Chapter Summaries

Wright returned to Shimotsuki Village with Kuina and gave Zoro the Great Grade Sword Second Generation Kitetsu to even the odds in his next duel. Kuina defeated Zoro in their 2,002nd match, and Wright healed him afterward.

• Wright returned to the One Heart Dojo with Kuina, greeted Koushirou and his wife, and left them a portable third-generation Lightforged Beacon.
• Wright found Zoro training and gave him the cleansed Second Generation Kitetsu, warning him that he needed strength to keep a famous sword.
• Wright brought Zoro to see Kuina and announced he would watch their 2,002nd duel.
• Zoro and Kuina fought, but Kuina overwhelmed him with her battle-hardened killing intent and struck him down with her Mountain Splitting Strike.
• Wright healed Zoro with the Holy Light Spell, and Kuina told him he was still far too weak.

Wright watched Zoro train with Kuina, encouraged him to keep the Second Generation Kitetsu, and heard his determination to defeat Hawkeye Mihawk. In Cocoyasi Village, Wright saw how Nami had mastered navigation and weather studies, then encouraged her to keep learning so she could one day help Kuina.

• Wright explained how battle experience and killing intent had helped Kuina improve, while telling Zoro to keep the Second Generation Kitetsu and continue forging his own path.
• Zoro declared that he would find and defeat Hawkeye Mihawk, and Wright admitted that he had fought Mihawk and lost.
• After leaving Koushirou's dojo, Wright traveled to Cocoyasi Village and examined the nautical charts and weather records Nami had drawn herself.
• Genzo told Wright that Nami's knowledge had grown so far that she could accurately forecast the weather, and that the Sixteenth Branch had protected the village from pirate attacks.
• Wright learned that Arlong had died in Impel Down and heard that villages once controlled by him prayed for peace beneath portraits of Wright.
• Wright praised Nami's talent for charts and weather, encouraging her to study so she could someday help Kuina.

Wright visited Foosha Village after Garp asked him to bring Kuina to Mount Colubo and teach Ace and Luffy a lesson. He tested the boys’ training and advised them, while Ace revealed he had stopped using a steel pipe since Sabo’s apparent death.

• Wright spoke with Garp, who described how Ace had changed since Sabo’s disappearance and asked him to bring Kuina to Foosha Village.
• Wright changed the warship’s course and traveled with Kuina to Mount Colubo, where Garp took her to see the mountain’s giant tigers.
• Garp asked Wright to have Kuina teach Ace and Luffy a lesson, but Wright first challenged the two boys to attack him together.
• Wright defeated Ace and Luffy, then praised their physical foundations while pointing out weaknesses in Ace’s weapon choice and Luffy’s Devil Fruit attacks.
• Ace told Wright he had not used a steel pipe since what happened to Sabo, and Luffy began crying at the mention of Sabo.

Wright reassured Ace and Luffy that Sabo had a crystal that could save his life, then explained his views on pirates and revealed that he was Sabo’s biological uncle. He told Ace that Gol D. Roger had known the world’s hidden truths and started the Great Pirate Era to expose them.

• Wright guaranteed that Sabo was alive and explained that his golden crystal could save his life, though it could not spare him suffering.
• Ace told Wright he believed Garp trusted him and asked for guidance about pirates and Sabo’s death.
• Wright explained that famous pirates could cause harm through their followers and that truly dangerous pirates would be sent to Impel Down.
• Ace revealed that his father was Gol D. Roger, and Wright disclosed that his own father was Sabo’s grandfather, making Wright Sabo’s uncle.
• Wright told Ace that Roger had learned the world’s hidden truths and started the Great Pirate Era to bring them to light.

Wright took Ace, Luffy, and Kuina to see how people viewed pirates and Marines, hoping to make the children understand the world beyond combat. On the way back to Foosha Village, Luffy reaffirmed his dream of becoming Pirate King, while Kuina embraced a new goal of using her sword for justice.

• Garp had Kuina defeat Luffy and Ace in combat, then Wright offered to take the children around nearby communities.
• Wright reflected on the World Government’s control and the choices Marines made, concluding that weakening pirates and strengthening the Marines were necessary.
• Wright brought the three children to islands, villages, and towns, where they heard varied views about pirates and Marines and Wright dealt with corrupt Marines.
• Luffy declared that he would become Pirate King, while Kuina said she wanted to draw her sword for justice as well as become stronger.

Wright revealed to Ace that Roger had turned himself in after reaching Laugh Tale while terminally ill, hoping Ace would inherit his will and expose the World Government’s hidden truth. Ace reconsidered his hatred of his origins as Wright declared his own intention to bring hope and light to a world ruled by the Celestial Dragons.

