Chapter Summaries

Chaos set out to hunt Thief Kosters at the casino on Seria Island’s Branch 406 while the other Appearance Representatives left Poppy Island on assignments. Sakazuki learned that Gild Tesoro had finally departed and turned his battleship around to pursue him.

• At dinner, Chaos reviewed the thefts Kosters had committed against the Richest Group’s casinos and decided to hunt him while scouting for an eighth Appearance Representative.
• Stussy assigned the Appearance Representatives to guard other areas and target troublesome pirate crews and organizations, sending Kuma with Ivankov.
• The next day, Chaos drove toward Seria Island’s Branch 406 casino after Stussy received word that Kosters might be there.
• Sakazuki learned that Gild Tesoro had left Poppy Island and ordered his Marine battleship to turn around so he could pursue him.

Chaos arrived on Seria Island in disguise to visit the Richest Group’s 406th Branch Casino, but his attempt to keep a low profile faltered when he knocked out everyone nearby with Conqueror’s Haki. He then entered the group’s Red Light District, while the story reflected on Stussy’s reforms and the group’s need to find an eighth representative.

• Chaos arrived at Seria Island disguised in casual clothes and headed toward the 406th Branch Casino.
• Five thugs tried to rob Chaos, and he unleashed Conqueror’s Haki that knocked out people across three streets.
• Pirates who had followed Chaos fled the island, while the incident left residents panicked and several figures investigating the unconscious crowds.
• Chaos entered a Richest Group brothel, where he supported the business he had previously ordered Stussy to reform.
• The chapter described Stussy’s changes to the Red Light District and medical supply chain, and noted that the Richest Group still needed an eighth representative.

Chaos visited a brothel run under Stussy’s management, but the madam took offense when he mentioned Queen of Joy and ordered her men to seize him. After Chaos revealed himself as the Great Emperor, the madam and five girls eagerly welcomed him while he ordered them to keep his presence on the island secret.

• Chaos entered the brothel and asked the madam for its signature acts, praising Stussy’s management.
• The madam accused Chaos of disrespecting Queen of Joy and summoned more than twenty armed men to seize him.
• Chaos knocked the men unconscious without moving, then used an invisible wave to put nearly everyone in the brothel to sleep.
• Chaos revealed his original appearance, and the madam and five girls recognized him as the Great Emperor.
• Chaos ordered the madam and the five girls to keep his visit secret, and they rushed to attend to him.

Chaos tested Baccarat’s luck at the casino, then revealed himself as the Golden Emperor and tried to recruit her as the Richest Group’s eighth officer. Baccarat fled, while Chaos attacked Thief Kosters and pursued him into the street.

• Chaos, Baccarat, and Thief Kosters gambled with huge stakes, and Baccarat’s luck let her win hand after hand.
• Chaos offered Baccarat the position of eighth officer in the Richest Group, then revealed his identity as the Golden Emperor.
• Baccarat escaped through a shattered wall, and Chaos ordered the Richest Group’s forces to hunt her down.
• Chaos confronted Thief Kosters and kicked him through a wall and into the street.
• Chaos hovered over the wreckage as onlookers recognized him as Gaia Chaos, the world’s richest man.

Chaos confronted Thief Kosters with four towering golden manifestations, but Kosters used the Door-Door Fruit to escape into a pocket dimension and attack from an unexpected angle. Chaos struck him down, yet Kosters escaped again before Chaos’s weapons could hit him.

• Chaos made a dramatic entrance with Shakyamuni, the Goddess of the Heavens, an angel, and a fairy towering around him.
• The Goddess of the Heavens, Shakyamuni, the angel, and the fairy attacked Thief Kosters, who dodged their strikes and revealed the Door-Door Fruit.
• Chaos realized Kosters could hide in a pocket dimension beyond the reach of his All-Weather Observation Haki.
• Kosters emerged behind Chaos and tried to use Revolving Door, but Chaos’s afterimage fooled him.
• Chaos hit Kosters with a powerful kick, leaving him badly injured in a crater.
• Kosters crawled through a door into the pocket dimension and vanished before Chaos’s golden weapons could strike.

