Chapter Summaries

Vidal traveled to the Boin Archipelago and assigned Sceptile to guard it, then prepared to visit the children rescued from the Fire Country cruise ship. While naming them and planning their place in the Forest family, he considered the Door-Door Fruit’s uses and risks.

• Vidal left Sabaody aboard a warship with Sceptile and three wooden boxes, then sent Sceptile into the Boin Archipelago to guard its largest island and watch its Den Den Mushi.
• Vidal reviewed the records of the eighty-one children Woonan had taken from the Fire Country cruise ship and noted that fifty-one older children were being cared for in Erumalu at Prince Cobra’s expense.
• Vidal planned to give the children names and make them retainers of the Forest family, preparing family photographs and matching uniforms to build their identity and loyalty.
• Vidal struggled to name the children, having chosen names for only nine, and paused his work to consider the Door-Door Fruit in one of his boxes.
• Vidal reflected that the Door-Door Fruit could provide a hidden storage space and an escape route, but worried that items inside might be lost if its user died.

The Five Elders praised Vidal’s music and discussed supporting his plans to build the Forest family with Devil Fruits. Meanwhile, Vidal’s battleship was surrounded by the unexpectedly powerful Shepherd Pirates, and he ordered his Marines to prepare for battle.

• The Five Elders listened to Vidal’s “Bible Future: God's Advent” and praised his musical talent and loyalty to the Celestial Dragons.
• The Five Elders discussed Vidal’s collection of Devil Fruits, his adopted sons and subordinates, and his ambition to establish the Forest family.
• Vidal discovered that five pirate ships had surrounded his battleship on the Grand Line’s third route.
• Major Rogers identified the attackers as the Shepherd Pirates, whose captain Yes had a low bounty and whose crew had grown far beyond intelligence reports.
• Vidal ordered his Marines to prepare for battle, confident they could defeat the pirates despite being outnumbered.

Vidal used his power to create a battlefield on the sea and equipped his marines with wooden armor as the Shepherd Pirates advanced to fight. The two forces formed up for battle, while Yes remained confident in his death-defying Dark Holy Guards.

• Vidal's battleship and the Shepherd Pirates exchanged cannon fire until Yes ordered his fleet to stop shooting and close in to board.
• Vidal cast Nine Pillar Domain, creating solid ground around the ships and trapping the fleet so both sides had to fight on foot.
• Yes ordered his crew to prepare for battle, boasting that his two thousand Dark Holy Soldiers did not fear death.
• Vidal gave the marines Vigor Armor, which he had renamed Natural Power, and relied on their Three-Three System Tactics and Green Beans for support.
• The Shepherd Pirates advanced silently from five directions, and Major Rogers spread out the marines to protect the Oxhead Battleship.

Major Rogers and the Marines fought the Shepherd Pirates while Vidal used his Woods-Woods Fruit to summon Peashooters and other battle plants, turning the tide of the battle. The Marines advanced as the battlefield descended into chaos, leaving Yes stunned by the strange plants.

• Major Rogers directed the Marines as they fought pirates who wept and begged for mercy despite continuing to attack after being wounded.
• Vidal suspected the pirates were being controlled and summoned Peashooters, which unleashed rapid volleys of peas and explosive beans.
• Major Rogers ordered the riflemen to switch to swords and shields, and the Marines advanced with the plants providing covering fire.
• Vidal summoned Chompers, cacti, and rolling nuts, adding to the chaos across the battlefield.
• Yes watched the plants attack and wondered what kind of opponent he had encountered.

Yes and Darnell used their Devil Fruit abilities to turn Marines and plants against their allies, but Rogers pushed through their controlled forces and confronted them. As Rogers reached Yes and Darnell, Vidal was left troubled by a persistent sense of unease and wondered whether the Shepherd Pirates had another threat.

• Yes forced Darnell to accompany him and used his Pet-Pet Fruit to control a cactus, which attacked the Marines until Vidal turned it back into an ordinary plant.
• Yes controlled Marines and plants with green rings, while Darnell used his Hypnosis-Hypnosis Fruit to control officers through eye contact.
• Vidal watched as Rogers charged Yes and Darnell, knocking out the controlled officers who tried to stop him.
• Rogers evaded Yes's rings with his eyes closed and arrived in front of Yes and Darnell.
• Vidal looked toward the sunlight and wondered why his right eyelid kept twitching and whether the Shepherd Pirates had another way to threaten him.

