Arc 23The Great Pirate Amnesty

Leo used an amnesty campaign and the exposure of retired pirates’ grim fates to draw pirates into surrendering and joining the Revolutionary Army’s labor reforms. As Katakuri and the Sweets Pirates entered prison, Leo’s researchers revealed a major breakthrough in creating Artificial Devil Fruits.

  • Jinbe defeated Kid and Bege, and the Revolutionary Army sent them to Jurassic Island to herd dinosaurs, where they met Jewelry Bonney and learned to earn necessities through work.
  • Leo recruited Sakazuki and many other former Marines, then explained that the Revolutionary Army was building its strength on Jaya Island while preparing for larger conflicts.
  • After an investigation found no surveyed pirates had retired peacefully, Leo publicized the dangers facing former pirates and offered amnesty and labor reform to those who surrendered.
  • Lewinsky and other pirates accepted the amnesty, while Katakuri chose to surrender his Sweets Pirates faction so his younger siblings could have a safer future.
  • Katakuri brought fifty thousand pirates to surrender, and Leo accepted them before sending the crew to prison and having Kuma extract their Devil Fruits.
  • Katakuri and the Big Mom Pirates began organized labor on Jaya Island, while Sabo took Leo and other leaders to Drum Island after researchers reported a breakthrough.
  • Chopper showed Leo rows of Artificial Devil Fruits made by his research team, and Leo asked how their effects compared with genuine Devil Fruits.
Chapters 555–581 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 555Everyone Goes to Prison

Kid and Killer battled Capone Bege, whose Castle Fruit transformed him into the fortress-like BIG BOSS. Jinbe arrived as a Revolutionary Army Vice Admiral, knocked Bege unconscious, and pursued Kid and Killer as they fled.

  • Bege transformed into BIG BOSS, a fortified form armed with guns and cannons, but Kid and Killer dodged his attacks.
  • Kid used his Magnet Fruit to tear chunks from Bege’s fortress body and attack him with a giant magnetic sword while Bege grabbed Killer as a shield.
  • Hawkins, Apu, and Urouge left the area, fearing the arrival of Revolutionary Army reinforcements.
  • Jinbe arrived and ordered Kid and Bege to surrender for reform, prompting Kid and Bege to flee while Killer split off with Kid.
  • Kid’s thrown hook tripped Bege, allowing Jinbe to knock him unconscious with a Karakusa Kawara Seiken before chasing Kid and Killer.

Ch. 556Brothers in Misfortune

Jinbe captured Kid after defeating Capone Bege, and both pirates were transported to the Revolutionary Army’s prisons. Stripped of their Devil Fruit powers, they arrived on Jurassic Island to serve as laborers herding dinosaurs.

  • Jinbe pursued Kid after defeating Capone Bege, deflected Kid’s metal attacks, and knocked him unconscious with Armament Haki.
  • Kid woke aboard a Revolutionary Army prison ship beside Capone Bege and discovered that their Seastone cells suppressed their Devil Fruit powers.
  • Capone Bege considered escaping if Killer came to rescue Kid, but the ship reached a military harbor where Bartholomew Kuma awaited the prisoners.
  • The Revolutionary Army sent Kid and Capone Bege to Jurassic Island because they were not dangerous enough for Sky Island’s prison.
  • Kid and Capone Bege arrived at Jurassic Island powerless and were assigned to assist the Giants with dinosaur herding.

Ch. 557Labor Reform Life from Zero

Kid and Capone Bege arrived at a Giant-run settlement and learned they had been assigned to serve labor sentences at a ranch. Jewelry Bonney, now a Revolutionary Army colonel, told them that herding livestock would earn points and reduce their sentences.

  • Kid and Capone Bege entered the island through its enormous gate with Giant Zepp and followed him into the settlement.
  • Zepp brought the two pirates to the village center, where they waited for the other workers to return.
  • Giants and pirates returned from herding dinosaurs, and Little Oars butchered one for the settlement's feast.
  • Kid recognized Jewelry Bonney among the villagers, and she revealed that she was a Revolutionary Army colonel.
  • Bonney explained that Kid and Capone Bege would herd livestock to earn points for necessities and reduced sentences.