Baccarat used her luck to escape the Richest Group’s pursuit and reached a boat at the port, but Gild Tesoro intercepted her. As the golden figures blocked her route, she turned to attack him.

• Baccarat fled through the woods while her pursuers stumbled and fell, though her luck dwindled as she used her ability to escape.
• Baccarat drained luck from a pursuer to keep moving toward the port, while Chaos waited for Costles to emerge from his alternate space.
• Chaos gave up waiting for Costles and headed to the port to speak with Baccarat.
• Baccarat reached a boat and mocked the men who had failed to stop her, but Shakyamuni, the angel, Goddess of the Heavens, and the fairy appeared and blocked her escape.
• Gild Tesoro appeared behind Baccarat and asked whether she still intended to run, and Baccarat attacked him once she realized he was dangerous.

Chaos subdued Baccarat and brought her to a pleasure house, where she remained under his control. Ten hours earlier, Crocodile fought Great Kong Omit after investigating attacks on the Richest Group, while a young monk watched the battle closely.

• Chaos dodged Baccarat's attack, covered her in gold dust, and used his power to bring her to him.
• Chaos took Baccarat to a pleasure house, where two geishas massaged him while Baccarat plotted to escape.
• Stussy sent Crocodile to investigate attacks on the Richest Group's businesses and possible involvement by the Flying Pirates.
• Crocodile ignored Stussy's orders to gather information and challenged Great Kong Omit, the Flying Pirates' Thirteenth Fleet captain.
• Crocodile clashed evenly with Omit, while a young monk watched him intently from among the pirate thugs.

Crocodile defeated Omio by draining the moisture from his body and burying him in the desert. He then addressed the island’s devoted followers, disappeared after urging them to pursue their dreams and change the world, and left them crying out for his return.

• Crocodile overwhelmed Omio with a colossal sandstorm and a giant sand construct, then drained him until he collapsed.
• Crocodile ignored Omio’s threats to summon the Golden Lion and dragged him underground.
• Crocodile found a crowd of devoted followers and transformed their gathering into a sermon.
• Crocodile spoke about equality, pursuing one’s desires, and changing the world, while illustrating his words with images in sand.
• Crocodile disappeared after telling the crowd to believe in him, and his followers wailed for his return.

Crocodile told Chaos he had killed Great Kong Omit of the Flying Pirates, and Chaos agreed with Crocodile’s suggestion to strike back against the crew. Baccarat panicked at the thought of facing Golden Lion Shiki as Chaos took her to Sabaody Archipelago, while Crocodile worried that Stussy would blame him for escalating the conflict.

• Chaos called Crocodile, who reported that he had killed Great Kong Omit, a Flying Pirates captain with a bounty of over nine hundred million berries.
• Crocodile suggested wiping out the Flying Pirates, and Chaos agreed, alarming Baccarat, who feared Golden Lion Shiki.
• Baccarat argued with Chaos and Crocodile, protesting that Chaos had kidnapped her and made her the Richest Group’s eighth executive without her consent.
• Chaos told Crocodile to come to Sabaody Archipelago and explained that he was taking Baccarat to a Marine base to get her ID.
• Crocodile admitted that Stussy probably knew what had happened and worried that he would be blamed if the Richest Group went to war with the Flying Pirates.

Chaos warned Stussy that the Flying Pirates might go to war with the Richest Group, prompting Stussy to quit work for the day. He then brought Baccarat to Sabaody Archipelago, where he expected Crocodile to join them.

• Chaos told Stussy that Crocodile had killed a captain from one of the Flying Pirates' numbered fleets and warned her to prepare for a possible war.
• Stussy lost her temper over being left to handle the group's work and stormed out, declaring that she was skipping work.
• Chaos ended the call before Betty could redirect Stussy's anger, while Baccarat worried that joining the Richest Group would leave her overworked.
• Chaos drove Baccarat to Sabaody Archipelago by an unofficial route, and she continued scheming about how to escape.
• Chaos thought Crocodile's reputation and persuasive skills might help change Baccarat's mind when he arrived.

