Chapter Summaries

Wilton expanded the G-8 Branch and began preparing it to support his long-term plans by requesting more Marines and securing high-yield crop seeds. He left Caesar on Punk Hazard for now, while continuing to build up the resources he would need for future weapons production and world unification.

• Wilton moved another uninhabited island to G-8 Island, further expanding the branch’s territory.
• Wilton told Morty to request 20,000 Marines from Headquarters and recruit up to 50,000 personnel for the G-8 Branch.
• Sadi returned with the crop seeds she had retrieved from Punk Hazard and told Wilton that Caesar wanted to leave the island.
• Wilton refused to bring Caesar to the G-8 Branch and decided he should remain on Punk Hazard for now.

Wilton ordered Wapol to strengthen G-8 Base’s Marines before leaving to train Iron Body on Thunder God Island. Meanwhile, Ace began rebuilding the Whitebeard Pirates, recruiting Shakuyaku and Crocus as he pursued his goal of becoming Pirate King and rescuing Rayleigh.

• Wilton ordered Wapol to fuse the 6,700 Marines at G-8 Base with Iron Body, and told him to accept the World Government’s offer to help restore his kingdom.
• Wilton left G-8 Base and trained Iron Body amid Thunder God Island’s lightning for ten days.
• Ace parted ways with Sabo and the Revolutionary Army, then vowed to rebuild the Whitebeard Pirates and become Pirate King to avenge his allies and rescue Rayleigh.
• Shakuyaku joined Ace’s group, offering her connections and support to help him become Pirate King and rescue Rayleigh.
• Crocus joined the Whitebeard Pirates, bringing their membership to six, while Scopper Gaban contacted Shakuyaku and spoke with Ace.
• A whale-shaped submarine headed toward Palm Island.

A newspaper announced that Portgas D. Ace had become a new Four Emperor, backed by powerful former Whitebeard and Roger Pirates, including Bullet. Blackbeard canceled his planned attack on the Whitebeard Pirates, while other major figures reacted to Ace’s rise and the legends supporting him.

• Newspapers reported that Ace had taken over Whitebeard’s territories and named him a new Four Emperor, revealing the formidable lineup and bounties of the New Whitebeard Pirates.
• Blackbeard and his crew reconsidered their plan to attack the Whitebeard Pirates, and Blackbeard canceled it because Bullet and the other veterans made the fight too dangerous.
• Doflamingo read the news in Dressrosa and resented that Ace had gained support from powerful legends.
• Sabo celebrated Ace’s rise at Revolutionary Army headquarters and remembered the brothers’ promises to pursue their dreams for Luffy’s sake.
• Big Mom and Kaido focused on Bullet, Shakuyaku, and Crocus, while younger people saw Ace as a possible future Pirate King.

While Bullet began training Ace on Palm Island, news spread of Blackbeard becoming the fourth Emperor, Thunder God Enel’s clash with Kaido, and four new Shichibukai. The chapter ended with Marco and the others wondering whether Edward Weevil was Whitebeard’s son and deciding to contact him.

• Bullet defeated Ace repeatedly and began training him to become strong enough for a future battle, while Ace vowed to become king.
• The World Government announced Blackbeard Marshall D. Teach as the fourth Emperor, with a bounty of 3.996 billion Berries and nine notorious subordinates.
• Thunder God Enel defeated members of the Beasts Pirates, fought Kaido for two days, killed a Marine recruitment party, and later clashed with Admiral Kizaru, who returned alone.
• The Marines appointed Buggy, Edward Weevil, Trafalgar Law, and Chameleon Gamenio as new Shichibukai alongside Doflamingo, Boa Hancock, and Gecko Moria.
• After the World Economic Journal reported that Edward Weevil might be Whitebeard’s son, Marco and the others discussed the claim and resolved to contact him.

Marco revealed that Chameleon Gamenio had once been the third son Whitebeard saved, but left after his ruthless methods caused a conflict. While Wilton trained on Thunder God Island, the Worst Generation and other rising figures made their moves, and Marine Fleet Admiral Kuzan grew frustrated by his lack of control over the branches. Wilton finished a year of training and emerged ready to pursue world conquest.

• The World Economic Journal reported that Chameleon Gamenio, a former Whitebeard Pirate and Copy-Copy Fruit user, had become a Shichibukai, prompting Marco to explain his history to Ace and the others.
• Marco said Gamenio had been the third son Whitebeard saved, had helped found the crew, and later left after becoming consumed by hatred; he warned Ace that Gamenio was not one of them.
• During Wilton’s year of training, several Supernovas joined or fell to the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom, while other pirates and fighters rose to prominence across the seas.
• Kuzan learned that Wilton had not returned and brooded over the G-8 Branch’s growing influence, recruitment, and independence from Marine Headquarters.
• Wilton emerged from the center of Thunder God Island after completing a year of training and declared his intention to seize and unify the world.

