Chapter Summaries

Golden Lion, Ron, and Kaido learned that a Devil Fruit would be auctioned at the Sabaody Archipelago, and Golden Lion secretly set out to claim it. Ron showed interest in the auction while Kaido proposed that they form the Beasts Pirates together.

• A Kuja Warrior told Golden Lion that Shakky had invited the Rocks Pirates to the Sabaody Archipelago auction, which included a Devil Fruit.
• Golden Lion stopped the Kuja Warrior from informing the other Rocks Pirates and decided to tell them himself, then left laughing.
• The Kuja Warrior told Ron and Kaido about the auction, and Ron asked her to tell Shakky that he was interested.
• Kaido proposed that Ron and he form the Beasts Pirates and recruit Mythical Zoan users, but Ron said he had never agreed to join.
• Golden Lion returned to the Saber of Xebec, made preparations, and left for the Sabaody Archipelago alone without telling the others.

Ron and Kaido recruited Zeus for a trip to the Sabaody Archipelago to investigate an auction of Devil Fruits, and Ron brought Annika along. While flying across the Calm Belt, they encountered Golden Lion Shiki, who realized Amazon Lily had passed the news to Ron.

• Linlin complained that Amazon Lily had no dessert shops, then found Ron and Kaido watching her from outside.
• Ron asked Linlin to lend him Zeus and revealed that he and Kaido were heading to Sabaody for a Devil Fruit auction.
• Linlin agreed to let Zeus travel with Ron for a few days, while declining to join them herself.
• Ron, Kaido, Annika, and Zeus flew across the Calm Belt, and Annika admitted she had forgotten to bring money.
• Kaido spotted Golden Lion Shiki ahead, and Shiki turned to face them, cursing Amazon Lily for leaking the news to Ron.

Ron and Golden Lion reached Sabaody Archipelago and learned that the auction would take place the next day, but its goods had not arrived yet. While they waited, they tried to win money at a casino and lost their first bet.

• Golden Lion flew ahead of Ron’s group, leaving Annika to wave goodbye as Ron explained that he had been showing off his speed.
• An auction boss celebrated selling more than two hundred tickets, while three Celestial Dragons discussed competing for a mermaid and Saint Bud arranged for the auction to be held that day.
• Ron’s group reached Sabaody Archipelago, found the auction house, and learned that the auction was scheduled for noon the next day.
• Ron and Golden Lion postponed their plan to rob the auction because the goods had not yet been delivered.
• Ron and Golden Lion bet all their money on high at a casino, but the dice showed one, one, and three, and the house took their money.

Ron, Kaido, and Golden Lion turned a losing casino game into a fight after Ron accused the staff of cheating and used a burst of energy to knock out nearly everyone inside. Nearby, Zephyr sensed the disturbance and took Sakazuki with him to investigate, challenging the new recruit to prove himself.

• Golden Lion threatened the casino patrons and Kaido after they complained about losing their bets.
• Kaido repeatedly bet small and lost nine rounds, while Ron sent Annika outside before Kaido risked his final ten thousand Beli.
• When the staff member announced another loss and reached for Kaido’s money, Ron pinned the money down and declared that a fight had begun.
• Kaido struck the staff member with his club, and Ron released dark red electrical arcs that knocked out the casino’s guards and nearly everyone inside.
• Zephyr sensed a powerful aura near the casino while patrolling with Sakazuki, then invited Sakazuki to follow him and prove his ability.

Ron, Kaido, and Shiki plundered the casino before Marines led by Zephyr and Sakazuki arrived. Sakazuki recognized Ron but sensibly withdrew, while the others prepared to face the Marines.

• Ron let Shiki keep most of the casino’s treasure, setting aside a few hundred thousand Beli for Annika.
• Annika warned Ron, Kaido, and Shiki that Marines were approaching the casino.
• Kaido suspected the casino owner had colluded with the Marines and went back to attack him again.
• Zephyr entered with Sakazuki and Marine soldiers, then recognized Ron and Shiki and warned Sakazuki not to fight them.
• Sakazuki said he had joined the Marines to eliminate evildoers, but turned and ran when Zephyr told him to leave.
• Shiki warned the others that the Marine who had arrived was dangerous, while Ron tried to remember who he was.

