Chapter Summaries

Tani’s dragon roar disrupted the battlefield and gave Rossi an opening to slash Katakuri, who survived by reshaping his body but suffered a serious wound. Alucard arrived on a river of blood, and after Rossi split his carriage, he threatened everyone before Stoke emerged from an invisible door.

• Tani transformed into a dragon and unleashed a devastating roar that forced opponents to retreat and disrupted Katakuri’s perception.
• Rossi combined Haki and his silence ability to break Katakuri’s focus, then struck him with a powerful slash.
• Katakuri avoided being cut in two by reshaping his body, but Rossi’s attack left a deep wound across his chest.
• Alucard arrived in a carriage carried over a river of blood and declared that Rossi and the others would pay for disturbing Elizabeth’s slumber.
• Rossi split Alucard’s carriage with a slash, and Alucard stepped onto the blood and threatened the battlefield.
• Stoke emerged through an invisible door, and Alucard thanked him for holding out against the mechanical girl and Gary.

Alucard sent a blood-made three-headed beast against Rossi, Tani, and the Charlotte siblings, revealing that it could wield abilities taken from the souls of those he had drained. Katakuri agreed to a temporary alliance with Rossi, and Rossi discovered that the beast’s core was on its back as the battle continued.

• Alucard summoned a giant blood beast to attack Rossi and Tani, then left through a door with Elizabeth’s coffin and ordered Stoke to move out.
• Rossi cut off one of the beast’s heads, but it regenerated, while Tani’s icy breath clashed with fire from a stolen power emerging from its maw.
• A cat-eared girl explained that Alucard could absorb blood, lifespans, souls, and fragments of his victims’ abilities, and Katakuri joined forces with Rossi to face the threat.
• The beast pressured Katakuri, Moscato, and Custard with a stolen Press-Press Fruit ability, while figures carrying the powers and combat skills of the dead emerged from its body.
• Rossi, Tani, and Katakuri fought the seemingly endless blood figures, and Rossi identified the beast’s back as the location of its core.

Rossi, Katakuri, Tani, and Cat-Eared Girl fought the evolving blood monster, while Cat-Eared Girl used power transferred by Rossi to strike it with a devastating blast. As the monster’s hollow-eyed puppets charged, Katakuri proposed a temporary alliance against Alucard, and Rossi accepted under the name Altaïr.

• Katakuri exposed the bulge producing figures, and Rossi struck the brawny man emerging from Bloodhound, weakening the giant hound.
• Bloodhound transformed into a massive three-headed creature, but Rossi’s slashes could not stop its wounds from closing.
• Rossi transferred his stored electricity to Cat-Eared Girl, who fired a powerful weapon at the monster as Tani drew it away.
• The blast reduced the monster’s size, and it shed hollow-eyed blood puppets that charged Rossi and Cat-Eared Girl.
• Randolph and other warriors joined the battle, while Katakuri explained that Alucard threatened both groups and proposed a temporary alliance.
• Rossi accepted Katakuri’s offer and gave him the name Altaïr.

Alucard relived his memories of Lady Elizabeth as technicians extracted them to awaken her body. Meanwhile, Rossi and Katakuri joined forces against the blood puppets and three-headed beast, leaving the battle poised for their combined finishing attacks.

• Alucard submitted to Brain Chip data transcription and recalled how Elizabeth died after rumors and severed communications drove her to despair.
• Rossi destroyed a group of blood puppets, then advanced alongside Katakuri as they cut down the endless tide.
• Katakuri’s Haki-coated mochi bullets and Rossi’s Conqueror’s Haki slash cleared swaths of puppets, while Tani and the Charlotte forces supported the assault.
• Rossi split the three-headed beast with an expanding slash, turning it into a four-headed monster and creating an opening for the others.
• A winged fighter unleashed an ice tornado against the beast’s right head as Katakuri struck its left head before it could breathe fire, while a missile interrupted another attack.

Rossi and his allies destroyed the Three-Headed Dog, devastating Scrap Iron Island, but Alucard and Elizabeth emerged with an army of blood puppets. As the Charlotte Family fought to escape, Altaïr offered Rossi Future Sight in exchange for help against the Shichibukai.

• Rossi and his allies obliterated the Three-Headed Dog, collapsing much of Scrap Iron Island and destroying the laboratory site.
• Rossi invited the mechanical girl to leave with them, but Alucard and Elizabeth rose from the rubble and unleashed a vast tide of blood puppets.
• The blood tide overwhelmed the fleeing Charlotte pirates, and Charlotte Family fighters retreated behind a wall of mochi created with Mochi Surge.
• The tall man ordered Randolph to take the others back to the ship, then offered Rossi the advanced Observation Haki technique Future Sight for help fighting the Shichibukai.