Wilton invaded Whole Cake Island to capture Charlotte Pudding and use the Memory Fruit to steal Blackbeard’s memories. After overpowering the Charlotte Family and clashing with Big Mom, he summoned a meteor and unleashed a rain of meteors over Cake Island, leaving everyone in despair.

• Big Mom learned that Wilton had entered Totland alone and gathered the Charlotte Family on Cake Island to face him.
• Wilton arrived at Cake Castle and used gravity to pull Pudding toward him, while Katakuri grabbed her and tried to protect her.
• Wilton’s Emperor’s Suppression combined Conqueror’s Haki and gravity to knock down most of the Charlotte Family, leaving Big Mom and Katakuri standing.
• Big Mom attacked Wilton with Shining Light Cannon, and he countered with Heavenly Might, forcing both of them back.
• Wilton summoned a meteor over Cake Island and then used Comet Rain to call down meteor after meteor, terrifying Big Mom and the Charlotte Family.

Wilton returned after a year and attacked Whole Cake Island, unveiling his improved Iron Body while Big Mom's island was devastated by falling comets. Back at G-8 Branch, he prepared to begin the next phase of his plan against Blackbeard and to find Devil Fruits for Kibin and the others.

• Wilton overwhelmed Katakuri, captured Pudding, and endured Big Mom's attack with his newly developed all-weather Iron Body and rebounding ability.
• Wilton escaped as ten comets struck Whole Cake Island, leaving it in flames and causing the Big Mom Pirates an unprecedented disaster.
• News of Wilton's return alarmed Doflamingo, renewed Ace's determination to train, and prompted Blackbeard and Patrick to prepare to act against him.
• Wilton returned to G-8 Branch, read reports about the past year's events, including Ace becoming an Emperor, and ordered Kibin and the others to return for the next phase of his plan.

Wilton led Kibin and the others to Hachinosu Island, where he confronted Blackbeard and offered him two choices. Blackbeard faced capture or a fight as Wilton waited for his answer.

• Gion told Kuzan that Wilton had summoned his subordinates, and Kuzan's attempts to contact Wilton failed.
• Wilton and his group flew toward Hachinosu Island, where Wilton planned to obtain his second Devil Fruit and give Devil Fruits to Kibin and the others.
• Blackbeard read that Wilton had destroyed Whole Cake Island, then was startled when Wilton appeared at the Blackbeard Pirates' headquarters.
• Blackbeard's crew reacted with alarm to Wilton, while Shiryu voiced interest in the Equivalent Fruit and Doc Q recalled his past injuries from Wilton.
• Wilton told Blackbeard to come with him peacefully or be forced to go, while the Blackbeard Pirates braced for a confrontation.

Wilton attacked Blackbeard’s base on Hachinosu Island, wiping out weaker pirates and calling down a barrage of meteors that devastated the island. After Wilton’s Marine subordinates arrived, he charged Blackbeard as they prepared to fight the remaining Blackbeard Pirates.

• Wilton unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out crowds of Blackbeard’s subordinates, then summoned seven or eight meteors with Comet Rain.
• Doc Q tried to infect Wilton, but Wilton dispelled the sickness and pulled Doc Q toward him with Universal Pull.
• Blackbeard stopped Doc Q with Dark Water and attacked Wilton with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but Wilton’s Heavenly Might pierced through Blackbeard’s attack and destroyed the skull-shaped headquarters.
• The Blackbeard Pirates tried to intercept the meteors, but the impacts turned the center of Hachinosu Island into a sea of fire and left them injured.
• Wilton’s Marine subordinates descended onto Hachinosu, and Wilton charged Blackbeard with the Bell of All Beings Equality as the Marines moved to engage the remaining captains.

The G-8 Branch officers fought Blackbeard's crew across the island, using their unusual defenses and Devil Fruit abilities to turn several battles in their favor. The chapter left Shiryu without his sword, King Bad injured by Very Good, and Vivi defeated by Morty.

• Sadi and Van Augur fought to a stalemate because her Indestructible Body resisted his bullets while his Teleport-Teleport Fruit kept him out of reach.
• Kibin pressured Lafitte with his Iron Body and Diamond Body, while Penn kept Jotte on the defensive despite Jotte filling the area with alcohol fumes.
• Shuen used the Rusted-Rusted Fruit to destroy Shiryu's famed blade Raiu and began attacking Shiryu barehanded.
• Very Good transformed into dust and split apart King Bad's skeletal hand, causing the damage to rebound on King Bad.
• Morty let Vivi bind her, then stabbed her with a Seastone steel pen and left her powerless and defeated.

