Chapter Summaries

Crocus reunited with Brook on Fish-Man Island and promised to help him return to Laboon after the Roger Pirates’ voyage. Meanwhile, Bullet tried to draw out Nereus by challenging the island’s fighters, prompting Alber to step into the ring as his next opponent.

• Crocus reunited with Brook and asked why he had not returned to Twin Capes to see Laboon.
• Brook explained that he feared telling Laboon the Rumbar Pirates were dead and hoped to fulfill their promise by circling the world first.
• Crocus said he would find a way to call Brook once the voyage was over so Brook could speak to Laboon.
• Bullet entered a Fish-Man Island fighting arena, hoping to attract Nereus by defeating its challengers.
• Bullet knocked out successive opponents with single punches, including a soldier from Nereus's royal guard.
• Alber stepped into the ring and announced that he would be Bullet's next opponent.

Alber used his hypnotic Devil Fruit ability to draw Bullet into a nightmare based on his childhood as a child soldier. Bullet broke free of the illusion and charged Alber, but the chapter ended with Alber’s flames meeting his attack.

• Alber emerged to challenge Bullet after the Fish-Men recognized him as their instructor.
• Alber hypnotized Bullet, making him relive his birth in the Land of Endless War and his life as a child soldier.
• Alber summoned nightmare creatures resembling Bullet’s former comrades, who attacked with medal-shaped shields.
• Bullet stopped fighting the nightmare soldiers and targeted Alber as their commander.
• Bullet unleashed Burst Bullet at Alber, whose raging flames met the attack.

Alber blocked Bullet’s powerful attack, then used his Qilin abilities and Nightmare Monsters to keep the fight at a distance as Bullet turned to his Devil Fruit. The battle destroyed the arena, and Nanamo confronted them after Bullet’s ability absorbed her fallen gold coin.

• Alber endured Bullet’s punch with his Lunarian defenses, shocking Shanks and Buggy.
• Alber counterattacked with Qilin Flame, then flew out of reach and sent Gray’s Nightmare Monsters against Bullet.
• Bullet used the Clank-Clank Fruit to absorb the arena’s rocks and armor himself.
• Nanamo angrily interrupted the fight after Bullet’s Fruit ability absorbed her gold coin.

Nanamo watched Alber and Bullet’s arena battle, deciding not to interfere despite the damage and her concern for the arena’s losses. Alber changed tactics by using lightning and speed to attack Bullet, but his attempt to finish the fight at close range let Bullet land a powerful punch.

• Nanamo considered stopping the fight and making Roger’s crew pay for the arena damage, but chose not to interfere with Alber’s battle.
• Hermes warned Nanamo against using the arena rules as an excuse to demand compensation, and Nanamo acknowledged that Bullet’s Haki gave him the advantage.
• Alber extinguished his flames, gathered electricity in his horn, and used his increased speed to evade Bullet’s punches.
• Alber used Thunder Prison Swamp to bombard Bullet with lightning and slow him down while Bullet’s wild attacks wrecked the surroundings.
• Alber switched to close combat to reduce the damage and end the battle, but Bullet caught him with a close-range punch that pierced his defenses.

Nanamo took over after Alber admitted Bullet was stronger, then prepared to fight him with her Twin Generals: Sea of Haki technique. At Big Mom’s Tea Party, a guest’s questions about a damaged family photograph and news from Fish-Man Island provoked Charlotte Linlin into a violent outburst.

• Alber withdrew from his fight with Bullet and left the rest to Nanamo.
• Bullet demanded to face Nereus, but Nanamo told him he had to fight her first.
• Nanamo gathered Haki in both arms and launched her Twin Generals: Sea of Haki attack at Bullet.
• At Whole Cake Island, a merchant spotted a damaged family photograph behind a painting and asked Charlotte Linlin about the missing person.
• Charlotte Linlin unleashed her Conqueror’s Haki and knocked the merchant unconscious after he asked about her past.
• A guest mentioned Bullet’s defeat on Fish-Man Island, and Charlotte Linlin’s fury intensified as her Haki swept through the hall.

Charlotte Linlin’s forbidden memories of Nanamo disrupted her Tea Party, while Nanamo recovered her gold coin after defeating Bullet on Fish-Man Island. Roger recognized Nanamo’s unusual fighting technique, and the chapter ended as he greeted the arriving Nereus.

