Chapter Summaries

Dragon and Steel Bone Kong persuaded Garp to accept promotion to Navy Admiral, then offered Dragon leadership of a new Ministry of Police outside the Navy. Dragon accepted in principle and asked to meet the proposed Military Police Bureau chief, Bartholomew Kuma.

• Steel Bone Kong told Garp that the Celestial Dragons had been placed under house arrest, but Garp still refused to become a Navy Admiral.
• Dragon explained that Garp’s promotion was necessary for Sengoku and Tsuru to advance and for the military restructuring to proceed.
• Dragon reminded Garp that refusing the position could cost him permission to travel to other worlds, so Garp reluctantly agreed to become an Admiral while refusing to handle Celestial Dragon affairs.
• Steel Bone Kong showed Dragon plans to separate the police and judiciary from the Navy and offered him the post of Minister of the Ministry of Police.
• Dragon accepted the offer in principle and asked to meet the proposed Military Police Bureau chief, Bartholomew Kuma.

Dragon discussed joining the Ministry of Police with Steel Bone Kong, who assigned him to recruit Bartholomew Kuma and approved two Cat-Cat Fruit users for his team. Garp objected to Dragon leaving the Navy, but Kong revealed Sakazuki had also transferred to the Army and told Garp to report for an Admiral coat fitting.

• Steel Bone Kong explained that the Ministry of Police needed Bartholomew Kuma's future Paw-Paw Fruit abilities for its Military Police Bureau and sent Dragon to meet him in the Sorbet Kingdom.
• Dragon asked about converting the Sabaody Archipelago Navy branch into a police headquarters, and Kong approved the plan.
• Dragon requested Black Cat Three-Legged Cat and White Cat Fishing Kitten, along with several other officers, but Kong approved only the two cats and directed him to ask Sengoku about the others.
• Garp objected to Dragon leaving the Navy, but Kong said the World Government had ordered the transfer and revealed that Sakazuki had become an Army Admiral candidate.
• Kong told Dragon to report to the Judiciary and ordered Garp to come to his office at eight to try on an Admiral's coat; Garp then left without answering.

The Five Elders discussed the Kabane World's valuable resources, including Kabane Heart Membranes and McRucky Engine technology, and considered how to seize and use them. They left the meeting facing decisions about the Shogunate, the Amatori Family, and the fate of Biba Amatori.

• Saint Marcus Mars reported that Kabane Heart Membranes were strong, self-healing materials that could reinforce weapons, ships, buildings, and armor.
• The Five Elders recognized the membranes' potential value and discussed treating them as a renewable resource.
• Saint Marcus Mars explained that McRucky Engines could power trains, guns, and machinery, while their production could yield clean energy and Seastone crystals.
• Nazabaron V. Nusjuro Saint proposed ordering Bullet and Crocodile to suppress Kongokaku, but Saint Topman Warcury said the Five Elders first had to decide their policy toward the Shogunate and Amatori Family.
• The Five Elders raised questions about choosing a shogun, granting the country affiliated status, approving Dr. Souei's research application, and arranging matters for Biba Amatori.

Mihawk told Shanks that the Celestial Dragons’ children were being sent to the Celestial Holy Palace for education, while Shanks would remain confined in the Land of the Gods. As the Holy Land Garrison enforced the new order, Rosward left the district and was stripped of his status by the Five Elders’ agents.

• Mihawk and Shanks ended their spar, and Mihawk explained the Celestial Holy Palace’s education and graduation system.
• Mihawk told Shanks that he would not attend the school because the authorities no longer considered him worth cultivating.
• The Holy Land Garrison took Celestial Dragon children from their families while CIPHER POL stood by.
• Emori reminded the gathered Celestial Dragons that leaving the Land of the Gods without permission meant losing their privileges, then opened the gate.
• Old Saint Rosward walked through the gate, and three Black-Clad Men declared him stripped of his status and ordered him to Holy Land Prison.

At the Celestial Holy Palace, the current head of the Dracule Family introduced the academy’s strict routine to the Celestial Dragon children, while Rosinante began to embrace his new role as assistant principal. Rosinante resolved to educate the children so they would not become like his brother.

• The Holy Land Garrison brought nearly a hundred Celestial Dragon children to the academy, where they cried and shouted in the cold until they fell silent.
• The silver-haired head of the Dracule Family explained the academy rules, curriculum, and daily schedule to the children.
• The head of the Dracule Family told the children to line up by gender and age, promising them hot baths, uniforms, and lunch.
• Rosinante recalled being summoned from the Marine Academy, having his Celestial Dragon status restored, and being appointed assistant principal.
• Rosinante decided to help the children become worthy World Nobles and not grow into people like his brother.