Ron recognized Zephyr as the Marine confronting them and let Golden Lion and Kaido go fight him while he stayed with Annika and the treasure. The casino collapsed in the first clash, and Golden Lion shouted that Kaido had hit him with his club.

• Ron remembered Zephyr and his reputation as the Admiral Who Never Killed.
• Golden Lion planned to take Annika and the treasure away, but Ron told him to keep Annika safe.
• Ron suggested that Golden Lion and Kaido face the Marines while he moved the treasure, and Golden Lion eventually agreed to leave it with Ron.
• Kaido asked Ron for power, and Ron covered him with a Chakra Cloak before Kaido and Golden Lion headed toward Zephyr.
• The casino collapsed in an explosion, and Golden Lion accused Kaido of striking him with his club.

Ron left the battle between Zephyr, Kaido, and Golden Lion to carry away treasure with Annika, then approached a group of Marines and recognized Sakazuki. Sakazuki drew his sword after noticing the strange patterns in Ron’s blood-red eyes.

• Golden Lion and Kaido argued over whether Kaido had hit him by accident, while Ron refused to take sides.
• Zephyr attacked, and Golden Lion and Kaido fought him together; Zephyr struck Kaido and sent Golden Lion flying with a kick.
• Ron carried the treasure away with Annika, who reported that Kaido and Golden Lion seemed to be losing to the Marines.
• Ron spotted Sakazuki among Zephyr’s Marines and walked toward them after telling Annika to wait.
• Sakazuki saw patterns in Ron’s blood-red eyes, broke into a sweat, and drew his sword.

Sakazuki realized Ron’s eyes could control anyone who looked into them, but Vice Admiral Zephyr arrived and broke the Marines free. Ron then faced Zephyr while Kaido and Golden Lion fought nearby.

• Sakazuki’s apparent courage inspired the Marines to draw their weapons, and he warned them not to look into Ron’s eyes.
• The Marines looked at Ron and lost control of their bodies, leaving Sakazuki trapped with a rifle aimed at his head.
• Zephyr landed between Ron and Sakazuki, freeing Sakazuki, who punched the Marine holding the rifle.
• Zephyr ordered the Marines to retreat and told Ron he had heard his story.
• Ron spotted Kaido and Golden Lion fighting in the distance, then teased Zephyr by calling him “The Unkillable.”

Ron trapped Zephyr in an illusion of a three-day battle that left Sabaody Archipelago mostly destroyed, while Zephyr believed he had defeated Ron. Later, Imu foresaw a battle with Joy Boy and Ron and concluded that the World Government would survive, as the God Valley Incident approached.

• Zephyr saw the evacuated Marine soldiers return under Ron’s apparent control and demanded that Ron give them back.
• Zephyr and Ron fought in an illusion for three days and nights, destroying three-quarters of Sabaody Archipelago before Zephyr believed he had won.
• Ron observed Zephyr muttering about the satisfying battle and assessed the Sharingan’s perception, copying, and illusion abilities.
• Imu’s Haki swept through the Room of Flowers, and Imu told the Five Elders that he had seen a future in which he emerged victorious against Joy Boy and Ron.
• Imu realized he had not seen how the battle ended, only that he and the World Government still existed afterward.

Imu learned that God Valley was the hidden lair of the Davy Clan and considered whether it would become the final battle he had foreseen. At the same time, Sengoku and Tsuru worried over Garp’s disappearance and received news of Zephyr’s clash with Ron, while Ron, Kaido, and Annika noticed a noble displaying a newly acquired slave.

• Imu learned from Saint Garling that God Valley was the Davy Clan’s long-hidden lair and wondered if it would become the final battle he had foreseen.
• Tsuru considered returning to Amazon Lily to investigate Garp’s disappearance, but Sengoku’s doubts persuaded her to stay.
• A Marine Soldier reported that Zephyr had fought Ron at Sabaody, after which Ron vanished and Zephyr fell unconscious while praising the duel.
• Sengoku ordered that Zephyr be brought back to Marine Headquarters, and he and Tsuru remarked that the Rocks Pirates had become more active since Ron joined them.
• Ron, Kaido, and Annika followed crowds around Sabaody and saw a noble showing off a slave he had acquired at auction.

