Chapter Summaries

Zoro stood untouched as the Revolutionary Army’s electromagnetic guns crushed the attackers at the harbor, and the Kingdom of Goa’s civilians blamed the Revolutionary Army Headquarters for the massacre. The warship departed with Big Beard and Babylon as their mission collapsed, while the incident sparked turmoil within the Revolutionary Army.

• The warship’s electromagnetic guns opened fire on the Revolutionary Army attackers, killing many while Zoro never had to fight.
• A survivor urged the crowd to charge, but the guns’ adjusted, precise fire wiped out the renewed attack.
• By dawn, civilians across the Kingdom of Goa gathered at the harbor, saw the carnage, and united against the Revolutionary Army Headquarters.
• Whitey Bay recognized the gathered people as genuine civilians, and the Revolutionary Army’s warship left the country with Big Beard and Babylon aboard.
• Big Beard and Babylon sat in despair over their failed mission, while the incident caused a major stir within the Revolutionary Army.

Leo treated the Kingdom of Goa incident as an opportunity for the Revolutionary Army to reflect, establish accountability, and address internal problems, while he assigned Zoro and Whitey Bay to support Big Beard and Babylon and take responsibility. Zoro and Whitey Bay met with the exhausted local leaders to discuss the matter.

• The rebellion by the Kingdom of Goa's Revolutionary Army and the public's resistance to the outsiders triggered reflection and political debate within the Revolutionary Army.
• Leo saw the incident as a useful precedent for openly examining mistakes and demanding accountability, despite considering it largely accidental.
• Leo sent a telegram instructing Zoro and Whitey Bay to back Big Beard and Babylon and take full responsibility for the incident.
• Zoro and Whitey Bay summoned Big Beard and Babylon to a closed-door meeting aboard the warship.

Zoro and Whitey Bay urged Dachi and Babylon to reclaim leadership in the Kingdom of Goa, with Leo’s plan to expose the people who had misled the residents. Dachi broadcast an explanation from the Revolutionary Army’s ship, but the people remained unsure whom to believe.

• Zoro scolded Dachi and Babylon for giving up, and Whitey Bay told them the Revolutionary Army still expected them to help restore order.
• Leo proposed that Dachi and Babylon lead the response, name the traitors, and help rebuild the Kingdom of Goa’s Revolutionary Army.
• Dachi and Babylon asked how they could act, and Zoro and Whitey Bay offered to use their ship’s loudspeakers.
• Dachi broadcast that his subordinates had kidnapped him, issued orders in his name, and falsely claimed Headquarters planned to seize everyone’s property.
• Residents gathered at the harbor as the ship maneuvered out of reach of their cannons, but they hesitated over whether to believe Dachi.

The people of Goa demanded that Dachi appear at the docks, and his return exposed the mid-ranking officers’ lies. Dachi led the enraged crowd toward the royal palace, where the human tide overwhelmed the guards.

• The people gathered at the harbor and shouted for Dachi to come prove he was alive.
• Dachi and Babylon disembarked from the Revolutionary Army Headquarters warship, and Goa soldiers confirmed Dachi’s identity to the crowd.
• Dachi called on the people to follow him to the royal palace and hold the guilty accountable for the thousands of casualties.
• A three-sworded man and Whitey Bay mocked the crowd’s impulsiveness from the ship’s deck.
• Dachi led the crowd to the palace gates, shouted that he had returned, and the human tide swept over the guards.

The Straw Hat Pirates took control of Thriller Bark, trained while sailing it out of the Devil Mist Triangle, and learned that the Revolutionary Army had driven pirates from much of the Grand Line. As they neared the Sabaody Archipelago, Carina decided to sell the enormous ship.

• The Straw Hat Pirates said goodbye to Lola and set off aboard Thriller Bark after Gecko Moria's defeat, with Brook joining their crew.
• Galdino used his awakened Devil Fruit ability to create candle clones, helping the crew move Thriller Bark out of the Devil Mist Triangle as they trained and grew stronger.
• The Straw Hat Pirates received news that the Revolutionary Army and Red-Haired Pirates had reached an agreement without fighting.
• The Revolutionary Army pursued pirates across the Grand Line, forcing many to flee, surrender, or be sunk.
• As Thriller Bark approached the Sabaody Archipelago, Carina decided that the crew should sell the ship.

