Overview

• Gaban identifies Zoro as the second Straw Hat to wield Conqueror’s Haki and confirms Luffy always suspected his latent power.
• He warns that only an enhanced Conqueror’s Haki can halt the Holy Knights’ regenerative abilities unleashed by Imu.
• A flashback shows that King Harald was killed by his own soldiers and that Shanks was present during the ruler’s final moments.
• The Straw Hat Pirates are intensifying their Haki training ahead of an imminent clash with the regenerative God’s Knights in Elbaph.
• Critics contend that relying on successive Conqueror’s Haki upgrades may signal a repetitive power-up trend in the One Piece narrative.