Chapter Summaries

Ares began learning Kozaburo’s weapon-forging techniques while the Marines and CP0 prepared separate operations to rescue the Egbert family from Hachinosu Island. The chapter left Garp’s team nearing the prison as Rocks warned his allies to stay alert for an approaching trap.

• Ares told Kozaburo that he wanted to forge his body to surpass a Supreme Grade Sword, and Kozaburo agreed to let him observe his work.
• Garp and Dragon joined a Marine operation to reach Hachinosu Island in disguise and rescue the Celestial Dragons, while Garp dismissed the risks.
• Saint Saturn ordered CP0 to search for the Egbert family within five days, with instructions to kill them rather than let Rocks execute them if rescue failed.
• The Five Elders discussed destroying the Rocks Pirates and planned to lure Rocks into a trap using information about a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.
• Rocks told Shakky to alert his allies and watch for suspicious activity as pirates continued gathering on Hachinosu Island.
• Kozaburo explained weapon design and forging techniques to Ares as he worked on eight giant hammers, while Garp’s forces found the island’s prison.

Dragon planned to investigate Hachinosu Island’s prison while CP0 devised a separate rescue plan involving the kidnapping of Charlotte Linlin’s children and an attempt to question Shakky. As both groups prepared to act, Ares continued searching for a way to harden his body, and the Marines quietly approached the prison.

• Dragon stopped Garp from rushing into action, then decided to sneak into the prison that night and look for a way to create chaos and rescue the Celestial Dragons.
• CP0 Chief Cloud learned that Charlotte Linlin’s children were aboard a pirate ship and approved a plan to kidnap them the next day to provoke Linlin and Ares.
• Cloud assigned CP0 members to target Shakky and find out where Egbert’s family was being held.
• Ares reflected on Kozaburo’s forging techniques and considered how to make his body harder like a sword.
• The Marines quietly approached the prison while pirates filled Hachinosu Island’s bars and streets.

The chapter revisited memorable scenes, characters, and declarations from One Piece, tracing the Straw Hat Pirates’ journey from the East Blue through major arcs. The narrator called on fans to celebrate Gear Fifth’s arrival on August 6 and hear the drums of liberation resound throughout the summer.

• The narrator recalled Luffy’s promise to Shanks, the crew’s dreams, and defining moments from their early adventures in the East Blue.
• The narrator revisited the Straw Hats’ encounters in Alabasta, Skypiea, Water 7, Enies Lobby, and Thriller Bark, including Robin’s declaration that she wanted to live and Zoro’s sacrifice for Luffy.
• The narrator listed memorable characters’ words and actions, including those of Ace, Whitebeard, Jinbe, Katakuri, and Blackbeard Teach.
• The narrator said they had stopped following the latest One Piece chapters but remained a fan and hoped other fans would find their chance to shine.
• The narrator invited One Piece fans to welcome Gear Fifth—Nika form—on August 6 as the drums of liberation resounded throughout the summer.

Dragon investigated Hachinosu's prison but found no Celestial Dragon, while CP0 launched a simultaneous operation to capture Katakuri and Charlotte Linlin's children. Katakuri resisted the agents until his memories of Ares and the Rocks Pirates awakened his Conqueror's Haki.

• Dragon infiltrated the prison and discovered its horrific conditions, but found no Celestial Dragon; he and Garp suspected the target was in Skull Castle and chose to discuss their next move.
• CP0 agents ambushed Katakuri at the docks while Chief Cloud prepared to abduct the Charlotte children from their ship.
• Katakuri fought through repeated blows and a chest wound, refusing to be captured as the agents struggled to knock him unconscious.
• Cloud heard that the capture was delayed, ordered his group to change bases, and told the agents to continue taking the Charlotte children.
• Katakuri recalled training with Ares and Kaido and wanting to protect his siblings, then awakened Conqueror's Haki with a defiant roar.

CP0’s abduction of Katakuri triggered a fierce response across Hachinosu Island as Rocks mobilized the pirates and Marines tried to understand the chaos. Katakuri’s siblings remained captive, while Streusen rushed to wake Linlin.

