Chapter Summaries

Zoro, Perona, and Gion left Kuraigana Island without Mihawk, while Hawkeye reflected on Lott’s strength and the growth of his crew. The Marines’ worldwide recruitment drive stirred excitement and anger across the seas, and a man seeking revenge for Akainu headed to a Marine Branch to enlist.

• Hawkeye watched Zoro’s ship depart and wondered what kind of man Lott was, judging Lott to be stronger than Roger and Whitebeard.
• Perona asked Zoro about Peach Spring, and he reassured her that it was a fine place as Gion took the helm.
• News spread that the Marines had opened a worldwide draft with two Admiral positions available.
• A dark-green-haired man vowed to become an Admiral and avenge Akainu by going after Lott’s Crew.
• The man used a flower growing from his back to fly toward a Marine Branch.

Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru sailed undercover to Peach Spring to verify Kuzan’s account and assess the Navy’s possible separation from the World Government. Near Peach Spring, they encountered Zoro and Gion aboard a Lott Pirates vessel, and Zoro drew his sword as he realized who the visitors were.

• Sengoku steered the unmarked ship while Tsuru navigated and Garp teased them and ate senbei.
• Tsuru said they were nearing Peach Spring, and Garp reassured her that Lott was trustworthy.
• Sengoku and Tsuru acknowledged that they could only verify Kuzan’s claims and gamble on their visit.
• A Lott Pirates ship approached and called out to the unmarked vessel, and Tsuru recognized it as a ship resembling Skybreaker.
• Tsuru recognized Gion aboard the ship, and Gion identified Tsuru, Sengoku, and Garp.
• Zoro realized the visitors’ identities, unleashed his aura, and placed his hand on his sword hilt.

Gion stopped Zoro from attacking Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru, who confirmed that they were traveling to Peach Spring for a vacation. Her admission that she had chosen Zoro shocked the elders, but they accepted her decision as Zoro and Perona began lowering their guard.

• Zoro confronted Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru with an aura that made them recognize his Admiral-level strength.
• Gion stopped Zoro and argued that the three elders were likely visiting Peach Spring peacefully rather than planning an attack.
• Gion boarded the elders' boat, and Tsuru confirmed that they were heading to Peach Spring for a vacation.
• Gion acknowledged her relationship with Zoro and confirmed that it had prompted her resignation as a Marine Vice Admiral.
• Garp supported Gion's choice, while Tsuru worried that she would have to share Zoro with Perona.
• Gion reaffirmed her commitment to Zoro, and Zoro lowered his guard after seeing her chatting safely with the elders.

Zoro agreed to let Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru visit Peach Spring as tourists while he and Gion escorted them there. In Shandora, Lott confronted Stussy about her covert mission, but before she could fall into his arms, several figures appeared.

• Zoro warned Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru to visit Peach Spring only as tourists, then led them there with Gion.
• Wyper escorted Stussy toward Shandora and remained wary of her while she considered her mission to infiltrate Peach Spring and gain Lott's trust.
• Lott and Issho met Stussy, and Issho warned her that Peach Spring would not welcome someone who came on a mission.
• Lott told Stussy that he and Issho could read minds and accused her of being a World Government agent sent by the Five Elders to seduce him.
• Stussy tried to play the victim and fall into Lott's arms, but several figures appeared before her.

Zoro returned to Peach Spring after achieving his goal of becoming the World's Greatest Swordsman, accompanied by Perona, Gion, and three masked elders. Lott recognized the elders as Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru, then concealed the group inside an Electromagnetic Barrier as they revealed themselves.

• Lott greeted Zoro, who confirmed he had become the World's Greatest Swordsman.
• Perona and Gion revealed that they had both become Zoro's women, surprising Lott.
• Issho asked about the three elderly figures accompanying Zoro, and Garp offered to introduce them.
• Lott recognized Garp's voice and created an Electromagnetic Barrier around the group.
• Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru removed their human-skin masks, leaving Lott surprised by their true appearances.

Lott discussed the Marines’ possible merger with Peach Spring as Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru weighed Kuzan’s decision. Meanwhile, news of Roronoa Zoro becoming the World’s Greatest Swordsman spread, drawing reactions across the seas and from Koshiro.

