Recaps

Sengoku explained to Longinus how Conqueror's Haki awakens, why it is not proof of a king's birthright, and how it can be developed into a power that affects reality. He left Longinus with a lesson in its ultimate potential: a King's Domain that could merge with and rule over all things.

• Longinus questioned the idea that Conqueror's Haki marked someone as a natural-born king, citing its rarity among the Navy and the pirates he had seen in Impel Down.
• Sengoku explained that Conqueror's Haki was an innate potential in everyone, though difficult to awaken and often mistaken for evidence of ambition and kingship.
• Longinus and Sengoku shared their ambitions: Longinus wanted to make the world better, while Sengoku wanted Justice to reign over it.
• Sengoku urged Longinus not to reject Conqueror's Haki because of rumors and began teaching him about its true power.
• Sengoku explained that advanced Haki could go beyond Future Sight and shockwaves, and that Conqueror's Haki could ultimately become a King's Domain that merged with and ruled over all things.

Sengoku explained the true power of Conqueror’s Haki and how Roger, Garp, and Golden Lion’s abilities countered one another, then gave Longinus several days of instruction. Afterward, Longinus tested Minos’s remarkable flying speed and considered how it could help him escape or become a powerful ally if it learned Armament Haki.

• Sengoku told Longinus that Roger had mastered Conqueror’s Haki’s ability to influence, merge with, and command all things, and revealed that this power shaped the Battle of East Blue Sea.
• Sengoku explained how Roger, Garp, and Golden Lion countered one another, then advised Longinus to seek his own direction in developing Conqueror’s Haki.
• Sengoku taught Longinus techniques for controlling Conqueror’s Haki over three days before ending their training for the time being.
• Longinus ordered Minos to fly at maximum speed and saw Marine Headquarters shrink into a tiny dot below them.
• Longinus considered using Minos’s speed for travel and escape, and wondered whether Minos could learn Armament Haki.

Longinus returned to G2 Branch as its newly appointed commodore, arriving on his griffin, Minos. After the Marines recognized him and he waited for proper clearance, Vice Admiral Borsalino welcomed him and anticipated having a capable subordinate.

• Longinus landed at G2 Branch harbor on Minos and introduced himself to the wary Marines as their new commodore.
• Will recognized Longinus, and the Marines celebrated his return and admired Minos.
• Longinus asked Will to report his arrival to Vice Admiral Borsalino before entering the base.
• Minos grew agitated at the crowd, but Longinus calmed it with his voice and apparent use of Conqueror's Haki.
• Vice Admiral Borsalino arrived, praised Longinus, and said that his capable subordinate would make his work easier.

Longinus returned to the G2 Branch, where Borsalino briefly announced his new posting to Lodestar Island. Adkin warned him that Saint Lucia Kingdom had been taken over under suspicious circumstances, leaving Longinus to investigate the unrest.

• Borsalino held a brief meeting and announced that Longinus would be stationed on Lodestar Island.
• Adkin, Jonathan, and other officers congratulated Longinus on his promotion and praised his defeat of World Breaker Waldo.
• Adkin told Longinus that Borsalino would likely put him to work dealing with powerful pirates now that he had arrived.
• Adkin warned Longinus that he had lost authority on Lodestar Island after the island’s residents installed a new King.
• Adkin explained that outsiders had persuaded the people of Saint Lucia Kingdom to overthrow the royal family, though he had been unable to discover how they did it.

Adkin told Longinus that Avalo Pizarro had plunged Lodestar Island into wars and massacres while using fabricated evidence to evade punishment. Longinus accepted the mission to address the crisis and planned to consult King Cobra, while the alliance against Saint Lucia remained on the back foot.

• Adkin explained that Avalo Pizarro had conquered two kingdoms, massacred their people, and avoided consequences by releasing footage that supposedly proved they had plotted against him.
• Adkin said Pizarro had continued waging wars, earning the support of Saint Lucia's citizens and army while the other royal families' alliance struggled against his forces.
• Longinus agreed to go to Lodestar Island and told Adkin to await news at the branch.
• Adkin recommended that Longinus first speak with King Cobra, who had opposed Saint Lucia's atrocities and helped form the alliance.
• Adkin revealed that Saint Lucia's king was Avalo Pizarro, known by the surrounding royal families as the Tyrant King and the Corrupt King.

