Chapter Summaries

Nova ordered preparations to take over the Roa Kingdom and consulted the system to learn how to train his Space-Space Fruit. Meanwhile, a newspaper exposed the Tru Kingdom’s special combat methods, and Gogoya hurried to warn Nova.

• Aokiji agreed to avoid interfering in Tru Kingdom’s war after Sengoku warned him to stay out of the conflict.
• Lostar reported on Tru Kingdom’s perfume and cloth industries, and Nova ordered plans for expanding commerce and preparing to take over the Roa Kingdom.
• Nova learned that Tru Kingdom had about 3 billion Beli available and told Lostar to plan for administering Roa territory after its conquest.
• Nova studied the Space-Space Fruit’s abilities in System Space and discovered that its training depended on strengthening mental power.
• Gogoya read a newspaper report revealing Tru Kingdom’s special combat methods and rushed to find Nova, waiting outside his room until he returned.

Nova welcomed Aokiji to Tru Kingdom and explained how he planned to protect and develop the country. Their tour ended with Nova warning that the World Government’s CP Department might investigate Tru Kingdom after its war with Roa Kingdom.

• Gogoya warned Nova that news of the Loguetown incident had reached the newspapers, but he told her not to worry about the Marines.
• Nova’s plan of distributing propaganda leaflets helped destabilize Roa Kingdom, and Junhe led the King's Guard to its Royal City in less than five days.
• Nova sensed Aokiji arriving by bicycle across the sea and met him on the beach.
• Aokiji admitted he had come to question Tru Kingdom’s king, and Nova identified him as a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral before inviting him to tour the kingdom.
• As they walked through the Royal City, Nova explained why he had not joined the World Government and described Tru Kingdom’s attack by Roa Kingdom and its pirate allies.
• Nova told Aokiji that Tru Kingdom would need years to recover after the war and anticipated an investigation by the CP Department.

Nova confronted Aokiji with Marine secrets and demanded accountability for the massacre on Battlila Island, then invited him to observe Tru Kingdom's campaign against Roa Kingdom. When they reached Roa's capital, they found pirates holding civilians as human shields, and Nova prepared to act.

• Nova told Aokiji that Tru Kingdom knew about the Marine Six Styles and threatened to expose the Marines' role in the Battlila Island massacre unless they answered for it.
• Aokiji agreed to relay Nova's demand to Sengoku and accepted an invitation to observe Tru Kingdom's forces.
• Nova learned that Captain Junhe's army had reached Roa Kingdom's capital and brought Aokiji and Tru's officials there aboard the National.
• Junhe explained that Roa Kingdom's troops had offered little resistance because its king had impoverished the country, while nearly eight thousand pirates had joined the defense for the promise of Tru Kingdom's royal treasure.
• At Roa's capital, Nova saw pirates using civilians as human shields and asked Aokiji what he thought; Aokiji said he would only observe, and Nova signaled Junhe to proceed.

Nova used Aokiji to destroy Roa Royal City’s gate, then publicized the rescue as justification for Tru Kingdom to absorb Roa Kingdom. As Nova’s forces reached the royal palace, he and Aokiji sensed an evil presence and ordered the army and civilians away.

• Nova persuaded Aokiji to freeze and shatter Roa Royal City’s gate while Den Den Mushi recorded the act and the ensuing rescue.
• News Coo delivered a front-page report portraying Tru Kingdom’s takeover as a liberation operation backed by Aokiji, giving Nova a public justification for annexing Roa Kingdom.
• Nova ordered Lostar to use the palace’s Beli for Roa’s people and told Junhe to capture the city’s Devil Fruit users alive.
• Nova and Aokiji discussed Tru Kingdom’s military, its possible relationship with the World Government, and the danger of provoking Marine Headquarters.
• At Roa Kingdom’s royal palace, Nova and Aokiji sensed an evil aura, so Nova ordered Junhe to pull back the troops and Lostar to evacuate the civilians.

Nova defeated a giant dog whose uncontrolled Logia-type Devil Fruit threatened Roa Kingdom’s capital, ending Roa Kingdom’s royal family and clearing the way for Tru Kingdom to take control. Aokiji departed after observing the battle, while Nova ordered Roa’s residents counted and prepared to explore the palace.

