Recaps

Vidal introduced Kuzan to baijiu, which Kuzan loved despite its intense strength. Vidal offered to supply him with liquor for life if Kuzan agreed to do three things for him, leaving Kuzan to consider the deal.

• Kuzan explained that Vice Admiral Tsuru had cared for him when he was young, though he did not consider himself her adopted son.
• Vidal made beer and sake with his Devil Fruit power and shared them with Kuzan and Sakazuki.
• Vidal offered Kuzan baijiu, and Kuzan downed a cup, coughed from its strength, then declared that he loved it.
• Vidal gave Kuzan the bottle and promised to supply him with baijiu for life if Kuzan agreed to do three things for him.

Vidal bonded with Kuzan over baijiu and watched the Kung Fu Dugong train against Boxing Cabbages. After securing several Devil Fruits in wooden boxes, Vidal worried that his home was not a safe place to store them and called the dugong inside.

• Kuzan agreed to help Vidal as long as Vidal’s requests did not violate Kuzan’s sense of justice, and he left with ten bottles of baijiu.
• Vidal considered asking Kuzan to promise he would stay in the Marines but decided to wait until they knew each other better.
• Vidal grew a Boxing Cabbage for the Kung Fu Dugong to spar with, then summoned two more when the dugong easily defeated the first.
• Vidal went upstairs and placed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Combine-Combine Fruit, Door-Door Fruit, and Bat-Bat Fruit in wooden boxes.
• Vidal worried that his house was an insecure place to keep his Devil Fruits, stopped the Boxing Cabbages, and called the Kung Fu Dugong inside.

Vidal tested Rabani’s newly acquired Gorilla-Gorilla Fruit and ordered him to spar with Isoka so they could learn their powers. Their first exchange ended with Rabani’s punch blowing apart Isoka’s head, leaving Vidal stunned.

• Vidal met Rabani and Isoka aboard the Oxhead Battleship and took them to the training room to test their Devil Fruit abilities.
• Rabani transformed into a silverback gorilla, and Vidal explained how his ordinary Zoan fruit compared with Fleet Admiral Kong’s Ancient Zoan.
• Vidal ordered Rabani and Isoka to fight so Isoka could practice using her Gummy-Gummy Fruit powers.
• Isoka formed a gummy blade to block Rabani’s punch, but he smashed through it and blew her head apart into green gummy candy.
• Vidal watched the devastating hit and reacted with shock.

Brian managed the Forest Palace while Issho helped screen recruits, but both remained concerned about infiltration after Issho prepared to leave. Three enormous rats dug into the grounds to investigate, only to be discovered by a waiting swordsman and an undead skeleton.

• Brian thanked Issho for helping identify recruits with malicious intentions, and Issho warned that their sponsors might try again.
• Brian worried about infiltration and asked Issho to stay, but Issho remained resolved to leave after a few more days.
• That night, three enormous rats dug beneath the Forest Palace and discussed their failed attempts to get recruited.
• Lord Shishe assigned the white rat to map the grounds, the black rat to study the buildings, and himself to capture plants.
• The rats emerged to find a burly swordsman waiting on a wooden board, with an undead skeleton nearby.

Issho confronted Shishe and his two rat subordinates after discovering them near the Forest Palace. He crushed all three with gravity, then told Brook they would inform Vidal before leaving to attend to their own plans.

• White Rat and Black Rat emerged from the hole and stood beside Issho and Brook as Shishe came out, revealing his Haki.
• Shishe transformed into his Human-Beast Form, threatened Issho, and ordered White Rat and Black Rat to attack Brook.
• Shishe charged Issho with his Shishe Fangs, but Issho used gravity to pin him and the two rats to the ground.
• Brook watched as Issho said he would tell Vidal about the intruders before leaving, and mentioned that Laboon had spent long enough in the Sandora River.
• Shishe threatened Issho with trouble from his group and Ryokugyu, so Issho intensified the gravity and killed Shishe, White Rat, and Black Rat.

