Chapter Summaries

Rodney summoned Mu, the Third Raikage A, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, explained their situation, and asked them to help him fight the organization threatening him. Hiruzen agreed, and Rodney sent him with Jiraiya to Bonney so she could restore his strength.

• Rodney summoned Mu, who agreed to help but refused to fight to the death.
• Rodney summoned the Third Raikage A and explained the situation; A agreed to help after learning he could not return to his world.
• Rodney summoned Hiruzen Sarutobi, who reunited with Jiraiya and thanked Itachi for his sacrifices.
• Hiruzen agreed to help Rodney, and Rodney told Jiraiya to take him to Bonney to restore his youthful strength.

Rodney and Kuzan discussed the Marines’ impending attack and Rodney’s plan to spread his laws to Dressrosa, which threatened the nobles’ interests. Rodney decided to retaliate against the Marines while allowing Kuzan to avoid fighting his former comrades.

• Rodney found Kuzan resting in Aviledon and argued with him about his looks and the city’s closed entertainment venues.
• Rodney explained that he wanted to test his laws in Dressrosa and expected ordinary people’s support to spark a revolution against the nobles.
• Kuzan warned that the Marines were bringing a force comparable to the one sent against the Whitebeard Pirates, and Rodney blamed the Five Elders for pressuring Sakazuki.
• Rodney vowed to answer the Marines with an eye for an eye and asked Kuzan to freeze the surrounding waters and keep shells and Marines from reaching Aviledon.
• Kuzan agreed to protect Aviledon and admitted he did not want to fight his former comrades.

Rodney prepared Aviledon and Germa for an approaching Marine attack, while Kuzan froze the surrounding sea to create a battlefield. The Marines drew near, and Rodney, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen Sarutobi readied themselves to fight.

• Rodney ordered Reiju to send Germa's forces southeast to intercept the Marines, while Kuzan stayed behind to defend Aviledon.
• After Mu reported the Marines were about thirty kilometers away, Kuzan used Ice Age to freeze the sea around Aviledon.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya discussed the strength of this world's fighters and prepared for battle.
• Rodney warned Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Marines were approaching and told Jiraiya to enter Sage Mode.
• Rodney blamed the Five Elders for driving the attack and prepared to deal with the Marines first.

The Navy mobilized most of its forces to capture Rodney, and Sakazuki prepared to attack Aviledon while avoiding harm to civilians. When the fleet found Germa and discovered Kuzan had frozen the surrounding waters, Sakazuki sent four vice admirals against Germa as the first battle began.

• Sakazuki ordered the Navy to unleash its full strength when Rodney appeared, while Tsuru warned against threatening the civilians he had evacuated.
• Sakazuki assigned Issho and Borsalino to hold off Rodney, kept Ryokugyu aboard the flagship, and ordered four vice admirals to deal with Germa.
• The Navy discovered Germa's war fortress and found the waters near Aviledon frozen by Kuzan.
• The Third Raikage ordered Germa to attack and instructed its three princes to lure the Navy forward while retreating.
• Germa's castle cannons fired on the approaching Navy warships, beginning the battle.

The Marines and Germa began fighting, while A broke through a Marine warship and confronted Vice Admiral Kake. Kake faced A at full strength as the battle continued.

• Germa's Niji and Ichiji declared that Germa would fight alongside Rodney, and Gion ordered the Marines to attack.
• Ichiji, Niji, and Yuji charged the Marine Vice Admirals, while Kake found himself without an opponent and tried to join Gion.
• A emerged from Germa's fortress, smashed through Kake's warship, and shrugged off the Marines' gunfire as he cut down Marines on his way to the officers.
• Kake confronted A and unleashed his strength, but A vanished, saying that raw strength was not his specialty.

A fought Kake, whose Earth-Earth Fruit let him survive decapitation, while the Navy watched the clash and Rodney prevented Mu from attacking the admirals. The fighting continued around the warships as Rodney prepared to lure the enemy deeper and ordered A to withdraw.

