Recaps

Roy distributed powerful Devil Fruits among Hachinosu’s fighters and instructed those without a suitable match to hunt for more abilities. The meeting ended with a ban on eating a third fruit for now, as Roy left open the possibility of giving everyone a Mythical Zoan.

• Bar took the Barrier-Barrier Fruit, while Pea took the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit and the Hobby-Hobby Fruit on Roy’s advice.
• Roy gave Burgess the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and urged him to combine it with his Strong-Strong Fruit.
• Roy gave Kyros the Float-Float Fruit and told him to become Hachinosu’s aerial fortress.
• Crocodile, Moria, Lucci, and others declined the remaining fruits because they did not suit their abilities, so Roy told them to hunt Devil Fruit Users and bring back the powers they wanted.
• Roy stopped Bullet from eating his fruits immediately and set the training ground for the morning after tomorrow.
• Roy adjourned the meeting after forbidding anyone without a Mythical Zoan from eating a third fruit for now.

After the meeting, Roy ate the Soul-Soul Fruit and discovered that it greatly expanded his spiritual power and perception. He successfully divided his attention into four simultaneous tasks, opening new possibilities for combining the fruit with his Telekinesis Fruit.

• After the meeting, Bullet carried two fruits while Tesoro, Jesus Burgess, Savi, and Kyros examined the fruits they had received.
• Kyros wondered whether eating the Float-Float Fruit could let him reach heights like Golden Lion Shiki, and Roy encouraged him to use its power in his own way.
• Roy ate the Soul-Soul Fruit, whose power took root in his second heart without conflicting with the Telekinesis Fruit in his original heart.
• Roy’s perception expanded across Hachinosu and into the surrounding sea, allowing him to sense people, creatures, and their emotions.
• Roy mastered the Soul-Soul Fruit’s abilities and divided his spiritual power into four parts to maintain island-wide Observation Haki, shape a barrier, test Telekinesis techniques, and use his awakened domain at once.

Roy completed his Soul-Soul Fruit test, then ate the Dark-Dark Fruit. Several days later, his crew tested their newly gained powers at Hachinosu, and Roy arrived as Bullet prepared to unleash his full strength.

• Roy fused his divided souls, felt his mental power triple and his Telekinesis-Telekinesis Fruit advance, then ate the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Tesoro demonstrated Lightning Metallurgy by turning a golden spike into electrically charged needles, while Bar reinforced the training ground's barrier.
• Burgess used the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to split the sea and expose a deep trench.
• Savi uprooted a massive boulder and used Repulsive Force: Limit Blast to carve a huge crater into the training ground.
• Roy praised Savi's increased close-combat strength, then saw Bullet unleash his White Tiger Model and prepare to test his power.

Bullet demonstrated the immense power of combining his Devil Fruits, but Roy stopped his attack by sealing Bullet’s White Tiger Fruit power. Watching them, Dracule Mihawk recognized a gap in his own abilities and left to seek a way to grow stronger.

• Bullet combined his White Tiger, Combine-Combine, and More-More Fruit powers to grow into a gigantic beast and unleash a devastating punch at Roy.
• Roy tried to turn Bullet’s beast into a Homie, then used the Dark-Dark Fruit and Telekinesis to bind Bullet and seal his White Tiger Fruit power, causing the giant form to collapse.
• Roy gathered the falling inorganic matter, released Bullet, and praised his combination of abilities as the two discussed their powers.
• Dracule Mihawk realized that swordsmanship and Haki alone seemed insufficient beside Roy and Bullet’s combined powers, then headed to the intelligence room with Black Blade Yoru.

Roy left Hachinosu with Law and the Heart Pirates, heading for Punk Hazard to pursue several goals, including finding Momonosuke and Vegapunk’s replicated Azure Dragon fruit. He also intended to set Luffy on the path to awakening, while Law considered striking at Doflamingo’s SMILE operation.

• After Bullet’s enormous transformation impressed everyone, Savi and the other Hachinosu officers crowded the intelligence room to search for Devil Fruits suited to their abilities.
• Law prepared to leave Hachinosu with the Heart Pirates, whose crew had grown stronger after Bloodline Transplantation, and Roy joined them.
• Roy secretly planned to visit Punk Hazard to find Momonosuke and the replicated Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, and to help bring about Luffy’s awakening.
• During three days beneath the sea, Law told Roy that Doflamingo’s Punk Hazard facility was developing Artificial Devil Fruits for Kaido.
• Roy pointed out that destroying the factory would hurt Doflamingo, and Law recognized Roy’s larger, chess-like plans.