Ron learned that a Devil Fruit had been auctioned in Sabaody and that another was being sold at the same auction, which had been moved up without his knowledge. He paid a man for information and learned that a Celestial Dragon had bought it after bidding started at one hundred million Beli.

• Kaido and Ron mocked a noble riding a whipped Catfish Fish-Man slave through the street.
• A passerby told the crowd that a Celestial Dragon had bought a beautiful mermaid at auction.
• Ron heard that a Devil Fruit had been the auction’s most expensive item and asked whether Devil Fruits were often sold in Sabaody.
• Annika revealed that the auction had also included a Devil Fruit the following day, and Ron complained that it had been moved up without telling him.
• Annika offered the passerby more money until he accepted it and said a Celestial Dragon had bought the Devil Fruit, whose starting bid was one hundred million Beli.

Ron abandoned the auction house after learning the Devil Fruit had already been bought, and decided to steal it instead. He left Annika with Kurama, Kokuō, Son Gokū, and Gyuki while he went on ahead with Kaido.

• Ron rejected the broker’s offer of friendship and left with Kaido and Annika.
• Ron told Kaido they would steal the Devil Fruit rather than visit the auction house or confront its owner.
• Ron summoned Kurama and asked Annika to wait while Kurama looked after her.
• Ron summoned Kokuō, Son Gokū, and Gyuki, then left Annika with the Tailed Beasts and Kaido followed him.
• Kurama told Annika that his complaint to Ron had been a joke, then insisted he was not apologizing.

Annika took the Tailed Beasts sightseeing around Sabaody Archipelago while Ron and Kaido crossed paths with pirates who had betrayed a mermaid. At the auction house, a lookout reported spotting Gyuki and Kokuō, prompting the boss to consider capturing them.

• Annika showed the Tailed Beasts around Sabaody Archipelago, carrying Son Gokū while Kurama rested on her head and Kokuō and Gyuki sat on her shoulders.
• Daisy confronted pirates who had betrayed her and sold her younger sister, but Ron and Kaido appeared above the alley and frightened the pirates into fleeing.
• Ron and Kaido left the alley to continue their business, while Daisy wondered who they were.
• An auction-house lookout called the boss and reported seeing Gyuki and Kokuō, describing them as strange creatures that could bring a high price at auction.

A crime boss ordered his men to kidnap Annika and her unusual creatures, believing she had no powerful backing. At the amusement park, the men confronted Annika and the tailed beasts, while Ron and Kaido blocked two Celestial Dragons in the street.

• A crime boss learned about Annika’s creatures and told his men to kidnap them and Annika.
• Annika rode a roller coaster with Kurama, Kokuō, Son Gokū, and Gyuki at an amusement park in the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Three men approached Annika and tried to coax her creatures, but Gyuki’s speech excited them.
• Annika’s body was enveloped in a light, and Kurama fired a Tailed Beast Bomb as Son Gokū, Kokuō, and Gyuki enlarged to protect her.
• Kurama’s attack killed the three men, and Kokuō and Gyuki criticized him for acting recklessly.
• Ron and Kaido jumped into the street and blocked two Celestial Dragons riding slaves.

Daisy tried to recruit Ron and Kaido against the Celestial Dragons, but the pair pressed ahead and attacked them. After Kaido killed one Celestial Dragon and crippled Saint Bud, Ron spotted a wooden box among their belongings, though they had not yet learned where the sought-after item was.

• Daisy decided to approach Ron and propose an alliance against the Celestial Dragons, believing their shared enemy could help them face the Marines.
• A merfolk guard deflected a Celestial Dragon's bullet with his blade and lectured Ron and Kaido about staying alert.
• Daisy offered to join forces with Ron and Kaido, but they walked past her as the Celestial Dragons moved to seize her.
• Kaido knocked away the Celestial Dragons' suited guards, killed one Celestial Dragon, and mangled Saint Bud's legs.
• Ron demanded that Saint Bud hand over the stuff, but Saint Bud passed out before answering, and Ron noticed a wooden box hanging from a slave.

