Ch. 242Exiling Arlong

Morito assigned Alice and Alisa to pose as Pirate Hunters and deliver captured pirates to the Marines. Arlong tried to slaughter the prisoners, but Jinbe subdued and exiled him to East Blue.

  • Morito gave Alice and Alisa new names and ordered them to contact the Marines while posing as Pirate Hunters.
  • The King's Army and Sun Pirates guarded hundreds of thousands of captured human pirates at Gyoncorde Plaza.
  • Arlong announced that he would kill the prisoners, but Aladdin blocked his way.
  • Fisher Tiger arrived and revealed that Arlong would be exiled for trying to assassinate Queen Otohime.
  • Jinbe defeated Arlong, chained him, and took him and his associates away to be exiled in East Blue.

Ch. 243Big Mom Backed Down

After Cracker's death, Big Mom ordered Oven to abandon Fish-Man Island and return, choosing not to challenge Morito. At Dragon Palace City, Morito asked Neptune and Otohime to help form a voluntary Fish-Man unit under Jinbe for the Dragon Slayer.

  • Oven reported Cracker's death to Big Mom and restrained himself from attacking Dragon Palace City because he had witnessed Morito's strength.
  • Big Mom suppressed her anger and ordered Oven to return, saying she would abandon Fish-Man Island as the New World approached a new era.
  • Oven assembled his subordinates and prepared to leave Fish-Man Island before Morito's forces discovered him.
  • At Dragon Palace City, Otohime thanked Morito for saving her, and Morito asked her and Neptune for help forming a Fish-Man unit.
  • Neptune agreed to let Jinbe recruit two hundred volunteers for the Dragon Slayer, and Morito told Jinbe to choose strong members.

Ch. 244The Overcrowded Jail Cell

Alice and Alisa brought more than twenty thousand shackled pirates to the Marine Branch on Sabaody Archipelago to collect bounties, with Enel secretly guarding them. Vice Admiral Milton agreed to handle the payment, but the branch struggled to accommodate the prisoners.

  • Morito arranged to transport pirates from Fish-Man Island in batches, while Fisher Tiger and the other Fish-Men secured the underwater route and Enel secretly protected Alice and Alisa.
  • Alice and Alisa led the first batch of more than twenty thousand pirates toward the Marine Branch as Enel used lightning to stop riots along the way.
  • Vice Admiral Milton mistook the approaching crowd for a possible attack before learning that Alice and Alisa had brought the pirates to collect bounties.
  • Alice offered to sell pirates without bounties to the Marines for 500,000 Beli each, and Milton agreed to count the prisoners and pay them.
  • The adjutant warned Milton that the Marine Branch's jail cells could not hold so many pirates.

Ch. 245Prologue

Morito sent Enel to keep clearing pirates from Fish-Man Island while he set out with Jinbe and two hundred Fish-Men to dismantle Umit’s shipping network. Umit, trapped on Cakes Island as Morito’s attacks spread across his routes, decided to ask Big Mom for help.

  • Enel told Morito that two women were spying for Doflamingo, and Morito chose to use them rather than have Enel harm them.
  • Morito told Enel to keep sending captured pirates toward the Marines and revealed that Umit was only his first target.
  • Jinbe assembled two hundred Fish-Man warriors and told Morito that Umit remained on Cakes Island after Big Mom’s tea party.
  • Morito ordered Jinbe to set sail for Umit’s shipping headquarters and network.
  • Umit received reports that the Dragon Slayer was attacking his shipping routes and decided to ask Big Mom to stop Morito.

Ch. 246Dividing Up the Sea Transport Network?

Umit asked Big Mom to help protect his failing sea transport network, but she planned to profit from his losses instead. As Morito took over more branches, Big Mom proposed dividing the remaining network with him, and he rejected her outright.

  • Umit offered Big Mom ten tons of desserts each month in exchange for help against Morito, and Big Mom told Perospero to make arrangements while concealing her true intentions.
  • Morito took over sea transport branches by replacing their managers and loyalists with workers willing to serve him, and he raised their wages by ten percent.
  • Big Mom called Morito and proposed that they divide the parts of Umit's sea transport network that neither had claimed.
  • Morito reminded Big Mom not to interfere in his dispute with Umit, threatened to break her claws, and hung up.

