Chapter Summaries

Blackbeard received his Shichibukai appointment and sailed toward Impel Down to recruit prisoners, while Roy secretly followed him. Roy stopped Blackbeard's ship in the open sea and appeared before the crew.

• Sengoku approved Blackbeard's appointment as a Shichibukai, and Gasparde handed him the letter while warning that Marine Headquarters would revoke it if he crossed the line.
• Blackbeard left the Marine Base and announced that he would enter Impel Down to recruit prisoners from its sixth underground level.
• Blackbeard revealed his ambition to surpass Whitebeard, Kaido, Red Hair, and Roy, while Roy followed his ship under cover of Telekinesis: Barrier.
• After confirming that no witnesses or Marine ships were nearby, Roy used Telekinesis to stop Blackbeard's ship in the open sea.
• Roy descended from the clouds and hovered before Blackbeard and his crew.

Roy confronted Blackbeard at sea and overwhelmed him, killing two of his subordinates while sparing Doc Q. He cornered Blackbeard and announced that he wanted to investigate the secret of his body, leaving Blackbeard trapped and terrified.

• Blackbeard recognized Roy, panicked, and attacked him with the Dark-Dark Fruit’s Dark Water, but Roy’s Telekinesis: Barrier stopped the darkness.
• Roy unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out Doc Q and two other subordinates, then killed the two unconscious men with Telekinesis blades.
• Roy descended onto the deck and approached Blackbeard, who realized he could neither fight nor escape.
• Roy told Blackbeard he wanted to discuss the secret of his body and reached toward him, calling the encounter a little experiment.

Roy defeated Blackbeard after testing how the Dark-Dark Fruit blocked his Devil Fruit powers, then carried the unconscious pirate back toward Hachinosu. Blackbeard's ship and its remaining traces vanished beneath the sea.

• Blackbeard begged Roy for mercy and offered to join Hachinosu and help defeat the Whitebeard Pirates, but Roy revealed that Blackbeard had been Hachinosu's prey from the start.
• Blackbeard grabbed Roy and used the Dark-Dark Fruit to seal off his Devil Fruit powers, then punched him in the face.
• Roy discovered the darkness only blocked Fruit powers, leaving physical strength and Haki unaffected, and forced Blackbeard to release his wrist.
• Roy struck Blackbeard with a Telekinesis shock wave that crushed his consciousness and left him unconscious.
• Roy flew toward Hachinosu carrying Blackbeard and controlling Doc Q, then used his power to make the abandoned ship disappear beneath the calm sea.

Roy had Dr. Gracia examine the captured Blackbeard to discover how his body could hold multiple Devil Fruit powers. Gracia found that Blackbeard had three hearts, unusual mixed-blood genes, and a physique that required no sleep, while Blackbeard lay restrained and watched his secrets exposed.

• Roy brought the unconscious Blackbeard to Gracia's laboratory and ordered an investigation into his special physique.
• Blackbeard awoke restrained by Seastone chains as Gracia drew his blood and ran tests.
• Gracia found that Blackbeard's cells were unusually active, that he had three hearts, and that his genes contained segments from three different organisms.
• Gracia explained that Blackbeard's unusual body allowed multiple Devil Fruit powers to coexist and might let him recover without sleeping.
• Roy connected Blackbeard's lack of sleep to how he had secretly spent over twenty years aboard Whitebeard's ship.

Roy confirmed that Blackbeard’s unusual genetics and three hearts allowed him to contain multiple Devil Fruits, then killed him and recreated the Dark-Dark Fruit. With Blackbeard’s physique research underway and Hachinosu holding the Soul-Soul Fruit, the Dark-Dark Fruit, and Roy’s Telekinesis Fruit, Roy prepared to take on Imu as a great war approached.

• Gracia explained that Blackbeard’s genetic structure and three hearts could be replicated to let others wield multiple Devil Fruits, and Roy decided Blackbeard was no longer useful.
• Roy killed Marshall D. Teach with a strike of Armament Haki to the forehead.
• Roy used telekinesis to recreate the Dark-Dark Fruit from an apple and sealed it in a seastone box.
• Roy ordered Gracia to replicate Blackbeard’s physique and placed the Dark-Dark Fruit beside the Soul-Soul Fruit in Hachinosu’s vault.
• Roy declared that he was ready to take the final step against Imu and reviewed plans for the coming great war as Hachinosu’s officers returned from Alabasta.

