Chapter Summaries

Bullet and the marines defeated Luokesani’s crew, but Mantoudiya escaped and flew toward Vidal’s boat. Vidal awakened Observation Haki while training at sea and sensed Mantoudiya approaching.

• Mantoudiya escaped in several afterimages, leaving Luokesani behind, and Bullet told her that her husband had run away.
• Ogden kicked Luokesani off balance, and six marines killed her by stabbing her vital points.
• Rear Admiral Dewitt praised the Konoha Squad’s victory and promised to report their achievements to Vice Admiral Cornell.
• Mantoudiya flew over the sea, vowed to avenge Luokesani, and spotted Vidal’s small boat as a place to land.
• Vidal reflected on his battle with Yixiao and successfully awakened Observation Haki.
• Vidal sensed something flying rapidly toward his boat.

Vidal returned to Navarone Fortress with Mantoudiya captured and learned that the Konoha Squad had impressed the marines by defeating a pirate. His family decided Enel would stay behind, while Vidal planned to take Bullet to Marineford and find him a powerful teacher.

• Vidal brought Mantoudiya, bound in a vine, into Navarone Fortress, where marines handcuffed him and greeted Vidal with unusual enthusiasm.
• Vidal told his family he had defeated Issho, then learned that Bullet and the Konoha Squad had taken down a pirate with a ten-million bounty.
• Vice Admiral Cornell decided to make the Three-Three System Tactics and Konoha Style Body Technique official training programs at Navarone Fortress.
• Mrs. Enid and Vice Admiral Cornell argued that six-year-old Enel should stay with the family rather than go to Marineford.
• Vidal agreed to leave Enel behind but insisted that Bullet accompany him to Marineford, where he would find Bullet a master; Bullet accepted Vidal's challenge to surpass him.

The first special training camp assembled at Marine Headquarters under Admiral Zephyr, bringing recruits from the four seas and the G branches together. Vidal arrived with the G-8 group, and Zephyr questioned why Bullet had joined the recruits.

• Admiral Zephyr gathered fourteen headquarters recruits at the harbor while warships from the four seas began arriving.
• The four sea groups reported in, including North Blue's Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Blaze.
• Warships from the G branches arrived, and Rear Admiral Dewitt reported Vidal, Comil, and Vincent as recruits from G-8.
• Vidal joined the formation beside Borsalino, drawing attention because he was a senior sergeant and exceptionally tall.
• Zephyr asked why the G-8 group had four recruits, and Vidal explained that Bullet was his fourteen-year-old son and a new student at the Marine Headquarters Academy.

Vidal and the other trainees began getting acquainted at Marineford after Bullet was registered for the academy. The chapter left Vidal and Monkey D. Dragon on friendly terms, with Dragon leading the group toward their dormitory.

• Zephyr ordered Rear Admiral Dewitt to take Bullet to the academy to register, then assigned the trainees tasks to complete before classes began.
• Borsalino, Sakazuki, and the other trainees reacted with surprise when Vidal explained that Bullet was an orphan he had adopted.
• Vidal introduced himself and his companions, and the trainees began shaking hands and getting to know one another.
• Vidal recognized Monkey D. Dragon as Vice Admiral Garp's son, and the two tested each other's grip before agreeing they would get along.
• Dragon offered to guide the group to the dormitory area, and Vidal accepted.

Vidal and Borsalino moved into their shared Marineford residence and discovered that their rooms were stocked with extensive study materials. They introduced themselves over bananas and began to get along as partners.

• Dragon led Vidal and the others to the senior officers' residential area, where Zephyr had assigned them roommates.
• Vidal and Borsalino found they were sharing a house, and Vidal chose the sunlit bedroom.
• Vidal discovered the many books in their rooms and worried that the training camp would require extensive study, while Borsalino was delighted by them.
• Borsalino introduced himself as a twenty-six-year-old Glint-Glint Fruit user and former North Blue division captain who liked miso ramen and bananas.
• Vidal grew a banana tree with his Woods-Woods Fruit, introduced himself, and told Borsalino about his training, Haki, and love of fruit.

