Recaps

After defeating Byrnndi World, Vidal rested on a mountainside and explained why he had spared the pirate, then reunited with Borsalino and learned Garp had deliberately let the fight continue as training. Vidal told Borsalino that Sengoku had made him his disciple and allowed him to command a warship, leaving Borsalino stunned.

• Vidal carried the exhausted Byrnndi World to a mountainside and decided the pirate should be imprisoned rather than killed because of the More-More Fruit's danger.
• Borsalino arrived, and Vidal angrily confronted him for taking so long to come while he fought Byrnndi World.
• Borsalino revealed that Garp had arrived earlier but chose not to intervene so Vidal could grow stronger through the battle.
• Borsalino explained that Garp had ordered him to cut the branch connected to Vidal's warship and had told Vidal to return to headquarters.
• Vidal told Borsalino that Sengoku had made him his disciple and permitted him to command a warship, leaving Borsalino dumbfounded.

After defeating Byrnndi World, Vidal recovered with Borsalino’s light and discussed the unusual freedom and authority he had gained. He left Byrnndi World’s capture to the G-2 Branch and declared that Sleep Ancient Town would become famous as the place where he made his name.

• Borsalino reflected on Vidal’s status, independent command of a warship, and newly advanced Haki after seeing Byrnndi World defeated.
• Vidal asked Borsalino to share his light, and the energy healed Vidal’s wounds and restored his stamina.
• Vidal told Borsalino to send Byrnndi World to Impel Down and leave the escort to the G-2 Branch.
• Vidal asked the island’s name, learned it was called Sleep Ancient Town, and declared that it would become famous as the place where he made his name.

Prince Cobra waited in Nanohana for Colonel Vidal, who had been delayed on his way to Alabasta. After Vidal defeated Byrnndi World, news of his victory spread across the seas, and Vinsmoke Judge ordered Germa to resume payments to the Marines.

• Prince Cobra worried that Vidal had run into trouble, while Issho assured him that Vidal would come despite not answering the Den Den Mushi.
• Igaram brought the World Economy News Paper, which reported Vidal’s four-day battle and victory over the 500-million-Beli pirate Byrnndi World.
• Issho explained that Vidal had been delayed by the battle and recognized that his old friend had grown stronger.
• News Coos carried Vidal’s name and victory across the seas, introducing the Marine Headquarters colonel to the world.
• Vinsmoke Judge ordered Germa to send 400 million Beli in gold and jewels to the G-8 Branch and to pay on time with four warships escorting each shipment.

Golden Lion Shiki read that Marine Vidal had defeated Byrnndi World, then learned that the Roger Pirates were attacking Totto Land. He sent the Flying Pirates fleet to see Roger.

• Shiki told his officers that Byrnndi World had been defeated by the young Marine colonel Vidal and was headed for Impel Down.
• Shiki’s officers read the newspaper and discussed Vidal’s Haki, Special Paramecia ability, and new title, “Horn of Justice.”
• A pirate reported that the Roger Pirates had started causing trouble in Big Mom’s Totto Land.
• Shiki reacted to Roger’s name and ordered the Flying Pirates fleet to move toward Totto Land.

Vidal rested with his crew in Sleep Ancient Town after their battle and recruited Nacil, a traditional medicine doctor, as his personal physician. He also grew concerned that an unknown observer had watched the battle, then wondered why the town felt familiar.

• Vidal stayed in Sleep Ancient Town for two days so his crew could recover from their injuries and exhaustion.
• Vidal read a newspaper article about the Horn of Justice and worried that an unseen person had watched the battle nearby.
• Vidal freed Nacil from her restraints and asked about her medical skills in herbs, viruses, germs, poison gas, and venom.
• Nacil explained that her medical supplies had been lost when Vidal dismantled the World Pirates' ship.
• Vidal made Nacil his personal doctor, promised to replace her supplies, and warned her not to run or betray him.
• After Nacil left to search for herbs, Vidal reflected on the dangers of illness and poison and wondered why Sleep Ancient Town seemed familiar.

Sengoku was dispatched to the New World as Roger, Big Mom, Golden Lion, and Kaido triggered a crisis across the seas. Meanwhile, Vidal investigated Sleep Ancient Town’s vampire legend and entered a cave while searching for the Vampire Fruit.

