Chapter Summaries

Dorte learned that Ron’s plan had begun before he left on his mission, and he grieved over the deaths of his crew. At the pirate alliance meeting, a booby-trapped submarine launched Burgess into the sky and exploded, while Ron and Vegapunk used its tracking system to pursue Teach.

• Dorte asked Edie when the plan had begun, and Edie implied that Ron had set it in motion before Dorte received his orders.
• The pirate alliance conference continued, while Burgess dozed inside the submarine and ignored its controls.
• The submarine detected Burgess, sealed its hatch, and launched its front section like a projectile; its remaining half exploded beside the gathered pirates.
• Dorte heard the explosion from several kilometers away and feared he had spent the journey sleeping atop a bomb.
• Ron learned that Vegapunk’s automatic-return message was a recording meant to mislead the pirates, while scent and radio signals tracked the projectile’s route.
• Ron planned to follow Burgess using the scent on his skin and Vegapunk’s trained sharks to find and kill Teach.

Teach's crew regrouped after the Drifter's destruction, while Burgess recounted how he had escaped and returned alone. Teach realized they had been tricked just as Ron found their hideout and attacked.

• Teach learned Lafitte's Vivre Card had burned and ordered Van Oka to locate Burgess, while hiding the cost of his Sacrifice Fruit from his crew.
• Burgess escaped the submarine, spent half a month rowing and searching for a ship, then returned to the Blackbeard Pirates' rendezvous island.
• Teach suspected Burgess of betraying Lafitte, but Van Oka confirmed there were no pursuers before Burgess recounted his capture and escape.
• Burgess revealed he had unknowingly brought back the submarine used in the Drifter explosion, prompting Teach to realize they had been tricked.
• Doc Q shouted for everyone to run before a familiar voice announced that Ron had found Teach's hideout, and Teach ordered his crew to attack.

Ron cornered Teach and the Blackbeard Pirates in an underground cavern, overpowering Burgess and using lightning to trap his enemies. He left Teach badly wounded and embedded in a shattered wall.

• Ron found Doc Q outside the cavern and followed him to Teach's hiding place.
• Van Oka shot Ron with three seastone bullets, but Ron's defense stopped them without injury.
• Burgess attacked Ron with an elbow strike, but Ron crushed his elbow guard and seized him before striking him with lightning.
• Van Oka shot Burgess in the shoulder, allowing him to escape Ron's lightning, while Teach and the others fled into branching passages.
• Ron tracked Teach and the others with Observation Haki, then sent lightning through the cavern to paralyze them.
• Ron pierced the wall with his Thunder Dragon Halberd, ripped open Teach's shoulder, and sent him crashing into a wall.

Ron fought Teach in a rocky cave, using repeated attacks to force Teach to sacrifice more of his body and grow stronger. The battle moved outside near the volcano, where Ron prepared to unleash Thundercloud Kirin as Teach’s power surged.

• Ron repeatedly wounded Teach, while Teach’s Sacrifice Fruit healed his injuries by sacrificing parts of his body and increasing his strength.
• Teach revealed that the fruit let him create improvised defenses and attacks, then struck Ron with power comparable to Whitebeard’s.
• Ron teleported behind Teach and blasted him through the cavern walls, causing the cave to collapse and the volcano to erupt.
• Teach sacrificed his entire right arm to gain enough strength to stop Ron’s halberd, then taunted him about choosing the Sacrifice Fruit.
• Ron mocked Teach’s short remaining lifespan and launched Thundercloud Kirin.

Teach used the Sacrifice Fruit to survive Ron’s attacks, sacrificing his internal organs to boost his strength as he fought back. The chapter ended with Ron realizing that Teach’s Conqueror’s Haki had reached Admiral level.

• Teach withstood Ron’s Thundercloud Kirin with his enhanced body and Armament Haki.
• Ron struck Teach with lightning spears and a Heavenly Lightning Prison as Teach tried to escape.
• Teach charged through Ron’s lightning with Conqueror’s Haki and clashed fists with him.
• Ron sensed that Teach had sacrificed his internal organs to gain more power.
• Teach unleashed Admiral-level Conqueror’s Haki and challenged Ron to feel his strength.

