Chapter 956

Seven days after the Levely concludes, the assembled monarchs scatter back toward their kingdoms. At Ryugu Palace, the Neptune family thanks Garp for shepherding them through the summit, and the old Marine lingers only briefly, warning the royals not to let the violence he witnessed sour their view of humanity. Days earlier, Morgans and the staff of the World Economy News Paper had wrestled over which story to run, brushing aside government pressure to alter the headlines.

A man posing as Attach hands Morgans a payoff from the World Government, then drops the disguise to reveal himself as a Cipher Pol operative. Morgans flattens the agent and prints the truth anyway, citing his pride as a reporter, before relocating the paper to a safer base. The published edition stuns everyone: the Warlord arrangement has been struck down at the urging of Riku Doldo III and Cobra, and a separate report about Sabo throws the Revolutionary Army, the Dadan bandits, and Makino into grief. Doflamingo gloats from his cell while Blackbeard orders his crew to sail and seize something before the Navy can.

X Drake reaches Koby by snail to reveal that Kaidou and Big Mom may be joining forces and that CP0 has slipped into the Flower Capital, exposing both men as members of the covert Marine outfit SWORD. With their immunity gone, the former Warlords are hunted at once: Stainless moves on Buggy's outfit, ships close on Mihawk at Kuraigana, Weevil is cornered, and the Kuja brace for the Marines. Koby himself heads to Amazon Lily for Hancock, and the balance among the Three Great Powers starts to fracture.