Chapter Summaries

Duke and Robin reached Thriller Bark, where Gecko Moria confronted them after Duke’s warning and forced entry. Moria attacked Duke, and Perona launched her Negative Hollows, which passed through Duke’s sword strikes and continued toward him.

• Duke used Conqueror’s Haki to challenge Thriller Bark’s owner, then cut through the island ship’s mouth-shaped entrance with two sword strikes.
• Duke and Robin entered Thriller Bark and faced Moria, Absalom, and Perona; Moria recognized Duke as the Navy Traitor with an 800-million-Berry bounty.
• Moria rejected Perona and Absalom’s pleas to retreat, then attacked Duke with Shadow Spear after Duke brought up Kaido.
• Duke split Moria’s Shadow Spear with Steel Cut, carving a long trench through the shore.
• Perona sent dozens of Negative Hollows at Duke, but his sword strikes passed through the ghosts without stopping them.

Duke and Robin fought Moria’s crew on Thriller Bark, with Robin swiftly defeating Absalom and Perona. Moria absorbed hundreds of shadows to transform into a giant, and Duke faced him after splitting the hurricane-force wind from Moria’s punch.

• Duke’s Armament Haki knocked out Perona’s Negative Hollows, but one made Robin despair until its effect wore off.
• Robin caught the invisible Absalom with her Flower-Flower Fruit, broke his bones, and threw him overboard.
• Moria ordered Perona to ambush Duke, but Robin restrained Perona before she could attack.
• Moria gathered hundreds of shadows with Shadows Asgard and grew into a giant.
• Moria punched toward the Darkness Maru, and Duke split the resulting hurricane with Waterfall Sever before rushing to confront him.

Duke defeated Moria on Thriller Bark, leaving Moria unconscious and causing the stolen shadows to return to their owners. Perona left with Duke’s crew and became Robin’s captive maid as Darkness Maru sailed toward Sabaody Archipelago and Fish-Man Island.

• Duke dodged Moria’s devastating punch and struck him from behind with Shadow Eater, knocking him unconscious and releasing the stolen shadows.
• Hogback treated Moria and brought the injured Absalom to him, while Moria confirmed that Oars’s zombie remained intact and vowed to rebuild his army and seek revenge.
• Moria learned from Hogback that Perona had left with the enemy and angrily called her a traitor.
• On Darkness Maru, Robin made the captured Perona serve Black Tea and threatened to sell her at Sabaody Archipelago if she failed to obey.
• Robin ordered Perona to clean the tea she had spilled as the ship headed for Sabaody Archipelago before continuing to Fish-Man Island.

Duke brought the Darkness Maru to the Sabaody Archipelago to find a reliable ship-coater before crossing beneath the Red Line to Fish-Man Island. He planned to hire Silvers Rayleigh, while Perona looked for a chance to escape and the group made their way through the island’s dangerous districts.

• Duke chose the dangerous underwater route to the New World because he needed to reach the Poneglyph on Fish-Man Island.
• Robin caught Perona thinking about escaping and threatened to sell her if she tried.
• Duke and his companions arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago and paid the high docking fees for the Darkness Maru.
• Duke decided to hire Silvers Rayleigh to coat the ship, and Perona was surprised that he would pay the legendary pirate.
• Duke, Robin, and Perona headed toward Rip-off Bar on Grove 13, passing Marines, bounty hunters, and pirates in the island’s gray zone.

Duke visited Shakky's Rip-off Bar to meet Silvers Rayleigh, arrange coating for his ship, and ask about recent events. After Duke revealed his knowledge of Shanks and the Four Emperors, Rayleigh told him about Portgas D. Ace, and Duke's response made Rayleigh demand to know his source.

• Duke entered Shakky's Rip-off Bar with Robin and Perona and identified the sleeping old man as Rayleigh.
• Rayleigh recognized Duke as the Navy Traitor, and Robin revealed herself as Nico Robin.
• Duke argued that none of the Four Emperors would become Pirate King and revealed that he knew about Shanks's choice to give up an arm.
• Duke asked Rayleigh to coat his ship and share news, and Rayleigh mentioned the Supernovas entering the New World and Portgas D. Ace.
• Duke remarked on Ace's surname, prompting Rayleigh to turn serious and ask who Duke's source of intelligence was.