After capturing the Shepherd Pirates, Vidal hurried to the G-8 Branch while an enemy named Redfield tracked him down to reclaim what Vidal had taken. At Navarone Fortress, Vice Admiral Dewitt praised Vidal and challenged him to a match.

• Vidal bound the remaining pirates in the forest and ordered Major Rogers to ask the G-6 Branch to collect them before the warship hurried toward G-8.
• Redfield arrived at the Nine Pillar Forest, read the memories of two captive pirates, and learned that Vidal had left three hours earlier.
• Redfield set out after Vidal, determined to kill him and recover what had been stolen, despite the risk of provoking Marine Headquarters.
• Vidal reached Navarone Fortress, where Marines welcomed him and his lingering unease eased but did not disappear.
• Vice Admiral Dewitt told Vidal that his Scald-Scald Fruit let him melt nearby blades and challenged him to a match.

Vice Admiral Dewitt challenged Vidal to settle his place as Vidal’s subordinate, and the two fought in the G-8 Branch training hall. Vidal gained the upper hand, but Dewitt continued fighting fiercely as their battle escalated.

• Vice Admiral Dewitt challenged Vidal, who accepted and agreed to fight him.
• Dewitt closed the training hall to spectators and faced Vidal with Major Rogers and a Rear Admiral watching.
• Vidal and Dewitt exchanged Haki-coated punches, and their opening clash shattered the floor around them.
• Dewitt used Rankyaku to launch heated red air blades, but Vidal countered with stronger green blades and pressed his attack.
• Vidal fired Shigan: Seed Machine Gun, and Dewitt countered with Shigan: Red Lotus as the two attacks collided.
• Dewitt’s body heated the floor around him as he refused to admit defeat.

Vidal overwhelmed Vice Admiral Dewitt with a devastating sequence of Haki- and Photosynthetic Energy-powered kicks, but Dewitt survived by melting the ground and counterattacked. The fight left Vidal buried in the stands, with Dewitt standing but badly hurt.

• Dewitt blocked Vidal's Seed Machine Gun with Armament Haki Emission and charged at him with a heavy punch.
• Vidal dodged beneath Dewitt, swept his legs, and kicked him high into the air.
• Vidal struck Dewitt with the Konoha Diamond Strong Whirlwind, shattered his barrier, and sent him crashing into a molten pit.
• Dewitt burst from the ground, charged Vidal, and knocked him into the stands.
• Dewitt recognized Vidal's powerful Haki Emission and wondered how much damage his counterattack had caused.

Vidal defeated Vice Admiral Dewitt, who accepted him as his superior, then secured his hidden botanical garden and the valuable Devil Fruits stored there. Vidal left the plants guarding the site and reflected on the limits of his Woods-Woods Fruit ability.

• Vidal assessed Dewitt's strength after surviving his Scald-Scald Fruit attack, and Dewitt admitted defeat and pledged loyalty to Lord Vidal.
• Major Rogers praised Vidal while Rear Admiral Arthur reacted in shock to Dewitt's loss.
• Vidal healed Dewitt, then went alone to the botanical garden and collected four Devil Fruits from the branches.
• Vidal summoned magical plants to guard the garden, its Devil Fruits, and the black cases, and planned to inform Dewitt about the security measures.
• Vidal considered whether he could make his magical plants more intelligent, concluded the Woods-Woods Fruit could not grant will on its own, and hoped to find a magical carnation.

Vidal offered two Devil Fruits to trusted subordinates, assigning the Combine-Combine Fruit to a contest between Simpson and Rabani and choosing the Gummy-Gummy Fruit for Isoka. Isoka eagerly accepted the fruit, unaware that its power might let her turn herself into gummies.

• Vidal hid four Devil Fruits and summoned Rogers, Simpson, Rabani, and Isoka to ask if they wanted to become Devil Fruit users.
• Rogers refused a Devil Fruit, preferring to rely on his shield techniques and Haki.
• Isoka said she wanted to protect herself so she would not become a burden, despite disliking combat.
• Vidal explained the Combine-Combine Fruit’s power to fuse with and manipulate materials, then said Simpson and Rabani would fight for it.
• Vidal offered Isoka the Gummy-Gummy Fruit, and she happily accepted because she liked gummies.
• Vidal privately wondered whether Isoka would still enjoy gummies after learning she could turn herself into them.

