Chapter Summaries

Sengoku and Garp discussed the Droplet’s success before Vegapunk’s satellite Lilith arrived at Marineford to examine it. Vegapunk was astonished by the Droplet’s unknown material and asked Sengoku who had invented it.

• Sengoku celebrated the Droplet’s success and argued with Garp about Chinjao and Lynn.
• Lilith arrived at Sengoku’s office and asked where the Droplet was, but she rushed out when Marines announced its return.
• Onigumo and Dalmatian returned to Marineford with the Droplet after defeating the Happo Navy.
• Lilith inspected the Droplet and learned from Sengoku that it was exceptionally smooth, cold, and resistant to damage.
• Vegapunk failed to identify the Droplet’s material and asked Sengoku who had invented it.

Vegapunk learned that Figarland Lynn had invented Droplet and eagerly studied its records, while Sengoku prepared the Navy’s next move. As Sengoku weighed how to respond to the Red Hair Pirates meeting Whitebeard, Lynn launched Sophon over Golden Technology City.

• Sengoku told Vegapunk that Celestial Dragon Figarland Lynn invented Droplet, and Vegapunk declared the invention surpassed the Great Kingdom and himself.
• Sengoku refused to hand Droplet over for research but gave Vegapunk its records to study.
• Sengoku named Cavendish as the Navy’s next target after Chinjao, then received word that the Red Hair Pirates were heading to meet Whitebeard.
• Akainu Sakazuki offered to confront the Emperors, but Sengoku ordered him to prepare for battle while the Navy observed their meeting.
• Lynn’s Black Laboratory shook, launched Sophon into the sky, and spread its translucent black layers over Golden Technology City.

After a month in the laboratory, Lynn launched Sophon above Golden Technology City and tested its ability to interfere with Haki. The test confirmed that Sophon could suppress all three types, leaving the Marines shocked by the invention's power.

• Lynn emerged from his laboratory and saw Sophon deployed above Golden Technology City.
• Gion, Chaton, and Tesoro greeted Lynn, who introduced Sophon as a noncombat invention more useful than Droplet.
• Lynn asked Tesoro to release his Conqueror's Haki, but Sophon suppressed it within its coverage range.
• Tesoro and the Marines tested Observation Haki and found their perceptions disrupted, especially over long distances.
• The group tested Armament Haki and discovered that Sophon weakened it so severely that some could not maintain it.

Lynn introduced Sophon, a technology that interfered with all three types of Haki within a ten-kilometer range, shocking the Marines and Sengoku. He hinted that its true danger lay in another function, but the chapter ended before he explained it.

• Lynn explained that Sophon could interfere with Observation Haki, Armament Haki, and Conqueror's Haki within ten kilometers.
• Gion, Chaton, Tesoro, and the others reacted with shock to Sophon's range and power.
• Gion reported Sophon's discovery to Sengoku, who was astonished and discussed its potential with Garp, Kizaru, and Aokiji.
• Lynn clarified that Sophon affected everyone within its range indiscriminately, including allies.
• Tesoro asked Lynn to explain what made Sophon's true aspect terrifying.

Lynn demonstrated Sophon’s real-time surveillance, showing that it could monitor Gran Tesoro in extreme detail and see underground while also interfering with Haki. After Sengoku notified the Gorosei, he realized Sophon could help with the meeting between Red-Haired and Whitebeard.

• Lynn explained that Sophon’s main strength was real-time remote surveillance and demonstrated its functions with three projectors.
• Sophon displayed a high-definition aerial view of Gran Tesoro, zooming in on Chaton and the others.
• Lynn showed Sophon monitoring every part of Gran Tesoro and penetrating underground to reveal its foundations and buried gold.
• Lynn explained that Sophon could hide in Two-Dimensional Space and support real-time calls and video.
• Sengoku arranged to notify the Gorosei about Sophon and thought of using it for the meeting between Red-Haired and Whitebeard.

Lynn sent the Sophon to monitor Red-Haired Shanks meeting Whitebeard, while the Gorosei and Sengoku watched through a projection feed. As Shanks boarded the Moby Dick, a mysterious black object hurtled toward the ships.

