Chapter Summaries

Garp, Kizaru, and Flashlight fought Bondrewd as the blood-moon phenomenon spread and the world began to face a growing crisis. Bondrewd opened a rift in the sky and revealed that Eirene had been used up, leaving Garp and Kizaru horrified.

• Kizaru and Garp struggled to pin down Bondrewd as he shifted the terrain, evaded their attacks, and used copied abilities against them.
• Flashlight arrived and warned that the blood-moon phenomenon had spread across roughly one-sixteenth of the world and that the fleet outside had lost contact with the outside world.
• Garp, Kizaru, and Flashlight joined forces to attack Bondrewd, but his evasions and counterattacks kept them from landing a decisive blow.
• Bondrewd opened a great rift beneath the Red Moon and said the door had opened successfully.
• Bondrewd revealed a metal box and said Eirene had been used up, prompting Garp to unleash his Conqueror's Haki across the island.

Garp, Kizaru, and Flashlight fought Bondrewd across a transformed Enies Lobby, but Bondrewd restored himself after Garp shattered his crystal and retaliated with powerful weapons. The island became saturated with radiation, and Kizaru urged Garp to leave, but Garp refused and vowed to kill Bondrewd.

• Garp furiously attacked Bondrewd, shattering his body and the ground with a Conqueror's Haki punch.
• Bondrewd re-formed around his purple crystal, and Kizaru and Flashlight realized he could restore himself even after the crystal broke.
• Gunko and Saint Shepherd Sommers hid in a courthouse and debated whether to join the fight or seek help from Imu.
• Garp, Kizaru, and Flashlight attacked Bondrewd with Haki, light bullets, and powerful beams, while Bondrewd used traps and radiation weapons to counter them.
• Radiation filled Enies Lobby and began draining Garp's Haki, so Kizaru urged him to retreat.
• Garp refused to leave Enies Lobby and vowed to kill Bondrewd.

Garp, Kizaru, and Flashlight fought Bondrewd over the Great Rift, which Garp ultimately destroyed with a Conqueror’s Haki-infused attack. Afterward, Garp encountered a memory of a girl Bondrewd had rescued and lost, and left Enies Lobby shaken and furious.

• Kizaru and Flashlight explained that Bondrewd’s domain and the radiation draining Garp’s Haki made the battle difficult, so they planned to destroy the Great Rift’s anchor.
• Kizaru and Flashlight drew Bondrewd’s defenses away while Garp endured the Polarized Electron Stream and struck the Great Rift with Fist Bone-Impact.
• Garp’s attack shattered the Great Rift, Blood Moon, and anomalous domain, while Bondrewd disintegrated and told Flashlight not to fear having no road to walk.
• Garp found a silver box and saw visions of Captain Honey Badger’s Marines killing civilians and Bondrewd rescuing a girl who later died on an operating table.
• Garp left Enies Lobby with Kizaru, refused Bogard’s Justice Cape, and walked away in silence.

The morning after the Enies Lobby incident, Flashlight, Perona, Kalifa, Brook, and Hina shared breakfast at Shining Studio as Hina reported the fallout. The chapter ended with the band reviewing the Straw Hat Pirates’ sharply increased bounties while Kalifa silently hoped Flashlight would help her learn more about CP9.

• Sephiroth woke beside Perona, transformed into Flashlight, and joined Kalifa for breakfast at Shining Studio.
• Brook arrived for breakfast, and Perona and Flashlight teased him about his food and the maids who admired him.
• Hina joined the band and reported that Lucci, Kaku, Jabra, Kumadori, Fukurou, and Blueno had been branded defectors, while Spandam had been sentenced to death.
• Hina explained that the Navy blamed the Straw Hat Pirates for drawing away Enies Lobby’s defenders and suspected them of joining Road Island.
• Hina presented the Straw Hat Pirates’ revised bounties, including Chopper’s 50 Beli bounty, while Kalifa silently looked to Flashlight for help.

Kalifa revealed her Cipher Pol Aigis Zero identity to Flashlight and asked him to help Lucci and the others, offering everything she could in return. At Marine Headquarters, Garp argued with Sengoku over Captain Honey Badger and the threats surrounding Bondrewd, then called Tianzheng to demand Honey Badger’s immediate execution.

• Kalifa failed to reach Lucci and the others, then went to Flashlight and admitted she was a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent.
• Flashlight used Mind Reading as Kalifa offered to betray her superiors and repay him with anything she could give; she hinted at teaching him Kami-e.
• Garp stormed into Sengoku’s office and demanded that Captain Honey Badger be shot, while Sengoku insisted Vice Admiral Tianzheng was handling the case.
• Sengoku, Tsuru, and Garp discussed Bondrewd, the Pluton Blueprints, Enies Lobby’s destruction, and the Five Elders’ desire to keep the incident quiet.
• Garp returned to his office and called Tianzheng, demanding that Honey Badger be executed by firing squad immediately.

