Chapter Summaries

Dawn tried to earn Robin’s trust by telling her about Devil Fruits and the sea, and Robin warmed to him after realizing he did not fear her. After Robin left, Dawn and Stella began studying a book about Life Return to prepare for future dangers.

• Dawn asked Robin why she was alone, and she explained that the town’s children called her a monster because of her ability.
• Dawn showed Robin his darkness power and introduced Stella, who reacted fearfully and attacked him with fire.
• Dawn described the Grand Line, and Robin eagerly shared her curiosity about the outside world as they talked until nightfall.
• Robin said she would return the next day, and Dawn watched her leave with a smile.
• Dawn soothed Stella and began studying a book about Life Return with her.

After mastering Life Return and Rokushiki, Dawn learned that an unconscious giant had drifted to Ohara and recognized him as Jaguar D. Saul, signaling that Ohara's destruction was near. He and Stella left the island that night, though Stella left Robin a note.

• Dawn demonstrated his mastery of Life Return and Rankyaku, and reflected that Stella had also mastered Rokushiki.
• Stella told Dawn that an unconscious giant had drifted ashore, and Dawn suspected he was Jaguar D. Saul.
• Dawn ordered Stella to pack so they could leave Ohara immediately, explaining that Robin should not become too closely involved with him.
• Dawn stored their belongings and maps in a stable space created within his Yami Yami no Mi ability.
• Stella left Robin a note, and Dawn and Stella used Geppo to fly away from Ohara under cover of night.

After the Buster Call destroyed Ohara and Robin lost her mother, Dawn found her at sea and revealed that his David surname made him an enemy of the World Government. Robin accepted his invitation to survive and fight alongside him.

• Robin found Dawn and Stella's cabin empty, read their farewell note, and went to the coast, where she befriended Saul.
• Three days later, Dawn and Stella heard that a fleet of Navy warships was heading for Ohara, so Dawn returned to investigate while Stella stayed behind.
• Dawn saw the Buster Call fleet burning Ohara and chose not to intervene, then followed an ice path out to sea.
• Dawn found Robin alone in a small boat, and she told him that Olvia and the scholars had died during the attack.
• Dawn explained that he had left to keep Robin away from the World Government's pursuit of the David Clan, then invited her to join him.
• Robin accepted Dawn's invitation and joined him in surviving on the sea.

Dawn reunited with Stella and Robin at a tavern, then laid out a plan to stop fleeing and build the resources needed to oppose the World Government. The three agreed to begin by targeting the West Blue’s largest gunpowder supplier.

• Dawn and Robin followed Stella’s directions to a secluded tavern, where Stella welcomed Robin after defeating several men who had harassed her.
• Dawn disposed of the unconscious men and reflected on how Robin had become more cheerful and trusting under his influence.
• Dawn told Stella and Robin that they needed money and reliable allies to fight the World Government, and said he would prioritize raising funds.
• Dawn proposed using the West Blue underworld rather than legitimate business, since their identities could not withstand official scrutiny.
• Dawn named the West Blue’s largest gunpowder supplier as their first target, and Stella and Robin agreed to his plan.

After six months of training and fighting gangs, Dawn, Robin, and Stella arrived at Hadebein Island, the Gunpowder King’s West Blue stronghold. They defeated two waves of guards and continued their assault into the island.

• Dawn, Robin, and Stella landed on Hadebein Island and were confronted by guards who ordered them to stop.
• Dawn ignored the guards, and Stella used fireballs to destroy their bullets and bombs and wipe out the first group.
• A force of roughly a thousand guards ambushed the trio, but Dawn’s Compressed Air Gatling and Stella’s flames repelled their opening volley.
• Robin used Clutch to restrain guards as they reloaded, throwing the crowd into chaos.
• Dawn used Kurouzu to swallow the disorganized guards, then released their lifeless bodies onto the ground.

