Recaps

Aokiji Kuzan confronted Saul, Roy, and the others as they tried to escape Ohara, accusing Saul of betraying the Marines and threatening to arrest them. When Akainu Sakazuki’s forces began destroying civilian evacuation ships, Kuzan’s faith in Marine justice faltered and he unleashed a massive burst of ice.

• Kuzan confronted Saul and demanded to know why he had betrayed the Marines and joined the Roy Pirates.
• Saul defended his decision to free Olvia and condemned the World Government and Marines for destroying Ohara and killing civilians.
• Roy, Bullet, and Tesoro prepared to fight Kuzan when he refused to let them leave.
• Marine ships began shelling civilian evacuation vessels, and Roy identified Akainu Sakazuki as the officer responsible.
• Saul and Roy challenged Kuzan over the Marines’ actions, and Kuzan erupted in anger and confusion, freezing the surrounding area.

Roy, Bullet, and Tesoro fought Kuzan after he attacked their group, overwhelming him with a coordinated assault until Saul intervened and was badly injured. Roy halted the attack and renewed his offer to talk, leaving Kuzan to choose between negotiating and continuing the battle.

• Kuzan unleashed a concentrated torrent of freezing air, but Bullet endured it with Roy's telekinetic barriers helping deflect the attack.
• Tesoro struck Kuzan with Gold Raigo, numbing and scorching his ice-form body.
• Roy slashed Kuzan's neck with a telekinetic sword strike, leaving him wounded and briefly dizzy.
• Bullet prepared a Conqueror's Haki-coated punch, but Saul stepped in front of Kuzan and took the blow, badly injuring his arms.
• Roy called off further attacks and asked Kuzan to talk or keep fighting as cannon fire threatened to bury them all.

Roy rescued Nico Olvia, Robin, Saul, and Ohara’s scholars as the island was destroyed by the Buster Call, and he challenged Kuzan to question the World Government’s justice. The Ark Maxim escaped Ohara, leaving Kuzan conflicted and carrying the survivors toward Hachinosu.

• Roy argued that the World Government’s Heavenly Tribute and the Marines’ protection of the system drove people into poverty and piracy, urging Kuzan to consider what he was defending.
• Roy told Olvia, Robin, Saul, and the scholars to board the Ark Maxim, and Kuzan let them leave while tending to Saul’s injuries.
• Saul pushed Kuzan away and said he had to leave too as the Ark Maxim took off from Ohara.
• Roy told Kuzan he would return if Kuzan sought a different path, then the Ark Maxim escaped the burning island.
• Aboard the Ark Maxim, the survivors mourned Ohara, Tesoro checked the ship’s damaged power system, and Roy told Stella that the Buster Call had engulfed the island.

Roy brought the Ohara survivors to Hachinosu, where they found refuge and a place to continue their research. After arranging their care and preparing for the World Government’s retaliation, Roy reaffirmed his alliance with Dragon.

• Roy offered the Ohara scholars, Olvia, Robin, and Saul refuge in Hachinosu, and they agreed to go while promising to share their Poneglyph research.
• Roy and the survivors arrived at Hachinosu, where Stella and Kuma arranged accommodations for the scholars and took Saul for medical treatment.
• Roy told his officers to protect the scholars, respect Saul’s eventual choice, strengthen Hachinosu’s defenses, and monitor Marine and World Government movements.
• Dragon contacted Roy, learned that Olvia, Robin, several scholars, and some research materials had survived, and thanked him for saving them.
• Roy and Dragon warned each other to stay cautious and reaffirmed their alliance.

The Ohara scholars settled on Hachinosu, where Nico Olvia and Robin began rebuilding their lives and Saul recovered while considering whether to join Roy. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku rejected Akainu’s demand for an immediate assault on Hachinosu because the Marines risked being drawn into a war on multiple fronts.

• Kuma arranged supplies and medical care for the Ohara scholars, and Nico Olvia told Robin to keep studying and carry on Ohara’s unfinished work.
• Saul recovered from his injuries on Hachinosu and considered speaking with Roy about staying with the Roy Pirates.
• Sengoku reviewed Aokiji’s report and Roy’s history, questioning the pirate’s goals and recognizing the threat posed by his plans and growing base.
• Akainu demanded an attack on Hachinosu to destroy the Roy Pirates, and several Vice Admirals supported him.
• Sengoku explained that the Marines were already strained by Golden Lion, Kaido, Whitebeard, and Big Mom, and warned that attacking Hachinosu could trigger a multi-front war.
• Roy was secretly planning a surprise attack on Mary Geoise.