• Sengoku learned that the Roger Pirates were fighting the Big Mom Pirates in Totto Land while Golden Lion’s Flying Pirates headed there, and the Whitebeard Pirates moved toward Wano Country.
• Sengoku received word that Kaido was attacking G-1, but Kong ordered him to prioritize the conflict in Totto Land and said he would seek Zephyr’s help or borrow CP0 personnel for G-1.
• Sengoku prepared to leave for the New World and said he trusted Vidal to grow into someone who could handle crises.
• Vidal researched Sleep Ancient Town’s vampire legend and identified the possible Devil Fruit as the Mythical Zoan Bat-Bat Fruit, Model: Vampire.
• Vidal searched the island with his Woods-Woods Fruit ability but sensed no Devil Fruit, so he entered the cave where he hoped the Vampire Fruit might be hidden.

Vidal discovered Vladimir's hidden mausoleum and read the diary of Patrick Vladimir, learning the truth about Imu, the Void Century, and the World Government. He left with the Vampire Fruit concealed inside his body and resolved to treat Redfield as a potential threat to his family.

• Vidal found Vladimir's stone coffin, discovered it was made of Seastone, and opened it with a wooden pole.
• Vidal found the Vampire Fruit and Vladimir's Diary inside the coffin, then sealed the cave entrance and settled in to read the diary.
• Vidal read the diary for a day and a night, learning about Imu, the Void Century, and Vladimir's connection to Joy Boy.
• Vidal left the mausoleum with the Vampire Fruit hidden inside his body and restored the mountain's vegetation.
• Vidal concluded that Redfield's history and connection to Sleep Ancient Town could endanger his family, so he decided to keep the fruit sealed and left town.

Vidal learned that Nacil was forty-nine and that her secret drug kept her body youthful, then assigned her to treat and examine the marines aboard ship No. 404. As the ship headed for Alabasta, Cobra ordered Nanohana to prepare a grand public welcome for Vidal, leaving Yixiao puzzled by the change in his behavior.

• Vidal was shocked to learn Nacil was forty-nine, and Nacil explained that her self-made Goryeo Newcomer temporarily restored youth and suppressed illness.
• Vidal asked Nacil to treat the wounded marines and examine the rest, promising to put her in charge of the Medical Department afterward.
• Vidal learned that Cobra would personally welcome him in Nanohana and that Alabasta hoped his Woods-Woods Fruit could help the kingdom.
• Yixiao relayed Vidal's request for the kingdom to show its utmost sincerity, and Cobra ordered troops and city residents to take part in a public welcome.
• News of Vidal's arrival spread through Nanohana, prompting some pirates to prepare to flee while others stayed to see him.
• Yixiao wondered why Vidal seemed to have changed and planned to speak with him face-to-face the next day.

Colonel Forest Vidal arrived in Alabasta to a lavish public welcome and met Prince Cobra, while assessing the kingdom and its people. He agreed to meet Issho in Alubarna and told Cobra that his help would cost hundreds of millions each year, with other requests still to come.

• Prince Cobra appeared at Nanohana's harbor as the crowd gathered to welcome Vidal.
• Vidal's warship entered to a horn and cannon salute, and he disembarked with a man and a woman to greet Cobra.
• Vidal noticed that Chaka could use Haki and considered what that revealed about Alabasta's warriors and traditions.
• Vidal and Cobra entered the city's best inn, where Cobra explained that Issho would meet Vidal in Alubarna instead.
• Vidal joked that the welcome needed beautiful women, then told Cobra his assistance would cost hundreds of millions annually and that he had other requests.

Vidal’s marines arrested four pirates in Nanohana, and he kept Geda the Undertaker in secret because he wanted to use the Coffin-Coffin Fruit. Later, Vidal traveled into the desert with Cobra’s party and demonstrated that his power could grow a large tree, but he warned them that the result was not as simple as it seemed.

• Lieutenant Rogers reported that the marines had arrested four pirates, including Geda the Undertaker, whose Coffin-Coffin Fruit let him turn objects into coffins and control corpses temporarily.
• Vidal ordered Rogers to keep Geda separate from the other pirates and conceal him from the higher-ups because Vidal had a use for him.
• Vidal joined Cobra’s party and two hundred Royal Guard soldiers on a camel caravan into the desert.
• After crossing three dunes, Vidal planted a tree in the sand with his Fruit power, giving the group shade and delighting Cobra and the guards.
• Vidal warned Cobra and the others not to celebrate yet because things were not that simple.