Flashlight and Kalifa found Kaku, Jabra, Blueno, and Kumadori performing as street entertainers in Saint Poplar. After revealing himself, Flashlight learned that Lucci was badly injured and unconscious, and the group went to check on him.

• Flashlight and Kalifa disguised themselves in motorcycle suits and arrived in Saint Poplar to look for the former CP9 agents.
• Kalifa found Kaku, Jabra, Blueno, and Kumadori earning money as street performers to pay for Lucci's treatment.
• The four former CP9 agents mistook Flashlight for an enemy and prepared to defend themselves when he and Kalifa followed them into an alley.
• Flashlight revealed his identity, and Kalifa reassured the agents that they had not come to arrest them.
• Kaku told Flashlight and Kalifa that Lucci was severely injured and unconscious at an inn while Fukurou watched over him.
• Flashlight led Kalifa and the four agents toward the inn to check on Lucci.

Flashlight offered secret support and future work to the abandoned CP9 agents, arranging new identities, money, and a posting in Gold City. After leaving them in Saint Poplar, he brought Kalifa to a Titans safe house and revealed his Great Angel identity, preparing to tell her the story of his two identities.

• Flashlight visited the injured Lucci and offered Kaku and the other CP9 agents covert support and recruitment.
• Kaku accepted ten million Beli, new identities, and documents for the group, along with plans to send them to Gold City after Lucci recovered.
• Flashlight and Kalifa spent the afternoon sightseeing in Saint Poplar and planned to take the Sea Train the next day.
• Flashlight took Kalifa to a Titans safe house, where she declared her allegiance to him.
• Flashlight used Mind Reading to confirm Kalifa's sincerity, then transformed into the Great Angel and began telling her about the two sides of the same coin.

Rear Admiral Kujaku visited Sephiroth in Heaven’s Gate Town with news that Cavendish had been defeated by the Straw Hat Pirates in Sabaody. After learning that the fight began over a dispute about fame, Sephiroth accepted Kujaku’s invitation to visit a new dessert shop.

• Kujaku told Sephiroth that Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji had beaten Cavendish, leaving another Shichibukai seat vacant.
• Sephiroth and Kujaku discussed the Marines’ efforts to suppress news of Cavendish’s defeat and the difficulty of finding a replacement Shichibukai.
• A Titans intelligence report said Cavendish had argued with Zoro after encountering him while shooting a photo book, then fought the Straw Hat Pirates because he resented Luffy’s growing fame.
• Sephiroth remarked that Cavendish would finally make the headlines, then agreed to go on a date with Kujaku at a new dessert shop.

Sephiroth spent the night and morning with Kujaku and Baby 5 in Heaven's Gate Town, then learned Marine Headquarters was preparing a mandatory Shichibukai draft order. He agreed to attend, realizing the Paramount War was finally approaching.

• Kujaku took Sephiroth to a dessert shop, and they spent the night together at her private villa.
• Sephiroth, Kujaku, and Baby 5 shared breakfast while discussing a newspaper report about Luffy's defeat of Cavendish and the remaining supernovas.
• Kujaku received a Marine call, said she had work to handle, and left the villa.
• Sephiroth told Baby 5 they would return to Sky Island, and they departed in a Maglev Car.
• Kalifa told Sephiroth that Marine Headquarters would send him an official Shichibukai Mandatory Draft Order the next day, and he agreed to attend.
• Sephiroth reflected that the Paramount War had finally arrived.

Sephiroth prepared Babylon for the coming conflict after Marine Headquarters issued a compulsory summons to the Shichibukai over Ace's capture. At the meeting, Blackbeard, Mihawk, Kuma, and Flashlight gathered, and the chapter ended as Staff Officer Tsuru entered with four Vice Admirals.

• Sephiroth told Isabella and Lilith about the summons and ordered Babylon to prepare its Airship Fleet and monitor Impel Down.
• Sephiroth contacted Yamato to ask her to watch Kaido's movements and told Hancock she could choose whether to attend the summons.
• Sephiroth warned Hancock that the Shichibukai system would end within two years and urged her to prepare Amazon Lily for a possible move to Sky Island.
• Blackbeard arrived first at the Shichibukai meeting, ate and drank greedily, and then Mihawk and Kuma took their seats.
• Flashlight entered and paralyzed Blackbeard by passing close to him, before Staff Officer Tsuru arrived with Momonga, Yamakaji, Stainless, and Mozambia.

