Chapter Summaries

Rayleigh explained how he had repeatedly put himself up for auction on Sabaody to test whether the Elder of Law was protecting him, and the two settled their old account. The Five Elders offered to pardon Bullet and began welcoming Gawain’s companions, while Gawain and Rayleigh left the underground chamber together.

• Rayleigh told Gawain and the Elder of Law that he had sold himself at auctions to test whether Cipher Pol was deliberately letting him live on Sabaody.
• The Elder of Law offered to pardon Bullet and told Gawain to retrieve him from Impel Down and personally make him submit.
• The Elder of Military challenged Rayleigh to a future spar and led the Five Elders out to meet Gawain’s family and companions.
• Rayleigh and Gawain left the underground chamber, with Rayleigh saying the Five Elders had surprised him with their generosity.
• The Elder of Law scolded Neptune for keeping Shirahoshi secluded, while the Elder of Diplomacy reassured Hancock and the Elder of Military offered to teach Gion swordsmanship.
• The Elder of Culture promised Robin access to Ohara’s books, and the Elder of Economy tried to persuade Nami to marry Gawain before Gawain stopped him.

Gawain watched the Five Elders play matchmaker at a family dinner, while Garp fought Whitebeard as they traveled toward the Reverie. Whitebeard revealed his interest in Gawain’s mysterious ambition but refused to tell Garp what it was, leaving Garp frustrated and eager to know more.

• Rayleigh reconsidered how he viewed the Five Elders after seeing them treat Gawain and the younger guests warmly, while the Elders invited the family to speak with them at the banquet.
• Gawain worried when he saw the Five Elders chatting with Doctor Kureha, then went to rest.
• Garp met Whitebeard’s ship in the New World, and the two fought until night while the Marines escorted the kings onward to Mary Geoise.
• After the battle, Garp teased Whitebeard about his declining health and asked why he had blocked the route; Whitebeard said he wanted to ask whether Garp had really lost to Gawain.
• Whitebeard said Gawain’s ambition might help realize his own dream, but he refused to explain it to Garp, leaving Garp furious with curiosity.

Gawain learned that Garp had come to the Dark Bird Ship after discovering that Foosha Village had moved aboard, and Garp argued with the villagers about their new home. The villagers chose to stay, while Garp left believing he should give up his place among them; Gawain then vowed to bring them to Marineford after the Reverie to remind Garp that he still had a home.

• Brooke told Gawain that Garp had escorted the King of Wuyou Kingdom to Mary Geoise and was waiting aboard the Dark Bird Ship.
• Garp confronted Dadan and learned that the entire Foosha Village had moved onto the ship, where the villagers had even prepared a room for him.
• Garp demanded that Gawain return Luffy and let him take the villagers home, but the villagers explained that they preferred their prosperous new lives and wanted to stay.
• Garp accepted the villagers’ decision and left without seeing Luffy, convinced that he should give up his place so they could keep their home.
• Gawain announced that after the Reverie he would take the villagers to Marineford to show Garp that the Dark Bird Ship remained his home.

Sabo formally placed the Goa Kingdom’s Sword of Royal Authority beside the Empty Throne and decided not to return to the Revolutionary Army, hoping Gawain’s reforms could improve people’s lives. Meanwhile, Doflamingo awoke resentful after being ignored by the Five Elders, Shiryu prepared for another deadly game, and Sakazuki argued with Borsalino about Gawain and Garp.

• A World Government official escorted Sabo to Sabaody Castle, where Sabo resolved to remain with the Goa Kingdom rather than return to the Revolutionary Army.
• Sabo hardened his sword and planted the Goa Kingdom’s Sword of Royal Authority beside the Empty Throne, then left imagining Gawain ruling the world.
• Doflamingo woke hungover and seethed over the Five Elders’ lack of interest in him, then threatened the maids before Shiryu warned him not to harm Gawain’s property.
• Shiryu changed into battle clothes and went to take part in his sixth escape-and-kill game, which he expected to earn nine billion Beli for Gawain.
• Borsalino teased Sakazuki about failing to persuade Gawain to join the Five Elders, and Sakazuki complained that Garp had abandoned his guard duties to drink with Whitebeard Newgate.

Borsalino explained why he supported Gawain rather than Sakazuki or Kuzan, while Sakazuki reaffirmed his resolve to keep moving forward. At Mary Geoise, Gawain met Doflamingo’s subordinates, punished them for challenging him, and recruited Baby 5 as his guard.

