Chapter Summaries

Ron learned from Kuma that the government had obtained Uranus, an Ancient Weapon rumored to be a deadly virus, and questioned Kuma about what he knew. The chapter left Ron intrigued by Uranus’s nature as a viral weapon while Kuma agreed to help him later with Doflamingo.

• Ron told Kuma he wanted Doflamingo dead and asked Kuma to remove the Fruit Ability when he gave the signal.
• Kuma agreed to help but asked for at least a month so the Revolutionary Army could prepare, and promised to conceal Ron’s involvement.
• Ron asked Kuma what he knew about Uranus, and Kuma described it as a secretive viral weapon said to wipe out life on an island.
• Kuma explained why the government prohibited Ancient Weapons and said the situation was not yet serious enough for it to use Uranus.
• Ron recognized that Uranus being a virus could suit his plans.

Ron learned where Kuma claimed Uranus was kept and sent the battered Kuma back to the Marines with a false report about pirates near Baterilla Island. Half a month later, Luffy and his companions escaped Loguetown through Reverse Mountain, while the Marines learned that Roger’s posthumous son had been found.

• Kuma told Ron that Uranus was in a government laboratory, and Ron suspected he had mixed truth with lies to mislead him.
• Kuma asked Ron to provide a suitable reason for breaking a recorder, then returned to the Marine surveillance facility on Baterilla Island and warned of approaching pirates.
• Luffy and his companions sailed the Going Merry into Reverse Mountain to escape Garp’s fleet, with Nami taking the helm through the storm.
• Smoker told Koby that Nami would be his enemy, while Koby vowed to get an explanation from her.
• Garp learned that Marines on Baterilla Island had found Roger’s posthumous son and that the Navy planned to discuss a public execution.

News that the Marines had captured and would execute Roger’s posthumous son spread across the seas, though Ace had no idea he was supposedly in custody. At Marine Headquarters, Shepard claimed credit for the capture, and Aokiji’s seating arrangement left him in an awkward position as the other Marines gathered.

• The World Economic Journal reported that the Marines had captured Roger’s posthumous son and planned to execute him, shocking Ron, Shanks, and Ace.
• Kuma hid in the laboratory, panicking that the Marines had treated Shepard’s unconfirmed report as fact.
• Sengoku praised Shepard for reporting the supposed capture, while Shepard believed he had finally earned a major achievement.
• Ron returned to Marine Headquarters, and the vice admirals and admirals gathered in Sengoku’s office.
• Aokiji sat beside Ron, leaving Shepard between him and the remaining seat; Aokiji told Ron he wanted to test Shepard after hearing unpleasant rumors.

The Marines met to plan the public execution of Gol D. Jason, Roger’s son, while Garp unsettled Shepard by praising him and Ron argued that the execution should take place in the Holy Land. The meeting left the execution site undecided, with Ron backing Mary Geoise despite officials’ objections.

• Akainu and Kizaru pressured Shepard for taking a seat of honor until Garp arrived, sat beside him, and insisted he deserved the front seat.
• Garp praised Shepard, while Ron suspected Garp knew the identity of the prisoner and was setting Shepard up for a fall.
• Sengoku began the meeting on Gol D. Jason’s execution, and the branch commanders discussed pirate retaliation and military deployments.
• Ron reported that G-10 could supply 3,000 troops, one hundred airships, and seventy warships, but Sengoku said the forces would likely be unnecessary.
• Tsuru asked where the execution would take place, and Sengoku said the Five Elders favored the Holy Land while some officials opposed it.
• Ron supported holding the execution in Mary Geoise before Garp and Aokiji could speak.

Ron explained why the World Government planned to execute Jason in the Holy Land and proposed turning the event into a trap for pirates. After Sengoku approved the plan, Aokiji began questioning Lieutenant Colonel Shepard about Jason.

• Ron argued that the execution would let the government show the public the Holy Land, strengthen its authority, and use its defenses to ensure safety.
• Ron proposed inviting pirates to the execution and destroying them if they came, or branding them cowards if they stayed away.
• Sengoku called Ron’s plan highly feasible and asked the vice admirals to consider whether it needed additions.
• Aokiji raised his hand and said he wanted to ask Shepard a question about Jason.

Aokiji challenged Shepard’s claim that Anthony Jason was Gol D. Roger’s posthumous son, while Ron used the Assassination Unit’s records to expose gaps in Shepard’s investigation. Sengoku ended the dispute by insisting Jason must be Roger’s son, leaving Shepard under the furious scrutiny of the officers present.

