Chapter Summaries

Key plot points

• Kaido questions why Vikengam is being named one of the New World’s Three Emperors alongside Shiki and Whitebeard, arguing that the Viking Pirates are weak and Vikengam is carrying them alone.
• Linlin reminds him that Vikengam fought Garp for three days and two nights without a clear winner. Still, she privately doubts that a young man could truly match Garp and wonders whether Garp held back because Vikengam is a Celestial Dragon.
• Kaido proposes challenging Vikengam to test whether he deserves the title. Linlin agrees, partly out of pride and interest in becoming an Emperor herself.
• Linlin orders Katakuri to learn Vikengam’s location, movements, and return route. She rejects Kaido’s suggestion to attack Frost Island, explaining that it would turn a test into a full-scale war with lasting consequences.
• Linlin admits she still intends to settle the score over her stolen Poneglyph and imprisonment, but sees that grudge as separate from this challenge.
• Other New World pirates are also considering challenging Vikengam. The chapter closes with the prospect of a wider wave of contenders fighting to prove themselves.

Character developments and interactions

• Kaido is ambitious, competitive, and eager to challenge Vikengam. He wants the Emperor title for himself and imagines himself and Linlin as a powerful pair, though Linlin ignores his scheming.
• Charlotte Linlin moves from skepticism to agreement, driven by pride and the prospect of prestige. She is more cautious than Kaido, distinguishing a limited test from a war that could be difficult to end.
• Katakuri is quiet during the discussion, then receives Linlin’s order to investigate Vikengam.
• Kaido and Linlin debate Vikengam’s strength, the standing of his crew, and how best to challenge him. Their shared ambition is tempered by Linlin’s strategic caution.

Significant themes

• Power and legitimacy: A title like Pirate Emperor must be earned through strength, not reputation alone.
• Pride and rivalry: Kaido and Linlin cannot accept being ranked below Vikengam, even as they acknowledge his record.
• Strategy versus brute force: Kaido favors a direct assault; Linlin prefers gathering intelligence and keeping the conflict limited.
• The coming struggle for status: The Emperor title is portrayed as something that will be tested in a looming storm of challenges across the New World.

Key plot points and events

• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku tells senior officers that the turmoil surrounding the newly declared Pirate Emperors could create opportunities for the Marines to strike. A Rear Admiral suggests targeting the Viking Pirates, but Sengoku punishes him for not understanding their file.
• Tsuru briefs the officers on New World developments. Squard attacked Whitebeard but was defeated and has since joined his crew. Meanwhile, Captain John may be planning an assault on Merveille, possibly connected to Rocks’s supposed son and Shiki’s efforts to claim Rocks’s legacy.
• The main briefing concerns Big Mom and Kaido targeting Saint Vikengam and the Viking Pirates. Marine intelligence considers a clash between Totto Land and the Frost Island faction almost certain. Headquarters has already shared relevant intelligence with the Viking Pirates, reflecting their unusually close, unofficial relationship.
• Just as Sengoku is about to discuss whether the Marines should exploit the coming conflict, Saint Saturn calls with orders: Sengoku must collect Olvia and Professor Clover from Mary Geoise and escort them to the New World.
• Sengoku immediately abandons the meeting’s strategic discussion and assembles a major force: fifteen warships, ten Vice Admirals, and sixteen Rear Admirals. Their mission is to obtain a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit for Lady Jaygo Lucia Nico Robin.

Character developments and interactions

• Sengoku shows both his forceful command style and his deference to the World Nobles: he disciplines an uninformed officer, then promptly follows Saint Saturn’s orders, despite their interruption of his plans.
• Tsuru acts as the meeting’s intelligence authority, presenting reports and explaining the likely political implications of pirate movements.
• Gion, a newly recruited Commodore, assists Tsuru. Her presence reflects the Marines’ effort to strengthen their ranks through direct recruitment, even at the cost of traditional seniority.
• The Marines recognize that the Viking Pirates are technically enemies but treat them as potential partners, exchanging intelligence and possibly helping one another.
• Sengoku’s interaction with Saint Saturn reveals the imbalance of authority: the Celestial Dragons’ priorities override the Marines’ own strategic concerns.

