Chapter Summaries

Gawain put Stussy in charge of building a media and entertainment industry in Mary Geoise, while Moria struggled with his confidence after being defeated by his crewmates. The group discovered that a daughter of Charlotte Linlin aboard the Terrifying Roar carried Linlin’s Vivre Card, giving them a way to track her as they prepared to target Kaido.

• Stussy pledged to build Gawain’s media enterprise, and Gawain told her to recruit maids and prepare songs, dances, and dramas in Mary Geoise.
• Gawain challenged Moria to recover his confidence by remembering their plan to kill Kaido, but Moria admitted he felt weak after losing to several people aboard the ship.
• Perona said Usopp resisted her Negative Hollow, and Uta praised Brook for teaching her music from earlier eras, including rock and rap.
• Gion and Rayleigh revealed that one of Charlotte Linlin’s daughters had been trapped aboard the Terrifying Roar and possessed Linlin’s Vivre Card.
• Rayleigh noted the card could help them locate Linlin, though the group remained focused on the more pressing threat from Kaido.

Three months after the Reverie, Gawain’s economic changes had improved some commoners’ lives while making piracy and ship replacement far more difficult. At a Sabaody auction, he considered the effects of reshaping the slave trade, bought performers and other goods for his plans, and waited for the Vinsmoke Family to deliver Den Den Mushi so his campaign to win hearts and minds could begin.

• Over three months, jobs and wages grew around major raw-material exporters and Water 7’s trade routes, while rising ship prices and stronger port communities made piracy more dangerous.
• Jinbe and Crocodile carried out their tasks, and Water 7’s increasingly expensive ships left many pirates unable to replace damaged vessels or afford to sail.
• At Gawain’s Sabaody auction house, Kalifa’s premium-market strategy had reduced the number of slaves sold, and Gawain weighed its costs as the auction manager tried to please him.
• Gawain let Charlos leave the auction and stayed with Shalria, hoping Celestial Dragons’ declining interest in slaves would help the trade fade.
• Gawain spent more than twenty billion Beli on Devil Fruits, troupes, blades, and performers, then ordered the auction house to find more performers for his programs and future streams.

After returning to Mary Geoise, Gawain reunited with Uta, Shalria, Vivi, and Brook, then encouraged Brook and a rescued dancer named Evra to pursue music. The group continued toward Gawain’s residence, leaving Brook scorched again after his crude request to see Evra’s underwear.

• Gawain and Shalria heard Uta and Brook discussing their differing musical styles, then met them and Princess Vivi as they emerged from the forest.
• Uta teased Shalria about acting like her mother, while Shalria joked that Uta was an ungrateful daughter and competed with her for Gawain’s affection.
• Gawain asked Brook about finding musicians suited to his music and offered him freedom to recruit people for his band.
• Gawain introduced Evra, a dancer he had rescued from an auction, and told her she could join Uta’s group or work with Brook or Stussy.
• Brook introduced himself to Evra, then asked to see her underwear and was struck down by lightning as Gawain and Uta criticized his habit.

Gawain returned to his estate, where Shakky urged him to resume their journey and confront the last Shichibukai, Mihawk; Gawain agreed to meet him that night. During a family meal, Borsalino arrived with news that the Yami Yami no Mi had appeared aboard Whitebeard’s ship.

• Gawain sent Brook away with the dancer, then took the bag himself and brought everyone back to the family estate.
• Shalria joined Gawain at the estate, while Shakky reported that their post-Reverie plans were underway and the Dark Bird Ship would be upgraded within a week.
• Gawain agreed to meet Mihawk that night, and Rayleigh praised him for nearly gathering the entire Shichibukai force.
• Gawain invited his companions to eat and train with him before his meeting with Mihawk.
• Borsalino arrived during the meal and told Gawain that Thatch had attacked an allied nation’s transport ship and that the Yami Yami no Mi had appeared aboard Whitebeard’s ship.

