Chapter Summaries

Wright confronted Doflamingo and Monet in the Northern Arena while Rosinante fought the Donquixote Family in the Eastern Arena using his newly developed Silence-Silence Fruit techniques. Rosinante defeated Trebol and Lao G, leaving Wright to face Doflamingo.

• Wright entered the Northern Arena and told Doflamingo that only he and Pica could break the Cross Arena.
• Doflamingo attacked Wright, but Wright used Observation Haki to locate Monet in her snowstorm and wounded her with one slash.
• Rosinante silenced the Eastern Arena and used Fixed Finger and Tempest Kick to dislocate Lao G’s fingers and break his foot.
• Rosinante fixed Lao G’s throat, and Trebol’s attempt to pull him away caused Lao G to slam his heart against his sternum and lose consciousness.
• Trebol attacked Rosinante with mucus, but Rosinante fixed the droplets and ignited them, defeating Trebol in the resulting explosions.

Rosinante defeated Trebol and Lao G in the Eastern Arena, then left Baby 5 to watch over them. In the Southern Arena, Smoker overcame Pica and Gladius, leaving them unconscious and bound as he wondered whether Rosinante had finished.

• Rosinante protected Baby 5 and Buffalo from the explosions, then asked Baby 5 to watch over the unconscious Trebol and Lao G before leaving the Eastern Arena.
• Smoker fought Pica and Gladius in the Southern Arena, using shaped smoke to counter their attacks and exploit the arena's lack of stone for Pica to control.
• Smoker pierced Pica with his White Dragon Lance and forced Gladius to break out of the White Coffin by enduring an explosion.
• Smoker defeated Pica and Gladius, bound them with shaped-smoke locks, and left the Southern Arena wondering whether Rosinante was done.

Rosinante and Smoker entered the Western Arena and defeated Diamante, Machvise, and Senior while Wright kept Doflamingo occupied in the Northern Arena. With the other arenas secured, Wright announced that the fight had become three against one.

• Machvise and Diamante failed to break Wright's Holy Light Wall, while Senior reflected on Wright's promise to reunite him with Lucian.
• Rosinante and Smoker regrouped outside the barrier, then entered the Western Arena to finish the fight.
• Rosinante struck Machvise's heart with Fixed Heart, knocking him unconscious, and defeated Senior after he refused to surrender.
• Smoker overwhelmed Diamante with his smoke abilities and knocked him unconscious.
• In the Northern Arena, Wright continued stalling Doflamingo until Rosinante and Smoker passed through the barrier, then declared it was three against one.

Wright and the Marines overwhelmed Doflamingo’s officers, but Doflamingo’s awakened String-String Fruit and a hidden snow Logia user helped several officers escape. The chapter left Wright facing Doflamingo’s awakening as Rosinante and Smoker guarded the captured officers.

• Doflamingo realized Wright, Rosinante, and Smoker had defeated most of his officers, while Wright ended the Cross Arena and explained he had been buying time.
• Wright killed Trebol with Holy Fire, and Smoker blasted Pica through the abdomen while Doflamingo tried to intervene.
• Smoker restrained the remaining officers, but Diamante feigned unconsciousness, used his ability to free Gladius, Baby 5, and Buffalo, and fled with them.
• Rosinante and Smoker discovered that an unseen snow Logia user had covered the ground and awakened the officers with the cold.
• Doflamingo blocked their pursuit with a wave of strings, and Wright recognized that Doflamingo had awakened his String-String Fruit.

Wright, Rosinante, and Smoker drove off Doflamingo after capturing three Donquixote Family officers, though Doflamingo escaped after Awakening his Devil Fruit. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku praised the operation, agreed to help Senor Pink leave the Marines safely, and announced new promotions for the three officers.

• Wright ordered Smoker and Rosinante to take the unconscious prisoners to the ship while he fought Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo retreated after his Awakened power made him too dangerous to pursue without risking the Celestial Tribute and its escorts.
• Wright, Smoker, and Rosinante returned to Mary Geoise with two Supreme Executives killed and three officers captured, then received Sengoku's praise at Marine Headquarters.
• Wright asked Sengoku to grant Senor Pink intelligence-agent status and let him resign, and Sengoku agreed to arrange it.
• Sengoku promoted Wright to headquarters vice admiral, Rosinante to headquarters commodore, and Smoker to headquarters colonel.

