Recaps

Vidal defeated the Sulong-form Bengelasaisi with his unfinished Giant Horn technique, destroying the pirate ship that had sealed off the area. He returned to Sengoku’s warship with the unconscious pirate and a large wooden chest, which Sengoku asked him about.

• Bengelasaisi and Vidal clashed fiercely as their battle tore apart the ship’s deck and hull.
• Bengelasaisi charged Vidal again in a rage, but his attacks failed to overcome Vidal’s defenses.
• Vidal gathered Photosynthetic Energy and Haki into his wooden arm and struck Bengelasaisi with his unfinished Giant Horn technique.
• The collision destroyed the pirate ship, and Sengoku’s Marines watched Vidal’s power in shock.
• Vidal returned to the warship carrying unconscious Bengelasaisi and a person-sized wooden chest, and Sengoku asked what the chest was.

After a month-long voyage and a successful crossing of Reverse Mountain, Vidal and Sengoku arrived in the North Blue, where Sengoku ordered the warship to rest before continuing to Ovendo Island. During the journey, Vidal earned Sengoku’s favor while making money by selling goods to the Marines.

• Vidal showed Sengoku the treasure and Devil Fruit he had taken from the Leopard Cat Pirates, and Sengoku told him to keep the spoils.
• Vidal spent the following forty-odd days studying documents and answering Sengoku’s questions, while selling Green Beans and two Bokken to fellow Marines for over twenty million Beli in total.
• The warship reached Reverse Mountain, and Vidal went inside as the Marines sailed safely over the summit into the North Blue.
• Vidal and Sengoku discussed the North Blue’s history, including the Vinsmoke Family’s brief unification of the region under the Germa Kingdom.
• Sengoku ordered Rear Admiral Xibasi to find an island for a day’s rest before the warship continued at full speed to Ovendo Island.

Sengoku’s Marines stopped on an uninhabited North Blue island before their surprise attack on Ovendo Island, where they found the castaway Rosinante. Sengoku decided to take Rosinante in, while Vidal offered him an apple and told him he could meet Vidal’s son Enel-chan.

• Sengoku ordered the Marines to rest on an island three days’ sail from Ovendo Island before their surprise attack.
• A Marine reported that the search parties had found a castaway boy on the island.
• Vidal recognized the boy as Donquixote Rosinante, who said his older brother had killed their father and that he had run away in fear.
• Sengoku comforted Rosinante and invited him to live with him.
• Vidal offered to adopt Rosinante, but Sengoku insisted on doing so, and Vidal gave the boy an apple.

Vidal learned that Rosinante was a Donquixote and a Celestial Dragon, and Sengoku asked him to raise the boy as his son. Sengoku also offered to take Vidal as his disciple.

• The warship set sail at full speed for Ovendo Island, and Rosinante settled in among the Marines.
• Vidal examined a Devil Fruit and wondered whether knowledge of the Lineage Factor could let him make artificial Zoan fruits.
• Sengoku told Vidal that Rosinante had revealed his Donquixote surname and that his older brother was Doflamingo.
• Sengoku explained that he wanted to protect Rosinante’s identity and give him a safe home with Vidal’s family.
• Sengoku asked Vidal to adopt Rosinante as his son and offered to make Vidal his disciple.

Vidal became Sengoku’s disciple and reassured Rosinante that the Forest family would be his home. Meanwhile, the Marines approached Judge’s secret laboratory, where Vegapunk was waiting as Judge prepared to evacuate.

• Vidal accepted Sengoku as his teacher and considered how to train Enel without disrupting his plans for him.
• Vidal spent three days telling Rosinante about the Forest family and encouraged him to leave the Donquixote name behind and live as Forest Rosinante.
• Judge celebrated his success in cloning and modifying soldiers, while Vegapunk privately dismissed Judge’s understanding of the Lineage Factor as limited.
• A Marine Headquarters-class warship approached Ovendo Island, and Judge ordered Yaduni to organize the defenses while the researchers gathered their materials for evacuation.
• The laboratory fell into chaos as the researchers looked to Vegapunk, the discoverer of the Lineage Factor, for safety.

Vidal led the Marines’ landing on Ovendo Island, shielding their boats from the island’s cannon fire before taking a small team toward the island’s center to retrieve Vegapunk and watch over the Vinsmoke boy. The chapter left the main battle underway as Vidal and his officers vanished from their boat to begin their mission.

