Recaps

Roy’s bloodline transplant succeeded, granting him enhanced senses, strength, and recovery while beginning to awaken a flame-like power. Kaido, King, and Queen also completed successful transplants, and the pirates expanded the program to their crews, including a simplified version for selected fighters.

• Dr. Gracia confirmed Roy’s optimized bloodlines had fused without rejection and explained that his new abilities would emerge through training.
• Roy tested his sharper senses and rapid recovery, then summoned a faint golden flame from his chest.
• Kaido completed his transplant and demonstrated greatly increased physical strength by denting an alloy pillar with a punch.
• King and Queen completed their transplants, and the first batch of bloodline procedures proved successful without serious side effects.
• Roy and Kaido selected core members of both pirate crews for the second batch, and Roy later arranged simplified transplants for selected fighters.

After the Roy Pirates and their allies completed bloodline transplants, Roy began testing their improved strength in a gravity training ground on Hachinosu. The training intensified until the remaining members approached their limits at forty times normal gravity.

• Bullet and Kaido tested their new strength by trading punches, while Hawk Eyes, Tesoro, and other transplanted members assessed their improvements.
• Roy activated the Gravity Domain on Trial Island and instructed the group, including Kaido, King, and Queen, to train under increasing gravity.
• At twenty-five times gravity, weaker peripheral members withdrew to the edge of the grounds to adapt.
• At thirty times gravity, Enel and Pea reached their limits and moved to the edge with the others.
• Roy raised the gravity to forty times normal, and Kyros, Kuma, and Charon withdrew after struggling to continue.

Roy tested how much gravity the remaining fighters could withstand, then led the group through three months of training at their individual limits. The chapter ended with Bullet, Kaido, and Hawk Eyes having strengthened their combat skills and endurance.

• Yamato left the arena at 50 times gravity, while Bullet and Kaido continued sparring and Roy raised the gravity to 60 times.
• Tesoro, Crocodile, and Kuma withdrew at 60 times gravity, followed by Queen and King; Hawk Eyes stayed to train his swordsmanship.
• Roy raised the gravity to 70 times, where Bullet and Kaido could barely fight and Hawk Eyes could only stand, then set their training levels.
• Roy and the others trained brutally for three months, with Bullet and Kaido fighting for hours each day under 60 times gravity.
• After three months, Bullet and Kaido had improved their strength and endurance, while Hawk Eyes had made his swordsmanship more efficient and deadly.

After three months of training on Hachinosu, Roy’s crew and Kaido’s forces had grown much stronger, and Roy and Hawk Eyes had awakened the Lunarian flame trait. Kaido returned to Wano after testing Yamato in battle, while Roy took note of several rising pirates and Doflamingo’s return.

• Roy’s crew completed three months of gravity training, and Roy and Hawk Eyes developed pale golden flames that let them adjust their balance between defense and speed.
• Kaido asked Yamato to return to Wano, but Yamato refused, so Kaido fought her and defeated her after ten minutes.
• Kaido accepted Yamato’s choice to follow his own path, then told Roy he would return to Wano to deal with Kurozumi Orochi and Kozuki Oden and continue the bloodline transplants.
• Kaido, King, and Queen departed Hachinosu, and Yamato vowed to grow strong enough to live by his own will.
• Roy reviewed intelligence on rising pirates Avalo Pizarro, Catarina Devon, and Sanjuan Wolf, as well as Doflamingo’s return as a Shichibukai and his growing underworld influence.

Roy learned that Fisher Tiger had returned to Fish-Man Island and was preparing to leave again, and realized he was likely heading to Mary Geoise to free the slaves. Roy told Jinbe to delay Fisher Tiger for five days while he gathered allies and planned to help.

• Roy read an intelligence report about Shanks forming the Red Hair Pirates and building a reputation in the New World.
• Jinbe called Roy and reported that Fisher Tiger had secretly met King Neptune and Queen Otohime, visited Arlong and the others, and was preparing to leave Fish-Man Island.
• Roy concluded that Fisher Tiger was going to Mary Geoise to free the slaves and saw a chance to exploit the ensuing chaos.
• Roy instructed Jinbe to find Fisher Tiger and hold him back for five days while Roy organized help.
• Roy decided Hachinosu's forces alone were insufficient and went to contact Golden Lion using his private Den Den Mushi.

Roy recruited Golden Lion, the Red Count, Kaido, and Dragon for a raid on Mary Geoise timed to coincide with Fisher Tiger's slave liberation attack. He briefed his crew and emphasized that only the strongest could join, leaving them preparing for the operation five days later.

