Recaps

Ryan found documents proving secret dealings between the World Government and Gold City, including Dark Blade’s contract to kill the Titan Island witnesses. Dark Blade attacked Fearless Fortress to destroy its Power Room, and Carrot and Kuina fought to stop the assassins as Ryan rushed to join them.

• Ryan discovered records of Gold City smuggling weapons and poison gas and laundering money for the Seraphim project, along with a CP0-funded contract hiring Dark Blade to eliminate Titan Island witnesses.
• An alarm reported that intruders had breached the Power Room with explosives, and Ryan led Marines there to protect the reactor.
• Dark Blade assassins poisoned and killed the Marines guarding the Power Room while preparing explosives at its entrance.
• Carrot struck down two assassins with her electricity, and Kuina joined her to defend the Power Room.
• The assassins attacked from all sides; Carrot fought off flankers while steel wires trapped her movements, and more than a dozen elite assassins charged Kuina.

Kuina awakened Ryuo during a fight with assassins sent by Tesoro and defeated them all. Lorne praised her progress as Ryan arrived with Marines to inspect the aftermath.

• A burly assassin attacked Kuina, and she recalled Lorne's lessons about strengthening her will and making Haki flow through her sword.
• Kuina used Ryuo to shatter the assassin's Horse-Cutting Saber and strike him through his armor, killing him.
• The remaining assassins panicked and tried to flee, but Kuina used One Sword Style: Ryuo: Instant Slash to kill them.
• Carrot praised Kuina, who credited Lorne's training and admitted that using Ryuo had drained her stamina.
• Lorne praised Kuina's progress and noted the assassins' equipment, then Ryan arrived with a large contingent of Marines.

Lorne discovered that Gild Tesoro had funded the World Government’s Seraphim experiments on Titan Island and sent assassins to destroy the evidence, so he set out for Gold City. As Lorne raced toward Gran Tesoro, Tesoro and the Underworld magnates argued over whether the city’s defenses could stop him.

• Ryan gave Lorne records linking Tesoro and Gold City to the Seraphim experiments and the attack on Titan Island.
• Lorne ordered Ryan to repair the Fearless Fortress’s defenses and Kuina to lead its patrols while he went after Tesoro alone.
• Lorne transformed into azure lightning and raced southwest toward Gold City.
• Tesoro and the Underworld magnates watched a danger marker approach Gran Tesoro and learned that the Dark Blade assassins and contact with Titan Island had been lost.
• Tesoro, Luffield, and Umit insisted that Gold City’s guards, weapons, and defenses could stop Lorne, while Stussy warned them not to underestimate him.

Lorne breached the Gran Tesoro and annihilated its three thousand elite guards, leaving Tesoro and the other big shots terrified inside the assembly hall. Tesoro activated Medusa’s Breath to stop him, and the deadly purple gas engulfed the corridor just as Lorne reached its entrance.

• Lorne arrived on the Gran Tesoro’s outer deck and survived the guards’ gunfire, cannon shells, Seastone net, and weapons without injury.
• Lorne destroyed an armored vehicle and slaughtered guards, then used Crushing Blow to smash hundreds of charging cavalrymen together.
• In less than three minutes, Lorne defeated all three thousand elite guards and advanced toward the assembly hall.
• Luffield panicked at the guards’ defeat, while Umit demanded that Tesoro unleash the Golden Giant.
• Tesoro pressed the red button to release Medusa’s Breath, filling the corridor outside the hall with neurotoxic gas as Lorne reached its entrance.

Lorne survived Medusa’s Breath, shattered the golden doors, and overwhelmed the Underworld leaders with his Conqueror’s Haki, forcing Gild Tesoro to his knees. As Lorne prepared to finish them, several deadly auras awakened in the shadows and weapons were drawn against him.

• Lorne’s Battlefield Valor purified Medusa’s Breath as the poison increased his Grit.
• Lorne kicked through the solid-gold doors and confronted Tesoro and the other Underworld leaders.
• Tesoro attacked by shaping the hall’s gold into giant pythons, but Lorne’s Conqueror’s Haki shattered them and knocked Luffield unconscious.
• Lorne’s Haki left Umit, Giberson, and Stussy struggling, while Tesoro’s control of gold was suppressed and he was forced to his knees.
• As Lorne prepared to finish off the Underworld leaders, dangerous auras stirred in the shadows and several weapons were drawn on him.

