Chapter Summaries

Yuri boarded Bellamy’s ship and defeated the Bellamy Pirates, including Bellamy, while Oboro watched. Yuri then returned to his crew, where Oboro teased him for finishing the fight without using his blade.

• Bellamy turned back to confront the Hell Pirates after Trebol told him the Family would be pleased if he taught them a lesson.
• Yuri leaped onto Bellamy’s ship, where Sarquiss and Ribas attacked him but failed to hurt him.
• Yuri struck Sarquiss unconscious and used a greatsword slash to kill the pirates around him.
• Bellamy used his spring-powered speed to land several punches on Yuri, but Yuri endured them and caught him by instinct.
• Yuri punched Bellamy through the deck, knocking him unconscious, then returned to his ship as Oboro approached and teased him.

Oboro discovered that the Devil Fruit skill card taken from Bellamy was permanently weakened, then left the scene with Dom and Yuri as news spread that the Hell Pirates had wiped out Bellamy's crew. Doflamingo learned of Bellamy's death and continued leading the Donquixote Family's full force toward the Hell Pirates.

• Oboro extracted experience, bloodline, and Devil Fruit skill cards from Bellamy's corpse, but found the Devil Fruit ability was weakened and could not develop further.
• Oboro decided that low-level Devil Fruit users had limited value as prey and wondered whether taking a Devil Fruit's power would prevent the Fruit from reappearing elsewhere.
• Dom searched the New Witch Bellamy for valuables, and Oboro told him he could keep the ship before the Hell Pirates departed for their next job.
• Passing pirates discovered the abandoned ship, and reports linked the Bellamy Pirates' swift destruction to the Hell Pirates, intensifying public discussion of the rookie crew.
• Trebol told Doflamingo that Bellamy was dead, and Doflamingo dismissed him as a disposable toy rather than family.
• Doflamingo traveled with the Donquixote Family's assembled forces, intending to destroy the Hell Pirates.

The Hell Pirates continued evading Doflamingo’s Donquixote Family across the North Blue while Oboro warned Dom and Yuri that Doflamingo could kill them but expressed confidence in his own chances. After half a month of pursuit, Doflamingo spotted their ship near a deserted island and flew toward it, ready to attack.

• Dom and Yuri listened as Oboro explained Doflamingo’s strength and said they would not survive a direct encounter, though he himself would not lose.
• The Hell Pirates left the kingdom after their feast and continued traveling through the North Blue.
• The Donquixote Family pursued the Hell Pirates, whose poor ship and limited mobility made escape difficult.
• After half a month, the Donquixote Family learned the Hell Pirates’ ship was docked near a deserted island.
• Doflamingo used his String-String Fruit to fly ahead of the Flamingo and spotted the Hell Pirates’ ship.

Oboro confronted Doflamingo aboard the Hell Pirates' ship, confirmed that he was the God Slayer, and survived Doflamingo's fierce attack. Standing unharmed in a dry space on the seabed, Oboro announced he would fight more seriously, while Doflamingo remained determined to kill him.

• Doflamingo arrived on the Hell Pirates' deck and threatened to kill Oboro for the losses his North Blue business had suffered.
• Oboro resisted Doflamingo's strings and matched his Conqueror's Haki, then confirmed he had killed a Celestial Dragon and was the God Slayer.
• Doflamingo attacked Oboro with Haki-coated strings, smashed through his air barrier, and sent him crashing into the sea.
• Oboro stood unharmed on the shallow seabed inside a dry space, surprising Doflamingo and saying he would become more serious.

Oboro overwhelmed Doflamingo in an aerial battle, using his speed, martial techniques, and Qi cultivation to counter the pirate’s strings. Doflamingo survived the beating and lay in a crater as Oboro challenged him to use his awakened Devil Fruit ability.

• Oboro closed in on Doflamingo in midair and struck him with a powerful punch, sending him flying through the clouds.
• Oboro’s rapid movements and Tempest Kick slashes overwhelmed Doflamingo, who was battered down onto the island.
• Doflamingo trapped Oboro in a web of strings and attacked with Super Overheat, but Oboro’s Golden Bell Shield shattered the strings.
• Oboro reflected on Doflamingo’s formidable resilience and landed beside the crater where the pirate lay wounded.
• Doflamingo asked what Oboro was, and Oboro urged him to use the awakened Devil Fruit ability he had come to test.

