Chapter Summaries

At Marineford, Sengoku approved a battle against Whitebeard after Akainu and Aokiji argued that the Marines could not yield to outside pressure, and he appointed Akainu commander-in-chief while assigning Ron to track Whitebeard. On the battlefield, the Marines’ Water Ghosts struck Vista’s forces from behind, and Mozambia confronted Vista in enhanced combat gear.

• Akainu, Aokiji, and Ron supported fighting Whitebeard, while Sengoku revealed that powerful interest groups had urged the Marines not to escalate the conflict.
• Akainu volunteered to take responsibility for the war, and Sengoku ordered Ron to use the Assassination Unit’s intelligence network to monitor Whitebeard’s movements.
• Sengoku appointed Akainu commander-in-chief but ordered him not to intervene unless the battle became a wider conflict.
• Ron and Chaton exchanged smiles as they anticipated using the fight with Whitebeard as an opportunity.
• Vista ordered reinforcements for a struggling pirate ship, then discovered Water Ghosts attacking from behind and sabotaging pirate vessels.
• Mozambia landed aboard Vista’s ship in advanced combat gear and challenged Vista to fight.

Ron received intelligence on Whitebeard’s reinforcement force and learned that Blackbeard Teach had recently been seen in Whitebeard’s territory. He decided to let events unfold while preparing a plan to lure Whitebeard to his death.

• Ron discussed public reactions to the Marines’ wars with Chaton and ordered his agents to track the Moby Dick and report Whitebeard’s reinforcement force’s location.
• Ron refused Chaton’s suggestion to deploy the Assassination Unit, choosing to preserve its veteran members and leave the response to Admiral Akainu.
• Ron asked Chaton about the odds of assassinating Whitebeard, and Chaton estimated a twenty percent chance of success.
• An intelligence agent reported that Teach and Van Oka had recently left an uninhabited island in Whitebeard’s territory, and Ron ordered the agent to keep tracking them.
• Ron told Chaton he had a plan to make Whitebeard walk into his death, but said they should do nothing unless Teach needed a push.

Ron decided to orchestrate his own version of the Summit War to prevent Teach from benefiting as he had in the original history. Meanwhile, the Whitebeard Pirates rushed to reinforce Vista’s Fifth Division, which faced an imminent Marine attack led by Akainu.

• Ron recalled Teach’s role in the original Summit War and resolved to use the coming conflict for the Marines’ benefit.
• Thatch and his crew sailed toward the battlefield, keeping their discovery from Whitebeard while planning to help the Fifth Division.
• Vista told Thatch that Akainu’s Marine reinforcements were expected to arrive in three days and that Ace and Jozu would reach him in two.
• Thatch ordered his crew to travel day and night and reach the battlefield within two days so they could strike the Marines from behind.

Ron arranged for Chaton to pursue Thatch and ensure his death could be blamed on Teach, hoping to provoke Ace and Whitebeard into actions the Navy could exploit. As Akainu arrived at the standoff, Jozu assigned Ace to search for the missing Thatch while the Whitebeard Pirates waited for him.

• Ron learned that Teach and Thatch were on intersecting routes, so Chaton's forged Devil Fruit bait was no longer useful.
• Ron sent Chaton toward the battlefield in a submarine and ordered him to ensure Thatch died, whether by Teach's hand or through assassination.
• Akainu arrived at the Navy front line, received intelligence from Kizaru, and ordered the fleet to advance without attacking first.
• Jozu prepared the Whitebeard Pirates for battle while Ace repeatedly failed to reach Thatch by Den Den Mushi.
• Ace confronted Jozu, who assigned the Second Division to search along the Fourth Division's route, and Ace swore to find Thatch.

Whitebeard’s plan to make a stand against the Navy faltered when Thatch failed to rendezvous with Jozu and Vista, while Ace set out alone to find him. Akainu learned that the Fourth Division was missing and ordered Kizaru to encircle the weakened pirate force.

• Marco questioned whether Whitebeard’s plan was too dangerous, and Whitebeard said their show of force would be seen by someone.
• A messenger reported that Thatch had missed his rendezvous with Jozu and could not be reached, prompting Whitebeard to order Marco to check Thatch’s Vivre Card.
• Mozambia told Akainu that Ron had left the frontal battlefield to the Navy and would provide no further intelligence.
• A reconnaissance report revealed that Ace had left alone and the Fourth Division had not appeared, leading Akainu and Mozambia to suspect Ron had intercepted them.
• Akainu ordered Kizaru to lead troops around the pirates’ rear while he continued to avoid launching the first attack.

