Chapter Summaries

Marine Headquarters learned that Bai Yu had safely left the Whitebeard Pirates after injuring and rescuing Ace, his sworn brother and Garp’s grandson, and refusing Whitebeard’s offer to become his son. Half a day later, G-15 Branch came under attack by eighteen pirate crews and Jack the Drought as Bai Yu headed there for support.

• A messenger delivered Vice Admiral Yamakaji’s report that Bai Yu had left the Whitebeard Pirates’ base, shocking Akainu and Sengoku.
• Sengoku learned that Bai Yu had severely injured Ace, rescued him, and been invited by Whitebeard to join his family.
• Tsuru read Yamakaji’s warning that Marine Headquarters restrained Bai Yu and that releasing him could plunge the sea into chaos.
• At G-15 Branch, Rear Admiral Os learned that the pirates had breached the east gate and that Jack the Drought was waiting behind them.
• Os cut an incoming cannonball in two, and Jack ordered the pirates to destroy the branch since Bai Yu had not appeared.

Jack attacked the G-15 Branch, and Vice Admiral Chaton arrived to stop him while claiming he outmatched the so-called Fourth Admiral. Jack overwhelmed Chaton and disarmed him, just as a deafening thunderclap rang out.

• Jack led an assault on the G-15 Branch, and Os charged out to meet the pirates before Jack sent him flying.
• Vice Admiral Chaton blocked Jack’s attack, prompting Os and the Marines to believe Chaton could defend the branch.
• Chaton dismissed Jack and boasted that he was stronger than the so-called Fourth Admiral, while revealing he had come looking for Gion after learning she boarded Bai Yu’s ship.
• Jack transformed into his Mammoth Form and struck Chaton hard enough to send him flying and injure his hand.
• Jack battered Chaton with a storm of attacks, knocked away his saber, and swung at him as Chaton raised his hands to block; then a deafening thunderclap sounded.

Bai Yu arrived at the estuary and grievously wounded Jack with one slash, exposing the gulf between an Admiral and Chaton, an Admiral Candidate. Gion and Yamakaji reached the scene as the crowd speculated that Bai Yu had recently faced Whitebeard, while Gion silently accepted the difference in strength.

• Bai Yu intercepted Jack’s attack and cut him deeply with a huge slash that also destroyed a pirate ship and cleaved the estuary shoreline.
• The pirates and Marines compared Bai Yu’s strength with Chaton’s failure to challenge Jack, and Chaton felt humiliated.
• Bai Yu taunted Jack and mentioned his near-miss with an opponent worth fighting, prompting rumors that he had met Whitebeard.
• Gion and Yamakaji arrived by warship, and the crowd questioned whether Gion, another Admiral Candidate, could help against Jack.
• Gion noticed Chaton’s discarded sword and stayed silent as she recognized the gulf between an Admiral Candidate and an Admiral.

Bai Yu faced Jack alone at the G-15 Branch, shrugging off Jack’s crushing blow before countering with lightning-fast sword strikes. Jack’s regeneration began to falter as the two continued trading attacks.

• Chaton urged Gion to help him drive Jack away, but Yamakaji warned that interfering in Bai Yu’s fight could get them cut down, and they stayed back.
• Jack charged Bai Yu and struck his shoulder, but Bai Yu’s defenses left him uninjured.
• Bai Yu used Thunder Breathing: Second Form: Rice Spirit to slash Jack five times before anyone could follow his movement.
• Jack dismissed the cuts because of his regeneration and attacked again, while Bai Yu answered with repeated Thunder Breathing forms and overwhelming sword strikes.
• Jack and Bai Yu continued exchanging blows as their wounds mounted, and Jack’s regeneration struggled to keep pace.

Bai Yu's clash with Jack the Drought intensified as Bai Yu's attacks pushed Jack back and raised his System Unlock Value. Jack then used full-body Armament Haki to shatter Bai Yu's Demon Sword Murasame, leaving the battle's outcome uncertain.

• Bai Yu unleashed a Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash that sent Jack crashing into a rock wall and left him with a wound that quickly healed.
• Yamakaji judged that Jack's healing would drain more stamina than Bai Yu's defense, while Chaton insisted Bai Yu would lose.
• Jack charged Bai Yu with full-body Armament Haki and brought down his crescent sickle.
• Bai Yu met Jack's attack with Murasame, which shattered into exactly one thousand pieces.
• Jack believed his gamble had paid off because Bai Yu's sword was broken.