Dawn, Robin, and Stella confronted Boom, the longtime master of the island, after defeating his guards. Stella traded blows with him, but her strongest fire attack left him unharmed, while Dawn continued watching to assess his strength.

• Boom emerged and offered to spare Dawn and his companions if they became his subordinates, but Dawn refused.
• Boom introduced himself and attacked with hair transformed into powerful whips using Life Return.
• Stella knocked Boom’s hair whips back with her tail, then taunted him.
• Boom used Soru and Rankyaku against Stella, who dodged but lost several strands of fur.
• Stella struck Boom with a compressed fireball, but he emerged unharmed as Dawn continued observing.

Stella and Dawn fought Boom, whose strength and abilities revealed him as a World Government agent embedded in the Underworld. Boom sprung a trap that blasted Stella and Dawn and then attacked Robin, leaving her injured as the chapter ended.

• Stella transformed into her giant nine-tailed fox form and struck Boom, but he endured the blow with Iron Body and countered with an explosive Finger Pistol that wounded her.
• Dawn stopped Stella and confronted Boom, deducing that he was a World Government undercover agent in the Underworld.
• Boom admitted his identity and threatened to kill Dawn and his companions to protect his secret.
• Boom remotely detonated the ground beneath Stella and Dawn, blasting Stella aside and engulfing Dawn in explosions.
• Boom attacked Robin with Jet Blast, but Robin blocked it with Cien Fleurs: Round Fan and staggered back injured.

Dawn awakened Conqueror's Haki when Boom trapped Robin in a deadly ring of explosive air. He rescued her, killed Boom, and recognized that his careless assault had nearly cost him someone he cared about.

• Boom surrounded Robin with unstable air bombs and taunted Dawn as she faced certain death.
• Dawn awakened Conqueror's Haki, stunning Boom and disrupting his control over the explosives.
• Dawn used [Black Hole] to pull Boom close, stripped away his Devil Fruit power, and freed Robin.
• Stella caught Robin as she nearly collapsed, while Dawn reflected on the danger of letting his guard down.
• Dawn killed Boom with [Great Torrent], blasting a hole through his chest.

After taking over Boom’s island, Dawn inspected the mines and arms factory and announced shorter workdays, monthly wages, and new productivity rules. He left Dark Clones to supervise both sites, while the workers welcomed the changes and feared the clones’ power.

• Dawn confirmed that Boom’s Bomb-Bomb Fruit had respawned after Boom’s death and told Stella and Robin to change the residence’s style.
• Dawn visited the mines and announced an eight-hour workday, monthly pay, overtime wages, and penalties for shirking.
• Dawn appointed five Dark Clones to supervise the mines and demonstrated their power by crushing a large rock.
• Dawn announced the same work system at the arms factory and left five Dark Clones there as supervisors and enforcers.

After more than half a year of training on Hadebein Island, Dawn judged himself strong enough to recruit intelligence personnel from a place he had long targeted. He prepared to leave the island’s affairs to Stella and Robin while he made the trip.

• Dawn returned to Stella and Robin and said he wanted to expand their influence after recruiting subordinates skilled at gathering intelligence.
• Dawn reassured Robin that he would protect her while she worked to grow stronger, then said they would all train before visiting his target.
• Over the next half year, Robin and Stella attacked Dawn with flintlocks and bombs as he endured increasingly severe training to adapt to the Yami Yami no Mi and strengthen his body.
• Robin and Stella warned Dawn that his training consumed supplies, money, and food, but he said recruiting intelligence personnel would help resolve their funding problems.
• Dawn announced he would set out in a few days and asked Stella to use her ability to impersonate him and deter threats while he was away.

A month later, Dawn infiltrated the CP training base on Crown Sky Island to recruit intelligence personnel and steal valuable Devil Fruits. He eliminated trainees who were not on his list, then escaped with three fruits before the chief instructor discovered the theft.

