Chapter Summaries

Yaen demonstrated Armament and Observation Haki while sparring with Jabura, then challenged the CP9 members to attack him together. As the fight spread across the training ground, Yaen tested his swordsmanship and Marine Six Styles against them without using his Devil Fruit ability.

• Yaen dodged Jabura's attacks and explained how Armament Haki and Observation Haki worked.
• Yaen stood atop Jabura's head and called the CP9 members the worst he had seen, prompting Lucci to order them to attack without holding back.
• The CP9 members used Soru to rush Yaen from all sides, but he vanished from their sight.
• Yaen overwhelmed Kaku's Flying Slash with Reverse Scale and countered Lucci and Jabura's Tempest Kicks with his own.
• Yaen clashed with all seven CP9 members across the training ground while Major General Hope watched and Yaen gauged his combat ability without his Zanpakutō.

After Yaen defeated CP9 in training, he warned them that their skills were inadequate and released overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki. Meanwhile, Yamato rejected CP0’s offer to join the Shichibukai and vowed to reclaim Wano Country in Kozuki Oden’s name, while CP0’s leader remained determined to recruit her for the Gorosei’s plan.

• Yaen defeated the CP9 members in a prolonged training battle, then criticized their Six Powers, teamwork, and combat experience.
• Yaen unleashed simulated Conqueror’s Haki, drawing the attention of powerful figures across Wano Country.
• CP0’s leader offered Yamato the Shichibukai title, claiming it would protect Wano Country’s sovereignty and help defeat the Revolutionary Army.
• Yamato distrusted the World Government’s motives, refused to join the Shichibukai, and declared she would reclaim Wano Country in Kozuki Oden’s name.
• As CP0 departed, its leader insisted that recruiting Yamato was essential to the Gorosei’s plan to counterattack the Revolutionary Army with Corazon, the Marines, and CP0.

Yaen overwhelmed CP9 with Conqueror’s Haki, then encouraged them and demonstrated his Zanpakutō’s illusion. He took Lucci aside and asked why he wanted to become stronger, leaving Lucci questioning his reason.

• The CP0 leader proposed asking Vice Admiral Yaen to invite Yamato again, since they had heard the two were on good terms.
• Yaen’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked CP9 down and made Lucci realize how vast the strength gap between them was.
• Yaen ended the Haki display, encouraged CP9 to train their Armament and Observation Haki, and used his Zanpakutō to create an illusion of a cherry blossom tree.
• Yaen took Lucci to a secluded beach and told him he had the highest hopes for him among CP9.
• Yaen asked Lucci why he wanted to become stronger, and Lucci began questioning the reason.

Lucci pledged himself to Yaen and was transformed into the White Egg that would become the owner of the eighth Void Soul Reaper Blade. Yaen trained the other CP9 members to prepare them to join Lucci in CP0, then met with CP0 agents who ordered him to approach Yamato about joining the Shichibukai.

• Lucci told Yaen he wanted to become his weapon, even if Yaen became the enemy of the world.
• Yaen placed his hand on Lucci's head and transformed him into a White Egg, which Xiao Jin stored inside the Castle.
• Yaen told the CP9 members that Lucci was away for special training and began teaching them Haki with Major General Hope's help.
• Yaen trained the CP9 members so they could accompany Lucci into CP0 and help him become a squad captain.
• At a meeting in the G-9 Branch, CP0 agents told Yaen to approach Yamato about joining the Shichibukai, and the red-masked captain began to explain what would happen if she refused.

Yaen agreed to help CP0 approach Yamato and attack the Ten Thousand Beast Samurai if she refused to join the Shichibukai. As Yaen and Lucci set out for the Flower Capital, Dragon received intelligence revealing six locations there and realized CP0’s forces had gathered into a trap.

• The CP0 captains planned to recruit Yamato or eliminate her, with one squad ready to attack and another positioned to block the Ten Thousand Beast Samurai’s escape.
• Yaen warned that weakening the G-9 branch could leave it vulnerable to the Revolutionary Army, but the CP0 captains dismissed his concern and said they would assume the operation’s risks.
• Yaen submitted the plan to Marineford and Mary Geoise, and both approved it.
• Yaen asked Lucci whether he was ready to join CP0 and learned that Lucci had mastered his new power enough to serve as a weapon.
• Yaen led his CP9 squad toward the Ten Thousand Beast Samurai’s base in the Flower Capital while the CP0 squads prepared there.
• Dragon received a decrypted intelligence report listing six Flower Capital locations and recognized that the CP0 forces had gathered together.

