Chapter Summaries

Ron denied arranging Law’s attack on Moria while learning that Law had refused the Shichibukai position and that Kuma had taken Nico Robin. He suspected Dragon was behind the move and warned that he would settle their previous score.

• Sengoku confronted Ron about Law defeating Moria, and Ron denied having anything to do with the attack.
• Sengoku revealed that Law had refused the Five Elders’ offer to replace Moria as a Shichibukai, and Ron accidentally exposed that he knew Law well.
• Ron called Law, reassured him about his defeat, and told him to recover and investigate Moria’s escape.
• Law asked why Kuma had taken Nico Robin, but Ron claimed he did not know what Law meant.
• After the call, Ron concluded that Dragon had informants and intended to settle their unfinished dispute.

After waking in a seaside town, Nico Robin wondered whether its people had saved her and whether she could find refuge there. At the town’s edge, Monkey D. Dragon appeared before her and identified her by name.

• Nico Robin woke in a girl’s room and recalled being sent flying by Kuma, then worried that her rescuers might betray her once they learned who she was.
• Koala entered to check on Robin, but when she returned with a doctor, Robin had already left.
• Nico Robin explored the town, noticed its residents lived peacefully despite the poor land, and suspected it was not an Affiliated Nation.
• Nico Robin considered returning to ask about the town’s defenses when Monkey D. Dragon formed from the wind and addressed her by name.

Dragon recruited Nico Robin to decipher an ancient government document that he believed could help the Revolutionary Army overthrow the World Government and the Celestial Dragons. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku announced that an informant had found a possible Revolutionary Army headquarters, leaving the Vice Admirals stunned.

• Dragon told Nico Robin that he wanted her as a comrade and explained that he had left the Marines after Ohara's destruction.
• Dragon condemned the World Government and the Celestial Dragons for the world's suffering and said he intended to overthrow them.
• Dragon revealed that the Revolutionary Army had stolen a government research document filled with Archaic Script and needed Nico Robin to decipher it.
• At Marine Headquarters, Momousagi reported that a pirate from three hundred years earlier had possessed the Gold-Gold Fruit, like Tesoro.
• Sengoku told the Vice Admirals that the Marines needed personnel for the New World and that an informant had found a possible Revolutionary Army headquarters.

Sengoku received evidence that Dragon was operating from Baltigo under the cover of a merchant and ordered a swift strike against the Revolutionary Army. As the commanders were assigned, Akainu unexpectedly argued that he should lead the raid while Ron stayed behind to defend headquarters.

• Ron recalled how Fujitora’s people had located Baltigo and recognized Dragon in a photograph taken in Jasmine Town.
• Sengoku explained that Dragon had concealed his identity as a traveling merchant and called for a raid on Baltigo.
• Sengoku assigned Chaton, Menard, Dalmatian, and the Giant Tribe vice admirals to reinforce G5 Branch.
• Sengoku ordered Tsuru, Momousagi, Ron, and Momonga to take the Airship Force and surround Baltigo.
• Akainu argued that he should join the raid while Ron remained at headquarters, leaving the meeting room stunned.

Sengoku approved a raid on Baltigo after Tsuru arranged for Akainu to join the mission, with Tsuru commanding Akainu, Momousagi, and Azure Dragon. As Henry prepared G-10’s forces to deploy, Ain secretly seized the opportunity to investigate what Ron had hidden on Sky Island.

• Akainu argued with Sengoku for a chance to earn military merit, and Sengoku struggled to find a suitable assignment for him.
• Tsuru proposed bringing Kizaru back from the New World and sending Akainu to Baltigo, arguing that the raid force could defeat the Revolutionary Army.
• Sengoku named Tsuru overall commander of the Baltigo raid and ordered Akainu, Momousagi, and Azure Dragon to follow her lead.
• Kizaru, still at the G5 Branch, sneezed and wondered who was plotting against him.
• Henry organized G-10’s soldiers and equipment for deployment, while Ain gave him experimental gadgets from Caesar and asked him to watch Ron.
• After the forces departed, Ain smiled and set out to uncover what Ron had hidden on Sky Island.