Vidal considered the changes his actions had caused and resolved to keep building his strength while searching for a deeper purpose. At breakfast, he learned about Enel’s training and realized Enid had forgotten to use Rosinante’s medicinal bath formula, then offered to make batches for the Marines.

• Vidal learned from Yixiao that Cipher Pol had begun investigating and wished him and his companions a safe journey from Alabasta.
• Vidal reflected on whether he could avoid the coming turmoil, but decided he needed to move forward and grow stronger.
• Vidal told Cornell he would visit Bullet and Enel’s school and see Teacher Zephyr before taking over the Sabaody base.
• Enel boasted that he could run ten laps after practicing Teacher Zephyr’s boxing techniques, while Rosinante admitted he could barely manage one.
• Vidal discovered that Enid had forgotten to use the medicinal bath formula for Rosinante, and offered to make batches for Cornell to distribute among Marine families.

Vidal visited Zephyr to check on Enel, Bullet, and the other child before leaving for his post in Sabaody, and learned that Bullet had seriously injured a teacher during a sparring challenge. As Vidal prepared to visit the injured teacher, an urgent report said Bullet and Kuzan were fighting on the Sports Field.

• Vidal met with Zephyr and reviewed Enel's poor theory grades and resistance to rules.
• Zephyr told Vidal that Bullet had injured three teachers after challenging them to spar, and that Bullet's Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit and Six Powers had made him dangerously strong.
• Vidal promised to visit the seriously injured Major Peter and treat him with his ability, bringing Nacil if needed.
• A staff member rushed into Zephyr's office and reported that Bullet and Kuzan were fighting on the Sports Field.

Kuzan and Bullet fought after Bullet attacked him on learning he had the Ice-Ice Fruit. Kuzan froze Bullet, but Bullet broke free, and Kuzan launched another ice attack as their battle continued.

• Bullet attacked Kuzan, who had come to meet him and Gion, after hearing about Kuzan's Logia powers.
• Kuzan and Bullet traded blows, and Kuzan used Ice Ball to freeze Bullet.
• Bullet broke out of the ice and said Kuzan could not freeze sound.
• Kuzan created an ice blade and fired Ice Partisan spears at Bullet.

Bullet and Kuzan traded attacks in a battle of endurance, with Bullet’s Sonic Boom disrupting Kuzan while Kuzan’s low temperatures gradually stiffened Bullet’s body. Zephyr stopped the fight before either could win and left their final contest for Z Island.

• Bullet shattered Kuzan’s ice attacks with Sonic Booms and battered Kuzan’s elemental form, trying to wear down his stamina.
• Kuzan froze Bullet inside an Ice Ball, then explained that low temperatures could stiffen Bullet’s muscles even when the ice itself was shattered.
• Vidal learned from Zephyr that Kuzan had studied ice-related books Tsuru obtained from the Science Unit.
• Zephyr entered the arena and stopped Bullet and Kuzan before they resumed fighting, saying they would settle the outcome on Z Island.
• Vidal watched Bullet get knocked down by Zephyr and wondered whether Kuzan’s cold or Bullet’s Sonic Boom would have ended the fight first.

Dragon visited Garp on the island to ask what justice meant to him, but Garp’s answer left Dragon disappointed and committed to transferring to G-3. Elsewhere, Bogard killed the Cipher Pol agent who had been spying on Garp and Dragon.

• Dragon greeted Bogard and headed inland to find Garp.
• Dragon questioned Garp about Marine justice and Garp’s own beliefs, and Garp said he was simply a Marine who followed his role.
• Dragon told Garp he had transferred to the G-3 Branch, then left after declining to stay for a drink.
• A Cipher Pol agent tried to report that Garp and Dragon had insulted the Celestial Dragons, but Bogard cut off his hand and Den Den Mushi.
• Bogard told the agent Garp had discovered him six months earlier, then killed him.

Vidal gave Rosinante a pair of light-firing guns to support his marksmanship training and promised to stand behind him as a member of the Forest family. Meanwhile, Sengoku warned Zephyr that Rosinante had a special role and began to explain why.

