Arc 2Gray’s Rise and the Heavenly Tribute

Gray strengthened his abilities, recruited Monet and Sugar, and forged a powerful new weapon while the Donquixote Family evaded the Marines. The arc ended with Doflamingo launching an operation to seize the Heavenly Tribute as Gray began studying the Six Powers.

  • Gray escaped with the Donquixote Family after Tsuru’s attack, and Doflamingo later promoted him to senior officer for helping the family survive.
  • Gray developed new rotation techniques while the family evaded Tsuru and Gion, then joined Doflamingo’s attack on Minion Island to seize the Op-Op Fruit.
  • Gray fought Tokikake in the sky and killed him with a Railgun, prompting Kizaru to pursue the Donquixote Family through the North Blue.
  • Gray rescued Monet and Sugar from Leonard’s gang, brought them aboard the family ship, and helped Monet awaken Observation Haki.
  • Gray awakened Armament Haki, sparred with Diamante, and trained to improve his strength and resistance to Seastone’s effects.
  • Gray helped forge Mountains and Seas from rare materials, then tested its Haki-infused Flying Wheels and greatly increased his offensive power.
  • Doflamingo arranged to rob the Heavenly Tribute with Vergo’s help, and Gray joined the operation before studying the Six Powers in preparation.
Chapters 26–50 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 26The Final Ripple?

Tsuru raced to save the female Marines while Doflamingo and Gray tried to stop her, and Gray unleashed a limit-breaking attack that Tsuru managed to block. Gray ran out of stamina and retreated to the Donquixote Family’s ship, leaving an exhausted Tsuru and a wary Doflamingo behind.

  • Doflamingo taunted Tsuru as the Donquixote Family officers threatened the female Marines, and Tsuru charged toward her subordinates after using Tempest Kick: Chaos against Gray and Doflamingo.
  • Doflamingo unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking half the female Marines unconscious, while Tsuru fought past his strings to reach the survivors.
  • Gray used Magnetic Field Rotation to power up the Sky Crystal Flying Wheel and launched Meteor Form Two at Tsuru.
  • Tsuru blocked Gray’s attack with her Devil Fruit ability, Haki, and Iron Body, while Doflamingo praised Gray and promised to handle what came next.
  • Gray, nearly out of stamina, descended to the island and headed for the retreating ship, while the exhausted Tsuru faced Doflamingo from a distance.

Ch. 27Successful Escape

Gray and the Donquixote Family escaped the Marines after a battle that left Doflamingo gravely wounded. Aboard the ship, Gray assessed his combat strengths and weaknesses and began searching for a defensive technique suited to his Spin-Spin Fruit.

  • Gray reached the secret port, ate while the family loaded supplies, and praised Shark Chili for damaging the ship's bottom.
  • Gray and the others boarded and escaped as Trebol fired a flare to signal their departure.
  • Doflamingo led the family away from Tsuru, then collapsed from his severe internal injuries once they were at sea.
  • Gray considered the Donquixote officers inept and assessed his own stamina, attack power, and lack of defensive techniques.
  • Gray tried to think of a way for a Spin-Spin Fruit user to develop a defensive move.

Ch. 28Vector Rotation

Sengoku agreed to send Gion to help Tsuru capture Doflamingo, while Gray began developing Vector Rotation as a defensive counterattack. Doflamingo recovered and ordered his family to hide and stay at sea as Tsuru continued dismantling their forces while awaiting Gion.

  • Tsuru explained her failed operation to Sengoku and proposed that Gion assist her while she pursued Doflamingo.
  • Sengoku agreed to send Gion but worried that Tokikake would follow her and leave Paradise short of protection.
  • Gray devised a defensive Vector Rotation technique and tested it by making a falling iron ball bounce away from his hand.
  • After waking, Doflamingo ordered the Donquixote Family to suspend its business, hide its identities, and resupply at Sweet Potato Island before staying at sea.
  • Tsuru swept through the Donquixote Family's contacts and forces with Marine reinforcements while waiting for Gion to arrive.

