Chapter Summaries

Wright trained Smoker, helped Kuzan prepare a borrowed warship and turned down Kuzan’s invitation to join his patrol. Over the next two years, Wright’s combat ability rose to Vice Admiral level, and he became a Marine Headquarters Captain while hunting pirates from G3 Branch.

• Wright arranged for Bogart to select a warship crew from Garp’s Marines for Kuzan’s deployment.
• Wright sparred with Smoker and knocked him down with a single sweeping kick, then learned Kuzan had praised Smoker’s smoke-condensation ability development.
• Kuzan invited Wright aboard his ship, but Garp struck Kuzan and Wright declined to leave Garp’s training.
• Over the following two years, Wright patrolled against pirates, strengthened his combat skills and Holy Light Power, and gained experience and military merits.
• Wright reached Vice Admiral-level combat strength and was promoted to Marine Headquarters Captain, while G3 Branch became a major threat to nearby pirates.

Wright realized he could use Holy Light Power to make small healing charms that might keep mortally wounded Marines alive until they received proper treatment. Garp helped him gather test materials, and Wright began developing what could become a new strategic resource for the Marines.

• Wright and Garp discussed how Wright's healing ability had made G3 Branch popular and kept his Marine squads' casualty rate nearly zero.
• Garp joked that Wright should spread his healing power like a Den Den Mushi, prompting Wright to consider Light-Forging a small object with healing properties.
• Wright explained that a simple life-preserving charm could help wounded Marines and civilians survive until doctors could treat them.
• Wright told Garp the idea might give every Marine an extra life, and Garp agreed to help him test it.
• Garp gathered possible materials, and Wright began searching for one suitable for a durable, inexpensive healing device.

Wright discovered that mass-produced White Crystal could store healing Holy Light Power and created the Lightforged Crystal, which successfully treated a range of animal injuries. Garp brought Wright and the crystal to Marine Headquarters, where Sengoku, Kong, and Tsuru prepared to assess its potential.

• After testing various materials, Wright infused a White Crystal with healing Holy Light Power and found it could hold the power of a healing spell.
• Garp gathered animals for Wright to test, and their morning of experiments confirmed the crystal could treat injuries ranging from blood loss to severed limbs.
• Wright refined the crystal and its activation method, naming the finished product the Lightforged Crystal.
• Garp told Sengoku about the crystal, and Sengoku classified it as top secret and ordered Wright brought to Marine Headquarters.
• Wright presented the Lightforged Crystal to Kong, Sengoku, and Tsuru, explaining that he expected it to work just as well on humans as on animals.

Wright presented the Lightforged Crystals, which could heal wounded Marines, and revealed special Pointing Crystals that could guide him to a crushed crystal. Kong ordered urgent testing and production, leaving Wright’s invention poised for military use.

• Tsuru asked Wright to explain the golden crystal, while Garp and Sengoku bickered over whether she trusted Garp’s account.
• Wright explained that ordinary Lightforged Crystals could automatically stabilize near-fatally wounded wearers or be crushed to activate healing, and that five crystals equaled one healing effect from him.
• Wright demonstrated a Pointing Crystal that resonated with another and let him sense the direction of a crystal when it was crushed.
• Sengoku urged Wright to keep the Pointing Crystals secret and noted their potential use in locating battlefields and supporting the intelligence division.
• Wright said he could make six or seven hundred ordinary crystals a day but only five or six Pointing Crystals.
• Kong ordered Wright to make five hundred crystals, assigned Sengoku and Tsuru to prepare testing and casualty data, sent Garp to assist with testing, and took charge of secrecy.

Wright exhausted himself making twenty thousand Lightforged Crystals, which proved capable of healing injuries and purifying poisons and other harmful conditions. The Marines promoted him to Headquarters Commodore and planned a cautious rollout while protecting the secret of his work.

