Chapter Summaries

Sephiroth and Baccarat arrived in the Germa Kingdom to negotiate with Vinsmoke Judge on behalf of the Umbrella Corporation. Judge challenged the company’s previous terms and invited Sephiroth to watch Germa’s soldiers train.

• Judge and his children waited at Germa’s harbor as an Umbrella Corporation speedboat approached at remarkable speed.
• Sephiroth and Baccarat arrived and introduced themselves to Judge as representatives of the Umbrella Corporation.
• Judge introduced Ichiji, Niji, Yonji, and Reiju to the visitors, while Sephiroth noticed the boys’ displeasure at his polite attention to Reiju.
• Judge argued that the Umbrella Corporation’s proposed conditions were too harsh and suggested that Sephiroth watch Germa soldiers train.
• Sephiroth accepted the invitation, saying he wanted to see how formidable Germa’s soldiers were.

In Germa Kingdom, Vinsmoke Judge showed Sephiroth Germa’s clone soldiers, and Sephiroth criticized their limitations before revealing Umbrella Corporation possessed cloning and Lineage Factor research. The revelation left Judge shocked as Sephiroth moved to secure his submission to Umbrella Corporation.

• Vinsmoke Judge demonstrated the clone soldiers’ absolute obedience by ordering two to fight to the death, then commanding the survivor to kill himself.
• Sephiroth praised the soldiers as tools of war but pointed out their slow cultivation, limited strength, low efficiency, and short service lives.
• Sephiroth told Judge that Umbrella Corporation had once considered a clone army but ultimately abandoned the plan.
• Baccarat handed Judge Umbrella Corporation’s research documents, including materials on cloning and Lineage Factor technology, leaving him astonished.
• Sephiroth explained that Umbrella Corporation had acquired MADS’s research through Du Feld and intended the revelations to make Judge submit while preserving his willingness to cooperate.

Sephiroth revealed Umbrella Corporation’s secret plan to use Germa Kingdom as its proxy in wars, then showed Vinsmoke Judge its Intelligent War Machines as an alternative to clone soldiers. Judge was left weighing Germa’s ambitions against the machines’ enormous cost.

• Sephiroth explained that Umbrella Corporation wanted Germa Kingdom to wage wars through underworld intermediaries while the corporation profited behind the scenes.
• Vinsmoke Judge struggled between accepting Umbrella Corporation’s terms for a chance to rule the North Blue and preserving Germa’s independence.
• Sephiroth asked why Umbrella Corporation did not manufacture a clone army and revealed two Intelligent War Machines, WM-1 and WM-2.
• Sephiroth described WM-1’s heavy machine gun and laser weapons, then demonstrated WM-2’s swordsmanship systems, lasers, and flight capability.
• Sephiroth explained that the machines could suppress enemies or enter killing mode, and Vinsmoke Judge objected that they were far too expensive.

Sephiroth explained Umbrella Corporation’s robot prices and production plans to Vinsmoke Judge, who challenged him to prove the WM-2 mech’s strength against his sons. As they arranged a test, Sephiroth recognized that expensive top-spec mechs could be vulnerable to elite Haki users, while cheaper mass-produced versions could overwhelm ordinary fighters through numbers.

• Sephiroth explained the WM-1 and WM-2 mechs’ capabilities, high maintenance costs, and estimated mass-production prices to Vinsmoke Judge.
• Sephiroth showed Judge an ordinary robot prototype and explained that robots could be produced much faster than clone soldiers.
• Vinsmoke Judge challenged Sephiroth to have the WM-2 mech fight Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji together.
• Sephiroth agreed and considered how Armament Haki Internal Destruction could short-circuit a mech despite its strong outer armor.
• Sephiroth speculated that the World Government had lowered Pacifista production costs because top-spec units were expensive and vulnerable to elite fighters.

Niji challenged the WM-2 mech and was decisively defeated, convincing Vinsmoke Judge of Umbrella Corporation’s technological superiority. Judge agreed to accept the cooperation proposal if Umbrella Corporation also gave Germa its robot manufacturing technology.