Yaen visited Yamato’s Ten Thousand Beast Samurai base to assess her growing influence over Wano’s samurai and negotiate with her, while considering whether to destroy the group if she opposed his plans. The chapter ended with Inuarashi and Nekomamushi blocking CP9 at the gate, then recoiling from Lucci’s killing intent.

• Sasaki spotted Yaen approaching the base, sent word to Yamato, and put the gate on alert.
• Yaen assessed how Yamato had gathered Wano’s samurai forces and considered using CP0 to destroy the group if negotiations failed.
• Yamato welcomed Yaen and walked with him into the base, while Yaen noted how the samurai had displaced Drought Jack and Sasaki in her ranks.
• Inuarashi and Nekomamushi stopped CP9 from entering the base, but Lucci’s killing intent made them step back.

Yaen reunited with Yamato in Wano Country and joined her for a private banquet, where she pressed him to explain the World Government’s plan to make her a Shichibukai. Yamato questioned whether Wano should deepen its ties with the World Government while surrounded by competing powers, and asked Yaen to drink with her and advise her choice.

• Yamato ordered the samurai to let Yaen and Lucci enter, then Yaen told her CP9 was temporarily escorting him while he recovered from injuries.
• Yamato brought Yaen into a private banquet and used Conqueror’s Haki to dismiss the samurai and Lucci.
• Yamato removed her mask, complained about her duties, and shared food with Yaen as they caught up.
• Yamato urged Yaen to drink with her so they could speak honestly, while he worried about losing control if he got drunk.
• Yamato recognized that Yaen had come to discuss the Shichibukai and warned that joining could entangle Wano’s remaining native force with the World Government.
• Yamato asked Yaen to drink the wine and tell her how Wano should choose amid the Marines, Revolutionary Army, and pirates occupying the country.

Yaen praised Yamato’s devotion to Wano and drank sake with her as they discussed their bond and negotiations. Outside the reception room, Lucci faced down Wano’s samurai while both sides waited to see how the talks would unfold.

• Yaen admired Yamato’s pure dreams and praised her for uniting Wano’s remaining samurai forces.
• Yamato became flustered by Yaen’s compliments, then clinked sake bowls with him and drank boldly.
• Yamato said others had warned her not to trust Yaen, but she believed in their bond, and Yaen answered that he would drink with her.
• Lucci guarded the reception room as Inuarashi and Nekomamushi sensed his dangerous presence.
• Denjiro confronted Lucci and ordered the samurai to surround the courtyard, while Lucci stayed at the door to protect Yaen’s negotiations.

Yaen revealed to Yamato that he was the Revolutionary Army’s Chief of Staff and explained that he believed Wano Country was already on the right path. Yamato, devastated by the revelation, accused him of deceiving her and asked why he had dragged Wano into war.

• Yamato and Yaen drank together, and Yaen noticed she still wore the strip of cloth he had once given her.
• Yaen apologized and told Yamato that most of Wano’s samurai were remnants of the old era who had yet to find the true path.
• Yaen said Wano Country was already on the correct path and asked Yamato whether she had seen how life had changed for ordinary people.
• Yaen showed Yamato Revolutionary Army documents, then revealed that he and Monkey D. Dragon had founded the organization and that he was its Chief of Staff.
• Yamato knocked Yaen onto the tatami, wept over him, and demanded to know why he had deceived her and dragged Wano into war.

Yaen revealed that he had manipulated events around Yamato and subdued her after she confronted him, though he insisted their time together had been real. Yamato remained restrained and demanded to know what he intended to do.

• Yaen told Yamato that he had promised to grant her wish to liberate Wano Country, not deceive her, and that their paths had always been shared.
• Yamato accused Yaen of causing Wano Country’s ruin and struggled to strike him, unable to overcome her feelings for him.
• Yaen used Seastone Cuffs to weaken Yamato, revealing that the Yaen she had pinned down was an illusion created by Mirror Flower, Water Moon.
• Yamato attacked Yaen with her kanabō, but he restrained her with Bakudo 61: Six Rods of Light.
• Yaen drank the wine from their earlier conversation and told Yamato their time together had been real, while admitting he had subdued her so she would hear his explanation.

Yaen showed Yamato evidence that the Revolutionary Army had used a one-hundred-billion-Belly budget to build schools, hospitals, reservoirs, and dams in Wano Country, arguing that his plan had brought real progress despite the war. Yamato reluctantly forgave him, and Yaen asked her to keep traveling with him and help counter the World Government, but she had not yet clearly answered when the chapter ended.

