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.
Chapters 429–453 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 429Mystery? Just Read Their Memories!

Katakuri's group investigated Carnival Island, where Pudding discovered that its locals were empty shells and that Marines, Apoo's crew, and Bondrewd were also present. When a strange captive named DJ spoke of meeting Roger shortly before his execution, he suddenly withered into a corpse, leaving Katakuri and the others stunned.

  • Yamato, Ulti, and Page One joined Katakuri's group at Carnival Island, where Page One transformed into a Spinosaurus and knocked the giant goldfish into the bucket during the island's challenge.
  • Katakuri used Future Sight to identify the powerful Marine Chaton in the hotel lobby, then met Brûlée, Pudding, and Bobbin in the Mirror World to examine their captives.
  • Pudding found that the island's locals had blank or programmed memories, while Katakuri concluded that some were clones or modified humans; a captured Marine's memories revealed that Aokiji, Chaton, Apoo, and Urouge were on the island.
  • Katakuri had Pudding alter an Apoo subordinate's memories so he could deliver a message to Bondrewd, and arranged for Bobbin to impersonate a Marine and monitor their movements.
  • A captive named DJ claimed that the Baron rivaled Roger, then reacted in shock when Brûlée told him Roger had died twenty years earlier; DJ recalled meeting Roger shortly before a storm and withered into a corpse.

Ch. 430The Great Age of Memories?

Katakuri’s family and the marines uncovered each other’s infiltration efforts while preparing to investigate Bondrewd and the Flower of Resurrection. Ace and Marco arrived on Carnival Island and found DJ’s shriveled body, only to be accused by the Baron and armed residents.

  • Katakuri ordered Bobbin to remain undercover, Rezan to approach Apoo’s subordinate with a business proposition, and Haiffat to gather information while posing as a tourist.
  • Haiffat, Yamato, Kong Da, Ulti, and Page One joined the Baron’s speedboat game, which Yamato’s and Ulti’s teams won.
  • Lilith and Aokiji captured the counterfeit Sicily, read his memories, and altered him into a double agent loyal to Lilith.
  • Aokiji’s group captured Bobbin while he was impersonating Frank and learned about the Big Mom Pirates’ investigation and DJ’s death; Aokiji then announced that they had permission to fire on Bondrewd’s operation.
  • Ace and Marco arrived on Carnival Island, found DJ’s desiccated body in an alley, and were confronted by the Baron, who accused them of killing him.

Ch. 431When the protagonist tells you to be more positive

Ace and Marco fled a suspicious alley encounter, then fought Yamato, Ulti, and Page One when the groups crossed paths in town. Marco escaped with Ace into the rainforest, while Yamato stayed behind with the siblings.

  • Ace tried to console Whip Goro over DJ’s apparent death, but Whip Goro withered into a corpse, prompting the Baron to attack Ace and Marco with arrows.
  • Marco shielded Ace with phoenix flames and carried him away across the rooftops as the townspeople began searching for them.
  • Yamato stopped Ace and Marco at a bridge, and Ulti attacked Ace after Page One recognized him as the man who had defeated their father.
  • Yamato fought Marco while Ulti and Page One teamed up against Ace, and Marco recognized Yamato’s Conqueror’s Coating.
  • Ace revealed that he could use Conqueror’s Coating and clashed with Yamato’s Arrow Notch, then Marco caught him and escaped into the rainforest.
  • Yamato let the fleeing pirates go and found Ulti and Page One recovering on the ruined street.

Ch. 432Those Who Played Tactics and Those Who Played Hearts

Lilith arranged for the brainwashed Sicily to carry false intelligence about the Big Mom crew and the Memo-Memo Fruit to Bondrewd’s research facility, hoping to provoke a conflict. Meanwhile, Aokiji discovered a troubled family in a teahouse and sensed a clash of Conqueror’s Haki nearby before Lilith contacted him.

  • Lilith rewrote Bobbin’s memories and sent him out disguised as Frank to investigate suspicious people, while Chaton stayed behind to protect her.
  • Lilith gave Sicily a fake physical trophy containing intelligence about the Big Mom crew and the Memo-Memo Fruit, planning to lure Bondrewd into acting against them.
  • Aokiji explored the hotel’s service area and entered a teahouse run by Tea House Pops and his family, where he noticed that Tea House Mom was a mimic with memories and emotions.
  • Aokiji questioned Rosa about the Tea House Pirates, learning that the crew had lost a game and was working to pay off its debt.
  • Aokiji sensed a distant clash of Conqueror’s Haki that frightened Daisy and unsettled the family, then received a faint call from Lilith and left the teahouse.

