Chapter Summaries

Ron defeated Lirisk with his awakened lightning abilities while trying to extract information from him. Meanwhile, Oric entered the Flower Chamber and confronted Imu over the hidden truth of the Void Century and an enormous straw hat.

• Ron and Vic tried to persuade Lirisk to betray Oric, but Lirisk rejected their offer and attacked Ron.
• Ron paralyzed Lirisk with Meteor Spear: Shadow Pin, then crushed him with Dragon Locking Heaven Array and asked Vic for help.
• Imu revealed that he had tracked Oric’s visits to the Flower Chamber through changes in the bricks around a secret passage.
• Oric confronted Imu beside an enormous straw hat and urged him to share the truth of the Void Century.

Oric confronted Imu in the Flower Chamber, while Ron and CP0 dealt with a poisoning plot targeting the Celestial Dragons. The would-be poisoner killed himself, and Bald Zero asked whether Ron’s lightning net could monitor underground as the search for accomplices continued.

• Oric demanded answers from Imu and unleashed his power, but an explosion in the Flower Chamber was followed by Imu emerging unharmed.
• Wick took Lirisk away while Ron monitored Mary Geoise and joined Zero aboard the Ark Maxim.
• The ark’s acting commander revealed that the suspected poisoner had disguised himself as a Marine and hidden in a storeroom, but the prisoner killed himself before interrogation.
• Ron assured Masked Zero and Bald Zero that his lightning net had detected no one leaving the sealed area, suggesting the culprit’s accomplices were still in the Holy Land.
• Masked Zero refused to explain the poisoning to the Celestial Dragons and ordered them to await Imu’s instructions.
• Bald Zero asked Ron whether his lightning net could monitor underground.

Ron rebuffed Bald Zero’s attempt to blame the Marines for the Holy Land’s security failures, then reported on the crisis as Akainu and Kong secured the execution grounds. After hearing that the situation was mostly contained, Sengoku grew wary when Ron said there was “only” one more thing.

• Ron invoked his First Class Honor Medal to end Bald Zero’s challenge, and Masked Zero warned Bald Zero not to stir up trouble.
• Kuma told Koala that he had forgotten why he had brought her to the Red Line.
• Akainu killed the remaining pirates at the execution grounds, and Kong ordered a sweep of the Holy Land.
• Ron reported that Lirisk had been captured, Oric was missing, and Imu did not appear injured.
• Ron said fewer than one in ten criminals remained hidden, then began to add an “only” as Sengoku braced for bad news.

Ron believed his Styx River Virus scheme had infected nearly all the Celestial Dragons and might eliminate them, though he sensed he had overlooked something. At Mary Geoise, Imu questioned the Five Elders about Oric’s betrayal, and Freyk declared that Ron was the only one who could stop Oric because they were alike.

• Ron explained that two CP0 agents were investigating a dispute among the Celestial Dragons, while Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru, and Kong dismissed it as their problem.
• Ron reflected that the incurable Styx River Virus had infected more than ninety percent of the Celestial Dragons and wondered whether his plan was complete.
• Vic brought Lirisk to Imu, who ordered him confined and then demanded an explanation from the Five Elders.
• The Five Elders admitted they had known about Oric’s conspiracy and failed to report it, while Freyk offered his life in atonement for pushing Oric toward extremism.
• Imu asked Freyk why he had repeatedly abstained from decisions concerning Ron, and Freyk said he feared Ron but believed only he could stop Oric.

Imu ordered a secret hunt for Oric and announced a reward, while the Five Elders learned that the Celestial Dragons had been poisoned. They kept three families tied to Oric behind as test subjects, and Masked Zero began to suspect the poison was connected to Uranus.

• Imu secretly assigned Azure Dragon to hunt Oric and offered one wish to whoever brought him back, while announcing that the Nibelungen Family had renounced its Celestial Dragon status.
• The Five Elders left the Flower Chamber and learned from Bald Zero that the Celestial Dragons had been poisoned, causing them to spit blood in shock.
• Masked Zero stepped aside as impatient Celestial Dragons rushed out of the dining hall, and the Five Elders forced them back inside.
• The Five Elders ordered the Fahlstaf, Orfeo, and Melisande Families to remain, prompting their members to accuse other families of ties to Oric.
• Bald Zero told Masked Zero that Imu had chosen the three families as test subjects to investigate the poison, and Masked Zero wondered whether it was Uranus.

