Chapter Summaries

Yamato searched the town for the interesting person the Night King had mentioned, unaware she had already passed Trafalgar Law and his companions. Law rushed toward a pirate attack, only to find the townspeople attacking one another while a large pirate called for someone named Wolf.

• Yamato explored the town but found no one she considered special, then noticed Trafalgar Law and his companions, including Bepo.
• Bepo was frightened by Yamato, and Law decided to keep an eye on her to protect the town.
• Law and his companions heard a scream and ran toward it despite residents warning them that pirates were nearby.
• Law arrived to find townspeople staggering around and attacking their neighbors as a group of pirates stood behind them.
• A large pirate laughed and shouted for Wolf, leaving Law stunned by the chaos.

Buck returned to Swallow Island, controlled its residents with his Drunk-Drunk Fruit, and demanded money and Wolf’s help. Law and his friends stood with Wolf, preparing to stop Buck and save the town.

• Buck returned to Joy Town and used his Devil Fruit power to turn the residents into drunken puppets.
• Law and Penguin, Shakky, and Bepo decided to fight Buck despite Wolf’s warning that Law must hide his powers.
• Wolf confronted Buck, who revealed that he had returned to rest, find the island’s legendary treasure, and take Wolf’s inventions.
• Law and his friends protected Wolf from the controlled residents as Buck ordered them to attack.
• Wolf explained that Buck’s power would dissolve the residents’ minds after twenty-four hours and could only be undone by defeating or knocking Buck unconscious.
• Law asked Wolf to fight beside them, and Wolf agreed that they had to stop Buck to protect the island.

Law exposed his Op-Op Fruit powers to protect his companions and fought Buck’s forces, but Yamato arrived and defeated Buck and his men. Law was left staring in shock at Yamato’s strength.

• Buck ordered his pirates and controlled townspeople to attack Law and his companions, so Law used ROOM and cut the attackers apart without killing them.
• Buck fired dissolving beams into ROOM, forcing Law and his companions to retreat as Boyachino knocked Penguin and Shakky aside and attacked Bepo.
• Buck struck Wolf with his hammer while Boyachino slammed Bepo into the ground, leaving Law desperately dodging Buck’s attacks.
• Yamato arrived and defeated Buck with Nar ikabura, then knocked Boyachino and the remaining pirates unconscious with her Haki.
• Law stared blankly at Yamato as she walked over.

Yamato rescued the island and invited Law to join her voyage, but he refused because he had already chosen to sail with his companions. Yamato accepted his decision and told Naito about it after returning to her ship.

• Yamato defeated Buck, and Law used ROOM to restore the people who had been cut apart.
• Yamato thanked Law and invited him to join her crew, but Law refused and said he would sail with his friends.
• Yamato explained that her mysterious best friend had sent her to recruit Law, but she did not reveal the friend's identity.
• Yamato accepted Law's refusal and left the island without pressuring him.
• Yamato told Naito that Law had refused, and Naito agreed that Law was not someone who would serve under another person.

Naito arrived on Swallow Island and confronted Law after Law decided to leave with his companions. He revealed that he knew Law’s full name and introduced himself as the Night King, insisting Law could not refuse his invitation.

• Naito left Yamato sleeping aboard the ship and flew to Swallow Island.
• Law decided to set sail with Bepo, Penguin, and Shakky because his power had been exposed and he feared further danger.
• Wolf led Law and his companions to a hidden laboratory and revealed a submarine he had built for Law.
• Naito appeared in the laboratory, admired the submarine, and told Law he should not have refused Yamato’s invitation.
• Law asked how Naito knew his full name, and Naito identified himself as the Night King and said he already knew many things.

Naito confronted Law and demanded his cooperation, seeking the Op-Op Fruit and Law’s power. After Naito incapacitated Law’s companions and threatened the town, Law surrendered and fell asleep under Naito’s control.

• Naito revealed that he had tried to use Yamato to win Law over and demanded Law cooperate, citing the Op-Op Fruit and his potential as a fighter.
• Penguin, Shakky, and Bepo charged Naito to protect Law, but they fell unconscious before they could reach him.
• Law used ROOM and tried to cut Naito, but Naito resisted the Op-Op Fruit’s power with Haki.
• Wolf charged at Naito to help Law escape, but he also collapsed, and Law believed his companions were dead.
• Naito told Law that his companions were alive and threatened to use them as hostages and destroy the town, so Law surrendered.
• Naito subdued Law, who realized the others had been made to sleep, and declared that the Op-Op Fruit was as good as his.

Naito brought Law and his crew into the Dream Space, where they discovered the scope of his power and were given access to the City of Dreams. Law remained cautious as his crew explored the city’s free attractions, and Bepo asked to try the hunting game beyond its limits.

• Naito explained that Law and his crew received high-level access because of Law, then told Law to sail to the New World and meet the others.
• After Naito’s projection vanished, Law and his crew discussed the frightening information they had received about the other world.
• In the City of Dreams, Bepo, Penguin, Shakky, and Wolf enjoyed the food, phones, and free entertainment while Law questioned whether anything there was real.
• Law led the crew around the enormous city, where they found portals and guides to its many attractions.
• Bepo asked Law to take them outside the city to try the hunting game.