• Yaen told Yamato he had revealed the truth because he wanted her to become his true companion and continue traveling with him.
• Yaen argued that the Revolutionary Army had dismantled Wano Country's oppressive ruling system and shown Yamato documents describing infrastructure projects funded by a one-hundred-billion-Belly budget.
• Yamato read the progress reports and saw photographs of civilians smiling, while Yaen explained that he considered these changes the true opening of Wano Country.
• Yamato said she would reluctantly forgive Yaen for the sake of the investment, and Yaen asked her to continue traveling with him and help face the World Government.
• Yamato called Yaen an idiot and demanded that he let go of her, while Yaen asked whether she agreed and began to suggest what he might do if she refused.

Yaen and Yamato’s negotiations turned into a drunken, intimate encounter after Yamato confronted him about deceiving her. Outside, Denjiro and Lucci nearly came to blows over whether to enter the reception room, until the door opened.

• Yaen’s drunken resolve softened as Yamato asked whether she had truly learned his secret, and she kissed him before he could answer.
• Yamato demanded to know whether Yaen’s revealed form was his true body, then accused him of deceiving her and continued kissing him.
• Denjiro grew alarmed by the sounds from the reception room and urged Lucci to let the samurai enter, but Lucci refused to interrupt Yaen’s negotiations.
• A muffled sound made Lucci fear that Yamato had overpowered Yaen, but Denjiro blocked him with his sword.
• Yaen or Yamato opened the reception room door and challenged the people gathered outside.

Yamato agreed to join the Shichibukai and ally with the Marines, while Yaen and Lucci left her base with Yaen pretending to be drunk. As the Red Mask CP0 Captain prepared to carry out the plan against the Revolutionary Army, an unseen attacker struck him from behind.

• Yamato told the samurai she had accepted Yaen’s invitation to join the Shichibukai, and she silenced their objections with her Conqueror’s Haki.
• Yamato sent Lucci away with the supposedly drunken Yaen and said she would visit Yaen at the G-9 Branch later.
• After the others left, Yamato blushed, blamed the Seastone’s effects for her defeat, and vowed not to lose next time.
• The Red Mask CP0 Captain learned from Lucci that Yamato had agreed to join the Shichibukai and reported the news to the Gorosei.
• As the Red Mask CP0 Captain prepared to withdraw his agents, a scream came through the Den Den Mushi and he dodged five claw-shaped blades of light.

Rob Lucci attacked the Red Mask CP0 Captain, revealing that CP0 agents across the area were under assault and that Lucci had gained a Hollow-like transformation from Yaen. As the two fought through the Flower Capital ruins, Yaen watched while worrying about how to tell Yamato that he already had two wives.

• Lucci attacked the Red Mask CP0 Captain and said he was proving his mettle to Lord Yaen.
• The Red Mask CP0 Captain noticed explosions at the other agents’ hiding places and suspected a conspiracy involving Lucci and Yaen.
• Lucci transformed and used the Void Soul Reaper Blade: Leopard King to blast the captain backward, revealing a white exoskeleton like Donquixote Rosinante’s.
• The Red Mask CP0 Captain transformed into a crocodile and continued battling Lucci amid the Flower Capital ruins.
• Yaen watched the fight and worried that Yamato might think he had lied after learning he already had two wives.

Yaen worried about the family complications caused by accepting Yamato’s feelings, then blamed CP0 for his predicament and killed the Red Mask CP0 Captain. Lucci destroyed the captain’s remains, while the other battles against CP0 continued.

• Yaen monitored the battles and saw that Dragon, Issho, Corazon, and the others had defeated four CP0 Members, while Lucci held the Red Mask CP0 Captain at bay.
• Yaen fretted over how he would explain Yamato to Kong and Ying, then decided CP0 was responsible for his troubles.
• Yaen used Bankai Killing Spear to pierce the Red Mask CP0 Captain and dissolve his organs with poison.
• Lucci apologized for needing Yaen’s help, and Yaen reassured him that he had acted well.
• Lucci blasted the Red Mask CP0 Captain’s corpse into ashes.

Yaen and Lucci disposed of the Red Mask CP0 Captain while hiding their actions behind an illusion, then Yaen faced Dragon with the CP9 members. The chapter ended with Blueno opening a door beside Dragon and apparently revealing himself as a Revolutionary Army agent.