• Aokiji confronted Shepard over identifying Jason as Roger’s posthumous son without solid evidence and pointed out that Anthony Jason had been known as a local orphan whose parents were lumberjacks.
• Sengoku asked Ron about the Assassination Unit’s intelligence, and Ron contacted Owl, who confirmed Anthony Jason’s reported family history and explained that the Unit’s records relied partly on informants inside the Baterilla Island garrison.
• Owl’s account reminded Sengoku that the Assassination Unit’s report had covered Jason’s life after he went to sea, while Shepard’s report had focused on suspicions about his identity.
• Shepard argued that Jason’s parents’ deaths were suspicious and that Kuma’s injuries proved enemies had come to rescue him, insisting the surrounding coincidences pointed to Roger’s son.
• Sengoku rebuked Aokiji and declared that Anthony Jason must be Gol D. Jason, after which the officers glared at Shepard for having publicly made the claim without proper investigation.

Ron questioned Aokiji about the Anthony Couple’s deaths and learned that Aokiji had killed them before the Navy’s assassins could. Ron then reviewed the Assassination Unit’s report on Ace, which accused Garp of hiding Roger’s son and raising him in secret.

• Sengoku informed the Five Elders that the Navy could not admit it had captured the wrong man without damaging the Government’s authority.
• Ron confronted Aokiji about the Anthony Couple, and Aokiji admitted he had killed them during the search for Roger’s possible child.
• Ron told Aokiji he believed the couple had no connection to Roger, but warned that Aokiji’s kindness could destroy him.
• Garp asked Aokiji to help him avoid trouble over the public execution, and Aokiji reluctantly agreed to keep an eye out.
• Ron returned to the Assassination Unit’s hidden headquarters and asked Dorte for the files he had prepared.
• Dorte presented evidence identifying Ace as Portgas D. Roger’s likely son and accused Garp of treason for secretly raising him.

Ron revealed his ambition to Dorte and secured his support in a plan to replace the World Government’s rule without destroying its authority. The government then announced a public execution of Gol D. Jason in Mary Geoise, prompting Shanks’s crew to recognize the political trap and send Rocco Star toward Whitebeard.

• Ron explained that he had chosen Dorte because they shared ambition, then asked him to help rule the world; Dorte accepted after warning that Ron was not yet qualified to challenge the World Government.
• Ron clarified that he wanted a coup to abolish the government’s ruling position, not to destroy its authority, and said Dorte would meet the Five Elders.
• The World News Journal announced that the government would publicly execute Gol D. Jason in Mary Geoise one month later, with a live broadcast and invitations for kingdom nobles and rulers of Non-Affiliated Nations.
• Sengoku’s role in shaping the invitation strategy became known, and officials sent gifts to him and Ron, including three pieces of Sea Crystal Stone for Ron.
• Shanks laughed at the announcement, while Beckman pointed out that the false claim about Jason being Roger’s son would damage pirate morale regardless of the truth.
• Beckman sent the newly joined Rocco Star to approach Whitebeard, hoping the era’s leading pirate would respond to the execution announcement.

Ron met with Gild Tesoro at the Golden City and revealed that his visit concerned a plan against the Celestial Dragons. After Dorte named the Celestial Dragon who had killed Stella, Tesoro awakened powerful Conqueror’s Haki and agreed to face their shared enemy.

• Ron greeted Gild Tesoro and confirmed that he supported their business partnership against those trying to interfere.
• Ron introduced Dorte as the commander of the Marine Assassination Unit, then asked Tesoro to take them to the building’s hidden upper chamber.
• In the bathhouse, Ron asked Tesoro whether he wanted to get rid of the Celestial Dragons.
• Dorte named Charlos Saint Orpheus as the Celestial Dragon who had bought and tortured Stella to death, provoking Tesoro’s Conqueror’s Haki.
• Tesoro called the star tattoo on his back the Morning Star and challenged Ron over whether he feared dying.

Ron and Tesoro planned to use parasitic creatures to target Celestial Dragons during Jason’s public execution, while Sengoku’s Marine force arrived in Mary Geoise with the prisoner. The chapter left Gol D. Jason in a Seastone prison as Vic prepared to bring him before a mysterious lord.

