Ch. 281Just a Toy!

Kahn entered the underground prison and confronted Yamato, who insisted she was Kozuki Oden and would open Wano Country’s borders. After beating her and denouncing Oden’s choices, Kahn told Kaido he was merely a toy to amuse him.

  • Queen woke and shouted at Yamato that the Beasts Pirates had fallen and Kaido had been defeated.
  • Kahn arrived at the prison with Luffy and the others, while Yamato demanded to be released and asked what they had done to the Kozuki Remnants.
  • Sabo told Yamato that the Kozuki Remnants and Kozuki Hiyori had been sent to mine, and Kahn shattered the Seastone bars with his Bio-Force Field and struck Yamato down.
  • Kahn slapped Yamato and criticized Kozuki Oden for abandoning Wano Country and trusting his enemies, while Yamato defended Oden’s actions.
  • Kaido praised Kahn’s criticism of Oden, but Kahn told Kaido he was only a toy he used for fun.

Ch. 282A Pinky Against the Strongest Creature!

Kahn challenged the imprisoned Kaido to make his pinky yield or force him back half a step, wagering Eclipse’s withdrawal from Wano and the release of the Beasts Pirates. After Kaido accepted in a rage, Kahn had Tony unlock him, setting up their one-finger confrontation.

  • Kahn mocked Kaido’s claims of strength and offered to face him using only his pinky, promising to leave Wano and free the Beasts Pirates if Kaido won.
  • Luffy, Ace, and Sabo commented on Kahn’s challenge, while Queen, Yamato, and King each reacted with fear, anger, or confidence in Kaido.
  • Kaido erupted in laughter and vowed to crush Kahn’s arm and kill him.
  • Kahn told Tony to unlock Kaido, and Tony began recording the wounded prisoner’s vital signs as the Seastone restraints sprang open.

Ch. 283Little Finger, Taking a Nuclear Strike Head-On!

Kaido recovered after Kahn removed his Seastone restraints and challenged him to prove his strength against Kahn’s little finger. The chapter ended as Kaido swung a massive, Haki-coated stone pillar at Kahn, whose finger remained motionless.

  • Kaido’s Devil Fruit powers returned, rapidly restoring his body after he was freed from Seastone.
  • Kahn mocked Kaido and told Tony to keep him alive for labor at the Seastone factory.
  • Kaido unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, while Luffy, Ace, Sabo, Queen, Yamato, and King reacted to his power.
  • Kaido tore up a mine-tunnel support pillar and prepared to attack Kahn, as Tony estimated the blow’s force was equivalent to a small nuclear bomb.
  • Kahn wagered that Wano Country would belong to Kaido if his little finger moved back even half an inch, and Kaido swung the pillar at it.

Ch. 284Crushing the Strongest Creature with One Finger

Kaido transformed and unleashed his full-powered Great Virtue: Thunder Bagua at Kahn, who stopped the attack with one finger. The blow rebounded through Kaido, leaving him badly injured and kneeling before Kahn.

  • Kaido shifted into his Human-Beast Form and vowed to crush Kahn with his strength.
  • Queen, Yamato, King, Tony, Luffy, Ace, and Sabo watched as Kaido gathered his power and launched Great Virtue: Thunder Bagua.
  • Kaido's stone pillar struck Kahn's pinky, but Kahn remained unharmed and did not move.
  • The recoil shattered the pillar and crushed Kaido's right arm, forcing him to his knees.
  • Kahn withdrew his hand, looked down at Kaido, and asked, "That's it?"

Ch. 285Crushing the Four Emperors!

Kahn crushed Kaido’s arm with one finger, shattering the Emperor’s confidence and prompting Yamato to question her faith in Oden. Kaido submitted to Seastone restraints as Kahn’s group prepared to imprison him.

