Chapter Summaries

The Five Elders, Saint Figarland Garling, and Kong discussed how to preserve World Government control while the Flame Demon could not be eliminated. They agreed on a Navy recruitment drive, oversight by people from the Holy Land and God's Knights, and efforts to keep Dressrosa paying the Heavenly Tribute.

• Saint Topman Warcury redirected the meeting toward controlling the world as countries began watching and waiting.
• Kong proposed killing the Flame Demon, but Saint Shepherd Ju Peter said they could not defeat him safely.
• Saint Nusjuro proposed a massive Navy recruitment drive, with people sent to oversee the Navy and powerful recruits sought across the seas.
• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter raised the Shichibukai, and the group concluded they were of little use because Crocodile had joined Dunn's ranks and Hawkeye was close to him.
• The Elders decided to monitor Dunn, preserve Dressrosa's Heavenly Tribute, and pressure territories where the Hunter Guild had established itself.
• Saint Figarland Garling insisted God's Knights receive two Navy slots and named Shamrock and Sommers, while Kong objected to the Elders' criticism of the Navy.

The Five Elders decided to reduce the Marines’ New World forces and let pirates flood into the region, hoping conflict would distract Dunn. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku began planning an urgent recruitment drive, while Kuina rejected the World Government’s accusations against Dunn.

• Kong left after Nusjuro ordered him to arrange proof and keep publicizing Dunn’s actions in Dressrosa.
• Nusjuro persuaded the Five Elders and Garling to abandon their New World control plan, reduce forces there, and encourage pirates to enter the region.
• The Five Elders agreed to infiltrate the Hunter Guild and defer action against it while waiting for a chance to occupy Dunn.
• Kong ordered Sengoku to begin large-scale Marine recruitment, and Sengoku planned to seek funding and new positions for powerful recruits.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru observed that the World Government’s campaign against Dunn was intended to harm the Hunter Guild, while Sengoku acknowledged the situation remained uncertain.
• In Shimotsuki Village, Kuina read the complimentary newspaper and insisted Dunn would never commit the reported acts.

Koushiro and Dragon discussed the false report portraying Dunn as a villain and the World Government’s wariness of him. Dunn then told Issho his strategy for confronting the World Government: “boiling a frog slowly.”

• Kuina asked Koushiro whether he believed the report about Dunn, and Koushiro and Zoro agreed that someone had framed him.
• Koushiro urged Kuina and Zoro to train harder so they could help Dunn in the future, and the two went outside to practice.
• Koushiro called Dragon, who confirmed that the World Government had deliberately spread the report and warned Koushiro not to reveal his connection to Dunn.
• Dragon told Koushiro that the World Government and Dunn were maintaining a cautious balance, and mentioned the Navy’s planned mass recruitment drive.
• Koushiro learned he could not contact Dunn, then ended the call and listened as Kuina and Zoro sparred.
• Dunn explained his gradual strategy for opposing the World Government to Issho.

Dunn explained to Issho that mutual deterrence with the World Government could prevent an immediate, world-spanning war while the Hunter Guild and other opposition forces grew stronger. Issho understood Dunn’s plan, and the group continued training under gravity.

• Dunn took Issho, Robin, Baby 5, Viola, and Rebecca to train in woods on Dressrosa and invited Viola to join the Hunter Guild.
• Issho applied gravity fields, and Rebecca struggled under the pressure while Dunn asked him to make it stronger.
• Dunn told Issho that the World Government feared another attack on Mary Geoise and would hesitate to provoke him as long as he avoided direct strikes.
• Dunn explained that the Hunter Guild and other resistance forces could grow while the World Government weakened, with mutual deterrence delaying a larger war.
• Issho considered Dunn’s reasoning and agreed that it offered the best outcome for the time being.

Dunn trained with Issho while King Riku and Kyros discussed Dressrosa’s dependence on him and the Hunter Guild. Boa Hancock approached the island to meet Dunn, and Enel arrived in Dressrosa, where Baby 5 confronted him.

• Issho intensified gravity on Dunn as their training resumed, while Robin worried about the danger Dunn faced from the World Government.
• King Riku told Kyros to speed up construction of the Hunter Guild and said Dressrosa had no choice but to follow Dunn rather than rely on the World Government.
• Boa Hancock petrified attacking pirates near Dressrosa and hurried to bathe and change before meeting Lord Dunn.
• Enel descended into Dressrosa in a flash of lightning, and Baby 5 transformed her hands into a sword and cannon and aimed them at him.