Law and his crew hunted monsters in the City of Dreams, grew stronger with new equipment, and were overwhelmed by a fire dragon that destroyed their gear. They met Mayor John and learned that many people entered the city at night, then returned to find its streets packed with people.

• Law had Penguin lure a giant rhinoceros into his ROOM and cut it in half, after which the crew gathered materials and made stronger equipment.
• The crew ventured deeper into the hunting grounds, where a fire dragon defeated them and destroyed all their equipment.
• Penguin, Shakky, and Bepo eagerly praised the powerful monsters, while Law became absorbed in hunting too.
• Mayor John offered Law's crew fire-resistant equipment and a dragon-slaying sword, then realized they had only just entered the City of Dreams.
• Law and his crew returned to the urban area and found its previously empty streets packed with people.

Law and his companions explored Night City, where Mayor John explained its wealth and Dream Coin system before revealing that the Night King had brought the Dunas Kingdom’s population into the city. Law discovered that World’s officers Anthony and Salt were fighting in the arena, leaving him to reckon with the Night King’s immense power and wonder what he ultimately wanted.

• Bepo marveled at Night City’s crowds as Mayor John revealed that several million people from the Dunas Kingdom lived there.
• Law and his companions saw extravagant vehicles, fantastical mounts, and unusual residents, and John explained that people earned Dream Coins through public approval and entertainment.
• John learned Law came from the North Blue and believed he was an officer personally summoned by the Night King.
• John directed Law to the arena, where Law and Wolf recognized the fighters as Swift Sword Salt and Nation-Stealing General Anthony, officers under World.
• Law realized the World Pirates had taken over a vast stretch of sea and wondered what the Night King was planning.

Law entered his personal world and reunited with the people he had lost, while Zeus returned the others to the New World. At Hachinosu, Naito gathered World’s pirates and began exposing the World Government agents among them.

• Law saw Corazon, his parents, and Lami in his personal world and struggled to believe they were real.
• Law embraced Lami despite knowing she was an illusion, while Bepo, Wolf, and the others watched emotionally.
• Zeus brought everyone back to the New World, where Naito began a new round of hub expansion.
• Naito gathered tens of thousands of pirates at ruined Hachinosu and told them World Government agents were hiding among them.
• Naito admitted he could not identify the agents himself, while Enel prepared to use his Mantra to search the crowd.

Naito used Enel to identify and eliminate the World Government agents among the pirates, then began drawing the residents of another country into the Dream World. Law and his companions visited the newly built Cabala City, where they found its residents had no Dream Coins yet.

• Naito summoned Enel, who struck suspected World Government agents with lightning, and Naito killed those who survived.
• Naito sent the pirates back to their mission and planned to conquer the remaining settlements while expanding the Dream World.
• Enel and Zeus the Thundercloud sealed off another country as Naito began bringing its residents into the Dream World.
• The World Government sent more agents into the waters, but Naito's group eliminated them, while the navy received orders to return to headquarters.
• Law, Penguin, Shakky, Bepo, and Wolf visited Cabala City and saw that its residents were still too poor to spend Dream Coins.

Law and his crew left Night King's dream world aboard the Polar Tang and approached the Calm Belt, where three enormous Sea Kings surrounded their submarine. Law realized the creatures bore Night King's mark, suggesting they had been sent to escort the crew.

• Luna told Law that the people sent by Night King to collect him were almost there, and Law returned with his companions to the real world.
• Law and the others awoke aboard the Polar Tang, which Wolf was piloting toward the Calm Belt after they had sailed from Swallow Island.
• The Polar Tang shook violently as a colossal Sea King swam past its porthole and stared at the crew.
• Two more Sea Kings appeared and surrounded the submarine, frightening Penguin, Shakky, Bepo, and Wolf.
• Law sensed that all three Sea Kings bore Night King's mark and wondered if they were the ones sent to pick them up.

The Marines returned from World’s waters as headquarters weighed how to respond to the monsters dividing up the New World. Zephyr revealed a plan to move Marine Headquarters from Marineford to G-1, leaving the Marines poised for a major shift in their presence in the New World.

• Gion said the crisis was not over, and Kizaru reported that the government planned to summon the Shichibukai.
• The Marine fleet reached G-1 and rendezvoused with Zephyr, who praised Naito’s rapid rise and discussed the shortage of Marine strength.
• Aokiji and Kizaru joked about retiring, while Zephyr urged them to take the New World crisis seriously.
• Zephyr said the Marines planned to rebuild G-14 Base despite its location in World’s territory.
• Zephyr explained that Sengoku had proposed swapping Marineford and G-1 so the Marines could concentrate more forces in the New World.

After returning to Marineford, Naito was assigned to escort Boa Hancock from Amazon Lily after she refused the World Government’s summons. As preparations began, the Marines debated the island and its empress, while Ain remained confident about her relationship with Naito.