Gawain heard Borsalino’s case for joining the Navy in a preemptive war against the Four Emperors, then rejected the idea that killing them alone would create a new future. He sent Borsalino back to tell Sakazuki that he was dismantling the era that produced pirate emperors and asked whether their combined strength could truly forge a new future for the seas.

• Luffy interrupted the adults’ discussion, and Ace lured him away with news of hidden treasure in Mary Geoise.
• Nami scolded Luffy for dirtying the plates and worried over the cost of living in Mary Geoise.
• Gawain told Borsalino that he and Whitebeard had never been evenly matched and had no inherent reason to clash.
• Borsalino explained that Sakazuki wanted Gawain and the Navy to attack the Four Emperors before their successors grew stronger.
• Gawain realized Sakazuki was waiting for his answer and asked Borsalino to consider what he wanted, not just the Navy’s need for victory.
• Gawain told Borsalino to relay that he was tearing apart the era that created pirate emperors and questioned whether they could forge a new future for the seas.

Gawain challenged Kizaru to reconsider the Navy's role in the suffering of ordinary people and explained his vision of a world where the capable bore greater responsibility while everyone lived securely. He then forced Doflamingo to confront his treatment of the maids, and Doflamingo promised to change before leaving to have his wound treated.

• Gawain told Kizaru to take his thoughts about the Navy and the suffering of ordinary people back to Sakazuki, Kuzan, and others who could understand them.
• Gawain described his goal of granting greater rights and responsibilities to the capable while ensuring ordinary people lived securely, and he warned his companions that it remained only a dream.
• Gawain accused Doflamingo of mistreating the maids and struck his shoulder with a dining knife, then demanded that he change his attitude toward them.
• Gawain threatened to give Doflamingo's heart to Law if Doflamingo refused to change, while the assembled family members watched in tense silence.
• Doflamingo smiled and promised Gawain he would obey, then apologized to the maids and said he would treat them differently.
• Doflamingo asked Dr. Kureha to treat his shoulder and told the maids they were fortunate to serve Gawain.

Gawain sent Doffy to recover and prepare for training before his planned meeting with Mihawk, while Sakazuki urged Kizaru to secure approval for an immediate war against the Four Emperors. Kizaru revealed that Gawain’s ambition was not to seize status or prove the Navy’s strength, but to make the world no longer need the Navy.

• Gawain rebuked Doffy, told him to let Kureha treat his wounds, and said he would meet Mihawk that night before heading to the training grounds.
• Hancock followed Gawain with meat and fruit, while Rayleigh and Zephyr teased Doffy and joined the others heading to watch him train.
• Kureha carried Doffy away after jokingly threatening to stitch a cigarette butt into his wound, and Rayleigh reassured Zephyr that Doffy no longer posed the threat he once feared.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sakazuki prepared to return to Mary Geoise and ask Gawain to authorize an immediate war, arguing that the pirates were growing stronger and might unite.
• Kizaru stopped Sakazuki and explained that Gawain wanted to strengthen his forces first, then revealed Gawain’s goal was a world that no longer needed the Navy.

Akainu explained to Kizaru why he wanted Gawain to take swift military action and vowed to press his case before Gawain left Water 7. On Kuraigana Island, Gawain arrived at Mihawk’s castle seeking a drink, but Mihawk recognized Shusui and challenged him to a sword fight before they could share wine.

• Akainu told Kizaru that he wanted Gawain to lead the Navy into a public, decisive war rather than rely on gradual economic and political moves.
• Akainu said he would meet Gawain in Water 7 before Gawain departed for the New World and continue pressing the Navy’s demands.
• Mihawk watched the baboons imitate his swordsmanship and reflected on how their practice helped him understand his own technique.
• Gawain flew alone to Mihawk’s castle, and Mihawk reassessed him after sensing his strength and seeing the Black Blade Shusui at his waist.
• Mihawk drew Yoru and told Gawain they would settle their swords’ desire for a clash before deciding whether to drink.

