Chapter Summaries

Naito gained the Affiliated Nations’ support after dealing with Wapol, while Princess Vivi visited him during the Reverie. With the meeting over, Zephyr told Naito that Tokikake would escort King Brian back to the East Blue in his place.

• Cobra and the other kings thanked Naito for intervening against Wapol and promised to defend him if Wapol complained.
• Vivi visited Naito during the afternoon meeting, and Cobra later told him that the kings had scolded Wapol and made him leave early after his complaint.
• Zephyr, Aokiji, Kizaru, and Tokikake discussed how the kings had praised Naito, and Zephyr approved of how he handled Wapol.
• Vivi continued visiting Naito, while Wapol avoided him, until the Reverie ended and the royal families prepared to return home.
• Zephyr told Naito that Tokikake would escort King Brian to the East Blue because Brian disliked Naito.

Naito and Gion escorted the kings of the Affiliated Nations back to the New World while Wapol mysteriously vanished from his ship. Naito then used Wapol’s body to create a Doflamingo projection, beginning his plan to frame Doflamingo as revenge for the king of Dressrosa.

• Gion rejected Tokikake’s advances, and Zephyr assigned her and Naito to escort the kings from the New World.
• Cobra and Vivi said goodbye to Naito, and Vivi made him promise to visit Alabasta again.
• Naito and Gion returned to the New World with the kings, while Sanji joined Naito’s ship’s kitchen.
• Wapol disappeared from his locked room aboard his ship, and the Marines found no trace of him.
• Luna met the flying Wapol in the New World, where Naito transferred Wapol’s consciousness into a Doflamingo projection and Luna carried Wapol away.

Naito took control of Doflamingo’s body and attacked a Marine warship escorting King Muriqi, killing the king and incapacitating the crew. He ordered Vergo to report that the ship had been attacked by that World guy, while Rear Admiral Reno realized Vergo remained unharmed.

• Vergo and Rear Admiral Reno escorted King Muriqi aboard a Marine warship, where Reno complained about the king’s behavior.
• Doflamingo appeared above the ship, and Naito, controlling his body, shot and killed Muriqi.
• Naito unleashed a wave of spirit that knocked Reno and the other Marines unconscious or to their knees.
• Naito told Vergo to contact Marine Headquarters and claim that the World guy had attacked the ship.
• Reno noticed that Vergo had not been affected by the attack.

Naito posed as Doflamingo, destroyed the warship, and left Reno alive to report the massacre to Marine Headquarters. After revealing himself to Vergo, Naito killed him and made the death appear connected to Doflamingo, leaving Vergo’s warning about the Donquixote Family unheard.

• Vergo agreed to pretend he had barely survived the attack and contact Marine Headquarters, while Reno confronted him over his betrayal.
• Naito wounded Reno, then carried Vergo away as he destroyed the warship and sank the evidence.
• Reno found a Den Den Mushi and fought through the water to seize it, intending to report Doflamingo and Vergo.
• Naito revealed to Vergo that he was not Doflamingo, then stopped Vergo’s attack and mortally wounded him with Bullet String.
• Naito engulfed Vergo in a ball of magma, leaving no trace of his body.

Sengoku learned that Doflamingo had killed King Muriki and attacked Rear Admiral Reino’s ship, then sent Gion to rescue survivors and Naito to Dressrosa. As Doflamingo returned to the country to cheers, Gion reached the wreckage and found Marines still alive.

• Reino told Sengoku that Doflamingo had killed King Muriki, gravely injured him, and destroyed their warship, and exposed Vergo as Doflamingo’s undercover agent.
• Sengoku ordered Gion to rescue survivors and Naito to go to Dressrosa while he sought evidence against Doflamingo.
• Gion flew toward the wreckage as Naito and his crew headed for Dressrosa, where Naito assigned the Donquixote Family’s main officers to himself and the lesser fighters to his crew.
• Doflamingo returned to Dressrosa and was greeted by cheering civilians, while privately reflecting on how he had manipulated the country.
• Gion arrived at the devastated sea and found several Marine survivors gathered on pieces of wreckage.