  • Kaido raged at Kahn after Kahn broke his arm with one finger, while Luffy, Ace, and Sabo marveled at Kahn’s strength.
  • Yamato collapsed in shock at Kaido’s defeat, and Kahn attacked her beliefs about Kaido and Oden.
  • Kahn argued that Oden’s compromises had failed to protect Wano, leaving Yamato unable to defend her faith and questioning whether Oden had been wrong.
  • King despaired over Kaido’s defeat and concluded that Kahn was not Joy Boy but a calamity.
  • Kahn ordered Tony to restrain Kaido and suppress his Devil Fruit powers, and Tony used JARVIS to send Seastone chains that Kaido accepted without resistance.

Ch. 286The Fate of the Four Emperors: Mining Until Death

Kahn sent Kaido and the senior Beasts Pirates to work as forced laborers in Wano’s Seastone mines, where Eclipse soldiers enforced their quotas. Yamato questioned the path she had followed, and Kahn confronted her about still clinging to Kozuki Oden.

  • Kahn ordered Kaido and the senior Beasts Pirates assigned to the First Mining Brigade, with missed quotas punished by a day without food and water.
  • Queen and Jack begged for their lives and promised to mine, while Sabo ordered Eclipse soldiers to take the prisoners to work.
  • Eclipse soldiers shackled Yamato and King and forced them, along with Kaido, Queen, and Jack, into the mine with pickaxes.
  • Kaido began striking the Seastone wall as Yamato watched and wondered what her devotion to Oden had amounted to.
  • Kahn entered the mine, asked Yamato if she had accepted reality, and called her Kozuki Oden’s rabid fan.

Ch. 287Her Father Was Mining, and She Knelt Before Me

Yamato rejected the identity of Kozuki Oden after Kahn challenged her beliefs about strength and Wano Country’s suffering. She knelt before Kahn and asked to join Eclipse, leaving her determined to prove herself as Yamato.

  • Kahn condemned Oden’s choices and described how he had defeated Kaido and Orochi, abolished the samurai’s privileges, and opened the granaries.
  • Yamato saw Kawamatsu and Hyogoro laboring in the mine and concluded that Oden’s retainers had failed to change Wano Country.
  • Yamato removed the shimenawa rope representing Oden, knelt before Kahn, and asked to join Eclipse and repay the Beasts Pirates’ debt.
  • Kahn accepted Yamato after she passed his first test and warned that any attempt to betray him would fail against his strength.
  • Yamato declared that she would stop using Oden’s name and prove her worth as a member of Eclipse.

Ch. 288The Retainer's Poisonous Scheme: "Please Offer Yourself, Princess!"

Yamato enforced Eclipse's mining orders on the Beasts Pirates and Kozuki Clan remnants, while Kahn moved to question the imprisoned Kozuki Hiyori. The chapter ended with a Kozuki retainer urging Hiyori to feign submission and steal the armory key to prepare for Momonosuke's return.

  • Yamato ordered Kawamatsu and Hyogoro back to work and declared that loyalty to Oden had not improved Wano's condition.
  • Yamato struck Kaido for calling her weak, and Kaido resumed mining while accepting the debt he owed Wano's people.
  • Tony praised Yamato's adaptability and asked Kahn for permission to study her cells, but Kahn forbade him from touching her without consent.
  • Sabo reported that Eclipse had taken the Flower Capital and sent the remaining Beasts Pirates to the mines, where Yamato had broken Denjiro and Kawamatsu's legs after they incited a riot.
  • Kahn went to visit Hiyori in her separate cell, where a Kozuki retainer had already sneaked in using a forged shift-change token.
  • The retainer told Hiyori to pretend to submit to Eclipse, gain the guards' trust, and steal the armory key for Momonosuke's return.

Ch. 289The Princess Turns Dark and Tears the Plan to Restore Her Clan Apart!

Hiyori rejected the Kozuki retainers’ plan to use her to restore the clan, tearing up their secret letter and summoning the guards. After Kahn questioned her decision, she said she was relieved to abandon the Kozuki name and condemned the clan for treating her as expendable.

