Chapter Summaries

The Red Count attacked Rossi to take a power from him, forcing Rossi to flee through Dressrosa before drawing him to the island’s northern wasteland. Doflamingo and the Family’s core fighters joined Rossi there, and the Red Count prepared to fight them.

• The Red Count revealed that he had come for a power and attacked Rossi with his umbrella sword, wounding him as Rossi defended himself.
• Doffy tried to strike the Red Count with God Thread, but the Red Count evaded him and continued pursuing Rossi.
• Doflamingo sent the Family officers through Jora’s doors to follow the chase, while Rossi led the Red Count out of Dressrosa to avoid fighting in the city.
• Rossi told the Red Count he considered him the second most dangerous being on the seas, and Doflamingo and the Family’s fighters gathered to protect him.
• The Red Count said he needed Rossi, and Rossi urged the Family to fight without holding back as the confrontation began.

The Donquixote Family launched a coordinated assault on the Red Count, briefly trapping him before he broke free. Rossi then met the Red Count’s counterattack head-on, and their clash devastated northern Dressrosa as the city’s residents fled in panic.

• The Red Count shattered Jinbe’s arm with a single punch, wounded Tani despite her Mythical Zoan armor, and brushed aside the Family’s attacks.
• Tani transformed into a White Dragon and raised a giant hand of stone, but Rossi’s warning and sword light cut through its five fingers; Kyros recognized the dangerous aura and raced north.
• Diamante’s Golden Splash slowed the Red Count, while Pica seized his ankles and Jora briefly stopped him with her fate-thread ritual before Tani sealed him inside an ice palace.
• The Red Count broke out of the ice and struck back as Rossi launched himself from Tani’s claw and descended with Oni Giri: Godslayer.
• Rossi’s attack collided with the Red Count’s Scarlet: Thrust, splitting the ground and opening a vast chasm as seawater flooded in and terrified Dressrosa’s residents fled.

Rossi and the Donquixote crew struggled to hold off Patrick Redfield after their carefully coordinated attack failed to seriously injure him. Redfield sought access to Rossi’s memories, but the chapter ended with him offering to trade a way to fool Observation Haki for Rossi’s method of creating a perception-blocking “vacuum.”

• Trebol attacked Redfield with an eruption of Haki-coated slime spikes, but Redfield evaded him and left him collapsed in his own slime.
• Rossi treated Trebol and realized their planned combination had barely hurt Redfield, then stood to hold him off.
• Kyros, Gary, Rossi, and Doffy attacked Redfield in succession, but he avoided or deflected their strikes and explained that Rossi’s ability disrupted his perception.
• Redfield demanded to touch Rossi’s head and copy his memories, but Rossi refused, and Doffy backed him up.
• Redfield recognized that Rossi created an area of nonexistence and proposed exchanging the method for a way to make heartbeats fool Observation Haki.

The Red Count began teaching Rossi and the Donquixote Family how to hide from Observation Haki, then transported them into a recreation of God Valley where they faced young versions of Shiki, Linlin, and Newgate. As the battle began beyond the northern fog, Bainessarna organized the defenses and evacuation while Riku prepared to act.

• The Red Count explained that Rossi and the others could evade Observation Haki by slowing their bodies and diving into their consciousness, and he agreed to begin lessons the following night.
• The Red Count used leaves to recreate God Valley, where Rossi, Doffy, Trebol, Diamante, and Tani encountered young Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, and Newgate.
• Rossi explained that the figures were realistic recreations made through the Red Count's Observation Haki and a tanuki's ability, though they lacked Haki and could not endure as much punishment as the originals.
• Viola reported that she could not see through the unnatural fog covering the northern area, and Gladius warned the Operations Room that the environment had been distorted by an awakened Devil Fruit ability.
• Bainessarna assigned Riku to evacuate and shelter civilians, ordered the others to keep communications open without contacting the front, and Gladius left to inspect the outer defenses.
• Trebol steeled himself to face the powerful figures as Riku recognized the gravity of the crisis, while the red-haired observer predicted that the Family's resistance would not change the outcome.

As the Red Count’s phantoms attacked Dressrosa, Doffy and his allies fought to stop the Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and Charlotte Linlin while the royal army mobilized. The battle remained undecided as Bainessarna and Gladius headed toward the front, and Gary absorbed Zeus’s lightning.

