Chapter Summaries

Roy moved Dr. Gracia’s research base and team to Hachinosu while Kaido launched a rapid campaign to expand the Beasts Pirates’ territory around Wano. Meanwhile, the recovered Golden Lion Shiki began destroying former followers who had betrayed him and turned his attention to forces occupying his old territory.

• Roy and Kaido agreed to exchange copies of the research data for the research base’s relocation, with Kaido receiving priority on the next batch of enhanced troops.
• Roy moved Dr. Gracia, his team, their families, and the research base to Hachinosu, while Kaido supplied new test subjects.
• King, Queen, and Jack led the Beasts Pirates in conquering more than ten islands around Wano, intensifying tensions in the New World.
• Dr. Gracia restarted his research near Trial Island as Roy strengthened Hachinosu’s defenses.
• After recovering from his injuries, Shiki returned to his former territory and discovered that most of his followers had scattered or joined other pirate crews.
• Shiki massacred former subordinates who had gone independent and then set his sights on Whitebeard and Big Mom affiliates and Marine bases occupying his territory.

Golden Lion’s return plunged the New World into chaos, but Garp checked his attacks and forced him to focus on rebuilding the Flying Pirates. At Marine Headquarters, Kong resigned as Fleet Admiral, and Sengoku took over.

• Golden Lion attacked Marine bases and supply lines across the New World, causing heavy losses and widespread fear.
• Garp reached G-1, strengthened Marine defenses, and repeatedly disrupted Golden Lion’s attacks.
• Golden Lion shifted to consolidating his followers and rebuilding the Flying Pirates’ headquarters on floating islands.
• Kong faced mounting pressure over the Marines’ recent failures and submitted his resignation as Fleet Admiral.
• Kong announced that Sengoku had been appointed the new Fleet Admiral, effective immediately.

Sengoku announced the Marines’ new leadership, the creation of the Shichibukai system, and a strategy to expand recruitment while focusing pressure on the New World. He also revealed the World Government’s order to destroy Ohara, assigning Akainu to lead the Buster Call and Aokiji to support and supervise it.

• Sengoku promoted Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan to Marine Admirals.
• Sengoku announced the Shichibukai system, prompting Akainu and other officers to protest before Tsuru and Sengoku defended it as a necessity.
• Sengoku ordered worldwide Marine recruitment and denser patrols to intercept pirates and push them toward the New World.
• Sengoku revealed that the Five Elders had ordered a Buster Call against Ohara because its scholars were researching the Poneglyphs and the Void Century.
• Sengoku assigned Akainu to lead the Ohara operation and Kuzan to provide support and supervision, while ordering the mission kept confidential.

Roy learned that the Marines were launching a Buster Call on Ohara and agreed to help Dragon rescue scholars and their research. He chose a small team for the mission while leaving Hawk Eyes in charge of Hachinosu.

• Stella reported Marine leadership changes and the World Government's announcement of the Seven Warlords of the Sea system, which Roy dismissed as a poisoned lure.
• Dragon told Roy that Akainu and Aokiji were leading a Buster Call against Ohara to destroy its scholars and research into the Void Century, and asked him to intervene.
• Roy agreed to help rescue people and recover research materials, while warning Dragon that his crew would avoid confronting the Admirals head-on.
• Roy assigned himself, Tesoro, and Bullet to the Ohara mission, leaving Hawk Eyes to oversee Hachinosu with Crocodile, Kuma, Kyros, and Stella supporting him.

Roy ordered the Ark Maxim to rush from Hachinosu to Ohara before the Marine fleet arrived, accepting the risk of severe damage to the ship. As the Ark Maxim sped toward the West Blue, the Buster Call fleet approached Ohara, and Spandine accused Jaguar D. Saul of freeing Nico Olvia and ruining the Marines’ surprise attack.

• Roy ordered Tesoro to overload the Ark Maxim’s power system while Roy used Telekinesis to accelerate the ship toward Ohara.
• Roy left Hachinosu in the Ark Maxim, while Hawk Eyes placed the island on its highest alert.
• Tesoro reported that the Ark Maxim’s power system was already 30% overloaded, but Roy and Tesoro continued increasing its speed.
• Akainu and Aokiji led the five-ship Buster Call fleet through the West Blue toward Ohara.
• Spandine joined the fleet and accused Saul of freeing Nico Olvia, prompting Akainu and Aokiji to question his claim.

