Ch. 441Five-Thousand-Meter Behemoth

Vegapunk launched the ancient mechanical Leviathan toward Wano, but its deflection shield shrugged off Tony's orbital cannons. Tony recognized the shield's spatial technology and prepared to unleash Wano's underground reactor, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

  • Vegapunk awakened the five-thousand-meter mechanical Leviathan and sent it toward Wano, while news ships and pirates spread word of the World Government's weapon.
  • JARVIS detected the Leviathan offshore, and Tony ordered the Firmament Orbital Cannons to attack it.
  • The Leviathan's Dimensional Repulsion Deflection Layer absorbed the orbital cannon attack with almost no damage.
  • Tony identified the shield as spatial geometric distortion technology and proposed capturing the Leviathan to copy its generator.
  • Tony raised the output of Wano's underground No. 2 Ark Reactor to 120 percent, activating a full-power overload.

Ch. 442Crystallized Wisdom of Eight Hundred Years

Tony and the Wano Country team attacked the approaching mechanical Leviathan with an orbital satellite array, while Vegapunk trusted its Ancient Kingdom shield to withstand the barrage. Tony found a weakness in the shield and shattered it, leaving Leviathan exposed to the next attack.

  • Enel powered the Arc Reactor as Tony prepared Wano Country’s defenses against the approaching Leviathan.
  • Tony ordered thirty-two orbital satellites to fire particle beams at the Leviathan, but its deflection field redirected the barrage.
  • Vegapunk insisted the Ancient Kingdom shield would hold, and the Leviathan continued forward with only a small loss of speed.
  • Tony analyzed the shield’s reaction data and found a brief energy-refresh delay at a folding node near its left gill.
  • Tony focused the satellites’ fire on the node, causing the shield to crack and shatter and exposing the Leviathan’s armor.

Ch. 443Crushing the Main Cannon Underfoot

Kahn stopped Leviathan from firing its superheavy cannon and helped Eclipse capture the ancient war machine for dismantling. Tony began salvaging its technology to strengthen the Eclipse Fleet ahead of a future attack on Mary Geoise.

  • As Leviathan charged its main cannon, Kahn appeared above it and crushed its head underwater, preventing the weapon from firing.
  • Tony ordered fifty Anti-World Government Armor units to chain and disable Leviathan, then tow it to Wano Country’s Deepwater Dismantling Zone.
  • Dr. Vegapunk watched Leviathan’s systems fail as Tony mocked him and claimed he would improve the ancient weapon’s blueprints.
  • Tony discovered Leviathan’s space-folding generator and durable alloy, and Kahn ordered him to adapt every useful component for the Third-Generation Mecha.
  • Kahn told Tony to prepare for another attack on Mary Geoise, and Tony promised to upgrade the fleet within a month.

Ch. 444Vegapunk's Betrayal

After Leviathan was defeated, Tony Stark exposed the flaw in Vegapunk’s technology and showed him advanced designs, then invited him to join the Eclipse Armory. Vegapunk chose to sever his communications with the World Government, leaving his allegiance uncertain but signaling a break with the Celestial Dragons.

  • Atlas and Pythagoras questioned how Leviathan had lost power, and Vegapunk replayed the battle to study its shield failure.
  • Tony Stark hacked Punk Records, explained the flaw in Leviathan’s energy circuit, and displayed improved designs.
  • Vegapunk studied Tony’s blueprints and became absorbed in the possibility of pursuing advanced technology with the Eclipse Armory.
  • Tony invited Vegapunk to bring Punk Records to Wano Country and work as his assistant, but the blueprints vanished before the satellites could save them.
  • Atlas told Vegapunk that the Five Elders demanded a report on Leviathan and preparations for another batch of Seraphim.
  • Vegapunk cut the undersea communications cable to Mary Geoise.