Gawain and Mihawk clashed in a fierce duel, but Mihawk rejected Gawain as a swordsman because he relied too heavily on his Devil Fruit and treated his sword as a tool. Mihawk ended the fight, acknowledged Gawain’s strengths, and later shared a drink with him at the castle.

• Gawain used lightning-fast sword attacks to drive Mihawk through the castle wall and across the island while baboons watched.
• Mihawk unleashed a devastating slash that forced Gawain to retreat, and Gawain recognized the extraordinary reach of Mihawk’s swordsmanship.
• Mihawk ended the duel, declaring that Gawain’s approach to fighting would never make him worthy of Mihawk’s pursuit as a swordsman.
• Gawain argued that exploiting his strengths was a valid way to fight, and Mihawk agreed that his tactical mindset suited someone who led others.
• Mihawk spoke of Shanks as a former rival who might have defeated him, then returned with Gawain to the damaged castle and raised a wineglass to him.

Gawain tried to recruit Mihawk over a meal, but Mihawk refused and Gawain left. Six days later, Gawain brought his ship near Mihawk’s island and gradually drew him into socializing with the children and the other Shichibukai, while reporters photographed them together.

• Mihawk cooked dinner for Gawain, who praised the food and offered him a place on the Dark Bird Ship, but Mihawk refused because he wanted to avoid trouble unrelated to swordsmanship.
• After hours of failed persuasion, Gawain departed, leaving Mihawk uneasy about what he might do next.
• Six days later, the Dark Bird Ship arrived near Mihawk’s island, where its crew spent days fishing and holding noisy banquets instead of attacking.
• Mihawk went to confront Gawain, but Gawain arrived with Shirahoshi and a group of girls for a picnic, and Mihawk let them visit his island.
• Mihawk gradually grew familiar with the children and met the other Shichibukai, while reporters photographed him standing with them and Gawain.

Mihawk tried to confront Gawain over a misleading newspaper story, but Zoro and Tashigi’s devotion to swordsmanship distracted him and made him reconsider his judgment of Gawain. Meanwhile, Gawain used the enlarged Dark Bird Ship to amplify his power and planned to extend his reach worldwide through the Sea Train’s rails.

• Mihawk left his castle to confront Gawain, but stopped to challenge Zoro’s resolve and threw him into battle with the baboons after another duel.
• Mihawk headed for the Dark Bird Ship, where Tashigi excitedly asked to touch Black Blade Yoru and fainted after briefly feeling its spine.
• Watching Tashigi and his other sword-loving subordinates, Mihawk wondered whether he had misunderstood Gawain’s approach to swordsmanship.
• Gawain told Franky to continue developing mechanical warriors and coordinating the Sea Train while keeping the Dark Bird Ship near Mihawk’s home.
• Gawain explained that the metal-enlarged ship could amplify his Rumble-Rumble Fruit enough to destroy an island, and he considered using Sea Train rails to carry his electricity around the world.

Mihawk confronted Gawain over his shameless efforts to become his neighbor, then attacked the Dark Bird Ship, where Rayleigh and Gion took turns fighting him. Mihawk remained caught up in the battles as Gawain repaired the ship, leaving the clash between Mihawk and Gion growing fiercer.

• Mihawk met Rayleigh, Issho, and Gion before accusing Gawain of acting hypocritically by moving near him and trying to recruit him.
• Gawain insisted he was being open about his plans and would remain Mihawk's neighbor wherever Mihawk moved, provoking Mihawk to attack him with Black Blade Yoru.
• Rayleigh blocked Mihawk's strike and fought him while Gawain used his power to restore the ship's metal deck as Mihawk damaged it.
• Rayleigh withdrew to tend to his slippers and called on Gion to take his place against Mihawk.
• Gion fought Mihawk with aggressive swordsmanship, and Mihawk gradually became excited by the battle.

Kaido returned to Onigashima injured after fighting Charlotte Linlin, and he and Queen discussed Gawain’s growing power and arrival in the New World with Mihawk. Kaido revealed that he had formed a tentative alliance with Linlin and planned to use the Mirror World to attack another Emperor if Gawain committed his forces against either of them.