• The chief instructor put the children through Rokushiki training while a youth in a tall hat practiced alone at night.
• Dawn infiltrated the dormitories and silently swallowed the sleeping trainees who were not on his list.
• Dawn found Blueno and Jabra, realized they did not yet have Devil Fruits, and killed them.
• Dawn searched the island for their possible Devil Fruits, then located three fruits stored as prizes for outstanding graduates.
• Dawn identified and stole the Cat-Cat Fruit, Model: Leopard, the Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Wolf, and the Door-Door Fruit.
• The chief instructor discovered the empty storage room and summoned the island’s instructors.

Dawn captured Kalifa and Kaku, then confronted Lucci and the CP instructors on Crown Sky Island. After killing the instructors, he faced the chief instructor as the man transformed with his Zoan fruit.

• Dawn knocked out Kalifa and Kaku, bound them aboard his hidden ship, and returned to Crown Sky Island to recruit Lucci.
• The chief instructor questioned Lucci, who denied seeing anyone suspicious, before Dawn trapped them and the other instructors inside a Darkness Prison.
• Dawn taunted the instructors, then evaded their coordinated attack and killed them with swift strikes to their hearts.
• The chief instructor confronted Dawn and transformed into his Ox-Ox Fruit, Gazelle Form, boasting that his speed exceeded two hundred kilometers per hour.

Dawn killed the chief instructor, took his Gazelle-form Ox-Ox Fruit, and defeated Lucci before inviting him to join him. After finding a chart to another CP training base, Dawn left Crown Sky Island with the unconscious Lucci and Hattori.

• Dawn endured the chief instructor’s Gazelle Hoof Strike, seized him, killed him with Air Pressure Pistol, and took his Devil Fruit.
• Dawn invited Lucci to join him, but Lucci attacked to test his strength.
• Dawn blocked Lucci’s Finger Pistols, broke his fingers, and battered him unconscious with repeated slams.
• Dawn searched the instructors’ bodies and found a sea chart pointing to another CP training base near Crown Sky Island.
• Dawn confirmed there were no survivors, carried Lucci away with Hattori following, and flew toward his ship above the clouds.

Stussy struggled with her role as a World Government trainee while thinking of how to help Dr. Vegapunk. A CP0 agent selected her for a mission to infiltrate the underworld’s Red-Light District.

• Stussy was distracted during a lesson about using feminine charm and intelligence to manipulate targets, but answered the instructor’s question flawlessly.
• After class, a muscular woman summoned Stussy to the principal’s office.
• Stussy recognized the masked Longarm Tribe member Joseph as a CP0 agent when she entered the office.
• Joseph explained that CP0 wanted to infiltrate the underworld’s Red-Light District and said the principal had recommended Stussy for the mission.

Stussy accepted a mission in the Red-Light District to improve her chances of joining CP0 and protecting Doctor Vegapunk. On the way to the harbor, Dawn attacked Joseph, was badly wounded, and felt his Conqueror’s Haki stir as he faced the CP0 agent who had killed his family.

• Stussy accepted the principal’s mission after weighing her discomfort against the chance to join CP0 and help Doctor Vegapunk.
• Dawn ambushed Joseph with an Air Cannon, but Joseph dodged and counterattacked with Geppo and Armament Haki-coated Finger Pistol strikes.
• Joseph’s attacks exposed Dawn, shattered his arms, and drove him into a crater.
• Dawn recognized Joseph as the CP0 agent responsible for his family’s deaths and felt his Conqueror’s Haki begin to stir.
• Dawn vowed he would not lose, and Joseph prepared to show him the gap between their strength.

Dawn fought Joseph on the isolated training island, enduring repeated injuries as his body grew stronger through battle. He left Joseph battered and revealed that his true trump card was still hidden.