Ch. 558Labor Is Most Glorious

Kid and Capone Bege tried to investigate their prison and escape, but Bonney warned them about the island’s carnivorous dinosaurs and put them to work collecting eggs. After an exhausting day, Kid began to understand Bonney’s lesson about earning food through labor, while the two headed to the dining hall.

  • Kid and Capone Bege sneaked away from the sleeping banquet to inspect the island, but Bonney caught them and warned that carnivorous dinosaurs could kill them.
  • Bonney explained that the Revolutionary Army and the giants had cleared most carnivorous dinosaurs from Jaya Island and raised herbivorous dinosaurs for meat and other goods.
  • Bonney assigned Kid and Capone Bege to collect dinosaur eggs, and Kid used his Observation Haki to help them search the trampled grass.
  • Kid and Capone Bege struggled to carry the enormous eggs and returned exhausted after gathering only a little over twenty.
  • Bonney asked what they had learned from their work and said they would get used to creating value with their own hands in exchange for food; Kid considered her words as they went to the dining hall.

Ch. 559Noon Had Come

Leo assessed the Revolutionary Army’s severe shortage of capable personnel and explained why it relied on flexible recruitment and compromise while pursuing its principles. He rose from his office chair, ready to send people back to work for the revolution.

  • The Revolutionary Army’s leaders and specialists remained occupied across its many projects, leaving few people available for new missions.
  • Leo noted that recruiting and promoting personnel remained difficult, so the Revolutionary Army accepted surrendering enemies and negotiated reduced sentences for those willing to reform.
  • Leo defended the Revolutionary Army’s strategy of compromising where possible while standing firm against those who tried to exploit it.
  • Leo rose from his chair, deciding it was time for people to continue working for the world.

Ch. 560Conquering the Marines

Leo went to the Marine prisoners to recruit them into the Revolutionary Army, arguing that the Marines no longer existed and they were free to choose their future. Sakazuki and more than half the prisoners joined, while Sengoku and Garp remained behind.

  • Leo led Hancock to the Marine settlement and confronted the gathered Marines and their leaders, including Sengoku, Garp, and the Three Admirals.
  • Leo told the prisoners that the Marines had been destroyed and invited them as individuals to join the Revolutionary Army.
  • Sakazuki agreed to join, and Leo confirmed that the Lava-Lava Fruit had been kept for him.
  • Other Marines followed Sakazuki, including officers seeking to preserve their organization and soldiers eager to fight pirates.
  • More than half of the Marine prisoners joined the Revolutionary Army, and Leo took them away to complete their release procedures.

Ch. 561The New Akainu?

Leo explained why the Revolutionary Army was leaving the New World to the pirates, then confronted Sakazuki over his challenge to the strategy. He offered Sakazuki the Lava-Lava Fruit, leaving his answer unresolved.

  • Leo learned that Bullet had captured Blackbeard and sentenced him to death the following week, rejecting pleas from former Whitebeard commanders.
  • Sakazuki stormed into Leo’s office and demanded to know why the Revolutionary Army was not advancing into the New World.
  • Leo argued that piracy stemmed from instability and exploitation in the Four Seas, and that drawing pirates into the New World would ease the burden of governing elsewhere.
  • Leo rebuked Sakazuki for questioning his orders and explained that the Revolutionary Army’s main enemies were beyond the New World.
  • Leo placed the Lava-Lava Fruit on his desk and asked Sakazuki whether he wanted to eat it.

Ch. 562New Headquarters

Leo gave the Lava-Lava Fruit back to Sakazuki, who joined the Revolutionary Army as a colonel and began exploring Jaya Island. At the island’s crowded port, Sakazuki saw Thriller Bark arriving as one of the ships the Revolutionary Army planned to turn into a major facility.

  • Leo explained that a person’s strength made a Devil Fruit valuable, then gave Sakazuki the Lava-Lava Fruit despite his concerns about accepting a high position after surrendering.
  • Sakazuki ate the fruit, regained his power, and agreed to wait on Jaya Island for coming events.
  • Sakazuki walked through Jaya Town, where he was struck by the residents’ prosperity and orderly behavior.
  • Following the excited crowd to the port, Sakazuki found Hawk Eyes overseeing the gathering and learned that Tesoro and Gecko Moria had been dealt with.
  • Hawk Eyes told Sakazuki that the Revolutionary Army would use its ships to build a headquarters, a prison, and an Enies Lobby; Sakazuki realized the Marines had been constrained by their duty to protect the Celestial Dragons.

