Chapter Summaries

Ron attended a government-supervised auction where Chaton sold a Giraffe Fruit for 150 million Berry and Stonobeli traded a Great Grade Sword for a rarer blade. As the auction revealed how freely Marines could build private fortunes, Ron wondered whether the World Government had a hidden weapon capable of keeping them under control.

• Chaton revealed that he had auctioned the Giraffe Fruit, and Ron paid him through a VIP gold card linked to Gild Tesoro's private bank.
• Stonobeli sold [Pufferfish Poison] to Kashou for 470 million Berry, including Kashou's [Flying Swallow] in the exchange.
• Momousagi bought a thirty-percent share in a mineral vein under Stiles's G-series base for 1.3 billion Berry.
• Ron considered how Marines such as himself could amass private wealth despite relying on the World Government, and suspected the government might possess an Ancient Weapon to suppress a military rebellion.

At a Marine auction, Ron recognized a supposedly harmless Treasure Map as a genuine puzzle and quickly solved it. He left the auction price war with Momousagi unresolved after baiting her into bidding against him.

• Momonga presented the Treasure Map, and Kalifa explained that its writing was distorted Ancient Script rather than forbidden Archaic Script.
• Momonga described the map as a three-hundred-year-old puzzle discovered by Vice Admiral Grumir and opened bidding at 100 million Beli.
• Chaton offered to help Ron search for the treasure, but Ron refused, saying he had already solved the puzzle.
• Ron bid 1 billion Belly, then escalated against Momousagi as she repeatedly raised the price.
• After Ron bid 1.9 billion and Momousagi answered with 1.95 billion, Ron sat down and invited her to continue, leaving her stunned.

Ron won the mysterious Treasure Map at auction for two billion Berry and revealed how its hidden map was concealed in silver threads. The threads formed a crude pirate sea chart pointing to Alabasta, though Ron said the treasure was too far away for him to seek out yet.

• Momousagi raised her bid to two billion Berry just before Momonga brought down the auction gavel, and Grumir handed Ron the map and his collected materials.
• After the auction, Chaton and Ron pooled money to gamble, while Momonga asked Ron whether he had solved the map's riddle.
• Ron showed the map to the gathered vice admirals, and Aokiji noticed an irregularity but declined to investigate it.
• Ron explained that the tough cloth concealed silver threads, then used electricity to tear away the fabric and reveal the threads forming another map.
• Ron connected the thread marks into a crude pirate sea chart that identified Alabasta as its destination.

Ron revealed how to read the Treasure Map, then offered Law a place in his plan to reform the World Government. Law accepted and pledged himself to Ron as Division Vice Admiral Azure Dragon.

• Ron explained that his sensitivity to metal and magnetic fields let him uncover the Treasure Map's hidden pattern, and the vice admirals accepted that the treasure was his to pursue.
• Momonga gave Ron a badge for future visits and warned him not to discuss what happened in the underground area.
• Ron found Law on a cliff and asked whether he had gotten the answer he wanted; Law admitted that learning about Corazon had left him more conflicted.
• Ron told Law that he wanted to change the World Government rather than overthrow it, and Law began to believe Ron could offer him a new path.
• Ron invited Law to become a sharp blade in his plan, and Law bowed and accepted his command.

Loning brought Law to Century City and revealed a plan to use him as a hidden Marine pawn while targeting Moria for removal from the Shichibukai. Law agreed to pursue the scheme, though he said he needed time.

• Tsuru and Sengoku watched Law swear allegiance to Loning, and Sengoku regretted that Loning had appeared too late to become an Admiral.
• Loning used Super Electric Dash to bring Law to Century City, where Law recovered from severe motion sickness.
• Loning told Fujitora that Law would join their faction as a hidden pawn, with Sengoku's tacit approval.
• Fujitora explained that the Five Elders were satisfied with the Shichibukai and assessed which members could be targeted.
• Fujitora argued that Moria was the best target because he lacked allies, could be framed through his Zombie Army, and was weaker than the other candidates.
• Loning asked Law for his opinion, and Law said he believed he could do it but needed time.

Ron planned to recruit Supernovas as Shichibukai candidates and helped Law choose a route to build his reputation. Back at G-10, Ron learned that Rayleigh had appeared among the Red-Haired Pirates and that the Five Elders had ordered him and Kizaru to capture him.

