Chapter Summaries

After defeating an attack involving Dynamite Rock, Ronglin planned to exploit Bony-Sen’s belief that he was badly injured and lure him into a trap. Bony-Sen learned that Ronglin had left the island, but his forces lacked a safe way to track him.

• Ronglin returned to the Starry and told Shiryu that he had survived the Dynamite Rock blast unharmed.
• Ronglin devised a plan to spread word that he was seriously injured and unable to sail, hoping Bony-Sen would attempt an assassination.
• Ronglin planned to return to the island, publicly meet its lord about joining the Star Alliance, and secretly have Law’s men buy emergency medicine to make the injury seem real.
• CP0 spies reported Ronglin’s departure to Bony-Sen, who admitted that his forces could not oppose Ronglin or follow him without being detected.

Bony-Sen and Chaton tracked Ronglin’s return to the island and tried to determine his plans, while Ronglin headed to the lord’s castle with Law. Bony-Sen became convinced that members of the Heart Pirates had disembarked to carry out a secret mission.

• Chaton proposed ambushing Ronglin from beneath the sea, but Bony-Sen rejected the plan because the Fish-Man race might have prepared traps.
• Bony-Sen learned that the Starry had returned with the Heart Pirates and ordered his agents to watch the Star Alliance and Law’s crew.
• After hearing that Ronglin was bringing the island into the Star Alliance, Bony-Sen focused on the Heart Pirates members who had secretly gone ashore and believed he had uncovered Ronglin’s plan.
• Ronglin headed for the lord’s castle under the protection of the island’s soldiers, and Law teased him after he sneezed.
• Ronglin joked that Bony-Sen might be speaking ill of him, while Law expressed admiration for his defiance of the Celestial Dragons.

Ronglin staged a public show on the island and secretly arranged for the Heart Pirates to buy emergency medicine, hoping to convince Bony-Sen that he was injured and lure him into an ambush. Bony-Sen suspected a trap and considered sending CP0 to test Ronglin, who remained at the island lord’s residence while pretending his visit was only temporary.

• Ronglin explained to Law that Bony-Sen might infer he was injured after discovering the medicine purchases.
• Ronglin brought Shiryu, Smoky, Law, and others to the island lord’s residence as a conspicuous diversion while Heart Pirates bought emergency medicine in disguise.
• Bony-Sen’s spies reported that the disguised Heart Pirates had bought medicine and later met with Ronglin.
• Bony-Sen and Chaton concluded that Ronglin might have been injured by Dynamite Rock, but Chaton warned that it could be a trap.
• Bony-Sen suggested sending a CP0 unit to test Ronglin.
• Ronglin reassured the island lord that he only planned to stay for a few days and would not harm the island.

Ronglin’s guards captured eleven attackers identified as CP0 reserves, while Shiryu fought another agent outside the mansion. Watching the scene remotely, Bony-Sen suspected Ronglin was seriously injured but noticed the group’s defensive behavior seemed unusual.

• Law, Shiryu, and Smoky defeated and captured eleven assassins who stormed Ronglin’s mansion.
• Law identified the attackers as CP0 reserves, alarming the mansion’s lord.
• Ronglin pointed out a watcher southwest of the mansion, and Shiryu pursued the unknown agent as they fought outside.
• Ronglin told Law to have his submarine circle to the other side of the island in an hour.
• Chaton and Bony-Sen watched the battle through an Image Bug, and Bony-Sen wondered why Ronglin’s group remained so defensive.

Bony-Sen mistook Ronglin’s stillness and the Heart Pirates’ movements for proof that Ronglin was badly injured, and ordered an attack. At the lord’s residence, Ronglin prepared to face the approaching enemy while the lord and local guards chose to support the Star Alliance.

• Shiryu severely wounded and captured the assassin, then dragged him toward the lord’s residence as guards searched the area and CP0’s Image Bugs were destroyed.
• Bony-Sen suspected Ronglin was too injured to move but kept his forces under surveillance, while Chaton waited tensely for orders.
• After spies reported that the Heart Pirates’ submarine was heading to the other side of the island, Bony-Sen concluded Ronglin was withdrawing and ordered everyone to attack.
• Law told Ronglin that the residence had been cleared of most civilians, but the lord and many guards had stayed to join the Star Alliance.
• Ronglin sensed something unusual approaching with his Observation Haki as he sat with Shiryu and Smoky in the residence.