After his sword appeared to shatter, Bai Yu caught Jack’s attack bare-handed and revealed that the fragments had formed a massive Black Blade. He unleashed a lightning-fast slash that split Jack in two and cleaved G-15 Branch and the surrounding sea apart.

• Chaton urged Gion to help Bai Yu, but Gion said she believed he had more to show.
• Bai Yu caught Jack’s crescent sickle with his left hand as the shattered pieces of Murasame gathered into a hundred-meter Black Blade.
• Bai Yu used Thunder Breathing, Thunderclap and Flash-Thunder Bagua to slash Jack before he could escape.
• The attack’s shock wave devastated G-15 Branch, raised a huge tsunami, and carved a slash thousands of meters across the island and sea.
• Jack’s body split in two as his vitality faded.

Bai Yu killed Jack the Drought with a single slash, and his crew quickly overwhelmed the pirates who tried to flee. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku and the other officers were debating whether to send Kizaru when an urgent report said Bai Yu had punched a hole through the heavens.

• Bai Yu split Jack the Drought in two, killing the Beasts Pirates' All-Star and sending the surviving pirates scrambling to escape.
• Carina used a Haki-infused laser shot to destroy a fleeing pirate and his ship, while Zoro, Sanji, and Nami eliminated more pirates.
• Rear Admiral Os reported Jack's death to Sengoku and warned that the Beasts Pirates might declare war on Marine Headquarters.
• Akainu urged Sengoku to send Kizaru to help Bai Yu, and Kizaru offered to go.
• An urgent Den Den Mushi call told Sengoku that Admiral Bai Yu had punched a hole through the heavens.

After Bai Yu killed Jack the Drought at the G-15 Branch, Rear Admiral Os reported the news to Marine Headquarters, shocking Sengoku and the assembled officers. Sengoku ordered Bai Yu to return and arranged a covert evacuation before Kaido could arrive.

• Tsuru urged Sengoku to answer Rear Admiral Os's emergency call as Akainu blamed Bai Yu for the trouble at G-15.
• Rear Admiral Os reported that Jack the Drought had attacked the G-15 Branch, driven back Vice Admiral Chaton, and been killed by Bai Yu.
• Sengoku and the Marine officers were stunned by the news, while Akainu fell silent after his earlier criticism of Bai Yu.
• Tsuru urged Sengoku to act before the Beasts Pirates retaliated.
• Sengoku ordered Bai Yu to return to Marine Headquarters and directed the Marines to recover Jack's body and evacuate the G-15 Branch in small groups while concealing their identities.

Garp confronted Kaido outside Wano Country after Sengoku ordered Bai Yu recalled and prepared Marine Headquarters to protect him. The chapter ended with Garp threatening to attack the Beasts Pirates’ bases if Jack continued targeting Marine branches.

• Rear Admiral Os told Sengoku that Bai Yu had gone after the remaining pirates and intended to use himself as bait while hunting Kaido.
• Sengoku ordered Tsuru to contact Garp and Bai Yu, recall them, and prepare for a possible war with the Beasts Pirates; he also planned to meet Commander-in-Chief Kong.
• Garp and Bogard arrived by warship outside Wano Country, where Kaido and King appeared before the Marines.
• Kaido challenged Garp for camping outside Wano, and Garp accused him of sending Jack to attack the G-15 Branch to draw Bai Yu out.
• Garp threatened to raid the Beasts Pirates’ bases if Jack kept attacking Marine branches and warned Kaido that other Emperors could exploit the conflict.

Kaido and King mocked Garp over Bai Yu’s fight with Jack, while Garp feared for his grandson and threatened to abandon the Marines if Bai Yu was harmed. A call from Ginrummy revealed that Bai Yu had killed Jack and driven the Beasts Pirates from the Arans Sea, leaving Kaido stunned.

• King told Garp that Sengoku had settled the dispute and warned that Bai Yu was already fighting Jack at the G-15 Branch.
• Garp erupted in anger and insisted he would never let the matter rest if anything happened to Bai Yu, while Kaido claimed Jack would capture him alive.
• Kaido answered Ginrummy’s urgent Den Den Mushi call on speaker and invited her to report on the battle.
• Ginrummy reported that Bai Yu had overwhelmingly slain Jack and forced the Beasts Pirates out of the Arans Sea.
• Kaido’s smug expression froze as he struggled to process Jack’s defeat, while Garp and the Marines were left stunned.