• Niji attacked the WM-2 mech with electric punches, kicks, and a sword, but failed to damage it significantly.
• The WM-2 mech overpowered Niji, broke six of his ribs, and pinned him until Sephiroth ordered it to disengage.
• Niji stood up and reset his broken ribs with his modified body’s strength.
• Judge abandoned further testing and acknowledged Umbrella Corporation’s technology after seeing Niji overwhelmed.
• Judge told Sephiroth he would accept the cooperation proposal if Umbrella Corporation provided its robot manufacturing technology.

Sephiroth negotiated a mech sales agreement with Vinsmoke Judge and demanded Reiju as part of the deal. Judge accepted, and Sephiroth entered the castle with him to settle the cooperation’s details, while planning to study Reiju’s toxin-related abilities.

• Sephiroth told Judge that Umbrella Corporation would not disclose its mech technology, but offered to sell robots at nearly cost price if Judge accepted a condition.
• Judge agreed to Sephiroth’s demand for Reiju, treating his daughter as a bargaining chip; Reiju remained silent because she could not disobey him, and Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji showed no concern.
• Sephiroth agreed that Umbrella Corporation would sell experimental and mass-produced mechs to Germa, with the company retaining control through maintenance needs, proprietary alloys, and programming backdoors.
• Judge invited Sephiroth to the castle, where they began negotiating the details of their cooperation.
• Sephiroth sought Reiju partly to study her toxin resistance and abilities in hopes of learning how to overcome seawater and Sea Stone.

Reiju confronted Vinsmoke Judge about giving her to Sephiroth, but Judge ordered her to serve Germa Kingdom and bind Sephiroth through children. Later, she invited Sephiroth into her room to watch the stars, where they spoke about Judge’s conquest of the North Blue.

• Reiju asked Vinsmoke Judge why he had given her to Sephiroth, and he said it would bring benefits to Germa Kingdom.
• Judge ordered Reiju to please Sephiroth and bear his children, and Reiju submitted because she could not resist her father’s commands.
• Reiju encountered Sephiroth in the corridor outside her bedroom and invited him inside to enjoy the night view.
• Sephiroth noticed a photograph of Vinsmoke Judge in Reiju’s room, and Reiju explained that it commemorated his slaughter of the four nations of the North Blue.

Sephiroth comforted Reiju after Vinsmoke Judge treated her as a political bargaining chip, and she chose to try trusting him. Their relationship grew as Sephiroth negotiated Umbrella Corporation’s cooperation with Germa Kingdom, leaving Vinsmoke Judge equipped to expand his wars across North Blue.

• Reiju said she had no right to refuse Vinsmoke Judge, then embraced Sephiroth and asked him to stay with her.
• Sephiroth promised to make Reiju happy, and she began to consider trusting him despite her despair.
• The next morning, Reiju treated Sephiroth warmly, and he became more accommodating during negotiations with Vinsmoke Judge.
• After three days, Umbrella Corporation and Germa Kingdom finalized their cooperation terms, and Reiju gradually came to like Sephiroth.
• Sephiroth returned to Sky Island with Reiju and Baccarat, and four months later Umbrella Corporation began delivering mechs to Germa Kingdom.
• Vinsmoke Judge used the mechs to wage war on North Blue nations outside the World Government while Umbrella Corporation profited in secret.

Sephiroth learned that Big Mom had invited him to her tea party and claimed to know his true relationship with the Umbrella Corporation, so he decided to investigate and attend. He then used the Ripe-Ripe Fruit’s power to age Sugar’s body, and agreed to age Monet as well.

• Gild Tesoro told Sephiroth that Big Mom had invited him to Charlotte Daifuku’s wedding tea party and claimed to know his connection to the Umbrella Corporation.
• Sephiroth ordered an investigation into what the Big Mom Pirates knew and decided to attend the tea party to learn Big Mom’s intentions.
• Sephiroth gave Jim the Ripe-Ripe Fruit to fuse with a silver ring.
• At the villa, Sephiroth used the ring’s power to age Sugar’s body by ten years.
• Sugar asked Sephiroth to age Monet too, and he agreed to embrace them both.

Sephiroth explored Cocoa Island in Totto Land before Big Mom’s tea party and discovered a group of children bullying a three-eyed girl. The chapter ended with the girl crying as the children continued to mock her.

