Chapter Summaries

Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru investigated the suspicious deaths of Weevil and Miss Bakkin, suspecting someone was trying to provoke a war between the Marines and the Whitebeard Pirates. After learning that the Red-Haired Pirates had declared war on the Beast Pirates, Sengoku ordered an emergency meeting to assess Shanks as a major threat.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru told Fleet Admiral Sengoku that the Marines had found no evidence explaining how Weevil located Zephyr's training ship.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru reported that Miss Bakkin had died during surgery and that an anonymous letter had led the Marines to kill 'Seductress Wolf' Dali.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru considered whether the CP Organization or another force had arranged the deaths to provoke conflict with the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru told Fleet Admiral Sengoku that the Red-Haired Pirates had declared war on the Beast Pirates to seize the title of Emperor of the Sea.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru explained that Shanks's strength remained unknown after six years away from the New World and recounted his attack on a CP-protected ship and the loss of his arm in the East Blue.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku ordered an emergency meeting and told the Marines to treat the Red-Haired Pirates as a major threat.

Yaen attended Sengoku’s emergency meeting in beachwear and argued that Shanks would become the fourth Emperor of the Sea. He proposed either letting Shanks restore balance in the New World or attacking the Red-Haired and Beast Pirates after they weakened each other.

• Sengoku convened Marine Headquarters’ senior officers to discuss the Red-Haired Pirates declaring war on the Beast Pirates, while Yaen arrived in beachwear and handed snacks to Garp.
• Yaen offered snacks to Vice Admiral Weasel and dismissed the meeting’s urgency, prompting Sengoku to demand his assessment of Shanks’s chances of becoming an Emperor.
• Yaen predicted that Shanks would become the fourth Emperor, citing his six years of preparation and his lack of interest in fame or wealth.
• Yaen proposed that the Marines either allow Shanks to balance the New World or strike both pirate crews after they suffered heavy losses.

Dragon announced that the Revolutionary Army would begin the Island Commune Plan while Yaen explained how island-based communes could improve civilians’ material conditions and spread the organization’s ideology. At Marineford, Yaen urged the Marines to exploit the conflict between the Red-Haired Pirates and the Beast Pirates, and he noticed that Fleet Admiral Sengoku was tempted by the idea.

• Dragon told Revolutionary Army leaders that Shanks was contending to become the fourth Emperor of the Sea and that the organization would launch its second Five-Year Plan.
• Dragon played Yaen’s recording, in which Yaen argued that the Revolutionary Army needed to serve ordinary civilians and improve their material conditions before its ideology could spread widely.
• Yaen explained that island communes would connect civilians and comrades across islands, making better use of local resources and new crops and technology such as the Water Train.
• At Marineford, Yaen told Fleet Admiral Sengoku that the Marines should either let the Red-Haired Pirates and Beast Pirates fight or seize the chance to strike them.
• Yaen noticed that Sengoku had been tempted by the suggestion to wipe out both pirate crews.

Yaen and Gion discussed Sengoku’s plans for the potential war between the Beast Pirates and the Red-Haired Pirates. Gion recognized the Marines’ limits, while Yaen hinted that Sengoku might still be considering a decisive strike and that he would help give him the confidence to act.

• After the four-hour meeting, Gion invited Yaen to eat, but he said he was already full from snacking during Sengoku’s speech.
• As they walked, Yaen told Gion that the war between Kaido and Red-Haired would likely remain confined to the New World, making Sengoku’s precautions against wider conflict redundant.
• Gion wondered whether Sengoku had accepted Yaen’s proposal to eliminate both pirate crews, then explained that the Marines lacked enough forces to do so safely.
• Yaen praised Gion’s analysis and said she should not underestimate Sengoku’s courage to stake everything on one battle.
• Yaen decided that, as Sengoku’s filial son, he would find a way to give the cautious Fleet Admiral confidence to act.

Yaen considered using his strength to help Sengoku challenge the Emperors of the Sea, then returned home with Gion. Their flirtation was interrupted by Kong and Ying, and Kong accused Yaen of toying with Gion’s feelings.

• Yaen thought that he could give Sengoku the forces needed to confront the Emperors of the Sea and test his Reigning Justice.
• Yaen and Gion reached his courtyard, where Gion teased him about spending the night together.
• Kong and Ying arrived early from class and interrupted the moment between Yaen and Gion.
• Gion chatted with Ying, who was receiving personal Haki and Six Powers training from Zephyr and kendo lessons from Gion.
• Kong asked Yaen if he was choosing a third mother for the children, and Yaen hurriedly told him to keep quiet about Robin.
• Kong accused Yaen of toying with Gion’s feelings, so Yaen sent him inside to write ten times his assigned homework.

