Chapter Summaries

Doflamingo used Violet to search Dressrosa for Rosinante and learned he was at the crescent bay. On Cakes Island, Big Mom offered Kaido a plan to counter Morito, but she intended to test it on him.

• Doflamingo made Violet join him in exchange for sparing King Riku and the others, then had her search for Rosinante.
• Violet spotted Rosinante at the unfinished port in Dressrosa’s crescent bay, and Doflamingo flew there.
• Big Mom healed Kaido’s injuries and repaired his damaged soul with her Soul-Soul Fruit ability.
• Kaido challenged Big Mom over her claim that she could counter Morito, and they nearly fought before he asked for her method.
• Big Mom summoned a personified flower and tried to persuade Kaido to test her soul-based plan without owing her a favor.

Doflamingo killed Rosinante after demanding the location of the missing Op-Op Fruit, while Morito learned what had happened and waited for Doflamingo to contact him. Akainu ordered his fleet toward Dressrosa after hearing Rosinante was dead, and Sengoku received the news in shock.

• Doflamingo confronted Rosinante at Crescent Bay and shot him after Rosinante said he had handed the Op-Op Fruit to the Marines.
• Diamante questioned Doflamingo about the missing fruit, and Doflamingo revealed it had not been in Rosinante's hands before leaving with Violet.
• Morito learned that Doflamingo had killed Rosinante and waited for Doflamingo's distress call.
• Akainu learned Rosinante had been killed, ordered his warship to Dressrosa, and reported the news to Sengoku.
• Sengoku received Akainu's report and collapsed into his chair in grief over Rosinante.

The World Government announced the Seven Warlords of the Sea without consulting the Navy, infuriating Sengoku and Akainu. Sengoku recalled Akainu from Dressrosa, where Akainu learned of the decree and erupted in anger.

• The Five Elders told Sengoku that the Seven Warlords of the Sea plan had been approved and sent him the documents.
• Sengoku summoned Tsuru, who urged him to manage the decision and avoid risking another Admiral in Dressrosa.
• Sengoku agreed with Tsuru and ordered Akainu to bring his men back.
• Akainu protested the recall, then read the World Government's decree and condemned its decision to grant pirates the legal right to plunder.

Zephyr confronted Sengoku over the Shichibukai policy, then took Naval Academy recruits to the New World for an exam while Marine Headquarters struggled with the World Government’s decision. Pirates across the seas considered how the new policy could serve their interests, and Gloriosa urged Hancock to become a Shichibukai.

• Zephyr stormed into Sengoku’s office, but Tsuru explained that the Five Elders had announced the Shichibukai policy without informing Sengoku beforehand.
• Zephyr decided to take his recruits to an island near G1 Branch for an exam, and Sengoku arranged for the branch to support them after Zephyr refused Kizaru as an escort.
• Kizaru and other Marines reacted with dismay to the policy, while Marine Headquarters faced the task of choosing seven powerful pirates for the positions.
• Doflamingo learned that Akainu was leaving the waters near Dressrosa and concluded that the Navy would be distracted from the New World.
• Crocodile saw the legal-plunder policy as a chance to build his forces and return to the New World, while Gloriosa urged Hancock to become a Shichibukai.

Zeff took Navy cadets into the New World for training, but his old illness flared during a fight with Weevil and left him unable to defend himself. As Weevil attacked Ain, Zeff pushed her aside and lost an arm to the blow.

• Zeff refused the G1 Branch commander's offer of warship escorts and sailed out with his students.
• Bakin spotted Zeff's warship and steered her boat toward it to seize supplies, bringing Weevil with her.
• Morito delegated Rebolde Island's internal affairs to Issho, expansion to Enel, and sea routes to Jinbe, then set out with Lily Nyan on a Sea King.
• Zeff subdued Weevil aboard the warship, but his old illness suddenly drained his strength.
• Weevil broke free and attacked Ain, and Zeff pushed her out of the way as Weevil's slash severed his arm.