• Katakuri awakened Conqueror’s Haki while resisting CP0 Vulture, bit his captor’s hand, and was carried away.
• Rocks ordered the pirates to search for Marines and World Government agents, then sent Shakky to investigate the prison and the disturbance.
• Ochoku learned CP0 had taken Katakuri, sent Silver Axe after them, and ordered trackers and pirates to secure the docks.
• Garp and Dragon learned the island was searching for Marines, and Dragon sent disguised soldiers to investigate the cause.
• Cloud kept Perospero and Linlin’s other children tied up in a safe house and ordered the CP0 agents to guard them.
• Streusen hurried to Linlin’s door and shouted for her to wake up.

Charlotte Linlin learned that her children had been kidnapped and sent her homies to search Hachinosu Island, while Ares set out to find Katakuri. CP0 agents hid Katakuri and watched the prison as Shakky investigated it, but the agents then spotted Marines arriving.

• Linlin woke after accidentally knocking Will Vergil unconscious and learned from Streusen that Perospero and her other children had been kidnapped.
• Linlin ordered Zeus, Prometheus, and animated objects to search for her children, while Ares learned Katakuri had been taken and headed for Hachinosu Island.
• CP0 agents Vulture and his partner argued over where to hide Katakuri, then chose Skull Castle and planned a diversion.
• Shakky reported the kidnappings to Rocks and went to inspect the prison, suspecting the World Government was targeting the imprisoned Celestial Dragons.
• Two CP0 agents watching the prison saw Marines arrive and wondered whether they intended to attack it.

Garp and Dragon led the Marines in a prison assault, freeing prisoners while Rocks prepared an ambush and CP0 agents entered to protect their mission involving Shakky. At Hachinosu’s port, Linlin failed to find her children and began to lose control.

• Garp smashed open the prison gate, and Dragon led the Marines inside to free the prisoners.
• Shakky reported the assault to Rocks, who ordered his forces to hold their positions and prepare to capture Garp.
• Two CP0 agents entered the prison to reach Shakky before the Marines could kill her.
• The CP0 agents passed a group of frightened prisoners, who later escaped into the sunlight.
• Linlin searched her ship for her children, and Streusen feared she was about to go berserk.

Linlin rampaged through Hachinosu while searching for her missing children, and Streusen escaped her attacks to find someone who could stop her. Kaido confronted Linlin at the ruined port and struck at her with Thunder Bagua.

• Linlin lost control and attacked Streusen, who fled across the ships and ran to Skull Castle for help.
• Kaido fought opportunistic pirates on the island, then agreed to stop Linlin when Streusen warned him of her rampage.
• Kaido sent Streusen to retrieve seven spiked clubs and headed for the port, eager to test his strength against Linlin.
• Linlin continued destroying ships and killing pirates at the port as she repeatedly asked where her children were.
• Kaido confronted Linlin and brought his spiked club down with Thunder Bagua.

Kaido fought the enraged Linlin at the harbor while Garp and Whitebeard clashed in the prison. As Shakky watched their battle from the monitoring room, a CP0 agent crept up behind her and held her at gunpoint.

• Kaido struck Linlin with Thunder Bagua, but she remained unharmed and attacked him in a furious search for her child.
• Kaido fought Linlin's barrage of punches, eager to grow stronger through battle.
• Garp confronted Whitebeard on the prison's fourth level, and their first clash shook the prison.
• Shakky saw Whitebeard block Garp and believed Newgate would keep the Marines from reaching her.
• A CP0 agent appeared behind Shakky, pressed a gun to her head, and threatened to shoot if she moved.
• Shakky asked whether the agent wanted information about the Celestial Dragons.

Shakky stalled CP0 by claiming she could lead them to the Celestial Dragons, while the agents discovered Dragon freeing prisoners on the sixth floor. As Shiki prepared to wipe out the Marines and Ares arrived in the chaotic town, he asked Ochoku whether he had found Katakuri.

• Shakky pretended she knew where the Celestial Dragons were held and persuaded CP0 not to shoot her by offering to take them there.
• A CP0 agent spotted Dragon on the surveillance footage as he opened cells and freed prisoners on the sixth floor.
• CP0 threatened Shakky and Amazon Lily, then escorted her out of the prison as the situation grew more dangerous.
• Shiki surrounded the prison with pirates and declared that they would wipe out every Marine on the island.
• Ares entered the town, causing the pirates to fall silent, then asked Ochoku if he had found Katakuri.