• Dawn used Compressed Air Gatling to hit Joseph and kept the island sealed off from outside communication with Darkness Prison.
• Joseph recovered and wounded Dawn with Rankyaku, while Dawn continued charging through attacks as his strength and speed increased.
• Joseph attempted to kill Dawn with an Armament Haki-coated whip strike, but Dawn dodged, seized his arm, and repeatedly smashed him into the ground.
• Dawn threw the badly injured Joseph into rubble and, when Joseph questioned his changing abilities, said he would not reveal his trump card to an enemy.

Dawn defeated Joseph by unleashing the Ultimate Rokushiki Technique: Tiger Emperor Fist, while Joseph died after drinking Hero Water. Dawn crossed the threshold for projecting Conqueror's Haki, but survivors moved to attack him as he stood gravely wounded.

• Dawn relied on his body’s life-threatening pressure response to strengthen himself, while Joseph drank Hero Water and covered himself in Armament Haki.
• Joseph struck Dawn in the chest, but Dawn countered with the Ultimate Rokushiki Technique: Tiger Emperor Fist and sent a shockwave through Joseph’s body.
• Joseph died from his injuries and Hero Water’s effects, while Dawn realized he had crossed the threshold for projecting Conqueror’s Haki.
• The survivors watched Dawn remain standing despite his severe wounds, and Lucci recognized that Dawn’s punch resembled Rokuogan.
• A survivor urged the others to avenge Joseph, and several instructors and trainees armed themselves and approached Dawn.

Dawn unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki on the training island, killed the remaining World Government agents, and recruited Kaku, Kalifa, and Lucci while taking the unconscious Stussy with him. Days later, CP0 learned that Joseph had died and could not reach the training base on Yoshiwara Island.

• Dawn’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked out everyone on the island, and he killed the remaining World Government affiliates while collecting useful supplies and valuables.
• Dawn offered to help Stussy rescue Vegapunk, but she lost consciousness before responding, and he carried her back to his ship.
• Dawn demanded that Kaku, Kalifa, and Lucci become his subordinates or die; Kaku and Kalifa agreed, while Lucci accepted on the condition that he would kill Dawn if he ever became stronger.
• Dawn sailed away from the ruined island with Stussy and his new subordinates.
• At Mary Geoise, a CP member told Guernica that Joseph’s Vivre Card had burned away, and Guernica’s calls to the training base on Yoshiwara Island went unanswered.

Guernica confirmed that the instructors at the Yoshiwara Island and Crown Sky Island training bases had all been killed and their trainees were likely dead. The Five Elders discussed the attacks and suspected an unknown rebel force with strong intelligence and operational capabilities.

• Guernica failed to reach the training base instructors and learned through their families that every instructor’s Vivre Card from both bases had burned to ashes.
• Guernica reported Joseph’s death and the destruction of the two training bases to the Five Elders.
• Nusjuro, Ju Peter, and Warcury considered how the losses would weaken CP’s intelligence network and supply of agents.
• Mars argued that the Revolutionary Army was unlikely to have carried out the precise attacks, and Saturn suggested a newly emerging rebel force was responsible.
• The Five Elders discussed how to respond to the unknown force and remained concerned about its capabilities.

Dawn recovered from his battle with Joseph, kept Stussy bound aboard his ship, and discovered a battle at the Blue Kingdom. Issho allowed the kingdom’s royal family and nobles to fall, then exiled himself as Dawn departed without approaching him.

• Dawn used Life Return to digest his meal and restore nearly half his energy, then refused to untie Stussy while promising to help her rescue Vegapunk when the time was right.
• Dawn spotted smoke and fighting around an island and guided his dark-shrouded ship closer to observe.
• At the Blue Kingdom’s gates, Issho broke after nobles ordered slaves to die as expendable defenders; he let the enemy pass but protected the slaves from being attacked.
• Issho allowed the enemy to breach the city and attack the royal family, nobles, and soldiers while preventing them from harming civilians.
• After the royal family and nobles were purged, Issho refused the people’s offer to become king and chose exile, while Dawn watched from above and then departed.