Vidal discovered that his ability could only sustain trees where groundwater lay within twenty meters of the surface, though he could improve Alabasta’s major cities. He helped Cobra’s party travel toward Alubarna, while learning that his herbal scent might attract desert animals.

• Vidal explained to Cobra that the desert tree would die without his energy and that he could only grow roots less than twenty meters deep.
• Nacil explained that groundwater was connected, and Igaram identified major Alabasta cities where Vidal could improve the environment.
• Cobra declared that the royal family would spend its wealth to improve people’s lives, and the group continued toward Alubarna.
• Vidal sheltered Cobra’s party in a wooden house overnight, then brought back thirteen Moving Crabs to carry them across the desert.
• Vidal explained that Nacil had used a potion to attract the Moving Crabs, and Nacil suggested Vidal’s herbal scent might make desert animals especially fond of him.

Vidal reunited with Issho and Brook in Alubarna and learned how Brook had found Laboon again. After sensing Issho’s doubts about his character, Vidal prepared to reveal something dangerous and warned that he would kill Issho if his friend refused to help him.

• Vidal reached Alubarna with Prince Cobra and was welcomed by the king before Nacil and Lieutenant Rogers went to buy medicinal herbs.
• Vidal found Issho and Brook at an inn, where Brook thanked him for arranging their reunion and explained that he had brought Laboon along.
• Vidal considered meeting Crocus before Roger did, but learned Crocus had refused to leave with Brook and Laboon.
• Issho questioned Vidal about his newfound grandeur, prompting Vidal to send Brook out and seal the room while checking for eavesdroppers.
• Vidal told Issho he was about to reveal something and threatened to kill him if he refused to help; Issho agreed to listen.

Vidal traveled with Nacil and Rogers from Alubarna to Erumalu while reading news about major events across the seas. The chapter ended as the group arrived in Erumalu.

• Vidal reunited with Nacil and Rogers, who had found the medicinal herbs they needed and arranged for them to be delivered to their warship in Nanohana.
• Prince Cobra and Igaram told Vidal that Neisesi was ready, and Vidal set out to explore the area around Erumalu.
• Vidal and his companions rode to the strait, boarded a Royal Army warship, and saw Sea Cats, Kung Fu Dugongs, and Banana Crocodiles along the way.
• Vidal read that Roger's crew had gone to Totto Land, where Charlotte Linlin was being called a Pirate Emperor, and that Golden Lion Shiki and Sengoku had joined the conflict.
• Vidal read reports of Kaido's escape after attacking the G-1 Branch and Germa Kingdom's war in the North Blue, then wondered about the World Economy News Paper's owners.
• Igaram told Vidal that they had arrived at Erumalu.

Vidal proposed building a new oasis city between Rainbase and Erumalu, where he confirmed a large underground water source. After creating a camp, he gathered everyone to plan the city’s layout.

• Vidal learned from Prince Cobra that the Sandora River’s seawater line had risen and threatened Erumalu.
• Vidal proposed building a new oasis city and pointed out a location between Rainbase and Erumalu.
• Vidal found groundwater about fifteen meters underground and asked Issho to help bring it closer to the surface.
• Igaram offered to plan the city, and Vidal made wooden houses for the group to use as a camp.

Vidal outlined plans for a new city in Alabasta and discussed the terms of the kingdom's payments for his work. He then fought Issho in their agreed match and decisively won, leaving the Royal Guard astonished by his strength.

• Vidal told Prince Cobra, Igaram, Nacil, and the others that he planned a central fountain lake, an office building, a private herb-and-fruit estate, and buildings for the Forest family.
• Vidal asked Igaram to draft the city boundaries, Nacil to plan the herb garden, and Issho to clear the sand before Vidal planted a forest belt around the city.
• Vidal offered Alabasta a choice between paying for a fixed term of one hundred years or paying for his lifetime, with a hundred-year minimum if he died before then.
• Vidal proposed that he and Issho settle their agreed match, and Issho accepted and left the house with his Bokken, Shinra.
• Vidal defeated Issho in their battle, and the damaged battlefield left Prince Cobra, Igaram, Neisesi, and the Royal Guard stunned.
• Issho praised Vidal's powerful Haki, and Vidal said he had gained it through his life-or-death battle with Byrnndi World.

