Ch. 262The Final Calm

After leaving Fish-Man Island, Morito’s plans for the Op-Op Fruit tournament began drawing attention across the New World. Doflamingo prepared to take over Dressrosa while Big Mom and the Whitebeard Pirates learned that the fruit was the tournament’s prize.

  • Morito declined another banquet, thanked Neptune for Dragon Palace City’s help, met Princess Shirahoshi, and left through a passage in space.
  • Doflamingo forced King Riku to provide Dressrosa’s colosseum for the Op-Op Fruit tournament and ordered his officers to monitor arrivals and stay in contact with Rebolde Island.
  • Doflamingo told Diamante he believed Morito planned to gather and eliminate pirate forces around Rebolde Island, changing the New World’s balance of power.
  • News of the Op-Op Fruit tournament spread through the New World, and Big Mom reacted excitedly when Perospero told her the prize could grant eternal life.
  • The Whitebeard Pirates also heard about the Op-Op Fruit and its rumored Perennial Youth Operation.

Ch. 263World Destroyer!

Whitebeard's sons learned the deadly conditions of the Op-Op Fruit's Immortality Operation as pirates converged on Dressrosa to claim the fruit. Byrnndi World arrived, and Enel and Issho went to confront him while Doflamingo assured King Riku that World would cause no trouble.

  • Marco explained that the Immortality Operation required Devil Fruit Awakening and exceptional medical skill, and killed the Ability User who performed it.
  • Pirates flocked to Dressrosa, leaving King Riku fearful that the kingdom's forces could not control them.
  • Violet spotted Byrnndi World's flag and identified the arriving pirate as the World Destroyer, who wanted the Op-Op Fruit to cure his sickly older brother.
  • Doflamingo stayed calm because Issho and Enel were with him; Enel rushed out first, and Issho followed to stop World from harming Dressrosa.
  • King Riku warned Doflamingo that World had arrived, and Doflamingo said World would not stir up trouble.

Ch. 264Enel vs. World!

World attacked Dressrosa’s crowded port with a hundredfold cannonball, then clashed with Enel, who struck him with lightning. The two prepared to begin a serious fight, and Enel hurled a lightning-charged spear at World as he leaped toward him.

  • World enlarged a cannonball a hundredfold and destroyed a cluster of pirate ships in Dressrosa’s port, killing and injuring pirates caught in the blast.
  • World entered the port with his tiny older brother and said he would take the Op-Op Fruit to help him get better.
  • Enel struck World with lightning, but World blocked it with an Armament Haki-coated punch.
  • Enel and World sized each other up, while pirates fled inland to escape the coming battle.
  • World used Geppo to leap toward Enel, who transformed his Golden Staff into a spear and hurled it at him.

Ch. 265The Name of the God of Thunder!

Enel and World fought a destructive battle at Dressrosa’s harbor, with Enel using speed and a hidden lightning attack to gain the upper hand. Divine Judgment swallowed them both, and Enel believed he had won.

  • World blocked Enel’s golden lightning spear with his enlarged greatsword, destroying the historic watchtower in the clash.
  • World fired a burst of twenty-times-speed Seastone bullets, wounding Enel when he failed to anticipate their velocity.
  • Enel attacked World from behind with a lightning-charged golden spear, but World endured the blow with Armament Haki.
  • Enel unleashed One Hundred Million Volts: Divine Judgment, engulfing both fighters in a colossal pillar of lightning.
  • Enel concluded that the attack had won him the battle.

Ch. 266Fierce Battle!

Enel struck World with Divine Judgment, but World survived by sacrificing the use of one arm and wounded Enel with an Armament Haki-coated Finger Pistol. Enel cauterized his wound and retreated into the sky, while Morito and Issho watched and let him face the battle himself.

  • Enel's Divine Judgment devastated the harbor, but World blocked the lightning with his palm and survived with his left arm unusable.
  • World used Momo Hundred Times Speed to break through Enel's Lightning Barrier and pierce his chest and abdomen with an Armament Haki-coated Finger Pistol.
  • Morito criticized Enel's overconfidence, and Issho offered to help before agreeing to watch closely as Enel continued fighting.
  • Perona stayed beside Issho, who shielded her from the battlefield's energy.
  • Enel cauterized his wound with lightning, released a Thirty Million Volts Lightning Beast to interrupt World, and flew high into the sky.