Ch. 29The Game of Hide-and-Seek

Tsuru and Gion pursued the Donquixote Family across the North Blue, but Doflamingo’s intelligence network repeatedly helped them evade capture. With Kaido provoking the Navy in the New World and Headquarters stretched thin, Tsuru suspended the pursuit and prepared to return.

  • Gion joined Tsuru’s pursuit and promised to help capture the Donquixote Family.
  • Trebol warned Doflamingo that Navy forces were approaching, and the family escaped before Tsuru could reach them.
  • Doflamingo’s paid network of island informants and Gray’s vigilance helped the family stay ahead of the Navy for three months.
  • Tsuru explained that Kaido’s attack on a Marine Base had drawn Aokiji to reinforce Sakazuki and left Headquarters short of forces.
  • Tsuru rejected Gion’s offer to continue the pursuit alone, suspended the mission, and said the Navy might face both Kaido and Charlotte Linlin.

Ch. 30Law and Corazon Set Sail

After the Donquixote Family settled ashore, Doflamingo promoted Gray and ordered the senior officers to train harder. He then approved Corazon taking Law to find a doctor, and the two set sail with the family’s support.

  • Doflamingo waited until Tsuru had left the North Blue before bringing the family ashore at a secret base, where Gray celebrated being back on solid ground.
  • The family held a party, and Gray once again drank too much while competing with Trebol.
  • At the family meeting, Doflamingo promoted Gray to senior officer for saving him and helping the family retreat, then ordered the senior officers into full-time training.
  • Corazon asked permission to take Law to find a doctor, and Doflamingo arranged a ship and information about doctors on nearby islands.
  • Corazon and Law set sail, while Doflamingo urged Law to keep training and Law quietly felt warmed by the concern.

Ch. 31A Beginner's Guide to Space Rotation

After visiting Shark Chili, Gray considered new ways to develop his Spin-Spin Fruit, focusing on rotating space to teleport himself or attacks. He began his first serious experiment by trying to move a metal ball in his palm to a point beside a pebble ten meters away.

  • Gray finished combat training, visited Shark Chili at the family port, and promised to arrange an extra meal for it.
  • Gray reviewed his ongoing efforts to develop defensive Direction Rotation and Personal Magnetic Field rotation.
  • Gray planned to use Space Rotation to teleport between points and potentially distort space for attacks.
  • Gray wheeled back to his place, set a metal ball in his palm, and prepared to rotate the space between it and a pebble ten meters away.

Ch. 32Bounties

Sengoku and Tsuru decided to abandon the Navy’s G6 Branch rather than risk an all-out war with the Beasts Pirates, while reinforcing the branch before its fall. In the North Blue, the Donquixote Family received its first bounties, and Gray celebrated his 88 million Beli reward by provoking the others.

  • Tsuru learned that Kaido had targeted the G6 Branch to strengthen his reputation and recruit Zoan users, and she discussed the threat with Sengoku.
  • Sengoku chose to send Akainu, Aokiji, Gion, and Tokikake to fight the Beasts Pirates, then abandon G6 and reinforce G1 through G5.
  • baby-5 brought the Donquixote Family their wanted posters, and Doflamingo discovered his first bounty was 90 million Beli.
  • Gray asked the officers to reveal their bounties, including Pica’s 80 million, Diamante’s 78 million, and Lao G’s 50 million Beli.
  • Gray revealed his 88 million Beli bounty, stood beside Doflamingo to taunt the officers, and escaped in his wheelchair as they shouted after him.

Ch. 33Minion Island Incident

In Marine Calendar 1509, Corazon and Luo raced to Minion Island after learning that Barrels planned to trade the Op-Op Fruit, while Doflamingo's family set out to seize it. After Doflamingo killed Corazon, Tsuru and Gion confronted the family, and Gray and the officers launched an attack on Tsuru.