• Vidal gave Rosinante the Light Sentinels, guns that absorbed sunlight and fired adjustable beams, and encouraged him to train as a marksman.
• Vidal told Rosinante to leave his old identity behind and rely on the Forest family, while Bullet promised to protect him and Enel.
• Vidal told Enel that he would receive his gift after graduating from Navy Elementary School at twelve, leading Bullet to suspect it was a Devil Fruit.
• Sengoku told Zephyr not to teach Rosinante Marine-style physical techniques or the Six Powers, angering Zephyr.
• Sengoku asked Zephyr to take out the White Den Den Mushi so he could explain Rosinante's special role.

Vidal and Zephyr challenged Sengoku’s plan to send Rosinante undercover near Doflamingo, arguing that it was dangerous and Rosinante should decide for himself. After Sengoku explained the risk Doflamingo posed, Rosinante said he did not want to return to his brother but also did not want him to hurt anyone else.

• Vidal objected to Sengoku’s plan, and Zephyr warned that Rosinante was not obliged to join the Navy or follow Sengoku’s orders.
• Zephyr proposed letting Rosinante choose and threatened to visit the North Blue if Sengoku forced him.
• Vidal called Cornell and Rosinante to Sengoku’s office, where Sengoku asked Rosinante whether he remembered Doflamingo.
• Rosinante became terrified at the thought of his brother, and Cornell comforted him.
• Sengoku asked Rosinante to return to Doflamingo as an adult and secretly watch him, and Rosinante refused but said he did not want Doflamingo to hurt anyone else.

Vidal and Zephyr planned to make Rosinante strong enough to protect himself from Doflamingo, while Vidal decided the Rumble-Rumble Fruit would be Enel’s promised graduation gift. The chapter ended with Vidal and Bullet agreeing they needed to grow stronger to protect Enel from the World Government.

• Vidal told Zephyr to train Rosinante to surpass Doflamingo, focusing on Haki, marksmanship, physical ability, combat experience, and a suitable Devil Fruit.
• Vidal considered which Devil Fruit would complement Rosinante’s gunslinging and counter Doflamingo’s String-String Fruit.
• Bullet asked Vidal about Rosinante’s distress and Enel’s promised gift, but Vidal refused to discuss Rosinante because Sengoku had ordered secrecy.
• Vidal revealed that Enel’s gift would be the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, a powerful Logia he believed rivaled the fruits of Kuzan, Sakazuki, and Borsalino.
• Vidal warned Bullet that Enel’s power could attract the World Government, and they agreed to get stronger so they could protect him.

Vidal traveled to Sabaody to take command of its Marine Base and arranged a dramatic public arrival. As his Oxhead Battleship approached, music and giant screens announced his entrance, leaving the island’s residents and factions watching in silence.

• Vidal watched Zephyr’s new training class depart and spotted Jaguar D. Saul alongside Bullet, Kuzan, Gion, and Tokikake.
• Vidal sailed through the Gate of Justice toward Sabaody with Lieutenant Isoka and the sea cow, preparing to assume command from Vice Admiral Antoine.
• Marines cleared a route through the island and set up screens and a musical welcome for Vidal’s arrival, while Antoine reluctantly agreed to attend the handover.
• Vidal’s Oxhead Battleship approached Area 31 as horns and the recorded piece “Giant Fortress” played across Sabaody.
• The crowd recognized Vidal as Rear Admiral Ryokugyu and turned to watch his arrival.

Vidal took command of the Sabaody Archipelago base after a highly publicized procession through the island, then planned to transform the archipelago using his Woods-Woods Fruit. The chapter ended when he learned that Commodore Dragon had requested permission to coat his ship at the base.

• Underworld leaders watched Vidal's arrival broadcast and complained about his new authority, while Kinoshita dismissed the threat.
• Vidal marched through the island with his officers as Marines and broadcasts made his appointment known to the residents.
• Vidal passed through the lawless zone, where his plant-enhanced Observation Haki revealed the suffering of slaves and strengthened his resolve.
• Vice Admiral Antoine congratulated Vidal and yielded the base to him, making Vidal the new commander.
• Vidal settled into the commander's office and resolved to train while transforming the Sabaody Archipelago over the coming years.
• A Marine reported that Commodore Dragon had requested permission to have his ship coated at the base, prompting Vidal to wonder whether Dragon had returned from Garp's place.

