Chapter Summaries

Morito visited Tesoro’s newly built Kaitou City to inspect the Golden City venture he had funded. After sending Lily Nyan and Carrot shopping, he toured the casino with Baccarat while Tesoro watched and planned to ask him for help dealing with the pirates threatening the city.

• Tesoro built Kaitou City as a gathering place for pirates, using treasure Morito invested in exchange for shares.
• Morito arrived on the island and sent Lily Nyan and Carrot off to explore and shop together.
• Morito entered the Golden Casino, where Baccarat recognized him and offered to show him around.
• Baccarat suggested Morito attend an auction, and he agreed to see what it offered.
• Tesoro watched Morito through a surveillance Den Den Mushi and decided to ask him for help against those targeting the Golden Casino.

Morito questioned Tesoro about his schemes and Baccarat’s Lucky-Lucky Fruit before learning that the Beasts Pirates had hijacked a gold transport ship. Doflamingo revealed that he had arranged the robbery with the Beasts Pirates, leaving Tesoro to consider how Morito would react.

• Morito confronted Tesoro about using him to deal with hostile forces, then asked whether Baccarat had the Lucky-Lucky Fruit.
• Mr. Tanaka reported that a transport ship carrying gold had been hijacked, and Tesoro demanded to know who was responsible.
• Tanaka identified the Beasts Pirates, prompting Morito to ask Tesoro whether someone might be taking revenge on him.
• Doflamingo called Tesoro and admitted that he had teamed up with the Beasts Pirates to steal the gold as revenge over the Gold-Gold Fruit.
• Doflamingo warned that Tesoro would have to explain the lost cargo to Morito, then hung up; Tesoro sat silently beside Morito.

Morito learned that the Beasts Pirates had taken Tesoro’s gold shipment to Dressrosa and went there to confront Doflamingo. He left with Monet as his guide, while Doflamingo concealed her identity and waited to see what Morito would do.

• Tesoro told Morito that his gold transport ship had cost two billion Beli, and Morito asked where the Beasts Pirates had taken it.
• Tanaka said the Beasts Pirates had headed toward Dressrosa, so Morito told Tesoro to have Baccarat look after his guests while he went to recover the money.
• Doflamingo celebrated stealing Tesoro’s gold shipment, then grew uneasy when Morito appeared at King’s High Ground and asked about deals worth more than two billion Beli.
• Morito asked Doflamingo to show him around and selected Monet, whom Doflamingo had previously kept hidden from him, as his guide.
• Doflamingo instructed Monet to obey Morito and not reveal her identity, and she led Morito away.

Queen arrived in Dressrosa to sell stolen gold, unaware that the shipment belonged to Morito. Morito confronted him at the harbor, and Queen pleaded that the theft had been a misunderstanding.

• Queen docked in Dressrosa and called Doflamingo to arrange the sale of stolen gold and buy supplies.
• Doflamingo, alarmed that Morito was in Dressrosa, ordered Queen to turn around and leave.
• Queen spotted Morito approaching with Monet and realized why Doflamingo had warned him away.
• Morito said he had heard the Beasts Pirates robbed his gold transport ship.
• Queen learned the ship belonged to Morito and insisted the theft was a misunderstanding.

Morito recovered the gold Queen had stolen and learned that Doflamingo had supplied the information. When Queen attacked Doflamingo, Morito used a new application of Time Origin to force Queen back into his ordinary form, leaving him unable to transform.

• Morito lifted Queen's ship out of the harbor and revealed the twenty billion worth of gold in its hold.
• Queen admitted he had stolen the gold based on information from Joker, and Doflamingo arrived and denied responsibility.
• Queen transformed into a dinosaur and charged Doflamingo, but Morito returned him to his ordinary form before the attack landed.
• Queen transformed again and reverted once more, and Morito revealed that he had used Time Origin to prevent Queen from transforming.

Morito struck a deal with Queen for high-purity Seastone Handcuffs in exchange for letting him and the Beasts Pirates go. After obtaining the cuffs, Morito asked Doflamingo to do him a favor, leaving Doflamingo apprehensive.