Roy arrived at Punk Hazard and found Momonosuke hiding in the abandoned laboratory, where the hungry child was about to eat a strange fruit. Roy stopped him and took the fruit, while Momonosuke recognized him as one of the men present during the destruction of Kuri.

• Roy flew to Punk Hazard after telling Law to follow their original plan and handle his own business.
• Roy used Observation Haki to locate a faint life sign in an abandoned laboratory near the island's center.
• Momonosuke recalled being sent twenty years into the future and waking alone amid the ruins after Kaido destroyed Kuri.
• Momonosuke broke the glass cover around a strange pink fruit and tried to eat it because he was starving.
• Roy immobilized Momonosuke with Telekinesis, entered the laboratory, and took the fruit from him.
• Momonosuke recognized Roy from the day his father was executed and trembled in fear as Roy told him the fruit was not food.

Roy killed Momonosuke and took Vegapunk's replicated Azure Dragon fruit, then watched the Straw Hat Pirates arrive at Punk Hazard. He planned to use Luffy's Nika awakening against Imu while preparing to strike from the shadows.

• Roy took the Pink Dragon Fruit from Momonosuke and cut off the boy's head with a blade of space.
• Roy put the fruit in his storage bag and decided that the Kozuki Family bloodline ended with Momonosuke, while Kin'emon could still help lead Luffy toward Kaido.
• Roy reasoned that Luffy's Nika fruit could be essential to defeating Imu and planned for Luffy to draw Imu's attention while Roy prepared a secret attack.
• Roy hid behind a telekinetic barrier atop an abandoned cooling tower and watched the Straw Hat Pirates arrive on Punk Hazard.
• Luffy ran across the ice toward the island, followed by Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji.

Luffy rescued the frozen Kin'emon while Law asked the Straw Hat Pirates to help him take down Doflamingo. Luffy agreed, and Vergo appeared before the new alliance could move forward.

• Luffy found Kin'emon frozen in the ice and carried him toward somewhere warm.
• Law and Bepo fought their way through the facility toward Caesar while Roy observed them.
• Luffy and Law met in a corridor, and Law proposed an alliance against Doflamingo.
• Luffy accepted Law's proposal, and the Straw Hat Pirates agreed to join forces against Doflamingo.
• Vergo confronted Law and called him a traitor.

Law defeated Vergo and captured Caesar while Luffy and his crew rescued the children and destroyed the research base and SMILE factory on Punk Hazard. After the Straw Hats and Heart Pirates departed, Roy told Kaido that Luffy’s Gum-Gum Fruit was actually the Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika, leaving Kaido stunned and asking whether Roy was certain.

• Law used ROOM to cut Vergo apart, then located Caesar and separated his limbs before Caesar could escape.
• Law sent Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji to rescue the children while he took charge of Caesar.
• Luffy found the imprisoned children, punched Caesar, and ordered Chopper to treat them as the crew freed them and destroyed the research base.
• Law handcuffed Caesar, Bepo carried him away, and Franky destroyed the SMILE factory’s poison gas pipes in an explosion.
• Luffy and Law agreed to continue their fight at Doflamingo’s stronghold, while Roy watched unseen and then contacted Kaido.
• Roy told Kaido that Luffy’s fruit was the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika, and Kaido asked if he was sure.

Roy told Kaido that Luffy’s Nika fruit needed to awaken and persuaded him to spare Luffy while pushing him to his limits in Wano. Afterward, Aokiji confronted Roy about his ambitions, and Roy openly declared that he intended to overthrow the World Government.

• Roy explained to Kaido the Nika fruit’s power and warned that Luffy and Law had destroyed Doflamingo’s artificial Devil Fruit base.
• Roy asked Kaido to nearly kill Luffy in Wano without finishing him, so the Nika fruit could awaken and draw the World Government’s attention; Kaido agreed.
• Roy invited Kaido to bring his core members to Hachinosu to see the giant beast that had caused a commotion there.
• Aokiji confronted Roy on Punk Hazard and questioned his actions and plans.
• Roy told Aokiji he wanted to overthrow the World Government and establish an era where strength and ability determined who rose to power.
• Aokiji left without joining Roy, heading toward a younger Marine being beaten by Doflamingo.

Roy sought Dragon’s help to contact Vegapunk and recruit him to Hachinosu, offering freedom to pursue research, resources, and lunar technology. Vegapunk finally spoke with Roy and heard his offer, but had not yet decided whether to join.