With Zephyr weakened and his medicine lost, Weevil slaughtered Navy cadets until Morito and Lily Nyan appeared. Morito blasted Weevil off the ship, but Weevil returned unharmed, and Morito moved in to test his true nature.

• Bakin urged Weevil to keep fighting by promising him a month’s worth of food, and he cut down half the surviving Navy crew in one round.
• Ain realized Zephyr had lost all his medicine, while Morito and Lily Nyan appeared on the mast and then beside Zephyr.
• Morito repelled Weevil with a single attack, sending him through the ship’s cannon, railing, and bow into the sea.
• Weevil leaped back onto the deck unharmed, and Morito blurred in front of him to gather a Yin-Yang Release technique.

Morito defeated Weevil by draining his energy, then examined his unusual body and confronted Bakkin as she tried to escape. Bakkin claimed Weevil was Whitebeard’s son, but Morito rejected her story, leaving Weevil conscious and horrified.

• Morito drained Weevil’s energy and knocked him unconscious, while Zephyr explained the ability and its need for physical contact.
• Trafalgar D. Water Law recognized that Morito’s attack was difficult to dodge and decided to follow someone powerful enough to help him take revenge.
• Morito examined Weevil and suspected he was an artificial human created using Vegapunk’s Lineage Factor.
• Morito caught Bakkin as she tried to flee and asked who she really was.
• Bakkin claimed she was Whitebeard’s beloved and that Weevil was their son, then pointed to a newspaper photo as proof.
• Morito said Whitebeard was still alive, and Weevil reacted with horror to Bakkin’s claim that he looked just like him.

Morito left Zephyr’s warship with Lily Nyan after rescuing Zephyr and taunting him about owing a favor. Trafalgar Law followed Morito and asked him for the power to take revenge on Doflamingo, so Morito challenged him to cross a dangerous island.

• Morito dismissed Bakin’s attempt to save herself, then left the warship with Lily Nyan on a docile Sea King.
• Zephyr captured Weevil and Bakin and ordered the Marines back to port, unaware that Law had secretly followed Morito.
• Morito discovered Law hiding on the Sea King, and Law demanded power to kill Doflamingo, who had murdered Rosinante.
• Morito took Law and Lily Nyan to an uninhabited island and challenged Law to cross it without Lily Nyan’s help.
• Law refused assistance and headed into the island’s dangerous forest.

Morito assigned Lily Nyan to protect Luo during his trial, while testing whether Luo had the resolve to face death in pursuit of revenge. After Lily Nyan saved him from a herd of Steelhide Boars, Luo worried the intervention meant he had failed, then ordered her not to help again.

• Morito told Lily Nyan to keep Luo alive as her training task and secretly monitored her with a Cursed Seal.
• Luo entered the forest and narrowly dodged a charging Steelhide Boar with his basic Soru.
• Five Steelhide Boars charged Luo, and Lily Nyan emerged from his shadow to cut them down with her crackling claws.
• Luo realized Lily Nyan could protect him but worried her intervention had failed his trial.
• Luo told Lily Nyan not to step in again, and Morito watched them from afar and laughed.

Morito received news that Hancock had become empress of Amazon Lily and considered how she could earn a Shichibukai position. He then headed to an island to watch Shanks duel Mihawk, while Whitebeard noticed Morito’s arrival.

• Morito read Hancock’s letter and learned that the Marines’ new warships threatened Amazon Lily’s isolation, while Elder Nyon suggested Hancock seek a Shichibukai position.
• Morito decided Hancock would need a fearsome reputation to qualify and rejected the idea of robbing Heavenly Gold.
• Morito named his manta-ray ride Little Flat and traveled deeper into the New World.
• Shanks and Mihawk prepared to duel on an island near Whitebeard’s territory, drawing Whitebeard and many pirates to watch.
• Morito sensed the duel’s sword intent and guided Little Flat toward the island.
• Whitebeard sensed Morito’s presence, told Marco not to worry, and encouraged his crew to learn from the duel.

