Chapter Summaries

Ron wounded Ace, Sabo, and Luffy as they tried to escape with Zoro, but Ace entered a rampaging state after being struck down. Ron punched through Ace and realized that the awakened fire had transformed him into something no longer fully human.

• Luffy ran toward the Revolutionary Army's submarine with Zoro, but Ron intercepted him and wounded Ace and Sabo with lightning-fast sword strikes.
• Ron slashed Luffy as he ran, sending him tumbling across the plaza while he still held Zoro.
• Ace's flames erupted into an awakening rampage, melting the granite beneath him as he charged Ron.
• Ace struck Ron with a Haki-infused blast of fire, but Ron healed from the attack and punched through Ace with Railgun.
• Ron noticed that Ace's body had become like Monet's, with fire blooming from his wound instead of human flesh.

Sabo and Ace fought Ron at G-10 while Kuma waited for a hidden preparation to finish, but Ron’s strength overwhelmed them. The chapter ended when Nico Robin shouted from atop the fortress, revealing the group’s trump card.

• Sabo asked Kuma how long his hidden preparation would take, and Kuma said it needed five more minutes.
• Ron attacked Sabo with the Eight Cannons of the Thunder God, and Ace took a blow meant for him before striking back with Fire Fist.
• Ron blew Ace apart with a single punch and continued attacking Sabo, whose arms were badly injured as he retreated from Ron’s fourth strike.
• Sabo told Ron he had come only as Luffy’s older brother, and Ron prepared to strike him again.
• Nico Robin shouted from the top of the fortress, and Ron recognized her as the group’s trump card.

Sabo and Kuma threatened G-10 with Robin at the Railgun and a cache of Dyna Stone, forcing Ron to weigh their lives against the fortress's destruction. The standoff ended with Sabo asking Ron to let them go, while the outcome remained unresolved.

• Ron realized Sabo and Kuma had timed their infiltration to seize control of the Railgun room and use Robin to threaten G-10.
• Chopper cried out to Robin, but Robin avoided answering and warned Ron that she could fire the Railgun at the base.
• Dorte learned that soldiers would need at least half an hour to break through the locked door, while Robin needed only an instant to fire.
• Sabo argued that Ron would not sacrifice G-10's soldiers to kill them, then revealed that Kuma carried Dyna Stone capable of destroying the fortress.
• Sabo asked Ron to release them, leaving their fate dependent on whether he would risk G-10's destruction.

Ron countered Sabo’s threat to destroy G-10 by agreeing to let the Straw Hat Pirates leave only if someone important stayed behind. Ace accepted that someone would have to pay with their life to secure Sabo’s escape, leaving the choice between himself and Sabo.

• Law and Ain urged Ron to attack the Revolutionary Army rather than let the Straw Hat Pirates go, while Dorte and Henry misread each other’s thoughts.
• Ron offered to let the Straw Hat Pirates leave, then demanded that someone important stay behind to cover their retreat as lightning threatened G-10.
• Ron warned Sabo that he would abandon the deal if the Revolutionary Army chose an insignificant person, and said Kuma belonged to the Navy Science Unit.
• Ace stopped Sabo from confronting Ron and said he would carve out a path for Sabo to survive, acknowledging that either he or Sabo would have to pay the price.

Ace surrendered himself to Ron so Sabo could escape with Luffy and Nico Robin, while Kuma kept Ron from interfering with the retreat. Ron then revealed that he intended to break the Revolutionary Army in a coming battle, and at Marine Headquarters he faced questions about his decision as the Navy prepared for Whitebeard’s counterattack.

• Ace offered to remain Ron’s prisoner, and Sabo left with the unconscious Luffy while Nico Robin later joined them.
• Kuma held a container of Dyna Stone close as Ron let the Straw Hat Pirates and Revolutionary Army withdraw from G-10.
• Ain ordered the forces to let the group leave, while Ron and Dorte planned to use the next battle to crush the Revolutionary Army’s spirit.
• At Marine Headquarters, Ron told the Five Elders that he had protected G-10, and Tsuru asked whether he would face consequences.
• Akainu challenged Ron’s motives for allowing the Revolutionary Army to escape, and Ron raised the prospect of Whitebeard’s counterattack.