The Marines decided to raise the Roy Pirates’ bounties to provoke the New World’s pirates and powers into attacking them. When the new posters reached Hachinosu, Roy recognized the scheme and warned his crew that their newfound notoriety would make them targets.

• Sengoku and Tsuru persuaded Akainu to avoid a direct expedition and instead dramatically increase the Roy Pirates’ bounties to turn other forces against them.
• Sengoku ordered new wanted posters for every member of the Roy Pirates, intending to make Roy a target across the sea.
• Several days later, the posters reached Hachinosu, where Savi, Charon, Jabra, and the island’s residents reacted to the crew’s new bounties.
• The Roy Pirates’ core members examined their posters, including Roy’s 1.85 billion Beli bounty, Bullet’s 1.5 billion, Hawk Eyes’s 1.336 billion, and Tesoro’s 1.03 billion.
• Roy explained that the Marines were trying to draw attention to the crew and make ambitious pirates and established powers attack or suppress them.

Roy reorganized the Roy Pirates and assigned responsibilities as Hachinosu entered a new stage of development. Meanwhile, Blood Axe Locke and the Pirate Alliance decided to launch a surprise attack on the island, while Roy's crew remained unaware.

• Roy rejected the idea of keeping a low profile and said Hachinosu would use bounty hunters as a test for its defenses and recruits.
• Roy assigned Bullet to combat training, Hawk Eyes to defenses, Tesoro to finances, Crocodile to intelligence, and Kuma to islanders' welfare.
• Roy appointed Kyros, Savi, Enel, Pea, Charon, and Yamato as a mobile force, gave Stella and Scarlet coordination duties, and assigned Moria and CP Five members their respective tasks.
• Blood Axe Locke and Venom Fang Sanchez urged the Pirate Alliance to seize Hachinosu for its treasure and the scholars from Ohara.
• The Pirate Alliance's five crews committed to a surprise attack with more than five thousand men and over a hundred ships, while the Roy Pirates continued their development, unaware.

Roy oversaw Hachinosu’s development and considered how to assign the Devil Fruits he had collected, deciding to wait until his crew had grown closer and the bounty crisis had passed. Meanwhile, five pirate captains assembled a fleet and prepared a surprise attack on Hachinosu for midnight the next day.

• Bullet trained around three hundred selected fighters while Hawk Eyes strengthened Hachinosu’s defenses, Tesoro improved its economy, Crocodile built an intelligence network, and Kuma helped residents and Ohara scholars settle in.
• Roy continued training and helped the newly joined CP agents improve their Haki and combat skills.
• Roy reviewed his Devil Fruit stock, set several fruits aside, and decided to delay distribution until he could better assess his crew.
• Blood Axe Locke, Sanchez, Baron, Siren, and House gathered their fleets and planned a two-pronged assault on Hachinosu, aiming to draw defenders away before attacking the main island.
• The five captains raised a toast to their planned raid, targeting Roy, the Roy Pirates’ officers, and Hachinosu’s treasures and research.

Roy and the Roy Pirates detected a large pirate alliance attacking Hatchinosu and uncovered an elite squad’s attempt to infiltrate the main island. The defenses sprang into action, and the battle began at the Earth Star and Fire Star fortresses.

• Roy sensed a hostile force gathering southeast and warned Hawk Eyes and Crocodile to prepare Hatchinosu’s defenses.
• Hawk Eyes’s lookout network spotted more than a hundred enemy ships approaching Earth Star and Fire Star, and the garrisons took their assigned positions.
• Crocodile suspected the frontal attack was a feint, and Roy detected an elite squad approaching the main island’s southern cliffs.
• Roy sent Bullet and Tesoro to reinforce the fortresses and ordered Crocodile and Hawk Eyes to intercept the infiltrators.
• Roy stayed at the command center to oversee the battle as the Earth Star garrison exchanged fire with the pirate fleet.

The Roy Pirates decisively repelled a five-thousand-strong assault on Hachinosu, defeating the attackers with no deaths and taking thousands of prisoners. As news of the victory spread, lesser crews backed off while powerful New World pirates began watching Hachinosu more closely.