• Borsalino told Sakazuki that he supported Gawain and believed Marines sometimes needed room to find their reasons for becoming stronger.
• Two mornings later, Shirahoshi asked to watch the kings at the Reverie, while Gawain went to meet Doflamingo’s subordinates.
• Baby 5 objected when Gawain took Doflamingo’s seat, and Hancock knocked her down before Gawain restrained Hancock and struck Doflamingo’s group with lightning.
• Doflamingo explained Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit ability, but Gawain rejected using it and warned Doflamingo against settling for half-hearted ambitions.
• Gawain offered Baby 5 a place as his guard, and she eagerly accepted because he said he needed her.

Gawain took Baby 5 to Mary Geoise to have Franky study whether her Devil Fruit could help create advanced weapons, while Doflamingo reflected on the Dark Bird Ship’s overwhelming strength. At Marineford, Sengoku confronted Garp for deliberately losing to Gawain and accused him of helping set the Navy on a path toward changing the world.

• Gawain took Baby 5 to meet Franky and planned to test whether her Devil Fruit could reproduce weapons, including nuclear weapons.
• Doflamingo watched Gawain depart and considered how far his own strength and influence had fallen among the Dark Bird Ship’s fighters.
• Hancock doted on Sugar and wondered whether a future daughter of hers and Gawain would be as cute.
• At Marineford, Sengoku complained about Garp’s snacking and questioned his private meeting with Newgate as the Navy’s factions increasingly supported Gawain.
• Sengoku accused Garp of deliberately losing to Gawain and using his Hero of the Navy reputation to bind Gawain to heroic conduct.
• Garp explained that his reputation’s transfer made Gawain inherit the burden of being a hero, and Sengoku revealed that Sakazuki and Kuzan had nearly supported an attack on Mary Geoise.

Garp was ordered to remain at Marine Headquarters for six months after his drinking with Whitebeard caused trouble. At the Reverie, Kureha sent Dalton to visit Gawain, while Sanji and Reiju encountered Judge and Sanji confronted his father.

• Garp told Sengoku that he only wanted to move Foosha Village off the Dark Bird Ship, and Sengoku assigned him to guard Marine Headquarters for six months as punishment.
• The kings gathered in Mary Geoise after their first meeting, where Dalton worried about attending the Reverie as Drum Kingdom’s acting king.
• Kureha scolded Dalton for not visiting Gawain and urged him to leave the courtyard and go to Gawain’s family estate.
• Sanji and Reiju entered the courtyard and faced Judge and his sons, who mocked them.
• Sanji told Judge that he had realized his father was nothing special.

Sanji and Reiju visited Judge, who unsettled them with unexpected concern before sending them away and announcing he would seek an audience with Gawain after the Reverie. Meanwhile, Gawain abandoned hopes of creating a nuclear bomb, put Baby 5 to work assisting Franky, and explained to Rayleigh that he would deal with the Grand Line’s kings after the meeting ended.

• Judge greeted Sanji with concern, and Sanji told him about serving Gawain and training under Zephyr alongside Ace.
• Judge asked Reiju to speak privately, but she insisted Gawain had given them no orders; Judge then told the siblings to return and said he would visit Gawain after the Reverie.
• Sanji left determined to train harder, while Reiju wondered whether she wanted to become Gawain’s wife and gain the Five Elders’ support against Judge.
• Gawain concluded that Baby 5 could not produce a real nuclear bomb and made her Franky’s assistant in weapons development.
• Rayleigh asked why Gawain had not attended the Reverie, and Gawain said he planned to speak with the Grand Line’s kings after the meeting ended.

After the Reverie ended, Gawain arrived as a Celestial Dragon and separated the kings according to their nations and trade. He began persuading the rulers who remained that dangerous sea routes and piracy had damaged their economies, leaving them to complain about the Heavenly Tribute.

• Gawain entered the conference room surrounded by soldiers, while the kings knelt and Chopper accompanied him wearing a bubble helmet.
• Gawain sent Chopper away, then ordered rulers of nations outside the Grand Line to stand and dismissed most of them, keeping Judge and seventeen rulers whose nations exported raw materials.
• Gawain gathered the remaining kings and used a long silence to make them nervous before announcing that he wanted to discuss the Grand Line’s condition.
• Gawain cited Alabasta’s drought, famine, and disrupted trade routes as evidence that piracy and maritime dangers had harmed nations across the Grand Line.
• The kings agreed that their revenues had fallen and complained about paying the Heavenly Tribute, while Gawain smiled at their willingness to listen.

Gawain negotiated with the kings over their economic concerns and revealed his plan to connect every island on the Grand Line with Sea Trains. The kings learned that he wanted their cooperation in a vast transportation project.

