Chapter Summaries

Vidal’s preparations stopped a coordinated night of riots against Marine patrols in Sabaody, leaving the Marines with no deaths and the attackers captured or killed. After hearing Biweisi’s report, Vidal ordered the captured rioters held and gifted Biweisi a Bokken comparable to Skillful Grade Blades.

• Kuroda and his men ambushed a Marine patrol, but blades of grass struck them before they could attack.
• Marine patrols found rioters across Hotel Street trapped by thorny vines and grass, while Marines at the Area 76 lookout tower repelled attackers with gunfire.
• At sunrise, the streets appeared peaceful, and Biweisi reported that fifty-six Marines had minor injuries, while 112 rioters were killed and eighty-five captured.
• Vidal ordered rioters with bounties sent to Impel Down and the others held until he could meet them.
• Vidal gave Biweisi a green-handled Bokken comparable to Skillful Grade Blades.

Vidal maintained Marine security in Sabaody while asking Nacil about herbal treatments that could improve aptitude. After Nacil kissed his cheek, Antoine ordered Vidal to arrange security for a Celestial Dragon arriving in two days.

• Marine patrols and warships improved public order in Sabaody but disrupted pirate business and ship repairs.
• Vidal used Nature's Gift to help heal the wounded Marines, while Nacil treated serious injuries with surgery and medicine.
• Vidal asked Nacil about herbal formulas for improving innate aptitude and requested a medicinal bath for an experiment.
• Nacil teased Vidal and kissed his cheek before a Den Den Mushi interrupted them.
• Antoine told Vidal that a Celestial Dragon would arrive in two days and ordered him to arrange security.

Vidal turned the Celestial Dragon Saint Rosward’s visit to Sabaody into a chance to earn money by selling him exclusive protections. Rosward eagerly paid for a private royal road and its decorations, and he came to admire Vidal.

• Vidal arranged for Colonel Noel to greet Saint Rosward and pitch services on his behalf.
• Noel persuaded Rosward that walking on roads used by commoners would dishonor him, then offered a private wooden road for one hundred million Beli.
• Rosward agreed to pay, and Vidal’s power raised a smooth wooden road for him to walk on.
• Rosward paid another hundred million Beli for elaborate reliefs to appear on the road, which thrilled him.
• Noel offered to keep commoners away for another hundred million Beli, and Rosward eagerly approved the payment, convinced Vidal’s services were worthwhile.

Vidal used a lavish royal road and strict Marine security to keep Saint Rosward safe during his visit to Sabaody, earning his praise and three hundred million Beli. He then rejected the local factions’ offer to negotiate until two months had passed, while planning to extend Marine control across the archipelago.

• Marines cleared the streets and built a luxurious walkway for Saint Rosward, while Vidal earned three hundred million Beli for arranging the procession.
• Saint Rosward toured Sabaody under Marine protection, visited the human auction, and praised Vidal before leaving.
• Vice Admiral Antoine criticized Vidal’s flattery but envied the money he had made.
• Sabaody’s factions called Vidal to negotiate, but he told them to wait two months and prepare enough money.
• Vidal planned three months of strict enforcement and aimed to bring most of Sabaody under Marine control, leaving Area 20 lawless.

Sengoku recognized that Vidal’s methods in Sabaody could strengthen Marine surveillance elsewhere, and headquarters backed his Forest Network plan. As Vidal’s growing profits and influence drew Vice Admiral Antoine’s attention, Vidal considered how Colonel Noel could benefit from choosing to support him.

• Sengoku reviewed Vidal’s report, identified the potential of his road-clearing tactics and surveillance plan, and approved expanding Marine intelligence operations.
• Vidal used the Woods-Woods Fruit to conceal Image Den Den Mushi across Sabaody while Commodore Aile, Commodore Biweisi, and other officers extended Marine control into more districts.
• Colonel Noel reported that the operation had earned 6.6 billion Beli in August, largely from Celestial Dragons paying for the Imperial Way.
• Noel told Vidal that Vice Admiral Antoine had approached him about the money, but Noel had declined to act without Vidal’s orders.
• Vidal pointed out that Noel’s career could stall without a powerful benefactor, and Noel understood that Vidal was offering to become that benefactor.

