Chapter Summaries

After helping defeat the World Pirates, Vidal and Issho recovered Bullet and learned he wanted to follow them to become stronger. Vidal announced he intended to adopt Bullet and take him to Marine school, leaving Bullet furious but under Vidal’s determined care.

• Vidal and Issho spotted Bullet rowing toward them after the battle, and Vidal guessed the boy had found Douglas Gray in the cabin.
• Bullet explained that he had broken Gray’s limbs, drained his blood, and thrown him into the sea.
• Bullet told Vidal he wanted to follow him and become stronger, and Vidal told him to call him Dad because he planned to adopt him.
• Vidal explained that he had already adopted Bullet’s younger brother and would take Bullet to Marine school, while Bullet angrily rejected the idea.
• Vidal ruffled Bullet’s hair and resolved to build a family bond with him over time.

Vidal, Issho, and Bullet met Vice Admiral Amyz and learned that the Garp they had seen was only an illusion created by Amyz’s Devil Fruit. Amyz invited Vidal to the G-2 Branch, where he could meet the other special training camp trainees.

• Vidal and Issho boarded the warship to meet the Marine hero, bringing Bullet with them.
• Colonel Benson greeted Vidal, and Vice Admiral Amyz introduced himself as commander of the G-2 Branch and praised Vidal for protecting his comrades.
• Vidal introduced Issho as his friend and a swordmaster, then explained that he had adopted Bullet and planned to take him to Marineford.
• Vidal asked where Vice Admiral Garp was, and Amyz revealed that the Garp who appeared before them was an illusion made with the Phantom-Phantom Fruit.
• Amyz invited Vidal to rest at the G-2 Branch and meet the other special training camp trainees.

After defeating Byrnndi World, Vidal declined Vice Admiral Amyz’s invitation to visit Zephyr’s training camp and discussed his plans to change the world with Issho. The chapter ended with Issho agreeing to fight Vidal a month before leaving for Marine Headquarters, after training his Gravity Fruit and Armament Haki.

• Vidal declined Vice Admiral Amyz’s invitation to visit Zephyr’s training camp, and Amyz ordered his men to recover the marines’ bodies and tow the damaged warships.
• Aboard the airship, Vidal healed Issho, who said he planned to visit Alabasta and meet Prince Nefertari Cobra.
• Vidal told Issho that he had joined the navy to change the world from the top down by gaining power within it.
• Vidal challenged Issho to fight, but Issho proposed waiting until a month before they left for Marine Headquarters so he could train his fruit power and Armament Haki.

Vidal took Bullet to an uninhabited island for a meal and a training fight, using the battle to teach him the Six Powers and strengthen their bond. After three rounds of healing and beatings, Bullet rested on the beach with more gratitude toward Vidal, while Issho recognized that Vidal had been teaching him.

• Vidal challenged Bullet to fight, and Bullet accepted while insisting Vidal had been the one to ask.
• Vidal found an uninhabited island, built a cabin, and prepared a barbecue with Issho while Bullet watched.
• Vidal fed Bullet meat and fresh juice, then took him aside to train.
• Vidal repeatedly beat and healed Bullet while demonstrating physical techniques, including the Six Powers.
• Bullet realized Vidal was teaching him through the fight and felt more warmth and gratitude toward him.
• Issho told Vidal he had been teaching Bullet, and Vidal said he would explain the Six Powers in detail after they returned.

Vidal and Issho exchanged ideas about the Six Powers and Haki, and Issho discovered that his Observation Haki could sense malice and hostility. The three of them then began sharing Haki knowledge, with Bullet invited to learn alongside Vidal.

• Vidal explained how to train in the Six Powers, especially Geppo, and Issho agreed to practice them.
• Issho said he wanted to learn Armament Haki and offered to teach Vidal about Observation Haki.
• Issho explained that the Gravity Fruit seemed to extend the range of his Observation Haki through spreading waves.
• At Vidal's prompting, Issho discovered he could sense malice and hostility in addition to ordinary emotions.
• Vidal urged Issho to develop the ability and invited Bullet to join their Haki lesson.