Flashlight attended the Shichibukai meeting, spoke with Kizaru about Garp and the coming battle, and learned that Hancock had arrived. As the Marines prepared for Whitebeard’s attack, Blackbeard disappeared, while Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates waited near Impel Down and spotted an approaching ship.

• Tsuru convened the Shichibukai and explained that Hancock would arrive later, Jinbe was imprisoned, and Weevil’s whereabouts were unknown.
• Flashlight visited Kizaru, asked about Garp, and learned that Garp had gone to Impel Down to escort Ace; Kizaru warned Flashlight not to use his dangerous Enies Lobby attack in the coming battle.
• Flashlight left Kizaru after telling him to stay safe, and Kizaru watched him go before Marineford’s forces completed their preparations for Whitebeard’s attack.
• A Marine captain reported that Blackbeard was missing, and Sengoku ordered the Marines to leave him for later.
• Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates waited near Impel Down, then spotted a ship approaching and decided to follow it.

Bondrewd met with Big Mom on Whole Cake Island to discuss their collaboration, including Pudding’s role in a resurrection project and the Giant Potion. Big Mom secured Pudding’s engagement to Bondrewd, but an alert that Blackbeard had broken into Impel Down sent Bondrewd away.

• Bondrewd met Big Mom, Katakuri, Perospero, Oven, and Pudding in a secret reception room on Whole Cake Island.
• Bondrewd praised Pudding’s contribution to restoring the Red Arrow Pirates, and Big Mom approved of her work in their projects.
• Big Mom proposed that Bondrewd and Pudding become engaged to strengthen their alliance, and Pudding agreed under pressure.
• Bondrewd accepted the engagement as beneficial to their cooperation.
• Bondrewd received an encrypted message that Blackbeard had broken into Impel Down and left to attend to the matter.

Bondrewd and Golden Lion entered Impel Down to investigate Blackbeard’s raid and found him defeated by Magellan’s poison. Bondrewd ordered his allies to restrain Blackbeard and his surviving crewmates before giving them the antidote.

• Bondrewd and Golden Lion arrived at Impel Down and found the outer gate destroyed after Blackbeard’s crew broke in.
• Bondrewd read a jailer’s thoughts and learned that Blackbeard had reached Level 4 while the Straw Hat Pirates were on Level 3.
• Bondrewd, Golden Lion, and six Praying Hands descended to Level 4, where they found Blackbeard, Raphael, and Doc Q trapped in Magellan’s venom.
• Blackbeard begged Bondrewd to save him and offered to serve him, claiming their previous avoidance had been a misunderstanding.
• Bondrewd ordered the Praying Hands to cuff the three men with Seastone and administer the antidote.

Flashlight learned that Blackbeard, the Straw Hat Pirates, Bondrewd, and Golden Lion had thrown Impel Down into chaos while Sengoku prioritized Ace’s execution. At Impel Down, Bondrewd and Golden Lion passed the wounded Hannyabal by flying over him and continued toward the lower levels.

• Commodore Gibin told Flashlight that Blackbeard and the Straw Hat Pirates had invaded Impel Down, Buggy had led a prison riot, and Bondrewd and Golden Lion had arrived as a third wave.
• Sengoku asked Flashlight to prepare to relocate if needed but prioritized Ace’s execution over intervening at Impel Down.
• Bondrewd’s Praying Hands restrained and treated Blackbeard, Lafitte, and Doc Q, then escorted them toward the Abyss while Bondrewd and Golden Lion waited on the bridge.
• Hannyabal confronted Bondrewd and Golden Lion, insisting that he would protect Impel Down despite his injuries and fear.
• Golden Lion struck Hannyabal with a Slash Wave, but Hannyabal got up and blocked their way again.
• Bondrewd and Golden Lion flew over Hannyabal, who fainted as they continued toward the lower levels.

Bondrewd and Golden Lion crossed Impel Down’s frozen fifth floor while Magellan responded to their breakthrough by recruiting Shiryu. At the sixth-floor entrance, Magellan and Shiryu confronted the intruders, and the battle began.

• Bondrewd and Golden Lion explored the fifth floor, where Bondrewd searched for the frozen Byrnndi World and Golden Lion knocked out the Army Wolves with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Jailers told Magellan that Bondrewd and Golden Lion had broken through the fourth floor and left Hannyabal severely injured.
• Magellan ordered the sixth floor sealed and released Shiryu from his cell in exchange for a chance to redeem himself.
• Bondrewd and Golden Lion reached the sixth-floor entrance, where Magellan and Shiryu stood guard.
• Magellan attacked Bondrewd with three Poison Dragons as Golden Lion drew his swords and faced the defenders.

