Chapter Summaries

Doflamingo and Trebol discussed why the World Government had allowed Sengoku to take the Marines away, considering whether it was a trap or evidence that Bai Ye had surpassed the Government. Doflamingo concluded that Bai Ye might be stronger, leaving Trebol to reconsider their assumptions.

• Doflamingo reasoned that Bai Ye had likely been present when Sengoku took the Marines away, despite no one seeing him.
• Trebol suggested that the World Government had secretly ordered Sengoku to infiltrate Bai Ye's forces and betray him later.
• Doflamingo said Trebol's theory was possible but lacked evidence and depended on whether Sengoku was acting under orders or independently.
• Doflamingo challenged Trebol's assumption that the World Government had to be stronger than Bai Ye.
• Doflamingo said Bai Ye had surpassed that man and might be stronger than the World Government, explaining its apparent fear of him.

Doflamingo realized that the World Government had allowed its forces to leave because Bai Ye might be stronger than it, while Trebol worried that their decision to side with the World Government could end in disaster. Doflamingo stayed committed to his choice, uncertain whether his suspicions were correct or what would happen next.

• Doflamingo reconsidered the Navy's defection and concluded that Bai Ye's strength might have made the World Government too wary to intervene.
• Doflamingo rejected Trebol's theory that the Navy had joined Bai Ye as undercover agents and reasoned that Bai Ye had already accounted for possible betrayal.
• Trebol asked whether Bai Ye had surpassed the World Government, and Doflamingo argued that its eight hundred years of power could be overcome.
• Trebol feared that joining the World Government might cost them their lives, but Doflamingo refused to switch sides after making his choice.
• Trebol saw Doflamingo grow gloomy and told him they did not need to dwell on the matter.

Doflamingo decided to remain with the World Government, accepting that his choices were limited by his lack of strength and his desire to keep his Celestial Dragon status and pursue chaos. Trebol then asked whether Vergo should stay undercover in the Marines or return with them.

• Trebol asked whether Doflamingo had another plan, and Doflamingo said they had no realistic way to join Bai Ye because they lacked bargaining power and would lose their negotiated terms.
• Doflamingo explained that he wanted to remain a Celestial Dragon and bring chaos to the World Government, goals he believed Bai Ye could not offer him.
• Doflamingo told Trebol they would stay, since their suspicions about the World Government's strength were uncertain and their lack of fighting power would leave them vulnerable either way.
• Trebol asked whether Vergo should continue his undercover work in the Marines or return with them.

Doflamingo decided Vergo’s Marine infiltration had become useless and ordered him to return, while Vergo prepared to leave Marine Headquarters. Bai Ye arrived as Sengoku’s Marines finished choosing whether to follow him, and Sengoku was left to address them.

• Doflamingo concluded that the coming war and Bai Ye’s plans made Vergo’s infiltration pointless, so he ordered Vergo to return.
• Trebol questioned whether they should abandon years of arrangements, but Doflamingo insisted they had no choice.
• Vergo received Doflamingo’s order, put down the Den Den Mushi, and began packing to leave with the Marines.
• Many Marines gathered in the selection area and chose to go with Sengoku.
• Bai Ye appeared and spoke with Sengoku, who asked whether Bai Ye would take over the next steps.
• Tsuru said Sengoku should address the Marines, and Sengoku agreed.

Bai Ye and Sengoku led half of Marineford’s Marines away, while the rest stayed to fight alongside the World Government. After they departed, World Government envoys arrived and took charge of the Marines who remained.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines to leave, and Bai Ye defended Sengoku’s right to act according to his own convictions.
• Tsuru realized she had thought of Sengoku only as Fleet Admiral, while Bai Ye and Sengoku recognized his personal stance.
• Bai Ye agreed to end the gathering and used his ability to transfer half of Marineford away with Sengoku and the departing Marines.
• The Marines who remained behind mourned their separation from former comrades and acknowledged that either choice would eventually make them enemies.
• World Government envoys arrived, urged the remaining Marines to stop dwelling on the past, and told them to come with them.

