Chapter Summaries

Dill protected Perona from an attack by the young Daz Bones, then convinced her to join him and Robin. The group returned to the inn, where Dill planned to tend to his wound in the morning and wondered why Daz Bones had targeted Perona.

• Daz Bones attacked Perona, but Dill blocked his blade and drove him off with electricity.
• Dill gave Perona the stuffed bear Kumashi, and she thanked him for saving her and agreed to help him.
• Perona told Dill that she had lived alone near the cemetery since she was three and had mistaken the island's costumed residents for monsters.
• Dill invited Perona to join him, promising her cute bears and bagel sandwiches, and Robin arrived to find him looking like a child abductor.
• Dill, Robin, and Perona returned to the inn, where Robin and Perona went to bathe while Dill rested and wondered why Daz Bones had attacked.

Dill learned that Mr. 1 had visited the cemetery and encountered Perona’s Negative Hollow, then decided to move the group closer to the harbor. The chapter ended when Vlad’s glowing forehead stitches triggered a transformation in his right arm.

• Dill woke beside Robin, washed up, bought breakfast, and asked Perona about Mr. 1.
• Perona recalled that Mr. 1 had searched the cemetery, chased her Negative Hollow, and cut up gravestones and her bananas.
• Dill reasoned that Mr. 1 was likely searching for someone or something and told the group to move to an inn near the harbor.
• Boren summoned Dill to the next room, where Vlad lay in pain and Gunpowder struggled to restrain Vlad’s beastlike, red-haired right arm.

Dill helped Vlad regain control of his transformed arm and learned that the stitches on Vlad’s forehead might be responsible. The group prepared to build support among the Kappa Army and Blood Descendant Army before attacking the palace, then ended the day at a restaurant.

• Dill, Gunpowder, and Boren restrained Vlad’s monstrous arm until Vlad focused on the stitches and returned it to normal.
• Dill took the group to an inn near the harbor, where Robin and Hina took Perona shopping while Dill and Vlad continued their control work.
• Dill learned from a Blood Descendant Army soldier that Tia had already recruited most of the army, and he planned to infiltrate both armies before attacking the royal capital.
• Dill suspected Tia feared Vlad might use the stitches to become a monster and decided the group would wait before storming the palace.
• Dill and the others ate at the town’s most luxurious restaurant, where Robin told Perona and Hina vampire stories and Boren suggested a poker game.

Dill and his allies prepared Prince Vlad’s return to power, and Vlad led the Kappa Army toward the palace to confront Earl Tia. The chapter ended as Vlad ordered his forces to open fire, while Tia’s defenders prepared to meet them.

• Dill healed his hand by eating and spent the following days taking control of soldiers from the Kappa Army and Blood Descendant Army.
• Vlad marched toward the palace with about eight hundred Kappa Army soldiers, declaring that Tia had murdered the former king and tried to assassinate him.
• Robin questioned Dill’s decision to make the march public, and Dill explained that it would build Vlad’s confidence and prestige.
• Hina asked Dill to leave her one soldier to fight, and he agreed as the procession swelled with supporters.
• Tia learned that the Zombie Army and Kappa Army headquarters would not reinforce him, and he ordered the Blood Descendant Army to march out and fight.
• Vlad raised his hand and shouted for his forces to open fire.

Dill used Perona’s Negative Hollow to cripple the Blood Descendant Army and help Vlad’s forces seize the palace. After finding Tia dead, Vlad was ambushed by Mr. 1, who fled when Vlad revealed his unexpected strength.

• Dill kept Perona, Robin, and Hina away from the battle, then directed Perona’s Negative Hollow through the Blood Descendant Army’s ranks.
• The Negative Hollow made the soldiers collapse in remorse, allowing Vlad and the Kappa Army to rout their opponents and enter the palace.
• The Kappa Army found Tia’s severed head, and Vlad ordered his soldiers to search for a shaved-headed boy without fighting him.
• Mr. 1 ambushed Vlad from the ceiling, but Vlad struck him aside with a transformed red arm.
• Mr. 1 dropped his stolen valuables and fled to avoid confronting the Negative Hollow.