• Kaido crashed through Onigashima’s roof and told Queen that he had enjoyed fighting Charlotte Linlin, while admitting he was glad Yamato had begun to admire Gawain.
• Queen told Kaido that Gawain had crossed the Red Line into the New World with Mihawk aboard his ship, and Kaido said Gawain’s powerful allies made him worthy of Yamato.
• King returned and scolded Queen for wasting funds on research and alcohol, while Kaido dismissed the argument and described the rumors of Gawain blockading the Grand Line.
• Kaido said he suspected Whitebeard had made an agreement with Gawain and revealed that he had formed a tentative alliance with Charlotte Linlin.
• Kaido instructed his crew to learn to travel through Linlin’s daughter’s Mirror World, planning to join forces with Linlin and attack Whitebeard or Shanks if Gawain committed his full strength against either Emperor.

Kaido and his commanders worried that Gawain was preparing to challenge the New World, while Yamato demanded freedom and was knocked back to Komurasaki. Two days earlier, the Five Elders discussed Gawain’s growing influence and ended up competing over who would hand him their authority and retire.

• Kaido argued that Gawain was preparing for war and that the Beast Pirates should drag their enemies into the conflict, while Queen questioned whether Gawain intended to attack the New World.
• Yamato burst into Kaido’s hall and demanded that he remove her Seastone chains so she could sail to her destined captain.
• Kaido struck Yamato with Raimei Hakke, sending her flying to Komurasaki, whom she embraced while pretending that Kaido had invited her to drink and play cards.
• Two days earlier, the Five Elders watched Gawain’s Dark Bird Ship cross Mary Geoise and discussed his alliances, reforms, and growing influence.
• The Elder of Economy praised Gawain’s economic plans and anticipated retiring to care for his children, while the Elder of Law announced that he also planned to pass his authority to Gawain.
• The Elder of Economy accused Saturn of competing with him over who would retire and hand power to Gawain.

Gawain met Whitebeard in a violent New World storm, and the two clashed with their blades and Conqueror's Haki. Their combined force cleared the storm, leaving the gathered crews beneath a suddenly bright sky.

• Gawain and his group arrived in Whitebeard's territory and met the Moby Dick amid a torrential storm.
• Whitebeard greeted Gawain and slashed at him with Murakumogiri, but Gawain drew Shusui and stopped the blade aura.
• Zephyr kept Luffy and the other young fighters from approaching the clash, while the Whitebeard Pirates watched Gawain and Whitebeard lock blades.
• Gawain and Whitebeard reached a stalemate, and Blackbeard watched as Marco urged him to keep training his Conqueror's Haki.
• Gawain and Whitebeard released their clashing force into the clouds, creating a vortex that dispersed the storm and let sunlight through.

After Gawain and Whitebeard ended their clash by clearing the storm, the two crews gathered aboard the Moby Dick for a feast, and Gawain arranged for doctors to examine Whitebeard. Teach thanked Gawain for the help and apologized for their past conflict, while Gawain asked to see Teach’s Yami Yami no Mi abilities and proposed that Teach and Ace meet.

• Luffy watched Gawain and Whitebeard scatter the storm and felt newly confident after seeing the strength he needed to surpass.
• Whitebeard invited Gawain and his crew aboard the Moby Dick, and Marco organized food and drink while urging Whitebeard to resume his IV treatment.
• Rayleigh, Crocus, Luffy, Law, and the others boarded the Moby Dick, where Whitebeard greeted Rayleigh and Crocus and Crocus offered to examine him.
• Gawain asked Crocus, Dr. Kureha, Chopper, and Law to care for Whitebeard, and Marco and Teach showed gratitude.
• Teach apologized to Gawain and thanked him for arranging Whitebeard’s medical care; Gawain accepted his apology and asked to see the Yami Yami no Mi’s powers after the feast, proposing an exchange with Ace.