Burgess, Doc Q, and Sanjuan Wolf were overwhelmed by the G-8 Branch’s Seastone-armed beasts, while Wilton battled Blackbeard on Hachinosu Island. Blackbeard’s powers failed to protect him from Wilton’s close combat, and Wilton launched a devastating attack as Blackbeard panicked.

• Burgess was driven back by Minotaurus, Minotaur Zebra, Blue Rabbit Hailabang, and Fighter Big White Dog, whose Seastone weapons, Haki, and relentless attacks left him struggling to survive.
• Doc Q fled from Minotaur Koala and Minotaur Rhino as they resisted his diseases and pursued him with Seastone weapons.
• Sanjuan Wolf tried to escape five sea beasts, but their durable bodies, Haki, Shave, and Seastone weapons made him realize the G-8 Branch had prepared to counter the Blackbeard Pirates.
• Blackbeard unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit against Wilton, but Wilton’s Sweep the Thousand Armies overpowered him and sent him flying.
• Blackbeard blocked Wilton’s Heavenly Might with darkness and tremor power, then used Dark Water to pull Wilton toward him before remembering that Wilton was not afraid of close combat.
• Wilton accelerated toward Blackbeard with his barbell and unleashed Sweep the Thousand Armies, while Blackbeard cried out for him not to come closer.

Wilton battered Blackbeard across Hachinosu Island, forcing Van Augur to teleport him away from a devastating comet strike. Wilton entered his battle stance and attacked again, while Blackbeard reappeared beside Sadi and seized her as a hostage.

• Wilton's attacks heavily injured Blackbeard, who fought back with the Dark-Dark Fruit and Tremor-Tremor Fruit but was repeatedly overwhelmed.
• Blackbeard was sent beyond Hachinosu Island's edge, and Wilton pursued him with a concentrated comet attack.
• Van Augur teleported Blackbeard away just before Wilton struck, splitting Hachinosu Island and forcing the other battles to stop.
• Wilton rose from the magma in his battle stance as Blackbeard and Van Augur considered retreating but could not abandon their allies.
• Wilton fired Heavenly Might at Blackbeard and Van Augur, who teleported beside Sadi; Blackbeard took her hostage to threaten Wilton.

Wilton defeated Blackbeard’s attempt to use Sadi as leverage, captured him, and seized San Juan and Vivi as well. Wilton returned toward the G-8 base with his prisoners while the remaining Blackbeard Pirates regrouped on Hachinosu Island and debated a rescue.

• Blackbeard grabbed Sadi and demanded that Wilton withdraw from Hachinosu Island, but Sadi stabbed him with her Seastone trident while Wilton restrained Van Augur with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Wilton stopped Van Augur from teleporting Blackbeard away, captured Blackbeard, and ordered his group back to base.
• Wilton and his allies reached San Juan’s battlefield, where Wilton knocked him unconscious for T Bone to claim his Devil Fruit.
• Morty arrived carrying the defeated Vivi, and Wilton’s group departed Hachinosu Island with their prisoners.
• The remaining Blackbeard Pirates gathered on Hachinosu Island, argued over Van Augur’s failure, and discussed how to rescue Blackbeard, San Juan, and Vivi.

Wilton returned to the G-8 Branch after destroying Hachinosu Island and capturing Blackbeard, whose fate had become a mystery to the world. In the branch’s secret prison, Wilton healed Blackbeard enough to keep him alive and offered Pudding a chance to cooperate by extracting his memories.

• Gion reported to Kuzan that Wilton had led an attack on Hachinosu Island, which was now destroyed, and that Blackbeard’s condition was unknown.
• News of the battle spread among the Revolutionary Army, the Shichibukai, the Supernovas, the Whitebeard Pirates, and the Beasts Pirates.
• Sadie brought the gravely wounded Blackbeard to Wilton’s secret prison, where Wilton healed him and had Sadie shackle him to the execution wall.
• Sadie brought Pudding to Wilton, who ordered her to extract Blackbeard’s memories and promised that she could live if she cooperated.
• Pudding agreed to cooperate, saying she had no other choice and trusting that Wilton would keep his word.

Wilton watched Blackbeard’s memories and learned that body modifications could let someone consume multiple Devil Fruits, then captured Law to have his body altered with the Op-Op Fruit. Law’s crew later discovered he had vanished, drawing Marine attention.

• Pudding extracted Blackbeard’s memories, and Wilton watched them with Sadi to uncover how Blackbeard could wield multiple Devil Fruits.
• Wilton promised Pudding her freedom after unifying the world, then left to capture Law for the Op-Op Fruit’s body-modification ability.
• On Tomato Island, Wilton attacked Law as the Heart Pirates headed for Punk Hazard and quickly overpowered him.
• Wilton carried the unconscious Law back toward G-8, while Bepo and the other Heart Pirates awoke to find their captain gone.
• The Marines began paying attention to Law’s disappearance and considered finding a replacement if he was confirmed dead.

