Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Hayes emerges from the sea and uses a high-pressure water attack to interrupt Sakazuki, giving Bullet room to continue fighting the CP0 agents.
• Hayes identifies himself as a wanted criminal from Fish-Man Island, denying that his actions represent the island. He agrees to hold Sakazuki off for Bullet.
• Rosha arrives in his azure-dragon form and taunts Borsalino, who stays put rather than risk fighting him. Borsalino jokingly convinces himself that his standstill is a successful deterrent.
• Sakazuki attacks Hayes, who manages to keep him occupied by exploiting his Fish-Man abilities and the sea, despite being much weaker under normal circumstances.
• Rosha considers the Marines’ limited manpower and his possible targets. He also thinks about how to win over Kuzan, whom he hopes to draw away from the Marines and eventually recruit against the World Government.
• Borsalino privately wonders whether Rosha is connected to the Devil Pirates, while Kaido—who secretly doubled back—watches warily. Kaido suspects Rosha came to help Abel and decides to disrupt the fight.
• Kaido charges Rosha, but Rosha punches him flying. Rosha then pursues Borsalino and unleashes a storm of lightning.
• Borsalino dodges the attack by moving at a speed beyond what he had previously shown, though his justice coat is badly damaged. Rosha notices and suspects Borsalino has been concealing his true strength.

Character developments and interactions

• Hayes demonstrates courage and loyalty by intervening against Sakazuki to protect Bullet, while making clear he acts independently of Fish-Man Island.
• Rosha remains confident and calculating: he assesses the Marines’ weakness, plans to undermine Kuzan’s faith in them, and reveals that he can use the Azure Dragon Fruit to generate powerful lightning.
• Borsalino uses humor and apparent caution to avoid confronting Rosha, then reveals a surprising reserve of speed. Rosha’s attack exposes the possibility that Borsalino has been holding back.
• Kaido remains proud and determined to reclaim his standing against Rosha, but his caution shows how badly past defeats have affected him. His attempt to interfere only brings him directly into Rosha’s path.
• Sakazuki is consumed by his hatred of Rosha, but Hayes’s attack forces him to focus on an immediate opponent. Borsalino’s laughter at Rosha’s taunts briefly adds to Sakazuki’s frustration.
• Bullet trusts Hayes to handle Sakazuki, while the CP0 agents grow increasingly alarmed as more powerful figures enter the battle.

Significant themes

• Shifting alliances and divided loyalties: Hayes acts as an independent criminal, while Rosha seeks to redirect Kuzan’s loyalties and possibly reshape the Marines.
• Power, reputation, and hidden strength: Borsalino’s concealed speed, Rosha’s varied abilities, and Kaido’s inability to overcome past losses complicate assumptions about who holds the advantage.
• Institutional weakness and political ambition: Rosha sees the Marines as stretched thin and considers exploiting their dissatisfaction with the World Government.
• Pride and rivalry: Kaido refuses to cooperate with Linlin and insists on settling his score with Rosha himself, even when that pride leads him into danger.

Rosha, Bullet, Abel, and their allies fought Kaido, the Marines, and CP0 in a battle that ended with the Devil Pirates escaping and Steel Chain dead. Days later, new bounties were issued, and the crew reacted to Abel's bounty surpassing Bullet's.

• Kaido froze the sea and challenged Rosha as their Conqueror's Haki clashed, splitting the sky and forcing Abel's black mist to dissipate.
• Steel Chain realized Abel's claws had infected him with a virus, and the battlefield settled into a four-way standoff between Rosha, Kaido, the Devil Pirates, and the Marines and CP0.
• Steel Chain offered Kaido three Zoan Devil Fruits, including an Ancient Zoan, in exchange for helping fight Rosha, and Kaido accepted.
• The battle resumed, and later reports said Rosha escaped alone, the Devil Pirates suffered no casualties, Kaido fled badly wounded, and Abel killed Steel Chain.
• The World Government issued new bounties, including 620 million Beli for Bullet and 650 million Beli for Abel, leaving Bullet visibly displeased.

Hayes and his crew reacted to their new bounties while the Marines and World Government planned how to stop the Roger Pirates from finding the final Road Poneglyph. Crocus warned that Roger’s illness had left him only a few years, but Roger refused to stop sailing, and the chapter ended with him drinking at the crew’s banquet.

• Hayes accepted his bounty of over a hundred million Beli, while Shiryu and Lina complained about their smaller increases and Lina vowed to get stronger.
• Tsuru told Marine officers that the Roger Pirates had collected three Road Poneglyphs, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to prevent them from finding the last one.
• Garp volunteered to pursue Roger with several Marines, but the meeting assigned him to continue the pursuit while the others remained on standby.
• The Five Elders discussed the Marines’ lack of suitable leaders and ordered the Holy Knights to help stop the Roger Pirates, especially Kozuki Oden.
• Crocus told Rayleigh and Gaban that Roger’s illness was incurable and gave him only a few years, but Roger insisted on reaching the Final Island before he fell.
• Roger declared that he would quit drinking, then joined the evening banquet and urged Oden to drink with him.