• Sengoku, Garp, and Wright tested Lightforged Crystals on one hundred Marines and confirmed they could treat severe injuries, poisons, diseases, and other harmful conditions.
• Sengoku gave Wright twenty thousand White Crystals to infuse, and Wright spent a month making the batch before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Garp and Sengoku found Wright outside the secret chamber, and Wright reassured them that he was fine after completing the crystals.
• Kong promoted Wright to Headquarters Commodore and explained that the Marines would keep his contribution confidential to protect him.
• Tsuru, Garp, and Sengoku agreed to issue the crystals to elite units first and limit Wright’s annual production to twenty thousand.
• Wright gave the four leaders a box containing ten Lightforged Pointing Crystals for secret use.

Wright visited Zephyr at the New Marine Recruit Camp, where he helped put the new trainees through punishing training and discussed his growing influence in the Marines. He left thinking about the threat posed by Doflamingo, Rosinante’s importance to stopping him, and the need to reach people far away.

• Wright visited Zephyr and Shuzo at the Training Camp, where they praised his Combined Assault Formation and encouraged him to focus on becoming stronger.
• Wright offered to help with practical combat internships when he had no mission, then joined Zephyr and Shuzo in giving the new trainees grueling extra training.
• Wright noticed Lieutenant Hina among the promising recruits and wondered whether Rosinante had gone on a secret mission after disappearing for more than two years.
• Wright considered Doflamingo a looming threat and concluded that Rosinante must survive, while hoping Sengoku would recognize the importance of the Lightforged Pointing Crystal.
• Wright headed toward Sengoku’s office after hearing Sengoku yell at Garp, and decided he needed to write a letter to someone he cared about.

Wright sent Koushirou a letter and a Lightforged Pointing Crystal pendant meant to protect Kuina, then met Vice Admiral Borsalino at Marine Headquarters. The two recognized each other as Zephyr’s personal disciples and went to get miso ramen while Wright wondered why Borsalino had approached him.

• Wright wrote to Koushirou about his career and mailed him a Lightforged Pointing Crystal pendant for Kuina, hoping it would protect her from danger.
• Wright headed toward the New Marine Recruit Camp after deciding to remain at Headquarters and continue making Lightforged Crystals.
• Borsalino approached Wright, praised his rapid promotion, and called him a fellow disciple of Zephyr.
• Wright suggested they discuss their shared interest in light abilities over miso ramen, and Borsalino accepted.
• Wright reflected that he, Borsalino, Sakazuki, and Kuzan were Zephyr’s four personal disciples.

Wright shared ramen with Borsalino, who told him about the pursuit mission following a Fish-Man’s attack on Mary Geoise. Wright explained how he judged pirates and offered some a chance to redeem themselves, leaving Borsalino intrigued by how he might view the Fish-Man.

• Wright met Borsalino at the headquarters ramen stall, where Borsalino unsuccessfully tried to persuade the owner to give him an extra soft-boiled egg.
• Borsalino told Wright that he had been busy at Mary Geoise after a Fish-Man freed slaves and set fires there.
• Wright asked Borsalino what he thought of the Fish-Man and learned that Borsalino was handling pursuit and cleanup work.
• Wright explained that he killed pirates he judged truly wicked but could spare those driven to desperation if they had enough value to redeem themselves.
• Borsalino expressed surprise at Wright’s reasoning and began to ask how he judged the Fish-Man.

Wright discussed the nature of Holy Light Power with Borsalino, who offered new ideas for developing it. After reading that Fisher Tiger had founded the Sun Pirates, Wright returned with Garp to G3 Branch while considering the dangers facing Fish-Men and Mermaids.

• Wright asked Borsalino how Holy Light differed from the Glint-Glint Fruit, and explained that Holy Light was tied to the mind and could attack, protect, or heal.
• Borsalino suggested Holy Light might share some physical properties with natural light, giving Wright new ideas about its development.
• Borsalino left to return to work and promised to introduce Wright to an excellent subordinate another time.
• Wright read that Fisher Tiger had formed the Sun Pirates with freed slaves and other Fish-Men and Mermaids.
• Wright considered the discrimination faced by other races and doubted Fisher Tiger had enough strength to protect his people, then accompanied Garp back to G3 Branch.

After returning to G3 Branch, Wright selected an exclusive warship and assembled its crew, preparing to command his own forces at sea. The Holy Light set sail with eight hundred carefully chosen Marines, marking the end of Volume One.