After Gion rescued the surviving Marines and confirmed Doflamingo’s attack, the Five Elders and Sengoku ordered Naito to destroy the Donquixote Family and arrest Doflamingo. Naito arrived in Dressrosa, where Kyros and Rebecca watched the Marines land, and he recognized them as key figures as he flew toward the King's Plateau.

• Gion found Rear Admiral Reino near death among the surviving Marines, learned Doflamingo was responsible, and took Reino for treatment.
• The Five Elders confirmed Doflamingo’s involvement and agreed to strip him of his Shichibukai status and send him to Impel Down.
• Sengoku ordered Naito to destroy the Donquixote Family and arrest Doflamingo, and Naito accepted the mission.
• Kyros trained his daughter Rebecca near the coast, then hurried her into hiding when he spotted a Marine warship approaching.
• Kyros recognized Naito as the Marines landed and suspected they had come to challenge Doflamingo.
• Naito flew toward the King's Plateau and realized he had seen Kyros and Rebecca, key figures in Dressrosa.

Naito attacked Doflamingo’s palace in Dressrosa and accused him of murdering King Muriqi and a G-5 warship’s crew, claiming Vergo had been exposed as his Navy spy. Doflamingo was stunned by the accusation as Viola watched from the rooftops.

• Naito flew over Dressrosa and descended toward Doflamingo’s palace, thinking about the toys enslaved by the Donquixote Family.
• Naito fired a Haki-infused Flying Finger Pistol through the palace, and Doflamingo intercepted the attack with a whip of threads while speaking with Viola.
• Doflamingo flew through the palace walls and confronted Naito on a rooftop, while Viola followed and recognized the Navy rear admiral.
• Naito accused Doflamingo of killing King Muriqi and sinking a G-5 warship, then said Rear Admiral Reno had exposed Vergo as Doflamingo’s spy.
• Doflamingo reacted with shock, wondering how Vergo had been exposed and insisting to himself that he had not killed Muriqi.

Naito confronted Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family in Dressrosa, defeating their officers and knocking Sugar unconscious. With Sugar down, the Hobby-Hobby Fruit’s effects were undone, and the people she had turned into toys began returning to normal.

• Doflamingo denied the accusations as Naito said the World Government had ordered the Donquixote Family’s arrest.
• Pica gathered the Donquixote Family’s officers at the palace after Doflamingo ordered them to assemble.
• Pica attacked Naito, but Naito pierced the stone giant with Tempest Kick: Black Flash and brought it down.
• Naito used Thousand Shadows to strike down the Donquixote Family’s officers, leaving them unable to fight back.
• Naito kicked Sugar unconscious, causing the Hobby-Hobby Fruit’s magic to end and the clones above the palace to vanish.

Naito’s actions undid Sugar’s ability, restoring the people she had turned into toys and bringing their memories back. As Dressrosa erupted in chaos, Kyros reunited with Rebecca and realized Naito had saved them.

• Viola remembered Kyros and the people Sugar had turned into toys, leaving Doflamingo furious and certain the Donquixote Family was finished.
• Ain and Binz led marines through Dressrosa toward the Donquixote Family’s underground factory, while Kyros followed with Rebecca.
• The toys began glowing, and Kyros changed back into a human as he remembered Rebecca and embraced her.
• Across Dressrosa, people transformed from toys returned to human form and remembered their missing family members.
• The restored people blamed Doflamingo, and Dressrosa descended into chaos as they threatened to report him.

Ain and Binz led the Marines into the Donquixote Family’s underground weapons factory, where they clashed with Trebol and Baby 5 as the returned toys rebelled. Trebol broke free and attacked Sanji, leaving the fight unresolved as Sanji faced his mucus-coated, Haki-clad punch.

• Ain and Binz entered the underground weapons factory and found its workers in revolt after the toys turned back into people.
• Ain declared the Donquixote Family under arrest, and she transformed Baby 5 into a child with her Return-Return Fruit.
• Trebol attacked the Marines with mucus bullets, but Binz blocked the barrage with Haki-coated vines.
• Sanji struck Trebol from hiding, but Trebol escaped Binz’s vines after revealing that his apparent bulk was mucus.
• Trebol unleashed an indiscriminate barrage, then swung a huge Haki-coated mucus fist at the charging Sanji.