Vidal and the other trainees completed Zephyr’s test of their ability to learn one another’s names, then boarded a warship bound for a training island so Zephyr could assess their strength. Kong and Sengoku watched them depart and discussed the exceptional talent in Zephyr’s class.

• The fifty trainees gathered for a meal, met one another, and agreed to return to the assembly square the next morning.
• Vidal learned that Dragon admired his father, Garp, and dreamed of surpassing him as a Marine; Vidal considered how he might later influence Dragon’s plans for the Revolutionary Army.
• Zephyr tested the trainees on their classmates’ names and backgrounds, and they all answered correctly within a minute.
• Zephyr ordered the trainees aboard a warship bound for a training island, where he planned to assess their abilities and show them the differences in their strength.
• Kong and Sengoku watched the warship leave Marineford and praised the quality of Zephyr’s trainees, while Kong complained that Garp had refused promotion to Admiral.

Zephyr brought the special training camp trainees to Z Island for a monthly free-for-all that tested their fighting skills and justice while forbidding them from killing one another. As Vidal landed among the first trainees, he headed toward the island’s center, where the battles and the threat of hidden criminals awaited.

• Zephyr announced that the trainees would fight for two days until no more than three remained on Z Island, with Marines rescuing defeated trainees and supervising the matches.
• Zephyr revealed that pirates and bandits from Impel Down were also on the island, and he told Sakazuki he could kill them.
• Vidal landed seventh, noticed that the barren island had no vegetation, and suspected Zephyr had chosen it to limit his fruit ability.
• Vidal used Observation Haki to locate Den Den Mushi camouflaged in the hills, then continued toward the island’s center without meeting anyone.

Marine officers watched the Z Island free-for-all as Borsalino flew straight to the center to avoid fighting his way there. Vidal captured a pirate who tried to shoot him and made him agree to help recruit other prisoners, leaving Vidal to build a temporary team.

• Kong and Sengoku watched the footage and discussed whether Bullet might become Garp's disciple after they observed his performance.
• Borsalino transformed into a beam of light and flew toward the island's center, planning to wait for the other combatants there.
• A pirate fired at Vidal from ambush, but Vidal trapped him inside a tree and offered to spare him if he fought for Vidal.
• The pirate accepted Vidal's terms and revealed that he had seen three other prisoners nearby.
• Vidal ordered the pirate to lead him to the three prisoners so they could become his temporary teammates.

Sakazuki hunted pirates on Z Island and killed a Rhino-form pirate after surviving his charge. Meanwhile, Vidal gathered a group of pirates around him as officers watching the broadcast worried about his eventual confrontation with Sakazuki.

• Sakazuki killed one pirate with a magma-covered stomp and another with a giant lava fist.
• The Rhino Man threw a fleeing pirate at Sakazuki, then charged through Sakazuki’s body in Beast Form, believing he had killed him.
• Sakazuki emerged from the ground in a pillar of lava, killed the Rhino Man, and continued searching Z Island for pirates.
• Vice Admiral Cornell and Rear Admiral Dewitt watched Sakazuki’s fight and worried that Vidal would have to face him later.
• Vidal had eight uniformed pirates gathered around him, while the officers turned their attention to his broadcast.

Vidal gathered criminals and offered Comil and Strawberry a choice: fight him and join him as partners, or face his group and leave the battle royale. He argued that they could continue with him to witness his eventual fights against Sakazuki, Borsalino, and the others.

• Vidal watched Comil and Strawberry duel after gathering ten criminals around the hillside.
• Comil and Strawberry stopped fighting when Vidal’s criminals surrounded them, and they recognized Vidal above them.
• Vidal admitted he had gathered the criminals and called them dogs, then revived four fallen pirates with vines and ordered them to serve him.
• Vidal offered Comil and Strawberry the choice of fighting his group or challenging him alone and joining him as partners if he won.
• Strawberry accused Vidal of wanting to make them his dogs, and Vidal denied it, saying he wanted them to help guard the criminals and continue with him.

