Chapter Summaries

After Garling vanished and Im summoned Shamrock, Dunn visited the Hunter Guild headquarters, discussed its finances and plans with Crocodile, and revealed his intention to confront the Celestial Dragons. He regretted offering to handle the guild’s pending matters when Crocodile handed him a stack of files, including one involving Vinsmoke Reiju.

• Shamrock failed to contact Garling, then left after Im summoned him.
• Im sensed that Garling was gone and waited for Shamrock to arrive and explain the operation.
• At the Hunter Guild headquarters, Crocodile reviewed the guild’s finances and discussed its plans with Daz.
• Dunn arrived and told Crocodile he would go to the Holy Land after the Navy delivered the bounty, to demand an explanation from the Celestial Dragons over their attempt to target Robin and the others.
• Dunn offered to review unresolved guild matters, then regretted it when Crocodile brought him a huge stack of case files.
• Dunn recognized Vinsmoke Reiju among the files and asked whether Germa had something in mind.

Vinsmoke Reiju secured Dunn’s approval for Germa to host a Hunter Guild branch, while reporting that the World Government was acquiring weapons and preparing for war. Dunn said he would target the World Government’s leadership and ordered Crocodile to support Doflamingo’s renewed attacks on Mary Geoise, then entrusted Reiju and Crocodile with his documents.

• Reiju told Dunn that Germa wanted to establish a Hunter Guild branch on its mobile base, and Dunn approved the plan while reminding her to follow the guild’s rules.
• Reiju offered half the arms factories’ profits to the guild and revealed that weapons bought through hidden intermediaries had ended up with the World Government.
• Crocodile asked how the Hunter Guild should prepare for war, and Dunn said he would focus on destroying the World Government’s core rather than building an army.
• Crocodile reported that Doflamingo had attacked Mary Geoise again and planted Dyna Stone there, and Dunn ordered him to provide appropriate support.
• Dunn told Reiju and Crocodile to handle his documents themselves because he trusted them.

Dunn visited a tavern in the Sabaody Archipelago and encountered Capone Bege, who had joined the Hunter Guild with his crew. He reminded Bege of an old promise, which they agreed to discuss later, and warned him that the New World would be dangerous.

• Dunn left the Hunter Guild headquarters after delegating work to Crocodile and Reiju, while remaining unsure what would happen at Mary Geoise.
• Dunn arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago and noticed Capone Bege and the former Fire Tank Pirates wearing Hunter Guild insignia.
• Capone Bege discussed his plans to enter the New World with Vito and watched the powerful pirates gathered in the tavern.
• Dunn entered the tavern, and Capone Bege recognized him, startling the room when the tavern owner identified Dunn as the Hunter Guild president.
• Dunn reminded Capone Bege of his promise to help him, but Bege declined to claim it, and they agreed to leave the matter for later.
• Capone Bege explained that he had joined the Hunter Guild but chose to pursue a name for himself in the New World, and Dunn warned him that it would be difficult.

Capone Bege gave Dunn an unlisted Devil Fruit that Dunn identified as the Dark-Dark Fruit, which he had been seeking. Back at Guild headquarters, Dunn weighed eating it himself against giving it to Blackbeard, whose ambitions made him too dangerous to trust.

• Capone Bege handed Dunn a Devil Fruit he had found on a strange island, and Dunn recognized it as the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Dunn explained that the fruit was a Logia once wielded by a great pirate who ruled before Roger, then took it with him.
• Dunn told Capone Bege to contact Crocodile and have the fruit awarded double points, while Capone Bege left the tavern with his men.
• At Guild headquarters, Dunn considered whether eating the Dark-Dark Fruit would interfere with the elemental transformation of his Mera Mera no Mi.
• Dunn considered giving the fruit to Blackbeard but feared that he would rebel, so Dunn concluded that eating it himself was the safest option.

Dunn wondered whether a Logia Devil Fruit could fuse with a weapon, then ate the Dark-Dark Fruit himself and gained its power despite already being a Devil Fruit user. He discovered he could not use the Dark-Dark and Mera Mera abilities at the same time and left to target a Cipher Pol agent with the Door-Door Fruit.

• Dunn summoned Crocodile and asked him to bring Caesar Clown, while setting his sword Flame beside the Dark-Dark Fruit as a possible fusion target.
• Caesar Clown explained that Zoan fruits devoured objects to imitate them, but he did not know whether Logia fruits could do the same and suggested asking Vegapunk.
• Dunn ate the Dark-Dark Fruit, suppressed his body's rejection, and demonstrated its power, shocking Crocodile and Caesar Clown.
• Dunn discovered that using the Dark-Dark Fruit prevented him from using the Mera Mera no Mi, and vice versa.
• Dunn decided to seek the Door-Door Fruit from a Cipher Pol member near Water 7, warned Crocodile and Caesar not to imitate him, and left.
• Crocodile refused when Caesar asked him for Devil Fruits to use in experiments.