Captain Simpson and Captain Rabani fought for the Combine-Combine Fruit aboard the Oxhead Battleship as Vidal and the marines watched. After nearly two hours, Rabani prepared to reveal a newly learned ultimate move, Finger-From.

• Vidal watched Simpson and Rabani prepare to compete for the Combine-Combine Fruit while Isoka said she believed Rabani would win.
• Major Rogers started the match, and Simpson attacked Rabani with his wooden knuckle dusters while Rabani countered with Shigan.
• Vidal realized Rabani had trained Shigan until he could use it passively and considered whether a Zoan Devil Fruit would suit him better.
• Simpson and Rabani fought for nearly two hours as the marines watched, until Isoka warned Vidal that Rabani was about to use his ultimate move.
• Rabani aimed a silver coin with his thumb and announced his move, Finger-From.

Rabani’s powerful Finger-From attack nearly killed Captain Simpson before Major Rogers blocked it, and Vidal recognized Rabani as a time traveler from the Rainbow Mist Arc. After Rabani recovered, Vidal offered to exchange his Combine-Combine Fruit for a Zoan better suited to strengthening his hands, leaving Rabani eager to hear which fruit Vidal had in mind.

• Rabani flicked a coin with enough force to threaten Simpson, but Major Rogers intercepted it with his shield and described its impact as comparable to a powerful cannonball.
• Vidal recognized Rabani and Isoka as people who had traveled through the Rainbow Mist from fifty years in the future, and he considered why Rabani had remained a colonel despite his immense strength.
• Vidal invited Rabani to his office, where Isoka gave him five Green Beans that quickly restored his injured arm and stamina.
• Vidal suggested that a Zoan Devil Fruit would better support Rabani’s Finger-From technique than the Combine-Combine Fruit and asked whether he wanted to exchange it.
• Rabani agreed to consider the trade and asked what Zoan fruit Vidal could offer; Vidal said he would explain a suitable fruit and obtain it when they returned to Marineford.

Redfield attacked the G-8 Branch without explanation, and Fleet Admiral Kong began investigating while Sengoku was away. Vidal weighed the dangers of the Rainbow Mist’s time travel and remained convinced he was right to withhold the Combine-Combine Fruit from Rabani.

• Redfield cut open the G-8 Branch gate, damaged two warships, wounded Vice Admiral Dewitt, and left without a word.
• Dewitt reported the attack to Fleet Admiral Kong, who found no evidence that a Marine patrol had provoked Redfield.
• Kong learned that Sengoku was away pursuing the Roger Pirates and called Vice Admiral Tsuru to discuss Redfield.
• Vidal considered whether changes to Rabani and the others’ lives would prevent the Straw Hat Pirates from completing the Rainbow Mist time loop.
• Vidal wondered whether the Rainbow Mist could send people to other points in time, but decided its risks supported withholding the Combine-Combine Fruit from Rabani.

Vidal arrived in Alabasta, learned that Isoka had eaten the Gummy-Gummy Fruit, and explained how she could develop its powers. In Erumalu, he reunited with Issho and met the children Woonan had trained, who greeted him as their family head.

• Isoka revealed that she had eaten the Gummy-Gummy Fruit and let Vidal, Rabani, and the others taste the gummy candy she could turn into.
• Vidal explained the Gummy-Gummy Fruit's weaknesses and how Isoka could harden her gummy candy for combat.
• Vidal ordered the Oxhead Battleship into the Sandora River toward Erumalu, where he reunited with Issho and Brook.
• Issho told Vidal that Woonan had put the children through two weeks of training, and Vidal explained their improved physiques as the result of nutritious food and exercise.
• Vidal arrived at Woonan's estate, where fifty-one children greeted him as their family head.

Vidal visited the children at the estate, introduced himself and his family, and promised that they would receive names when they turned twelve. He named the nearly twelve-year-old Xiaoxue Camille, leaving Xiaoxing and Xiaoyu awaiting their names.