Vidal welcomed Dragon to the Sabaody base and secretly brought him into a safe space, apparently intending to speak with him privately. Dragon entered cautiously, while a recording and Wood Clones made it seem as though they were still drinking in the locked room.

• Vidal approved Dragon's request to have his warship coated at the base.
• Vidal pulled Dragon to the cafeteria despite his protests and ordered a private room prepared.
• Vidal conjured cakes and shared baijiu with Dragon, then sealed the room in wood.
• Vidal set up a Den Den Mushi recording and Wood Clones to imitate their conversation at the table.
• Vidal used the Kung Fu Dugong's Air Door to enter a green space, and Dragon followed him inside.

Vidal revealed that he knew Dragon planned to leave the Navy and told him about his future Revolutionary Army. He proposed making the Navy independent and helping Dragon establish a new government, then sent him away with advice for building the movement.

• Vidal brought Dragon into a parallel space and explained that the Door-Door Fruit connected it to reality.
• Vidal revealed Dragon’s plan to leave the Navy and used details from Dragon’s childhood to convince him of his ability to foresee the past and future.
• Dragon admitted he had awakened Conqueror’s Haki after speaking with his father, and Vidal explained his vision of an independent Navy and a new government led by the Revolutionary Army.
• Vidal advised Dragon to prepare for governing after the revolution, train civilian administrators, and recruit future officers and other talented people.
• Vidal and Dragon returned to the private room, resumed their drinking, and later left with Dragon carrying three boxes of baijiu.

Vidal, Dragon, and Marine Headquarters watched the third Special Training Camp arrive at Z Island, where Bullet immediately rushed ahead to fight. At Headquarters, Sengoku reported that Garp had advanced his Armament Haki and was expected to test it against Chinjao before heading to the West Blue.

• Vidal and Dragon watched a live feed of the third class arriving at Z Island and discussed the trainees, including Kuzan, Bullet, Saul, Gion, and Tokikake.
• Kong and the senior officers at Marine Headquarters praised the Marines’ promising young fighters and discussed Garp’s imminent return.
• Sengoku said Garp’s Armament Haki had reached an unfamiliar level and that he planned to test it against Chinjao.
• Kong told Sengoku to let Garp take Dragon after Roger and his crew while the officers watched the trainees.
• Bullet ignored the wooden boat, used Geppo to fly toward Z Island, and drew laughter from the officers watching.

Bullet landed on Z Island and challenged the prisoners, drawing attention from the recruits and Marines watching the exercise. As Oma attacked him and Brady circled warily, Bullet questioned Oma’s claim to be the lion king.

• Bullet transformed into a lion-man on Z Island and roared, prompting Kuzan, Tokikake, Gion, and the recruits to react and keep their distance.
• Zephyr explained that he had selected stronger prisoners from Beast Hell and Starvation Hell, while telling the instructors that safeguards were in place.
• At the Sabaody Marine Base, Vidal recognized a recruit charging toward Bullet, and the officers watched the encounter on the live screen.
• Oma and Brady discussed joining forces to kill the Marines, but Bullet interrupted and challenged them to fight.
• Oma lunged at Bullet with his claws as Brady circled behind him, and Bullet questioned Oma’s claim to be the lion king.

Bullet overwhelmed Oma with twelve Cannon punches, then faced Brady, who revealed his Emperor Scorpion form and caught Bullet’s arm with his flexible tail. The chapter left Bullet’s arm trapped as Brady’s tail coiled around his punch.

• Oma attacked Bullet with his Heart-Eating Claw, but Bullet countered and struck him with a rapid barrage of twelve Cannon punches.
• Bullet sent Oma crashing across the ground, leaving him badly injured and unable to stand.
• Brady, transformed into an Emperor Scorpion, launched a surprise tail attack, but Bullet dodged it.
• Bullet mocked Brady for failing to team up with Oma and charged toward the injured Oma, prompting Brady to attack again.
• Brady’s tail coiled around Bullet’s punch and tightened around his arm.