• Queen suspected Morito had used Doflamingo to set him up, while Doflamingo denied giving Queen information about the gold transport ship.
• Morito offered to let Queen go in exchange for high-purity Seastone Handcuffs from Wano Country.
• Queen agreed and said a pair of the handcuffs was in the wreckage of the Beasts Pirates' ship.
• Doflamingo's underlings found the handcuffs, and Morito picked them up without being affected by the Seastone.
• Morito questioned whether the cuffs could restrain Kaido, then turned to Doflamingo and asked him for a favor.

Morito tested high-purity Seastone Handcuffs on Doflamingo and Queen, confirming they severely weakened both powerful pirates. He then offered to sell Queen to Doflamingo for 1.5 billion Beli, leaving Doflamingo stunned.

• Doflamingo let a lackey cuff him to prove he was willing to cooperate, but the Seastone made him collapse and left him unable to use his Devil Fruit powers.
• Morito had the handcuffs removed from Doflamingo and pulled them into his hand with gravity.
• Morito asked Queen to test the handcuffs, and Queen agreed without resisting.
• A Beasts Pirates member cuffed two of Queen's fingers, and the Seastone weakened him enough to make his huge body crash to the ground.
• Morito asked Doflamingo about Queen's bounty and offered to sell him for 1.5 billion Beli, leaving Doflamingo bewildered.

Morito explained to Tesoro how selling Queen to Doflamingo could earn him 1.5 billion Beli and fuel conflict between Doflamingo and Kaido. Tesoro embraced a broader idea of wealth as he planned the Golden City, while Morito left him to finish building it.

• Tesoro was stunned that Morito had returned his gold with an extra 1.5 billion Beli and asked how he had made the money.
• Morito told Tesoro that he had sold Queen to Doflamingo and predicted Doflamingo would release Queen to curry favor with Kaido rather than hand him to the Marines.
• Tesoro concluded that Morito would not help Doflamingo and subtly positioned himself as Morito's ally against him.
• Morito said he did not care if Doflamingo contacted Kaido or other Emperors and told Tesoro to focus on completing the Golden City.
• Tesoro said he had a new idea for the Golden City, treating people's personal value and cheap labor as forms of wealth.

Morito learned that the Whitebeard Pirates had seized the Road Poneglyph from his crew and sent reinforcements to fight Mol. The Whitebeard Pirates waited near Rebolde Island, while Mol struggled to reclaim the stone.

• Morito read about the disaster on Punk Hazard and considered whether to capture Caesar or let events unfold.
• A caller told Morito that the Whitebeard Pirates had taken the Poneglyph and that Mol was fighting them, but the call ended after Marco destroyed the Den Den Mushi.
• Marco returned to Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick and worried that the Dragon Slayer Pirate Crew might send reinforcements.
• Whitebeard let Buffalo Atmo fight Mol for practice while his crew expressed confidence in their strength.
• Marco explained that the Whitebeard Pirates had come to help Nekomamushi and Inuarashi after learning the Dragon Slayer Pirate Crew had taken the Road Poneglyph.
• Mol lost his composure over the stolen Poneglyph but charged forward, determined to take it back.

Mol refused to leave without reclaiming the Poneglyph, and the Dragon Slayer Pirate Crew arrived as Whitebeard tried to avoid a full-scale war. Enel and Whitebeard then unleashed their attacks against each other, leaving both crews facing the overwhelming force of their clash.

• Atmos told Mol that Whitebeard had taken the Poneglyph but would let him leave because he had harmed no one on Zou Island.
• Mol refused to retreat without the Poneglyph, despite knowing he could not recover it alone.
• Thunderclouds gathered as the Dragon Slayer Pirate Crew arrived, and Whitebeard prepared to face Morito without risking a battle between the crews.
• Enel appeared above the Moby Dick and formed a colossal ball of lightning with his power.
• Enel launched Thunder Welcome as Whitebeard struck with Air Quake, splitting the sky between lightning and shattered space.