Duke questioned Rayleigh about whether he would save Ace, then spent two weeks waiting while Robin and Perona shopped across Sabaody. After Rayleigh finished coating Darkness Maru, Duke sailed with them toward Fish-Man Island, where Robin told him he knew nothing about women.

• Duke asked Rayleigh whether he would risk his life to save Ace, and Rayleigh said he would.
• Duke asked Rayleigh about Haki training, then explored Sabaody with Robin and Perona while Rayleigh coated Darkness Maru.
• Robin and Perona spent two weeks shopping across Groves 30 through 39, leaving Duke exasperated.
• Rayleigh completed the coating, and Duke hurriedly set sail for Fish-Man Island with Robin and Perona.
• After Darkness Maru entered the sea, Robin explained Perona's gloomy mood and told Duke he knew nothing about women.

Duke guided Darkness Maru through the dangerous deep sea, drove off the Sea Kings, and reached Fish-Man Island beneath Sun Tree Eve. The residents greeted Duke and his crew with hostility, but Robin revealed that Duke had once saved Fisher Tiger, a revered hero on the island.

• Duke used Conqueror's Haki to frighten away Sea Kings that approached Darkness Maru during its descent.
• Duke, Robin, and Perona witnessed an undersea volcanic eruption before spotting the light of Sun Tree Eve.
• Duke brought Darkness Maru through Fish-Man Island's main gate and ordered the crew to disembark.
• Perona worried that the island's residents hated humans, and Duke's group encountered hostile stares from fish-men and merfolk.
• Robin told Perona that Duke had saved Fisher Tiger while serving in the Marines, surprising her.

Duke and his companions went to Mermaid Cafe to meet the fortune-teller Shyarly and ask about the Sea Forest, but mentioning Fisher Tiger drew angry fish-men into a confrontation. Arlong and the Sun Pirates recognized Duke as Tiger’s savior, and the cafe learned he was Fish-Man Island’s great benefactor.

• Duke told Robin and Perona he wanted to visit Shyarly, ask for directions to Sea Forest, and decipher the Poneglyph there.
• Duke, Robin, and Perona entered Mermaid Cafe, where fish-men confronted them for speaking about Fisher Tiger and suspected them of being Marines or bounty hunters.
• Arlong arrived, recognized Duke, and knelt to apologize for the fish-men’s threats.
• Aladdin and the Sun Pirates entered and knelt before Duke as Tiger’s benefactor.
• A fish-man found Duke’s 800 million Berry wanted poster, and the crowd identified him as Fish-Man Island’s great benefactor.

Duke reunited with the Sun Pirates on Fish-Man Island, learned that Tiger had joined the Revolutionary Army and that Jinbe led the crew, and arranged to visit Sea Forest. He revealed plans to partner with Doflamingo and Gild Tesoro, then fell asleep after a palace banquet as two newcomers arrived in the Unknown Space.

• Aladdin and the Sun Pirates thanked Duke for saving Tiger, and Duke learned that Tiger had gone to the Revolutionary Army while Jinbe had become the Sun Pirates’ captain.
• Duke found out that Arlong had stayed on Fish-Man Island and that Queen Otohime was alive, then arranged to visit Sea Forest with help from Aladdin.
• Duke told Robin that he planned to partner with Doflamingo and Gild Tesoro, using their connections and wealth alongside his technology.
• King Neptune and Queen Otohime welcomed Duke and his companions at a palace banquet, and Neptune agreed to their request to visit Sea Forest.
• After drinking at the palace, Duke fell asleep, and two newcomers arrived in the Unknown Space.

Two newcomers arrived in Unknown Space, where the Dukes merged memories and learned about their unusual lives. The Saint Seiya Duke asked for help against the coming Holy War, but the Naruto World's Duke dismissed his fear of Hades.

• The Dukes surrounded the newcomers and merged memories to learn their backgrounds.
• The Saint Seiya Duke's memories revealed his harsh training in Sanctuary and his struggle to qualify as a reserve Saint.
• The Dukes reviewed the Ura Ichiban World's Duke's sexually adventurous life and enthusiastically praised his stamina.
• The Saint Seiya Duke asked the Dukes for ideas to survive the approaching Holy War against Pluton Hades.
• The Naruto World's Duke told him not to worry because even his dog was named Hades.

