen and Hancock confronted Frolod and Fomul, who claimed to be a special unit acting directly under the Gorosei and demanded the location where Pluton Battleship sank. After Yaen directed them to confirm the location with Sengoku, they departed, leaving him wondering about their unusual abilities and Frolod’s changed body.

• Yaen used cherry blossoms to block Fomul’s attack and warned the visitors that he could treat them as enemies.
• Frolod stopped Fomul from challenging Yaen, and Yaen and Hancock grew suspicious of the pair’s identities and conversation.
• Frolod said she and Fomul served the Gorosei and ordered Yaen to show them where Pluton Battleship sank.
• Yaen chose not to ambush Frolod, then claimed he did not know the location and suggested they contact Sengoku.
• Frolod called Sengoku, received the location, and left with Fomul, who traveled across the sea on mud.

Yaen asked Ivankov whether he had altered Commander Flod, but learned only that Ivankov had once changed Crocodile’s gender. Meanwhile, Commander Frode and Fomul inspected the sunken Pluton Battleship and reported that it was beyond repair, then prepared to return despite Fomul’s resentment toward the Gorosei.

• Yaen secretly contacted Ivankov to ask whether he had changed Commander Flod, and Ivankov revealed that he had once rescued and changed Crocodile.
• Commander Frode and Fomul reached the sea above the sunken Pluton Battleship, and Fomul spread mud across the seabed to locate it.
• Fomul opened a mud passage to the wreck, and Commander Frode entered the Pluton Battleship after Fomul drained the seawater from it.
• Commander Frode inspected the wreck and told the Gorosei that its internal structure was destroyed and it could not be repaired.
• The Gorosei thanked Commander Frode and ordered him and Fomul to return, while Fomul complained that they still treated him as a subordinate.

The Gorosei confirmed that the Pluton Battleship had sunk, then discovered that Gol D. Roger’s ship, the Oro Jackson, incorporated extensive Pluton technology. They ordered CP9 to investigate Tom and search Water 7 for the Pluton Blueprint, while considering how to announce Pluton’s appearance to the world.

• The Gorosei concluded that Fomul and Flod had confirmed the Pluton Battleship’s destruction, though the Long-Haired Gorosei warned that its technology could still pose a threat.
• The Long-Haired Gorosei found a document showing that Gol D. Roger’s ship, the Oro Jackson, used many applications of the Pluton’s structure and technology.
• The Curly-Haired Gorosei suspected shipwright Tom had either helped build the Pluton or seen its blueprint, and the Gorosei realized the blueprint might be hidden in Water 7.
• The Gorosei rejected an immediate Buster Call on Water 7 and ordered CP9, under Spandam, to investigate Tom’s past and search for the blueprint.
• The Curly-Haired Gorosei argued that Pluton technology was limited without the battleship’s main cannon, then the Gorosei turned to planning how to announce Pluton’s appearance.

The Gorosei discussed how to manage news of Pluton’s destruction and decided to portray its defeat as proof of the World Government’s strength. While reviewing intelligence about the Void Organization, Curly-Haired Gorosei concluded that the Great Demon of Black Wings had deceived them from the beginning.

• Long-Haired Gorosei warned that Pluton’s appearance in Alabasta was too widely witnessed to be concealed, and Mustached Gorosei estimated the news could take generations to fade.
• Long-Haired Gorosei proposed publicizing Pluton’s destruction to discourage rebels and demonstrate the World Government’s power.
• The Gorosei agreed to propose Moria, Mihawk, Kuma, and Enel as Shichibukai, while considering Moria’s ties to the Void Organization.
• Curly-Haired Gorosei presented intelligence showing contradictions among Void Organization members and argued that they held different beliefs and goals.
• Curly-Haired Gorosei recalled the Great Demon of Black Wings’s claim that Saint Mjosgard had offended the Lord of the Void and concluded that the demon had deceived the World Government and the sea.

The Curly-Haired Gorosei argued that the Great Demon of Black Wings had been a slave who gained her power shortly before attacking Saint Mjosgard, rather than an agent sent by Lord of the Void. The Gorosei considered whether the Void Organization’s powers came from a force like the Devil Fruit Tree and chose to delay informing Lord Imu until they confirmed their theory.

• The Curly-Haired Gorosei told the others that Commander Frode’s account showed the Great Demon of Black Wings had been unfamiliar with her powers and fighting style.
• The Curly-Haired Gorosei deduced that she had likely been a slave, maid, or servant who received her power in Holy Land Mary Geoise shortly before the attack.
• The Curly-Haired Gorosei said the Great Demon of Black Wings probably killed Saint Mjosgard for a personal reason and had invoked Lord of the Void to conceal her motives or save herself.
• The Curly-Haired Gorosei argued that contradictions within the Void Organization suggested Lord of the Void might not exist as a conscious God, and the Gaunt Gorosei proposed a connection to the Devil Fruit Tree.
• The Curly-Haired Gorosei joked that the masked little girl beside Moria might have become Pack of Wolves because she was cute, briefly amusing the others.
• The Long-Haired Gorosei proposed waiting to report to Lord Imu until the theory was confirmed, and the other Gorosei agreed.