• Bullet killed Locke aboard his flagship while Tesoro used lightning to disable the attacking fleet’s ships.
• Crocodile and Hawk Eyes ambushed the cliff-raiding party, killing Siren and scattering the elite pirates.
• The Roy Pirates defeated the coalition, sinking or capturing more than eighty ships and taking over three thousand prisoners.
• Roy ordered prisoners sorted, ships and supplies inventoried, and prepared for stronger enemies to come.
• News of Hachinosu’s victory spread across the New World and reached Marine Headquarters, making smaller crews cautious and drawing the attention of major powers.

After the Roy Pirates defeated the force attacking Hachinosu, rival powers and the Marines assessed the growing threat, while Roy focused on training his crew and strengthening the island. He left Lucci and Kaku to assist Crocodile’s intelligence network and returned to his own training.

• Kaido, Big Mom, Whitebeard, and Shiki reacted to the Roy Pirates’ victory, with Whitebeard ordering stronger patrols near Fish-Man Island.
• Sengoku, Akainu, Tsuru, and Aokiji reviewed the failed attack on Hachinosu and prepared Marine recruitment, weapons upgrades, and Shichibukai recruitment.
• The Roy Pirates repaired Hachinosu and resumed training, while Lucci and Kaku grew stronger fighting Ancient Zoan test subjects.
• Roy assigned Lucci and Kaku to assist Crocodile’s intelligence network, and they accepted the responsibility.
• Roy reflected on the growing threats around Hachinosu and returned to training with Shusui.

Roy gathered the Roy Pirates’ core members and selected trainees to distribute fifteen Devil Fruits and strengthen Hachinosu. After explaining the fruits’ abilities and warning about their costs, he invited those without powers to choose, beginning with Kyros.

• Roy instructed Stella to summon the core members and selected peripheral representatives to a meeting.
• Roy displayed fifteen Devil Fruits and described their abilities and potential.
• Roy explained that the crew had no Logia fruits and warned that gaining a Devil Fruit meant losing the ability to swim.
• Roy invited Kyros, Scarlet, Ginny, the CP Five, and the three trainees to choose fruits, with Kyros going first.

Kyros declined to eat a Devil Fruit, choosing to pursue swordsmanship, while Scarlet selected the Clone-Clone Fruit to help manage Hachinosu. Ginny asked Roy for advice about several possible fruits, and he asked her to consider what kind of role suited her.

• Kyros turned down the available Devil Fruits, explaining that he wanted to devote himself to swordsmanship, and Roy respected his choice.
• Scarlet chose the Clone-Clone Fruit because its ability to create clones would help her handle Hachinosu's affairs.
• Roy praised Scarlet's choice and said her clones would help manage Hachinosu while he focused on other matters.
• Ginny struggled to choose among several Devil Fruits and asked Roy for advice.
• Roy explained the potential uses and demands of Ginny's options, then asked whether she preferred support and reconnaissance or direct offense and defense.

Roy oversaw Devil Fruit choices for Ginny and the former CP5 members, matching abilities to their skills and assigning future roles. Bullet received two remaining Zoan fruits to give to promising trainees, leaving Lucci to continue fighting without a Devil Fruit for now.

• Ginny chose the Hollow-Hollow Fruit to support scouting and protect herself or important targets.
• Lucci declined the available fruits, saying he would keep honing his physical techniques, Six Powers, and Haki while assisting Crocodile with intelligence work.
• Kaku chose the Dire Wolf Fruit, Blueno chose the Cave Bear Fruit, Jabra chose the Rust-Rust Fruit, and Kalifa chose the Brush-Brush Fruit.
• Roy assigned Kalifa to work with Stella and Scarlet as a secretary and internal affairs manager.
• Roy gave Bullet the Leopard and Giraffe fruits and told him to choose loyal, capable trainees to eat them.

Roy finalized the Devil Fruit distribution and gave the new users advice for developing their abilities. The recipients left eager to train, while Roy kept several powerful fruits in reserve.

• Roy assigned the Clone-Clone Fruit to Scarlet, the Hollow-Hollow Fruit to Ginny, the Dire Wolf and Cave Bear Ancient Zoans to Kaku and Blueno, the Rust-Rust Fruit to Jabra, and the Brush-Brush Fruit to Kalifa; Bullet received the right to distribute two ordinary Zoans.
• Roy stored several high-potential fruits, including the Island-Island Fruit and Mythical Zoan Onyudo Fruit, for possible future use.
• Roy suggested ways Scarlet and Ginny could expand their clone and hollow abilities, including greater coordination, specialized clones, and new hollow forms.
• Roy advised Kaku and Blueno to combine their Zoan powers with martial arts, and outlined development ideas for Jabra's rusting and Kalifa's drawings.
• Roy urged everyone to explore their powers while continuing to train their Haki and martial arts, and the group eagerly agreed.