Three-year-old Naruto lived safely with Minato and Kushina while Duke discussed Konoha’s strained relations with Kumogakure. On their walk home, Duke and Minato encountered a masked kidnapper carrying Hiashi’s daughter, and the chapter ended as the attacker charged at Duke.

• Duke teased Naruto at home while Minato explained that Kumogakure’s envoy had come to renegotiate the war treaty.
• Duke and Minato discussed the Hyuga Clan’s absence from the envoy’s reception and then went out for ramen after Kushina refused to make them dinner.
• Duke and Minato encountered a masked man fleeing with a child, and Minato rescued the child before the pursuer could escape.
• Hiashi identified the rescued child as his daughter and said the masked man had tried to obtain the Hyūga Clan’s Byakugan bloodline limit.
• The masked man chose Duke as his target and charged at her, declaring that the ninja world was cruel.

After Duke killed the Kumogakure leader who had tried to abduct Hinata, Konoha’s leaders faced the threat of renewed war and debated how to answer Kumogakure’s demands. Duke saw that Hizashi might be sacrificed to resolve the crisis and spoke up before the elders decided what to do.

• Duke froze and killed the masked man who had abducted Hinata, and Hiashi identified him as the leader of Kumogakure’s peace envoy.
• Hiashi took responsibility for the incident, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō warned that Kumogakure would demand an explanation.
• Kumogakure demanded that Hiashi be handed over as the culprit and threatened to resume the war if Konoha refused.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, and the other leaders rejected the demand but discussed compromises to avoid war.
• Duke remembered that Hizashi might be sacrificed to settle the dispute and asked the Hokage and elders to hear him out.

Duke argued against Konoha sacrificing a Hyuga clan member to secure peace with Kumogakure and volunteered for a mission to capture an enemy leader. After leaving the village with Minato, he revealed that he wanted to investigate Kirigakure’s persecution of bloodline clans and suspected Obito was controlling the Fourth Mizukage.

• Duke told Konoha’s leaders that peace should not come at the cost of the Hyuga Clan and proposed capturing an important Cloud Shinobi instead.
• Duke rejected Hiashi’s offer to send the Hyuga Clan, and Hiruzen assigned Duke and Kyo to infiltrate the Cloud Shinobi camp.
• Hiashi and Hizashi thanked Duke at Konoha’s gates before Duke and Minato departed for the front lines.
• Minato asked why Duke had volunteered, and Duke explained that he needed an excuse to investigate Kirigakure’s persecution of bloodline clans.
• Duke told Minato that he suspected Obito was behind the Fourth Mizukage’s actions.

Duke and Minato discovered that the Cloud Shinobi were secretly preparing for war rather than peace talks, and chose to attack their camp instead of reporting back. They challenged the legacy of the First and Second Hokage as Duke summoned Hades and charged into the Cloud Shinobi’s defenses.

• Shisui escorted Duke and Minato to the border, where he wished them success before they entered Cloud Shinobi territory.
• Duke and Minato evaded the Cloud Shinobi’s sentries and found their main force encamped outside a town in the Land of Hot Water, surrounded by patrols.
• Minato proposed sending the intelligence back to Konoha, but Duke argued that they should confront the Cloud Shinobi and challenged Minato to match the First and Second Hokage.
• Duke and Minato entered Sage Mode, and Duke summoned Hades to charge the Cloud Shinobi camp while Minato covered him.
• The Cloud Shinobi detected the attack and unleashed a coordinated barrage of ninjutsu, so Duke covered Hades in ice armor and ordered it to charge through.

Duke, Minato, and Hades wiped out the Cloud Shinobi camp with devastating Wood, Water, and Ice Release attacks. They found the hidden Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer B, and surrounded him, leaving him and the Eight-Tails facing a seemingly hopeless fight.

• Hades rampaged through the Cloud Shinobi camp while Minato cut down the shinobi who tried to attack him.
• Duke merged with Hades and used Wood Release to transform the battlefield into a forest that crushed the Cloud Shinobi.
• Duke flooded the forest with Sage Art Water Release, then froze it with Sage Art Ice Release, trapping the surviving Cloud Shinobi beneath the ice.
• Duke sensed a powerful chakra presence beneath the ice and summoned the Blue-Ice White Night Dragon to break open the ice field.
• Killer B emerged from beneath the ice, and Duke, Minato, Hades, and the Ice Dragon surrounded him.
• Killer B asked the Eight-Tails for advice, and it warned him that Duke, Minato, and their summons were all formidable opponents.