• Sengoku explained that Ovendo Island had no patrol boats because the Germa Kingdom trusted its secrecy, then told Vidal to retrieve Vegapunk and watch the Vinsmoke boy.
• Vidal reassured Rosinante before turning toward the island, while Rosinante returned to the cabin.
• The Navy warship bombarded Ovendo Island, and the island’s twelve gun emplacements returned fire as Marines launched their landing boats.
• Vidal raised Wood Ingot Walls to protect the boats from cannonballs, bringing the Marines safely ashore without casualties.
• Vidal recalled Sengoku’s warning that senior officers should let their subordinates earn military merit, then ordered his team to bypass the frontal battle and head for the island’s center.
• Vidal and the ten field officers vanished from their boat and set out to complete the mission.

Vidal led ten officers through Ovendo Island’s trap-filled jungle, then entered an underground facility while his subordinates fought its guards. He salvaged the equipment, but the facility’s self-destruct sequence triggered, and a pillar of fire erupted from the ground as Jinmu and the others called out to him.

• Vidal used his ability to clear a path through the jungle and warned his officers about ambushers, whom the island’s vegetation had already bound and disarmed.
• Vidal assigned four officers to fight the guards at the underground entrance and sent the other six to intercept people nearby.
• Vidal identified the four guards as technologically modified humans and left his officers to fight them while he broke through the iron gate.
• Vidal packed the underground facility’s equipment into wooden boxes and sent them beneath the ground to save it before destroying the site.
• An alarm triggered the facility’s self-destruct sequence, and explosions sent a pillar of fire skyward as Jinmu and the others shouted for Vidal.

Forest Vidal captured and beat Vinsmoke Judge after the underground base exploded, then extorted annual treasure payments from him. Judge agreed to send three hundred million Beli worth of treasure each year to the G-8 Branch and left Vidal a Den Den Mushi.

• Sengoku watched the enormous pillar of fire while Vegapunk and the researchers prepared to return to the warship under Marine guard.
• Judge celebrated the destruction of the underground base and prepared to escape, believing he had left Vegapunk behind as bait for the Marines.
• Vidal confronted Judge and demanded to know his relationship with Golden Lion, then crushed Judge’s electric attack and beat him into submission.
• Vidal ordered Judge to pay him three hundred million Beli worth of treasure each year and to send it to the G-8 Branch.
• Judge agreed to the extortion and gave Vidal a Den Den Mushi so Vidal could contact him with future orders.

The marines advanced against Germa 66 on Ovendo Island with shields and protective gear prepared by Colonel Vidal, while green beans healed the wounded. Senior Sergeant Rogers charged through the enemy fire after awakening Haki, and Sengoku ordered Rear Admiral Xibasi to protect him.

• Germa 66's fortified troops pinned down the marines, but shields and wooden armor helped limit the attackers' casualties.
• Senior Sergeant Rogers used a green bean to heal Ryan after a grenade wounded him, then returned to the battle.
• Rogers charged forward under a hail of bullets, deflecting them with his shield as his Observation Haki awakened.
• Other marines drew inspiration from Rogers and began charging toward Germa 66's positions.
• Admiral Sengoku recognized that Rogers had also begun using Armament Haki and sent Rear Admiral Xibasi to keep him safe.

After the Marines captured Vegapunk and secured Ovendo Island, Vidal returned to the warship and reported to Sengoku. Sengoku gave Vidal an 800-man warship and permission to recruit a crew, leaving Vidal ready to sail independently.

• Sengoku welcomed Vegapunk aboard the warship while Marines celebrated Vidal’s return.
• Vidal told Vegapunk that the underground base had been destroyed in its self-destruct sequence and offered him the captured modified beasts and soldiers.
• Vidal told Sengoku he had let Vinsmoke Judge go, and Sengoku approved of the decision.
• Vidal asked to leave the unit to challenge Issho, and Sengoku assigned him an 800-man warship on the condition that he read documents and submit reports.
• Sengoku allowed Vidal to choose a hundred Marines below colonel rank, and Senior Sergeant Rogers asked to serve under him.
• Sengoku promoted Rogers to captain after revealing that he had awakened two types of Haki during the battle.