Dunn assigned Enel to lead the Hunter Guild branch in Dressrosa, convincing him that the post would help him gain fame and become known as the Thunder God. Enel accepted the mission and prepared to coordinate with Dressrosa’s king.

• Enel arrived as Dunn was being held down by Issho’s gravity, and Dunn asked him to withdraw to discuss a new assignment.
• Dunn explained that Enel would be stationed in Dressrosa for several months to hold down the Hunter Guild branch there.
• Dunn told Enel that the branch was strategically important and that Enel’s Rumble-Rumble Fruit made him the ideal figurehead.
• Enel agreed to challenge pirates entering Dressrosa and vowed that none would get past him.
• Dunn took Enel to meet Dressrosa’s king so he could coordinate the branch’s operations.

Dunn brought Enel to Dressrosa and assigned him to oversee the Hunter Guild, then gave him a group of pirates to defeat and build his reputation. Boa Hancock had arrived nearby, leaving Dunn to consider how to handle her and the value of Amazon Lily’s Haki training methods.

• Enel told Dunn that Boa Hancock had arrived, and Dunn said he would handle her himself.
• Dunn introduced Enel to King Riku as the Hunter Guild’s new representative in Dressrosa.
• Enel assured King Riku he would deal with pirates and troublemakers, though Dunn checked his boastful manner.
• King Riku handed Enel wanted posters for pirates who had been turned into toys by Sugar’s ability.
• Dunn revealed he had held the pirates back for Enel to defeat, and Enel realized Dunn was giving him a chance to make a name for himself.

Dunn sent Enel to deal with people in Dressrosa while arranging for Boa Hancock to meet him. He also persuaded the embattled Morgans to partner with the Hunter Guild and asked him to promote someone.

• Enel transformed into lightning and left to handle Dunn’s task, astonishing King Riku and Kyros with his Logia ability.
• Dunn told King Riku and Kyros that Boa Hancock was arriving and asked them to bring her to his residence.
• Hancock arrived on the Perfume Yuda, told her sisters to wait aboard, and set off with Kyros to meet Dunn.
• Hancock released her Conqueror’s Haki as pirates approached, and Enel struck them with lightning before flying away.
• Dunn contacted Morgans, persuaded him to partner with the Hunter Guild, and told him to discuss the terms with Crocodile and promote someone.

Dunn arranged with Morgans to publicize Enel and considered how the Hunter Guild might contend with the World Government and Navy. Hancock visited Dunn and asked to follow him, accepting the danger this could bring to Amazon Lily.

• Dunn told Morgans that Enel was a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user and asked him to report on Enel publicly; Morgans agreed and raised his cooperation with Dunn.
• Dunn considered the World Government’s growing strength, possible tensions between it and the Navy, and his plans to meet the New World’s Emperor crews and Red-Haired Shanks.
• Kyros brought Hancock to Dunn, and she nervously explained her past intervention at Sabaody before saying she wanted to follow him.
• Dunn warned Hancock that following him could endanger Amazon Lily, and Hancock replied that she had considered the consequences and that her will was Amazon Lily’s will.

Dunn accepted Hancock as a new member of his ship and met Dragon in Dressrosa, where they discussed the Revolutionary Army, the Hunter Guild, and Dunn’s power to overthrow the World Government. Dunn said he had no ambition to rule the world and planned to pursue his own goals, though he intended to do the job well.

• Dunn accepted Hancock onto his ship and asked Robin to show her around and explain the rules.
• Dunn flew to Dressrosa’s King’s Plateau and met Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army.
• Dragon praised Dunn’s rapid growth and said his attack on Mary Geoise had distracted the World Government and Navy from the Revolutionary Army.
• Dragon offered Revolutionary Army support for establishing Hunter Guild branches, and Dunn noted that Crocodile had already discussed cooperation.
• Dunn said he could destroy the World Government but feared the resulting chaos would exceed the Hunter Guild’s ability to manage.
• Dragon asked whether Dunn intended to become king of the world, and Dunn said he did not care what became of the world but would carry out his plans well.

Dunn warned Dragon that the World Government’s suspected Uranus could threaten the Revolutionary Army and said Vegapunk was key to understanding its weaknesses. Dragon left with a box of genuine Devil Fruits for Crocodile, while Stussy approached Crocodile to invest in or join the Hunter Guild.