• Sengoku asked Lynn to send the Sophon to monitor Red-Haired Shanks’s meeting with Whitebeard, and Lynn launched it using the coordinates Sengoku provided.
• The Gorosei called Lynn, learned about the Sophon’s monitoring and Haki-interference capabilities, and joined Sengoku in watching its feed.
• Shanks reassured Yasopp, Lucky Roux, and the others before taking a boat to the Moby Dick with a gourd of wine for Whitebeard.
• As Shanks stepped onto the Moby Dick’s ladder, a black object sped toward the ships, alarming both crews and drawing Whitebeard’s attention.

Whitebeard and Red-Haired Shanks’s crews failed to hit the strange object that appeared above them, which unfolded and vanished from sight. Lynn then used the Sophon to secretly watch and hear the two Emperors, leaving the Marines and Gorosei amazed by its surveillance power.

• Beckman, Marco, Vista, and the other pirates attacked the approaching Sophon, but none of their shots or slashes hit it.
• The Sophon rose above the clouds, unfolded across the sky, and disappeared, becoming undetectable even to Observation Haki.
• Red-Haired Shanks boarded the Moby Dick, and Whitebeard asked him about the strange object before they turned to their conversation.
• Lynn adjusted the Sophon’s view and enlarged the live image of Whitebeard and Red-Haired Shanks, while the Marines and Gorosei watched and heard them unaware.
• The Gorosei, Sengoku, Garp, and the Admirals praised Lynn’s invention after seeing that the Sophon could monitor the Emperors without being detected.

Lynn demonstrated Sophon’s close-range surveillance and its ability to interfere with Haki as it monitored Red-Haired Shanks and Whitebeard. Shanks realized his Conqueror’s Haki was being restricted and warned Whitebeard that something was interfering with him.

• Sengoku, the Gorosei, and the others watched Sophon’s footage and marveled at its surveillance capabilities.
• Shanks released his Conqueror’s Haki aboard Whitebeard’s ship, noticed it was being suppressed, and increased his effort until nearby crew members collapsed.
• Marco objected to Shanks knocking out the young crew members, while Whitebeard dismissed Shanks’s talk of a new era.
• Chaton explained that Shanks’s Haki was exceptionally powerful, and Lynn enlarged the footage to show Shanks straining as he released it.
• Whitebeard noticed Shanks’s strained expression, and Shanks told him his Conqueror’s Haki was being restricted by something.

Red-Haired Shanks and Whitebeard discovered that an unseen force disrupted their Haki and suspected Figarland Lynn's technology was responsible. Their deduction alarmed the Navy and the Gorosei, who ordered Lynn's protection, while Shanks began warning Whitebeard about the World Government.

• Shanks noticed that his Haki was being disrupted, and Whitebeard confirmed that an unseen force restrained his own Haki as well.
• Shanks and Whitebeard suspected Lynn's technology had interfered with them, unaware that Sophon was monitoring their meeting.
• The Gorosei and Navy realized the Emperors had linked the disruption to Lynn, and Sengoku ordered Gion and Chaton to protect him strictly.
• Lynn remained calm, believing the Navy's protection and funding would support his future technological work.
• Shanks warned Whitebeard that the World Government might target him and asked what he planned to do.

Shanks warned Whitebeard that Blackbeard had made his move and urged him to stop Ace from pursuing Teach. After Whitebeard and Shanks discovered that an invisible technology was suppressing their Haki, their crews searched for its source and came up empty-handed, until Beckman reported that the Red Hair Pirates had found something.

• Shanks showed Whitebeard the scar Teach had given him and urged him to stop Ace from pursuing Blackbeard.
• Whitebeard and Shanks clashed, then realized that their Observation, Armament, and Conqueror's Haki were being interfered with.
• Whitebeard and Shanks informed their crews of the Haki interference, and Marco and the others searched for its source.
• Lynn told the Marines that Sophon was hidden in two-dimensional space and could not be found or hit.
• Marco returned without finding the source, then Beckman arrived on Whitebeard's ship and announced that the Red Hair Pirates had found something.