The Navy secretly mobilized thousands of airships toward Baltigo, while Tsuru and Ron debated how to approach the Revolutionary Army headquarters. Dragon noticed the Navy’s unusual movements but underestimated their scale, leaving the Revolutionary Army unaware of the threat closing in.

• Ron ordered 3,900 airships to advance toward Baltigo while avoiding islands and prioritizing concealment.
• Tsuru ordered the vanguard to remain on standby and patrol because the Navy lacked reliable intelligence about Baltigo and could not blockade its underwater routes.
• Dragon learned that Trafalgar had accepted the position of Shichibukai and regretted that he had sided with Azure Dragon.
• Dragon’s intelligence chief reported that the Navy was mobilizing airships, but had detected signs only at G-8, G-9, and G-10.
• Dragon ordered his spies to discover where the airships were headed and worried that Sengoku might sacrifice Ron amid the political fallout.

The Marines launched an operation against the Revolutionary Army in Baltigo, forcing Dragon to order an evacuation while Ron attacked their forces from the air. Tsuru then told Ron that Dragon had appeared and ordered him to intercept Dragon before Akainu arrived.

• Tsuru directed the Marines to blockade Baltigo’s ports while Ron jumped from an airship to begin the operation.
• Dragon learned the Marines had sealed the ports and ordered the Revolutionary Army to abandon Baltigo.
• Ron unleashed a Divine Thunder Cannon strike and instructed the airship commander to ignore resisting low-value captives.
• Tsuru told Ron that Dragon had appeared while protecting Nico Robin and ordered him to intercept Dragon before Akainu arrived.

Ron ambushed Dragon at Baltigo as the Revolutionary Army tried to flee with Robin and Koala, severely wounding Dragon and disrupting their escape. Ron remained on the attack while Dragon fought to protect the two women.

• Ron learned that the Revolutionary Army was with Nico Robin and ordered an immediate move to their location.
• Dragon destroyed an airship and told Koala to protect Robin while he stayed behind to hold off the pursuers.
• Ron appeared and redirected his lightning strike toward Dragon, slashing him across the chest as Robin and Koala tried to escape in a drilling vehicle.
• Dragon intercepted Ron to shield the women, but Ron fired the Thunder Dragon Halberd like a railgun and sent a blast erupting beneath him.
• The Marines aboard the surrounding airships watched as Ron severely wounded Dragon again.

Ron and Dragon fought at full strength, trading devastating attacks before each awakened their Devil Fruit abilities. Dragon left Ron trapped in a vacuum, with his body swelling and turning blue-purple.

• Dragon used Paper Art and the Hurricane Fruit to evade Ron's Railgun, then attacked with a whirlwind and Gungnir.
• Ron shattered Dragon's right fist with a Railgun punch and sent him crashing into a crater.
• Ron summoned the Drums of Heaven while Dragon unleashed Storm Draw, and their awakened lightning and hurricane powers clashed across the sky.
• Dragon used Silent Vacuum to drain the gas around Ron from a distance, leaving Ron struggling to breathe as his body swelled and changed color.

Ron broke Dragon’s Silent Vacuum and used a feint to draw him into attacks from Akainu and Momousagi. Dragon was badly wounded, but he trapped Momousagi in another Silent Vacuum as Ron launched a thunder cannon and Lava Hell at him.

• Ron used Heavenly Thunder Coffin to restore the air and break Dragon’s Silent Vacuum, then attacked him with the Thunder Dragon Halberd.
• Dragon escaped Ron’s thrust, but Akainu and Momousagi arrived and struck him together with Hell Hound and Wing Slash.
• Dragon used Rising Dragon Formation to repel Akainu and was hit by Momousagi’s sword, leaving him with a bloody wound on his chest.
• Dragon trapped Momousagi inside an awakened Silent Vacuum, and Ron answered with Divine Thunder Cannon and Lava Hell.
• Momousagi clenched her teeth and prepared to attack both Ron and Dragon with Kompira.

Ron, Akainu, and Momousagi confronted Dragon at the Revolutionary Army headquarters, where old ties and disagreements over justice came to light. As Akainu and Dragon clashed, Ron joined the fight with a Lightning Pierce Cannon.

