Chapter Summaries

Wright assigned Issho and Ain to gather intelligence in Golden City and explained his plan to join forces with former enemies to reform the world. Encouraged by their support, he reaffirmed his goal of world peace, then returned to Shimotsuki Village with the Second Generation Kitetsu for Zoro.

• Wright assigned Issho to oversee Golden City and Ain to compile intelligence there, with a Lightforged Beacon ready to provide support.
• Wright told Issho and Ain that Germa had supplied the Dawn's renovation blueprints and that he intended to unite forces to address the world's problems at their source.
• Issho supported Wright's plan, urging him to control any borrowed power and promising to protect the innocent if sacrifices were required.
• Ain criticized the Marines for serving the World Government's rule and declared that she and many young Marines trusted Wright's pursuit of world peace.
• Wright thanked Issho and Ain, sent them to prepare for Golden City, and joked that they should buy tea from Gild Tesoro.
• Wright returned to Shimotsuki Village with the Second Generation Kitetsu, and Zoro eagerly took the sword as Wright challenged him to prepare for Kuina's future return.

Wright returned to Kuraigana Island to test his improved swordsmanship against Mihawk, then challenged the World's Greatest Swordsman with his full strength. Mihawk praised Wright’s power and said their duel had given him new motivation to keep advancing.

• Wright remembered his planned spar with Mihawk and left Zoro to train.
• Mihawk read about a former Marine who had joined Kaido’s crew and wondered why Wright had not gone after him.
• Wright arrived at Mihawk’s castle, and they went to their usual battlefield for a swordsmanship contest.
• Mihawk outmatched Wright in ordinary swordplay, but Wright’s Sky Severance clashed evenly with Mihawk’s powerful strike.
• Wright unleashed Ashes Awakening, and his Night Slash collided with Mihawk’s Conviction, splitting the clouds over Kuraigana Island.
• Mihawk judged Wright close to a Marine Headquarters admiral in overall strength and said the duel had restored his motivation to improve.

Kuina officially joined the G-5 Branch under Wright and asked him to help Tashigi advance her training. Meanwhile, Wright received Drake’s intelligence about Doflamingo’s dealings with Kaido and arranged special treatment for two Donquixote Family prisoners.

• Wright appointed Kuina a lieutenant in the G-5 Branch and praised her progress in swordsmanship.
• Kuina asked Wright to help Tashigi, and he ordered Tashigi transferred to G-5 for swordsmanship training alongside Kuina.
• Wright read Drake’s report that Doflamingo had met with Kaido and that Sea Stone mining and exports might be suspended.
• Wright deduced that Doflamingo was using the Sea Stone trade to pressure the World Government for a chance to become a Shichibukai.
• Wright contacted Warden Magellan and asked him to ensure two Donquixote Family members could not escape prison even if a Shichibukai pardon was issued.

Sengoku, Tsuru, and Garp deduced that Weevil had vanished into Gran Tesoro and that Wright was involved, while the World Government prepared to appoint Doflamingo as a Shichibukai. After Doflamingo received the title and Rosinante sent intelligence from Wano, Shanks rose to become the fourth Sea Emperor, creating a fragile balance among the Grand Line’s three great powers.

• Tsuru reasoned that Weevil was likely in Gran Tesoro and that Wright had secretly acted against him, so Sengoku ordered the Marines to pretend they knew nothing about Weevil.
• The World Government appointed Doflamingo as the seventh Shichibukai after Wano’s shogun, Kurozumi Orochi, resumed Sea Stone mining and processing.
• Sengoku and Wright reviewed Rosinante’s intelligence from Wano, including a detailed map, and Wright planned to upgrade the Lightforged Beacon for Rosinante’s travel.
• Shanks rapidly expanded the Red Hair Pirates’ territory, and the other three great pirate crews tacitly accepted his rise as the fourth Sea Emperor.
• The Marine Headquarters, Shichibukai, and Four Emperors formed a superficial balance of power.

Wright inferred that Shanks had become an Emperor to preserve the Great Pirate Era until a new Pirate King emerged, then went to train Kuina and Tashigi at G-5. In Wano, Kyoshiro and Rosinante prepared to intensify their covert effort to weaken the Beasts Pirates and make Orochi lower his guard.

