Chapter Summaries

Gion accepted the group's excuse for her decision to join Bai Ye, while Sengoku reflected on why the Marines had chosen not to oppose his plan regarding the escaped Impel Down prisoners. Bai Ye condemned the Marines' limits and the World Government's oppression, and Tsuru acknowledged his ability to unite powerful people behind his cause.

• Gion accepted the others' explanation that she had gone ahead to scout for the Marines, and Bai Ye teased her for being shameless.
• Garp laughed at Sengoku's defense of Gion, and Sengoku scolded him for fooling around.
• Sengoku realized that most of the Marines had already agreed with his position, while Akainu intended to pursue the escaped prisoners in the name of Marine justice.
• Tsuru praised Bai Ye for changing Gion, Garp, and others, but Bai Ye said he was the only one who treated ordinary people as people.
• Bai Ye rebuked Akainu over Ohara and argued that the Marines could not end ordinary people's suffering without confronting the Celestial Dragons.
• Tsuru recognized that Bai Ye had united powerful followers and persuaded them to set aside their former ambitions.

Bai Ye claimed his charisma had won Gion over, while Gion reflected on why she had chosen to oppose the World Government. Sengoku then announced to Marine Headquarters that he planned to cooperate with Bai Ye to overthrow the World Government and let the Marines decide whether to join him.

• Bai Ye teased Gion about joining his side, and Gion considered how the World Government's oppression had made her unable to return to her former role.
• Sengoku asked whether Bai Ye could transport the gathered Marines, and Bai Ye said he could move them, possibly in multiple trips.
• Sengoku summoned Marine Headquarters' elite forces to the plaza and told them he had a major decision to announce.
• When a Marine asked whether war was beginning, Sengoku said it was not happening yet.
• Sengoku declared that he would cooperate with Bai Ye to overthrow the World Government and offered to take willing Marines with him without forcing anyone to choose.
• The Marines reacted with shock and debated whether joining Bai Ye meant siding with pirates or opposing the Celestial Dragons.

Sengoku explained why the Navy should join Bai Ye, arguing that justice meant protecting people and changing a world ruled by the World Government and Celestial Dragons. He left the choice to the Navy soldiers, who could follow him or stay behind.

• Tsuru urged Sengoku to explain his decision to the confused Navy soldiers.
• Sengoku invited the soldiers to ask questions, and one asked why the Navy would side with a pirate condemned by the World Government.
• Sengoku argued that the World Government’s propaganda had shaped their view of Bai Ye and that justice depended on whom it protected.
• Sengoku described Bai Ye’s cause as reform and said the Navy should protect whoever could bring peace to the seas.
• Sengoku condemned the Celestial Dragons’ atrocities and said he would not let the Navy die to preserve their rule.

Sengoku announced that Navy soldiers could leave with him to join Bai Ye or stay, leaving many uncertain and divided. Gion expected most to follow Sengoku, but Bai Ye, Garp, and Aokiji explained why World Government loyalists and others might resist, while Kizaru tested Bai Ye by asking how he would handle those who stayed.

• Navy soldiers hesitated over whether to follow Sengoku or remain loyal to the World Government.
• Gion told Bai Ye she thought most of the Navy would leave with Sengoku, but Bai Ye warned that dissenters could sway those still undecided.
• Garp and Aokiji explained that World Government agents and Navy soldiers who viewed Bai Ye as a pirate would oppose joining him.
• Kizaru asked Bai Ye whether he planned to act against the Navy soldiers who refused to leave, forcing him to confront how he would handle them.

Bai Ye decided not to intervene while Sengoku addressed the Marines, believing Sengoku could handle the situation himself. As the Marines prepared to choose sides, Bai Ye planned to let the willing join him and relocate those who did not.

• Kizaru questioned whether Bai Ye should act, but Bai Ye said he trusted Sengoku to resolve the matter.
• Gion recognized that the conflict could make former allies enemies because they stood for opposing ideals.
• Bai Ye explained that neither he nor Gion had the standing to intervene, and their presence could make the Marines less willing to listen.
• Bai Ye told Gion to watch Sengoku's efforts and said they would relocate everyone if Sengoku failed.
• Bai Ye said those who chose to stay could remain, since he did not want potential traitors joining his side.