Chaos warned Stussy that the Flying Pirates might go to war with the Richest Group, prompting Stussy to quit work for the day. He then took Baccarat to Sabaody Archipelago, where he expected Crocodile to help persuade her to join the group.

• Chaos called Stussy and told her the Flying Pirates might retaliate after Crocodile killed one of their fleet commanders.
• Stussy erupted at Chaos and Betty over her crushing workload, declared she was skipping work, and stormed out.
• Baccarat resolved to remove the gold dust from her body and escape from Chaos.
• Chaos drove Baccarat to Sabaody Archipelago and arrived on the island without disguising his appearance.
• Chaos expected Crocodile to arrive and help convince Baccarat to join the Richest Group.

Crocodile agreed to let Daz Bones follow him after the boy proved his resolve and showed off the Slice-Slice Fruit. Meanwhile, Chaos took Baccarat toward a Marine base to announce her as the Richest Group’s eighth executive and obtain her bounty poster, leaving her convinced he was dragging them into danger.

• Crocodile met with the island’s casino, geisha house, and pharmacy managers before heading toward the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Daz Bones confronted Crocodile and asked to follow him, then attacked with his Slice-Slice Fruit and learned his blades could not harm Crocodile’s Logia body.
• After hearing Daz Bones’s determination to help change the world, Crocodile agreed to let him come along and carried him toward Sabaody on a sandstorm.
• Chaos rode through Marine-controlled Sabaody with Baccarat and told her he planned to announce her appointment as the Richest Group’s eighth executive and get her a bounty poster.
• Baccarat panicked when she realized Chaos was taking her directly to a Marine base.

Chaos and Baccarat entered the Sabaody Marine branch, where Chaos used his Conqueror's Haki to incapacitate nearly every Marine. He ordered Vice Admiral Shagami to issue Baccarat a bounty poster identifying her as a representative of the Richest Group, leaving her horrified at the prospect of being hunted.

• Chaos and Baccarat arrived at the Marine branch, and Chaos knocked out the guards with his Conqueror's Haki.
• Chaos swept through the branch, incapacitating the Marines who rushed to stop him.
• Momonga recognized Chaos as the Golden Emperor, Gaia Chaos, and Shagami and Momonga resisted his Haki while the others collapsed.
• Shagami told Momonga to notify Marineford, then followed Chaos to his office.
• Chaos ordered Shagami to issue Baccarat a bounty poster starting at 100 million berries, then left the office.
• Baccarat realized the bounty would make her a target and despaired over the life she faced.

After Gaia Chaos attacked the Sabaody Archipelago Marine branch and left, Kong sent Tsuru to investigate while Chaos took Baccarat to a Richest Group geisha house. The house’s madam recognized him and escorted him to its presidential suite, while Baccarat remained trapped under his control.

• A Rear Admiral reported Gaia Chaos’s attack on the Sabaody Archipelago branch, and Kong ordered Tsuru to go there.
• Momonga found that Chaos had left the branch after knocking out the Marines with Conqueror’s Haki, and learned that Tsuru was on her way.
• Chaos took the despairing Baccarat to a geisha house in Area 75, where she pleaded with him to focus on escaping the Navy.
• Chaos booked the presidential suite, and the madam recognized him as the Richest Group’s Great Emperor before leading him upstairs.

Chaos enjoyed the Marines issuing Baccarat a 280 million bounty as the Richest Group’s eighth Representative, while Tsuru decided the Marines could not risk confronting him. Crocodile and Daz Bones arrived, and Chaos turned his attention to the nervous Daz Bones.

• Tsuru considered whether to pursue Gild Tesoro, then decided the Marines could not spare forces and should avoid provoking him without a decisive plan.
• The Marines issued Baccarat a 280 million bounty as the Richest Group’s eighth Representative, leaving her furious and feeling trapped.
• Chaos praised the bounty poster while Baccarat lamented that she had been made a Representative without her consent.
• Crocodile arrived with Daz Bones, dismissed Baccarat as weak, and exchanged insults with her.
• Chaos stopped their argument and studied Daz Bones, who recognized him as Gild Tesoro and felt overwhelmed by his pressure.

