Recaps

Rocks and his allies overwhelmed Harald in a coordinated assault, though Ron’s Tailed Beast Bomb nearly caught his own teammates. Harald finally conceded defeat to Rocks, kneeling amid the rubble with his sword broken and his body bloodied.

• Rocks attacked Harald, and Ron, Whitebeard, Kaido, and Linlin joined the fight with their own strikes.
• Harald endured the assault and countered, but Rocks and Whitebeard forced his greatsword back while Kaido and Zeus added their attacks.
• Ron fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at Harald, making Rocks, Whitebeard, and Kaido scatter to avoid the blast.
• Rocks cursed Ron for his reckless teamwork as the dust settled and Harald appeared badly wounded with his greatsword broken.
• Harald knelt before Rocks and admitted, "You win, Rocks."

Rocks spared Harald and left Elbaf with his crew, while Loki asked to join them. Rocks promised to return if Loki had grown taller, leaving Loki hopeful and eager to see him again.

• Loki pleaded with Rocks to spare Harald, and Harald urged his son to stay out of it.
• Rocks chose to leave Harald alive and departed Elbaf with Whitebeard, Linlin, and Ron.
• Linlin complained that they had missed the treasure, while Kaido caught up with Ron and celebrated their victory.
• Kaido sang Ron’s tune, which Ron named “True Hero” or the “Rocks March.”
• Loki asked Rocks to let him join the crew, and Rocks told him he might reconsider when he returned to Elbaf if Loki had grown taller.

Loki watched Rocks and the others depart, vowing to join the Rocks Pirates one day. At a crowded harbor, Shakky learned from Alice that Ron had left the Rocks Pirates and was recruiting companions nearby.

• Loki wiped away his tears and promised to wait for the day he could stand beside Rocks and help him become King of the World.
• The Kuja Pirates arrived at a harbor packed with pirate crews, whose members cheered for Shakky and Gloriosa.
• Shakky asked the gathered pirates why they had assembled, but Alice explained that Ron had left the Rocks Pirates and was recruiting companions on the island.
• Shakky asked Alice whether she was interested in Ron's recruitment, and Alice said she had come to see the so-called Cold-Blooded Butcher.
• Shakky recalled meeting Ron aboard the Rocks Pirates' ship, while Alice described him as lustful, bloodthirsty, and vicious, leaving Shakky puzzled.

Shakky suspected that the Ron recruiting wives and concubines was an impostor and prepared to leave. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku awoke and learned Garp had been suspended, while a man impersonating Ron promised an unseen handler that his next plan would succeed.

• Alice told Shakky that Ron was recruiting wives and concubines, and Shakky concluded that the Ron on the island was likely an impostor.
• Shakky ordered the Kuja Pirates to restock their supplies and leave as soon as possible, while turning down offers to share drinks.
• Sengoku awoke in a Marine Headquarters hospital and learned from Tsuru that his Den Den Mushi had received no calls from Ochoku.
• Tsuru told Sengoku that Garp had been suspended under the guise of taking leave while the World Government investigated him.
• A man who looked like Ron told a voice on the Den Den Mushi that he had devised another plan, and the voice warned him to produce results.

On the return voyage aboard the Saber of Xebec, Ron trained Kaido while the Rocks Pirates kept busy and mostly avoided fighting. Annika accidentally revealed that Golden Lion had tried to trick Ron into drinking hard liquor, and Golden Lion fled before Ron could confront him.

• Rocks put Ron and Kaido through Haki and swordsmanship training, while Kaido complained that Rocks was going easier on Ron.
• Kaido avoided another punch from Rocks by claiming his stomach hurt and hurrying into the cabin.
• Golden Lion teased Whitebeard for watching the training, and Whitebeard retorted that Golden Lion was an idiot.
• Annika told Ron that Golden Lion and Streusen had made the supposed Life Water as an apology, prompting Ron to test it with Golden Lion's lighter.
• The liquid burst into a blue flame, revealing it was hard liquor, and Golden Lion escaped into the cabin as Ron called after him.