  • Corazon learned that Barrels planned to trade the Op-Op Fruit on Minion Island and hurried there with Luo, hoping the fruit could save him.
  • Trebol told Doflamingo about the planned deal, and Doflamingo ordered the officers, including Gray, to sail for Minion Island and take the fruit.
  • Gray witnessed Doflamingo kill Corazon and did not reveal that Luo was hidden in a box behind him.
  • Tsuru and Gion arrived with Marines, and Gion clashed with Doflamingo as Tsuru advanced on Gray and the other officers.
  • Gray activated his Sky Crystal Flying Wheels, and the Donquixote Family officers unleashed their attacks on Tsuru.

Ch. 34Chaton Tokikake

Gray and Tokikake clashed after Gray mocked the Marine’s appearance, with Gray using his Spin-Spin Fruit to keep Tokikake under pressure in the sky. Gray left Tokikake struggling to fend off his attacks while Tsuru engaged the other officers below.

  • Gray used Haki-coated gunshots from Tokikake to test and accelerate his Sky Crystal Flying Wheels.
  • Gray mocked Tokikake’s appearance and compared him to Trebol, provoking Tokikake into an angry argument.
  • Tsuru ordered Tokikake to focus on capturing the officers and attacked Gray’s group with a Tempest Kick.
  • Gray flew upward in his Flying Chair, and Tokikake pursued him with Geppo while firing his pistol.
  • Gray led Tokikake higher into the sky and attacked with the two Flying Wheels, exploiting Tokikake’s limited range and aerial disadvantage.

Ch. 35Full-Force Attack!

Gray intensified his aerial fight with Tokikake by deploying four Flying Wheels, while Doflamingo escalated his duel with Gion by creating a string clone. Both battles remained unresolved, with Gray gaining control over Tokikake and Doflamingo putting Gion under heavier pressure.

  • Tokikake drew a second gun, but Gray summoned two additional Flying Wheels and revealed their strengthened Magnetic Field Rotation: 1000 Horsepower form.
  • Gray attacked with three Flying Wheels as Tokikake fired Haki-infused scattershot, but Gray’s growing control forced Tokikake to struggle against the distance and pressure.
  • Doflamingo told Gion that Tokikake was about to lose, while Gion insisted Tokikake had not yet shown his full strength.
  • Doflamingo increased his attacks, created a Shadow Knight clone, and struck at Gion with both copies’ Five-Colored Strings.
  • Gion defended against the doubled assault, strengthened her Haki and sword strikes, and challenged Doflamingo to keep fighting.

Ch. 36Space Displacement: Meteor!

Gray used Space Displacement: Meteor to strike Tokikake from behind, leaving him gravely wounded, while Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family officers kept Tsuru and Gion occupied. Tokikake tried to flee toward the coast as Gray pursued him, and Tsuru remained trapped with the injured Gion.

  • Tsuru attacked the Donquixote Family officers, but Pica raised a giant of stone to absorb her Slash Waves while the officers tried to keep her at a distance.
  • Gray kept Tokikake pinned with his flying wheels and gunfire, then used Space Displacement: Meteor to make a fourth wheel appear behind him and pierce him.
  • Doflamingo struck Gion when she was distracted, and Tsuru rescued her before attacking Doflamingo to stop his pursuit.
  • The Donquixote Family officers attacked Tsuru as she held the wounded Gion, preventing her from reaching Tokikake.
  • Tokikake got to his feet and ran toward the coast, shouting for Tsuru and Gion to retreat, while Gray pursued him from the sky.

Ch. 37Escape

Gray’s Railgun devastated Minion Island, but Tokikake survived and fled while Tsuru escaped with Gion. Sengoku sent Kizaru to support them after Tsuru reported that Tokikake had been killed, and Kizaru raced toward the North Blue.

  • Gray fired his Railgun at Tokikake, piercing him and blasting a huge crater into Minion Island, then ordered the Donquixote Family to pursue Tsuru and Gion.
  • Tsuru carried Gion out of the encirclement, while Tokikake emerged from the crater with his right arm gone and the right side of his body charred before fleeing toward the shore.
  • Gray realized his attack had exhausted him and resolved to improve his Armament Haki and continue developing his powers.
  • Tsuru called Sengoku and reported that Tokikake had been killed, then asked him to send Kizaru to support her and Gion.
  • Sengoku rushed to Kizaru’s office, and Kizaru immediately set off for the North Blue.

