Chapter Summaries

Douglas Bullet fought Crocodile and overwhelmed him, but Sakazuki arrived and challenged Bullet and Crocodile to fight him together. As Bullet charged Sakazuki, their attacks collided, and Crocodile carried Biba Amatori away from the battlefield, confident Bullet was about to be taught a lesson.

• Biba Amatori stayed back rather than risk his life helping Crocodile, while Bullet slammed Crocodile into the ground and ordered him to obey.
• Crocodile rose and prepared to fight Bullet again, but Sakazuki landed between them and ordered them to stop.
• Sakazuki challenged Bullet and Crocodile to attack him together, warning that he might beat them to death.
• Bullet transformed into his Devil Form and charged Sakazuki, who struck back with Hellhound.
• Crocodile carried Biba Amatori away from the expanding shockwave and said Bullet was about to be taught a lesson.

Sakazuki’s awakened Magma-Magma Fruit turned the battlefield into a lava swamp, leaving Douglas Bullet struggling to fight without touching the magma. Bullet found a way to strike Sakazuki with bursts of fist wind, but Sakazuki escalated the battle with his Dog-Biting Crimson Lotus as Crocodile left with Biba Amatori.

• Sakazuki’s magma transformed the surrounding ground into a vast lava swamp, preventing Bullet from safely using his Clank-Clank Fruit.
• Sakazuki used his awakened ability to rush through the magma and strike Bullet from behind, sending him crashing into a hill.
• Bullet burst out of the hill and charged Sakazuki, using powerful gusts from his punches to drive away magma and strike Sakazuki without touching him.
• Sakazuki increased his attack and summoned magma hounds with Dog-Biting Crimson Lotus to tear at Bullet.
• Crocodile recognized that Logia awakening could control external elements, then left with Biba Amatori.

After recovering from his defeat by Sakazuki, Bullet learned that a twelve-region alliance was marching on Kongokaku and eagerly prepared to meet it. He left the chapter anticipating a major battle despite Addison’s warning that the Army was heavily outnumbered.

• Bullet woke in a hospital three days after Sakazuki nearly killed him and resolved to become strong enough to defeat every opponent above him.
• Senior Director Addison told Bullet that Fleet Marshal Raymond had returned to the homeland after scolding Sakazuki over Bullet’s injuries.
• Addison reported that governors from twelve regions had formed an expedition alliance against Kongokaku, gathering over forty thousand troops and potentially more than fifty thousand, including the Narukami cannon.
• Bullet welcomed the alliance’s advance and tore off his bandages, while Addison warned that the Army had only five thousand soldiers and little time to bring reinforcements through the Star Gate.
• Bullet learned that Vice Admiral Crocodile had returned to the homeland for training and that Biba Amatori had stayed to earn military merits.

Genro rallied the station superintendents to overthrow Ayame Yomogawa and drive the World Government out of Hinomoto, then divided their forces for an advance on Kongokaku. As the expedition began, Torao Superintendent’s vice general planned to betray Genro and seize his cannons, while Torao remained uneasy about Genro’s intentions.

• At Wakamatsu Station, Genro told the assembled superintendents that the World Government was a foreign fabrication and urged them to overthrow Ayame Yomogawa’s Shogunate.
• Torao Superintendent proposed sending a first group to capture Iwato Station, and Genro assigned his own army to the third group.
• Four Armored Trains departed Wakamatsu Station that night as the alliance expedition began.
• At Kai Castle, Torao Superintendent discussed the Genro Army’s cannons with his vice general and worried about the struggle for the Shogun’s position.
• Torao Superintendent’s vice general proposed using the attack on Kongokaku to surround Genro’s army, kill its soldiers, and seize Narukami.

Bullet set an ambush to destroy the Alliance Expeditionary Force’s Narukami Cannon and launched the World Government’s first attack on the otherworldly army. His forces opened fire on Narukami Castle, beginning the war.

• The Torao Army passed safely through the mountain route as Bullet’s soldiers watched from the woods and let the train go because it was not Narukami Castle.
• Bullet coordinated with units on four routes and assigned his forces to ambush the Alliance trains, while Biba Amatori defended Iwato Station.
• Bullet prepared modern weapons and waited for the white train carrying the 480-millimeter Narukami Cannon.
• Bullet fired his Barrett at Narukami Castle, signaling his troops to unleash machine-gun fire and more than a hundred shells.