• Lucci destroyed the Red Mask CP0 Captain's corpse, and Yaen confirmed that Lucci understood their next steps.
• Yaen restored the illusion for the CP9 members, who believed Dragon had attacked and the Red Mask Captain had lured him away.
• Kalifa woke Yaen, and Dragon arrived with Issho and masked Revolutionary Army fighters, claiming the CP0 agents had been taken out.
• Yaen confronted Dragon, while secretly directing Lucci to cover the CP9 members as Blueno opened a Door-Door Fruit escape route to the G-9 Branch.
• Blueno instead emerged from a door beside Dragon, who praised him as a comrade, leaving Yaen and the CP9 members stunned.
• Yaen accused Dragon of recruiting Blueno as an undercover agent and demanded to know when it had happened.

Dragon revealed that he had used Blueno to infiltrate CP9 and attacked Yaen, while Issho restrained the agents to keep them from interfering. A mysterious blast transformed Lucci into a Hueco Mundo-like form, and his fight with Issho drew the attention of the World Government and the Gorosei.

• Dragon explained that he had placed Blueno in CP9, then attacked Yaen while claiming their duel would settle their grievances.
• Issho used gravity to pin down CP9, and Lucci struggled against the force as he tried to reach Yaen.
• A descending ball of light struck Lucci, breaking Issho's suppression and scattering the CP9 members.
• Kalifa secretly activated a video Den Den Mushi, and the World Government Official who received the footage recognized Lucci's transformation as resembling Hueco Mundo.
• Lucci, now clad in a white exoskeleton, attacked Issho with powerful claw-shaped blades, and their clash cracked the ground.
• The Gorosei watched the battle through Kalifa's transmitted footage.

Kalifa reported CP9’s defeat to the Gorosei, who realized the Revolutionary Army was close to taking control of Wano and urgently contacted Yamato for help. Yamato demanded concessions, and as Dragon overwhelmed Yaen, the Gorosei agreed to all her demands.

• Kalifa told the Gorosei that the Revolutionary Army had attacked their forces, killed the CP0 Members, and that Lucci had transformed after being struck by a ball of light.
• The Gorosei recognized the danger of losing Yaen and the G-9 Branch, and the Blond Gorosei suggested calling Yamato.
• The Mustached Gorosei contacted Yamato, who refused to act like a servant of the World Government and demanded terms for her help.
• Dragon continued to overpower Yaen, and the Mustached Gorosei agreed to all of Yamato’s demands.

Yamato secured the World Government’s recognition of Wano Country’s neutrality and joined the battle against Dragon, forcing the Revolutionary Army to retreat. After the Gorosei blamed Blueno for the escape and ordered Spandam executed, Dragon welcomed the bewildered Blueno into the Revolutionary Army.

• Yamato told her samurai that the World Government had agreed to recognize her as Wano Country’s sole king, grant the country permanent neutrality, and leave its Seastone resources and internal affairs alone.
• Yamato led her samurai, Drought Jack, and Sasaki to join Yaen’s battle against Dragon and helped turn the fight against the Revolutionary Army.
• Dragon unleashed a hurricane and escaped with his forces through Blueno’s fading Door-Door Fruit portal after Yamato and Lucci tore the storm apart.
• The Gorosei regretted losing the chance to kill Dragon, ordered CP9 recalled for inspection, and sentenced its commander Spandam to execution.
• Dragon greeted the frightened Blueno as a Revolutionary Army comrade and credited him with helping the group escape.

Blueno began reading about the Revolutionary Army’s ideology after seeing his new bounty and believing Dragon’s account of his betrayal. Yaen and Dragon considered withdrawing publicly from Wano Country so Yamato could reform it as a test of the organization’s ideology, but they worried the World Government might break its promise and attack.

• Blueno saw his 340-million-Belly bounty in the newspaper and began reading the Revolutionary Army’s ideological guide, wondering whether he had truly betrayed the World Government.
• Dragon told Yaen that Blueno had begun exploring the Revolutionary Army’s ideology, and Yaen discussed the strategic potential of Blueno’s Door-Door Fruit.
• Yaen proposed publicly withdrawing the Revolutionary Army from Wano Country so Yamato could govern and test the organization’s ideas through public reforms.
• Yaen warned Dragon that exposing the ideology in Wano Country could provoke the World Government to impose sanctions or wage war despite its promise not to interfere.
• Dragon hesitated over the risks of the plan and did not give Yaen an immediate answer.