Significant themes

• Political power versus military strategy: Marine plans are quickly displaced by a World Noble’s personal mission.
• Shifting alliances and unintended consequences: Pirates who challenge powerful crews may end up strengthening them, as Squard’s defeat and recruitment demonstrate.
• Ambiguous loyalties: The Marines’ relationship with the Viking Pirates is more cooperative than their official status suggests.
• Legacy and succession: Shiki’s claims about Rocks and his heir hint at a struggle over the former Rocks Pirates’ influence.

Key plot points and events

• In West Blue, tavern gossip falsely links the Viking Pirates to Ohara’s destruction, claiming the scholars were helping them revive the Ancient Weapons. The rumors deepen public hostility toward the crew.
• Gecko Moria, a West Blue native who was once welcomed by the people of Ringo in Wano, hears that the Viking Pirates have conquered the country and renamed it Frost Island. Believing Wano is being destroyed, he vows to form a crew, return to the New World, and kill Vikengam.
• In the New World, the Viking Pirates finish off a fleet of thirty ships. Their ice-coated Oro Jackson withstands the bombardment, while Buggy and Tofu help destroy the enemy vessels.
• Vikengam reads that Little Oars Jr. and the Pocket Pirates have declared war on them. He dismisses Oars Jr. as an oversized brawler but is interested in the Ancient Giant’s connection to Elbaf and the legendary Oars.
• Spencer reports that Charlotte Linlin and Kaido are headed toward the Bumble Sea. Vikengam welcomes the prospect of fighting them together, since Linlin is away from her home territory and has brought only a small force.

Character developments and interactions

• Moria shifts from searching for his missing parents to pursuing revenge for the people who once sheltered him. His resolve is sincere, though it is built on alarming rumors about Wano.
• Vikengam remains confident and eager for high-stakes combat. He treats the repeated attacks on his crew as routine and sees both Little Oars Jr. and the approaching Emperors as challenges.
• Spencer serves as a careful intelligence source, briefing Vikengam on the coming encounter and the strength of Linlin’s force.
• Tofu and Buggy contribute to the naval battle; Tofu uses the Mera Mera no Mi to burn an enemy ship, while Buggy blasts another.
• Moria’s anger is fueled by tavern gossip, while the crew’s discussion of its next fight contrasts Vikengam’s confidence with Spencer’s caution.

Significant themes

• Rumor and misinformation: False accounts shape Moria’s understanding of Wano and turn him against the Viking Pirates.
• Revenge and tragic heroism: Moria’s loyalty to Ringo’s people drives him toward a dangerous confrontation.
• Power and reputation: Crews seek fame by challenging stronger pirates, while Vikengam judges opponents by their actual abilities.
• Cruelty and prejudice: The battle scenes and Vikengam’s openly racist remarks portray the violence and dehumanization surrounding the world’s conflicts.

Plot points and events

• In Elbaf’s West Village Market, former Roger Pirate Gaban helps his wife, Lipri, sell meat. A newspaper story by the writer he recognizes as Vikengam distracts him from work.
• Prince Hajrudin summons the couple to the castle: King Loki has challenged the legendary hammer Iron Thunder and plans to eat Elbaf’s inherited Devil Fruit, the Mythical Zoan Nidhogg.
• Loki has successfully claimed Iron Thunder, which proves too heavy even for Gaban to lift. He then eats the fruit and transforms into a huge, lightning-wreathed black dragon-human, demonstrating that his size and strength have increased dramatically.
• Loki announces that he will abdicate in favor of Hajrudin, sail as a pirate, rebuild the Giant Warrior Pirates, oppose the World Government, and free his father, Harald. When Yaruru objects, Loki invokes Elbaf’s tradition of settling rule by combat.
• Before a fight begins, Ida—Loki’s adoptive mother and Harald’s beloved—orders him to put down his weapon and return to his duties. Loki immediately backs down, and the confrontation ends.
• Gaban predicts that Loki’s ambitions will eventually carry him beyond Elbaf and make his name famous across the seas.