Morito watched Red-Haired and Mihawk fight while Garp arrived and joined him on the hillside. The two swordsmen recognized that neither could win without killing the other and prepared to settle their duel with one final strike.

• Red-Haired and Mihawk exchanged powerful sword strikes in the street, drawing a crowd and impressing Morito with their strength.
• Garp appeared beside Morito, questioned why he was on Whitebeard's turf, and watched the duel with him.
• Garp and Morito agreed that the clash was likely to end in a draw, though Morito knew the two swordsmen were evenly matched.
• Red-Haired and Mihawk stopped their repeated exchanges and readied their remaining strength for one final move.

Red-Haired and Mihawk ended their duel in a draw, then Garp invited them to become Shichibukai on behalf of the World Government. Mihawk accepted pending negotiations, while Red-Haired asked for two days to discuss the offer with his crew.

• Red-Haired and Mihawk unleashed enormous final sword strikes that split the clouds and sea, then concluded their duel in a draw.
• Whitebeard assessed the two swordsmen's strength, while Garp asked Morito to join him in approaching them; Morito declined.
• Garp arrived with the World Government's Shichibukai appointment letters and invited Red-Haired and Mihawk to join.
• Mihawk accepted an appointment letter, and the Navy began discussing the terms with him.
• Red-Haired asked for two days to consult his crew, and the adjutant agreed to wait while the Navy stayed on the island for three days.
• Garp left the negotiations and went to drink with Whitebeard.

Garp met Whitebeard in a tavern while arranging for Mihawk to join the Shichibukai, but a call from Sengoku revealed that Zephyr had been murdered in the New World. Garp left in anger, and Whitebeard ordered his crew to stay close to their main ship as they awaited news.

• Garp sat with Whitebeard and traded insults while discussing the Marines’ Shichibukai policy.
• Garp’s adjutant brought him a call from Sengoku, who told him that Zephyr had been murdered in the New World.
• Garp learned that Mihawk had agreed to become a Shichibukai and left to respond to Zephyr’s death.
• Marco, Jozu, Vista, and the others asked Whitebeard about what they had heard, and Whitebeard ordered them to keep close to the main ship.

Morito was attacked at sea by Akainu and Garp, who accused him of killing Zephyr. The chapter ended with Garp charging at Morito while Morito insisted he did not understand what he had done.

• Morito let Little Flat carry him across the sea after leaving Whitebeard Pirates' territory.
• Akainu attacked Morito with Meteor Volcano, but Morito swallowed the magma fists in a Black Hole.
• Morito sent Little Flat back to the Sea Kings' lair and stood on the sea while Akainu's ships fired cannonballs at him.
• Garp arrived with a Marine force and pursued Morito from behind.
• Garp accused Morito of killing Zephyr and launched a punch at him, while Morito asked what he meant.

Morito denied killing Zephyr as Garp and Akainu attacked him, and he used his abilities to counter their blows. Garp began to doubt the accusation and explained that Zephyr's corpse was found aboard an abandoned warship.

• Garp told Morito that Zephyr and hundreds of Marine cadets had died, and Morito insisted he had saved Zephyr.
• Akainu attacked Morito with Meigou, but Morito turned his repulsion into attraction and flung the magma attack toward Garp.
• Morito dodged Garp's punch and countered his elbow strike, but Akainu rushed in to attack again.
• Morito raised a forest of water columns from the sea, blasting Akainu into the air and extinguishing some of his magma.
• Morito challenged the Marines to fight if they were using Zephyr's death as an excuse, and Garp began to question whether Morito was responsible.
• Garp recounted that the Marines had found Zephyr's corpse aboard the bloodied, deserted warship.

