Chapter Summaries

Rossi took control of Water 7's shipyards and funded Tom's Sea Train, promising to connect islands by rail and revive the struggling city. As construction began with the Family's resources and Tieshidaino's technical input, the project moved toward its one-year deadline.

• Rossi assigned Water 7's shipyards to the Family and told Tom to build a train that could run on the sea within one year.
• Rossi pledged ten billion Beli and ordered a railway network connecting Water 7, St. Poplar, Spring Queen, Carnival Island, Food Island, and Beast Fighting Island.
• Tom voiced doubts about turning his plans into reality, but Rossi encouraged him and explained how the railway could connect isolated islands and transform travel.
• The Family delivered steel, timber, grain, and orders to Water 7, restarting the shipyards and restoring hope among its residents.
• Tieshidaino proposed advanced materials and engineering improvements for the train, but Tom insisted an ordinary steam engine would suffice.
• Rossi offered to increase Tieshidaino's research budget if the railway succeeded, then worked with Tom on the track anchoring plans as construction continued.

Rossi left Trebol and the others to protect Water 7’s Sea Train project and set sail for Sabaody with Doffy and their companions. There, the Donquixote Family intervened in a clash involving a warship carrying cargo for Saint Rosward, and Rossi’s group slaughtered the attacking pirates.

• Rossi entrusted Water 7’s security to Trebol, Senor Pink, Jora, and Pica, then promised Jora that the Sea Train could eventually extend to Odense and throughout the North Blue.
• Gladius invited Cutty Flam to join the Family, but Flam refused because he considered Tom his father and would not leave the workshop.
• Rossi and Doffy departed with Vergo, Diamante, Gladius, and others for Sabaody, while their forces remained stationed across the Family’s territories.
• As the Cold Crow approached Sabaody, Rossi explained that the archipelago’s tangled terrain and its ties to Mary Geoise allowed lawlessness to flourish.
• When pirates attacking a Marine warship claimed its cargo belonged to Saint Rosward, Rossi and Doffy arrived; Rossi killed the pirate captain, and the Family massacred the attackers.

Rossi’s Family sailed the Cold Crow · Numancia Flamingo from Sabaody into the deep sea, where Vergo fought off giant sea beasts and the crew descended toward the Red Line. During the journey, Rossi reassured the masked woman about her defeat by Doffy and his powerful attack.

• Rossi ordered the Navy captain to hand over three captured ships, then sailed to island fifty to have the Cold Crow · Numancia Flamingo coated.
• The Family descended into the deep sea, where Vergo left the ship’s bubble and crushed the approaching sea beasts before securing one to tow them.
• Rossi and Doffy discussed the limits of Devil Fruit powers, Haki, and Awakening, and Doffy promised to tell Rossi when he awakened his fruit.
• Oni explained the underwater cliff ahead as the ship was caught in its current and plunged toward the abyss.
• Rossi told the masked woman that her attack was powerful enough to threaten even him, recalling how she had survived Doffy’s devastating strike.

Rossi and his crew reached Fish-Man Island, where he stopped a human trafficking ship and encountered Jinbe and Hack. The rescued captives returned safely, and King Neptune learned that humans had intervened.

• The Cold Crow · Numancia Flamingo descended through the deep sea and reached Fish-Man Island, guided by the light of Sunlight Tree Eve’s roots.
• Rossi struck down the human traffickers pursuing captive mermaids and deflected a water attack from Hack.
• Jinbe apologized for Hack’s attack, ordered the captives rescued, and offered to guide Rossi through Fish-Man Island.
• Rossi identified himself as Rossi of the Donquixote Family and said he loathed human traffickers.
• Neptune prepared to defend Ryugu Palace, then learned the abducted subjects had returned safely and that humans had rescued them.

Rossi visited Fish-Man Island with his crew and asked the young fortune-teller Shyarly who would destroy the island. He ended by suggesting that he himself might be the one, leaving Jinbe and the café's hostess on guard as Shyarly began her divination.

• Rossi and his crew arrived on Fish-Man Island, where Jinbe escorted them and discreetly had Hack follow the visitors.
• Doffy and Bainessarna went to explore the market while Rossi asked Jinbe to show him around.
• Jinbe brought Rossi to Madame Kailian's café, where Rossi asked to speak with Shyarly.
• Rossi asked Shyarly to divine who would destroy Fish-Man Island, prompting Jinbe to position himself protectively between Rossi and the mermaids.
• As Shyarly began her reading, Rossi asked whether he was the one who would destroy Fish-Man Island.