Ron fought Teach, whose Conqueror’s Haki and strength had surged after he sacrificed much of his body. Teach unleashed a blood sacrifice for a temporary power boost and finally injured Ron, who recognized the Sacrifice Fruit’s deadly potential.

• Ron judged Teach’s Conqueror’s Haki to be stronger than his own but short of a Yonko’s level.
• Teach attacked with an air cannonball, but Ron let it pass through him and thrust his Thunder Dragon Halberd at Teach’s heart.
• Teach’s chest stopped the halberd, but Ron redirected Teach’s claw strike to drive the weapon into Teach’s chest.
• Ron pressed his advantage with a storm of halberd strikes, forcing Teach backward despite Teach’s superior strength and Haki.
• Teach sacrificed blood, causing his presence and power to surge, then smashed Ron with a heavy punch and injured him for the first time.
• Ron recognized the blood sacrifice as a temporary use of Teach’s Sacrifice Fruit and recalled how the fruit could restore its user unless their remains were burned to ashes.

Ron and Teach fought at close range after Teach sacrificed half his blood to gain immense strength, but Ron’s rapid healing let him turn the battle around. Ron battered Teach through the island and pinned him beneath the Thunder Dragon Halberd.

• Teach charged Ron with his blood-sacrificed strength and shattered Ron’s right arm, while Ron fractured his left arm blocking Teach’s blows.
• Ron lunged into Teach’s attack, healed his right arm, and struck Teach with Martial Arm: Nether Gate.
• Ron’s injuries began healing far faster, and he chased Teach down before smashing him repeatedly into the ground and kicking him through the volcano.
• Ron tracked the charred Teach with Observation Haki and attacked with Nine Dragon Coil, then Azure Dragon’s Roar.
• Teach blocked the Thunder Dragon Halberd with his left hand, but Ron stomped him into the stone and drove the halberd toward his foot.

Ron and Teach continued their brutal fight, with Teach sacrificing his left kneecap to heal and gain more strength. As Ron prepared a massive lightning attack, Teach began raising the island itself to escape, leaving Ron to realize his plan too late.

• Teach sacrificed part of his internal organs to strengthen himself, but healing cost him his left kneecap and crippled his leg.
• Ron taunted Teach and fought him at close range, using lightning attacks and his Thunder Halberd while Teach grew stronger with each blow.
• Teach smashed Ron's right hand and slashed his upper body with the halberd before charging after him.
• Ron teleported into the sky and summoned nine thunder dragons to support a massive black Raigo sphere.
• Teach declared he would escape as the island's ground began swelling and rising beneath them.

Ron survived Teach’s Dyna Stone-triggered volcanic explosion and realized Teach planned to destroy the New World by detonating the three End Points. Unable to find Teach, Ron returned to Punk Hazard and persuaded Vegapunk that the End Points needed stronger defenses despite the lack of solid evidence.

• Teach triggered a massive volcanic eruption with Dyna Stone, and the blast scattered Ron while allowing Teach to escape through his Sacrifice Fruit.
• Ron deduced that Teach was targeting the three End Points and that a PERIOD mole had supplied him with Dyna Stone.
• Ron searched the devastated island and seafloor but found no trace of Teach, then decided to warn the Fleet Admiral and strengthen the End Points’ defenses.
• At Punk Hazard, Ron explained his suspicions to Vegapunk, who questioned whether there was evidence connecting Teach to the End Points.
• Ron argued that the risk of failing to act was too great, and Vegapunk agreed that they could not afford to lose.

Sengoku ordered Kizaru and Akainu to defend [end point] after learning that Dyna Stone might be involved in a threat to it. In Punk Hazard, Ron examined footage of Burgess’s corpse and concluded that Teach was still alive.

• Sengoku summoned Kizaru and Akainu and sent them to defend [end point], while ordering Akainu to investigate the Dyna Stone operation on [PERIOD] Island.
• The Five Elders discussed the danger to [end point] and agreed to warn the Dark World against reaching beyond its bounds.
• Vegapunk showed Ron underwater footage of Burgess’s headless corpse, with the five holes Ron had left in his right hand still visible.
• Ron studied Burgess’s injuries and concluded that Teach had survived.