Oboro endured Doflamingo’s awakened string assault and rose again, thrilled by the danger despite his grievous injuries. He invoked Celestial Cycle Numerology as Doflamingo countered with Sixteen Holy Bullets, God Thread.

• Doflamingo used a string clone to distract Oboro while hiding his true body underground, but Oboro located him and struck with God Fist.
• Doflamingo awakened his Devil Fruit and flooded the island with strings, overwhelming Oboro’s Qi defenses and repeatedly slamming him into the ground.
• After the strings receded, Doflamingo sensed Oboro was barely alive and approached his motionless body.
• Oboro rose with glowing eyes, praised Doflamingo’s strength, and reveled in the danger of their fight.
• Oboro invoked Celestial Cycle Numerology and pointed at Doflamingo, who instinctively unleashed Sixteen Holy Bullets, God Thread.

Oboro defeated Doflamingo with his Death Aura technique but recognized that Doflamingo had survived and that both men were exhausted. As the Donquixote Family fleet arrived, Oboro proposed an alliance and used Doflamingo’s secrets to persuade him to listen.

• Oboro used his Bagua formation and Death Aura to pierce Doflamingo’s defenses and inflict severe internal damage.
• Doflamingo survived by using threads inside his body to protect his vital organs, and he realized Oboro was nearly exhausted too.
• Oboro sensed the Donquixote Family fleet approaching and began recovering with his qi cultivation method.
• Oboro proposed cooperation, warning Doflamingo that he could threaten his family and expose his dealings with Kaido and his actions in Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo asked how Oboro knew his secrets, and Oboro asked if they could talk now.

Oboro offered Doflamingo a chance to become a Yonko by helping him claim the resources left behind after Oboro killed one, while seeking Doflamingo’s Celestial Dragon connections. After Oboro gave him two mysterious cards and left, Doflamingo discovered he could produce a red thread and laughed at the prospect of working with him.

• Oboro proposed killing a Yonko and letting Doflamingo’s family claim the resulting resources, with Oboro protecting them from rivals.
• Doflamingo questioned Oboro’s plans for the Celestial Dragons and demanded information, while Oboro refused to reveal his sources.
• Oboro told Doflamingo to choose between remaining a Shichibukai and becoming a Yonko, claiming he could give him power comparable to the Emperors.
• As others approached the island, Oboro gave Doflamingo an experience card and a skill card based on Rui’s Blood Demon Art, then flew away.
• Doflamingo recovered from the cards’ effects, produced a crystalline red thread, and laughed in amazement.

After surviving a brutal fight with Doflamingo, the Hell Pirates escaped, and Doflamingo let them go because he had made a deal with their captain. Their growing fame drew the attention of Basil Hawkins, whose divination predicted an unavoidable, bloody encounter with them.

• Trebol and the Donquixote Family found Doflamingo badly wounded, and he ordered Señor to help him sit up.
• Doflamingo said he had made an interesting deal with the Hell Pirates and ended the pursuit, while the Family destroyed their abandoned ship.
• Newspaper reports publicized the clash, and rumors of Doflamingo's injuries spread as the Donquixote Family stopped chasing the Hell Pirates.
• Basil Hawkins read reports of the Hell Pirates' rising fame and considered how they had escaped Doflamingo.
• Hawkins drew divination cards that foretold danger and a certain battle between the Hawkins Pirates and the Hell Pirates.

Basil Hawkins's divination left him shaken, and growing danger from the Hell Pirates led the Hawkins Pirates to change course for the Grand Line. As they prepared to fight, Hawkins recognized the Hell Pirates' ship approaching and realized his premonition had come true.

• Basil Hawkins fell silent after seeing the result of his divination, leaving his crew unable to interpret his reaction.
• The Hawkins Pirates changed course toward the Grand Line as the Hell Pirates expanded their power across the North Blue.
• The Hell Pirates destroyed a powerful mercenary army's island headquarters and drove off a Marine fleet sent to capture them.
• The Hell Pirates began robbing other pirate crews and grew to more than a hundred members by recruiting pirates with high bounties.
• Hawkins felt uneasy until he spotted a ship on the horizon and recognized the Hell Pirates' flag.
• A crew member confirmed the approaching ship belonged to the Hell Pirates and warned the Hawkins Pirates to prepare for battle.

