Chapter Summaries

Gawain revealed that his next recruitment target was Portgas D. Ace, the son of Gol D. Roger, and used Ace’s identity to persuade Rayleigh to join his ship. Rayleigh agreed, asking to guide Ace and make him his godson, as Gawain’s crew prepared to depart for a new era.

• Gawain returned to camp with Kuma and Hancock, whose demeanor had changed after their time away, and learned that the ship would arrive between four and five.
• Gawain showed Rayleigh a report about the Mera Mera no Mi user and asked whether he could recruit him, while Rayleigh explained why he was reluctant to sail with pirates again.
• Gawain revealed that the young man was Portgas D. Ace, whose full name was Gol D. Ace and who was Roger’s son.
• Rayleigh agreed to board Gawain’s ship and asked to personally guide Ace and make him his godson.
• Gawain teased Rayleigh about Ace already being Garp’s adopted grandson as the crew prepared to sail.

Gawain learned that Whitebeard had been weakened by recent wars and set course for East Blue after taking Rayleigh aboard, while Rayleigh insisted his new dream was to beat Garp. Hancock left her tearful sisters to join Gawain, who arrived at Amazon Lily and saw Franky's enormous ship and Shiryu stop a runaway carrier before it crashed into the city.

• Rayleigh learned that Garp had raised Roger's son as his grandson and angrily vowed to confront Garp, while Gion explained the generations and Gawain confirmed his eventual destination was Foosha Village.
• Lucci reported that Shanks had seized territory from Big Mom and Kaido, that Whitebeard had fought both emperors and lost territory, and that Whitebeard had reportedly begun using an IV drip.
• Rayleigh told Gawain that he wanted to pursue a new dream before he died, then declared that dream was to beat Garp.
• Hancock comforted her sisters, appointed Elder Nyon acting queen, and left Amazon Lily to follow Gawain despite their pleas.
• Gawain and his companions reached the beach and marveled at Franky's vast black-and-gold ship as Kalifa calculated its cost and outstanding debt.
• A small carrier launched from the giant ship sped toward Amazon Lily's residential district, but Shiryu stopped it with one hand and greeted Gawain.

Gawain received Franky’s enormous amphibious ship, named it Dark Bird, and made it the headquarters of his faction. As the group settled aboard, Iceburg and Den reported their plans, including a gambling competition, Uta’s performance, and the Sea Train project.

• Franky showed Gawain the ship’s ability to travel by sea, underwater, and briefly through the air, while Gawain renamed its cannon Coup de Vent.
• Gawain learned that Shiryu had arranged the sale of prisoners and told him to contact him when the opportunity arose to expand the business.
• Gawain joined the Amazon Lily banquet, then explored the six-kilometer ship and declared it the future center of his faction’s power.
• Iceburg reported preparations for the Sabaody gambling competition, and Gawain arranged for Uta to perform aboard the ship after it ended.
• Den received approval to begin building Sea Train cars and standardize the rail gauge, and he revealed equipment that would let Shirahoshi float through the air.
• Gawain named the ship Dark Bird, while Hancock said she preferred to call it the Gawain Ship.

Franky revealed that he had rebuilt Spandam into the giant Super Spandam General Unit 01, and Gawain recognized its potential as a mass-producible combat machine. After discussing the cost and research needs, Gawain offered Devil Fruits to his crew, and Franky chose the Munch-Munch Fruit.

• Franky raised the nine-meter-tall Spandam Mark I from beneath the deck, and Spandam knelt before Gawain and pledged to serve him.
• Franky demonstrated Spandam’s smooth movements and robot dance, while Jinbe, Rayleigh, Lucci, and Shiryu praised the machine.
• Gawain learned that the machine had cost twenty-three billion and asked Franky about creating robots that could fight without being built from living humans.
• Gawain handed Franky a Devil Fruit Encyclopedia and invited the crew to choose fruits, while several members said they did not need one or already had an ability.
• Gawain offered Lucci a Devil Fruit for Kaku and the others, but Lucci said Shalria’s four fruits were unsuitable for combat.
• Franky named several fruits that could aid robot production, then chose the Munch-Munch Fruit for himself.