• Nova ordered a level-one combat alert and sent Junhe and Lostar to evacuate civilians as blue smoke spread from Roa Palace.
• A giant dog emerged from the palace, and Nova discovered that ordinary sword strikes could not harm it because it had Logia-type powers.
• Nova coated Muramasa with Haki and killed the giant dog with a flying slash, ending the threat and leaving Roa Kingdom’s royal family dead.
• Nova told Junhe and Lostar to register Roa Kingdom’s residents as Tru citizens and ensure they were treated without prejudice.
• Aokiji declined Nova’s offer to stay and returned toward Marine Headquarters, while Nova instructed Lostar to publicize their friendly relationship with the Marines.
• Nova entered Roa Kingdom’s extravagant palace with Lostar and remarked that it might one day become Tru Kingdom’s capital.

Nova and Lostar entered the lavish Roa King's Palace, where Nova ordered Lostar to devise a plan to address the people's hardship. The king's corpse was identified outside the hall, and Nova saw that he had been wearing clothing made in Nova's country.

• Nova and Lostar entered the palace hall and marveled at its extravagant gold decorations and throne.
• Nova asked Lostar to assess the king's treasury and whether the palace could serve as a future royal residence; Lostar favored keeping the capital at Tru King's Palace near Naniwa Port.
• Nova ordered Lostar to prepare a plan within two days to resolve the people's survival problems in cities like Jiro and Gucangli within two years.
• Lostar promised to deliver the proposal, and Nova praised his service to the nation.
• Lostar recognized the huge dead man outside as the King of Roa, and Nova went out to inspect him.
• Nova saw that the king wore fabric produced in Nova's country and an extravagant crown set with large gemstones.

After Nova confirmed the dead king’s identity, Junhe maintained order around the palace and secured the captured pirates. The next day, newspapers publicized Tru Kingdom’s intervention in Roa Kingdom and its friendship with the Marines, drawing attention across the world.

• Nova confirmed the fat man was dead and told Lostar to add his valuables to the national treasury.
• Junhe allowed the citizens outside the Royal Palace to remain while ordering guards to protect them and watch for threats.
• Junhe questioned Geju about the eleven captured Devil Fruit users and ordered security strengthened around the prisoners.
• Newspapers reported Tru Kingdom’s attack on Roa Kingdom as a rescue effort and printed a photograph of Aokiji.
• The news spread across the world, announcing Tru Kingdom and its pledge to remain forever friends with the Marines.

After the newspaper publicized Aokiji’s role in Tru Kingdom’s war, Sengoku and Garp weighed the Marines’ difficult position while Nova used their association to protect and promote his country. A month later, Tru Kingdom had expanded its territory and population, and Nova convened a major conference to plan reforms.

• A newspaper published photos of Nova and Aokiji, prompting calls to Marine Headquarters and laughter from Garp.
• Garp told Sengoku that Nova had deliberately drawn the Marines into the affair, while Sengoku worried that their Absolute Justice had been compromised.
• Garp and Sengoku decided to leave the matter alone for now and focus on the pirate situation.
• Nova used Tru Kingdom’s association with the Marines to help its merchant ships travel safely and advance the country’s commercial development.
• After Tru Kingdom occupied Roa Kingdom, Nova rejected its palace, moved its valuables to the Royal Treasury, and kept Tru King’s Palace as the center of economic development.
• One month later, Nova held Tru Kingdom’s first major conference with about a hundred attendees to plan reforms.

Nova presided over a public meeting to set the Tru Kingdom’s future direction, with citizens watching through nationwide live broadcasts. After the meeting began, Nova called for decisions to be implemented on schedule, and Lostar pledged to uphold its principles.

• Citizens crowded the royal palace until Junhe directed them to broadcast stations set up across the kingdom.
• Nova prepared for the meeting, dressed in royal attire and carrying a thick stack of documents.
• Citizens gathered at broadcast stations to watch as the royal palace hall filled and the meeting approached.
• Nova entered the hall to cheers, asked everyone to rise, and stressed that decisions must be implemented within the agreed time frame.
• Lostar affirmed that the attendees would follow the meeting’s principles, and everyone took their seats.

