Chapter Summaries

Hiko traveled toward Buggy's base to prepare pressure against Blackbeard's advancing army, while reports described the devastation Blackbeard's forces had caused. During a supply stop, Hiko, Luo, and Baby5 encountered Zoro as he intervened in a street confrontation.

• Luo told Hiko that Blackbeard's army had destroyed more countries and that former neutral nations were seeking protection from the Uchiha Alliance.
• Hiko rejected the newspapers' criticism and ordered nearby Alliance nations to prepare supplies for a possible reinforcement of Buggy.
• The Konoha Go stopped at an island, and Hiko went ashore with Luo and Baby5 while Drake, Urouge, and ten Devil Fruit Users guarded the ship.
• A group of men surrounded Hiko, Luo, and Baby5, and one reached toward Baby5.
• Zoro arrived and criticized the men, while a scantily dressed woman tried to stop him from interfering.

Zoro and Nami drove off a group of thugs who had mistaken Uchiha Hiko and his companions for easy targets. After recognizing Hiko as the Pirate Hunter, Zoro cautiously parted ways with him, while Hiko invited Zoro and Luffy to join his ranks.

• Zoro used Swordless Style: Tornado to sweep the thugs into the sky, then thanked Hiko for his response.
• Luo recognized Nami and joked that Hiko would not pay her for rescuing them.
• Zoro recognized Hiko and grew wary, knowing Hiko was famous for capturing Pirates and handing them to the Marines.
• Luo warned Zoro that Hiko might act if Zoro kept showing hostility, and Hiko admitted he had forgotten his reputation as a Pirate Hunter.
• Hiko welcomed Luffy or Zoro to join his ranks, and Zoro left with Nami after saying Luffy would never abandon his will and dreams.

Hiko explained why he had let Zoro and Nami go, then returned with Luo and Baby5 to find Kidd, Hawkins, and Apu attacking the Konoha Go. Urouge blocked Kidd’s first assault, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Hiko told Luo that he spared Zoro and Nami to avoid provoking the Revolutionary Army, the Marines, and other factions while his forces were still limited.
• Hiko, Luo, and Baby5 bought supplies and returned to the Konoha Go, where Hiko sensed a crowd surrounding the ship.
• Kidd confronted Urouge and Drake with Hawkins, Apu, Killer, and their pirates, accusing the former Supernovas of disgracing themselves by serving under someone else.
• Drake mocked Kidd, Hawkins, and Apu, while Urouge warned them to leave before Hiko returned and offered to turn them in for their bounties.
• Kidd used his Devil Fruit ability to hurl iron objects at the Konoha Go, but Urouge leaped up and deflected the attack with his giant pencil.

Urouge and the fighters aboard the Konoha Go prepared to defend the ship against the allied crews of Kidd, Hawkins, and Apu. Drake fought off Hawkins’s men but was ambushed by Apu, then faced Hawkins, Killer, and Apu together as the battle continued.

• Urouge’s forceful attack neutralized Kidd’s strikes, while Hawkins transformed and charged the Konoha Go before Drake’s dinosaur form knocked him down.
• Drake rampaged through Hawkins’s subordinates, struck Hawkins again with Observation Haki, and was then blasted away by Apu’s musical attack.
• Kidd ordered the allied Pirates to attack the Konoha Go and promised them any Devil Fruits they found, while Urouge ordered the ship’s ten Devil Fruit Users to hold the line.
• Killer intercepted Drake as he tried to return to the ship, and Hawkins, Killer, and Apu surrounded him and attacked together.
• Drake blocked Killer’s blades, evaded Hawkins’s strike, and began transforming into his beast form.

Kidd’s Pirates attacked the Konoha Go while Urouge fought to repel the boarders and Drake was overwhelmed by Killer, Apu, and Hawkins. Hawkins’s sword narrowly missed Drake’s throat, leaving Drake alive and wondering at Hawkins’s strange smile.

• Kidd urged the Pirates to keep attacking the Konoha Go, and Urouge drove back the first boarders.
• Kidd used a giant steel arm and gunfire against Urouge, but Urouge’s Armament Haki stopped the bullets and he forced the Pirates off the ship.
• Killer wounded Drake as Apu and Hawkins joined the fight, and Apu’s sonic attack left Drake badly injured.
• Drake kicked Killer away but could not stop Hawkins’s sword from striking toward his throat.
• Hawkins’s blade shifted at the last moment, grazing Drake’s eye, and Drake noticed Hawkins’s strange smile.

Kidd’s alliance attacked the Konoha Go while Uchiha Hiko was away, but Hiko returned and faced the surrounding Pirates. After offering them a chance to leave, he declared the Kidd Pirates and Apu’s crew had forfeited their chance to escape and questioned Hawkins about his missed sword thrust.

