Ch. 426The Baron's Challenge

Lilith and the disguised Marines arrived at Carnival Island to investigate its challenge games and gather intelligence. After Chaton won the first contest by kicking a giant goldfish into their basin, the real Baron and Bondrewd monitored the crew, and Lilith’s team prepared for the next challenge.

  • Chaton led the Villainous Pirates into Carnival Island, where the Baron welcomed them and launched a goldfish-scooping contest against Whip Goro.
  • Whip Goro summoned a giant goldfish, but Chaton kicked it into the challengers’ basin, prompting the Baron to dispute their victory and insist they continue.
  • The real Baron and Bondrewd watched the crew from a hidden control room and assessed Chaton’s strength and precision.
  • Lilith noticed that the leaf-wearing islanders acted differently from the immigrant staff while the crew entered the resort hotel.
  • The Baron announced a ring-toss challenge on the town’s canals, and Chaton and Lilith teamed up while Gandrel and Akhend formed the other pair.

Ch. 427Everything was going according to plan

Aokiji investigated Carnival Island and learned of its dark secret from Briff, while Sicily discovered Bondrewd’s experiments and was captured. Bondrewd revealed that he possessed the Seven Star Cursed Sword and said everything was going according to plan.

  • Aokiji noticed the hotel’s unnatural routines, met Briff, and asked him about the island’s dark secret.
  • Sicily explored the town, saw Akhend and Gandrel fighting on the canal, and headed toward the hills alone.
  • Sicily found a vast cemetery and fought Urouge, who knocked him unconscious.
  • Bondrewd restrained Sicily in his laboratory, where Sicily witnessed an experiment involving memory transfer and the Seven Star Sword.
  • Bondrewd revealed that the Great Angel had the Seven Star Sacred Sword but that he possessed the Seven Star Cursed Sword.

Ch. 428Getting closer to the truth?

Aokiji, Chaton, and Lilith investigated Carnival Island’s suspicious locals and evidence of Bondrewd’s presence, while the Big Mom Pirates arrived seeking the Baron. The chapter ended as an unseen force pulled a Villainous Pirates marine into a mirror.

  • Lilith found an unusual nervous-system-affecting compound in Captain Jabe’s blood, and Aokiji relayed Briff’s claim that a giant, human-eating Lily Carnation could resurrect the dead.
  • Lilith confirmed Bondrewd was on the island after detecting that Rear Admiral Sicily lacked the pheromone dosed into the Villain’s water tank.
  • At dinner, Lilith identified Megalodon Hans among the locals and noted that he looked unchanged despite having disappeared ten years earlier.
  • Gandrel spotted the Big Mom Pirates arriving, and Katakuri led Charlotte Rezan and Charlotte Haifaite to the hotel to meet the Baron.
  • A marine was pulled into a corridor mirror and vanished.

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.
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