• Bainessarna rejected Viola’s suggestion to contact the island officers, then set out with Gladius while Scarlet insisted on joining them to report on the battle.
• Rossi fought the Golden Lion phantom, whose lack of Haki left him reliant on patience and the Float-Float Fruit to keep Rossi occupied.
• Whitebeard’s phantom destroyed Pica’s stone colossus and drove back the Land Combat Unit, forcing them to focus on stalling him.
• Doffy and his allies trapped Charlotte Linlin with threads, missiles, and extreme cold, then Doffy struck her with his Conqueror’s Haki-coated God Thread.
• Gary absorbed Zeus’s lightning without harm, replenishing her energy and leaving the thundercloud bewildered.

Doflamingo and the Family defeated the Red Count’s Big Mom creation, but Redfield summoned Roger, Garp, and Sengoku and demanded Rossi’s memories. As Rossi’s allies chose to stand with him, Doflamingo awakened his Devil Fruit and transformed the battlefield into a sea of threads.

• Doflamingo and his allies brought down the weakened Big Mom, while their battle against Whitebeard left Jinbe and the others exhausted.
• The Red Count summoned Roger, Garp, and Sengoku with Pato’s power and demanded Rossi’s memories so he could create another Rossi.
• Rossi considered giving himself up, but Doflamingo and the Family, Jinbe, Tani, Kyros, and Roger rallied to defend him.
• Doflamingo awakened his Devil Fruit, turning the battlefield and its surroundings into a vast kingdom of pale threads.

Rossi and the Donquixote Family negotiated a truce with the Red Count after surviving his powerful illusions and Doflamingo’s awakened threads. Redfield agreed to stay on Dressrosa in exchange for Rossi using his Calm-Calm Fruit ability to shield him from others’ thoughts.

• Golden Lion sent towering waves surging toward the legendary figures gathered at sea.
• Bainessarna and Gladius reached Doflamingo’s battered group as Rossi confronted Redfield and demanded that he stop touching memories.
• Roger urged Redfield to stay with the Family, and Redfield agreed to remain on the island if Rossi provided silence from his intrusive perception.
• Rossi accepted the bargain, and Redfield’s phantoms vanished as the wasteland returned to its true form, leaving the damage from Doflamingo’s awakening behind.
• Rossi reassured Gladius that he and the others had survived, while Redfield savored the quiet and said he could finally sleep.

After returning from their battle with the Red Count, Rossi encouraged the injured Family members and discussed Doffy's Devil Fruit Awakening. Meanwhile, Oni escorted the Red Count around Dressrosa, where his companion sensed a hidden motive in her eyes.

• Rossi and Doflamingo crossed the bridge back to Dressrosa, and Rossi told the kneeling soldiers not to investigate their fight with the Red Count.
• The wounded Family members gathered in the Palace, where Rossi reassured them that surviving the encounter proved their strength and that they had time to grow stronger.
• Doffy described awakening as sensing that he could turn nearby nonliving things into thread, though he could not explain how it happened.
• Rossi asked the Family to explore the possibility of awakening, then learned that Oni had taken the Red Count into town.
• Oni brought the Red Count to a restaurant and ordered its best dishes, while the tanuki on his shoulder whispered that something was hidden in her eyes.

The Marines investigated Patrick Redfield’s presence in Dressrosa while Rossi tried to keep the Red Count calm by using his Calm-Calm Barrier. At the Colosseum, a blond swordsman won his match, and Rossi remained alert to Redfield’s movements.

• Sengoku showed Fleet Admiral Kong and Vice Admiral Tsuru evidence that Patrick Redfield was in Dressrosa with Oni, while Garp complained about Dragon and his newborn child.
• Kong ordered the Marines to contact the Donquixote Family and question them about Redfield rather than provoke either side.
• Rossi told Kong that the Donquixote Family had clashed with Redfield, then ended the call after Kong asked about Redfield staying in Dressrosa.
• Redfield told Rossi to awaken his Devil Fruit so he could maintain a permanent Calm-Calm Barrier and Redfield could leave.
• Rossi and Doflamingo watched a blond swordsman defeat his opponent in the Colosseum, while Rossi kept his Observation Haki focused on Redfield.

Flam fought Oba in his self-built steel robot, impressing the crowd before losing when Oba stopped his spear just short of the cockpit. Gild Tesoro then energized the arena with a performance that drew the audience to its feet, as the next contestant prepared to fight.

• Flam entered the arena with General Franky and faced Oba, whose spear and imposing presence silenced the crowd.
• Flam's robot malfunctioned on its first start, but he repaired it and returned to the fight with cannons and rotating guns blazing.
• Oba dodged the robot's attacks, disarmed it, and stopped his spear just short of Flam's cockpit, prompting Flam to concede.
• Flam left dragging General Franky as Oba was declared the winner, and Gild Tesoro took the stage to announce the next match.
• Tesoro's singing and dancing brought the audience to its feet while the next contestant entered the arena and dismissed the performance as a hobby.

