Chapter Summaries

Katou Megumi, Kasumigaoka Utaha, Eriri, and Bai Ye discussed their Phantom Thief group and spent the evening together before Shiho Miyano took APTX4869 to escape the Black Organization. After the drug shrank her, she collapsed in the rain and Bai Ye brought her to the Agency, where Miko arrived to help.

• Katou Megumi apologized for hiding her ability, and the group agreed to let her and Eriri design their Phantom Thief outfits and masks.
• Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri stayed at Katou Megumi's house as the rain worsened, while Bai Ye left to check on Sadako.
• Gin and Vodka confronted Shiho Miyano in her cell, insisting that she could not leave the Organization after Miyano Akemi's betrayal.
• Shiho Miyano swallowed a hidden APTX4869, shrank into a little girl, and escaped through a ventilation duct toward Kudou Shinichi's house.
• Shiho Miyano collapsed in the rain before reaching Kudou Shinichi's house, and Bai Ye found her and took her to the Agency.
• Bai Ye summoned Miko to help with the unconscious girl, and Miko accused him of acting suspiciously.

Bai Ye cared for the feverish Miyano Shiho, while Miko and Sadako argued over work and Sadako's mission. When Miyano Shiho woke, Bai Ye asked her to stay and work at the Agency, and his remark made her suspect he belonged to the Black Organization.

• Bai Ye told Miko to wait until the girl woke before contacting anyone, and Miko agreed to stay overnight if he paid her more and protected her from Sadako.
• Miko reported that her attempts to promote the Agency had drawn little interest, and Bai Ye promised to protect her from Sadako.
• Sadako returned after frightening a couple by crawling out of their television, and Bai Ye reassured her that the accident had not ruined her task.
• Sadako decided to work overtime after mistaking Miko's presence for secret competition, while Bai Ye reviewed plans involving the Agency, the Phantom Thieves, and the Black Organization.
• Miyano Shiho woke and said she had no family, so Bai Ye told her to stay and work at the Agency.
• Bai Ye told Miyano Shiho she was not purely a child, and she feared that he had discovered her identity and was connected to the Black Organization.

Bai Ye recruited Miyano Shiho into his Agency after revealing Sadako’s ghostly nature, and she chose the name Haibara Ai while asking him to find her sister’s soul. He later met Vermouth at the clock tower, accepted a gemstone theft mission, and prepared to send a Phantom Thief notice for the next night.

• Bai Ye had Sadako demonstrate her ghostly abilities, convincing Miyano Shiho that supernatural beings existed and that the Agency was not part of the Black Organization.
• Miyano Shiho agreed to work with Bai Ye and asked him to find her sister’s soul; Bai Ye accepted, and she chose the name Haibara Ai instead of returning to school.
• Bai Ye arranged Haibara Ai’s new identity and went shopping with her, then visited the Police Station, where Sato Miwako remained determined to catch the Phantom Thief.
• Bai Ye met Vermouth at the Big Clock Tower, disarmed her when she tested him with a gun, and raised his mission fee by thirty percent.
• Vermouth asked Bai Ye to steal a gemstone the following night, and he decided to send a notice announcing the theft.

Bai Ye met with Vermouth, then stole the Black Star in full view of the passengers and escaped, announcing the Phantom Thieves’ next target was Shujin Academy. The police and Suzuki family prepared to pursue him, while Bai Ye planned his next operation and Shinigami Byakuya anticipated a meeting with Aizen.

• Vermouth questioned Bai Ye about his origins, and he claimed to belong to the Phantom Thieves before catching the bullet she fired and vanishing from the clock tower.
• Vermouth told Gin that Bai Ye was a monster, while Gin ordered her to watch the Black Star heist and continued searching for Shiho Miyano.
• Bai Ye boarded Suzuki Tomoko’s ship, snatched the Black Star in front of everyone, announced the Phantom Thieves’ new image and target, then disappeared despite Sato Miwako’s pursuit.
• The Cat's Eye Sisters, Kaito Kid, Vermouth, Conan, and the police were left baffled, while the media publicized Bai Ye’s challenge to Shujin Academy.
• Gin agreed to provide Bai Ye with weapons and money, and Bai Ye handed the Black Star to Vermouth while refusing to explain how he escaped.
• The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department formed a task force against the Phantom Thieves, and Bai Ye prepared a calling card with Katou Megumi as Shinigami Byakuya warned that Aizen would likely seek him out soon.