Gawain arranged a duel between Ace and Blackbeard while Crocus, Law, and Kureha planned treatment that could extend Whitebeard’s life. After Whitebeard’s sons pledged their loyalty to Gawain, he arranged a banquet, while Stussy privately worried that Gawain had uncovered secrets about her clone identity and her original body.

• Blackbeard accepted Gawain’s proposal for a duel with Ace, and Ace eagerly agreed to fight him.
• Crocus, Law, and Kureha assessed Whitebeard’s condition and planned treatments that could extend his life by at least ten years.
• Chopper carried Whitebeard away with the doctors, and Jozu and the other Whitebeard Pirates knelt to pledge their support to Gawain.
• Gawain teased the Whitebeard Pirates about using them to kill and asked Stussy to arrange entertainment for the banquet.
• Stussy suspected Gawain had uncovered information about her original body and privately wished to kill it, while Gawain sensed her killing intent but misread its target.
• Gawain told Jozu to begin the banquet early so Whitebeard could avoid drinking, leaving Whitebeard gloomy as his sons rushed to celebrate.

Gawain privately spoke with Teach aboard the Moby Dick, recalling Teach’s past and testing his resolve. Teach defended the Whitebeard Pirates’ dignity, and Gawain revealed that he wanted Teach to fight Ace at full strength that night.

• Gawain sent Rayleigh and the others to mingle with Whitebeard’s crew, then invited Teach to sit and drink with him.
• Teach grew uneasy when Gawain mentioned Shanks’s wine gourd and recalled their earlier encounter, fearing Gawain had learned about his past.
• As Gawain described the danger Teach had once posed, Teach resisted the urge to kneel and chose to stand by his dignity and loyalty to the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Teach accused Gawain of bringing up the past to threaten or humiliate him and declared that no one could mistreat a member of the Whitebeard Pirates without paying a price.
• Gawain laughed and explained that he had only wanted to see what kind of man Teach was, then urged him to give everything in his fight with Ace that night and defeat him.

Ace and Teach began a battle on a barren island while Gawain and Whitebeard relaxed together after Whitebeard’s surgery. Six days later, Kaido learned of Gawain’s growing alliance and prepared to defend Charlotte Linlin’s territory, though he remained uneasy about the changing seas.

• Ace and Teach faced off across the island, and Teach swallowed Ace’s enormous fireball with the darkness of the Yami Yami no Mi.
• Whitebeard praised the medicine that had improved his health, then invited Gawain to join him at the hot spring while their crews watched the fight.
• Gawain asked whether he and Whitebeard would still be able to speak freely after the banquet, and Whitebeard urged him to set aside political concerns for the night.
• Yamato spent the night with Komurasaki in a Kabukicho brothel and wondered whether acting like a playgirl could help her escape Kaido and find her captain.
• King reported that Whitebeard had spent five days with Gawain’s group and that the Dark Bird Ship had vanished from the scouts’ sight.
• Kaido predicted Gawain would target Dressrosa and ordered King to recall the All-Stars, the Flying Six, and most armed forces so they could help defend Linlin’s territory; despite his confidence, Kaido still felt uneasy.

Yamato and Komurasaki spotted a gigantic ship descending toward Wano Country, while Kaido realized Gawain had brought the Dark Bird Ship to his territory. Gawain’s crew prepared to attack, and Gawain met Kaido’s charge with Conqueror’s Haki.

• Yamato sensed Kaido was facing trouble, and Komurasaki noticed the Dark Bird Ship flying toward Wano Country from the sky.
• A messenger warned Kaido that the Dark Bird Ship was descending near the Flower Capital, and Kaido recognized Gawain at its bow.
• Kaido refused to call Charlotte Linlin for help before fighting and flew toward the ship, while King transformed and took to the sky.
• Gawain announced the crew’s arrival, and Rayleigh assigned the crew their roles in the assault on Wano Country and Kaido’s forces.
• Kaido charged toward the Dark Bird Ship, and Gawain raised Shusui and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki at him.