Zero suspected that the Styx River Virus might be Uranus and decided to resign from the Holy Land. Meanwhile, the Marines resumed Jason’s execution broadcast after agreeing to contain the scandal, and Shanks set off to confront Whitebeard over Rocco Star’s beating.

• Zero wondered whether the incurable Styx River Virus was Uranus and decided it was time to resign.
• Kong asked Tsuru whether to resume the execution broadcast, and she concluded that Jason’s identity would remain in doubt either way.
• Tsuru proposed shifting public attention toward Shepard, while Kong reassured Ron that killing Mr. 2 Bon Clay had been necessary.
• Akainu ordered the Execution Platform prepared, and hours later Sengoku resumed the broadcast by calling it the execution of Jason.
• Kid and Beckman discussed the government’s response and Whitebeard’s lack of interest in Jason, while Shanks decided to pick a fight with Whitebeard over Rocco Star.

After Jason’s execution, Sengoku tried to contain the scandal while Aokiji returned with news that Alabasta’s crisis had been resolved and Nico Robin had appeared there. Ron then contacted the retiring Zero about explaining what he had witnessed, just as Sengoku erupted at Garp.

• Sengoku gave a press conference that dismissed accusations against Shepard and blamed the Revolutionary Army for stirring up trouble.
• Aokiji returned from Alabasta and told Ron that Smoker had played a major role in resolving the pirate crisis there.
• Aokiji revealed that Nico Robin and the Nefertari Family had made major news in Alabasta, and he went to brief Sengoku.
• Ron called the retiring Zero and asked him to explain what he had witnessed at a critical moment.
• Sengoku roared for Garp, and Ron teleported to reassure the frightened reporters.

The chapter followed Oric as he hid his organization and began a new stage of his plan, leaving Doflamingo stranded after Sugar erased her memories of him. At Marineford, Sengoku asked Ron to review a file about the Straw Hat Pirates.

• The government announced that Jason was not Roger's son and offered a ten-billion-Berry bounty for Oric, alive only.
• Oric questioned the toy Doflamingo about the secret he was supposedly hiding, while Sugar said she could not remember Doflamingo.
• Oric ordered his followers to enter indefinite dormancy, donned a gold-trimmed black mask, and left with Sugar.
• Doflamingo was washed back onto the beach and laughed hysterically as Oric's ship disappeared.
• Sengoku gave Ron a file to review, and Ron identified it as being about the Straw Hat Pirates.

Ron learned that Sengoku was investigating Nico Robin’s joining the Straw Hat Pirates and ordered Ron to question Dragon, while Aokiji confronted him about Jason’s death. Ron defended sacrificing Jason as useful and challenged Aokiji’s view of justice, leaving Aokiji asking why Ron called it selfish.

• Ron laughed at Chopper’s 100-Berry bounty, and Sengoku explained that Wapol had arranged the Straw Hat Pirates’ increased bounties but paid only a token amount for Chopper.
• Ron saw a photograph confirming Nico Robin had joined the Straw Hat Pirates, and Sengoku asked whether Ron would exterminate them if ordered.
• Ron said he would not show the Straw Hats mercy, but Sengoku assigned him to investigate Dragon’s connection to Robin and prevent Luffy from becoming like Ace.
• Ron encountered Aokiji, who said he had come to discuss Jason’s death.
• Ron admitted Jason’s death had been useful, then criticized Aokiji’s Leisurely Justice as narrow-minded and selfish; Aokiji asked him to explain.

Ron challenged Aokiji’s beliefs about justice and exposed the conflict between his tolerance of others and his desire to protect his own ideals. Aokiji left the conversation shaken, while Ron wondered what he would do now that he was no longer numb and lazy.

• Ron argued that Aokiji’s belief in understanding others concealed his need to defend his own sense of justice, and compared him with Akainu.
• Aokiji’s distress caused his beer can to freeze and frost to spread across the garden as Ron pressed him about the suffering he could not tolerate.
• Aokiji challenged Ron to reveal his true beliefs, and Ron admitted that he cared only about living for himself rather than justice, the Navy, or pirates.
• Aokiji said Ron seemed more suited to become Fleet Admiral than he or Akainu, then left.
• Ron watched Aokiji go and wondered what remarkable things he would accomplish now that he was no longer lazy.