• Lott told Garp, Sengoku, and Tsuru that the Marines would keep their structure and independence if they joined Peach Spring, while Tsuru remained wary of the merger.
• Lott warned that Kuzan would likely clash with the Five Elders if the Marines stayed under the World Government.
• Newspapers announced that Roronoa Zoro had taken the title of World’s Greatest Swordsman, prompting disbelief and challenges from readers around the world.
• A one-eyed swordsman in South Blue dismissed Zoro’s title and set out to defeat him.
• Koshiro read the news in Shimotsuki Village and congratulated Zoro, urging him to keep improving and remembering Kuina.

Koshiro advised a young, Zoro-like swordsman to find his own way of the sword. Meanwhile, Lott and his allies organized their next moves against the World Government, and Kuro, Crocodile, and Enel headed to Wano Country to retrieve Pluton.

• Koshiro told the green-haired boy that becoming the World's Greatest Swordsman required developing his own swordsmanship, and the boy wondered about finding his own way of the sword.
• Tsuru worried that Peach Spring might consume the Navy, while Sengoku and Garp acknowledged Lott's power and followed the smell of ramen.
• Lott and Kuro discussed the World Government's hidden forces and Vegapunk's weapon, then Lott convened Peach Spring's leaders and the Revolutionary Army to assign tasks.
• Enel piloted the Skybreaker No. 1 toward Wano Country with Kuro and Crocodile, who were tasked with bringing Pluton back to Peach Spring.
• Kuro noted that Ace still seemed to be in Wano Country.

The Lott Pirates split into two missions: one group headed to Elbaf to meet Saul and make a rubbing of the Road Poneglyph, while Nami, Boa Hancock, and Ling'er traveled to gather Peach Spring’s allied islands. The island-moving mission began with Fish-Man Island to prepare for the World Government’s use of Uranus.

• On the Breaking Sky 2, Sabo read about Aramaki and another powerful recruit who might replace Kuzan and Akainu as Navy Admirals.
• Robin eagerly anticipated reaching Elbaf to see Saul and help make a rubbing of the last Road Poneglyph with Issho and Sabo.
• Nami, Boa Hancock, and Ling'er sailed on the Skybreaker No. 3 with a list of islands belonging to the Whitebeard Pirates, the Red Hair Pirates, and Peach Spring.
• Nami said they would move the islands from farthest to nearest, beginning with Fish-Man Island, to reduce travel and conserve her stamina.
• The group planned to bring Peach Spring’s allied islands to safety because Uranus could raise the sea level and sink them during the coming war.

Lott, Luo, and Emporio Ivankov traveled toward Warhead Island to find Vegapunk and restore Kuma’s consciousness. Meanwhile, Kuzan announced the results of the World Military Draft and prepared to appoint two new Marine Admirals.

• Lott and Luo relaxed aboard the Skybreaker as it headed toward Warhead Island with Emporio Ivankov.
• Lott told Emporio Ivankov that Peach Spring was one of the few groups that knew Egghead Island’s location.
• Kuzan announced that the World Military Draft had selected 75,432 recruits, including nineteen Vice Admirals and two Admirals.
• Kuzan presented epaulets to forty-seven Rear Admirals and nineteen Vice Admirals at Neo Marine Headquarters.
• Two successful recruits appeared before Kuzan as Marines around the world watched the ceremony.
• Kuzan declared that both recruits would receive the rank of Marine Admiral and brought out their epaulets.

Kuzan appointed Aramaki and Salih as Marine Admirals during a worldwide broadcast, while the Marines celebrated their expanded strength and pirates debated the growing threat. At Peach Spring, Neptune worried that Kuzan’s military draft targeted them, and the chapter ended with Aramaki watching Kuzan with a cold glint in his eyes.

• Kuzan bestowed the Admiral title of Ryokugyu on Aramaki, wielder of the Woods-Woods Fruit.
• Kuzan named Salih, wielder of the Earth-Earth Fruit, Admiral Brown Mole, and both new Admirals pledged their service.
• Marines across the Pirate World celebrated the two appointments, while pirates reacted to the Marines’ growing strength and Lott’s influence.
• Neptune warned Cobra that Kuzan’s worldwide draft might target Peach Spring, but Cobra trusted Kuzan’s sense of justice and Peach Spring’s defenses.
• Aramaki watched Kuzan address the Marines, and a cold glint flashed through his eyes.