Rossi left the Mermaid Cafe after Shyarly’s prophecy identified him as the one who would destroy Fish-Man Island, then led his companions to meet its ruler. After Rossi and his group departed the palace, Jinbe told Neptune that Shyarly had prophesied the island’s destruction.

• Rossi stopped Jinbe’s attack, paid for the damage to the Mermaid Cafe, and left with him.
• Rossi told Jinbe he had sought a future beneficial to Fish-Man Island and proposed visiting its ruler; Jinbe resolved to investigate Rossi’s intentions.
• Rossi reunited with Doflamingo and the others, then asked Jinbe to announce their visit to the palace.
• Rossi and his companions exchanged courtesies and promises with Neptune before leaving the palace.
• Jinbe told Neptune that Shyarly had prophesied Fish-Man Island’s destruction, and a queen emerged from behind the throne.

Neptune chose to watch Rossi rather than provoke a conflict, while Jinbe left the Ryugu Army to follow the Donquixote Family. As the Family sailed toward Dressrosa, Jinbe revealed himself aboard their ship, and Vergo confronted him.

• Otohime sensed that Rossi sought an ancient resonance rather than intending harm, so Neptune ordered the palace to monitor him and avoid attacking.
• Jinbe asked to leave the Ryugu Army so he could grow stronger and keep watch on the Donquixote Family, and Neptune allowed him to go.
• Rossi and Doffy sailed from Fish-Man Island toward Dressrosa to claim the island and obtain access to the Tontatta’s plant-growing abilities.
• Rossi detected Jinbe following beneath the coated ship and invited him aboard.
• Vergo challenged Jinbe, who steadied himself as the ship’s deck groaned beneath Vergo’s step.

Rossi stopped Vergo and Jinbe’s duel, invited Jinbe to join the ship, and explained the need for underwater fighters. As the crew encountered a massive deep-sea whirlpool called a white dragon, Rossi held the helm steady, leaving the ship’s response unresolved.

• Vergo and Jinbe fought to a draw until Rossi stepped between them and stopped their attacks.
• Rossi invited Jinbe to stay aboard and judge him for himself, and Jinbe accepted while privately reflecting on the prophecy that Rossi would destroy Fish-Man Island.
• Underwater, Jinbe easily defeated Vergo, prompting Rossi to explain the dangers of fighting at sea and the Family’s need for underwater combatants.
• The crew spotted an enormous white dragon whirlpool, and Oni urged them to turn the helm, but Rossi stopped her and began explaining why the phenomenon was predictable.

Rossi and the Family sailed through a massive vortex with Jinbe at the helm and reached Dressrosa. After Rossi left the ship in the harbor, he led the Family toward the city while hidden watchers alerted someone that Black King had arrived.

• Jinbe explained that ordinary ships could not survive the vortex, and Rossi’s crew used their specially built ship and a prepared Permanent Log Pose to cross it.
• Jinbe took control of the helm and steadied the ship as the crew passed through the vortex and emerged into the New World.
• Rossi and Doflamingo discussed Jinbe’s strength and the possibility of bringing him into the Family, while another crew member resolved to improve his underwater fighting ability.
• The ship reached Dressrosa, where Rossi told Doflamingo he would handle the Family’s internal affairs and left the ship with the others.
• Rossi refused the tax official’s offer of a guide and led the Family toward the city as hidden lookouts watched them and one sent word that Black King had arrived.

Rossi and Doffy's group arrived in Dressrosa as pirates attacked the harbor and kidnapped Princess Scarlet. Kyros rescued Scarlet and thanked them, while Rossi hinted that their help might lead Kyros to hate them before the chapter ended with someone approaching.

• A gloved observer spotted Rossi and his companions arriving in Dressrosa as cannon fire erupted across the harbor.
• Diamante split an attacking pirate ship in two with Half Moon Funeral, and Dressrosa's soldiers surrounded the remaining vessel.
• A pirate captain fled with Princess Scarlet, but Kyros raced after him, caught Scarlet when she fell into the sea, and destroyed the pirate ship.
• Kyros introduced himself to Rossi as Dressrosa's Army Commander and reunited with Scarlet, who apologized for leaving his side.
• Rossi recalled the tragic future awaiting Kyros and warned him not to thank them too soon, leaving Kyros confused as footsteps approached.

The Donquixote Family returned to Dressrosa and confronted King Riku over their claim to the kingdom. King Riku accepted a gladiatorial contest for the following day, while secretly preparing troops and contacting the Marines.