Luffy and Usopp resisted Carina and Galdino’s plan to sell Thriller Bark, but the crew decided to trade the enormous island ship to the Revolutionary Army at Sabaody Archipelago. Galdino and Kalifa set out ahead in a smaller boat to reach the archipelago.

• Luffy and Usopp objected to selling Thriller Bark because they had grown fond of its size and comfortable facilities.
• Carina and Galdino proposed selling Thriller Bark to the Revolutionary Army at Sabaody Archipelago for ships or money.
• Galdino explained that his ties to the Revolutionary Army could help the crew secure a fair deal without trouble.
• Luffy accepted the decision after Carina and Galdino supported it.
• Galdino and Kalifa took a smaller sailboat toward Sabaody Archipelago while the crew stopped the island ship nearby.

Galdino and Kalifa met Ivankov at the Sabaody Archipelago, where the Revolutionary Army had restored order and integrated the Okama into its forces. Galdino revealed that Thriller Bark was docked nearby and proposed trading it for a ship, technology, and a promise.

• Ivankov welcomed Galdino and Kalifa, respecting military boundaries while explaining how the Okama had become disciplined protectors of Sabaody.
• Ivankov asked Galdino about Gecko Moria, and Galdino said they had exiled Moria and his companions on a small boat.
• Galdino asked Ivankov about Thriller Bark and revealed that he and his crew had brought it to Sabaody.
• Galdino offered to sell Thriller Bark to the Revolutionary Army in exchange for a ship, technology, and a promise.

Ivankov hesitated to promise Galdino and Kalifa access to Revolutionary Army technology and agreed to report their request to the Commander-in-Chief. After reading Ivankov’s telegram, Leo considered the Revolutionary Army’s plans for Moria’s three island-based ships and their potential as mobile fortresses.

• Ivankov told Galdino and Kalifa that he could not promise them anything and would report their request to the Commander-in-Chief.
• Galdino and Kalifa agreed to return the next day for Ivankov’s answer.
• Ivankov sent Leo a telegram about their request, reflecting the Revolutionary Army’s preference for recorded communications.
• Leo received the telegram alongside news from the Kingdom of Goa, which he set aside because the Revolutionary Army was overstretched.
• Leo considered how the Revolutionary Army could transform Gecko Moria’s three island-based ships into mobile aircraft carriers and offshore fortresses.

Leo agreed to the Straw Hat Pirates’ terms in exchange for Thriller Bark and its two accompanying islands, seeing the ships as valuable tools for the Revolutionary Army’s future capital and governance. The deal proceeded quietly outside the military’s usual channels, and the Straw Hats were promised a customized ship within a week.

• Leo judged the largest of the three islands suitable for the Revolutionary Army’s capital and recognized the ships’ strategic and political value.
• Leo agreed to the Straw Hat Pirates’ demands, offering them a customized ship and exemption from bounties and pursuit as long as they did not attack the Revolutionary Army.
• Ivankov confirmed Leo’s approval by Den Den Mushi and arranged for Revolutionary Army soldiers to take possession of the islands.
• Ivankov told Galdino and Carina they could move freely around the Sabaody Archipelago and would receive their small ship in one week.
• The agreement and shipbuilding arrangements bypassed the military and Staff Department, quietly marking a shift in the Revolutionary Army’s internal politics.

After the Revolutionary Army agreed to build the Straw Hat Pirates an electric-powered ship in seven days, it gave them 200 million Beli and they began vacationing on Fish-Man Island. The island’s tourism business was flourishing under Revolutionary Army protection, and the Fish-Men increasingly supported Queen Otohime’s policies.

• Luffy and the others were surprised that the Revolutionary Army could build their ship in seven days, while Galdino and Carina began their vacation.
• The Revolutionary Army gave the Straw Hat Pirates 200 million Beli as compensation for the three islands they had offered.
• Luffy and the others joined a Fish-Man tour group after shopping, as Fish-Men developed paid tours and accommodations for visitors.
• The Revolutionary Army protected Fish-Men from traffickers and punished merchants who tried to exploit them through bribery or price gouging.
• Tourism and economic growth improved life in the Fish-Man Kingdom, leading the Fish-Men to embrace Queen Otohime’s policies and cooperation with humans.