Sanji, Binz, and Ain defeated and arrested Trebol and the Donquixote Family forces at the arms factory. Above Dressrosa’s royal palace, Naito confronted Doflamingo as Princess Viola pleaded for him to save the country, and Doflamingo prepared to fight.

• Sanji, Binz, and Ain worked together to bind and defeat Trebol, with Ain’s flames reversing his age until he became a five-year-old.
• Binz and Ain confirmed that the Donquixote Family members at the arms factory had been arrested, and Trebol insisted Doflamingo would become Pirate King.
• Trebol realized that the family’s ambitions were finished and reflected that Doflamingo was not strong enough to rule the New World.
• Above the royal palace, Naito told Doflamingo to surrender, and Doflamingo accused him of destroying everything he had.
• Princess Viola condemned Doflamingo for ruining Dressrosa and begged Naito to defeat him and save the country.
• Doflamingo rejected further talk and challenged Naito to fight.

Naito rescued Viola during Doflamingo’s attack, defeated Doflamingo with a Haki punch, and then knocked him unconscious after Doflamingo launched one last assault. Doflamingo lay beaten at Naito’s feet as the coastline around them collapsed from the force of Naito’s attack.

• Doflamingo awakened his String-String Fruit and turned the royal palace and King’s Plateau into strings, sweeping Viola into danger.
• Naito rescued Viola and asked her to expose Doflamingo’s crimes, then evaded Doflamingo’s attacks while carrying her.
• Doflamingo realized Naito could not use his illusion clones while holding Viola and sent another wave of strings after them.
• Naito defended Viola with one Haki punch, blasted Doflamingo out of the city, and returned the palace to its original form.
• Naito found Doflamingo amid the shattered mountain, dodged his final string attack, and knocked him unconscious with a second punch.
• Naito saw that his attack had devastated the coastline and left Doflamingo severely injured at his feet.

Naito defeated Doflamingo and brought him back to the Marines as Dressrosa’s citizens demanded answers about the Donquixote Family’s crimes. After Naito explained the arrest and cleared the streets, Sanji, Ain, and Binz reported that they had captured the family’s other officers.

• Naito flew back to the city carrying the defeated Doflamingo while Dressrosa’s newly freed residents gathered in the streets.
• Ain and Binz returned with Trebol and other Donquixote Family members in custody, and the crowd surrounded them with questions.
• Naito announced that Doflamingo was under arrest and described the accusations against him, including enslaving people as toys and framing King Riku.
• The citizens praised Naito and thanked him for freeing them, then cleared the street after he told them the Marines still had officers to arrest.
• Sanji reported that his group had captured everyone in the factory, and Naito praised Ain, Binz, and Sanji for their work.

After Naito arrested Doflamingo and his surviving officers, Viola reunited with her father, King Riku, and the people learned how Doflamingo had framed the former king. The chapter ended with the crowd recognizing Kyros and Rebecca as they arrived.

• Naito led marines to the King's Plateau and ordered them to arrest the Donquixote Family officers and surviving grunts.
• Viola thanked Naito for capturing Doflamingo and revealed that she was the country's former princess.
• King Riku emerged from the crowd, and Viola reunited with her father.
• A man explained that Doflamingo had extorted King Riku and manipulated him into appearing to massacre the people.
• Kyros arrived carrying Rebecca, and the crowd recognized them.

King Riku, Kyros, and Rebecca thanked Naito after he captured Doflamingo, and Sengoku told Naito to remain in Dressrosa until CP0 arrived. Elsewhere, the Whitebeard Pirates were startled when the legendary golden-haired lion appeared above the Moby Dick.

• King Riku reunited with Kyros and Rebecca, then thanked Naito for saving Dressrosa.
• Naito reported Doflamingo's capture and Dressrosa's situation to Sengoku, who ordered him to wait for CP0 and Gion.
• Naito asked Sengoku about promotion to Vice Admiral and learned he needed one more major achievement.
• Whitebeard sensed a familiar presence as a golden-haired man descended toward the Moby Dick.
• A nearby ship approached the Whitebeard Pirates, planning to tell them about Oden before heading to the North Blue.

