Chapter Summaries

Kaido agreed to protect the Kurozumi Family after learning that Kozuki Oden's attack had cracked Semimaru's barrier. On the voyage back to Onigashima, Roy warned Kaido that Oden could spark an uprising that would endanger their research base, and began considering how to handle him.

• Kurozumi Higurashi told Kaido that Oden had attacked Orochi and cracked Semimaru's barrier during the failed negotiations.
• Higurashi, Semimaru, and Orochi asked Kaido to protect the Kurozumi Family in exchange for their continued service, and Kaido agreed to face Oden himself.
• Roy returned to Kaido's ship after arranging for a CP agent to carry false information back to Mary Geoise.
• Roy warned Kaido that Oden could rally Wano Country's people and expose their research base if civil unrest broke out.
• Roy considered using hostages to undermine Oden's support and waiting until the Great Pirate Era distracted the World Government and Navy.

Roy proposed that Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi destroy Kozuki Oden’s reputation by forcing him to dance publicly in exchange for hostages, while Oden and his retainers planned to overthrow Orochi and free Wano Country. The chapter left Oden resolved to kindle resistance among loyal samurai and daimyo.

• Roy advised Kaido to have Kurozumi Orochi seize Oden’s supporters and threaten to kill hostages unless Oden danced naked in the Flower Capital.
• Kaido approved the plan and instructed Kurozumi Orochi to appear motivated by personal hatred while keeping the hostages under heavy guard.
• Kurozumi Orochi eagerly agreed to seize people close to Oden and publicly announce the terms.
• Denjiro and Ashura Doji told Oden that Orochi had tightened security, Kaido had met with Orochi, and suspicious strangers might be World Government agents.
• Oden rejected a direct assault on the Flower Capital and planned to target Orochi, find a way past the Barrier-Barrier Fruit, and contact loyal samurai and daimyo.
• Oden reflected on Wano Country’s isolation and the need for change and contact with the outside world.

Kozuki Oden went to Kurozumi Orochi’s residence after learning that Orochi had taken more than five hundred people connected to the Kozuki Family hostage. Faced with Orochi’s demand that he endure public humiliation to save them, Oden agreed, leaving his own honor and plans for Wano’s future at stake.

• Oden resolved to open Wano Country’s borders, unaware that Orochi had secretly arrested more than five hundred people connected to the Kozuki Family.
• Kin'emon told Oden that Orochi had summoned him alone, and Oden went to the shogun’s residence despite his retainers’ warnings.
• Orochi presented Oden with terms requiring him to dance naked in public and remain isolated for three years in exchange for the hostages’ release and the shogun’s position.
• Orochi threatened to kill ten hostages each day if Oden refused, while Semimaru’s barrier prevented Oden from attacking him.
• Oden weighed his dignity against the hostages’ lives and Wano’s future, then agreed to Orochi’s terms.

Kozuki Oden accepted Orochi’s three-year demand to protect the hostages and began publicly dancing in the Flower Capital, damaging his reputation. Roy returned to Onigashima’s research base, where he told his companions that Oden was unlikely to threaten them for the next three years.

• Kozuki Oden agreed to dance for three years in exchange for the hostages’ safety, and Orochi promised to keep them unharmed.
• Kaido and King discussed how the humiliation would weaken Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards, while Kaido said he intended to break Oden gradually.
• Kozuki Oden returned to Kuri, and Kozuki Toki comforted him and pledged her support.
• Kozuki Oden danced in the Flower Capital as tens of thousands watched, and many people began to lose respect for him.
• Roy watched Oden’s dance, then returned to Onigashima and told Savi, Enel, Tesoro, and the others that Wano would be relatively stable for the next three years.

After Dr. Gracia reported that transplanted Oni and Lunarian bloodlines were gradually growing stronger, Roy sought a way to accelerate their development. He brought Charon’s E Energy Steroids to the laboratory, where initial tests revealed a promising mechanism, but the results had yet to be explained.

• Wano Country gradually stabilized as Kozuki Oden continued his naked dance and most samurai and daimyo fell silent.
• Roy used his spiritual power to find spies and had Tesoro keep the research base under surveillance.
• Dr. Gracia told Roy that transplanted Oni and Lunarian bloodlines had strengthened over three months, though their potential and growth rate remained uncertain.
• Roy summoned Charon and brought his E Energy Steroids to Dr. Gracia as a possible way to accelerate bloodline development.
• Charon agreed to tests, and Dr. Gracia analyzed the drug alongside Charon’s blood and physical readings.
• Dr. Gracia reported that the E Energy Steroids had a more sophisticated mechanism than he had expected.