  • Hiyori confronted a Kozuki retainer for ignoring her suffering and demanding that she risk her life for Momonosuke.
  • The retainer urged Hiyori to steal the armory key and presented a plan to restore the Kozuki Clan, but she tore up the letter and called the clan dead.
  • Hiyori summoned the guards, who captured the retainer and took him away after Kahn ordered them to send him to the deepest mine.
  • Kahn questioned Hiyori about betraying her family, and she said she felt relieved to leave the Kozuki Clan behind.

Ch. 290Kahn: I'll Make You Kill Your Brother with Your Own Hands!

Hiyori pledged herself to Kahn and Eclipse, hoping to help destroy the Kozuki Clan, while Kahn offered to bring Momonosuke from the future. Kahn ordered Tony to prepare to obtain the Time Stone, as a CP0 agent in Wano Country sent Mary Geoise an urgent warning that the Beasts Pirates had been wiped out.

  • Hiyori condemned Oden's compromise and the Kozuki Clan, then begged Kahn to accept her into Eclipse.
  • Hiyori offered to use her knowledge of Wano Country and its former Kozuki loyalists to serve as Kahn's blade.
  • Kahn claimed he could break the Time Law and bring Momonosuke from the future, prompting Hiyori to reaffirm her loyalty.
  • Kahn contacted Tony and ordered him to prepare to obtain the Time Stone; Tony warned him about Master Ancient One.
  • A disguised CP0 agent contacted Mary Geoise and reported that the Beasts Pirates had been completely wiped out.

Ch. 291The Strongest Creature? No, a Glorious Miner!

The World Government and Marines learned that Kahn had defeated Kaido with one finger and taken control of Wano Country’s Seastone resources. The Five Elders went to seek Imu’s approval to use a sealed Ancient Weapon, while Sengoku ordered the Marines to withdraw from Wano’s waters.

  • A captured agent reported that Kahn had crushed Kaido’s arm, taken him and the Beasts Pirates prisoner, and turned Wano into Eclipse’s Seastone arsenal.
  • The Five Elders realized Eclipse’s control of Seastone threatened the World Government’s Devil Fruit forces and decided to ask Lord Imu for permission to use a sealed Ancient Weapon.
  • Sengoku received the report that Kahn had defeated Kaido and heard Tsuru warn that Eclipse now controlled most of the world’s Seastone supply.
  • Akainu demanded permission to attack Wano, but Aokiji and Garp warned him that Kahn was uninjured and could absorb his heat.
  • Sengoku ordered the Marines to pull back their New World reconnaissance lines and keep warships at least five hundred nautical miles from Wano Country.

Ch. 292Your Grandson Sent Kaido to Mine!

Sengoku and Tsuru warned Garp that Kahn’s conquest of Wano and control of its Seastone mines threatened the Navy and the World Government’s power. Garp laughed over Kahn and Ace’s victory, while the Admirals recognized how dangerous Kahn had become.

  • Sengoku blamed Garp for the crisis and showed him photographs of Kaido, Queen, and Yamato in Udon Prison Mine.
  • Garp laughed at Kaido’s defeat and praised Kahn and Ace, provoking Sengoku’s anger.
  • Tsuru reported that Stark Industries controlled Wano’s mineral veins and warned that the Navy’s Seastone supplies would run out within three months.
  • Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji reacted to the photographs and assessed Kahn’s overwhelming power and influence over Wano.
  • Sengoku listed Kahn’s earlier conquests and warned Garp that Kahn was dismantling the foundations of World Government rule.

Ch. 293If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them!

Garp defended Kahn and Eclipse to Sengoku, arguing that they had broken a corrupt order and helped the people of Alabasta and Wano. Tsuru proposed infiltrating Eclipse to learn its secrets and find Kahn’s weakness, then revealed she already had a candidate.

