Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Mai refused to return the Celestial Tribute but negotiated for Might Guy to join the Seven Warlords, and the Marines canceled Akatsuki’s bounties. On Banaro Island, Ace confronted Blackbeard over killing a crewmate, but their fight was interrupted by the newly appointed Seven Warlord Kakuzu.

• Uchiha Mai refused to return the Celestial Tribute and secured a Seven Warlord position for Might Guy in negotiations with Sengoku and Tsuru.
• The Marines canceled Akatsuki’s bounties, while news of Might Guy’s appointment reached pirates across the seas.
• Ace reached Banaro Island while pursuing Blackbeard, and the two argued over Blackbeard’s murder of a Whitebeard Pirate to obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Ace and Blackbeard’s crews clashed, and Ace’s fire attacks forced Blackbeard’s group to flee before Ace caught up and set Blackbeard ablaze.
• Kakuzu arrived as Ace and Blackbeard prepared to fight, leaving both sides shocked at the new Seven Warlord’s appearance.

Kakuzu and Ace fought Blackbeard's crew, after which Kakuzu captured Ace and agreed to deliver him to the Marines in exchange for a bounty and a loan to Blackbeard. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku learned Ace was supposedly Roger's son and considered how Blackbeard might obtain a Seven Warlords position.

• Blackbeard and Kakuzu joined forces against Ace, but Ace's firefly attack knocked Blackbeard and his crew unconscious while Kakuzu avoided the blast.
• Kakuzu subdued Ace with Seastone handcuffs and agreed to take him to the Marines after Blackbeard promised him another 500 million Beli, borrowed at twenty percent annual interest.
• Blackbeard tried to recruit Kakuzu during their journey to Marine Headquarters, but Kakuzu refused and warned that he would collect the debt.
• At Marine Headquarters, Kakuzu demanded Ace's bounty while Blackbeard told Sengoku that Ace was Roger's son and offered him in exchange for a Seven Warlords position.
• Sengoku said the Seven Warlords positions were full and considered Bartholomew Kuma's position the easiest to vacate, while worrying about the consequences of challenging the other members.

Uchiha Mai turned Gild Tesoro into a toy and seized the gold aboard Gran Tesoro, then the Straw Hat crew reached Enies Lobby to rescue Nico Robin. Hatake Kakashi arrived to challenge them, unaware of the important lineages among the crew.

• Uchiha Mai learned that Ace had been captured and decided to take Tesoro's gold before giving the Straw Hat crew a push toward saving Ace.
• Uchiha Mai brought Sugar and Senju Tobirama to Gran Tesoro, where he immobilized Tesoro and had Sugar turn him into a toy.
• Gran Tesoro's guests forgot Tesoro and fought over the gold, so Uchiha Mai knocked them unconscious and ordered Senju Tobirama to throw them into the sea.
• Uchiha Mai sent the ship's gold flowing to Dressrosa, delighting its residents and nearly making Enel faint at the prospect of powering so much more gold.
• At Enies Lobby, Usopp shot down the flag as Luffy urged Nico Robin to say she wanted to live, and Robin tearfully agreed.
• Hatake Kakashi arrived to confront the Straw Hat crew, intending to make their rescue harder despite Uchiha Mai's instruction to let them go.

Kakashi captured the exhausted Straw Hat crew after Enies Lobby, then offered to let them go if Luffy could defeat him. After fighting and sparing Luffy, Kakashi stayed with the crew and hinted that he was trying to change someone's fate.

• Kakashi ambushed the weakened Straw Hat crew aboard the Merry and tied them up.
• Kakashi revealed Luffy's family connections and told the crew that Portgas D. Ace would be publicly executed.
• Kakashi took the crew to a nearby island, fed Luffy, and challenged him to a fight for their freedom.
• Kakashi defeated Luffy with a Haki-coated punch, but Sanji found him asleep and Kakashi released the crew.
• During dinner, Kakashi said he was helping them because of Garp, then hinted to Zoro that he might be trying to change someone's fate.

The Straw Hat crew celebrated their new, inflated bounties while people across the seas reacted to the news, and Uchiha Mai decided to recruit the disgraced Cipher Pol 9 agents. After learning that Monet’s Logia Devil Fruit had awakened, he went to investigate her new powers, which she had only begun to understand.

• The Straw Hat crew received their new bounties, celebrated, and Zoro vowed to keep training until he could defeat Kakashi.
• Villagers and allies celebrated or reacted to the posters, while Garp laughed at Luffy’s bounty and Doflamingo considered recruiting the crew.
• Uchiha Mai questioned the Marines’ false report blaming the Straw Hat crew for Enies Lobby and ordered Tobirama Senju to find and bring back the Cipher Pol 9 agents alive.
• Konan told Uchiha Mai that Monet’s Devil Fruit had awakened, and he hurried with her to the training ground.
• Monet told Uchiha Mai that her control and range had greatly improved, and he suspected her awakening had powers she had not yet discovered.