Ch. 563Taking Charge

Leo explained the Revolutionary Army’s plan to move its capital onto three mobile islands and promised Jaya Island a permanent tax-free policy to preserve its prosperity. As the crowd celebrated, Sakazuki recognized how the Revolutionary Army’s merchant-backed logistics had helped it surpass the Marines.

  • Leo planned to move the Revolutionary Army’s capital onto the three mobile islands while preventing powerful local factions from gaining control of Jaya Island.
  • Leo reassured Jaya Island’s residents and merchants that the island would remain prosperous and permanently tax-free after the capital moved.
  • The crowd cheered Leo and the Revolutionary Army, while Sakazuki studied their support and logistics.
  • Leo explained to Sakazuki that the Revolutionary Army reduced procurement delays by buying supplies directly from merchants and rapidly building warships.

Ch. 564Investigation into the Survival Status of Returning Pirates

Sabo explained that pirates depended on their hometowns as a retirement refuge, and that the Revolutionary Army’s investigation into returning pirates’ fates could shake that sense of security. The chapter ended with Koza receiving Leo’s order to survey the living conditions of pirates who had returned home.

  • The Candy Pirates and Sweets Pirates united to resist Shanks after Big Mom’s disappearance, while Shanks halted his attacks and rumors linked him to Leo and the Revolutionary Army.
  • The Revolutionary Army learned that many former Whitebeard Pirates who had returned home were killed or persecuted, prompting Leo to make the matter a major investigation.
  • Sabo told the Staff Department that pirates’ hometowns were their imagined way out, and that losing this refuge could leave them fearful and unsettled.
  • A pink-haired Revolutionary Army officer asked what benefit came from frightening pirates, and Sabo told everyone to wait and see.
  • Koza received Leo’s order to use the census to investigate returning pirates’ living conditions and submit the findings within one month.

Ch. 565Shocking! After Pirates Returned Home...

The Revolutionary Army investigated what happened to pirates who retired to their hometowns and found that none had lived out their lives in peace. Its reports exposed how local wealthy powers murdered returning pirates and seized their riches, leaving pirates across the world afraid that retirement offered no escape.

  • The Revolutionary Army gathered worldwide reports on retired pirates, and its investigators found no cases of pirates peacefully reaching old age after returning home.
  • Morgans printed Leo’s shocking headline about the Whitebeard Pirates, drawing attention to the fates of members who had been allowed to leave with treasure.
  • The report revealed that local wealthy men drugged and beheaded Atmos after he returned home, and the Revolutionary Army prosecuted his killers.
  • The Revolutionary Army published statistics from more than eighty major and over one hundred sixty smaller regions, reporting zero peaceful retirements among the pirates surveyed.
  • Red-Haired Shanks and members of the Red-Haired Pirates, Sweets Pirates, and Dessert Pirates reacted with alarm as pirates feared they had no safe way to retire.

Ch. 566Pirate Career Survival Survey

The Revolutionary Army’s interview with a captured young pirate exposed the bleak reality of ordinary pirate life, deepening pirates’ despair about their past and future. As East Blue pirate Big Liquor Cup Lewinsky struggled to drown his frustration in drink, his first mate Markov arrived with a newspaper.

  • The Revolutionary Army released an interview in which a young pirate described the boredom, danger, and hardship of life at sea, and said he would rather have been a farmer.
  • The interview resonated with pirates and compounded their gloom after earlier reports had already warned them about their poor prospects and retirement.
  • Big Liquor Cup Lewinsky, a Barrel-Barrel Fruit user who robbed distilleries and ships in the East Blue, found himself unable to get drunk or shake his dismay.
  • The Black Market town grew unusually quiet as ordinary pirates drank, cried, and lost the will to fight or rob.
  • First Mate Markov staggered into Lewinsky’s tavern waving a newspaper and called for his boss to look at it.

Ch. 567Attacking the Heart

Big Liquor Barrel Lewinsky and the pirates in a Black Market town learned that the Revolutionary Army had issued an amnesty and set out to surrender. As Lewinsky read Leo’s article, he realized the amnesty could also give him a chance to join the Revolutionary Army.