Enel confronted Whitebeard over the Red Stone as the Whitebeard Pirates’ ship carried it away, and Whitebeard shattered Enel’s lightning attack before summoning a tsunami against the Sky Legion’s fleet. Morito arrived through a Black Hole and mysteriously stopped the waves, leaving Whitebeard and his crew stunned.

• Whitebeard destroyed Enel’s massive lightning attack with a single punch, and the Whitebeard Pirates cheered for Pops.
• Enel demanded that the Whitebeard Pirates leave the Red Stone behind, while Whitebeard refused to yield and Marco questioned Enel’s threat.
• Twenty-three ships from Enel’s Sky Legion appeared on the horizon, prompting Whitebeard to unleash a seaquake that raised a tsunami toward them.
• Morito emerged from a Black Hole and caused the towering waves to vanish, leaving Whitebeard and his crew bewildered.

Morito confronted Whitebeard over the Road Poneglyph he had taken, then used his Time Origin ability to nullify Whitebeard’s attack. The fight began, and Morito proposed moving their battle elsewhere.

• Morito dispelled Whitebeard’s tsunami with Time Origin and asked why he had stolen the Road Poneglyph.
• Morito said he wanted to visit Laugh Tale and admitted he wanted a Road Poneglyph so he would not be the only Emperor without one.
• Whitebeard chose to fight for the Mink Tribe, and the Whitebeard Pirates prepared to battle Morito’s forces.
• Morito left Whitebeard to Enel and challenged Whitebeard himself after Enel’s attack drew the crew’s attention.
• Whitebeard struck at Morito from behind, but Morito erased the punch’s power with Time Origin and reached for Whitebeard’s bisento.

Morito brought Whitebeard through a Black Hole to an uninhabited island in the Calm Belt, where they began another battle. Their opening attacks devastated the island, and Morito teleported in to strike Whitebeard with a Black Rod, only for Whitebeard to anticipate him and counter with a Fierce Tiger slash.

• Whitebeard accepted Morito's challenge to move their fight away from the Moby Dick and followed him through the Black Hole.
• Morito and Whitebeard emerged on an uninhabited island in the Calm Belt and faced each other as their auras shook the island.
• Morito fired a Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and Whitebeard countered with an Air Quake, blasting through the island and exposing seawater below.
• Morito formed a Black Rod from his Truth-Seeking Orbs, while Whitebeard coated his naginata in Armament Haki.
• Morito teleported beside Whitebeard and swung at his head, but Whitebeard predicted his move and countered with a Fierce Tiger slash.

Morito and Whitebeard fought across a remote island, trading devastating attacks as Morito used his Tenseigan and Yin-Yang Release to counter Whitebeard’s overwhelming strength. After Whitebeard cut down three elemental giants in one slash, Morito revealed that he could summon them again infinitely.

• Morito blocked Whitebeard’s powerful naginata strike, then dodged another slash with Shinra Tensei as Whitebeard’s Air Quake split the island’s ground.
• Their battle grew more intense, terrifying the island’s animals until many fled into the sea.
• Morito summoned a Wood Giant, a Sea Giant, and a Stone Giant around Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard sliced all three giants in half with one sweeping attack.
• Morito told Whitebeard that he could restore the giants infinitely as their massive shadows loomed behind him again.

The Whitebeard Pirates clashed with the Dragon Slayer Pirate Crew’s Sky Legion at sea while Enel fought Marco in the sky. Issho arrived with the Earth Legion, and Enel unleashed an enormous Divine Judgment as Jozu and Vista moved to stop it.

• Marco distracted Enel while Jozu, Vista, and the other Whitebeard commanders boarded the Sky Legion’s warships and attacked its forces.
• Marco endured Enel’s Divine Judgment with his phoenix flames, but Enel’s lightning struck the sea and created a whirlpool that threw the battlefield into chaos.
• Issho arrived with the Earth Legion and used Gravity Sword: Tiger Roar to crush Marco into the sea, prompting Whitebeard commanders to dive in and rescue him.
• Enel drew power from the thunderclouds and unleashed an enhanced One Hundred Million Volts: Divine Judgment.
• Jozu and Vista joined forces to attack Enel’s lightning with Shining Charge and Rose Barrage as their crewmates called for Marco.