• Garp told Wright that he could choose a warship and command a section of sea, while warning him to be careful around Borsalino, Sakazuki, and Kuzan.
• Bogart helped Wright inspect the available warships and explained that Garp's reputation had helped make Wright popular with G3 Branch Marines.
• Wright announced that he was recruiting a crew and warned applicants that training aboard his ship would be brutal.
• Wright screened the applicants, rejecting those who feared death and selecting combat Marines and specialists with strong records and skills.
• Wright outfitted his four-masted warship with a crew of eight hundred and named it the Holy Light.

Wright defeated a pirate crew and learned from Sengoku that Rosinante’s covert mission in the North Blue might be in danger. Wright agreed to rush there and help, leaving after returning to Marine Headquarters.

• Wright’s Marines disabled a pirate ship, captured its surviving crew, seized supplies, and sank the vessel.
• Wright ordered half the seized supplies sent to the branch and had the wounded checked before escorting the prisoners.
• Garp called Wright about Rosinante’s troubled mission, then Sengoku explained that Tsuru’s fleet had lost contact with him during its pursuit of the Donquixote Family.
• Sengoku asked Wright to assist Rosinante, and Wright agreed to return to headquarters and travel through the G1 Branch to the North Blue.

Wright raced toward Mignon Island after his Lightforged Pointing Crystal signaled that Rosinante was in critical condition. Rosinante had given Law the Op-Op Fruit and exposed himself as a Marine to Doflamingo, while Wright was still closing in.

• Rosinante stole the Op-Op Fruit from Barrels’s crew and forced young Law to eat it, then gave him a Lightforged Pointing Crystal before collapsing.
• Wright learned the crystal had activated and flew ahead of his warship, using Holy Light Wings and the Lightspeed effect to hurry toward Rosinante.
• Wright spotted Vice Admiral Tsuru’s warship also heading for Mignon Island and continued toward the island at greater speed.
• On Mignon Island, Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family confronted the injured Rosinante, who drew a pistol and declared that he was a Marine infiltrating the family to stop Doflamingo’s plans.

Wright reached Mignon Island and used Holy Light to save Rosinante, who had been keeping Law safe while gravely wounded. After reprimanding him, Wright learned Rosinante had discovered a Donquixote Family spy in the Marines and called Sengoku to report.

• Wright flew to Mignon Island as Doflamingo's Birdcage began to disperse, while Rosinante's crystal kept him alive long enough to protect Law.
• Wright descended in a pillar of Holy Light and healed Rosinante, then angrily scolded him for trying to die.
• Rosinante recovered, put out his burning feather coat, and told Wright that a Donquixote Family spy was inside the Marines.
• Wright told Rosinante to gather his thoughts and called Sengoku to report that he had reached the mission site and saved Rosinante.

Rosinante explained to Sengoku why he gave Law the Op-Op Fruit and revealed Vergo’s infiltration of the Marines. After Wright returned with Law, Rosinante reunited with him on Mignon Island.

• Rosinante told Sengoku he had given Law the Op-Op Fruit to save him and prevent Doflamingo from obtaining its ultimate power.
• Sengoku agreed not to report Law’s situation as a father, then asked Rosinante to report the mission as a Marine Admiral.
• Rosinante revealed that Vergo, a former Donquixote Family Supreme Executive, had infiltrated the Marines and leaked intelligence to Doflamingo.
• Sengoku asked Rosinante to have Wright contact him so he could confirm the Donquixote Family’s situation.
• Wright returned carrying an injured Law, and Rosinante removed the silence barrier so Law could reunite with him.

Wright explained how his Lightforged Pointing Crystals kept Rosinante alive and revealed that Sengoku had arranged for him to reach North Blue. After discussing the plan to kill Vergo, Wright argued that Doflamingo’s belief that Rosinante might still be alive would become his only flaw and keep him from descending into complete madness.