Rossi and the Charlotte Family fought through Alucard’s seemingly endless army of blood puppets, trying to reach the Shichibukai and end the battle. As the group advanced toward the fortress, Big Mom’s warriors were ordered to abandon the shore without them.

• Rossi refused to teach the others Future Sight and charged into the blood tide, while Katakuri and two siblings followed in formation.
• Tani sent Oni away, then unleashed her dragon wings and joined the battlefield.
• Alucard held Elizabeth, but her unfamiliar reactions and a bruise on her arm made him question whether she was truly the woman he remembered.
• Rossi cut down the blood puppets and used his abilities to escape their attacks, then joined Katakuri, Tani, and the others in carving a path toward the fortress.
• Katakuri used his mochi techniques and another Charlotte fighter froze the puppets as the group pushed through the blood sea.
• Big Mom’s warriors were ordered to board their ships and leave shore, despite their protests that Katakuri and the others remained behind.

Alucard trapped the attackers inside a Crimson Dome and used Heart Control to disrupt their blood, leaving Custard and Moscato incapacitated while Katakuri and Rossi pressed on. Katakuri began teaching Rossi Future Sight as Alucard prepared to descend and face them himself.

• A tide of Blood Puppets covered Scrap Iron Island, and the survivors feared that Katakuri and the others might lose to Alucard.
• Alucard enclosed the island in a Crimson Dome and used Heart Control, forcing two Charlotte Family members to their knees and weakening Rossi.
• Katakuri fought through the puppets to reach Rossi, then said they needed Rossi's Conqueror's Haki and Future Sight to strike Alucard decisively.
• Rossi asked Katakuri to teach him Future Sight, and Katakuri explained that it came from reading signals transmitted by the world.
• Alucard sent Elizabeth back into the castle, ordered Stoke to protect her, and descended the scarlet staircase with a two-handed sword to confront the attackers.
• A hooded figure called out, “Alucard—leave him to me.”

Rossi and the Charlotte Family fought Alucard and his forces inside the blood-red Awakening domain, where the enemy’s blood-based powers and regeneration threatened to overwhelm them. Rossi remained locked in a draining duel with Alucard as Katakuri tried to break past Stoke and protect his injured siblings.

• Rossi charged Alucard while his silent companion attacked the Death Butler, and Tani froze groups of blood puppets from the air.
• Rossi blocked Alucard’s surprise strike with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated blade, then clashed with him as Alucard repeatedly healed his body and weapon.
• Katakuri’s attacks failed to hit Bram Stoker, who used his Door-Door Fruit to evade and stall him within the scarlet domain.
• Moscato and Custard fought off blood puppets, but both were wounded and infected by the blood on their weapons.
• Katakuri sensed his siblings’ danger and unleashed a storm of mochi weapons at the figure dodging him.

Rossi sharpened his Observation Haki into a branching vision of possible futures as Alucard sent resurrected fighters and powerful attacks against him. After Rossi survived Alucard’s blood-mist seal and a colossal iron ball, Alucard turned toward a spear-wielding figure who had appeared amid the wreckage.

• Tani arrived above the battlefield and urged Rossi to leave, but Rossi refused and shut out his sight and hearing to refine his Observation Haki.
• Rossi perceived possible futures as silver threads, countered Alucard’s resurrected fighters, and disarmed one of them.
• Rossi dodged attacks from the risen fighters and escaped a collapsing force field, then struck a transformed Marine Vice Admiral beneath the jaw.
• A giant iron ball descended as Alucard sealed Rossi in blood-red crystal and charged at his heart with a Haki-coated sword.
• The iron ball crushed half the castle but broke apart from within, and a spear-wielding figure emerged as Alucard heard Rossi say, “Almost.”

Rossi defeated Alucard with a devastating sword strike, then forced him to surrender Elizabeth and relinquish control of Scrap Iron Island. With Alucard and Elizabeth gone, the survivors regrouped as the fleet approached.

• Rossi and Alucard prepared to end their fight with one decisive strike.
• Rossi unleashed his awakened power and cleaved the island in two, severing Alucard, who regenerated using blood from his puppets.
• Rossi's companions revealed they had taken Elizabeth hostage and demanded that Alucard free her and withdraw his blood threads from the island.
• Alucard released his control over the island and agreed to leave with Elizabeth in exchange for his life.
• Rossi, Gary, Custard, and Katakuri regrouped among the ruins as the fleet approached.