After learning that Bai Yu had killed Jack with one slash, Kaido swore to hunt him down and flew toward the Arans Sea with King. Bai Yu refused Sengoku’s order to return to Marine Headquarters, choosing to draw Kaido away from the evacuating Marines, while Garp and Bogard hurried after them.

• Ginrummy confirmed to Kaido that Bai Yu had killed Jack with a single slash after Jack used Full-Body Armament Haki.
• Kaido crushed the Den Den Mushi, vowed to kill Bai Yu, and flew away with King to pursue him.
• Bogard warned Garp that Kaido had set his sights on Bai Yu, and a Marine reported that Bai Yu had refused Sengoku’s recall order to lure Kaido away from the G-15 Branch evacuation.
• Bai Yu’s final message said that Kaido was worth a slash, leaving Garp and Bogard stunned.
• Garp ordered his forces to turn toward the Arans Sea, while Kaido and King crossed the sea a day later and confirmed rumors that Kaido was hunting Bai Yu.

Big News Morgans and Drug Peclo arrived at the ruined G-15 Branch hoping to confirm the report that War Demon Bai Yu had killed Jack the Drought, but Kaido and King arrived searching for Bai Yu. Morgans offered to help Kaido find someone who could locate him, leaving Kaido and King curious about whom he meant.

• Big News Morgans and Drug Peclo reached G-15 Branch, where Morgans doubted the report that War Demon Bai Yu had killed Jack the Drought.
• Morgans received a warning that Kaido and King were approaching, and Kaido landed before them in dragon form.
• Kaido threatened Peclo over his suspected interest in Jack's corpse, but King said the branch was deserted and Jack's body was gone.
• King told Kaido that their informants had not found Bai Yu and urged him to use Morgans and Peclo's connections to track him down.
• Morgans said he could recommend someone Kaido could borrow to find Bai Yu, surprising Kaido and King.

After Bai Yu killed Jack, Doflamingo welcomed Kaido’s pursuit as a chance to remove a threat, then agreed to lend Violet to help track Bai Yu down. He warned Violet against hoping Bai Yu would challenge him and sent her with Buffalo and Baby 5 to join Kaido’s hunt.

• Doflamingo learned that Bai Yu had killed Jack and expected Kaido to pursue him.
• Violet asked what would happen if Kaido could not find Bai Yu, prompting Trebol and Doflamingo to rebuke her.
• Kaido called Doflamingo and demanded that he lend Violet, whose Glint-Glint Fruit powers could help locate Bai Yu.
• Doflamingo agreed to send Violet and promised Kaido that she would help find Bai Yu.
• After ending the call, Doflamingo threatened Violet and ordered Buffalo and Baby 5 to accompany her and help eliminate Bai Yu.

Bai Yu steered his warship toward pirate crews in Dressrosa’s waters while Kaido pursued him, refusing to return to Marine Headquarters because he would not give his enemies an excuse to stir trouble. He considered targeting Doflamingo and wondered whether he could find an excuse to cut him down, just as the system shop refreshed.

• The Beasts Pirates offered two billion Beli for Bai Yu’s capture or death and one hundred million Beli for accurate information, drawing pirates to the Arans Sea.
• Bai Yu used Observation Haki to locate three pirate crews ahead and ordered Nami to steer toward them.
• Yamakaji and Gion urged Bai Yu to return to Marine Headquarters, but he refused and explained that Kaido could exploit his return to cause trouble.
• Bai Yu recognized that they had entered Dress Kingdom’s waters, and Gion warned him against attacking Doflamingo while Kaido was pursuing them.
• Bai Yu checked his system progress, recalled unlocking Zenitsu Agatsuma’s Thunder Breathing forms, and considered testing Godspeed on a target.
• Bai Yu thought he might find an excuse to attack Doflamingo, and the system announced that its shop had refreshed.

Bai Yu discovered that the System Shop’s only new item was a 5,000-point blind box, but he had only 4,890 points and could not buy it on credit. When Buffalo and Viola spotted him over Dressrosa’s waters and threatened to report his location, Bai Yu decided they had given him an excuse to strike.

• Bai Yu opened the refreshed System Shop and found a five-star System Blind Box priced at 5,000 points.
• Bai Yu learned that killing Jack the Drought had brought his total to 4,890 points, leaving him short of the blind box’s cost.
• The system refused Bai Yu’s request for credit and warned that the blind box would disappear after twenty-four hours, prompting him to consider going to Dressrosa.
• Buffalo and Viola arrived overhead and recognized Bai Yu, while Gion and Yamakaji realized the danger of his whereabouts being revealed.
• Buffalo said he would report Bai Yu to Doflamingo, and Bai Yu thanked him for giving him an excuse to strike.