Dunn confronted Cipher Pol 9 in Water 7 over the Pluton blueprints, then spared the agents and gave them a mission. He ordered them to find Luffy in Foosha Village and take him to Skypiea for the Hunter Exam.

• Kalifa told Rob Lucci and Blueno that Iceburg seemed not to know anything about the Pluton blueprints, while Rob Lucci warned that the Hunter Guild might have them.
• Dunn suddenly appeared in Blueno's tavern, claimed the Pluton blueprints were in his hands, and overwhelmed Rob Lucci and Blueno.
• A Marine force led by an officer attacked the tavern, but Dunn blocked their strikes and the officer ordered the Marines to retreat.
• Dunn emerged from the ruins with Blueno and ordered Kalifa, Rob Lucci, and Kaku to find Luffy in Foosha Village and take him to Skypiea for the Hunter Exam.

Dunn captured Blueno and took the Door-Door Fruit for himself, then demonstrated his new ability to Crocodile and Reiju at the Sabaody Archipelago. He told Reiju that he had met her younger brother Sanji at the Baratie and planned to bring him out of the East Blue.

• Dunn forced Kalifa, Kaku, and the injured Rob Lucci to go to the East Blue and pretend Blueno had never existed, then flew away with the unconscious Blueno.
• Dunn killed Blueno on a nearby island and used the Dark-Dark Fruit to obtain the Door-Door Fruit’s power.
• Crocodile discussed the guild’s need for artificial humans with Reiju, who said her father planned to visit Sabaody.
• Dunn stepped through a door into Crocodile and Reiju’s room, and Crocodile recognized the Door-Door Fruit’s ability.
• Dunn told Reiju that he had met Sanji at the Baratie and said he planned to bring him out of the East Blue.

Dunn prepared for an eventual war with the World Government and went to Mary Geoise while Sengoku and Kong discussed the fallout from the God's Knights' intervention. The bounty was sent to the Hunter Guild, but Kong ordered Borsalino to return to Mary Geoise as Dunn remained inside the Room of Flowers.

• Dunn asked Reiju to have Sanji take the Hunter Guild examination, and she thanked him for agreeing not to tell her father about Sanji.
• Dunn warned Crocodile to prepare for a possible evacuation and said the World Government had likely obtained an Ancient Weapon and its energy source.
• Dunn told Crocodile he would go to Mary Geoise without attacking yet, then vanished from the room.
• Dunn entered the Room of Flowers in Mary Geoise, where his Observation Haki revealed the cruelty across the city.
• Kong ordered Sengoku to pay Dunn's bounty and try to contact him, but Sengoku said the God's Knights who intervened could not easily be handed over and warned that they should prepare for battle.
• Sengoku told Kong the bounty had already been sent, then ordered Borsalino to return to Mary Geoise; Borsalino protested that he could not fight Dunn.

The Marines and Revolutionary Army prepared for the consequences of Dunn’s arrival at Mary Geoise, while Dunn waited in the Room of Flowers for Im. He threatened to kill the Celestial Dragons to make Im easier to reach, and Im asked whether he had seen through her plan.

• Sengoku ordered Kizaru to Mary Geoise and readied Garp, Vice Admiral Tsuru, and the Navy after learning the bounty had already been delivered.
• Dragon told Vegapunk that the Revolutionary Army needed to return and prepare for the upheaval Dunn might cause.
• Crocodile instructed the Hunter Guild’s headquarters to make preparations while everyone awaited news from Mary Geoise.
• Im entered the Room of Flowers, sent Gunko away, and offered to compensate Dunn for his trouble.
• Dunn refused to leave empty-handed and threatened to wipe out the Celestial Dragons before dealing with Im.
• Im stopped and asked Dunn whether he had seen through her.

Dunn and Im negotiated over the World Government, and Dunn agreed to end the confrontation in exchange for attacking Mary Geoise. After Dunn devastated the Holy Land and demanded Shamrock’s right arm, Im ordered the Five Elders to handle the aftermath.