• Sephiroth walked through Chocolate Town and observed Totto Land’s food-themed streets, Homies, and citizens’ lifespan payments.
• Sephiroth bought several chocolate fireworks from a stall and continued sightseeing while waiting for Big Mom’s tea party.
• Sephiroth heard laughter and a girl crying, then found children surrounding and insulting a three-eyed girl.
• The children ignored the girl’s pleas and continued calling her ugly while nearby adults watched without intervening.

Sephiroth rescued Brulee from children bullying her in Chocolate Town and comforted her about her third eye. The chapter ended with him kissing her forehead as he insisted she was cute.

• Sephiroth threw a chocolate ice cream cone at the boy threatening to cut out Brulee’s third eye, then drove off the children and onlookers with his intimidating presence.
• Sephiroth comforted Brulee as she cried in his arms and offered her his handkerchief.
• Brulee told Sephiroth that people mocked her third eye and that even her mother, Charlotte Linlin, called it disgusting.
• Sephiroth told Brulee she was cute and would grow into a beautiful girl, then kissed her third eye to reassure her.

Sephiroth comforted Brulee after she was bullied, then accompanied her through Chocolate Town to buy groceries and heard how she had been left living alone after Lola fled an arranged marriage. Brulee invited him into her home for coffee, and he accepted.

• Sephiroth kissed Brulee on the forehead, reassured her, and offered to take her home.
• Brulee told Sephiroth that Lola had fled Totto Land to escape marrying Prince Loki, leaving her alone in Cocoa Island.
• Brulee asked Sephiroth to accompany her to buy ingredients, and he held her hand as passersby stared at her third eye.
• Brulee bought enough food to last more than half a month and told Sephiroth she hoped to open a café specializing in chocolate desserts.
• Brulee invited Sephiroth into her pink two-story home for coffee, and he accepted.

Sephiroth met Brulee in her home on Cocoa Island, then declined to travel through the Mirror World with Katakuri to attend Daifuku’s wedding. Katakuri gave Brulee a mysterious Devil Fruit, and she ate it, gaining the ability to manipulate memories.

• Sephiroth chatted with Brulee about the outside world after learning she was Charlotte Brulee, the thirty-fifth daughter of the Charlotte Family.
• Katakuri arrived through a mirror to escort Brulee to Daifuku’s wedding, but Sephiroth left rather than enter the Mirror World.
• Brulee told Katakuri that Sephiroth had rescued her from children who threatened to gouge out her eye.
• Katakuri gave Brulee an unidentified Devil Fruit so she could gain strength and protect herself.
• Brulee ate the Devil Fruit and discovered she could manipulate memories.

Sephiroth arrived at Whole Cake Island for Big Mom’s tea party and rode to the venue with several underworld figures and Morgans. He rebuffed Morgans’s attempt to link Umbrella Corporation to the Big Mom Pirates and drove Stussy away, then rested without pursuing a connection to Vegapunk.

• Baron Tamago welcomed Sephiroth at the harbor and escorted him to a pig-drawn carriage carrying Du Feld, Dorag Pierrot, Giberson, Umit, and Morgans.
• Morgans tried to turn Sephiroth’s attendance into a story about Umbrella Corporation cooperating with the Big Mom Pirates, but Sephiroth countered by suggesting the World Economy News Paper might be doing the same.
• Stussy boarded the carriage, flirted with Sephiroth, and was met with insulting questions about her prices until she cursed him and moved to another seat.
• Sephiroth rested and reflected that lunar technology and Umbrella Corporation’s existing researchers made recruiting Vegapunk unnecessary for now.

Sephiroth arrived at Charlotte Daifuku’s wedding tea party on Whole Cake Island and refused Perospero’s demand to surrender his swords. Katakuri let him enter, where he traded taunts with Smoothie and received a glass of juice squeezed from a captive woman.

• Sephiroth arrived at the wedding venue with Stussy and the others as guests gathered for Charlotte Daifuku’s wedding.
• Perospero demanded that Sephiroth surrender his swords and submit to a search, but Sephiroth refused and intimidated the soldiers guarding the entrance.
• Katakuri intervened and told Perospero to let Sephiroth enter, taking responsibility for the decision.
• Smoothie welcomed Sephiroth inside and offered drinks squeezed from captives; Sephiroth teased her before accepting a glass of juice squeezed from a serial killer.