Roy decided to expand the Roy Pirates’ territory and secure the waters around Hachinosu. He divided his forces into four groups, which prepared to launch coordinated operations while the island remained on guard.

• Hachinosu’s Devil Fruit users and officers trained as the island grew stronger, while its growing influence attracted the attention of hostile pirate crews and factions.
• Bullet, Tesoro, Hawk Eyes, and Crocodile urged Roy to clear nearby threats and secure trade routes and territory.
• Roy ordered four groups to strike in different directions, targeting hostile pirates, island factions, trade interests, and hidden operatives while avoiding the borders of major powers.
• Roy assigned Kuma, Stella, Scarlet, and others to defend Hachinosu and ordered the operation to begin at dawn three days later.
• The Roy Pirates prepared ships, supplies, personnel, and intelligence as Roy watched the harbor and the approaching expansion campaign.

The Roy Pirates rapidly expanded Hachinosu’s territory by defeating or absorbing nearby hostile forces, then faced wary reactions from the New World’s major powers. Roy ended the expansion campaign and ordered the crew to consolidate their holdings and prepare for future conflict.

• Bullet, Tesoro, Hawk Eyes, and Crocodile led four forces that subdued targets around Hachinosu, while Crocodile’s team also mapped the borders of neighboring powers.
• The Roy Pirates nearly doubled their sphere of influence, established outposts and defenses, and returned to Hachinosu with prisoners, supplies, and new intelligence.
• Whitebeard increased border patrols, Big Mom sent Perospero with a marriage proposal, and Golden Lion Shiki warned Roy to stay away from his territory.
• Roy ordered his forces to avoid further expansion for now and focus on strengthening defenses, developing their new territory, and maintaining cautious relations with the other powers.

Six months after the Roy Pirates expanded their territory, the New World settled into a new balance dominated by Golden Lion, Whitebeard, Big Mom, Kaido, and Roy. At Hachinosu, Roy surveyed the prosperous island and the growing strength of his crew.

• Golden Lion rebuilt and expanded the Flying Pirates, using floating islands to control the entrance to the New World and force many newcomers to submit.
• Whitebeard, Big Mom, Kaido, and Roy consolidated their territories, while pirate crews fought over the chaotic waters between the five powers.
• Roy observed Hachinosu's development, including its fortified outposts, improved training facilities, peaceful population, and rising commercial revenues.
• Scarlet, Ginny, Kaku, Blueno, Jabra, and Kalifa advanced their Devil Fruit abilities, while Lucci and Kyros strengthened their own skills.
• Bullet, Hawk Eyes, Tesoro, Crocodile, and the other Roy Pirates continued training, raising the crew's overall strength.

Roy reviewed Dr. Gracia’s progress on a nearly stable technique for fusing and transplanting Oni, Lunarian, and Buccaneer bloodlines into compatible recipients, while Hachinosu’s Sea Train construction advanced. The report left Roy considering the potential enhancement for himself and his crew.

• Master Tom led construction of the Sea Train on Hachinosu, with Iceburg and Kokoro supervising technical work and personnel.
• Stella told Roy that the test section to Trial Island could be ready next month and that Tom expected to extend the rail network across the territory within a year.
• Roy ordered Stella to prioritize funding and supplies for the Sea Train and to keep its routes and technical details secret.
• Dr. Gracia’s team developed stable fusion embryos using Oni, Lunarian, and Buccaneer bloodlines, with a projected transplant success rate of 99.2%.
• Roy read Dr. Gracia’s report and considered how the bloodline transplants could raise the potential of his companions and himself.

Roy decided to undergo Dr. Gracia's bloodline transplant and told Kaido the technology was ready. Kaido agreed to come to Hachinosu with King and Queen in three days for the procedure.

• Roy reviewed the bloodline transplant report and decided to be the first to undergo the procedure.
• Roy called Dr. Gracia, who said the technology was ninety-nine percent safe and needed two days to prepare a compatible embryo.
• Roy contacted Kaido and explained that the transplant could improve their physique and potential.
• Kaido celebrated the news and arranged to bring King and Queen to Hachinosu in three days for their own transplants.
• Roy agreed to receive them and planned to tell his companions about the procedure.