  • The pirates in the tavern read news of the Revolutionary Army’s amnesty and recognized that they might have a way back to ordinary life.
  • Big Liquor Barrel Lewinsky announced that his crew was disbanding, and the pirates cheered as they sailed toward the Revolutionary Army base.
  • Pirate ships from the Black Market town headed for the base, while the mayor lamented that the town’s economy would decline without them.
  • Lewinsky read Leo’s article explaining the roots of piracy, the amnesty’s terms, and the Revolutionary Army’s plan to recruit former pirates.
  • Lewinsky decided that joining the Revolutionary Army could help him achieve the class leap he had sought by going to sea.

Ch. 568The True Contradiction of Piracy and the Amnesty Order for Pirates

Commander Leo announced that the Revolutionary Army had failed to address the landlords and gentry who replaced the Celestial Dragons as oppressors, and offered pirates worldwide amnesty in exchange for surrender and labor reform. He warned that pirates who refused would be hunted down after one year and outlined compensation for surrendering Devil Fruit users.

  • Leo said the Revolutionary Army had mistaken the Celestial Dragons’ defeat for the end of oppression, while wealthy landowners took their place and continued squeezing ordinary people.
  • Leo explained that land annexation and heavy taxes had driven people to desperation, including toward piracy, and urged Revolutionary Army branch leaders to improve their grassroots oversight.
  • Leo invited young pirates without bounties to confess at Revolutionary Army bases and offered forgiveness, with at least one year of labor reform for those who had killed and felt remorse.
  • Leo asked pirates with bounties to redeem them using plundered money and serve three to ten years of labor reform according to their crimes.
  • Leo warned that the Revolutionary Army would bombard pirate ships and hunt down those who refused the offer after one year.
  • Leo said Devil Fruit users who surrendered would have their fruits extracted and receive compensation based on the fruit type, and could later apply to join the Revolutionary Army.

Ch. 569Divide and Conquer

Big Liquor Barrel Lewinsky recognized that the Revolutionary Army’s amnesty and surrender policy divided ordinary pirates from the great pirates while rapidly strengthening its own forces. As the pirates reached a Revolutionary Army branch to surrender, they cheered and asked where to line up for labor reform.

  • Lewinsky saw that the Revolutionary Army’s policy had persuaded ordinary pirates to surrender and turn against the wealthy landowners and powerful pirates.
  • He realized that the great pirates’ ambition to become Pirate King conflicted with the interests of their lower-ranking crews, and that the Revolutionary Army’s plan would weaken the great pirates while recruiting their former followers.
  • Lewinsky decided that surrendering immediately was safer than waiting until the Revolutionary Army had absorbed the pirates and grown stronger.
  • The pirates sailed toward a Revolutionary Army branch, singing Binks’ Sake as the sun rose over the sea.
  • The pirates docked, cheerfully told the surprised Revolutionary Army members they had come for labor reform, and asked where to line up.

Ch. 570The Collapse of the Sweets Pirates

After Big Mom's death, the Big Mom Pirates fractured into rival Sweets Pirates, and Katakuri decided his faction would surrender to the Revolutionary Army to protect his younger siblings. Perospero rejected the plan and tried to rally his own faction, but his siblings' indifference left him isolated.

  • The Big Mom Pirates split after Big Mom's death, with Katakuri and Cracker leading one Sweets Pirates faction and Perospero claiming leadership of the other.
  • Katakuri announced that his faction would surrender to the Revolutionary Army and asked its senior members to surrender their Devil Fruits and accept prison so their younger siblings could have a safer future.
  • Cracker and the other senior members supported Katakuri, and the faction ordered its pirates and siblings to sail toward the Revolutionary Army's New World branch.
  • Borsalino delivered Katakuri's message to Perospero, who angrily vowed to kill Katakuri for surrendering to the enemy that killed Big Mom.
  • Perospero summoned his siblings to oppose Katakuri's plan, but they remained calm and showed little concern for Big Mom's death or his appeal.

Ch. 571World in Turmoil

Perospero’s panicked leadership fractured the Sweets Pirates as his siblings began leaving or turning toward the Revolutionary Army. Katakuri brought the Sweets Pirates and fifty thousand pirates to surrender to Issho, who sent them to the Revolutionary Army headquarters to meet Leo.