• Wright concluded that Shanks had risen to Emperor to deter major war and buy time for a future Pirate King to appear.
• Wright left his office to teach swordsmanship to Kuina and Tashigi, strengthening the unity and morale of the G-5 Marines.
• Kyoshiro told Rosinante that Ushimitsu Kozo's robberies were meant to keep resistance alive, not to provide substantial aid to Ebisu Village.
• Rosinante and Kyoshiro agreed to begin gradually weakening the Beasts Pirates and discussed the risk to Lord Yasuie as he gathered support for the Revolutionary Army.
• Kyoshiro planned to use the princess and her bid to become Wano Country's Number One Courtesan to distract Orochi, while hoping Wright's cooperation would help inflict a major loss on Kaido.

Doflamingo consolidated his control over Dressrosa and learned that three of his subordinates had died in Impel Down, while Wright prepared to intercept a Beasts Pirates force sent to help him. The chapter ended with Wright ready to exploit the deployment of Jack the Drought to weaken both the Donquixote Family and the Beasts Pirates.

• Doflamingo took control of Dressrosa through King Riku and appointed himself Prime Minister, then blamed Wright for the deaths of Picca, Lao G, and Machvise in Impel Down.
• Wright trained Smoker in Haki and told him to prepare for a battle after receiving intelligence from Drake.
• Wright learned that Kaido had sent Jack the Drought to help Doflamingo suppress the Royalist Army in Dressrosa.
• Wright planned for Smoker and Dawn to hold off the Beasts Pirates' fighters while he dealt with Jack.

Jack sailed from Wano toward Dressrosa to help Doflamingo, but spotted Vice Admiral Wright’s warship and decided to attack it as a gift for Kaido. Wright prepared the Dawn’s crew for a fight to the death and went to face Jack as the ships closed in.

• Jack left Wano aboard the Mammoth, determined to accomplish the mission assigned by Flame Disaster King and Plague Quinn.
• Sipshead identified the approaching warship as Vice Admiral Wright’s flagship, the Dawn, but Jack ordered his crew to attack and seize it.
• Wright and Smoker recognized Jack’s Mammoth approaching and prepared the Dawn’s elite Marines to defend the ship while Wright fought Jack.
• The Dawn fired first, blasting a tusk from the Mammoth’s bow, and the two ships exchanged cannon fire as they drew closer.
• Wright strengthened the Marines with Triple Halo and King’s Blessing, then left Smoker to protect the crew and advanced to confront Jack.

The Dawn’s Marines repelled Jack’s boarding assault while Wright confronted Jack aboard the Mammoth. Wright wounded Jack and shattered his iron mask, leaving Jack transformed into a mammoth and exposed to ridicule.

• Hina, Smoker, Kuina, Tashigi, and the Marines fought back Jack’s pirates as they boarded the Dawn.
• Wright flew to the Mammoth and stopped Jack from joining the battle, then cleared the deck with Holy Storm, killing or scattering many pirates.
• Jack charged Wright, but Wright’s Ashes Awakening met his twin Shotels in a clash of strength.
• Wright used his Holy Light Wings to wound Jack with Holy Judgment and then shattered Jack’s iron mask with a lightning-fast kick.
• Jack transformed into a gigantic mammoth, and Wright mocked his hairstyle.

Wright fought Jack while Smoker, Hina, Kuina, and Tashigi led the Marines in battle against the Beasts Pirates aboard the Dawn. Wright exploited Jack’s fury to stun and badly injure him, ending the chapter by driving him into the deck.

• Jack charged Wright with Rampage Stomp, but Wright blocked the attack and countered with a barrage of Flying Slashes.
• Smoker used his smoke abilities to control and bind the pirates aboard the Dawn, helping the Marines gain the upper hand despite being outnumbered.
• Kuina and Tashigi fought alongside Hina, with Kuina praising Tashigi’s improvement in battle.
• Wright wounded Jack repeatedly as the Mammoth’s regeneration kept him fighting, and he used Confession to stun the enraged pirate.
• Wright severed Jack’s trunk with Holy Sky-Splitting, then struck him with Strike of Sanction and drove him into the deck.

Wright defeated Jack the Drought by destroying the Mammoth and beheading him underwater, then returned to the Dawn with Jack’s head. The Marines had nearly overwhelmed the remaining pirates, who saw Jack’s head crash onto the deck.

• Wright used Ashes Awakening and Secret Art: Conviction to cripple Jack and split the Mammoth in two.
• Wright destroyed the wrecked ship with Flying Slashes, then knocked Jack into the sea with Strike of Sanction.
• Wright dived underwater and beheaded Jack with Secret Skill · Holy · Sky Severing, sensing an unusual energy disperse from him.
• Wright carried Jack’s head back toward the Dawn while wondering whether the energy was connected to Devil Fruit power.
• The Marines continued to overwhelm the pirates aboard the Dawn, and Jack’s head crashed onto the deck in front of them.