Ch. 38The Shichibukai Plan Begins Early

Tokikake used his last strength to get Tsuru and Gion aboard a Marine warship, while Doflamingo’s family escaped and planned how to avoid the Marines. Doflamingo chose to seize the North Blue Heavenly Tribute to force the World Government to make him a Shichibukai, despite Gray warning that Kizaru could destroy them.

  • Doflamingo struck the barely conscious Tokikake, but Tokikake used the impact to carry Tsuru and Gion toward the coast and a Marine warship.
  • Tsuru and Gion escaped aboard the warship, and Tsuru saw that Tokikake was gravely injured and unconscious.
  • Gray watched the Marines escape and warned Doflamingo that their losses could provoke the Marines to send an Admiral.
  • Doflamingo gathered his officers aboard their ship and decided that becoming a Shichibukai could let the family stay in the North Blue.
  • Doflamingo proposed seizing the North Blue Heavenly Tribute to force the World Government to grant him Shichibukai status, while Gray warned that Kizaru could wipe them out.

Ch. 39Sex and Life Cultivation

Kizaru reached the North Blue and found Tokikake alive but critically injured, then stayed behind to pursue the Donquixote Family. As Gray kept evading him, Gray reconsidered how to develop his Personal Magnetic Field and pursued a path toward biological evolution and immortality.

  • Kizaru arrived at the Marine Branch, learned Tokikake was in critical condition, and agreed that Tsuru would take him back while Kizaru hunted the Donquixote Family.
  • Tsuru arranged for Kuzan to guard Mary Geoise and assigned Kizaru to stay in the North Blue and capture the Donquixote Family.
  • Kizaru pursued the Donquixote Family for a month, but Gray and the others repeatedly left before he reached them.
  • Gray concluded that he needed to absorb beneficial magnetic fields to strengthen his Life Magnetic Field and Soul Magnetic Field.
  • Gray compared the Op-Op Fruit's Perennial Youth Surgery and Pure Gold as routes to extended life, but continued seeking a way to evolve naturally.

Ch. 40Monet and Sugar

Gray and baby-5 visited Monet and Sugar’s restaurant, where Gray enjoyed the food before Leonard arrived to demand another protection payment and pressure Monet to become his gang leader’s wife. The confrontation remained unresolved as Leonard’s threat left Monet and Sugar facing trouble.

  • Gray searched nearby magnetic fields for ones that could strengthen his soul, then decided to take a break on an island with baby-5.
  • Gray and baby-5 found Monet and Sugar’s Cottage, where Sugar served them the restaurant’s specialties.
  • Gray praised the food and ate with baby-5 as Leonard and his men barged into the restaurant.
  • Leonard demanded protection money from Monet, claiming his newly founded Fierce Tiger Gang was separate from the Black Bear Gang.
  • Sugar challenged Leonard’s demand, and Leonard suggested Monet become his gang leader’s wife if she could not pay.

Ch. 41Invitation

Gray stopped Leonard and the Fierce Tiger Gang from extorting Monet and Sugar, then challenged the sisters to recognize that their lack of power left them vulnerable. He began asking Sugar whether she wanted to become a mag...

  • Leonard demanded three hundred thousand Beli in protection money from Monet and Sugar on behalf of his newly renamed Fierce Tiger Gang.
  • Gray used three times the normal gravity to crush Leonard and his men, then questioned Leonard about whether the gang protected shops from pirates.
  • Leonard admitted that the gang took protection money without risking itself to defend the shops.
  • Gray asked Monet and Sugar what they thought of the gang, and Sugar called its members bad people.
  • Gray explained that the sisters were exploited because they lacked power, then began asking Sugar if she wanted to become a mag...