After Teach wiped out Thatch’s Fourth Division, Ace found the dead crewmen and learned that Teach had attacked for the Dark-Dark Fruit. Ace awakened his powers and set out to find Thatch, while Whitebeard mobilized and Ron ordered the Marines to withdraw and monitor Teach.

• Marco brought Whitebeard Thatch’s nearly burned-out Vivre Card, and reports said Jozu had retreated to Macaulay Island while Ace went alone to search for Thatch.
• Whitebeard sent Marco to support Ace and led the rest of his forces toward the front lines.
• Ace found the bodies of Fourth Division pirates and discovered a dying survivor who said Teach attacked them over the Dark-Dark Fruit and blasted Thatch away, though Thatch might still be alive.
• Ace erupted in flames and Conqueror’s Haki, then launched himself into the sky to search for Thatch.
• Chaton reported Ace’s awakening to Ron, who ordered the Marines to withdraw and keep watch on Teach, while Whitebeard’s decision to move drew the Marines’ attention.

Whitebeard set out to confront the Navy after Thatch’s death, while Navy forces fought the Whitebeard Pirates on Macaulay Island. When Akainu ordered Mozambia to abandon his attack, Jozu realized the Navy was preparing to ambush Whitebeard and saw a massive dark shape approaching across the sea.

• Whitebeard learned that Thatch had been killed by Teach, accepted that Ace would pursue Teach alone, and ordered his crew to meet the Navy.
• The Navy attacked Whitebeard’s protected Macaulay Island, where Mozambia’s assault stalled against Jozu’s diamond body.
• After Akainu ordered Mozambia to abandon the attack, Jozu suspected the Navy planned to ambush Whitebeard and tried to stop Mozambia from leaving.
• Mozambia escaped Jozu using the exhaust jets on his back, while Jozu spotted a vast, pitch-black shape approaching at sea.

Whitebeard and the Moby Dick were caught in a Marine ambush, but Whitebeard countered attacks from Kizaru, Mozambia, and Akainu. He sent all three flying, leaving the battle still raging around the trapped ship.

• Marco warned Whitebeard that the enemy had retreated, but Whitebeard realized the ambush had already begun as a giant net lifted the Moby Dick from beneath the sea.
• Kizaru fired Yasakani no Magatama at the ship, and Marco intercepted the lasers before Kizaru struck him and sent him crashing into the sea.
• Whitebeard unleashed Air Tremor, shattering the air around Kizaru and dispersing him into particles of light.
• Mozambia ambushed Whitebeard through the net, but Whitebeard slowed him with Conqueror's Haki and slashed through his metal arm and chest with his naginata.
• Akainu attacked Whitebeard from behind with Hell Hound, but Whitebeard punched him and scattered the magma around him, sending him flying.

The Whitebeard Pirates escaped Akainu’s ambush, but the Marines launched a full-scale assault that left Marco exposed to Kizaru and Whitebeard facing Akainu. Shadow Dragon appeared behind Whitebeard as Akainu pressed his attack.

• Whitebeard freed the Moby Dick from the net and rallied the pirates after Akainu’s ambush failed.
• Akainu ordered the Marines to bombard Whitebeard’s fleet, and Whitebeard destroyed the incoming Cannonballs while Marco led the First Division forward.
• Jozu warned that Marco’s advance risked an Airship Force ambush, and Kizaru’s airships bombarded the First Division.
• Marco attacked an airship, but Kizaru intercepted him and blasted through his armor plate with lasers.
• Akainu attacked Whitebeard with Hell Hound, and Whitebeard’s compressed vibration damaged Akainu’s shoulder.
• Shadow Dragon appeared behind Whitebeard as Akainu prepared to continue the fight.

Chaton and Akainu wounded Whitebeard and nearly lost Akainu’s arm when Whitebeard counterattacked. Ron arrived in time to block Whitebeard’s bisento, leaving the two facing each other on the Moby Dick.

• Chaton used his awakened Slow-Slow Fruit ability to immobilize Whitebeard and pierce his chest with Finger Pistol air bullets, but Whitebeard narrowly avoided a fatal wound.
• Akainu struck Whitebeard three times with Great Eruption, then Whitebeard seized Akainu’s fist and prepared to counterattack with his bisento.
• Chaton slowed Whitebeard’s bisento, but Whitebeard kept Akainu trapped and forced him to consider sacrificing his arm to escape.
• Ron arrived, summoned the Thunder Dragon Halberd, and told Akainu to watch for an opening while Chaton prepared the slow-down field.
• Chaton activated the field as Ron moved to block Whitebeard’s strike, and Whitebeard recognized him as Azure Dragon.