Lorne faced three elite bounty hunters hired by Tesoro and endured their combined attacks without trying to dodge. As golden energy built around him and a powerful gravity pinned the assassins in place, the hunters realized he had been absorbing their attacks on purpose.

• Stussy recognized Morey, Balu, and Xius as elite New World bounty hunters whom Tesoro had secretly recruited.
• Tesoro and Luffield offered the hunters vast wealth and a share of profits to kill Lorne.
• Morey, Balu, and Xius attacked Lorne together with a Haki-coated saber, poisoned needles, and a short sword.
• Lorne took all three attacks directly, and his tough body stopped Morey's blade, purged Balu's poison, and resisted Xius's strike.
• Morey noticed golden energy building around Lorne, while Balu tried to retreat and Xius found himself trapped by increasing gravity.

Lorne defeated Morey, Balu, and Xius in a devastating battle that destroyed much of Gran Tesoro’s golden hall. Tesoro and the underground kingpins submitted and offered their assets and networks, while Lorne reminded Tesoro that they had sent assassins to Fearless Fortress.

• Lorne used Crushing Blow to smash Balu and Xius together, then seized Morey and carried him into the sky.
• Lorne slammed Morey into the golden hall with The Show Stopper, destroying most of the hall and killing Morey, Balu, and Xius.
• Tesoro, Luffield, Umit, and Giberson crawled from the ruins and begged Lorne to spare them, offering Gran Tesoro’s assets, money, and networks.
• Lorne planted his foot on Tesoro’s head and asked whether Tesoro still remembered sending assassins to Fearless Fortress.

Lorne seized Gold City and the Underworld magnates’ businesses, funds, shipping routes, and intelligence networks for Fearless Fortress. After defying the Five Elders over an Encrypted Den Den Mushi, he left the magnates under strict orders to obey him.

• Lorne forced Tesoro to surrender control of the Underworld network and threatened the magnates if they resisted.
• Luffield handed Lorne black cards and ledgers, while Umit surrendered his golden compass and shipping authority.
• Lorne used Tesoro’s Encrypted Den Den Mushi to taunt the Five Elders, then crushed it after they threatened him.
• Lorne ordered the magnates to consolidate their intelligence, shipping routes, and accounts, and gave Ryan the funds and records to secure.
• Tesoro, Luffield, Umit, and Giberson offered their businesses and networks to Fearless Fortress, and Lorne warned them that betrayal would bring the same fate as Morey.

Doflamingo and the Marines reacted to Lorne’s takeover of Gold City and the threat it posed to the World Government. After receiving urgent intelligence about a possible Pluton blueprint in underwater ruins guarded by an Admiral, Lorne decided to investigate.

• Doflamingo learned that Lorne had defeated Tesoro and several Underworld tycoons, suspended secret arms dealings with the World Government, and recognized Lorne as the Underworld’s new king.
• Garp and Sengoku learned that the World Government had activated permissions for a national treasure after losing thirty percent of its illicit income, and feared the consequences if it awakened.
• Ryan reported that Fearless had gained the tycoons’ businesses, intelligence network, and funds for Fearless Fortress, while Lorne ordered Tesoro to monitor Kaido, Big Mom, the Marines, and the World Government.
• A Marine delivered an SSS-rank report identifying an underwater ruin where a fragment of the Pluton blueprints had reportedly surfaced, with an Admiral’s flagship marked nearby.
• Lorne chose to head for the underwater ruins and challenge the Admiral, despite Kuina’s warning that the intelligence could be a trap.

Lorne prepared the Fearless to reach the Lightless Abyss and retrieve the Pluton Blueprints, while learning that the World Government had sent an Admiral and suffered losses to ancient defenses. As the ship’s coating neared completion, Lorne assigned Carrot and Bakel to guard the vessel and prepared his crew for a confrontation with the Navy and the Government’s secret forces.

• Lorne ordered Ryan to arrange the Fearless’s coating, while Tesoro promised to provide Gran Tesoro’s best craftsmen and materials.
• Luffield reported that the World Government had mobilized covert lookouts and sent an Admiral, while Umit gave Lorne a secret route to the Lightless Abyss.
• Giberson told Lorne that ancient defenses around the Undersea Ruins had damaged the World Government’s warships, and Lorne ordered the tycoons to report unusual movements.
• Ryan supervised the Fearless’s recoating in Gran Tesoro’s harbor, while Bakel checked its weapons and supplies for the deep-sea journey.
• Kuina warned Lorne about the Lightless Abyss’s crushing pressure and Sea Kings, and Lorne assigned Carrot and Bakel to remain aboard and protect the Fearless.
• Lorne told Ryan to prepare the crew for an Admiral and possible World Government secret forces, declaring they would face them all.