Bai Ye discussed the danger of becoming a candidate for the Soul King and resolved to grow stronger while staying cautious. After Kotetsu Isane brought him to Unohana Retsu, she invited him to gather medicinal herbs with her and said she had something to tell him afterward.

• Bai Ye and the other Byakuya chat-group members discussed Reiatsu, Shikai, and the risks posed by the Zero Division, while Bai Ye decided that hiding alone would not keep him safe.
• Pirate Byakuya noted that Bai Ye already had Shinigami and Hollow powers and might need only Quincy and Fullbring powers to meet the Soul King's requirements.
• Kotetsu Isane told Bai Ye that female Shinigami had stopped attending Unohana Retsu's Flower Arrangement Gathering after he stopped coming, because many had come hoping to see him.
• Bai Ye met Unohana Retsu, joked about her calling him Little Byakuya, and declined her invitation to spar, though he admitted he continued training.
• Unohana Retsu asked Bai Ye to accompany her to gather medicinal herbs and said she had something to tell him afterward; as they set off, they traded teasing remarks.

Bai Ye learned that he would lead a Fourth Division mission to investigate strange activity in the Human World, so Unohana Retsu tested his strength. He displayed a lightning-based Zanpakuto ability, but Aizen remained convinced that Bai Ye was hiding his true power and planned to test him further.

• Unohana Retsu told Bai Ye that he would lead a team investigating Hollows and strange occurrences in the Human World.
• Unohana Retsu asked Bai Ye to fight her so she could assess his strength before the mission.
• Bai Ye displayed his Zanpakuto ability, which let him control lightning and turn his body into an element, while Aizen, Tosen Kaname, and Ichimaru Gin watched secretly.
• Unohana Retsu judged Bai Ye capable of surviving the mission and left with him to gather medicinal herbs.
• Tosen Kaname and Ichimaru Gin thought Bai Ye seemed weaker than expected, but Aizen suspected he was concealing his strength and decided to continue testing him.

Bai Ye discussed his restrained desire for battle with Unohana Retsu, who invited him to seek her out when he wanted to fight. Before his first mission with Kuchiki Rukia, he insisted that Kotetsu Isane accompany them and packed nearly all the Fourth Division’s medicine, while Aizen watched his preparations and wondered whether Bai Ye had concealed his true abilities.

• Unohana Retsu asked Bai Ye why he had joined the Fourth Division, recognized his suppressed desire for battle, and told him to come find her when he felt lonely and wanted to fight.
• Bai Ye called Unohana Retsu a gentle butcher, declined the idea of becoming captain, and learned that his mission would be with Kuchiki Rukia.
• Bai Ye persuaded Unohana Retsu to send Kotetsu Isane along, though she refused to join them herself.
• Bai Ye told Kotetsu Isane that they would face Gillians and packed so much medicine and equipment that the Fourth Division’s storage room was emptied.
• Yamada Hanataro discovered the empty medicine room, and Unohana Retsu realized Bai Ye had taken the supplies.
• Aizen learned that Bai Ye had taken the medicine and wondered whether Bai Ye had deliberately revealed his abilities before, anticipating the next mission as a test.

Bai Ye led Kotetsu Isane and Kuchiki Rukia to the Human World, where Aizen tested him by sending four modified Hollows against the group. Bai Ye revealed a powerful Bankai to save Isane, then pretended to be gravely injured; Urahara Kisuke's examination left him unable to convincingly wake up.