With the three-month training period over, Vidal passed all 2,421 Marines and met with Sabaody’s criminal organizations to negotiate control of the island and their return to business. He left the meeting discussing a plan to replace most Marine patrols with Automatic Image Den Den Mushi, subject to further conditions.

• Vidal announced that all 2,421 Marines had passed their Three-Three System Tactics training.
• Vidal held an image conference with Sabaody’s criminal representatives and demanded control of every area except Area 20, their cooperation with Marine information requests, protection fees, and an end to Den Den Mushi damage.
• Kinoshita, Shalin, and Peidi challenged Vidal’s demands, while Vidal offered to recall warships, stop checking vessels’ identities, and reduce patrols in exchange for their cooperation.
• Vidal argued that the organizations had little leverage against Marineford and Mary Geoise, and the representatives began considering a compromise.
• Vidal proposed replacing most Marine patrols with Automatic Image Den Den Mushi and invited the representatives to discuss additional conditions.

Commodore Forest Vidal finalized an agreement with Sabaody’s factions, expanding Marine control and preparing to take over Area 0. After pirates tried to reclaim their seized ships and were captured, Vidal planned to develop the area and generate income for the Marines.

• Forest Vidal agreed with Sabaody’s major factions to change patrols, establish Marine jurisdiction over Area 0, and impose fees and restrictions.
• The factions withdrew from Area 0 as Marines increased patrols and surveillance across the island.
• A tall pirate killed a faction thug after learning the Marines had sold the pirates’ seized ships and treasure to shipyard shops.
• Colonel Noel told Vidal that pirates had tried to steal their ships back and had been captured by the factions for sale at the human auction house.
• Vidal told Noel to prepare plans to develop Area 0 and rent or sell its houses and shops for Marine income.

Rear Admiral Gaili led a Marine sweep of Area 0 while Vidal delegated its redevelopment to Colonel Noel. Vidal and Nacil tested the Green Dew Formula, discovering that Vidal’s Photosynthetic Energy could greatly intensify it, though the resulting treatment would cause severe physical stress.

• Rear Admiral Gaili volunteered to lead nearly two thousand marines in sweeping Area 0 and drove its remaining occupants toward Area 10.
• Vidal left Area 0’s redevelopment to Colonel Noel and promised to recommend him for promotion to commodore.
• Vidal considered finding Colonel Noel a Devil Fruit because Noel was too weak to manage Sabaody on his own.
• Nacil explained that her medicinal bath, the Green Dew Formula, could gradually strengthen people over two years.
• Vidal infused the bath with Photosynthetic Energy until its liquid turned deep jade green.
• Nacil tested the enhanced formula and concluded that it would cause a painful cycle of bodily collapse and recovery, potentially strengthening those who endured it.

Vidal monitored the growing influx of pirates at Sabaody and waited for the right moment to capture them. The Warfire Pirates arrived at an inn, where Captain Norman paid a hefty deposit and was asked to sign an agreement.

• Vidal stored the Green Dew Formula after Nacil refused to try it, and watched Sabaody return to a brief stretch of peace.
• Vidal tracked pirate ships arriving at the archipelago and told his subordinates to let local businesses profit before closing the net.
• Norman led the Warfire Pirates into Area 70 and chose an inn, while Haiye declined the offer of an attendant.
• The inn proprietor identified Norman and required a fifty-million-Beli deposit because the Warfire Pirates were pirates.
• After Norman paid the deposit, the proprietor asked him to read and sign an agreement.

Norman reluctantly signed the onsen agreement, while pirates caused a violent riot at a shipyard over the required contracts. Vidal approved Isoka’s transfer to an administrative post and learned Woonan had found the island, but an urgent call reported Comil injured and demanded reinforcements in Area 53.

• Norman accused the onsen of trying to steal his deposit, checked other hotels, then signed the agreement after learning they all required it.
• Pirates at the shipyard resisted signing similar agreements, attacked guards, and tried to seize coating craftsmen and coated ships.
• Vidal learned Comil, Rabani, and Weini were stationed at the shipyard and signed Isoka’s request to transfer to an administrative post, assigning her as his secretary.
• Woonan told Vidal that they had found the island Vidal had asked him to locate, but that they were trapped there.
• A Marine called Vidal to report that Comil had been injured in Area 53 and requested reinforcements amid gunfire and clashes.