Lorne led the Fearless and fifty former Marines into the deep sea to seize the blueprints for Pluton, relying on the ship’s reinforced coating and his unusual affinity for seawater. At six thousand meters, CP0’s Black Shark submarines ambushed the Fearless and surrounded it with torpedoes.

• Ryan reported that the Fearless’s golden-resin coating was complete, and Lorne prepared the crew for the mission to obtain Pluton’s blueprints.
• Kuina urged Lorne to prepare for damage, so he had Ryan install flotation airbags and seastone armor on the ship.
• The Fearless left the harbor and descended, while Lorne discovered that the seawater did not hinder him because of his God Dragon Bloodline.
• At three thousand meters, Lorne used Observation Haki to scout ahead as the crew continued descending through the dark sea.
• At six thousand meters, Ryan detected abnormal currents, and Lorne sensed approaching steel constructs.
• CP0’s Black Shark submarines emerged from the darkness, surrounded the Fearless, and prepared their seastone torpedoes.

Lorne destroyed the CP0 submarine formation barehanded ten thousand meters beneath the sea and returned safely to the Fearless. The crew continued down the trench and found enormous ruins guarded by World Government warships, where a battle appeared imminent.

• The CP0 commander ordered three Seastone torpedoes fired at the Fearless, and Lorne left its coating to intercept them despite Kuina's objections.
• Lorne crushed the first torpedo with his bare hand and survived its explosion, while the blast increased his Grit.
• Lorne used Decimating Smash and Crushing Blow to collide two CP0 submarines, then destroyed the fleeing flagship with Haymaker.
• Lorne returned to the Fearless unharmed and told Ryan to continue descending because CP0's ambush suggested they were near their destination.
• Ryan guided the Fearless farther into the trench, where the crew saw enormous ruins and World Government warships docked at the entrance.

Lorne led Kuina, Ryan, and ten Elite Marines into the underwater ruins, where Marine guards were stationed and the passages were lined with highly concentrated Seastone. As the group pressed onward toward Fujitora, the Seastone began draining their stamina and Haki, though Lorne remained largely unaffected.

• Lorne ordered Ryan to bring the Fearless alongside the Marine warships, then told Bakel and Carrot to stay aboard and stand ready to retreat if the Marines attacked.
• Lorne, Kuina, Ryan, and ten Elite Marines crossed the ruins' protective barrier and found fresh Marine boot prints on the floor.
• Kuina swiftly knocked out the Marine guards who recognized Lorne and tried to raise the alarm.
• Ryan and Kuina noticed their bodies growing heavy and their powers weakening, and Lorne identified the glowing ore in the walls as an unusually pure Seastone vein.
• Lorne warned his crew that the Seastone would drain their stamina and Haki, while Ryan encouraged the Marines to keep moving toward Fujitora.

Lorne and his crew explored the passage to the Pluton slab, discussing the Ancient Weapon and erased history before confronting Admiral Fujitora. Fujitora stood in their way, and the chapter left them poised to fight over the slab while debating justice and the World Government.

• Kuina, Ryan, and Lorne examined murals depicting a warship resembling Pluton and a tall, winged race building a ship as they traveled through the passage.
• Lorne and his crew reached a circular hall where Fujitora and elite Marines guarded a black stone slab covered in Ancient Script.
• Fujitora said he would not let clues to an Ancient Weapon fall into anyone’s hands, while Lorne insisted he would take the slab.
• Lorne and Fujitora prepared to fight after neither would yield, and Fujitora acknowledged Lorne’s strength and reputation.
• Lorne denounced the Celestial Dragons and Marine justice, while Fujitora admitted the World Government was dark but said he feared greater chaos without order.

Lorne challenged Fujitora’s gentle justice and the order he defended, then endured Fujitora’s gravity attack combined with Seastone suppression. As Lorne’s Grit surged and formed a golden shield that negated both forces, the battle began to turn in his favor.

• Lorne argued that the existing order protected the Celestial Dragons and vowed to build a new order that could protect civilians.
• Fujitora used Gravity Blade: Hell's Journey, crushing the hall with overwhelming gravity while Seastone suppressed Lorne.
• Ryan and Kuina struggled to withstand the force as Marine soldiers celebrated, believing Fujitora had subdued Lorne.
• Fujitora sensed that Lorne’s strength and presence were growing despite the suppression and realized his body was adapting to the gravity.
• Lorne’s Grit reached its limit and erupted into a golden shield that blocked the gravity and Seastone suppression.

