The father is dead. The mother, standing on the cliffside of an island thousands of miles away, can only stare at the red-hued sea and weep. For her lover and for the child growing inside of her, hidden by the billowing fabric of her dress. All she could do, as she watches the newspaper flutter out to sea where her husband's spirit surely lies, is beg her unborn child to wait.

Douglas Bullet oh so brilliantly decides to surface from obscurity right before the Reverie. And due to a series of events (more like a lack of communication), Sengoku and Garp are unable to fight the former Roger pirate and thwart whatever plans he has. The solution? An empress, a feathered sociopath, a mafia boss, a Fishman, a religious tyrant, and a wannabe vampire. [PRE CANON]