Comil struggled against Keji, the armored captain of the Giant Fist Pirates, until Vincent arrived to help him. The two Marines fought Keji together as the battle spread through the shipyard district, while Rabani and Weini remained seriously injured and unconscious.

• Comil fought Keji, whose giant size, armor, and wind-powered punches overwhelmed his attacks.
• Vincent rescued Comil from Keji's blow and told him that Commodore Biweisi was fighting Yifuli in Area 51.
• Vincent reported that Rabani and Weini were unconscious and that more than half of the five hundred Marines were dead or wounded.
• Keji attacked Vincent and Comil, and the two Marines scattered to evade his landing strike.
• Vincent and Comil counterattacked together, damaging Keji's armor but failing to pierce his enhanced body as the battle's chaos spread through the shipyard district.

Vidal refused to weaken the Marines’ positions elsewhere while Commodore Biweisi’s reinforcements confronted the giants, then used his Woods-Woods Fruit to survey the island as unrest spread. In Grove 72, the Warfire Pirates fought Marines and rival pirates, and Norman unleashed his Gun-Gun Fruit against a Marine officer advancing through their gunfire.

• Vidal rejected sending Rear Admiral Gaili from Grove 0 and kept the other grove commanders in place while Biweisi’s reinforcements handled the shipyard crisis.
• Reports reached Vidal that disturbances and fights had spread across the groves as pirates, Marines, and human traffickers clashed.
• Vidal sent the major away, transformed into wood, and sank into the ground to survey Sabaody through the mangroves.
• In Grove 72, Norman’s Warfire Pirates held Sakuragi Onsen against two pirate crews and the Marines after a fight over a maid escalated.
• Haiye sniped approaching pirates as Norman’s fighters exchanged heavy fire with their attackers.
• Norman saw a Marine officer cut through the machine-gun fire and used his Gun-Gun Fruit to unleash a barrage.

Vidal intervened in the battle between the Navy and the Warfire Pirates, capturing Norman and Haiye and quelling the violence across Sabaody’s hotel district. He left the Giant Fist Pirates for his subordinates to handle as he turned to the remaining disorder.

• Commodore Aile fought off Norman and Haiye’s coordinated gunfire, but his attacks were repeatedly disrupted by Haiye’s precise shots.
• Haiye tried to retreat, but Vidal restrained him with a wooden strip and knocked him unconscious; Vidal then struck Norman and pinned him down.
• Vidal’s ability deflected the soldiers’ bullets, while Commodore Aile cut down the nearby Warfire Pirates and accepted Norman into custody.
• Vidal spread thorny vines throughout areas 70 through 79, capturing the troublemakers and ending the chaos in the hotel district.
• Vidal decided to leave the Giant Fist Pirates to Commodore Biweisi, Comil, Vincent, and the other Marines to handle.

Keji and Yifuli fought the Marines on Area 53, while Commodore Biweisi tried to bring Keji down. Biweisi fell gravely wounded as Keji raised a fist to finish him.

• Keji smashed Comil and Vincent away, but turned his attention to Yifuli when the wounded giant called for help.
• Keji ordered Yifuli to fight Comil and Vincent while he faced Commodore Biweisi.
• Biweisi cut Keji's neck after dodging his attacks, then used Tekkai to endure Keji's retaliatory palm strike.
• Keji survived Biweisi's slash and drove his fist down toward the helpless, badly wounded Commodore.

Vidal rescued Biweisi and confronted Keji, the Giant Fist Pirates’ captain, in Grove 53. Vidal knocked Keji into a mangrove with one punch, but Keji survived, leaving Vidal dissatisfied with his strength.

• A captain and his crew learned that Keji and Yifuli were fighting Marines in Sabaody and decided to investigate, hoping to recruit the two giants.
• Vidal saved the wounded Biweisi from Keji’s punch, healed him with a bean, and ordered him to take Vincent and Comil away.
• Biweisi left to retrieve Vincent and Comil while Keji attacked Vidal for turning his back on him.
• Vidal dodged Keji’s stomp and struck him in the face with a Haki-coated green gauntlet, sending him crashing into a mangrove.
• Keji survived with a badly injured face, and Vidal lamented that he had not defeated a Supernova with one punch.