Character development and interactions

• Gaban is now settled into domestic life with Lipri, though he retains his playful, adventurous nature and keen interest in powerful people and events. He recognizes Loki’s potential but refuses to interfere in Elbaf’s internal dispute.
• Loki gains Iron Thunder and the Nidhogg power, confirming his immense strength. Beneath his boastful, defiant ambition, however, he remains deeply responsive to Ida’s authority and affection.
• Yaruru tries to keep Loki focused on ruling and preserving order, while Hajrudin is caught between the elder’s concerns and his brother’s determination.
• Lipri and Gaban show an affectionate, teasing partnership; she also accompanies him into Elbaf’s public and political life.
• Ida’s quiet authority contrasts with Loki’s intimidating appearance: she can stop him where force and argument might not.

Significant themes

• Duty versus freedom: Loki longs to leave the throne and pursue his own mission, while Yaruru insists that kingship carries responsibilities.
• Power and legacy: Iron Thunder and the Nidhogg fruit connect Loki to Elbaf’s traditions and to Harald’s hopes for the kingdom.
• Affection beneath bravado: Loki’s instant obedience to Ida reveals the personal bonds that temper his rebellious nature.
• Foreshadowing and destiny: Gaban sees Loki’s desire for the sea as evidence that his future will extend far beyond Elbaf.

Plot points and events

• Charlotte Linlin learns that the Marines have sent a formidable fleet—including Admiral Sengoku and at least ten Vice Admirals—into the New World. Fearing Vikengam may have called them in, she considers what their presence could mean.
• Kaido assumes Vikengam is using Marine reinforcements, but Linlin reasons that openly cooperating with the Marines would undermine Vikengam’s standing as a Pirate Emperor.
• Linlin contacts Vikengam and formally challenges him for the title, announcing that she is waiting in the Bumble Sea. Her strategy puts him in a bind: refusing would make him look afraid, while using Marine support would damage his reputation.
• Vikengam accepts, agreeing to arrive in five days. News of the challenge spreads, and Morgans calls the coming battle a decisive test for the title of Pirate Emperor.
• A rapid series of clashes shakes the New World: Vikengam freezes Little Oars into an ice sculpture but spares his life; Treasure Captain John attacks Shiki’s base; Whitebeard fights Redfield; and Sengoku’s Marines defeat Sanjuan Wolf but do not capture him.
• On January 19, the Viking Pirates arrive in the Bumble Sea, where their ship faces Linlin’s across the water.

Character developments and interactions

• Linlin acts cautiously but decisively. Concerned about Marine intervention and Vikengam’s influence, she chooses a public, rule-bound challenge that gives her political leverage while avoiding a direct provocation.
• Vikengam responds with confidence and accepts the fight, though he is surprised by Linlin’s advance notice.
• Kaido angrily suspects Vikengam of colluding with the Marines and is startled to learn that Linlin once proposed marriage to him. His jealousy adds a personal edge to his hostility toward Vikengam.
• Linlin and Vikengam trade teasing remarks about their past and marriage before shifting to a formal contest. Linlin insists there is no personal grudge, while Vikengam agrees to meet her in battle.

Significant themes

• Reputation and legitimacy: The title of Pirate Emperor depends not only on strength but also on how a pirate is perceived; Marine assistance could discredit Vikengam.
• Strategy and public image: Linlin turns a military uncertainty into a challenge whose outcome benefits her whether Vikengam accepts or refuses.
• Power and upheaval: Multiple simultaneous conflicts show the New World becoming increasingly unstable as rivals test one another’s strength.

Key plot points and events

• The Bumble Sea has been cleared of civilian ships, leaving only three Beast Pirates warships under Big Mom and Kaido.
• Vikengam arrives aboard the Oro Jackson amid a supernatural blizzard. His presence and Conqueror’s Haki seem to amplify the storm, creating the phenomenon known as “Heavenly Phenomenon Arrival.” As he speaks, the storm calms enough for both crews to see each other.
• Vikengam greets Big Mom and jokes that he isn’t late for their “date.” She responds warmly, confirming he has arrived on time.
• The two pirate crews size each other up. Kaido realizes the Viking Pirates are far more formidable than their “Baby Pirates” reputation suggests.