Ch. 445Flip the Table! I Quit Working for the Celestial Dragons

Vegapunk cut Egghead Island off from the World Government, and Tony Stark helped him disguise the breach while he evacuated his research. The Five Elders discovered the island had gone dark and ordered Sengoku to mobilize the Marines.

  • Vegapunk ordered the satellites to sever Egghead Island’s connections, but Shaka warned that the World Government’s backdoor could trigger a Buster Call.
  • Tony Stark and JARVIS overwrote the backdoor, sent Mary Geoise fake reports of Leviathan’s attack on Wano, and gave Vegapunk twenty minutes to evacuate.
  • Vegapunk ordered the satellites to pack their research into a storage unit, activated Egghead Island’s self-destruct sequence, and fled toward the evacuation passage.
  • The Five Elders lost contact with Egghead Island and realized Vegapunk had defected.
  • The long-bearded Elder contacted Sengoku and ordered him to place the Marines on highest combat readiness and mobilize the warships and Admirals.

Ch. 446The Hunt Is On! Kizaru Takes Action

After Vegapunk defected to Eclipse with Punk Records and the Seraphim control data, the Five Elders ordered his immediate elimination. Kizaru set out for Egghead Island, where Vegapunk’s evacuation was underway.

  • The Five Elders learned Vegapunk had joined Eclipse and ordered the Marines to destroy him and Egghead Island.
  • The Five Elders overruled Sengoku’s plan to send a conventional fleet and ordered Kizaru to reach Egghead Island first.
  • Sengoku told Kizaru that Vegapunk was evacuating with help from Stark’s flying ship and warned that Eclipse could not gain his technology.
  • Kizaru left Marineford at high speed, heading for Egghead Island as Sengoku worried about Eclipse’s growing strength.

Ch. 447Descending at Light Speed! Kizaru's Urgent Kill Order

Vegapunk and Atlas tried to escape Egghead Island with the doctor’s research data, but Kizaru destroyed the defenses and cornered them underground. After defeating the Pacifistas, Kizaru aimed a lethal attack at Vegapunk, leaving his fate unresolved.

  • Vegapunk and Atlas rushed to the escape submarine with thirty years of research data as Mr. Stark’s pickup ship approached.
  • Kizaru destroyed Egghead Island’s defenses and confronted Vegapunk at the underground passage.
  • Vegapunk activated three Second-Generation Pacifistas, and Atlas charged Kizaru to buy time for their escape.
  • Kizaru evaded the Pacifistas’ lasers and destroyed all three with Yasakani Sacred Jewel, injuring Atlas.
  • Kizaru pointed a charged light attack at Vegapunk and prepared to kill him for refusing to work for the World Government.

Ch. 448Spatial Portal! Snatching Vegapunk Away

Kahn and Tony Stark used a spatial portal to rescue Vegapunk and his damaged satellites from Kizaru on Egghead Island. Kizaru was left alone in the wrecked passage as the portal vanished with the scientists and their research.

  • Shaka threw himself between Vegapunk and Kizaru, but Kizaru kicked him into an alloy wall and incapacitated him.
  • Kizaru fired a laser at Vegapunk, but an orange-gold portal opened and swallowed the beam.
  • Tony Stark spoke through the portal and pulled Vegapunk and his metal case toward it with a mechanical arm.
  • Tony said JARVIS had marked Atlas and Shaka, and tractor beams hauled both damaged satellites into the portal.
  • Kizaru attacked the portal with a Haki-coated Light-Speed Kick, but Kahn stopped him with a Bio-Force Field and reminded him of their past encounter.
  • Vegapunk, Atlas, and Shaka escaped as the portal closed, leaving Kizaru to face the loss of Egghead Island's secrets.

Ch. 449Light and Fire Collide! Even an Admiral Can Hit a Wall

Tony and Sabo fought Admiral Kizaru as he tried to destroy Vegapunk’s research, but a mysterious force stopped Kizaru at the portal. The chapter left the source of that power unidentified as it addressed Borsalino.