• Momousagi helped Akainu break Dragon’s Silent Vacuum and Tsuru warned her to send Ron and Akainu into danger first if needed.
• Dragon recognized Akainu and Momousagi, and Akainu recalled that he and Dragon had once been rivals and friends in the Navy’s Hawk Faction.
• Tsuru explained that Dragon had saved Momousagi during her training and that Momonga had already occupied two-thirds of the Revolutionary Army headquarters.
• Dragon challenged Akainu over the Navy’s actions at Ohara, but Akainu defended the Navy’s justice and attacked him with Great Eruption.
• Dragon countered Akainu’s magma with a towering wind dragon, and Ron joined the battle with Lightning Pierce Cannon.

Ron and Akainu coordinated attacks against Dragon, ending with Ron trapping him beneath overwhelming magnetic gravity in the Dragon Locking Heaven Array. Dragon lay immobilized in a massive crater as Ron declared that he had angered him.

• Ron blasted Dragon with the awakened Lightning Pierce Cannon, and Momousagi recognized its near-instant speed and severe backlash.
• Akainu predicted Ron’s plan and struck Dragon with Meteor Volcano, but Dragon evaded the magma barrage using Light Body Willow Fluff.
• Ron used Heavenly Thunder Coffin to interrupt Dragon’s movements, allowing Akainu’s attacks and Ron’s strike to drive him toward the ground.
• Ron activated Dragon Locking Heaven Array, using the planet’s magnetic field to crush and immobilize Dragon in a vast depression.
• Dragon asked how Ron could wield such power as a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, and Ron said Dragon’s failure came from angering him.

Ron restrained Dragon with the Dragon Locking Heaven Array and directed Akainu and Momousagi to help capture him. Momousagi’s slash forced Dragon to elementalize, allowing Akainu to charge through the opening and impale him with a magma-coated punch.

• Ron told Akainu to hold the Thunder Dragon Halberd in place while Dragon remained trapped in the array.
• Akainu’s Great Eruption was suppressed before it could travel a hundred meters, so Ron told Momousagi to attack instead.
• Momousagi unleashed a powerful Haki-infused slash at Dragon, who exploded into airflow vortices to evade it.
• Ron opened a passage through the array, and Akainu charged through it with Hell Hound.
• Akainu struck Dragon out of Elementalization and pierced through his ribs and spine with his magma-covered arm.

Akainu defeated Dragon, and the Marines captured him and destroyed the Revolutionary Army’s headquarters, triggering unrest across the Four Blues. As the Revolutionary Army fractured over whether to rescue Dragon, Kuma revealed that Dragon had refused a chance to escape, leaving his reasons unclear.

• Akainu defeated Dragon, and Momousagi ordered him taken alive for a public trial.
• Ron provided Seastone handcuffs, and Akainu restrained Dragon before Tsuru arrived and secured him for medical treatment.
• The Marines announced Dragon’s capture and the destruction of Baltigo, prompting uprisings and fierce clashes across the Four Blues.
• Sabo confronted Kuma about the lack of a rescue plan while Koala tried to calm him.
• Kuma explained that Dragon had refused his offer to help him escape and take Kuma’s place in prison.

Ron discovered that the seawater parasites from Alabasta had begun reproducing on their own. Zero delivered the Five Elders’ approval and promise of favor for capturing Dragon, while Ron inferred that Oric’s test had failed and was summoned to Sengoku’s office.

• Ron found that the River Styx Water parasites had made the seawater in his sealed tank flow and reproduce without nutrients.
• Zero visited Ron and told him the Five Elders were pleased that he had captured Dragon alive and owed him a favor.
• Ron modestly declined the praise, while Zero’s message caused rumors of Ron’s punishment among the Celestial Dragon families to subside.
• Ron asked Zero about conditions in the Holy Land, and Zero said they were better than Ron imagined before leaving.
• Ron concluded that Oric’s test had ended in defeat but had revealed the Five Elders’ limits and their path toward war with BIG MOM.
• A Marine soldier told Ron that Sengoku wanted him to report to his office immediately for a meeting.

At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku convened a meeting to decide how to deal with the captured Dragon, with Marines and government officials divided over whether to execute him publicly. Sengoku asked Ron, the key figure in Dragon’s capture, to give his view, and everyone waited to hear his answer.

