Chapter Summaries

After Tom’s capture, Karn attended Hogwarts’ graduation ball with Hermione and planned a trip with her to explore ancient magical ruins. They returned to Diagon Alley and prepared to leave for America, while Pheobe sought a private moment with Karn.

• Karn attended the graduation ball with Hermione, where she asked him to take her on his planned journey to explore ancient wizarding ruins.
• Karn agreed to visit Ilvermorny first and then search for the ruins in Ancient Greece with Hermione.
• Hermione obtained an extended leave from her parents and returned with Karn to his expanded home in Diagon Alley, where Pheobe had moved in.
• Hermione went to her room after learning that Pheobe was living there, and Karn told Pheobe that he and Hermione would leave within a day or two.
• Pheobe entered Karn’s room late at night, locked the door, and turned off the lights with Wandless Magic.

Karn and Hermione traveled to Ilvermorny and then across Ancient Greece, Egypt, and Africa, collecting magical books and artifacts while Hermione grew much stronger. After returning to Britain, Hermione joined the Ministry of Magic, Kettle nearly completed his search for magical creatures, and Karn prepared to return to the Marvel Universe.

• Pheobe told Karn that Hermione had given her milk that put her to sleep, and Karn agreed to speak with Hermione before deciding to leave with her that afternoon.
• Karn injected Hermione with phoenix genes and taught her to construct a source of magic as they traveled by fire dragon carriage toward the United States.
• At Ilvermorny, Karn copied unfamiliar books on warlocks and occultism, donated books to the school, and took Hermione sightseeing.
• Near Delos Island, Karn and Hermione uncovered Mopsus's hidden chamber and later found sites connected to other legendary wizards, gathering books and notes from Mopsus, Calchas, and Andros.
• After more than half a year abroad, Karn and Hermione returned to Britain; Hermione joined the Ministry of Magic, Kettle had nearly finished acquiring magical creatures, and Karn enhanced Pheobe before preparing to return to the Marvel Universe.

After studying Calchas's mysticism, Karn discovered that his affinity for lightning and fire might let him pursue godhood through nature, and he began adjusting how his body absorbed energy. The Ancient One invited him to Kamar-Taj, but Karn accepted without setting a date because he planned to visit the pirate world first.

• Karn used Calchas's survey circle to observe Earth's magical defenses and natural energies, then redirected his body's absorption toward electricity and fire.
• Karn realized his affinity for lightning and flames could offer a path to becoming a rule-based god, and considered whether fire energy could become Superman's bioelectric aura.
• Karn brought Isaac to the manor and assigned him to maintain it while staying within the Protective Charm.
• The Ancient One asked Mordo to invite Karn to Kamar-Taj to exchange magical knowledge.
• Karn settled the magical creatures in the underground hive and saw Red Queen's mechanical guards and weapons being prepared.
• Mordo delivered the Ancient One's invitation, and Karn said he would visit when he had time before planning his trip to the pirate world.

Luffy freed Gin and other pirate slaves in Alabasta, prompting a mobilization order and forcing the Straw Hats to prepare to leave. After confirming Luffy was responsible, Vivi set out to capture him and his crew.

• Luffy said he wanted to find Vivi for a promised meal, while Nami and Zoro warned him that freeing Gin could make the Straw Hats wanted.
• Usopp claimed nobody had seen Luffy free Gin, but Alabasta guards soon reported that a straw-hatted man had freed pirate slaves and began searching for the culprits.
• Nami told Sanji and Chopper to restock supplies so the crew could leave, while Zoro and Sanji argued over buying booze and cooking wine.
• Cobra heard about the pirate riot, and Igaram told him that a straw-hatted man was blamed for freeing the slaves.
• Vivi recognized Luffy in the surveillance photographs and ran from the palace, intending to capture the Straw Hat Pirates.

Nico Robin sent Baby-5 to suppress the pirate slave riots while Vivi and Alabasta’s Guard Team fought the rebels at the ports and in the cities. After the rebellion was quelled and thousands of slaves had died, Karn returned and asked Robin about the remaining workforce.