Character developments

• Vikengam demonstrates the scale of his winter powers and carries himself with confidence, while recognizing that Big Mom is stronger and more formidable than he remembers.
• Big Mom appears to have maintained her beauty and strength; Vikengam interprets this as evidence of her growth.
• Kaido is impressed by the Viking crew’s presence and recognizes their younger members as hardened fighters—much like himself as a young apprentice aboard Rocks’s ship.
• The Viking Pirates are introduced as a diverse, battle-ready crew, including doctors Kuma and Bullet, young fighters Shanks and Buggy, and several other capable members.

Significant themes

• Reputation versus reality: The crew dismissed as “babies” prove to be experienced and dangerous.
• Power and its influence on the world: Vikengam’s strength is so great that the weather itself appears to bend around him.
• Growth and rising threats: Big Mom and Kaido have both grown stronger, while the Viking crew’s young members are presented as future forces in the seas.

Character interactions

• Vikengam and Big Mom exchange playful, familiar banter, hinting at a personal relationship or past connection.
• Kaido and Big Mom observe the Viking Pirates and reassess their threat.
• The Viking crew’s casual jokes and conversations—such as Tofu’s interest in Totto Land’s chef salaries—contrast with the intimidating atmosphere of the impending confrontation.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Charlotte Linlin and Kaido challenge Vikengam to determine who is truly strongest among their generation, insisting the contest is not personal. Vikengam accepts confidently and promises to spare them if he wins.
• Linlin teases that, should she win, Vikengam must come home with her and father a child. Vikengam answers playfully before the standoff turns into battle.
• Buggy and Queen each fire a poison-gas shell. The shells collide between the ships, releasing both green and blue clouds; each side mistakenly blames the other for the extra gas.
• Kaido and Linlin launch their combined Conqueror’s Haki attack, Hakai. Vikengam summons his armored Susanoo and counters with Heaven Split in Two, detecting and separating the two forces that make up Hakai. The redirected blasts carve enormous trenches through the sea.
• Vikengam’s crew and Kaido’s crew begin fighting across an ocean frozen by Vikengam’s power.
• Bullet intercepts Abel by detonating the explosives concealed in his body, badly blasting Abel back but failing to defeat the durable Lunarian.
• Sphinx shoots Queen in the head, damaging his mechanical eye without immediately taking him out.
• Rengar engages Daifuku, while Katakuri attacks Rengar. Kuma intervenes, repelling Katakuri’s trident with his Paw-Paw Fruit and preparing to face him.

Character developments and interactions

• Vikengam displays immense confidence and combat skill. His insight into Conqueror’s Haki lets him find the seam in the combined attack and turn a seemingly overwhelming strike aside.
• Kaido and Linlin show remarkable coordination: they launch Hakai in perfect synchronization, reinforcing their status as formidable rivals. Linlin’s provocative marriage-and-child offer adds a comic, personal edge to their challenge.
• Buggy and Queen both resort to poison-gas artillery, revealing that neither side intends to fight by any rules—even as they deny responsibility for the mixed gases.
• Bullet uses an unconventional self-detonation tactic against Abel, who survives thanks to his exceptional Lunarian durability.
• Sphinx demonstrates her skill as a sniper, while Rengar presses his attack on Daifuku despite Katakuri’s intervention.
• Kuma comes to Rengar’s aid and calmly repels Katakuri’s weapon through his Devil Fruit ability, despite claiming he is not much of a fighter.

Significant themes

• Strength and rivalry: The chapter centers on the contest to establish who is strongest among the younger generation.
• Cooperation versus individual power: Kaido and Linlin’s combined Hakai is terrifying, but Vikengam counters it through keen perception and individual strength.
• Unconventional warfare: Poison gas, hidden explosives, and ranged attacks show that the conflict quickly becomes an anything-goes battle.
• Humor amid danger: Linlin’s proposal, the confusion over the poison gas, and Kuma’s modest apology contrast with the destructive scale of the fighting.

