Ch. 223The Tide Turns!

Dawn finished tempering his Observation Haki against Katakuri and began overpowering him, revealing a decisive gap between their abilities. Katakuri unleashed his full strength and a barrage of mochi attacks, leaving their battle raging.

  • Dawn and Katakuri clashed with tridents and powerful attacks, while Dawn used his newly mastered Observation Haki to predict Katakuri’s movements.
  • Dawn struck Katakuri with his high-temperature flames and knocked him back with a powerful blow.
  • Dawn told Katakuri that he had used their fight to temper his Observation Haki, then struck him faster than Katakuri could react despite his future sight.
  • Dawn pressed Katakuri with a relentless assault, forcing him to unleash his full strength and push his Observation Haki to its limit.
  • Katakuri launched Nine-Headed Mochi and a dense barrage of Peerless Donuts at Dawn as the battle continued.

Ch. 224Cracker Arrives

Dawn fought Katakuri on Barren Island until Cracker arrived to support him, balancing the odds for the Navy. Katakuri and Cracker escaped before Dawn and the vice admirals could capture either of them.

  • Dawn overpowered Katakuri in their ranged and close combat exchanges, leaving him exhausted and battered.
  • Cracker arrived and attacked Dawn, then joined Katakuri as Vice Admirals Yamakaji and Mole reached Dawn.
  • Dawn strengthened Yamakaji and Mole with his ability and assigned them to hold Cracker back while he dealt with Katakuri.
  • Katakuri covered the group with a barrage of fists, allowing him and Cracker to withdraw amid numerous biscuit soldiers.
  • Dawn chose not to pursue the Sweet Commanders, explaining that capturing one could trigger a war between Big Mom and the Navy.

Ch. 225Retreat [Third Update]

Dawn drove Katakuri and Cracker away rather than risk an all-out battle with the Big Mom Pirates, then headed with Yamakaji and Mole to capture Catarina Devon. Catarina was still attacking Marine soldiers when Dawn arrived and struck her.

  • Dawn judged that capturing Katakuri or Cracker could provoke a full-scale war with the Big Mom Pirates, so he chose to retreat and prioritize Catarina Devon.
  • Dawn sent the Flame Serpent into Cracker's Biscuit Soldiers and led Yamakaji and Mole across the sea on translucent footholds.
  • Katakuri watched Dawn depart with Cracker, bitter over his defeat and Oven's death.
  • Hina and the other Marines regrouped with Dawn's party and steered their warship toward Catarina Devon's battle.
  • Catarina Devon dodged Onigumo and attacked Marine soldiers, but Dawn struck her with a jet-black fist and sent her flying.

Ch. 226Ability

Dawn and the Vice Admirals cornered Catarina Devon, but her illusion ability briefly incapacitated them and let her attack Onigumo. Dawn countered with Conqueror’s Haki, and Ouroboros blocked Devon’s escape, leaving her trapped under a barrage of attacks.

  • Dawn confronted Catarina Devon and offered her surrender or a beating before Impel Down as the Vice Admirals surrounded her.
  • Catarina Devon fought Onigumo with her nine tails, but Dawn and the other Vice Admirals closed in around her.
  • Catarina Devon unleashed illusions that stopped Dawn and the others, then struck Onigumo into a mast and tried to escape.
  • Ouroboros warned Dawn, who released Conqueror’s Haki and broke the illusion’s hold on the group.
  • Ouroboros blocked Catarina Devon’s escape with a dense barrage of Air Blades, trapping her on the warship’s deck.

Ch. 227Arrest

Dawn and the Vice Admirals overwhelmed Catarina Devon after Dawn's Conqueror's Haki freed them from her influence, then captured her alive. Catarina was sent toward Impel Down, while Dawn reflected that his Observation Haki breakthrough was more valuable than taking her Devil Fruit.

  • Dawn's Conqueror's Haki woke the bewitched Vice Admirals, who joined him in attacking Catarina Devon.
  • Dawn pinned Catarina's tails with a barrier and kicked her, while the Vice Admirals closed off her escape routes.
  • Catarina tried to break through the deck, but Dawn revealed that translucent walls had enclosed the area.
  • The Vice Admirals and Dawn wounded Catarina and secured her in Seastone handcuffs.
  • Yamakaji and Mole thanked Dawn for helping capture Catarina, who was to be sent to Impel Down.
  • Dawn considered his Observation Haki breakthrough a greater gain than Catarina's Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.