Gawain ordered an investigation of Drum Kingdom and proposed involving Vegapunk to retrieve the Munch-Munch Fruit from Wapol, while promising Franky a chance to obtain it. He explained his plan to attract talent with generous salaries, then prepared to invite Shalria and her family aboard the Dark Bird to encourage them to invest.

• Gion explained that Wapol, Drum Kingdom’s king, had already eaten the Munch-Munch Fruit, and Gawain ordered Lucci to investigate the kingdom and assess Wapol.
• Spandam suggested asking Vegapunk to extract the fruit’s power from Wapol, and Gawain assigned Spandam to stay with Franky aboard the Dark Bird.
• Gawain ordered the crew to investigate Wapol and establish cooperation with Vegapunk, then promised Franky that there would be bread and milk.
• Gawain granted everyone wearing a Dark Bird Emblem access to five hundred million Beli each month and explained that wealth would help recruit talented people.
• Jinbe accepted the salary after Gawain explained his plan to attract talent, and Gawain told Kalifa to prepare a call to Shalria and invited her family aboard to showcase the ship.

Gawain planned to sell luxury ships to Rosward at a huge profit as his crew sailed toward Sabaody, where the blind gambler Issho registered for the upcoming tournament. Issho then secretly boarded the Dark Bird, and Rayleigh challenged him with Divine Departure.

• Gawain asked Iceburg to estimate the cost of a luxury ship and settled on charging Rosward one hundred billion Beli for each vessel.
• A mysterious ship sank Blue-Haired Joe's pirate vessel near Sabaody, while Issho arrived in the lawless district and registered for the gambling tournament under his own name.
• Shalria excitedly anticipated meeting Gawain, while Rosward ordered his guards to whip the slave carrying him toward Mary Geoise's gates.
• As the Dark Bird approached Sabaody, Gion discovered Issho on its mast after he had evaded the crew's Observation Haki.
• Rayleigh explained the crew's weakness in Observation Haki, then attacked Issho with Divine Departure.

Rayleigh and Issho clashed aboard the Dark Bird Ship before Issho called down nine meteors and withdrew. Gawain’s crew shattered the meteors, then prepared to meet Rosward’s family, with Gawain declaring that his followers would not kneel to them.

• Issho used gravity to clash with Rayleigh, who forced him back and praised his strength before Issho summoned nine meteors.
• Rosward’s family approached Sabaody, where Shalria excitedly recognized Gawain’s ship and Rosward worried over the approaching display of power.
• Gawain ordered his crew to break the meteors into fireworks, and Jinbe, Hancock, Gion, Rayleigh, Shiryu, and others destroyed them before Kuma repelled the fragments into the sea.
• Rayleigh called after the retreating Issho, but Gawain let him leave and welcomed him as a guest who had provided a beautiful display.
• Gawain gave Shiryu a Dark Bird Emblem and said he could serve in executions or interrogations while remaining at Impel Down.
• Gawain led his group to meet Rosward’s family and declared that none of them would kneel, making their refusal a show of force.

Gawain arrived at Sabaody Island with his companions and confronted Rosward in front of a crowd and reporters. After humiliating Rosward and catching his cannonball, Gawain won Shalria’s affection and led her aboard his ship, leaving Rosward unconscious.

• Morgans and the reporters gathered as Gawain’s ship reached the harbor, where Gawain disembarked with Hancock, Jinbe, Kuma, Gion, Rayleigh, and his other companions.
• Rosward fired a hand cannon at the pirates, but Gawain sent Rayleigh to catch the cannonball and throw it away.
• Gawain mocked Rosward’s wealth and status, then tossed him back onto his slave when Rosward tried to attack him.
• Gawain beckoned to Shalria, who rushed into his arms, removed her helmet, and happily let him ruffle her hair.
• Rosward fainted from rage as Shalria followed Gawain toward the landing ship.