Yaen asked Kong and Ying what they thought justice meant after learning about it from Zephyr, while Kong questioned Yaen’s dedication to his duties as a Marine hero. The chapter ended with Kong asking Yaen for his own interpretation of justice.

• Ying struggled to draw her long sword, and Yaen suggested she try a shorter one, but she refused.
• Yaen let Xiao Jin handle the cooking while Kong complained that his father was becoming lazy.
• Yaen asked the children what they had learned at school, and Ying admitted she had not understood Zephyr’s lesson about justice.
• Kong said Yaen’s fishing seemed negligent given the justice he was responsible for, then described Zephyr’s definition of justice as maintaining order, defeating pirates, and protecting the World Government.
• Kong asked Yaen what he believed justice meant.

Yaen explained his personal understanding of justice over dinner, while Sengoku and Tsuru weighed the Marines’ slim chances of defeating the Beast Pirates and Red-Haired Pirates together. The chapter ended with Sengoku proposing that the Marines secretly ask the Shichibukai for help.

• Yaen told Kong that his current justice was preparing food to help Kong grow up healthy, and the family shared dinner without Sengoku.
• Sengoku and Tsuru assessed the operation against both pirate crews and concluded its success rate was below thirty percent, even under ideal conditions.
• Tsuru explained that the World Government would not provide CP0 forces, and Sengoku reflected on the Government’s reasons for creating the Shichibukai.
• Sengoku suggested using the Shichibukai’s combat power to overcome the Marines’ shortage of high-end fighters.
• Sengoku rejected a compulsory summons and proposed contacting the Shichibukai covertly, though Tsuru doubted the pirates would cooperate.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru considered how the Navy could secretly influence the war between the Red-Haired Pirates and the Beast Pirates by recruiting the Shichibukai. They decided Corazon might be the best place to start, while Enel and Mihawk remained difficult prospects.

• Sengoku and Tsuru concluded that summoning the Shichibukai again could expose the Navy's plans, and Tsuru revealed that the Beast Pirates had been trying to pressure the Donquixote Family.
• Tsuru explained that Kaido was wary of the power that had defeated him seven years earlier, but was still attempting to force the Donquixote Family into submission.
• Sengoku saw Corazon's conflict with the Beast Pirates as a chance to recruit him and potentially bring Fisher Tiger, Gecko Moria, and Perona to the Navy's side.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed recruiting Hancock through Yaen and Kuma through the World Government, then left Enel and Mihawk for later consideration.
• Sengoku decided that the Navy would try contacting Corazon first.

Corazon convened Dressrosa’s leaders to discuss economic damage caused by the Beast Pirates’ trade blockade and the leaked Artificial Devil Fruit. As the officials considered how to respond, Corazon privately knew he had arranged the theft and leak himself at Yaen’s suggestion.

• King Riku reported that the Beast Pirates’ pressure had nearly halved exports, sharply reduced tourism, and disrupted the Black Market.
• Monet and the Donquixote Family Executives apologized for allowing the Artificial Devil Fruit to be stolen and asked Corazon to punish them.
• Manshelly asked Corazon not to blame Monet and the others too harshly, and promised the Tontatta Tribe would cultivate more Artificial Devil Fruits to make up for the losses.
• Corazon told the officials to focus on countering the Beast Pirates’ blockade, warning that Dressrosa’s economy could collapse without foreign trade.
• Dressrosa’s leaders debated possible responses while Corazon sat silently, knowing he had secretly arranged the theft and leak at Yaen’s suggestion.

Corazon and Fleet Admiral Sengoku agreed to exploit the war between the Red-Haired Pirates and the Beast Pirates, though Corazon demanded Wano Country if the Beast Pirates were destroyed. Sengoku then secured Hancock’s support, contingent on Yaen’s approval.

• Corazon answered Sengoku’s call, and Sengoku warned that Dressrosa’s economic losses could threaten its ability to pay Heavenly Gold.
• Sengoku proposed using the Red-Haired Pirates’ declaration of war against the Beast Pirates as an opportunity to destroy them, and Corazon agreed.
• Corazon demanded Wano Country as his reward, and Sengoku told him its fate would depend on his own abilities before ending the call.
• Sengoku told Vice Admiral Tsuru that Corazon’s ambitions required closer attention, then discussed securing support from the Shichibukai.
• Hancock agreed to contribute if Yaen approved, and Sengoku said he would have Yaen contact her.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru considered which Shichibukai to recruit, while Enel waited in vain for the Marines to contact him. Yaen reassured Dragon that their plans were progressing, then fell into the sea while fishing and quickly climbed back into his boat.

• Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru set Mihawk aside because his relationship with Shanks made his allegiance uncertain, and postponed deciding whether to approach Enel.
• Enel waited all night for the Marines to contact him, then decided they had insulted him and threatened to punish them.
• Yaen learned that the Marines had contacted the Shichibukai and soothed Enel, who was preparing to unleash a Thousand Thunder above Marineford.
• Dragon asked Yaen about the plans, and Yaen said the Marines had recruited enough Shichibukai combat power while the Revolutionary Army's arrangements were progressing.
• Yaen compared their strategy to fishing, then his line pulled him into the sea before he leaped back into the boat, leaving Dragon bewildered.

Six years after Cobra’s disappearance, Alabasta Kingdom had been transformed through the Lian Merchant Association’s investment into a thriving, green economic and military power. In private, Vivi reunited with the association’s president, Bracco, and addressed her as her father, while Bracco warned that their secret must remain hidden from the World Government.

• After Cobra disappeared, Vivi became Alabasta Kingdom’s ruler and defended its status as a World Government member nation at the Reverie.
• After Vivi was attacked on her return, the Lian Merchant Association escorted her home, and she made it the kingdom’s official merchant association in exchange for investment and supplies.
• The Lian Merchant Association rebuilt Alabasta Kingdom, developed its resources and trade, and helped transform it into a prosperous power over six years.
• Vivi dismissed the others from the council hall and embraced President Bracco, calling her Father King.
• Bracco told Vivi to use her public identity and warned that the World Government must not discover who she was.

Vivi learned that President Bracoke was her father, King Cobra, and listened as he proposed a Dealer Model and Commune System to expand the Lian Merchant Association’s trade. Bracoke began explaining how the plan could develop commerce on small and medium-sized islands, leaving Vivi puzzled about how it could work where residents had little to sell.

• Vivi accepted that President Bracoke was King Cobra, who had secretly supported her and the Revolutionary Army through the Lian Merchant Association.
• Bracoke asked Vivi to seek World Government publication of the Lian Merchant Association’s Dealer Cooperation Announcement.
• Vivi read the announcement and questioned what the Dealer Model meant.
• Bracoke asked Vivi to establish a Commune System in Alabasta to support dealer cooperation.
• Bracoke explained that dealers could expand trade and develop small and medium-sized islands, while Vivi wondered how those islands could have commercial value.

President Blague explained to Vivi why he supported the Commune System, while Yaen revealed to Dragon how a distributor network could spread Commune Islands through self-interest. Yaen left Dragon aware that the model could transform the sea, but required careful supervision and support from ordinary people.

• President Blague told Vivi that the Commune System could unite the productive forces of ordinary people across the sea.
• Vivi questioned whether struggling civilians could implement the system, and President Blague urged her to witness the changes herself.
• Dragon worried that poorly informed islanders would need guidance to build Commune Islands, and Yaen agreed that concern made sense.
• Yaen explained that tiered distributors could recruit lower-level partners and earn lasting shares of profits from new trade routes, prompting Dragon to fear the model's consequences.
• Yaen told Dragon that Revolutionary Army comrades would monitor distributor networks, report changes, and help spread new ideas among the lower classes.

Yaen explained to Dragon that the Great Pirate Era arose from ordinary people’s desperate need to escape oppression and pursue hope, and that the Revolutionary Army had to guide that tide to overturn the old order. Dragon agreed, while Yaen remained worried that the World Government might uncover the Island Commune Plan.

• Yaen explained that isolated islands, disaster, poverty, and class oppression drove people to set sail in search of freedom and hope.
• Yaen told Dragon that opposing the World Government required stirring up a new era rather than relying on a few powerful people.
• Dragon reflected on the suffering he had witnessed across the Four Seas and said he believed Yaen could guide the era’s transformation.
• Yaen warned that the World Government might investigate the Island Commune Plan and see through its commercial cover.
• Yaen told Dragon to proceed cautiously and said he had prepared contingency plans before Dragon ended the Den Den Mushi call.