Ron and the others dealt with Golden Lion’s prank, Kaido’s accidental entrance, and Linlin’s hunger pangs aboard the ship. Linlin remained desperate for pastries as Rocks kept her in check, while Golden Lion’s fake translation earned him a kick.

• Ron wondered why Golden Lion had given him liquor, and Rocks explained that Golden Lion hoped to provoke him into a drinking game.
• Kaido crashed through the ship’s wall while fleeing Linlin, who had gone berserk after he ate a pastry she wanted.
• Kaido drank the flaming liquor Annika had brought and spat it out, while Ron revealed it was flammable water.
• Rocks entered the cabin and punched Linlin out onto the deck after her hunger pangs caused more destruction.
• Golden Lion falsely claimed Linlin was asking Rocks to kill her, so Rocks kicked him and warned him to stop making things up.

Rocks subdued Linlin during a hunger episode, and she later recovered and argued with Kaido. That night, Linlin urged Ron to confront someone impersonating him and hinted she might help if he asked, but Ron suspected she had an ulterior motive.

• Rocks knocked Linlin unconscious during her hunger episode and told Kaido to watch her, but Kaido eagerly accepted after hearing Ron might take his place.
• Gloriosa offered to concede her bet with Linlin, but the crew tried to persuade her to stick to it before Rocks sent them off to repair the ship.
• Linlin woke in the evening, asked Kaido for sweets, and hit him twice after he struck her with his club; Streusen took charge of repairing the ship.
• That night, Linlin asked Ron why he was ignoring reports that someone was impersonating him, and Ron said the impostor was not worth pursuing.
• Linlin offered to consider accompanying Ron if he asked, but Ron questioned what she stood to gain, prompting her to admit he was harder to fool than Kaido.

Linlin asked Ron to help rescue her captured children, and he agreed in exchange for two Devil Fruits. They prepared to leave immediately, though Ron tried to charge extra for the rush job.

• Kaido insisted that Annika and Ron should take his side, prompting Linlin to remind him that she had helped him before Ron arrived.
• Linlin told Ron that the Marines had captured her children and that Garp and Sengoku might be guarding them.
• Ron initially refused to help, but asked Linlin to pay him in Devil Fruits once he learned the rescue could be dangerous.
• Linlin offered him two Devil Fruits on hand, and Ron eagerly agreed to help.
• Linlin said they would leave immediately, and Ron complained that a rush job would cost extra.

Ron negotiated with Linlin for two Devil Fruits and joined her on a nighttime trip, where he exchanged the fruits through the Mysterious Roulette for Eight-Tails and Sage Mode. As Linlin remained wary of Ron’s habit of betraying employers, they continued across the sea on her thundercloud.

• Ron pressed Linlin for another Devil Fruit, while Kaido demanded to come along and argued that he deserved one too.
• Ron jabbed Kaido to stop him from rejecting Linlin’s offer, and Linlin agreed to give Ron two Devil Fruits without bringing Kaido.
• Linlin took Ron away on her thundercloud, and Ron refined the two fruits before confirming their consumption through the Mysterious Roulette.
• The roulette granted Ron Eight-Tails and Sage Mode, and his panel showed his advanced Haki and growing collection of abilities.
• Linlin heard Ron chuckle and warned him to tell her directly if he had a problem instead of stabbing her in the back.

Ron tried to manage Linlin’s renewed hunger pangs during their journey, but Zeus threw him off the thundercloud instead, prompting Ron to chase and punish the Homies. The group ended up subdued at sea, and Prometheus and Napoleon apologized to Ron.

• Linlin’s hunger pangs returned as she searched for the strawberry cake she had already eaten.
• Ron told Zeus to throw Linlin into the sea, but Zeus threw Ron off the thundercloud instead.
• Ron transformed into a Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon and chased Zeus and the thundercloud, firing Tailed Beast Bombs as Zeus tried to flee.
• Ron caught the thundercloud and Linlin, but Linlin’s Haki knocked away the chakra arm holding her, so Ron slammed the thundercloud into the sea.
• Afterward, Ron sat on the sea holding the unconscious Linlin, the battered Zeus, Napoleon, and Prometheus, who apologized to him.