Wright chose an office after learning he had been promoted to Marine Headquarters vice admiral, then received a call from Vinsmoke Judge with news about the Lightforged Beacon. Judge congratulated Wright and began explaining that Dawn Watch had solved several key issues with the project.

• Wright lamented that he always learned about his promotions late as he toured Headquarters with Rosinante and Smoker.
• Rosinante and Smoker guided Wright to an unused office beside Garp's, and Wright decided to take it.
• Wright had Smoker guard the door and Rosinante create a Soundproof Barrier when his Den Den Mushi rang.
• Vinsmoke Judge told Wright that Dawn Watch had solved several key issues with the Lightforged Beacon and congratulated him on his promotion.
• Wright asked Judge to explain the Lightforged Beacon developments.

Wright learned that Judge had perfected the Lightforged Beacon, enabling long-distance, fixed-point spatial transmission, and brought a working model to Sengoku. He demonstrated that he could instantly travel to the beacon, leaving Sengoku stunned by the invention.

• Judge told Wright the latest Lightforged Beacons could transmit across the Calm Belt with low energy use and could be assigned numbers for fixed-point travel.
• Wright praised Judge’s work, sensed the beacon’s frequency, and received the data needed to build one himself.
• Wright explained to Smoker and Rosinante that his secret research would benefit the Marines, and they agreed to trust him.
• Wright brought Smoker and Rosinante to Sengoku’s office and assembled a Lightforged Beacon in front of him.
• Wright stepped outside and used the beacon to appear beside it, astonishing Sengoku with his instant transmission.

Wright demonstrated the Lightforged Beacon to Sengoku and secured approval to install one on Zephyr's Trainee Warship after it returned, hoping to protect Zephyr from a future disaster. After setting up a Beacon in his office, Wright planned to meet the newly promoted vice admirals and choose trainees for his command.

• Wright explained that the Lightforged Beacon could teleport objects across long distances and that its crystal could power about a hundred teleports.
• Sengoku agreed that the Beacon should be tested aboard Zephyr's Trainee Warship once it returned to Headquarters.
• Sengoku reminded Wright that he could select trainees at the graduation ceremony, and Wright joked about recruits clamoring to serve under him.
• Wright, Rosinante, and Smoker dismantled the Beacon and installed it in Wright's office, where Wright celebrated his new escape route.
• Rosinante left to obtain trainee information, and Smoker contacted logistics while Wright planned to visit his senior brothers and the newly promoted vice admirals.
• Wright noted that Kuzan had no newly promoted vice admiral under him.

Wright visited Kuzan, Borsalino, and Sakazuki to ask about their paths of justice and consider his own. After hearing Kuzan and Borsalino explain their views, Wright began speaking frankly to Sakazuki about how their beliefs might be similar.

• Wright asked Kuzan why he had no newly promoted vice admirals under his command, and Kuzan admitted he was confused about whether the Marines truly represented justice.
• Wright told Kuzan that the Marines maintained stability and often upheld justice, though they also followed unjust orders, and said he would reveal his own plans after advancing further.
• Wright visited Borsalino with bananas and asked about his ambiguous justice and the Admirals’ duties; Borsalino said he followed the Fleet Admiral’s orders and enjoyed the improved pay and routine.
• Wright asked Sakazuki for guidance about thorough justice and described his uncompromising methods as rooting out evil completely and preferring to kill by mistake rather than let anyone escape.
• Wright told Sakazuki that he might once have been similar to him and began to explain why Sakazuki’s earlier thanks had surprised him.

Wright discussed justice with Sakazuki and other Marines, then defined his own path as “Hope's Justice.” He and Rosinante and Smoker began preparing for the future, with Wright setting his first goal of becoming the fourth admiral.

• Wright asked Sakazuki whether he would still target people who had never committed evil, and Sakazuki defended Thorough Justice as eliminating every threat, even at the cost of sacrifices.
• Sakazuki told Wright he respected his own path of justice and challenged him to interpret Thorough Justice when they stood as equals.
• Wright visited Vice Admirals Squirrel, Burning Mountain, Dalmatian, and Jonathan, who offered him first pick of the Training Camp recruits.
• Wright wrote “Hope's Justice” on his plaque and explained that hope meant never giving up and was essential to achieving World Peace.
• Rosinante and Smoker supported Wright's ambition to challenge the world's darkness, and Wright said they should prepare until the right moment and first aim for him to become the fourth admiral.

