Chapter Summaries

A supply ship brought food to Butlerage Port, where Dragon rallied its people against the powers responsible for their suffering. When Cliff’s pirate crew attacked a merchant ship, the pale blue-haired boy and a black-clad swordsman slaughtered them.

• Dragon arrived at Butlerage Port with grain and urged its people to stand together for a freer tomorrow.
• Cliff led his starving Raiders toward a merchant ship, ignoring cannon shots that repeatedly splashed ahead of his bow.
• The Raiders used a device to speed up their ship and drew alongside the merchant vessel, where a pale blue-haired boy warned them they were already dead.
• The boy’s power cut the pirates into pieces, and a black-clad swordsman killed Cliff’s captain when he tried to strike.
• Cliff and the rest of the Raiders fell silent as the massacre ended.

Rossi and Doffy continued supporting Dragon’s organization while training with him and trying to overcome the gap in their Haki. After their training, a hidden attacker burst from the sand and struck at Dragon with a strange blade, which he caught in his teeth.

• Rossi defeated a pirate crew with his silent, Haki-enhanced speed, and Gladius’s men took over their ship.
• At Hope Port, Rossi delivered supplies to Dragon’s organization, and Terry Kildayo ordered a crate of cigarettes turned into medicine.
• Rossi and Doffy discussed why people fought before Dragon defended their ideals and challenged them to use their full strength.
• Dragon tested their teamwork and Haki, pointing out their weaknesses and teaching them through combat.
• After training ended, a figure emerged from the sand and slashed at Dragon with a blade marked by dark-red patterns, but Dragon caught it between his teeth.

Dragon trained Rossi and Doffy and warned them that Cipher Pol was moving against their forces. As they left Hope Port, the Donquixote Family’s ship headed home while Cipher Pol agents prepared nearby, and Gladius heard that someone was about to arrive.

• Dragon taught Rossi and Doffy about Haki, and Rossi warned him that Cipher Pol spies had appeared and the World Government would oppose their expansion.
• Malik was revealed as a cover for Lord Greg, who had positioned five Cipher Pol No. 9 agents in Hope Port while their chief was absent at Enies Lobby.
• A man in a bear helmet thanked the departing black-clad figure for the supplies, and the figure replied that it had been a transaction.
• Rossi ordered the Donquixote Family’s ship to leave Hope Port, taking Doflamingo and Gladius with him as the port receded behind them.
• Gladius complained about the hard bread and said he missed Aunt Jora’s cooking, and a sailor told him he was about to get his wish.

Rossi and Doffy revealed their plan to draw out Cipher Pol Aigis Zero while fighting the Cipher Pol No. 9 agents aboard their ship. Dragon left to protect Hope Port, and Rossi and Doffy faced the remaining agents as the battle intensified.

• Five disguised Cipher Pol No. 9 agents exposed themselves and attacked Rossi and Doffy, while a Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agent destroyed a building in Hope Port and discovered Dragon was a decoy.
• Doffy explained that Cipher Pol Aigis Zero had gone after Dragon while the uninformed Cipher Pol No. 9 agents targeted the brothers, and Rossi said they would defeat the agents before turning back.
• Dragon used Doffy's threads to strike the agents' leader, then left the ship after hearing Cipher Pol Aigis Zero attacking Hope Port.
• Rossi cut through the eagle agent's aerial slashes while Doffy restrained the transformed bear agent with threads.
• A male agent freed the bear with a Tempest Kick, a pink-haired woman attacked Doffy with her hair, and the male agent and his half-hawk companion vanished with Shave.

Rossi fought a Cipher Pol No. 9 agent whose Kami-e technique absorbed and returned the force of attacks, then found ways to disrupt his opponent’s movements with vibrations and feints. The chapter ended with Rossi grabbing the agent’s shoulder and twisting it after landing a thrust that narrowly missed his ribs.

• Two Cipher Pol No. 9 agents attacked Rossi with Rankyaku: Cross, but he vanished and countered them with Soru and Oni Giri: Steel Severing.
• One agent used Kami-e: Impact Absorption to dissipate Rossi’s slashes and unleash powerful counterattacks that tore apart the ship’s deck.
• Rossi studied the agent’s movements, disrupted his muscles with a vibrating blade strike, and struck him beneath the ribs with his left hand.
• Rossi exploited a brief flaw in the agent’s movement, feinted a cleave, and thrust toward his chest, grazing his ribs.
• Rossi seized the agent’s right shoulder and twisted it as the fight continued.