Akainu led a Navy fleet toward Ohara after Spandine reported Saul’s alleged betrayal, while Olvia warned Dr. Clover that the World Government had ordered a Buster Call. As Ohara’s scholars prepared to protect their research and evacuate civilians, Robin went to visit the injured giant Saul.

• Akainu forced Spandine to reveal Ohara’s coordinates and ordered him to guide the fleet there, while Aokiji wondered what Saul had done.
• Olvia told Dr. Clover that the Five Elders had ordered a Buster Call and that the island faced destruction.
• Dr. Clover told the scholars to hide their research and warn the islanders, especially the children, before the Navy arrived.
• Dr. Clover urged Olvia to find Robin, and the scholars began carrying out their evacuation preparations.
• Robin walked to the western jungle to see Saul, the injured Navy renegade she had secretly been helping.
• Saul greeted Robin from behind the rocks.

Saul comforted Robin after she was called a monster, then Roy and the Roy Pirates arrived at Ohara to save its scholars before the World Government's impending purge. Roy asked Saul whether Robin's mother, Nico Olvia, had returned to the island.

• Saul reassured Robin that she was not a monster and praised her, her mother, and Ohara's scholars for seeking truth.
• A flying ship carrying Roy, Tesoro, and Bullet descended near Saul and Robin.
• Saul shielded Robin and demanded to know who the newcomers were and why they had come.
• Roy identified himself as captain of the Roy Pirates and said they had come to save Ohara's scholars and Robin from the approaching catastrophe.
• Roy sensed unrest in the island's center, warned that the World Government's fleet might arrive soon, and asked Robin whether Nico Olvia had returned.

Roy and his companions reached the Tree of Knowledge and urged Dr. Clover to evacuate Ohara’s people and research before the Navy arrived. Clover and the scholars refused to abandon their home, but Roy argued that they should at least save the young researchers and vital knowledge.

• Robin ran toward the Tree of Knowledge after Roy confirmed that Olvia had returned to Ohara, and Saul followed Roy’s group to protect her.
• At the Tree of Knowledge, Robin learned from Dr. Clover that Olvia had left again to search for her, and Clover urged Robin to flee the island with her mother.
• Roy told Dr. Clover that Monkey D. Dragon had sent him to help evacuate people and knowledge before the Navy fleet arrived.
• Dr. Clover and the scholars refused to leave Ohara, declaring that they would live and die with the island and the Tree of Knowledge.
• Roy urged Clover to save the young researchers and the most important books and research so that Ohara’s knowledge would survive.

Roy evacuated Ohara’s research and led Saul, Robin, and selected scholars toward the west coast as the Buster Call approached. They found Nico Olvia under attack by Spandine and CP Agents, and Tesoro intervened as the agents targeted Robin.

• Dr. Clover ordered a group of scholars, including Robin, to escape with essential research while he and the others stayed behind.
• Roy used his storage bag to collect books, then sensed CP Agents and Navy warships approaching Ohara.
• Roy, Saul, Tesoro, Bullet, Robin, and the chosen scholars pushed through the panicked crowds toward the Ark Maxim.
• Roy’s group found Nico Olvia fighting CP Agents led by Spandine, who ordered them to capture Saul and Robin.
• Robin told Olvia she could read the Poneglyphs and had become a scholar, prompting Spandine to make her the agents’ priority.
• Roy signaled Tesoro, who appeared between the CP Agents and Robin and attacked.

Roy and his allies rescued Olvia and Robin from the CP Agents and hurried toward the Ark Maxim as the Buster Call began destroying Ohara. The group fled the spreading bombardment, but Roy sensed a powerful, familiar presence blocking their route to the airship.

• Tesoro knocked out the CP Agents, and Spandine fled with the surviving agents after recognizing the Roy Pirates.
• Saul reunited Robin with Olvia, and Roy urged them to leave Ohara for the west coast before the Buster Call began.
• Roy led the rescued scholars and his crew toward the Ark Maxim as cannon fire engulfed the Tree of Knowledge.
• The group mourned the destruction of Ohara, but Roy urged everyone to keep moving as the bombardment spread.
• Roy sensed a powerful, familiar presence blocking the route to the Ark Maxim and halted the group.

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.