• Roy persuaded Golden Lion to join the secret plan and arranged to meet him in Sabaody in five days.
• Roy recruited the Red Count, who agreed to discuss the plan at Shakky's bar in Grove 13.
• Roy invited Kaido and Dragon; Kaido agreed to prepare, while Dragon agreed to come personally with two people and requested an evacuation plan.
• Roy told his crew they would raid the Celestial Dragons' residences during Fisher Tiger's attack on Mary Geoise.
• Tesoro and Stella objected to the risks, while Mihawk asked about Roy's plan and Bullet volunteered to lead.
• Roy named the powerful allies he had recruited and warned that only strong participants could join without becoming a burden.

Roy assembled a secret team to travel to Fish-Man Island and join Fisher Tiger’s planned raid on Mary Geoise, hoping to free slaves and plunder the Celestial Dragons’ treasury. Fisher Tiger challenged Roy’s motives but, after hearing the offer, asked what he planned to do.

• Roy left Kuma, Crocodile, Stella, Scarlet, Kyros, Savi, and Enel in charge of Hachinosu and chose Bullet, Mihawk, and Tesoro to accompany him.
• Roy and his companions flew the Ark Maxim to Fish-Man Island, where Jinbe told them Fisher Tiger had delayed his departure until sunset.
• Roy met Fisher Tiger as he was preparing to leave and revealed that he had guessed Fisher Tiger intended to attack Mary Geoise.
• Roy offered to help Fisher Tiger free the slaves and raid the Celestial Dragons’ treasury, arguing that their support would help more slaves escape and improve Fisher Tiger’s chances of survival.
• Fisher Tiger questioned Roy’s motives, then asked what Roy planned to do.

Roy gathered Red, Shiki, and Rayleigh at Shakky's bar as he prepared a dangerous plan that could shake the World Government. Meanwhile, Roy's crew and Fisher Tiger flew toward Mary Geoise to free the slaves and raid the treasuries.

• Red arrived at Shakky's bar and told Rayleigh and Shakky that Roy had called in a favor and was planning something big enough to alarm the World Government.
• Shiki arrived the next afternoon, recognized that Roy had summoned him too, and warned Rayleigh that heads could roll if the plan went wrong.
• Roy assigned Fisher Tiger and Mihawk to lead the slave-prison rescue while Roy, Bullet, and Tesoro targeted the treasuries and prioritized Devil Fruits.
• Fisher Tiger asked if Roy truly meant to help rescue the slaves, and Roy persuaded him to set aside his hatred for their shared goal.
• The Ark Maxim carried Roy, Fisher Tiger, and the others toward Sabaody and Mary Geoise.

Roy gathered powerful allies at Shakky's bar to plan a raid on Mary Geoise, aiming to free the slaves and loot the Celestial Dragons' treasuries. After assigning teams and warning them to avoid the Holy Land's central palace, the group prepared to begin the operation.

• Roy, Bullet, Dracule Mihawk, Tesoro, and Fisher Tiger arrived at Shakky's bar, where Golden Lion Shiki, Red Count Redfield, Monkey D. Dragon, Karasu, Shakky, and Dark King Rayleigh were waiting.
• Kaido entered the bar, and Roy announced that Fisher Tiger would free the slaves while the others looted the Celestial Dragons' treasuries without interfering with one another.
• Tiger presented a detailed map of Mary Geoise and described the slave prison, the residences and treasuries, the Holy Knights, and a terrifying presence deep within the Holy Land.
• Roy warned the group to avoid the central palace and divided the operation into liberation, looting, and diversion teams, setting a one-hour time limit.
• Roy assigned Kaido to hide above the Red Line and provide support if the group encountered an Admiral-level opponent or the Holy Knights' main force.

Roy led the alliance into Mary Geoise to free the slaves, cause a diversion, and plunder the Celestial Dragons’ mansions. The group split up to carry out its plan, but Saint Charlos spotted Roy’s group as Fisher Tiger struggled to control his anger.

• Rayleigh and Shakky stayed in Sabaody to manage support and ensure the group could withdraw safely, while Roy and the others set out for Mary Geoise.
• Golden Lion carried the group over the Red Line, and Roy used his Telekinesis Fruit to locate hidden CP0 lookouts and guide them past the guards.
• The alliance split into liberation, diversion, and plunder groups, while Kaido hid in the clouds to await the signal.
• Roy restrained Fisher Tiger as the group approached Saint Charlos whipping a female slave, warning that an impulsive attack would endanger the prisoners.
• Saint Charlos noticed movement in the shadows and ordered Roy’s group to come out.