Bai Ye explained that the Marines had to choose a side in the coming struggle and said he wanted to build an ideal world with those who stood with him. He left the Marines to face the World Government alongside his forces, while making clear that traitors and those who blocked his plans would not be spared.

• Bai Ye warned that letting reluctant allies join could create trouble and left Sengoku to handle the matter.
• Gion asked whether Bai Ye had foreseen events, and he said the Marines would be eliminated if they refused to change with the times.
• Bai Ye explained that the Marines could not become a third force and would have to choose between the World Government and his side.
• Garp insisted the Marines were standing with the people rather than siding with Bai Ye, but he could not deny the Marines’ past complicity.
• Bai Ye said he would put past grudges aside for those who shared his ideals, while naming Im, the Five Elders, the Celestial Dragons, and Blackbeard as threats he could not leave alone.

Bai Ye declared that Blackbeard would not be forgiven and would face death for betraying the Whitebeard Pirates. When the others asked how he would settle the broader hatred between Marines and pirates, Bai Ye admitted the problem was complicated and suggested keeping the opposing sides apart until they found another solution.

• Aokiji asked whether Bai Ye would forgive Blackbeard, and Bai Ye said he would send him to meet God.
• Gion supported Bai Ye, arguing that Blackbeard’s actions made him undeserving of forgiveness.
• Someone asked Bai Ye how he would resolve the many grudges between Marines and pirates.
• Bai Ye admitted the matter was troublesome and said they would think of a solution later.
• Bai Ye suggested keeping the opposing sides from meeting, with one going east and the other west.

Kizaru asked how Bai Ye would handle revenge and lingering hatred between Marines and pirates in the world he wanted to unite. Bai Ye said the others had misunderstood something, leaving them waiting for his explanation.

• Garp reflected that the Navy would have to choose a side and that the World Government likely had hidden forces beyond the Navy and CP.
• Bai Ye teased Garp for nearly demanding respect as an elder, and Garp admitted he could not play that card with him.
• Kizaru asked how Bai Ye would prevent or address revenge between people like Akainu and pirates, and Akainu recognized the problem as one he might face himself.
• Bai Ye told Kizaru that he had gotten one thing wrong, leaving Kizaru puzzled.

Bai Ye told the Marines and his allies to stop defining themselves by their old factions, arguing that they were people united to overthrow the World Government and establish peace. The group accepted that the question of future rule could wait, while Sengoku faced the Marines’ emerging split over whether to join Bai Ye.

• Bai Ye asked who made up the majority on their side, prompting Garp to realize he meant ordinary people rather than pirates.
• Aokiji asked whether Bai Ye no longer considered himself a pirate, and Bai Ye rejected the label as a judgment imposed by others.
• Bai Ye explained that countries, the Revolutionary Army, and potentially the Marines were united to overthrow the World Government, making their old faction identities meaningless.
• Bai Ye said they should focus on the present rather than make promises about lasting peace, then looked toward Sengoku.
• The Marines began to divide between those willing to join Bai Ye and those who longed for the past.

Sengoku addressed the Marines gathered at Marine Headquarters and explained that cooperating with Bai Ye meant confronting what the World Government had done. He began revealing the Celestial Dragons’ crimes, including the massacre at God Valley, leaving the Marines shocked and questioning the truth of their allegiance.

• Sengoku invited the assembled Marines to voice their objections to following him.
• A Marine asked whether Sengoku expected them to cooperate with pirates, and many others agreed that they opposed it.
• Sengoku said ordinary people could also see the Marines as pirates because the Marines harmed them while claiming to protect them.
• Sengoku announced that he would reveal the truth about the Celestial Dragons and the World Government.
• Sengoku accused the Celestial Dragons of choosing countries for slaughter and said they had massacred everyone at God Valley, including infants.
• The Marines were stunned by Sengoku’s claims, but many found him more trustworthy than the World Government.

Sengoku urged the Marines to recognize the World Government’s oppression and offered them a choice to leave with him and cooperate with Bai Ye. Many Marines agreed, though a substantial number stayed, prompting Gion to question their decision and Bai Ye to note that winning so many supporters against the World Government’s eight-hundred-year rule was already significant.