The major powers united to hunt Teach and stop the spread of Dyna Stone, while Ron oversaw the rapid construction of a heavily fortified new G-5 on Punk Hazard. The base was completed, and Vice Admiral Mozambia arrived as its commander.

• The factions of the New World activated their spies and joined the worldwide hunt for Teach, whose black-market bounty rose to five billion Berry.
• Umit warned several partners about Ron after Edie returned from the Drifter, and Ron turned away attempted bribes by electrocuting the would-be bribers.
• Ron used his strength to reshape Punk Hazard and speed up construction while Teach remained hidden, and the new G-5 was completed after three months.
• Vegapunk admired the new G-5's defenses and asked who would command it.
• Vice Admiral Mozambia jumped onto the warship and revealed himself as the new G-5 commander.

After recovering from his injuries through extensive cybernetic modifications, Mozambia sought Vegapunk’s help improving his body and weapons. Half a month later, Ron returned to Jaya Island, where Ain confronted him over the work he had left her and sailed away, leaving him to contact Fujitora Issho.

• Vegapunk agreed to examine Mozambia’s cyborg body and improve its inefficient power use, while Mozambia assured Ron he did not blame him for what had happened.
• Ron held a banquet for Mozambia, who explained that he still enjoyed eating despite relying on nutrient solution to sustain his brain.
• Half a month later, Ron arrived on Jaya Island and told Ain that Dorte had stayed in the New World to train and help Mozambia reorganize G-5.
• Ain rejected Ron’s gifts by using her Rewind-Rewind Fruit power, then announced she was returning to see their teacher and sailed away.
• Ron refused Captain Henry’s suggestion that he pursue Ain romantically and asked Henry to contact Fujitora Issho.

Ron returned to Century City, where Fujitora had built a thriving refuge and entertainment district, and met Jinbe and Trafalgar Law. Law revealed that he had once belonged to the Donquixote Family, leaving Fujitora and Jinbe to learn more about his connection to Vergo and Doflamingo.

• Fujitora told Ron that a visitor had stayed in Century City to meet him.
• Ron arrived at the expanded Century City and met Jinbe, reassuring him that he would not make enemies of people who did not threaten the government’s rule.
• Ron recognized Trafalgar Law and said he had planned to find him in North Blue.
• Law connected Ron’s knowledge of him to Ron exposing Vergo, whom Fujitora identified as a Donquixote Family officer and Marine spy.
• Law admitted that he had once been a member of the Donquixote Family.

Trafalgar Law recounted his tragic past and thanked Vice Admiral Azure Dragon for avenging Corazon by defeating Doflamingo. Ron responded by photographing the kneeling Law so he could pressure Sengoku into expressing gratitude for Corazon’s death.

• Law explained how Pearl Lead Disease and the deaths of his family led him to join Doflamingo, and how Corazon saved him before dying on Minion Island.
• Law said he had planned to seek revenge on Doflamingo, but Ron defeated him and disbanded the Donquixote Family first.
• Ron said he would not consider Law an enemy as long as Law did not threaten the government's rule, and Law accepted his words.
• Law knelt before Ron and revealed his full name as he thanked him for avenging Corazon.
• Ron used Fujitora's Den Den Mushi to photograph the kneeling Law, planning to send the pictures to Sengoku and demand that he show gratitude for Corazon.

Law asked Ron to arrange a meeting with Sengoku, and Ron agreed. Jinbe then asked Ron to protect Fish-Man Island from renewed kidnappings, but Ron demanded concrete terms before helping.

• Law thanked Ron for saving his life and asked him to arrange a meeting with Sengoku; Ron agreed.
• Ron told Law to find his companions and prepare to leave.
• Jinbe asked Ron to partner with Fish-Man Island on King Neptune’s behalf and provide protection.
• Jinbe explained that Whitebeard’s declining prestige had left Fish-Man Island vulnerable to kidnappings and slave traders.
• Fujitora said he had recommended Ron because Ron could deter both pirates and government figures.
• Ron asked Jinbe to state what Fish-Man Island would offer in exchange for his protection.