Fleet Admiral Kong and Sengoku reviewed the report on Byrnndi World’s return from the New World and discussed the Marines’ response. They also assessed Vidal and Issho, with Sengoku taking particular interest in Vidal’s strength and adopted sons.

• Kong read Vice Admiral Amyz’s report that Byrnndi World had left the New World and summoned Sengoku to discuss the threat.
• Sengoku agreed to pursue Byrnndi World, noting that the Marines first needed to locate him and would seek help from Cipher-Pol and Marine intelligence.
• Kong asked Sengoku to have the bounty department monitor Issho and suppress his bounty where possible, as long as he avoided serious trouble.
• Sengoku judged that Vidal had likely been the main force holding Byrnndi World off and studied Vidal’s detailed profile.
• Kong and Sengoku tacitly dismissed the report’s suspicion that Vidal was connected to Garuzburg Kingdom, while Sengoku looked forward to meeting him.

After Bullet settled into Vidal’s family and began accepting his role as Enel’s big brother, Cornell asked Vidal to teach Marines the Konoha Style Body Technique. Vidal decided to assemble the technique over the next two days, seeing a chance to build his influence in the Marines.

• Enid welcomed Bullet into the family, and Cornell enlisted him at the G-8 Branch and began training him.
• Enel followed Bullet during his training, and Bullet gradually grew comfortable caring for his little brother.
• Vidal studied Issho’s insights into Observation Haki while keeping two Devil Fruits hidden among the branches in his room.
• Cornell told Vidal that Vincent and other Marines wanted him to teach the Konoha Style Body Technique.
• Vidal considered how the technique could be taught widely and agreed to put it together within two days.

Vidal developed a self-taught Konoha Style Body Technique for marines, combining adapted martial arts principles with military squad tactics. He tested the tactics with Bullet and Enel, then shifted the sparring toward armed combat.

• Vidal simulated Konoha-style kicks and created a lower-level speed technique called Shadow of the Dancing Leaf as a stepping stone toward Soru.
• Vidal incorporated suitable principles from Spring Leg and refined the techniques through practice and sparring with Wood Clones.
• Vidal explored combining the techniques with the Three-Three System Tactics and had his Wood Clones practice coordinated attacks.
• Vidal asked Bullet to find flaws in the clones’ coordination, while Enel watched and cheered him on.
• After observing how the clones kept Bullet surrounded, Vidal decided ordinary marines would need to use weapons on the battlefield, so the clones produced wooden blades.

Vidal and Bullet developed a framework for training Marines in Three-Three System Tactics, and Vidal began instructing the newly formed Konoha Squad. He declared his ambition to become Fleet Admiral and ended the chapter by demonstrating the Konoha Style.

• Vidal and Bullet used Wood Clones to develop routines for Three-Three System Tactics and decided to test the tactics with a squad at Navarone Fortress.
• Vidal and his father, Cornell, selected forty-five Marines for the Konoha Squad, led by Lieutenant Vincent, with Vidal as instructor and Bullet as assistant.
• Vidal told the squad he aimed to become Fleet Admiral and lead Marines to become the strongest in history.
• Vidal explained his view of justice and urged the Marines to help one another and train others after he left.
• Vidal demonstrated the Konoha Style for the squad, revealing Adamantine Whirlwind.

Bullet fought Konoha Squad captain Vincent and vice captain Ogden after Ogden challenged him over his authority, and his mastery of moving freely while using Tekkai astonished the Marines. As the battle continued, Vincent began to tire while Bullet remained energized and grinning.

• Ogden challenged Bullet, and Bullet defeated him in under ten minutes by moving and fighting while using Tekkai.
• Vincent joined the fight to restore Ogden's standing and faced Bullet alongside him.
• Vincent used his Konoha Style Body Technique while Ogden supported him with Shigan, but Bullet met their attacks with speed and powerful punches.
• After several more minutes, Vincent's breathing grew labored and his speed declined, while Bullet showed no signs of fatigue.

Bullet fought Lieutenant Vincent and Ogden until they were both injured, then challenged Vidal to a game: he had one hour to snatch the marine cap from Vidal’s head. Bullet agreed, wagering that Vidal could no longer call him his son if he won.