Dill, Perona, and Vlad explored the castle’s hidden treasury and discovered a barrel of blood ink and a giant bone sword tied to the Wolf Family’s Devil Bloodline. Vlad learned he could shrink and wield the sword, while Dill reconsidered Vlad’s potential as a fighter; as they left, Vlad noticed Dill seemed to be floating.

• Perona’s Negative Hollow knocked Vlad and Mr. 1 down, and Dill sent the Kappa Army soldiers away before tending to Perona.
• Vlad led Dill and Perona through the castle’s hidden passages to the treasury and the secret chamber.
• Vlad touched the enormous bone sword, causing it to shrink into a normal-sized longsword that only he could hold without it expanding again.
• Vlad read a note explaining that blood ink sealed the Wolf Family’s Devil Bloodline and that the bone sword was made from a devil’s spine.
• Dill told Vlad to take the sword and leave, and Vlad noticed that Dill seemed to be floating ahead of him.

Dill helped Vlad decide to leave the kingdom’s administration to others and join the Marines, while he arranged new roles for Hina and the hypnotized prisoners. After Vlad’s coronation, Dill gained telepathic communication and used it to pester Robin for meat.

• Dill suggested Vlad become a Marine, and Vlad agreed after Dill promised to find someone else to manage the kingdom.
• Vlad announced the war’s outcome, and the people celebrated him as their new king.
• Dill hypnotized the Blood Descendant Army commander into attacking Hina, who defeated him with her Cage-Cage Fruit ability.
• Dill hypnotized Mr. 1 and the commander, then sent Mr. 1 away to eventually join Crocodile and pass Dill information.
• Vlad became king at the succession ceremony, and Dill gained the ability to communicate through thought.
• Dill silently approached Robin and telepathically repeated that he wanted meat, so Robin pushed him out with her ability and asked Vlad to order meat dishes.

After Vlad's coronation, Dill gained a series of new abilities, celebrated New Year's Eve with Robin and the others, and arranged for Vlad to govern Trancy while he trained. Dill then left Thriller Bark with the three little girls, bound for the North Blue.

• Dill gained several new abilities, including changing other people's sex, and learned Geno had mistakenly spread that ability as one of Dill's existing powers.
• Dill used Perona's Negative Hollow to weaken a visitor's will before offering him a chance to find meaning in life.
• Dill celebrated New Year's Eve with Robin, Hina, Perona, Gunpowder, and Boren, and stopped Hina from drinking champagne because she was a minor.
• Dill put Lake and other controlled officials in charge of governing the Trancy Kingdom while Vlad trained and delayed joining the Marines.
• Dill left Thriller Bark aboard a passenger ship with the three little girls, heading for the North Blue.

Dill asked Bege to find and kill Aimee, the gang boss who had tried to abduct him as a child, while the group traveled toward Mary Geoise. Bege reached West Red Port and boarded the elevator for the North Blue, beginning their ascent of the Red Line.

• Dill asked Bege to kill Aimee if he was still alive and explained that Aimee had tried to take him from his village when he was ten.
• Bege comforted Dill, then returned his consciousness to his real body, and Dill sent Hina to bed.
• Bege's passenger ship arrived at West Red Port, where he ignored the hawkers and headed to the elevators.
• Bege paid the fee and boarded the North Blue elevator with the others, which began climbing toward Mary Geoise.

Half a year after crossing the Red Line, Dill traveled around the North Blue with Robin, Hina, and Perona, using hypnotized rulers to search for Law's submarine. The search brought him face-to-face with the Red Hair Pirates.

• Bege escorted Dill and the others across the Red Line, then left them on a prosperous North Blue island with money and supplies.
• Bege hypnotized the passenger ship's captain, while Dill obtained a nautical chart and fell asleep after Robin urged him to rest.
• Bege parted ways with Dill and the others, returning to the West Blue to continue his efforts to unite the mafia.
• Dill and the others traveled from island to island, secretly controlling local rulers and having them search for the submarine.
• After half a year in the North Blue, Dill encountered the Red Hair Pirates.