Gawain sailed away from the docks with Shirahoshi and his companions, drawing attention from reporters after Rayleigh and several Shichibukai were seen beside him. Aboard the ship, Gawain stopped Charlos from trying to enslave Shirahoshi, explained how the Celestial Dragons’ environment shaped Charlos, and then brought Rosward to admire the Dark Bird Ship.

• Charlos ordered his men to seize Shirahoshi, so Gawain knocked him unconscious and had Shiryu subdue the sixteen guards who acted on the order.
• Gawain drowned Charlos briefly in Shirahoshi’s pool, then reassured Shalria that his treatment of her brother would not affect his regard for her.
• Gawain told Jinbe and the others that Charlos had been shaped by the barren environment and teachings of Mary Geoise, while Kuma recorded his words.
• Gawain had Kuma wake Rosward, who immediately tried to buy Kuma before becoming enthralled by the Dark Bird Ship.
• Gawain told Kuma that he would hold off on avenging him until Rosward paid for a ship.

Gawain arranged for Rosward to buy a trillion-Beli ship and sent the Celestial Dragons back to Sabaody after a banquet where Shalria questioned his views of her family. He then ordered Fish-Man Island to send builders to Sabaody during the World Gambling Tournament, planning to make the fish-men’s arrival a public show of force.

• Rosward agreed to buy a ship from Water 7 after Gawain told him the Dark Bird Ship had cost one trillion Beli, and the two promised to flaunt their ships to the other Celestial Dragons.
• At the banquet, Shalria asked Gawain whether he hated all Celestial Dragons and whether he would like her if she changed; Gawain reassured her and invited her to visit his residence.
• Charlos joined Franky and the others in a football game, while Rosward drunkenly climbed onto the Dark Bird Ship’s figurehead and declared himself king of the world.
• Gawain sent Rosward’s group to Sabaody and told him that Water 7’s mayor would attend the World Gambling Tournament there in two days.
• Gawain ordered Kalifa to arrange for the first fish-man builders to land on Sabaody during the tournament, explaining to Jinbe that he wanted the fish-men to publicly overcome any opposition.

Neptune led one hundred thousand Fish-Men toward Sabaody to begin building a home on land, while Gawain prepared to open his gambling tournament. The Golden Emperor Gild Tesoro arrived, determined to dominate the competition, unaware that Gawain already regarded him as trouble.

• Neptune rallied the Fish-Men to leave for Sabaody, and one hundred thousand boarded ships to begin their new life on land.
• At the tournament opening, Gawain spoke with Mjosgard, who confirmed that the Fish-Men were nearing the surface and would meet Shirahoshi and Jinbe at Grove 25.
• Rayleigh and Gion noticed Admiral Kuzan approaching, while Gawain focused on an arriving gambler he identified as a likely source of trouble.
• Gild Tesoro docked at Sabaody aboard his golden ship and ordered his subordinates to win all three tournament divisions for Tesoro Entertainment City.
• Tesoro bragged that his wealth and influence made him the world's richest man, while Gawain and Rosward remained unaware of his arrival.

Aokiji joined Jinbe, Hancock, and Kuma at the dock to witness the Fish-Men’s arrival, while Tesoro’s gold shower and a mistaken docking sent him into a frenzy of confidence. Tesoro mistook Mjosgard’s polite apology for respect earned through wealth, leaving him convinced that even the Celestial Dragons could be ruled by gold.

• Aokiji spotted Jinbe, Hancock, and Kuma waiting near Shirahoshi and rode to the dock to investigate.
• Aokiji offered to help welcome the Fish-Men and asked the group to invite Saint Gawain to meet with him.
• Tesoro showered the crowd with gold as his ship reached the gambling tournament dock, and people swarmed to collect it.
• Neptune’s fleet surfaced beside Tesoro’s ship by mistake, and Mjosgard apologized before leading the Fish-Men away.
• Tesoro interpreted Mjosgard’s apology as proof that his wealth commanded Celestial Dragon respect and intensified his gold shower.
• Tesoro walked through the gold-chasing crowd, growing more confident and dismissing his fears of the Celestial Dragons and the World Government.