• Vidal learned that Brian had arranged the gathering and that he had been managing the estate.
• Vidal introduced himself to the children as a Marine Headquarters commodore and the head of the Forest family, then showed them a family photograph.
• Vidal told the children that they belonged to the Forest family and would receive names at twelve before moving to Forest Palace in Forest City.
• Vidal decided to name Xiaoxue, Xiaoxing, and Xiaoyu a month early because they were nearly twelve.
• Vidal asked Xiaoxue about her preferences and named her Camille.

Vidal named Camille, Talon, and Zed, gave them Forest family uniforms, and explained their future education and duties. He then used Forest Banquet to create a feast for the children and served Yixiao udon noodles.

• Camille thanked Vidal for her name, and he explained that it represented calmness and precision and that he hoped she would protect the Forest family.
• Vidal questioned Xiaoxing and named him Talon, then questioned the impatient boy beside Camille and named him Zed.
• Woonan, Brian, and nineteen others returned in Forest family uniforms, and Vidal presented uniforms to Camille, Talon, and Zed.
• Vidal told the three children they would move to Forest Palace in Forest City on January first for education and training, while the younger children would stay until they were twelve.
• Vidal used Forest Banquet to turn plants growing across the tables into a wide variety of food, then served Yixiao udon noodles.

Vidal reviewed the estate’s needs and planned for the children’s future training while arranging for Woonan and Brian to take on different roles. He gave Brian the Shove-Shove Fruit and demonstrated how its power could grow Peashooters, leaving Brian with a way to raise a plant army for the Forest Palace.

• Brian told Vidal about the estate’s staff, expenses, and current lessons, and Vidal ordered equipment and specialist teachers for the children’s future training.
• Brian raised the Forest Palace’s security concerns, and Vidal learned that Issho and Brook planned to leave while Woonan wanted to return to sea and search for treasure.
• Vidal promised to build Woonan a ship and let him take willing companions, on the condition that he report back to the Forest Palace every six months.
• Vidal gave Brian the Shove-Shove Fruit and appointed him the Forest family’s first chief steward; Brian ate it and discovered that he could accelerate plant growth and control the plants.
• Vidal gave Brian a jar of seeds, and Brian grew one into a Peashooter that Vidal identified as a magical plant warrior.

Vidal visited Forest City, paved its streets with his Woods-Woods Fruit, and transformed the dark Forest Palace into a brightly lit landmark. He left the palace illuminated and guarded by animated plants.

• Vidal asked Issho to stay a few more days and help screen prospective teachers for the Forest Palace.
• Issho agreed to help and offered to take away the spies among Woonan’s crew when he left; Vidal told him to handle it.
• Vidal toured Forest City with Cobra and used his Nine Pillar Domain to lay wooden boards along the city’s streets.
• Vidal entered the dark Forest Palace and made Boxing Cabbages, glowing sunflowers, and patrolling Peashooters appear around it.
• Vidal caused the Forest Palace to glow green, making it a dazzling landmark visible across Forest City.

Vidal prepared the Forest Palace for Camille and the others, then began training Brian and nine other retainers in combat skills. He left them practicing the Konoha Style as he looked forward to building the Forest family's strength and influence.

• Vidal worked with Brian and the others to outfit the Forest Palace with training areas, living quarters, a greenhouse, and an orchard.
• Vidal gathered Brian and nine other retainers and announced that he would teach them the Six Powers, Konoha Style Kicking Techniques, Armament Haki, and Three-Three System Tactics.
• Vidal told the retainers they would serve the Forest family and that their children would inherit the same duty; all ten accepted.
• Vidal demonstrated the Konoha Style Kicking Techniques, then corrected Brian and the others as they practiced until they could perform the routine skillfully.
• Vidal reflected that the training would strengthen the retainers and help the Forest family grow into a powerful organization.

Vidal reflected on his growing status in the Navy and Government, then met a group of Kung Fu Dugongs while following the Sandora River. After defeating their leader, he took the dugong as his disciple and companion.

• Vidal reviewed the reputation and influence he had built, then decided to make his future travels more ostentatious.
• Vidal found more than a hundred Kung Fu Dugongs training beside the Sandora River and introduced himself.
• The lead Kung Fu Dugong challenged Vidal, who stopped its punch with one finger and flicked it into the river.
• The dugong returned, accepted defeat, and asked to become Vidal's disciple.
• Vidal gave the dugong his Marine cap, healed its forehead, and welcomed it as his companion.