Roy and his allies began their assault on Mary Geoise, splitting into teams to free the slaves, create a diversion, and raid the Celestial Dragons’ treasury. Roy’s group broke into the Rothschild residence as Fisher Tiger’s team reached the slave prison gate.

• Roy used an illusion to disguise himself and his allies from Saint Charlos, then warned Fisher Tiger to focus on freeing the slaves rather than attacking the Celestial Dragons.
• Roy scanned Mary Geoise, identified its defenses and Imu’s presence, and ordered everyone to follow the plan within their one-hour limit.
• Fisher Tiger led Hawk Eyes and Karasu toward the slave prison, while Golden Lion and Red Count began the diversion and Roy led Bullet and Tesoro toward the Rothschild residence.
• Kaido waited in the storm clouds above Mary Geoise for Roy’s signal as the three teams advanced.
• Bullet smashed through the Rothschild residence’s backyard wall, and Roy led the group inside toward the underground treasury.
• Fisher Tiger’s team reached the chained Seastone gate of the slave prison, and Fisher Tiger’s fury rose as he faced the place where he had been imprisoned.

Fisher Tiger broke open Mary Geoise’s slave prison and began freeing its captives while Dracule Mihawk and Karasu covered the rescue. As reinforcements arrived, Mihawk held the attackers back with his sword and Conqueror’s Haki.

• Fisher Tiger shattered the prison’s seastone gate with Fish-Man Karate and announced that the slaves were free.
• Dracule Mihawk killed the CP0 lookouts, then guarded the prison perimeter as Fisher Tiger broke open the cells.
• Karasu used the Soot-Soot Fruit to conceal the prison, disrupt communications, and arrange an evacuation route to Dragon.
• Fisher Tiger freed the imprisoned children and organized the slaves to leave for safety.
• Mihawk cut down the marine lieutenant colonel and held off approaching marines and Celestial Dragon guards.
• Mihawk unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki as five CP0 members approached, knocking out many ordinary attackers.

Hawk Eyes defeated CP0's advance force while Fisher Tiger led thousands of slaves out of the prison amid the diversion team's attack on Mary Geoise. As alarms threw the Holy Land into chaos, Roy, Tesoro, and Bullet broke into the Rothschild family vault and began taking its treasures.

• Hawk Eyes defeated the five remaining CP0 members in three moves and resumed guarding the black fog.
• Fisher Tiger led the assembled slaves toward the evacuation route as the Golden Lion and Red Count drew guards toward the central square.
• Hawk Eyes and Karasu protected the column of slaves as it left the prison, and the alarm reached Mary Geoise's core district.
• Bullet smashed open the Rothschild family vault, where Roy and Tesoro found vast riches and five Devil Fruits.
• Roy ordered Tesoro to secure the Devil Fruits and Famous Swords first, and Tesoro broke the display case and stored the five fruits.

Roy, Bullet, and Tesoro looted the Rothschild and Charloss family vaults before fleeing as an elite CP0 squad approached. They escaped detection, leaving CP0 to find the empty vaults and order a lockdown and search.

• Bullet took Kikoku and Masamune from the Rothschild vault, while Tesoro gathered its gold, jewels, antiques, and artworks.
• Bullet defeated the Rothschild guards and their captain, then guarded the passage while Tesoro finished collecting the treasures.
• Roy, Bullet, and Tesoro raided the Charloss family vault, taking three Devil Fruits and more valuables; their combined haul included eight rare Devil Fruits, four Famous Swords, and over ten billion Beli in gold and jewels.
• Roy sensed an elite seven-member CP0 squad approaching, so he concealed their traces and fled with Bullet and Tesoro.
• The CP0 squad found the two empty vaults, and its deputy captain ordered a lockdown and a full search.

As Mary Geoise descended into chaos, Sengoku sent Kizaru and Aokiji to protect the Celestial Dragons and stop the attackers while he and Zephyr prepared to seal the Red Line. At the central plaza, Golden Lion destroyed the government statue and nearby compounds, and the CP0 chief arrived with his main force.

• Sengoku failed to reach the Five Elders and ordered Kizaru and Aokiji to Mary Geoise while he and Zephyr mobilized the fleet.
• Fisher Tiger, Hawk Eyes, Karasu, and Dragon struggled to move a jammed crowd through the secret passage as Golden Lion and Red Count drew the pursuers away.
• Golden Lion unleashed a rain of stone across the central plaza, destroying the World Government statue, the CP0 compound, and Marine outposts.
• The CP0 chief arrived with more than a dozen masked agents and confronted Golden Lion.

