Recaps

Roy’s purge brought most of the New World’s gray areas under Hachinosu’s control, but Shiki’s raids continued to frustrate Bullet. Roy then asked Kaido to seize Big Mom’s former territory, and Kaido sent the Beasts Pirates fleet to claim it.

• Roy ordered Hachinosu’s teams to eliminate resistance and enforce its rules, and within three months Hachinosu controlled most of the New World.
• Bullet smashed through the Iron Wall Kingdom’s Seastone barrier, while Hawk Eyes shattered an island-wide illusion with a single slash.
• Shiki’s Flying Pirates repeatedly raided Hachinosu’s transports and outposts, evading Bullet’s attempts to catch them.
• Roy asked Kaido to take over Big Mom’s former territory, including the portion held by Shanks, and Kaido agreed on the condition that Roy would not interfere if Shanks fought back.
• Kaido sent the Beasts Pirates fleet and all the All-Stars from Wano Country as Katakuri struggled to keep Big Mom’s former forces in order.

Kaido seized Big Mom’s former territory, forcing Shanks to retreat to Elbaf and Katakuri to submit. Roy accepted Kaido’s growing strength, trusting their shared goals and noting that Yamato remained aboard his ship.

• Kaido’s forces quickly took the first island, and Shanks ordered the Red Hair Pirates to evacuate after learning Roy backed Kaido.
• Kaido intercepted Shanks at the third island, fought him for about half an hour, and claimed the territory after Shanks conceded.
• Shanks led his crew to Elbaf, where the Giant Tribe welcomed them, and declared Elbaf his bottom line.
• Katakuri ordered Big Mom’s remaining forces not to resist, then submitted to Kaido in exchange for protection for his younger siblings.
• Tesoro told Roy that Kaido had taken Big Mom’s territory, Shanks had retreated, and Katakuri had submitted; Roy said he was willing to let Kaido grow stronger and mentioned Yamato was aboard their ship.

Two years after the Paramount War, Hachinosu had established control over more than eighty percent of the New World and built a functioning system of rule. As the Flying Pirates’ raids dwindled, Shiki remained the last major source of instability, leaving Bullet to keep chasing him.

• Roy reflected on Hachinosu’s growing dominance and inspected the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
• Bullet reviewed Hachinosu’s territorial expansion with Roy as the organization’s teams and governing system were described.
• Hachinosu dismantled resistance and provided reconstruction, security, and trade rules that brought kingdoms and pirate crews into its new order.
• Shiki’s Flying Pirates continued harassing Hachinosu’s ships and supply stations, while Bullet repeatedly failed to catch Shiki.
• Bullet smashed a huge rock Shiki dropped from his flying ship, but Shiki escaped, and the Flying Pirates were left with only three flying ships after two years.

Roy and Hachinosu’s strongest fighters cornered Golden Lion Shiki after he attacked their ships and outposts. Roy invited Shiki to join Hachinosu, but Shiki took the offer as an insult and erupted in anger, leaving them on the verge of a fight.

• A floating island descended toward Hachinosu’s transport ships, but Roy stopped it with a telekinetic barrier and confronted Shiki.
• Roy, Tesoro, Enel, Bullet, and Crocodile surrounded Shiki and recalled his repeated raids on Hachinosu’s ships and outposts.
• Roy asked Shiki to join Hachinosu and use his Float-Float Fruit to help overthrow the World Government.
• Shiki unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and accused Roy of humiliating him by asking him to become a subordinate.

Roy rejected Shiki’s demand to fight and declared that he would kill him and cultivate the Float-Float Fruit himself. They began a duel in midair, where Roy held off Shiki’s powerful sword attacks and studied his technique.

• Shiki refused to become Roy’s transport captain, declaring that he would rather die fighting than serve the new era.
• Roy drew Shusui and said he would kill Shiki and cultivate the Float-Float Fruit himself.
• Roy ordered the others to stand back and faced Shiki alone as Shiki drew Oto and Kogarashi.
• Shiki attacked with Lion Slash and Lion Slash Wave, but Roy cut through the first attack and blocked the second without moving.
• Roy and Shiki fought at close range while the others watched, and Roy calmly countered Shiki’s swordsmanship while analyzing his habits and weaknesses.

