Ch. 401City-Destroying Artillery Fire from the Sky?

The Navy opened fire on Water 7, sending a vast barrage of cannonballs toward the city and terrifying its residents. Franky activated the mech’s defense array, spreading a huge energy shield over Water 7 just as the shells struck.

  • Vice Admiral Momonga ordered the ten warships to fire on Water 7.
  • Water 7’s residents panicked as cannonballs filled the sky, while Iceburg mourned the World Government’s attack.
  • Ace, Sabo, Luffy, and Tony watched the barrage from Eclipse’s villa as Kahn warned Franky not to let a shell hit a civilian’s roof.
  • Franky activated the mech’s SUPER Defense Array, expanding a blue energy shield across Water 7.
  • The incoming cannonballs crashed into the energy barrier.

Ch. 402Cannons Glowed Red from Firing

Franky’s mech shielded Water 7 from the Navy’s bombardment, absorbing the shells without damaging the city. When Vice Admiral Doberman ordered repeated concentrated volleys against the mech, its barrier remained intact as the Navy’s guns overheated.

  • Franky’s energy barrier absorbed the first barrage and disintegrated the shells before they could reach Water 7.
  • Iceburg marveled at the city’s survival, while Franky, Luffy, Ace, and Tony reacted to the shield’s defense.
  • Fire Mountain and Doberman watched the Navy’s shells vanish, and Doberman ordered the fleet to concentrate fire on Franky’s mech.
  • Franky moved the mech forward and absorbed the second barrage with its shield.
  • Doberman ordered a third round, but the mech stayed in place and the pale blue canopy showed no cracks.

Ch. 403One Shot, Vaporized

Franky piloted the Iron Pluton mech as it withstood the Marine Buster Call’s bombardment without damage, then fired Tony’s particle cannons and vaporized a warship. Water 7 celebrated the counterattack, while Iceburg marveled at the mech’s power.

  • The Marines’ three rounds of bombardment failed to damage Water 7, leaving Doberman, Momonga, and Fire Mountain stunned.
  • Franky celebrated the Iron Pluton mech’s defenses until Tony told him to counterattack.
  • Franky fired the mech’s particle cannons at the Marine fleet after Momonga ordered the warships to scatter.
  • The beams vaporized a top-tier Marine warship and carved a deep trench through the sea.
  • Water 7’s residents cheered the mech as their guardian, while Iceburg compared it to a monster.

Ch. 404Shock, Prepare for Boarding Combat

After the mech destroyed a Marine warship, Momonga and four other vice admirals abandoned their artillery and used Geppo to attack it. As Franky prepared to fight them, Tony ordered him to lower the shield and bring the mech back to the backyard.

  • The Marines panicked after the mech obliterated one of their warships and withstood thousands of shells.
  • Momonga ordered the fleet to stop firing and led Doberman, Onigumo, Hina, and another vice admiral in a boarding assault using Geppo.
  • Franky detected the five vice admirals approaching and prepared the mech's fists for close combat.
  • Tony contacted Franky and ordered him to turn off the shield, reverse the thrusters, and return the mech to the backyard.
  • Franky protested that the vice admirals were about to reach them and he wanted to fight.

Ch. 405Tony's Brand-New Masterpiece

Tony withdrew the mech and lowered Water 7’s energy shield after confirming its defenses and weapons worked, drawing the vice admirals toward the Eclipse base. He revealed a Superhuman Enhancer made from Kaido’s Lineage Factor and the Extremis Virus, while Luffy, Ace, and Sabo prepared to face the Marines.

  • Tony ordered Franky to deactivate the shield and bring the mech back after their combat tests were complete.
  • The vice admirals found the sky empty and believed the mech had retreated, then spotted Luffy, Ace, and Sabo below.
  • The vice admirals mistook the lowered shield and descending mech for signs that the weapon had run out of power and charged toward the Eclipse base.
  • Tony unveiled three doses of his Superhuman Enhancer to Ace, Sabo, and Luffy.
  • Tony explained that he had combined Kaido’s Lineage Factor with the Extremis Virus, and Luffy asked whether he could eat it.

Ch. 406Facing Them Head-On

Tony gave Luffy, Ace, and Sabo an enhancer made from Kaido's Lineage Factor and the Extremis Virus, greatly increasing their strength and suppressing their Devil Fruit weakness to the sea. The three brothers charged head-on at five Marine vice admirals, who mocked them as they prepared to fight.