Gild Tesoro disrupted the World Gambling Tournament by scattering money and assaulting a receptionist, while Gawain decided to send him back to the New World and preserve his entertainment city until he could take it over himself. Gawain ordered an infiltration of Tesoro Entertainment City and anticipated that he and the World Government would eventually become competitors as war approached.

• Gild Tesoro arrived to register, rejected the ban on using gold as gambling capital, and scattered Beli from his ship, causing a frenzy on Tree Island No. 52.
• Gild Tesoro slapped a receptionist with banknotes until Iceburg arrived and saw the disturbance.
• Gawain let Rosward join the tournament after warning him not to aim his cannons at anyone, then sent Lucci to accompany Charlos and Shalria.
• Kalifa told Gawain that Gild Tesoro had caused trouble, and Kalifa and Gion proposed killing him to seize his wealth.
• Gawain rejected the proposal, explaining that Tesoro Entertainment City collected the New World's wealth and was not yet something his forces could manage.
• Gawain ordered Kalifa to infiltrate Tesoro Entertainment City, protect Tesoro from other forces, and send him back to the New World until Gawain could claim his wealth later.

Gawain sent Rayleigh to oversee the casino while he and Gion went to meet the Fish-Men, and a confrontation erupted when Gild Tesoro caused trouble at the dock. After Rosward damaged Tesoro’s ship, Rayleigh defeated Tesoro with his Styx attack and drove him from the island, leaving Tesoro baffled by a Celestial Dragon’s earlier respect for him.

• Gawain assigned Rayleigh to watch the casino and told Kalifa to carry his orders to Iceburg while he and Gion went to see the Fish-Men.
• Tesoro insulted Iceburg at the registration desk, but Iceburg offered the receptionist a place in Gawain’s secretariat and confronted Tesoro about his motives.
• Rosward arrived, ordered a ship from Iceburg, and had his men fire on Tesoro’s Golden Ship after Tesoro challenged him.
• Rayleigh arrived as Tesoro prepared to use his power, subdued the dockside crowd with Conqueror’s Haki, and demanded that Tesoro leave the island.
• Rayleigh struck Tesoro with Styx, sending him into the sea, and Tesoro’s crew rescued him as he wondered why another Celestial Dragon had treated him with respect.

Rayleigh handled the chaos at the gambling tournament while Neptune reunited with Shirahoshi and one hundred thousand Fishmen settled on the Fishman Five Islands. Gawain welcomed Aokiji, learned Tesoro had caused trouble at his casino, and left Tesoro stranded offshore without access to the island’s coating factory.

• Rayleigh grew bored while patrolling the gambling tournament and watched Issho, who angrily insisted he would never cheat with Observation Haki.
• Neptune reunited with Shirahoshi at the docks, and she showed him her Land-Travel Device; Neptune and Mjosgard cried together while Aokiji observed.
• The Minister of the Right led one hundred thousand Fishmen onto the Fishman Five Islands, where they began building homes as nearby slave traders watched.
• Gawain arrived and told Gion not to kill the criminals nearby, saying the Fishmen had to fight for their own future and reputation.
• Aokiji explained that he had been sent to escort Tesoro but had left him to help the Fishmen; Gawain revealed Tesoro was alive but stranded near the islands without access to the coating factory.

Gawain welcomed Neptune and the Fish-Men to Sabaody as they raised the Dark Bird Flag and prepared to establish themselves on land. Meanwhile, Rayleigh asked Shakky to join him in supporting Gawain’s plans, and she began repairing his glasses through tears.

• Aokiji arranged to speak with Gawain the following afternoon, and Gion teased him about Garp and Tsuru.
• Neptune presented Gawain with the Fish-Man Kingdom’s flag, which the Fish-Men raised over the docks as Neptune pledged to protect his people and follow Gawain’s orders.
• Gawain urged Neptune to build the Fish-Men’s industries and secure their foothold on Sabaody, then invited them to a banquet aboard the Dark Bird Ship.
• Kalifa reported that the salvaged Gild Tesoro ship contained 170 billion Beli in gold and over 60 billion Beli in cash, while Rayleigh went to visit Shakky.
• Rayleigh told Shakky he believed Gawain could create a new order and asked her to come with him; Shakky took off his cracked glasses and wiped tears from her eyes as she repaired them.