Roy used his awakened Telekinesis Fruit to counter Shiki’s attacks and overpower him, then accepted Shiki’s demand for a deadly fight. Shiki charged again and launched Twin Swords Throat Lock, while Roy’s Observation Haki let him read the move.

• Shiki asked Roy who had taught him swordsmanship, and Roy said he had taught himself.
• Shiki attacked Roy with hundreds of Haki-coated cloud lion heads, but Roy stopped them with his Telekinesis Domain and sent them back.
• Roy appeared behind Shiki, wounded him with Shusui, and blasted him away with a telekinetic shockwave.
• Roy told Shiki that age and the ship’s wheel in his head had slowed him, and Shiki demanded that Roy kill him in battle.
• Shiki charged Roy again and used Twin Swords Throat Lock, while Roy discerned his movements with Observation Haki.

Roy and Shiki fought as Roy continued to hold back, while Shiki drew on his remaining strength for a final powerful attack. Shiki reflected on his rise and fall and asked Roy if he knew why he had rejected his offer.

• Roy dodged Shiki's twin-sword attack and struck him with a knee, then sent him flying with a slash that Shiki barely blocked.
• Shiki unleashed a more powerful burst of Conqueror's Haki and charged Roy with a Haki-coated Cross Slash.
• Roy met Shiki's attack with his own slash, overpowering him while remaining nearly in place.
• Shiki admitted that he had used more than half his strength in the clash, and Roy said he had not yet gone all out.
• Shiki recovered some of his Haki and recounted his past, from the Rocks Pirates and the Flying Pirates to his losses after the Edd War storm.
• Shiki asked Roy if he knew why he had turned down his offer.

Shiki refused Roy’s offer to join Hachinosu and chose to fight to the death rather than submit to the new era. Though Roy badly wounded and disarmed him, Shiki reclaimed his swords and insisted on continuing, leaving Roy conflicted by the old pirate’s resolve.

• Shiki rejected joining Hachinosu, declaring that he would rather die fighting than live on his knees.
• Roy attacked Shiki with his Mountain Suppression strike, forcing him down toward the sea and reopening the wounds in his hands.
• Roy pressed his advantage with a flurry of sword attacks, cutting Shiki’s shoulder as Shiki used Oto and Kogarashi to counter.
• Shiki’s thrust failed against Roy’s Telekinesis: Barrier, and Roy struck him in the abdomen, knocking both swords away.
• Roy returned Oto and Kogarashi to Shiki, who gripped them and declared that he would keep fighting despite knowing he would lose.

Shiki tore the ship's wheel from his skull, unleashing his full Conqueror's Haki at the cost of worsening his fatal wound. He fought Roy in a desperate sword duel, and as his strength faded, he found relief in fighting as the Golden Lion once more.

• Shiki pulled the ship's wheel from his head, releasing a powerful burst of Conqueror's Haki that collided with Roy's.
• Shiki coated Oto and Kogarashi with steady Conqueror's Haki and attacked Roy at greatly increased speed.
• Shiki drove Roy onto the defensive with a relentless series of sword strikes, and Roy admitted he could not counter him without abilities.
• Shiki and Roy fought across the sky and sea in a duel of swordsmanship and Haki as Shiki's wound bled and his body weakened.
• Shiki's attacks grew slower and less controlled, but he felt increasingly free as he fought without concern for victory or the Flying Pirates.

After removing the ship's wheel, Shiki regained his full speed and unleashed his long-suppressed Conqueror's Haki against Roy. Shiki's strength began to fail from blood loss, and Roy recognized his opponent was near exhaustion as their fight continued.

• Shiki removed the ship's wheel and attacked Roy with renewed speed and Conqueror's Haki coating.
• Bullet, Tesoro, and Crocodile watched as Tesoro explained Shiki's sudden surge and Crocodile noted that his blood loss was draining his stamina.
• Shiki unleashed Lion: Ten Thousand Blades, but Roy blocked the air blades with Telekinesis: Barrier and his spinning Shusui.
• Shiki followed with Lion: Sovereignty: True Strike, and Roy's Conqueror's Coating: Heaven Splitter split the enormous slash wave in two.
• Shiki charged again despite his worsening blood loss, then stumbled as his stamina ran out.
• Roy told Shiki he would kill him but did not want to prolong the fight until Shiki died, and Shiki laughed and insisted he would end it himself.