Morito ended his exhausting battle against Whitebeard’s regenerative giants and entered his fully awakened Tenseigan Senjutsu Chakra Mode. Whitebeard braced himself for Morito’s strongest attack as Morito unleashed the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

• Morito released All Things in Nature, causing the three giants to crumble into dust and earth.
• Whitebeard struck at Morito with a space-twisting saber slash, and Morito stopped it with Shinra Tensei.
• Morito absorbed Natural Energy and combined Senjutsu Chakra with Yin-Yang Release to enter his strongest combat form.
• Whitebeard accepted Morito’s challenge and prepared to withstand his strongest attack.
• Morito fused five Truth-Seeking Orbs and fired the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion through the clouds and into the sky.

Morgans learned that Morito defeated Whitebeard, while the two ended their battle peacefully and agreed to exchange Whitebeard’s Poneglyph for Morito restoring his severed arm. Morito left with the Poneglyph promised for Rebolde Island, and Whitebeard accepted his unexpected favor.

• Morgans received news that Dragon Slayer had defeated Whitebeard and demanded the full report from his staff.
• Morito and Whitebeard stood amid the enormous chasm left by their clash, and Whitebeard accepted his defeat with relief.
• Morito asked for Whitebeard’s Poneglyph, and Whitebeard agreed to have it delivered to Rebolde Island as they made peace.
• Morito restored Whitebeard’s severed arm with the Time Origin technique, leaving Whitebeard surprised and indebted to him.

After Morito defeated Whitebeard, the news alarmed Sengoku and the other powers as they considered how the New World's balance might change. Doflamingo focused on securing funds for artificial Devil Fruit research, and Tesoro received his request for a business deal.

• Sengoku read the news of Whitebeard's defeat and ordered Kizaru to go to G1 Branch and take command.
• Kaido reacted angrily to Whitebeard's defeat, then demanded that Doflamingo guarantee success in developing artificial Zoan Devil Fruits.
• The news spread across the world, prompting varied reactions from Big Mom, the Five Elders, and Morito's allies.
• Tesoro learned that Doflamingo wanted to discuss a business deal and suspected he was seeking money for his research.

Ace and the Spade Pirates tried to enter Fish-Man Island without paying the required fee, prompting Jinbe to stop them. After Ace insulted the Dragon Slayer Pirate Crew by getting its name wrong, he challenged Jinbe, who prepared to fight him.

• The King's Army stopped Ace and the Spade Pirates at Fish-Man Island's harbor and demanded the entry fee.
• Ace refused to pay and launched a Fire Fist at the soldiers, but Jinbe dispersed the attack with Fish-Man Karate.
• Jinbe arrived and learned that Ace had tried to force his way onto the island without paying.
• Ace called Jinbe an officer in the Snake Slayer Pirate Crew, and his crewmate corrected him that it was the Dragon Slayer Pirate Crew.
• Ace challenged Jinbe to a fight, and Jinbe coated his fist in Armament Haki.

Morito learned that the Whitebeard Pirates had rescued Ace from Fish-Man Island after paying ten times the entry fee. During a call with Whitebeard, Morito revealed he knew Ace was Roger’s son and demanded one person in exchange for keeping quiet.

• Morito heard that Ace and the Spade Pirates had clashed with Dragon Palace City’s guards after refusing to pay Fish-Man Island’s entry fee.
• The Whitebeard Pirates rescued Ace and paid ten times the entry fee, and Jinbe allowed them to leave without a fight.
• Whitebeard called Morito to settle the matter, and Morito accepted Jinbe’s decision as his own.
• Morito told Whitebeard he knew Ace was Roger’s son and said he would not reveal the secret.
• Whitebeard understood that Morito wanted something in return, and Morito demanded one person.