Tesoro won his arena bout as Rossi watched his growing Haki and swordsmanship, then investigated Red Count’s warning that Pete was suspicious. Rossi assigned Gary to keep Pete under surveillance, and Pete noticed a warning hidden in his late-night wine. The next day, the packed arena hosted more fights while Pica watched a swordsman compete.

• Tesoro defeated his opponent in the arena, and Rossi and the others observed his skill and progress toward mastering Two-Color Haki.
• Rossi secretly watched Pete but found no evidence, then accepted Gary’s offer to surveil him because her mechanical form could evade Observation Haki.
• Pete discovered a tiny written warning revolving in the wine delivered with his late-night meal and concealed his reaction from the women in his room.
• The following morning, Dressrosa’s arena filled to capacity as Viola noted that hidden enemies were among the spectators.
• Pica watched a sword-wielding fighter stand over his fallen opponent during the arena matches.

Rossi watched the Family’s officers compete and remained wary of the danger he believed was hidden behind Pete. After Pete won the tournament, the Red Count headed to Green Bit, and Pete gained dragon-like wings after eating an Artificial Devil Fruit.

• Pica watched Camille fight and discussed which officers were likely to take the six Artificial Devil Fruits.
• Rossi reflected on the Family’s weakness compared with the Red Count and decided he would interrogate Pete if the competition revealed nothing about the threat in his shadow.
• Pete defeated Oba with Armament Haki and won the three-day competition alongside Camille, Gild Tesoro, and three other officers.
• The Red Count left for Green Bit with Pato and had Oni guide him.
• Doflamingo offered the six victors Artificial Devil Fruits, and Pete ate one that gave him enormous dragon wings and emerging scales.

Gamenio attacked the Donquixote Family, collapsing the King's Plateau and using copied powers to fight Rossi while a fleet of enemy ships surfaced around Dressrosa. Doffy led the officers to meet the invasion, and Tani approached Pete as the chapter ended.

• Trebol rewarded Pete with an Artificial Devil Fruit, Oba failed to gain a power, Tesoro chose to resell his fruit, and Camille acquired an icy breath and dragon fangs.
• Rossi recognized Gamenio, who revealed his identity as the former Shichibukai Thousand Faces and declared his intent to destroy the Donquixote Family.
• Gamenio unleashed a force that collapsed the King's Plateau, but Rossi counterattacked and forced him into the sky.
• Gamenio used copied diamond and transparency abilities to block Rossi's attack and Observation Haki, while Viola warned that many pirate ships had surfaced offshore.
• Rossi sent Doffy and the Family officers to fight the invading fleet and stayed behind to face Gamenio.
• Diamante and Jora stayed near Balf Tani, who refused help and approached Pete as he mocked her.

Rossi overwhelmed Gamenio in their renewed battle, while Pete managed to break Tani’s mask before she struck him down. Pete’s memories revealed how Tani had taken him from an abusive camp, leaving his plea to free her shackles unresolved.

• Tani outmatched Pete in the air, while Diamante and Jora stayed ready to protect the Family from her if necessary.
• Rossi’s Haki-driven strength pushed Gamenio back, and Gamenio confronted his past failure before awakening a new power and charging Rossi again.
• Tani pierced Pete’s chest, but Pete broke her mask and exposed her face before she kicked him away.
• Pete urged Tani to let him undo her shackles as he struggled to stand with a hole through his chest.
• Pete recalled how, as an orphan in an abusive camp, he had lunged at the camp leader after Tani offered the children a chance to leave with her.

Pete died after helping Tani escape, and Rossi killed Gamenio in their fight. As Rossi and Jora prepared to join the battle, Gamenio awoke in a sea of red spider lilies.

• Pete recalled joining the Rust Cup Bandit Crew and later the Black Death Pirates to follow Tani, then urged her to escape by ship and money.
• Tani pierced Pete's chest with her dragon claw, and Pete died in her arms after she acknowledged his loyalty.
• Rossi stopped Diamante from pursuing Tani and turned to face Gamenio, who attacked with a powerful Haki technique.
• Rossi defeated Gamenio with Oni Giri: Naihe, and Gamenio refused to heal before Rossi ended his life.
• Rossi and Jora prepared to join the battle near Dressrosa, while Gamenio found himself in an endless sea of red spider lilies.