Wright welcomed Zephyr back to Marineford and gave him a Lightforged Beacon and crystals that let Wright instantly reach Zephyr’s trainee warship in an emergency. At the Training Camp graduation ceremony, Sengoku announced Wright would select trainees himself, and Wright prepared to choose from the hopeful graduates.

• Wright greeted Zephyr at Marineford and celebrated his rise to vice admiral with him.
• Wright demonstrated the Lightforged Beacon, which let him appear instantly aboard Zephyr’s warship, and gave Zephyr ten Lightforged Pointing Crystals.
• Sengoku, the admirals, Garp, Tsuru, and other vice admirals attended the Training Camp graduation ceremony.
• Sengoku announced that Wright would choose trainees himself because so many wanted to join his command.
• Wright stepped onto the podium and prepared to select trainees from the files he had reviewed.

At the Elite Training Camp graduation ceremony, Vice Admiral Wright selected X Drake as his sole recruit, surprising Drake and his classmates. Wright then argued with Garp about taking some of Garp’s excess soldiers and securing two fully equipped warships, leaving Garp to provide them.

• Wright recognized X Drake at the graduation ceremony and ordered him to join his command.
• Drake followed Wright to the guest seats as the other vice admirals continued choosing recruits.
• Garp sat beside Wright and questioned why he had selected only one trainee.
• Wright explained that he lacked the ships and resources to recruit more, then reminded Garp that he had previously sent him unwanted soldiers.
• Garp demanded that Wright take half of the overcrowded G-3 Branch’s soldiers and offered him two warships.
• Wright agreed to take Rosinante and Smoker to help, but insisted that Garp provide crews, weapons, supplies, and provisions for both ships.

Wright explained why he had chosen Drake and planned to improve his combat experience through training and battles. At Wright’s office, Hina joined Smoker’s unit and teased him about Haki training, while Wright introduced Drake to the group and joked that they had all picked up bad smoking habits from Smoker.

• Garp questioned Wright’s choice of Drake, and Wright said Drake had once saved a child’s life and had excellent potential.
• Wright said Drake lacked combat experience and needed to develop his Zoan abilities and learn martial arts or swordsmanship.
• Hina told Smoker she had applied to join his unit and said she wanted to watch his Haki training with Garp and Wright.
• Wright warned Rosinante that Hina would enjoy seeing two trainees get beaten up, then suggested bringing Kuina to watch.
• Wright introduced Drake to Smoker, Rosinante, and Hina, and called Smoker a delinquent whose bad habits had spread to the others.

After the Elite Training Camp graduation ceremony, Wright brought Garp to train Rosinante, Smoker, and Drake in Observation Haki by having them dodge attacks while blindfolded. He healed them between rounds and left Kuina and Hina wondering if they would face the same brutal training.

• Wright brought Garp to the officers' training ground, where Rosinante, Smoker, Drake, Hina, and Kuina gathered.
• Wright explained that the trainees would practice Observation Haki by sensing and dodging attacks while blindfolded, and Drake transformed into his Allosaurus form.
• Wright and Garp beat the blindfolded trainees with clubs as they tried to avoid the blows.
• Wright used Holy Light Spell to heal Rosinante, Smoker, and Drake, then told them to reflect on what they sensed before being hit.
• Kuina asked Hina whether she would have to train the same way, and Hina said she probably would before Wright and Garp began the next round.

After a month of Haki training, Wright was assigned to escort Queen Otohime and Donquixote Mjosgard-sei to the Holy Land, and he seized the chance to request leave to visit Fish-Man Island. Wright’s ship met the Ryugu Kingdom’s escort vessel as the mission began.

• Wright and Garp trained Rosinante, Smoker, and Drake at G-3 Branch until all three awakened Observation Haki, while Smoker also developed rudimentary Armament Haki.
• Sengoku told Wright that Queen Otohime would accompany Donquixote Mjosgard-sei to Mary Geoise and asked him to protect her on the journey.
• Wright agreed to guard Queen Otohime and asked Sengoku for permission to visit Fish-Man Island on leave.
• Queen Otohime reflected on her hopes for the surface journey and learned that Vice Admiral Wright would escort her ship.
• Wright brought Smoker and Drake aboard his warship, ordered it to rendezvous with the Ryugu Kingdom’s vessel, and confirmed that Donquixote Mjosgard-sei was aboard.