Ronglin prepared the lord’s manor for an attack, and Shiryu defended it from a falling boulder before a powerful Marine struck him from the sky. The attacker overwhelmed Shiryu, leaving Ronglin questioning who the unfamiliar officer was.

• Ronglin told his companions to protect the people in the lord’s manor and began preparing to win them over to the Star Alliance.
• Shiryu went outside as enemy forces gathered, while Ronglin waited in the manor and sensed that his plan to lure them had worked.
• An enormous boulder fell toward the manor, and Shiryu shattered it with sword energy before its fragments could reach the courtyard.
• A tall, middle-aged Marine attacked Shiryu with Finger Pistol, broke through his sword energy, and blasted him into the ground.
• Ronglin questioned who the powerful, unfamiliar Marine was.

Chaton attacked the Star Alliance residence, claiming he had come to arrest Ronglin, while Shiryu fought to stop him and Marines and CP0 agents stormed the grounds. Chaton slipped through Shiryu’s sword net and charged into the hall toward Ronglin.

• Chaton knocked Shiryu back and landed in the courtyard, but the guards condemned him for attacking them and rejected his accusations against the Star Alliance.
• Chaton declared Ronglin under arrest, prompting Shiryu to attack him with the Star Hundred Fragmentation Slash.
• Chaton dodged Shiryu’s sword strikes and used a Den Den Mushi to order the attack to begin.
• Marines and CP0 agents charged the residence as the lord ordered the guards to hold them back with gunfire.
• Shiryu trapped Chaton in a barrage of sword attacks, but Chaton escaped with Shave and charged into the hall.

Ronglin’s group confronted Vice Admiral Chaton, who appeared to be testing whether Ronglin was injured. Chaton fought Shiryu and Smoky, then began losing strength after crushing Shiryu’s attack.

• Law used ROOM on Chaton, but Chaton attacked him with a Haki-coated kick until Smoky intervened with a sword strike.
• Shiryu arrived and joined Smoky, trapping Chaton and preventing him from reaching Ronglin.
• Ronglin sent Law outside and told Shiryu and Smoky to handle Chaton.
• Chaton challenged Ronglin, then erupted into a powerful attack after Ronglin insulted him and compared him unfavorably to Momousagi.
• Chaton evaded Shiryu and Smoky’s sword attacks, then crushed Shiryu’s Starfall beam with his Haki-coated hand.
• Chaton suddenly felt his power draining away and his body drying out.

Bony-Sen arrived and struck Shiryu down, then spoke to Ronglin about his coming death. Ronglin suddenly launched himself from the throne and attacked Chaton with a blast of force.

• Chaton injured Smoky with a Tempest Kick, while Shiryu rushed to stop him from pursuing her.
• Chaton tested Ronglin by taunting him, but Ronglin remained seated and challenged Bony-Sen to face him.
• Chaton blocked Shiryu’s sword strikes, then forced him to retreat with a claw attack.
• Bony-Sen appeared behind Shiryu and punched him into the steps before Ronglin, revealing that his equipment concealed him from Ronglin’s Observation Haki.
• Bony-Sen calmly told Ronglin that challenging the Celestial Dragons meant death, and Ronglin sprang from his throne and struck toward Chaton with a ring of force.

Ronglin lured Chaton and Bony-Sen away from the populated estate, then revealed he had chosen an isolated battlefield rather than fleeing. He challenged their belief that he was badly wounded, as the fight was about to resume.

• Ronglin blasted Chaton with an enhanced Rokuougan and carried the wounded Shiryu and Smoky out of the destruction.
• Ronglin left Shiryu and Smoky to face the Marines and CP0, then flew toward an uninhabited part of the island.
• Chaton and Bony-Sen pursued Ronglin, with Bony-Sen abandoning the wounded Shiryu and Smoky.
• Chaton attacked Ronglin with six beams while Bony-Sen disrupted his balance, but Ronglin blocked the strikes with his Eternal Fortress technique.
• Ronglin told Chaton and Bony-Sen he had led them away to protect the island’s people and denied that he was seriously wounded.

