Chapter Summaries

Roy visited Kaido on Onigashima and persuaded him to send Jack to Zou to seize its Road Poneglyph and assess Luffy's strength. Jack set sail with an army of SMILE users, while Roy's plan aimed to provoke a clash with the Straw Hat Pirates.

• Roy arrived on Onigashima with Yamato and declined Kaido's offer to see the captured Supernovas.
• Roy told Kaido that Luffy and Kin'emon were heading to Zou, where a Road Poneglyph was kept.
• Roy explained the importance of the Road Poneglyph and proposed using the mission to learn how much Luffy had improved.
• Kaido ordered Jack to seize the Poneglyph and fight Luffy without killing him.
• Jack gathered the Beasts Pirates' SMILE users and sailed for Zou.

Jack led the Beasts Pirates to Zou to seize the Road Poneglyph, and Duke Inuarashi's forces struggled to stop his army. The battle left the Musketeer Squad's defensive line close to collapse as Jack watched from the rear.

• Roy planned for Jack to clash with the Straw Hat Pirates and hoped Luffy would reach Wano sooner and awaken under Kaido's pressure.
• A sentry warned Duke Inuarashi that over three hundred Beasts Pirates had entered Zou's northern forest, and Inuarashi summoned the Musketeer Squad and Guardians.
• Jack led his forces through the forest toward Claw City and ordered his men to kill any minks they encountered.
• The Musketeer Squad ambushed Jack's army with Electro-charged arrows, but the artificial Devil Fruit users pushed through and began overwhelming the mink warriors.
• Jack demanded that Inuarashi surrender the Road Poneglyph hidden in the Whale Tree, then ordered his army to crush the defenders.
• The Musketeer Squad's defensive line faltered as Jack watched the battle without joining the fight.

Jack’s forces overwhelmed Inuarashi and the Musketeer Squad as they searched for Zou’s Road Poneglyph, but Cat Viper arrived with the Guardians and turned the battle against the Artificial Devil Fruit army. The chapter left Jack facing both mink kings while the battle continued.

• Inuarashi sounded Zou’s highest-level alarm as Jack’s forces broke through the Musketeer Squad’s defensive line.
• Jack injured Inuarashi and demanded that he hand over the Road Poneglyph, but Inuarashi refused to betray Lord Oden’s last wish.
• Jack raised his curved sword to kill Inuarashi, but Cat Viper struck him with an electrified charge and rescued Inuarashi.
• More than a hundred Guardians arrived and attacked the Artificial Devil Fruit army from multiple directions, throwing it into chaos.
• Jack turned from the Guardians’ attack to face Inuarashi and Cat Viper, who stood together ready to fight.

Jack fought Inuarashi and Cat Viper while his men went to retrieve the Road Poneglyph from the Whale Tree. The Straw Hat Pirates climbed onto Zou and rushed toward an explosion in the forest.

• Jack ordered his men to retrieve the Road Poneglyph from the Whale Tree, revealing that Roy had learned its location.
• Jack transformed into a mammoth and overpowered Inuarashi and Cat Viper, shattering Inuarashi’s sword and sending both kings flying.
• The Thousand Sunny arrived at Zou, and Robin explained that the Mink Tribe lived on the back of a giant elephant.
• Robin created an arm-vine staircase, and the Straw Hat Pirates spent most of the day climbing Zou’s leg.
• Luffy reached Zou’s back, saw flames and an explosion in the forest, and launched himself toward the battle.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates reached the battlefield on Zou, where Jack was overpowering Inuarashi and Cat Viper. Kin'emon recognized Jack and attacked him in anger, but Jack blocked his strike and vowed to kill the surviving Kozuki retainers.

• Luffy reached the battlefield, where Mink Tribe warriors mistook him for an enemy until Zoro and the Straw Hat Pirates arrived.
• Kin'emon learned that Jack was fighting Inuarashi and Cat Viper and rushed toward the battle despite Sanji trying to stop him.
• Wounded Inuarashi and Cat Viper prepared a final attack against Jack as Kin'emon burst from the forest with a Foxfire Slash.
• Jack blocked Kin'emon's flaming strike, recognized him as Foxfire Kin'emon, and mocked his pursuit of vengeance for Oden.
• Kin'emon charged Jack, but Jack easily repelled his attack and declared he would finish off the Kozuki Family's surviving retainers.

Luffy stepped in to fight Jack after Kin'emon was wounded, declaring that Kin'emon's friends were his friends. After Jack overwhelmed Luffy in their first exchange, Luffy transformed into Gear Fourth Boundman and launched a rapid series of powerful punches.