• Sengoku told the Marines that the Celestial Dragons enslaved and abused ordinary people, while the Marines had become accomplices and the World Government concealed the truth.
• Sengoku said he was cooperating with Bai Ye to change the world and invited willing Marines to join him without forcing anyone.
• A Marine who had witnessed the Celestial Dragons’ cruelty at Sabaody spoke up in support of Sengoku, and other soldiers echoed him.
• Sengoku had the Marines divide according to whether they would leave with him or remain.
• Gion wondered why so many Marines still chose the World Government, and Bai Ye said it was impressive that so many had agreed to follow Sengoku despite the Government’s long-standing power.

Bai Ye explained why the World Government’s reputation endured and why Marines who knew the truth were responsible for choosing their side. He revealed that the Government was letting Sengoku’s followers leave as part of a screening process, and Gion realized they might suspect she had helped plan the operation with Bai Ye.

• Bai Ye argued that the World Government controlled public opinion, so people had reason to doubt Sengoku’s revelations and keep supporting it.
• Gion grieved that former comrades might become enemies, but Bai Ye said those who knew the truth and still chose the Government were responsible for their choice.
• Bai Ye told Gion and Kizaru that the World Government was using the Marines’ departure to identify those whose loyalty had shifted, while Bai Ye was screening them too.
• Garp suggested the World Government was holding back because it knew Bai Ye had arrived.
• Gion reasoned that the World Government might believe she had helped Sengoku plan the operation because she was with Bai Ye and had ties to the Navy.

Gion, Kizaru, Garp, and Bai Ye discussed why the World Government had not confronted Bai Ye, concluding that it avoided keeping divided forces that might recreate the Rocks Pirates’ collapse. The conversation ended with Bai Ye explaining that unity mattered more than raw combat power as the two sides prepared for an eventual contest.

• Kizaru speculated that the World Government feared Bai Ye because his strength might have surpassed Rocks’s, and he asked Bai Ye about the Rocks Pirates’ past.
• Garp recalled how he and Roger had fought Rocks at God Valley, with the Knights of God also involved, and said the Rocks Pirates’ lack of unity had prevented an even bloodier battle.
• Garp and Bai Ye compared the Rocks Pirates with Bai Ye’s crew, noting that Bai Ye’s crew had inherited and surpassed their strength while remaining united.
• Gion realized that the World Government had let people leave because keeping a divided group might have caused internal conflict like the Rocks Pirates’ disintegration.
• Bai Ye praised Gion’s deduction, then explained that the World Government had chosen cohesion over retaining more fighters before the coming struggle.

Bai Ye, Gion, Kizaru, and Garp discussed why the World Government would resent Sengoku for taking most of the Navy with him. Sengoku gave the soldiers a final chance to choose, then prepared to relocate with them while accepting that he faced the same uncertainty as they did.

• Bai Ye argued that the World Government would be furious with Sengoku for leaving with the Navy, and Garp agreed that their reaction would be telling.
• Bai Ye saw that five-sixths of the Navy had chosen to leave with Sengoku, while one-sixth had stayed behind.
• Garp urged the group to remain cautious and take the departing soldiers away once they were ready.
• Tsuru advised Sengoku to stop delaying, so Sengoku dismissed the soldiers and gave them thirty minutes to gather their families and belongings before making one final choice.
• Sengoku watched the soldiers disperse and told Tsuru that he was struggling with his decision just as they had struggled with theirs.

Sengoku gave the Marines time to consider leaving the World Government, though he had already committed to the decision himself. He answered a call from his former mentor Kong Kong, who asked to understand his reasons, and Sengoku apologized for disappointing him.

• Sengoku agreed to give the Marines time to think so they would not regret their choice.
• Tsuru urged Sengoku to answer the ringing Den Den Mushi, and Sengoku realized Kong Kong was calling.
• Kong Kong asked whether Sengoku was ready to leave and said he wanted to know what Sengoku was thinking, not to question him.
• Sengoku struggled to explain himself and told Kong Kong that he was sorry for disappointing him.

Sengoku explained to Kong Kong why he had led the Marines away from the World Government: he could no longer ask innocent Marines to fight for the Celestial Dragons and believed Bai Ye’s rule offered a better possibility. Kong Kong heard that Sengoku was uncertain about the future but unwilling to remain with the World Government, leaving him with little chance of persuading Sengoku to stay.