Bondrewd overwhelmed Magellan by dismantling his venom and then copied his Venom Demon form, while Luffy and the others broke into Impel Down’s Level Six to find Ace. The chapter ended with Jinbe offering to help Luffy save him.

• Bondrewd erased Magellan’s poison dragons with a powerful pulse, and the resulting shock wave also sent Shiryu and Golden Lion flying.
• Magellan attacked Bondrewd with poison dragons, gas bombs, and his Venom Demon form, but Bondrewd repelled and decomposed each assault.
• Bondrewd completed his physical analysis of Magellan’s venom, swallowed a sample, and transformed into a Venom Demon himself.
• Ivankov, Inazuma, the Newkama, and the Straw Hat Pirates entered Level Six and fought the jailers while Luffy rushed ahead.
• Luffy learned that Ace had been taken to Marine Headquarters for execution, and Jinbe offered to help him save Ace.

Ivankov and the Straw Hat Pirates freed Jinbe and recruited Crocodile and Doflamingo’s help, while Golden Lion and Shiryu searched Level Six for powerful allies. After recruiting Redfield and Bullet for Bondrewd’s Alliance, they left the prisoners eager to learn more about their leader.

• Ivankov’s group reached Jinbe’s cell, and Inazuma cut through the stone wall so they could free him.
• Ivankov forced Crocodile to help by threatening to reveal his secret, and Doflamingo offered to join the escape as well.
• Golden Lion and Shiryu entered Level Six, where the prisoners recognized Golden Lion after he revealed himself with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Golden Lion invited Redfield to join the Alliance, and Redfield recognized the Sage’s Stone as the source of Golden Lion’s restored youth.
• Golden Lion invited Bullet to join, and Shiryu’s account of Bondrewd’s strength persuaded Bullet to accept immediately.

Bondrewd arrived at Impel Down’s Level Four to welcome the newly freed prisoners into the Road Island alliance. Bullet challenged him, and Bondrewd overwhelmed him with Conqueror’s Haki while Red Count sensed the deaths and convictions behind Bondrewd’s power.

• Golden Lion brought Shiryu, Red Count, Bullet, and four selected Level Six prisoners to Level Four and explained that Bondrewd would soon meet them.
• Bondrewd appeared and identified the prisoners, while Shiryu and the newcomers reacted to his ability to evade Observation Haki.
• Bondrewd confirmed his role in Enies Lobby’s destruction and described Flashlight’s strength, prompting the prisoners to recognize the scale of his power.
• Crescent Moon Hunter welcomed Bondrewd, who clarified that Road Island was an alliance rather than a group serving under him.
• Bullet unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and challenged Bondrewd, whose overwhelming Haki crushed Bullet’s and engulfed the hall.
• Red Count resisted Bondrewd’s Haki and questioned how many people he had killed, then heard Bondrewd’s sincere vow to remember them and devote himself to all humanity.

Bondrewd led the newly allied prisoners toward the Upper Elevator as Sephiroth and the Marines coordinated a blockade around Impel Down. Babylon’s forces converged quickly, but Rear Admiral Akhend’s attempt to learn what was happening inside ended with Shiryu asking about his troops and companions.

• Bullet acknowledged Bondrewd as Alliance Leader and promised to challenge him someday.
• Bondrewd warned Golden Lion that the Great Angel was approaching, then led the group toward the Upper Elevator.
• Sephiroth ordered the Red Tears to blockade the waters around Impel Down and said he would handle Bondrewd and other high-threat targets.
• Sephiroth asked Zephyr to oversee the perimeter and stop escaped pirates from scattering rather than joining a costly head-on battle.
• Rear Admiral Akhend learned that Babylon had sent five Trade Fleets, three scheduled ship pairs, and a visiting fleet to assist with the blockade.
• Akhend reached Chief Warden Shiryu by Den Den Mushi, and Shiryu asked how many troops Akhend had brought and who was with him.

Magellan reached Level Six and learned that Shiryu had defected while prisoners escaped Impel Down. Babylon’s forces joined the Marines to contain the breakout, and Isabella fought the fleeing pirates as the Abyss and the Red Tears battled overhead.

• Magellan arrived on Level Six injured and found corpses and prisoners left behind after Golden Lion’s rescue.
• Shiryu told Rear Admiral Akhend that the situation at Impel Down was under control, then Bondrewd summoned the Abyss to help them escape.
• The Red Tears attacked the Abyss, while Akhend’s Marine fleet engaged the fleeing pirate ships in a naval battle.
• Babylon’s knights descended to reinforce the Marines, rescuing wounded soldiers and fighting the boarders.
• Isabella used her flame powers to attack the pirates, destroying one fleeing warship and defeating a Haki-wielding pirate before turning toward another ship.