Vidal assembled a personal crew for his warship and began training Rogers in combat techniques suited to his shield. Rogers eagerly asked Vidal to teach him after seeing how Vidal used a thrown shield to defeat him.

• Vidal selected ninety-nine elite Marines from Sengoku's command to join his crew and planned to fill the remaining positions with Navy Academy graduates.
• Rogers and the other Marines explained that they transferred to Vidal's command because they wanted more opportunities to go to sea and earn military merit.
• Vidal trained Rogers in Haki and advised him to abandon his saber in favor of fighting with his shield, fists, and limbs.
• Vidal demonstrated how to throw and control a shield, striking Rogers from behind before knocking him down with punches.
• Rogers asked Vidal to teach him the shield techniques, and Vidal agreed.

Vidal brought Rosinante home to Marineford and introduced him to his family as his newest adopted son. Rosinante began settling in with Enid and Enel while Vidal left to visit Teacher Zephyr.

• Rosinante worried that Sengoku had grown cold toward him, and Vidal reassured him that Sengoku was acting to protect him.
• Vidal introduced Rosinante to a Navy lieutenant colonel as his third adopted child and said he expected to adopt more.
• Enid welcomed Rosinante into the family, and Rosinante and Enel smiled at each other as they met.
• Enid showed Rosinante his room while Enel watched, and Vidal rested at home before deciding to visit Teacher Zephyr.
• Vidal left home after agreeing to return for dinner with his family.

Vidal visited Zephyr, who decided that Bullet, Gion, and Tokikake should wait another year before joining the Special Training Camp. Vidal then told Zephyr that Sengoku had taken him as a disciple and asked for seven hundred graduates to serve aboard his warship, leaving with Zephyr planning to visit his family.

• Zephyr told Vidal he wanted Bullet, Gion, and Tokikake to remain at school another year before joining the Special Training Camp, and Vidal agreed.
• Zephyr complained that Vidal had entrusted a taijutsu genius to Garp, but accepted Vidal's explanation that he lacked time to train another disciple.
• Vidal told Zephyr that Sengoku had taken him as a disciple and authorized him to command a warship.
• Vidal asked Zephyr to assign seven hundred newly graduated trainees to his personal troops aboard warship 404, with assembly set for ten in the morning on the first of the next month.
• Vidal mentioned his seven-year-old son, upsetting Zephyr with memories of his own son, and apologized before leaving.
• Zephyr told Vidal he would visit his home the day after tomorrow to meet his sons.

Vidal sailed toward Alabasta aboard warship No. 404, reflecting on his family and training his young crew along the way. When the World Pirates attacked, Vidal ordered the ship to retreat toward an island and called for Marine assistance.

• Vidal set out for Alabasta with a young crew led by Captain Rogers and planned to train loyal officers from among his subordinates.
• Vidal remembered his family's warm gathering and his decision to protect them, while recalling that Zephyr had tacitly agreed to train Enel and Rosinante.
• Vidal trained Rogers in shield techniques and taught his guards the Three-Three System Tactics as they captured two pirate crews during the voyage.
• A seaman reported that the World Pirates, led by Byrnndi World, were pursuing the warship with a bounty of two hundred million Beli.
• After explosions rocked the ship, Vidal ordered the crew to retreat toward an island and requested assistance from Marine headquarters and the nearest branch.

Byrnndi World recognized Vidal aboard a Marine warship and ordered the World Pirates to pursue it. As the Marines learned World’s bounty had risen to 500 million Beli, Vidal encouraged his crew and used his power to immobilize the pirates’ ship with wooden spikes.

• Byrnndi World sensed Vidal aboard the warship and ordered his crew to chase it at full speed.
• Vidal told Rogers and the other lieutenants to hold off the pirates while they waited for reinforcements or searched for an island.
• A Marine delivered Byrnndi World’s new wanted poster, revealing his 500-million-Beli bounty and the title “World Destroyer.”
• Vidal explained that World was dangerous regardless of his bounty, then urged his Marines to prepare for battle.
• Vidal raised his hand, and sharp wooden spikes sprouted across the World Pirates’ ship, throwing its crew into chaos.