Shakky agreed to sail with Rayleigh after he confessed he no longer wanted to leave her behind, then asked what kind of man Gawain was. Rayleigh described Gawain as a conqueror who sought supreme power while granting everyone else equality, and the chapter ended with Gion preparing to wake the exhausted Gawain so Shakky could speak with him.

• Shakky demanded that she and Rayleigh go beat up Issho, but Rayleigh persuaded her to let the matter go.
• Shakky challenged Rayleigh about his decision to sail again, and he admitted he wanted them to face the dangerous journey together rather than leave her waiting alone.
• Shakky agreed to join Rayleigh and questioned whether Gawain planned to overthrow the Celestial Dragons or pursue another path.
• Rayleigh said Gawain intended to replace the Celestial Dragons at the top while allowing everyone else to live without the distinction between nobles and slaves.
• Rayleigh brought Shakky to Gawain's ship, where Hancock protested that Gawain needed rest, but Gion decided to wake him and asked Hancock to brew tea.

Gawain welcomed Shakky aboard the Dark Bird Ship after she tested his character and chose to join Rayleigh in supporting him. Shakky began discussing her intelligence role and revealed connections to Morgans, Stussy, and a mysterious shared creator, then proposed finding a Bird-Bird Fruit for the intelligence department.

• Gion announced that Rayleigh had brought Shakky to see Gawain, and Shakky observed how Gawain treated his crew and spoke about protecting Rayleigh.
• Shakky said Gawain had passed her test, explained that she had burned down her bar, and accepted his invitation to join the crew.
• Gawain welcomed Shakky, asked her to serve in a role like Vice Admiral Tsuru, and arranged a banquet and a Dark Bird Emblem for her.
• Shakky revealed that she had worked with Morgans and Stussy, shared a mysterious creator with Stussy, and would no longer fully trust their intelligence now that she had joined Gawain.
• Shakky proposed finding a Bird-Bird Fruit for the intelligence department, and Gawain offered to ask the Five Elders and suggested using Lucci's pigeons.

Aokiji visited Gawain to ask for support against Sakazuki’s influence in the Marines, arguing that Sakazuki’s Absolute Justice harmed civilians and left pirates no chance to be imprisoned alive. Gawain heard him out as the ship prepared to welcome Shakky, but the chapter ended before he answered.

• Jinbe joined Gawain, Rayleigh, and Shakky after hearing their late-night conversation, and Gawain arranged a banquet for Shakky the next afternoon.
• Gawain relaxed aboard the ship with his companions while Rayleigh told him Issho had lost the gambling tournament and spent his remaining money at the casino.
• Kalifa told Gawain that Aokiji had arrived, and Gawain invited the admiral aboard to talk.
• Aokiji asked Gawain for support, explaining that he wanted to curb Sakazuki’s influence and uphold a less absolute form of justice.
• Aokiji described Sakazuki’s destruction of a village on Eric Island and argued that capturing pirates alive would better serve Gawain’s interests.

Gawain learned that Whitebeard was returning to the Grand Line and explained that his meeting with him would be used to establish Gawain’s group as protectors against the dangers threatening the islands. Though his companions debated whether Whitebeard might start a war, Gawain concluded that the encounter would be a meeting whose story could spread fear and make his group appear as saviors.

• Kuzan asked Gawain to restrain Sakazuki from harming innocents, but Sengoku interrupted their conversation with orders to monitor Sabaody after Whitebeard began coating the Moby Dick.
• Kuzan left to join Borsalino, and Gawain gathered his armed companions to tell them Whitebeard was coming.
• Gion and Hancock advocated preparing for a fight, while Jinbe argued that Whitebeard had only come to meet Gawain and Shakky said he would not endanger his crew over Fish-Man Island’s flag.
• Gawain agreed with Shakky that a major war was unlikely and teased Rayleigh about wanting to fight Whitebeard.
• Gawain revealed that he intended to use the meeting with Whitebeard to spread fear of the dangers in the Grand Line and present his group as the islands’ protectors.