Nova opened the Tru Kingdom’s first nationwide live conference with a speech promising to put the people first and work toward prosperity and security. The conference then officially began under Lostar’s direction, with citizens and foreign observers watching.

• Gogoya prepared the meeting documents while Nova got ready to address the nation.
• Nova introduced himself to the people of the Tru Kingdom and promised to prioritize their welfare and accept their feedback.
• Citizens, former Roya residents, soldiers, and foreign reporters reacted strongly to Nova’s speech.
• The camera widened to show the royal palace hall as the conference proceeded.
• Lostar introduced the conference rules and announced that the Tru Kingdom’s first national conference had officially begun.

At Tru Kingdom’s first national meeting, Lostar presented plans for integrating the former Roa citizens through land development and new industries. In Alabasta, King Cobra watched the broadcast with Vivi and was struck by Tru Kingdom’s detailed, public approach to governing.

• Nova introduced the meeting’s focus on future livelihoods and asked Lostar to explain the plans for former Roa citizens.
• Lostar reported that the former Roa Kingdom had 27.68 million people, about 25.25 million of whom lived in severe poverty, and outlined plans for their economic and land-use arrangements.
• The report described upcoming factories and employment opportunities, while attendees and citizens listened closely to learn how their lives might change.
• King Cobra watched a rebroadcast of the meeting in Alabasta as Vivi joined him and asked to watch too.
• Cobra reflected on Tru Kingdom’s public political plans and detailed economic forecasts, which exceeded what he had thought a king could accomplish.

Nova’s national conference drew attention from Cobra and the World Government, while he considered the benefits of Tru Kingdom joining the World Government. The morning meeting ended with Nova directing officials to implement economic and commercial plans, and the conference was set to continue in the afternoon.

• Cobra learned that Tru Kingdom might have a larger population than his desert nation and praised Nova’s leadership to Vivi.
• Cobra told Vivi that Nova had taken the throne at fourteen and transformed Tru Kingdom, which he expected would become the South Blue’s strongest nation.
• The World Government elders decided to send Cipher Pol to tell Nova to join the World Government and to investigate Tru Kingdom.
• Nova observed the conference while Lostar managed its proceedings, and Nova considered World Government membership worthwhile for its protection against pirates.
• Nova ended the morning session and ordered officials to implement the economic and commercial plans before the conference resumed in the afternoon.

Nova and Junhe secretly arranged to process seventeen captured pirate Devil Fruit users, intending to turn their abilities into strength for the Tru Kingdom. The pirates were brought to a hidden cavern behind the palace, where Nova arrived to face them.

• The Tru Kingdom integrated the Roa Kingdom's military and political systems, and Junhe began selecting soldiers for National Guard training.
• Nova met Junhe in secret and learned that seventeen captured pirate Devil Fruit users were imprisoned and their abilities had been identified.
• Nova ordered Junhe to secretly bring the seventeen pirates to the hidden chamber behind the palace mountain the next day.
• Junhe and guards transferred the restrained pirates to the cavern, and Nova arrived at noon to find them awaiting him.

Nova demonstrated that he could extract a Devil Fruit from a pirate he had captured, revealing a power that could overturn the Pirate World. He left Junhe sworn to secrecy as the surviving pirates begged for mercy.

• Nova dismissed the guards and kept Junhe with him to question the captured pirates in the underground chamber.
• Nova ordered Junhe to bring the fruit and warned him not to reveal what happened, then sealed the chamber with a blue barrier.
• Nova learned that the scar-faced pirate had the Stone-Stone Fruit ability and ordered Junhe to kill him.
• After Junhe killed the scar-faced pirate, a nearby banana transformed into a Devil Fruit before Nova and Junhe's eyes.
• The other pirates panicked and begged Nova for mercy while he focused on the implications of his extraction ability.

Nova extracted seventeen Devil Fruit abilities from captured pirates, demonstrated his power to banish their corpses, and discussed strengthening Tru Kingdom’s forces. The chapter left Nova and Junhe considering how to secretly expand Haki training despite lacking a secure training ground.