• Robin asked Baby-5 to deal with the rioting pirates, and Baby-5 went to suppress them with her weapons.
• Alabasta’s Guard Team used rifles, rockets, and grenades to stop a pirate assault, while Vivi defeated pirates attacking the port with her battle armor and beam cannons.
• Baby-5 stopped Gin and more than a thousand pirates from reaching Rainbase as they tried to rescue Krieg.
• Alabasta’s forces quelled the riots, blockaded the ports, and searched for escaped pirates; Robin learned that only a little over three thousand slaves remained.
• Karn returned with desserts, and Robin explained that the riots had greatly reduced the number of pirate slaves.

Karn returned to the Karn Chamber of Commerce and gave Nico Robin orders on pirate slaves, Poneglyph searches, technology negotiations, and retaliation against the Kuja Pirates. As the Ark Maxim and an airship departed on separate missions, Marine Captain Hina began searching for the Straw Hat Pirates and reported the ships’ movements to headquarters.

• Karn told Nico Robin to send severely injured pirate slaves to his underground laboratory and directed her to search Wano Country and the Mink Tribe for Poneglyphs.
• Karn refused the World Government’s request for the Ark Maxim’s technology unless it offered a Logia Devil Fruit, and ordered the Kuja Pirates to pay five times the value of the stolen shipment or face bombardment.
• Karn arranged to trade weapons to Fish-Man Island for Sea Kings, then left with Baby 5 and later sold Vivi nano battle armor in exchange for payment and an IOU.
• The Karn Chamber of Commerce sent an airship toward Sky Island to deliver supplies and recruit Wiper and the other Shandia warriors.
• Hina ordered Marines to search for the Straw Hat Pirates and report their actions to headquarters after learning they had incited a pirate-slave riot in Alabasta.
• Hina learned that the Ark Maxim and the Karn Chamber of Commerce airship had departed in different directions and told headquarters to track them.

Marine Headquarters suspected Mage Karn had returned and was preparing for war after his forces gathered in Alabasta. Karn’s Ark Maxim began bombarding Amazon Lily while Boa Hancock and the Kuja Pirates prepared to repel the attack.

• Sengoku doubled the Straw Hat Pirates’ bounties, while Tsuru suspected Mage Karn had returned and warned nearby Marine Branches to watch for him.
• Robin told Hina that Karn had placed his own reward on the Straw Hat Pirates and refused Hina’s request to meet him.
• Marine Headquarters learned that Karn’s pirate-hunting teams had returned to Alabasta and sent Vice Admiral Mole to prevent a conflict on Amazon Lily.
• Gloriosa urged Hancock to make peace with the Karn Chamber of Commerce over ammunition, but Hancock dismissed her and ordered her thrown out.
• Sandersonia and Marigold reported that an enemy was bombarding Amazon Lily from the air, and Hancock summoned the Kuja Pirates to fight back.
• Vice Admiral Mole identified the attacking vessel as the Ark Maxim and told Sengoku he had arrived too late to stop the bombardment.

After bombing much of Amazon Lily, the Magician’s side halted the attack and demanded compensation and a public apology, prompting Boa Hancock to set sail in anger. The Marines sent Aokiji toward Alabasta to prevent a clash, while Nico Robin prepared missiles and grenade launchers to confront the Kuja Pirates.

• Granny Nyon warned Boa Hancock that she could not safely reach the Ark Maxim, and the bombing left more than half of Amazon Lily in ruins.
• The Ark Maxim stopped its attack and dropped compensation demands; after learning the Magician had returned, Boa Hancock ordered the Kuja Pirates to sail.
• Vice Admiral Mole reported Hancock’s departure to Sengoku, who sent Aokiji to Alabasta to try to intervene.
• Aokiji reached the Marine Branch in Alabasta, received details from Hina, and left to speak with the Magician if possible.
• Nico Robin learned that the Kuja Pirates had left Amazon Lily and prepared God series missiles and P-3 Series Grenade Launchers for a weapons demonstration.