Ch. 433Bondrewd's Guests

Katakuri and Haiffat met Bondrewd to ask about resurrection, while Marco and Ace sought him out after encountering Apoo and seeing the island’s revived dead. The chapter ended with Ace begging Bondrewd to help Whitebeard, offering to pay any price.

  • Urouge led Katakuri and Haiffat to Bondrewd, who revealed that the Flower of Resurrection only mimicked life and required a fresh corpse and sacrifices.
  • Bondrewd explained his work on the Sage’s Stone, clones, and souls, then gave Katakuri time to consider cooperation.
  • Marco and Ace discussed obtaining rejuvenation for Whitebeard before Apoo ambushed them with sound attacks and surrendered.
  • Apoo led Marco and Ace into Bondrewd’s base, where they saw Whip Goro and DJ alive again beside the Baron.
  • Ace greeted Bondrewd, questioned his mistaken reference to Naruto as Reg-Two, and prostrated himself to beg for help saving Whitebeard.

Ch. 434Lilith: This isn't scientific!

Bondrewd demonstrated a memory-transfer experiment using the Seven Star Sword, shocking the observers and Lilith with its apparent success. He then revealed that he needed more subjects and declared that Ace, Marco, Katakuri, and Haiffat were already his accomplices.

  • Bondrewd explained the Sage's Stone to Ace and Marco, who agreed to observe his next experiment.
  • Lilith's controlled Clone Sicily delivered Bondrewd an earring containing intelligence about the Big Mom Pirates and the Memo-Memo Fruit.
  • Bondrewd used the Seven Star Sword in a memory-fusion experiment, killing a Mimic while awakening its Clone with the Mimic's memories.
  • Lilith, Chaton, and Aokiji watched the experiment remotely and were alarmed that the plant-based Mimic's memories had transferred.
  • Bondrewd said he needed the Soul-Soul Fruit, the Memo-Memo Fruit, and more models, then identified the Tea House Pirates as suitable subjects.
  • A tremor shook the base, Sicily attacked Bondrewd, and Bondrewd restrained him before telling Ace, Marco, Katakuri, and Haiffat they were already his accomplices.

Ch. 435Were the Marines About to Flip the Table?

Yamato, Ulti, and Page One learned from Briff that the Baron’s island hid a sinister secret, while Aokiji’s attack on the mountain triggered a Marine assault. Bondrewd organized an evacuation and allied with Ace, Marco, and Katakuri’s crew, who fought the Marines at the hotel as Katakuri and Chaton battled to a standstill.

  • Yamato, Ulti, and Page One found the Baron’s wanted poster, then met Briff, who revealed that the mountain was the source of the island’s evil and claimed the Baron was bringing back the dead.
  • Aokiji’s glacier struck the mountainside, shaking Old Town and the transfer laboratory as the Marines began their attack.
  • Bondrewd told Ace, Marco, and Katakuri that Sicily had been a Marine spy, secured their temporary cooperation, and ordered an evacuation of noncombatants, researchers, and supplies.
  • Bondrewd persuaded the Baron to flee with Lily and his companions, promising that the mountain’s main body could fool the Marines and that their resurrection research could continue elsewhere.
  • Katakuri coordinated with Brûlée and Rezan, then led Haiffat and Big Mom Pirates fighters through the Mirror World to join the hotel battle against Chaton and the Marines.
  • Katakuri and Chaton exchanged powerful attacks in the hotel lobby, and Chaton’s speed and techniques brought their fight to a standstill.

Ch. 436Aokiji on the offensive

Yamato, Ulti, and Page One battled Golden Lion’s monsters as they climbed toward the summit, while Aokiji confronted Bondrewd inside the research institute. Aokiji’s reinforcements were on their way, but Bondrewd hinted that they might not reach him.

  • Yamato, Ulti, and Page One fought their way through Golden Lion’s giant scorpions, red bison, octopus, and black bear.
  • Yamato froze a fire-breathing rhinoceros beetle and arranged for an Artificial Angel to collect it as they neared the summit.
  • Aokiji entered the research institute and declared that he would end Bondrewd’s experiments and research.
  • Aokiji and Bondrewd exchanged attacks, with Bondrewd countering Aokiji’s ice powers using heat, transmutation, and a concealed plasma blast.
  • Aokiji unleashed Ice Age, and Bondrewd answered with Simulated Flame Emperor, causing a destructive explosion that left a crater in the hall.
  • Aokiji said Buster Call forces, the God's Knights, and Shining were coming, but Bondrewd questioned how many reinforcements would actually arrive.