• Kong Kong told Sengoku that he did not want an apology and demanded to know why Sengoku had chosen to leave the World Government.
• Sengoku admitted that he had never expected to lead the Marines away, then asked Kong Kong what he thought of the World Government.
• Kong Kong claimed the World Government was at least better than pirates, but Sengoku challenged that view and condemned the Celestial Dragons’ oppression.
• Sengoku said he trusted Bai Ye’s rule more than the World Government and did not want innocent Marines to die defending the Celestial Dragons.
• Sengoku recounted how Garp, Aokiji, Kizaru, and Akainu had seen Wano Country for themselves and found that Bai Ye’s rule was not a deception.
• Kong Kong realized Sengoku would choose even an uncertain future over the World Government, and Sengoku reaffirmed that he could not lead Marines to their deaths.

Sengoku decided to let the Marines choose whether to leave the World Government, believing Bai Ye offered them a chance to escape its corruption. Kong Kong understood Sengoku’s reasoning but refused to meet Bai Ye, while Sengoku still hoped Kong Kong might join them.

• Sengoku reasoned that the World Government’s actions had driven many people to become pirates and that Bai Ye was not to blame for their suffering.
• Kong Kong warned that Sengoku might be sending the Marines to their deaths, but accepted that joining Bai Ye offered at least some hope.
• Kong Kong asked whether Bai Ye was with Sengoku, and Sengoku confirmed that everyone willing to leave would go together.
• Kong Kong refused to speak with Bai Ye because he feared being persuaded to abandon his position.
• After an awkward silence, Sengoku admitted he hoped Kong Kong would come with them, though he thought it was unlikely.

Sengoku asked Kong Kong to let the Marines leave the World Government, but Kong Kong refused and accepted that they would become enemies. As Sengoku and Tsuru prepared for the coming conflict, the Five Elders reluctantly recognized that they could not stop the Marines from departing.

• Sengoku directly asked Kong Kong to let him take the Marines away, and Kong Kong refused, saying he would die in battle rather than leave.
• Kong Kong and Sengoku accepted that they would stand on opposite sides in the coming war and ended their call.
• Sengoku asked Tsuru how they should face their former colleagues, and Tsuru advised waiting until they actually met again.
• Kong Kong reflected alone in Holy Land Mary Geoise, feeling exhausted but believing neither he nor Sengoku was wrong.
• The Five Elders discussed Sengoku's departure and decided they could not stop the Marines without risking trouble in the war against Bai Ye.

The Five Elders reacted to Sengoku taking the Marines away and joining Bai Ye, recognizing that his defection would greatly strengthen their enemies. They decided not to start a war yet, instead planning to let the Marines leave, mobilize their remaining forces and technology, and prepare to fight Bai Ye later.

• The Five Elders blamed Sengoku for abandoning the World Government and taking the Marines with him.
• Saint Saturn argued that Sengoku had likely long wanted to leave and had known about the World Government’s actions at God Valley.
• One of the Five Elders warned that Sengoku could join forces with Bai Ye, the Revolutionary Army, and the imprisoned Marines, leaving the World Government dangerously outmatched.
• The Five Elders considered starting a war to stop Sengoku but concluded that they were not ready and could not prevent his departure without weakening their own forces.
• Saint Saturn said they would let the Marines who wanted to leave go, then rely on the remaining forces, robots, the Knights of God, Im, and the World Government’s hidden resources to face Bai Ye later.

The Five Elders debated whether to allow Doflamingo to return as a Celestial Dragon and considered killing him, while Saint Garling arrived with Im’s orders to bring them in and purge the pirates. After learning the Navy had joined Bai Ye, Doflamingo weighed what to do with Vergo, his planted agent.

• The Five Elders discussed Doflamingo’s return, concluding they would wait to see whether he survived the war before deciding what to do about him.
• Saint Garling entered the Flower Chamber, announced that the Knights of God would join the battle, and ordered the Five Elders to accompany him to meet Im.
• The Five Elders recognized that Im had finished preparing for war and left with Saint Garling.
• Doflamingo learned from Vergo that the Navy had joined Bai Ye and wondered whether Vergo should go with Bai Ye or remain behind for the World Government.