Roy arranged for Dr. Gracia to study bloodline fusion using the E Energy Steroids, then prepared to test whether he could extract a Devil Fruit ability from the captured CP agent White Face. He brought White Face to a bare laboratory equipped with a seastone box, seawater channel, and fresh fruit, leaving the extraction attempt about to begin.

• Roy told Dr. Gracia to research a growth drug and monitor the bloodline-transplant test subjects while they trained.
• Roy learned Bullet had gone to the deserted island east of Onigashima to fight Kaido and develop his combination of demonic aura and Conqueror’s Haki Coating.
• Roy explained that he had implanted false memories in White Face and used the CP agent to send misleading intelligence to the World Government.
• Roy decided White Face’s mission was over and prepared to test whether he could extract the agent’s Devil Fruit ability.
• Roy ordered his companions to keep the plan secret, but they followed Savi as he carried White Face to Roy’s laboratory.

Roy used a controlled neurotoxin and a sealed Seastone setup to try to extract the Devil inside a dying CP agent. After initially detecting nothing, the group opened the box and found a strange grayish-white Devil Fruit among the ordinary fruits.

• Roy explained that Vera's slow-release neurotoxin would let them control the CP agent's time of death, then injected him and sealed him in a Seastone box surrounded by seawater and barriers.
• Roy monitored the agent's vital signs as the toxin paralyzed him, and the agent died when the countdown reached zero.
• Roy and the others waited ten minutes but detected no sign that a Devil Fruit had appeared.
• Roy removed the barriers and drained the tank, then Savi opened the box and moved aside the ordinary fruits.
• Savi found a spiral-patterned grayish-white fruit beneath the others and recognized it as a Devil Fruit.

After the Roy Pirates successfully extracted a Devil Fruit, the crew discussed using the technology to obtain more powers. Roy ordered everyone to keep the process secret, leaving the extraction method known only to those present.

• Savi, Enel, and Tesoro discussed hunting Devil Fruit users and taking their powers.
• Bullet returned after fighting Kaido for two days, reported their draw, and said the battle had given him ideas for combining Demonic Aura with Conqueror's Haki Coating.
• Roy ordered Bullet to let Vera treat his injuries and rest before training again.
• Savi told Bullet that the crew had successfully extracted the Clone-Clone Fruit from a captured CP0 agent, and Roy handed Bullet the fruit to inspect.
• Hawk Eyes warned that hunting powerful Devil Fruit users carried great risks, and Roy stopped the discussion to order everyone to keep the extraction technology secret.

Roy prepared the Roy Pirates’ research base and training program while waiting for the upheaval caused by Gol D. Roger’s discovery of Laugh Tale. After Roger was declared Pirate King, Roy decided to leave Wano Country to recruit capable, like-minded companions and specialists.

• Roy ordered Tesoro to protect the research base, Stella to gather intelligence, and Bullet to help train the test subjects without killing them.
• Dr. Gracia began gravity training with thirty test subjects while Roy practiced Internal Forging and tried to awaken his Telekinesis-Telekinesis Fruit.
• Kozuki Oden continued dancing naked, Kurozumi Orochi tightened his exploitation of Wano Country, and Kaido’s rule grew more secure as the Roy Pirates advanced their research and training.
• The Roy Pirates learned that Gol D. Roger had conquered the Grand Line and named its final island Laugh Tale, prompting the Navy and World Government to mobilize.
• Roy told his crew they would leave Wano Country to recruit strong, promising people who shared their vision, including scientists, doctors, craftsmen, and intelligence experts.

Roy organized a recruitment voyage, preparing the Roy Pirates to leave Wano Country and search for promising allies while Kaido watched over their base. After setting sail with Yamato aboard, Roy reviewed Stella’s intelligence on possible recruits, including Kyros, Crocodile, and Bartholomew Kuma.

• Roy ordered Stella to compile a watch list of promising newcomers, specialists, craftspeople, and powerful people who had broken with major powers, while the crew prepared to leave Wano Country.
• Roy told Kaido about the voyage, and Kaido agreed to guard the base and let Yamato join the crew despite the risks.
• Tesoro and the base’s scientists upgraded the Ark Maxim, and the crew gathered aboard with Yamato before Roy ordered them to set sail.
• Stella presented intelligence on potential recruits, including Kyros in Dressrosa, Crocodile, and Bartholomew Kuma from the Sorbet Kingdom.
• Roy judged Kyros, Crocodile, and Kuma worth investigating and considered recruiting Kuma for his bloodline and future fighting ability.