  • Perospero mocked his siblings for considering joining the Revolutionary Army, and Smoothie warned him not to stop Katakuri and the others.
  • Oven angrily rejected Perospero’s leadership and left, with Snack following him, and the remaining siblings departed in disarray.
  • The Sweets Pirates’ fleet arrived at Issho’s Revolutionary Army branch, alarming the soldiers, who prepared their defenses.
  • Katakuri announced that he had brought the Sweets Pirates and fifty thousand pirates to surrender.
  • Issho reminded his soldiers of Leo’s amnesty for pirates, then directed Katakuri to take the matter to Revolutionary Army headquarters and meet Leo.

Ch. 572When the Water Reaches, the Channel Forms

Katakuri refused to surrender to Issho’s branch and took the Sweets Pirates toward Revolutionary Army Headquarters, gathering intelligence as they traveled. They learned that pirates worldwide were surrendering in large numbers, and the World Economic Journal’s reports spread news of the Revolutionary Army’s campaign across the seas.

  • Issho told Katakuri that his branch could not accept the Sweets Pirates’ surrender and directed them to Revolutionary Army Headquarters, while promising supplies and warning them not to pillage.
  • Katakuri and Cracker set out for headquarters, and the Sweets Pirates defeated a pirate alliance trying to enter the New World.
  • The Sweets Pirates investigated Revolutionary Army branches and learned that pirates across the world were surrendering, while the Revolutionary Army detained and investigated criminals who tried to hide their pasts.
  • Leo mobilized Morgans’s reporters to photograph pirate surrenders, and the World Economic Journal published a front-page report on the growing movement.
  • The Sweets Pirates surrendered to a New World branch on the seventeenth, but news of the first mass surrenders had already spread worldwide and subsequent reports appeared daily.

Ch. 573More Approachable Than Totto Land

Katakuri and the Sweets Pirates traveled toward Revolutionary Army Headquarters, discovering that the Revolutionary Army was overwhelmed with surrendered pirates and that people outside Totto Land treated them with unexpected warmth. The chapter left Katakuri and Cracker reflecting on how different life felt beyond Big Mom’s rule.

  • Morgans recognized that the World Economic Journal gave the Revolutionary Army a powerful way to shape opinion, while he focused on growing its readership.
  • Katakuri learned from Daz Bones that surrendered pirates had consumed the Revolutionary Army’s manpower, and he declined Bones’s challenge before his fleet continued onward.
  • Katakuri’s fleet stopped at a branch for fresh water, then sailed out of the New World after gathering information about the Revolutionary Army’s operations.
  • People on smaller islands approached the fleet to trade because they mistook it for a merchant fleet, welcoming its members without suspicion.
  • Cracker told Katakuri he had initially supported surrender only by instinct, and Katakuri said people here treated them more warmly than people in Totto Land had.

Ch. 574Surrendered with Courtesy

Katakuri and the Sweets Pirates reached Jaya Island to surrender to the Revolutionary Army, after taking a long detour to see the Grand Line beyond the New World. Lafitte guided them through the Revolutionary Army’s formidable island defenses, and they arrived at the harbor where Leo awaited them.

  • The Sweets Pirates grew anxious about whether the Revolutionary Army would accept their surrender as they approached Jaya Island.
  • Leo accepted Katakuri’s surrender and arranged a large welcome with reporters, while Revolutionary Army scouts discovered the pirates had been sightseeing rather than plotting.
  • Katakuri and his crew were astonished by the fortified islands and massive harbor surrounding Jaya Island.
  • Lafitte introduced himself as deputy director of the Revolutionary Army Intelligence Department and ordered the Sweets Pirates to follow him into the headquarters.
  • Katakuri agreed to follow Lafitte, who guided the fleet past the islands’ defenses and into Jaya Island’s harbor.
  • Lafitte told Katakuri to disembark with the Sweets Pirates’ officers because Leo was waiting for them.

Ch. 575Kneel

Katakuri brought the Sweets Pirates to meet Leo, with the Revolutionary Army prepared to defend its leadership if the visitors attacked. Katakuri shocked both sides by kneeling before Leo and offering his surrender to protect his brothers and sisters.