Ron and Akainu ambushed Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick, but Whitebeard’s fury over Thatch’s death made him a formidable opponent. After Whitebeard shielded his crew from their attacks, he struck both Marines with a devastating tremor, while Chaton fled.

• Ron and Whitebeard clashed weapons, and Ron denied that the Marines had caused the destruction of Whitebeard’s Fourth Division.
• Akainu joined Ron in confronting Whitebeard, and Ron tried to provoke him by invoking the legends he had killed.
• Ron and Akainu attacked together, but Ron threatened Whitebeard’s crew to force him to choose between protecting them and fighting back.
• Whitebeard shielded his sons and daughters from the magma and lightning attacks, suffering severe burns in the process.
• Whitebeard unleashed an Air Tremor that overwhelmed Ron’s lightning barrage and blasted Ron and Akainu into Mckinley Island’s cliffs.
• Chaton expanded his slowing field and fled across the sea.

Ron and Akainu fought Whitebeard as he used his Tremor-Tremor Fruit to split the sea and devastate the Navy fleet. Ron freed the warships and trapped Whitebeard in Prison Dragon Lock Heaven, but Whitebeard discovered a way to challenge the restraint by amplifying vibrations inside his own body.

• Chaton withdrew from the clash with Whitebeard to support the main battlefield, while Ron and Akainu recovered from Whitebeard's attack.
• Whitebeard split the sea, carried the Moby Dick into the Navy formation, and ordered Marco, Jozu, and Vista to attack the Navy forces.
• Ron summoned the Drums of Heaven and used lightning to break apart Whitebeard's control of the ocean, restoring the Navy ships to the normal sea.
• Akainu distracted Whitebeard while Ron struck him with Prison Dragon Lock Heaven, crushing the terrain and pinning Whitebeard in place.
• Whitebeard amplified the vibrations within his body by punching his own chest, making Ron's Thunder Dragon Halberd shake and finding a possible way to break the restraint.

Whitebeard broke Ron’s Dragon Locking Heaven Array and fought Ron and Akainu as Kizaru joined the battle. Kizaru implied that Marco was dead, and Whitebeard prepared to avenge him.

• Whitebeard endured Ron’s resonant punches until the Thunder Dragon Halberd flew away, breaking the Dragon Locking Heaven Array.
• Whitebeard shattered Akainu’s Meteor Volcano with a quake, then clashed with Ron’s Lightning Titan and escalating Eight Cannons of the Thunder God punches.
• Whitebeard evaded Ron’s final punch and counterattacked, but Akainu and Ron cooperated to block his strike and force him to defend against their combined assault.
• Kizaru fired a laser into the clash, then appeared on the battlefield as Whitebeard asked what he had done to Marco.
• Kizaru told Whitebeard to ask Marco in hell, and Whitebeard vowed to avenge his son.

Whitebeard unleashed a massive tsunami with his awakened vibrations, forcing Ron, Kizaru, and Akainu to fight for survival instead of escaping. Ron and Akainu found ways to break apart the waves, and Ron realized Whitebeard would keep the tsunami from endangering the main battlefield.

• Whitebeard sent a vast tsunami crashing toward Ron, Kizaru, and Akainu, then used his vibrations to force Ron and Kizaru back onto the island.
• Kizaru distracted Whitebeard with a storm of lasers while Akainu and Ron prepared to break the waves.
• Akainu awakened Lava Hell and erupted magma beneath the sea, destroying one tsunami crest.
• Ron transformed into Hell Ape and used Fish-Man Karate to twist the magma and seawater into a whip that pulled another wave into a whirlpool.
• Akainu worried that they would exhaust themselves before stopping the many waves, but Ron pointed out that Whitebeard would protect the main battlefield from the tsunami.

Ron and Akainu battled the tsunami threatening Mckinley Island while Whitebeard fought Kizaru. Whitebeard then unleashed a devastating vibration that sent the sea erupting through the island, blowing it apart from within.

• Ron explained that his Life Return mastery let him use Fish-Man Karate effectively, and he and Akainu prepared to stop the waves.
• Akainu blasted apart a towering wall of seawater while Ron used Ocean Current: Over-the-Shoulder Throw to weaken another wave.
• Whitebeard distracted Kizaru by watching Ron, then overwhelmed him with a punch and sent him crashing into a distant mountain range.
• Whitebeard used his vibrations to flatten the sea, then raised his bisento and unleashed Earthquake Collapse.
• Ron escaped as torrents of seawater burst upward through Mckinley Island, tearing apart its ground and blowing the island apart from within.

