Chapter Summaries

Ronglin dismissed Judge after Germa pledged loyalty to the Star Alliance, assigning Jazz and Jinbe to oversee its affairs while Sanji thanked him for helping the Straw Hat Pirates. As postwar repairs continued, Ronglin considered repaying the Revolutionary Army for secretly helping the Star Alliance gain influence.

• Judge pledged Germa's loyalty to Ronglin, who ordered Jazz to bring Ichiji back to Vinsmoke and Jinbe to handle Germa's affairs.
• Ronglin rebuked Niji and Yonji for their displeasure and sent Judge and his sons away.
• Sanji thanked Ronglin, who said he had helped the Straw Hat Pirates to repay a favor rather than to recruit them.
• Ronglin suspected the Revolutionary Army had helped improve the Star Alliance's reputation and decided he should repay that assistance.
• The Star Alliance paid substantial pensions to the families of the casualties, repaired the conference grounds, and began restoring the damaged Star River embankment.

After the Star Alliance defeated the BIGMOM Pirates, Ronglin used the prisoners’ ransoms to support reconstruction and earned widespread praise despite the World Government’s attempts to smear him. Fujitora and Momousagi arrived in Ashil Kingdom too late to witness the battle after being delayed by black-ship bandits, and they watched events from a remote town.

• Fish-men joined the rebuilding effort and integrated smoothly with humans after the battle.
• News spread that Ronglin had killed Charlotte Linlin and destroyed the BIGMOM Pirates’ upper ranks, while two Sweet Commanders were captured alive.
• The World Government tried to tarnish Ronglin’s reputation, but released prisoners contradicted its account.
• Ronglin let captured factions ransom their people, and the money went toward reconstruction and soldiers’ pensions.
• Fujitora and Momousagi explained that black-ship bandits had delayed them, so they missed the battle and observed the aftermath from across the island.

Fujitora and Momousagi wondered why Ronglin had not expanded the Star Alliance or confronted the Four Emperors, while Ronglin’s commanders debated how to handle the two Marine Admiral Candidates hiding in the Ashil Kingdom. Ronglin avoided provoking them, asked about the fleets’ movements around Wano Country, and ordered Moria to protect the Eight Treasures Navy and Crocodile’s operation against Blackbeard.

• Fujitora and Momousagi discussed Ronglin’s inaction since the Star Alliance war and suspected he might already know they were in the Ashil Kingdom.
• Ronglin learned that Fujitora and Momousagi had been hiding on the island, while Jazz reported that no Navy or CP0 fleets were nearby.
• Ronglin refused to kill the two Marine Admiral Candidates because he wanted to avoid the conflict that would follow, and Shiryu repeatedly tried to leave his hospital bed to fight them.
• Jazz reported that the CP0 fleet had withdrawn from Wano Country and the Navy fleet had returned to Marine Headquarters, leaving the commanders unsure why neither had approached the Ashil Kingdom.
• Ronglin told Moria to monitor the Eight Treasures Navy’s cooperation with Blackbeard and ensure the safety of the Eight Treasures Navy and Crocodile.

Ronglin decided to personally investigate Fujitora and Momousagi, taking Jazz with him while ordering the Star Alliance members to stay put. Fujitora and Momousagi remained uncertain about joining the Alliance, and the chapter ended when Jazz entered the bar where they were waiting.

• Moria remained devoted to the Star Alliance as he looked forward to taking revenge on Kaido.
• Ronglin dismissed Caesar, then announced that he would investigate Fujitora and Momousagi with Jazz.
• Ronglin ordered Wally to gather the Pirate Alliance's remaining forces and forbade the others from moving against the Marine officers.
• Fujitora and Momousagi struggled to decide how to approach the Star Alliance after observing it for two days.
• Jazz entered the bar, where customers eagerly crowded around him while Fujitora and Momousagi watched.

Jazz brought Fujitora and Momousagi to meet Ronglin, who had them join him at Shallow Bay near Base No. 9. Fujitora admired Ronglin’s efforts to build trust between humans and mermaids, then suggested Ronglin had chosen the peaceful meeting place knowing they would not attack it, leaving their plans to make big news unresolved.

• Jazz silenced the Star Alliance members and told Fujitora and Momousagi that any major action depended on Ronglin’s approval.
• Ronglin checked the area, ordered a cordon around Base No. 9, and went to Shallow Bay to await the visitors.
• Ronglin warmly greeted Princess Shirahoshi and the Mermaid Clan, who welcomed him and appreciated his work to ease tensions between mermaids and humans.
• Jazz arrived with Fujitora and Momousagi, and Ronglin exchanged playful greetings with Momousagi and Shirahoshi.
• Fujitora praised Ronglin’s efforts to bring mermaids into the sunlight and observed that Ronglin had chosen Shallow Bay because he trusted them not to disrupt its peace.

