Chapter Summaries

Sun Keiyun’s Marines overwhelmed the Whitebeard Pirates at Marine Headquarters, killing Vista and many others while the Admirals cornered Whitebeard. Whitebeard offered to surrender in exchange for his sons’ escape, but Sun Keiyun rejected the deal, and Akainu killed him.

• Sun Keiyun ordered 1,500 marksmen to concentrate their fire on Vista, who died after blocking only a fraction of the bullets.
• Akainu reported that the Whitebeard Pirates’ forty-six ships and the three thousand pirates aboard them had been destroyed, while the remaining pirates continued to fall.
• Akainu, Aokiji, and Garp fought Whitebeard as Kizaru watched the battlefield; Vista and Rikyo died, and many pirate captains were killed.
• Whitebeard realized the Marines had planned to eliminate his entire crew, then offered to surrender if his sons were allowed to leave.
• Sun Keiyun rejected Whitebeard’s surrender, and Akainu struck him through the heart, killing him.

The Marines crushed the Whitebeard Pirates at Marineford, and Sun Keiyun influenced decisions about the Marines’ future leadership and the fate of Ace and Marco. Luffy and Ivankov retreated, while Blackbeard fled before he could attempt to steal Whitebeard’s Devil Fruit.

• The Marines killed Whitebeard and Jozu, captured Marco, and forced the surviving Whitebeard Pirates to surrender.
• Sengoku told Sun Keiyun he would recommend him to succeed Tsuru as Chief of Staff, and Sun Keiyun backed Akainu to become Fleet Admiral.
• Sun Keiyun stopped Ace’s execution broadcast and persuaded Sengoku to postpone the execution and keep Marco imprisoned.
• Ivankov and Jinbe retreated with Luffy after seeing the Whitebeard Pirates’ defeat, while Blackbeard’s crew left without landing.
• Sun Keiyun sent a vice admiral to inspect the ice cliffs and learned that Blackbeard had escaped aboard an empty ship.

Sun Keiyun secured Marine control over news coverage, rewarded the Shichibukai for their wartime service, and pointed Hawk Eyes toward powerful opponents to test his swordsmanship. After Doflamingo and Hawk Eyes left, Sun Keiyun asked Kuma to contact Dragon and send support for the Marines’ restructuring.

• Sun Keiyun met with Morgans, instructed him to emphasize teamwork when reporting on the Marines and individual power when covering the Shichibukai, and required Marine review of future pirate and Marine reports.
• Sun Keiyun met with Doflamingo, Hawk Eyes, and Kuma, promised rewards and newspaper coverage for their contributions, and suggested Kaido, Big Mom, and Bartholomew as targets for Hawk Eyes to challenge.
• Hawk Eyes accepted Sun Keiyun’s suggestions and left, while Doflamingo departed after learning that Gion had taken Baby-5 on a classified mission.
• Sun Keiyun asked Kuma to contact Dragon and arrange support for the Marines’ restructuring.

Sun Keiyun revealed his knowledge of Kuma’s ties to Dragon and persuaded Kuma to call the Revolutionary Army leader. He proposed practical ways for the Revolutionary Army to gain resources and recruit through the Marines, leaving Dragon intrigued but wary of whether Sun Keiyun was truly an ally.

• Kuma attacked Sun Keiyun, who easily deflected him and urged him to contact Dragon.
• Kuma called Dragon and handed the Den Den Mushi to Sun Keiyun, who introduced himself and proposed cooperation.
• Dragon suspected Sun Keiyun might be a CP operative and questioned his motives, but agreed to hear his suggestions.
• Sun Keiyun warned Dragon about the risks to his son and suggested training Revolutionary Army members through kingdoms and Marine recruitment.
• Dragon recognized the value of placing Revolutionary Army members in the Marines but decided to wait for more evidence before trusting Sun Keiyun.
• Kuma left the meeting room with a calm, unreadable expression.