Vidal used the Woods-Woods Fruit to keep the World Pirates at a distance while trying to exhaust Byrnndi World's Haki before a direct fight. The tug-of-war continued at sea, with the pirates still unaware of Vidal's plan.

• Vidal tried to break apart the World Pirates' ship with his fruit, but Byrnndi World covered it in Haki and stopped the attack.
• Byrnndi World hurled cannonballs at thirty times their normal speed, but Vidal grew a tree and used its leaves to slice through them.
• Binjack advised Byrnndi World to fire cannonballs behind the pirate ship to propel it forward, and World followed his brother's suggestion.
• Vidal let the chase continue rather than block the pirate ship, hoping to drain World's Haki and preserve an advantage for their coming fight.
• Vidal and World traded attacks as the ships alternately drew closer and farther apart, while the World Pirates failed to notice Vidal's strategy.

After learning that Byrnndi World had cornered Vidal near Alabasta, Sengoku called in Garp to help while Borsalino raced ahead. Vidal’s ship spotted an island and turned toward it as World’s attack continued.

• A distress call reported that Vidal had encountered Byrnndi World on Route Four, and Sengoku sent Borsalino ahead while arranging for Garp to follow.
• Sengoku reached Garp through Bogard and told him that Vidal, his new disciple, was in danger.
• Garp left his training island at once, ordering Bogard to bring the warship after him.
• Vidal and his crew continued fleeing World’s ship through the night, using trees and cannon fire to hinder its pursuit.
• Lieutenant Rogers told Vidal they had spotted an island, and Vidal ordered the ship toward it and had its position sent to Headquarters.

Vidal prepared his Marines for a battle against Byrnndi World and the World Pirates, assigning opponents and emphasizing teamwork. When the pirate ship vanished, Vidal lured Byrnndi World toward an island, where their decisive fight was about to begin.

• Byrnndi World grew furious at Vidal’s attacks on his ship and decided to pursue Vidal on foot while Binjack advised him to stop chasing the warship.
• Vidal briefed Rogers and the other Marines on the World Pirates’ strongest fighters and assigned Sebastian to Simpson and Weini, Gairam to Rogers, and Nacil to Brandon.
• Vidal urged the thousand Marines to stay calm, coordinate, and remember the Three-Three System Tactics, while promising promotions for those who won.
• Rogers spotted that the World Pirates’ ship had disappeared, and Vidal realized Byrnndi World was approaching alone.
• Vidal flew toward the island and challenged Byrnndi World to follow him, and Byrnndi World pursued him furiously.

Vidal prepared the island jungle to fight Byrnndi World, who attacked with the overwhelming speed and strength of his More-More Fruit. Vidal repeatedly evaded and restored the destroyed vegetation, while another Vidal appeared aboard the warship as the battle continued.

• Vidal transformed the jungle with glowing mushrooms and flowers, then attacked Byrnndi World with a storm of leaves and branches.
• Byrnndi World used Momo: Fifty Times to enlarge and accelerate his broadsword, scattering Vidal's attack before diving at him.
• Vidal evaded Byrnndi World's ground-shattering landing by emerging from a tree and sent bamboo spears, leaves, and branches after him as the flowers released mist.
• Byrnndi World swept away the vegetation around Vidal, but Vidal escaped through another tree and restored the plants he had destroyed.
• A smiling second Vidal emerged from the warship's deck, prompting the Marines there to call out to Colonel Vidal.

Vidal returned to the battlefield after luring Byrnndi World away, where he quickly defeated Sebastian and dismantled the World Pirates’ ship. He restrained Binjack and turned to face the remaining pirates, including the enraged shipwright Gairam.

• Vidal assessed the battle and found his subordinates struggling against the World Pirates’ veteran fighters.
• Vidal used a hidden branch to travel back to the warship while his Wood Clone kept Byrnndi World occupied.
• Vidal claimed Byrnndi World was dead, then knocked Sebastian unconscious with a single blow.
• Vidal used the Woods-Woods Fruit to tear the World Pirates’ ship apart and restrained Binjack on a plank.
• Gairam charged Vidal in a rage over the destruction of the ship.

Vidal wiped out the World Pirates aboard their ship, captured Nacil and Binjack, and ordered his marines to withdraw while he returned to the island. He prepared to face Byrnndi World, believing he could win by dragging the fight out and wearing him down.