Superintendent Genro’s plan to destroy the Torao Army was interrupted when Bullet’s forces ambushed Narukami Castle and the Genro Army. The battle continued beneath the night sky as the Genro Army fought back with mortars, and Bullet welcomed the return fire.

• Superintendent Genro dismissed the warning that Torao had requested an early arrival at Iwato Station and planned to shell the Torao Army at Kongokaku’s gates.
• A bullet pierced Narukami Castle’s front window, killing Genro’s adjutant, and the train began braking under attack.
• Genro’s soldiers tried to deploy steel shields, but heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, and mortars inflicted heavy casualties.
• Douglas Bullet used his rifle and Observation Haki to shoot Genro Army soldiers before ordering his forces to leave no one alive.
• The Genro Army returned fire with mortars, and Bullet laughed as artillery struck his forces around the burning train.

Biba Amatori struggled to defend Iwato Station from the Alliance Expeditionary Force’s overwhelming artillery while weighing whether to deploy the Cipher Pol-Nue squad. As the gate began to fail, an unknown attack destroyed one Hayajiro and blasted two others from the tracks.

• Biba Amatori watched the Alliance Expeditionary Force bombard Iwato Station and identified the twelve Hayajiro as the greatest threat to its gate.
• Hozumi offered to fight, while Steve Guts, Blue Heart, and the other Kabaneri waited with the Cipher Pol-Nue squad.
• Biba Amatori hesitated to deploy the squad because Douglas Bullet had forbidden him to use high-ranking combatants, though Addison had authorized the special forces if needed.
• A Hayajiro shell severed one of the chains holding the gate, prompting Biba Amatori to prepare an order for Captain Guts.
• An unknown projectile struck one Hayajiro in a massive explosion and threw two neighboring Hayajiro off the tracks.

Torao Superintendent and the other Alliance Expeditionary Force leaders argued over whether to attack Iwato Station or wait for Genro Superintendent, while planning to seize the Genro Army’s Narukami. Bullet left them no chance to decide: he fired Narukami at their gathering, then struck another Hayajiro as the alliance advanced on him.

• Torao Superintendent urged the other superintendents to seize Narukami Castle and promised them the Genro Army’s supplies and Shinano Station.
• The superintendents split into factions over whether to keep bombarding Iwato Station or wait for the Genro Army, and began arguing beside the Hayajiro.
• Bullet used Observation Haki to fire Narukami at Torao Superintendent and the other leaders, killing them in the explosion.
• The Alliance Expeditionary Force reorganized, sent troops to continue attacking Iwato Station, and advanced with twenty thousand soldiers toward Bullet.
• Bullet fired a second Narukami shell and destroyed a Hayajiro as the alliance troops approached.

The Five Elders discussed Dr. Wolf and his submarine research before turning to the proposed Otherworld Strategy Committee and its authority over forces in Star Gate Worlds. They began defining which military, CIPHER POL, and police personnel the committee could mobilize.

• Saint Topman Warcury reported that Bullet's Army defeated the Alliance Expeditionary Force, captured Narukami, and suffered over a thousand deaths.
• Saint Marcus Mars told the Five Elders that Dr. Wolf and his son Buck had been found; Buck had become a pirate, so Dr. Wolf joined the Academy of Sciences to protect him from Impel Down.
• Saint Jaygarcia Saturn said Buck had been handed to Dragon for training, while Dr. Wolf was assigned to the Judiciary and was developing a submarine equipped with torpedoes.
• Saint Topman Warcury redirected the meeting to the proposed Otherworld Strategy Committee and argued it needed authority to mobilize forces in Star Gate Worlds.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, and Saint Jaygarcia Saturn agreed to let the committee mobilize military personnel below brigadier general rank, CIPHER POL personnel below department level, and police personnel below Senior Superintendent rank.

Pica embraced architecture after joining the World Government Construction Division, where he became a senior architect and learned to build structures that would remain stable without his Devil Fruit power. At the Red Line construction site, he prepared to build the first office tower of the new World Government Headquarters.

• Pica recalled how his early Stone-Stone Fruit buildings collapsed because he had not understood their internal structure.
• After architects taught him to read blueprints and improve his designs, Pica grew fond of studying and practicing architecture.
• Pica took on the new role of Senior Architect in the Construction Division under the World Government's Administrative Department.
• At the RL0001 District construction site, an architect showed Pica the plans for the New World Government Headquarters, shaped like the World Government's emblem.
• Pica agreed to build the first office building and headed to the prepared foundation and stone materials.

