Arc 18Carnival Island and Rainbow Mist
Bondrewd’s experiments on Carnival Island drew pirates, Marines, and other fighters into a battle over the Flower of Resurrection, ending with Sephiroth driving Bondrewd away. The story shifted to Ruluka Island, where the Rainbow Mist trapped several groups in separate regions and raised the possibility of travel through time.
- Katakuri’s group investigated Carnival Island and discovered that Bondrewd’s operation involved altered memories, clones, and the apparent resurrection of the dead.
- Ace and Marco sought Bondrewd’s help to rejuvenate Whitebeard, but after witnessing his experiments and Mother Chabō’s death, Ace turned against him.
- Bondrewd’s forces and the Marines battled across the island as Ace, Marco, Yamato, Katakuri, and others fought over the Flower of Resurrection.
- Bondrewd decomposed the Flower’s main body and unleashed vengeful spirits, but Sephiroth purified them and shattered Bondrewd’s cursed sword, forcing him to disintegrate and escape.
- Chaton ordered the island’s evacuation and a Buster Call, while the survivors fled and the story moved to Ruluka Island as the Rainbow Mist spread.
- Bird-Beak led an expedition into the mist while Issho and the Golden Lion fought outside it, and reports suggested the mist could send people into the past.
- Babbage rescued Akibi and met Rabani, Longo, Bukao, and Iso, while Bird-Beak’s team found that the mist looped their route and boarded the Tariye Star, a ship missing for fifty years.
- Atlas and Babbage theorized that the mist altered space and time according to observation, while Shining’s location inside it remained unknown.