Rossi and Doflamingo fought Cipher Pol No. 9 agents aboard a merchant ship, and Gladius was wounded when Doflamingo shot through him to stop a hostage-taker. After the surviving agents escaped, Rossi and Doflamingo returned to Hope Port and handed over a captured agent to Terry Kildayo.

• Rossi defeated a Cipher Pol No. 9 fighter by breaking his shoulder, while another agent was badly wounded by Rossi’s sword.
• Doffy shredded Kumadori Yamanbako’s hair, then shot Gladius and the agent holding him hostage; an eagle-form agent seized Gladius and fled.
• Doffy killed the eagle-form agent with God’s Punishment Thorn, and Rossi caught Gladius before he fell into the sea.
• Doflamingo stitched Gladius’s chest wound, and Rossi explained that Doffy had avoided his vital points; Gladius broke down sobbing with relief.
• Rossi and Doflamingo found that most of the Cipher Pol No. 9 agents had escaped underwater, then returned to Hope Port, where Terry Kildayo greeted them amid the ruins.
• Rossi handed the captured burly agent to Terry Kildayo for interrogation.

After helping Dragon's forces treat the wounded, Rossi and Doflamingo decided to take the Donquixote Family from the North Blue into the Grand Line to seek stronger opponents and avoid retaliation. The family sailed, while Vinsmoke Judge was asked to protect those left behind from likely World Government agents.

• Rossi offered Terry Kildayo a captured ship and arranged for Doflamingo to treat the wounded with his threads.
• Dragon returned with a captured agent and resolved to recruit companions and establish a medical system for his force.
• Rossi and Doflamingo decided to leave the North Blue, and Gladius, Pica, Vergo, Jora, Trebol, and Diamante chose to join them.
• The Donquixote Family packed its belongings and sailed from the North Blue toward the Grand Line.
• Researcher No. 404 told Vinsmoke Judge that Rossi had asked Germa to protect the family members staying behind from possible World Government agents.

A rival force agreed to a deal and planned to reshape its family through a hidden laboratory project, while Rossi’s crew prepared to enter the Grand Line. The Donquixote family reached Reverse Mountain and began climbing its rising current.

• A man haunted by Monkey D. Dragon’s victory agreed to take a deal and planned to use laboratory specimens and formulas to rebuild his family’s strength.
• Rossi allowed Bainessarna to remain aboard as the crew’s cook after Doflamingo defended her, and she promised to protect him.
• The Donquixote family shared their wishes before entering the Grand Line, with Bainessarna wishing for Doflamingo’s safety.
• Rossi’s ship reached Reverse Mountain, and Doffy explained that the crew would ride its upward-flowing canal to cross the Red Line.
• The current carried the ship up the steep canal, and the crew reached its middle stretch as Rossi watched the narrow strip of sky overhead.

Rossi and his crew entered the Grand Line, passed an Island Whale, and chose a route controlled by the Shichibukai Gamenio. After surviving violent weather, they spotted a colossal creature making an unusual whirlpool.

• Rossi stopped the Island Whale from ramming his ship, and his crew sailed past it as another ship crashed into its forehead.
• Rossi chose a route leading through islands known for pleasure and warned the crew that the route was controlled by Gamenio, a Shichibukai with the Copy-Copy Fruit.
• Rossi and his crew navigated a thunderstorm, a sudden snowstorm, and rapidly changing weather while following their Log Pose.
• Pica spotted an enormous whirlpool with a giant dorsal fin moving beneath it, and Rossi ordered everyone to stay alert.

The Donquixote crew fought off Sea Monkeys and reached Beast Fighting Island, where local rules turned a street provocation into a formal match. Diamante killed the man who challenged him, and the crew realized the island’s surveillance enabled a scheme targeting unwary visitors.

• Rossi, Diamante, Doflamingo, Jora, and Gladius attacked the Sea Monkeys until the creatures fled and the ship was safe.
• The crew spotted Beast Fighting Island and followed a patrol boat through its fortified perimeter.
• A burly man collided with Diamante, but Rossi stopped him from drawing his sword and invoked the island’s Beast Fighting rules.
• A patrolman told Vulture to accept Diamante’s challenge or pay five million Beli, and Vulture accepted.
• Diamante killed Vulture with a single sword strike in the arena as the crowd cheered.
• Rossi explained that visitors could be lured into fights and sold as merchandise, while Gladius recognized the Camera Den Den Mushi as tools for recording the scheme.