Ron wondered whether Aokiji might still become Fleet Admiral, then visited Impel Down and startled Hannyabal with a joke about a sandbag-sized fist. The chapter ended with Ron striking Hannyabal after he failed to understand the joke.

• Ron considered approaching Akainu to secure support while Aokiji’s prospects for Fleet Admiral remained uncertain.
• Ron arrived at Impel Down amid a storm, frightening the guards who remembered his experiments on prisoners.
• Ron mistook Hannyabal’s private gesture for something indecent and patted his shoulder to encourage him.
• Hannyabal panicked after Ron startled him, then thanked Ron when he promised he had seen and heard nothing.
• Ron showed Hannyabal his fist and explained that it was the size of a sandbag, then punched him.

Ron visited Dragon in Impel Down’s Thunder Hell, where the prisoners’ Haki kept his lightning from reaching Dragon’s cell. Dragon suggested Ron’s visit showed that events outside were already changing, and Ron ended the meeting by blasting the ground with electricity and saying he should kill him.

• Ron entered Thunder Hell with two human dogs, frightening the prisoners who remembered his torture.
• Hannyabal tried to avoid guarding the entrance, but Magellan knocked him unconscious and left him behind.
• Ron ordered the human dogs to lead him to Dragon, who was imprisoned among Lone Red, World Destroyer, and Big Drinker Vasco Shot.
• Ron told Dragon that he had at most a year before execution and asked whether the rebels could change anything in that time.
• Dragon replied that Ron already knew the answer because of the situation outside, and Ron blasted the ground with electricity before saying he should kill him.

Ron confronted Dragon in Impel Down and revealed that he had killed BIG MOM and destroyed the BIG Pirates, leaving Dragon alarmed by how much the balance of power had shifted. Patrick Redfield then challenged Ron after sensing his strength.

• Ron questioned Dragon for intelligence, but Dragon refused to betray his comrades and warned that the Five Elders might hear them.
• Ron told Dragon that the Revolutionary Army could not match a Yonko crew and revealed that he had killed BIG MOM and wiped out the BIG Pirates.
• Ron showed Dragon his First Class Honor Medal, confirming the significance of the victory and undermining Dragon’s remaining plans.
• Patrick Redfield asked Ron whether BIG MOM had been strong, and Ron said she would not have matched Red at his peak.
• Ron unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and Thundercloud Dragon Pattern, claimed he had personally torn off BIG MOM’s head, and drew Red’s interest in fighting him.

Ron and Red agreed to fight in the future, then Ron confronted Dragon about the Revolutionary Army’s role in the current upheaval. Ron revealed that he led the reorganized Marine Assassination Unit, leaving Dragon and the imprisoned pirates stunned.

• Red challenged Ron, and Ron promised to fight him after finding the Vampire Fruit and Pure Gold.
• Ron and Red clashed with Haki, shaking Impel Down, before agreeing to wait for a future battle.
• Ron told Dragon that the Marines had taken over Totto Land and planned to establish G11 Branch there.
• Ron urged Dragon to cooperate with the Marines instead of reigniting war, and Dragon questioned whether Ron could change the government.
• Ron revealed that he was Commander-in-Chief of the Marine Assassination Unit, shocking Dragon and the nearby prisoners.

Ron failed to persuade Dragon to trust the changed government, then suspected that a high-ranking official was aiding the Revolutionary Army and ordered an investigation into the Shichibukai. The investigation was interrupted when Charlos Saint Orpheus was found murdered, and Ron went with CP0 to examine the killing.

• Ron confronted Dragon, who refused to trust the government and left the Revolutionary Army’s future choices to his companions.
• Ron returned to Marineford and told Sengoku that a high-ranking government figure might be colluding with the Revolutionary Army, possibly through the Shichibukai.
• Sengoku ordered Ron to investigate the Shichibukai, but Tsuru arrived and reported that Charlos Saint Orpheus had been killed in a revenge attack.
• Ron suspected Tesoro was behind the killing and met Bald Zero near the crime scene, where Ain challenged Zero’s attempt to blame G-10.