• Bullet outlasted Vincent and sent Ogden flying with a powerful punch, injuring his arm.
• Vidal healed Ogden, then treated Vincent after Bullet knocked him down as well.
• Vidal praised Vincent and advised Ogden to develop more than strength alone.
• Vidal entered the field and challenged Bullet to snatch his cap within an hour.
• Bullet agreed to the game, demanding that Vidal stop calling him his son if he won; Vidal wagered that Bullet would have to call him “Otōsan” if he failed.

Vidal fought Bullet in a one-sided training match, testing the boy’s resolve while Enel watched. After an hour of repeated defeats, Bullet was still determined to surpass Vidal, who placed his cap on Bullet’s head and told him to call him Dad.

• Bullet took a ten-minute rest while Enel brought him water and wiped him down.
• Bullet tried to snatch Vidal’s Marine cap, but Vidal caught his wrist and threw him away.
• Bullet attacked with Tekkai, but Vidal stopped his punch with one finger and overwhelmed him with Shigan: Seed Machine Gun.
• Vidal kept knocking Bullet back, and Bullet repeatedly got up and charged again as the others watched.
• After an hour, Vidal placed the cap on Bullet’s head and told him to call him Dad.

Vidal prepared to fight Fujitora and explored their uninhabited meeting island, where he established a secret base and a claimed Devil Fruit orchard. Fujitora arrived, and they agreed to duel the next morning before discussing Nefertari Cobra and Rain Dinners.

• Vidal sailed alone to the uninhabited island where he had previously met Fujitora and waited for him to arrive.
• Vidal explored the island, found nothing of interest, cleared a fruit orchard in case a Devil Fruit grew there, and marked it as his own.
• Vidal returned to the cabin and found Fujitora waiting; Fujitora said his Observation Haki range had grown with his fruit ability.
• Vidal and Fujitora agreed to fight the next morning, with Fujitora noting that Vidal performed better during the day.
• Vidal asked about Alabasta, and Fujitora praised Nefertari Cobra and described Rain Dinners’ limits on gambling and its welcoming atmosphere.

Vidal agreed to help Alabasta combat its desert climate after graduating from a one-year Marine training camp, though he told Issho that the country would have to pay him. The chapter ended with Issho mistakenly believing Vidal would leave the money in Alabasta rather than truly collect it.

• Issho asked Vidal to visit Alabasta and use his abilities to help its people, describing the devastation caused by sandstorms and praising Prince Nefertari Cobra.
• Vidal said he could not go before Marineford, but promised he might turn parts of the desert into oases or build windbreak forests after improving his strength.
• Vidal asked Issho to tell Prince Cobra that he would visit after graduating from the one-year special training camp and make a windbreak belt.
• Vidal told Issho that Alabasta would have to pay him annually, with separate payment for any oasis he created.
• Issho concluded that Vidal only wanted to spare Alabasta's pride, not realizing Vidal genuinely intended to collect and hold onto the money.

Vidal and Issho began their promised battle on the beach, testing their swordsmanship, physical techniques, and abilities. Issho discovered that Vidal’s Wood Clones shared his aura, leaving him unsure which Vidal was real.

• Vidal refused to postpone the fight despite the stormy weather, and Issho attacked first with Gravity Shinra: Fierce Tiger.
• Vidal summoned a mangrove forest with Red Tree World Advent, blocked Issho’s slash, and emerged behind him to launch a close-combat assault.
• Vidal and Issho exchanged rapid attacks, using Haki, Observation Haki, swordsmanship, and physical techniques.
• Issho used gravity to accelerate an iai slash that appeared to cut Vidal’s head off, but the body turned out to be a wooden clone.
• Vidal surrounded Issho with three identical Wood Clones and explained that his Special Paramecia ability let him hide among the trees beyond the reach of Issho’s Observation Haki.

Vidal’s three Wood Clones overwhelmed Issho in a day-long battle, and Issho realized Vidal had used most of his Photosynthetic Energy to empower them and force close combat. Issho understood he should have kept his distance, while Vidal’s energy limits became clear as night fell.