Lott found the magnetic anomaly marking Egghead Island, but a giant mechanical shark attacked the Skybreaker before they could arrive. Luo sliced the shark in half, and the crew continued toward Egghead with new questions about Vegapunk’s technology and the World Government’s power.

• Lott used his Super Mantra to locate Egghead Island and warned the crew that a powerful visitor was approaching.
• A gigantic shark emerged from the sea and tried to swallow the Skybreaker, while Ivankov’s Hell Wink failed to harm it.
• Lott lifted the Skybreaker out of the shark’s snapping jaws, revealing that the enormous creature was mechanical.
• Luo enlarged Kikoku with his awakened Op-Op Fruit powers and cut the mechanical shark in half.
• Ivankov marveled at Luo’s strength as the shark’s two halves crashed into the sea.

Lott, Law, and Emporio Ivankov reached Egghead Island, but Lott’s Observation Haki found no living people there, including Vegapunk. They entered the Laboratory Floor to investigate, where they were met with a sight that left them stunned.

• Law used his awakened Op-Op Fruit and Armament Haki to cut down the giant shark that had threatened the Skybreaker.
• Lott brought the Skybreaker to Egghead Island, and Law transported the three into the island’s eggshell.
• Lott, Law, and Emporio Ivankov explored Egghead’s advanced, lush island and admired Vegapunk’s laboratory.
• Lott sensed that no living people were on the island, and Law wondered if Vegapunk had left or become mechanical.
• Lott explained that Vegapunk’s intelligence depended on his enormous brain and concluded that he was likely absent; Emporio Ivankov worried about Kuma’s recovery.
• Lott took the group to the Laboratory Floor, melted a hole through its dome with Electromagnetic Force, and brought them inside, where they were stunned by what they saw.

Lott stopped Egghead Island’s self-destruct sequence by disabling its machinery, then decided to move the island to Peach Spring. A recording of Vegapunk appeared and addressed Lott, while Emporio Ivankov remained focused on finding Kuma’s memories.

• Emporio Ivankov and Luo searched the empty Laboratory Floor for Vegapunk, Kuma’s memories, and Kuma’s experimental data.
• A self-destruct countdown began, so Lott sent Luo and Emporio Ivankov away from Egghead Island.
• Lott used his Electromagnetic Fruit powers to disable the island’s machinery and stop the countdown at 13.
• Luo returned with Emporio Ivankov, and Lott proposed moving Egghead Island to Peach Spring.
• A recording of Vegapunk appeared and said Lott was probably the only person who could defeat his self-destruct sequence.

Vegapunk asked Lott to rescue him, explaining that the World Government wanted him dead for learning its secrets and researching the Void Century. Lott decided to return to Peach Spring and plan a rescue later, while Vegapunk was shown working in a room in Mary Geoise.

• Vegapunk's recording asked Lott to save him and admitted that his research and weapons had harmed many people.
• Emporio Ivankov attacked the light screen, but Luo moved him aside so they could hear Vegapunk out.
• Vegapunk explained that the World Government wanted him dead because his technology exceeded its control and he had learned its secrets and researched the Void Century.
• Emporio Ivankov and Luo warned Lott that the recording might be a trap, but Lott said he would rescue Vegapunk after returning to Peach Spring and making a careful plan.
• Lott retrieved a device, used his Electromagnetic Fruit ability to lift Warhead Island, and departed with his crew.
• In Mary Geoise, an old man with an apple-shaped head and a long tongue worked at a console in a brightly lit glass room.

Vegapunk worked under Government guard in a glass room at Mary Geoise while Saint Saturn inspected him and vanished through a pentagram. Left alone, Vegapunk worried about whether Lott had received his recording and about the fate of his six isolated clones.

• Vegapunk realized that a high-energy plasma field could contain the subject of his experiment.
• Saint Saturn arrived, watched Vegapunk work, and transformed into an eight-legged monster before disappearing through a pentagram.
• After Saturn left, the Agents discussed the prisoner and learned from a veteran that he was the world’s greatest scientist, Vegapunk.
• Vegapunk wondered if Lott had received his recording and said he trusted Lott more than Nika to rescue him.
• Vegapunk recalled that the Government had separated him from his six clones and feared they might be held as leverage.