  • Tony and Sabo confronted Kizaru while protecting Vegapunk and the metal case containing his research.
  • Kizaru attacked Tony with the Ama no Murakumo Sword, but Sabo blocked it with his Haki-coated pipe and white-gold flames.
  • Tony launched Seastone-coated electromagnetic nets, but Kizaru scattered into flecks of light to evade them and reach the case.
  • Sabo and Tony tried to intercept Kizaru, but he re-formed beside the portal and aimed a laser at the storage device.
  • A powerful presence crossed the portal, made Kizaru’s photons tremble, and dissolved his laser as a calm voice called him Borsalino.

Ch. 450One more step, and you die!

Kahn stopped Kizaru from reaching Vegapunk’s core data by projecting his crushing power through the Space Gate. Kizaru fled, and Tony, Sabo, and Vegapunk carried the data box through the portal to Wano Country.

  • Kahn detected Kizaru approaching the Core Data Box and sent his Bio-Force Field through the Space Gate to Egghead Island.
  • Kahn’s pressure immobilized Kizaru and disrupted his photon body while Tony and Sabo guarded Vegapunk and the data box.
  • Kahn warned Kizaru to back away or die, and Kizaru collapsed to his knees before retreating from the laboratory.
  • Kizaru abandoned the World Government’s elimination order and fled, saying he would report the truth to the Five Elders.
  • Tony, Sabo, and Vegapunk entered the Space Gate with Punk Records’ core data and returned to Wano Country.

Ch. 451I Can't Hold Out, Fleet Admiral Sengoku!

Kizaru staged an injury to retreat from Egghead Island after sensing Kahn's overwhelming power, while Sabo and Tony prepared to take Vegapunk to Wano Country. Vegapunk followed them through the Space Gate, leaving the ruined laboratory behind.

  • Kizaru surrendered to the threat from the portal and told Fleet Admiral Sengoku that he had been badly wounded and was retreating.
  • Sengoku accused Kizaru of pretending, but Kizaru hung up and fled Egghead Island as a pillar of light.
  • Sabo and Tony reassured Vegapunk that it was safe and invited him to return with them to Wano Country.
  • Vegapunk wondered what kind of being led Eclipse, then followed Sabo and Tony through the Space Gate.
  • The Space Gate vanished after the three entered it, leaving the Egghead Island Laboratory silent.

Ch. 452The sunken Future Island, the gateway to the New World!

Vegapunk, Tony, and Sabo escaped Egghead Island through a portal to Wano Country after Vegapunk triggered the island’s destruction. They arrived at the Eclipse Armory, where Vegapunk marveled at its automated workshops before following Tony and Sabo to meet Kahn.

  • Tony, Sabo, and Vegapunk evacuated the research crates through a portal while Sabo confirmed that Kizaru and the Marine warships had withdrawn.
  • Vegapunk activated Egghead Island’s self-destruct and crossed through the portal with Tony and Sabo.
  • The Ancient Power Furnace exploded, causing Egghead Island to collapse and sink beneath the sea.
  • Vegapunk, Tony, and Sabo arrived at the underground Eclipse Armory in Wano Country.
  • Vegapunk eagerly examined the armory’s automated production lines and machinery.
  • Tony told Vegapunk that Kahn was waiting, and Vegapunk followed Tony and Sabo toward the Castle Keep.

Ch. 453A genius's overwhelming edge: work as my assistant, old man!

Vegapunk marveled at Tony’s Arc Reactor, then saw Tony’s equations overcome the limits of his Seraphim research and agreed to assist him in dismantling the ancient Mechanical Leviathan. As Tony and Vegapunk began planning the work, Kahn appeared above them and watched.