Roy and Golden Lion Shiki settled their final battle with a clash of Conqueror’s Haki, and Roy emerged victorious. Shiki died on the battlefield after asking Roy to care for his swords, while Roy stood over him and took out an apple.

• Shiki and Roy gathered their remaining strength and prepared to decide the fight with one final strike.
• Shiki unleashed Lion: Two Swords: Extinction, and Roy answered with Conqueror's Coating: One Thought Shura; their attacks collided above the sea and unleashed a massive shockwave.
• Roy suffered only a shallow cut, while Shiki fell unconscious, and Roy caught him before he hit the sea.
• Shiki thanked Roy for giving him a battlefield death and asked him to take care of Oto and Kogarashi; Roy agreed.
• Shiki died with a smile, and Roy reflected on his final choice before taking an apple from his clothes.

Roy recovered the Float-Float Fruit from Shiki’s remains, buried the legendary pirate on a nameless island, and returned to Hachinosu. He left the choice of who would receive the fruit for later, as Shiki’s story ended in secrecy.

• Roy trapped Shiki’s departing power in an apple, creating the Float-Float Fruit, and stored it along with Shiki’s swords, Oto and Kogarashi.
• Roy buried Shiki’s remains on the deserted island without a gravestone and flew back to the Ark Maxim.
• Bullet, Tesoro, Enel, Crocodile, and the others waited aboard the ship; Roy confirmed that he had killed Shiki and buried him.
• Roy told Crocodile that he had obtained the Float-Float Fruit, and Crocodile and Tesoro suggested finding a reliable person suited to handling Hachinosu’s logistics.
• The Ark Maxim returned toward Hachinosu, and Roy reflected with Tesoro that having his companions made him luckier than Shiki.

Roy expanded Hachinosu’s recruitment and training as kingdoms sent talented young people hoping to gain influence there. He moved four islands to create training zones while the weapons factory began mass production and mechanical soldiers neared completion.

• Roy refused Big News Morgans’s request to report Golden Lion Shiki’s death, and Shiki’s death was kept quiet.
• Roy learned that New World kingdoms were paying more than the ten-percent tax and sending over a thousand promising young people to Hachinosu.
• Roy ordered Stella to find uninhabited islands for additional training space and learned the weapons factory was producing arms and mechanical soldiers were nearing completion.
• Roy moved four islands near Hachinosu, where they became training zones for recruits assigned to a three-month basic course and specialized units.
• Hachinosu’s new recruits filled barracks and converted warehouses as the weapons factory operated around the clock.

Roy visited Dr. Gracia’s laboratory to learn whether test subjects modified with Blackbeard’s genes could wield multiple Devil Fruits. The doctor presented the sole survivor of his seventh test batch, leaving the results of the experiment still unknown.

• Hachinosu’s weapons factory prepared to produce three thousand mechanical soldiers modeled on ancient lunar machines.
• Roy reviewed New World affairs with Stella and told her Dr. Gracia’s experiment had reached a critical stage.
• Roy brought more than a dozen Devil Fruits to Dr. Gracia’s underground laboratory for testing.
• Dr. Gracia selected three Devil Fruits and summoned test subject number seven, the lone survivor of the seventh batch.
• Dr. Gracia explained that the captive had undergone a Bloodline Transplantation and had been given Blackbeard’s gene sequence and a modified heart.

Roy and Dr. Gracia tested whether a severely damaged subject could safely consume two Devil Fruits. After the test subject successfully used both the Cat-Cat Fruit, Model: Orange Cat, and the Color Fruit, Gracia concluded that Blackbeard’s ability to wield multiple fruits could be replicated.

• Roy used Telekinesis to control the test subject’s damaged nervous system and make him stand and follow simple commands.
• Roy directed test subject number seven to eat the Cat-Cat Fruit, Model: Orange Cat, and the subject transformed into a giant orange cat without complications.
• At Gracia’s urging, Roy made the subject eat the Color Fruit, and the subject’s vital signs and genetic sequence remained stable.
• Roy commanded the subject to demonstrate both fruit abilities, and the orange cat transformed smoothly while cycling through colors.
• Roy sensed that the two Devil Fruit powers occupied separate areas and did not interfere with each other.