• Ron told Law to grow stronger and build his reputation, and Law chose the third route despite the warning about Garp's G-3 Branch.
• Ron returned to G-10 and heard that Dorte was hunting former pirate-alliance members near Whitebeard's territory.
• Kizaru called Ron and said the Five Elders had assigned them a mission to capture Rayleigh.
• Ron asked where Rayleigh was, and Kizaru said he was with the Red-Haired Pirates.

Ron questioned whether the Marines would risk war with Shanks over Rayleigh, and Kizaru insisted that the Marines did not fear the Four Emperors. Meanwhile, Rayleigh warned Shanks that the World Government was searching for the Ancient Weapons and may be trying to revive them.

• Ron asked whether Shanks would defend Rayleigh, and Kizaru said the Marines would fight if Shanks wanted war.
• Rayleigh told Shanks that the Marines had strengthened their presence in the Four Blues and made the seas increasingly dangerous for pirates.
• Shanks asked why Rayleigh had come, and Rayleigh revealed that Shakky’s intelligence network and his observations pointed to a government search for the Ancient Weapons.
• Rayleigh said CP9 had killed Iceberg in Water 7 and that a government-linked slave-catching scheme had nearly provoked a conflict on Fish-Man Island.
• Shanks realized the incidents suggested the World Government was pursuing an Ancient Weapon revival plan.

Ron and Kizaru arrived in the Affiliated Nation of Garfield for a mission near Red-Haired Pirates territory, where they met a second agent called Zero. The bald CP0 operative attacked Ron, revealing that he was a terrifying force who would take center stage in the operation.

• Rayleigh told Shanks that someone he knew had helped resolve the Fish-Man Island crisis.
• Ron and Kizaru landed at Garfield, with Kizaru explaining that they had come to ambush a target near Red-Haired Pirates territory.
• Kizaru greeted a bald CP0 agent called Zero, who said that confirming Rayleigh's location had been the limit of their work.
• Zero rushed Kizaru, and Ron realized the bald agent was likely the mission's main attacker.
• Zero feinted at Ron, who narrowly dodged the lightning-fast strike and countered his next charge with Human Cannonball.

Ron fought Bald Zero but was overwhelmed by the CP0 fighter’s mastery of Rokushiki and physical techniques. After recovering, Ron learned that he and Kizaru were assigned to help Zero keep Rayleigh from escaping, and the chapter ended when Rayleigh appeared in Sea Area No. 13.

• Bald Zero dodged Ron’s electromagnetic attack, countered with unconventional Rokushiki techniques, and endured Ron’s Mountain Breaker.
• Bald Zero used his Adamantine Body and Eight-Armed Arhat technique to beat Ron bloody, explaining that he was angry Ron had taken the Sacrifice Fruit intended for him.
• Ron recovered within minutes and learned that Bald Zero and Kizaru were to help prevent Rayleigh from escaping during the operation.
• Kizaru described Bald Zero’s immense physical prowess and advised Ron to develop his Rumble-Rumble Fruit rather than seek revenge through physical combat alone.
• A messenger reported that Rayleigh had appeared in Sea Area No. 13, and Kizaru and Ron prepared to move out on Zero’s orders.

Kizaru and Ron began their operation to capture Rayleigh, who had left the Red-Haired Pirates to face the Navy alone. After the Navy bombed his boat and attacked him underwater, Rayleigh headed for a barren island, where Kizaru realized he intended to fight them.

• Kizaru told Ron they were going after Rayleigh to avenge their earlier encounter, and they set out for Area 13 as the Navy launched its capture operation.
• Rayleigh left the Red Force in a small boat despite Shanks offering help, and Shanks ordered the Red-Haired Pirates to return after Rayleigh sailed away.
• Ron and Kizaru ambushed Rayleigh with laser attacks, but Rayleigh dove underwater and tried to escape deeper into the sea.
• Ron tracked Rayleigh with Observation Haki, and Kizaru detonated a bomb provided by CP0, whose blast disrupted Ron's ability to locate him.
• Kizaru recognized that Rayleigh was heading toward a barren island and concluded that he had chosen the route to prepare for a fight.

Rayleigh survived Ron’s bombardment and fought Ron and Kizaru, using an unfamiliar form of Haki that nearly killed Ron. The battle continued with Ron warned to guard against Rayleigh’s Haki Awakening.