The Hell Pirates approached the Hawkins Pirates, with Dorans leading the probationary crew while Oboro watched. After Basil Hawkins tried to speak with the captain, Dorans insulted him and ordered the crew to attack.

• The Hell Pirates spotted the Hawkins Pirates, and the newcomers celebrated the chance to attack them and build their reputation.
• Oboro let Dorans decide what to do, and Dorans ordered the ship to close in on the Hawkins Pirates.
• Dorans reflected that the newcomers were probationary members, while Oboro considered their powers weak and their usefulness temporary.
• Basil Hawkins introduced himself and tried to speak with Oboro, but Oboro left the response to Dorans.
• Dorans taunted Hawkins, then signaled the masked crew to draw their weapons and get to work.

Basil Hawkins and his crew fought the Hell Pirates, but Dorans was interrupted by a swordsman who challenged his standing and nearly sparked a fight. Dom stopped their infighting, and Oboro revealed himself as the Hell Pirates’ captain, leaving Hawkins stunned by his presence.

• Hawkins transformed into Strawman and fought off the Hell Pirates, while most of his crew were killed or wounded.
• Dorans arrived and pressed Hawkins, who offered the ship’s money to end the battle, but Dorans demanded their lives as well.
• A long-haired swordsman cut into Hawkins’s Strawman, then revealed that his power had been bestowed by his captain and taunted Dorans over his rank.
• Dorans and the swordsman turned on each other until Dom ordered them to stop making trouble.
• Oboro appeared atop the mast, greeted Hawkins, and was recognized as the captain of the Hell Pirates.

Oboro forced Basil Hawkins to divine the Hawkins Pirates’ chances, then demonstrated that Hawkins could not predict or control Oboro’s fate. He spared the crew, strengthened Hawkins with an Experience Card, and sent them toward the Grand Line as the Hell Pirates looted their ship.

• Oboro asked Hawkins to divine whether his crew would survive, and Hawkins first drew a card showing an over eighty percent chance.
• Oboro changed the result, and Hawkins’s card then showed zero percent survival for his crew.
• Hawkins revealed that his earlier divination of Oboro had produced an uninterpretable chaos, and he failed to make a card stay in place when trying to divine Oboro directly.
• Oboro ordered Hawkins and his crew to leave their valuables behind, then used an Experience Card to improve Hawkins’s combat experience.
• The Hell Pirates looted the Hawkins Pirates’ ship, and Yingge recognized that Oboro had given Hawkins power.
• Hawkins and the Hell Pirates parted with a promise to meet again on the Grand Line.

Trafalgar Law considered the Hell Pirates’ growing influence in the North Blue and judged that the Marines’ distraction made this the best time to enter the Grand Line. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku revealed that the God Slayer had resurfaced as the Hell Pirates’ captain and asked the officers what the Marines should do.

• Trafalgar Law read that the Hell Pirates had crushed Basil Hawkins’s crew and wondered what their captain intended to achieve.
• Law decided that the Marines’ attention was divided and that the Heart Pirates should seize the opportunity to enter the Grand Line.
• Penguin told Law that people across the North Blue called the Hell Pirates’ captain a god and claimed he was granting divine powers to pirate crews.
• Law doubted the reports were Devil Fruit powers and warned that empowering pirates would make the North Blue more dangerous.
• Sengoku summoned Marine Headquarters officers, identified the God Slayer as the captain of the Hell Pirates, and asked for their opinions on what to do next.

Tsuru argued that the Marines should avoid a premature attack on the God Slayer and prepare for his return to the Grand Line, where an inevitable battle would decide more than the Hell Pirates’ survival. She warned that if he escaped a third time, the Marines would suffer a devastating loss of credibility, and she left to arrange a meeting with Doflamingo.

• Sakazuki called for the God Slayer’s immediate execution, but Tsuru warned that another failed operation would further damage the Marines’ reputation.
• Onigumo and Momonga discussed the God Slayer’s unexplained powers, while the officers noted that Doflamingo might be withholding information about him.
• Tsuru advised the Marines to wait for the God Slayer in the Grand Line and let the World Government’s agents investigate his abilities indirectly.
• Tsuru reasoned that the God Slayer was deliberately building a pirate crew and preparing for a future battle, and that his escape would count as a Marine defeat even if his crew were destroyed.
• Tsuru left the meeting and asked to arrange a time to meet Doflamingo.