Roy and Dr. Gracia successfully tested a subject who could use three Devil Fruit abilities at once, though doing so consumed energy at triple the normal rate. Gracia refused to begin transplant surgeries until further tests verified the result, and Roy agreed to wait at least three months.

• Roy had the test subject eat the Smooth-Smooth Fruit after confirming that using two abilities at once greatly increased energy consumption.
• Gracia confirmed that the subject’s genetic sequence and vital signs remained stable after eating a third Devil Fruit.
• Roy commanded the subject to transform into an orange cat, change fur color, and use the Smooth-Smooth Fruit’s ability simultaneously.
• Gracia measured triple energy consumption but found it remained within controllable limits.
• Roy asked when the core members could undergo transplant surgery, but Gracia said he needed to observe Test Subject No. 7 for at least three months and conduct more tests.
• Roy accepted Gracia’s caution and agreed to wait.

Roy showed Hachinosu’s core members a test subject who could use three Devil Fruit abilities, confirming that Dr. Gracia’s experiment had succeeded. The group learned that transplants needed at least three months of further testing, and Roy told them to plan their fruit combinations while they waited.

• Roy brought Test Subject No. 7 to the training ground and ordered him to transform, revealing his Cat-Cat Fruit, Color Fruit, and Smooth-Smooth Fruit abilities.
• Bullet and Hawk Eyes examined the test subject as Roy explained that Dr. Gracia’s experiment could replicate Blackbeard’s special constitution.
• Bullet, Enel, and other core members rushed to the training ground and asked when they could receive transplants.
• Roy warned that Dr. Gracia needed at least three months of observation and comparative experiments before the dangerous transplant surgeries could begin.
• Roy told everyone to choose compatible Devil Fruit abilities and prepare a combination plan within three months, prompting them to consider their options.

Dr. Gracia’s three-month tests confirmed that Subject No. 7 could safely sustain multiple Devil Fruit abilities, though Logia combinations showed slight genetic fluctuations and simultaneous abilities multiplied stamina use. Roy began scheduling heart transplants for Hachinosu’s core members but hesitated over the surgery and learned there was no way to implant the cloned hearts without opening the chest.

• Dr. Gracia found no genetic collapse in Subject No. 7 and confirmed that combinations of two Zoan or two Paramecia fruits caused no problems, while Logia combinations produced slight fluctuations.
• Dr. Gracia reported that using multiple abilities multiplied stamina consumption, and Roy arranged a gradual transplant schedule for Hachinosu’s fighters.
• Roy reviewed the test results and asked Stella to summon Dr. Gracia because he had concerns about the heart transplant.
• Roy asked whether the cloned hearts could be implanted without opening the chest, and Gracia said surgery was the only method and carried almost no risk.
• Roy accepted Gracia’s explanation but remained unsettled by the thought of having his chest opened and an organ placed inside.

Roy searched for an alternative to undergoing heart surgery and realized Trafalgar Law's Op-Op Fruit could let him transplant the cloned hearts without an operation on the table. As Tesoro reported the Supernovas' growing trouble in the New World, Roy called Law and asked him to return to Hachinosu.

• Gracia told Roy that the cloned hearts were ready but would only keep for a month, leaving Roy to consider his options for surgery.
• Tesoro reported that Kid, Apoo, Hawkins, and Capone Bege had caused trouble across the New World and offered to send men to stop them.
• Roy spotted Trafalgar Law's name in the report and realized Law's Op-Op Fruit could perform the heart transplant.
• Roy called Law near Punk Hazard and asked him to return to Hachinosu, and Law agreed without asking why.
• Roy told Tesoro to handle the Supernovas as he saw fit while he relaxed, pleased that he might avoid an operation himself.

Roy prepared to upgrade Hachinosu’s core fighters by arranging heart transplants and collecting information about compatible Devil Fruits. Meanwhile, Law planned to attack Doflamingo’s secret laboratory on Punk Hazard, and a Den Den Mushi began ringing as he finalized the plan.

• Roy told Gracia that Trafalgar Law would perform the heart operation and ordered the first cloned hearts prepared for careful quality checks.
• Roy asked Stella to compile the core members’ abilities, fighting styles, and potentially compatible Devil Fruits within three days.
• Law reviewed intelligence about Doflamingo’s secret experiments on Punk Hazard and reflected on his history with Doflamingo and Rosinante.
• Law told Bepo and Penguin that they would attack the laboratory in three days through a drainage outlet during a patrol change.
• A Den Den Mushi began ringing as Law planned the attack.