Ch. 247No More Sea Transport King

Big Mom ordered the BIG MOM Pirates to seize Umit’s sea transport network and use him until he was no longer useful. Morito let Big Mom take much of the network while he headed toward Eslepp Island, and Umit was killed by Katakuri.

  • Big Mom raged after Morito hung up on her, then told Katakuri to seize the sea transport network and exploit Umit before killing him.
  • The BIG MOM Pirates took control of many transport branches, with a third of the network raising Big Mom’s flag, while Katakuri and Enel landed on the same island.
  • Morito told Jinbe not to worry about Big Mom taking the network and headed toward Eslepp Island, while asking Lily Nyan to watch the twin sisters.
  • Katakuri killed Umit in one blow after using him to help the BIG MOM Pirates claim the sea transport network.

Ch. 248Senjutsu Chakra

Morito consolidated his shipping network and secured Eslepp Island while waiting for the New World's powers to clash. After months of desert training, he successfully extracted Senjutsu Chakra and became difficult for others to perceive.

  • Morito controlled the shipping network's first half, including a foothold at Fish-Man Island, while Big Mom controlled the latter half.
  • Morito's fleet cleared Eslepp Island and raised the Golden Sun Flag over its port and town.
  • Morito chose to wait for the New World's competing powers to weaken one another rather than seize islands one by one.
  • Morito spent months practicing Senjutsu in Eslepp Island's desert, using his mastery of Life Return to control his body and balance physical, spiritual, and Natural Energy.
  • Morito successfully extracted Senjutsu Chakra, causing others to see him but struggle to notice or sense his presence.

Ch. 249Who Is It?!

Morito returned from seclusion after a breakthrough that greatly strengthened his Senjutsu Chakra and Tenseigan. With the New World’s smaller pirate forces already wiped out, he prepared to move against the surviving powers, and Enel showed him a map of their territories.

  • Morito fired a Senjutsu Chakra Air Bullet that blasted a huge crater into the desert.
  • Issho sensed Morito’s presence vanish during a casino game and hurried back to the manor, where Enel confirmed he had disappeared.
  • Morito appeared at the manor, and Enel updated him on Eslepp Island’s growth and the New World’s remaining major powers.
  • Morito asked which forces were nearby, and Enel spread a map of the New World’s power distribution across the table.
  • Morito studied the territories of Whitebeard, Big Mom, the Beasts Pirates, Moria, the World Destroyer, and the Tyrant King as Enel began to identify the nearest force.

Ch. 250The Bat Monster

Morito chose to move his crew from Eslepp Island to Rebolde Island and crossed a spatial rift to confront the forces stationed there. Moria prepared to sail for Wano Country in search of Seastone, but Morito appeared before he could leave.

  • Morito selected Rebolde Island as his crew's future base and rejected Enel's offer to help him deal with Moria's forces.
  • Morito opened a spatial rift and stepped through it, leaving Enel and Issho astonished by his new power.
  • Enel invited Issho to witness the new era with him, and Issho stood up with his Cane Sword.
  • Moria gathered more than seven thousand pirates on Rebolde Island and prepared to sail for Wano Country to obtain Seastone.
  • A mysterious beautiful man appeared before Moria and asked where he was going.

Ch. 251An Instant Kill With a Flick of the Hand!

Morito confronted Moria as Moria prepared to attack Kaido, then overwhelmed him with his abilities. The chapter left Moria pinned beneath Morito’s attack, with a miniature Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion erupting above him.

  • Morito recognized that Moria had gathered seven thousand pirates and guessed he planned to fight Kaido.
  • Moria attacked Morito with his shadow abilities, but Morito evaded the shadow ambushes and repelled the bat-shaped shadows.
  • Morito vanished, reappeared behind Moria, and pierced him through the body with a Black Rod.
  • Moria escaped the Black Rod by switching places with his shadow, but Morito tracked his position and declared the fight over.
  • Morito slammed Moria’s head into the ground and unleashed a miniature Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

Ch. 252Expanding the Fleet

Morito defeated Moria and offered the survivors of Moria’s crew the chance to join the Golden Sun Flag. He put Issho in charge of choosing recruits as he began building a powerful fleet.