Morito escaped Garp and Akainu, then returned to Zephyr's warship to investigate who had killed Zephyr after he left. Finding Ain's undamaged earring, he suspected she might still be alive and approached CP0 to ask for help confirming it.

• Morito refused to explain the traces of Yin-Yang Release to Garp and escaped through a Black Hole.
• Garp returned to the warship as Akainu saved himself from the sea, and the two realized Morito would be difficult to find.
• Morito found Zephyr's warship beside a CP0 ship and saw that the deck held more blood and remains than before.
• Morito found an undamaged earring that he recognized as possibly Ain's and suspected she might have survived.
• Morito appeared behind CP0's members and asked them to help him confirm whether Ain was alive.

Morito tracked Ain to Bibo Island, where the Red Earl had taken her, and demanded that she be handed over so she could explain what happened to Zephyr’s ship. The Red Earl attacked Morito, who dodged his thrust, and the chapter ended as Morito prepared to strike back from above.

• Morito found no record of Ain among the casualties and suspected that the Red Earl had taken her.
• Morito followed the Red Earl and Ain to Bibo Island, where the Red Earl planned to let Ain recover in the hot springs.
• Morito asked the Red Earl to hand Ain over because she was the only survivor who could explain what happened to Zephyr’s ship.
• The Red Earl refused and attacked Morito with a thrust from his umbrella, but Morito dodged at extraordinary speed.
• The Red Earl noticed Morito was above him and braced for his next move.

Morito used an illusionary feint to evade Patrick Redfield’s sword and break one of his arms with a Truth-Seeking Orb. As Ain watched, she remembered how Redfield had slaughtered the Marines and cadets and how Zephyr had sacrificed himself to protect her.

• Morito and Patrick Redfield sensed the danger of each other’s attacks and prepared to strike.
• Morito used spatial power and an illusionary suggestion to make Redfield think he was attacking head-on, then dodged the sword slash.
• Morito struck Redfield’s shoulder with a Truth-Seeking Orb, tearing through it and breaking his arm.
• Ain watched Morito’s counterattack and recalled that Zephyr had been too injured to fight Redfield at full strength.
• Ain remembered Redfield killing the Marines and cadets and Zephyr shielding her from his sword strike.

Ain recalled how Red Earl had taken her away in exchange for sparing Zephyr, then watched as Morito fought Red Earl on Bibo Island. Morito trapped Red Earl in Iron Sand, and blood seeped through it.

• Ain remembered attacking Red Earl with her Return-Return Fruit and how he had demanded she leave with him in exchange for Zephyr's life.
• Ain recalled that Zephyr had pursued Red Earl's boat and died from his injuries, though she still did not know he was dead.
• Morito severed Red Earl's arm after making him misjudge the fight, then explained that Marine Headquarters' knowledge of his abilities gave Akainu an advantage.
• Red Earl stopped the bleeding with Life Return and attacked Morito with his Crimson Sword Strike, but Morito blocked the slash and shattered his Iron Sand sword.
• Morito used Sand Burial to pack Iron Sand around Red Earl, and blood began seeping through the gaps.

Morito faced the Red Earl again on Bibo Island and prepared to use Tenseigan Senjutsu Chakra Mode. Their escalating power threw the island into chaos as its residents fled.

• Ain watched the bloodied Red Earl and wondered why he seemed so much weaker than Morito.
• Morito asked whether he could take Ain, explaining that he wanted her to clarify Zephyr’s death and shift blame onto the Marines and the Red Earl.
• The Red Earl accepted Morito’s challenge and readied his Observation Haki, Armament Haki, and swordsmanship.
• Morito entered perfect stillness and absorbed Natural Energy, darkening the sky and summoning violent winds and thunderclouds.
• Morito and the Red Earl’s clashing auras split the thunderclouds, and Bibo Island’s residents fled when they realized the two pirates were fighting.
• Morito transformed into Tenseigan Senjutsu Chakra Mode, with eight golden-edged Truth-Seeking Orbs floating behind him.