• Rayleigh crawled onto the beach after surviving the explosion, then fled Ron’s Meteor Spear and Kizaru’s Light Speed Kick before being struck by Ron’s Kirin.
• Rayleigh reappeared with an ordinary katana and clashed with Kizaru, briefly slowing him with Conqueror’s Haki and creating an opening to attack.
• Ron cut Rayleigh’s wrist with Azure Dragon’s Roar, and he and Kizaru coordinated attacks that pierced Rayleigh’s lower abdomen.
• Rayleigh used Haki Awakening to send an invisible attack toward Ron, but Kizaru kicked Ron out of its path and warned him to focus his Observation Haki around himself.
• Kizaru explained that Rayleigh was exploiting Ron’s habit of spreading his attention, and Ron acknowledged the warning.

Ron and Kizaru worked together to overpower Rayleigh while Shanks watched from afar, torn between helping him and respecting his choice to face the Marines alone. As the island began to collapse and reinforcements were expected, Shanks ordered his crew to leave.

• Ron concentrated his power and withstood Rayleigh’s slashes, then charged him with the Thunder Dragon Halberd.
• Ron tricked Rayleigh into looking away, giving Kizaru an opening to strike with the Heavenly Spear of Jade.
• Kizaru and Ron attacked Rayleigh with Yasakani no Magatama and Raikou Planet as the island crumbled.
• Shanks refused to interfere because Rayleigh had chosen to face the Marines alone, despite Beckman urging him to act.
• Shanks told his crew to leave so Rayleigh’s sacrifice would not be in vain.

Ron and Kizaru teamed up against the badly wounded Rayleigh, who narrowly survived their coordinated attacks before Ron landed a devastating Railgun kick. Rayleigh was left embedded in the canyon wall, while the author announced a brief writing break.

• Rayleigh escaped Ron's lightning attack but was wounded while fighting Kizaru at close range.
• Kizaru retreated from Rayleigh's swordsmanship and asked Ron to handle the close combat while he provided support.
• Ron split the island with his Thunder Dragon Halberd, and Rayleigh struggled to recover from his injuries and blood loss.
• Rayleigh dodged Ron's halberd strike, but Ron followed with a lightning-charged kick that shattered Rayleigh's weapon and sent him crashing into the canyon wall.
• The author said they would pause to buy cigarettes before returning to write.

Ron and Kizaru fought alongside Rayleigh, who sacrificed his arm to unleash an overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki attack at Ron. Ron chose to face it head-on, and the chapter ended with his aura disappearing as he collapsed after being struck by the Haki wall and Kizaru’s kick.

• Ron intervened in Kizaru’s bombardment of Rayleigh and helped restrain the wounded swordsman.
• Rayleigh deliberately provoked Kizaru, then sacrificed his left arm to break free and unleash an awakened Conqueror’s Haki attack.
• Ron realized Rayleigh had planned to use his injured arm to ambush Kizaru, but Rayleigh redirected his attack toward Ron.
• Kizaru tried to knock Ron away with a Light Speed Kick, but Ron chose to embrace Rayleigh’s Haki wall rather than dodge or block.
• Rayleigh watched in disbelief as the Haki swallowed Ron, whose aura vanished before Kizaru’s kick sent him flying.

Bald Zero learned that the Adrian Great Tsunami was about to hit Zone 13, where Rayleigh was waiting to die and inflict heavy losses on his pursuers. Kizaru battled Rayleigh on the island as the tsunami arrived, leaving their confrontation on the brink of being engulfed.

• A white-suited agent reported that the Adrian Great Tsunami would strike Zone 13 in half an hour, and Zero ordered the forces to retreat while he went there alone.
• Zero realized Rayleigh was using the tsunami to devastate the forces pursuing him and accepted the danger of going after him.
• Kizaru attacked Rayleigh on the nameless island, explaining that he had been ordered to protect a young man, and used his speed and light powers to overwhelm the aging pirate.
• Kizaru prepared a Light Speed Kick after Rayleigh's Haki had weakened, but both men noticed the approaching tsunami.
• Rayleigh watched as the Adrian Great Tsunami rose into a towering wall of water and reached Zone 13.

Rayleigh tried to drag Kizaru into the approaching tsunami, but Bald Zero intervened and broke their hold. Kizaru learned that Ron was still alive and preparing a sneak attack, then erupted in anger.