Some Marines at Marineford refused to join either the World Government or Bai Ye, choosing instead to avoid fighting their former comrades. The World Government let them leave, and Big Morgans prepared to publish the news as the world moved toward a major war.

• Some Marines stayed behind, saying they would not fight their former comrades or join the pirates.
• The World Government personnel consulted their superiors after realizing they could not take the Marines by force.
• The World Government ordered that anyone who wanted to leave could go home, while the rest could depart with them.
• Most Marines left Marineford, and the World Government personnel departed with those who stayed; the city was left empty.
• Big Morgans recorded the events and hurried to report them, viewing the Marines’ departure as only the beginning of greater upheaval.

Big Morgans delayed publishing the news that the Marines had left the World Government and joined Bai Ye so he could try to get an exclusive interview first. He planned to publish the story either way, but the chapter left it uncertain whether Bai Ye would respond.

• Big Morgans weighed the risks of contacting Bai Ye and considered reaching him through Big Mom or arranging an interview by Den Den Mushi.
• Big Morgans's staff urged him to release the prepared newspaper story about the Marines joining Bai Ye.
• Big Morgans told his staff to wait while he tried to ask Bai Ye for more information, promising to publish the story regardless.
• Big Morgans's staff agreed the interview was worth attempting, though they doubted Bai Ye would pay attention to them.

Big Morgans asked Big Mom through Katakuri to help arrange an exclusive interview with Bai Ye, and Big Mom agreed to pass along the request. In Wano Country, Sengoku arrived with a large force of Marines to cooperate with Bai Ye, shocking those gathered there.

• Big Morgans called Katakuri and asked him to contact Big Mom about Bai Ye accepting an exclusive interview.
• Katakuri agreed to speak with Big Mom, who said she would send the request to Bai Ye because she was curious about his thoughts too.
• Big Morgans thanked Big Mom and waited to learn whether Bai Ye would accept the interview.
• Sengoku arrived in Wano Country with many Marines, startling everyone by seeking cooperation with Bai Ye despite the Marines' history as his enemies.

Sengoku and the Marines arrived in Wano Country, where the Marines saw how well it had been developed and turned their anger toward the Celestial Dragons. Bai Ye agreed to release the Marines who had been captured, and Sengoku went to collect them.

• Sengoku arrived in Wano Country with a large group of Marines, drawing curious stares from the people there.
• Bai Ye teased Sengoku about being watched, while Sengoku and Tsuru discussed how his change of allegiance had made the attention understandable.
• The Marines explored Wano Country, admired how good it was, and cursed the Celestial Dragons after learning the truth about the World Government.
• Tsuru raised the captured Marines, and Bai Ye agreed to let Sengoku take them.
• Sengoku thanked Bai Ye for trusting him and went to retrieve the captured Marines from prison.

Sengoku told the imprisoned Marines that he had disbanded the Marines and led many of them away from Marineford to join Bai Ye rather than fight for the World Government. The shocked prisoners were left wondering what their status would be and whether they should stay or return.

• The Marines assumed Sengoku and Tsuru had been captured and feared Marine Headquarters and the Marines had fallen.
• Sengoku told the agitated prisoners to calm down, then announced that the Marines were gone.
• The prisoners panicked, thinking they were doomed and that their families at Marineford were in danger.
• Sengoku explained that he had disbanded the Marines and offered them a choice between following him or remaining at Marineford to fight alongside the World Government.
• The prisoners realized Sengoku had brought many Marines to join Bai Ye and asked what they were now supposed to do.

Sengoku explained to the imprisoned Marines why he had abandoned the World Government and joined Bai Ye in Wano Country. He offered them a choice, but the Marines realized that returning to the World Government would likely mean death or imprisonment, leaving them with little real option but to stay.

• Tsuru urged the Marines to question Sengoku about why he had brought them to Wano Country.
• Sengoku explained that he had left the World Government because he believed the Celestial Dragons had become a threat and saw no hope in remaining with them.
• Sengoku told the imprisoned Marines that they could decide whether to stay or leave, and said he would fight the World Government without demanding that they join him.
• A Marine asked whether staying meant fighting the World Government, and Sengoku confirmed that he would not turn back.
• The Marines pointed out that the World Government would likely treat anyone returning from Wano Country as a traitor, making their supposed choice nearly impossible.