• Luffy told Kin'emon and the Mink warriors to retreat while the Straw Hat Pirates prepared to fight Jack.
• Luffy said he would defend Kin'emon's friends, and Kin'emon reluctantly fell back to help the injured warriors.
• Luffy struck Jack with an Elephant Gun, but Jack blocked the attack and slashed Luffy, sending him through several trees.
• Luffy emerged injured but determined, then transformed into Gear Fourth Boundman.
• Luffy attacked with a King Kong Gun that bent Jack's blade, then followed with a rapid series of punches.

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji attacked Jack together, but his immense durability and strength overwhelmed them. Nami called the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates to join the fight, and Franky, Robin, and Brook launched their first attacks against Jack.

• Luffy attacked Jack in Gear Fourth, but his punch failed to break through Jack's defense, and Jack knocked him into a crater.
• Zoro and Sanji struck Jack with their sword techniques and Diable Jambe, but their attacks barely marked him.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji coordinated attacks on Jack from three directions, but his Armament Haki armor blocked them all.
• Jack spun his blades and tusks, sending Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji flying in different directions.
• Nami urged Franky, Robin, and Brook to join the battle, and they attacked Jack with weapons, summoned arms, and Brook's sword.

The Straw Hat Pirates and the Mink Tribe failed to stop Jack from taking the Poneglyph, and Jack withdrew after judging the crew worth noticing. In the aftermath, Zoro wondered about Robin’s reaction to Jack, while the crew faced how outmatched they had been.

• Robin tried to restrain Jack with the Flower-Flower Fruit, but he broke her arms free and left her badly exhausted.
• Zoro attacked Jack with Three-Sword Style: Black Rope Dragon Twister, but Jack split the attack and sent Zoro flying.
• Jack ordered his subordinates to take the Poneglyph and withdraw, saying the Straw Hat Pirates would die if the fight continued.
• Inuarashi tried to pursue Jack, but Cat Viper stopped him, warning that they could not win.
• Zoro noticed Jack had watched Robin and saw a subtle complexity in her expression, but Robin brushed off his question.
• As the Mink Tribe tended to the wounded, Luffy, Sanji, Zoro, and Nami acknowledged Jack’s strength and wondered whether they could have stopped him if he had fought to kill.

After the Beasts Pirates took the Road Poneglyph and badly wounded Raizo, Kin'emon asked Luffy to help liberate Wano Country, and Luffy agreed. Jack sailed back with the Poneglyph, worried that Robin’s presence among the Straw Hat Pirates might be part of Roy’s plan.

• A scout reported that Raizo was badly wounded and the Beasts Pirates had taken the Poneglyph; Chopper began treating Raizo while Inuarashi and Cat Viper put their own injuries aside.
• Inuarashi said the Mink Tribe had to face the truth about losing the Road Poneglyph, while Kin'emon worried that Momonosuke remained missing.
• Kin'emon begged Luffy to help take back Wano Country, and Luffy agreed to defeat Kaido.
• Inuarashi offered an alliance between the Mokomo Dukedom and Luffy, and Luffy accepted.
• Zoro asked Robin whether she knew Jack; Robin said she had only read his file, but privately recalled Jack recognizing her as someone from Hachinosu.
• Jack returned toward Onigashima with the Poneglyph, realized Robin might have been placed among the Straw Hat Pirates by Roy, and decided to leave the scheming to Roy and Kaido.

Jack returned to Onigashima with the Road Poneglyph and reported that the Straw Hat Pirates had fought him on Zou. After Jack revealed that Nico Robin was with them, Roy said she was carrying out his plan and predicted that Luffy's crew would come to Wano Country.

• Jack brought the intact Road Poneglyph to Onigashima and told Kaido and Roy that the Mink Tribe's Inuarashi and Cat Viper had been unable to stop him.
• Jack described how the Straw Hat Pirates had joined the battle and recounted Luffy's forms, the crew's fighting skills, and their coordination.
• Jack said Luffy and his crew had repeatedly risen after he knocked them down, and he judged Luffy far stronger than an ordinary Supernova.
• Jack revealed that Nico Robin, who could decipher Poneglyphs, had been fighting alongside the Straw Hat Pirates, prompting Kaido to question Roy.
• Roy told Kaido that Robin's mission was to stay with the Straw Hat Pirates and said Luffy's crew would eventually come to Wano Country.
• Roy reminded Kaido to defeat Luffy and push him to his limits without killing him, and Kaido agreed.

