Chapter Summaries

Barn demanded that Doflamingo shut down the slave trade, but Doflamingo refused to agree without a reason and questioned Barn's motives. After their intelligence networks were revealed to overlap, Doflamingo suggested they were alike, then said there was still room to negotiate.

• Barn placed the First-Generation Onikiri on the table and demanded that Doflamingo shut down every slave-trading operation under his command.
• When Gladius interrupted, Barn struck him with Conqueror's Haki and threatened to kill him if he did it again.
• Doflamingo restrained Gladius and said he would consider ending the profitable slave trade if Barn gave him a reason.
• Barn revealed that Doflamingo also dealt arms and worked with Caesar, while Doflamingo disclosed that Barn had met with the Revolutionary Army in the East Blue.
• Barn said he could not stand Doflamingo's business, but Doflamingo claimed they were the same kind of person and said there was still room to talk.

Barn and Doflamingo nearly came to blows before Doflamingo proposed working together against the Celestial Dragons. The chapter ended with Doflamingo hinting that he wanted something in return for helping Barn.

• Barn mocked Doflamingo’s four subordinates and challenged their ability to defeat him.
• Doflamingo stopped his men from attacking and used his awakened power to pressure Barn.
• Barn and Doflamingo lowered their auras and agreed to discuss terms.
• Doflamingo offered to abandon the slave trade as a bonus if he and Barn formed an alliance.
• Barn questioned Doflamingo’s offer because his subordinates had told him that Doflamingo was a Celestial Dragon.
• Doflamingo said the deal would benefit both of them and hinted that he wanted something from Barn.

Doflamingo admitted he was a former Celestial Dragon and tried to persuade Barn that they shared a hatred of the Celestial Dragons. After Doflamingo revealed he knew about the FFF Guild, Barn drew his sword, but Doflamingo offered information about his work with Caesar and artificial Devil Fruits.

• Doflamingo admitted he was a former Celestial Dragon and claimed he hated the Celestial Dragons as much as Barn did.
• Doflamingo pretended to recount his mother's death, then revealed that he had killed his father when he was ten.
• Doflamingo inferred that Barn belonged to a large organization and named the FFF Guild, threatening to expose it to the Navy.
• Barn appeared beside Doflamingo and held the First-Generation Onikiri to his throat before returning to his seat and demanding that Doflamingo talk.
• Doflamingo asked Barn whether he had heard of sile, and Barn identified it as an Artificial Devil Fruit.

Barn negotiated with Doflamingo over a partnership involving Smile, but he distrusted Doflamingo’s ambitions and warned him by unleashing his power. Barn ultimately agreed to work with him while ordering Leonard to keep Doflamingo under surveillance, and he left with blood at the corner of his mouth.

• Doflamingo offered Barn a supply of artificial Zoan Devil Fruits called Smile in exchange for joining forces and abandoning his slave-related business.
• Barn suspected Doflamingo wanted to destroy the World Government and rejected the idea of replacing the Celestial Dragons with an even worse ruler.
• Doflamingo grew threatening, so Barn unleashed the power of the ghosts and gods within him, overwhelming Doflamingo and knocking out his four subordinates.
• Barn stopped his display of power, agreed to work with Doflamingo, and warned him not to act against him.
• After leaving the King's Plateau, Barn ordered Adam to have Leonard monitor Doflamingo and admitted he still did not trust him.

After Barn entered the New World, Big Mom, Whitebeard, and Red-Hair learned of his arrival and reacted to his reputation and strength. While Barn rested on an island, an unidentified figure landed nearby and asked him to kill it.

• Duke Egg told Big Mom that Barn Bashut had entered the New World, but Big Mom ordered him to attack Cocoa Island and seize its Secret Technique instead.
• Marco told Whitebeard about Barn's arrival, and Whitebeard said Barn might rival him in his younger days.
• Red-Hair recalled meeting Barn aboard Captain Roger's ship, while Benn Beckman warned that Barn had escaped Impel Down and the combined efforts of Sengoku and Garp.
• Pirates on an unnamed island noticed Barn's ten-billion-Beli bounty and went looking for their missing captain.
• Barn rested by the shore with Laboon and Fitz, then sensed an object approaching and grabbed the First-Generation Onikiri when a huge figure landed and asked him to kill it.