• Drake recovered after Hawkins’s sword missed and counterattacked, while Kidd and his allies continued pressuring the Konoha Go.
• Kidd revealed that he had arranged for nearby Pirates to hold Uchiha Hiko back and planned to seize the ship’s treasure.
• Hiko arrived with Luo and Baby5, reassured Drake, and sent his companions back to the ship.
• Kidd insulted Hiko, who offered the surrounding Pirates a chance to leave before warning that those who stayed would face him.
• Kidd and Apu refused to retreat, and Hiko told Hawkins that his earlier sword thrust had exceeded his expectations.

Hawkins used his fortune-telling cards to weigh his choices and decided to join Uchiha Hiko’s alliance, prompting Kidd to attack. Hiko effortlessly caught Kidd’s Haki-coated bullet, then used Sage Art: Chibaku Tensei to overwhelm Kidd and the Pirates resisting him.

• Kidd accused Hawkins of betraying their alliance, while Hawkins divined that refusing to surrender meant certain death and considered joining Uchiha Hiko.
• Hawkins asked to join Uchiha Hiko, and Hiko said he could earn a place by following the Uchiha Alliance’s rules.
• Kidd fired an Armament Haki-coated bullet at Hawkins, but Hiko caught it between two fingers and dispersed its Haki.
• Hawkins agreed to join Uchiha Hiko and asked him to handle the Marines; Hiko assured him it would be easy.
• Kidd gathered nearby steel into a giant sphere and led the Pirates in an attack on Hiko.
• Hiko activated his Dojutsu and used Sage Art: Chibaku Tensei to crush the attacks and pull Kidd and the resisting Pirates onto a massive sphere.

Uchiha Hiko defeated Kidd and his crew, while Hawkins submitted and offered to serve the Uchiha Alliance. Hiko ordered the captured crews and ships placed under Hawkins’s control, as onlookers wondered why the Konoha Go had arrived.

• Hiko unleashed a powerful attack that destroyed Kidd’s attack and left Kidd, Killer, Apu, and their crews badly injured.
• Kidd tried to attack Hiko again, but Hawkins stabbed him and urged him to submit; Kidd responded with defiance and hatred.
• Hiko recognized Hawkins’s efforts to read the situation and told him Kidd and the others could not understand his intentions.
• Hiko ordered Hawkins to bind the Pirates under Kidd and Apu, take custody of their ships, and replace their flags with the Uchiha Alliance emblem.
• Onlookers marveled at Hiko’s victory and the Konoha Go, then wondered why the flagship was there.

Waldo and the young Celestial Dragons discovered that Kaguya had turned the Royal Palace into a sealed stronghold and fed hundreds of thousands of slaves to the Divine Tree. As Kaguya’s power recovered and the tree’s fruit began to form, her sinister aura spread across Mary Geoise, leaving the Holy Land trembling.

• Waldo warned the young nobles that the Royal Palace had requisitioned hundreds of thousands of slaves and that nobles who challenged its lockdown had vanished.
• The frightened nobles realized that powerful families had used outings to flee Mary Geoise, while Waldo told everyone to return home and keep quiet.
• In the underground Royal Palace, Kaguya read news of Uchiha Hiko’s growing conflicts and his plans to form an alliance.
• Kaguya learned that the Divine Tree’s fruit was forming after consuming the blood of three hundred thousand slaves, and she vowed to make Uchiha Hiko pay.
• Kaguya’s sinister aura spread through Mary Geoise, filling its residents with fear as the Holy Land began to tremble.

Rong Lin confronted the monk in the Spirit King Palace, learned that Kuchiki Byakuya and Shiba Tama had died, and unleashed his grief and fury across the palace. He left Wang Yue and the floating palaces destroyed, with the Spirit King’s hidden palace as his target.

• Rong Lin froze Ge Zhoutong Sheng with his Time Domain, spared her, and sent her to the Soul Society.
• Wang Yue revived Bing Zhubu Yi Bingwei by calling his name, and the monk revealed that Ge Zhoutong Sheng had survived.
• Rong Lin found the hidden palace containing the Spirit King and demanded that the monk return Kuchiki Byakuya and Shiba Tama.
• The monk revealed that Kuchiki Byakuya and Shiba Tama had been absorbed by the Spirit King while the monk separated the Spirit King’s power.
• Rong Lin blasted Bing Zhubu Yi Bingwei apart and unleashed a vast shockwave that turned Wang Yue to ash and annihilated the floating palaces.

