Chapter Summaries

Vidal, Borsalino, and Sakazuki teamed up to pin down the weakened Redfield inside the Nine Pillar Domain. Redfield grew increasingly anxious as their attacks and the Marines waiting outside threatened to trap him until his stamina ran out.

• Borsalino fought Redfield in the air while Sakazuki struck him from behind with Great Eruption, forcing Redfield to block with Armament Haki.
• Vidal attacked Redfield with Violent Spear Thousand Trees, while Sakazuki and Borsalino followed with Dog Biting Crimson Lotus and barrages of lasers.
• Kong refused Vice Admiral Amyz's offer to send officers into the fight, ordering the three young Marines to battle Redfield without holding back.
• Vidal, Sakazuki, and Borsalino coordinated their attacks to surround Redfield with trees, magma, and light while Borsalino intercepted attempts to escape through the air.
• Redfield realized that Kong and the warships remained threats outside the domain and panicked as his stamina dwindled.

Vidal, Sakazuki, and Borsalino kept Redfield trapped in Tree World until his desperation drove him to unleash a powerful slash and launch a final counterattack. Redfield overpowered Sakazuki and then seized Borsalino, leaving Borsalino screaming beneath his blows.

• Sakazuki fought on despite his injuries and exhaustion, while Vidal and Borsalino maintained their relentless assault on Redfield.
• Redfield grew furious as the three attackers wore him down and realized he had no chance to escape.
• Redfield unleashed a massive scarlet slash that forced Vidal to retreat to the edge of Tree World.
• Redfield used the opening to strike Sakazuki with three punches and send him flying.
• Borsalino attacked with Ama no Murakumo, but Redfield grabbed the blade, pulled him close, and pinned him down before pounding him.

Vidal fought Redfield through the night and finally overpowered him as dawn broke. He told the defeated pirate he would die rather than be sent to Impel Down, and Redfield realized Vidal had read the diary.

• Vidal rescued Borsalino from the magma, but stopped healing him when Redfield attacked.
• Vidal battled Redfield inside the Nine Pillar Domain while Kong sensed Redfield weakening and Vidal holding steady.
• At dawn, Vidal knocked Redfield down and beat him until he could no longer resist.
• Vidal grabbed Redfield by the throat and said he would kill him instead of sending him to Impel Down.
• Redfield recognized that Vidal had read the diary.

After killing Redfield, Vidal treated Borsalino and carried the wounded Sakazuki back to Kong’s warship. Kong credited the rookies with defeating Red the Aloof, leaving Vidal relieved that Redfield’s hidden abilities and origins remained unknown.

• Vidal killed Redfield because his Observation Haki could read thoughts and memories, then used Wood Clones to carry Redfield and the unconscious Sakazuki.
• Vidal teased the injured Borsalino into letting him absorb his light, then used Photosynthetic Energy to heal him.
• Vidal carried Sakazuki to Kong’s warship while Borsalino recovered and followed.
• Kong congratulated Vidal, Borsalino, and Sakazuki and gave them credit for defeating Redfield.
• Vidal explained that he killed Redfield in a rage, and Kong accepted the explanation without objecting.

After returning to G-2 Branch, Vidal reunited with Rogers and the others while Fleet Admiral Kong recovered from his battle with Redfield. The World Economy News Paper published an extra edition announcing Kong’s defeat and Redfield’s death at Vidal’s hands, making Vidal famous throughout the sea.

• Vidal arrived at G-2 Branch with Kong, Borsalino, and Sakazuki, and reunited with Rogers, Isoka, Rabani, and the others.
• Vidal introduced the Kung Fu Dugong he had brought back from Alabasta and praised Rogers for keeping the others from turning back to help him.
• Vidal led the group to try G-2’s curry while Kong rested at the branch.
• The World Economy News Paper’s editors gathered reports of the battle, rewrote their drafts as the outcome changed, and prepared an emergency extra edition.
• The newspaper announced that Redfield had defeated Kong and had been killed by Vidal, while also publicizing Borsalino and Sakazuki’s roles in the battle.
• The extra edition spread across the Four Blues and the Grand Line, making Forest Vidal famous throughout the sea.