• Wright sent Kuina and Luffy to Makino’s Tavern, then told Ace that Marines could not freely act because of the World Government’s influence.
• Wright explained that the World Government had hidden Roger’s real name and falsely claimed to have captured him.
• Wright revealed that Roger had been terminally ill, turned himself in, and entrusted Ace to Garp while hoping Ace would reveal the truth of the world.
• Ace wept and questioned whether Roger’s pursuit of freedom and resistance had been a search for truth.
• Wright said he shared Roger’s goal but opposed his methods, then conjured golden Holy Light and called himself the light of hope.

Wright told Ace about the Marines’ failures and his ambition to reform them, prompting Ace to reconsider his hatred of Roger and his plans to become a pirate. Ace left the choice open for the next two years, while Wright promised to recruit him if he still wanted to join the Marines.

• Wright explained that the Marines largely served the World Government and Celestial Dragons rather than justice, and shared his goal of reforming them.
• Ace said he had once considered becoming a Marine but rejected the idea after the Celestial Dragons destroyed Sabo’s boat; Wright’s words made him less determined to become a pirate.
• Ace admitted he wanted time to think and asked Wright not to tell Garp; Wright said he needed to rise in rank before he could protect Ace’s identity.
• Ace proposed sailing as an adventurer without a Pirate Flag or bounty, and Wright told him to decide after two years, warning they would be enemies if Ace chose piracy.
• Kuina and Luffy called from nearby, and Wright and Ace headed back up the mountain to join the others.

Wright tells Garp that Luffy is beyond saving and that Ace’s future as a Marine depends on whether Garp can protect him. He then arrives in Loguetown with Kuina, where they unexpectedly meet Tashigi, who looks almost exactly like her.

• Wright told Garp that Shanks’s influence had made Luffy impossible to turn toward the Marines, and joked that Garp should break a leg so Wright could heal him.
• Wright said Ace might still be willing to join the Marines, but questioned whether Garp could protect him; Garp learned that Ace had told Wright about his father and accepted his reassurance.
• Wright and Kuina sailed to Loguetown, where Wright explained the town’s importance and the strength of its pirate traffic.
• Wright and Kuina encountered Tashigi, who looked almost identical to Kuina, and invited her to a drink shop.
• Tashigi agreed to join them and admitted that her purse had been stolen, asking if she could order snacks.

Wright met Tashigi in Loguetown, invited her to join the Marines, and brought her back to Marine Headquarters. After arranging her enlistment, he contacted Morgans about their plan to suppress discussion of Wright until the right moment.

• Wright took Kuina and Tashigi to a restaurant, where Tashigi recognized him as a famous Marine and explained that she wanted to join the Marines.
• Wright invited Tashigi to return with him to Marine Headquarters, and she shared her wish to reclaim famous blades taken by evil people.
• Wright tested Tashigi's swordsmanship and approved her enlistment; Kuina gave her a Marine uniform for the journey back.
• At Marine Headquarters, Wright arranged for Tashigi to complete her enlistment before preparing to depart for the G-5 Branch.
• Wright called Morgans, who reported that discussion of Wright was being toned down so his suppressed prestige could erupt when needed.

After returning to G-5, Wright reviewed Smoker’s report on the New World’s major pirate forces and discussed Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, and Shanks. He learned that Drake had been invited to join Kaido’s Beasts Pirates and suggested Drake could eventually replace Jack, while telling Smoker to find a chance to eliminate Jack.

• Wright praised Smoker and Ain for keeping the G-5 Branch running and reviewed the base’s records.
• Smoker described Shanks’s growing influence and discussed how the Red Hair Pirates might rise to equal the other Sea Emperors.
• Smoker complained that Whitebeard protected Fish-Man Island, and Wright explained why Whitebeard’s beliefs made that protection natural.
• Smoker reported that Big Mom had destroyed another island and that Kaido’s Beasts Pirates were recruiting Zoan users.
• Smoker told Wright that Drake had made a name for himself and received an invitation from Kaido’s Beasts Pirates.
• Wright suggested Drake might surpass Jack and told Smoker to find an opportunity to get rid of Jack.

Wright and Smoker discussed the growing exposure of the Lightforged Crystals and their importance to Marines in the New World. In Drum Kingdom, Doctor Kureha read about Wright and set out to contact Marine Headquarters in hopes of treating someone whose illness could not be cured with current medical technology.