Monet awakened her Snow-Snow Fruit and briefly brought snowmen to life, while Uchiha Mai reassured her and told Orochimaru about the discovery. Meanwhile, Tobirama Senju captured the stranded Cipher Pol 9 agents, who feared the World Government would execute them for being branded traitors.

• Uchiha Mai realized Monet had awakened her Devil Fruit after noticing living beings in her frozen training ground.
• Monet summoned snowmen that acted independently for about half an hour before losing their life force and melting back into snow.
• Uchiha Mai comforted Monet, then told Orochimaru about her awakening; Orochimaru began seeking an orphan to recruit and use in his own Devil Fruit experiment.
• Uchiha Mai began researching whether he could have children with women from the Pirate World or whether traveling through the spacetime gate had affected his body.
• Tobirama Senju captured the fleeing Cipher Pol 9 members at the Sabaody Archipelago and restrained them with Seastone Handcuffs.
• Kalifa, Rob Lucci, and Kaku discussed their capture and feared the World Government would punish them for being declared traitors.

Uchiha Mai recruited the captured Cipher Pol 9 agents into Akatsuki and kept Kalifa as his secretary, while the news heightened tensions with the World Government and worried Donquixote Doflamingo. On Nameless Island, Kakashi continued training Luffy, who finally managed to dodge one of his attacks.

• Uchiha Mai defeated Rob Lucci and Kaku, then offered the Cipher Pol 9 agents a place in Akatsuki, which Lucci accepted for the group.
• Uchiha Mai ordered the agents to settle in Dressrosa and train, while Kalifa stayed behind to serve as his secretary.
• Uchiha Mai publicized Cipher Pol 9's defection, prompting Donquixote Doflamingo to plan further recruitment and Fleet Admiral Sengoku to discuss Akatsuki's power with Vice Admiral Tsuru.
• Kakashi saw the news on Nameless Island and intensified the Straw Hat crew's training, making Luffy fight him with Third Gear.
• Luffy dodged Kakashi's sword strike for the first time and excitedly declared the operation a success.

Kakashi defeated Luffy in a spar by exploiting his Devil Fruit weakness to water, while Uchiha Mai prepared for the Summit War and traveled to find Luffy. Mai arrived with the Akatsuki and tossed Luffy into the sky, leaving the Straw Hat crew terrified as Luffy laughed.

• Kakashi used his Water Style: Water Finger Gun to weaken Luffy and win their spar, then told him to learn how to face water-based attacks.
• Hatake Sakumo told Uchiha Mai he could not infiltrate the Red-Haired Pirates without exposing the Transformation Technique, so Mai abandoned the plan and focused on monitoring Donquixote Doflamingo.
• Uchiha Mai considered using the Third's identity to turn the Summit War into a battle among multiple factions and worried that he lacked enough powerful subordinates.
• Uchiha Mai, Might Guy, Monet, Konan, and Enel flew to the island where Luffy and the others were staying.
• After Nami recognized Uchiha Mai as the Akatsuki leader with a 5.5-billion-Beli bounty, Mai promised to teach Luffy to fly and tossed him into the sky.

Uchiha Mai confronted the Straw Hat crew, revealed the hidden identities he knew about them, and took Luffy away to teach him a lesson. He easily countered Luffy’s attacks and blasted him away with Shinra Tensei.

• Nami asked Uchiha Mai what he wanted, and he listed the crew’s notable identities, including Nami’s connection to Kaido and Sanji’s lineage.
• Nami said she had no reason to avenge Kaido, whom she had never met, and thanked Uchiha Mai for telling her about him.
• Uchiha Mai ordered Might Guy to hold off the crew while he took Luffy aside, and the others clashed with Guy, Konan, Enel, and Monet.
• Uchiha Mai hurled Luffy into a mountainside, then watched him recover and use Third Gear, which consumed his life force.
• Luffy attacked with Gum-Gum Giant Pistol and Gum-Gum Giant Axe, but Uchiha Mai evaded both and repelled him with Shinra Tensei.

Uchiha Mai tested Luffy’s resilience, fought off the Straw Hat crew, and stopped Might Guy from using the Eighth Gate against Kakashi. Back on Sky Island, Mai concluded that Joy Boy was a Giant and likely a member of the Clan of D, and that Luffy’s straw hat connected him to Joy Boy.

• Uchiha Mai battered Luffy with lightning until Luffy’s heart began beating violently, confirming that the Gum-Gum Fruit’s user would not die easily.
• Uchiha Mai rescued Monet from the Straw Hat crew, immobilized the crew, and left with his allies after telling them Luffy was dead.
• Kakashi and Might Guy fought using Observation Haki, ninjutsu, and the Eight Inner Gates, until Uchiha Mai knocked Might Guy unconscious before he could continue using the Gate of Death.
• The Straw Hat crew found Luffy alive and recovering, and Kakashi realized that Uchiha Mai’s true target had been Luffy.
• Uchiha Mai returned to Sky Island and reasoned that Joy Boy was a Giant and a member of the Clan of D, with Luffy’s straw hat linking him to Joy Boy.