Wilton had Law’s memories rewritten, used him to replicate Pajon’s Lineage Factors in his body, and then prepared to take a second Devil Fruit. The chapter ended with Blackbeard emerging from beneath the black cloth after attempting to strip the Tanuki Fruit from Pajon.

• Pudding altered Law’s memories until his life and loyalties revolved around Wilton.
• Law studied Pajon’s Lineage Factors and spent ten days replicating them in Wilton’s body, successfully giving him a second set.
• Wilton ordered Pudding to alter Blackbeard’s memories, making him loyal to Wilton as well.
• Wilton told Blackbeard to use the Dark-Dark Fruit to strip the Tanuki Fruit from Pajon.
• Blackbeard went beneath the black cloth with a prepared fruit and then emerged, leaving Wilton watching for the result.

Wilton ate the Mythical Zoan Tanuki Fruit and spent seven months developing its abilities at G-8. After Steel Bone Kong summoned him to Marine Headquarters for a meeting, Wilton left the branch with Morty and thirty veteran soldiers.

• Wilton ate the Tanuki Fruit and transformed into a chubby, furry creature, then told Sadi to strip Sanjuan Wolf of his Devil Fruit and alter Caitlin Vivi’s memories.
• Over the following seven months, T Bone gained Sanjuan Wolf’s Inflation Fruit, while Pudding, Blackbeard, and Law remained captive.
• Steel Bone Kong called Sadi and ordered Wilton to attend a meeting at Marine Headquarters in ten days.
• Wilton demonstrated his Transformation Leaves by turning into Steel Bone Kong, then changed back to his true form.
• Wilton departed G-8 with Morty and thirty veteran branch soldiers as Sakazuki also left his branch.

Wilton and Sakazuki returned to Marine Headquarters ahead of a meeting, where their shared hostility toward pirates clashed with Sengoku and Tsuru’s caution. Fleet Admiral Kong arrived to preside over the gathering, leaving the meeting’s business yet to begin.

• Wilton and Sakazuki met at the port and agreed they had both returned to Headquarters at Kong’s request.
• Wilton visited Dalmatian, then received visits from Sengoku, Tsuru, Kujaku, Hibari, Grus, Smoker, and Hina.
• Wilton proposed joint exercises with Sakazuki and Borsalino at several New World islands, including territory held by the Four Emperors.
• Sakazuki and Wilton supported attacking Fire Fist Ace, while Sengoku and Tsuru warned that eliminating the Four Emperors could destabilize the balance.
• Kong entered the conference room, took the Fleet Admiral’s seat, and began presiding over the meeting.

Wilton ordered Blackbeard and Caterina Vivi released, then traveled to Nine Snake Island to seize Boa Hancock’s Love-Love Fruit. He escaped with Hancock after defeating her, leaving the island’s warriors to discover her disappearance.

• At a meeting, Kuzan questioned Wilton about Blackbeard and the missing pirates, and Wilton claimed Blackbeard and Caterina Vivi had escaped while warning that he could destroy the allied pirate crews.
• Wilton declared that the G-1 and G-8 Branches were ready to attack the Whitebeard Pirates, but Kong refused permission for a war and reaffirmed the Government’s support for Kuzan.
• After the meeting, Wilton ordered Sadi to release Blackbeard and Caterina Vivi, told her to watch Boa Hancock and other targets, and arranged to keep seizing Devil Fruits.
• Wilton and Morty sailed toward Nine Snake Island, where Wilton said he would obtain Hancock’s Love-Love Fruit and promised Morty a matching fruit.
• Wilton attacked Hancock while she bathed, blocked her counterattacks, and knocked her unconscious; when Sandersonia and Marigold rushed in, he killed them and escaped with Hancock.
• Elder Mother and Hancock’s Warriors arrived to find Sandersonia and Marigold dead and Hancock missing.

Wilton killed Boa Hancock and extracted the Love-Love Fruit with the Dark-Dark Fruit's power. He then launched an attack on Byrnndi World and his crew, ending with meteors crashing into their island.

• Wilton transformed into Blackbeard and used the Dark-Dark Fruit to strip the Love-Love Fruit from Hancock, revealing it was a twin Devil Fruit.
• Wilton ordered Morty to preserve Hancock's corpse for its bloodline factor and planned to obtain Byrnndi World's Doble Fruit for Kibin.
• The chapter recounted how World gained the Doble Fruit, became known as World Destroyer, and escaped Impel Down during the Summit War.
• Sebastian warned World and his crew that three meteors were falling toward their island.
• Two meteors shattered into showers of fragments while the third struck intact, leveling the surrounding area in a massive explosion.