Vidal and the other Marines returned safely to Marineford, where Kong and Sengoku discussed the New World’s troubles and the aftermath of their fight with Red the Aloof. Vidal reunited with his family at home, leaving the story with him finally safe among them.

• Kong brought Vidal, Sakazuki, Borsalino, and their crew back to Marineford and told them to rest before meeting him the next day.
• Vidal invited Sakazuki and Borsalino to share a meal at headquarters, and Sakazuki tacitly agreed.
• Sengoku reported that he had driven the Roger Pirates from the waters near the G-3 Branch and captured two groups from the Flying Fleet.
• Kong and Sengoku blamed Garp’s absence for the Marines’ lack of strength in the New World, while Vidal noticed that the newspaper’s coverage had made him the biggest beneficiary of the battle with Red the Aloof.
• Vidal arranged to speak with Sengoku the next day, then returned home and reunited with Cornell, Enid, Bullet, Enel, Rosinante, and his family.

Vidal returned home to celebrate with his family, then attended a Marine promotion ceremony where he became a Rear Admiral and learned he would command the Sabaody base next year. The meeting ended with Dragon arriving at Kong’s office.

• Vidal celebrated his safe return with Enid and the children, then set out for Marine Headquarters the next morning.
• Kong promoted Borsalino to Colonel and assigned him to remain at G-2, then promoted Sakazuki to Commodore and transferred him to G-1.
• Kong promoted Vidal to Rear Admiral, kept his assignment unchanged, and confirmed that he would command the Marine Base in the Sabaody Archipelago starting next year.
• Kong announced that Redfield’s bounty would be split among Vidal, Borsalino, and Sakazuki, and Vidal pointed out that the amount would not divide evenly.
• Dragon entered Kong’s office, and Vidal greeted him by name.

Dragon requested a transfer to G-3 Fortress and a week of leave to visit Garp, while Kong promoted him to Commodore and left the transfer decision to his father. After Dragon joined Vidal, Sakazuki, and Borsalino for lunch, he asked whether they had found the justice they believed in.

• Dragon asked Kong to transfer him to G-3 Fortress and grant him a week's leave so he could see Garp.
• Kong told Dragon to visit Garp first and said he could report to G-3 in January if Garp approved.
• Kong promoted Dragon to Marine Headquarters Commodore for his conduct during his Mary Geoise assignment.
• Vidal invited Dragon to lunch with Sakazuki and Borsalino, and Dragon agreed.
• Kong and Sengoku discussed the four young Marines' future prospects after they left the office.
• At the cafeteria, Dragon asked Vidal, Sakazuki, and Borsalino whether they had found the justice in their hearts.

Vidal, Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Dragon discussed their views of justice, and Dragon challenged Vidal over the Celestial Dragons and slavery. Sakazuki praised Vidal’s argument against piracy, and Vice Admiral Tsuru arrived with a trainee for the upcoming Special Training Camp.

• Sakazuki declared that killing pirates was his justice, while Borsalino described his as showing up to work on time.
• Vidal said he wanted to become Fleet Admiral and lead the strongest Marines, then revealed that his Conqueror’s Haki had just awakened.
• Dragon asked Vidal about the Celestial Dragons and slavery, and Vidal argued that eliminating pirates would protect people from becoming slaves.
• Sakazuki enthusiastically agreed with Vidal, silencing Dragon’s objections.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru arrived with a trainee who would join the Special Training Camp in January alongside Gion and Bullet.

Vidal and the others met Kuzan, a cheerful young Marine with the Ice-Ice Fruit, and learned how Vice Admiral Tsuru had adopted and mentored him. Kuzan explained that he had spent a year mastering his powers before deciding to join the third Zephyr Training Camp.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru introduced Kuzan to Vidal, Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Dragon before leaving them to get acquainted.
• Vidal greeted Kuzan and asked him to look after Bullet when he joined the Special Training Camp the following year.
• Kuzan revealed his Ice-Ice Fruit, while Sakazuki and Borsalino introduced their Magma-Magma and Glint-Glint Fruits and Dragon said he had no Devil Fruit.
• Kuzan told the group that Tsuru had adopted him after he lost his parents and had guided him toward becoming a Marine who protected civilians.
• Kuzan explained that he had spent a year training with the Ice-Ice Fruit and fighting pirates before deciding to enter the third Zephyr Training Camp.

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.