Ch. 437Yamato: This feels damn good

Yamato, Ulti, and Page One confronted Ace, Marco, and Urouge at the Flower of Resurrection, and the two sides fought across the mountaintop. The battles remained evenly matched as Ace and Marco prepared to pressure Yamato while Urouge faced the Ancient Zoan siblings.

  • Ace, Marco, and Urouge reached the summit and found the enormous Flower of Resurrection before Yamato, Ulti, and Page One arrived and accused them of protecting it.
  • Yamato attacked Ace and Marco, trading powerful blows with them while Marco used his phoenix flames to shield Ace from her strikes.
  • Yamato blocked Ace’s surprise attack with ice armor and struck back, but Marco intercepted her overhead blow with Undying Thistle.
  • Marco asked Ace to keep Yamato occupied from the front as the two prepared to put her under greater pressure.
  • Urouge fought Ulti and Page One, enlarged himself with Karmic Retribution, and threw his pillar, but Page One’s Holy Light shield deflected it.
  • Ulti and Page One transformed into their beast forms and pressed Urouge from both sides, leaving their fight unresolved.

Ch. 438Schrödinger's Reinforcements

Aokiji battled Bondrewd inside the research institute as Katakuri’s group arrived with the Chabō family and Apoo, forcing a tense standoff. At the hotel, the Marines learned that the Rainbow Mist had changed on Ruluka Island and that Shining might be there, leaving their deployment uncertain.

  • Aokiji fought Bondrewd in the corridor, discovering that Bondrewd used Mass Afterimage projections while trading close-range attacks.
  • Katakuri, Daifuku, and Oven emerged from a mirror with the Chabō family after withdrawing from the Buster Call fleet, then encountered Apoo transporting Bondrewd’s files and equipment.
  • Katakuri foresaw danger and led everyone forward, but Aokiji blasted through the wall; Apoo attacked him and was frozen along with nearby Clones.
  • Aokiji faced Katakuri’s group without attacking, while Bondrewd praised Katakuri and the frozen Apoo.
  • At the hotel, Momonga told Chaton that the Rainbow Mist had changed on Ruluka Island and that the Golden Lion might be involved; Lilith reacted with alarm when she learned Shining had gone there.

Ch. 439Limited Reinforcements

Gunko and Saint Shepherd Sommers joined Chaton, Momonga, and Lilith to stop Bondrewd, while Momonga remained behind to command the Marines. In the Mountain Research Institute, the group fought off Zoanoids, discovered Sicily clones, and rescued the original Sicily before continuing onward.

  • Gunko and Saint Shepherd Sommers arrived at the hotel, and Sommers assigned them to stop Bondrewd while Momonga commanded the remaining Marines.
  • Chaton, Lilith, Gunko, Sommers, and Aokiji traveled through the institute after learning that Katakuri and his brothers had escaped and the central elevator had been destroyed.
  • The group fought Zoanoids in a ventilation shaft and found a laboratory filled with Sicily clones, one of which mutated after Sommers broke its pod.
  • Chaton smashed open the central Life Support Pod, slapped Sicily awake, and helped him stand so he could keep moving.

Ch. 440Bondrewd: Humans really are fascinating

Bondrewd’s explanation of Mother Chabō’s artificial memories triggered her sealed recollections, and she died after reuniting with her family. Horrified, Ace and Marco joined Yamato against Bondrewd, while Gunko and the others arrived and the confrontation escalated.

  • Bondrewd arrived on the mountaintop with Katakuri, Oven, Daifuku, Apoo, and Chabō’s family, interrupting the battle.
  • Ace questioned Bondrewd about Chabō’s family, and Bondrewd explained that Mother Chabō was a Mimic used to refine memory and personality replication.
  • Mother Chabō remembered her death, said goodbye to her family, and collapsed as a desiccated corpse.
  • Ace renounced his respect for Bondrewd and vowed to imprison him, while Marco and Yamato agreed to join forces against him.
  • Gunko, Saint Shepherd Sommers, Lilith, Chaton, Kuzan, and Sicily emerged from the laboratory, and Bondrewd calmly remarked on how fascinating humans were.

Ch. 441The Battle to Subjugate Bondrewd

Aokiji, the God’s Knights, Yamato, and Ace’s group attacked Bondrewd while their allies intercepted the defenders. Bondrewd held off multiple powerful opponents, and Ace broke away to join the assault as Marco worried his brother might be turning toward the Marines.