• Ron revealed the parasitic creatures and named the golden bottle holding them Uranus, prompting Tesoro to consider poisoning Celestial Dragons during the execution.
• Ron warned Tesoro that the creatures were too scarce to poison Mary Geoise’s water supply effectively and that Life Return users could resist parasitization.
• Tesoro asked Ron for Charlos Saint Orpheus’s whereabouts, and Ron agreed to help him.
• Sengoku arrived in Mary Geoise, where Vic said a lord wanted to meet Roger’s posthumous son.
• Akainu, Azure Dragon, and Kizaru escorted Gol D. Jason to the Holy Land in a stone prison.

Ron used his awakened Sky Net to locate and eliminate spies as the Marines escorted Jason through Mary Geoise. Vick invited Ron to accompany him and Jason to meet a powerful figure, and Sengoku approved, leaving Ron uneasy about the visit.

• Vick told Jason he had to be Gol D. Roger's son, and Jason coughed up blood as Akainu called for medical help.
• The Marine force entered Mary Geoise, where Ron used Sky Net to detect watchers and direct CP0 and the Marine Assassination Unit to capture or kill them.
• Rob Lucci killed a man claiming to be the king of Rant Country after the joint sweep cornered his group.
• Vick praised Ron for exposing the spies and asked him to accompany Jason to meet someone.
• Ron consulted Sengoku, who approved the trip and reminded him to stay independent in conflicts among the higher-ups.

Ron entered the Flower Chamber with Vic and confronted Imu, who revealed that Ron’s actions had disrupted the future he expected. The chapter ended with Ron realizing that Imu was not a god but a human who resented losing control.

• Vic opened the gate to the Flower Chamber, and Ron sensed an immense presence that overwhelmed him with a vision of history unfolding.
• Ron and Vic brought the weakened Jason before Imu, who declared Jason a fake and ordered Vic to take him away.
• Imu told Ron that he wanted to kill him but could not bear to, then explained that Ron had erased the future he had foreseen.
• Ron realized Imu was angered not by threats to his rule but by events beyond his control, and concluded that Imu was human.

Imu spared Ron and ordered him to move against Nibelungen, warning that the Five Elders were under his protection. After surviving their tense meeting, Ron asked Vic to arrange an immediate meeting with the Five Elders.

• Imu explained that Ron’s disruption of events had unsettled him, then ordered Ron to move against Nibelungen and warned him not to make an enemy of the Five Elders.
• Ron agreed and told Imu that the Celestial Dragons’ past and status did not matter to him because he focused on the present and future.
• Imu accepted Ron’s explanation, expressed interest in seeing what he would do, and disappeared from the hall.
• Ron left the Flower Chamber and asked Vic to arrange a meeting with the Five Elders as soon as possible.

At Jason’s public execution in Mary Geoise, Sengoku used photographs to make the frightened prisoner and viewers believe Jason was Gol D. Roger’s son. Jason was left visibly doubting his own identity as Ron watched the deception unfold.

• Sengoku ordered Jason brought to the execution platform, where the shackled prisoner’s fearful behavior shocked viewers across the seas.
• Ace, Kid, and the Straw Hats reacted to the broadcast, while Luffy left to focus on finding a doctor for Nami.
• After Jason denied being Roger’s son, Sengoku showed photographs of Jason’s adoptive parents and argued that Jason’s resemblance to Roger proved his claim.
• Jason stared at the photographs and began doubting his identity, while Ron laughed to himself at the successful deception.
• The author added a note saying they were stuck on the plot and would try to work through it.

Sengoku’s staged revelations convinced the crowd that Jason was Gol D. Roger’s son, leaving Jason questioning his identity as the pirates launched an assault on the execution platform. Onigumo and Doberman repelled the first attackers, but the battle had only begun.

• Sengoku’s questioning and the photograph of Jason and Roger led the crowd to conclude that Jason was Roger’s son, and Jason began doubting his own identity and his parents’ deaths.
• The kings of the Affiliated Nations demanded Jason’s execution, while Ace wondered whether Jason was his brother and the pirates resolved to attack.
• Ron warned the officers that the assault was about to begin as a disguised man discarded a golden water bottle aboard the Ark Maxim.
• A Stone-Stone Fruit user turned the viewing platform into a giant arm and sent it crashing toward the execution platform, but Onigumo destroyed it with his Eight-Sword Style: Thousand Hunt.
• A white-haired Little Giant hurled a house at Jason, but Doberman blocked it and Onigumo decapitated the attacker before Doberman split the falling house apart.