After enjoying Fish-Man Island, Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates went to the Revolutionary Army base to retrieve their ship. Ivankov showed them the blue-painted vessel, the Azure Pufferfish.

• Fish-Man Island developed its tourism and entertainment facilities, while merfolk regularly visited Sabaody Archipelago to shop.
• Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates left Fish-Man Island and headed to the Revolutionary Army base for their ship.
• The Revolutionary Army rebuilt an abandoned Marine base into a heavily defended military harbor.
• Ivankov welcomed the Straw Hat Pirates and led them through the base to the harbor.
• Ivankov presented the Azure Pufferfish, and Luffy and the others reacted with excitement.

The Revolutionary Army gave Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates the Azure Pufferfish, a customized merchant ship, and asked them to report what they learned about One Piece to Commander-in-Chief Leo. Seven days later, the crew set sail, with Luffy promising to visit Revolutionary Army Headquarters if he found it.

• Ivankov led the Straw Hat Pirates aboard the Azure Pufferfish, where they discovered a ship fitted with rooms and features tailored to their requests, plus two orange trees gifted by Nami.
• Carina recognized Nami’s gift, and the crew explored the ship as Sanji admired the kitchen, Carina enjoyed her bath, Luffy found the meat freezer, Usopp watched the wind turbine, and Galdino found the library.
• Sanji asked why Leo had taken an interest in Luffy, and Ivankov explained that Leo wanted the crew to find One Piece and report its secrets to Revolutionary Army Headquarters.
• Luffy agreed to deliver the information, and Galdino, Sanji, and Usopp were moved by Leo’s trust in them.
• Seven days later, Luffy and the others waved goodbye to Ivankov as they departed aboard the Azure Pufferfish.

The Revolutionary Army considered making its capital mobile so merchants would bring trade and investment to impoverished regions instead of letting Jaya Island consume surrounding resources. As three giant mobile islands sailed toward Jaya, Gild Tesoro’s Golden Tesoro Ship arrived near Revolutionary Army Headquarters, sending the merchants on Jaya into a frenzy.

• The Revolutionary Army captured slave-catching crews on the island, sent them for reeducation, and dumped them on Sabaody Archipelago.
• The Revolutionary Army began moving three enormous islands toward its headquarters on Jaya Island.
• The narrator argued that Jaya could serve as a production base but should not become the Revolutionary Army’s capital.
• The narrator proposed a mobile capital that would attract merchants and stimulate local economies wherever it docked.
• Gild Tesoro’s Golden Tesoro Ship arrived in the waters near Revolutionary Army Headquarters, and the merchants on Jaya went mad.

The Revolutionary Army captured Tesoro and seized his gold and Golden Tesoro Ship, causing merchants to speculate over the value of its assets. As they began competing for the ship’s real estate, the Revolutionary Army prepared another major move.

• The Revolutionary Army targeted Tesoro because his control of one-eighth of the world’s gold threatened its economy and rule.
• Tesoro refused to surrender and took the guests aboard Golden City hostage to threaten the Revolutionary Army.
• The Revolutionary Army swiftly defeated and captured Tesoro, taking his gold and ship as spoils.
• Admiral Kuma extracted the Devil Fruits of Tesoro and his two subordinates and sent them to Drum Island for research.
• Merchants gathered at the harbor and began eyeing the real estate aboard Golden Tesoro Ship, seeing one another as rivals.
• The merchants did not realize the Revolutionary Army had another major move planned aboard the ship.

Merchants rushed to secure shops aboard the Golden Tesoro Ship, but Leo and the Revolutionary Army refused to sell the property as they planned to establish an economic special zone. As the Revolutionary Army organized its administration and rules, news of the tax-free zone drew even more merchants and stirred anxiety among local businesses.