Ron revealed that Ace was Roger’s son, a fact Sengoku had already learned through Teach’s message. Back at G-10, Ron learned that Mihawk had defeated Dorte in thirty-seven moves and said he would begin his own duel the next day.

• Sengoku told the meeting that Whitebeard would likely be the Marines’ main enemy and praised Ron for protecting his people.
• Ron revealed that investigations had confirmed Ace was Roger’s son, but Sengoku explained that he already knew from a message sent by Teach.
• Sengoku said Ace and Kuma were being held in the underground water prison until Zero returned to take them away.
• Ron returned to G-10 and learned that Mihawk had defeated Dorte in thirty-seven moves without injury.
• Ron reassured Dorte about the gap between him and Mihawk and said he would start his own duel the next day.

Mihawk arrived at G-10 to fight Ron, who took him to a deserted Sky Island where their battle would not endanger civilians. Before the fight began, Shanks's words about freedom and courage resurfaced in Mihawk's mind, but Mihawk suddenly recognized Fujitora on the island.

• Mihawk met Ron at G-10, and Ron brought him aboard an airship to a deserted Island Cloud for their duel.
• Ain asked Dorte why Mihawk wanted to fight Ron, and Dorte said he believed the Vice Admiral would win.
• Ron arrived at Angel Island with Mihawk, learned that Monet had been taken away, and invited Mihawk to begin the fight.
• Mihawk refused to reconsider, saying he valued the courage to draw one's blade even against a stronger opponent.
• Mihawk recalled Shanks explaining that he had bet his arm on Luffy because of the boy's fearless pursuit of freedom.
• Mihawk stepped onto the marked Sky Island and abruptly recognized Fujitora.

Mihawk confronted Ron and Fujitora on the abandoned Sky Island, questioning why they had arranged the conflict. When the three began fighting, Mihawk proved capable of countering their attacks, and Ron ended the chapter by launching an explosive Raikou sphere at him.

• Gan Fall abandoned the ruined Sky Island after deciding it would be easier to rebuild it with soil from G-10.
• Mihawk found Fujitora waiting on the island, and Ron appeared behind him with the Thunder Dragon Halberd.
• Fujitora warned Mihawk to stop resisting, but Mihawk challenged him and Ron attacked with Cloud Dragon Kill.
• Mihawk blocked Ron’s strike, wounded him with a slash, and then parried his lightning spears while Fujitora used Gravity Sword: Fierce Tiger to pin him down.
• Mihawk deflected Ron’s descending halberd, but Ron retreated and unleashed Raikou Bewitching Heart at him.

Ron and Fujitora overwhelmed Mihawk with a coordinated assault that shattered Sky Island and brought a meteor storm down on the battlefield. Ron left Mihawk trapped in the island’s destruction and said farewell as the meteors engulfed him.

• Mihawk’s sword slash failed to stop Ron, who exploited Fujitora’s gravity attack to wound him with the Thunder Halberd.
• Fujitora trapped Mihawk in a crushing gravity field and lifted Island Cloud into a huge sphere, but Mihawk broke free with his sword energy.
• Ron charged Mihawk, who overcame Fujitora’s gravity and cut Ron from shoulder to lower abdomen in their midair clash.
• Ron used Dragon Locking Heaven Array to sink the ground around Mihawk and break the pillar supporting Sky Island.
• Fujitora’s Fire Festival sent the island crashing into the White Sea and summoned a storm of enormous meteors.
• Ron watched Mihawk kneel in the depression, said farewell, and the meteors engulfed the island.

Ron openly defied CP0 director Bald Zero after killing Mihawk, while explaining that he would not let a Shichibukai challenge go unanswered. With a powerful faction behind him, Ron treated the confrontation as an opportunity to expand his influence and left the government to reckon with the consequences.

• Bald Zero and Rob Lucci confronted Ron over Mihawk’s death, and Ron defended the killing as necessary to uphold Marine dignity.
• Ron challenged CP0’s authority and blamed its incompetence, prompting Bald Zero to unleash his Conqueror’s Haki before agreeing to handle the escort operation.
• Bald Zero warned Ron that he would report the matter to the Five Elders, but Ron ordered him and Lucci to leave.
• After the CP0 delegation departed, Ron watched the escort force set out and dismissed Bald Zero’s threats.
• Ron discussed the risks of his growing faction with Issho, Tesoro, and Law, arguing that the timing let him build power while the government was occupied.