Lorne broke free of Fujitora’s hundredfold gravity despite the surrounding Seastone, relying on his overwhelming physical strength and rapid recovery. After smashing the gravity field apart, he launched a lightning-fast attack, and Fujitora drew his sword to meet it.

• Lorne’s Sett Bloodline surged as he stood against Fujitora’s gravity and the Seastone’s effects.
• Fujitora sensed Lorne’s cells healing almost instantly and warned him that the gravity could destroy his organs, but Lorne refused to stop.
• Lorne forced himself upright, and his physical presence made the Marines falter as Kuina pulled Ryan toward the passage.
• Lorne stamped the ground and unleashed a shock wave that shattered Fujitora’s gravity field.
• Lorne vanished at extreme speed and charged Fujitora, who drew his Cane Sword and used Gravity Blade: Wind Control.

Lorne sent Fujitora crashing through pillars and into a wall with a single punch, but the Admiral recovered and prepared to fight on. In hiding, CP0 commander Lone Wolf completed his collection of Lorne’s Lineage Factor data and began phase two to prevent Lorne from obtaining the stone slab and Pluton Blueprints.

• Lorne struck Fujitora with overwhelming physical strength, sending him through three pillars and into a stone wall.
• Ryan and Kuina observed that Lorne’s body grew stronger from injuries and warned their allies to stay alert for the Marines.
• Fujitora rose from the rubble, acknowledged Lorne’s strength, and drew his blade to continue defending the stone slab.
• Lone Wolf secretly recorded the battle and reported that Lorne’s vitality suggested an unknown recovery mechanism in his bloodline.
• Lone Wolf completed the Lineage Factor data collection, and his contact ordered phase two to keep the stone slab and Pluton Blueprints from Lorne.

Lorne fought Fujitora under the Seastone veins, growing stronger as his body healed, then killed Lone Wolf when the CP0 chief tried to seize the Poneglyph slab. Lorne took the slab, but his Haymaker damaged the ruins’ supports, and the hall began collapsing as seawater flooded in.

• Lorne endured Fujitora’s gravity attacks, and his regenerative bloodline healed his injuries while increasing his strength and Grit.
• Lone Wolf rushed toward the altar to take the Poneglyph slab, while Kuina and Ryan tried to warn Lorne.
• Lorne fused his Conqueror’s Haki with his full Grit and killed Lone Wolf with a Haymaker that broke through Seastone’s suppression.
• Lorne lifted the slab and challenged Fujitora, who warned that killing a World Government official would have consequences.
• Lorne’s punch shattered the ruins’ load-bearing structure, and the hall began collapsing as high-pressure seawater poured inside.

Lorne escaped the collapsing undersea ruins aboard the Fearless with the Poneglyph slab, while Fujitora abandoned the pursuit to save the Marine fleet. At Marineford, Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Lorne’s growing threat, Garp’s apparent support for him, and the Marines’ inability to spare forces for a campaign against him.

• Lorne brought Kuina and Ryan back to the Fearless with the Poneglyph slab as the ruins began collapsing around them.
• Fujitora halted the pursuit and used Gravity Blade: Wind Control to shield the Marine warships from falling rocks.
• Ryan piloted the undamaged Fearless toward the surface, and Lorne ordered the crew to leave at full speed.
• Fujitora reported his failure to Sengoku and said Lorne’s body resisted Seastone, suggesting his bloodline might hold the key.
• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Garp’s alignment with Lorne and concluded the Marines could not spare troops to fight him in the New World.

Akainu demanded that the Navy attack Lorne, but Sengoku refused to risk the fleet and left the decision to the Five Elders. Aboard the Fearless, Lorne’s body grew stronger after his fight with Fujitora, and he tested his durability against Kuina’s swordsmanship.

• Akainu entered Sengoku’s office and demanded that the Navy activate its final plan to eliminate Lorne.
• Sengoku warned that an attack in the New World could cost the Navy its main force, and Akainu left after admitting Lorne would be difficult to defeat alone.
• Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru discussed telling the Five Elders the truth and letting them send the Holy Knights against Lorne.
• On the Fearless, Lorne felt that surviving the deep-sea pressure and fighting Fujitora had strengthened his body and increased his bloodline’s activity.
• Kuina sparred with Lorne, but he repelled her Ryuo-infused sword strike and shattered her flying slash with a punch.