Rossi and his group watched Oguri Cap annihilate the Giant Monster Pirates in the Colosseum, revealing her as a powerful Mink rather than a Zoan user. As Rossi recognized a mysterious ring on her neck, Breed prepared to send Rody out to face her.

• Rossi, Diamante, Trebol, and Gladius watched the Colosseum’s next match while Diamante left with two women.
• Oguri Cap entered the arena to face the Giant Monster Pirates as the crowd placed bets on how long they would last.
• Oguri Cap’s supersonic attack killed or incapacitated the pirates in four heartbeats, and Rossi identified her as a Mink Tribe member.
• Trebol realized Oguri Cap was far stronger than he had expected, while Rossi noticed a dark green ring around her neck.
• Breed reported that the Celestial Dragons had issued a secret bounty and ordered Rody to take the stage alongside Oguri Cap.

Diamante learned that the arena’s gray-haired king, Oguri Cap, was one of the island’s strongest people. After Oguri Cap left a room full of children, she fought Rody, a bull-headed warrior who threatened them, and forced him to retreat before returning to the children; someone hidden in the stone wall then drew her attention.

• Diamante learned that Oguri Cap was the arena’s gray-haired king and one of the two strongest people in town.
• Rody and a short man planned to offer their Mink Tribe family to Lord Gamenio’s boss, and Rody was told to wait for Oguri Cap.
• Oguri Cap confronted Rody in the corridor after he attacked her and threatened the children behind the iron door.
• Oguri Cap fought Rody, wounded him, and stopped him with a strand of hair at his throat, forcing him to withdraw.
• Despite her serious injuries, Oguri Cap returned to the children and concealed what had happened by saying she had fallen.
• Someone hidden inside a nearby stone wall drew Oguri Cap’s attention as a new storm gathered outside.

Pica returned to the Donquixote with news of the Mink Tribe and its powerful warriors, while Rossi warned the crew to approach them cautiously. That night, Rody attacked the ship, and Rossi fought the gray-haired girl; their clash ended with her asking whether he had been to the Land on the Elephant's Back.

• Pica told Rossi and the crew that the Mink Tribe's children were imprisoned and that he had been defeated by Oguri Cap.
• Rossi reported that Oguri Cap had swiftly beaten a pirate captain and his crew, and warned that Rody was also dangerous.
• Rody urged the gray-haired girl to leave Zou and follow Gamenio, then lifted a nearby ship and hurled it toward the Donquixote.
• Rossi split the incoming ship with a slash, while Doffy prepared to confront Rody.
• Rossi intercepted the gray-haired girl, and the two fought at supersonic speed, devastating the docks.
• The gray-haired girl and Rossi stood at the edge of a crater, and she asked whether he had visited the Land on the Elephant's Back.

A fierce dockside battle pitted Doflamingo’s crew against the Mink warriors, while a swordsman and Oguri Cap exchanged near-fatal blows. The beast tide joined the fight, and Breed prepared to support Oguri Cap.

• The swordsman used Conqueror’s Haki and a powerful slash against the wounded horse-eared girl, who countered with a burst of strength and forced him back.
• Rody broke Doflamingo’s string cage with Electro, shattered Pica’s rock giant, and sent Vergo flying before clashing fists with Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo and Star Platinum attacked Rody, but Rody unleashed a lightning charge and hurled Doflamingo into a city wall.
• Rody held off Doflamingo’s crew as Breed summoned a swarm of powerful beasts from Beast Arena City.
• A small turtle-shelled fighter pierced Trebol’s mucus barrier, while Rody threw Doflamingo aside and Oguri Cap narrowly escaped the swordsman’s slash.
• The swordsman and Oguri Cap separated, both injured, as Breed offered to help Oguri Cap.

The Donquixote crew fought Oguri Cap and Rody at the harbor while Pica brought the children to the battlefield to force a ceasefire. Breed then used his control over the children to make them attack Pica, and Rossi began to recognize him as the beast tamer.

• Rossi cut down the controlled beasts attacking him, while Doffy and the Horse-Eared Girl fought Rody and the remaining creatures.
• Pica persuaded the children that they were not anyone’s property and led them toward the battlefield, intending to use their presence to stop the fighting.
• The children arrived and asked Oguri Cap and Rody to talk, causing both sides to halt their attacks.
• Breed ordered the children to seize Pica, and their glowing green collars compelled them to bite and claw at him.
• Rossi recognized Breed from memories of an abandoned beast tamer as Breed flew above the battlefield on a rare beast.