Ronglin revealed that he had survived the Dynamite Rock attack and had deliberately baited Bonney-Sen, then fought Bonney-Sen and Vice Admiral Chaton in midair. He sent Chaton crashing into a mountain but dodged another attack, leaving the fight ongoing.

• Ronglin told Bonney-Sen that the Heart Pirates’ submarine had been used to lure him and that he had only pretended to be harmed.
• Bonney-Sen became enraged and vowed to defeat Ronglin alongside Vice Admiral Chaton.
• Ronglin attacked Bonney-Sen with a Great Fireball that transformed into a fire dragon, but Chaton shattered it and struck at Ronglin.
• Ronglin knocked Chaton away with a lightning-infused punch, then turned to resist Bonney-Sen’s Emotion-Emotion Fruit ability.
• Chaton returned and fired Haki: City Crusher at Ronglin, but Ronglin crushed the beam and punched Chaton into a mountain, creating a crater.
• Ronglin dodged a sneak attack with Moonwalk as Bonney-Sen used Agitation.

Ronglin fought Bony-Sen, whose Devil Fruit ability stirred his emotions, and gained the upper hand with his clones before Chaton joined her to stop his attack. Their clash devastated the island, while Shiryu and Smoky watched the battle with concern.

• Bony-Sen affected Ronglin’s emotions and drew strength from his anger, but he suppressed the turmoil and charged at her.
• Bony-Sen avoided Ronglin’s attack and formed an energy field to defend herself from his Shadow Clones.
• Ronglin struck from behind with Haki: Nation Destruction, forcing Bony-Sen to evade the blow.
• Chaton rose from the ground and helped Bony-Sen block and tear apart Ronglin’s attack.
• The three combatants’ shockwaves shattered mountaintops and shook the island.
• Shiryu and Smoky watched from the lord’s residence as Shiryu’s forces fought the Marines and CP0 Allied Shinobi Forces.

Ronglin faced Chaton and Bony-Sen, overpowering them before Chaton launched a relentless close-range assault. Chaton’s attacks grew faster than Ronglin’s Dojutsu could track, and he finally cut Ronglin’s cheek.

• Ronglin praised Chaton for surviving Nation Destruction and asked why the Marines had attacked him.
• Chaton rejected negotiation and charged Ronglin with a Finger Pistol barrage.
• Ronglin used his Dojutsu to read Chaton’s attacks and evaded the entire barrage for five minutes.
• Chaton kept accelerating his attacks until Ronglin’s Dojutsu began missing strikes.
• Chaton’s Finger Pistol grazed Ronglin’s cheek, and his assault became even more violent.

Ronglin defeated Chaton after Chaton nearly broke through his Time-Time Technique, then offered him a chance to leave. Chaton refused, explaining he could not return without Bony-Sen, while Ronglin defended his choice to save the island’s innocent people.

• Chaton pushed his Finger Pistol to its limit and nearly broke Ronglin’s Time-Time Technique, but Ronglin’s counterattack shattered Chaton’s hands and badly injured him.
• Ronglin healed his wound and told Chaton he would not stop him from leaving, but Chaton said he could not return without Bony-Sen.
• Chaton admitted he had come to see Ronglin for himself and criticized him for risking himself to save the islanders from Bony-Sen’s Dynamite Rock plot.
• Ronglin said the islanders were innocent and that someone had to save them, since the Marines had chosen to stand with Bony-Sen.

Ronglin defeated Chaton and Bony-Sen after confronting them over the massacre of civilians and the Celestial Dragons’ actions. Rather than killing the defeated men, he took them both to the lord’s residence as captives.

• Chaton admitted his despair and asked Ronglin to treat Momousagi well, then to kill him after dealing with Bony-Sen.
• Ronglin told Bony-Sen that the Celestial Dragons’ own arrogance had driven him to oppose the World Government.
• Ronglin attacked Bony-Sen with lightning and fire, leaving him severely burned and unable to resist.
• Ronglin recognized the machinery supporting Bony-Sen’s damaged heart and decided not to let him escape again.
• Ronglin carried the helpless Chaton and Bony-Sen toward the lord’s residence as guests of the Star Alliance.