Wright killed Drought Jack and ordered the pirates with him annihilated, then reported the victory to Sengoku. With Kaido likely to retaliate, Wright prepared to defend G-5 Branch and hoped to refine his attack before their battle.

• Wright descended onto the Dawn with Jack's severed head and ordered the G-5 Marines to kill every pirate.
• Wright told Smoker to conceal Jack's death, erase evidence, and prepare for Kaido's likely retaliation; they also discussed Drake's chance to rise within the Beasts Pirates.
• After the pirates were wiped out, Wright called Sengoku and confirmed that Jack had been killed, and Sengoku agreed to arrange the evacuation of G-5's Marines.
• Wright planned to intercept Kaido on a nearby deserted island, while Kuzan came aboard the Dawn to freeze Jack's head and praised Wright's growing combat strength.
• Wright told Kuzan that the battle had given him ideas for improving his explosive power, and he planned to test them before Kaido arrived.

After returning to G-5, Wright began developing a burst technique using Holy Light Power. Meanwhile, Cobra prepared Alabasta for possible trouble from Crocodile and Nico Robin, while Doflamingo and Kaido failed to realize Jack had been killed; Smoker waited as Wright kept the Marines in the dark.

• Wright returned to G-5 after seeing Kuzan off and began researching a burst skill using Holy Light Power.
• Bell told Cobra that Nico Robin had entered Rain Dinners in Rainbase a week earlier and had not come out, prompting Cobra to secretly strengthen defenses and continue infiltrating Baroque Works.
• Cobra learned that inland residents had stored enough water to withstand a drought for more than two years and ordered preparations to continue.
• Doflamingo found that Jack had missed his arrival in Dressrosa, but Kaido dismissed the delay as Jack chasing someone and told Doflamingo to wait.
• Smoker watched Marines leave G-5 for G-1 aboard a warship, while Wright remained inside and the others waited for his plan to unfold.

Smoker and Wright prepared for Kaido’s arrival on Kadena Island after learning Jack’s Vivre Card had vanished. Doflamingo concluded that the Marines had killed Jack and decided to make Kaido target Wright, while Marine Headquarters gathered to watch the coming battle.

• Smoker received Drake’s report that Jack’s Vivre Card had vanished and Kaido had flown off in a fury.
• Doflamingo deduced that Wright and the G-5 Branch had killed Jack, then planned to steer Kaido toward Wright and make the Family’s operations more covert.
• Wright and Smoker discussed how Kaido would react and prepared to fight him on Kadena Island, with Smoker ready to provide support.
• Marines spotted Kaido flying toward Kadena Island, and Wright used the Lightforged Beacon to travel there.
• Wright walked toward the center of Kadena Island as Kaido’s storm clouds approached, while Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru, Zephyr, and the Three Admirals watched the live projection at Marine Headquarters.

Wright confronted Kaido on Kadena Island and used his speed, swordsmanship, and Holy powers to wound the dragon in a fierce battle. As the Marines watched the livestream, they praised Wright’s progress while Sakazuki warned that he still lacked the explosive power to finish Kaido quickly.

• Wright met Kaido in the air and admitted that he had killed Jack, challenging Kaido to avenge him.
• Kaido opened the battle with Heat Breath, but Wright dodged and wounded his claw and jaw with Ashes and advanced Haki.
• Wright evaded Kaido’s attacks and unleashed a massive Ashes Awakening strike against a barrage of Wind Blades.
• Smoker reinforced the Lightforged Beacon and continued broadcasting as the battle damaged Kadena Island.
• Garp, Sengoku, Zephyr, Tsuru, Kuzan, and Borsalino assessed Wright’s combat growth from Marineford.
• Sakazuki judged that Wright’s explosive power remained insufficient to end the battle with Kaido quickly.

Wright battled Kaido on Kadena Island, then unveiled Wrath of Vengeance and gained the power to break through Kaido’s defenses. As the island began to collapse, Wright prepared to unleash Execution Declaration on Kaido.

• Sengoku explained that the Lightforged Beacon could not transport multiple people together, so the Marines could not send reinforcements to stop Kaido from escaping.
• Wright and Kaido clashed on Kadena Island, with Wright’s Ashes attacks wounding Kaido but failing to overcome his recovery and durability.
• Kaido shifted into human form and fought Wright with his Wolf Fang Club, intensifying their battle and tearing up the island.
• Wright activated Wrath of Vengeance, fusing his Armament Haki and Holy Light Power into Holy Energy that greatly increased his strength and allowed Ashes to pierce Kaido’s defenses.
• Wright’s empowered strikes wounded Kaido and smashed him into the ground, worsening the island’s collapse.
• Kaido burst out in dragon form, and Wright raised Ashes to use Secret Skill · Execution Declaration.