Fujitora and Momousagi told Ronglin they had defected from the Marines after stopping Bony-Sen from sinking Wano Country, and had come to join the Star Alliance. Ronglin worried their arrival would make the Star Alliance a target for the World Government and other factions, but Fujitora offered his help.

• Fujitora told Ronglin that he and Momousagi had crippled one of Bony-Sen's CP0 fleets.
• Momousagi revealed that she and Fujitora had defected from the Marines and planned to join the Star Alliance.
• Ronglin realized they were serious and protested that their arrival could make the Star Alliance a public enemy.
• Momousagi explained that they had opposed Bony-Sen's plan to sink Wano Country and had decided to join Ronglin after considering their options.
• Fujitora praised Ronglin's efforts to change the world and offered to help him.

Ronglin questioned Fujitora and Momousagi about why they had come to join the Star Alliance so late, and Momousagi revealed they had been hijacked by ordinary bandits and delayed. Although both vowed to follow his orders for the sake of the people, Ronglin warned that their sense of justice might conflict with what he asked them to do.

• Fujitora praised Ronglin and declared that he was willing to serve the Star Alliance.
• Momousagi explained that she and Fujitora had opposed Bony-Sen's methods against civilians and had been framed for it.
• Ronglin questioned why Fujitora and Momousagi had not arrived sooner to help in the battle against Charlotte Linlin.
• Momousagi admitted that eleven ordinary black ships had hijacked them, though they defeated the bandits in three minutes.
• Fujitora and Momousagi pledged to obey Ronglin when his orders served the people, and Ronglin cautioned them that his choices might clash with their ideals.

After Ronglin persuaded Fujitora and Momousagi to join the Star Alliance, he brought them to the Ashil Kingdom and asked his commanders how to deal with the weakened BIGMOM Pirates. Jazz proposed using the three captured Sweet Commanders, leaving the alliance to consider its next move.

• Fujitora accepted Ronglin’s offer to join the Star Alliance, and Momousagi followed him.
• Ronglin returned to the Ashil Kingdom with Fujitora and Momousagi, surprising the alliance’s senior commanders.
• Ronglin introduced the two newcomers at a meeting and asked how the Star Alliance should respond to the BIGMOM Pirates’ collapse.
• Burgess urged the alliance to seize the BIGMOM Pirates’ territory before rival forces could claim it.
• Caesar declined to advise Ronglin and suggested asking the professionals, while Ronglin turned to Jazz instead.
• Jazz proposed making use of the three captured Sweet Commanders.

Ronglin and the Star Alliance leaders discussed how to secure Charlotte Linlin’s former territory and bring the Sweet Commanders under their control without more bloodshed. The meeting ended with Ronglin looking to Hawkins to handle the surrender negotiations, despite the Second Fleet’s blood feud with Cracker.

• Jazz proposed using Fish-Man Island as a model and applying both incentives and pressure to win over the Sweet Commanders.
• Burgess urged the Alliance to kill the Sweet Commanders, but Ronglin rejected the plan and argued that they should avoid unnecessary casualties.
• Jazz explained that taking Whole Cake Island and turning it into a military fortress would strengthen the Star Alliance’s strategic defenses alongside the Lodun Islands and Dressrosa.
• Ronglin proposed breaking up the Charlotte Family and distributing its members throughout the Alliance so they could be gradually assimilated.
• After the leaders agreed on persuading the remaining BIGMOM Pirates to surrender, Ronglin looked to Hawkins as a candidate for the task, even though Cracker had killed Hawkins’s former commander, Bilida.

Ronglin allowed Hawkins to avenge Bilida but offered him a chance to lead the surrender of the BIGMOM Pirates instead. Hawkins chose to trust Ronglin and accepted the mission to take Whole Cake Island, with Fujitora accompanying him.

• Ronglin dismissed the conference attendees and told Hawkins he would not stop him from seeking revenge against the three Sweet Commanders.
• Ronglin explained that Hawkins’s grudge reflected the Second Fleet’s hatred and Alliance dignity, while Hawkins recalled Bilida’s faith in Ronglin and chose to follow his will.
• Ronglin assigned Hawkins to lead the operation to take Whole Cake Island and make it the Star Alliance’s second defensive fortress.
• Ronglin appointed Fujitora to accompany Hawkins as a deterrent and said he intended to place the fortress under Hawkins’s command.
• Ronglin asked Fujitora whether he was satisfied with the assignment.