Hiko persuaded Buggy to turn over Kidd and the other captured Pirates, then maneuvered him into joining a planned fight against Blackbeard. Buggy realized he had been drawn into the conflict but heard Hiko’s proposed division of the spoils.

• Hiko convinced Buggy that handing over three Pirates from the Worst Generation could bring him fame, wealth, and favor with the Marines.
• Buggy explained that the Marines were holding several of Charlotte Linlin’s children while Blackbeard advanced on Dressrosa, and Hiko pointed out Buggy’s connection to Shanks.
• Hiko argued that Buggy should oppose Blackbeard because he was a friend of both Hiko and Shanks, prompting Buggy to demand a Den Den Mushi to contact Shanks.
• Hiko warned that the outside world would see Buggy and him as allies, making Blackbeard a threat to Buggy, and revealed that he had already planned a battle.
• Hiko offered Buggy Blackbeard’s surrendering subordinates and the bounty money for those who refused, while claiming Blackbeard’s territory for himself.

Hiko persuaded Buggy to join the alliance against Blackbeard by promising him Blackbeard’s former Pirates and the chance to build a powerful crew. Buggy agreed to the deal, leaving Hiko and the others to discuss confidential matters.

• Buggy objected to Hiko taking Blackbeard’s Pirates, but Urouge confirmed Blackbeard commanded more than eighty thousand fighters, possibly over a hundred thousand with support staff.
• Hiko proposed that he take Blackbeard’s territory to strengthen his alliance while Buggy absorbed Blackbeard’s subordinates, turning disobedient Pirates in for bounties and recruiting the rest.
• Hiko persuaded Buggy that his growing power and Roger’s legacy could eventually make him Pirate King, and Buggy agreed to the plan.
• Buggy asked what Shanks would gain, and Hiko argued that Shanks would avenge himself on Blackbeard and gain two powerful allies; Buggy then shook Hiko’s hand to seal their consensus.
• Buggy’s subordinates cheered at their captain’s alliance, and Hiko ordered them away so the group could discuss confidential matters.

Shanks realized Uchiha Hiko had likely persuaded Buggy to attack Blackbeard and set out to support his former companion. He and Beckman planned to ambush Blackbeard en route, while suspecting Uchiha Hiko might be arranging a larger encirclement.

• Beckman warned Shanks that Uchiha Hiko was manipulating Buggy to draw the Red-Haired Pirates into the conflict.
• Shanks recalled that Uchiha Hiko had appeared near Buggy, then learned that Buggy had mobilized his forces to invade Blackbeard's territory.
• Shanks contacted Buggy, who mocked him and said he would avenge him, convincing Shanks that Uchiha Hiko had used their old friendship to spur Buggy into action.
• Shanks grew angry and ordered the Red-Haired Pirates to mobilize so they could aid Buggy against Blackbeard.
• Beckman proposed ambushing Blackbeard along his route back to his territory, potentially joining Buggy and Uchiha Hiko in a pincer attack.
• Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates left the harbor at full speed.

At the Uchiha Alliance headquarters in Dressrosa, Kuzan learned that Shanks had mobilized toward Blackbeard while Blackbeard was turning back early. Kuzan decided to launch the war ahead of schedule and hold Blackbeard back so Hiko’s plan could proceed.

• Kyros reported that Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates had set out in full wartime formation toward Blackbeard’s territory.
• Kyros said Blackbeard had stopped advancing toward Dressrosa and was likely returning to defend his heartland.
• Kuzan refused King Riku’s suggestion to contact Hiko and ordered the Vinsmoke Family and local forces to prepare for battle.
• Kuzan considered provoking Blackbeard to keep him occupied, despite the risk that Dressrosa could be destroyed.
• Kyros revealed that Jinbe had a separate mission, and Kuzan decided to temporarily exercise Hiko’s military authority and formally launch the war.

Kuzan left Dressrosa alone to confront Blackbeard, while Blackbeard waited offshore, unsure whether to return to defend his territories or attack Dressrosa. When the sea grew unnaturally cold, Blackbeard and Lafitte realized Kuzan had arrived and ordered the fleet to retreat and prepare for battle.

• Kuzan ignored King Riku's warnings and flew off to hold Blackbeard back, prompting Riku to notify Uchiha Hiko.
• Blackbeard refused to return immediately, waiting for news from Dressrosa while weighing whether to attack Buggy the Clown or destroy Dressrosa.
• Lafitte warned Blackbeard that their territories could become harder to control if Buggy gained the civilians' support.
• Blackbeard and Lafitte noticed the temperature dropping and deduced that Aokiji was approaching.
• Blackbeard ordered the entire army to retreat and all pirate ships to prepare for battle.