Bullet defeated the pirates Oma and Brady with his Mythical Zoan lion powers, then faced Dalmatian and two other trainees who came to challenge him. Vidal watched the gathering fight from the conference room and recognized two future Vice Admirals among the newcomers.

• Bullet knocked Brady unconscious with a lion's roar and killed him after defeating Oma in a brutal fight.
• Bullet spotted Dalmatian on a distant hill, and Dalmatian revealed his Dalmatian Zoan ability and challenged him.
• Bullet accepted Dalmatian's challenge, and two more trainees arrived to fight him.
• Vidal watched from the conference room and identified the newcomers as two future Vice Admirals.

Bullet challenged Onigumo, Doberman, and Dalmatian to fight him together, offering to make them his subordinates if they lost. Their battle ended with Dalmatian badly injured and Bullet revealing that his Tekkai could repel their blades without a scratch.

• Onigumo, Doberman, and Dalmatian agreed to face Bullet together, though they objected to his demand that they become his subordinates if they lost.
• Bullet charged the three trainees, who coordinated their swords and Dalmatian’s Zoan attacks to fight him at close range.
• Bullet used Sonic Booms from his tail to disorient Dalmatian, Onigumo, and Doberman, then stopped using them and continued the fight with physical techniques.
• Dalmatian used Tekkai to block Bullet’s sweeping kick, but the impact fractured his arms and sent him flying.
• Onigumo and Doberman attacked Bullet from behind, but he used Tekkai to withstand their blades without injury.

Bullet defeated Dalmatian, Doberman, and Onigumo, while Zephyr’s chaotic training battle intensified across Z Island. Gion was trapped by Jiaerluka and three prisoners, and she prepared to fight Jiaerluka despite knowing he was stronger.

• Bullet defeated Dalmatian, Doberman, and Onigumo, who were later given Green Beans to help treat their injuries.
• A Lieutenant Colonel told Dalmatian that Bullet was Rear Admiral Ryokugyu’s adopted son.
• The trainees and prisoners fought more fiercely across Z Island, as Zephyr wanted them to adapt to chaotic battlefields.
• Gion fought Jiaerluka and four other prisoners, killing one of them when he attacked from behind.
• Jiaerluka killed the prisoner who had attacked Gion and advanced on her, while Gion suppressed her fear and gripped her sword.

Gion awakened Observation Haki while fighting the master swordsman Jiaerluka, allowing her to evade and trade attacks despite her damaged blade. Her focus and stamina eventually faltered, and Jiaerluka shattered her sword, leaving her in despair.

• Gion stopped retreating and attacked Jiaerluka with her sword, but he parried and targeted her blade until it cracked.
• Gion used Kami-e to evade Jiaerluka's repeated strikes, then found calm and began using Observation Haki to anticipate his attacks.
• A Marine Rear Admiral recognized Gion's Observation Haki, while Tsuru, Sengoku, and other Marine leaders watched through Den Den Mushi and discussed her awakening.
• Gion's prolonged use of Observation Haki left her mentally fatigued, and Jiaerluka noticed her faltering.
• Jiaerluka struck Gion's blade, shattering it and leaving her despairing.

Tokikake arrived in time to rescue Gion from Jiaerluka, using his Coffee-Coffee Fruit to fight the swordsman and help Gion recover from mental fatigue. The battle continued as Tokikake faced Jiaerluka, now supported by Gion’s restored alertness.

• Tokikake rushed to Gion’s aid and drove Jiaerluka back with streams of boiling coffee.
• Tokikake burned three nearby prisoners unconscious and gave Gion an intact sword.
• Tokikake blocked Jiaerluka’s Flying Slash with Mocha, though the attack destroyed the hill behind them.
• Tokikake attacked Jiaerluka with two coffee drills while Gion admitted she was mentally exhausted.
• Tokikake gave Gion coffee, which refreshed her and restored her concentration.