Vidal declared that he intended to become Fleet Admiral and demonstrated his strength against Strawberry and Comil. As he fought them, he also used his powers to stop two of the twelve criminals from escaping.

• Vidal announced that he would become Fleet Admiral and make Strawberry and Comil his trusted commanders, drawing reactions from Kong and Sengoku at Marine Headquarters.
• Strawberry challenged Vidal, who released his powerful presence and faced him in battle.
• Strawberry attacked with Soru, but Vidal blocked his slash with a tree and struck him into a crater.
• Comil joined Strawberry, and Vidal surrounded them with five more trees whose branches forced the swordsmen to defend themselves together.
• Two criminals tried to flee, but thorny vines grew around them and trapped them in pain.

Vidal subdued Comil and Strawberry with his plant powers, then offered them beans that rapidly healed their injuries and restored their stamina. The two accepted the beans, while Vidal considered what to call his Senzu Bean-inspired creation.

• Vidal used sharp thorns to kill several pirates and revealed that seeds had appeared on the survivors' bodies.
• Vidal trapped Comil and Strawberry among six trees and overwhelmed them with branches and endless blades of leaves.
• Vidal stopped Comil and Strawberry with wooden spears erupting from the ground and showed them that he controlled the ground beneath them.
• Vidal withdrew the spears and gave Comil and Strawberry green beans that healed their wounds.
• Vidal explained that his Green Beans restored injuries and stamina, but could not heal severe injuries or replace more than one meal.

As the island’s nighttime battle intensified, Borsalino swiftly eliminated trainees who entered the central area, while Dragon defeated a Zoan-user pirate and chose to spare him. Sakazuki killed the helpless pirate and confronted Dragon over whether captured criminals should be executed, leaving the two trainees at odds.

• Borsalino used his speed and light-based attacks to defeat Vivian and Haishizi near the island’s center.
• Dragon overpowered the rabbit Zoan user, broke his limbs, and left him unable to fight.
• Sakazuki killed the injured pirate with a Magma Fist and accused Dragon of being too soft on criminals.
• Dragon argued that captured pirates should be handled according to the law, while Sakazuki insisted that pirates deserved to die.
• Dragon and Sakazuki stood firm in their opposing views as their confrontation grew more serious.

Dragon and Sakazuki fought fiercely during the special training camp, with Dragon’s Haki allowing him to hurt Sakazuki but neither gaining a decisive advantage. Meanwhile, Vidal and five fellow trainees rested at his wooden compound, where twenty-four criminals were imprisoned, and prepared for the coming battles.

• Sakazuki and Dragon clashed head-on, and Dragon began to lose ground against the force and heat of Sakazuki’s magma fists.
• Dragon used Soru and Armament Haki to strike Sakazuki from behind, revealing a way to bypass his Logia defenses.
• Sakazuki adapted to Dragon’s attacks, but Dragon landed a Haki-coated kick that sent him sliding backward.
• The fight continued without a winner as the long night and the special training camp’s highest-level battle carried on.
• Vidal sat with Benson, Comil, Morgan, Yamakaji, Momonga, and Strawberry at his wooden compound, where they discussed the imprisoned criminals and prepared to rest before the next day’s fights.

Borsalino waited through the night before Sakazuki and Dragon arrived, already fighting fiercely. As Borsalino and Sakazuki prepared to gang up on Dragon, a gentle laugh interrupted them and announced the arrival of the last contender.