Ronglin assigned Momousagi to lead a mission with Jazz against Kaido’s headquarters and sent Hawkins and Fujitora to persuade the captured Sweet Commanders to surrender. At the prison, Shiryu sensed Fujitora’s formidable presence as Hawkins arrived.

• Hawkins and Fujitora left to try to persuade the three Sweet Commanders to surrender.
• Ronglin told Momousagi he would use her and Issho’s arrival to deter restless forces, then ordered her to join Jazz’s mission against Kaido’s headquarters.
• Ronglin assigned Jazz fifty Phantom Group members, fifty Fish-Man warriors, and the Kraken, and asked Momousagi to protect Jazz.
• Hawkins arrived with Fujitora at the prison beneath the Ashil Kingdom’s fourth base, where Rob Lucci, Pekoms, Cracker, Smoky, and Katakuri were held.
• Shiryu felt threatened by Fujitora’s presence and asked Hawkins why the blind Marine officer was there.

Hawkins confronted the imprisoned Sweet Commanders and offered them freedom if they surrendered the BIGMOM Pirates to the Star Alliance, hoping to prevent a costly war. Cracker rejected the offer, but Hawkins’s appeal to protect their siblings left the three commanders silent.

• Hawkins introduced Fujitora to Shiryu as a new member of the Star Alliance, and Shiryu suppressed his urge to fight him.
• Hawkins recalled that Cracker had killed Bilida and said he had once sworn to avenge him before becoming commander of the Second Fleet.
• Hawkins told Cracker and the other Sweet Commanders that the Star Alliance wanted a peaceful resolution and would free them if they surrendered.
• Cracker refused, citing the irreconcilable hatred between the BIGMOM Pirates and the Star Alliance after Charlotte Linlin’s death.
• Hawkins urged the commanders to consider their brothers and sisters, and the three fell silent as they weighed the likely defeat of their forces in a war.

Hawkins offered Cracker, Katakuri, and Smoky a choice between surrendering and dying, promising protection for the Big Mom Pirates’ family members. Fujitora then revealed that he had left the Marines and began explaining the recent joint operation against Kaido, while Ronglin watched from the surveillance room.

• Hawkins offered the three Sweet Commanders pardons and a safe future for their brothers and sisters if they surrendered or abandoned piracy.
• Cracker challenged the benefits of surrender, and Katakuri asked what they would gain; Hawkins answered that their family members could live under the Star Alliance’s protection.
• Hawkins warned Cracker, Katakuri, and Smoky that they must surrender or die, and his subordinates showed their readiness to fight.
• Fujitora told the prisoners that he was no longer with the Marines and asked whether they knew about the recent joint operation by CP0 and the Marines to intercept Kaido near Wano Country.
• Ronglin watched the exchange from the surveillance room and smiled when Fujitora stepped forward.

Fujitora and Hawkins challenged the Three Sweet Commanders to reconsider dying rather than surrendering, forcing them to weigh their survival against the fate of the BIGMOM Pirates. Smoky then asked Shiryu why he had surrendered to Ronglin, and Shiryu bluntly said that his choice was his own.

• Fujitora explained that he had turned against CP0 after a Celestial Dragon planned to destroy Wano Country over its Poneglyph.
• Ronglin watched from the surveillance room and realized Fujitora’s account was connected to his own remarks about Wano Country.
• Fujitora urged the Three Sweet Commanders to live for their surviving siblings, while Hawkins accused them of seeking death to escape the shame of defeat.
• The Three Sweet Commanders began to waver as they considered surrendering to preserve the BIGMOM Pirates’ remaining forces.
• Smoky asked Shiryu why he had surrendered to Ronglin, and Shiryu replied that it was his own choice.

Smoky, Katakuri, and Cracker agreed to surrender to the Star Alliance after Hawkins offered them a path to serve or retire. Hawkins confiscated the BIGMOM Pirates’ assets, and the chapter ended with the Sweet Commanders shocked to learn that Momousagi had also joined the Alliance.

• Smoky decided to join the Star Alliance and abandon her feud with Big Mom.
• Katakuri agreed to surrender on the condition that the remaining BIGMOM Pirates would not be mistreated.
• Hawkins offered the former pirates places in the Alliance or stable homes and work if they retired, but said their assets would be confiscated.
• Cracker questioned the confiscation, but Hawkins insisted the pirates could not keep their ill-gotten gains.
• Smoky asked to become Ronglin’s personal bodyguard, saying she wanted a safe and peaceful position.
• Hawkins said Momousagi had also joined the Star Alliance, shocking the three Sweet Commanders.