Sengoku offered the Marines the choice to leave Wano Country or stay out of the war, then explained the choices Garp, Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru had made. The Marines chose to follow Sengoku and oppose the Celestial Dragons, though he urged them to take time before committing.

• Sengoku admitted the Marines could no longer return to the World Government and offered them the options of leaving, staying in Wano Country, or joining the war.
• The Marines asked about Garp and the Admirals, and Sengoku said Akainu would capture pirates while Garp, Aokiji, and Kizaru would fight alongside them.
• The Marines declared they were willing to follow Sengoku and fight against the Celestial Dragons.
• Sengoku told the Marines they did not need to decide immediately, but they argued that there was no reason to keep supporting the World Government.

Sengoku gathered the Marines who chose to fight the World Government, while Bai Ye planned to seek Elbaf's support for the coming war. Golden Lion revealed that the Rocks Pirates had first set sail from Elbaf, and Bai Ye identified Teach as Rocks's son, shocking Whitebeard and Golden Lion.

• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed how the Marines had chosen to stay together and suspected the World Government had no trump cards left.
• Sengoku led the Marines out of the prison to join the others waiting outside.
• Bai Ye told Golden Lion he planned to visit Elbaf and then fight the World Government.
• Golden Lion said the Rocks Pirates had left Elbaf, and Bai Ye confirmed he already knew.
• Bai Ye said Teach was Rocks's son, prompting Golden Lion and Whitebeard to react with shock.

Whitebeard explained why he had taken Ace into his crew after Ace challenged him, admitting he had known Ace was Roger’s son but had not known Teach was Rocks’s son. Golden Lion, Kaido, and Old John teased Whitebeard for adopting the sons of famous pirates, while the others accepted his reasoning about Ace; Whitebeard then began clarifying that he had not recognized Teach’s parentage.

• Whitebeard told Golden Lion he had known Ace was Roger’s son but had not known Teach was Captain Rocks’s son.
• Whitebeard explained that Ace’s challenge forced him to respond, and he chose to take Ace into his crew to protect him and preserve the Whitebeard Pirates’ authority.
• Whitebeard admitted he had enjoyed the idea of Roger’s son calling him Dad and said Teach had joined after pleading for a place in the crew.
• Golden Lion, Kaido, and Old John mocked Whitebeard for adopting other pirates’ children, and the gathering stared at him suspiciously.
• Whitebeard defended his handling of Ace, and the others agreed that he could not simply ignore the challenge or kill Roger’s son.
• Whitebeard began insisting that he had not known Teach was Rocks’s son when Teach joined.

Bai Ye told Whitebeard and the others that Teach was Rocks’s son, prompting them to consider whether that changed how they would deal with him. Whitebeard resolved to kill Teach for betraying his crew, while Bai Ye insisted they would confront him openly and leave the rest of his plans unspoken.

• Whitebeard and Golden Lion recognized that Teach resembled Rocks, and Whitebeard explained that he had never investigated Teach’s origins.
• Golden Lion questioned how Bai Ye knew Teach was Rocks’s son, but Bai Ye refused to explain.
• Kaido asked what they would do if Teach was Rocks’s child, and Bai Ye said they would still make a move against him.
• Whitebeard declared that he would kill Teach for breaking his crew’s rule, and Golden Lion reminded the others that they owed Rocks no reverence.
• Bai Ye said he had only wanted Whitebeard to know Teach’s parentage and refused to change their strategy or expose Teach to the World Government.
• Bai Ye said Teach had inherited neither Rocks’s strength nor his spirit, and noted that this version of events was different.

Bai Ye reasoned that Blackbeard was currently no match for Whitebeard, and Whitebeard claimed the right to deal with his former crewman. Katakuri then told Bai Ye that Big Morgans wanted an exclusive interview, and Bai Ye agreed to meet him so he could spread information around the world.