Ares learned that CP0 had abducted Katakuri and rushed to search for him, while Rocks trapped two infiltrating agents inside Skull Castle. At the harbor, Ares arrived as Kaido and Linlin continued their violent fight, with Linlin still holding the advantage.

• Ochoku told Ares that CP0 had abducted Katakuri, and Ares ordered him to keep searching while he went to check on Kaido.
• Ochoku's subordinate reported that Linlin had lost control and was fighting Kaido, who had already been injured.
• Two CP0 agents searched Skull Castle for clues about the imprisoned Celestial Dragons, but Rocks trapped them in his room and planned to interrogate them.
• At the harbor, Kaido attacked Linlin with eight spiked clubs, but she repeatedly struck him and suffered no effective damage.
• Ares reached the harbor and saw Kaido and Linlin fighting, noting that both had grown stronger.

Ares watched Kaido and Linlin’s battle, studying their strengths and reflecting on the training and battles that had shaped him. When Kaido fell behind, Ares took over the fight against Linlin and sent Kaido to help Ochoku find Katakuri, leaving Kaido determined to grow stronger alongside him.

• Ares observed Kaido and Linlin fight, judging Kaido’s new Devil Fruit abilities and Linlin’s powerful combat skills.
• Ares reflected on how his childhood body training and battles had built his strength, and resolved to keep tempering himself beyond the limits of a Supreme Grade Sword.
• Linlin overwhelmed Kaido at the harbor while fighting on instinct, and Ares stepped in after Kaido was sent flying.
• Ares told Kaido to help Ochoku find Katakuri and reassured him that he could surpass Linlin after mastering his Devil Fruit.
• Kaido accepted Ares’s encouragement and reaffirmed his dream of reaching the top of the world with him.

Ares fought the reasonless Linlin to protect his partners, knocking her flying with two powerful punches until her eyes cleared. Streusen explained that doctors had been unable to cure Linlin’s Food Craving Syndrome, but Linlin opened her eyes again, still furious.

• Ares sent Kaido to find Katakuri and promised to make whoever harmed their partner pay.
• Ares struck the charging Linlin with his Blood-colored Armament—Wolverine Fist, sending her flying without pursuing her.
• Linlin attacked again with stronger strength and Haki, and Ares countered with his Blood-colored Armament—Great Ape King Fist.
• Ares’s punch sent Linlin plowing hundreds of meters through the ground and cleared the scarlet color from her eyes, leaving the watching pirates and Streusen stunned.
• Ares asked about Linlin’s recurring condition, and Streusen explained that doctors had been unable to treat her Food Craving Syndrome.
• Linlin opened her eyes again, her scarlet gaze gone but furious flames still burning within them.

Ares fought Linlin, then set off with her and Streusen to find Katakuri. Meanwhile, Dragon freed powerful prisoners, and two CP0 agents tried to escape with Shakky as Kaido appeared to confront them.

• Ares subdued Linlin’s challenge and agreed to settle their score after they found Katakuri.
• Commander Cloud planned to use information about the World Government’s trap to lure Rocks into a confrontation.
• Dragon released the prisoners from the prison’s bottom two floors and vanished to find Pops.
• Two CP0 agents recognized the escaped prisoners and used their charge at Golden Lion Shiki to break away with the unconscious Shakky.
• Golden Lion’s men and the CP0 agents fought fiercely until Kaido appeared and drew the pirates’ attention.

Kaido fought off a CP0 agent while Rocks learned the suspected location of a Devil Fruit the World Government had long sought. Meanwhile, MISS. Bakin decided to flee with Shiki's and Newgate's genes after her experiments repeatedly failed.

• One CP0 agent carried the unconscious Shakky away while the other attacked Kaido, but Kaido's body withstood his kick and he drove the agent back with his club.
• Golden Lion watched Kaido fight, then killed a pirate who tried to sneak up on him.
• Rocks learned from CP0 the exact location of the Devil Fruit and resolved to find it, though he worried the information might be a trap.
• MISS. Bakin despaired after hundreds of failed experiments combining Newgate's and Shiki's genes, then decided to escape with the genes and seek a skilled genetic scientist.

Miss Bakin tried to sell her laboratory equipment but grew suspicious when the man posing as Victor refused to buy it. Earlier, Dragon had freed the prisoners on Levels 5 and 6, creating an opening for the Marines to escape while Whitebeard and Shiki dealt with the breakout.