Barn encountered Kaido, who asked whether Barn could kill him, and the two fought in a fierce clash of strength and swordsmanship. Kaido survived Barn’s strongest attacks and said he would have to kill Barn instead, while Barn summoned his ghost gods for the continuing battle.

• Kaido asked Barn whether he could kill him, then attacked before Barn could question what he meant.
• Kaido’s punches overwhelmed Barn’s defense and sent him crashing into a mountain.
• Barn struck Kaido with Asura Evil Light Slash, but Kaido caught the slash and tore it apart.
• Barn trapped Kaido’s feet in ice and drove the First-Generation Onikiri into his neck, but Kaido’s muscles stopped the blade.
• Barn used Ground Wave Sword to blast apart Kaido’s neck muscles, but Kaido countered with a sweeping hand and vowed to kill him.
• Barn declared that he was a monster too as ghost-god figures appeared behind him.

Barn used the ghosts and gods’ powers to wound Kaido severely, then put him to sleep when he attacked again. Barn left with Laboon for Amazon Lily, but collapsed from the strain of using the power.

• Kaido struck Barn, but Kalla absorbed most of the blow, and Barn counterattacked with Saya’s Extreme Ice Wave Sword.
• Barn froze Kaido’s feet and used Kazaan’s power to cut through his skin and muscles, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Barn asked whether Kaido had killed everyone aboard Moria’s ship, then refused to kill him and turned away.
• Kaido broke free of the ice and attacked Barn, so Barn summoned Prey to envelop him and put him to sleep.
• Barn boarded Laboon, told him to go to Amazon Lily, and passed out after spitting up blood.

Barn received a letter from Gloriosa asking him to visit Amazon Lily because Hancock refused to take the throne until she could see him. When Barn arrived unconscious, the island’s warriors recognized him, and Hancock rushed to meet him.

• Lia brought Barn a letter from Amazon Lily, and Rayleigh teased him about Gloriosa before reading its contents.
• Rayleigh read that Hancock was old enough to become ruler but refused until she saw Barn.
• Barn and his companions reached Amazon Lily while Barn remained unconscious as his soul recovered from the Ghost’s damage.
• Aishi’s former follower recognized Fitz and Barn, and the warriors carried Barn to the Royal Palace.
• Hancock heard that Barn had arrived and hurried out to see him, leaving Granny Nyon behind.

Barn visited Gloriosa at the Royal Palace, where she told him she was ready to stop ruling Amazon Lily. Hancock interrupted their conversation and revealed the brand on her back, calling it her lifelong humiliation.

• Hancock greeted Barn enthusiastically, and he asked her to take him to see Gloriosa.
• Hancock led Barn to the Royal Palace, then stayed outside with Fitz while wondering whether Barn loved Gloriosa.
• Barn reunited with the aged Gloriosa and asked why she had summoned him.
• Gloriosa said she could no longer rule Amazon Lily and explained that her chosen successor was unwilling to take the throne.
• Hancock arrived, said she would explain, and showed Barn the brand on her back from her enslavement by the Celestial Dragons.

Barn urged Hancock to accept the throne of Amazon Lily despite her shame over having been a slave, telling her she would become a hero. After he left, a huge crescent attack struck the island and sliced off one corner.

• Barn realized Hancock’s back bore the rough, searing scars of her past and asked whether they were why she refused the throne.
• Hancock admitted she believed Amazon Lily could not be ruled by someone who had once been a slave, and Barn reassured her that he understood her suffering.
• Barn warned Hancock that Amazon Lily needed her strength and that becoming its ruler could help the island gain the Marines’ protection through the Shichibukai.
• Hancock mistook Barn’s words that she was not alone for a love confession, then returned to despair over being a former slave.
• Barn told Hancock she had been a slave but would become a hero, then left the Royal Palace.
• After night fell, a white-and-blood-red crescent attack veered into Amazon Lily and sliced off one corner, triggering the island’s alarm.

