Ch. 628Surrendering with Courtesy

Sabo received King and the Beasts Pirates’ surrender, while telling King that the Revolutionary Army did not permit kneeling. As the Revolutionary Army’s mobile headquarters continued supplying the campaign and its forces advanced, it prepared to welcome former enemies as comrades.

  • Yamato’s presence helped persuade the Beasts Pirates to surrender, and Sabo recognized the long-term plans Leo had set in motion.
  • The Revolutionary Army encircled the Onigashima warships and prepared its troops and cannons in case the surrender was a deception.
  • King arrived with Queen and Jack, announced the Beasts Pirates’ surrender, and began to kneel before Sabo.
  • Sabo stopped King before his knees touched the ground and told him that the Revolutionary Army did not permit kneeling.
  • The Revolutionary Army transported supplies and troops with its mobile headquarters, allowing it to provide food to Wano Country’s civilians during the campaign.
  • News arrived that Katakuri, Kuzan, Jozu, and the other Revolutionary Army forces had continued taking cities, while the army welcomed former members of enemy crews as comrades.

Ch. 629Losing and Winning

The Revolutionary Army held the surrendered Four Emperors officers in Wano Country but lacked a reliable way to evacuate its forces, prompting Leo to recognize the need for large aircraft and transport helicopters. As Sabo considered Wano Country’s history and isolation, he agreed to meet a girl claiming to be Oden’s daughter and summoned Yamato and King.

  • The Revolutionary Army restrained and escorted the surrendered Four Emperors officers, but could not yet determine how to transport them out of Wano Country.
  • Leo realized that the Revolutionary Army needed large aircraft and helicopters to move troops and maintain control of Wano Country without depending entirely on Issho’s Devil Fruit ability.
  • The Revolutionary Army headquarters worked around the clock to build transport helicopters capable of carrying hundreds of people.
  • Sabo reflected on how Wano Country’s isolation and outside influences had shaped its people and contributed to its decline.
  • A Revolutionary Army major told Sabo that a girl claiming to be Oden’s daughter wanted to see him.
  • Sabo agreed to meet her and asked the major to bring Yamato and King as well.

Ch. 630Feeding the Tiger with One's Body

Hiyori Kozuki came to negotiate with Sabo on behalf of Oden’s family and retainers, but Sabo exposed that the territories she offered held little value. She left herself with no bargaining chips and made a drastic offer, kneeling before him in only a bikini to state her one request.

  • Sabo summoned King and Yamato to verify whether the arriving woman was truly Oden’s daughter.
  • King recognized the woman as Komurasaki, and she introduced herself to Sabo as Hiyori Kozuki.
  • Hiyori offered to negotiate on behalf of the Oden family and retainers who controlled Kuri, Kibi, and Udon.
  • Sabo questioned the value of those regions, and King and Yamato confirmed that they were mostly desolate.
  • Hiyori realized she had no leverage, removed her kimono, knelt before Sabo, and said she had one request.

Ch. 631Three Great Beauties of the Pirates

Hiyori tried to use her beauty and status to persuade Sabo to spare the Kozuki family, but he said he could not change the Revolutionary Army’s plans. He arranged for her to meet Leo, leaving her hopes in the hands of the commander-in-chief.

  • Hiyori knelt before Sabo and offered herself as the Kozuki family’s last bargaining chip.
  • Sabo praised Hiyori’s allure but explained that the Revolutionary Army would not change its plans for her.
  • Sabo offered to introduce Hiyori to Leo, whom she recognized as the person with authority to decide the matter.
  • Hiyori dressed, composed herself, and asked Sabo to lead her to Leo.
  • Sabo sent a soldier to take Hiyori to the commander-in-chief, while Yamato called Sabo terrible and he accepted the remark.

Ch. 632Wano Country Reunion

Hiyori tried to negotiate with Leo to preserve the Oden family's power in Wano Country, but he rejected her requests and said the Revolutionary Army would prioritize Wano's importance over its former rulers. As the Revolutionary Army attacked from several directions, Inuarashi and the others discovered that their opponents were old friends from the Whitebeard Pirates.

  • Hiyori visited Leo and tried to persuade him to spare Wano Country's original rulers.
  • Leo refused to delay the Revolutionary Army's offensive or agree to Hiyori's requests, citing Wano's importance and the rulers' inability to protect it.
  • The Revolutionary Army launched coordinated attacks against the territories of Orochi, Inuarashi, Denjiro, and Ashura Doji.
  • Inuarashi and the other samurai met the attackers and recognized Jozu, Vista, and other former Whitebeard Pirates division commanders.
  • Inuarashi and Jozu embraced, and Inuarashi greeted his old friends after their six-year separation.