Key plot points and events

• Katakuri attacks Bartholomew Kuma with mochi, but Kuma blocks the assault with precise paw-shaped air bursts. Cheerfully asking Katakuri to keep going, Kuma frustrates him by treating the fight almost like a turn-based game.
• Charlotte Oven arrives, boasting that his Heat-Heat Fruit can overcome Vikengam’s winter powers. Shanks answers with a deliberately unimpressive slash, falsely presenting it as the legendary Kamusari. Oven dodges in panic, only to realize he has been bluffed.
• Buggy rushes Oven with Enma. When Oven grabs the sword and draws it, Enma drains his Haki and strength, leaving him helpless. Shanks kicks him away, and Buggy sheathes the sword before it can drain him too. Oven becomes the battle’s first defeated fighter.
• Cracker attacks Buggy in retaliation. Tofu’s flames weaken him, then Sambel smashes apart his biscuit armor, and Tofu follows with a flaming punch that sends him flying.
• Sambel engages Queen while Sphinx supports him with machine-gun fire and a grenade that releases poison gas. Queen charges through it wearing a gas mask, but Sphinx keeps him under pressure with sustained and explosive ammunition. When she runs low, Sambel rushes back in to buy her time to reload.

Character developments and interactions

• Shanks and Buggy work as a mischievous team: Shanks’s bluff frightens Oven, and Buggy exploits Oven’s greed and Enma’s Haki-draining nature. They proudly declare themselves the “mighty duo” of the Viking Pirates.
• Kuma appears inexperienced or unusually passive, but demonstrates accurate defensive control; his upbeat manner sharply contrasts with Katakuri’s irritation.
• Oven is overconfident and quick to anger. His fear of Kamusari turns to humiliation, and his attempt to seize Enma costs him the fight.
• Tofu, Sambel, and Sphinx coordinate effectively, though Sphinx’s overwhelming suppressive fire also makes it difficult for Sambel to approach Queen. Sambel readily covers her while she reloads.
• Sphinx is resourceful and inventive, using a machine gun, special rounds, and poison gas. She complains about ammunition limits and dreams of obtaining a Devil Fruit that would let her become an arsenal.
• Queen proves more resilient than the gas attack suggests, thanks to his gas mask and mechanical body, but remains vulnerable to the crew’s combined pressure.

Significant themes

• Deception and misdirection: Shanks wins an opening by making an ordinary slash seem like Kamusari, while Buggy lures Oven into drawing Enma.
• Teamwork and complementary abilities: The crew combines fire, brute force, firearms, and support to overwhelm stronger opponents.
• Overconfidence and humiliation: Oven’s boasts and assumptions about Buggy leave him vulnerable.
• Power with a cost: Enma’s strength comes with a dangerous demand for its wielder’s Haki.

Key events

• The broader battlefield remains evenly matched, with the Viking Pirates’ supposedly “baby” members proving formidable. Shanks and Buggy work surprisingly well together, protected by Spencer and Doringer.
• Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and Vikengam move their fight away from the other combatants, aware that their clash would endanger anyone nearby.
• Linlin and Vikengam trade blows: her fiery Emperor Sword meets the frost-covered Merciless. Vikengam uses his speed and Mangekyo Sharingan to evade her strike and freeze her briefly.
• Kaido attacks with Thunder Bagua, but Vikengam’s Haki armor and ice-crystal defenses absorb the impact. Vikengam counters, and the two exchange icy and fiery breath attacks.
• Linlin catches Vikengam with Maser Cannon, but he reflects the beam with an ice mirror. He then uses a mirror-based technique to reposition himself and ambush Kaido from beneath the ice.
• Kaido and Linlin coordinate seamlessly: Kaido restrains Vikengam so Linlin can strike both of them with Ikoku Sovereignty. However, Linlin senses the hit did not land as expected.
• Kaido escapes the ice pit in dragon form, but Vikengam intercepts him and reveals that he absorbed the portion of Linlin’s attack aimed at him. He then redirects it at Kaido with Four Seasons Control, combining it with a heavy axe strike.
• Linlin attacks again, but Vikengam knocks her away with a Susanoo arm. He ends the chapter taunting both Emperors as his Conqueror’s Haki surges.