• Charlotte Linlin’s family enforced rules forbidding anyone from mentioning Nanamo, and Katakuri tried to calm her when Nanamo was indirectly brought up at the Tea Party.
• Nanamo searched the rubble on Fish-Man Island and recovered her gold coin from Bullet’s scattered armor.
• Buggy doubted that Bullet had been knocked out in one hit, and Shanks slapped him to prove the scene was real before Roger stopped their scuffle.
• Roger explained that Nanamo had used a Giant Race combination technique alone and said the crew would leave Fish-Man Island after buying Log Poses.
• Roger and Shanks reacted gravely to an unfamiliar voice, and Roger greeted Nereus.

Roger and Nereus discussed the Holy Knights’ pursuit and why the Celestial Dragons kept targeting Roger’s crew. Roger revealed that he had found Shanks in a treasure chest at God Valley and later learned Shanks was Figarland’s child, leaving Nereus questioning why Roger had kept him close.

• Nereus reassured Roger that the crew could safely pass through Fish-Man Island and said he knew something about reaching the final island, but Roger refused his help.
• Nereus told Roger that the Holy Knights had asked him to stop the crew, but he had refused.
• Nereus asked Roger why the Celestial Dragons were pursuing him, and Roger sent Gaban and Rayleigh away with Shanks, Buggy, and Bullet before answering.
• Roger explained that he had found Shanks hidden in a treasure chest at God Valley and later learned from Somaz that Shanks was Figarland’s child.
• Nereus observed that Shanks was different from the Celestial Dragons and questioned Roger’s intentions in keeping him by his side.

After the Roger Pirates left Fish-Man Island, Bullet accepted his defeat and resolved to train for a rematch. Back on the island, Alber also trained harder as Nereus advised him on Haki and his Devil Fruit, while Nereus continued to leave the Poneglyphs and the island under his control untouched.

• Nereus let the Roger Pirates leave Fish-Man Island and head toward the New World, choosing not to pursue the Poneglyphs or reveal the location of the island under his control.
• Bullet woke aboard Roger's ship, learned he had lost to Nereus's daughter, and asked Roger who was stronger between them.
• Shanks and Buggy speculated that Bullet would take the defeat badly, but Bullet accepted it and resumed training aboard the ship.
• Fish-Man Island paused arena battles to repair the grounds after Bullet's fight.
• Alber apologized to Nereus for failing to handle Bullet, and Nereus encouraged him to keep training his Armament Haki and develop Qilin's dream-related abilities.

Chloe’s growing strength drew attention, while Cricket joined the Tontatta Dwarves to clear Noland’s name and search for the City of Gold. A diverse crew from Delta Island set out under Luna’s command to train in the Four Blues, but they spotted a large Pirate gathering near Beehive Island as they approached the Calm Belt.

• Nereus and Amphitrite continued raising Chloe cautiously because her uncontrolled strength could injure others, while ancient Sea Kings sensed something unusual about her.
• Cricket arrived in Dressrosa, where the Tontatta Dwarves recognized him as Noland’s descendant and welcomed him warmly.
• After seeing Noland’s statue, Cricket vowed to clear his ancestor’s name and find the City of Gold, then set off with several Dwarves despite Tiger’s offer to take him home.
• A diverse crew from Delta Island chose Luna as captain and planned to cross the Calm Belt before beginning their voyage in the Four Blues.
• As the crew approached the Calm Belt, they discovered many Pirate ships gathering near Beehive Island.

Luna reported an unusual influx of Pirates on Beehive Island, where a group plotted to attack Nereus and gain Ochoku’s favor. When an older Pirate told Ochoku that the attackers had raised his banner, Ochoku worried that Nereus would blame him.

• Luna noticed the unusually large number of Pirates gathering on Beehive Island and reported it to Fish-Man Island.
• A Pirate captain rallied the gathered crews against Nereus, blaming him for disrupting the slave trade and charging tolls.
• The captain urged the Pirates to attack Nereus and present his head to Ochoku as a token of allegiance.
• A Pirate fleet set sail for Fish-Man Island, while an older Pirate rushed to warn Ochoku.
• Ochoku learned that the fleet was using his banner and feared Nereus would think he was behind the attack.