Doflamingo prepared to meet Sengoku and Tsuru while Oboro’s growing Hell Pirates faced increased Navy control over the Grand Line routes. Oboro decided to approach Germa for help with the Hell Pirates’ next step.

• Doflamingo received Sengoku’s call and anticipated meeting Tsuru at Marineford, then shaped red threads into a small web.
• Dom told Oboro that pirate crews reaching Reverse Mountain had gone silent, while Hawkins and his companions remained safe.
• Oboro reflected on the Hell Pirates’ rapid growth and Germa’s dominance in the North Blue, including its past dealings with Doflamingo.
• Oboro counted ten promising candidates for official membership and considered the crew’s lack of resources for breaking through the Navy.
• Oboro decided it was time to contact Germa and make a deal.

Oboro brought ten prospective crew members to capture Niji and Yonji, who were fighting for Germa on an island in the North Blue. Niji and Yonji attacked the Hell Pirates first, killing two recruits and overwhelming the survivors.

• Oboro led Yingge and nine other candidates toward the battlefield, where Niji and Yonji were leading Germa forces.
• Yuri ordered the intimidated candidates to keep moving, and Oboro made them wait until Germa had finished clearing the battlefield.
• Niji and Yonji spotted the Hell Pirates and flew over to confront them.
• Oboro and the senior crew members stepped aside, leaving Yingge and the candidates to fight the brothers.
• Niji killed two recruits with his lightning sword while Yonji smashed another candidate into the ground, breaking the group's attack and terrifying the seven survivors.

Niji and Yonji overwhelmed Yingge’s men, while Oboro explained the Vinsmoke brothers’ engineered combat abilities and stopped Yuri from joining the fight. Oboro then faced Niji and slammed him into the earth with a vast force, leaving his fate unknown.

• Niji and Yonji defeated Yingge’s men with their speed, strength, and enhanced bodies, while Yingge’s attacks failed to harm Yonji.
• Yuri moved to join the fight, but Oboro stopped him and explained the Vinsmoke brothers’ abilities and limitations.
• Oboro ordered Dom to use Open Window to retrieve the surviving Yingge and the yellow-haired man with silver nails.
• Niji attacked Oboro with lightning-fast kicks and sword strikes, and Oboro blocked him with Armament Haki.
• Oboro slammed Niji into the ground with a vast force, opening a huge chasm that swallowed him.

Oboro captured Vinsmoke Niji and Yonji, destroyed the attacking Germa soldiers, and sent word to the Germa Kingdom that he held the brothers. After Yingge and Kaka passed the preliminary crew selection, Dorans grew annoyed that they showed him little respect, and Kaka’s parting remark made him suspect he had no presence.

• Oboro restrained Niji and Yonji with compressed airflow, then scattered the charging Germa soldiers with blasts of air.
• Oboro explained that the Vinsmoke brothers lacked ordinary emotional warmth because of their genetic programming, and he recounted the Vinsmoke Family’s history and influence.
• Back aboard the ship, Oboro had Dom contact the Germa Kingdom and report that Niji and Yonji were in their hands.
• Oboro told Yingge and Kaka that they had passed the preliminary selection, disappointing Dorans, who had hoped they would fail.
• Kaka thanked Dom for saving him and Yingge, then made a teasing remark to Dorans that left Dorans wondering if he had implied Dorans lacked presence.

Oboro faced Vinsmoke Judge and the Germa Kingdom after they surrounded the Hell Pirates, hoping to negotiate cooperation. Judge invited him into Germa’s territory, and Oboro joined the Vinsmoke Family, where he greeted Vinsmoke Reiju.

• Oboro kept news of Niji and Yonji’s capture secret and waited for the Germa Kingdom to find his ships.
• Judge arrived with Reiju, Ichiji, and Germa’s living warships, enclosing Oboro’s three vessels.
• Oboro returned Niji and Yonji unharmed and said he wanted to discuss cooperation rather than start a war.
• Judge invited Oboro to follow him into Germa’s territory, and Oboro appeared beside the Vinsmoke Family with startling speed.
• Oboro greeted Reiju and shook her hand.