Gamenio reunited with Ricardo and left the sea of flowers with him, while Rossi and the Donquixote Family fought off a massive coalition attacking Dressrosa. The assault continued as the Family’s defenders pushed back invaders, and a giant’s hammer came down toward a man aboard a strangely shaped ship.

• Ricardo appeared among the souls pursuing Gamenio, told him there was no need to apologize, and agreed to follow him again.
• Rossi arrived over the sea off Dressrosa, cut through several ships, and clashed with a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent.
• The attacking fleet advanced under cannon fire, but a towering rock giant rose from the dock and forced the pirates to scale its sides.
• Kyros and Gild Tesoro led defenders against the invaders, while Doflamingo’s Shadow Knight killed a pirate captain and a cane-wielding officer trapped ships and people in gelatin.
• A giant swung a house-sized hammer at the bare-chested man standing aboard the oddly shaped ship.

Vergo, Rossi, and their allies crushed the invading forces around Dressrosa, while a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero captain unleashed a deadly plague. Ivankov arrived with a cure and the Doctor’s combat machines joined the battle as Rossi prepared to end the fighting.

• Vergo coated the Cold Crow · Numancia Flamingo in Armament Haki and killed the Super Giant with a single punch.
• A white dragon froze the fleeing pirate ships, and Jinbe blocked an underwater escape with a powerful whirlpool.
• Rossi and Doflamingo cut through the invaders, while Rossi defeated a disguised Cipher Pol Aigis Zero captain.
• The captain unleashed the Black Death, causing soldiers and pirates across the battlefield to cough up blood.
• Ivankov arrived and administered a cure, while the dying captain succumbed to his own plague.
• The Doctor’s combat machines arrived and began attacking the remaining enemies as Rossi prepared to finish the battle.

After the Donquixote Family crushed the invading pirates, Tani left to sail independently as the White Dragon Pirates’ first fleet, while Rossi sought news from Morgans. Morgans reported on Kaido’s control of Wano and Oden’s disastrous rule, leaving Rossi with a broader picture of the dangers facing the seas.

• Doffy and the Donquixote Family defeated the invading pirates, leaving the coastline and waters covered with casualties.
• Tani departed from the Family’s fleet to pursue her own goals, promising to stay in touch and naming a country from the sailing log as her first target.
• Morgans photographed the aftermath and praised the Family’s victory as Rossi explained that their ambitions reached beyond dominating the seas.
• Rossi asked Morgans for news, and Morgans reported that Kaido had made Wano Country his base after defeating the Moonlight Pirates.
• Morgans described how Oden’s choices and failure to seek help had left Wano suffering under Kaido for twenty years.

Rossi learned that Red-Haired had adopted a young girl with the Sing-Sing Fruit and decided to travel to Wano Country, while recalling the catastrophe her singing would cause years later. In Dressrosa, the black-haired young man extended his silence concealment to three days as Doflamingo and Jinbe discussed their efforts to keep Patrick Redfield under control.

• Rossi heard that Red-Haired had taken in a red-and-white-haired child and chose to go to Wano Country to see Oden's Two-Sword Style.
• The black-clad man recalled how the girl would later unleash the Demon King through a cursed musical score, and resolved that his silence power could prevent her fruit from blooming.
• The black-clad man finished dealing with the battlefield before setting out for Wano Country.
• In Dressrosa, the black-haired young man told Doflamingo that his silence concealment now lasted seventy-two hours and said he would test its limits on the fourth day.
• Doflamingo said he wanted the concealment to last a year so Patrick Redfield would cause trouble elsewhere, while Rossi acknowledged that even the strongest fighters would need an escape plan against him.

Jinbe decided to leave the Donquixote Family to defend Fish-Man Island from constant pirate attacks, but Rossi and Doffy offered the island the Family’s protection. Rossi accompanied Jinbe to Fish-Man Island, where they rescued abducted merfolk and encountered the Red Count.

• Jinbe told Doffy, Rossi, and the Family that Fish-Man Island was under constant pirate attack and that he intended to return to defend it.
• Rossi offered Donquixote protection for Fish-Man Island, and Doffy agreed that the Family would defend Jinbe’s home.
• Rossi left with Jinbe for Fish-Man Island while Doffy stayed in Dressrosa to oversee the rebuilding.
• At Coral Hill, Jinbe struck down the pirates who had abducted merfolk, and Rossi arrived aboard their ship.
• The Red Count appeared beside Rossi, and the terrified pirates killed themselves rather than face him.