Biba Amatori arrived in Sea Star as its first otherworlder and traveled with Vice Admiral Crocodile to Army Headquarters. After seeing the immense facilities and brutal training regimen, Biba committed to training with the Army.

• Biba Amatori left the Star Gate Base after completing disinfection and reflected on his new role as an Army Major and Tsuru's subordinate.
• Crocodile picked Biba up and drove him toward Army Headquarters in Randfirth, asking about his plans to train in Physical Arts.
• Biba confirmed he had injected Black Blood Plasma and become a Nue-form Kabaneri, and Crocodile warned him he could quit Army training only once.
• During the drive, Biba saw railway construction, and Crocodile explained that the World Government planned to connect the Red Line with railways.
• At Army Headquarters, Biba saw the Giant Unit and thousands of soldiers enduring grueling drills.
• Crocodile described the soldiers' demanding daily training, and Biba gritted his teeth and agreed to join them.

The Five Elders discussed recruiting powerful prisoners and offering them access to other worlds through the Star Gate. Golden Lion Shiki rejected the offer to lead the new Air Force, but a prison guard entered his cell and activated his Green Collar.

• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro said Biba Amatori had joined the World Government, and the Five Elders discussed recruiting a powerful prisoner by treating his weak older brother.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro argued the recruit should begin as a Vice Admiral, while Saint Shepherd Ju Peter suggested sending him on a mission to earn merit.
• Golden Lion Shiki watched another prisoner leave Impel Down and resolved that he would never submit to the World Government.
• A man in black offered Shiki the position of Air Force Admiral and showed him the Star Gate and other worlds, but Shiki refused and unleashed his Conqueror's Haki.
• After the recruiter left, a prison guard entered Shiki's cell, and Shiki recognized him as his Green Collar began to glow.

Senior Director O'Connor oversaw the arrival of a twenty-thousand-soldier Army force at Kabane World, while Vice Admiral Aokiji searched for a way to awaken his Devil Fruit ability on the Polar Ice Continent. The chapter left both campaigns underway, with the Army preparing for war and Kuzan still unable to open the treasure or awaken.

• Senior Director O'Connor welcomed Vice Admiral Douglas Bullet and the twenty thousand Army soldiers sent to Kabane World to clear Kabane, occupy Post Stations, and seize mineral resources.
• Senior Director O'Connor insisted that all arriving soldiers pass through the Biochemical Safety Station for disinfection before entering Kabane World.
• Douglas Bullet watched his force grow as soldiers passed through the Star Gate, reflecting that his new mission made his pirate past seem insignificant.
• Vice Admiral Aokiji and Navy Colonel Charles discussed their failure to open the Treasure Jade Iceberg and the order for Vice Admirals to return to Marineford for a meeting.
• Kuzan wondered whether his strength had not yet reached the level required to awaken his Ice-Ice Fruit.

Kuzan meditated before the Treasure Jade Iceberg while Marines and World Government officials guarded the site. Chinjao arrived and angrily claimed the frozen treasure belonged to him, but could not prove ownership, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Kuzan sat in meditation before the Treasure Jade Iceberg as his Marine escort guarded the area and hunted local animals.
• Chinjao and the Happo Navy arrived, and Chinjao's Conqueror's Haki knocked nearby Marines unconscious.
• The Marines surrounded Chinjao's group and summoned Director Bernal to speak with them.
• Chinjao accused the World Government of trying to steal his treasure, while Bernal said its investigation identified the frozen cache as an unowned natural resource.
• Bernal challenged Chinjao to prove ownership, and Chinjao admitted he could not retrieve anything before angrily insisting that the treasure was his.

Chinjao unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki on the battlefield, then charged Aokiji to protect his treasure beneath the ice. Aokiji emerged unharmed and invited Chinjao to come with him to Impel Down.

• Chinjao’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out many Marines and Happo Navy fighters, while the remaining officers began fighting.
• Chinjao rushed toward the treasure, and Aokiji attacked him with ice pillars, walls, and spikes.
• Chinjao recognized Aokiji’s ice powers and used his Hasshoken Secret Technique: Drill Dragon: Drill Nail to strike at him.
• Chinjao’s attack dented the ice but failed to hit Aokiji, who appeared nearby and challenged him to come to Impel Down.