• Vidal killed Gairam and slaughtered the World Pirates with sharpened pieces of their ship, leaving Nacil alive and taking her and Binjack prisoner.
• Vidal ordered Lieutenant Rogers to bury the fallen marines, dispose of the pirates, and withdraw a kilometer while he remained in command.
• Vidal traveled back to the island through the vegetation network, keeping an escape route in case he could not defeat World.
• World continued fighting Vidal's Wood Clone in the jungle, struggling against its poisonous plants and wishing he had a powerful wide-area attack.
• Vidal withdrew his Wood Clone and prepared to fight World, confident that he could prolong the battle until World was exhausted.

Sengoku learned that Borsalino had been delayed by a thunderstorm and that Garp could not be contacted, leaving him to worry about Vidal. In the jungle, Vidal fought Byrnndi World with his strongest attack, and his concentrated blow cracked Byrnndi World's sword.

• Borsalino told Sengoku he had encountered a dangerous thunderstorm, and Sengoku ordered him to go around it.
• Sengoku tried to contact Garp but learned that Garp had left without a Den Den Mushi, so he worried about Vidal.
• Byrnndi World struck Vidal hard enough to send him crashing into a crater, but Vidal recovered quickly with Photosynthetic Energy.
• Vidal used the Apis Divine Bull to charge Byrnndi World, then leaped from its back and launched his Giant Horn attack.
• Vidal's Giant Horn collided with Byrnndi World's sword and formed a crack in the blade.
• Vidal shouted "Break!!!" as the green light on his arm pushed forward against Byrnndi World.

Vidal fought Byrnndi World through the night and into the third day, using the Woods-Woods Fruit and clones to survive Byrnndi World’s overwhelming speed. With his escape route broken and reinforcements still absent, Vidal finally appeared before Byrnndi World, claiming he had found a chance to defeat him.

• Byrnndi World broke Vidal’s Giant Horn attack, countered at seventyfold speed, and battered him, but Vidal escaped the final blow by switching places with a Wood Clone.
• Vidal restored the jungle with Nativity of a World of Trees and used clones and plant attacks to keep Byrnndi World occupied as the battle continued through another day and night.
• Vidal discovered that the branch linking him to the warship had snapped, leaving him trapped on the island, and wondered why reinforcements had not arrived after two days.
• By the third day, Byrnndi World reached hundredfold speed and repeatedly injured Vidal, while Vidal used his transportation ability and the jungle to keep fighting.
• Vidal told Byrnndi World that he had found his weakness and appeared openly before him, saying he had seen a chance to defeat him.

Vidal fought Byrnndi World while explaining that the strain of his More-More Fruit’s speed boost was weakening him. After three days of combat, Vidal sensed Byrnndi World’s speed, strength, and Haki beginning to fade.

• Byrnndi World attacked Vidal, and Vidal noticed that Byrnndi World’s strength had weakened during their clash.
• Vidal argued that the More-More Fruit’s high-speed multiplier strained Byrnndi World’s body, forcing him to rely on Armament Haki to endure it.
• Vidal speculated that Byrnndi World could not enlarge his own body because his More-More Fruit had not awakened.
• Vidal taunted Byrnndi World over his unawakened ability and lack of Haki emission, provoking him to fight more fiercely.
• After three days of relentless combat, Vidal felt Byrnndi World’s speed, strength, and Haki weakening.

Marine Headquarters Colonel Forest Vidal unleashed his full-form Giant Horn and defeated World Destroyer Byrnndi World after their prolonged battle. Vidal was left exhausted, while Byrnndi World survived the attack and drifted motionless in the water, leaving Vidal to decide whether to kill him or send him to Impel Down.

• Byrnndi World battered Vidal during their fierce battle, but Vidal kept charging back, convinced he was close to something greater.
• Vidal told Byrnndi World the fight would end if he could not grow stronger, then condensed his green light into armor over his body.
• Byrnndi World rushed at Vidal with Hundredfold Speed, and Vidal answered with Giant Horn, whose phantom bull struck him and blasted a vast pit into the island.
• Vidal exhausted his Photosynthetic Energy and descended, while the island's residents escaped serious harm from the earthquake.
• Byrnndi World emerged alive but badly burned, and Vidal wondered whether to kill him or send him to Impel Down.