• Bai Ye took Kotetsu Isane and Kuchiki Rukia to the Human World to eliminate Hollows and found three Gillians and an Adjuchas waiting for them.
• Bai Ye fought the modified Adjuchas while Isane and Rukia faced the Gillians, as Aizen, Ichimaru Gin, and Tosen Kaname watched.
• Aizen sent another Gillian to attack Isane, and Bai Ye unleashed Bankai to destroy all four Hollows and save her.
• Bai Ye faked unconsciousness and severe injuries, but Isane's healing could not wake him, leaving her distressed.
• Urahara Kisuke and Shihōin Yoruichi arrived, and Urahara observed that Bai Ye's vital signs seemed healthy, prompting Bai Ye to curse him internally for complicating his act.

Bai Ye pretended to be injured after his battle, but Unohana Retsu saw through him and recognized that his Bankai had made him far stronger. After forcing him to agree to spar with her every fifteen days, she left him with Urahara Kisuke, who asked Bai Ye to help with an important matter involving the Hogyoku and Ichigo Kurosaki.

• Urahara Kisuke found Bai Ye's vital signs perfectly healthy, and Unohana Retsu arrived before Kisuke could decide what to do with the Hogyoku.
• Unohana Retsu sent Kotetsu Isane and Rukia away, exposed Bai Ye's act, and realized his strength had grown since their last fight.
• Unohana Retsu made Bai Ye agree to spar with her every fifteen days, then took Isane and Rukia back to Soul Society with the medicinal ingredients Bai Ye had taken.
• Urahara Kisuke and Shihōin Yoruichi revealed they had stayed nearby, and Kisuke brought Bai Ye to Urahara Shop to speak privately.
• At Urahara Shop, Bai Ye met Isshin Kurosaki, and Urahara Kisuke asked him to lend his power, praising his role in the Hogyoku's development.
• Bai Ye and Urahara Kisuke recalled how their past experiments with an invisibility device had left Bai Ye owing favors to Shihōin Yoruichi and Unohana Retsu.

Bai Ye rejected Urahara Kisuke’s attempt to recruit him against Aizen, declaring that he acted for himself and would follow his own heart. After secretly returning to Soul Society, he faced Aizen’s probing questions and worried that his efforts to stay inconspicuous were drawing more attention instead.

• Bai Ye questioned Urahara Kisuke about who he fought for and said he would not serve the Soul King, the Five Noble Clans, or anyone else.
• Bai Ye refused to hear Urahara Kisuke’s plan involving Ichigo and left Urahara Shop to pursue his own ideas.
• Urahara Kisuke and Shihōin Yoruichi discussed Bai Ye’s strength and suspected he had been pretending to be weaker than he was.
• Bai Ye secretly returned to Soul Society, where Aizen questioned him about his near-death experience in the Human World and his Bankai.
• Aizen and Ichimaru Gin concluded their first meeting had revealed little, while Aizen grew more suspicious of Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye lamented that Unohana Retsu, Urahara Kisuke, and Aizen had all noticed him, then considered acting more conspicuously instead.

Bai Ye prepared to leave Wano Country and enter the struggle among the New World's rising pirates, while persuading Captain John to invest all his treasure in Wano's rebuilding. He left John in charge of the country, determined to challenge the World Government's rules and restore his own reputation.

• Bai Ye discussed the rise of Whitebeard, Roger, and Golden Lion, and planned to travel alone so he would not reveal that he controlled Wano Country.
• Bai Ye and Captain John wondered where Kaido had gone and worried that Wano Country was running out of funds for its rebuilding and planned industries.
• Bai Ye convinced Captain John to invest all his treasure, promising future dividends from weapon factories, Seastone, and other goods.
• Bai Ye told Captain John he was leaving Wano Country and asked him to manage it while he went out to challenge the other pirates.
• Bai Ye and Captain John discussed how the World Government encouraged pirates to fight, and Bai Ye declared that rules were meant to be broken.

Bai Ye agreed to take Toki with him but told Ginny and Ivankov to stay in Wano Country and train so they would not be targeted alongside him. He then visited Whitebeard, where their clash of Conqueror’s Haki knocked out most of the Whitebeard Pirates, and left Whitebeard suspicious of his attention to Blackbeard.