Golden Lion and Red Count defeated CP0’s main force in Mary Geoise, including its chief. Red Count sensed two Marine Admirals approaching, leaving the pair facing a more powerful threat.

• The CP0 chief ordered his elites to surround and kill Golden Lion and Red Count.
• Golden Lion used his Float-Float Fruit powers to overwhelm CP0, while Red Count calmly predicted and parried the elites’ attacks.
• Golden Lion and Red Count killed five CP0 elites and left the remaining fighters badly wounded.
• The CP0 chief joined the battle and clashed with Golden Lion, but Golden Lion crushed him with a colossal stone fist.
• Red Count warned Golden Lion that two Marine Admirals were approaching, and Golden Lion turned toward the entrance to Mary Geoise.

Golden Lion and Red Count fought Marine Admirals Kizaru and Aokiji at Mary Geoise, matching their attacks with overwhelming force and skill. The battle remained unresolved as Red Count stopped Kizaru from reforming directly in the path of his cane.

• Kizaru and Aokiji arrived at the central plaza and confronted Golden Lion and Red Count.
• Golden Lion unleashed Lion's Might: Sea Scroll, but Kizaru blasted through the stone wave while Aokiji blocked it with an ice wall.
• Aokiji froze the plaza and attacked the pirates, but Golden Lion countered with Conqueror's Haki and Red Count evaded the freezing chill.
• Kizaru attacked Golden Lion from behind with Light Speed Kick, but Red Count intercepted the kick with his cane.
• Red Count predicted where Kizaru would reform and forced him to retreat, leaving a tear in his suit and the clash still underway.

Golden Lion and Red Count faced the Admirals and CP0 after the Five Elders ordered the intruders stopped, while an unknown power stirred near the Empty Throne. Roy then ordered everyone to evacuate as Sengoku and Zephyr approached, but three overwhelming auras descended on the secret passage just as the last slaves were about to enter.

• The CP0 chief called the Five Elders, received an order to stop the intruders at all costs, and injected himself with a drug before rallying the surviving agents.
• Golden Lion and Red Count prepared to fight the Admirals and CP0 again after every top fighter sensed a terrifying aura from the direction of the Empty Throne.
• Roy, Bullet, and Tesoro finished looting a fourth vault, and Roy ordered the others to regroup at the secret passage and evacuate the slaves first.
• Dracule Mihawk broke through the Marine blockade at the passage while Fisher Tiger, Karasu, and Dragon hurried the slaves into the route.
• Three powerful auras descended on the passage entrance as the last group of slaves was about to enter.

Roy and his allies rescued thousands of slaves from Mary Geoise, but the Holy Knights and arriving Marine forces threatened their escape. Kaido's attack opened the secret passage, and Roy stayed behind as the group withdrew, intending to test his strength against the Marines.

• The Holy Knights overpowered Fisher Tiger, Dragon, and Karasu at the passage, and Fisher Tiger was badly injured.
• Roy, Bullet, and Tesoro arrived, but the Holy Knights continued to press them and threatened the slaves.
• Roy sent the signal to Kaido, who descended in dragon form and attacked Mary Geoise with Bolo Breath, forcing the Holy Knights to retreat.
• Golden Lion and Red Count broke away from Kizaru and Aokiji as Kaido covered the withdrawal, and Dragon and Karasu led the slaves through the secret passage.
• Sengoku and Zephyr arrived with Marine reinforcements, and Roy stayed behind after the slaves evacuated, waiting to test his strength.

Roy stayed behind with Bullet, Hawk Eyes and Tesoro to confront the Marines’ top fighters while Dragon, Karasu and Fisher Tiger escorted the rescued slaves toward Sabaody. With Shiki, Redfield and Kaido guarding the battlefield against interference, Roy declared that he intended to test his limits in a fight against Sengoku, Zephyr, Kizaru and Aokiji.

• Roy ordered Dragon, Karasu and Fisher Tiger to take the rescued slaves to Sabaody while he and his three companions remained to face the Marines.
• Dragon led Karasu and the injured Fisher Tiger into the secret passage and concealed its entrance as the Marine force arrived.
• Roy asked Shiki and Redfield to hold off anyone who might interfere, and they agreed to guard the battlefield while remaining free to retreat.
• Sengoku, Zephyr, Kizaru and Aokiji confronted Roy’s group, and Roy drew Shusui and challenged all four to fight without holding back.
• Shiki, Redfield and Kaido took positions around the battlefield to deter CP0, the Holy Knights and Marine forces from interfering as the clash began.