At Ashika Base, Dr. Souei discussed Kabaneri research with Dr. Fritz and learned that the World Government came from another world. He proposed testing his Black Blood Plasma on Blue Heart and Steve Guts, leaving the possible results unknown.

• Biba Amatori, Mumei, and Ikoma were held in a cell while Horobi was kept separately beside Blue Heart.
• Dr. Souei explained that his experiments turned women into Kabaneri using ordinary Kabane blood and a Binding Scarf to restrict blood flow.
• Dr. Fritz suggested reinforcing the Binding Scarf with a Kabane Heart Membrane, and Dr. Souei realized he had overlooked the idea.
• Dr. Souei described Black Blood Plasma, which could turn ordinary Kabaneri into Nue, and White Blood Plasma, which could reduce the virus and sometimes restore humans.
• Dr. Souei proposed injecting Black Blood Plasma into Blue Heart or Steve Guts to see what forms they would become.

Ikoma met Senior Director Addison, who learned about the Piercing Gun and revealed that White Blood Plasma might turn Ikoma and Mumei back into humans. Addison offered Ikoma a chance to earn the serum by developing weapons, but Ikoma refused because he did not want his creations used to kill people, and Addison sent him back to his cell.

• A man in black took Ikoma from his cell to meet Senior Director Addison, while Mumei worried about her inability to help him.
• Addison asked Ikoma to explain the Piercing Gun, and Ikoma described how he and Takumi had designed Jet Bullets to pierce Kabane heart membranes.
• Addison showed Ikoma a document about the World Government and revealed that Dr. Souei's White Blood Plasma had a chance of turning Kabaneri back into humans, but only two tubes existed.
• Ikoma begged Addison to use the serum on him and Mumei, and Addison said Ikoma would have to prove his worth by developing more powerful ammunition.
• Ikoma refused to make weapons that might kill people, so Addison ordered him back to his cell to reconsider.

Hozumi reconciled with Biba Amatori and reclaimed her original name, while Ikoma struggled with the demand that he kill people to earn help becoming human again. Biba then learned that the World Government planned to replace Keisuke Amatori and was shown information that challenged his understanding of Hinomoto’s power.

• Hozumi told Biba Amatori she no longer wanted to be called Mumei, and he accepted her choice while asking whether she would still call him Brother.
• Ikoma entered the cell troubled because the authorities wanted him to kill people before helping him and Hozumi become human again; Hozumi offered to kill them for him.
• The Black-Clad Man took Biba Amatori to Senior Director Addison’s office.
• Senior Director Addison told Biba Amatori that the World Government intended to replace Keisuke Amatori as ruler of the Shogunate.
• Biba Amatori warned that replacing Keisuke could provoke the regional governors and described his plan to destroy Kongokaku and much of the Post Stations.
• Senior Director Addison gave Biba Amatori a document about the World Government and told him he took the Shogunate too seriously.

Biba Amatori learned the scale of the Sea Star World Government and accepted an offer to join its Army Intelligence Office while keeping his revenge against Keisuke Amatori. The chapter ended with Biba returning to Iwato Station to witness the occupation of Kongokaku, while Addison confirmed Ayame Yomogawa would become Shogun and Mumei would remain in custody for now.

• Biba Amatori was stunned to learn that the Sea Star World Government had 174 affiliated nations and that its world was vastly larger than Hinomoto.
• Senior Director Addison offered Biba a staff officer position in the First Division Army Intelligence Office and promised he could kill Keisuke Amatori after Kongokaku was occupied.
• Biba accepted the appointment but asked to train to become as strong as CIPHER POL; Addison warned him that people from his world had a much weaker physical constitution.
• Addison urged Biba to return to being an ordinary human once White Blood Plasma could be mass-produced, but Biba insisted he still wanted to pursue strength.
• Addison arranged for Biba to return to Iwato Station and remain with Vice Admiral Crocodile while the Army occupied Kongokaku.
• Addison told Biba that Ayame Yomogawa would become the new Shogun and that Mumei was being held temporarily, after Biba said she was the strongest Kabaneri he had seen.

Stella broadcast the World Government’s plans for Tequila Wolf, including freeing its laborers and changing how nonmember kingdoms and Heavenly Tribute were handled. The first exchange of workers began as Tesoro prepared to perform for those still awaiting release.