Roy planned how to recruit Kyros, Crocodile, and Kuma before the Ark Maxim continued toward Dressrosa. When three pirate ships attacked, Savi, Enel, and the others defeated them in a brief battle and the crew resumed its voyage.

• Stella told Roy that Kuma had been visiting islands troubled by pirates, where he appeared to help residents and treat the wounded.
• Roy decided to postpone approaching Kuma and focus first on testing Kyros in Dressrosa.
• On the third day at sea, Charon spotted three pirate ships closing in on the Ark Maxim.
• Roy sent Savi, Enel, Pea, and the others to fight, while Tesoro destroyed the incoming cannonballs.
• Savi, Enel, and the crew defeated the attackers in under ten minutes, and Tesoro searched the ships for treasure before the Ark Maxim continued toward Dressrosa.

Roy and his companions visited Dressrosa’s colosseum to observe the undefeated Kyros, then followed him to a poor district after his matches. Kyros returned home and greeted a young woman, leaving Roy’s group still watching him.

• Roy and his companions arrived in Dressrosa, and Stella told Roy that Kyros fought at the colosseum each afternoon.
• Roy and his companions watched Kyros defeat Baldo and three other challengers with precise, restrained swordsmanship.
• Roy explained that Kyros’s focus on victory rather than killing could be a weakness in a real fight, and decided to wait before approaching him.
• Roy and his companions followed Kyros from the colosseum into a commoners’ district, where he shared candy with children and urged one boy to learn a trade.
• Kyros reached his tidy home, where a young woman greeted him and thanked him for his hard work.

Roy visited Kyros at home and invited the undefeated gladiator to join the Roy Pirates, offering him powerful training and protection for Dressrosa. After revealing that he knew Scarlet was Princess Scarlet, Roy left Kyros weighing the offer and his family’s safety.

• Roy spotted Kyros with Scarlet and decided to approach him despite the complications of Kyros having someone important in Dressrosa.
• Roy visited Kyros’s cottage, revealed that he was the captain of the Roy Pirates, and invited Kyros to join his crew.
• Roy urged Kyros to prepare for threats to Dressrosa and offered him the chance to train with Great Swordsman Hawk Eyes Mihawk, Demon Heir Bullet, and Roy himself.
• Roy demonstrated his swordsmanship by cutting the tabletop with sword energy, then promised the Roy Pirates would support and protect Dressrosa.
• Roy exposed Scarlet as Princess Scarlet, and Kyros drew close to his sword while demanding to know what Roy wanted.

Roy tried to persuade Kyros to join the Roy Pirates by warning him that growing global turmoil and Doflamingo’s possible plans threatened Dressrosa. Kyros chose to seek King Riku’s view before deciding, and he and Scarlet headed to the palace.

• Roy warned Kyros and Scarlet that the coming upheaval could leave Dressrosa vulnerable to pirates and powerful fighters.
• Roy argued that joining the Roy Pirates could give Kyros the strength to protect Dressrosa, then gave him three days to decide.
• Roy revealed that Doflamingo might try to reclaim Dressrosa, alarming Kyros and prompting Scarlet to confirm that King Riku had noticed the Donquixote Family’s secretive activity.
• Scarlet urged Kyros to decide out of hope rather than fear, and Kyros resolved to ask King Riku what he knew.
• Kyros and Scarlet traveled through the streets under cover of darkness and reached the palace’s rear gate.

After King Riku confirmed Doflamingo was infiltrating Dressrosa, Kyros and Scarlet joined the Roy Pirates, and Dressrosa formed an alliance with the crew. The Ark Maxim left for Alabasta, where Roy planned to approach Crocodile.

• King Riku told Kyros and Scarlet that Doflamingo likely sent underworld figures to infiltrate Dressrosa and seize control gradually.
• Kyros and Scarlet joined the Roy Pirates, and Roy assigned Mihawk and Bullet to train Kyros.
• King Riku gave Roy an alliance badge and promised to strengthen Dressrosa's defenses against Doflamingo.
• The Ark Maxim departed Dressrosa with Kyros and Scarlet aboard, and they promised to return once they were stronger.
• Roy set his sights on Crocodile as the crew sailed toward Alabasta.