After Prometheus burned Ron’s fish, Ron beat the Homies and Linlin out of frustration. On Ilrus Island, Ron and Linlin encountered Carlisle Mari and his sister Lulu, who hoped to gain protection for their village, and Mari eagerly offered his loyalty to Ron.

• Prometheus admitted he had burned Ron’s fish and thrown it into the sea, so Ron struck Prometheus and Napoleon with a Chakra Arm.
• Half a day later, Carlisle Mari and Carlisle Lulu arrived at Ilrus Island to seek Ron’s protection for their village, and Lulu accepted the possibility of sacrificing herself to secure it.
• Linlin’s black cloud swept over the shore, knocking Mari off balance and leaving Lulu on the ground.
• Mari recognized Ron from his wanted poster and introduced himself and Lulu, while Linlin asked whether they had reached Ilrus Island.
• Ron asked if Mari and Lulu were followers of an impostor, and Mari replied that they were willing to brave fire and water for him.

Ron and Linlin arrived in town to search for Linlin’s child, while Ron discovered that an impostor using his identity had made himself the town’s boss and promised to marry a little girl. Ron left the girl behind and said he was going to electrocute someone.

• Ron appointed Mari as cannon fodder vanguard, then flew toward town with Zeus and learned that Napoleon had become close to him.
• Ron proposed destroying the island with a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Linlin rejected the idea and laid out a three-step plan to find her child, rescue them, and then do as they pleased.
• Mari watched Ron depart, and Lulu wondered whether only the strong could ever get near a legendary Devil Fruit.
• After landing, Ron found a group of people kneeling and greeting him as their boss.
• A little girl in a pink dress ran to Ron and claimed he was her big brother and that she was his thirteenth wife.
• Ron set the girl down, promised to buy her candy afterward, and said he was going to electrocute someone.

Ron encountered Saint Gunko in an alley after Linlin told him the child had been found, and learned that she had arranged events to bring him there. Saint Gunko offered him a secluded paradise and freedom to act, but Ron challenged her by saying he might help the Davy Clan overthrow her rule, and she left the offer open.

• The little girl admired Ron after he suddenly disappeared, while the people kneeling nearby remained baffled.
• Ron spoke with Linlin, who said they had found the child and offered to send Zeus to his location.
• Saint Gunko appeared in the alley, and Ron prepared to flee before she assured him she had not come to fight.
• Saint Gunko said she had planned events to bring Ron to her and offered him a secluded paradise free from disturbance.
• Ron asked what she would do if he helped the Davy Clan overthrow her rule, and Saint Gunko asked whether the clan was worth the wager before leaving her offer open.

Ron tried to end his encounter with Lady Gunko, but she pursued him and the two faced off while wary of each other. When she attacked, Ron combined Sage Mode with his fox form and opened the Seventh Gate, then struck her with overwhelming force.

• Ron rejected Lady Gunko's warning about the Davy Clan and walked away, telling her not to seek him out again.
• Lady Gunko transformed, pursued Ron through the air, and challenged him as they both hesitated to attack.
• Lady Gunko suddenly plunged at Ron with her Haki-coated trident, but he dodged the strike.
• Ron entered Sage Fox Mode and opened the Seventh Gate of Wonder, startling Lady Gunko with his power.
• Ron appeared in front of Lady Gunko and struck her, blasting her upper body away from her lower half.

Ron’s clash with the impostor shook the island, while Linlin sent her children to safety and chose to return to help Ron. After Imu recognized that Ron had suppressed his power, he ordered the Five Elders to begin.

• Ron’s Sage Mode-enhanced strength caused a massive shock wave that sent the island’s people into a panic.
• The impostor Ron saw the disturbance, convinced himself that his immortality made him unbeatable, and vowed to kill the real Ron.
• Linlin freed the children from the sack and ordered Perospero, Katakuri, Daifuku, and Oven to take them away.
• After Zeus said Ron might be dead and urged her to flee, Linlin sent her children off with him and returned to help Ron.
• Imu realized Ron had suppressed his ability with a special power, then gave the Five Elders the order to begin.