Duke and Minato confronted Killer B, who transformed into the Eight-Tails to fight them. Duke and Hades wounded and froze Gyuki, but Killer B escaped the ice with the Eight-Tails' Clone Technique, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Duke identified Killer B as the mission's target, and Killer B refused to surrender.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and attacked Duke and Minato with its tails.
• Duke froze one of the Eight-Tails' tails, while Hades wounded it with his fangs and Wood Release.
• The Eight-Tails battered Hades with its fists and spinning attack, but Hades struck back with wooden spikes and rapidly healed.
• Duke summoned four One-Horned White Whales and froze the Eight-Tails inside an iceberg.
• Duke ordered Hades to finish the Eight-Tails, but a severed tentacle transformed into Killer B as the frozen beast became a tentacle clone.

Duke and Minato defeated Killer B after Duke froze the Eight-Tails and Minato sealed B’s connection to it. Duke then set off alone toward the Land of Water to deal with Obito, while Minato returned to Konoha.

• Killer B and Gyuki launched a Tailed Beast Ball, but Duke’s Absolute Zero Freezing Air froze and neutralized it, then trapped the Eight-Tails in ice.
• Gyuki sacrificed itself to protect Killer B, but Duke’s freezing attack caught and incapacitated it before it could escape.
• Minato disarmed Killer B and used the Five Elements Seal and Eight Trigrams Seal: Alteration to sever his connection to Gyuki and restrict his chakra.
• Duke and Minato captured Killer B and headed toward the Konoha encampment, but Duke stopped before reaching it and sent Hades away.
• Duke told Minato he would travel directly toward the Land of Water to confront Obito, and Minato warned him not to underestimate Obito’s Space-Time Ninjutsu.

Duke traveled through the Land of Water during Kirigakure’s brutal purge under Fourth Mizukage Yagura, whom he suspected Obito was controlling. Seeking shelter from the winter snow, Duke reached a small village and met a frightened young girl at a house.

• Duke crossed the snowy Land of Water in disguise to avoid attracting attention during Kirigakure’s internal purge.
• Duke recalled how Yagura had dismantled the great clans and turned Kirigakure into the Village of the Bloody Mist.
• Duke suspected Obito’s control of Yagura was connected to Rin’s death and Kirigakure’s actions.
• Duke followed cooking smoke to a small village after deciding he would not reach the next town before dark.
• Duke approached a house to ask for a room, and a timid little girl came out and asked whom he was looking for.

Duke reunited with Hōzuki Jingzi and met her son, Haku, in the Land of Water. When villagers learned Haku had a Kekkei Genkai, Duke stopped Jingzi’s husband from attacking her and drove the villagers away, leaving the family’s future uncertain.

• Duke recognized Haku as a boy and discovered that his mother was Jingzi, the woman who had helped him while he infiltrated Kirigakure.
• Jingzi explained that she had found a peaceful life with her husband and son despite her hardship.
• Jingzi’s husband and the villagers confronted her after Haku revealed his Kekkei Genkai, and her husband raised a club to strike her.
• Duke knocked away the club with an ice kunai and ordered the villagers to leave.
• Jingzi begged Duke to spare her husband, saying she did not hate or blame him.

Duke followed Zabuza to a secret meeting with Kirigakure ninja who planned to overthrow the Fourth Mizukage, including Terumi Mei and Ao. Ao revealed that Yagura was being controlled by an Illusion Technique, while Duke recognized Obito's likely role and remained hidden beneath the ice.

• Duke spotted Zabuza in town, left a clone behind, and secretly followed him to learn about his plans to assassinate the Mizukage.
• Zabuza traveled to a frozen river and met seven or eight masked Hidden Mist ninja who had gathered as his accomplices.
• The ninja removed their masks, revealing Terumi Mei, Ao, and other former supporters of Yagura who had turned against his rule.
• Zabuza and Terumi Mei agreed that Yagura's actions threatened Kirigakure, and Zabuza suggested replacing the Daimyo as well.
• Ao told the group that his Byakugan had revealed an Illusion Technique controlling Yagura, and Duke, hidden under the ice, suspected Obito was responsible.