Pirates launched a second attack on the execution grounds, but Dorte and the Marine forces crushed their assault while Chaton stopped a barrage of bullets aimed at Jason. Sengoku addressed the pirates as the Marines continued to protect the execution.

• Marine officers evacuated the spectators as pirates launched a second attack, and their advance preparations kept casualties low.
• Dorte killed the attacking pirates and ordered the Assassination Unit to kill pirates, their helpers, anyone causing trouble or acting suspiciously, and anyone who disobeyed.
• Rob Lucci witnessed the Assassination Unit’s merciless tactics and compared them with Ron’s slaughter of thousands of soldiers.
• Sengoku ordered Chaton to stop concentrated gunfire aimed at Jason, and Chaton used his slowing ability to deflect the bullets.
• Sengoku confronted the pirates and declared that anyone who offended the Holy Land deserved death.

Ron confronted Vick and the Celestial Dragons in Pangu City over Oric’s fate, only to discover that Oric had been impersonated and their confrontation broadcast across the seas. Lirisk blocked Ron’s attack as the situation erupted into chaos.

• Sengoku ordered the Navy to attack the pirates while Ron left the battle and rushed to Pangu City.
• Ron challenged Vick for abandoning their agreement to strip Oric’s family of their Celestial Dragon status and exile them.
• The Five Elders revealed they had investigated Oric and opposed his ambition to seize power before he could inherit it.
• Oric declared that he would take whatever he wanted, and Ron attacked him with the Thunder Halberd.
• Lirisk intercepted Ron’s strike, and Ron revealed that Oric was a fake and that the confrontation had been broadcast across the seas.

Ron stopped Orik’s attempt to expose the Celestial Dragons’ divisions by sealing the Holy Land and destroying the signal device. After Lirisk explained his grievances, Ron and Lirisk prepared to fight to the death.

• Orik revealed the Nibelungen Family’s pirate origins, stirring outrage and confusion across the Holy Land and prompting Ron to act.
• Sengoku received footage of the crisis and faltered, while Steel Bone Kong took command and ordered the Marines to secure the Holy Land.
• Ron raised a lightning barrier that cut off communications, then killed the man posing as Orik and identified him as Mr. 2 Bon Clay.
• Vic learned that Orik had abandoned Lirisk, who said he sought justice for his family and recounted how his father killed his mother.
• Vic left Lirisk’s fate to Ron, and Ron and Lirisk faced each other, agreeing that their duel would decide who lived and died.

As the government’s authority faltered, Teach, Law, and Tesoro prepared for the turmoil spreading across the seas. In Mary Geoise, Ron struck down Lirisk with a lightning-charged attack and followed up with another devastating blow.

• Teach learned that the signal had been cut off and celebrated discovering the truth, declaring that he was not the only one with ambition.
• Law dismissed Bepo’s warning that pirates would target him as a Shichibukai, trusting in his heartless pirate army to defend him.
• Fujitora warned Tesoro that unprecedented storms were coming, then allowed him to pursue revenge as long as he did not act in Century City.
• Ron lamented how the Yonko’s resistance and Oric’s rebellion had undone his efforts to weaken piracy.
• Ron unleashed Starfall Great Explosion in Pangu City, destroying buildings as Lirisk dodged the blast.
• Ron struck Lirisk with Eight-Directional Sword Shadow: Final Scene, then appeared above the giant iguana and attacked with Human Cannonball.

Ron fought the awakened Lirisk in Pangu City while Imu ordered CP0 to contain the Celestial Dragons aboard the Ark Maxim. Zero discovered that every Celestial Dragon in the hall had been poisoned, and Vic realized the forbidden grounds were in danger.

• Imu ordered Zero and Bald Zero to keep the Celestial Dragons aboard the Ark Maxim and prevent them from leaving while Oric's possible collaborators were investigated.
• Zero threatened the Celestial Dragons who objected, then discovered that the wine—and every glass in the hall—was poisoned.
• Ron struck Lirisk three times with Human Cannonball, creating a vast sinkhole, but Lirisk survived and began regenerating.
• Lirisk attacked Ron with venomous teeth, and Ron said Lirisk had been left behind to draw attention while his father pursued a secret goal.
• Vic recognized the danger and cried out that the forbidden grounds were under threat.