Roy sent Tesoro to eliminate Doflamingo’s underground operatives in Dressrosa, then set the Ark Maxim on course for Fish-Man Island and Alabasta. As the crew prepared for the stop, Kyros began training under Hawk Eyes and Bullet.

• Roy ordered Tesoro to wipe out Doflamingo’s underground operatives in Dressrosa and conceal the attack as an internal conflict.
• Tesoro destroyed all seventeen bases, while Stella reported that King Riku would fill the economic vacancies left behind.
• Roy agreed to stop at Fish-Man Island so Charon could visit his grandfather, and assigned Savi, Enel, and Pea to take Yamato sightseeing.
• Stella contacted Fish-Man Island as the Ark Maxim began its voyage there, with Alabasta set as the crew’s destination afterward.
• Hawk Eyes began teaching Kyros Steel Cutting, and Bullet started training him through live combat.

Roy and his crew returned to Fish-Man Island, where they met with King Neptune and Queen Otohime and learned that Fisher Tiger had disappeared. Roy gave Jinbe an encrypted Den Den Mushi and promised to help Fisher Tiger if he was in trouble, leaving the crew to explore the island and restock supplies.

• Bullet trained Kyros, who steadily improved, while Scarlet began helping Stella manage the ship’s affairs and learned navigation and combat skills.
• The Ark Maxim reached Fish-Man Island, where Charon reunited with locals and Roy’s younger crewmates went off to explore.
• Jinbe welcomed Roy and his core crew and escorted them to Ryugu Palace to meet Neptune and Otohime.
• Roy asked about Fisher Tiger and learned that he had left to see the world and had not been heard from since.
• Roy gave Jinbe an encrypted Den Den Mushi and asked him to contact Roy if Fisher Tiger returned or if anyone learned what had happened to him.
• After leaving the palace, Stella went to buy supplies while Roy, Hawk Eyes, and Bullet explored Fish-Man Island.

Savi, Yamato, Enel, Pea, and Charon encountered Arlong and his hostile companions while exploring Fish-Man Island, but Jinbe intervened and escorted them away. After the crew restocked and Charon said goodbye to his grandfather, Roy’s crew departed for Alabasta, where Roy planned to confront Crocodile.

• Arlong and several Fish-Men confronted Savi and his companions, objecting to humans wandering around Fish-Man Island, while Charon tried to defuse the situation.
• Jinbe arrived with palace guards, ordered Arlong to leave, and reassured the group that they would be protected.
• Roy heard Savi’s report and reflected on Fish-Man Island’s tensions, while Stella confirmed the crew was ready to leave.
• Roy and Hawk Eyes discussed the dangers ahead and Hawk Eyes said he did not regret joining Roy’s crew.
• The next morning, the Ark Maxim left Fish-Man Island and headed for Alabasta, where Roy intended to face Crocodile.

The Ark Maxim traveled from Fish-Man Island toward Alabasta while its crew trained and prepared for their next encounter. After Kyros mastered Steel Cutting, Roy reviewed intelligence on Crocodile and considered how to recruit the powerful Sand-Sand Fruit user.

• Jinbe held the Den Den Mushi Roy had given him and wondered where Brother Tiger was.
• Kyros practiced swordsmanship and, after three days of training, cut through a Seastone alloy steel plate by focusing his will; Hawk Eyes praised him and assigned harder practice.
• Bullet pushed Savi, Enel, and Pea to improve their Haki and Devil Fruit abilities, while Roy told Yamato he would teach her Haki that afternoon.
• The Ark Maxim emerged from the deep sea, and Stella reported that the crew was three days' sailing from Alabasta.
• Roy read intelligence about Crocodile and concluded that the crew would need to demonstrate overwhelming strength to recruit him.

Doflamingo prepared to reclaim Dressrosa, but learned that the Roy Pirates had dismantled his local network and contacted Kyros. He postponed his invasion and sought Shichibukai status as part of a more cautious plan to secure Dressrosa and take revenge on Roy.

• Doflamingo announced that the Donquixote Family would move to reclaim Dressrosa after Roger became Pirate King.
• An injured agent reported that all seventeen bases and 137 members in Dressrosa had vanished, and the Roy Pirates had appeared there around the same time.
• Doflamingo learned that Roy had visited the coliseum, watched Kyros fight, and apparently made contact with him.
• Doflamingo suspended the New World operation and ordered the family to track the Roy Pirates and discreetly rebuild its operation in Dressrosa.
• Doflamingo offered to join the Shichibukai in exchange for the World Government recognizing his right to rule Dressrosa, while vowing revenge on Roy.