The Admiral's Decision - Fujitora vs. Doflamingo

Rebecca seeks out Lucy to share that she has reached the finals, but senses straight away that this fighter is not the one she knew. Concealed beneath the disguise, Sabo admits he cannot vouch for her safety once the last round turns messy, comparing the island's pretense to the home of his upbringing. At the royal plateau, Viola produces a pass for the palace lift while warning that the three in costume risk drawing far too much attention. When Wicca's tears spill out of Zoro's disguise over the Thunder Soldier, Viola thanks her for trusting her father.

Down at the Toy House, Franky routs the panicked guards, Senor Pink absorbs a missile to his face rather than dodge and abandon a comrade, and Machvise drops from above only to slam into empty ground. A wall of Marines under Bastille then surrounds the place to seize Franky. Inside the palace, Fujitora announces his aim to abolish the Warlord arrangement, keeps his standing orders against the Straw Hats in force, and tells Doflamingo he will come for him once that is finished. Enraged at how much the admiral has uncovered, the Warlord lashes out. Back in the arena, the final clash over the flame fruit opens with Lucy first into the ring.

Fujitora reveals he accepted the admiral's rank chiefly to dismantle the Warlord system and that he knows Doflamingo took Dressrosa by force, letting the country rot. Guarding the populace from the wreckage a Luffy battle would cause is, he says, his own justice, with the Warlord's reckoning saved for later. Senor Pink is exposed as a Sui Sui no Mi user able to swim through floors and walls. Viola clarifies that Rebecca is her niece, the daughter of a lost sister. Entering the ring in Lucy's guise, Sabo quietly asks his dead brother Ace to watch over him.

This Dressrosa Arc entry adds the crowd's annoyance when four entrants quit the bracket, namely Dellinger along with Lao G, Machvise, and Senor Pink, plus Rebecca thanking Acilia as she is carried off. Machvise's earlier attack on Franky is shown to explain his pain and why Senor Pink shielded him. Among the passing post-timeskip Warlord images, the cosmetic markings normally ringing Buggy's eyes are absent. Rebecca's run-in with Sabo and Bartolomeo, staged in a crowded room in the manga, plays out in an empty corridor here. The Ton Ton no Mi debuts.