• Zephyr noticed Ain leaning on Naito, and Binz told him about Naito’s willingness to accept women who confessed to him.
• Ain said she had forced Naito into the relationship and would not let anyone else take him away, while Zephyr warned them not to have a baby too soon.
• The Marines stopped at G-1 Base, crossed the Red Line, and returned to Marineford, where Naito learned Sengoku had sent him to bring Boa Hancock to the government.
• Naito prepared to sail to Amazon Lily with Binz, Sanji, and the other Marines, while he warned that the island was no paradise.
• Doll teased Ain about meeting the Pirate Empress, but Ain said she felt no pressure because Hancock was still a pirate.

Naito and the Marines sailed to Amazon Lily, where his Conqueror’s Haki drove off Sea Kings in the Calm Belt. After reaching the island, the crew learned they could not bring their warship within three kilometers because of Boa Hancock’s agreement with the World Government.

• Ain told Doll that she had pursued Naito and was determined to stay by his side, while Doll teased her about potential rivals.
• Naito and Ain boarded the warship and departed Marine Headquarters for Amazon Lily.
• After five days at sea, the warship entered the Calm Belt, where Naito frightened away attacking Sea Kings with his Conqueror’s Haki.
• The warship reached Amazon Lily, and Ain explained that Boa Hancock’s agreement barred Marine and government ships from approaching within three kilometers.
• Binz and Sanji complained about the restriction, disappointed that they could not land on the island.

Naito brought a Marine warship to Amazon Lily and announced their arrival by unleashing his powerful Conqueror’s Haki. Boa Hancock ordered the Kuja Pirates to prepare for the approaching Marines, while Naito waited at the shore for her response.

• Ain asked Naito whether they should contact the World Government, but he said Amazon Lily had already spotted them.
• Naito sent his Conqueror’s Haki across the island, knocking out the women watching the warship and shaking the palace where Boa Hancock spoke with Elder Nyon.
• Hancock and Gloriosa recognized Naito’s overwhelming Haki, and Hancock ordered Sonia and Mari to assemble the Kuja Pirates.
• Naito told the Marines to bring the warship closer despite the government’s agreement with Hancock, then ordered them to wait half an hour at the coast.

Naito confronted Boa Hancock on Amazon Lily to make her accept the World Government's orders, but Hancock refused and attacked him with her Mero Mero Mellow. Her beam passed straight through Naito, leaving the result of the attack unresolved.

• Naito sent the marines aboard his ship inside to keep them safe from Hancock's petrification ability.
• Boa Hancock and the Kuja Pirates arrived and recognized Naito as the marine hero Thousand Shadows Naito.
• Gloriosa tried to prevent a fight, but Hancock refused to accept the government's orders.
• Hancock declared that the marines would disappear in the Calm Belt and launched Mero Mero Mellow at Naito.
• Naito let the beam pass through his body without dodging.

Naito resisted Boa Hancock’s charm and defeated her and the Kuja Pirates with his combat skills and Conqueror’s Haki. He left Hancock badly injured and the rest of the Kuja unconscious, while Ain, Binz, and Sanji discussed what he might do next.

• Boa Hancock’s charm failed to affect Naito, who declared that she had chosen war and moved to attack.
• Hancock used Slave Arrow against Naito’s many phantoms, but he struck her with an Armament Haki-coated fist and sent her crashing through trees.
• Naito’s Conqueror’s Haki overwhelmed Sandersonia, Marigold, and the Kuja Pirates, leaving only Gloriosa able to move.
• Aboard the warship, Binz worried about Naito’s fight with Hancock, while Ain and Sanji discussed the empress’s possible fate.
• Naito recognized that his Conqueror’s Haki had grown stronger and considered beginning training in Conqueror’s Haki Coating.

Naito defeated Boa Hancock in their fight and demanded that she accept or refuse his offer. After he saw the brand on her back, Hancock broke down and told him to report it to the Celestial Dragons.

• Naito dodged Boa Hancock’s Perfume Femur and seized her, slamming her into the ground and hurling her into the mountainside.
• Boa Hancock attacked Naito again, but he filled the sky with Thousand Shadows and caught her from behind.
• Naito pinned Boa Hancock to the ground, and her clothes tore enough to reveal the brand on her back.
• Naito demanded that Boa Hancock answer whether she would refuse or accept, while she trembled and cried.
• Boa Hancock told Naito to report what he had seen to the Celestial Dragons.

Naito forced Boa Hancock to accept the government's summons and return to Marine Headquarters, while refusing to report her secret or excuse her actions as a pirate. He returned to the warship and prepared to leave with her, ending when Sanji noticed his coat was missing.

• Naito demanded that Boa Hancock agree to the government's orders, and she accepted after realizing she had no other choice.
• Boa Hancock asked Naito not to reveal her secret to the World Government, and he told her he saw her only as a pirate and would not pity her.
• Gloriosa rushed into the jungle to check on Boa Hancock, but Naito passed her and told her to help Boa Hancock pack for the trip.
• Naito returned to the warship and told Binz and Ain that Boa Hancock would soon join them, warning Binz to keep his distance from her.
• Naito told Ain to report to headquarters, and Sanji asked where Naito's coat had gone.