Ch. 228Escort

Dawn and his crew sailed back toward Marine Headquarters to escort Catarina Devon to Impel Down while enduring a violent storm. He planned to visit Tom afterward to discuss Pluton’s blueprints, and the chapter ended with him bringing grilled Sea King meat to Catarina Devon.

  • Sola and the others smashed the giant hailstones while Ouroboros reinforced the warship with his abilities.
  • Dawn reflected on his new Observation Haki ability, which he called “Time Slow,” and on the crew’s plans to return to Marine Headquarters and then separate to lead their own teams.
  • Dawn planned to visit Tom on Sky Island after escorting Catarina Devon, hoping to obtain Pluton’s blueprints and build the weapon before the coming era.
  • Sola killed a Sea King, and Ouroboros grilled its meat as the storm passed.
  • Dawn brought grilled meat to the injured, Seastone-cuffed Catarina Devon in the ship’s cell, and she reacted coldly to his kindness.

Ch. 229I'm Here to Negotiate Terms

Dawn visited Catarina Devon in the ship’s hold and offered her a chance to escape Impel Down in exchange for pledging loyalty to him. Catarina accepted the Contract, agreeing to serve him if she was freed in the future.

  • Dawn sent the guards away and told Catarina Devon he had come to negotiate terms.
  • Dawn warned Catarina that she would be imprisoned in Impel Down’s Infinite Hell and offered freedom in exchange for her loyalty.
  • Dawn explained that Ouroboros’s Contract would sense betrayal and could devour Catarina’s soul if she acted against him.
  • Catarina agreed to sign the Contract, accepting that she might wait up to seven years for a chance to escape.
  • Dawn planned to use Catarina as a future piece in his schemes and strengthen Enel’s forces.

Ch. 230Sea King Stampede

Dawn prepared to test a new recovery ability that stored life force as he faced a Sea King stampede. He realized the approaching adults had come after the crew killed and cooked their young, and welcomed the chance to gather more life force.

  • Dawn left Catarina Devon's cell after securing her compliance and heard the crew panicking about Sea Kings approaching.
  • Sola celebrated the incoming Sea Kings as food, while Hina warned that they could destroy the ship.
  • Dawn explained that the stampede was a chance to test his ability to store life force for recovery.
  • Dawn spotted grilled meat and an unprocessed Sea King beside Sola and realized the crew had killed the adults' young.
  • Dawn welcomed the approaching Sea Kings, deciding the family could be reunited.

Ch. 231Killing

Tesoro, Enel, and the Thunder God Pirates overwhelmed Black Face and killed him after breaking through his psychic defenses. With CP0's hidden forces defeated, Enel led the crew to seize the Pure Gold.

  • Tesoro struck Black Face with a golden fist empowered by an explosion and Enel's lightning, shattering his mask and sending him flying.
  • Tesoro and Enel launched their strongest attacks while Trick and the others kept Black Face trapped under continuous pressure.
  • Black Face unleashed a psychic blade storm, but Wapol, Moria, Tesoro, and Trick held it back long enough for Enel to charge his spear.
  • Enel hurled the lightning-powered spear through Black Face's psychic barrier and pierced his heart, killing him.
  • Enel destroyed the surrounding warships and ordered the crew to seize the Pure Gold.
  • A red-masked CP0 agent realized that Made Tolega's attack and retreat had been a trap to draw out CP0's hidden forces.

Ch. 232Healing Aura!

Dawn developed a healing aura that could mend wounds by consuming life force, with stronger bodies requiring more energy to heal. After learning that Jack had planned to intercept the prison ship but had already missed it, Dawn considered the right time to fight Kaido’s subordinates and gain more Blood Bottles.

  • Sola and Ouroboros salvaged pieces of the giant Sea King serpent while Dawn tested his newly developed healing aura.
  • Dawn healed wounds on fish, Hina, and Sola, finding that stronger, physically tougher targets consumed more life force.
  • Dawn continued killing Sea Kings and pirates to collect Blood Bottles as the ship traveled onward.
  • The branch warned Dawn that Jack planned to intercept the prison ship carrying Catarina Devon, but Dawn realized the ship had already passed the interception waters.
  • Dawn decided that Jack and other Zoan users could provide valuable life-force gains, though he would wait for a suitable time to confront them.