• Dunn and Im discussed their origins, powers, and the possibility of war before Im offered her body and the lives of the people Dunn sought as compensation.
• Dunn accepted Im’s offer, then left the Room of Flowers after finding the girl whose body Im had used lifeless.
• Dunn drew his sword outside and cut through Mary Geoise’s buildings, people, and nearly all the Celestial Dragons present.
• The Five Elders transformed into monsters and confronted Dunn, but Im’s maid-form stopped him by threatening the lives of thousands of Celestial Dragons.
• Dunn demanded Shamrock’s right arm in a form that could not regenerate, then vanished after Im agreed.
• Im ordered the Five Elders to end the matter and handle the ruins, leaving them to wonder about her understanding with Dunn.

After striking Mary Geoise, Dunn arranged for Mihawk to watch over Kuina and Zoro, then headed to Little Garden. The Marines learned that the Holy Land had been devastated, while Dunn arrived to find Zoro and Ace fighting.

• The Five Elders left Mary Geoise to handle the destruction, while Dunn realized Im could transfer her consciousness into other bodies and worried she might target people he knew.
• Dunn called Mihawk, learned that he, Kuina, and Zoro were on Little Garden with Dorry and Brogy, and then opened a door to the island.
• Fleet Admiral Kong ordered Sengoku to return to Marine Headquarters, and Kizaru reported that Mary Geoise lay in ruins after Dunn's attack.
• Sengoku told the gathered officers that Dunn had attacked the Holy Land and ordered the Marines back to Headquarters.
• Dunn arrived over Little Garden and saw Mihawk, Kuina, and two giants watching Zoro and Ace fight; the two swordsmen had just broken apart after clashing.

Dunn reunited with Zoro and Kuina while they trained with Ace under Hawkeye's guidance. After revealing he had visited Mary Geoise, Dunn left Hawkeye wondering whether he had attacked the Holy Land again.

• Zoro struck Ace with Lion Song and sent him flying, though their fight remained unfinished.
• Kuina prepared to fight Ace, but Dunn suddenly appeared and reunited with her and Zoro.
• Zoro attacked Dunn with Oni Giri, but Dunn stopped all three swords with one hand and knocked him face-first to the ground.
• Dunn recognized Ace as Gol D. Ace and said he had visited Mary Geoise before stopping by to see Zoro and Kuina.
• Hawkeye heard Dunn mention Mary Geoise and asked if he had attacked the Holy Land again.

Dunn arrived to guide Kuina and Zoro and urged them to take the Hunter Exam, while Hawkeye decided to enter it in search of future opponents. Dunn then confronted Ace, offered him a chance to grow stronger through the exam, and left everyone wondering whether Ace carried the bloodline of the One Piece.

• Hawkeye questioned Dunn about his return to Mary Geoise, and Dunn admitted that he had made a move there before revealing he had only been joking.
• Dunn teased Kuina and Zoro about their swordsman ambitions, then said he had come to have them take the Hunter Exam.
• Hawkeye announced that he would take the exam to seek out potential opponents, and Dunn challenged his assessment of Dunn's swordsmanship.
• Brogy and Dorry asked Dunn not to harm their disciple Ace, whom Zoro identified as a pirate who had provoked the guild.
• Dunn offered Ace a chance to become stronger by taking the Hunter Exam and threatened him into agreeing, prompting someone to wonder whether Ace had the One Piece's bloodline.

Dunn returned to the hunters’ ship with Zoro, Kuina, and Hawkeye after confronting Ace on Little Garden. He asked Kuina and Zoro to choose between going to Skypiea for the Hunter Exam or continuing to travel and train under Hawkeye.

• Ace introduced himself as Portgas D. Ace, charged at Dunn, and was blasted back by Dunn’s Fire Fist.
• Ace vowed to take the Hunter Exam and defeat Dunn, then asked Dorry and Brogy to teach him how to become stronger.
• Dunn and the others returned through a door to the hunters’ ship, where the hunters recognized him as their Guildmaster.
• Dunn promised Zoro a fitting sword on Skypiea, while telling Kuina she would need to find a weapon for herself.
• Hawkeye said he would take the Hunter Exam to seek out powerful swordsmen, and Dunn offered Kuina and Zoro a choice between training on Skypiea and traveling under Hawkeye’s guidance.

Dunn left Kuina and Zoro to travel the Grand Line with Hawkeye, while the Revolutionary Army tried to determine what had happened at Mary Geoise. At Marine Headquarters, Kizaru reported that at least eighty percent of the Holy Land’s residents may have died, leaving the Marines stunned by its lack of response.