• Toki asked Bai Ye to let her sail with him, and he agreed after warning her that the World Government would hunt her.
• Bai Ye ordered Ginny and Ivankov to stay in Wano Country and train, explaining that they should avoid being associated with him until they were stronger.
• Bai Ye arrived aboard Whitebeard’s ship and clashed Haki with Whitebeard, knocking out many of the crew members before he withdrew.
• Bai Ye and Whitebeard discussed Whitebeard’s sons and joked about Charlotte Linlin while Toki remained unconscious in Bai Ye’s arms.
• Marco recognized Bai Ye as the Celestial Dragon Slayer, and Whitebeard demanded to know why Bai Ye was staring at Blackbeard.

Bai Ye met Whitebeard and learned that Golden Lion and Roger were about to fight their decisive battle at Edd War. Bai Ye and Whitebeard set sail to watch, while Golden Lion’s ultimatum ended with Roger refusing to join him and the battle beginning.

• Bai Ye dismissed Blackbeard’s strange appearance, and Whitebeard warned him to keep away from his sons.
• Bai Ye and Whitebeard discussed the struggle for supremacy and the World Government’s role in promoting the Pirate King legend.
• Whitebeard told Bai Ye that Golden Lion was about to challenge Roger, and Bai Ye persuaded Whitebeard to go watch the battle.
• Bai Ye, Whitebeard, Marco, and the others set sail for the Battle of Edd War.
• At Edd War, Roger refused Golden Lion’s offer to join his crew, and Golden Lion ordered his fleet to wipe out the Roger Pirates.

Garp and the Marines watched as Roger’s crew appeared close to defeat against Golden Lion, until a storm turned the battle against Golden Lion’s fleet. As Golden Lion faced an incoming ship’s wheel, Bai Ye arrived and demanded that everyone let him end the war.

• Garp and Kuzan monitored the battle while Garp restrained himself from helping Roger, then Kong ordered him to capture survivors or attack Golden Lion if his forces were badly weakened.
• Golden Lion offered to spare Roger’s crew if Roger joined him, but Roger refused, and the Roger Pirates continued fighting while surrounded.
• A violent storm overwhelmed Golden Lion’s control of the sea, temporarily nullified his ability, and devastated his fleet.
• Garp and Golden Lion watched the battle’s sudden reversal in disbelief as a ship’s wheel flew toward Golden Lion’s head.
• Bai Ye appeared, called on everyone to let him end the war, and cleaved the sea in two with a flash of sword light.

Bai Ye arrived during the battle between Roger and Golden Lion, stopped Golden Lion from being crushed by a ship’s wheel, and helped bring the fighting to a halt. After earning a draw for changing Golden Lion’s fate, Bai Ye gained Conqueror’s Luck, while Roger set course for Twin Capes and planned to find someone who could read the Poneglyphs.

• Bai Ye’s sword slash split the ship’s wheel before it could strike Golden Lion, and he declared that he had come to stop the war.
• Kong ordered Garp and the Marines to withdraw after learning Bai Ye had arrived, while Whitebeard reached the battlefield and mocked Golden Lion’s defeat.
• Roger and Golden Lion prepared to resume fighting, but Bai Ye intervened; Roger accepted the chance to leave, and Bai Ye considered recruiting Golden Lion.
• Bai Ye received a draw for changing Golden Lion’s fate and obtained Conqueror’s Luck, which boosted his luck and Haki.
• Roger told the Roger Pirates to sail for Twin Capes to find Crocus, then sought a person from Wano Country who could read the Poneglyphs.

Bai Ye urged Golden Lion to abandon his ambition of becoming Pirate King and consider joining a struggle to liberate the world from the World Government. Golden Lion left to travel and think, while Bai Ye departed from Whitebeard’s ship and his reappearance alarmed the Celestial Dragons.