Roy’s crew prepared for bloodline transplantation on Hachinosu, and Kaido arrived with King and Queen to undergo the first procedures alongside Roy. The group planned to visit the laboratory next, with the rest of the crew waiting for the results before receiving transplants themselves.

• Dr. Gracia’s team completed the laboratory preparations, and Roy explained that Kaido and his companions would be among the first to receive bloodline transplants.
• Roy’s core officers gathered at Hachinosu’s port as Kaido arrived in his Azure Dragon Form with King and Queen.
• Kaido transformed and greeted Roy, then praised the strength of Roy’s crew.
• Roy led Kaido and his companions to the palace conference room, where Kaido asked how the transplantation would work.
• Roy explained that he, Kaido, King, and Queen would undergo the procedure first and complete high-intensity training during an adaptation period before others received transplants.

Kaido demanded that Yamato return to Wano Country and prepare to become its shogun, but Yamato refused and Roy backed her choice to remain with the Roy Pirates. Kaido then revealed that Kurozumi Orochi had secretly built up power and killed the hostages who had restrained Kozuki Oden, leaving the Nine Red Scabbards investigating and the peace in Wano at risk.

• Kaido ordered Yamato to return to Wano Country, but Yamato refused and declared that Roy was her captain.
• Roy defended Yamato's freedom to choose her own crew, and Kaido dropped the argument.
• Roy asked Kaido about trouble in Wano, and Kaido accused Kurozumi Orochi of building secret forces and seeking World Government support.
• King and Queen explained that Orochi had been courting samurai and altering accounts while Kaido postponed dealing with him.
• Kaido revealed that the Nine Red Scabbards were investigating the hostages taken to force Kozuki Oden's submission.
• Kaido said Orochi had secretly killed the hostages, and Crocodile warned that the truth could leave Kozuki Oden with nothing holding him back.

Roy and Kaido agreed to strengthen their forces with bloodline transplants while letting Orochi and Kozuki Oden weaken each other in Wano Country. Roy led Kaido, King, and Queen to Dr. Gracia’s laboratory, where they saw human bodies suspended in cultivation chambers.

• King revealed that Kozuki Oden might have uncovered the truth about the dead hostages, and Roy and Kaido discussed the danger of an attack on Orochi’s forces.
• Kaido decided to complete the bloodline transplants first and let Orochi face Kozuki Oden while he remained occupied on the front lines.
• Roy urged Kaido to return secretly to Wano Country after the transplants to secure the Seastone mines and funding channels, and Kaido agreed to discuss arrangements later.
• Kaido, King, and Queen followed Roy through the guarded research base to meet Dr. Gracia, who said everything was ready.
• Dr. Gracia opened the core laboratory, revealing human bodies suspended in cylindrical cultivation chambers filled with pale green nutrient solution.

Roy and the Beasts Pirates inspected embryos engineered to fuse their genes with optimized Oni, Lunarian, and Buccaneer traits. Convinced the transplants could strengthen them without harmful side effects, Roy agreed to begin the procedure with himself.

• Roy, Kaido, King, and Queen saw clones of the Roy Pirates and Beasts Pirates inside cultivation pods, their bodies showing subtle traits from several special bloodlines.
• Dr. Gracia explained that he had fused optimized bloodline genes into the embryos during early development so the transplanted traits would become dormant potential that training could awaken.
• Roy asked whether the transplants would grant them the three bloodlines' core advantages without side effects, and Dr. Gracia confirmed that was the theory.
• Kaido celebrated the prospect of gaining greater strength, while King and Queen considered the benefits to their own abilities and bodies.
• Roy's doubts vanished, and he told Dr. Gracia to begin the transplants with him.

Roy underwent a bloodline transplantation that successfully introduced an optimized bloodline into his body, and Kaido began his own procedure while Roy slept. Roy woke feeling stronger, with the new bloodline's potential still needing to be activated through training.

• Dr. Gracia explained the three-step transplantation process, and Roy lay down on the operating platform.
• The researchers put Roy into a semi-dormant state and introduced the Lineage Factors from his tailored fusion embryo.
• After about fourteen hours, Dr. Gracia told Kaido, King, Queen, Hawk Eyes, and Bullet that Roy's transplant had succeeded and his vital signs were stable.
• Kaido eagerly agreed to undergo transplantation next, and Dr. Gracia led him toward the procedure room.
• Roy woke naturally, felt a surge of strength, and noticed his Armament Haki had become darker and more subdued.