  • Vegapunk was astonished by the Arc Reactor’s clean, efficient power and praised its potential to improve the Mother Flame and restore the Ancient Kingdom’s energy grid.
  • Tony criticized Vegapunk’s Seraphim designs and gave him equations that could raise their energy conversion efficiency above ninety-two percent.
  • Vegapunk recognized the value of Tony’s work and agreed to become his assistant, offering to decode the Mechanical Leviathan’s ancient spatial deflection system.
  • Tony and Vegapunk inspected the Mechanical Leviathan and debated how to remove its power core safely, while Sabo watched them work together.
  • Kahn appeared on the workshop’s upper walkway and silently scrutinized Tony and Vegapunk.

Ch. 454Submission! An ambitious blueprint from two brilliant minds

Kahn forced Vegapunk to join Eclipse and ordered him to develop a spatial deflection shield for Tony's enormous warship within fifteen days. As construction advanced, Sabo reported that the World Government had covered up Egghead Island's sinking and falsely declared Vegapunk dead.

  • Kahn confronted Vegapunk and ordered him to combine Punk Records with Tony's production lines to build a pilot spatial deflection shield in fifteen days.
  • Vegapunk bowed to Kahn, granted Eclipse full access to Punk Records, and agreed to work for the organization.
  • Tony showed Vegapunk the design for a vast seastone-vibranium warship intended to attack Mary Geoise, and JARVIS corrected a flaw in its power system.
  • Vegapunk hurried to retrieve an ancient coding dictionary and promised to complete the shield without delay.
  • Tony told Kahn that the warship's main keel had been laid in an underground workshop using Wano Country seastone and Pluton Blueprints from Water 7.
  • Sabo told Kahn that the Five Elders had concealed Egghead Island's sinking and claimed Vegapunk died in an accidental explosion.

Ch. 455Pulling the Wool Over the World's Eyes? Morgans' Headline Bonanza!

After Vegapunk defected to Wano with his research, the Marines and World Government confronted the loss of Egghead and its technology. Sengoku tried to conceal the news, but Morgans exposed the defection worldwide, while the Five Elders decided to seek Imu’s approval to use Uranus against Wano.

  • Sengoku confronted Kizaru over his account of the Egghead mission, while Garp laughed and Akainu accused Kizaru of failing to protect Vegapunk.
  • Tsuru reported that Egghead had sunk and Vegapunk had defected to Wano with researchers, satellites, and core research data, leaving the Marines’ science programs crippled.
  • The Five Elders recognized that Eclipse could turn Punk Records’ secrets into weapons and agreed to request Imu’s approval to awaken Uranus and destroy Wano.
  • Sengoku ordered a news blackout and instructed the Marines to claim Vegapunk had died in a tsunami.
  • Morgans released newspapers across Marineford and the Grand Line, publicizing Vegapunk’s defection and Eclipse’s technological gains.

Ch. 456God's Summons! A Monster List Sealed Away for Eight Hundred Years

Imu ordered the Five Elders to release monsters sealed away across the world and use them to wear down Kahn after Uranus proved unable to target Wano reliably. Marine forces began carrying out the plan, and the chapter ended as the sealed door to Impel Down’s deepest passage opened and bloodthirsty eyes appeared in the darkness.

  • The Five Elders told Imu that Vegapunk had defected to Eclipse and that Uranus lacked the power to destroy Wano while Kahn’s magnetic field disrupted its targeting.
  • Imu gave the Five Elders an ancient list and ordered them to summon its imprisoned and sleeping monsters, promising pardons and territories to those who killed Kahn.
  • Sengoku received the deployment order and divided the operation among Impel Down, Deserted Island, and Elbaf, assigning Kizaru and other forces to recruit the monsters.
  • Magellan and Hannyabal descended to Impel Down’s unmarked sealed level, where Kizaru and the CP0 commander joined them.
  • The CP0 commander unlocked the massive seastone door, and several pairs of bloodlust-filled eyes opened in the darkness.

Ch. 457The Abyss Reopens! The Erased Demons of the Old Era

Kizaru and Magellan visited Impel Down’s forbidden prison level to offer Douglas Bullet, Patrick Redfield, Byrnndi World, and other prisoners pardons in exchange for killing Kahn. Bullet, the Red Count, and World accepted the mission and were released under the Five Elders’ control, then headed for a warship bound for the New World.