Ch. 233Persuasion

Dawn returned to Sky Island and persuaded Tom to consider building Pluton by explaining his fight against the Celestial Dragons and promising that he was gathering the strength to protect it. Enel arrived and revealed that his power and control over the West Blue underworld were part of Dawn’s plan, leaving Tom surprised to learn that Enel served under Dawn.

  • Dawn returned to Sky Island with Enel and arranged for the Thunder God to help Tom study the Lunar Ruins and build ships.
  • Dawn met Trick, Fisher Tiger, and Tom at Tom’s cabin and told them about the cruelty he had witnessed on Hunter Island.
  • Dawn explained that he and his companions sought to eradicate the corruption at the top of the World Government.
  • Tom said he would help build Pluton only if Dawn could prove he had the strength and resources to protect it.
  • Enel arrived and declared that his Shichibukai position and control of the West Blue underworld supported Dawn’s plan, surprising Tom when he called Dawn his captain.

Ch. 234Landing on the Moon

Dawn secured Tom’s help in building Pluton and took him and the others aboard the Thunder God to develop the moon’s ancient ruins as a secret base. Enel’s old dream of reaching the moon was rekindled as the ship ascended toward it.

  • Dawn explained his relationship with Enel and reassured Tom that he had enough forces and funding to build Pluton.
  • Tom agreed to help after Dawn signed a Contract that let him experience the group’s confidentiality measures.
  • Dawn decided to develop the moon’s ancient ruins as a safer location for building Pluton.
  • Enel piloted the Thunder God upward and proudly showed Tom the flying ship’s features.
  • Dawn had Enel pause at intervals so the group could adapt to the altitude, especially the elderly Tom, before they continued toward the moon.

Ch. 235Underground City

Dawn and his companions reached the moon and searched for the buried underground city, which Dawn intended to use as a secret construction site for Pluton. They found the vast ancient city, and Dawn hinted that another discovery awaited them.

  • Dawn planned to conceal Pluton's construction by moving materials through West Blue and Buster Call Town.
  • Dawn, Enel, Tom, Trick, and Ouroboros landed on the moon and began searching for the buried city.
  • Enel and Dawn blasted craters into the moon until they found a hollow spot beneath the surface.
  • Ouroboros opened and reinforced a passage through the cavern, driving out a strong stench.
  • Enel, Tom, Trick, and Dawn entered the underground city, and Dawn hinted that they would find something beyond the city itself.

Ch. 236Robots

Dawn and his companions activated the underground city by having Enel discharge electricity, revealing a hidden robot population. Dawn planned to use the city as a base for building Pluton and asked Tom to modify the ancient battleship into a Flying Ship, while Enel sent the robots to search for their factory.

  • Dawn told Enel to discharge electricity into the city, and Enel's lightning activated its lights and machinery.
  • Dawn proposed using the city as a secret base for building Pluton and asked Tom to modify it into a Flying Ship.
  • Dawn revealed that the approaching figures were robots, and explained that the winged machines were evidence that the Sky Island people were Moon People.
  • Dawn had Enel release lightning, drawing the robots toward him, and told Tom they could serve as tireless assistants.
  • Dawn asked Enel to command the robots to find their factory so they could produce more helpers.

Ch. 237Future Plans

Dawn and Enel planned to develop the moon factory into a secret base, recruit scientists, and use robots to support their projects. After returning to Sky Island, Dawn assigned Enel to face Crocodile, the Desert King.

  • Enel showed Dawn and the others how the moon factory operated, and Dawn planned to transport supplies and recruit scientists to run it.
  • Dawn decided to bring biologists from the Ishtar Kingdom to help make the moon self-sufficient and told Enel to recruit the robotics scientist on Robot Island.
  • Dawn and the others took some robots back to help build Flying Ships and left the rest on the moon to assist with Pluton.
  • After returning to Sky Island, Dawn gathered the officers for a meal and told Enel that Crocodile would be his next opponent.

Ch. 238Prey

Dawn assigned Enel to stop Crocodile’s plot against their ally, Alabasta, and tasked him with searching the skies for Golden Lion. Dawn intended to kill Golden Lion, both to raise his standing in the Marines and to obtain the Float-Float Fruit to strengthen his Sky Domain Aura.