• Bai Ye concluded that Blackbeard had little Haki and was no match for the Haki-capable Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard asked to deal with Teach himself, and the others agreed to leave Blackbeard to him.
• Bai Ye called Blackbeard a weaker version of Rocks, while Kaido praised Bai Ye's strength.
• Katakuri told Bai Ye that Big Morgans wanted to interview him on Big Mom's behalf.
• Bai Ye agreed to meet Big Morgans, hoping to use the interview to share information with the world.

Bai Ye agreed to let Big Morgans interview him and spread his words around the world, while Katakuri reflected on his hope that Bai Ye could create a more equal world. The chapter ended with Bai Ye warning Big Morgans not to alter anything he said.

• Bai Ye recognized Big Morgans's influence over public opinion as an opportunity, and Katakuri admired Bai Ye while hoping he could change the world and end discrimination.
• Bai Ye and Katakuri returned to Big Mom, and Bai Ye asked her for the Den Den Mushi.
• Bai Ye spoke to Big Morgans, who explained that he had contacted Bai Ye because he wanted to report on the major events unfolding.
• Bai Ye allowed Big Morgans to ask his questions without demanding anything in return.
• Bai Ye told Big Morgans to publish his words accurately across the world, especially in the Four Seas and the first half of the Grand Line, and threatened to find him if he changed them.

Big Morgans interviewed Bai Ye about the Marines leaving Marine Headquarters with him, while Bai Ye turned the discussion toward Morgans’s view of the World Government. The interview ended with Morgans refusing to speculate about the balance of power, citing his lack of information and inability to protect himself.

• Big Morgans accepted Bai Ye’s warning and agreed to conduct the interview without ulterior motives.
• Big Morgans asked whether the Marines had left with Bai Ye, and Bai Ye confirmed that they had.
• Big Morgans asked why the Fleet Admiral had allowed the Marines to split up and so many to follow Bai Ye; Big Mom realized that Bai Ye had brought much of Marine Headquarters back with him.
• Bai Ye said he had not said much to the Marines, then asked Big Morgans what he thought of the World Government’s current state.
• Big Morgans called the World Government’s situation unoptimistic but declined to say whether it could win, explaining that he lacked the information and strength to get involved.

Big Morgans questioned Bai Ye about the Marines’ break with the World Government and Bai Ye’s plans, then learned that Elbaf was the only major force yet to gather in the New World. Big Mom suspected Bai Ye was heading to Elbaf and considered how winning the country over could strengthen her own ambitions.

• Big Morgans decided to answer Bai Ye and identified the Celestial Dragons as the World Government’s core problem.
• Bai Ye confirmed the Celestial Dragons had driven the Marines to resist, said the World Government would lose, and denied responsibility for the Impel Down prisoners’ release.
• Bai Ye told Big Morgans that the forces had gathered in the New World except for Elbaf, then answered his other questions about the coming conflict.
• Big Mom caught the Den Den Mushi Bai Ye tossed to her and asked whether he planned to go to Elbaf.
• Big Mom reflected that winning Elbaf’s support could give her a strong chance of becoming Pirate King.

Bai Ye explained that he planned to win Elbaf by defeating its warriors, while Big Mom realized her failed marriage scheme involving Lola would not have given her control of the giants. Big Morgans published a bold account of Bai Ye’s interview, framing the Marines’ defection as the result of the World Government’s corruption and leaving his staff braced for the newspaper’s release.

• Big Mom told Bai Ye she had nearly won Elbaf before, and Bai Ye pointed out that she had ultimately failed.
• Big Mom tried to use Lola as leverage, but Bai Ye identified her plan to marry Lola to Loki and explained that the marriage would not have secured control of Elbaf.
• Bai Ye said Elbaf’s warriors could only be brought into line by defeating them, and he considered their support the final step before war with the World Government.
• Big Morgans decided the World Government was too occupied to retaliate and prepared to publish his interview with Bai Ye.
• Big Morgans’s article blamed the Marines’ defection on the World Government and the Celestial Dragons’ oppression, presenting Bai Ye as having shattered the Marines’ last illusions.