  • Kizaru, Magellan, Hannyabal, and two CP0 agents entered Impel Down’s unrecorded prison level, where Douglas Bullet, Patrick Redfield, and Byrnndi World were chained to pillars.
  • Kizaru read the Five Elders’ offer of pardons, freedom, and territories in exchange for traveling to the New World and killing Kahn.
  • Bullet erupted with Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out the jailers and cracking the seastone hooks, while Magellan prepared to stop him.
  • Patrick Redfield remarked on the World Government’s desperation and expressed interest in Kahn, while World demanded release so he could attack Marine Headquarters and kill Kahn.
  • A CP0 agent warned that neurotoxins and tracking devices controlled the prisoners, then unlocked Bullet, Redfield, and World and removed their hooks.
  • Kizaru told the three former prisoners that a warship awaited them, and they walked toward the exit.

Ch. 458Madmen Unleashed! The World Government Played with Fire

After their release from Impel Down, Douglas Bullet killed a Marine Rear Admiral and fought Kizaru before the World Government ordered him, Byrnndi World, and the Red Count to target Kahn and Eclipse. The three villains sailed toward the New World, intent on destroying Kahn and pursuing their own violent ambitions.

  • Douglas Bullet killed the Rear Admiral who ordered him to board the warship.
  • Kizaru attacked Bullet, but Bullet repelled his Light-Speed Kick with a Haki-coated punch.
  • Kizaru offered Bullet and Byrnndi World freedom and territory in exchange for killing Kahn and destroying Eclipse.
  • Byrnndi World rejected the offer of kingship and threatened to destroy Marine Headquarters and the World Government.
  • The Five Elders ordered Bullet, World, and the Red Count to attack Wano Country within half a month and bring back Kahn's head.
  • Bullet, World, and the Red Count boarded a warship and departed Impel Down for the New World.

Ch. 459God's Summons! Elbaf's Axe of the God of War

CP0 envoys arrived in Elbaf with treasure and supplies to ask the giants for military aid. After Asgar demonstrated his strength by killing an Ancient Land Tyrannosaur and splitting a distant mountain, he heard the Five Elders wanted Elbaf’s Berserker Legion to fight New World rebels.

  • A CP0 delegation sailed to Elbaf under the Five Elders’ orders, carrying food, liquor, gold, and other valuables as a goodwill offering.
  • Elbaf’s giant guards allowed the envoys to dock and directed them to the king at the central training arena.
  • Asgar killed a charging Ancient Land Tyrannosaur with one Haki-coated axe strike, cleaving through the arena wall and a distant snowy mountain.
  • Asgar confronted the CP0 leader, who asked Elbaf to deploy the Berserker Legion against rebel forces in the New World.
  • Asgar mocked the World Government for failing to defeat the rebels and questioned whether their strength exceeded the beast he had just slain.

Ch. 460New Marine Admirals! The Monsters from the Ranks of Civilians Make Their Debut

Sengoku appointed Issho and Aramaki as Admirals through the World Military Draft, hoping to bolster the Marines against Eclipse. Issho accepted the role to protect civilians, while Aramaki pledged fanatic loyalty to the Celestial Dragons, deepening Akainu’s anger as the World Government’s God's Army began to take shape.

  • Sengoku defended bypassing the usual promotion process because the Marines urgently needed powerful fighters against Eclipse.
  • Issho crushed a fleeing pirate ship with gravity, and Aramaki drained the pirates aboard another ship with roots.
  • Sengoku persuaded Issho to accept the Admiral's coat by appealing to his desire to protect ordinary people.
  • Aramaki accepted the other Admiral's cloak and declared his loyalty to the Celestial Dragons, demanding to be sent to Wano to kill Kahn.
  • Akainu condemned the appointments and stormed back into headquarters, while Sengoku recognized that the Marines' internal divisions were worsening.
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