Oguri Cap and the others discovered that Breed had used collars to control the children and erase their memories, and Breed activated the collars against them. Oguri Cap fell unconscious, while she and Rody transformed under the moonlight and attacked Rossi as the battle worsened.

• Oguri Cap recognized Breed as one of the slave traders who had captured her and Rody, and Rossi identified his Pet-Pet Fruit power and the collars’ role in controlling their wearers.
• Breed revealed that the collars suppressed emotions and memories, while Pica tried to reach Zepo and Trebol failed to corrode the Seastone-alloy collars.
• Oguri Cap explained that her and Rody’s collars had not fully activated because they had remained calm, but Breed triggered them and made Rody collapse in pain.
• Breed pressed Oguri Cap’s collar and put her to sleep as Pica and the others were held back.
• Under the moonlight, Oguri Cap and the Minotaur Warrior transformed and attacked Rossi, who struggled to keep up with their speed and strength.

Rossi defeated Breed by using the Silence-Silence Fruit to stop him from commanding the Mink Tribe and strange beasts. After Breed’s Pet-Pet Fruit ability ended with his death, the victims took revenge while Rody thanked Rossi and his companions.

• Rossi used Kami-e to redirect Oguri Cap’s kick, then struck her with a powerful Haki-infused punch that sent her flying.
• Rossi announced that the battle was already decided, then silenced Breed and explained how his Pet-Pet Fruit depended on spoken commands.
• Rossi revealed that Breed had controlled the Mink Tribe and strange beasts with green collars and had sent traffickers to attack the group.
• Rody refused to continue fighting Rossi’s companions and demanded that Breed remove the collars, but Doflamingo explained that Breed’s death would end his ability.
• The freed victims surrounded Breed and killed him.

After defeating Gamenio’s forces, Doffy’s family took control of Beast Fighting Port while Rossi made peace with the Mink Tribe and offered to help them return to Zou. The chapter ended with Rossi agreeing to help an animal-eared girl get children to safety as the family’s route would pass their homeland.

• Rossi ended the night’s fighting, and the Mink Tribe learned that Gamenio had betrayed them; the survivors returned to the ship to treat their wounds.
• Doflamingo’s family entered Beast Fighting Port, whose residents soon saw the Twin Dragon Crest flying over the island.
• Doffy reviewed the island’s accounts with Trebol and considered how to deal with Gamenio, its former owner.
• Rossi sparred with Rody, then offered the Mink Tribe a ship to Zou once the family reached Water 7, asking only for their friendship.
• Rossi told an animal-eared girl that their route passed her people’s homeland, and agreed to help her get the children out safely.

Rossi and his companions confronted the forces on Carnival Island, while a blond, silver-eyed boy killed Breed and set out to investigate the newcomers from the North Blue. The family sailed toward Food Island under its Double Dragon Flag, and Rossi found himself surrounded by affectionate Mink children as the crew prepared to train them.

• Rossi and the beast-eared girl faced Carnival Island's uniformed men, and Rossi said they were waiting for an answer.
• The blond, silver-eyed boy escaped Breed's Book Prison, killed him, and learned that Oguri Cap and Rody had defeated Breed's Mink Tribe fighters.
• The boy received orders to investigate Oguri Cap and Rody's connection to Vinsmoke, then changed course toward the North Blue newcomers.
• Rossi's family raised its Double Dragon Flag over the occupied island and sailed toward Food Island, declaring hostility toward a Shichibukai.
• A few days into the voyage, Mink children swarmed Rossi affectionately, and Jora arranged food and combat practice for them with Pica.

Rossi offered to teach the Donquixote Family how to generate and control Electro as they sailed toward Food Island. After landing, Doflamingo and Rossi detected an ambush and incapacitated several attackers, while Rossi warned that the main fight had yet to come.

• Oguri Cap offered to teach Rossi Electro, and Rossi explained how bodily control could generate and direct electricity.
• Doflamingo ordered the family to find food that could stimulate their nerves, and the ship reached Food Island.
• Doflamingo split the family into pairs, but he and Rossi noticed rust beneath the food aromas and footsteps moving with suspicious order.
• Doflamingo caught an attacker disguised among hanging meat and continued into an alley as more attackers closed in.
• Doflamingo restrained several attackers with his threads while Rossi disabled others with precise strikes, and Rossi said the main course had not arrived yet.