Gary exposed that Elizabeth had been recreated from Alucard’s memories, prompting Elizabeth to reject being his copy and leap from the castle wall. Tani rescued her, and Alucard accepted her as herself and apologized to those he had endangered.

• After the battle stalled, Gary questioned whether Elizabeth was merely a copy of Alucard’s memories, and Bram Stoker described flaws of the original Elizabeth that the revived woman could not remember.
• Gary explained that Elizabeth lacked the original’s flaws and fear of blood, and Elizabeth agreed that she was not the person in Alucard’s memories.
• Elizabeth stepped off the castle wall, and Alucard lunged after her, but Rossi cut off his arm before he could reach her.
• Alucard declared Elizabeth was no one’s imitation, and Tani appeared with her, revealing that Gary had arranged the rescue.
• Alucard thanked Gary, proposed to Elizabeth, and she accepted; he then apologized to Bram Stoker and the others.

Rossi and his companions left Sleepy Island after Alucard surrendered the Bat-Bat Fruit and disappeared with his beloved, while the world learned of his defeat. Whitebeard questioned the circumstances behind the legendary vampire’s fall as Rossi’s group flew away from the island.

• Alucard gave the Bat-Bat Fruit to the Cat-Eared Girl, then left through a doorway with his beloved; Bram Stoker, the Door-Door Fruit user who had been reconstructed as Alucard’s puppet, finally died.
• Rossi’s group reached Sleepy Island, where he connected the vampire fruit’s return to its host’s birthplace and agreed to learn Future Sight from Katakuri after receiving treatment.
• Oni worried that the treatment might be compromised, but Rossi trusted Katakuri to keep his word and noted that he was the only one in need of medical care.
• The Cat-Eared Girl returned with a sack of valuables as a scarf-wearing leader and his people departed; Rossi’s group then flew away on a dragon.
• Newspapers spread news of Alucard’s defeat, and Whitebeard discussed the vampire’s power with Marco while questioning whether the old pirate had truly been beaten.

Whitebeard learned that a young man who freed Shiki from Impel Down had helped Katakuri defeat Alucard. On Dressrosa, Rossi brought Gary to meet Dr. Tieshidaino, and she left the laboratory without speaking to him.

• Whitebeard read about Alucard's death and Katakuri's victory, then learned from Whitey Bay that the young man who freed Shiki had likely helped bring it about.
• Whitebeard laughed at the new upheavals in the sea and wondered whether Roger would appear amid them.
• Rossi and his companions arrived at Green Bit, where he introduced the Tontatta scout Bian to Gary, who eagerly scooped her up.
• Rossi took Gary to the research lab, where Dr. Tieshidaino examined recovered machines and Rossi told Gary she had developed a soul of her own and should speak to the Doctor if she still saw him as her father.
• Gary left the laboratory without looking back, and Rossi told her she could come whenever she liked.

Girl accepted Dr. Tieshidaino as her father while choosing to watch over him from a distance, and Rossi brought her to the Donquixote Family, where Doflamingo welcomed her. The family then examined two Devil Fruits bought for twenty Beli, and Rossi identified one as the Bomb-Bomb Fruit.

• Dr. Tieshidaino lifted the restrictions on Girl's chip and told her she could choose her own name and future.
• Girl called Dr. Tieshidaino her father and explained that she would watch over him without replacing the girl in his memories.
• Rossi brought Girl to the Donquixote Family, and Doflamingo welcomed her as a member.
• Doflamingo showed Rossi two Devil Fruits the family had obtained from the New World Pioneers for twenty Beli.
• Rossi identified the Devil Fruit with the cracked, metallic-looking skin as the Bomb-Bomb Fruit.

Rossi distributed Devil Fruits to Gladius and Bainessarna, who chose the Spin-Spin Fruit over the Mythical Zoan Vampire Fruit. The Family then watched Gary fight Vergo at the Corrida Colosseum, where Gary’s mechanical attacks left Vergo badly injured and the officers reassessing her strength.

• Rossi explained the fragmentation-based fruit to Gladius, who ate it, then showed Bainessarna the Spin-Spin Fruit and Alucard’s Vampire Fruit.
• Rossi offered Bainessarna either fruit, and she chose the Spin-Spin Fruit because she did not believe she could make full use of the Vampire Fruit’s power.
• Bainessarna ate a small bite and tested her new ability by spinning her wrist, while the Family discussed ways to develop its combat potential.
• Rossi sent the Family to the Corrida Colosseum to test their new abilities and watch Gary fight, warning them not to underestimate her.
• Riku and Kyros watched as Gary’s mechanical attacks battered Vergo, who remained standing despite his injuries; the Family officers recognized the danger Gary posed.