After Charlos Saint Orpheus was murdered, Rob Lucci questioned Ron about the killer and sought possible suspects. Ron planned to use secret information from Impel Down to turn Lucci against the Revolutionary Army.

• The Five Elders ordered a full investigation after Charlos Saint Orpheus was found murdered.
• Rob Lucci reassured Ron that Zero’s hostile behavior would not cause trouble between them.
• Lucci explained that the killer had attacked Charlos aboard his ship and that the ship drifted into G-10 waters after the murder.
• Lucci asked Ron whether he suspected someone who feared him, and Ron realized Tesoro had likely acted before the ship reached G-10.
• Ron told Lucci he had new information from Impel Down and asked him to keep it confidential.
• Lucci swore to guard the secret, while Ron decided to use it to undermine the Revolutionary Army.

The Five Elders investigated the possibility that a Revolutionary Army mole among the Shichibukai killed Charloss. At the crime scene, Zero used his extraordinary powers of observation to narrow down the killer’s likely traits, leaving Tesoro as a strong suspect.

• The Five Elders agreed to investigate the Shichibukai for a Revolutionary Army mole after Sengoku confirmed Ron had ordered a full investigation.
• Ron and Zero’s team arrived at the G-10 Branch, where Dorte’s soldiers inspected and registered the CP0 agents before letting them through.
• Ron examined the bloodstained deck where Charloss had been killed, and Dorte described how the killer had pinned Charloss in place to bleed to death.
• Lucci suspected multiple killers based on the varied wounds, but Zero concluded that a single powerful man had fought through the guards.
• Zero narrowed the suspect’s traits to a large man with a ranged attack or a man with an ability to alter his size, and Ron privately suspected Tesoro fit both possibilities.

Ron sent Zero to investigate Century City while he remained in command, then ordered compensation for the dead agents. Meanwhile, the Straw Hat Pirates realized their route was leading them to Jaya Island, a Marine base overseen by Azure Dragon, and reacted with fear.

• Lucci reported that the attacked ship had last stopped in Century City, and Ron invited Zero to investigate it while he stayed behind.
• Ron lent Zero a war airship and ordered the dead agents returned to headquarters, with their families receiving double compensation at his expense.
• Nami noticed that the Log Pose was pointing upward and realized the crew had forgotten they were traveling the fourth route.
• Robin explained that Jaya Island was a Marine base overseen by Azure Dragon, frightening the Straw Hat Pirates.

The Straw Hat Pirates debated how to avoid Marine Azure Dragon while approaching G-10, and Nami laid out two dangerous escape routes. When Ron learned an unregistered ship had entered his waters, he sent Dorte to investigate, while Luffy chose to ride the Upward Sea Current toward Sky Island.

• Nami warned Luffy and the crew that both Jaya Island and Sky Island fell under G-10's control and that Marine Azure Dragon was too powerful to face.
• Ron learned that the Territory Sea Bull had spotted an unregistered ship on the route taken by a Marine warship and assigned Dorte to investigate.
• Dorte gathered soldiers and headed toward the ship while Ron ordered the Airship Force to return to port for repairs.
• A Territory Sea Bull pursued the Straw Hat Pirates, and Nami explained that they could either flee through the Upward Sea Current or turn back and hide at sea.
• Luffy refused to turn back and ordered the crew to take the Upward Sea Current toward Sky Island, while Zoro sensed that they had overlooked something.

Dorte’s warship attacked the Going Merry with a long-range Electromagnetic Cannon, nearly destroying it, and began pursuing the Straw Hat Pirates toward G-10. Luffy chose to keep going, relying on Nami to steer and Zoro to warn the crew when the next shot was coming.

• Dorte identified the Straw Hat Pirates and ordered his warship to fire an Electromagnetic Cannon shot to drive them toward G-10, while arranging for Henry to take over their capture.
• Zoro warned the crew that the Marines were about to fire, but Luffy believed he could bounce the cannonball.
• The cannon blast tore through the Going Merry, badly damaging the ship and injuring Sanji and other crew members.
• Sanji urged Luffy to retreat, but Luffy asked Nami if they could dodge another shot.
• Nami explained that the cannon charged slowly and that they might evade it by watching for its firing movements, then took the helm as Zoro prepared to signal the next attack.
• Dorte ordered his crew to raise the main sail and pursue the Going Merry toward the G-10 base.