Jinbe offered Ron a Sea Crystal Stone in exchange for protecting Fish-Man Island from turmoil involving powerful figures. After learning of its restorative effects and confirming it was not like the dangerous Ferocious Medicine, Ron accepted the bargain and promised to protect the island.

• Jinbe presented Ron with a Sea Crystal Stone, and Ron felt its soothing effects and a Seastone-like pressure when he touched it.
• Fujitora explained that Sea Crystal Stone was a rare Seastone variant, and Jinbe described how it restored strength and might awaken the body's potential.
• Ron connected the stone's rumored effects to the Ferocious Medicine in Fish-Man Island's Jade Hand Box and threatened to visit Neptune if Jinbe intended to harm him.
• Jinbe and Fujitora assured Ron that Sea Crystal Stone did not carry the Ferocious Medicine's dangerous side effects.
• Ron accepted the Sea Crystal Stone and promised to protect Fish-Man Island, then clinked teacups with Jinbe and Fujitora.

Ron resolved Fish-Man Island’s slave-trading crisis by persuading the Dark World to stop targeting it, then prepared to take Law to Marineford to meet the Fleet Admiral. He questioned whether Law could endure a dangerous underwater journey, leaving Law uneasy about what was coming.

• Tesoro spoke with Ron and arranged for Umit to receive a message to stop targeting Fish-Man Island.
• Jinbe thanked Ron for resolving the crisis and returned to Fish-Man Island to deal with its growing troubles.
• Ron met Law, Bepo, Penguin, and Shachi at Century City and agreed not to arrest Law for now because of Corazon.
• Ron offered to take Law to Marineford, while Law told his crew to wait at Century City.
• Ron asked whether Law had pressure-resistant diving suits and oxygen tanks, then checked if Law could withstand the journey.

Sengoku and Tsuru reasoned that Law had come to Marine Headquarters to decide whether to continue his path of revenge, while Ron brought him there in a chaotic fashion. The chapter ended with Law confronting Sengoku after Sengoku punched Ron out of the Fleet Admiral’s Office.

• Sengoku recognized Law in a photograph and recalled the mission that had cost him Corazon, his adopted son.
• Tsuru concluded that Law wanted to understand Corazon’s sacrifice and determine whether his own path was worth continuing, and warned Sengoku that Law still hated the World Government.
• Ron brought Law to Marineford, where Law was overwhelmed by the sight of the headquarters and threw up during the rapid descent.
• Sengoku shouted at Ron for entering through the window and punched him through the office wall, sending him crashing into the street below.
• Law removed his diving suit, apologized for not knowing how to face Sengoku, and remarked that the meeting had gone differently than he expected.

Ron went looking for Zephyr but learned that he had taken Ain to supervise the New Recruit Camp’s combat training. Aokiji brought Ron to a secret underground meeting where Momonga revealed that the Marines had an internal black market.

• Ron discovered from Aokiji that Zephyr had gone with Binz and Shuzuo to oversee combat training and had taken Ain with him.
• Aokiji led Ron through a heavily secured underground maze beneath Marine Headquarters and warned him to keep everything inside secret.
• Ron entered a conference room and saw Momonga, Momousagi, Chaton, Aokiji, and several Division Vice Admirals gathered there.
• Chaton welcomed Ron and hinted that he wanted a partner, while Aokiji warned Ron that Chaton was looking for someone to join him after a losing streak.
• Momonga explained that the gathering place was the Marines’ internal black market.

Momonga explained how the Marines’ government-controlled Black Market worked, then hosted an auction attended by Vice Admirals. Ron learned why he had been invited and opened the bidding on a Devil Fruit, drawing everyone’s attention.

• Momonga explained that Marines could sell ownerless goods through a government-controlled Black Market, and Ron realized his earlier Seastone sale had cost him money.
• Momonga told Ron that Aokiji had brought him to the auction after Chief Staff Tsuru agreed, despite Sengoku’s opposition.
• Momonga began the auction, and Chaton told Ron about a disputed riddle Treasure Map partly written in Archaic Script.
• The first item was the Ox-Ox Fruit, Giraffe Model, and Ron bid 150 million Berries when the other Vice Admirals stayed silent.