Lorne’s crew learned from an ancient stone slab that Pluton needed a living core hidden in Wano Country, and they set course there. New intelligence revealed that the wounded Kaido was searching Wano for a secret medicine, giving Lorne an opening to confront him.

• Lorne decided to keep Jack and Smoothie imprisoned and asked Olsen to translate the ancient stone slab.
• Olsen discovered that Pluton needed a core called the Soul of Pluton, sealed in the Mouth of the Underworld in Wano Country.
• Lorne agreed to travel to Wano Country to claim the core and settle his score with Kaido.
• Ryan reported that Kaido was gravely wounded and was searching Wano Country for the Yamata no Orochi Secret Medicine, while his men ravaged villages for clues.
• Lorne ordered the Fearless to set course for Wano Country.

Lorne and his crew headed toward Wano Country to confront Kaido and obtain Pluton's core, while gathering information from their captives and preparing for the battle. The chapter left Lorne training Kuina and Carrot aboard the ship as they approached Wano.

• Lorne ordered Ryan to bring the ship to full speed and told Kuina and Carrot to prepare for the battle ahead.
• Lorne reviewed intelligence about Kaido's recovery on Onigashima, Orochi's search for medicinal ingredients, and the clues to the Yamata no Orochi Secret Medicine in the Kozuki Family ruins.
• Lorne visited Jack and Smoothie in the lower hold, dismissed their threats, and declared that he would defeat Kaido and take Orochi's head.
• Lorne trained the Marines on deck and explained that Kuina's Ryuo needed to penetrate beyond an enemy's surface.
• Kuina began sensing the flow of Haki, and Carrot asked Lorne how she could improve her electric shocks.

Lorne reached Wano Country, killed King, opened a path through the waterfall, and freed the chained samurai. As he headed inland to confront Kaido, the Five Elders ordered a hidden weapon to target Wano Country and prepared the Holy Knights to eliminate both fighters.

• Lorne guided the Fearless through Wano Country's dangerous waters and ordered it to charge up the waterfall despite the Beasts Pirates' defenses.
• Kuina deflected King's flaming feather blades while Lorne endured the attack, then used Crushing Blow to smash King into a Beasts Battleship and kill him.
• Lorne split the waterfall and carved a passage through the rock, allowing Ryan to steer the Fearless onto the island.
• Ryan and the Marines cut the Seastone chains binding the Wano Country samurai, and Lorne told them to return home while he went to face Kaido.
• The Five Elders watched footage of Lorne's victory, readied the Holy Knights' First Battalion, and ordered the weapon that could erase an island to target Wano Country.

Lorne and his crew reached Decayed Town and witnessed the suffering caused by Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi’s rule. Queen unleashed the Ice Oni virus, but Lorne absorbed it without harm and charged his Grit as he prepared to attack Queen.

• Lorne led Ryan, Kuina, Carrot, and the Marines into Decayed Town, where they saw starving residents and learned that polluted water and factory waste were killing people.
• Lorne ordered Ryan to distribute food and clean water while Queen arrived with several hundred Beasts Pirates and challenged him.
• Queen fired Ice Oni shells into the town, turning nearby residents and Marines into violent, virus-infected monsters.
• Lorne walked into the poison mist and inhaled the virus, but his Sett Bloodline and Battlefield Valor rapidly healed the damage and filled his Grit.
• Lorne emerged unharmed in golden light and confronted Queen, who found himself immobilized by Lorne’s killing intent as Lorne prepared to unleash his fully charged Grit.

Lorne killed Queen with a single Haymaker, then ordered Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina to finish off the remaining Beasts Pirates. After the refugees received food and water, Lorne declared that he would kill Kaido, while Kuina questioned why the World Government ignored Wano Country’s suffering.

• Lorne struck Queen with Haymaker, destroying him and leaving a scorched crater in Decayed Town.
• The remaining Beasts Pirates fled, and Lorne ordered Ryan and Bakel to kill them all as Kuina and the Marines fought the enemy forces.
• Decayed Town’s refugees thanked Lorne, and he told them to rise and said he had come to take Kaido’s life.
• Carrot handed out food and clean water, while Ryan kept the refugees from fighting over supplies.
• Kuina condemned Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi for turning Wano Country into a living hell and asked why the World Government ignored its suffering.