• Ron entered Sengoku’s office, where his pressure made several officials’ bodyguards tremble, before he withdrew it and joined the Marine officers.
• Sengoku opened the meeting, praised Akainu, Ron, and Momousagi, and said more than seven hundred rebellions across the Four Blues involved up to two hundred thousand people.
• The attendees debated whether Dragon should receive a normal execution or a public execution, with Tsuru warning that it could trigger an upheaval like Roger’s execution.
• A government official argued that Dragon lacked Roger’s influence, while another suggested sewing Dragon’s mouth shut during a public execution.
• Sengoku called on Ron to state whether he supported a public execution, and the room fell silent to hear his answer.

Ron argued that Dragon's unexpectedly weak resistance at Baltigo showed that the Revolutionary Army had scattered its forces for a hidden objective, though Dragon had not known the Marines were targeting him. The chapter left Sengoku realizing that Dragon's deployments could not have been a response to the ambush.

• Ron said he would let Dragon go because the Marines could not predict the consequences of killing him.
• Akainu recalled that Baltigo had too few core members and that Dragon's defenses had felt like an abandoned shell.
• Ron concluded that the Marines had been set up and suggested Dragon had used himself as bait to pursue another objective.
• Ron revealed that Fujitora Issho and Gild Tesoro had found signs of Revolutionary Army activity in Century City and the Golden City.
• Tsuru asked whether Dragon had scattered his forces after learning of the Marines' plans, but Ron said Dragon had not known he was the target.
• Sengoku realized that Dragon's forces had been dispersed for a reason unrelated to the Marines' ambush.

Ron exposed Dragon’s plan to exploit the Revolutionary Army’s response to his execution, and the Five Elders postponed the execution while sending Ron to the New World. Back at G-10 Branch, Ain surprised Ron with a calm farewell, leaving him suspicious about her change in attitude.

• Ron convinced the meeting that killing Dragon could trigger the outcome Dragon wanted, and Garp laughed at the revelation.
• The Five Elders ordered Dragon imprisoned in Level 6, Infinite Hell, and postponed his execution for two years.
• The Five Elders ordered Ron to reinforce the New World and end the war there as quickly as possible.
• At G-10 Branch, Ain told Ron to be careful when he mentioned his mission, and Ron wondered whether she was no longer angry with him.
• Ron called Henry and ordered him to come to the office.

Ain returned home to Monet while Ron prepared to reinforce the stalled New World war. After receiving a secret order, Aokiji made preparations for Ron’s arrival, and Ron sent the Marine Airship Force toward Whole Cake Island.

• Ron questioned Henry about Ain’s whereabouts, but Henry denied leaving anyone behind to watch her.
• Ain returned to her home, where Monet was staying in secret, and invited her to go shopping for clothes.
• At G5, Aokiji reassigned Mozambia after Garp routed an enemy siege force and Mozambia’s troops suffered heavy losses.
• Aokiji received a secret order from Sengoku, realized it concerned Ron, and called Garp to prepare for Ron’s arrival.
• Ron learned that Aokiji had used Iceberg to control the enemy’s invasion routes and ordered the airships to head for Whole Cake Island.

BIG MOM struggled to keep Totto Land fighting as Katakuri secretly coordinated with the Marines to evacuate Brûlée and the others through Mirror Space. Smoothie discovered the plan and attacked Katakuri and Dorte as they prepared to leave.

• BIG MOM learned that Snack had survived his fight with Garp but was too badly injured to return to battle, then ordered Katakuri to deliver supplies from Umit and Stussy to the front lines.
• Katakuri concealed his role as commander of the Marine Beheading Squad and agreed to move the supplies while remaining wary of the Marines' attacks.
• At Potato Chip Island, Katakuri told Charlotte Baskardi he would return shortly and met Dorte through a mirror in a lounge.
• Dorte and Katakuri discussed evacuating Brûlée and the others through Mirror Space to waiting Marine warships.
• Smoothie called for Katakuri outside the lounge, and Katakuri foresaw her bursting in with her sword as Dorte unleashed Shattering Moon Chaos.