• Law accepted that Rosinante had survived and learned that Wright’s crystal had kept him alive until Wright could rescue him.
• Wright revealed that Sengoku had sent him to rendezvous with Vice Admiral Tsuru because he feared something was wrong with Rosinante.
• Rosinante gave Wright Sengoku’s Den Den Mushi, and Wright called Sengoku to discuss his next orders.
• Sengoku explained that killing Vergo could cut off the Donquixote Family’s intelligence and give the Marines a chance to strike its forces.
• Wright reasoned that Doflamingo’s hope that Rosinante was alive would haunt him and prevent him from acting with complete madness.

Wright followed Sengoku’s orders to protect Law, help Rosinante rejoin the Marines, and secretly leave Vergo behind for execution. After preparing Law for life on his own and treating his illness, Wright hid him as the withdrawing forces left and went to confront Vergo.

• Sengoku ordered Wright to help Rosinante return to the Marines, protect Law, and ensure Vergo received no evacuation order.
• Wright told Rosinante and Law about the plan, and Rosinante explained why Law could not return to Marine Headquarters with him.
• Rosinante officially rejoined the Marines as a Marine Headquarters Lieutenant Commander, while Wright warned Law to grow stronger and stop calling Rosinante by his Donquixote codename.
• Wright used his Eternal Fire to restore some of Law’s vitality and told him to use the Op-Op Fruit to remove the remaining amber lead.
• As the Marine forces withdrew, Wright told Law to hide and went to confront Vergo about his time as an undercover agent.

Wright confronted Vergo after exposing his undercover identity and fought him on the snowy island. Vergo adjusted his Haki and charged again, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Wright approached Vergo after securing Law and revealed that he knew Vergo was Doflamingo’s Supreme Executive, Red Heart, and the first Corazon.
• Vergo realized his cover had been exposed and chose to fight Wright, hoping to survive and return to the Donquixote Family.
• Vergo coated his whole body in Armament Haki and clashed with Wright, but the exchanges quickly exhausted him.
• Vergo concentrated his Haki in his fists, while Wright unleashed his full strength and declared that only defeating him would let Vergo return to Doflamingo.
• Vergo charged at Wright again as Wright rushed forward with his sword, and their fight continued.

Wright defeated and executed Vergo under a secret order from Admiral Sengoku, while revealing that Vergo and the other executives had helped drive Doflamingo into darkness. Wright rescued Law and left with him, saying they needed to talk about what came next.

• Law watched Wright overpower Vergo and wondered whether Rosinante had been as strong as Wright.
• Wright wounded Vergo with Ashes and revealed that Marine Headquarters had ordered Vergo's execution rather than his arrest.
• Wright pinned Vergo to the ground and told him that he knew how Vergo and the other executives had helped push Doflamingo into darkness and planned to help Rosinante bring them down.
• Wright killed Vergo, found Law crying behind a wall, and carried him away from the island.
• Wright comforted Law, then told him they needed to talk about him.

Doflamingo realized Vergo was in trouble and ordered the Donquixote Family to return to their base. Meanwhile, Wright brought Law to help a polar bear being bullied, and Law met Bepo, Shachi, and Penguin.

• Doflamingo failed to reach Vergo and ordered the Donquixote Family to shake off Lady Tsuru and return to their base.
• Wright and Law heard trouble on the outskirts of Mignon Island and found Shachi and Penguin beating a little polar bear.
• Wright sent Law to deal with the bullies, and Law knocked Penguin and Shachi down when they tried to attack him.
• Law helped the injured polar bear to his feet, and the bear introduced himself as Bepo.

Wright brought Law and his three companions to Sea Swallow Island, helped Law remove the Amber Lead, and left him money and advice before departing. While checking the island for danger, Wright sensed Senior Pink nearby and noticed something unusual about his presence.

• Wright learned that Bepo was searching for his brother Zepo and warned him not to seek the Nox Pirates or reveal their connection until he was stronger.
• Wright took Law, Shachi, Penguin, and Bepo by boat to Sea Swallow Island, where they ate and found an inn.
• Wright taught Law about the Op-Op Fruit, and Law used its power to remove the Amber Lead at great cost to his stamina.
• Wright gave Law roughly five million Beli, told him to survive and avoid evil, then left to meet Vice Admiral Tsuru.
• Wright searched Sea Swallow Island with Observation Haki and discovered Senior Pink, whose emotions and faint presence seemed unusual.