• Miss Bakin locked her laboratory and went to find Victor, the island’s biggest secondhand dealer, to sell her equipment.
• Dragon told Garp that he had freed the prisoners on the two lower levels, but Garp wanted to keep fighting Whitebeard.
• The prisoners on Levels 5 and 6 broke out, prompting Whitebeard to charge at them while Garp and Dragon withdrew with the Marines.
• The escaping prisoners surrounded Shiki outside the prison, giving the Marines time to flee as Shiki cursed the missing Rocks.
• Miss Bakin found a man claiming to be Victor, but he declined to buy her equipment because the island was in turmoil.
• Miss Bakin recalled Victor’s unusual behavior and suspected that the impostor was a Marine or someone from the World Government.

Cloud coordinated a World Government operation to locate the Celestial Dragons and plant false information, while Rocks realized the Devil Fruit rumor was bait. After Bakin told Ares where Katakuri was being held, Ares rushed toward Victor’s warehouse, with Ochoku following.

• Cloud confirmed that an agent had taken Victor’s identity and sent CP0 to reinforce a team that had captured its target.
• A CP0 agent reported that the Celestial Dragons were imprisoned in a guarded room inside Skull Castle and that information about the Devil Fruit had been planted there.
• Rocks concluded that the World Government had used the Devil Fruit rumor to lure him into a trap and proposed leaving Hachinosu Island.
• Bakin tried to leave Hachinosu Island, but Ares stopped her and demanded to know what she was carrying.
• Bakin told Ares that Katakuri was in Victor’s warehouse for sorting secondhand goods, and Ares hurried there.
• Ochoku suspected Ares had found news about Katakuri and followed him to prevent the captors from harming the hostages.

The Five Elders discussed their plans to rescue Egbert’s family and destroy the Rocks Pirates while Ares freed the Charlotte children from a container on Hachinosu Island. He learned CP0 had taken Katakuri, and Whitebeard fought off attackers in the prison as chaos allowed prisoners to escape.

• Saint Warcury told the Five Elders that Cloud had leaked information about a Devil Fruit to Rocks to lure him into a trap, while Saint Maz emphasized rescuing Egbert’s family.
• Ares found the Charlotte children bound inside a container, but Perospero told him CP0 had taken Katakuri about ten minutes earlier.
• Ares freed Perospero and vowed to search all of Hachinosu Island for Katakuri, while Ochoku offered to send men to search through the night.
• Whitebeard defeated the attackers in the prison, realized many prisoners had escaped, and suspected Dragon had released those on the lower levels.
• A pirate brought Whitebeard a small flask of liquor and said he had news to report.

Whitebeard learned that Bakin had been conducting experiments related to the hereditary genes of their offspring, and he broke down over her apparent deception. Meanwhile, CP0 took Shakky away to find the Celestial Dragons, and Ares received a mysterious letter that led him to seek out Rocks.

• A pirate told Whitebeard that Bakin had disappeared and that her laboratory contained equipment for studying hereditary genes in offspring.
• Whitebeard realized Bakin might have been interested in his genes, raged over feeling used, and left vowing to find her.
• CP0 reported Shakky's claim that the Celestial Dragons were being held off Hachinosu Island, and Cloud ordered CP0 to follow her lead.
• CP0 carried the unconscious Shakky away from Hachinosu Island on a dark cloud.
• Ares received a letter from an unknown person, decided Katakuri was still his partner, and went to speak with Rocks.

Ares demanded that Rocks hand over a Celestial Dragon so he could exchange him for Katakuri, but Rocks refused, arguing that the trade would undermine his plans against the World Government. Their disagreement escalated into a clash of Haki, and Rocks used Dark Pull to attack Ares.

• Ares told Rocks that CP0 had offered to exchange Katakuri for a Celestial Dragon and asked him to accept.
• Rocks warned Ares that CP0 could not be trusted and refused to hand over a Celestial Dragon, citing the consequences for the Rocks Pirates and his larger plan.
• Ares insisted that he would save Katakuri, his partner, regardless of Rocks's goals or orders.
• Rocks asserted his authority as captain and explained that his plan aimed to weaken the World Government and rally pirates against it.
• Rocks unleashed Dark Pull, drawing Ares toward him with a powerful attraction.