• Smoker asked Wright whether it was safe that pirates had learned about the Lightforged Crystals, and Wright explained that the Marines could not stop using them to protect their personnel.
• Wright described how Sengoku limited the crystals issued to warships and how Morgans helped portray them as medical tools that became useless when shattered.
• Smoker complained that the World Government might give crystals to Celestial Dragons, and Wright said he would surprise them if they tried to use one in front of him.
• Smoker asked whether Wright could heal Issho's eyes, and Wright said Issho refused treatment before teasing Smoker about Hina.
• Doctor Kureha read a newspaper praising Wright's healing ability, then left her tree house to contact Marine Headquarters about a patient whose illness current medical technology could not cure.

Wright rushed to Drum Kingdom to save Hiluluk after Tsuru asked for his help, but Chopper had already given Hiluluk poisonous Amiudake, believing it would cure him. Hiluluk reached Wapol’s palace, discovered the Twenty Doctors were unharmed, and detonated his bombs as Wright approached Drum Mountain.

• Tsuru asked Wright to save her old acquaintance Hiluluk, who had only two weeks to live, and Wright agreed to travel to Drum Kingdom.
• Wright used Alabasta’s Lightforged Beacon as a relay point, then flew toward Drum Kingdom while Cobra and Vivi watched him depart.
• Kureha learned that Chopper had given Hiluluk poisonous Amiudake and told Chopper that the mushroom would kill him.
• Hiluluk went to Wapol’s palace to save the Twenty Doctors, discovered Wapol had tricked him, and accepted that the doctors were safe.
• Hiluluk detonated his bombs as Wright neared Drum Mountain, and Chopper arrived at the palace amid the explosion.

Wright defeated Wapol, healed Hiluluk and Chopper, and brought them back to Kureha’s treehouse. After resisting the Holy Light’s temptation to bind Wapol into a loyal servant, Wright killed him and declared himself the controller of the Holy Light.

• Chopper charged toward the explosion as Wright’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out Wapol, Doctors 20, Dalton, and the royal guards.
• Wright carried the unconscious Wapol to Hiluluk’s Treehouse, where Kureha discovered that Hiluluk and Chopper had been restored to health.
• Wright rejected the temptation to use the Light Binding Ritual on Wapol and beheaded him with Ashes, ending the Holy Light’s negative influence over him.
• Wright restored the fallen boulder outside the treehouse and told Kureha that he had come to save Hiluluk and Chopper.
• Kureha welcomed Wright inside and made him promise not to tell Hiluluk and Chopper that she had been crying.

Wright saved Hiluluk and Chopper from the bomb and cured Hiluluk’s terminal illness. Hiluluk recovered, and Chopper began studying medicine under Kureha, determined to become a doctor who could cure every disease.

• Wright recounted how he used the explosion’s smoke to rescue Hiluluk and Chopper, then healed them and left Wapol in a coma.
• Kureha woke Hiluluk and Chopper, explained that Wright had saved them, and introduced him as a Marine Vice Admiral with extraordinary healing powers.
• Hiluluk thanked Wright and Kureha, then shared his past and his story with Chopper as the group talked together.
• Chopper asked Wright if he could become a doctor like him, and Hiluluk explained that Wright’s Devil Fruit power could not be passed on.
• Hiluluk asked Kureha to teach Chopper medicine, and Kureha agreed after Chopper said he wanted to become a universal medicine.

Wright reassured Chopper that Devil Fruit users were not monsters and discussed his future with Hiluluk and Kureha. He tried to grant Chopper healing abilities through Holy Light, but the attempt failed because Chopper’s Devil Fruit powers rejected it.

• Wright told Chopper about unusual Devil Fruit users and urged him to focus on learning medicine from Kureha.
• Hiluluk asked Wright to take Chopper into the Marines after his training, but Wright suggested a place where Chopper could help more people.
• Kureha returned and prepared to take Chopper to her treehouse for lessons, while Hiluluk said he would visit him each day.
• Wright offered to try giving Chopper healing abilities, and Chopper agreed.
• Wright’s Holy Light Infusion was rejected halfway through, and he concluded that it could not leave a Holy Light Seed inside a Devil Fruit user.
• Chopper worried that he had failed, but Wright told him there were no shortcuts to becoming a panacea and that he would need to work harder.

Wright reported the Fourth Generation Lightforged Beacon’s development and learned that its use would be restricted to Marine bases. After King Cobra offered Alabasta’s support for Wright’s ambitions, Wright went to the Science Laboratory to discuss upgrading the existing beacons with Dr. Vegapunk.