Aokiji met Karn in Alabasta and agreed not to interfere unless ordered, while Boa Hancock refused to reconsider her attack. The Karn Chamber of Commerce’s weapons devastated the Kuja Pirates, and Karn struck again with Raigo as Hancock remained defiant.

• Aokiji visited Karn and accepted his argument that the Marines could let the clash test Boa Hancock’s strength, though he said he would intervene if Headquarters ordered him to.
• Boa Hancock rejected Gandamaru’s doubts and ordered the Kuja Pirates to hurry to Alabasta so she could confront Karn.
• As the Kuja Pirates neared Alabasta, God Missiles and thousands of shells struck their ship, killing and injuring members of the crew and destroying the vessel.
• Drone footage showed Boa Hancock surviving the bombardment but still glaring toward Alabasta, prompting Karn to warn Aokiji that she would not accept defeat.
• Karn unleashed Raigo over the sea, disabling the drones with the massive lightning strike as Aokiji recognized his formidable Devil Fruit skill.

Karn’s defeat of Boa Hancock spread through the papers, drawing interest from pirates, emperors, and the Marines in his weapons and power. Hancock woke imprisoned in Karn’s Rainbase facility, where he used photographs of her back to keep her from escaping.

• Aokiji warned Karn that the World Government was displeased with him and left with a recording of the incident.
• Nico Robin reported that the Kuja survivors were imprisoned and treated, while Karn attracted weapon orders and gave Cobra discounted launchers.
• Morgans publicized Karn’s defeat of Hancock and his new weapons, prompting reactions from Whitebeard, the Beasts Pirates, and the Marines.
• Sengoku’s headquarters meeting considered buying Karn’s weapons, but the Marines balked at his requested trade goods, including Devil Fruit users and Jack’s tusks.
• Boa Hancock woke in Karn’s cell, removed her Seastone handcuffs with a key he gave her, and learned that Karn had photographed her back.
• Karn threatened to publish the photographs if Hancock left the open cell, and she stayed inside sobbing.

Granny Nyon sought outside help to negotiate for Boa Hancock, who accepted Karn’s coercive game in exchange for the photographs proving her past as a slave. Meanwhile, the Marines decided to execute Ace and prepare for war against Whitebeard.

• After learning that Hancock and the Kuja Pirates had been defeated, Granny Nyon ordered Amazon Lily’s remaining treasure and warriors prepared for a voyage to Alabasta, and sent a letter to Sabaody for help.
• Hancock stayed in her cell, too afraid that the photographs of her slave mark would expose her past, and Karn offered her a chance to win them back through the Women’s Further Education Course.
• Hancock accepted Karn’s game, and he warned her that he would kill ten Kuja Pirates if she hurt anyone in his company.
• Granny Nyon secured Shakuyaku and Rayleigh’s help to reach Alabasta, since the kingdom’s ship had been destroyed and they needed the Swimming Serpents to cross the Calm Belt.
• Marine Headquarters decided to execute Ace after Blackbeard exchanged him for a Shichibukai position, and began arranging a campaign against the Whitebeard Pirates.

Karn released Hancock and the Kuja Pirates after accepting compensation from Amazon Lily, then received a Marine summons to attend a Shichibukai meeting at Marineford. On Sabaody Archipelago, Wiper learned that Eustass Kid had the highest bounty among the gathered Supernovas and prepared to confront him.

• Granny Nyon paid Karn more than thirteen billion Beli in compensation, and Karn agreed to release Hancock and the other Kuja Pirates.
• Karn returned Hancock’s photographs and let her leave, while she struggled with her growing reluctance to kill him and concealed the belt made from nanoparticles.
• Captain Hina delivered the Marine summons, and Karn agreed to travel to Marineford in a few days.
• At the Karn Chamber of Commerce’s Sabaody branch, Wiper’s group learned that several Supernovas had gathered on the islands.
• After hearing that Eustass Kid had a bounty of 315 million Beli and had killed many civilians, Wiper ordered Raki and Braham to prepare to move.