Character developments and interactions

• Vikengam displays exceptional adaptability, combining ice powers, Haki defenses, Mangekyo abilities, mirrors, and misdirection. He also recognizes the limits of raw strength and relies on timing and technique against the Emperors.
• Kaido and Linlin demonstrate deep battlefield trust and quick, coordinated teamwork, communicating through glances and instinct. Their partnership nearly traps Vikengam, but his hidden ability turns their own attack against Kaido.
• Shanks and Buggy are shown functioning effectively as a team despite being considered potential liabilities.
• The Viking Pirates’ younger members challenge expectations by fighting with unusual skill.

Significant themes

• Strategy over brute force: Vikengam acknowledges Linlin’s immense strength but wins openings through perception, deception, and technique.
• Teamwork and trust: Kaido and Linlin’s coordination is powerful, yet Vikengam exploits the assumptions behind their combined attack.
• Reversal and adaptation: Attacks can be redirected or transformed, making battlefield awareness as important as power.
• Rising stakes: Vikengam’s final surge of Conqueror’s Haki signals that the fight is escalating rather than ending.

Key plot points and events

• Kaido regains consciousness after taking Charlotte Linlin’s Ikoku and Eighty Owl Marshal head-on. Badly wounded, he uses his Mythical Zoan powers and bodily control to close the wound, then insists he is fine.
• Linlin mocks Kaido’s record of defeats and tells him that Vikengam’s Conqueror’s Haki reportedly once suppressed Garp’s. Kaido feels the force for himself and begins to believe the rumors about its exceptional explosive power.
• Vikengam’s Haki grows so intense that it crushes the ice around him and creates the phantom of a fearsome Ice Zheng. The cold also frosts Kaido’s hair, provoking his pride: he boasts that his Azure Dragon powers are superior.
• Vikengam counters that powerful abilities abound, but “only Haki reigns above all,” then charges the two Emperors with his Haki unleashed.
• Linlin answers the pressure with Soul Pocus, draining soul power from her ship, most of her Homies, and several subordinates to amplify her combat abilities. She keeps only Napoleon, Zeus, and Prometheus, then advances with her Emperor Sword coated in Haki.
• Kaido is overwhelmed by Vikengam’s presence and briefly retreats, seeing an echo of his former idol, Rocks. Vikengam angrily condemns his cowardice.
• Shamed into confronting his fear, Kaido steps forward and attacks with Thunder Bagua, pushing his Conqueror’s Haki beyond its previous limits.
• Linlin’s sword clashes with Vikengam’s axe, and the Haki impact shatters the Emperor Sword. As Vikengam’s axe threatens Linlin, Kaido intercepts it with Hassaikai, injuring his hands but preventing the blow from landing. He declares that he is not afraid.

Character developments

• Kaido moves from wounded bravado to genuine fear, then faces that fear through shame and defiance. The moment marks a breakthrough in his Conqueror’s Haki and suggests that defeat and pressure are catalysts for his growth.
• Charlotte Linlin remains composed under overwhelming Haki, relying on experience and decisively sacrificing the souls of her Homies and followers to strengthen herself.
• Vikengam projects absolute confidence in Haki’s supremacy and deliberately provokes Kaido’s cowardice, driving the confrontation forward.

Significant themes

• Haki versus Devil Fruit power: Vikengam argues that even extraordinary abilities like Kaido’s Azure Dragon power are ultimately subordinate to Haki.
• Fear, shame, and growth: Kaido’s breakthrough comes not from being fearless, but from acting despite his fear.
• Strength forged through defeat: Kaido’s history of losses is presented as the source of his rapid development.
• Power and sacrifice: Linlin’s boost demonstrates the ruthless cost of her strength, as she takes soul power from her own allies and creations.

Character interactions

• Linlin scolds and taunts Kaido but also stands alongside him against Vikengam.
• Kaido’s boast about his Azure Dragon power is met with bemusement by Linlin and Vikengam, who see it as an unprompted outburst.
• Vikengam’s challenge and condemnation of Kaido’s retreat force Kaido to confront his fear.
• Linlin engages Vikengam first; Kaido then intervenes to block Vikengam’s axe, turning the fight into a joint stand against their opponent.

Vikengam knocked Kaido unconscious twice before Kaido agreed to support Charlotte Linlin instead of fighting head-on. Charlotte Linlin then revealed that her soul-powered punches could bypass physical defenses and strike Vikengam directly.