Ch. 267Thunder Welcome!

Enel awakened the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and gathered natural lightning above Dressrosa, while World prepared to defend himself behind enormous stone walls. Enel unleashed Thunder Welcome over the port, leaving its people fleeing from the devastating attack.

  • Enel drew on natural lightning through his awakened Devil Fruit, summoning immense thunderclouds over Dressrosa.
  • World sent his injured brother away, then raised five massive stone walls to defend against Enel's coming attack.
  • Enel condensed the lightning into a gigantic thunderball and launched Thunder Welcome at the port.
  • The attack engulfed the area around the watchtower and much of the port, prompting the people and pirates to flee inland.

Ch. 268The Imposing Little Ming!

Enel defeated World with Thunder Welcome, leaving him barely alive, and Morito allowed Doflamingo to take him. As World’s fleet attacked, Doflamingo flew out to confront the ships and their enormous More-More Fruit-powered cannon.

  • Enel’s Thunder Welcome destroyed the harbor watchtower area and left World charred but alive.
  • Enel asked Morito whether he could hand World over to Doflamingo, and Morito agreed.
  • World’s fleet charged into the bay to rescue their captain and opened fire on Doflamingo.
  • Doflamingo used Sky Road to fly toward the fleet and attacked with Overheat Whip as the lead ship aimed its giant cannon at him.

Ch. 269One Strike, Five Warships!

Doflamingo defeated World and sank five of his warships, then used World’s capture to enforce order among the pirates gathering on Dressrosa. As the gladiatorial tournament approached, Doflamingo planned to imprison World beneath the palace.

  • Doflamingo’s Overheat Whip cleaved five warships in half, while Enel realized Doflamingo had hidden his strength.
  • Diamante and Pica guarded the shore as World’s surviving subordinates fled inland with his brother.
  • Doflamingo had World bound with Seastone and brought him to the plaza, where he used the captive pirate to intimidate the tournament’s gathered fighters.
  • Doflamingo told Diamante to lock World in the dungeon beneath the palace, and the pirates maintained a fragile peace as they waited for the tournament to begin.

Ch. 270The Navy Arrives

Morito prepared for the Corrida Colosseum match as pirate crews gathered in Dressrosa to claim the Op-Op Fruit. Rosinante secretly reported the situation to Sengoku and resolved to stop Doflamingo, while an unknown figure watched him leave.

  • Morito learned that nearly every powerful pirate crew around Rebolde Island had gathered in Dressrosa, including Big Mom's son Charlotte Snag, and confirmed the afternoon match was ready.
  • Rosinante used the Silence Fruit to contact Sengoku and reported that Snag and Enel were in Dressrosa, while the Whitebeard and Beasts Pirates were absent.
  • Sengoku warned Rosinante to prioritize his safety and said Sakazuki was stationed nearby to assist him.
  • Rosinante left the alley, determined to prevent Doflamingo from destroying Dressrosa, and a petite figure emerged from the shadows after he was gone.

Ch. 271All Things in Nature!

After Lily Nyan spotted someone using a Den Den Mushi without making a sound, Morito suspected Rosinante and decided to alert Doflamingo. As the Corrida Colosseum tournament began, Morito used Yin-Yang Release to open a gigantic fissure beneath the arena and swallow the contestants and spectators.

  • Lily Nyan told Morito she had seen someone talking into a Den Den Mushi without making a sound, and Morito suspected Rosinante.
  • Morito decided to pass the news about Rosinante to Doflamingo and let the brothers deal with each other.
  • Diamante announced the Corrida Colosseum tournament rules and displayed the Op-Op Fruit as the prize, while Doflamingo secretly planned to take it himself.
  • As the first group began fighting, Diamante switched the Op-Op Fruit for a decoy and left, while Enel watched over the real fruit.
  • Morito arrived outside the colosseum and used Yin-Yang Release to make the stage split open and swallow the contestants.
  • The fissure spread across the Corrida Colosseum, opening into a massive abyss that trapped people in the stands as they tried to flee.

Ch. 272The Shocking Truth!