  • Aokiji, Gunko, Sommers, Yamato, Ulti, Page One, Ace, and Marco charged Bondrewd while Katakuri, Urouge, and Apoo moved to intercept them.
  • Oven and Daifuku attacked Gunko and Sommers, but Gunko redirected their weapons and Sommers trapped the brothers with thorns.
  • Bondrewd used hidden explosions and adaptive weapons to counter Aokiji, Yamato, Gunko, and Sommers as Lilith struggled to understand his disguised Devil Fruit ability.
  • Katakuri used his mochi powers to hold Marco and Ace back, but Ace escaped and charged toward Bondrewd.
  • Marco kept Katakuri occupied and worried that Ace’s actions might lead him to become a Marine.

Ch. 442The Boss Mechanics Were Too Complicated

Bondrewd fought off Kuzan, Gunko, Saint Shepherd Sommers, Yamato, and Ace while Lilith analyzed his seemingly impossible abilities. Lilith persuaded Chaton to test the Flower of Resurrection, and he rushed toward it as the battle remained at a stalemate.

  • Apoo watched the battle from the balcony while Oven and Daifuku broke free and headed toward Katakuri's fight.
  • Bondrewd countered the attackers with magma pillars, an elemental decomposition field, and a deceptive afterimage that fooled Gunko and Ace.
  • Kuzan, Gunko, Saint Shepherd Sommers, Yamato, and Ace surrounded Bondrewd but hesitated to attack together.
  • Lilith analyzed Bondrewd's abilities and concluded that his Paramecia fruit could not explain the phenomena she observed.
  • Lilith urged Chaton to attack the Flower of Resurrection, and Chaton agreed before using Soru to charge toward it.

Ch. 443Had They Broken the Deadlock?

Bondrewd used his strange attacks to pierce Saint Shepherd Sommers's chest and erase part of Gunko's knee, forcing his opponents to fight more cautiously. While Bondrewd burned Ace's arm with an invisible laser, Marco broke away from the fight against Katakuri to rush to Ace, leaving Chaton outnumbered by Katakuri, Oven, and Daifuku.

  • Chaton dodged Bondrewd's laser but lost his chance to reach the giant main body when Katakuri, Oven, and Daifuku blocked his path.
  • Bondrewd pierced Saint Shepherd Sommers's chest with a radiation beam, then struck Gunko's knee with a neutron beam that bypassed her Armament Haki and slowed her regeneration.
  • Yamato and Ace coated themselves in Armament Haki as Bondrewd's attacks changed the battlefield's rhythm, then Bondrewd burned Ace's right arm with an invisible ultraviolet pulse laser.
  • Katakuri, Oven, and Daifuku kept Chaton trapped in a coordinated battle while Katakuri used Future Sight and mochi to stop his attempts to break through.
  • Marco took Katakuri's Grilled Mochi punch, used its force to escape, and flew toward Ace, leaving Chaton facing all three brothers alone.

Ch. 444The One a Hero Saves Isn't Always a Beauty

Marco and Ace shifted the battle by rescuing Chabō’s family and attacking the Flower of Resurrection, but Gunko intercepted Ace to stop him from reaching it. Naruto arrived in time to shield the battered Ace from Gunko.

  • Katakuri’s attacks kept Marco occupied while Chaton fought Oven and Daifuku, until Marco spotted Ace being struck by Bondrewd and broke away to heal him.
  • Marco carried Ace away from the main battle, sent him to attack the Flower of Resurrection, and flew to rescue Chabō’s family; Ace’s blow awakened the enormous black creature.
  • Kuzan and Yamato intensified their assault on Bondrewd, while Gunko evaded Bondrewd’s black spear formation and went after Ace.
  • Ace fought off the Flower of Resurrection’s whip and threads until Gunko attacked him, declaring that he could not touch the tribute meant for the Gods.
  • Marco freed Chabō’s family from the warehouse balcony, while Bondrewd claimed they were his clients and pointed out that Gunko cared more about the Flower of Resurrection than he did.
  • Naruto descended in front of Ace after Gunko destroyed his Plasma Cannon blast and asked whether he had arrived in time.

Ch. 445A threat from beyond space and time

Naruto and Ace joined the battle against Gunko as the Flower of Resurrection was restrained and the combatants repositioned. Naruto claimed the Rainbow Mist on Ruluka Island might allow travel to the past, and Bondrewd admitted he was testing that hypothesis, leaving Gunko and Sommers shaken by the possibility.