As news of the Summit War spread, Red-Hair learned that Mihawk had helped the Marines to test his sword against Jozu and was now heading to Wano Country to challenge Kaido. Meanwhile, Sun Keiyun discovered that the stars had collected four Devil Fruits and could recreate their abilities, leaving him poised to use them to expand his power.

• Morgans's newspapers spread news of the Marines' victory across the Four Seas, inspiring widespread awe of the Marines.
• Red-Hair called Mihawk and learned that he had fought Jozu to sharpen his sword and planned to seek out Kaido in Wano Country.
• Rayleigh and Shakky discussed Whitebeard's death and the Marines' growing strength, while Kaido celebrated and planned to seize territory.
• Sun Keiyun studied Devil Fruit laws and realized that the stars had gathered the abilities of Whitebeard, Jozu, and Blamenco, along with his own cards ability.
• The stars told Sun Keiyun they could simulate the four abilities and create Devil Fruits whose powers they could control, and Sun Keiyun declared his ambition to claim ninety-nine percent of the One Piece World.

Sun Keiyun learned that Major General Modi and the General Affairs Division were manipulating Marine promotions and merits, while the messenger Lishi linked the corruption to former Admiral Zephyr’s family tragedy. At a meeting with Sengoku, Sun Keiyun agreed to approach Ace and Marco about working for the Marines, then introduced his guideline for ending the Great Pirate Era: “End the past, watch over the present, grasp the future!”

• Sun Keiyun questioned messenger Lishi about rumors that he lacked strength and learned that Major General Modi was behind the criticism.
• Lishi explained how the General Affairs Division could falsify or redistribute Marine merits and revealed that Zephyr’s family had been murdered after he uncovered the corruption.
• Sun Keiyun told Gion that they would address the Marine corruption after building their own support, and they went to Sengoku’s meeting.
• Sengoku asked Sun Keiyun to persuade Ace and Marco to work for the Marines, and Sun Keiyun agreed to try.
• Sengoku raised the Marines’ plan for entering the New World, and Sun Keiyun presented his Twelve-Character Guideline: “End the past, watch over the present, grasp the future!”

Sun Keiyun outlined a three-part strategy to end the Great Pirate Era by defeating the old-generation pirates, containing pirates on the Grand Line, and preventing new pirates from emerging in the Four Blues. Sengoku and Tsuru raised concerns about the plan’s enormous costs and staffing needs, leaving Sun Keiyun to consider how to proceed if the World Government denied more funding.

• Sun Keiyun described the Four Emperors and their established forces as leech-like old-generation pirates who should be eliminated first.
• Sun Keiyun proposed building at least forty-nine fortresses and Maritime Information Centers across the Grand Line to train Marines and deny pirates a foothold.
• Sun Keiyun argued for controlling the Four Blues to block the source of future pirates, and Akainu embraced the strategy as a path toward defeating piracy.
• Tsuru warned that establishing a New World base and expanding Marine forces would require enormous numbers of troops and money, while Sun Keiyun argued that local supplies and new recruitment could help.
• Sengoku asked Sun Keiyun to plan for the possibility that the World Government would not increase the Marines’ budget, and the meeting turned to the New World base’s location and specifications.

Sun Keiyun and Gion traveled to Mary Geoise, where he discovered that a strange force field weakened Haki and suspected the city was powered by lost advanced technology. As Celestial Dragons appeared, Sun Keiyun realized the World Government might hold the civilization’s secrets.

• After a day of meetings, Sun Keiyun and Gion discussed the stars, observation, and swordsmanship before deciding to visit Mary Geoise with Sengoku.
• On the journey, Gion explained that gossiping female soldiers had spread news of Sun Keiyun’s arrival at Marine Headquarters because he was handsome.
• As they walked through Mary Geoise, Gion described its districts while Sun Keiyun found that a force field sharply limited his Observation Haki and Armament Haki.
• Sun Keiyun consulted the Chat Group, where the Hokage Main Body suspected the force field came from a machine built by a lost super-civilization.
• Sun Keiyun considered that the World Government might possess the advanced technology he sought, then Gion warned him that Celestial Dragons had arrived.