Rossi and Doflamingo watched the Family spar and read reports about Kaido’s rise before testing their new techniques against each other. On Baterilla Island, Garp learned that Rouge was near death and that the doctors could save only her or her unborn child.

• Gary and Vergo finished sparring, then Gladius attacked Pica with his newly acquired Bomb-Bomb Fruit and was quickly overwhelmed.
• Oni brought newspapers reporting that Kaido had defeated the Moonlight Pirates and risen to prominence, while Moria had retreated to the Florian Triangle.
• Rossi warned Doflamingo not to underestimate Kaido because he had sailed with Rocks, then challenged Doflamingo to experience his newly learned Future Sight.
• Garp waited at Rouge’s bedside as a doctor explained that her failing health left them with the choice of saving her or her unborn child.

Garp accepted the newborn Ace after his mother died in childbirth and promised to look after him. Later, Rossi survived Doflamingo’s lightning attack, endured a venom-resistance test, and approved the Donquixote Family’s first experimental Zoan-factor fruits for distribution to its middle ranks.

• Ace’s mother named her son and asked Garp to raise him before dying after childbirth.
• Doflamingo struck Rossi with sixteen Haki-infused lightning threads, but Rossi survived and told him to keep practicing if he wanted to fight Kaido.
• Rossi endured Magellan’s concentrated venom for one minute and forty-two seconds during a test overseen by Ivankov.
• Tieshidaino explained that the experimental Zoan fruits used copied Lineage Factors from Tani and had uncertain potency and risks.
• Rossi ordered the six costly experimental fruits distributed to the Donquixote Family’s middle ranks.

Doflamingo summoned the Donquixote Family’s island administrators to Dressrosa for a contest to award Devil Fruits, while Anok guarded Beast Fighting Island during their absence. Tom, Flam, and the assembled fighters set out for the New World, arriving at Red Port under Gild Tesoro’s lead.

• Doflamingo ordered Trebol and Jora to summon representatives from six islands for a contest to determine who would receive Artificial Devil Fruits.
• A pirate crew entered the Grand Line and chose to sail toward Beast Fighting Island after receiving directions from the lighthouse keeper.
• Anok took charge of guarding Beast Fighting Island while the island’s administrators traveled to join the contest.
• Flam insisted on joining Tom’s journey, and Tom agreed to bring him to the New World to continue building Sea Trains.
• The fighters gathered at Water 7 and sailed across the Red Line under the Double Dragon Flag, arriving at Red Port with Gild Tesoro.

Rossi escorted Tesoro, Tom, and their companions into Mary Geoise, where Patrick Redfield secretly watched them before disappearing. Meanwhile, Dressrosa prepared for an approaching change, with documents on a desk showing sketches of two boys.

• Tesoro reminded the group that they represented the Family and warned them not to disgrace its name.
• Rossi met the group at the dock and escorted them up to Mary Geoise, reassuring Tesoro and Tom that he would protect them from Celestial Dragons.
• Rossi used the threat of contacting Fleet Admiral Sengoku to make a Cipher Pol agent accept their identification papers.
• Rossi sensed an unseen presence in an alley, while Patrick Redfield watched from a rooftop, recognized Rossi, and then vanished.
• In Dressrosa, workers replaced the harbor flags and prepared the city as merchants arrived and craftsmen adjusted the nighttime lighting system.
• A breeze stirred papers on a desk, revealing a sketch of two boys before preparations continued throughout Dressrosa.

Dressrosa welcomed Rossi and the Family officers as they arrived for a festival and a contest offering an artificial Devil Fruit. The Red Count, drawn by the boy in a black haori, confronted Rossi at the palace and left him facing a legendary threat.

• Scarlet and Kyros went to the docks hand in hand to see Rossi and the arriving Family officers.
• Rossi and a fellow Haki user headed toward the arena, each intending to claim the prize fruit.
• The Red Count listened to the crowd’s thoughts with Pato at his side and noticed the boy in a black haori among Rossi’s procession.
• Doffy presented six artificial fruits to the kneeling Family members, then learned Rossi was inspecting the palace because he felt uneasy.
• Rossi sensed an unseen attacker, evaded a hand reaching for his head, and recognized the Red Count, who confronted him on the palace terrace.