Barn claimed that a terrifying beast named Gorgon threatened Amazon Lily and persuaded Hancock and her two sisters to join him in confronting it. After Gloriosa agreed to leave matters to him, the group set out aboard Laboon, with Barn fishing as they neared their destination.

• Barn arrived at Amazon Lily and told Gloriosa, Hancock, and her sisters that Gorgon threatened the island and that he needed help defeating him.
• Hancock volunteered to go, and Barn asked her to bring her two younger sisters.
• Barn told Gloriosa that he wanted to make the sisters heroes and give Gloriosa a chance to rest; Gloriosa left the island's affairs to him.
• The next day, Hancock and her sisters boarded Laboon with Barn and set off from Amazon Lily.
• Inside Laboon, Hancock asked where the monster was, and Barn calmly replied that they were almost there.

Barn took Hancock and her sisters to World’s steel island, revealed that he had attacked Amazon Lily, and fought them before secretly arranging for them to be hailed as heroes. After leaving Hancock as Amazon Lily’s King, Barn departed, and she wondered whether his message meant he was proposing to her.

• Barn arrived at World’s steel island with Hancock and her sisters, and Hancock recognized World as the man who had abducted her.
• Hancock attacked World with Slave Arrow, but Barn intercepted her arrows and admitted he had brought the sisters there to deal with them.
• Barn revealed that he had attacked Amazon Lily and fought Hancock and her sisters, knocking all three unconscious.
• The sisters awoke back on Amazon Lily, where Gloriosa explained that Barn had told the islanders they had defeated Gorgon and made Hancock their King.
• Gloriosa told Hancock that Barn had left a message promising to always stand by her side, and Hancock wondered if he had proposed to her.

Barn and Laboon wandered through the New World while Barn kept fishing for Whitebeard, then Barn encountered Shuzo of the NEO Marines. Shuzo attacked and trapped Barn’s hands, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Barn decided to return to the New World with Laboon rather than go to Sabaody, where Lia was waiting.
• Barn and Laboon traveled through the New World as Barn continued fishing without catching anything.
• Shuzo introduced himself as a NEO Marine and attacked Barn with Armament Haki and the Marine Six Powers.
• Barn blocked Shuzo’s first strike with the First-Generation Onikiri and stopped his extra arm segment with his free hand.
• Shuzo twisted his arms around Barn’s hands and shouted, “Bins!”

Barn defeated Shuzo and Bins, then learned that Zephyr had founded the NEO Marines to wipe out pirates. After Shuzo refused to take him to Zephyr, Barn killed him and ordered the terrified NEO Marines to act.

• Shuzo held Barn in place while Bins fired a Haki-coated cannonball, but Barn stopped it with Wave Burst and subdued them both with his aura and Conqueror's Haki.
• Barn held the First-Generation Onikiri to Shuzo's neck and demanded to know what the NEO Marines were.
• Shuzo revealed that he was Zephyr's student and that Zephyr had founded the NEO Marines after leaving the Marines to eliminate pirates.
• Barn asked Shuzo to take him to Zephyr, but Shuzo refused and declared that he would never betray his teacher.
• Barn cut Shuzo's carotid artery, then faced the frightened NEO Marines and told them they knew what to do next.

Barn killed Shuzo and waited at sea for Zephyr, Shuzo’s former teacher, to arrive. Zephyr confronted Barn, and their old rivalry erupted into a clash.

• Barn’s remaining lackeys fled after he killed Shuzo, while Barn stayed behind and waited for Zephyr.
• Zephyr learned of Shuzo’s death aboard the NEO Marines’ submarine and remembered Barn as an old acquaintance.
• Zephyr and Ain surfaced in the submarine and met Barn, who had been waiting with Shuzo’s body.
• Barn taunted Zephyr and asked whether he would avenge Shuzo, then tossed the corpse toward him.
• Zephyr laid Shuzo’s body down and attacked Barn with his Mechanical Arm, but Barn blocked the strike with the First-Generation Onikiri.