Ron found two Devil Fruits, exchanged the Chop-Chop Fruit for the kekkei genkai One-Tail, and kept the Mythical Zoan Life Butterfly for Annika to consider. At Marine Headquarters, Zephyr woke after Sengoku slapped him and claimed he had fought Ron for three days and three nights before winning.

• Ron found a Chop-Chop Fruit and a Mythical Zoan, Model: Life Butterfly, in the wooden box and decided to exchange the Chop-Chop Fruit while keeping the other for Annika.
• Ron exchanged the Chop-Chop Fruit and received the kekkei genkai One-Tail.
• Daisy thanked Ron for helping the mermaids and warned him that a Marine Admiral would arrive, but Ron said he was not afraid.
• Ron told Kaido to leave, and the two departed with the wooden box while Kaido complained that Ron had interrupted his attempt to question Saint Bud.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku slapped the unconscious Zephyr until he woke, and Zephyr claimed he had fought Ron for three days and three nights before winning.

Zephyr learned that his battle with Ron had been an exceptionally realistic illusion caused by Ron’s eye-based ability. Meanwhile, Roger returned to the Oro Jackson alone and apologized to Gaban, who realized Rayleigh was missing.

• Zephyr insisted to Tsuru and Sengoku that he had defeated Ron, but they questioned whether the battle had really happened.
• Sakazuki told Zephyr that he had found him alone at Sabaody, muttering about an exhilarating battle, with no signs of a fight nearby.
• Sakazuki explained that Ron’s patterned red eyes could control people, and Sengoku concluded that Ron’s ability had made Zephyr experience a false battle.
• Zephyr recalled Ron’s strange eyes and stopped arguing as he began accepting that his three-day showdown had been an illusion.
• Roger arrived alone at the Oro Jackson, knelt before Gaban, and repeatedly apologized.
• Gaban found no sign of Rayleigh and understood from Roger’s apology that something had happened to him.

After Rayleigh's death, Roger was shaken out of his despair by Gaban and vowed to become strong enough to protect his companions. Meanwhile, Ron's group obtained a Devil Fruit for Annika, while Golden Lion suspected Ron and Kaido were secretly intercepting auction goods and arrived to find Annika eating it.

• Gaban grabbed Roger and urged him to pull himself together after Rayleigh died, and Roger decided to grow strong enough to protect his companions.
• Ron traveled with Kaido and Shukaku to find Annika, while Shukaku insulted Kaido and Ron pulled Shukaku back into his body.
• Golden Lion suspected Ron and Kaido planned to intercept goods bound for auction, so he went looking for them.
• Golden Lion found Ron's group and saw Annika chewing a Devil Fruit that Ron had given her.
• Annika explained that she had eaten extra bites because she hoped to gain more power, and Golden Lion felt an ominous realization coming on.

Ron told Golden Lion that he had stolen a Devil Fruit after the Celestial Dragons moved the auction forward. Golden Lion accepted Ron’s explanation and flew off to collect the auction money.

• Golden Lion began preparing a cigar, and Ron teased him about an old incident that made him throw it aside and ask where Ron got the Devil Fruit.
• Ron said he stole it, prompting Golden Lion to accuse him of hiding the plan and withholding a share of the money.
• Ron explained that the auction had been moved forward, while Kaido questioned what effort Golden Lion had contributed.
• Annika vouched that she and Ron had arrived too late for the auction, and Golden Lion stopped arguing.
• Golden Lion flew off to collect money from the auction house, and Ron guessed that was where he was going.

Annika showed no immediate signs of awakening the Life Butterfly fruit’s power, while Ron experienced a strange dream before the Five Elders planned a trap for Rocks and the Rocks Pirates. The Elders left the decision to begin the final battle to Lord Imu.

• Annika sensed no changes after eating the fruit, and Ron told her to give it time.
• Ron dreamed of black threads attached to the Rocks Pirates and a river flowing backward, then controlled the dream and drank with them.
• The Five Elders debated whether to use their opportunity to eliminate the Davy Clan and the Rocks Pirates, despite Ron’s connection to Rocks.
• Saint Saturn proposed using Alice as bait to lure Rocks into a trap and Celestial Dragons and treasure to draw in the others.
• The Five Elders agreed to prepare their plan and leave the final decision to Lord Imu.