  • Morito left Moria dead after punching through Rebolde Island, stunning Enel with the scale of his strength.
  • Morito used the Tenseigan to knock out seven thousand of Moria’s crew at the harbor and announced that Rebolde Island would fly the Golden Sun Flag.
  • Morito told the surviving crew members they could leave or stay, while they debated whether Moria was dead and feared his retaliation.
  • Issho and Enel brought Moria’s corpse to the harbor, and Enel dismissed the surviving pirates as weak.
  • Morito told Issho to choose recruits and warned him that human trafficking was forbidden.

Ch. 253The Little Assassin

Morito encountered Perona on a mountain path and demonstrated that Senjutsu Chakra could destroy her Negative Ghosts. When Perona’s soul accidentally separated from her body, Morito told her how to return, and she safely reentered it.

  • Morito took a shortcut through the mountains, where Perona followed him and confronted him for killing Lord Moria.
  • Perona attacked Morito with Negative Ghosts, but he dispersed them with Senjutsu Chakra and explained that energy could counter them.
  • Morito began to leave, and Perona’s soul unexpectedly floated out of her body for the first time.
  • Morito told Perona she was not dead and instructed her to return to her body.
  • Perona merged back into her body and checked that she was unharmed.

Ch. 254The Honest Man's Smile

Morito handed Perona over to Issho, who persuaded her to follow him and train. Meanwhile, Doflamingo waited anxiously for Morito to make a move in the New World and ordered Trebol to find Alice and Alisa.

  • Issho stopped Morito from attacking Perona and asked him to hand her over.
  • Issho pinned Perona and her Negative Ghosts down, then persuaded her that training with him could make her strong enough to defeat Morito.
  • Morito agreed to leave Perona in Issho's care, and Perona believed Issho's promise.
  • On Sabaody Archipelago, Doflamingo dismissed Trebol's suggestion that Morito was hiding out of fear and said he expected Morito to act.
  • Doflamingo ordered Trebol to find Alice and Alisa, who had been staying on Sabaody Archipelago.

Ch. 255Want to or Not

Morito established his pirate crew’s headquarters on Rebolde Island and decided to claim the unruled seas of the New World. He confronted Doflamingo on Sabaody and asked him to come along, leaving Doflamingo agreeing despite his uncertainty.

  • Morito made Rebolde Island the Dragon Slayer Pirate Crew’s headquarters and planned to seize the nearby New World waters before Shanks could claim them.
  • Morito used his space-crossing ability to appear at Doflamingo’s meeting with Alice, Alisa, and Trebol on Sabaody Archipelago.
  • Morito sent Alice and Alisa away and slapped Trebol out of the room, while Doflamingo concealed his anger.
  • Morito teased Doflamingo about missing him, then clarified that he was asking whether Doflamingo wanted to go to the New World.
  • Doflamingo hesitated before telling Morito that he did.

Ch. 256Little Ming Was Terrified

Morito showed Doflamingo the Op-Op Fruit and recruited him to gather powerful pirates for a tournament, while Doflamingo planned to use the event to seize Dressrosa. After they agreed on the scheme, Morito confronted Doflamingo about his supposed chance encounter and revealed he had renamed Monet and Sugar Alice and Alisa.

  • Morito revealed that he had the Op-Op Fruit, and Doflamingo considered how he might steal it.
  • Doflamingo proposed holding a tournament in Dressrosa and using a pirate uprising to frame King Riku and take the throne.
  • Morito approved Doflamingo's plan and ordered him to invite every pirate with a bounty over a hundred million near Rebolde Island.
  • Morito turned to Doflamingo's fabricated chance encounter and said he had renamed Monet and Sugar Alice and Alisa, making Doflamingo suspect they had been exposed.

Ch. 257Spread the Word

Morito warned Doflamingo to stay in line, then arranged to spread news of Doflamingo’s Op-Op Fruit tournament through Shakky’s intelligence network. The chapter left the fruit’s location known to Shakky, with the news poised to draw New World pirates to Sabaody.