After Ronglin returned to the lord's residence, he learned that Shiryu and Smoky had defeated and captured the attacking Marines and CP0, including the Celestial Dragon Bony-Sen. Ronglin ordered the Star Alliance to prepare for war against the World Government, while Momousagi pledged to stand with the Alliance.

• Ronglin returned to the ruined residence, where Shiryu and Smoky had captured more than four hundred attackers, including the badly injured Bony-Sen and Chaton.
• Ronglin stopped Shiryu from killing Bony-Sen and explained that the captive was a high-ranking Celestial Dragon whose death could make the Star Alliance the World Government's enemy.
• Ronglin ordered Jazz to mobilize Star Alliance forces and send a fleet to escort the prisoners to the Ashil Kingdom.
• Ronglin told Momousagi that Bony-Sen had tried to destroy the island with Dynamite Rock, and she thanked him for saving it.
• Momousagi vowed to live and die with the Star Alliance and to protect it from the Marines and the World Government.

After Chaton despaired over the Navy’s actions and his own role in Momousagi’s suffering, Ronglin refused to let him die without compensating the island. Ronglin sent Law to Zou to meet Crocodile and negotiate with the Mink Tribe while he escorted the captives.

• Shiryu rebuked Chaton for judging him while serving the World Government, and Chaton admitted he had no right to judge and asked to be killed.
• Ronglin refused to let Chaton escape responsibility for the damage to the island and considered how to use the two captives.
• Ronglin ordered Law to take his men to Zou and meet Crocodile to establish relations with the Mink Tribe.
• Law agreed to leave at once, and Ronglin told him to conceal his identity and avoid flying either the Star Alliance or Heart Pirates flag.

Ronglin sent Law to Zou with Kraken assigned to protect him, then prepared for the World Government’s response to the captured Vice Admiral and Celestial Dragon. As he returned to the Ashil Kingdom, he recognized that the Star Alliance needed more combat-ready forces.

• Ronglin warned Law to prioritize his safety and ordered Kraken to support him on his mission to Zou.
• Ronglin rejected Shiryu’s offer to go instead and arranged for the Star Alliance’s patrol forces to protect the island after the lord declined to relocate its residents.
• Ronglin assessed the Star Alliance’s shortage of deployable combat forces and considered expanding its military.
• Ronglin boarded the Starry with Bony-Sen and Chaton and set sail for the Ashil Kingdom.

The Star Alliance argued over whether to rescue Burgess after he encountered the Blackbeard Pirates, while Ronglin’s return voyage was blocked by Kaido and the Beasts Pirates. The chapter left Ronglin facing Kaido aboard the Starry.

• After Ronglin reported capturing a Celestial Dragon, the Star Alliance prepared for a possible response from the World Government.
• Jazz sent Burgess with a large fleet to meet Ronglin, but Burgess soon reported that the Blackbeard Pirates were blocking his way.
• The Star Alliance’s commanders argued over whether Burgess should fight or withdraw, and Ronglin told Jazz to handle the situation himself.
• Ronglin’s ship, the Starry, encountered more than thirty Beasts Pirates warships led by Kaido, who had blocked its route home.
• Ronglin greeted Kaido and remarked that more than a year had passed since they last met at the Sea of Thunderclouds.

Ronglin challenged Kaido to surrender to him and mocked him for blocking the Starry’s path. Kaido ordered an attack, and Ronglin flew toward him while Shiryu and Smoky defended the ship.

• Kaido questioned Ronglin for capturing Bony-Sen and warned that Mary Geoise might retaliate against the Star Alliance.
• Ronglin asked Kaido how to change the New World and declared that he would rule the world and eradicate piracy.
• Kaido’s men laughed at Ronglin’s demand that he surrender, and Kaido threatened to blast Ronglin into pieces.
• Ronglin dismissed Kaido’s fleet and told Shiryu and Smoky to defend the Starry while he confronted Kaido.
• Kaido ordered his fleet to fire on the Starry, and Smoky cut down incoming shells as Ronglin flew toward Kaido.