• Merchants recognized the Golden Tesoro Ship as a huge business opportunity and began preparing to bid for shops and other prime locations.
• The Revolutionary Army announced that it would not sell the ship’s real estate, prompting merchants to consider renting or acting as secondary landlords instead.
• Leo and the Revolutionary Army began coordinating departments and systems to turn the ship into a special zone, with three more movable islands planned for similar development.
• The chapter contrasted the Revolutionary Army’s formal promotion rules and accountability systems with the World Government’s arbitrary treatment of Marines.
• News about the planned economic tax-free special zone spread, causing incoming merchants to grow more numerous and local merchants to become anxious.

Leo encouraged the Revolutionary Army to exempt merchants from taxes and support commerce, while warning that merchant capital and flattery could corrupt the new regime. He focused on building government reserves and control of commercial resources so future leaders would have the means to respond to an economic crisis.

• Merchants welcomed the Revolutionary Army’s tax exemption and contrasted its treatment of them with that of the Celestial Dragons.
• Leo’s warnings about merchants conflicted with his efforts to win their support, leaving members of the Revolutionary Army puzzled.
• Leo recognized that merchants and other strongmen’s supporters might praise the Revolutionary Army for personal gain and cause its members to forget their principles.
• Leo guarded against the rise of private capital while treating state control of land and commercial resources as a safeguard against economic collapse.
• Leo set out to build gold reserves and economic resources so a future Revolutionary Army government could act decisively in a crisis.

Leo reviewed intelligence reports as merchants on Jaya Island sought an opportunity to meet with the Revolutionary Army, and he welcomed the chance to put them to work. He learned that the Kingdom of Goa had stabilized and Alabasta had received rain without Dancing Powder, then heard that the merchants had started fighting.

• Jaya Island merchants used their connections to seek a meeting with the Revolutionary Army Commander, and Leo decided their work could be useful.
• Leo read reports that Babylon and Big Beard had quelled the unrest in the Kingdom of Goa and restored confidence in the Revolutionary Army.
• Leo learned that Nami, Enel, and Smoker had helped Alabasta receive rain without Dancing Powder.
• A caller informed Leo that the merchants had started fighting.

Nami, Smoker, and Enel arrived in the Alabasta Kingdom to begin surveying its climate and support Leo’s century-long plan to restore the kingdom’s environment. Nami spotted rain clouds and asked Smoker to push one toward another, preparing to make the rain come sooner.

• Leo sent Nami, Enel, and Smoker to help change Alabasta’s environmental problems.
• The chapter explained that Nami’s climate abilities would address Alabasta’s weather at its root, while the Revolutionary Army pursued sustainable technology and weapons for the future.
• Leo’s plan called for Alabasta’s people to restore their environment over more than a hundred years, with support from the Revolutionary Army.
• Nami, Smoker, and Enel arrived before Koza, and Nami said the coming rain needed a push.
• Nami asked Smoker to move a cloud toward another cloud on the horizon.

Nami and Smoker brought clouds together to make rain fall on drought-stricken Alabasta, giving its people hope after years of suffering. Nami had Enel disperse the cloud before the rainfall could turn into a dangerous desert flood.

• Smoker pushed two clouds together while Nami, Koza, and the others watched, and the clouds began crackling with lightning.
• Nami explained that the clouds had formed into cumulonimbus clouds as thunder drew the desperate people of Alabasta outside to pray.
• Rain began to fall, and the people cried and celebrated while Koza grabbed Nami's hand and praised her.
• Koza asked Nami how the clouds had made rain, and she checked her pocket watch before telling Enel it was time to disperse the cloud.
• Enel blew the cloud apart with a thunderbolt, and Nami explained to Koza that continued rain could cause deadly floods in the desert.

Nami explained the Revolutionary Army’s long-term plan to relieve Alabasta’s drought and transform its desert land. Koza embraced the plan and promised that Alabasta’s people would contribute their strength.

• Koza remembered that deserts could flood and learned that Nami and Smoker would bring carefully controlled rain to reassure Alabasta’s people.
• Koza worried that Alabasta could not depend on Nami to provide rain indefinitely, and Nami promised the Revolutionary Army would leave the country with lasting means to manage water.
• Nami outlined a three-part plan: build a dam to store water, dredge riverbeds and construct canals, and restore forests through generations of tree planting.
• Koza was moved by the Commander of the Revolutionary Army’s vision and vowed that Alabasta’s people would help turn the desert into an oasis for their descendants.