The Five Elders discussed keeping Vegapunk under control while a dark figure in the Flower Room crushed a photograph of Lott. On Elbaf, Issho, Robin, and Sabo were welcomed by the Giants, and Robin reunited with Saul.

• The Five Elders agreed to strengthen Vegapunk’s glass chamber and keep his technology under their control.
• A dark figure paced through the Flower Room, crushed a photograph showing Lott, and left the scraps on the floor.
• Brogy and Dorry welcomed Issho, Robin, and Sabo to a banquet on Elbaf.
• Issho, Robin, and Sabo drank with the Giants after learning they had been allowed to make a rubbing of the Road Poneglyph.
• Robin cried when she saw Saul’s frostbite scars, and Saul reminded her she would find friends who would protect her.

Robin reunited with Saul in Elbaf and revealed that Sun God Nika had awakened, prompting Brogy to explain that Joy Boy was a spirit of liberation rather than one person. Dorry then revealed that the Nika from nine hundred years ago was a Giant and Elbaf’s chieftain.

• Robin and Saul joyfully reunited in Elbaf, and Saul asked whether the Lott Pirates would soon fight the World Government.
• Robin told Saul and the Giants that the crew had gathered all the Road Poneglyphs, planned to reach Laugh Tale, and would then wage war against the World Government.
• Robin said Lott was not Joy Boy but Nika’s master, and revealed that Sun God Nika had awakened.
• Brogy explained that Joy Boy could be anyone who brought joy and liberation to a community, including Dorry and himself in Elbaf and Lott in Peach Spring.
• Dorry and the Giants pledged their full support to the Lott Pirates, then Dorry revealed that the Joy Boy from nine hundred years ago was a Giant and Elbaf’s chieftain.

In Elbaf, Robin and Sabo learned that Joy Boy had been a Giant and that Elbaf would support Lott’s crew. In Wano, Ace and Yamato parted with promises to reunite, then Kuro, Enel, and Crocodile arrived seeking Pluton, which Yamato accepted with striking composure.

• Dorry and Brogy confirmed that Elbaf had waited over eight hundred years for Lott, whom they believed was the Prophet who would lead them against the World Government.
• Robin said she believed the day Elbaf had awaited would come soon.
• Yamato chose to remain in Wano as shogun while Ace prepared to leave, and they promised to reunite and marry within a year.
• Kuro, Enel, and Crocodile arrived in Wano and told Ace that a world-shaking object was believed to sleep beneath the country.
• Kuro revealed to Yamato that the object was Pluton, one of the Ancient Weapons, and she reacted calmly.
• Kuro urged the group to leave before complications arose.

Kuro explained that present-day Wano Country had been built atop the submerged Ancient Wano Country, and the group searched beneath the Road Poneglyph for Pluton. Crocodile opened a passage through the sand, leaving them poised to explore what lay below.

• Kuro told Ace, Yamato, Enel, and Crocodile that present-day Wano Country was not the original country and pointed them toward a window overlooking the submerged ancient city.
• The group saw the ruins of Ancient Wano Country beneath the seawater, and Kuro explained that rising water had forced its people to build a new country above it.
• Kuro said Pluton might lie beneath the Road Poneglyph, while Enel warned that the group did not know where it was located.
• Yamato urged Ace to break through the ground, but Crocodile used Reincarnation Erosion to turn the floor into sand.
• A vortex drew away the sand and revealed a pitch-black passage.

Kuro and the others discovered that the vast underground space beneath Wano Country concealed the Ancient Weapon Pluton, an enormous battleship. They were left facing the problem of how to bring it up to the sea’s surface so they could transport it to Peach Spring.

• Enel, Crocodile, Yamato, Ace, and Kuro entered the underground passage and searched the immense chamber for Pluton.
• Kuro realized they might be standing on top of the battleship, and the group found it concealed at one side of the chamber.
• The group marveled at Pluton’s immense size and weaponry, while Crocodile recalled that finding it had once been his lifelong pursuit.
• Kuro considered how to move Pluton from beneath Wano Country to Peach Spring and suddenly came up with an idea.