Bai Yu killed Buffalo and Baby 5, then revealed Viola’s identity and learned of Doflamingo’s crimes. Viola asked whether the Marines’ justice meant leaving Dressrosa’s people to suffer, leaving Gion and Yamakaji unable to answer.

• Buffalo and Baby 5 threatened Bai Yu with Doflamingo and Kaido, but Bai Yu killed them with a single sword strike.
• Gion challenged Bai Yu for killing Doflamingo’s subordinates, and Bai Yu explained that he had spared Viola because he recognized her as a member of the Riku Family.
• Viola was shocked that Bai Yu knew her identity despite Doflamingo’s cover-up.
• Bai Yu said he had heard King Riku’s massacre was caused by someone controlling him and suggested the secret could give him grounds to attack Doflamingo.
• Viola said Doflamingo had controlled her father, sold weapons and Artificial Devil Fruits, and worked with Caesar Clown on cruel research.
• Viola asked whether allowing Dressrosa’s people to suffer under Doflamingo was the Marines’ justice, leaving Gion and Yamakaji speechless.

Bai Yu ordered his ship to change course for Dressrosa so he could cut down Doflamingo, despite Kaido hunting him. As the crew worried about his danger, Gion denied that her growing concern for Bai Yu meant her heart had stirred.

• Viola exposed the contradiction of the Marines granting Doflamingo the Shichibukai title and privileges, and Bai Yu declared that Doflamingo was worth cutting down.
• Bai Yu ordered Nami to steer for Dressrosa and told Gion to notify Sengoku and find Kaido's coordinates.
• Gion and Yamakaji warned Bai Yu that pursuing Doflamingo while Kaido hunted him was reckless, but Smoker said Bai Yu would not act without confidence.
• Hina teased Gion that her heart had stirred, and Gion blushed and denied having feelings for Bai Yu.
• Yamakaji pointed out that Gion had stayed aboard instead of leaving with Chaton, leaving her to insist she was staying for Marine Headquarters.

At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku and the officers searched for Bai Yu while a CP0 agent taunted them over his disappearance. Gion then reported that Bai Yu was near Dressrosa and planned to cut down a Shichibukai.

• A messenger told Sengoku that a report placing Bai Yu in the Slai Sea was false.
• A CP0 agent offered to use CP0’s intelligence network and mocked Bai Yu for failing to recruit Shichibukai members.
• Gion called Marine Headquarters, prompting Sengoku to ask whether she needed support.
• Gion told Sengoku that Bai Yu was near Dressrosa and had asked her to notify him that he was going to cut down a Shichibukai.

Bai Yu told Sengoku he would cut down Doflamingo before Kaido could reach Dressrosa, despite being hunted by the Emperor. As his warship neared Dressrosa, Viola guided him with her extraordinary surveillance ability, while Sengoku sent for Garp.

• Gion reported that Bai Yu was heading to Dressrosa to kill Doflamingo and requested Kaido's coordinates.
• Sengoku warned that Kaido was near Dressrosa and could arrive within half an hour, but Bai Yu insisted he had enough time and ended the call.
• The CP0 agent left the council hall, and Tsuru stopped Sengoku from detaining him, urging him to send Garp to Dressrosa instead.
• Sengoku called Garp while considering Tsuru's suggestion that Bai Yu might be using the report to mislead Kaido.
• Bai Yu's warship approached Dressrosa with Viola guiding it, and Gion and Yamakaji witnessed the range of Viola's surveillance.

Bai Yu detected an opponent near Dressrosa’s coast and left for the King's Plateau with Viola while Gion and Yamakaji went ahead. At the sunflower field, Diamante attacked Rebecca, but Viola intervened just before he could stab her.

• Bai Yu used Observation Haki to sense someone nearby, then vanished with Viola while telling Gion and Yamakaji to head to the King's Plateau.
• Carina and Nami challenged Gion's remark about Viola being a decorative vase, and Gion reflected on their past under corrupt Marines and pirates.
• Diamante tried to seize Rebecca as a pawn to threaten Viola, and Rebecca attacked him with Kyros's swordsmanship.
• Diamante deflected Rebecca's sword with his cape and prepared to stab her, but Bai Yu's Whale's Hot Tears forced him to defend himself.
• Viola landed in front of Rebecca and Kyros, and Diamante threatened to execute her for attacking him.