• The three Vidals used Tekkai, Soru, and coordinated attacks to fight Issho, who defended himself with Shinra.
• The fight ravaged the island as the Vidals’ Seed Machine Gun and Flying Leaf Cutter attacks wore down Issho.
• Vidal struck Issho with Konoha Diamond Strong Whirlwind, sending him crashing into the earth and cracking his wooden sword.
• Issho returned from the smoke injured and exhausted, recognizing that he could not beat three Wood Clones in close combat.
• Issho concluded Vidal had created the clones to conserve Photosynthetic Energy and make him follow a close-range battle rhythm.

Vidal revealed that his Devil Fruit could create glowing mushrooms to replenish his Photosynthetic Energy in darkness, then continued his battle with Issho. Their final clash began, but the chapter left its outcome undecided.

• Vidal explained that he had anticipated fighting without sunlight and used Mushroom Tree World Birth to cover the mangroves with light-emitting Nightglow Mushrooms.
• Vidal absorbed the green light to restore his energy, then formed the glowing Apis Divine Bull from the mangroves.
• Issho unleashed Hell Shinra: Heavy Tiger, crushing the forest and forcing the bull's legs into the ground.
• Vidal and Issho prepared for their final exchange, with Vidal determined to win so Issho would join the Navy.
• Issho sent three Gravity Blades at Vidal, who answered with the Apis Divine Bull's Sun's Holy Wheel, and their attacks collided in a blinding flash.

The Insect Swarm Pirates prepared to fight a pursuing Marine warship after Mantoudiya and Luokesani learned it was closing in. Rear Admiral Dewitt revealed that Bullet and the Konoha Squad would face the pirates as a combat test, with two more warships following behind.

• Mantoudiya and Luokesani discussed their difficulty recruiting crew members for the Insect Swarm Pirates and learned that a Marine warship was approaching.
• Rear Admiral Dewitt identified the pirate crew and introduced Mantoudiya and Luokesani as Bug-Bug Fruit users with bounties of 21 million and 12 million Beli.
• Bullet and the Konoha Squad prepared to test their combat skills against the experienced pirate crew under Dewitt's supervision.
• Mantoudiya ordered his crew to prepare to retreat, but the pursuing warship continued to close in.
• Mantoudiya and Luokesani chose to fight, hoping to raise their bounties and attract new crew members.
• Dewitt left the battle to Bullet and the Konoha Squad, while two additional Marine warships followed behind.

The Konoha Squad used coordinated three-three tactics to overwhelm the Insect Swarm Pirates while Bullet watched from the rear. Mantoudiya returned after being knocked into the sea, and Rear Admiral Dewitt revealed that he possessed a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.

• Luokesani transformed into a mantis and attacked the Marines, but their teamwork blocked her strikes and forced her back.
• The Konoha Squad rotated teams between the front and rear lines, steadily driving the pirates back without losing a Marine.
• Ogden caught Luokesani’s forelimb, but Mantoudiya appeared behind him and attacked; Bullet struck Mantoudiya through the railing and into the sea.
• Luokesani was wounded by the surrounding Marines while Mantoudiya unfolded wings and flew back toward the ship.
• Bullet wondered about Mantoudiya’s ability to disappear, and Rear Admiral Dewitt explained that Mantoudiya had a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.

Bullet fought Mantoudiya, the Pink Mantis, in the sky while Benson, Ogden, and the other marines steadily overwhelmed Luokesani. As the Insect Swarm Pirates neared defeat, Mantoudiya decided he had to survive and rebuild his crew to pursue his dream of conquering the New World.

• Mantoudiya revealed that his Mythical Zoan ability had remained secret because he had killed everyone who knew about it.
• Bullet told Benson and the others to handle the remaining enemies, then used Geppo to charge Mantoudiya in the air.
• Bullet and Mantoudiya exchanged rapid attacks, each proving difficult for the other to defeat.
• Benson, Ogden, and the marines coordinated their attacks to wear down Luokesani and prevent her from escaping by air.
• Seeing his crew's defeat and realizing he could not quickly beat Bullet, Mantoudiya resolved to flee and rebuild the Insect Swarm Pirates with Bug-Bug Fruit Users.