• Borsalino spent the night defending the central area, eliminating eleven trainees and several criminals while waiting for Sakazuki, Vidal, and Dragon.
• Sakazuki attacked Dragon with Great Eruption, and Dragon countered with a kick and Dragon Claw Fist.
• Sakazuki struck Dragon with Dog Biting Crimson Lotus, sending him into a river, but Dragon emerged alive and recognized how quickly Sakazuki was improving.
• Borsalino sided with Sakazuki and prepared to attack Dragon, while Sakazuki accepted the temporary alliance under the rules of the free-for-all.
• An unidentified contender arrived and apologized for being the last to reach the central area.

Vidal brought thirty captured pirates and six Navy trainees to join the confrontation, arranging for them to engage Sakazuki and Dragon while he took on Borsalino. The encirclement began as Vidal headed down to join the fight.

• Vidal arrived with six trainees and thirty pirates he had gathered during his search of Z Island.
• Vidal ordered the pirates to attack Sakazuki, promising they could leave Impel Down if they completed the task.
• Vidal asked the six trainees to keep Dragon occupied and said he would fight Borsalino.
• Benson, Comil, Yamakaji, Momonga, Strawberry, and Morgan charged at Dragon.
• Kong and Sengoku praised Vidal's command and preparation as he went down to join the battle.

Vidal and Borsalino avoided the ongoing battles, joined forces, and watched Sakazuki wear down his opponents while sharing fruit and discussing Haki. Once Sakazuki defeated the criminals, they moved to send him out of the competition.

• Vidal and Borsalino agreed to team up against the other candidates before fighting each other.
• Vidal created a table, chairs, and fruit in an oasis, where he and Borsalino relaxed and watched the battles.
• Borsalino asked about Haki, and Vidal explained that it let people touch Logia users' real bodies.
• Sakazuki defeated the last of the criminals, and Vidal and Borsalino approached him together.
• Borsalino aimed a laser at Sakazuki and told him he would have to leave the field first.

Vidal and Borsalino joined forces against the exhausted Sakazuki, turning the battle near the oasis into a spectacular clash of light, forest, and magma. The trainees watched the fight in disbelief as the three continued exchanging attacks.

• Vidal attacked Sakazuki with a forest of trees, while Borsalino blasted the trees apart with lasers.
• Vidal emerged from a tree and struck Sakazuki with an Armament Haki-coated fist, then clashed head-on with his Great Eruption.
• Sakazuki learned that Vidal was a Special Paramecia, and Borsalino struck him from behind with a beam of light.
• Vidal and Borsalino relentlessly attacked Sakazuki, who was weakened from his earlier fights and had to spend stamina reforming his magma body.
• The trainees aboard the warship watched the fierce battle on the light screen and wondered whether the fighters were really their fellow trainees.

Dragon fought off six Marines with overwhelming mastery of the Six Powers and Haki while Vidal and Borsalino attacked Sakazuki. Just as Sakazuki appeared close to defeat, Dragon shielded him from Borsalino’s beams and challenged him.

• Dragon used his speed, strength, and combat skills to repel the six Marines, knocking Morgan down during their assault.
• Dragon defeated Strawberry and Benson, leaving Comil, Momonga, and Yamakaji to charge him together.
• Vidal struck Sakazuki with a powerful kick, and Borsalino followed with beams as Sakazuki fell into the magma.
• Dragon intercepted Borsalino’s beams with his Armament Haki-coated fist and stood in front of Sakazuki, asking if he was too tired to stand.

Vidal and Dragon fought fiercely while Borsalino faced the badly wounded Sakazuki. The battle impressed Marine leaders and their families watching from afar, and the chapter ended with Garp cheering Dragon on while acknowledging Vidal's strength.

• Vidal chose to fight Dragon, while Borsalino agreed to take on Sakazuki.
• Vidal and Dragon exchanged Haki- and Six Powers-enhanced blows, with Dragon knocking Vidal into a crater before Vidal sent Dragon crashing through the jungle.
• Sengoku assessed the fighters and noted how Vidal's photosynthesis complemented his physical combat skills.
• Cornell and Garp watched the battle, with Cornell cheering Vidal and Garp warning Dragon not to lose.