Wiper and the Shandia warriors attacked Eustass Kid in Sabaody, blowing up a bar before confronting him to capture him alive. At Marine Headquarters, Karn and the other Shichibukai were briefed on a major war operation, and Hancock secretly let Karn into her room afterward.

• Wiper and the Shandia warriors entered a bar on tree No. 21 looking for Kid, then Wiper threw a bomb inside.
• The bomb destroyed the bar and killed many pirates, but Kid survived and faced Wiper, who said he planned to capture him alive.
• Sengoku and Tsuru briefed Karn and the other Shichibukai on a major Marine operation, while Hancock struggled to conceal her reaction to a hidden device.
• Karn and Moria argued over who would claim the corpses after the war, and Sengoku stopped them from fighting.
• Hancock returned to her room, felt the device vibrate again, and opened the door to let Karn inside.

Sengoku faced pressure from the Five Elders to punish Mage Karn’s subordinates for insulting the Celestial Dragons, while Karn backed the Shandia and pursued a rare Woods-Woods Fruit user. The chapter ended with Robin showing Wiper and the others the Chamber of Commerce’s powerful final-tier supplies for Sky Island to consider.

• Kizaru reported that Karn’s subordinates had helped stop the Supernovas at Sabaody, and Sengoku ended the call without agreeing to arrest them.
• The Five Elders ordered Sengoku to make Karn hand over the subordinates who insulted the Celestial Dragons, but Sengoku refused to risk turning Karn against the Marines.
• Karn praised Wiper’s group for capturing Eustass Kid and Scratchmen Apoo, and authorized Robin to offer the Shandia the Chamber of Commerce’s final tier of supplies.
• Robin told Karn that the intelligence department had tracked down Aramaki, a rare Woods-Woods Fruit user, and Karn ordered her to negotiate for his ability before resorting to force.
• Robin reassured the injured Shandia that Karn would protect them, then gave them a list of powerful supplies and enhancements to discuss with their leaders.

After Marine Headquarters announced Ace’s public execution, Whitebeard’s forces sailed for Marineford while Sengoku prepared for war. Back in Rainbase City, Karn exposed three infiltrators as CP9 agents and captured them, planning to use them later.

• Cobra offered Alabasta’s troops to help Karn, while Vivi regretted not staying with him after learning Ace would be executed.
• Whitebeard rejected Marco’s suggestion to ally with the Beasts Pirates and ordered his fleet to sail for Marineford to rescue Ace.
• Sengoku mobilized Marine forces, installed P-3 Grenade Launchers, and monitored the Big Mom and Beasts Pirates as Marineford prepared for battle.
• Karn returned to Rainbase City, extracted Kid’s and Apoo’s Devil Fruit abilities, then killed them so he could claim their bounties after the war.
• Nico Robin brought Rob Lucci, Kaku, and Jabra to meet Karn, and Karn recognized them as CP9 agents.
• Rob Lucci, Kaku, and Jabra attacked Nico Robin, but Karn bound and incapacitated them with lightning before ordering them locked up.

Karn retaliated against the World Government for targeting Nico Robin and prepared to use the Paramount War to display his strength and harvest valuable resources. As Ace’s execution approached, Sengoku revealed Ace’s parentage, and the Whitebeard Pirates launched their attack on Marineford.

• Karn ordered Rob Lucci and two other CP9 agents killed and displayed at Rainbase, planned a powerful bomb for Mary Geoise, and left Robin in command of expanded defenses.
• Karn returned to Marineford as the Marines completed preparations for Ace’s execution, while Sengoku’s forces failed to locate Whitebeard’s fleet.
• Sengoku announced that Ace was Pirate King Roger’s son, and Karn told Hancock that the Marines had already lost to Roger by making Ace’s birth the charge for his execution.
• Whitebeard’s pirate ships appeared outside Marineford, and then the Moby Dick surfaced inside the bay with Whitebeard at its bow, calling out to Ace.