Ch. 634Cannot Get Any Worse

The Revolutionary Army swept through Wano, easily overcoming Orochi’s forces and organizing the forced relocation of villagers from places made unlivable by generations of oppressive rule. As Tamura Nichigetsu and his family joined the growing tide of displaced people, Leo’s plan left the Revolutionary Army acting as the power reshaping Wano’s population and settlements.

  • The Revolutionary Army advanced across Wano in three army groups, splitting into specialized teams to map the land and relocate residents.
  • Tamura Nichigetsu and his parents were ordered from their home and gathered with other frightened villagers at the village entrance.
  • Revolutionary Army interpreters directed the villagers toward the harbor as people from nearby settlements joined the organized relocation.
  • Leo’s approach used the Revolutionary Army’s outsider status to force residents from harsh, impoverished regions to begin new lives elsewhere.

Ch. 635New Life

Tamura Nichigetsu and his family reached a Revolutionary Army settlement, where wary Wano Country villagers were organized and told they would receive food and work. As Tamura and his starving parents watched others eat bread filled with ham, they wondered whether everyone would get some or have to earn it.

  • Tamura Nichigetsu and his parents arrived at the Revolutionary Army settlement after a long journey, refusing help because they feared being accused of siding with the army.
  • Translators explained the Revolutionary Army's plans to house, feed, and employ the villagers, though most villagers understood little beyond the promise of food and work.
  • Translators whipped villagers into orderly lines outside the field cafeteria while the Revolutionary Army struggled to manage them without local help.
  • Tamura Nichigetsu and Tamura Takao watched villagers eat bread filled with ham and wondered whether they would receive food too.

Ch. 636Longing

Tamura Nichigetsu and his family entered a Revolutionary Army camp, where a ham sandwich and comfortable tent made them feel less afraid of their unfamiliar hosts. After receiving supplies they did not know how to use, Nichigetsu’s father worried that the army might be preparing to send him to battle.

  • Tamura Nichigetsu devoured a ham sandwich while his parents watched, then his family wondered whether they would ever get another one.
  • The Tamura family followed the crowd and received a tent tag, which they were told to show during inspections or face thirty lashes.
  • The family missed their assigned tent and had to walk back against the crowd to find it.
  • The Tamura family admired their tent’s beds and bedding and examined the washing supplies they had been given.
  • Tamura Nichigetsu’s father worried that the Revolutionary Army’s generosity meant he would be sent to fight with a bamboo spear.

Ch. 637Oden's Retainers' Helplessness

The Revolutionary Army continued its campaign to conquer Wano, while Jozu, Vista, and the other former Whitebeard Pirates delayed their offensive to give Inuarashi a chance to persuade Oden's retainers. The retainers faced dwindling support and had to choose a course before sunrise, with Hiyori still absent.

  • The Revolutionary Army maintained its determination to conquer Wano because of its strategic position and Seastone production, and Leo regarded Inuarashi as a major threat because of his Haki and marksmanship.
  • Jozu, Vista, and the others delayed their attack for a day and urged Inuarashi to gather Oden's retainers, drawing complaints from Revolutionary Army soldiers that Sabo dismissed.
  • Denjiro, Inuarashi, Kikunojo, Ashura Doji, and Kawamatsu met in the main hall and lamented their depleted forces and the loss of most of the samurai they had recruited.
  • Denjiro asked whether they should wait for Hiyori, but Inuarashi said they could not delay and demanded a decision before sunrise.

Ch. 638Amaterasu Slashes Yamata no Orochi

Kyros defeated Kurozumi Orochi in the Flower Capital, ending the ruler’s resistance and allowing the Revolutionary Army to take the city. The chapter ended with Kyros announcing the enemy commander’s death as the Revolutionary Army cheered.

  • Orochi rampaged in his full Yamata no Orochi form while Kyros fought him and Cracker and Namul held off his would-be rescuers.
  • Kyros evaded Orochi’s attacks and repeatedly struck him until Orochi was forced to remain in his vulnerable beast form.
  • Kyros formed a massive sword of light and severed all eight of Orochi’s heads, killing him.
  • Kyros regretted killing Orochi instead of capturing him for research, then announced that he had taken the enemy commander’s head.
  • The Revolutionary Army cheered as the Flower Capital fell to them.

Ch. 639Momonosuke's Delay

After Kurozumi Orochi’s death, Hiyori accepted that the Oden family could not resist the Revolutionary Army and submitted to Leo, asking him to spare unnecessary lives. She began revealing the Oden family’s inherited secret, while far away Momonosuke felt an unexplained sense that he was too late.