Ch. 42The Disappearance of the Gild-Gild Fruit

Gray invited Monet and Sugar to join the Donquixote Family after killing Leonard and his men, then asked Doflamingo to obtain the Six Powers techniques. Doflamingo learned that someone had stolen the Gild-Gild Fruit from the family’s Sabaody auction house and ordered Trebol to find the thief.

  • Monet and Sugar accepted Gray’s invitation to leave the island with him.
  • Gray crushed Leonard and his men to death after Leonard offered money to spare their lives.
  • Gray brought Monet and Sugar aboard the ship, placed them in Baby 5’s care, and asked Doflamingo to acquire the Six Powers techniques.
  • Gray told Doflamingo about the sisters’ potential and left their possible membership in the family to him.
  • Trebol told Doflamingo that the Gild-Gild Fruit had been stolen during a fire at the Sabaody auction house.
  • Doflamingo ordered Trebol to watch powerful newcomers and identify the fruit’s new owner.

Ch. 43Observation Haki Awakening Experiment

Gray brought Monet and Sugar into the Donquixote Family and later tested a method for awakening Monet’s Observation Haki by rotating her Soul Magnetic Field. Monet successfully sensed people and presences aboard the ship, and Gray asked how far she could perceive and whether she felt tired.

  • Gray introduced Monet and Sugar to the Donquixote Family officers during dinner.
  • Gray explained Haki and offered to try awakening Monet’s Observation Haki, warning that he could not guarantee the method was safe.
  • Monet agreed to the experiment, and Gray examined her Personal Magnetic Field before slowly rotating her Soul Magnetic Field.
  • After Gray increased the rotation speed, Monet began sensing activity outside her room and identifying powerful presences aboard the ship.
  • Monet said she could perceive them, and Gray asked how far she could see and whether she felt tired.

Ch. 44Armament Haki Awakening

Gray helped Monet awaken Observation Haki and told her to keep it secret, then used his Life Magnetic Field to awaken his own Armament Haki. He successfully drew out and coated his fingers with Haki, but found he still needed the rotating field to release it reliably.

  • Monet estimated that her newly awakened Observation Haki let her sense roughly ten meters and practiced controlling it with Gray's help.
  • Sugar asked Gray if she and Baby-5 could awaken Observation Haki, and he promised to help when they were adults.
  • After Monet exhausted herself, Gray told her to claim her Haki had awakened naturally and reminded her that strength determined her standing in the Donquixote Family.
  • Gray rotated his Life Magnetic Field and guided the power drawn from his body toward his arm, awakening Armament Haki.
  • Gray coated his fingers with Armament Haki, but could not draw it out again without rotating the Life Magnetic Field.

Ch. 45Daily Life

Gray trained with Diamante aboard the ship, using his Devil Fruit to improve his physical combat before revealing that he had learned Armament Haki. The chapter ended as Gray's Haki-coated fist clashed with Diamante's Haki-coated sword.

  • Gray exhausted the Armament Haki he had drawn from Gray's body and fell asleep.
  • Gray brought Monet and the other newcomer to Lao G for instruction in basic physical training.
  • Gray sparred with Diamante, using Vector Rotation to redirect force and Teleportation to attack from changing angles.
  • Gray said he had learned a new ability, then appeared behind Diamante with his fist coated in black.
  • Diamante coated his sword in Haki and met Gray's Armament Haki punch, sending a gust of wind through the Training Room.

Ch. 46Daily Life II

Gray trained after awakening Armament Haki, pushing himself through exhausting gravity exercises and meditation before testing his resistance to seawater. The chapter left him planning to forge a sturdier weapon with his Magnetic Field Rotation and Armament Haki.

  • Doflamingo watched Gray demonstrate his newly awakened Armament Haki and worried that Gray’s growing strength would threaten his position as the family’s strongest fighter.
  • Gray ended his sparring session with Diamante, then exhausted himself by training under ten times normal gravity.
  • Gray meditated and used self-suggestions to strengthen his resolve after recovering from his morning training.
  • Gray soaked his legs in seawater to practice resisting its suppression while thinking through ways to develop his abilities and Haki.
  • Gray decided his damaged Sky Crystal Flying Wheel needed replacing and planned to help forge a sturdier weapon using the heat of his Magnetic Field Rotation.