Ochoku feared Nereus would blame him for seventeen pirate crews sailing under his banner, and his subordinates debated how to avoid retaliation. Ochoku decided to notify Nereus and offer compensation, but a messenger arrived with urgent intelligence.

• The chapter described how Rocks had gathered the Rocks Pirates through violent Davy Games and how Nereus had repeatedly clashed with him without a clear victor.
• Ochoku recalled how he had taken Hachinosu after the stronger former Rocks Pirates pursued ambitions elsewhere.
• Ochoku asked his longtime subordinates whether Nereus would believe that the seventeen pirate crews acting under his banner had nothing to do with him.
• Ochoku's subordinates argued over whether to eliminate the crews, protect their reputation, or contact Nereus and offer compensation.
• Ochoku chose to notify Nereus and offer compensation, then a messenger rushed in claiming to have important intelligence.

Ochoku learned that the pirates’ plan had been published in the newspaper and feared Nereus would take it as a challenge, while Nereus prepared to intercept the attackers at sea. The Neptune Army’s Third Company surrounded the pirates’ ships underwater and created a powerful vortex that began swallowing them.

• Ochoku’s underling told him the pirates’ operation had appeared in the newspaper, prompting Ochoku to seek Nereus’s number and contact him.
• Nereus explained that he had received Morgans’s intelligence in advance and chose to meet the pirates on the sea surface rather than fight underwater.
• Nereus assigned the mission to the Neptune Army’s Third Company, and Sebastian volunteered to lead it.
• Sebastian and the Third Company swam covertly toward the predicted battle zone while the pirates tried to lure the Neptune Army into a surface battle.
• The Third Company formed a ring beneath the pirates’ ships and stirred the water into a vortex that swallowed everything on the surface.

The Neptune Army trapped the Pirates attacking Fish-Man Island in a massive whirlpool and used its Fish-Men’s underwater abilities to destroy their fleet. Some Pirates escaped the whirlpool and rushed toward a nearby island, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Pirates tried to steer their ships along the whirlpool’s current and escape its edge.
• The Neptune Army’s Fish-Men approached underwater and began punching holes through the Pirates’ ships.
• Flooding, collisions, and exploding ammunition sank more than half the fleet before the Pirates saw their attackers.
• Sebastian and his invisible, color-changing, and mimicking fighters attacked the survivors and eliminated Pirate captains.
• Some Pirates escaped the whirlpool and charged toward a nearby island.

Sebastian directed the Neptune Army’s landing battle against the Pirates while Nereus tested two Poneglyphs that had eaten Zoan Devil Fruits. The Black Tortoise finally woke and attacked the fleeing Pirates by sending an earth-shaking wave through the mountain.

• Sebastian ordered the Mermaid warriors to keep fighting at sea and sent Fish-Men to ambush the Pirates who had landed.
• Nereus appeared in the clouds and hurled two massive Poneglyphs toward the island while Sebastian continued the battle plan.
• The Pirates tried to escape inland, but the Poneglyphs blocked their route as Fish-Men attacked from behind with Water Shotguns.
• Nereus struck the Poneglyphs with a water sphere, waking the Red Snake; the Red Snake then roused the still-sleeping Black Tortoise.
• Nereus used Conqueror’s Haki to wake the Black Tortoise, which stomped the ground and sent rocks and surging soil toward the Pirates.

The Black Tortoise and Sebastian’s Neptune Army routed the pirates who had attacked Fish-Man Island, while Ochoku arrived separately to admit defeat. The chapter left the battle still being cleaned up as Ochoku faced Nereus with a shipload of treasure.

• The Black Tortoise shrugged off the pirates’ guns and Haki-powered axe while attacking them with earth and its massive body.
• Sebastian’s invisible Neptune Army joined the fight, using Fish-Man Karate’s Uchimizu to inflict heavy casualties on the exhausted pirates.
• Nereus stayed out of the battle as the Neptune Army and Black Tortoise overwhelmed the pirates.
• Ochoku arrived at Fish-Man Island with a ship full of treasure, showing that he had come to admit defeat.

After Ochoku arrived alone at Fish-Man Island, Nanamo met him on the seabed and learned he had come to prevent a war and deny responsibility for recent provocations. She accepted his treasure as an apology, then demanded additional compensation for Fish-Man Island.