• Wright told King Cobra and Princess Vivi that Dr. Vegapunk was testing a beacon ordinary people could use, but warned that those above planned to restrict its deployment.
• Cobra offered Alabasta’s help when the time was right, and Wright thanked him before leaving.
• Sengoku told Wright that the Fourth Generation Lightforged Beacon had been successfully developed but could teleport only one person at a time and would be installed only at Marine bases.
• Wright teased Sengoku about his dream of spreading Justice that Reigns Over the World, then teleported to the Science Laboratory using his beacon identification number.
• Dr. Vegapunk began designing an alert device for the beacon after Wright’s sudden arrival startled him.

Wright visited Vegapunk, who completed a teleport warning device and discussed security features for the Lightforged Beacon. Vegapunk revealed his failed Artificial Devil Fruit research and said the World Government had ordered him to begin human gigantification research as Sentomaru arrived.

• Vegapunk finished designing a device that would warn users before the Lightforged Beacon teleported them, and Wright suggested adding sender information and optional recipient confirmation.
• Vegapunk showed Wright a small dragon-like creature produced during his Artificial Devil Fruit research and asked Wright to bring him some of Kaido's blood, scales, or a claw.
• Vegapunk explained that his failed mythical dragon fruit would impair its user's transformations and intelligence, potentially turning them into a savage beast.
• Vegapunk told Wright that the World Government had ordered him to research human gigantification after he focused on the Lightforged Beacon project.
• Wright warned Vegapunk to protect himself, and Vegapunk noted that Sentomaru had arrived.

Wright helped Vegapunk perfect the Fourth Generation Lightforged Beacon and arranged for his secret relocation to Punk Hazard while the Marines prepared to strengthen the G-5 Branch. After the new warship Dawn arrived, Wright introduced its Lightforged Crystal systems and elite-focused design to his officers and crew.

• Wright received Sengoku's order to erase Punk Hazard from the G-5 Branch's patrol routes, while Sengoku planned to win Vegapunk's cooperation and use Borsalino's Devil Fruit in weapons research.
• Wright told Sengoku that pirate crews serving three Sea Emperors had been testing the G-5 Branch and requested Headquarters support as he awaited the new warship.
• Sengoku told Wright that the warship would enter service soon and urged him to hold off the New World pirates while Headquarters trained new Marines.
• Two months later, Wright welcomed the newly commissioned warship Dawn to the G-5 Branch and led Smoker, Hina, Ain, Issho, shipwrights, and elite Marines aboard to inspect it.
• Wright explained that the Dawn's Lightforged Crystals could aid recovery and that its Holy Light Power improved its mobility and defenses, allowing it to operate with a smaller elite crew.

Wright prepared the Dawn as the G-5 Branch’s new warship and discussed the Whitebeard Pirates’ likely response to his campaign against pirates entering the New World. Aboard the Moby Dick, Whitebeard and his captains recognized Wright’s work and the threat his position posed to their crews.

• Wright completed the Dawn’s Lightforged Crystal upgrades, and the Marines at G-5 admired the warship’s capabilities.
• Wright spoke with Issho about the changing world and warned that the Whitebeard Pirates might soon test the G-5 Branch.
• Issho offered to fight, but Wright told him to keep his strength concealed unless a major battle required it.
• Aboard the Moby Dick, Marco chastised Whitebeard for drinking, while Whitey Bay and Thunder Lord Marco Guy discussed Wright’s campaign against pirate crews.
• Whitebeard said Wright’s success showed that Sengoku trusted him deeply, unlike the G-5 Branch’s former reputation as a place for Marine outcasts.

Whitebeard’s crew discussed Vice Admiral Wright’s growing threat and sent Vista, Marco Guy, and Whitey Bay to test him. Wright mobilized the Dawn and his Marines to meet them at sea, and the chapter ended as both sides prepared to board and fight.

• Whitey Bay and Marco Guy warned Whitebeard that Wright’s reorganization of G-5 had weakened pirate recruitment, while Whitebeard praised Wright’s abilities.
• Vista volunteered to challenge Wright, and Whitebeard approved his departure with Whitey Bay and the others.
• Wright learned that Whitebeard’s Fifth Division was approaching and ordered the patrol ship to withdraw while he prepared the Dawn for battle.
• Wright gathered Smoker, Hina, Ain, and five hundred elite Marines, assigned their combat roles, and promised to bring them back safely.
• Vista’s group learned the patrol ship had stopped ahead, and Marco Guy urged them to board the Marine ships to guard against Wright’s attacks.
• Vista told Whitey Bay to remain aboard, but she objected to being excluded from combat.