As the Red-Haired Pirates and Beast Pirates neared war, Fleet Admiral Sengoku told the Navy High Command that the Marines would launch an operation in the New World. Yaen tried to avoid joining the deployment, but Sengoku insisted he participate to build his reputation as the Hero of the Marines.

• Yaen noticed a small newspaper announcement about the Lian Merchant Association cooperating with distributors while Borsalino asked which pirate crew would win.
• Fleet Admiral Sengoku summoned Garp and announced that war was about to begin.
• Sengoku confirmed that he had secretly transferred elite marines and was preparing to act in the New World Sea Area.
• Kuzan supported taking action against the increasingly rampant pirates, while Borsalino questioned the Navy's decision to counterattack.
• Yaen offered excuses to stay in Marineford, but Sengoku rejected them and said Yaen had to gain combat experience and achievements.
• Yaen reluctantly agreed to join the operation and promised to do his best not to hold everyone back.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku planned to have the Marines destroy both the Beast Pirates and the Red-Haired Pirates at an island near Wano Country. The Gorosei approved the operation while keeping the World Government officially neutral, then turned their attention to a newspaper report about the Lian Merchant Association.

• Fleet Admiral Sengoku briefed Yaen and the Marine leadership on the likely battlefield, the pirates’ movements, and the Red-Haired Pirates’ strength.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to intervene and eliminate both pirate crews before a fourth Emperor of the Sea could emerge.
• The Gorosei discussed the Marines’ plan and welcomed the chance to gain control of Wano Country and its Seastone supply.
• The Gorosei decided the World Government would remain neutral and have CP0 monitor the operation and provide intelligence.
• A long-haired Gorosei brought up a newspaper report about the Lian Merchant Association’s distributor partnership.

The Gorosei decided to have the CP Organization investigate the rapidly growing Lian Merchant Association more thoroughly, while the Red-Haired Pirates continued toward Wano Country to face Kaido. As the world watched Shanks’s bid to become the fourth Emperor of the Sea, Charlotte Linlin chose to let Kaido handle him without interference.

• The Long-Haired Gorosei noted the Lian Merchant Association’s rapid rise and agreed to have the CP Organization investigate it more closely.
• The Red-Haired Pirates sailed through the New World toward Wano Country, drawing attention to their coming confrontation with Kaido.
• Other pirate crews followed behind the Red-Haired Pirates, hoping to join them if Shanks became an Emperor of the Sea.
• Charlotte Perospero reported to Charlotte Linlin that the Red-Haired Pirates’ officers had reached Emperor-level strength and that Shanks might become the fourth Emperor.
• Charlotte Linlin told Perospero to let Kaido deal with Shanks and said Kaido’s failure to kill him would prove Kaido’s incompetence.

Charlotte Linlin urged Perospero to find the powerful man she wanted as a husband, while Whitebeard and his crew discussed Shanks’s impending clash with Kaido. On Onigashima, Kaido learned that Shanks would reach Wano’s outer waters in about a week and ordered his crew to prepare for him.

• Charlotte Linlin asked Perospero about finding the mysterious man who had defeated Kaido, then said she wanted him as her husband and the father of her children.
• Marco told Whitebeard that Shanks would likely clash with Kaido soon, and Whitebeard said Shanks had to prove himself without their interference.
• Whitebeard’s crew joked about becoming Emperors of the Sea, while Marshall D. Teach secretly thought he would inherit Whitebeard’s legacy.
• Kaido woke from his drunken sleep and learned that Shanks was expected to reach Wano’s outer waters in about a week.
• Kaido ordered his crew to prepare to welcome Shanks.

As the Beast Pirates made a move, Yaen, Borsalino, and Vice Admiral Tsuru sailed with a massive Marine fleet toward the conflict, hoping Kaido and the Red-Haired Pirates would weaken each other. Yaen considered how the Marines’ leadership might change if the fleet failed, while his thoughts drifted to Alabasta Kingdom.

• Borsalino gave Yaen intelligence that the Beast Pirates had made a move, and they speculated about Kaido and the Red-Haired Pirates fighting.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru warned Yaen and Borsalino not to underestimate Kaido’s strength and resilience.
• Tsuru revealed that forty-nine Marine Warships were sailing together, with signal-blocking equipment and intelligence safeguards to conceal their plans.
• Yaen considered the consequences of the fleet’s destruction and wondered whether Sengoku or one of the Admirals might become Fleet Admiral.
• Yaen reflected on Sakazuki’s extreme belief in Absolute Justice and then focused his thoughts on the situation in Alabasta Kingdom.