Sephiroth attended Big Mom Charlotte Linlin’s tea party on Whole Cake Island, avoided provoking her, and gave her a Devil Fruit as a wedding gift. The celebration ended smoothly, but Perospero invited him to a reception room as the tea party was winding down.

• Sephiroth considered breaking Carmel’s photograph to weaken Big Mom but decided against risking a fight with the Big Mom Pirates.
• Stussy and Morgans presented treasure chests to Big Mom, then Stussy mocked Sephiroth for his gift.
• Sephiroth retorted to Stussy and presented Big Mom with a pineapple-shaped Devil Fruit, concealing that he considered it worthless.
• Big Mom happily accepted the Devil Fruit, and the tea party and wedding proceeded without incident.
• Perospero invited Sephiroth to a reception room near the end of the tea party.

Big Mom Charlotte Linlin confronted Sephiroth about his past as Mr. K and proposed a private alliance centered on giantification research. They agreed to a marriage alliance through Brulee and a deal for Giant clones, while Sephiroth concealed that he could create them far faster himself.

• Big Mom Charlotte Linlin showed Sephiroth an old photograph and explained how she had learned he was Mr. K, the man once targeted by a massive bounty and assassination operation.
• Big Mom proposed cooperation with Umbrella Corporation, seeking giantification medicine and access to its research and arms networks.
• Sephiroth resisted Big Mom’s pressure until she offered an unmarried daughter as a bride, then chose Brulee to secure their private alliance.
• Sephiroth said Umbrella could cultivate Giant clones in six years, and Big Mom agreed to buy forty, half male and half female, for three hundred million Beli each.
• Sephiroth privately considered using the Ripe-Ripe Fruit to create mature Giants much faster, keeping that capability secret as a future military advantage.

Brulee learned that Big Mom had arranged her political marriage to Sephiroth, who told her she could refuse, but she happily accepted. On Angel Island, Uta showed Shirahoshi her music album while Hancock, Reiju, Sandersonia, and Marigold relaxed nearby.

• Perospero told Brulee that Big Mom had found her a future husband and warned her to obey their mother's wishes.
• Big Mom announced that Brulee would marry Sephiroth, and Brulee was surprised to find him in the reception room.
• Sephiroth told Brulee he would not force her into the marriage, and she joyfully accepted.
• Uta played her album for Shirahoshi and said Sephiroth was having a million copies produced.
• Hancock warned Uta that fame brought trouble while Reiju applied sunscreen to her, despite Hancock's protests.

Sephiroth brought Brulee to the Angel Island villa after helping her escape an arranged political marriage, and Hancock and the other women welcomed her. Marigold then showed Sephiroth bounty posters for Yamato, Xiao Zi, Kuina, Perona, and Isca, leaving him bewildered by their new bounties.

• Sephiroth arrived at the villa with Brulee, and Hancock confronted him for bringing another girl home.
• Brulee explained that Big Mom had arranged her marriage as a political link between the Big Mom Pirates and the Umbrella Corporation.
• Hancock and the other women comforted Brulee and accepted her, while Uta took her to choose a room.
• Marigold gave Sephiroth bounty posters listing Yamato at 80 million Belly, Xiao Zi at 65 million, Kuina at 45 million, Perona at 35 million, and Isca at 30 million.
• Sephiroth stared at the bounty posters and demanded to know what had happened.

Sephiroth brought Marigold to Vaflorode Island, showed her its Soul Crystals, and transferred control of the ancient weapon Breath of the Gods to her. Though Marigold suggested using it against the Beast Pirates, Sephiroth decided to wait while he secretly built strength and let other factions destabilize the world.

• Sephiroth explained that Vaflorode Island hid the ancient weapon Breath of the Gods and showed Marigold how the Tower of Celestial Gaze used Soul Crystals to create powerful mimetic organisms.
• Sephiroth transferred Breath of the Gods' control authority to Marigold, who used her electrical powers to override its independent will and install a command of absolute obedience.
• Marigold studied Breath of the Gods and suggested they could defeat the Beast Pirates with their current strength and the weapon's power.
• Sephiroth refused to attack yet, fearing that revealing Umbrella Corporation's military strength would provoke the World Government into an all-out war.
• Sephiroth planned to keep accumulating strength and use the Revolutionary Army, Germa Kingdom, Big Mom Pirates, and future Nika Luffy to throw the world into chaos before entering the conflict.