Whitebeard’s devastating attack badly injured Ron, Kizaru, and Akainu, but Ron quickly healed and resumed fighting. He left Whitebeard slowed by electrical paralysis, though Whitebeard still blocked Ron’s next strike.

• Whitebeard’s three successive naginata strikes sent Ron, Kizaru, and Akainu flying and left them badly wounded.
• Chaton rallied the frightened Marines by reminding them that Ron was known as the Immortal Vice Admiral.
• Ron rapidly healed his chest wound, recovered with the Thunder Halberd, and charged Whitebeard with Cloud Dragon Kill.
• Whitebeard blocked Ron’s attack, but Ron’s electricity numbed his senses and slowed his reactions.

Ron and Akainu pressed their attack on Whitebeard while he struggled with the electricity disrupting his body. Marco returned to protect Whitebeard, and the chapter ended with Ron, Akainu, and Kizaru directing their attacks toward Whitebeard past Marco.

• Ron’s Starfall Great Explosion struck Whitebeard, and Akainu followed with Great Eruption despite his severe wounds.
• Ron urged Akainu to seek treatment, but Akainu refused and wrapped his chest before continuing to fight.
• Whitebeard caught Ron’s Railgun attack as Marco arrived and asked Whitebeard to hold on for five minutes.
• Ron and Akainu discovered Marco was alive; Marco revealed he had escaped Kizaru’s Seastone handcuffs by picking their lock.
• Kizaru engaged Marco while Ron unleashed his Divine Thunder Cannon, but Marco intercepted it and endured the blast.
• Ron, Akainu, and Kizaru attacked Whitebeard instead of Marco, hoping to kill him before Marco could stop them.

Ron, Akainu, and Kizaru attacked Whitebeard while Marco tried to shield him, but a hidden enemy and a vast pirate fleet suddenly appeared. The chapter ended as the three Marines realized they were surrounded by an unknown number of hostile pirate ships.

• Marco intercepted attacks aimed at Whitebeard and took severe injuries from Ron, Kizaru, and Akainu before collapsing.
• Ron unleashed a Meteor Shower across the battlefield, then prepared to attack Whitebeard with his Thunder Dragon Halberd.
• A Seastone bullet flew at Ron from a hidden sniper, and he deflected it with his halberd.
• Ron sensed that enemies were hiding beneath the sea, and a turtle-shaped submarine surfaced nearby.
• Akainu received word that pirate crews were gathering, and he and the others saw a huge fleet of pirate ships approaching in the distance.

Ron and the Marines faced an enormous pirate gathering as Shanks and Kaido arrived to join Whitebeard, turning the confrontation into a gathering of three Four Emperors. Whitebeard explained that the pirates had come to oppose the Marines, and Akainu stepped forward to challenge them.

• Ron urged the soldiers to fall back and learned that more than a million pirates were gathering, while Chaton revealed the Marines could not contact their regional intelligence officer.
• Kyle Carnegie emerged from a submarine and told Ron that he and his allies had not come to help Whitebeard, but the pirate fleet’s purpose remained unknown.
• Shanks and the Red Force arrived, followed by Kaido and the Beasts Pirates, prompting the Marines to recognize that three Four Emperor crews had gathered.
• Whitebeard told Marco that fighting with spirit would inspire others, and declared that the pirates had come because of their identity and would not let the Marines defeat them.
• Shanks, Kaido, and Whitebeard confronted one another before Mckinley Island, and Akainu stepped forward, declaring that he could not ignore their joining forces.

Ron considered why the World Government could not unite against the Four Emperors, while Akainu tried to make their gathering look like an alliance. Kaido rejected cooperation, Shanks attacked Ron after striking Kaido away, and Ron met him in battle.

• Ron reasoned that conflicting government, affiliated-nation, and pirate interests, along with the Great Pirate Era, prevented the World Government from launching a united assault on the Four Emperors.
• Kaido laughed off Akainu's claim that the Emperors had joined forces, while Shanks said they had come to test the Marines' Marine Year One.
• Carnegie claimed the pirates shared a cause, and Kaido crushed him and his submarine with a single swing of his spiked club.
• Shanks and Kaido both claimed the right to fight Ron, but Shanks said the Four Emperors could not cooperate and struck Kaido to send him away.
• Shanks attacked Ron with Gryphon, but Ron blocked him with the Thunder Dragon Halberd and warned him that he had made the wrong choice.