• Dunn asked Dragon to deliver a box of Devil Fruits to Crocodile, then separated the artificial fruits from the genuine ones.
• Dragon asked to use Dunn’s name as the Revolutionary Army prepared to act, but Dunn refused and warned him about the Celestial Dragons’ aerial weapon.
• Dunn advised Dragon to delay his plans and investigate Vegapunk, who might be connected to the weapon’s power source.
• Dragon accepted Dunn’s warning and left with the genuine Devil Fruits for Crocodile.
• Stussy met Crocodile on Sabaody Archipelago and offered to invest in the Hunter Guild or join it herself.

Stussy secured a partnership with the Hunter Guild and revealed that Vegapunk was behind her approach, while Dunn asked whether Vegapunk had completed the Mother Flame. In Dressrosa, Dunn learned more about Stussy’s identities and ordered Enel to capture defeated pirates and send them to the Marines for their bounties.

• Crocodile contacted Dunn after Stussy asked to join the Hunter Guild, and Stussy passed along Vegapunk’s greetings.
• Dunn agreed to let Stussy join and asked whether Vegapunk had created the Mother Flame; Stussy said it might be completed within a few years.
• Stussy and Crocodile arranged a partnership based on intelligence and funding, after which Stussy reported her success to Vegapunk and Spandine.
• In Dressrosa, Dunn reflected on Stussy’s connections to Vegapunk and her identities as a Pleasure District queen and Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent.
• Enel asked Dunn what to do with the defeated pirates, and Dunn ordered him to capture them and have King Riku send them to the Marine Base for bounty money.

Dunn left Dressrosa after assigning Enel to establish a Hunter Guild branch there, while Boa Hancock planned one for Amazon Lily. On Whole Cake Island, Charlotte Linlin’s hunger pangs ended in a Conqueror’s Haki clash with Kaido in the sky.

• Dunn prepared to leave Dressrosa, approved Boa Hancock’s plan for an Amazon Lily branch, and left Enel in charge of the Dressrosa branch.
• King Riku questioned Enel about sending captured pirates to the Marines for their bounties, and Enel insisted the money was his startup fund.
• Charlotte Linlin’s hunger pangs made her unleash Conqueror’s Haki and threaten her children until Streusen brought her a cake.
• After eating, Charlotte Linlin called Napoleon and Zeus, flew into the storm, and summoned Kaido.
• Charlotte Linlin and Kaido collided in the sky, their Conqueror’s Haki sending shockwaves through the clouds.

Kaido visited Charlotte Linlin on Whole Cake Island and proposed that they join forces because Dunn had entered the New World. Meanwhile, Dunn continued his voyage, unaware of their discussion, as Boa Hancock and Baby 5 competed to attend to him.

• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin exchanged Conqueror's Haki before Kaido landed on Whole Cake Island and joined her for a banquet.
• Kaido told Charlotte Linlin that Dunn had entered the New World and proposed an alliance against him.
• Charlotte Linlin considered working with Dunn instead but refused to decide quickly whether to ally with Kaido.
• Dunn remained unaware of Kaido and Charlotte Linlin's conversation while Boa Hancock and Baby 5 competed to serve him aboard the ship.

Dunn discussed developing Baby 5’s Arms-Arms Fruit and planned to meet Vegapunk in the New World while the crew headed for Totto Land. A newspaper revealed that Crocodile and Boa Hancock had lost their Shichibukai titles and each received a 1.5 billion bounty, leaving Dunn wondering whether the World Government was treating the Hunter Guild as pirates too.

• Dunn had Issho increase the gravity on the training room while Boa Hancock, Robin, and Baby 5 trained.
• Dunn and Issho discussed Baby 5’s need for specialized knowledge and Dunn said Vegapunk would make a better teacher than Caesar.
• Dunn explained that Vegapunk was near Marine Headquarters for now and would later be at the Future Kingdom, and said he wanted to learn about the Mother Flame.
• Dunn told Issho they would head to Totto Land if they did not encounter Zunesha, and Issho volunteered to try fighting Big Mom.
• Dunn bought a newspaper and discovered that Crocodile and Boa Hancock had lost their Shichibukai titles and each received a 1.5 billion bounty.
• Dunn wondered whether the World Government planned to classify the Hunter Guild alongside pirates.