Roy and Kaido discussed using Luffy and the red Poneglyph as pieces in their plan to overthrow the World Government, while Roy continued experimenting with combining the Dark-Dark Fruit and Soul-Soul Fruit powers. Roy then took Yamato to visit Wano Country, where they saw that conditions in Kuri had improved.

• Roy examined the red Poneglyph and told Kaido that he was waiting for Luffy to awaken Sun God Nika before moving ahead with their plan.
• Roy tried to combine the Dark-Dark Fruit's power with the Soul-Soul Fruit's soul flame, but the energies repelled each other and exploded.
• Roy concluded that he needed to make the Dark-Dark Fruit accustomed to soul energy before attempting the combination again.
• Roy invited Yamato to walk through Wano Country with him, and she agreed despite her complicated feelings about her homeland.
• Roy and Yamato toured Kuri and saw cleaner factory emissions, working farmland, workers drinking tea, and children playing in the streets.

Roy and Yamato surveyed Kuri, where conditions had improved under Hachinosu’s policies, before discovering that Kyoshiro was actually Denjiro and the veiled woman with him was Kozuki Hiyori. Roy chose to leave them in hiding and wait for the Kozuki remnants to gather, then returned to Onigashima and summoned King.

• Roy explained to Yamato that Wano’s factories still produced weapons but caused less pollution, and that he wanted Wano’s resources integrated into Hachinosu’s system.
• While surveying Kuri, Roy recognized the yakuza boss Kyoshiro as Denjiro and identified his companion as Kozuki Hiyori.
• Yamato asked whether they should arrest Denjiro and Hiyori, but Roy insisted they remain hidden so the Kozuki remnants would not be alerted.
• Roy said he would wait until Luffy arrived and Kin’emon gathered the scattered Kozuki allies, making it easier to capture them all at once.
• Roy and Yamato returned to Onigashima, where Roy summoned King.

Roy ordered King to watch Denjiro and Kozuki Hiyori so he could use them to draw out the Kozuki remnants after Luffy reached Wano. At G-1, Tesoro and Bullet attacked the Marine base, where Garp confronted Bullet and Fujitora faced Hawk Eyes.

• Roy told King that Kyoshiro was Denjiro and that the green-haired girl with him was Kozuki Hiyori, then ordered him to watch them without attacking or informing Kaido.
• Roy decided to keep Hiyori alive as bait for the Kozuki retainers and waited for Luffy to arrive in Wano.
• Tesoro used lightning to destroy Marine communications equipment and other targets at G-1.
• Bullet landed in the Marine base plaza and challenged the Marines, then fought Garp in a clash of fists and Haki.
• Fujitora faced Hawk Eyes on the western side of the battlefield and praised the edge of his Black Blade.

Hachinosu’s forces attacked the Marine Base again before withdrawing, leaving the Marines to reckon with their repeated losses. Akainu decided to ask the Five Elders for CP reinforcements and said the Marines needed a victory to restore morale.

• Hawk Eyes and Fujitora fought a destructive sword duel while Crocodile gained the upper hand against Ryokugyu.
• Kyros signaled the Hachinosu fleet to retreat, and the pirates used his Float-Float Fruit ability to lift their ships into the sky and leave.
• Akainu arrived as the Hachinosu fleet withdrew and angrily condemned the repeated attacks on the Marine Base.
• At the G-1 command post, Kizaru and Ryokugyu described the Marines’ growing exhaustion, while Fujitora warned that recruit morale was falling.
• Akainu agreed to ask the Five Elders to send CP reinforcements and said the Marines needed a victory.

The Revolutionary Army exploited the Navy’s confinement at G-1 and G-2 to expand its rebellions across the Four Blues. The Five Elders ordered the Navy to hold its bases and CP to suppress key rebellions, leaving Hachinosu temporarily unchecked.

• Dragon received a report that CP forces were withdrawing from the Four Blues, easing pressure on Revolutionary Army campaigns.
• Sabo explained that Hachinosu’s attacks had tied down the Navy and that CP elites had been redeployed to suppress rebellions.
• Dragon ordered Revolutionary Army officers to keep advancing, while Sabo reported that Koala and Ivankov were leading operations in the West and South Blue.
• The Five Elders reviewed reports that seventeen Affiliated Nations had fallen and more than thirty non-affiliated nations had withdrawn from World Government jurisdiction.
• The Five Elders ordered Akainu to hold G-1 and G-2 and CP to suppress core rebellion zones, postponing an attack on Hachinosu until the Four Blues were stable.

