Chapter 569

Freshly dosed, Luffy sprints for the scaffold as the blades hang ready above Ace's neck. Ivankov clears a lane while reminding him another hit could be fatal. Koby plants himself in the way and attacks, but despite his Soru, Luffy reads straight through the move and drops him with a single brutal punch. A Marine controlled Pacifista opens fire next, and Boa Hancock throws herself in front of Luffy, since the cyborg's programming forbids harming an ally. Luffy thanks her, and she melts at the sound of her name.

Marco, still reeling from Kizaru's earlier beams, tries to fight on, but Onigumo clamps a Seastone cuff on his hand and seals his powers, leaving him open to another piercing strike. Jozu, frozen solid by Aokiji, is likewise finished, prompting the admiral to note how far the crew has crumbled. Sengoku demands Whitebeard's head, and a mass assault leaves the captain lanced and riddled with shots, yet he stands and bellows his own name, sweeping his attackers aside with his bisento. The Marines conclude he is a monster. Sengoku orders the execution to begin, and as the blades fall, Luffy's anguished cry releases a wave of Conqueror's Haki that knocks out the executioners and weaker fighters, shocking everyone present.

Marco and Jozu are both taken out of the fight. Koby challenges Luffy and is downed in one strike. The chapter confirms that Pacifista will not fire on anyone tagged as friendly. Luffy displays Conqueror's Haki for the second noted time, the first having occurred during his clash with two of the Gorgon Sisters.

In its magazine run the chapter shared the bare title "Monster" with Chapter 221, so the collected edition renamed it "White Monster." Whitebeard tells Marco to shield Luffy after the Haki burst. The events adapt into Episode 478. The cover features Usopp and an elephant eating sweet potatoes in the snow.