Roy gathered Hachinosu’s fighters to announce Blackbeard’s death and reveal that his three-heart constitution could let them wield multiple Devil Fruits. He then told them Ace had been captured and would be publicly executed in a month, setting up a conflict with Whitebeard.

• Roy announced that he had killed Blackbeard and kept the Dark-Dark Fruit for Dr. Gracia’s research.
• Roy revealed that Blackbeard had three hearts, and Dr. Gracia was trying to replicate his constitution so Hachinosu’s fighters could each eat two additional Devil Fruits.
• Roy ordered the fighters to capture Devil Fruit users whose powers they wanted, while Bullet and Tesoro discussed fruits they hoped to obtain.
• Roy said he still wanted Golden Lion’s awakened ability and would capture him if he refused to cooperate.
• Roy announced that the Marines had captured Ace and scheduled his public execution for one month later, which Tesoro called a declaration of war against Whitebeard.

Roy planned for Hachinosu to join the coming Paramount War, targeting Marine officers while staying out of the main fight between the Marines and Whitebeard. He also revealed to Crocodile that he intended to offer some of Whitebeard’s crews a place to go if Whitebeard died, though he had not decided whether to take them all in.

• Roy announced that Hachinosu would join the Paramount War and target the Marines’ middle- and upper-ranking fighters rather than aid either side directly.
• Roy ordered Moria to challenge Luffy after he came down from Sky Island and assigned Redfield to defend Hachinosu while Bonney stayed behind.
• Roy told his allies to prepare to seize territory after the war and instructed Kuina to support Kuma from the rear rather than fight on the front lines.
• Lucci asked to test himself against an Admiral, and Roy agreed on the condition that Lucci did not fight to the death.
• Crocodile confronted Roy about his plans for Whitebeard, and Roy explained that he wanted to give some of Whitebeard’s crews a place to go if their captain died.

One month before Ace’s public execution, Roy prepared for the coming war and offered places in his crew to Whitebeard’s commanders, while the Marines announced the execution and ordered maximum readiness. Whitebeard set sail to rescue Ace, and Rouge sought Garp’s help but learned he could do nothing.

• Roy told Crocodile he would welcome Marco, Jozu, and Vista at Hachinosu, explaining that he wanted to preserve Whitebeard’s crew after Whitebeard’s death.
• Sengoku signed the order scheduling Ace’s public execution in Marineford one month later and put the Marines on maximum combat readiness.
• News of Ace’s capture and parentage spread worldwide, prompting reactions from people including Vivi and Cobra in Alabasta.
• Whitebeard gathered his commanders and ordered the fleet to set sail for Marineford to bring Ace home.
• Rouge saw Ace’s photograph in the newspaper, called Garp for help, and heard him say he could do nothing.

As the world prepared for Ace’s execution, Roy reassured Rouge and directed several Shichibukai to obey the Marine summons for now. Garp accepted his duty despite his anguish, while Roy and the Red Count discussed how Hachinosu would exploit the coming war and whether it could spiral out of control.

• Rouge called Roy about Ace, and Roy promised he would save him with help from the Whitebeard Pirates and other New World pirates; Shanks told Rouge he was already on his way.
• Hancock, Moria, and Jinbe received Marine summons and called Roy, who told each of them to comply for now and wait for further instructions at Marineford.
• Garp struggled with the news of Ace’s execution, but told Sengoku he would fulfill his duty as a Marine Vice Admiral and went to train.
• Roy studied the factions moving toward Marineford and told the Red Count that Hachinosu intended to make the Marines pay the greatest possible price.
• The Red Count warned Roy that the war might spiral beyond anyone’s control.

Roy monitored the Straw Hat Pirates’ journey from Sky Island to Water 7 and the Florian Triangle while preparing for the coming Paramount War. After Luffy’s crew defeated Moria under Roy’s arranged conditions, Roy told Moria to stand by as the war approached.