• Roy decided he needed Vegapunk’s expertise and called Dragon to ask for help contacting him.
• Roy offered the Revolutionary Army intelligence sharing, supplies, and access to bloodline enhancement in exchange for Dragon’s assistance.
• Dragon agreed to connect Roy with Vegapunk through a secret channel, warning that Vegapunk might refuse.
• Vegapunk contacted Roy through an encrypted frequency, and Roy offered him a safe research environment, funding, and access to lunar technology.
• Vegapunk revealed his unhappiness with serving the World Government, while Roy urged him to use science to change the world at Hachinosu.

Roy persuaded Vegapunk to leave Egghead and join Hachinosu, promising to retrieve him and his research in three days. Vegapunk agreed to prepare his data and activate the laboratory defenses, while Roy planned an operation to move the entire island and its equipment.

• Roy asked Vegapunk to help replicate powerful Devil Fruits, and Vegapunk explained that he could reproduce even Logia fruits given sufficient samples and resources.
• Vegapunk revealed that Egghead was a prison watched by CP agents and Admiral Kizaru, and that the World Government restricted his research.
• Roy told Vegapunk to prepare his research data and equipment, activate the laboratory defenses, and wait for Hachinosu's people to arrive in three days.
• Vegapunk warned that his heaviest laboratory equipment weighed more than two thousand tons, and Roy said Shiki's Float-Float Fruit could move the entire island.
• Vegapunk agreed to organize the data and said the laboratory defenses could withstand Kizaru for at least half a day.
• Roy considered how Vegapunk's research could strengthen Hachinosu and resolved to ensure the Egghead operation succeeded.

Roy briefed Hachinosu's forces on a mission to Egghead, then showed Kaido the Soul-Soul and Dark-Dark Fruits' abilities. The chapter ended with Kaido recognizing the Dark-Dark Fruit and its power to draw in Devil Fruit abilities.

• Roy gathered Hachinosu's core members and assigned them roles for an operation at Egghead, including keeping Kizaru occupied and preventing anyone from escaping.
• Stella informed Roy that Kaido's fleet had arrived, and Kaido entered the meeting room with his allies to learn what Roy had been preparing.
• Bullet and Kaido exchanged taunts, but Roy redirected their attention to the training ground.
• Roy used the Soul-Soul Fruit to split his mental power into three parts, demonstrating a barrier, a gravity field, and a mental spike.
• Roy activated the Dark-Dark Fruit and created a vortex that pulled at the Devil Fruit power inside Kaido, who recognized it as Blackbeard's power.

Roy demonstrated that he and Bullet could wield multiple Devil Fruit powers, then offered Kaido and his core officers access to Hachinosu’s secret transplant technology. He invited Kaido and King to join him on a mission to Egghead, where he planned to recruit Vegapunk and use his replication technology to build a Mythical Zoan army for the Beasts Pirates.

• Roy showed Kaido that he had acquired Blackbeard’s fruit, while Bullet transformed into a gigantic, amplified White Tiger Gundam using multiple fruit powers.
• Kaido and the other core officers agreed to keep the multiple-fruit transplant technology secret, and Roy offered to make it available to them without conditions.
• Roy had Gracia prepare Kaido and the officers for experimental transplants, then privately invited Kaido and King to accompany him to Egghead to retrieve Vegapunk.
• Roy told Kaido that Vegapunk could mass-produce replicas of Kaido’s Azure Dragon fruit using a blood sample, allowing Beasts Pirates members to gain the fruit through transplants.
• Kaido eagerly asked whether all his officers could receive the Azure Dragon fruit, and Roy confirmed they could if Kaido agreed.

Roy assembled a nine-person team to attack Egghead and rescue Vegapunk’s equipment before Kizaru could destroy it. As the Ark Maxim sped toward the island, Vegapunk confirmed that his data and core equipment were ready, and Roy prepared to launch the assault.

• Roy chose Bullet, Hawk Eyes, Tesoro, Kyros, Kuma, Katakuri, Kaido, King, and himself for the Egghead operation.
• Kaido and Bullet fought on Hachinosu’s training ground after arguing over whose strength was greater.
• The nine-person team departed Hachinosu aboard the Ark Maxim, with Tesoro powering the ship at high speed.
• King reported that no patrol ships were near Egghead, and Roy ordered everyone to prepare for the attack.
• Roy called Vegapunk, who confirmed that the data and core equipment were packed and that the lab’s shield was active.
• Tesoro increased the Ark Maxim’s power as the team approached Egghead, and Roy prepared to begin the assault.