After the World Government revoked Hancock’s Shichibukai title, Dunn flew her toward Sabaody so she could return to Amazon Lily and protect it. Meanwhile, Charlotte Linlin learned Dunn’s ship was approaching Totto Land, and the ship encountered a formidable figure in the stormy sky.

• Dunn told Hancock that her title had been revoked and urged her to return to Amazon Lily in case the Navy attacked.
• Dunn carried Hancock toward Sabaody while Robin continued the ship’s journey with Issho and the others.
• Kaido left Whole Cake Island without agreeing to cooperate with Charlotte Linlin, who ordered Katakuri to track Dunn’s ship.
• Katakuri worried that a conflict with Dunn could devastate the Charlotte Family, while Charlotte Linlin tried to contact Kaido and could not reach him.
• After spotting a Charlotte Family ship, Robin ordered the crew to dock at the next island, but Issho sensed a powerful arrival in the thunderclouds above.

Issho confronted Kaido after Kaido attacked the Rose Hunter with Blast Breath. Issho drew Kaido away while Robin and Baby 5 steered the ship to safety, leaving the two powerful fighters facing off in the sky.

• Issho sensed Kaido approaching through the clouds and recognized him as the world's strongest creature.
• Kaido fired Blast Breath at the Rose Hunter, but Issho blocked it with Gravity Blade: Fierce Tiger.
• Kaido recognized the Rose Hunter as Dunn's ship and spotted Issho, Robin, and Baby 5 aboard.
• Kaido attacked Issho with Demolition Gust after Issho summoned a meteorite toward him.
• Issho told Robin to take the ship to the nearest island, then flew up to hold Kaido off.
• Robin and Baby 5 steered the Rose Hunter away while Baby 5 blasted apart falling meteor fragments.

Issho fought Kaido in the sky, using the Press-Press Fruit’s gravity to force him down and then clashing with his Thunder Bagua. Kaido decided to withdraw, but Issho pressed the attack, leaving them exchanging blows above a sea split by their strikes.

• Issho unleashed Hell's Journey, crushing Kaido downward with overwhelming gravity and forcing the sea to sink beneath him.
• Kaido transformed into his human-beast form and struck Issho with Thunder Bagua, but their clash sent both fighters flying back.
• Issho recognized Kaido’s strength and Conqueror’s Haki Emission, while Kaido judged that defeating Issho would be difficult and chose to retreat.
• Issho attacked before Kaido could withdraw, and Kaido blocked his full-power slash before countering with a wide club swing that cleaved the sea.

Issho fought Kaido while Robin and Baby 5 escaped aboard the Rose Hunter, and Robin reported the encounter to Dunn. Back in Sabaody Archipelago, Crocodile updated Dunn on the Hunter Guild’s expansion and plans for its exam prizes and Skypiea site.

• Issho clashed with Kaido, using gravity-infused slashes to force him back.
• Robin and Baby 5 left the battlefield aboard the Rose Hunter, and Robin called Dunn to report that Issho was fighting Kaido alone.
• Dunn told Robin that Issho could hold his own against Kaido and said he would head back to them.
• Crocodile reported that the Revolutionary Army was using the Hunter Guild to stir unrest, and Dunn accepted the arrangement as a transaction.
• Crocodile proposed using nineteen Zoan Devil Fruits from Doflamingo as routine guild rewards, and Dunn agreed.
• Crocodile reported progress on branches across the Four Blues and said guild members had reached Skypiea and secured a preliminary agreement.

Dunn returned to the Sabaody Archipelago after hearing that Issho and Kaido were fighting, and he discussed the Hunter Guild’s plans and its members’ responsibilities with Crocodile. Hancock prepared to return to Amazon Lily, while Sengoku and Tsuru considered what Dunn’s return meant for the Marines and World Government.

• Crocodile told Dunn that the Hunter Guild had sufficient funding and that he wanted to join a future war against Whitebeard; Dunn agreed and outlined plans to establish branches in the New World.
• Dunn ordered Crocodile to send Hancock back to Amazon Lily and to retaliate against any Marine or World Government attack on the Hunter Guild to any extent.
• Rayleigh and Shakky convinced Hancock to return to Amazon Lily to handle the threat posed by the Marines and World Government, and she agreed to leave immediately.
• Sengoku told Tsuru that Dunn had returned to Sabaody with Hancock, and they concluded his arrival might warn the Marines and World Government after Hancock and Crocodile lost their Shichibukai titles.