• Vikengam focused on Kaido, bound him with his five tails, and battered him unconscious with a barrage of punches.
• Vikengam evaded Charlotte Linlin’s lightning attack, while Kaido recovered and stood up again.
• Kaido accepted Charlotte Linlin’s plan to lead the attack while he supported her.
• Charlotte Linlin struck Vikengam with a soul-powered punch, and he felt dizzy despite his intact ice armor.
• Charlotte Linlin explained that her punch bypassed the body and struck directly at the soul.

Vikengam fought Charlotte Linlin and Kaido, revealing that his Haki and Susanoo could overpower their attacks. After countering Linlin’s soul-based killing move and slamming Kaido into the ice, he left both emperors facing his overwhelming strength.

• Charlotte Linlin attacked Vikengam with a soul-infused strike that scrambled his consciousness and left him vulnerable to her full-strength elbow.
• Vikengam unleashed the stamina stored through Battle Preservation Fist and used Betsumei Hachiman to strengthen his Haki, forming Susanoo armor around his hybrid body.
• Vikengam’s Susanoo cleaved apart Linlin’s Chaotic Soul Torrent and shattered the glacier with an axe strike, while Linlin retreated on Zeus.
• Kaido and Linlin attacked Vikengam together, but he blocked Kaido’s Bolo Breath and used Four Seasons Control to make Linlin’s Elbaph Spear: Cursed Spirit vanish.
• Vikengam grabbed Kaido by the tail, smashed him into the ice, and used Four Seasons Control to unleash Linlin’s earlier attack against the battlefield before asking what kind of emperors they wanted to be.

Vikengam defeated Charlotte Linlin and Kaido, who conceded and withdrew with their forces. He reunited with the Viking Pirates, whose victory established them as a crew worthy of respect.

• Vikengam emerged from the ice fog after overwhelming Charlotte Linlin and Kaido, and Charlotte healed her broken arm while Kaido remained unconscious.
• Charlotte Linlin conceded, warned Vikengam not to underestimate Whitebeard or Shiki, and promised that she and Kaido would challenge him again at their peaks.
• Charlotte Linlin joked about having a child with Vikengam, then left with Kaido and the Beast Pirates aboard the Queen Mama Chanter.
• Vikengam returned to the Viking Pirates, and his crew celebrated their victory and dismissed their former reputation as the Baby Pirates.

Silver Axe killed Jaykos after the pirate broke his treasured brooch during John’s attack on Merveille, while Shiki defeated and killed John. The chapter ended with Babel reporting that Linlin and Kaido had lost to Viking, a result Shiki welcomed.

• Silver Axe defeated Jaykos and killed him after learning he had joined John’s attack on Merveille and broken the Tear of the Mountain Goddess brooch.
• Shiki pinned John to a tree with Kogarashi and Oto, then killed him after John asked whether Shiki had Rocks’s treasure.
• Silver Axe told Shiki that the attack had caused devastating losses because his 3.7-billion-Beli brooch was broken.
• Babel reported that Linlin and Kaido had teamed up but lost to Viking, and Shiki laughed and praised Viking’s strength.

After the Three Emperors’ victories cemented their reputations, Marine officials discussed how the Navy used their titles and bounties to encourage rivalry. Sengoku revealed the new bounties, placing Vikengam third at exactly three billion Beli.

• News spread that Shiki had killed Captain John, Vikengam had defeated Charlotte Linlin and Kaido, and Whitebeard’s crew had defeated Redfield, establishing the Three Emperors’ standing.
• Shiki was hailed as the Pirate Overlord, Whitebeard as the World’s Strongest Man, and Vikengam as the Strongest Creature.
• At Sleepy Ancient Town, Olvia and Professor Clover discussed the Emperors’ contradictory titles with Sengoku, who explained that the Navy had promoted them to drive wedges between the pirates.
• Sengoku said the Navy wanted to prevent Shiki and Whitebeard from joining forces against Vikengam, and Professor Clover predicted their bounties would be nearly equal while Vikengam’s would be lower.
• Borsalino delivered the bounty forms, and Sengoku announced Whitebeard’s bounty as 3.545 billion Beli, Shiki’s as 3.372 billion, and Vikengam’s as exactly three billion.