  • Garp rejected Sengoku’s claim that Kahn had ruined the seas’ balance and condemned the World Government’s tolerance of abuses in Alabasta and Wano.
  • Akainu accused Garp of betraying justice and threatened to attack Kahn, but Sengoku ordered him to stand down.
  • Tsuru told the officers that the Navy could not defeat Kahn directly and proposed sending an agent to infiltrate Eclipse.
  • Sengoku and the admirals discussed how Kahn’s Observation Haki, Wano’s Seastone, and Eclipse’s intelligence network would make infiltration difficult.
  • Tsuru produced a top-secret file and said she already had a suitable candidate.

Ch. 294The Navy's Strongest Undercover Agent? Garp: He Won't Last Three Seconds!

Tsuru proposed sending Vergo and Diez Barrels undercover into Wano Country to infiltrate Eclipse, but Garp warned that Kahn would see through them. Sengoku ordered the covert operation anyway, fearing the Five Elders would destroy Wano if the Navy did nothing.

  • Tsuru presented Vergo and Diez Barrels as candidates for infiltration and outlined fabricated identities that could win Eclipse's trust.
  • Akainu supported Vergo, while Aokiji and Kizaru doubted that Kahn would trust a Navy infiltrator.
  • Garp warned that Kahn's instincts would expose Vergo and that he would be no match for Kahn.
  • Akainu confronted Garp in anger, but Sengoku ordered him to withdraw his magma before a fight broke out.
  • Tsuru urged Sengoku to authorize the mission, and Sengoku ordered the Navy to erase Vergo and Barrels's public records and launch the covert operation.

Ch. 295Taking a Navy Mission, Then Calling Doflamingo

Akainu sent Vergo undercover to Wano Country to infiltrate Eclipse and investigate its Seastone purification technology and Kahn’s weakness. Vergo revealed the mission to Doflamingo, who reacted with alarm and warned him that Wano had become Eclipse territory, while Vergo explained the Navy had erased his records and given him a criminal identity.

  • Sengoku ordered Akainu to deliver a top-secret mission to Vergo, and the Navy agreed it would disavow him if he was exposed.
  • Akainu met Vergo at the G-5 Branch, erased his naval identity, and tasked him with infiltrating Eclipse in Wano Country to investigate its technology and Kahn.
  • Vergo burned his old naval registration, changed into civilian clothes, and sailed toward Wano Country.
  • Vergo called Doflamingo and told him that Akainu had ordered him to infiltrate Eclipse and find Kahn’s weakness.
  • Doflamingo panicked, describing Kaido’s defeat, the Beasts Pirates’ destruction, and Wano’s control by Eclipse.
  • Vergo told Doflamingo that the Navy believed his new wanted-criminal identity could fool Kahn and help him join Eclipse.

Ch. 296Doffy: Vergo, Go Defect to the Enemy!

Donquixote Doflamingo learned that Eclipse had crippled his operations and taken control of Wano, and he told Vergo to turn his Marine undercover mission into a genuine defection. The chapter left Doflamingo celebrating Eclipse’s rise and beginning to explain what the Marines’ order revealed.

  • Donquixote Doflamingo told Vergo that Eclipse had ruined his trade network, cut off Wano’s weapons, and ended the Artificial Devil Fruit Plan.
  • Donquixote Doflamingo said Eclipse had won over Wano’s military and its people, including the Kozuki princess and Yamato.
  • Trebol and Diamante reacted with alarm to Vergo’s mission, but Donquixote Doflamingo told him not to flee the Marines.
  • Donquixote Doflamingo instructed Vergo to join Eclipse, avoid its secrets, and prove his value so he could protect the Donquixote Family later.
  • After Vergo agreed to surrender as a wandering fighter, Donquixote Doflamingo celebrated Eclipse’s rise and asked what the Marines’ order to send Vergo undercover meant.

Ch. 297Remnants of the Old Era, Scared Out of Their Wits!