Tesoro agreed to investigate Wano Country’s arms trade with the Government, while news of Mihawk’s death at Azure Dragon’s hands sent swordsmen across the world rushing toward the New World to claim the vacant title of World’s Greatest Swordsman.

• Ron asked Tesoro to investigate Wano Country’s internal situation and its weapons trade with the Government, and Tesoro agreed.
• The Government announced that Bartholomew Kuma had been arrested for ties to the Revolutionary Army.
• News spread that Azure Dragon had killed Mihawk in a duel, shocking swordsmen around the world.
• On an unknown island, Zoro stood in the rain with his sword while Sanji and Robin discussed his silence and Luffy’s injuries.
• A grieving Shanks blamed himself for giving Mihawk the chance to fight Azure Dragon, while Beckman said Mihawk had chosen his own path.
• Swordsmen from across the Four Blues set out toward the New World to pursue the vacant title of World’s Greatest Swordsman.

The Five Elders agreed to tolerate Ron’s dealings as long as he continued serving the World Government, while worrying over the Styx River Virus. At Marine Headquarters, Ron proposed a plan to weaken Whitebeard before Ace’s execution, then volunteered to check on Garp after learning he had changed course for Impel Down.

• The Five Elders decided Ron was a useful counter to Oric and would overlook his actions unless he crossed their forbidden line, while Vegapunk and Caesar continued working on Kuma and the Styx River Virus.
• Ron discussed the surge of swordsmen heading for the Grand Line with Sengoku, who then turned the meeting to the location and risks of Ace’s execution.
• Ron proposed secretly telling selected Whitebeard allies that Ace was Roger’s son, exploiting their grudges against Roger to limit Whitebeard’s power during the coming war.
• A messenger reported that Garp had changed course for Impel Down, and Ron offered to check on him; Sengoku agreed.

Garp visited Ace in Impel Down, where the two argued over Ace’s choice to become a pirate and his warning about Ron. On Sabaody, the gathered Supernovas learned that the Marines had announced Ace’s public execution, threatening to set the New World ablaze.

• Garp visited Ace in Impel Down, scolded him for the attack on G-10, and learned that Ace still did not regret trying to save Luffy.
• Garp angrily rebuked Ace for criticizing Ron and left the cell after telling him not to regret his own choice.
• Ron allowed Garp and Ace to speak privately, then Magellan discovered that Ron had disappeared.
• Eustass Kid, Killer, Urouge, Jewelry Bonney, and other Supernovas discussed the missing Straw Hat Pirates in a Sabaody tavern.
• A frightened pirate announced that the Marines had scheduled Portgas D. Ace’s public execution.

After Sengoku announced Ace’s execution, Whitebeard mobilized his forces for war, and the Marines gathered troops to defend Marineford. Koby asked to join the battle, and Ron assigned him to a support unit while warning him about the danger.

• Sengoku announced that Ace would be publicly executed at Marineford in half a month.
• Whitebeard rallied his sons and ordered the Whitebeard Grand Fleet to mobilize for war.
• The Marines summoned officers from across the seas and assembled one hundred thousand elite troops at Marine Headquarters.
• Koby asked Ron and Zephyr to let him join the battle so he could help the wounded and avoid standing by as people died.
• Ron assigned Koby to act with Ain’s unit and warned him not to exceed his abilities on the battlefield.

Ron assigned Smoker to bring Jinbe in after Jinbe refused to join the war against Whitebeard and made demands the Five Elders would not accept. Zephyr expected Jinbe to surrender peacefully, while Ron urged Smoker to use the mission to build his standing in the Marines.

• Smoker arrived at Zephyr’s home, where Zephyr scolded him over his disregard for Marine uniform regulations.
• Ron remembered that he had summoned Smoker to discuss Jinbe, who had opposed the government’s plans for the war because of his debt to Whitebeard.
• Ron explained that the Five Elders had ordered Jinbe’s arrest and that Sengoku had assigned the mission to him.
• Zephyr told Smoker that Jinbe would likely surrender and accept imprisonment to protect Fish-Man Island, making the mission a chance for Smoker to improve his record.
• Ron urged Smoker to use the opportunity to rise in the Marines, and Smoker agreed.
• Smoker remarked that the Shichibukai system was nearly meaningless, and Ron and Zephyr stayed silent.