• Stella reported from Tequila Wolf that the World Government would release its laborers in batches and replace them with Impel Down prisoners within a year.
• Stella announced that the East Blue Marines would escort released citizens home and help rebuild their nations, while royal families and nobles would remain imprisoned.
• Stella outlined proposed Reverie policies for nonmember kingdoms, Heavenly Tribute relief, and investigations into excessive taxation, and gave viewers a reporting hotline.
• Marines escorted the first twenty thousand Impel Down prisoners onto the bridge as the first fifty thousand laborers gathered to return home.
• Stella announced that Tesoro and a rising new star would perform for the remaining laborers that evening.

King Neptune and the Neptune Army struggled to raise Noah toward the surface until Garp arrived and began pushing it upward with ease. Stussy and a World Government team then appeared, saying they had come to take the ship themselves.

• King Neptune led more than a hundred thousand Neptune Army soldiers, sea beasts, and buoyant Kuigs Wood in an effort to push Noah upward.
• Garp visited the Marine branch, learned that Fish-Man Island was raising Noah for the Celestial Dragons, and decided to help.
• Garp reached Noah and pushed against its hull, making the ship rise at a steady pace.
• Stussy arrived with a World Government team and told King Neptune they had come to take Noah, not to ask him to raise it.

Stussy explained that her Mini-Mini Fruit could retrieve Noah without the Fish-Men pushing it, but Garp insisted on raising the ship himself. Meanwhile, Audit Department director Grover confronted the Giants Oimo and Kashii with proof that officials at Enies Lobby had deceived them about their captains.

• Stussy told King Neptune she could shrink Noah and take it herself, and Neptune realized the Fish-Men had mobilized unnecessarily.
• Neptune ordered the soldiers and sea beasts to release Noah, but Garp kept pushing it upward and refused Stussy’s offer to help.
• Stussy warned Garp that the higher-ups were waiting, but Garp declared that the Celestial Dragons could wait.
• Director Grover arrived at Enies Lobby and told Oimo and Kashii that Dorry and Brogy had never been captured by the World Government.
• Oimo and Kashii recognized the three Ministry of Justice officials Grover presented as the people who had deceived them.

Kashii and Oimo learned that Emerson, Jerome, and Russell had deceived them about Dorry and Brogy, and the World Government punished the judges responsible. After accepting Grover’s apology, the Giants agreed to guard a World Noble for ten years while traveling to meet their former captains.

• Director Grover questioned Emerson, Jerome, and Russell, who admitted they had falsely claimed to act for the World Government when they captured Dorry and Brogy.
• Grover revoked Emerson and Jerome’s judge qualifications and had them shot, while Russell was to be handed over to the Grand Committee.
• Grover apologized to Kashii and Oimo and promised that Russell would face a severe punishment, likely imprisonment in Impel Down.
• Grover told the Giants that Dorry and Brogy were dueling on Little Garden and asked them to guard a World Noble who also wanted to meet the former captains.
• Kashii and Oimo agreed to guard the World Noble for ten years, saying they would meet Dorry and Brogy along the way.

Biba Amatori returned to Iwato Station and saw that the Army had defeated the Kabane and was rebuilding the city while feeding its residents. At Army Headquarters, he met Crocodile, who proposed a scheme involving Biba’s identity, and Biba quickly inferred that Crocodile wanted to stage an inside-outside attack on Kongokaku.

• Biba Amatori arrived at Iwato Station and saw citizens repairing the city while disciplined Army soldiers guarded the area.
• Biba Amatori followed an Army Major through the streets, where residents gratefully received bread, milk, and luncheon meat from the soldiers.
• Biba Amatori entered the city gate being used as Army Headquarters and met Crocodile in the former Samurai office.
• Crocodile confirmed that Biba Amatori had been sent to observe the takeover of Kongokaku and help deliver the general for Biba to kill.
• Crocodile proposed a scheme instead of a frontal assault, and Biba Amatori inferred that it would involve a staged attack from inside and outside.

The World Government began processing Kabane Heart Membranes for pay and explained its rule over the Kabane World to Ayame Yomogawa. Senior Director Ranode offered her the Shogun’s position, and Ayame asked whether the government could protect and provide for Hinomoto’s people.

• The Army hired surviving civilians to extract Kabane Heart Membranes, paying them Beli redeemable for food and medicine.
• Senior Director Ranode told Ayame Yomogawa and Kurusu that the World Government ruled more than 170 countries in another world.
• Ranode announced that the World Government would remove Keisuke Amatori as Shogun and install Ayame in his place.
• Ayame questioned why she had been chosen, and Ranode said she had earned the government’s recognition and was fortunate.
• After Kurusu reassured her, Ayame asked Ranode whether the World Government could ensure Hinomoto’s people lived safely and had their needs met.