• Scarlet invited the Donquixote Family to the palace, but the blond young man rejected her invitation after she failed to recognize the Donquixote name.
• King Riku explained to Scarlet and Kyros that the Donquixote clan had ruled Dressrosa before leaving to become Celestial Dragons, and Kyros admitted he could not defeat the visiting brothers.
• Rossi appeared behind King Riku’s throne, effortlessly blocked Kyros’s attack, and confirmed that the Donquixote Family had come to reclaim Dressrosa.
• Rossi proposed that gladiatorial combat at the Corrida Colosseum at noon the next day would decide who controlled Dressrosa, with King Riku to abdicate if his side lost.
• Scarlet urged King Riku to trust Kyros, and King Riku ordered troops to lie in wait around the colosseum while he contacted the Marines.

Rossi explained the Tontatta Tribe to the Donquixote Family as they prepared to take Dressrosa from King Riku, then described his dream of a peaceful future to Jinbe. The chapter ended as the contest between the Donquixote Family and King Riku’s army began at the Corrida Colosseum.

• Rossi arrived at the Donquixote Family’s meal and explained that the tiny Tontatta Tribe lived beneath Green Bit and excelled at growing plants.
• Rossi told Doffy that King Riku planned to stake his life on one final fight, and Doffy raised a toast to the Donquixote Family’s future.
• The Donquixote Family announced a comprehensive contest against King Riku’s army at the Corrida Colosseum, drawing crowds across Dressrosa.
• Rossi told Jinbe he wanted to lead people toward a peaceful future, where all races could live freely, but said he would pursue that dream after reaching the top.
• The contest began before a packed arena, with King Riku’s soldiers facing the Donquixote Family and the rules declaring that anyone who fell into the surrounding seawater lost.

Rossi watched as Vergo fought King Riku’s hundred-man army alone in the arena. Vergo emerged without teammates and remained uninjured as he overwhelmed the soldiers, leaving the contest seemingly decided.

• The announcer introduced King Riku and Kyros’s disciplined army and the Shichibukai’s Family before beginning the hundred-man contest.
• A lone Vergo entered the arena, declared himself the Family’s hundred-man team, and told the announcer to begin.
• A squad leader threw a spear at Vergo, but it shattered against his shoulder without harming him.
• The soldiers attacked with spears and swords, yet their weapons broke against Vergo while he stood motionless.
• The soldiers lost formation and rushed Vergo in desperation; he stepped forward and back, knocking down many of them without suffering a scratch.

Vergo crushed King Riku’s hundred-man team, forcing Kyros to face him in the unarmed combat event. Viola’s attempt to read Rossi’s thoughts ended with her collapsing, and the chapter left Kyros and Vergo locked in a fierce exchange as the arena floor crumbled beneath them.

• Vergo defeated King Riku’s last standing soldier and won the hundred-man team event without being seriously challenged.
• Kyros stopped Tank Lepanto from entering the next bout and stepped into the arena to face Vergo in unarmed combat.
• Viola used her Glint-Glint Fruit to peer into Rossi’s thoughts, but Luo’s Haki overwhelmed her and she collapsed.
• Rossi recognized the strategic value of Viola’s power while Doffy dismissed her as too fragile to matter.
• Vergo charged Kyros with an Armament Haki-coated punch, but Kyros deflected it and seized his arm in a joint lock.
• Vergo hardened his arm with Haki to resist the lock, and Kyros used the momentum to drive him forward, shattering the stone floor beneath them.

Kyros and Vergo fought a brutal arena battle, with Kyros's skill and instincts repeatedly challenging Vergo's superior Armament Haki and strength. Vergo escaped Kyros's latest attack but remained grounded and under pressure as Kyros surged in again.

• Kyros nearly threw Vergo out of the arena, but Vergo's Haki-coated body let him break free.
• Kyros and Vergo traded blows and grappled, with Vergo gradually gaining the advantage in their contest of strength.
• Kyros slipped Vergo's grip, used his momentum to throw him into the arena floor, and met his next punch head-on.
• Rossi used Silent Domain to weaken the sound waves as the fighters' collisions began damaging the arena and overwhelming spectators.
• Vergo concentrated his Haki into his arms and intensified his attacks, while Kyros continued to evade and counter with precise techniques.
• Kyros feinted a grapple and nearly trapped Vergo with his legs, but Vergo blasted free and raised his arms to block Kyros's next charge.

Kyros defeated Vergo by using a broken sword fragment and his foresight to exploit an opening, but Rossi conceded the match and announced that he would fight the remaining bouts himself. Kyros entered the next duel against Rossi, who promised to swing his blade only once.