Doflamingo and Diamante reconsidered their plans after Morito annihilated the pirates gathered in the Corrida Colosseum, and Doflamingo decided to return the Op-Op Fruit and pursue Dressrosa by force. Morito stood by the arena as Issho confronted him over the mass killings.

  • Doflamingo and Diamante compared Morito's attack to the Soul-Soul Fruit and admitted it was unlike anything they had expected.
  • Diamante handed Doflamingo the Op-Op Fruit, and Doflamingo abandoned his plan to frame someone amid the chaos.
  • Doflamingo decided to return the Op-Op Fruit to Morito and questioned whether the Donquixote Family could take Dressrosa.
  • Morito used the Tenseigan to confirm that tens of thousands buried beneath Dressrosa were dead, while Enel and Issho sensed the voices in the Colosseum had vanished.
  • Issho flew to the Colosseum entrance and condemned Morito for killing the pirates, but Morito said the sea only needed one voice.

Ch. 273Seizing the Throne

Enel explained that Doflamingo planned to use the pirates in Dressrosa to overthrow King Riku and seize the throne, while stopping Fujitora from intervening. Doflamingo began his coup, and Fujitora prepared to fight Enel when Enel blocked his way on Morito’s orders.

  • Enel stopped Fujitora from acting against the pirates and led him and Perona away from the Corrida Colosseum to explain Doflamingo’s plan.
  • Doflamingo sent a subordinate to return the Op-Op Fruit to Morito, then went with Diamante, Pica, and others to confront King Riku.
  • Doflamingo used his String-String Fruit to control King Riku and his guards, declared Dressrosa belonged to the Donquixote Family, and attacked them.
  • Enel told Fujitora that Doflamingo intended to provoke unrest with the pirates and seize the throne, making Fujitora furious.
  • Fujitora headed to kill Doflamingo, but Enel blocked him, citing Morito’s order to keep Doflamingo alive because he was still useful.
  • Fujitora challenged Enel, and Enel charged his body with lightning as they prepared to fight.

Ch. 274The Op-Op Fruit Was Missing!

Morito revealed how he created All Things in Nature and learned that Lily Nyan had successfully stolen the Op-Op Fruit from Jora. As Doflamingo demanded an explanation for the missing fruit, Jora began recounting what happened.

  • Morito explained that he fused part of his consciousness into creations made with Yin-Yang Release and Senjutsu Chakra to create All Things in Nature.
  • Issho and Perona went into the cabin while Enel asked Morito about Lily Nyan's whereabouts and her Devil Fruit ability.
  • Lily Nyan arrived and handed Morito a box containing the Op-Op Fruit she had stolen from Jora.
  • Morito suggested that Doflamingo would have to compensate them after losing the Op-Op Fruit, and Enel realized he intended to exploit the situation.
  • Jora rushed to King's High Ground and told Doflamingo that something had happened to the Op-Op Fruit.
  • Doflamingo cleared the room, demanded an account from Jora, and she began explaining what happened.

Ch. 275The Great Guy

Doflamingo learned that the Op-Op Fruit had been stolen and suspected Rosinante, while Morito realized Doflamingo had mistaken the thief’s identity. Morito gave Pica a month to recover the fruit before departing for Rebolde Island, leaving Pica baffled by his unexpected kindness.

  • Jora told Doflamingo that the Op-Op Fruit was missing, and he ordered Pica to inform Morito while Diamante searched for Rosinante.
  • Pica boarded Morito’s ship and was mocked for his high-pitched voice before he explained that the fruit had been stolen.
  • Pica promised to return the Op-Op Fruit within a week, but Morito generously gave him a month.
  • Pica left the ship in a daze as Morito sailed toward Rebolde Island, then remembered to report back to Doflamingo.

Ch. 276The Four Emperors Era

Sengoku and the Marines reacted to the New World’s division among four powerful pirate crews, and the Five Elders summoned Sengoku to Mary Geoise. Whitebeard welcomed the new balance, while Kaido set out to challenge Morito.

  • Sengoku, Tsuru, Aokiji, and Kizaru discussed how the Four Emperors had disrupted the Marines’ plans for the New World.
  • A Den Den Mushi call from one of the Five Elders ordered Sengoku to come to Mary Geoise, and he left the Marines’ meeting.
  • The newspaper described the territories controlled by Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, and Morito, with unclaimed waters left as buffer zones.
  • Whitebeard read about Morito’s rise and was pleased that the New World had become more stable, since he wanted to protect his sons rather than pursue the Pirate King’s title.
  • Kaido dismissed the Four Emperor title and headed out with his spiked club, intending to fight Morito, the only emperor he had not faced.