Vidal’s fight against the Giant Fist Pirates was broadcast across Sabaody, drawing attention to him and prompting Sengoku to spread the footage to Marine students. The chapter left Marine children watching Vidal’s battle, with Enel proudly announcing that Vidal was his father.

• Vidal knocked Keji down with an oversized green fist as crowds watched the live broadcast across Sabaody.
• Sengoku recognized Vidal’s broadcast as an effort to build fame and called Zephyr to arrange for Marine students to watch it.
• Zephyr agreed to show the battle at the Marine school, and Sengoku arranged for it to be shared with the students.
• Marine Academy students watched Vidal fight Keji and Yifuli, while Bullet felt proud and resolved to fight giants himself.
• Enel and Rosinante watched the broadcast, and Enel excitedly told his classmates that Vidal was his dad.

Vidal fought Giant Fist Keji and Yifuli during a live broadcast, testing his strength against their unusual durability and power. After knocking both giants down, he faced Keji’s bizarre wind-coated punch with his Giant Horn technique.

• Vidal judged that Keji had endured his attack and recognized how the Big-Big Fruit and armor made him exceptionally tough.
• Vidal struck Keji from behind, shattering his helmet, then met Yifuli’s hammer blows with a fist reinforced by green-light armor and Armament Haki.
• Vidal grew a thick tree beneath Yifuli, knocked him down, and wrapped him in its trunk before incapacitating him with another punch.
• Keji flew into a rage and coated his arm with wind by blowing on it, then charged Vidal with a special punch.
• Vidal summoned a gigantic golden bull and launched Giant Horn at Keji.

Vidal defeated Giant Fist Keji on Sabaody, but Gecko Moria arrived and stopped him from killing Keji. Vidal summoned a towering wooden bull and challenged Moria, declaring Sabaody his final stop.

• Vidal's golden Giant Horn overwhelmed Keji's Obelisk and left him charred in a crater.
• Keji shrank back to his short human form and begged Vidal to spare him, but Vidal prepared to kill him as a warning to other pirates.
• Gecko Moria and his companions appeared, blocked Vidal's strike, and offered Keji a choice between joining his crew or dying.
• Keji accepted Moria's offer, while Vidal objected and said Moria was about to be defeated himself.
• Vidal summoned Apis Divine Bull, a giant bull made from fused trees, and told Gecko Moria that Sabaody would be his final stop.

Vidal faced Gecko Moria and his two companions on Sabaody, while Marines and bystanders watched the broadcast with concern. Vidal incapacitated Lusi'en and Makasi with apparent clones, leaving Makasi stunned as he realized the Vidal pierced by his Blood Spears was not the real one.

• Crowds recognized Gecko Moria as a pirate with a 130 million Beli bounty, and Sengoku and Cornell worried about Vidal facing him.
• Moria sent Lusi'en and Makasi to fight Vidal together while he watched from behind.
• Vidal stayed atop the Apis Divine Bull as two hands erupted from the ground, broke Lusi'en's ankle, and dragged him underground.
• Makasi dodged the ground attack and launched Blood Spears at Vidal, but a second Vidal struck him from behind.
• Makasi fell and saw the real Vidal still standing on the bull, realizing the figure pierced by his spears had been a clone.

Vidal used his Wood Clone and the Apis Divine Bull to overwhelm Makasi and Lusi’en while fighting Gecko Moria. Moria struck back by splitting the bull with a shadow slash, leaving Vidal to face him directly.

• Makasi unleashed his Blood Prison River, but Vidal’s Wood Clone escaped its spears and attacked Makasi and Lusi’en with wood techniques.
• Vidal appeared behind Moria and struck him, while the Wood Clone continued to keep Makasi and Lusi’en occupied.
• The Apis Divine Bull burned away Makasi’s blood with a golden blast, then charged at him and Lusi’en again.
• Moria attacked Vidal with Doppelman’s Shadow Stab, but Vidal dodged it using Observation Haki.
• Moria swung his sword and cut the Apis Divine Bull in two with Shadow Demon Slash.