• Roy told Redfield that he had spent ten years preparing to control the reshuffling of power before the forces of the sea converged on Marineford in a month.
• Roy read Robin’s report that Luffy’s crew had reached Sky Island, defeated Nola, and exchanged their gold for Beli in Water 7.
• Cipher Pol agents targeted Franky over the Pluton Blueprints, but Zoro and Sanji drove them off, and Franky joined the crew after completing the Thousand Sunny.
• Roy instructed Robin to stay out of the fight as Moria attacked the Straw Hat Pirates in the Florian Triangle, and Robin followed his orders while the crew fought through the zombie army.
• Luffy defeated Moria after Moria began holding back, and Roy told the battered Moria to stand by because the Paramount War was about to begin.

After Brook joined the Straw Hat Pirates, the Thousand Sunny headed toward Sabaody while Robin noted that fewer than fifteen days remained before Ace’s execution. Roy traveled to Sabaody with Kuma, intending to see Luffy and Trafalgar Law, and learned from Shakky that most of this year’s Supernovas had arrived.

• The Straw Hat Pirates sailed away from the Florian Triangle with Brook as their newest member, while Robin recorded the countdown to Ace’s execution.
• Roy reviewed Robin’s reports, put Bullet in charge of Hachinosu, and set out for Sabaody with Kuma.
• Roy and Kuma landed in Grove 13, where Roy visited Shakky’s Rip-off Bar.
• Shakky recalled Roy’s past incidents on Sabaody and told him that Kid, Law, Hawkins, Apoo, Drake, Bege, and Urouge were on the island.

Roy met Trafalgar Law at Shakky's bar and asked him to help Luffy if trouble arose when the Straw Hat Pirates reached Sabaody. After Law left, Roy told Shakky he intended to watch events unfold, while noting that Rayleigh was already observing him.

• Roy used Observation Haki to locate Law and contacted him telepathically, summoning him to Shakky's bar.
• Law arrived with the Heart Pirates and greeted Roy, whom his crew recognized as the Heavenly Dao Emperor.
• Roy praised Law's progress and asked him to help Luffy at a crucial moment when the Straw Hat Pirates arrived on Sabaody.
• Law accepted Roy's request, bowed to him, and told his curious crew that Roy was sort of his mentor.
• Roy told Shakky he had come to watch the Supernovas gather, and said Rayleigh had likely detected him from Grove 25.

Roy monitored Sabaody Archipelago from Shakky’s bar as the Straw Hat Pirates arrived and several Supernovas converged on the human auction house. After Robin quietly asked Hachi to keep her identity secret, Luffy’s crew learned that Camie had been kidnapped and decided to rescue her.

• Roy sensed the Straw Hat Pirates landing, Hachi running a takoyaki stall, and Rayleigh held in a makeshift cell near the auction house.
• Roy and Rayleigh acknowledged each other through Observation Haki, while Roy sensed several Supernovas heading toward the auction house.
• Luffy found Hachi’s stall, and Hachi recognized Robin; Robin subtly told him not to reveal her identity.
• Hachi told Luffy that Camie had been kidnapped, and the Straw Hat Pirates quickly decided to go to the human auction house to rescue her.

Luffy punched Saint Romuska after the Celestial Dragon threatened Hachi, triggering panic across the auction house. Rayleigh then emerged from the ruins and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, leaving many people unconscious as he assessed the surviving youngsters.

• Roy left Shakky’s bar with Kuma and entered the auction house unseen, where he observed the gathered Supernovas and the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Saint Romuska bid five hundred million for Camie, and Luffy entered the auction house with Hachi to confront him.
• Saint Romuska aimed his pistol at Luffy and Hachi, but Luffy dodged the shot and punched the Celestial Dragon through the wall.
• The guards panicked over the attack, and a powerful wave of Conqueror’s Haki swept through the auction house, knocking many people unconscious.
• Rayleigh emerged from the ruins, looked over the people still standing, and remarked that the year’s youngsters were impressive.

After Rayleigh revealed himself at the auction house, the alarm over a Celestial Dragon being attacked summoned Kizaru to Sabaody Archipelago. Kizaru swiftly defeated Urouge and Apoo, then appeared before Hawkins, whose cards predicted no chance of survival.

• Rayleigh appeared atop the auction-house wreckage, and Kid recognized him as the Dark King before Rayleigh urged him to keep quiet.
• Roy sensed Kizaru approaching as the Celestial Dragon alarm rang across Sabaody Archipelago.
• Kizaru arrived and knocked Urouge unconscious with a Light Speed Kick, then blasted the Fallen Monk Pirates to the ground.
• Kizaru dodged Apoo's sound attack, kicked him through a building, and left him unconscious in a counter.
• Hawkins drew a tarot card as Kizaru appeared before him, and it predicted his chance of survival was zero.