  • The Revolutionary Army positioned hidden cannons around Jaya Island as the Sweets Pirates' ships were divided among nearby ports.
  • Katakuri led Cracker, Big Mom's children, and the Sweets Pirates' combatants to meet Leo, while Sabo gathered Jozu, Marco, and Sakazuki to protect him.
  • Katakuri examined Leo, then half-knelt before him and announced that the Sweets Pirates had come to surrender.
  • Leo calmly asked Katakuri why he was surrendering.
  • Katakuri asked Leo to spare his brothers and sisters, offering his strength and pride in exchange.

Ch. 576Serving a Sentence

Leo brought Katakuri, Big Mom’s children, and the Sweets Pirates to a Revolutionary Army labor-reform island, where they surrendered and began serving their sentences. Kuma extracted their Devil Fruits, and Katakuri realized that losing his powers also freed him and his siblings from the burden of their pirate identities.

  • Leo told Katakuri that he and everyone with him would go to prison, then explained that Katakuri should never kneel to anyone; Katakuri accepted and led his siblings and crew onward.
  • Leo escorted the Sweets Pirates through Jaya Island to a labor-reform island, where prisoners worked under harsh conditions but received plentiful food and shelter.
  • Leo asked Katakuri to identify everyone with a Devil Fruit, and Katakuri called forward his siblings and crew members who had powers.
  • Kuma used his paw to extract Katakuri’s Mochi Mochi Fruit, which transformed into a Devil Fruit while Katakuri lost his ability.
  • Katakuri watched Kuma extract his siblings’ Devil Fruits and recognized that they, too, seemed relieved to shed the burdens of their pirate lives.

Ch. 578Prisoners' Work

Katakuri and the Sweets Pirates changed into prison uniforms and saw how the Revolutionary Army ran its prison island through disciplined labor and incentives. Jozu assigned Katakuri’s men to quarrying work and led the women away, leaving the surrendered crew to begin their new lives as prisoners.

  • Katakuri and his companions changed into prison uniforms in a carefully designed restroom that impressed Katakuri with its respect for privacy.
  • Katakuri’s group met Jozu, now a Revolutionary Army Vice Admiral wielding Murakumogiri and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, who escorted them into the prison.
  • Katakuri and his companions observed prisoners working in organized teams, competing for rewards as they helped develop the island.
  • Jozu told Katakuri to lead the men in excavating stone and said the women should follow him.

Ch. 579The Success of Artificial Devil Fruits

Katakuri and the surrendered Sweets Pirates were assigned hard labor across Jaya, while the Revolutionary Army’s researchers on Drum Island reported a breakthrough in their Devil Fruit research. Marco’s Phoenix Fruit had provided the missing clues to understanding Zoan powers and opened a path toward investigating Logia fruits.

  • Katakuri and Cracker began quarrying stone with chisels, and the other Big Mom children joined the work in teams.
  • Jozu assigned Big Mom’s daughters to prepare food, where Sunmon demonstrated her strength by killing a huge pig with a fish knife.
  • The Revolutionary Army integrated the Sweets Pirates into labor across Jaya’s industries and prison system.
  • Sabo flew Leo and the Revolutionary Army’s leaders to Drum Island after Chopper’s research institute reported a major breakthrough.
  • Ivankov and Law explained that Marco’s Mythical Zoan Phoenix Fruit had helped reveal Zoan Devil Fruit secrets and offered clues about Logia fruits.

Ch. 581Artificial Devil Fruits

Leo inspected the Revolutionary Army’s secure research base and the Artificial Devil Fruits made by Trafalgar Law, Chopper, and their team. The chapter ended with Leo asking how the artificial fruits’ effects compared to genuine Devil Fruits.

  • Leo listened as Ivankov and Trafalgar Law reported on their research into Zoan Devil Fruits.
  • Leo and the others descended to the heavily guarded mid-mountain research base.
  • Ivankov opened a massive iron door, revealing rows of Devil Fruits suspended in liquid.
  • Chopper told Leo that he and the research team had made all the Artificial Devil Fruits on display.
  • Leo asked how the Artificial Devil Fruits’ effects compared to genuine Devil Fruits.
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