• A used Observation and Armament Haki to fight Kake, then struck him with Lightning Blade and discovered that Kake was a Logia user.
• Kake regenerated his head from soil, but A used a water technique to exploit Kake’s weakness and chased him through the warship.
• Kake formed a massive earthen fist, and A shattered it with Hell Stab before the pair burst out onto the ships.
• Borsalino struck A with a laser, while Tsuru and Issho recognized A’s electrically enhanced movement as resembling Rodney’s technique.
• Mu prepared to use Dust Release against the Navy, but Rodney warned him that Borsalino would kill him and told him to wait while they lured the enemy deeper.
• Rodney told A that he could withdraw as the group prepared to make its move.

A and the Germa princes withdrew as planned while the Marines pursued, only to have Rodney trap their fleet in ice and attack with ice clones. Rodney’s mist technique plunged the battlefield into chaos, leaving the Marines struggling to tell friend from foe.

• A signaled the retreat, and Ichiji and his brothers broke off their fight with Gion and withdrew.
• Gion followed Sakazuki’s order and led the Marine fleet after Germa’s war fortress, while Borsalino broke the ice blocking their way.
• Rodney froze the sea around the Marine ships, immobilizing their paddle wheels and trapping the fleet.
• Onigumo destroyed a One Horned White Whale made of ice, then the Marines fought off Rodney’s Ice Wolves and ice clones.
• Rodney’s clones boarded the warships and attacked the crews with kunai covered in Explosive Tags.
• Rodney’s ice clones used the Hidden Mist Technique, causing panicked Marines to attack one another in the dense fog.

Rodney trapped the Marines’ warships in towering trees and opened fire as the battle for Aviledon intensified. Bullet fought Garp and Ryokugyu while Sakazuki’s forces launched an assault on the war fortress.

• Garp dispersed the fog with a punch, and Rodney taunted Sakazuki before his ice clones turned into sculptures.
• Rodney used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to lift and trap the Marine warships among towering trees.
• Sakazuki ordered the Marines to charge, and Rodney’s fortress opened fire on them.
• Bullet entered the battle and clashed with Garp, while Ryokugyu joined the fight.

Rodney and the Marines began a massive battle after he countered Issho's meteor shower and summoned two mountain-sized meteors. The fighting spread across the battlefield as Rodney's allies and Germa's clone soldiers charged the Marines.

• Issho called down a meteor shower, and Rodney transformed into Isobu and destroyed the meteors with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Rodney used Tengai Shinsei to summon a mountain-sized meteor, which Sakazuki and other Marines destroyed, then Sengoku shattered a second one with repeated shock waves.
• Rodney deflected Borsalino's laser attack and summoned the Hell Hound, rhinoceros, bison, lobster, chameleon, Yata Mirror, and other beasts to attack the Marines.
• Germa's clone soldiers joined the battle, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Enma fought together on the battlefield.
• Jiraiya fought beside Hiruzen as Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku argued about preparing food for the children.

Rodney and Itachi sealed Issho in the Amber Purifying Pot, then used a Seastone bullet to disable Borsalino. With two admirals taken out and Ryokugyu occupied by Bullet, the Marines’ morale and strength dropped.

• Issho restrained the rampaging Hell Hounds with his gravity, but Itachi lured him into answering and Rodney helped seal him inside the Amber Purifying Pot.
• Rodney opened fire on Borsalino with a modified Gatling gun while a Germa clone soldier struck him with a Seastone bullet.
• The Marines carried Borsalino away for treatment as Vice Admiral Tsuru ordered the medics to remove the bullet.
• Rodney explained that he had used his knowledge of the admirals’ abilities and habits to restrain the Marines’ strongest fighters.
• With Issho sealed, Borsalino disabled, and Ryokugyu occupied by Bullet, the Marines’ morale fell.

Sakazuki and Ryokugyu joined the fight against Rodney while Sengoku teamed up with Garp to battle Bullet. Rodney’s multiplying Hell Hounds kept the Navy at a disadvantage, and the chapter ended with Tsuru searching for a way to break the stalemate.