Admiral Kizaru defeated Basil Hawkins and Eustass Kid with ease before confronting the Straw Hat Pirates. He sent Luffy crashing through buildings with a Light Speed Kick, leaving the crew facing the Admiral.

• Kizaru exhausted Hawkins's straw-doll substitutes, pinned his wrist, and moved on toward Grove 14.
• Kid attacked Kizaru with Punk Gibson, but Kizaru shattered the metal fist and injured Kid before leaving for the auction house.
• Luffy led the Straw Hat Pirates out of the auction house as Robin identified Kizaru as a Marine Admiral who could move at the speed of light.
• Luffy attacked Kizaru with Gum-Gum Rocket and Gum-Gum Gatling, but Kizaru dodged every blow and struck him with Light Speed Kick.
• Luffy flew through a building and crashed against the wall of another as the Straw Hat Pirates cried out for him.

Kizaru overwhelmed the Straw Hat Pirates until Rayleigh intervened, while Kuma arrived on Roy’s orders. Kuma then began sending the crew flying one by one, leaving Luffy watching them disappear.

• Zoro and Sanji attacked Kizaru, but he stopped their strikes and drove them back.
• Kizaru prepared to finish off Luffy, and Rayleigh blocked his attack.
• Kuma arrived, and Luffy stood between him and Kizaru to protect the crew.
• Kizaru stepped aside while Roy and Rayleigh observed the confrontation.
• Kuma used his Paw-Paw Fruit to send Zoro, Franky, Usopp, Chopper, and Sanji flying away.

Kuma sent the Straw Hat Pirates flying across the sky, leaving Luffy alone until he too was launched from Sabaody. Roy later met Kuma and Rayleigh at Shakky's Rip-off Bar, where he explained that Luffy would have to face his own difficult path.

• Luffy attacked Kuma and watched Nami, Robin, and Camie get sent flying.
• Overcome by the fear of losing his companions, Luffy released Conqueror's Haki, but Kuma sent him flying as well.
• Kizaru left Sabaody, and Rayleigh remarked that Luffy was the one Shanks had bet his arm on.
• Roy withdrew his Observation Haki, met Kuma, and returned with him to Shakky's Rip-off Bar, where Rayleigh was waiting.
• Roy told Rayleigh that he had arranged teachers, opponents, and a difficult road for Luffy, but Luffy had to reach the end himself.

Roy arranged for Hancock to receive Luffy on Amazon Lily and help him reach Impel Down after telling him about Ace’s impending execution. He then challenged Rayleigh over why Roger’s former crew would not intervene, leaving Rayleigh silent and visibly tense.

• Roy called Hancock and told her Luffy would land on Amazon Lily, instructing her not to hurt him and to take him to Impel Down after revealing Ace’s execution.
• Hancock agreed to follow Roy’s plan and said she wanted to see Luffy, while Roy warned her not to take his strange behavior personally.
• Rayleigh teased Roy about his relationship with Hancock, then asked why Roy was helping Luffy.
• Roy asked whether Rayleigh and the other former Roger Pirates would intervene to save Ace from execution.
• Rayleigh explained that Roger had made the crew promise something when he disbanded it, and Roy inferred that the promise prevented them from acting.
• Roy criticized the old-era powerhouses for standing aside while the world suffered, and Rayleigh gripped his glass without replying.

Roy gave Rayleigh and Shakky Pure Gold rings to preserve their youth, then left Sabaody with Kuma as the Straw Hat Pirates landed in separate places. Luffy woke on Amazon Lily in Hancock’s care, learned his companions were alive, and was told Ace would be publicly executed.

• Roy gave Rayleigh and Shakky Pure Gold rings and said Rayleigh could help Luffy learn Haki in the future.
• Roy and Kuma left the Sabaody Archipelago, while Rayleigh explained that Luffy needed hardship to grow.
• The Straw Hat Pirates flew toward different destinations, and Robin headed for the Bridge Kingdom to train and learn more about the World Government.
• Luffy woke in Hancock’s care on Amazon Lily and asked whether his companions were safe.
• Hancock introduced herself to Luffy and told him Ace was going to be publicly executed.