• Rayleigh endured Kizaru's attacks and clung to him, using his footing to keep Kizaru from escaping the tsunami.
• Kizaru realized Rayleigh intended for them both to die in the flood and desperately tried to break free.
• Bald Zero arrived and used Rokuogan to shatter Rayleigh's arm and Kizaru's foot, freeing them from each other.
• Bald Zero identified himself as a former Marine Admiral and the instructor who had trained Zephyr, Garp, Sengoku, and Kong.
• Kizaru said Rayleigh had killed Ron, but Bald Zero revealed he had seen Ron alive and preparing a sneak attack.
• Kizaru's body smoked as he angrily called out Ron's name.

Ron survived Rayleigh’s attack and joined Kizaru in rescuing the Marines from the tsunami, while Bald Zero stayed behind with Rayleigh. Zero revealed that Rayleigh had deliberately drawn the Marines’ attention to create an opportunity for a hidden purpose, then demanded he tell the truth.

• Ron revealed that he had died and come back to life, shocking Rayleigh.
• Bald Zero ordered Ron and Kizaru to rescue the main force while he stayed behind to face Rayleigh.
• A massive tsunami swallowed the nameless island as Ron and Kizaru flew to the surviving fleet.
• Bald Zero punched a gap through the next wave and confronted Rayleigh about deliberately drawing the Marines’ attention.
• Bald Zero suggested Rayleigh was acting on behalf of the Silbaz Family and said he had given him time to complete his plan.

After returning to Garfield, Ron joined Zero and the commanders to investigate the losses from the tsunami and Rayleigh’s battle. They learned that Rayleigh had been a decoy for thieves who stole a vital document from Mary Geoise, and the chapter ended with Zero ordering the forces to limit the damage and strengthen defenses.

• Ron and Kizaru escorted the damaged warship fleet back to Garfield, where Ron left to rest before being summoned to Zero’s conference.
• Zero told the commanders that the army had been fooled and that the intelligence department’s failure had allowed the fleet to be caught in the tsunami.
• Ron reasoned that Rayleigh had deliberately lured Kizaru into a trap and had served as bait for a larger scheme, a conclusion Kizaru silently supported.
• Zero revealed that thieves had stolen an important document from the government headquarters in Mary Geoise while the forces were occupied with Rayleigh.
• Ron warned that the thieves were unlikely to be caught and advised monitoring whatever resources or places the stolen document concerned to limit its effects.
• Zero reported that the first pursuit force had been ambushed and the thieves had escaped underwater, then ordered the commanders to follow Ron’s plan and strengthen defenses.

Zero summoned Ron and Kizaru to a secret room in Garfield and revealed that the World Government had found Uranus and was pursuing an Ancient Weapon Revival Plan. Ron identified Dragon as the leading suspect in the theft of information, and Zero offered to spar with Ron after their return.

• Ron entered a hidden chamber in the palace, where Zero and Kizaru showed him documents about the government's Ancient Weapon Revival Plan.
• Ron realized the government had already found Uranus, while Zero warned that revealing the information could destabilize the world.
• Zero checked on Ron's recovery from Rayleigh's Conqueror's Haki and told him to ask Teacher Zephyr about his condition.
• Ron argued that Dragon and the Revolutionary Army were the likeliest suspects because of their intelligence network, knowledge of the Holy Land, and motive.
• Zero confirmed that Dragon was the government's main suspect but said others could still be responsible.
• Zero offered to spar with Ron to help him overcome his Devil Fruit Awakening bottleneck, while Kizaru listened in confusion.

Ron returned to Marine Headquarters and learned from Zephyr why Haki Awakening was a taboo: it could mark the rise of exceptional figures connected to the Clan of D. The chapter left Ron realizing that Gol D. Roger and Rocks might both have belonged to that clan, and vowing to confront Kizaru over keeping him in the dark.

• Ron left early after Kizaru threatened to settle their old and new grudges, while Kizaru and Bald Zero discussed keeping Rayleigh’s capture from him.
• Kizaru objected when Bald Zero questioned Ron’s loyalty, but Zero brushed off his defense and said they would wait and see.
• Ron asked Zephyr about Haki Awakening, and Zephyr explained the powers of awakened Conqueror’s, Armament, and Observation Haki and how rare awakening was.
• Zephyr warned Ron that Haki Awakening was feared because people capable of reaching it could become era-defining figures.
• Zephyr asked Ron to consider whether Gol D. Roger and Rocks were members of the Clan of D, then told him to remember that they had discussed nothing.
• Ron accepted Zephyr’s warning and angrily thought of Kizaru for failing to tell him about the taboo.