Roy summoned Law back to Hachinosu because he needed the Op-Op Fruit’s ability, forcing Law to postpone his plan to attack Punk Hazard. Law and the Heart Pirates arrived at Hachinosu, where he prepared to learn why Roy had called him.

• Roy contacted Law near Punk Hazard and ordered him to return to Hachinosu for a task requiring the Op-Op Fruit’s ability.
• Law told the Heart Pirates to turn their submarine around, and Bepo regretted abandoning their planned attack on Punk Hazard.
• Law reflected on Doflamingo’s increased strength and his own chances of defeating him.
• Law surfaced near Hachinosu and directed the submarine through the southern channel as a guide boat approached.
• A Hachinosu guide boat welcomed Law, and he saw the orderly network of ships around the expanded island.

Law returned to Hachinosu and learned that Roy and Dr. Gracia had succeeded in preparing people to host multiple Devil Fruit abilities. He agreed to perform heart transplants with his Op-Op Fruit and requested a complete surgical manual before beginning.

• Bepo and the Heart Pirates arrived at Hachinosu, where Stella welcomed Law and directed him to Roy's laboratory.
• Law saw the laboratory's cloned organs and research data before Roy explained that three fruits had been successfully tested on seven subjects.
• Roy revealed that Blackbeard's gene sequence could let people accommodate multiple hearts, and Dr. Gracia asked Law to use his Op-Op Fruit for the transplants.
• Law agreed to perform the surgery and learned that about a dozen core members, including Bullet, Mihawk, Tesoro, and Crocodile, were scheduled for the first batch.
• Law asked Dr. Gracia for the transplant procedures and a complete surgical manual so he could prepare.

Roy and Law prepared Hachinosu’s core members for three-heart transplants after completing Blackbeard gene insertions. Roy volunteered to undergo the first operation, declaring that the procedure would help Hachinosu surpass its rivals.

• Law explained that he could replace two hearts and reconstruct the circulatory system in half an hour, and Roy agreed to go first.
• Gracia reported that every core member had received Blackbeard’s gene sequence with a fusion rate above 99.9 percent, and he revealed that the cloned hearts were ready.
• Law warned that the operation required complete trust and relaxation because any involuntary rejection could disrupt the blood vessel connections.
• Bullet, Tesoro, and Crocodile volunteered to be the first test subject, but Roy stopped them and chose to undergo the transplant himself.
• Roy told the gathered fighters to watch as he began the operation, and his Conqueror’s Haki erupted through the laboratory.

Roy underwent surgery to receive two cloned hearts, giving him a stable three-heart circulatory system and two additional containers for Devil Fruit powers. Law then operated on the other core members of Hachinosu and completed a transplant on himself.

• Roy insisted on undergoing the heart transplant first, and Law began the operation as the others watched.
• Law implanted two cloned hearts beside Roy’s original heart and restructured the circulatory system while Roy controlled his heartbeat.
• The operation succeeded, and Roy felt his strength, endurance, and capacity to hold Devil Fruit powers increase.
• Bullet volunteered to go next, and Law performed heart transplants on Hachinosu’s core members over the next few hours.
• Law completed a heart transplant on himself.

Roy distributed the Devil Fruits from Hachinosu’s treasury, guiding his crew as they chose powers suited to their fighting styles. Bullet took the Combine-Combine and More-More Fruits, and several other crew members claimed their chosen fruits as the feast continued.

• Roy opened his storage space and presented the Devil Fruits to the gathered crew, then told Bullet to choose first.
• Bullet took the Combine-Combine Fruit, and Roy urged him to take the More-More Fruit as well so he could amplify his giant combined White Tiger form.
• Tesoro took the Gold-Gold Fruit, and Red Count Redfield chose the Blood-Blood Fruit to control his enemies’ blood and seek revenge on the World Government.
• Savi picked the Repel-Repel Fruit to strengthen his attacks and defense, while Kyros took the Mythical Zoan Fruit of the Onyudo Model and pledged his sword to Roy.
• Van Augur claimed the Door-Door Fruit and explained that its portals would let him fire from unexpected locations.