Vice Admiral Wright escorted Queen Otohime toward Mary Geoise and privately discussed their unusual Observation Haki, giving her a protective crystal and warning her about the Celestial Dragons and the deep-rooted hatred between humans and fish-men. Otohime remained determined to use the visit to secure the World Government’s written approval for her dream.

• Mjosgard abandoned his demand for a helmet after Queen Otohime’s Oration influenced him, and Wright greeted Otohime as the Marines prepared for the journey.
• Wright and Otohime sensed each other’s unusual ability to perceive inner thoughts and arranged a private conversation.
• Wright gave Otohime a Lightforged Pointing Crystal pendant and promised it could protect her in danger.
• Wright shared his painful experience of hearing people’s dark thoughts and urged Otohime to remain wary of the Celestial Dragons.
• Wright questioned whether Otohime’s people were ready to overcome racial hatred, but Otohime remained hopeful that the visit could begin a lasting change.

Queen Otohime secured Donquixote Mjosgard’s signed support for Fish-Man Island’s relocation to the surface, while Wright worried that the move could leave the island exposed to the World Government and its enemies. After escorting Otohime from Mary Geoise, Wright prepared to travel to Fish-Man Island himself.

• Wright accompanied Queen Otohime to Mary Geoise, where she used her Oration to obtain an audience with the Five Elders.
• Over five days, Queen Otohime persuaded Donquixote Mjosgard to sign a document supporting Fish-Man Island’s relocation to the surface.
• Wright considered the dangers of relocating Fish-Man Island and suspected the World Government’s apparent support concealed a plan to weaken the island’s defenses.
• Queen Otohime departed Mary Geoise eager to share the news with her people and invited Wright to visit Fish-Man Island as a private guest.
• Wright told Smoker and Drake he would return to headquarters, switch to a coated ship, and travel to Fish-Man Island.

Wright secretly visited Fish-Man Island under the pretense of a vacation, while Sengoku and Garp suspected he had come to investigate Queen Otohime and her Observation Haki. After exploring Mermaid Beach and Coral Hill, Wright met the fortune-teller Shyarly.

• Wright told Sengoku he was going to Fish-Man Island on vacation, and Sengoku and Garp concluded he was acting privately to avoid implicating the Marines.
• Wright arrived on Fish-Man Island and saw that Queen Otohime’s signature campaign was progressing and the island had grown more lively.
• Wright visited Mermaid Beach, where the mermaids’ attention overwhelmed him and he collapsed before they revived him with water.
• Wright toured Coral Hill, ate takoyaki, and entered Mermaid Cafe, where the manager recognized him from the beach.
• The Mermaid manager led Wright to meet Shyarly so he could ask her to tell his fortune.

Wright visited fortune-teller Shyarly at the Mermaid Cafe and asked her to read his future, but her crystal ball showed only golden light. After discussing her half-brother Arlong, Wright sensed a Lightforged Pointing Crystal activate near Gyoncorde Plaza and set off.

• Wright asked Shyarly to read his future, but the crystal ball revealed only his fading figure and golden light.
• Shyarly confirmed the crystal ball worked by reading the fortune of a mermaid serving desserts.
• Wright wondered if he was beyond fate and introduced himself to Shyarly as a doctor.
• Wright told Shyarly he knew her half-brother Arlong had gone to the East Blue and promised to spare his life if he caused trouble.
• Shyarly said she would not ask Wright to do anything more for Arlong, and Wright prepared to leave.
• Wright sensed a Lightforged Pointing Crystal activate near Gyoncorde Plaza.

Queen Otohime was shot during the chaos at Gyoncorde Plaza, and Princess Shirahoshi’s grief triggered a tremor across Fish-Man Island. Wright arrived after Otohime’s pendant alerted him, healed her, and revealed that the gift had summoned him to her aid.

• A sniper shot Queen Otohime while the royal guards tried to save the burning signature box, and Jinbe ordered them to protect the royal family.
• Shirahoshi broke down in grief, unleashing a force that made Fish-Man Island tremble, while Otohime urged her family not to give in to hatred.
• Otohime’s pendant glowed and slowed her decline, and Jinbe recognized its healing effect as Wright’s work.
• Wright arrived, used his Eternal Fire and Holy Light Spell to heal Otohime, and told her that her pendant had alerted him to her danger.
• Wright explained that the pendant could locate him when it activated and asked Otohime to keep its secret from the Marines.