Vidal and Issho began clearing sand and building a new city’s central lake, while Alabasta’s people celebrated the arrival of groundwater. Cobra thanked Vidal and asked him to name the lake and city.

• Issho used his power to lift away a wide circle of sand from the planned city center.
• Vidal raised a curved wooden wall to divide the clearing into a future lake and an office-building site.
• Vidal used Giant Horn to bore a spring, and a towering column of groundwater erupted from the hole.
• The water settled halfway up the wooden wall, forming a lake as Alabasta’s people cheered and Brook played music.
• Cobra thanked Vidal and asked him to give the lake and city names.

Vidal completed Forest City’s Apis Divine Lake and Forest Tower, then welcomed Captain Queen and received King Mamuxi’s offer of land, payment, and honorary royal status. Vidal ended by telling Cobra to call him big brother.

• Vidal named the city Forest Castle and the lake Apis Divine Lake, then formed a giant wooden bull as the lake’s symbol.
• Vidal grew Forest Tower, a five-story wooden building, and planned to plant trees along the main road after Issho cleared the sand.
• Issho spent the day moving sand overhead while Vidal and the others waited in the shade.
• Captain Queen arrived with a camel caravan, greeted Cobra, and delivered a letter from King Mamuxi to Vidal.
• Vidal learned that the king granted him land across the lake, agreed to pay one billion Beli per year, and made him an honorary member of the royal family.
• Cobra congratulated Vidal, who told him to call him big brother because he was older.

Vidal received private territory in Alabasta and began building Forest City while preparing to return to Marineford for his promotion to Commodore. After completing major shelterbelts and developing his estate, he realized he had no one to manage them when he left.

• Queen brought Vidal the king’s letter, a certificate granting him private territory, and the first wave of craftsmen and Royal Army soldiers.
• Vidal built wooden houses for the workers and asked Issho to help clear the outskirts for shelterbelts before he returned to Marineford.
• Vidal learned that his victory over Byrnndi World had earned him and his subordinates promotions, which would become official when they returned to headquarters.
• Vidal planted two extensive shelterbelts west and north of Forest City using oleasters, sea buckthorn, sand willow, and sand sagebrush.
• Vidal developed his private territory with a tree boundary, a small building, an orchard, and a herb garden planted with Nacil’s guidance.
• Nacil asked who would care for the herb garden and territory after they left, and Vidal considered asking the Alabasta Kingdom to manage them temporarily.

Vidal searched near the Sandora River for Pluton, suspecting the Ancient Weapon had been built from Treasure Tree Adam wood. He discovered a man-made underground space and entered it to investigate.

• Vidal left Alabasta's capital alone, claiming he would search for groundwater while heading north along the Sandora River.
• Vidal reasoned that the river's unusual course and weakening current might lead him to Pluton, which he believed the Ancient Kingdom had built using Treasure Tree Adam wood.
• Vidal ran across the desert and used the Woods-Woods Fruit and Observation Haki to scan the ground, marking each area he searched with trees.
• As evening fell, Vidal's tree roots found a hollow about fifteen meters underground, west of the river's source.
• Vidal cleared away his trees, descended through the earth, and found a vast constructed underground space with water flowing through it.
• Vidal walked cautiously toward the dark depths, wondering whether Pluton was inside.

Vidal discovered Pluton hidden beneath the Sandora River and explored its interior, learning about its construction and major functions. He theorized that the ship had created the river’s fresh water and that its failing energy supply explained the seawater encroachment.

• Vidal reached a vast underground chamber and spotted a huge, dark object beneath the lake’s surface.
• Vidal used his Woods-Woods Fruit and Observation Haki to identify the object as a fully enclosed ship, then entered its hull and confirmed it was Pluton.
• Vidal explored Pluton’s futuristic interior and found its control room, but he refrained from pressing buttons because he did not want to activate the ship prematurely.
• Vidal learned that Pluton was built from Treasure Tree Adam and could use seawater for power, dive underwater, fire devastating cannons, and produce fresh water.
• Vidal theorized that a former king of Alabasta had hidden Pluton inland and used it to create the Sandora River, while Pluton’s dwindling energy caused seawater to encroach on the river.