  • Doflamingo decided to deny everything and rely on his value to Morito, who warned him not to scheme behind his back.
  • Morito teased Doflamingo about taking the twin sisters back, then left to arrange the gathering of powerful New World pirates.
  • Morito visited Shakky at her Sabaody bar and asked how much information about the Op-Op Fruit was worth.
  • Shakky paid Morito ten million Beli, and he told her Doflamingo would use the fruit as the prize in a gladiatorial tournament.
  • Morito added that Doflamingo was currently in Sabaody, implying that the Op-Op Fruit was there too.

Ch. 258Selling Pirates, Then Marines

Shakky sold limited copies of information about the Op-Op Fruit while Morito went to the Marine base to offer the Marines the same intelligence. The Marines recognized Morito as the Dragon Slayer, and Vice Admiral Kazan called Fleet Admiral Sengoku as Morito waited to disclose what he knew.

  • Shakky decided not to pursue the Op-Op Fruit and arranged to sell ten copies of information about it for 50 million Beli each.
  • Morito left the Lawless Zone and headed to the Marine Branch in Area 60 to sell information to the Marines and World Government.
  • Marine guards recognized Morito as the Dragon Slayer, sounded the alarm, and gathered armed Marines at the base entrance.
  • Vice Admiral Kazan arrived, ordered the Marines to lower their guns, and asked Morito why he was there.
  • Morito said he had information that Kazan's superiors might want and suggested calling Sengoku to discuss it privately.
  • Kazan called Sengoku, who asked whether Kazan was settling in well on the Sabaody Archipelago.

Ch. 259Kizaru Sets Out

Morito sold Sengoku information that Doflamingo had the Op-Op Fruit and was on Sabaody Archipelago. Sengoku sent Kizaru with three warships toward Area 1, while Doflamingo considered how to keep the fruit for himself.

  • Sengoku recognized that Morito had stolen the Op-Op Fruit and asked him for information about it.
  • Morito accepted twenty million Beli from Sengoku, counted every bill, and revealed that Doflamingo had the fruit and was on Sabaody Archipelago.
  • Doflamingo considered secretly stealing the Op-Op Fruit from himself but decided Pica's plan would be too easy for Morito to discover.
  • Kizaru led three warships toward Sabaody Archipelago and ordered them to head for Area 1, where Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family officers had gathered.

Ch. 260Don't Run! I Just Want to Take a Look!

Doflamingo obtained the Op-Op Fruit, but Admiral Kizaru arrived on Sabaody Archipelago to arrest him. Doflamingo escaped with Trebol while Morito confronted Kizaru, who abandoned the pursuit.

  • Trebol warned Doflamingo that Kizaru had appeared on Sabaody Archipelago, and Doflamingo suspected the Marines had learned about the Op-Op Fruit.
  • Kizaru blasted into Doflamingo's room and announced that he had come to capture him.
  • Doflamingo used the String-String Fruit to control Marine soldiers and attack Kizaru, while Trebol launched a mass of sticky snot at him.
  • Doflamingo and Trebol fled with the Op-Op Fruit while Kizaru retreated into the forest.
  • Morito appeared above Kizaru and reminded him that Doflamingo had the Op-Op Fruit, but Kizaru turned into a golden beam and left.

Ch. 261The True Yin-Yang Release

Morito used Senjutsu Chakra and Yin-Yang Release to restore Otohime’s health, while Doflamingo and Trebol arrived at Fish-Man Island with pursuers on their trail. The chapter left Doflamingo preparing to deal with those following him.

  • Morito visited Otohime and told her and Neptune that his cultivation breakthrough might solve her condition.
  • Morito infused Otohime with Yang Release, then realized her stolen soul caused her life force to keep draining away.
  • Morito used Senjutsu Chakra to master Yin-Yang Release and restore Otohime’s healthy appearance.
  • Doflamingo and Trebol arrived at Fish-Man Island and saw the Dragon Slayer’s Golden Sun Flag flying over the port.
  • Trebol warned Doflamingo that someone was following them, and Doflamingo ordered him to find a secluded place to eliminate their pursuers.
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