The Gorosei decided to keep watching the Void Organization and planned to promote Yaen as a Marine hero while considering how to handle Alabasta. Sensing danger, Yaen ordered his family to sail toward the North Sea, telling Hancock to say they were going on their honeymoon.

• The Gorosei agreed to observe the Void Organization, keep trying to contact Corazon, and investigate the Lord of the Void and the blessings.
• The Gorosei planned to praise Major General Tephimer Yaen as the Hero of the Marines who saved the seas from Silvers Rayleigh, while using his fame to strengthen the Marines and diminish Vice Admiral Garp's influence.
• Yaen sensed that the World Government's special forces posed a danger and decided to take Hancock, Robin, and their belongings somewhere safer.
• Xiao Jin returned with baby-5, and Yaen ordered Hancock to set sail at full speed.
• Yaen rejected returning to Amazon Lily Island and ordered the ship to cross the Calm Belt toward the North Sea, telling Hancock to claim they were going on their honeymoon.

Yaen brought the Kuja Pirates to the North Sea to stay alert to the World Government’s movements, while Hancock and Robin planned a honeymoon. They chose Gross Island as their first stop, where the sight of their ship terrified the local Marines.

• At Yaen’s direction, the Kuja Pirates crossed the Calm Belt and headed for the North Sea, where the Revolution Army had informants throughout the region.
• Yaen began preparing secret routes and emergency plans, while Hancock and Robin browsed North Sea islands for their honeymoon.
• Robin suspected that Yaen was worried about the World Government and the two uninvited guests, but Yaen reassured her and suggested Gross Island as their first stop.
• Hancock ordered the ship to Gross Island, frightening pirate ships along the way with the Kuja Pirates’ flag and their giant Yuda.
• The mayor of Gross Island sought help from Lieutenant Commander “Big Stick,” who recognized Boa Hancock’s flag and ordered his men to alert the branch and Marine Headquarters.

Lieutenant Commander 'Big Stick' prepared to confront the Kuja Pirates to protect Gross Island, believing the Shichibukai’s legal plunder left the Marines powerless. Yaen arrived and revealed that Hancock was his wife and they were on their honeymoon, leaving 'Big Stick' stunned before he decided Yaen was keeping Hancock in check.

• The mayor learned that the Kuja Pirates could legally plunder Gross Island and begged Lieutenant Commander 'Big Stick' to protect the town.
• 'Big Stick' chose to face the approaching Kuja ship despite believing he might die, remembering Yaen’s words about staking his life on justice.
• Yaen appeared before 'Big Stick' and told him that Hancock was his wife and that they had come to Gross Island for their honeymoon.
• Hancock threatened to turn the town to stone, but Yaen rebuked her and she quickly quieted down.
• 'Big Stick' watched Hancock obey Yaen and concluded that Yaen was sacrificing himself to restrain the Pirate Empress.

Yaen visited Gross Island with Hancock and met Lieutenant Commander 'Big Stick' and the mayor, who initially believed he was an ordinary tourist. After a newspaper revealed that Yaen had exposed Pluton and saved the sea, the islanders recognized him as the Hero of the Marines.

• Lieutenant Commander 'Big Stick' admired Yaen and led him toward town, offering to show him Gross Island's attractions.
• Yaen told the mayor he was Teffimoe Yaen, a former North Blue Inspectorate Division head and Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral on vacation with Hancock.
• A News Coo dropped off a newspaper, and the mayor and Lieutenant Commander 'Big Stick' were stunned by its contents.
• A passerby announced that the legendary Ancient Weapon Pluton had appeared, and Lieutenant Commander 'Big Stick' called Yaen the Hero of the Marines.
• The mayor declared that Yaen had pierced the darkness surrounding Pluton with the Dawn and saved the entire sea.

After the World Government publicized Yaen as a Navy hero to distract from Pluton's revival, Yaen realized he was no longer at risk of being targeted and arranged a week-long vacation for the Kuja Pirates on Gross Island. The story left him facing a cheering crowd as his unwanted fame spread.

• Yaen read a newspaper that glorified him as the Navy hero Cherry Blossom Dragon while describing Pluton's revival only vaguely.
• Yaen understood that the World Government was using his image to divert attention from Pluton and accepted that it had not suspected him.
• Yaen paid the mayor one hundred million Bellies to rent Gross Island for a week and provide food and drink for the Kuja Pirates.
• News of Yaen's arrival drew residents to the Port, where they cheered and admired him as he disembarked.