Whitebeard began the Marineford war by unleashing a tsunami, while Karn and the Marines attacked and fought back. After Whitebeard recovered his strength with Restoration Potions, Luffy arrived to save Ace, and Karn struck at his warship with lightning.

• Whitebeard shattered the sea and sent tsunamis toward Marineford, but Aokiji froze them and immobilized the Moby Dick in the bay.
• Karn unleashed a 200 Million Volts: Raigo at the Moby Dick, and Whitebeard shattered the lightning with an Air Quake punch, injuring Marines with the scattered bolts.
• Hawkeye attacked Whitebeard, Jozu blocked the slash, and fighting broke out as Whitebeard intercepted the Marines' bombardment until he destroyed their battery walls.
• Whitebeard injected five Restoration Potions, regained his vigor, and challenged Sengoku to continue the battle.
• Luffy's warship entered the bay as he shouted that he had come to save Ace, and Karn attacked it with an 80 Million Volts: Raigo.

Karn killed Oars and took his corpse as Whitebeard's forces pushed toward Ace, while the battle at Marineford intensified. The chapter ended with Kaido arriving and attacking the battlefield, prompting Sengoku to order the Marines to stop the war from being broadcast.

• Luffy arrived at Marineford with Jinbe, Ivankov, and Buggy, but Karn blasted their warship apart with Raigo, killing many of the Impel Down escapees.
• Karn held back as the fighting escalated, while Whitebeard used a Restoration Potion and unleashed an Air Quake that Aokiji and Kizaru blocked together.
• Oars charged toward the execution platform to rescue Ace, but Karn pierced his heart with a lightning spear and took his corpse away.
• Karn returned to the battlefield and decided to wait until Whitebeard died before acting again.
• Kaido arrived in the form of an enormous azure dragon and attacked Marineford, so Sengoku ordered the Marines to cut off the Image Den Den Mushi; one stolen by the Impel Down prisoners remained active.

Kaido arrived at Marineford and attacked both Marines and Whitebeard’s forces, while Jack led the Beasts Pirates against the Marine fleet. After Kaido demanded to find the arms dealer, Karn crippled Doflamingo and then blasted Kaido far out to sea, where the explosion raised a massive tsunami threatening Marineford.

• Kaido attacked the battlefield indiscriminately, while Jack ordered the Beasts Pirates’ ships to engage the Marine warships and Momousagi went to confront him.
• Sengoku ordered missiles against Kaido, and Kizaru struck him from above, knocking him out of his dragon form.
• Kaido demanded that Jack find the arms-dealing Shichibukai, prompting Karn to seize Doflamingo and burn away his severed limbs.
• Kaido revealed that Doflamingo supplied weapons to the Beasts Pirates, then charged Karn with his spiked club.
• Karn struck Kaido with a massive Tailed Beast Bomb, driving him more than ten kilometers out to sea before it exploded and created a tsunami.
• Sengoku called for Kuzan to stop the tsunami threatening Marineford.

Karn unleashed a colossal Tailed Beast Bomb at Kaido, devastating Marineford and leaving Kaido gravely wounded while the world learned of Karn’s overwhelming power. Sengoku ordered Ace executed immediately, but Luffy and Whitebeard renewed the rescue effort as the battle resumed.

• Karn lifted Buggy onto an ice pillar, made him hold up the Image Den Den Mushi, and formed a massive Tailed Beast Bomb above Marineford.
• Karn hurled the Tailed Beast Bomb at Kaido, and Aokiji repeatedly raised icebergs to protect Marineford from the blast and resulting tsunami.
• The explosion flattened the Marine Headquarters building and nearby town, while Kaido survived but was gravely wounded.
• Whitebeard dispersed the storm clouds, and Sengoku recognized that Karn’s power had become known throughout the world.
• Sengoku ordered Ace executed, but Luffy knocked out the executioners with his Conqueror’s Haki, and Whitebeard ordered his crew to rescue Ace and go home.