• The kings pressed Gawain to reduce the Heavenly Tribute and raised concerns about the slave and jewelry markets, while Neptune accepted blame for flooding the market with merfolk treasures.
• Neptune emphasized that Gawain had given the Merfolk Kingdom three Sabaody Islands and warned that its exports could continue affecting the jewelry market if construction needs went unmet.
• Gawain proposed coordinating the kingdoms’ economies and argued that poor, unsafe shipping routes kept them from earning greater profits.
• Cobra asked whether Gawain had a faster way to transport cargo, and Gawain pointed to the land trains already built in Alabasta.
• Gawain revealed that he planned to use Sea Trains to connect every island on the Grand Line and said this was why he had kept the kings behind.

Gawain negotiated with seventeen kings over funding and building the Sea Train, accepting control of their countries’ commoner-facing finances in exchange for covering their Heavenly Tribute and railway costs. The kings agreed to the arrangement, while Gawain saw the rail network as a way to extend his lightning-based movement across the seas and wondered whether he could truly be everywhere.

• The kings protested that they could not afford to build the Sea Train, and Gawain refused to let them withhold their Heavenly Tribute.
• Cobra proposed handing Gawain control of his kingdom’s finances outside the nobles’ affairs, with Gawain collecting taxes and paying the tribute.
• Gawain expanded Cobra’s proposal, offering to cover the kings’ tribute and Sea Train investments in exchange for three years of financial authority after the railway was completed.
• The kings enthusiastically accepted the deal, pleased that their own wealth and noble industries would remain untouched.
• Gawain considered how the Sea Train’s tracks could act as antennas for his lightning and wondered whether he could use them to be everywhere.

Gawain assigned Franky to upgrade the Dark Bird Ship and Den to lead the Sea Train expansion from Water 7, then sent Crocodile and Jinbe to protect them. The chapter left the project’s key people preparing to depart under guard.

• Franky asked to return to Water 7 to upgrade the Dark Bird Ship and help launch the Sea Train project, and Gawain agreed while assigning Den overall responsibility for the railway expansion.
• Gawain ordered Den to divide Water 7’s industry among luxury ships for the Celestial Dragons, ordinary shipbuilding, and the Sea Train project, promising extensive funding.
• Gawain instructed Franky to focus on modifying the Dark Bird Ship with lightning-based systems, and Franky rushed to prepare for the work.
• Gawain summoned Crocodile and Jinbe and ordered them to protect Franky, Den, and the Sea Train project as it began.
• Gawain told Crocodile that he might later guard Reverse Mountain and said Jinbe would oversee Fish-Man Island and Sabaody, while Crocodile swore to protect the project.

Gawain traveled toward the Florian Triangle aboard Laboon with Gion, Hancock, and Shirahoshi, while the Dark Bird Ship departed Sabaody under Jinbe and Crocodile’s guard. In Mary Geoise, Shalria protected Gawain’s subordinates and bullied Charlos, and near Thriller Bark, Momousagi Gion confronted a pirate summoned by Perona.

• Shirahoshi guided Laboon toward the Florian Triangle as Issho followed overhead, wary of the Sea Kings surrounding them.
• Gawain tested Franky’s Jet Dial dehumidifying wristband, which removed the seawater and Seastone Factor from his body and restored his Devil Fruit powers.
• Jinbe and Crocodile escorted Franky, Den, and the Dark Bird Ship as it departed Sabaody, while Rayleigh charged them with protecting the shipwrights and scientists.
• Shalria watched Gawain’s subordinates train, then scolded and threw Charlos into a soccer goal after he complained about Uta’s tackle.
• Perona heard Laboon’s cry and sent a lion-mouthed pirate to investigate, where he encountered Laboon and Momousagi Gion on the shore of Thriller Bark.

Gawain and his crew landed on Moria’s island, where Gion subdued Absalom and Issho confronted Moria. After Issho blasted Moria away, Gawain knocked Perona unconscious, leaving the crew in control of the encounter.

• Gion exposed Absalom’s concealed weapon, identified his Clear-Clear Fruit, and forced him to kneel.
• Gawain caught Hancock and then Shirahoshi as they jumped from Laboon, while Issho captured Absalom and learned that Hogback had modified the zombies.
• Issho’s Observation Haki alerted Moria, and Perona told him that Absalom had gone to deal with the giant whale.
• Moria stopped Absalom with Shadow Pin, but Issho broke the shadow, smashed Absalom into Moria, and sent Moria flying through the castle.
• Perona launched Negative Hollows after Issho, but he outran them; Gawain then appeared behind Perona and knocked her unconscious.

Gawain captured Perona and persuaded her to stay by his side in exchange for sparing Moria. He and Issho quickly defeated Moria, and Gawain concluded that Moria’s defeat by Kaido had destroyed his confidence in his own strength.