Barn fought Zephyr, whose Mechanical Arm and Ain’s time-reversal power let him land a heavy blow before Barn recovered and countered. Barn froze and shattered Zephyr’s Mechanical Arm, then challenged him to fight with his own strength.

• Zephyr used his Mechanical Arm to send Barn flying, but Barn stopped himself with Geppo and taunted Zephyr for relying on a weapon.
• Ain reversed time so Zephyr’s punch struck Barn’s chest, and Barn retaliated by knocking Ain down with his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Barn healed with the Life Fruit’s power and launched a massive ice blade at Zephyr.
• Zephyr dodged with Soru, but Barn redirected the ice blade and froze his Mechanical Arm.
• Barn cut Zephyr’s Mechanical Arm into pieces, blocked Zephyr’s follow-up punch, and challenged him to show his real strength.

Barn and Zephyr fought evenly after Zephyr discarded his Mechanical Arm, while Barn questioned him about his past and the NEO Marines’ plans. Barn ultimately defeated Zephyr with Dark Sky Wave Eye and held his blade to Zephyr’s throat, but Zephyr still refused to answer.

• Zephyr gathered Armament Haki around his fists and shattered Barn’s Extreme Flame Wave Sword with a punch.
• Barn and Zephyr exchanged blows while Barn asked about the ability user who had attacked Zephyr and the purpose of the NEO Marines.
• Zephyr refused to discuss the attack that had cost him his right arm and said he would reveal the NEO Marines’ plan only when he died.
• Barn trapped Zephyr in darkness with Dark Sky Wave Eye and defeated him.
• Barn pointed First-Generation Onikiri at Zephyr’s throat and demanded an answer, but Zephyr again refused to talk.

Barn severed Zephyr’s arm, but Zephyr awakened Conqueror’s Haki and held Barn off so Ain could escape and carry out his plan. Zephyr died without revealing the plan, and Barn left for the Sabaody Archipelago with Laboon and Fitz.

• Barn cut off Zephyr’s arm with the First-Generation Onikiri, and Zephyr declared that he would change the era.
• Zephyr awakened Conqueror’s Haki and struck Barn, then ordered Ain to escape and carry out their plan.
• Barn attacked Ain with the Asura Evil Light Slash, but Ain used Rewind to stop and repel it before leaving in the submarine.
• Zephyr fought Barn and died without revealing his plan, despite Barn demanding to know it.
• Barn returned to Laboon with Fitz and set course for the Sabaody Archipelago, postponing his visit to Newgate.

Barn returned to Sabaody and summoned Ari to arrange a meeting with Dragon. After telling Adam that Zephyr and the NEO Marines had been stopped, Barn said he wanted the Revolutionary Army to handle what came next.

• Barn returned to the FFF Guild and interrupted Lia and Rayleigh's argument about Rayleigh's bar tab and Lia's master.
• Barn asked Adam to bring Ari upstairs, then asked Ari about his work as the Guild's liaison with the Revolutionary Army.
• Barn told Ari to arrange a meeting with Dragon in Sabaody the day after tomorrow.
• Barn told Adam that Zephyr and the NEO Marines had pursued a plan to wipe out pirates, though he did not know its details.
• Barn rejected Adam's suggestion that the Guild handle the matter and said some things were better left to the Revolutionary Army.

Barn met Dragon early at Sabaody and asked for his help investigating Doflamingo and the NEO Marines. Barn revealed that he would travel to the New World with Dragon because he believed the mission was tied to the revolution.

• Dragon arrived at Sabaody ahead of schedule and confronted Barn about changing plans without consulting him.
• Barn told Dragon that Doflamingo was a former Celestial Dragon working with him to destroy the Celestial Dragons and supply SMILE.
• Barn asked Dragon to investigate Doflamingo because he suspected Doflamingo was hiding something.
• Barn revealed that he had been behind Zephyr’s situation and asked Dragon to investigate the NEO Marines.
• Barn said he would go with Dragon to the New World, declaring that their goal was revolution.