  • Dawn explained that Crocodile was using Dancing Powder to create a drought in Alabasta so he could take control of the kingdom and search for clues to Pluton.
  • Enel eagerly accepted the mission to confront Crocodile and defend Alabasta.
  • Dawn gave Enel a long-term task: pilot the Thunder God through the skies to find Golden Lion.
  • Dawn told the crew he planned to kill Golden Lion, while privately intending to obtain his Float-Float Fruit.
  • Dawn reflected that his Admiral-level abilities had reached a bottleneck and decided Golden Lion’s fruit could help him specialize and grow stronger.

Ch. 239Plan

Dawn planned to hunt Golden Lion and assigned Enel to search the New World for his floating base, while Trick and the Sky Island companions prepared to fight Golden Lion's crew. The group welcomed Tom, who agreed to build Pluton, and Dawn promised to keep it hidden until it could help bring about an era when fish-men could walk on land.

  • Trick questioned the danger of confronting Golden Lion, and Dawn said he would fight the pirate himself while Enel and Trick handled Golden Lion's officers and crew.
  • Dawn explained that Golden Lion's floating base could be anywhere in the sky and asked Enel to search the New World for it using his Observation Haki.
  • Enel agreed to travel with Wapol and Chloe, first returning to West Blue to gather supplies and fight Crocodile before heading to the New World.
  • Dawn held a banquet to welcome Tom, and Tom promised to build Pluton for him.
  • Dawn vowed to keep Pluton concealed until the final moment and said its emergence would signal an era when fish-men could openly set foot on land.

Ch. 240Zephyr

Dawn hurried from Sky Island to meet Zephyr after learning that Zephyr’s training ship had set sail, hoping to prevent the fate he knew awaited his former teacher. Before Dawn arrived, a pirate from Zephyr’s past attacked the training ship, and Zephyr confronted him.

  • Dawn celebrated Tom’s arrival on Sky Island, where the escaped slaves welcomed him and looked forward to Tom building Pluton for their fight against the Celestial Dragons.
  • After Baby-5 told him Zephyr’s training ship had departed, Dawn contacted Zephyr and set out aboard Enel’s Thunder God to join him.
  • Zephyr told his trainees, including Binz and Ain, that Dawn was coming, and the students eagerly anticipated meeting the young Vice Admiral.
  • Ten days later, a distinctive pirate whom Zephyr had captured years earlier approached the training ship and attacked with his naginata.
  • Zephyr blocked the attack with his iron fist, recognized the pirate, and vowed not to let him escape again.

Ch. 241Edward Weevil

Zephyr fought Edward Weevil for nearly three days while Ain and Binz waited for Vice Admiral Dawn to arrive. As Zephyr’s asthma and Edward Weevil’s fury shifted the battle, the training ship joined the fight with cannon fire, leaving Zephyr in danger and the students exposed.

  • Ain told Binz that she had contacted Marine Headquarters and that Vice Admiral Dawn should be on his way to help Zephyr.
  • Zephyr used his combat experience and Haki to punch Edward Weevil through the deck of the pirate ship, then took medicine as his asthma weakened him.
  • Edward Weevil saw his ship taking on water, flew into a rage, and attacked with greater force, damaging the vessel further.
  • Zephyr used Geppo to counter Edward Weevil’s attack and landed several punches, but a sudden bout of weakness let Edward Weevil knock him away.
  • Ain and the others brought the training ship closer and fired cannonballs to block Edward Weevil’s advance.

Ch. 242Arrived

Edward Weevil boarded the Navy training ship and overwhelmed Zephyr and his trainees, killing and injuring several Marines. Dawn arrived and trapped Weevil in Sky Prison, preparing to fight him.

  • Edward Weevil destroyed the cannonballs, leaped onto the training ship, and attacked the Marines aboard.
  • Zephyr fought Weevil while trying to protect his students, but Weevil’s strength and relentless attacks forced him back.
  • Weevil threatened the Marines and killed a student before Dawn struck him with a massive fist and stopped him from falling overboard.
  • Dawn checked on Zephyr, then used Sky Prison to seal the surrounding air and reinforce the deck around himself and Weevil.
  • Dawn faced Weevil and said the next round was about to begin.
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