Ron damaged Saint Gunko with Senjutsu Chakra and headed to reunite with Linlin as the Five Elders’ beast forms pursued him. After Ron transformed and brought Linlin inside the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, black mist attacked him, but his system denied the attempt to access it.

• Ron wondered whether Senjutsu Chakra and seawater could suppress Saint Gunko’s immortal body, then blasted her until only part of a leg remained.
• As dark clouds gathered overhead, Ron destroyed the remaining piece of Saint Gunko and changed course to find Linlin.
• The Five Elders appeared in their beast forms through a Pentagram Array and pursued Ron after sensing Gunko’s location.
• Ron realized the Five Elders had locked onto him, found Linlin, and pulled her inside the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon while fleeing.
• Black mist formed behind Ron, pierced his body with tentacles, and attempted to access his system, which denied the request.

Ron survived the black tentacle’s attack and unleashed his combined Nine-Tails, Eight Gates, and Sage powers against the five giant enemies. He told Linlin to leave, but intercepted the Skeleton Horse’s attack when it tried to stop her.

• The system purged the black tentacle inside Ron, and Linlin struck the remaining black mist away from him.
• Five enormous figures surrounded the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon as Ron recovered and laughed, alarming Linlin.
• Ron activated Nine-Tails Mode, the Seventh Gate, and Sage Mode, then told Linlin to leave because she would only get in his way.
• Linlin refused to abandon Ron, but the Skeleton Horse transformed and attacked her with its Black Blade.
• Ron leaped in front of Linlin and swung an enormous golden Chakra Arm at the Skeleton Horse.

Ron fought the Five Elders while Linlin fled, using his all-offense, no-defense style to withstand their attacks. He unleashed a Tailed Beast Bomb and drove Saint Saturn toward the sea with a Daytime Tiger, leaving a massive trench in the water.

• Ron watched Linlin retreat while the skeletal horse hybrid blocked his golden chakra fist.
• Ron charged into Saint Saturn’s spider-leg attack, shattered the leg with punches, and dodged the skeletal horse hybrid’s sword waves as his wounds healed.
• The bird-headed serpent beast struck Ron from behind, and the Five Elders bombarded him with attacks.
• Ron fired a Tailed Beast Bomb from the dust, hitting the bird beast while the other Elders scattered.
• Ron charged Saint Saturn with a Daytime Tiger, forcing Saturn to escape as the attack carved a huge trench through the sea.

Fake Ron reassured his followers while Linlin fled the battlefield, and Saint Mars and Saint Saturn reported to Imu about their defeat and Gunko’s disappearance. On the battlefield, Ron heard Kurama, Gyuki, and Son Gokū speaking inside his mind.

• Fake Ron told his followers he would keep them safe, while secretly hoping the Five Elders would kill the real Ron.
• Linlin ran away but repeatedly looked back and muttered that Ron had better survive.
• Saint Mars and Saint Saturn returned to Pangaea Castle, apologized to Imu, and said they had not seen Gunko’s body or the vanished Contract.
• Imu said the outcome was already clear and asked whether Gunko had ceased to exist, but could not answer Saint Saturn’s concern about the situation being worse than eight hundred years earlier.
• Ron heard Kurama, Gyuki, and Son Gokū arguing in his mind and recognized them as his Tailed Beasts.

Ron released Kurama, Gyuki, and Son Gokū from his body, and the three Five Elders charged at them. The Tailed Beasts recognized the attackers as enemies as the confrontation began.

• Ron tried to apologize to Kurama but realized the system prevented him from communicating with the Tailed Beasts.
• Ron tricked the three Five Elders into dodging by pretending to summon Kurama, then used the system to release all the Tailed Beasts.
• Kurama, Gyuki, and Son Gokū appeared and celebrated their freedom.
• The Five Elders decided to attack the Tailed Beasts and charged at Ron and the others.
• Gyuki asked whether the approaching Five Elders were Ron's friends, and Kurama told him they were enemies.

Kurama, Gyuki, and Son Gokū unleashed a relentless barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs against the three members of the Five Elders, forcing them to dodge while Ron watched before joining the fight in his Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon form. The chapter ended with the group destroying the Sandworm in a combined attack that flattened more than half the island and drove back the sea.