  • Hiyori struggled to accept that the Revolutionary Army had killed Kurozumi Orochi and realized she was free from her life as Oiran Komurasaki.
  • The next morning, Hiyori met Leo, Hancock, Nico Robin, and Zoya at breakfast and pledged the Oden family’s unconditional obedience to the Revolutionary Army.
  • Leo had Robin help Hiyori rise and asked her to reveal the secret guarded by the Oden family.
  • Hiyori explained that loyal retainers including Kawamatsu and Denjiro had helped her uncover the family secret while she served Kurozumi Orochi.
  • At a three-day banquet atop Zunesha, a drunken Momonosuke suddenly felt that he was late.

Ch. 640Relocating from Their Homeland

Momonosuke and the Nine Red Scabbards asked Luffy to help restore Wano Country, but Luffy hesitated after Galdino warned him that they knew too little about the situation there. After three days on Zunesha, Luffy and his crew read news that the Revolutionary Army planned to relocate all nobles out of Wano Country.

  • Momonosuke and the retainers knelt before Luffy and asked him to help reclaim Wano Country.
  • Luffy hesitated to agree, and Galdino shook his head, prompting Momonosuke and the retainers to leave disappointed.
  • Galdino argued that they should learn what had happened in Wano Country before committing to an expedition, and Borsalino and the others agreed.
  • After three days on Zunesha, Luffy and his companions received a newspaper reporting that the Revolutionary Army would relocate all nobles out of Wano Country.

Ch. 641Household Registration System

Leo’s Revolutionary Army imposed a Qin-style household registration system in Wano Country while the Tamura Family adjusted to its new work and schooling. After the Revolutionary Army secured Wano’s surrender, it began relocating the nobles and summoned Hiyori and the Five Red Scabbards to its headquarters, where an unexpected woman awaited them.

  • The Tamura Family received food, assigned labor, and night-school lessons from the Revolutionary Army, while Tamura Nichigetsu enjoyed his new life as a student.
  • Leo recognized that the Revolutionary Army had disrupted the bond between Nichigetsu and his father, though he saw no need to destroy family relationships.
  • The Revolutionary Army announced that it had beheaded Kurozumi Family’s Shogun Orochi and accepted the Oden Family’s surrender, led by Hiyori Kozuki and the Nine Red Scabbards.
  • The Revolutionary Army began relocating Wano Country’s nobles and invited Hiyori and the Five Red Scabbards to its headquarters after they refused to join its ranks.
  • Hiyori and the Five Red Scabbards arrived at headquarters and saw an uneasy woman in a shrine maiden kimono beside Leo.

Ch. 642Different Paths

Leo met with Hiyori and the Nine Red Scabbards alongside Shimotsuki Koshiro, then told them the Revolutionary Army was dismantling Wano Country’s old ruling order. The chapter left Hiyori furious after she learned that the nobles were being relocated, preventing Momonosuke from ruling through the former nobles and samurai.

  • Leo introduced Shimotsuki Koshiro to Hiyori and the Nine Red Scabbards as a Revolutionary Army swordsmanship instructor from Wano’s Shimotsuki Family.
  • Hiyori asked whether Leo had brought Koshiro to show he could replace the Kozuki Family as Wano’s ruler, but Leo said the Revolutionary Army was dismantling Wano Country.
  • Leo told Hiyori that Momonosuke would not regain control of Wano, then showed the group a newspaper announcing the relocation of all nobles from the former Wano Country.
  • Hiyori crumpled the newspaper and angrily demanded to know how Leo could do this.

Ch. 643Alone and Helpless

Hiyori watched the Revolutionary Army remove Wano Country’s nobles and samurai from power, while Luffy refused Momonosuke’s request to help reclaim the country. Kin'emon restored Momonosuke’s confidence, and Momonosuke set off to ask Luffy to take them back to Wano Country.

  • The Revolutionary Army forced Wano Country’s nobles and samurai to leave, offering compensation for their property, and Hiyori realized its new rule had eliminated the old order.
  • Luffy refused Momonosuke’s request for help, explaining that he would not support a war against the Revolutionary Army to reclaim the Kozuki Family’s power.
  • Momonosuke asked Kin'emon whether he was wrong, and Kin'emon insisted Wano Country belonged to the Kozuki Family.
  • Kin'emon reminded Momonosuke that Hiyori and the other Red Scabbards were in Wano Country and said they could negotiate with the Revolutionary Army after returning.
  • Momonosuke regained hope and ran after Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates to ask them to take the group to Wano Country.

Ch. 645Fatal Blow

Leo confronted Hiyori Kozuki and the Nine Red Scabbards over their plan to restore the Kozuki Family’s rule in Wano Country, arguing that the Revolutionary Army’s ability to improve people’s lives had undermined their claim to legitimacy. He left them speechless and challenged them to see for themselves whether people would still support monarchy after experiencing prosperity under the Revolutionary Army.