• Nova showed Junhe the extracted Devil Fruit and ordered him to keep Nova’s abilities and the underground incident secret.
• Nova told Junhe to kill the captured pirates, and Junhe collected seventeen Devil Fruits from their bodies.
• Nova used his Space-Space Fruit ability to banish the corpses into the sea.
• Nova asked about Junhe’s Haki progress and instructed him to train more talented soldiers and spread Haki training.
• Junhe explained that Tru Kingdom lacked a secret training ground for Haki and the Marine Six Styles.

Six uninvited men attacked the Tru King's Palace, killing the guards at the gates and overwhelming the palace soldiers. Their explosive attack drew the attention of others inside the palace.

• Nova ordered Junhe to deploy the National Guard to train the kingdom's recruits while they searched for a secluded training ground.
• Over the following months, the Tru Kingdom's industries and economy flourished, attracting merchants and widespread attention.
• Six men in suits arrived at the palace gates, killed the four guards there, and entered the palace.
• Nearly seventy palace soldiers charged the intruders, but a Devil Fruit user's explosive bubbles wiped out most of them.
• The explosions alerted others inside the palace.

CP2's envoys attacked Tru King's Palace, and Chiya was badly injured while trying to stop them. Nova intervened and struck one of the agents, while the palace was sealed off and the confrontation with CP2 continued.

• Chiya attacked CP2's towering leader, but the man in the red tie endured his Haki-powered strike and punched him into a wall.
• The leader identified the six intruders as CP2 and said they had come to find Genji Chōno.
• The man in the red tie prepared to use a white bubble on the injured Chiya, but Nova appeared and grabbed his hand.
• Nova ordered attendants to take Chiya for treatment, then attacked a short CP2 agent who blocked their way and sent him flying.
• The attendants carried Chiya away, the palace was locked down, and the man in the red tie reacted to Nova's challenge with excitement.

Nova led CP2 Head Olivia Omoro and his agents away from the palace, claiming he would show them Tru’s treasures, while preparing for a confrontation. On the training platform, he trapped them inside a sky-blue barrier as the man in the red tie attacked him with bubbles.

• Nova provoked the CP agents and led them through the palace toward the rear mountain, where he usually trained.
• Nova asked the tall man his name, and he identified himself as Olivia Omoro, Head of CP2.
• Junhe brought fruit to the platform, but Nova ordered him and the other attendants to leave.
• Nova raised a sky-blue barrier around the platform, trapping himself and the CP agents inside.
• The man in the red tie accused Nova of starting a war with CP, then sent bubbles flying toward him.

Nova used his Space Ability to contain the CP agents who had attacked his soldiers, then drew Muramasa and prepared to fight them. He rejected their threats and resolved to test his strength while ensuring they would not leave Tru Kingdom alive.

• Nova's Space Ability made the CP agents' attacks pass through him, while explosions continued a hundred kilometers away at sea.
• Omoro recognized Nova's Paramecia Space Ability and ordered the others to attack him together.
• Nova summoned Muramasa, condemned the agents for killing and injuring his soldiers, and drew the blade as their battle continued inside the barrier.
• Omoro and the man in the red tie threatened Nova with consequences from the World Government, but Nova said the kingdom had already agreed to join and dismissed their threats.
• Nova decided to use the fight to test his swordsmanship and strength, while Omoro ordered Kova to find a way to break the barrier.

Nova fought Omoro and the remaining Cipher Pol agents, revealing his swordsmanship and discovering Omoro’s Mythical Zoan Silver Moon Wolf ability. After a mental attack left Nova seriously injured, he raised a spatial barrier, but Omoro cracked it, leaving Nova to call Muramasa back to him.

• Nova attacked Omoro and the other agents with Dragon Dive Flash, forcing them to take his swordsmanship seriously.
• Omoro transformed into a Mythical Zoan Silver Moon Wolf, while Nova identified the red-tie man’s Bubble Fruit ability.
• A mental attack briefly took control of Nova, allowing Omoro to punch and seriously injure him.
• Omoro ordered the others to attack, and Nova raised a spatial barrier to keep them back.
• Omoro slashed the barrier with his wolf claw and cracked it, so Nova called Muramasa toward him.