• Kyros caught Vergo's attack with hardened arms, then seized him by the throat after a broken sword fragment cut the back of Vergo's neck and made him bleed.
• Rossi stopped the fight and conceded, and Kyros released Vergo before Rossi declared that he would take the remaining matches.
• Rossi explained that Kyros should recover and choose a suitable sword before their blade-skills duel, while he would also handle the underwater and unrestricted matches.
• Doflamingo reassured Vergo that the loss was no disaster, and Diamante expressed confidence that Rossi would win cleanly.
• King Riku and the crowd welcomed Kyros, but Kyros took his sword and returned to the arena despite his wounds.
• Rossi praised Kyros's victory over Vergo and warned that he would swing his blade only once; Kyros prepared for the duel as the announcer began the match.

Rossi defeated Kyros in a devastating slash, allowing Doflamingo’s Family to take control of Dressrosa while leaving King Riku and Kyros in charge of civilian affairs and the army. News of the takeover spread across the sea, and the chapter ended with Marine officers arguing over how to respond.

• Rossi’s Underworld Slash split the colosseum and wounded Kyros, terrifying Dressrosa’s spectators and leaving King Riku shaken.
• Doflamingo and Rossi took the King’s Plateau, where Rossi warned that overthrowing the World Government was far harder than seizing a country.
• Doflamingo claimed the throne and ordered King Riku and Kyros to continue managing the people and the army, while the Family took control of Dressrosa as a shipping depot.
• Rossi noted that Dressrosa would become the Family’s base for its trade network and Artificial Devil Fruit project, and said the Family would return from Water 7 with its remaining members.
• Morgans published news of the takeover, prompting Crocodile to suspect the Donquixote Family had an understanding with the World Power Center.
• Marine officers debated the Family’s takeover, with some condemning the wager and another seeing nothing wrong with it.

Fleet Admiral Kong heard Rossi justify the Donquixote Family’s takeover of Dressrosa, then Rossi and Jinbe reached Green Bit to seek help clearing a shipping lane. They met the Tontatta people, and Rossi asked to speak with their elders.

• Garp argued that strong fists allowed the Marines to uphold justice, while Tsuru and Kong contacted Rossi about the Family’s actions in Dressrosa.
• Rossi told Kong that the Family had a legitimate claim to Dressrosa and would benefit the Marines by protecting the island and paying tribute, and Kong accepted that the takeover was effectively settled.
• Rossi and Jinbe crossed the bridge toward Green Bit, where Rossi cut down attacking Fighting Fish and explained that they needed to clear a shipping lane.
• Rossi swiftly caught a tiny Tontatta huntress named Bian, and she convinced Captain Cotton and the other little warriors that Rossi was good.
• Rossi told the Tontatta guards that he had news from the Riku Family and asked to meet their decision-makers, so Cotton led them to the entrance of the underground city.
• When the Tontatta went to fetch their elders, Jinbe recalled dolphins gently touching fishing nets as they suffocated.

Rossi met with Gancho and the Tontatta Tribe to request diplomatic relations for Dressrosa, while Doflamingo and his allies ambushed the Deathwind Pirates as they approached the kingdom. Meiteer faced the Donquixote forces aboard her warship as the chapter ended.

• Rossi told Gancho that King Riku had stepped down and that the Donquixote Family now governed Dressrosa, alarming the Tontatta tribespeople with his name and jokes about Mont Blanc Noland.
• Rossi calmed the Tontatta Tribe and formally requested diplomatic relations on behalf of Dressrosa, which he and his brother would govern.
• Meiteer sailed toward Dressrosa aboard the Meat Grinder, intending to seize territory and ordering her crew to spare some civilians.
• Doflamingo confronted Meiteer and threw the heads of Fire Fox, Ogre, and Iron Wall onto her deck.
• White Dragon brought Rossi's allies down onto the Meat Grinder, and Meiteer realized her supposed pirate alliance had been ambushed.

Rossi and Doflamingo led an assault on the Deathwind Pirates, while Viola watched Dressrosa under Gladius and Vergo’s orders. Rossi defeated the glasses-wearing magnetic fighter, and Doflamingo turned the pirates against one another as the battle continued.

• Rossi declared that the Deathwind Pirates would not leave the deck alive, and the two sides began fighting.
• Viola asked to watch the battle, but Gladius forbade her from spying and warned her against betraying the Family.
• Vergo ordered Viola to monitor Dressrosa for trouble while Doffy and Rossi were away.
• The glasses-wearing pirate used magnetic weapons and Haki to trap and attack Rossi, but he cut through her defenses with Sandai Kitetsu.
• Doflamingo used his threads to make Deathwind Pirates attack one another, while Diamante and the others fought the disordered crew.