• Gion restrained Perona and tested her Negative Hollows, which could not penetrate her Armament Haki.
• Gawain caught Perona’s ghosts with his own Haki, then offered to spare Moria if Perona grew up by his side.
• Perona accepted Gawain’s offer, and Gawain asked Issho to help subdue Moria.
• Gawain and Issho battered Moria between them, destroyed his shadow bats with lightning, and forced him to cough up the shadows he had absorbed for Shadow’s Asgard.
• Gawain reflected that Moria had once been a swordsman who used shadows to support his fighting, but had abandoned his own strength after losing to Kaido.

Brook reunited with Laboon through music after Gawain defeated Moria and returned Brook’s shadow. Gawain met Brook, who asked about his connection to Laboon before asking Hancock to show him her underwear.

• Lola watched Moria gather shadows and hoped the strangers would defeat him, while privately wondering why her family had not rescued her.
• Brook heard Laboon’s calls and played a violin melody that conveyed his apology and longing; Shirahoshi understood and brought Laboon toward him on a Sea King.
• Gawain defeated Moria and returned the stolen shadows, restoring Brook’s shadow as Shirahoshi reached him and fainted at the sight of his skeleton.
• Gion stayed behind to secure Moria and his subordinates while Gawain and Hancock went to meet Brook.
• Brook introduced himself as a musician of the Rumbar Pirates and Laboon’s family, asked Gawain about his relationship with Laboon, then asked Hancock to show him her panties.

Gawain punished Brook for offending Hancock, then received Shusui from Issho and demonstrated the sword’s extraordinary power by cutting through Moria’s island and the sea. Gion told the stunned Brook and Perona that Gawain was also renowned as the strongest Conqueror’s Haki user.

• Brook’s crude remark enraged Hancock, and Issho crushed him with gravity until Gawain ordered the punishment stopped.
• Brook apologized to Hancock, but she kicked him through the forest and into Moria’s castle, shattering his bones.
• Gawain told Perona to soak Brook in milk and take him with Gion to meet Laboon, then returned to Moria’s castle with Hancock and Shirahoshi.
• Issho gave Gawain Shusui, Ryuma’s Black Blade, and Gawain praised its effect before unleashing a slash that cut through the island and split the sea.
• Brook marveled at Gawain’s swordsmanship, and Gion explained that Gawain also possessed formidable Devil Fruit powers, a perfected body, refined Haki, and the strongest Conqueror’s Haki.

Gawain tested Moria by threatening to give Dread Roar to Kaido, drawing Moria out of his despair. He then pointed Shusui at Moria and demanded a reason to spare him, while privately recognizing Moria’s value and Issho remained unwilling to intervene.

• Gawain admired Shusui as Issho explained how the blade enhanced sword techniques, then Issho brought Moria and Hogback before him.
• Gawain threatened to trade Dread Roar to Kaido for his daughter, and Moria rose in alarm, begging him not to give the ship to Kaido.
• Gawain praised Moria for finally reacting, then threatened to kill him unless he could give Gawain a reason to spare him.
• Moria refused to plead and offered his neck, believing he deserved death after his defeat.
• Gawain considered Moria’s strength and the Shadow-Shadow Fruit’s battlefield uses, while Issho stood aside and pretended not to notice Gawain’s intentions.

Gawain spared Moria and brought Perona into Shirahoshi’s playful circle, while Moria learned that Gawain was a Celestial Dragon. Seven days later, Rayleigh and Shakky found Stussy at their former bar, where she hinted that Gawain had renewed her and asked whether Shakky’s master could meet her needs.

• Perona stopped Gawain from executing Moria, and Gawain admitted he had never intended to kill them.
• Moria learned that Gawain was a Celestial Dragon from Mary Geoise and reacted with alarm at his status.
• Perona used Negative Hollow on Shirahoshi, who recovered quickly and began playing with her; Gawain sent the pair off together.
• Seven days later, Rayleigh, Shakky, Luffy, and the others found their former bar occupied and being advertised as the Dark King’s former residence.
• Shakky recognized Stussy at the bar, and Stussy hinted that she had been renewed before asking whether Shakky’s master could satisfy her needs.

Gawain recruited Stussy to lead his planned media network and explained how he wanted it to shape public opinion before he made martial arts instruction widely available. Stussy accepted the role, and Gawain challenged her to build enough influence that the public would not turn against him when his plans threatened the existing order.

• Stussy flirted with Gawain while he pressed her to decide whether she would join his camp and run its new media operation.
• Stussy agreed to take charge of the entertainment channel and described how she could use programs and news to earn public trust and support for Gawain.
• Gawain outlined plans for Uta, Franky, Robin, Binz, and others to manage music, science, and specialized channels alongside Stussy's work.
• Gawain explained that he intended to make martial arts instruction available to ordinary people, a move that could threaten the existing class structure and make him a target.
• Gawain demanded that Stussy build enough public influence to prevent people from seeing him as someone they needed to resist, then asked if she was willing and capable.