• Sengoku replaced Ryokugyu against Bullet, and he and Garp coordinated their attacks to suppress him.
• Ryokugyu rushed to challenge Rodney, who caught his punch and invited him to join his crew.
• Sakazuki attacked Rodney with Hound Blaze, and Rodney countered with a three-headed lava hound.
• Rodney’s Hell Hounds multiplied when injured, overwhelming Navy forces while Kake and Tsuru struggled to contain them.
• Tsuru took command as the battle stalled, while Sakazuki declared that defeating Rodney would let the Navy bring peace to the seas.

Rodney argued with Sakazuki over the roots of piracy and the World Government’s oppression, then admitted he had started the fire in Mary Geoise. He rejected Ryokugyu’s demand to surrender and fought both Admirals, holding them off for the moment.

• Rodney laughed at Sakazuki’s threat and defended his protection of his people, while admitting he had sold weapons and exposed his buyers to the Revolutionary Army.
• Rodney blamed the Celestial Dragons’ heavenly tribute and the Marines’ policies for driving people to sea, arguing that the World Government’s system perpetuated turmoil.
• Rodney explained that the Marines’ Grand Line strategy filtered weak pirates while allowing powerful ones to reach the New World, creating more enemies for the Marines.
• Rodney admitted he had started the fire in Mary Geoise and said he had concealed his identity to avoid being targeted by the World Government.
• Rodney refused to surrender and caught Sakazuki’s Hell Hound with the Preta Path, absorbing its energy before fighting Sakazuki and Ryokugyu to a temporary standstill.

Rodney used his Rinnegan, teleportation, and wooden clones to fight the Marines while Borsalino, Sakazuki, Ryokugyu, and veteran Marines pressed him. After taking Vice Admiral Tsuru out of the battle and attacking Kake, Rodney regrouped with Wu and said the Marines had already stepped into his trap.

• Rodney used Shinra Tensei and mechanical arms to repel Sakazuki and Ryokugyu, then teleported behind Ryokugyu to try to extract his soul.
• Borsalino revealed that the Marines had removed the Seastone bullet from his chest and joined the fight against Rodney.
• Rodney created nine wooden clones to fight Borsalino, Sakazuki, and Ryokugyu, then knocked Vice Admiral Tsuru unconscious and sent her away.
• Rodney teleported to Kake and Gion, pierced Kake's chest with a black rod, and stopped Kake from sealing the splitting hounds.
• Rodney withdrew to the air and told Wu that he could still win because the Marines had stepped into his trap.

Rodney fought Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Ryokugyu on the ice, using his varied abilities to withstand their combined attacks. The battle continued as the three Marines pressed him, while Wu vanished from the battlefield.

• Sakazuki, Ryokugyu, and Borsalino destroyed Rodney's wooden clones and joined forces against him.
• Borsalino kicked Rodney into a crater, while Wu was caught in the shock wave and Sakazuki attacked him with Hound Blaze; Wu escaped by concealing his presence.
• Rodney blocked the Marines' attacks with a repulsion wall and mechanical arms, then sent a clone in Asura Path armor to attack the Marines.
• Rodney used Dust Release: Planetary Devastation against Sakazuki and Borsalino, but Ryokugyu dodged and punched him across the ice.
• Borsalino and Sakazuki attacked Rodney after Ryokugyu broke through his Susanoo, but Rodney escaped his damaged body using Orochi Style Substitution Technique.
• Sakazuki charged Rodney again as Rodney and Ryokugyu exchanged remarks during the fight.

Rodney overwhelmed the Marines with a series of elemental attacks, trapping Sakazuki and others in a frozen water sphere before launching Planetary Devastation. Gion and the other Marines resisted the growing pull but hesitated to destroy the black sphere because their comrades were being drawn toward it.

• Rodney used ice and water techniques to injure Sakazuki, capture Ryokugyu, and trap Marines with sharks inside a freezing water sphere.
• Rodney blocked Borsalino’s attacks with Susanoo and froze him, while Sakazuki and others remained trapped inside the ice.
• Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi, A, and Rodney’s forces began retreating as the Marines struggled to understand why they had withdrawn.
• Rodney created a black sphere and activated Planetary Devastation, pulling ice, weapons, and Marines into the sky.
• Gion and the others realized they needed to destroy the sphere but hesitated because it was surrounded by their comrades.