• Kurama began firing Tailed Beast Bombs at the Human-Beast Skeleton Horse and kept up a rapid barrage.
• Gyuki and Son Gokū joined Kurama, filling the air with Tailed Beast Bombs and forcing the three members of the Five Elders to dodge without finding a chance to counterattack.
• Kurama and Gyuki urged Ron to join them, so Ron transformed into the Golden Nine-Tailed Fox Demon.
• The Sandworm burst out of the ground and lunged at Ron, but Gyuki trapped and hoisted it with his tentacles.
• Ron, Kurama, Son Gokū, and Gyuki fired four Tailed Beast Bombs at the Sandworm, causing an explosion that flattened more than half the island and drove the sea back.

Ron and the Tailed Beasts survived the blasts, while Saint Shepherd Ju Peter returned to Mary Geoise and reported Ron’s abilities to Saint Saturn and Saint Mars. After hearing the intelligence, Imu wondered whether Joy Boy had returned and whether he would join forces against Ron.

• Kurama asked Ron whether the blast had defeated their opponents, and Ron said he did not know if they had died or returned home.
• Ron told Kurama that no red-eyed fighter or wooden Gundam pilot had come to this world, and Kurama remarked that Ron seemed to know his past.
• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter reappeared in the magic circle at Mary Geoise after being struck by four Tailed Beast Bombs and learned that the plan had changed.
• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter told Saint Saturn and Saint Mars that Ron could transport himself and summon people from his world, and that the Tailed Beasts’ energy-ball attacks were ordinary in their homeland.
• Imu considered whether breaking with Ron had been a mistake, then asked if Joy Boy had returned and would fight alongside him against the outsider.

Fake Ron fled the devastation but encountered Charlotte Linlin, who recognized his disguise and attacked him. His body regenerated after she cut him in two, and Linlin prepared another strike as he boasted of his immortality.

• Fake Ron emerged from the rubble and pretended he had come to rescue the burly man before urging him to leave.
• Charlotte Linlin ran into Fake Ron, and he tried to pass himself off as her old crewmate.
• Linlin recognized him as an impostor because he called her “Charlotte Linlin” instead of “Linlin” and slashed him with Napoleon.
• Fake Ron’s severed body rejoined itself through black mist, revealing that he had an immortal body.
• Fake Ron offered to spare Linlin if she became his fourteenth wife, and Linlin accused him of serving the World Government and helping plan her children’s kidnapping.
• Linlin said he had better truly be immortal as dark-red electricity erupted across Napoleon’s blade.

Charlotte Linlin defeated the fake Ron and exposed him as an impostor. Meanwhile, Ron and the tailed beasts faced ambushes, and Gyuki’s spinning attack forced Skeleton Horse to withdraw.

• Linlin used Napoleon and Conqueror’s Haki to suppress the fake Ron’s regeneration, then cut him down to a head.
• The fake Ron’s body transformed, and Linlin told a burly man that the real Ron had never left the Rocks Pirates and was powerful.
• A wild boar ambushed Kurama, but Kurama caught its tusk and destroyed it from within with Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Skeleton Horse arrived in Human-Beast Form as Gyuki began spinning rapidly, sweeping up earth and gravel.
• Skeleton Horse abandoned his attack and vanished into black mist after concluding that he had missed his chance.

After defeating their enemies, Ron and the Tailed Beasts mistook Linlin’s intense malice for a sign that she had been corrupted and attacked her. Linlin recognized Ron and appeared to return to normal, but after Kurama knocked her away, she accused Ron of attacking her.

• Kurama and Gyuki argued after Gyuki’s attack, while Ron rested and remarked that he missed Kaido’s chatter.
• Ron and Kurama sensed intense malice from the west, and the Tailed Beasts launched a barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs at Linlin.
• Ron recognized Linlin and told the others she was on their side, but Kurama insisted her malice meant she was dangerous.
• Linlin halted her attack when she saw Ron, then rushed toward him; Kurama flicked her to the ground.
• Linlin got up, briefly greeted Ron, then remembered the bombardment and accused him of attacking her.