Sun Keiyun and Gion toured Mary Geoise, where they witnessed Saint Charlos’s cruelty and discussed the Celestial Dragons’ waning authority and the Marines’ response. As Sun Keiyun mapped the city in his mind, he began planning an operation that could make him the next person to challenge the World Government.

• Gion pulled Sun Keiyun aside as Saint Charlos passed through the street on a enslaved man, followed by chained women, CP0, and guards.
• Sun Keiyun questioned why Gion did not kneel, and she explained that Marines no longer treated Celestial Dragons with the respect they once commanded.
• Gion described the purpose of making officers witness Celestial Dragon abuses before promotion, while Sun Keiyun privately rejected the idea of continuing to serve them.
• Sun Keiyun deduced that Gion had learned about the Celestial Dragons from Dragon, and Gion realized his knowledge of the Revolutionary Army was unusually extensive.
• As they explored and bought snacks and toys, Sun Keiyun built a mental map of Mary Geoise and learned that Fisher Tiger had freed slaves in only one district.
• Sun Keiyun studied the city map and began planning where to attack, how to escape, and how many people he would need.

Sun Keiyun visited Ace and Marco in Marine Headquarters prison to persuade them to join the Navy, confronting their grief over Whitebeard’s death with figures on pirate violence and defending the war. He left them furious but forced to face the wider consequences of the Whitebeard Pirates’ influence.

• Sengoku told Sun Keiyun that Ace and Marco would likely enter the Navy as Colonels under new names, despite his initial arguments for higher ranks.
• Sun Keiyun went to Marine Headquarters prison and found Ace and Marco withdrawn and unresponsive; he claimed responsibility for planning the Summit War, which brought their anger back to life.
• Marco accused Sun Keiyun of killing Whitebeard, and Sun Keiyun cited the thousands of pirates killed and injured in the battle.
• Sun Keiyun presented North Blue statistics showing the deaths and injuries caused by pirate incidents, then linked the Whitebeard Pirates’ affiliated crews and influence to further civilian harm.
• Sun Keiyun defended Whitebeard’s defeat as an act of justice that could discourage piracy and protect civilians, while Ace and Marco listened in silence.

Sun Keiyun argued that the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates could cooperate against injustice, prompting Marco and Ace to reconsider who their true enemies were. The discussion ended with Marco recognizing the Celestial Dragons as unjust and questioning why a pirate should fear them.

• Sun Keiyun invited Marco and Ace to join the Marines, but Marco and Ace rejected the offer because the Marines had killed Whitebeard and their crewmates.
• Sun Keiyun challenged Marco to distinguish the Marines’ just actions from their unjust ones, and Marco explained how the Whitebeard Pirates had protected people from other pirates.
• Sun Keiyun argued that injustice within both the Marines and the pirates, rather than every member of either group, was the true enemy, leaving Marco unsure whom he should take revenge on.
• Ace described the nobles of the Goa Kingdom and the Celestial Dragons abusing ordinary people, and Sun Keiyun agreed that their actions were unjust.
• Sun Keiyun identified the World Government as the force behind the Ohara incident, and Marco began to realize that he had no reason as a pirate to fear the Celestial Dragons.

Sun Keiyun argued that the World Government was unjust and explained how Rocks D. Zebek and Roger had laid the groundwork for resistance against it. After hearing Sun Keiyun’s account of Roger, Ace and Marco joined his cause, leaving the group ready to oppose the World Government.

• Sun Keiyun condemned the World Government’s abuses and admitted that he and Dragon belonged to separate revolutionary factions.
• Sun Keiyun described Rocks D. Zebek as the first generation of resistance and presented a rumor that Roger had raised Shanks and Buggy after the Battle of God Valley.
• Sun Keiyun portrayed Roger as a pioneer who opened the Great Age of Pirates so others might discover his answer and continue resisting the World Government.
• Ace, moved by Sun Keiyun’s account of his father, joined the cause and regained his strength as his Seastone shackles fell away.
• After Sun Keiyun described Whitebeard as a family-minded man broken by his era, Marco also joined and asked whether overthrowing the World Government would make the world better.