Roy led an assault on Egghead to seize Vegapunk's laboratory, assigning his allies to destroy the island’s defenses while preserving the valuable equipment. The attack began with the barracks and port under fire, and Kizaru recognized the attackers as the chapter ended.

• Roy surveyed Egghead with Observation Haki, identified its defenses, and assigned his allies to attack the plaza, barracks, port, and surrounding waters.
• Bullet and Tesoro struck the eastern barracks, while King killed a CP captain trying to call for help.
• Hawk Eyes split the docked warships with his slashes, and Katakuri stopped fleeing Marines at the port.
• Kuma and Kyros intercepted CP members attempting to escape underwater.
• Kizaru tried to contact Marine Headquarters, but the attackers had cut communications; he recognized Kaido, King, Bullet, Tesoro, and Mihawk as the assault force.

Vegapunk refused to return with Kizaru, saying he would no longer make weapons for the World Government and would stay to pursue his own research. Kizaru returned to the plaza to protect the surviving CP members, but Kaido, Bullet, Hawk Eyes, Tesoro, and King overwhelmed him and left him surrounded.

• Kizaru rushed to the laboratory and demanded that Vegapunk open the barrier so he could take him away from Egghead.
• Vegapunk told Kizaru he would not return to the World Government because he no longer wanted his research used to make weapons and kill people.
• Kizaru warned Vegapunk that Roy of Hachinosu was no good man, but Vegapunk said Roy had promised to let him pursue pure scientific research.
• Kizaru left the laboratory and found the plaza devastated, with nearly all the CP elites dead or dying.
• Kaido and Bullet attacked Kizaru while Hawk Eyes wounded him with a slash, leaving him injured and boxed in by Tesoro and King as well.

Roy defeated Kizaru by sealing his Glint-Glint Fruit powers, but he released the Admiral after Vegapunk pleaded for him. Kizaru escaped Egghead, while Vegapunk revealed he had already saved a genetic sample of the fruit.

• Kizaru attacked Roy and the others with Yata Mirror, but Roy's barrier blocked the beams.
• Roy used his domain and Dark-Dark Fruit to suppress Kizaru's abilities and bind him in black mist chains.
• Kaido and Bullet urged Roy to take Kizaru back, but Vegapunk asked Roy to let his old friend go.
• Roy agreed, and Vegapunk produced a vial of Kizaru's blood that he had saved as a genetic sample.
• Roy removed the seal, and Kizaru thanked Vegapunk before flying away, acknowledging that they would be enemies the next time they met.

After defeating the forces on Egghead, Roy used the Float-Float Fruit to move the entire island toward Hachinosu. As they neared home, Kaido asked about Luffy’s power, and Roy said the coming war was only beginning.

• Kaido, Bullet, and Tesoro surveyed Egghead after its CP members and Marine Science Defense Division soldiers had been wiped out, and Tesoro confirmed that no news could leave the island.
• Vegapunk led the group through his laboratory, where Roy decided to take all of Egghead rather than risk transporting its delicate equipment separately.
• Roy lifted Egghead with his Telekinesis Domain, then Kyros took control with the Float-Float Fruit and steered the island toward Hachinosu.
• Kaido asked whether Luffy’s Gum-Gum Fruit was really the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika, and Roy confirmed that its awakening could give Kaido the serious fight he wanted.
• As Hachinosu appeared on the horizon, Roy said the prelude to war had only just begun.

Roy, Kyros, and Bar moved Egghead to Hachinosu and joined it to the island as an auxiliary research area. Vegapunk met Gracia and the two scientists immediately began an uninterrupted discussion, leaving Roy and the others to consider stopping them.

• A sentry spotted Egghead floating toward Hachinosu, and Tesoro reassured the panicked port residents that it belonged to them.
• Kyros guided Egghead into place while Roy directed its descent with telekinesis.
• Bar used his Island-Island power to fuse Egghead's foundation with Hachinosu, creating an auxiliary research area.
• Vegapunk arrived and greeted Gracia, and the two scientists hurried off together discussing their research.
• Roy pointed out that Vegapunk and Gracia had been talking for fifteen minutes without letting anyone else speak, and Bullet urged him to interrupt them.

Roy assigned Vegapunk and Gracia to prioritize replicating Devil Fruits and arranged for Bar to build a new laboratory on Hachinosu. As the scientists prepared to begin their research, Roy turned to the many transplant and strategic tasks still ahead.