Vidal sailed from Alabasta toward Marineford, studying charts for rare plant islands while planning to visit the G-8 Branch. When his warship found Woonan’s Golden Pirates raiding a civilian vessel, Vidal used Ship Prison to trap both ships and called for Woonan to reveal himself.

• Vidal left Nanohana with Nacil and Rogers as Alabasta’s citizens and soldiers sent them off with gratitude.
• Vidal studied Alabasta’s charts, planning to search for a rare carnation and the Boin Archipelago, and left his family territory in Issho and Brook’s care.
• Rogers reported that pirates were attacking a civilian vessel, and Vidal learned they were Woonan’s Golden Pirates.
• Woonan ordered his crew to retreat from the approaching Marine warship, but the pirate ship would not move, so he prepared to fight.
• Vidal raised wooden bars around the pirate ship and cruise ship with Ship Prison and demanded that Woonan step forward.

Forest Vidal confronted Woonan and learned that the Golden Pirates had seized a cruise ship carrying children from the Fire Country to be sold at auction. Vidal refused to send the pirates to Impel Down but demanded that their crew disappear, then began offering Woonan a choice.

• Woonan recognized Vidal and let him board the Golden Pirates' ship without resistance.
• Vidal asked Woonan whether he stole only from bad people, and Woonan explained that the cruise ship carried children from the Fire Country for sale in the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Vidal confirmed with Observation Haki that the ship held nearly a hundred young people and few adults, then warned Woonan against threatening to kill the Fire Country's nobles.
• Vidal said he would not send the Golden Pirates to Impel Down but insisted their crew had to disappear.
• Woonan drew his sword and asked Vidal for the alternative after Vidal offered death as the first choice.

Vidal forced Woonan to disband the Golden Pirates and become a retainer of the Forest family, sparing the crew in exchange for his obedience. He then assigned Woonan to take the rescued children and twenty subordinates to Forest City in Alabasta.

• Vidal subdued Woonan and the Golden Pirates, then demanded that Woonan disband the crew and become a retainer.
• Woonan agreed after Vidal threatened his crew and implanted a seed in his arm that would let Vidal track or harm him.
• Vidal ordered the marines to disarm the pirates, move the children and valuables, and prepare the ships.
• Vidal told Woonan to take the children to Forest City in Alabasta with twenty chosen subordinates and gave him a Den Den Mushi for contact.
• Vidal arranged for the remaining pirates to leave on the cruise ship without weapons, while he planned to report that he had eliminated them.

Vidal sent the children rescued from the Golden Pirates toward Alabasta and wondered whether his subordinates would keep his decision to release the pirates secret. At G-8, he returned to his greenhouse, surveyed his Devil Fruits and treasure, and accepted that he could not return to his old life.

• Vidal ordered Lieutenant Rogers to report that the Golden Pirates had been wiped out, while Dr. Nacil’s list recorded eighty-one children traveling to Alabasta.
• Vidal considered his test of his subordinates’ loyalty and worried about managing a much larger force after becoming a commodore.
• Vidal stopped at G-8, met Vice Admiral Dewitt, and visited his family’s well-kept former home.
• Vidal entered the guarded greenhouse and found his stored Devil Fruits and treasure, including riches from several pirate crews.
• Vidal rested in his hammock among the plants and treasures, thinking that there was no going back.

After defeating Byrnndi World and securing a royal position in Alabasta, Vidal received a promotion to commodore and an assignment as adjutant at the Marine Base in the Sabaody Archipelago. Sengoku explained that Vidal was being sent there to gain experience and urged him to hold onto his sense of justice.

• Dewitt accepted the Devil Fruit Vidal had given him, hoping its power would let him serve as a vice admiral for many more years.
• Vidal finished processing a stack of paperwork aboard warship 404 before returning to Marine Headquarters.
• Kong and Sengoku questioned Vidal about keeping Nacil, a pirate with a bounty over ten million Beli, and approved his request to revoke her bounty and give her a Navy position.
• Kong presented Vidal with his commodore certificate, and Sengoku placed the commodore's Justice Coat on his shoulders.
• Kong assigned Vidal to serve as adjutant at the Marine Base in the Sabaody Archipelago, where he had to report by June first.
• Sengoku told Vidal to stabilize Sabaody, capture pirates for military merits, and contact him if the place made it difficult to uphold his justice.