Hawkins secured the surrender of the Three Sweet Commanders, who agreed to serve the Star Alliance while asking to be stationed away from its core. He brought them to meet Ronglin, who waited at the Fourth Base.

• Smoky offered to serve as Ronglin's guard and joked that Momousagi could take the bed-warming role, prompting Ronglin to wonder why he had never considered it.
• Katakuri agreed to serve the Star Alliance but asked to be stationed at the edge of its territory, and Cracker requested to be stationed with him.
• Rob Lucci mocked the commanders' surrender demands, but Smoky insulted him and restored Cracker's resolve to submit.
• Hawkins arranged for the Three Sweet Commanders' chains to be removed while Rob Lucci ignored his offer to state his intentions.
• Hawkins led the Three Sweet Commanders out of the Prison and brought them to the Fourth Base, where Ronglin awaited them.

Ronglin confirmed the Three Sweet Commanders’ surrender terms and ordered them to lead the Star Alliance’s effort to bring the remaining BIGMOM Pirates forces under its command. Morgans then publicized their surrender and Fujitora and Momousagi’s defection after they destroyed a CP0 fleet, stirring reactions across the world as the chapter ended in Mary Geoise.

• Ronglin accepted the Three Sweet Commanders’ requests and ordered them to rest before joining the Star Alliance’s Second Fleet in three days to persuade the remaining BIGMOM Pirates forces to surrender.
• Morgans agreed to report truthfully on the Star Alliance after being captured and released, and Jinbe instructed him to publicize the latest defections and surrender.
• Morgans published reports that the Three Sweet Commanders had submitted to Ronglin and that Fujitora and Momousagi had left the Marines and destroyed a CP0 fleet attacking Wano Country.
• Ordinary people praised the Star Alliance and grew angry at CP0, while leaders of the great powers reacted furiously to the news.
• The chapter ended as events moved to the royal palace’s sacred hall in Mary Geoise.

The World Government debated abandoning Bonney and allowing the Star Alliance to weaken their enemies while the Five Elders pursued Ace’s alliance. Meanwhile, Crocodile and Blackbeard’s feint drew Kaido away from his base, allowing Blackbeard’s inside man to steal a Poneglyph.

• The World Government judged Bonney useless and discussed whether to stop the Star Alliance or exploit its attacks on the Four Emperors’ crews.
• Crocodile led the Eight Treasures Navy in a diversion while Blackbeard’s forces attacked two Beasts Pirates islands.
• Kaido rushed to defend his rear, then pursued Blackbeard after hearing his main base was under attack, believing the report was a distraction.
• Blackbeard fought while retreating, keeping Kaido occupied as the Beasts Pirates’ defenses at the main base grew complacent.
• A mysterious fleet overran Kaido’s main base, and a traitor stole the Poneglyph before escaping with the enemy.

Crocodile and the Eight Treasures Navy escaped Kaido with the Poneglyph, while Ronglin’s Star Alliance defeated and killed Charlotte Linlin. After meeting Blackbeard, Crocodile handed over the Poneglyph but refused to join him, choosing to remain with the Star Alliance until he found all the Road Poneglyphs.

• Kaido learned that Crocodile’s Eight Treasures Navy had crushed one of his forces and escaped, while Blackbeard’s Pirates withdrew after Crocodile reached safety.
• Crocodile waited for Blackbeard and learned that the Star Alliance had defeated and killed Charlotte Linlin, captured the three Sweet Commanders, and forced many others to surrender.
• Blackbeard returned to the meeting place on the twelfth day and tried to recruit Crocodile as his Vice Captain.
• Crocodile handed Blackbeard the Poneglyph and told him the Tremor-Tremor Fruit would be delivered soon.
• Crocodile rejected Blackbeard’s offer, saying he would stay with the Star Alliance until he obtained all the Road Poneglyphs.

Crocodile used the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Poneglyph to make Blackbeard appear to have taken the spoils, hoping to redirect Kaido's hostility toward him. Blackbeard obtained and ate the real fruit, gaining its power.

• Blackbeard demanded the Tremor-Tremor Fruit from Crocodile, but Crocodile threatened to have it destroyed unless he and the Eight Treasures Navy were allowed to leave.
• Blackbeard let Crocodile, Old Cai, and Chinjao sail away, then split his forces to collect the fruit and pursue them.
• Crocodile explained that the scheme was meant to make Kaido shift his attention from the Star Alliance to Blackbeard.
• Blackbeard found the Tremor-Tremor Fruit waiting at the location Crocodile had named and confirmed it was genuine.
• Blackbeard ate the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and gained its power.