Ch. 277Kaido Attacks!

Morito learned that Kaido was rampaging through Dressrosa while demanding to fight him, so he agreed to intervene after making Doflamingo owe him a favor. Morito opened a spatial rift and traveled to Dressrosa.

  • Morito saw that his Tenseigan had advanced and judged that he could now face Whitebeard head-on.
  • Pica called Morito as Kaido attacked Dressrosa, smashing through King's High Ground and demanding to fight the Dragon Slayer.
  • Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family fought Kaido but could barely slow him down.
  • Doflamingo reached Morito and asked him to come help, and Morito required a favor in return.
  • Morito opened a spatial rift and stepped through to Dressrosa.

Ch. 278One Finger

Morito arrived at King's High Ground and confronted Kaido, stopping his club with a finger and knocking him back with repulsive force. He then launched a stronger Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion against Kaido, whose Armament Haki blocked the attack as the chapter ended.

  • Morito emerged from a Black Hole above King's High Ground and faced Kaido for the first time.
  • Kaido swung his spiked club at Morito, but the weapon stopped inches from Morito's face.
  • Morito flicked one finger and repelled the club into Kaido's chest, staggering him backward.
  • Doflamingo explained that Morito had controlled force rather than overpowering Kaido through strength.
  • Morito formed five Truth-Seeking Orbs and unleashed Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion at Kaido.
  • Kaido covered his chest and abdomen with Armament Haki, and the attack struck with metallic clangs.

Ch. 279The Strongest Verbal Jutsu?!

Morito faced Kaido after sending him flying with a single blow, while Doflamingo explained Kaido’s reputation and feared the destruction of King’s High Ground. The chapter ended as Kaido attacked in dragon form with a scorching Heat Breath, leaving Doflamingo with no time to escape.

  • Morito sent Kaido flying beyond the range of Observation Haki, astonishing Doflamingo and the others on King's High Ground.
  • Doflamingo told Morito about Kaido’s strength, resilience, and habit of seeking dangerous fights to grow stronger.
  • Doflamingo ordered the Donquixote Family officers to retreat, while he and Pica stayed to watch Morito face Kaido.
  • Kaido returned in his azure dragon form, and Morito recognized the attack he was preparing.
  • Kaido unleashed Heat Breath, and Doflamingo realized he had no time to escape along Sky Road.

Ch. 280A Dud!

Morito drove Kaido away after stopping his Heat Breath and striking him with a spatially delivered attack that worsened his soul injury. Kaido sailed off to seek Big Mom’s help, while Morito left Dressrosa after asking Doflamingo about the Op-Op Fruit.

  • Morito used Heavenly Hand to force Kaido’s Heat Breath back into his mouth and clamp his jaws shut, sending him crashing onto a pirate ship.
  • Kaido ordered the frightened pirates to sail for Cakes Island so Big Mom could treat his soul injury and help him seek a way to counter Morito.
  • Morito considered pursuing Kaido but instead sent a blank round through a spatial passage, making Kaido spit blood.
  • Kaido vowed to fight Morito after dealing with Wano Country, then sailed away as Doflamingo sighed with relief.
  • Morito asked Doflamingo about the Op-Op Fruit, said there was still time left in the month, and departed.

Ch. 281The Deal

Doflamingo accepted Violet’s terms so she could use her Glint-Glint Fruit to find Rosinante. Meanwhile, Kaido went to Cakes Island and asked Big Mom to repair his injured soul after his fight with Morito, agreeing to owe her a favor.

  • Doflamingo decided Violet could help him locate Rosinante and ordered his subordinates to bring her to him.
  • Kaido arrived at Cakes Island, where he and Big Mom exchanged attacks before agreeing to talk in the Seducing Woods.
  • Kaido told Big Mom about his fight with Morito and asked to borrow her strength to heal his injured soul.
  • Big Mom demanded that Kaido owe her a favor, and he accepted as she began gathering souls from the Homies in the forest.
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