The Shichibukai arrived at Marine Headquarters amid rumors that the government planned to abolish their system. Ron used his Conqueror’s Haki to intimidate Hancock and the others before Sengoku reassured them that the system would remain in place.

• Ron teased Momonga about his apparent embarrassment over Hancock, while Lao G asked about Jinbe and learned he had been sent to Impel Down after refusing the government’s summons.
• Hancock challenged the government over the Shichibukai system and boasted that her beauty meant she would always be forgiven.
• Ron rebuked Hancock, who recognized him as the Marine responsible for driving Rayleigh toward death and confronted him about resisting her charm.
• Ron unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, terrifying the Shichibukai and demonstrating Marine Headquarters’ power; the display had been planned with Sengoku.
• Sengoku entered, assured the Shichibukai that the government had no intention of abolishing their system, and urged them to cooperate.

As the broadcast of Ace’s execution began, Ron warned Sengoku that Whitebeard’s fleet was approaching underwater, and the Marines prepared an ambush. The chapter ended as Aokiji froze the harbor and Sengoku ordered the railguns to fire at the ships beneath the ice.

• At Sabaody Archipelago, Bonney spotted a cloaked figure near the shore but dismissed her suspicion and waited for the broadcast.
• Garp expressed his conflicted feelings about Ace’s execution, and Tsuru stopped him from criticizing the government.
• Sengoku announced Ace’s execution, and Ace was brought onto the platform before the watching Marines and Sabaody spectators.
• Ron secretly informed Sengoku that Whitebeard’s fleet had evaded surveillance by traveling underwater with help from the Fish-Men.
• Ron ordered Aokiji to freeze the harbor, revealing Whitebeard’s ships beneath the ice, and Sengoku commanded the railguns to fire.

Whitebeard’s fleet arrived at Marineford to rescue Ace, and Sengoku countered his attack with his Buddha powers while Aokiji froze the resulting tsunami. As the battle began in earnest, Bonney realized a ship had slipped away toward Marine Headquarters.

• Whitebeard raised the sea and brought the Moby Dick and his pirate army to Marineford, then told Ace he had come to rescue him.
• Ron reported that the Navy’s Railgun strike had sunk three pirate ships and damaged seven after the pirates deflected its trajectory.
• Sengoku transformed into his Great Buddha form and used a shockwave to break Whitebeard’s vibrations and collapse the raised seawater.
• Whitebeard sent Marco and the Grand Fleet to advance on the Navy lines and bring Ace and their family back.
• Aokiji froze the towering tsunami before it could crash into Marineford.
• Bonney noticed a ship was gone and realized someone had set sail for Marine Headquarters.

At Marine Headquarters, the Marines used their superior strength and weapons to push back Whitebeard’s forces, so Whitebeard sent Little Oars Jr. to break through the harbor defenses. Little Oars tore through the first line but was met by Marine giants, while Ron ordered the Airship Force to begin indiscriminate fire.

• Onigumo charged the Moby Dick, but Vista intercepted him and the two clashed as their strength was compared.
• Whitebeard called on Little Oars Jr. to break through the harbor defenses, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to seal the harbor and Akainu to stop him.
• Little Oars Jr. smashed through the defensive wall, but Lao G and four other Giant Tribe vice admirals cut off one of his toes and forced him back.
• Little Oars Jr. defeated Lao G and drove the other giant vice admirals away, inspiring the pirates to charge toward the breach.
• Ron ordered the defensive device raised and the Airship Force to begin indiscriminate fire, calling the attack his second gift to Whitebeard.

Akainu blocked the Whitebeard Pirates’ escape, but Marco held him off while Law killed Little Oars and trapped the pirates inside the bay. Law withdrew with Akainu, leaving the Whitebeard Pirates surrounded as a massive barrage of artillery began.

• Akainu attacked the retreating pirates with Great Eruption, and Marco intercepted him while Little Oars urged the others to escape.
• Law appeared before Little Oars as Ron explained that Law had a way to deal with large targets.
• Ron’s prepared steel barriers rose around the bay, and Law used his ROOM to cut out Little Oars’s heart and kill him.
• Jozu threw a block of ice at Law, who moved beside Akainu and transferred them both out of the bay.
• Marco and Jozu searched for a way through the steel wall before the Marines’ Plasma Cannons and Railguns unleashed a huge barrage on the trapped pirates.