  • Leo told Hiyori Kozuki and the Nine Red Scabbards that the Revolutionary Army would not let them reclaim Wano Country for the Kozuki Family.
  • Leo explained that he had recognized their plan to drive out the Revolutionary Army and had agreed to their terms only to spare their lives.
  • Leo argued that the Kozuki Family’s legitimacy depended on improving ordinary people’s lives, not on bloodline, and that the Revolutionary Army could offer the same or better prosperity.
  • Denjiro objected, but Leo asked whether people would still accept the Kozuki Family’s bloodline claim if the Revolutionary Army gave them a better life.
  • Leo invited Hiyori Kozuki and the Nine Red Scabbards to travel through Wano Country and other Revolutionary Army territories, then test whether prosperous people would support monarchy.

Ch. 646Division and Fragmentation

Leo dismantled Hiyori and the Nine Red Scabbards’ defense of Kozuki rule by challenging its legitimacy and explaining why feudal power had survived. The Scabbards settled near Revolutionary Army Headquarters to await Momonosuke, where they saw the merchants gathering to trade in Wano Country.

  • Hiyori and the Nine Red Scabbards realized they could not argue against Leo’s case for ending feudal rule.
  • Leo decided to dismantle the Scabbards’ loyalty to the Kozuki Family through ideas rather than kill them.
  • Leo told the Scabbards that Momonosuke and the others might arrive after reading the Revolutionary Army’s newspapers, and they settled outside its headquarters to wait.
  • Hiyori and the others witnessed merchants gathering after the Revolutionary Army secured Wano Country, ready to trade and invest in its recovery.
  • The merchants sought opportunities in Wano Country’s goods and future specialties, while Seastone remained a military resource beyond their reach.

Ch. 647Momonosuke's Arrival

Merchants and soldiers flocked to the Revolutionary Army’s newly revealed headquarters, where Hiyori and the Nine Red Scabbards unexpectedly reunited with Momonosuke. In a private room, Momonosuke pressed Hiyori to explain what had happened in Wano Country, and she began recounting the events.

  • Merchants rushed to the Revolutionary Army’s headquarters to profit from Wano Country’s development and the Army’s new RM currency.
  • Revolutionary Army soldiers reunited with their families as Yamato, Hiyori, and the Nine Red Scabbards marveled at the city.
  • Hiyori and the Nine Red Scabbards recognized Momonosuke and Kin'emon in the crowded street and embraced them.
  • Momonosuke asked Hiyori about Wano Country after hearing that the Revolutionary Army had defeated Kurozumi Orochi and secured the Kozuki Family’s surrender.
  • Hiyori and the Nine Red Scabbards took Momonosuke to a private room, where Hiyori began explaining what had happened in Wano Country.

Ch. 648Momonosuke, Shogun!

Momonosuke struck Hiyori for surrendering Wano Country to the Revolutionary Army, then considered gathering forces to fight back. Hiyori warned that the Revolutionary Army controlled the Dragon Ascent Path, leaving the Kozuki Family unable to return to Wano Country easily.

  • Momonosuke slapped Hiyori and angrily accused her of surrendering on behalf of the Kozuki Family.
  • Hiyori stayed silent, while Denjiro wanted to intervene and Kin'emon stopped him.
  • Master Nekomamushi offered three thousand Mink Tribe warriors, and Ashura Doji offered around five hundred ronin to Momonosuke.
  • Hiyori warned Momonosuke that the Revolutionary Army controlled the Dragon Ascent Path and had isolated Wano Country.
  • The Nine Red Scabbards and Momonosuke fell silent as they realized how completely the Revolutionary Army controlled Wano Country.

Ch. 649Lying Low and Biding Time

Hiyori rejected Momonosuke’s plan to return to Wano Country and left the Nine Red Scabbards, then went to Leo to offer herself in exchange for a lifelong request. The chapter ended with her kneeling before Leo as he reminded her that the Revolutionary Army did not like such gestures.

  • Hiyori stood up during the discussion and told Momonosuke she could not agree with his plan.
  • Momonosuke nearly struck Hiyori, but she left after saying she would do what she had always done.
  • The Nine Red Scabbards avoided explaining Hiyori’s past as an oiran to Momonosuke.
  • Hiyori walked safely through the Revolutionary Army’s streets, reflecting on the order Leo had established.
  • Hiyori visited Leo and offered to serve him in return for a request, while Bartholomew Kuma and a little girl were also present.
  • Leo stood aside and reminded Hiyori that the Revolutionary Army did not like kneeling.
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