• Roy ordered Vegapunk and Gracia to prioritize Devil Fruit replication, especially copies of top-tier fruits, while continuing other research when possible.
• Bar promised to build a super laboratory in three days, and both research teams began moving equipment into it.
• Vegapunk explained that his pink Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, had the same abilities as the azure version, and he and Gracia bet they could replicate it in two months.
• Stella warned Roy that scarce materials would push the quarter's military budget thirty percent over its limit, and Roy told her to steal what they needed.
• Bullet and Kaido fought at the training ground while Roy considered upcoming transplants for Whitebeard's remnants and Beasts Pirates officers, along with the arrival of Ace and the others.

Vegapunk’s requested materials arrived quickly at Hachinosu, allowing him to begin Devil Fruit replication experiments as Ace and the Whitebeard Pirates’ commanders arrived to receive bloodline enhancement and multiple-heart transplants. Ace recovered from the first procedure with greatly increased strength, and all fifteen division commanders began their scheduled operations.

• Hachinosu’s allies and intelligence network rapidly acquired Vegapunk’s scarce materials from the Underworld, Fish-Man Island, and World Government warehouses.
• Vegapunk began the first batch of replication experiments after the supplies reached Hachinosu.
• Ace arrived with all fifteen Whitebeard Pirates division commanders, and Roy offered them bloodline enhancement and multiple-heart transplants.
• Gracia performed the bloodline enhancement on Ace, who woke feeling much stronger and agreed to proceed with the transplant.
• Marco, Vista, Jozu, and the other commanders entered the operating room one by one for their procedures.

Kaido’s officers and members of Big Mom’s crew completed heart transplants while their Lineage Factors were collected, and Kaido promised them replicated Azure Dragon fruits. At Marineford, Kizaru told Akainu that Roy had overwhelmed him at Hachinosu and acquired multiple Devil Fruit powers, prompting Akainu to report the threat to the World Government.

• Queen inspected himself after surgery, while King and Jack felt the effects of their transplanted hearts.
• Kaido told Jack that Vegapunk was replicating the Azure Dragon fruit and promised replicas to the Beasts Pirates.
• Katakuri sensed his enhanced strength, reactions, and Observation Haki and anticipated becoming stronger once he received a replicated fruit.
• Kizaru told Akainu that Roy and eight allies had suppressed him at Hachinosu, and that Roy had used the Dark-Dark Fruit to seal his powers.
• Akainu concluded that Hachinosu had surpassed the Rocks Pirates as a threat and said he would report Vegapunk’s defection to the World Government.

The Five Elders debated whether to attack Hachinosu after Roy gained Vegapunk’s research and then asked Imu for guidance. Imu ignored the threat of Roy and singled out Monkey D. Luffy, leaving the Elders to suspect the secret of his Gum-Gum Fruit was more dangerous than Hachinosu.

• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, Saint Nusjuro, and Saint Garling urged an immediate attack on Hachinosu, while Saint Mars opposed it and Saint Warcury favored waiting.
• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter asked Imu to decide after the Elders failed to agree on how to handle Roy and Vegapunk’s research.
• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter reported that Roy had obtained Vegapunk’s research, including Ancient Weapon blueprints and Lineage Factor data, and that Kizaru had nearly died on Egghead.
• Imu silently pointed the Elders toward Monkey D. Luffy’s wanted poster, indicating that dealing with him took priority over Hachinosu and Roy.
• Saint Nusjuro noted the World Government’s longstanding concern about the Gum-Gum Fruit, and the Elders left believing Luffy posed an extraordinary threat.

The Five Elders ordered the navy to prioritize tracking Straw Hat Luffy while reestablishing its presence in the New World. Akainu proposed retaking G-1 and G-2 as the first step toward moving Marine Headquarters there, and Sengoku and Garp agreed to join the operation.

• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter ordered CP to focus on tracking Straw Hat Luffy and told Akainu to retake G-1 and G-2.
• Akainu gathered the navy’s senior officers and proposed using G-1 and G-2 as stepping stones for moving Marine Headquarters into the New World.
• Sengoku objected that the navy would be isolated and vulnerable, but Akainu argued that Hachinosu and Roy’s possible use of Vegapunk’s technology made delay too dangerous.
• Akainu proposed sending Kizaru, Fujitora, and Ryokugyu to secure and rebuild the bases, with Cipher Pol helping to keep Hachinosu in check.
• Sengoku and Garp offered to join the operation, and Akainu agreed.