• Nanamo suspected Ochoku might be attacking while Nereus was away, so she prepared for battle and went to meet him alone on the seabed.
• Nanamo found Ochoku alone and challenged him, but he shifted to a fawning manner and said he had come to avert war.
• Ochoku presented more than a dozen chests of treasure and claimed impostors had acted in his name.
• Nanamo agreed to convey Ochoku's explanation to Nereus and accepted the treasure.
• Ochoku prepared to leave, but Nanamo demanded Fish-Man Island's share for its expenses and mobilization, prompting him to open more chests.

Ochoku bribed Nanamo after his conflict with Nereus, and Nereus chose to let the matter end, prompting Ochoku to return to Hachinosu and impose stricter rules. Two months later, Golden Lion challenged Roger in the Edd War, where a sudden tsunami wrecked most of his fleet and left him with a ship’s wheel embedded in his head.

• Ochoku delivered treasure to Nanamo, who accepted it without promising to influence Nereus.
• Nereus told Nanamo he believed Ochoku had admitted defeat and recalled that Ochoku had likely helped the World Government abduct Shakky.
• Nereus decided to let the incident end, and Ochoku returned to Hachinosu after seeing no sign that Nereus would attack.
• Ochoku established new rules to stop reckless Pirates from sailing out of Hachinosu and causing similar trouble.
• At the beginning of Sea Circle Calendar 1514, Golden Lion invited Roger to join forces during a clash in the Edd War waters, but Roger refused.
• A sudden tsunami destroyed most of Golden Lion’s fleet and drove a ship’s wheel into his head, while his forces’ earlier defeat by Harald had already crippled his power.

By early 1516, Fish-Man Island had turned its Neptune Army into an experienced force while Chloe trained under Nanamo in Ryugu Palace. Charlotte Linlin called Nanamo through Katakuri’s Den Den Mushi and asked her to tell Nereus that Roger was heading for Fish-Man Island again, offering negotiable terms to have him sunk.

• Fish-Man Island had spent years repelling pirates, and the Neptune Army had gained combat experience without increasing its size.
• Chloe missed her targets with individual fireballs, then destroyed the shooting range with a fiery aerial barrage.
• Nanamo tried to make Chloe practice precise fire control, but Chloe remained eager to train after six hours.
• Nanamo received a call on Katakuri’s Den Den Mushi and heard Charlotte Linlin ask her to pass a message to Nereus.
• Charlotte Linlin said Roger was heading for Fish-Man Island again and offered negotiable terms to have Nereus sink him.

Charlotte Linlin called Nereus to demand help against Roger, but he refused, leaving her more resentful. As Kozuki Oden translated the Road Poneglyph rubbings aboard the Oro Jackson, Roger realized he knew where to find the fourth one.

• The Roger Pirates had taken a rubbing of Charlotte Linlin's Poneglyph, while Bullet had left the crew after learning Roger was ill.
• Charlotte Linlin called Nanamo and demanded that Nereus act against Roger, but Nereus refused because helping her offered him no benefit.
• Charlotte Linlin hung up on Nereus, and Katakuri kept their conversation secret as her resentment grew.
• Kozuki Oden translated the rubbings from Wano Country, Zou, and Charlotte Linlin's island, but said the location of the fourth Poneglyph remained unknown.
• Roger recalled Nereus's words from years earlier and realized he knew where to find the last Poneglyph.

The Roger Pirates set course for Fish-Man Island, while Nereus welcomed Wobigon and his son Zeo home and heard what became of MADS after the World Government took it over. Wobigon revealed that Vegapunk had arranged for Stussy to enter Cipher Pol as a hidden operative.

• Roger told the Roger Pirates that Fish-Man Island was their likely destination, and they set sail there.
• The old Fish-Man Pirates gathered on Fish-Man Island to welcome Wobigon and meet his five-year-old son, Zeo.
• Nereus offered Wobigon a research platform on Fish-Man Island after learning that Zeo showed talent in pharmacology.
• Wobigon explained that the World Government had taken over MADS, while Queen joined Kaido's Beasts Pirates and Judge returned to the North Blue to rebuild Germa.
• Wobigon privately told Nereus that Vegapunk had used Buckin to create Stussy and arranged for her to be taken into Cipher Pol as his hidden operative.