  • Gunko bound the Flower of Resurrection with vector arrows while Yamato withdrew from her fight with Bondrewd and regrouped with Ulti and Page One.
  • Urouge and Apoo escaped underground, where the real Baron prepared for a reunion with the restrained Flower of Resurrection.
  • Chaton kept Katakuri, Oven, and Daifuku occupied, while Marco entrusted Chabō's family to Yamato and returned to help Ace and Naruto.
  • Gunko redirected Naruto's plasma attack and Marco's fire, but Naruto told her that reinforcements were tied up on Ruluka Island and raised the possibility of returning to the past through the Rainbow Mist.
  • Bondrewd joined Gunko's standoff with Naruto and said the past-travel idea remained a hypothesis, while Gunko and Sommers realized Naruto had referred to Reg.

Ch. 446York was still far too useful

Naruto revealed that he was Reg-Two Number 2, but Ace and Marco reaffirmed that he was their brother. Bondrewd destroyed the Lily Carnation’s main body and unleashed its vengeful spirits, while Sephiroth arrived to purge them and confronted Bondrewd, who wielded a Seven Star Sword of his own.

  • Naruto admitted that the Mechanical King had created him as a counterfeit modeled after Shining, and Ace and Marco accepted him as family.
  • Bondrewd decomposed the Lily Carnation’s enormous main body, releasing a swarm of vengeful spirits and drawing a green-flamed Seven Star Sword from the remains.
  • Kuzan discovered that Armament Haki could strike and repel the spirits, while they attacked Chabō’s family and Tea House Pops tried to shield his children.
  • Page One’s Cross Emblem released Holy Light that dispersed the spirits, and Sephiroth appeared with wings and a halo beside Yamato, Ulti, and Page One.
  • Sephiroth drew his own Seven Star Sword and faced Bondrewd, who greeted him and held a second version of the weapon.

Ch. 447Finally took the bait

Sephiroth stopped Bondrewd’s undead storm, but Bondrewd escaped after destroying the Flower of Resurrection’s main body. The Marines ordered a Buster Call on Carnival Island, while Sephiroth revealed that Bondrewd’s blessing had left his Descent ability unusable for the Ruluka Island crisis.

  • Katakuri explained that he and his brothers had come to discuss a business partnership, while Bondrewd claimed he had many customers.
  • Sephiroth confronted Bondrewd over Tesoro and the destroyed Flower of Resurrection, and Bondrewd unleashed a storm of vengeful souls.
  • Sephiroth purified the undead with holy light, shattering Bondrewd’s cursed sword; Bondrewd then disintegrated after coating Sephiroth in a blessing and escaped.
  • Katakuri and his brothers fled through a mirror, while Ace, Marco, and Naruto also escaped as the Marines regrouped.
  • Chaton learned that the island’s residents had withered into dead branches and ordered an evacuation followed by a Buster Call on Carnival Island.
  • Kuzan asked Sephiroth to support Ruluka Island, but Sephiroth explained that Bondrewd’s blessing had left his line busy with prayers, preventing him from using Descent.

Ch. 448EX Stage Unlocked

Rear Admiral Atlas arrived on Ruluka Island and confronted its corrupt Whetton rulers and Dr. Hanzo over their crude Rainbow Mist research. As Hawkins and Drake coordinated with Road Island, Navy captain Rabani arrived and the Rainbow Mist suddenly appeared over the sea.

  • Atlas questioned Phillip about the island’s taxes, the human-powered Tax-Collection Armor, and the Whetton Family’s Rainbow Mist research.
  • Atlas inspected Hanzo’s equipment, criticized its lack of scientific rigor, and ordered Phillip to arrange lodging and show her the research materials.
  • Drake and Hawkins discussed the Marine investigation team, while Urouge reported that Babbage was heading to them and that Ace and Marco had arrived near Whitebeard.
  • Captain Rabani arrived with Navy reinforcements and felt that his memories of returning to Ruluka Island were out of alignment.
  • A rainbow halo appeared over the sea, and Rabani froze as the Rainbow Mist began to spread.

Ch. 449What Do You Mean the Instance Opened Early?

The Rainbow Mist appeared at Ruluka Island, and the Marines and Cipher Pol divided forces to explore it and defend the harbor. As Hanzo and Rabani’s group prepared to enter, an Allosaurus charged into the Marine formation.