Roy and the three core fighters split off to battle Sengoku, Zephyr, Kizaru, and Aokiji at the Red Line pass. Roy wounded Sengoku with a single slash, and the four duels escalated into a full-scale clash.

• Sengoku attacked Roy's group with a Buddha Shockwave, and Roy ordered Bullet, Dracule Mihawk, and Tesoro to engage Zephyr, Kizaru, and Aokiji respectively.
• Bullet charged Zephyr with Armament Haki, while Dracule Mihawk intercepted Kizaru and opened their duel with a sword slash.
• Tesoro attacked Aokiji with golden lightning, and Aokiji countered by raising an ice wall and launching ice spears.
• Roy used telekinetic pressure to slow Sengoku and struck his Buddha palm with a powerful slash, cutting it to the bone.
• Sengoku healed his wound and vowed to kill Roy, who declared their warm-up over as all four battles erupted across the pass.

Bullet fought Zephyr in a brutal test of strength, speed, and Haki, relying on his enhanced body rather than his Mythical Zoan powers. The chapter ended with both men charging up powerful techniques for another head-on clash.

• Zephyr and Bullet collided fists, creating a massive shock wave and a crater while injuring both of their hands.
• Bullet’s wounds began healing rapidly, and he challenged Zephyr to keep fighting.
• Zephyr and Bullet exchanged Six Powers techniques and close-range attacks, but their defenses and combat skills kept each from gaining the upper hand.
• Zephyr realized Bullet was using him to test his newly enhanced body, and Bullet confirmed it.
• Zephyr prepared his Mountain Collapse technique as Bullet gathered power for a similar attack, and they challenged each other to see who would break first.

Bullet and Zephyr’s brutal fight left both men badly wounded, but Bullet recovered and prepared to attack again. Elsewhere, Hawk Eyes countered Kizaru’s light-speed assault and drew Black Blade Yoru as their duel intensified.

• Bullet won the devastating fist clash, sending Zephyr into a cliff while suffering severe wounds of his own.
• Bullet’s arms began healing, and he rose to continue fighting as Zephyr struggled free from the rock wall.
• Kizaru attacked Hawk Eyes with Yasakani no Magatama, but Hawk Eyes evaded or deflected the projectiles with precise movements.
• Kizaru’s Light Speed Kick struck Hawk Eyes’s sword sheath and rebounded without making him retreat.
• Kizaru formed the Ama no Murakumo Sword and attacked from multiple angles, prompting Hawk Eyes to draw Black Blade Yoru and meet the barrage.

Hawk Eyes cut through Kizaru’s strongest sword attack and wounded him, forcing the Admiral to prepare to fight seriously. Elsewhere, Tesoro and Aokiji traded powerful lightning and ice attacks, with their clash still underway.

• Hawk Eyes used his Observation Haki to anticipate Kizaru’s attacks and blocked them while weakening Ama no Murakumo Sword with his strikes.
• Kizaru concentrated his light and Haki into a powerful sword thrust, but Hawk Eyes cut through the attack and wounded Kizaru’s left shoulder.
• Kizaru withdrew, recognized the danger of Hawk Eyes’ abilities, and said he would get serious as Hawk Eyes waited for his next move.
• Tesoro sent a lightning thunderbird at Aokiji, who raised an ice wall to withstand the attack; the thunderbird dissipated after melting a large section of it.
• Tesoro fired compressed lightning needles at Aokiji, who intercepted them with a formation of ice spears.

Tesoro and Aokiji exchanged devastating attacks, and Aokiji unleashed a dark frost that seemed to consume lightning itself. Meanwhile, Roy’s battle with Sengoku continued, with Sengoku increasingly alarmed by Roy’s speed, strength, and defenses.

• Tesoro’s Raigo shattered Aokiji’s ice fortress, leaving Aokiji battered but still determined to fight.
• Aokiji used Ice Freeze: Breath of the Underworld, whose dark frost swallowed Tesoro’s lightning and pursued him as he dodged.
• Tesoro stopped retreating and launched a compressed purple lightning sphere at Aokiji’s frost.
• Roy and Sengoku fought at close quarters, and Sengoku recognized Roy’s exceptional speed, physical power, Armament Haki, and protective golden flame.