Wright drove Kaido away with his new Holy Energy technique, and Marine Headquarters recognized his combat strength by promoting him to Admiral Candidate. The chapter ended with Wright receiving the codename Orange Charger and resolving to return to the branch base.

• Wright struck Kaido with Execution Sentence, cutting off one of his horns and injuring his left eye, but Kaido healed from the attack and retreated.
• Marine Headquarters watched the battle footage, judged that Wright had proven his strength, and voted to promote him to Admiral Candidate.
• Wright complained that Kaido had ended the fight early, then joined Smoker and prepared to return to the G-5 Branch after searching for Kaido's severed horn.
• Sengoku told Wright that Marine Headquarters had unanimously promoted him to Marine Headquarters Admiral Candidate, with the codename Orange Charger.

Wright discussed his promotion to Admiral Candidate with Sengoku, who wanted to use Wright’s growing reputation to help the Marines add another Admiral. As the promotion spread, the Four Emperors reacted differently, with Kaido deciding to cultivate X Drake as a rival to Wright.

• Wright learned that Gion and Tokikake had also become Admiral Candidates, while Sengoku explained that Wright’s reputation and achievements gave him a chance to advance further.
• Wright agreed that he needed a decisive opportunity beyond driving Kaido back, and Sengoku accepted his plan to wait for one.
• Kaido ordered King to cultivate X Drake and make him oppose Wright, hoping to use Drake to challenge the Marine.
• Whitebeard praised Wright’s promotion, while Big Mom focused on negotiations with Prince Loki and obtaining a mysterious power.
• Shanks celebrated Wright’s Admiral Candidate status with his crew, and Beckman joked that Wright could drink the Three Admirals under the table.

Ace celebrated Wright becoming an Admiral Candidate with Luffy and set sail from Foosha Village on his seventeenth birthday. After storms wrecked his boat, a strange current carried him to an island, where the Flame-Flame Fruit washed ashore at his feet.

• Luffy showed Ace the newspaper report about Wright becoming an Admiral Candidate, and Ace vowed to work harder and pursue his own dream at sea.
• Ace reassured Makino and Luffy that the brothers would remain close whatever paths they chose, then said goodbye and sailed away alone.
• Ace endured storms that broke his boat and left him nearly out of fresh water before spotting an island.
• A strange current dragged Ace's damaged boat toward the island and deposited him on its shore.
• An orange-red fruit with flame-shaped spiral patterns washed up at Ace's feet, and he recognized it from Wright's lesson about flames.

Wright promoted Kuina and Tashigi, assigned them to serve under Colonel T-Bone, and encouraged them to face rookie pirates on the Grand Line. He also spoke with Law, who had reached Germa to study medicine and was eager to earn a new battle suit.

• Wright promoted Kuina to headquarters captain and Tashigi to headquarters sergeant after their battle against Jack's subordinates.
• Wright gave Kuina and Tashigi transfer orders and a dossier, assigning them to work with Colonel T-Bone against rookie pirates on the Grand Line.
• Wright called Law and learned that he had arrived at Germa after traveling there with his companions.
• Law had been treating people, studying medicine, and gathering North Blue intelligence while keeping his Devil Fruit abilities secret.
• Judge welcomed Law's medical skills and Op-Op Fruit, while Germa's partnership with Tesoro funded research and spread its medical technology.
• Wright suggested Law could earn a New Model Battle Suit by helping Judge with research, and Law eagerly accepted the opportunity.

Kuina investigated Rommel’s Kamaitachi and discovered that the strange nighttime slashes came from a swordsman calling himself White Horse. Their duel pushed Kuina closer to mastering Iron Cutting, but the battle was still underway.

• King of the Bourgeois Kingdom exiled Prince Cavendish to prevent the kingdom’s young women from refusing marriage.
• T-Bone assigned Kuina to investigate the blade-like attacks known as Rommel’s Kamaitachi.
• Kuina questioned residents and stationed Marines near Rommel’s Clock Tower to catch the attacker after dark.
• Kuina intercepted White Horse’s slashes and began dueling the blond swordsman.
• Kuina recognized that White Horse had great speed but poor stamina, and their clash brought her closer to Iron Cutting.