Roy learned that Vegapunk had replicated three Fish-Fish Fruits, Model: Azure Dragon, and ordered live testing before the fruits were given to Hochinosu's core members. The first test subject transformed into a half-dragon, and the laboratory began testing his abilities.

• Stella told Roy that Vegapunk had replicated three Fish-Fish Fruits, Model: Azure Dragon, and warned that they had not been tested on living subjects.
• Roy ordered three volunteers from Hochinosu to eat the replicas and undergo at least three months of observation, while the laboratory replicated every other fruit with available Lineage Factor samples.
• Roy told Stella to secure the laboratory supplies, even if the scarce materials had to be stolen, and demanded that Hochinosu's core members complete their third fruit transplant within a year.
• Vegapunk and Gracia began testing the three volunteer soldiers, who had already undergone multiple-heart transplant surgery.
• The scar-faced volunteer ate a replicated Azure Dragon fruit and transformed into a nearly four-meter-tall half-dragon with scales and claws.
• Gracia reported stable genetic and cell readings, and Vegapunk began testing the volunteer's dragon breath ability.

Vegapunk and Gracia confirmed that the replicated Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, had successfully reproduced its core abilities in three test subjects, though they planned further observation and training. Roy told Kaido the news, leaving him ecstatic about giving the fruit to the Beasts Pirates as the Straw Hat Pirates sailed through the dangerous fog toward Wano Country.

• Three test subjects demonstrated the replicated fruit’s dragon breath, cloud-controlled flight, and improved strength and recovery.
• Vegapunk and Gracia deemed the first tests a preliminary success and arranged three months of observation and ability training.
• Roy woke Kaido and told him that all three replicated fruits had passed live-subject testing.
• Kaido celebrated and fantasized about giving an Azure Dragon fruit to every member of the Beasts Pirates.
• The Thousand Sunny battled fog, whirlpools, and dangerous currents as Luffy announced that the Straw Hat Pirates were nearly at Wano Country.

The Straw Hat Pirates rode giant koi up the waterfall and arrived in Kuri, where Luffy vowed to defeat Kaido after hearing how strong he was. Ten days earlier, Roy had persuaded Law to fight Kaido alongside the Straw Hats as a test of his abilities.

• Kin'emon explained that the crew could use giant koi to ride the current up the waterfall, and Luffy grabbed two fish to pull the Thousand Sunny along.
• The Thousand Sunny rose over the waterfall and landed at a hidden port in Kuri.
• Robin identified their location, and Kin'emon recalled that Kuri was once ruled by Oden.
• Kin'emon told Luffy that Kaido was extremely strong and had defeated Oden, and Luffy said that gave him more reason to send Kaido flying.
• Ten days earlier, Roy asked Law to remain allied with the Straw Hat Pirates and challenge Kaido to test his strength.
• Law agreed to fight Kaido, and Roy promised to make sure Kaido went easy on him.

Law returned to the Heart Pirates and confirmed they would join Luffy’s alliance against the Beasts Pirates, while Luffy and his companions took shelter at Kozuki Oden’s ruined residence in Kuri. After sharing a meal, Kin'emon thanked them for helping make Oden’s unfinished ambition possible.

• Roy considered how Law’s coming battle with Kaido could push Law to reach his potential and kept the Op-Op Fruit’s rumored power in mind.
• Law reunited with the Heart Pirates in the Flower Capital and told them to proceed with the alliance with the Straw Hat Pirates and target Onigashima.
• Kin'emon led Luffy and the others to Kozuki Oden’s ruined former residence, where they settled in to hide from the Beasts Pirates.
• Sanji hunted rabbits and river fish and cooked a meal, while Luffy ate most of the food and Nami scolded him.
• Kin'emon thanked Luffy and the others for helping give them a chance to fulfill Lord Oden’s unfinished ambition.

The Straw Hat Pirates planned to gather information and allies in Wano before confronting Kaido. Roy sensed their arrival and ordered King to watch them secretly until they assembled the rebel forces, intending to strike then.

• Robin explained Kaido’s immense strength, but Luffy insisted they could defeat him, prompting Nami to knock sense into him.
• Franky and the others agreed that the crew should gather information in the Flower Capital before taking action.
• Robin and Nami planned to investigate the Flower Capital, while Kin'emon and Raizo set out to contact Kozuki Oden’s former retainers.
• Luffy summarized their plan to gather information and allies before sending Kaido flying, and the group accepted it.
• Roy sensed the Straw Hat Pirates from Onigashima, told King to monitor them without revealing their presence, and planned to strike after they gathered Wano’s rebels.