  • Atlas studied the Rainbow Mist’s unusual readings while Golden Lion learned it had appeared and received Bondrewd’s request to begin the next stage of their plan.
  • Cipher Pol Aigis Zero decided that Bird-Beak would lead a team into the mist while Cat-Face and Atlas stayed outside to face Golden Lion.
  • Rabani and his four companions reluctantly prepared to enter, recalling that they had been trapped in the mist as children and had emerged decades later with confused memories.
  • Hanzo volunteered to join the expedition so he could return to his friends, and Bird-Beak agreed to take him along.
  • As the exploration team boarded speedboats, an Allosaurus burst into the harbor and lunged at the Marines.

Ch. 450When it came to stage scripts

Babbage and Issho carried out the plan at Ruluka Island as the Rainbow Mist appeared early, while the Golden Lion attacked speedboats trying to reach it. Babbage entered the mist, and Issho confronted the Golden Lion as the port battle intensified.

  • Gil remotely controlled Babbage while he and Issho spoke with Sephiroth, who coordinated the operation from the Ashen.
  • The port erupted into battle as Drake fought Atlas, Hawkins fought a masked Cipher Pol agent, and Marines and pirates exchanged fire.
  • The Golden Lion launched a Flying Slash at speedboats heading toward the Rainbow Mist, but Babbage’s Electromagnetic Cannon intercepted it and the resulting waves swept several people into the mist.
  • The Golden Lion’s Praying Hands entered the mist as the Ashen deployed robot soldiers against them and the Flying Pirates.
  • Babbage flew toward the Rainbow Mist while Issho challenged the Golden Lion with a Flying Slash.

Ch. 451The World Felt More and More Surreal

On Ruluka Island, Issho fought Golden Lion while the Marines struggled to contain the battle around Bondrewd’s Praying Hands. Longo’s claim that the Rainbow Mist could change history reached the Five Elders, who reacted with shock.

  • Golden Lion attacked Issho with his island-fragment lions, but Issho reversed gravity and countered with a powerful gravitational field.
  • Golden Lion and Issho traded Flying Slashes, and Golden Lion gained ground with Conqueror’s Haki before Issho held off his barrage with distorted gravity.
  • Scarecrow fought Cipher Pol agents by redirecting his injuries to gamblers elsewhere, while Atlas battered Drake during their staged fight.
  • Iso and Longo withdrew with the branch Marines; Longo told a Cipher Pol agent that Bondrewd might be changing history and claimed to have proof.
  • At the Holy Land, the Five Elders heard the report that the Rainbow Mist could send people into the past, and Saint Saturn smashed the receiver.

Ch. 452Better safe than sorry

Hawkins and Drake escaped after their mission in the Rainbow Mist succeeded, while Atlas's examination of Longo suggested that he truly remembered traveling back in time. Sengoku sent Kizaru to Ruluka Island and contacted Shining, as Shamrock arrived on the island to meet Atlas.

  • Hawkins and Drake announced their missions were complete and fled as the pirates began to retreat.
  • Atlas used Vegapunk's memory-reading device to question Longo and found no signs that his memories had been implanted.
  • Sengoku learned of the possible time travel and ordered Kizaru to Ruluka Island while considering the threat posed by Bondrewd.
  • Shining brought Naruto to the Whitebeard Pirates' ships and told Sengoku he was near both Carnival Island and Ruluka Island.
  • Shamrock arrived at Ruluka Island through a magic circle and ordered the Marines to summon Atlas.

Ch. 453Supernatural liminal space

Babbage explored the Rainbow Mist and found five children trapped inside, while Atlas and the others investigated the mist’s looping paths and strange relationship with time and observation. The chapter ended with Shining still unreachable and lightning flashing from another region of the mist.

  • Babbage caught Akibi as he fell from a wrecked warship, then met Rabani, Longo, Bukao, and Iso, who had been trapped in the mist for nearly a year.
  • Birdbeak’s team discovered that the mist looped travel and attacks back to their starting point, then boarded the recently used Tariye Star, a ship that had vanished fifty years earlier.
  • Birdbeak contacted Atlas from the Tariye Star, while Hanzo reached Phillip; the team later fought off a giant yellow sea serpent attacking the ship.
  • Atlas and Shamrock saw lightning erupt from the mist, but Birdbeak reported that his region was quiet, suggesting the mist contained separate spaces.
  • Babbage told Atlas that the children had entered from Ruluka Island in 1470 and explained that they had once lived aboard the Tariye Star before moving to a wrecked warship.
  • Atlas and Babbage theorized that the mist altered space and time according to observation, while Babbage could not contact Shining, whose region remained unknown.
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Arc 18 of 26