Donquixote Doflamingo decided to keep the Donquixote Family hidden while preparing to offer Eclipse a valuable gift, hoping to survive the World Government’s possible collapse. Vergo sailed to join Eclipse, fought off a giant sea beast, then wounded himself to appear like a desperate wanderer.

  • Donquixote Doflamingo concluded that Eclipse had upended the world’s balance and that no one could stop Kahn.
  • Donquixote Doflamingo ordered the Donquixote Family to halt expansion, sever open ties with the Beasts Pirates, hide its bases, and prepare half its underground treasure as a gift for Eclipse.
  • Donquixote Doflamingo recalled the humiliation he had suffered in Mary Geoise and hoped Kahn would turn the world upside down.
  • Vergo sailed toward Eclipse with Donquixote Doflamingo’s instructions to make his defection convincing.
  • Vergo defeated a giant sea beast with Armament Haki and Finger Pistol, then cut deep wounds into himself to look like a desperate wandering martial artist.

Ch. 298Shocking Intelligence! Kahn Had Already Left Wano Country!

Vergo arrived in Wano Country seeking to join Eclipse and offered secret intelligence about the Navy, but Sabo refused to let him meet Kahn. Vergo learned that Kahn had already left the Flower Capital, leaving him to wonder where Kahn had gone.

  • Vergo abandoned his boat's Den Den Mushi and sailed toward the waters outside Wano Country.
  • Kaido, Queen, and Jack mined Seastone under Yamato's supervision, while Sabo ordered their workload increased.
  • Garino reported that an injured man named Vergo had arrived seeking to join Eclipse, and Sabo ordered him detained and taken to the quarantine zone.
  • Sabo tested Vergo's strength with a Dragon's Claw, and Vergo defended himself before asking to meet Kahn with secret intelligence about the Navy.
  • Sabo told Vergo that Kahn was not in the Flower Capital, and Vergo realized this information could reveal a major secret about Kahn's movements.

Ch. 299Welcome to Eclipse's Crucible

Vergo entered Eclipse’s recruitment camp and discovered that former Marine Kadar and Charlotte Snack were among the candidates. Garino began a brutal assessment to choose one hundred survivors from two thousand recruits, and Vergo fought while concealing his Marine abilities.

  • Garino led Vergo through the restricted zone into a camp filled with recruits, where Vergo recognized the supposedly dead former Marine Rear Admiral Kadar and Charlotte Snack.
  • Vergo listened to recruits praise Kahn and learned that the Beasts Pirates’ All-Stars and Kaido were being forced to work in the mines.
  • After the camp reached two thousand people, Garino announced that only the hundred still standing after one hour would join Eclipse, while the rest would be sent to Udon Prison Mine.
  • The assessment began, and Vergo deflected a pirate’s cleaver and knocked him down without revealing his Marine techniques or Armament Haki.
  • Snack charged through the crowd with his scythe and cut more than a dozen pirates in half.

Ch. 300Undercover's Ecstasy! Assigned to the Core Factory!

Vergo survived Eclipse’s recruitment assessment and was assigned to patrol the Seastone Purification Factory, bringing him close to the Navy’s target intelligence. The chapter ended with the new outer members registering their fingerprints and biological information at Eclipse’s fortress.

  • Sabo and Garino assessed the fighters as the battle dwindled, while Vergo defeated a hammer-wielding brute and Kadar drove off pirates with a flying slash.
  • Garino ended the assessment, eliminated three badly wounded survivors, and announced that the remaining hundred had become Eclipse outer members.
  • Sabo assigned Snack to oversee prisoners at Udon Prison Mine, Kadar to command the Flower Capital gate guards, and Vergo to patrol the Seastone Purification Factory.
  • Garino led the recruits to Eclipse’s steel fortress, where Vergo studied its unfamiliar construction and the group was ordered to register their biological information.
  • Vergo scanned his palm into Eclipse’s identity system, which confirmed that his information had been entered.
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