Golden Lion Shiki returned to the seas and told Whitebeard that a mysterious man had recruited him to kill the hidden King of the World, an eight-hundred-year-old ruler tied to Rocks’s death. Whitebeard refused to join him, and Shiki left to announce his return by targeting the Navy.

• Golden Lion Shiki appeared aboard Whitebeard’s ship and said he had abandoned his old plan after spending more than a decade away.
• Shiki told Whitebeard that a mysterious man had revealed the King of the World killed Rocks and had ruled from the shadows for eight hundred years.
• Shiki invited Whitebeard to help take down the King of the World, but Whitebeard refused to risk his family.
• Whitebeard asked who the mysterious man was, but another visitor approaching across the sea interrupted Shiki before he could explain.
• Shiki flew away, planning to formally return by attacking the Navy.

Yamato reached the Whitebeard Pirates and announced that she was Kaido’s daughter and the inheritor of Kozuki Oden’s will, while news of Naito’s capture of Doflamingo spread across the world. The chapter then shifted to Dunas Kingdom, where farmers planted another crop for Lord Night King and Johansen stood with soldiers assembled in the royal capital.

• Yamato arrived aboard the Moby Dick and told Whitebeard and Izo she had come to share the story of Kozuki Oden’s final days.
• Newspapers reported Doflamingo’s crimes and capture by Naito, prompting celebration and concern among people connected to the Donquixote Family.
• A young man in North Blue read the news of Doflamingo’s capture and wondered whether he still needed to avenge Mr. Corazon.
• Kaido dismissed the idea of rescuing Doflamingo, complained that Naito had interfered again, and focused on finding Yamato and awaiting the first Artificial Devil Fruits.
• Mayor John supervised farmers planting another batch of crops for Lord Night King in East Mountain Town, while Johansen stood among soldiers assembled at the royal palace.

Gaston formed a special unit of a thousand elite soldiers to serve Lord Night King and distributed Artificial Devil Fruits, with 167 soldiers gaining abilities. Meanwhile, Naito began testing a new idea by preparing to use a living lion whose consciousness had been erased.

• Gaston told the soldiers that Lord Night King needed a special unit and warned them that the Artificial Devil Fruits had a low success rate and permanent side effects.
• Johansen volunteered to eat the first fruit, transformed into a winged birdlike hybrid, and was named leader of the unit by Gaston.
• The soldiers each ate a fruit, and 167 of the thousand gained abilities, leaving many in bizarre hybrid forms.
• Naito met Luna and Buckingham on a cloud island above the Dunas Kingdom, where Buckingham explained that he had erased a lion's consciousness.
• Naito agreed that the lion's body was ready and told Buckingham to begin.

Naito tested Wapol’s ability to fuse fierce beasts, then assessed his crew’s growing strength as he prepared to expand beyond the Dunas Kingdom. The chapter ended with Judge arriving in the City of Dreams.

• Naito had Wapol fuse a lion with a pirate, creating a huge creature whose human-lion form could be adjusted.
• The fused lion-man trained against Anthony and demonstrated that he could use Haki, though Anthony still defeated him.
• Naito told Luna to capture more fierce beasts after deciding the fusion was useful for strengthening high-level foot soldiers.
• Naito declared the Dunas Kingdom fully under his control and announced that the crew would begin expanding openly.
• Naito reviewed the rising strength of his officers and judged that his crew had Four Emperors-level combat power.

Naito began preparing to seize the sea between Kaido and Whitebeard’s territories, then entered Judge’s dream and demanded his submission. The chapter ended with Judge terrified after Naito tortured him in the Dream World and asked him to answer again.

• Naito declared the sea between Kaido and Whitebeard’s territories his target and said he would face Ochoku if necessary.
• Naito ordered the beast army to take shape, approved sending the remaining Artificial Devil Fruits to Kaido, and criticized the slow progress of their research.
• Naito located Judge aboard the Germa Kingdom’s snail fleet and pulled his consciousness into the Dream World.
• Judge refused to submit to Naito, who tortured him for about ten minutes before demanding a new answer.