Rodney used Planetary Devastation to trap Marines and forced Sakazuki to choose between retreating or risking their lives in a fight to the death. As an approaching air force headed for Aviledon, Sakazuki still hesitated over his decision.

• Rodney used the Marines as shields to complete Planetary Devastation, trapping many of them inside a contracting sphere of ice.
• Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Ryokugyu regrouped and saw the captured Marines, while Rodney taunted them and made the prisoners suffer.
• Rodney offered Sakazuki a choice: retreat and free the hostages, or fight on and risk the Marines’ destruction and widespread chaos.
• Wu detected an approaching air force to the east, and Rodney sent him to delay it with Dust Release.
• Borsalino asked Sakazuki what to do, but Sakazuki hesitated between retreating and fighting Rodney to the death.

Sakazuki weighed the cost of continuing the battle against Rodney and chose to preserve the Marines by retreating. Rodney was left facing the aftermath as his forces prepared to return and celebrate.

• Rodney challenged the Marines to keep fighting, while Sakazuki considered the danger of losing too much Marine strength.
• Rodney called for Bullet to stop fighting Garp and Sengoku, but the three continued their fierce battle.
• Airships arrived as reinforcements, but a bandaged fighter destroyed them before they could help the Marines.
• Sakazuki seized the reinforcement commander and berated him for letting the air force be wiped out.
• Rodney demanded a decision, and Sakazuki ordered the Marines to retreat.

Sakazuki ordered the Navy to retreat after Rodney forced him to choose between withdrawal and mutual destruction. With the battle over, Rodney recalled his prepared reinforcements and explained how he had countered the Navy’s attack.

• Sakazuki chose to retreat, and Rodney dispelled the Chibaku Tensei as the Navy began clearing the battlefield.
• Rodney released Issho from the Amber Purifying Pot, and Issho acknowledged Rodney’s victory before leaving.
• Rodney criticized the Navy for focusing on the New World instead of addressing piracy across the Four Seas.
• Rodney told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Sakazuki had chosen the less damaging option and that Rodney had prepared for either outcome.
• Rodney ordered Nagato, Shisui, Katakuri, and Ace to withdraw, then explained that Mu had destroyed the Navy’s air force.

After retreating from Aviledon, the Navy assessed Rodney’s preparations and the cost of its defeat. Sakazuki turned to the Navy’s next priorities, but clashed with Issho over whether to target the Supernovas or pirates in the Four Seas, while the Shichibukai’s abolition remained unresolved.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru explained that Rodney had prepared a backup plan involving the Whitebeard Pirates and Katakuri’s BIG MOM Pirates if the Navy refused to negotiate.
• Sengoku and Garp discussed Rodney’s cunning and his growing threat to the World Government, while Sengoku left Sakazuki to answer for the Navy’s defeat.
• Sakazuki proposed targeting the Supernovas, but Issho argued that the Navy should focus on small pirates in the Four Seas before they could grow into major threats.
• Sakazuki insisted that Issho follow Navy strategy, and Sengoku interrupted their argument by pointing out that the Navy still had to deal with the former Shichibukai.

After the Shichibukai were abolished, Sakazuki considered the threats posed by Mihawk and Hancock before heading to a meeting. Rodney celebrated with Aviledon’s residents and the Whitebeard and BIG MOM Pirates, then awoke to news that Morgans had named him a leading contender for Pirate King.

• Sakazuki judged Mihawk and Hancock to be major threats, then left Issho and the retired Sengoku and Garp to go to the meeting.
• Sengoku and Garp reminisced about visiting Rodney’s territory, and Sengoku said he wanted to meet Law, the child Corazon had protected.
• Rodney, the Whitebeard Pirates, the BIG MOM Pirates, and Aviledon’s residents celebrated together late into the night.
• Robin cared for the drunk Rodney, who slept with her beside him.
• Rodney woke to learn Wu and A had left, then read a newspaper headline calling him a future Pirate King after his victory over the Fleet Admiral.