Sun Keiyun recruited Marco and Ace into the Revolutionary Army and helped them plan new identities as Navy officers. The pair prepared to protect their surviving brothers and spread the cause, while Sun Keiyun arranged to meet Sengoku and study their Devil Fruit abilities.

• Sun Keiyun encouraged Marco to develop Observation Haki to detect hidden injuries, and Marco vowed to work harder.
• Sun Keiyun explained that Marco and Ace could join the Navy as colonels, and they chose the names Edward Matte and Portgas D. Roku.
• Sun Keiyun proposed that they join the Navy to protect the surviving Whitebeard Pirates, letting willing men enlist and sending others home with pledges and resources.
• Sun Keiyun told them to teach their subordinates true justice and quietly expand the Revolutionary Army’s influence within the Navy.
• Sun Keiyun collected blood samples from Marco and Ace to study whether he could remove Devil Fruit weaknesses, then told them to wait while he summoned Sengoku.

Sun Keiyun explained how he had recruited Ace and Marco by bargaining over the prisoners, and Sengoku approved the deal while shielding him from political pressure. Back at Gion’s home, her lessons in True Justice led her to question whether the Marines’ justice was real at all.

• Sun Keiyun told Sengoku he had persuaded Ace and Marco to join the Marines by offering to release some prisoners and spare the rest prosecution.
• Sengoku explained that Ace was Garp’s grandson as well as Roger’s son, approved Sun Keiyun’s promise, and gave him a vacation and a private Den Den Mushi.
• Gion taught swordsmen that righteousness required doing good beyond what laws and Marine regulations demanded.
• Gion told Sun Keiyun that True Justice made her feel the world was wrong and questioned whether the Marines’ justice was true justice.

Gion learned that Sun Keiyun belonged to an independent Revolutionary Army and believed the Marines could not achieve true justice without overthrowing the World Government. She joined his cause and received a plan to spread True Justice through the Marines, though Sun Keiyun expected the World Government’s reaction to help expose its corruption.

• Sun Keiyun explained to Gion that the Marines served the World Government’s rule and that the organization’s roots prevented it from delivering true justice.
• Gion accepted that Sun Keiyun was part of the Revolutionary Army, then learned he belonged to a separate branch rather than Dragon’s group.
• Sun Keiyun told Gion he had joined the Marines to recruit people who yearned for justice and use the organization’s resources to spread revolutionary ideas.
• Gion agreed to help Sun Keiyun and asked what task he had for her.
• Sun Keiyun told Gion to expand the Swordsman Group, offer True Justice lessons to confused Marines, and distribute printed lecture notes using Baby-5 and Perona.

Sun Keiyun learned that the World Government had rejected the Navy’s funding request, then used his cards to send the Akatsuki into the One Piece world. Pain and the Dawn Pirate Group destroyed an arms-smuggling ship in the North Blue and faced a Navy warship, where Pain prepared to test his power.

• Sengoku told Sun Keiyun that the Gorosei had rejected the Navy’s funding request and planned to cut its budget, so they agreed to focus on building strength and establishing Maritime Information Centers.
• Sun Keiyun discussed the Justice Handbook with Sengoku, then attached recording cards to four Navy ships bound for the Four Seas.
• A North Blue Maritime Information Center received a report that the Dawn Pirate Group had attacked the Samen Chamber of Commerce ship, and the operator identified Pain as a suspected Gura Gura no Mi successor.
• Pain and Konan destroyed the ship after learning it was an arms-smuggling vessel, then left as Pain explained that his mission was to storm Mary Geoise and free the slaves.
• Sun Keiyun watched Pain through a card livestream as a Navy warship approached, and Pain chose to confront it rather than flee.
• The Navy colonel ordered the warship to fire its cannons, and Pain raised his hand and used Shinra Tensei.