Chaos tested Bonis’s Slice-Slice Fruit and recognized his potential as a swordsman, while Crocodile began explaining the Richest Group’s principles to Bonis and Baccarat. Baccarat recoiled from the group’s reckless philosophy, but Bonis accepted Crocodile’s words as profound truths.

• Chaos asked Bonis his name and recognized him as the future Mr. 1 after learning about his Slice-Slice Fruit.
• Chaos struck Bonis with a shockwave to test his blade-like body, then Crocodile used sand to bring the injured Bonis back.
• Chaos left Baccarat with Crocodile and went for a stroll, while Crocodile agreed to explain the group’s principles and culture.
• Crocodile told Baccarat and Bonis that the Richest Group valued fighting, killing, seeking trouble, and living without constraints.
• Baccarat judged the group’s teachings to be a bandits’ scorched-earth policy, while Bonis listened to Crocodile as though he were revealing profound truths.

Chaos left Sabaody Archipelago after learning that Golden Lion had captured Stussy on Poppy Island. Golden Lion attacked Stussy at her office, while Chaos and his group rushed to her location.

• Chaos returned to the geisha house and found Crocodile relentlessly lecturing the bound Baccarat and Bonis about the group.
• Crocodile continued his lecture through the night and the following day, leaving Baccarat and Bonis exhausted.
• Betty called Chaos from Poppy Island and told him that Golden Lion had captured Stussy.
• Chaos flew out of Sabaody Archipelago with Crocodile, Baccarat, and Bonis, drawing attention with his grand golden-road entrance.
• Earlier that morning, Golden Lion's blade split Stussy's manor, and Stussy confronted him in shock.

Golden Lion Shiki arrived on Poppy Island, tried to recruit Stussy, and fought her and Betty after they refused to join him. Stussy and Betty were left badly injured, while Golden Lion remained unharmed.

• Betty emerged from the rubble and flew to Stussy’s side as Golden Lion Shiki confronted them on Poppy Island.
• Golden Lion offered Stussy a position handling administrative matters for the Flying Pirates, but Stussy refused and said she liked working for the Richest Group.
• Golden Lion unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, but Stussy and Betty endured it thanks to their boss repeatedly exposing them to it for training.
• Betty punched Golden Lion, and Stussy followed with a lightning strike, but Golden Lion emerged almost completely unharmed.
• Golden Lion struck Betty and sent her crashing into a hillside, then blocked Stussy’s Lightning Cross Spear and hurled her into another mountain.

The Golden Lion overwhelmed Betty and Stussy, forcing Stussy to agree to join the Flying Pirates to save Betty. He took Stussy away and gave Betty the coordinates to his base, intending to lure Gild Tesoro into pursuing him.

• Betty and Stussy attacked the Golden Lion together, but he defeated them with ease.
• The Golden Lion's slash nearly killed Betty, and Stussy took the blow and deflected it at the cost of severe injuries.
• Betty charged the Golden Lion again, but he grabbed her by the throat and began to suffocate her.
• Stussy offered to join the Flying Pirates in exchange for Betty's release, and the Golden Lion tossed Betty aside.
• The Golden Lion flew away with Stussy after carving the Flying Pirates' base coordinates into a distant mountain, inviting Gild Tesoro to come after him.

Chaos returned to Poppy Island, saw the devastation caused by Golden Lion, and heard Betty explain how Stussy had been captured. He prepared to rescue her and fight Golden Lion, while Betty met the newly arrived Baccarat and Bonis.

• Chaos and Crocodile arrived on Poppy Island and saw the battle damage and coordinates left by Golden Lion.
• Betty told Chaos that Stussy had been captured, and said Old Don and the others were on their way back.
• Chaos ordered Betty to contact Monkey D. Dragon so he could get outside help before fighting Golden Lion.
• Betty asked Crocodile to introduce Baccarat and Bonis, and Bonis identified himself as the Ninth Representative and a Slice-Slice Fruit user.
• Betty tried to recruit Bonis, but he declared loyalty to His Majesty the Tsar, prompting Crocodile to tell Betty to stop causing trouble.