Aokiji defeated Chinjao after a seven-day battle and began uncovering Treasure Jade Iceberg while keeping Chinjao frozen to watch. The chapter left Chinjao trapped in ice as Aokiji prepared to take the treasure.

• On the seventh day of their battle, an exhausted Chinjao smashed Aokiji's ice spears, but Aokiji struck him from behind and froze him inside a massive sphere.
• Aokiji dispersed the blizzard and gathered the shattered ice into a ring, revealing Treasure Jade Iceberg again.
• Aokiji split open the ice bed and exposed Chinjao's gold and jewels, while Chinjao tried to break free.
• Aokiji reinforced Chinjao's ice prison and told him he could watch the treasure disappear as a final mercy.

Mihawk and Gion set out for Wano Country aboard flying warships, where Mihawk was ordered to represent the World Government and help suppress the country. Meanwhile, a group of pirates arrived at Drum Kingdom seeking treatment and preparing to join the Navy.

• Mihawk recalled Imu ordering him to guard Wano Country and learned that someone else would deal with Kozuki Oden.
• Mihawk and Gion saw five warships hovering beyond the Red Line and boarded with Senior Director Bayer and five thousand Navy personnel.
• Kaido, freed from his restraints but deterred from escaping by the threat of permanent imprisonment, recognized that the World Government had another powerful force aboard the ships.
• Bayer explained how compressed-steam engines powered the flying warships, and Mihawk ordered Kaido to meet him first in two hours.
• A woman in a lab coat, Sebastian, and their frail companion arrived at Drum Kingdom, hoping its doctors could treat their injuries before they joined the World Government.

Imu sent Mihawk to Wano Country and ordered the World Government to punish Chinjao’s Happo Navy while claiming its Hasshoken technique. He began planning new martial arts for the military and told Mihawk to keep Raizo alive so he could investigate the ninja’s unusual techniques, then turned his thoughts to future travels.

• Imu watched Mihawk depart for Wano Country, intending for him to train there in Haki.
• A report told Imu that Aokiji had defeated Chinjao and imprisoned him after a seven-day battle over the Treasure Jade Iceberg.
• Imu ordered most of Kano Country’s pirate navies absorbed into Marine Headquarters, demanded the Hasshoken technique, and sentenced Chinjao to six months in Impel Down.
• Imu considered spreading Hasshoken, Fish-Man Karate, Red-Leg Kicking Technique, swordsmanship, and archery among the military.
• Imu called Mihawk and told him to watch Raizo closely and avoid killing him because Raizo’s ninjutsu might reveal a new supernatural power system.
• Imu began planning visits to Little Garden, Alabasta, and Sky Island, though he had to wait for Noah to be modified and the Supreme Government Conference to pass.

Kaido returned to Onigashima with Mihawk and Gion’s fleet after leaving Impel Down, where he had learned of the Star Gate and the worlds beyond. He reunited with his crew and Yamato, then prepared to tell King and Queen how he had been captured.

• Mihawk’s five Flying Warships crossed Wano Country’s dangerous waters, and Kaido flew ahead to Onigashima in his dragon form.
• King welcomed Kaido back and reported that the island remained stable because the crew had kept his capture secret.
• Queen and nearly a thousand Beasts crew members gathered to greet Kaido, who ordered the crew to disperse and summoned King and Queen.
• Kaido reunited warmly with Yamato, then sent her outside so he could speak privately with King and Queen.
• Kaido told King and Queen to listen carefully as he began explaining how he had been captured and sent to Impel Down.

Kaido told King and Queen about the World Government’s plans for a war against the Otherworld and showed King a decree ending the Lunarian’s capture order. He and King then prepared to meet someone and overthrow Wano Country’s daimyo families, while the World Government’s representatives waited above.

• Kaido explained to King and Queen that he had accepted the World Government’s offer to fight in the Otherworld, and Queen grew interested in researching its sea and meeting Stella.
• After Queen left, Kaido gave King a document revoking the World Government’s capture order against the Lunarian.
• King realized the decree would let his people live and reproduce, despite the World Government valuing them mainly as future soldiers.
• Kaido told King to meet someone with him, then wipe out Wano Country’s daimyo families and turn the country upside down.
• King asked where the World Government’s representatives were, and Kaido said they were waiting above and would make their entrance later.