• Bai Ye, Whitebeard, and Golden Lion discussed the destruction of Golden Lion’s fleet, and Golden Lion invited Bai Ye to join him in conquering the world.
• Bai Ye challenged Golden Lion to consider whether he wanted to rule the New World or liberate the world, and argued that Golden Lion’s fleet had failed because it relied on quantity instead of powerful allies.
• Bai Ye explained that becoming Pirate King would change little and asked Golden Lion to reflect on why he had become a pirate; Golden Lion admitted he had once gone to sea to survive.
• Golden Lion declined to join Bai Ye immediately, said he would travel and think, then clashed with Whitebeard before leaving with the remains of his fleet.
• Bai Ye left Whitebeard’s ship with the unconscious Toki, and the Celestial Dragons panicked at his return and discussed his appearance at the battle between Golden Lion and Roger.

The Five Elders and Marines planned how to capture Bai Ye after his return to the world, while debating the fallout from Roger's victory and the race for Laugh Tale. Marine Headquarters postponed sending an undercover agent, and Bullet finally confronted Bai Ye, demanding a fight.

• The Five Elders discussed using the woman beside Bai Ye as leverage, asked about Kaido, and considered letting Roger reach Laugh Tale while ordering CP to investigate Ohara.
• After Morgans publicized Roger's victory over Golden Lion and Bai Ye's return, Kong assigned Garp to pursue Roger and Sengoku and Borsalino to focus on Bai Ye.
• Kizaru complained about risking his life, while Kong rejected Sakazuki's offer to join the capture force and Tsuru recommended gathering intelligence first.
• Gion volunteered to go undercover, but Kake offered to take her place, and Kong postponed the decision.
• Bullet found Bai Ye and challenged him to fight with everything he had.

Bai Ye fought Douglas Bullet after Bullet challenged him, defeated him, and recruited him into the Breaking Dawn Pirates. A lottery reward gave Bai Ye a locator for Pure Gold, which he had been trying to find.

• Bullet sought out Bai Ye and challenged him, asking to join his pirate crew if he lost.
• Bai Ye moved Bullet and Toki into Kamui Space so they could fight without attracting attention or endangering Toki.
• Bai Ye and Bullet battled using Haki and physical strength, and Bai Ye gradually overpowered him.
• Bai Ye knocked Bullet into a crater and defeated him; Bullet agreed to join the Breaking Dawn Pirates until he could defeat Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye encouraged Bullet to consider what he wanted strength for, but Bullet said strength was the only thing that would never betray him.
• After Bullet's fate changed, Bai Ye used his lottery draw and received a Pure Gold Locator.

Bai Ye used the Pure Gold Locator to find the Lantern Fish, defeated it underwater, and obtained the Pure Gold. After Lilia joined his crew, he returned to Wano Country, where he was surprised to find Kaido with his daughter Yamato and the Three Calamities.

• Bai Ye learned that Bullet would stay behind to recover, then left the Kamui Space with the unconscious Toki and checked the moving Pure Gold Locator.
• Toki woke up, and Bai Ye explained that they were searching for Pure Gold; when the locator showed it approaching, he arranged for Gin to send a submarine.
• Three days later, Bullet piloted the submarine into the deep sea, and Bai Ye left it to confront the approaching Lantern Fish.
• Bai Ye knocked out the Lantern Fish with one punch and absorbed it and the Pure Gold into the Kamui Space.
• Bai Ye reunited with Lilia, agreed to let her join his crew, and took her, Toki, and Bullet back to Wano Country.
• Bai Ye returned to find Kaido with his daughter Yamato and the Three Calamities.

Kaido challenged Bai Ye for the captain’s position, but Bai Ye defeated him after a seven-day battle. Yamato accepted Bai Ye’s encouragement and asked him to teach her how to grow stronger.

• Kaido challenged Bai Ye, while Bullet also demanded a chance to fight and Queen explained Bullet’s background to the crew.
• Bai Ye fought Kaido in the sky as Yamato insisted her father would win, and Ginny comforted her.
• The battle continued for seven days, ending when Bai Ye punched the exhausted Kaido unconscious.
• Bai Ye told Yamato that Kaido was fine, then encouraged her to surpass her father; Yamato declared she would defeat Bai Ye someday.
• Yamato asked Bai Ye to teach her how to cultivate, and Bai Ye considered whether guiding her could change her fate.