Risking Their Lives! Luffy is the Trump Card for Victory

With the sunflower field reached, Leo and Kabu break away to free Mansherry while Rebecca lingers to wait for Luffy. Her relief collapses when Diamante rises from the blooms, the man who killed her mother. On the plateau, Gladius launches rupture spheres at Luffy's party, but Bartolomeo absorbs them with a wide barrier that he reshapes into a staircase toward the fourth level.

Sabo's duel with Fujitora intensifies as the admiral conjures a sideways gravity field to drive him back, leaving Sabo certain the marine is concealing some larger aim. As Luffy ascends, Gladius strikes again and Bartolomeo shields him with his own body, taking the hit. Robin thanks the swordsman, Cavendish stays to delay the toys, and Kyros surges ahead to the next floor.

Diamante corners a horrified Rebecca on the flower field and knocks her down. Fujitora, told by Sabo that blindness earns him no special treatment, decides to honor his rank and releases Gravity Sword: Fierce Tiger, warning Sabo he must stake his life on the contest. Bartolomeo confesses he would surrender everything for Luffy, explaining his barriers have a surface limit consumed by the staircase. Robin destroys an attacking nutcracker with Cinco Mano: Spank without looking, then wraps Gladius in Mil Fleur: Gigantesco Mano, declaring she will not let him touch her captain as scenes of allied battles play out.

The episode adds Rebecca flying the final stretch alone, thanking the yellow dwarf cubs, and standing quietly among windblown sunflowers as childhood flashbacks surface. Bartolomeo is shown admiring Luffy's Gear Second, and Diamante knocks Rebecca down immediately on meeting her. Rated 8.0. New techniques debut for Bartolomeo, Fujitora, Gladius, and Robin.