• Dunn refused to take Kuina and Zoro with him, told Hawkeye to protect them only if their lives were in danger, and promised to find him three top-tier great swordsmen.
• Dunn left through a door, and Kuina and Zoro prepared to travel toward Skypiea with Hawkeye; Zoro joked that he would claim the senior-brother title once he surpassed Dunn.
• At Revolutionary Army Headquarters, Sabo reported that Mary Geoise had sealed off information even more tightly, prompting Dragon to suspect Dunn had made a move but decide to wait.
• Several days after the Mary Geoise incident, Kizaru told the Marines that at least eighty percent of the Holy Land’s residents may have died.

The Marines learned that the World Government planned to exploit the spreading demons in Wano Country, while Dunn returned to Candy Island and set out to confront Kaido. The chapter ended with Dunn facing a newly arrived man who had come to test the strongest figure of the era.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru explained that attacks on Celestial Dragons were no longer an absolute taboo and warned Sengoku to handle the World Government’s orders cautiously.
• Fleet Admiral Kong ordered Sengoku to lead nearly all available Marines to Wano Country, where demons were infecting people and Kaido had transformed into one.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru suspected the World Government had deliberately caused the outbreak, and Sengoku’s reports confirmed that anyone could be infected and turned into a demon.
• Dunn returned to Candy Island, told Morgans he had killed about as many Celestial Dragons as before, and learned that Kaido was spreading demons across islands in the New World.
• After Morgans gave him Kaido’s approximate location, Dunn vanished in flames, then appeared before a middle-aged man who said he wanted to test Dunn’s strength.

Patrick joined the Hunter Guild after Dunn easily overpowered him and sent him to work with Crocodile and Enel. Dunn then learned that Kaido had gained an immortal body and was fighting Shanks, and he headed toward their location as Shanks stayed behind to face Kaido.

• Dunn confronted Patrick, who offered to join the Hunter Guild rather than fight him.
• Dunn demonstrated his overwhelming strength, then sent Patrick to Sabaody to meet Crocodile and take Enel after escaped Impel Down prisoners.
• Dunn considered whether Im's demonic power could lead him to her true body and received Morgans's report that Kaido was fighting the Red Hair Pirates.
• Morgans told Dunn that Kaido had gained an immortal body, and Dunn set off for the South Pear Archipelago.
• Shanks ordered Benn Beckman and the others to retreat, then attacked Kaido with Divine Departure, but Kaido's chest wound healed immediately.

Shanks fought Kaido, whose demon-like state gave him overwhelming strength and rapid regeneration, while trying to protect the Red Hair Pirates and find a way to draw him away. As Shanks prepared for another clash, the temperature suddenly surged and the mist vanished, leaving a new threat or intervention unexplained.

• Kaido's attacks overwhelmed Shanks, who wounded Kaido's face and eye but watched both injuries heal almost immediately.
• Yasopp shot Kaido in the eye, briefly distracting him, while Shanks ordered the Red Hair Pirates to retreat and help draw Kaido away.
• Kaido attacked Yasopp and the retreating crew, but Shanks blocked him and knocked him back with Divine Departure.
• Shanks considered luring Kaido to Candy Island, where Dunn was staying, but worried about surviving Kaido's attacks along the way.
• The surrounding temperature suddenly soared, and the white mist evaporated as Shanks prepared to fight again.

Dunn arrived during the battle between Kaido and the Red Hair Pirates and overwhelmed Kaido with ease. After Kaido regenerated from devastating injuries, Dunn began testing how to stop his immortality, but even decapitating him failed.

• The sudden heat and gathering flames revealed Dunn's arrival, and he kicked Kaido into the island, shattering its terrain.
• Dunn told Shanks to stay aside while he dealt with Kaido, and the Red Hair Pirates recognized how far his strength surpassed theirs.
• Kaido emerged from the seawater in a half-dragon form and attacked Dunn, but Dunn stopped his club with one hand and kicked him away.
• Dunn crushed Kaido's heart, severed his limbs, and cut off his head, but Kaido regenerated each injury.

Dunn tested whether Kaido’s demonic power could trace Im’s other transformed victims, then forced Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates to choose between joining the Hunter Guild and dying. Shanks accepted, while Kaido revealed that he had destroyed Wano Country and that his infected subordinates were spreading the demonic power.

• Dunn let the demonized Kaido attack him to test whether Kaido could transmit his power, but Kaido could not harm him.
• Kaido said he could sense many people across the sea carrying seeds of the same power, so Dunn beheaded him and waited for him to regenerate.
• Kaido told Dunn that a woman had transformed him after he woke from a drunken blackout, and admitted that he had destroyed Wano Country.
• Dunn revealed that Kaido’s infected subordinates were spreading toward the outskirts of Wano Country.
• Dunn ordered Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates to abandon piracy and join the Hunter Guild or die, and Shanks accepted.