  • Ace corrected Luffy about the syringes, and Tony told the brothers the five Marine vice admirals were approaching and ordered them to fight.
  • Luffy, Ace, and Sabo injected the enhancer and gained powerful new abilities, including Luffy's increased strength, Ace's hotter platinum flames, and Sabo's hardened Armament Haki.
  • Tony explained that the enhancer suppressed their Devil Fruit weakness, allowing them to use their powers in seawater, and told them to face the approaching Marines.
  • The three brothers challenged one another to see who would take down a vice admiral first, then launched into the sky toward Doberman's slash and the five Marines.
  • The vice admirals recognized Sabo and mocked the three young men, while Ace suggested burning off their beards and eyebrows.

Ch. 407The Damn Brat

Sabo challenged five Marine vice admirals to defeat him, Ace, and Luffy before they could meet Mr. Kahn. Momonga attacked Luffy with a powerful flying slash, but Luffy’s enhanced body shattered it without taking damage.

  • Luffy objected to Doberman calling him a brat and declared that he would become Pirate King.
  • Sabo politely addressed the vice admirals, then called them random cats and dogs and demanded they defeat the three brothers before meeting Mr. Kahn.
  • Doberman, Onigumo, and Momonga reacted furiously, and Momonga drew his sword and launched a flying slash at Luffy.
  • Luffy took Momonga’s slash against his bare chest, and the attack shattered without injuring him.
  • The vice admirals stared in shock as Momonga’s sword arm began to tremble.

Ch. 408Melt Away

Luffy used his new serum-enhanced strength and heat to defeat Vice Admiral Momonga with one punch, leaving the Marines stunned. Ace and Sabo prepared to fight the four remaining Vice Admirals as the Buster Call faltered.

  • Luffy's serum-enhanced speed and fiery punch broke Momonga's Haki-coated sword and sent him crashing through three warship masts before he passed out.
  • Doberman, Onigumo, Fire Mountain, and Strawberry watched in horror as Luffy defeated Momonga in a single exchange.
  • Tony confirmed that the Extremis Virus had fused with Kaido's Lineage Factor, while Franky and Robin reacted to Luffy's power.
  • Luffy landed on a mast, and Ace proposed that he, Ace, and Sabo each fight two of the four remaining Vice Admirals.

Ch. 409Doberman Instantly Carbonized

Luffy stunned the Marines by withstanding Momonga’s slash, while Ace revealed the platinum flames created by his enhanced body and Flame-Flame Fruit. Ace left Doberman carbonized and sinking into the boiling sea, as the Buster Call fleet watched in shock.

  • Luffy blocked Momonga’s slash with his body, leaving the Marines astonished by his natural durability.
  • Doberman targeted Ace, and Luffy teased Ace that he would have to wash Kaido’s mine carts if he lost.
  • Tony explained to Franky that the Extremis Virus and Kaido’s Lineage Factor had made Ace a self-repairing furnace with powerful fire resistance.
  • Ace’s flames turned platinum and grew hot enough to melt Doberman’s Armament Haki and sword as he charged.
  • Ace used Great Flame Commandment: Platinum Emperor to engulf Doberman in a pillar of fire, carbonizing him before his body sank into the boiling sea.

Ch. 410Two Fingers Shatter Named Blades

Sabo defeated Vice Admiral Strawberry by shattering his named swords with two fingers and striking him down, leaving three of the five Vice Admirals incapacitated. With the Marines’ fleet panicking and the remaining two Vice Admirals unwilling to fight, the Buster Call’s defeat was all but certain.

  • Strawberry attacked Sabo from behind with his twin swords, but Sabo caught the blades between two fingers wrapped in Ryuo Haki.
  • Sabo shattered Strawberry’s two named blades, then struck his chest and sent him falling into the sea.
  • Onigumo and Fire Mountain realized the three fighters were near Admiral level, while Marine officers tried to flee and contact Sengoku.
  • Iceburg watched the battle in disbelief as Tony explained that Kaido’s Lineage Factor and the Extremis Virus had enhanced the fighters.
  • Robin saw the Marines’ Buster Call losing its force, and Sabo told Luffy that his technique was called Dragon's Breath: Star Shatter.

Ch. 411Spandam's Doom

Spandam waited in the Judicial Tower for news of the Buster Call, confident that the Marines would destroy Water 7 and seize Pluton's blueprints. After learning the fleet had been defeated, he was abducted by a Stark Industries drone and taken away to Wano Country.