Ch. 47Cyborg, Tokikake!

Gray planned a new ring-shaped design for his future equipment while training. At Marine Headquarters, Tokikake returned as a cyborg, and Sengoku reassigned Kizaru to escort the Heavenly Tribute as Tsuru reflected on Dragon.

  • Gray stopped his Seastone Factor resistance training and began his magnetic-field screening after imagining a ring-shaped device behind his back.
  • Gion visited Tokikake, who had returned from Vegapunk's lab as a cyborg after five months of recovery and body modifications.
  • Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Tokikake's sacrifice for Gion, the Donquixote Family, and the Marines' losses in the North Blue.
  • Sengoku called Kizaru, who complained about pursuing the Donquixote Family, and ordered him to escort the Heavenly Tribute instead.
  • Sengoku explained the Marines' other assignments and complained that Garp had gone to the East Blue to raise his grandson.
  • Tsuru thought about Dragon and remarked that the old man had wasted his life while the young man had lost his way.

Ch. 48Forging a Weapon of His Own

Gray arrived at the Donquixote Family's secret workshop to forge a durable weapon from rare materials, while Doflamingo planned to rob a Heavenly Tribute shipment to secure the family's future and force the Five Elders to make him a Shichibukai. Gray's ores were ready for the craftsmen to forge, but the weapon's creation remained unfinished.

  • Gray and baby-5 traveled with Diamante and Shark Chili to the Donquixote Family's secret workshop near the Calm Belt to study and forge Gray's weapon.
  • Doflamingo learned that Kizaru had left North Blue and decided to target the remaining Heavenly Tribute ships, hoping to force the Five Elders to make him a Shichibukai.
  • Doflamingo arranged for Vergo, who had risen through the Navy ranks, to help locate and rob the shipment.
  • Gray used his abilities to melt volcanic ore, Adamant, and Seastone, impressing the craftsmen who would forge his weapon.
  • After a month of tests, Gray watched the craftsmen prepare to combine the rare materials into a weapon durable enough for him to temper with Armament Haki.

Ch. 49Weapons: Mountains and Seas!

Gray completed Mountains and Seas, a gold ring weapon fitted with six Flying Wheels and twelve steel balls, and took it into the sky to test it. He launched three Armament Haki-coated Flying Wheels at five thousand horsepower, controlling them within a hundred meters.

  • Gray inspected Mountains and Seas after the craftsmen finished forging it and promised to make it famous and eventually turn it into a Supreme Grade Sword.
  • Gray rewarded the craftsmen with an extra six months' bonus before flying off to test his new weapon.
  • Gray used Observation Haki to examine Mountains and Seas and explained how its magnetic frames held the Flying Wheels in place and let them spin.
  • Gray coated a Flying Wheel in Armament Haki and launched it at five thousand horsepower.
  • Gray sent two more Flying Wheels after the first and controlled all three as they raced through the air around him.

Ch. 50Haki Techniques

Gray tested his new Flying Wheels and Armament Haki, then joined Doflamingo’s family for an operation to steal the Heavenly Tribute. Doflamingo gave Gray a notebook explaining the Six Powers, and Gray began training in Shave.

  • Gray found that his Haki-infused Flying Wheels could only attack effectively within a hundred meters, though the weapons greatly increased his offensive power.
  • Gray and Diamante returned to the family base after a week at sea, and Doflamingo set sail with the family officers for the operation.
  • Doflamingo rallied the family to steal the Heavenly Tribute, and Gray said he wanted to test the World Government’s trained fighters.
  • Doflamingo gave Gray a notebook detailing the Six Powers, and Gray hurried to the Training Room to study them.
  • Gray learned the theory behind Shave, tried it by stomping once, and realized he needed to stomp dozens of times in an instant.
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