Deidara and the other pirates used their Devil Fruit powers and explosives to cripple a Marine warship in the Dawn Pirate Group’s first battle. Sun Keiyun learned that the Akatsuki members came from a parallel world, then received a summons from Sengoku.

• The colonel ordered the Marines to fire on the opposing ship, but Pain sent their shells back and damaged the warship.
• A blue-haired pirate launched Paper Airplanes carrying Deidara’s clay spiders, while the Marines tried to shoot them down and retreat.
• Deidara detonated the spiders across the warship, and Pain and Sun Keiyun watched the attack.
• Sun Keiyun asked the Hokage Main Body about Deidara and the Akatsuki Organization, and learned they came from a parallel world nearly twenty years ahead of his own.
• Sun Keiyun asked whether the crew could storm Mary Geoise, and the Main Body assured him their combat power would be formidable.
• Sengoku summoned Sun Keiyun to his office, and Sun Keiyun agreed to arrive within five minutes.

Sun Keiyun attended his first Marine Headquarters bounty meeting and learned how the Marines assessed pirate threats. The meeting ended with the officers deciding to send high-ranking Marines after Pain’s crew rather than issue a bounty, because Pain was suspected of possessing the Gura Gura no Mi.

• Tsuru explained to Sun Keiyun how the Marines weighed pirates’ strength, crimes, and influence when setting bounties.
• Sengoku and the officers agreed on bounties of thirty-two million Beli for Timiz and seventy-five million for Kamuro.
• Sengoku presented the final case: Pain’s newly active crew, whose members were suspected of having several Devil Fruits.
• Akainu proposed withholding a bounty and deploying high-ranking officers to capture Pain and determine whether he truly possessed the Gura Gura no Mi.
• The officers agreed that a confirmed Gura Gura no Mi user should be sent directly to Impel Down.

Sun Keiyun watched the Marines debate how to handle two newly emerged pirate crews, then proposed replacing bounties with competitive honors as another way to make pirates fight. The meeting ended with Kizaru assigned to recruit Accelerator’s crew and Vice Admiral Weasel sent after the Dawn Pirate Group.

• Sengoku learned that Garp had been injured by Accelerator, while Rouge had fought an orange-haired girl suspected of possessing the Goro Goro no Mi.
• Sun Keiyun recognized Accelerator, Misaka Mikoto, and the others in the photographs but refused Tsuru’s request to recruit them.
• Akainu and Aokiji declined to pursue the crew, so Sengoku assigned Kizaru to approach them and Vice Admiral Weasel to handle the Dawn Pirate Group.
• Sun Keiyun questioned whether bounty spending could instead fund more Marines, and Sengoku rejected diverting bounty money.
• Sun Keiyun suggested using honors such as Number One Under Heaven to encourage pirates to compete, and Sengoku asked him to explain further.

Sun Keiyun persuaded Marine leadership to create pirate rankings that would provoke competition and reduce bounty costs, while strengthening the Marines with the savings. The chapter ended with Sengoku approving separate ranking distributions and plans for the Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Rankings.

• Sun Keiyun proposed Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Rankings, arguing that pirates would fight those ranked above them to improve their own standing.
• Tsuru and the other Marine leaders supported the proposal, and Aokiji questioned whether the rankings might strengthen pirate crews before Sun Keiyun convinced him the Marines could use the turmoil to build up their forces.
• Sengoku decided the rankings would have separate versions for pirates and civilians, with the civilian version glorifying the Marines and the pirate version targeting pirates.
• Sun Keiyun and Sengoku outlined the rankings: the Heavenly Ranking would include top Haki users and awakened Devil Fruit users, while the Earthly Ranking would feature powerful crew members.
• Sun Keiyun argued that the Human Ranking should combine young pirates from the Grand Line and New World, and Sengoku decided it would list young pirates in the New World.