  • Spandam boasted that the Buster Call would destroy Water 7 and make him a hero of the World Government.
  • A Marine soldier reported that the fleet was being destroyed, Doberman was dead, and Momonga had been badly wounded before the call ended in an explosion.
  • The Den Den Mushi overheated and burned up, leaving Spandam shocked and desperate to alert Mary Geoise.
  • A Stark Industries stealth drone appeared outside the Judicial Tower, melted the office window, and seized Spandam with mechanical arms.
  • Tony Stark's recording told Spandam he would be sent to Wano Country to haul mine carts, and the drone carried him away.

Ch. 412A Meeting Gift for the Five Elders

After Eclipse destroyed the Buster Call fleet, Iceburg pledged Water 7 to the organization, and Tony Stark began planning upgrades to the city. Kahn told Morgans to publish the fleet’s destruction as a message to the Five Elders.

  • Iceburg declared that Water 7 was leaving the World Government and pledging loyalty to Eclipse, and Kahn placed the city under Eclipse’s protection.
  • Franky announced that the Franky Family would join Eclipse’s auxiliary logistics division.
  • Tony Stark proposed installing a Cold Fusion Arc Reactor and reinforcing Water 7’s sea-train tracks with Seastone alloy.
  • Luffy, Ace, and Sabo rushed off to eat after Tony explained that their enhanced bodies needed far more food, and Iceburg ordered restaurants to supply them.
  • Kahn told Morgans that Spandam had been sent to mine in Wano Country and that the Buster Call fleet had been destroyed, then ordered him to print the news as a meeting gift to the Five Elders.

Ch. 413Helpless Rage

News of Eclipse crushing the Buster Call spread across the world, alarming the World Government and drawing admiration from pirates and rival powers. The Five Elders argued over how to stop Kahn and concluded that only Imu’s ultimate weapon could erase him.

  • News Coos carried newspapers reporting that Eclipse’s forces had defeated the Buster Call at Water 7, sparking reactions among civilians, kings, and pirates.
  • Whitebeard praised Ace’s growth but worried that Eclipse’s expanding power and technology were changing the world.
  • Shanks and Benn Beckman discussed Luffy’s unusual strength and how Kahn’s influence had taken him off the path they expected.
  • The Five Elders blamed the failed Buster Call for humiliating the World Government and learned that Spandam had been captured and taken to Wano Country.
  • The sword-bearing Five Elder tried to leave for Wano Country to kill Kahn, but the long-bearded Five Elder stopped him and said they would need Imu’s ultimate weapon.

Ch. 414Strategic Retrenchment

After Eclipse destroyed the Buster Call at Water 7, Sengoku weighed the Navy’s losses against the organization’s overwhelming power. He ordered Marine Headquarters to retreat from Eclipse territory and adopt a defensive posture, tacitly recognizing Eclipse as a regional power.

  • Sengoku learned that Momonga, Fire Mountain, and Strawberry were badly injured, while Doberman and Onigumo remained missing after the battle at Water 7.
  • Akainu demanded an immediate all-out war against Eclipse, but Aokiji and Kizaru warned that the Navy’s forces could not overcome its technology and fighters.
  • Garp celebrated Luffy and Ace’s strength, prompting Sengoku to strike him and condemn his pride in his grandsons, whom the Government considered criminals.
  • Vice Admiral Tsuru reported that Eclipse was focused on building factories and energy infrastructure rather than expanding, and advised the Navy not to provoke it.
  • Sengoku ordered the Navy to withdraw patrols from Wano Country, Fish-Man Island, and Water 7, avoid Eclipse vessels, and reinforce Marineford and the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

Ch. 415Spandam Scared Stiff!

Yamato received Spandam at Udon Quarry and sentenced him to a century of mining under Tony's Work Points system. After Kaido struck him for disrupting his work, Spandam begged Rob Lucci to rescue him.

  • Yamato supervised the prisoners mining at Udon Quarry as a transport drone dropped off Spandam.
  • Yamato collared Spandam and sentenced him to mine two tons of stone daily for one hundred years.
  • CP9 agents including Rob Lucci, Kaku, Jabra, and Kalifa watched Spandam without helping him.
  • Kaido slapped Spandam for disrupting his cart-pulling rhythm and returned to work.
  • Spandam recognized Kaido and pleaded with Rob Lucci to lead him out of the quarry.

Ch. 416Three Thousand Seastone Mechs!

Spandam was forced into brutal labor at Udon while Eclipse’s leadership expanded its industrial and military strength after the Water 7 conflict. The chapter ended with Tony revealing that 3,000 anti-ability combat suits had been deployed.