Blackbeard ordered his fleet to retreat after learning that the Germa Corps had mobilized, but Aokiji froze the sea and trapped the Pirate armada. Kuzan appeared alone on Blackbeard’s flagship, and Blackbeard attacked him.

• Blackbeard learned that Aokiji had left Dressrosa and the Germa Corps was on the move, so he ordered the Pirates to retreat and guard against a flanking attack.
• Blackbeard discovered that the Dressrosa Army was still gathering, while Kuzan’s whereabouts remained unknown.
• As the fleet withdrew, Aokiji’s freezing mist spread across the sea and trapped most of the Pirate ships in ice.
• Blackbeard used the True-True Fruit to shatter the ice and ordered the fleet to keep retreating, but Aokiji froze his flagship and turned Blackbeard into an ice sculpture.
• Kuzan appeared on Blackbeard’s ship, Blackbeard broke free, and he punched at Kuzan.

Uchiha Hiko learned that Kuzan had attacked Blackbeard ahead of their planned ambush, while the Germa Corps and Dressrosa forces tried to slow Blackbeard’s return. As Blackbeard’s fleet repeatedly overwhelmed the defenders and advanced at full speed, Hiko’s allies grew anxious about the coming battle.

• Urouge reported that Kuzan had attacked Blackbeard alone, and Hiko reasoned that Kuzan was trying to delay Blackbeard’s return so the planned encirclement could still succeed.
• Hiko explained that Kuzan could freeze the sea to slow Blackbeard, while the Germa Corps harassed the fleet’s flank.
• Urouge reported that Blackbeard’s officers had driven Kuzan off, though the Germa Corps sank one pirate ship and inflicted heavy casualties before withdrawing with Kuzan.
• Hiko said Vinsmoke could eventually receive the Alliance’s influence in North Blue if the Germa Corps continued to earn merit and follow his order.
• Dressrosa’s forces, the Germa Corps, and Uchiha Alliance reinforcements engaged Blackbeard’s forces in successive clashes, but Blackbeard’s fleet kept winning and rushing toward Hiko’s position.

Uchiha Hiko prepared a strategy to counter Blackbeard’s much larger force as Blackbeard’s fleet withdrew after looting and burning Mishir Island. Kuzan and the Uchiha Alliance attacked the retreating Pirates, while another fleet arrived to join the battle.

• Buggy worried that Blackbeard’s hundred thousand Pirates would overwhelm their smaller force, but Hiko said he had prepared a countermeasure.
• Blackbeard and Lafitte decided to loot Mishir Island and retreat, turning back to crush Kuzan’s forces if they pursued.
• Kuzan saw Mishir Island burning and ordered the Dressrosa Army and Germa Legion to attack Blackbeard’s fleet.
• The Uchiha Alliance forces surged forward and attacked the Blackbeard Pirates as another fleet approached the battlefield.
• A cloaked middle-aged man revealed himself amid blue flames and ordered his men to attack, declaring that they would settle old and new grudges.

Blackbeard’s forces were caught off guard when the Germa Legion, Kuzan’s army, and Marco’s Whitebeard remnants attacked from three directions. As Blackbeard ordered a retreat, Marco destroyed a pirate ship and everyone aboard it.

• Blackbeard ordered his fleets to feign weakness, then counterattack once the Uchiha Alliance was committed to battle.
• The Germa Legion broke through Blackbeard’s right flank and sank two pirate ships, prompting Blackbeard to send Moon Hunter as reinforcements.
• Kuzan’s blizzard devastated Blackbeard’s rear, while an unknown fleet approached the battlefield.
• Jinbe told Kuzan that the approaching fleet was allied, and Marco confirmed that the Whitebeard remnants had come to help.
• The Germa Legion, Kuzan’s forces, and Marco’s fleet attacked from three directions, forcing Blackbeard to pull in his formation and retreat.
• Marco struck a pirate ship with a powerful punch, then tore it apart along with its crew using a tornado of blue flames.

Marco led Whitebeard’s former crew into Blackbeard’s fleet and fought his way toward Teach, who struck him with the stolen Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Jinbe rescued the wounded Marco, and Kuzan intervened to protect them, declaring that they now shared a common enemy.

• Marco led his fleet into Blackbeard’s forces, and the two sides began a fierce close-quarters battle.
• Marco fought through Blackbeard’s pirates and reached Teach, who turned to face him after the crew failed to stop his advance.
• Teach anticipated Marco’s attack and struck his chest with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power, leaving Marco badly wounded.
• Jinbe used a water attack to interrupt Teach and carried Marco away, but Teach counterattacked with the Dark-Dark and Tremor-Tremor Fruits.
• Kuzan formed an ice wall to block Teach’s attack, and he told Marco that they shared a common enemy.