Marshal Raymond, Minister Tsuru, and Admiral Akainu inspected the Kabane research facilities in the Kabane world and learned about its unusual properties and Kabaneri. The chapter ended with Director Fritz explaining that mass-produced Nue-form Kabaneri could unleash devastating attacks.

• Senior Director Addison welcomed Marshal Raymond, Minister Tsuru, and Admiral Akainu to Ashika Star Gate Base and explained that this world's seawater lacked the substance that weakened Devil Fruit users.
• Minister Tsuru and Sakazuki reacted with surprise and eagerness at the prospect of swimming freely, while Marshal Raymond ordered Addison to show them the Kabane.
• Marshal Raymond remarked that Dr. Souei seemed weak by Sea Star standards, offending the scientist as the group entered the research institute.
• Director Fritz showed the visitors ordinary Kabane and then the Blue Heart Kabane, explaining its role in producing Black Mist and plasma used to create Kabaneri.
• Director Fritz told Marshal Raymond that Nue-form Kabaneri could destroy buildings within two kilometers and might be produced in batches.

Minister Tsuru used her Wash-Wash Fruit ability to restore an ordinary Kabane’s self-awareness, though its hunger remained. Director Fritz then asked her to try the ability on Blue Heart and later only on Kabane in Nue form.

• Marshal Raymond praised Dr. Souei’s strength and promised him Sea King meat, then asked about mass-producing Kabaneri.
• Director Fritz proposed that Minister Tsuru use her Wash-Wash Fruit ability to suppress the Kabane Virus’s negative mental influence.
• Tsuru washed an ordinary Kabane, which regained its self-awareness but still attacked her when hungry.
• The Kabane drank blood and identified himself as Ooiwa Kuraske, confirming that his consciousness had returned.
• Director Fritz asked Tsuru to try restoring Blue Heart and to use Wash-Heart on future Kabane in Nue form.

Researchers tested Tsuru’s Wash-Wash Fruit on Horobi, a Nue created with Black Blood Plasma, restoring her memories and awareness. Horobi agreed to join the World Government, while Director Fritz prepared to test Black Blood Plasma on Blue Heart to explore the Kabane Virus’s limits.

• Director Fritz explained the origins of Blue Heart and Horobi, while Dr. Souei described how the researchers extracted a Nue heart to make Black Blood Plasma.
• Blue Heart and Horobi drained a basin of blood through black threads, then Tsuru used Wash-Heart on Horobi.
• Horobi regained her memories, mistook Tsuru for her mother, and asked where Biba Amatori was before Dr. Souei explained what had happened.
• Horobi learned that Biba had joined the World Government and agreed to join as well; Steve Guts took her into Cipher Pol custody.
• Director Fritz asked Tsuru to wash away Blue Heart’s rampaging mind after the researchers injected it with Black Blood Plasma.

After Black Blood Plasma transformed Blue Heart into a powerful Kabane, she broke free and fused with more than a hundred Kabane to form an enormous armored warrior. Army soldiers and CIPHER POL opened fire as the experiment turned into a threat to Ashika Base.

• A researcher injected Blue Heart with Black Blood Plasma, triggering a psychic wave that terrified him and drew Marshal Raymond's interest.
• Blue Heart attacked Tsuru with hardened black threads, killing the researcher, while Raymond blocked the attack with Armament Haki.
• Blue Heart escaped into the sky, piercing through nearby cells and dragging Kabane from them with her black threads.
• Blue Heart fused with more than a hundred Kabane into a towering armored giant equipped with a cannon, a sword, and glowing wings.
• Army soldiers and CIPHER POL agents arrived and fired on Blue Heart.

Blue Heart’s Jet Black Giant form overwhelmed the soldiers and forced CIPHER POL-7 to flee with a fear-inducing mental wave, while the observers assessed its powers. Sakazuki attacked the creature with his Magma-Magma Fruit, and Blue Heart prepared a barrage of cannon fire as he unleashed Great Eruption.

• Blue Heart’s Jet Black Giant form endured artillery and Rokushiki attacks, then struck CIPHER POL-7 members with a mental wave that drove them into terror and swept some away with its blade.
• Sakazuki explained that Blue Heart’s armor and fear wave resembled Armament Haki and Conqueror’s Haki, while Headmaster Fritz clarified that the armor fused Kabane bodies with mental matter.
• Marshal Raymond ordered Sakazuki to subdue Blue Heart so Minister Tsuru could make it more intelligent, and Sakazuki charged forward using his Magma-Magma Fruit.
• Blue Heart transformed its blade into a cannon, formed more cannon barrels across its body, and aimed them at Sakazuki as it gathered mental energy.
• Sakazuki turned his right arm into magma and unleashed Great Eruption.