  • Rob Lucci, Kaku, and Yamato forced Spandam to take up a pickaxe and meet the mine’s work quota, and he struggled through the labor as prisoners laughed.
  • The Marines and World Government avoided open war with Eclipse after their losses, while both sides imposed embargoes and disrupted supply routes.
  • Pepper Potts reported to Kahn that Franky had tripled shipbuilding speed at Water 7 and that prisoners at Udon were supplying raw materials.
  • Kahn ordered Spandam’s harsh labor to continue, and Pepper announced a breakthrough from Tony’s research division.
  • Tony presented the first-generation anti-ability combat armor, explaining that its Seastone shell and Arc Reactor power source had enabled the deployment of 3,000 suits.

Ch. 417Arc Reactor Overload!

Kahn, Tony, and Robin strengthened Eclipse’s defenses and intelligence network while preparing for a future war with the World Government. The chapter ended when heavy armor production overloaded Wano Country’s Arc Reactor and threatened to disable the offshore defenses.

  • Tony told Kahn that three thousand armor units had been deployed around Wano Country, Water 7, and Fish-Man Island, sealing off the sea to ships without an Eclipse Pass.
  • Six Anti-Ability User Armor units detected and destroyed two World Government spy ships approaching Water 7.
  • Robin reported that Eclipse Trading Company had taken over seventeen merchant associations across the Four Blues and infiltrated Mary Geoise’s procurement department.
  • Kahn said Eclipse needed another half year to build the Second-Generation Anti-Ability User Battleship, while Tony planned Seastone Armor for Ace and Sabo.
  • JARVIS reported that Underground Energy Plant Number Three had overloaded as three thousand armor units charged, and Pepper warned that losing power would paralyze the offshore defenses.

Ch. 418The 200-Million-Volt Human Generator

Kahn learned that the expanding power grid would soon fail and that Tony needed rare White Sea Ore to build a Large Arc Reactor. Kahn identified Enel as a source of startup power and ordered a mission to Sky Island to bring back the ore, gold, and Enel alive.

  • Tony told Kahn that rising energy demand would overwhelm the power grid within two weeks and that he lacked a material for a Large Arc Reactor.
  • Tony explained that White Sea Ore on Sky Island could provide the reactor's superconductive transmission layer and that a lightning user could supply its startup surge.
  • Kahn identified the lightning user as Enel, who could produce up to two hundred million volts, and mentioned Sky Island's gold city, Shandora.
  • Kahn ordered that they retrieve the White Sea Ore and gold and bring Enel back alive as the reactor's startup energy source.
  • Tony agreed to wait in the laboratory for Kahn's mission to return.

Ch. 419Sky Island!

Kahn sent Sabo and Ace, with Luffy accompanying them, to Sky Island to find White Sea Ore and gold and capture Enel alive. The trio launched from Wano Country toward the White Sea while Kahn and Tony prepared for the mission and watched for the World Government’s next move.

  • Kahn assigned Sabo, Ace, and Luffy three objectives on Sky Island: locate White Sea Ore, collect gold without damaging usable equipment, and capture Enel alive.
  • Tony prepared a reinforced hovercraft and warned the trio that Enel’s Rumble-Rumble Fruit power had to remain intact to support Eclipse’s reactor.
  • Sabo chose to depart immediately, and Kahn warned Tony that the World Government would likely respond to the destruction of the Buster Call.
  • At Hangar Two, Sabo activated the craft’s navigation while Ace took the co-pilot seat and Luffy nearly triggered the weapon controls.
  • The hovercraft launched from Wano Country and climbed toward the White Sea ten thousand meters above.

Ch. 420Capture the Humanoid Generator Alive!

Sabo and Ace led an Eclipse expedition from Wano Country to Sky Island to capture Thor alive and retrieve White Sea Ore for Tony Stark. The spacecraft reached the White Sea and located God's Island, Upper Yard, where Sabo ordered the team to prepare for landing.

  • Luffy’s overeating left him too large to board, so Kahn ordered him to stay behind and digest.
  • Tony warned Sabo and Ace to capture Thor alive and unharmed because the Large Arc Reactor depended on him.
  • Sabo promised to bring Thor and White Sea Ore back intact, then launched the spacecraft with Ace and fifty soldiers aboard.
  • The spacecraft climbed through Wano’s storm clouds, with its insulating coating protecting it from repeated lightning strikes.
  • JARVIS detected God's Island, Upper Yard, and Sabo ordered Eclipse to descend and prepare for landing.
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