Longinus prepared to lead Drake, Vergo, and Rice to end the war on Lodestar Island. In Alabasta, Cobra eagerly awaited Longinus and decided to ask him to become his unborn child’s godfather.

• Longinus returned to G2 Branch and joined Drake, Vergo, and Rice, who were waiting to accompany him.
• Longinus told his subordinates to prepare to depart and end the war on Lodestar Island.
• Cobra paced in the palace, but Igaram persuaded him to wait for Longinus rather than travel to the port, especially because Queen Vivi was pregnant.
• Bell reported that Longinus had arrived and admitted that Minos’s Griffin had frightened him.
• Cobra praised Longinus’s character and devotion to Justice, and Vivi suggested inviting him to become their child’s godfather.

Longinus met King Cobra and Queen Nefertari Titi in Alabasta and learned that the alliance was suffering heavy losses in its war with Saint Lucia. He suspected an unusual Devil Fruit ability might explain Saint Lucia’s fanaticism and sent Rice and Vergo to investigate together.

• Jaca escorted Longinus, Drake, Rice, and Vergo to the palace, where Cobra warmly welcomed Longinus and introduced Queen Nefertari Titi.
• Cobra told Longinus that the alliance had suffered more than three hundred thousand casualties, while Saint Lucia had lost nearly one hundred thousand, and that Saint Lucia refused to accept surrenders.
• Cobra and Titi described Saint Lucia’s fanatical citizens and King Saint Lucia’s seemingly purposeless war, prompting Longinus to suggest that a Devil Fruit ability might be involved.
• Longinus said the Marines needed more intelligence on Saint Lucia, and Rice volunteered to investigate.
• Vergo also offered to handle the mission, so Longinus assigned Rice and Vergo to investigate together.

Cobra asked Longinus to become the godfather of Vivi’s unborn child, explaining that Longinus’s words had inspired him to stand against injustice. As the allied Kings gathered to discuss the war against Saint Lucia, Longinus asked for three days to offer a solution, prompting King Gal to challenge him.

• Cobra asked Longinus to become the godfather of his unborn child, and Longinus accepted.
• Cobra recalled how Longinus’s words about people staying silent while others were targeted had strengthened his resolve to uphold justice.
• Cobra and Longinus welcomed the allied Kings, and Cobra introduced Longinus as the new commander stationed on Lodestar Island.
• The Kings demanded to know how the Marines would stop Saint Lucia, and Longinus asked them to give him three days to provide an answer.
• King Gal accused Longinus of making excuses and demanded that he guarantee his promise with his life.

Longinus persuaded King Gal and the other rulers to accept his three-day deadline, then told Cobra and Drake he would use underhanded methods to bring the Corrupt King to justice. He planned to accuse the Corrupt King of coveting the Poneglyphs and trying to revive an Ancient Weapon.

• Longinus reminded King Gal that the Marines had no obligation to help, and King Gal backed down after learning Longinus had killed a king before.
• Longinus assured the gathered rulers that he would personally stop the Saint Lucia army if it attacked.
• Cobra asked whether two Marines could bring back reliable news within three days, and Longinus admitted he had little hope they would.
• Longinus argued to Cobra and Drake that lies and darkness could be necessary to achieve justice, influencing them to accept his reasoning.
• Longinus revealed that he planned to charge the Corrupt King with coveting the Poneglyphs and attempting to revive an Ancient Weapon.

Longinus and Cobra arranged to use the Corrupt King's interest in a Poneglyph and Ancient Weapon as a pretext for Marine action, while keeping Alabasta out of the rumor. In Saint Lucia, the Corrupt King learned that Longinus was leading the Marines, then planned to let Rice escape and stage one more grand war before leaving.

• Drake worried that the Government would punish Longinus for spreading a false rumor, but Longinus said he would accept the risk to protect civilians.
• Cobra revealed that the Nefertari Family had once been among the Twenty Kings and that Alabasta possessed information about a Poneglyph and an Ancient Weapon.
• Longinus told Cobra to spread a vague story about the Corrupt King coveting the Poneglyph and Ancient Weapon without naming Alabasta, then wait for the rumor to take effect.
• The Corrupt King questioned the captured Rice and learned that four Marines had arrived under Commodore Longinus, who had defeated Waldo.
• The Corrupt King ordered Rice to be allowed to escape, saying he wanted to stabilize Longinus before staging one more grand war and leaving Saint Lucia.

Longinus and the others realized that Corrupt King was likely using cats to control the people of Lodestar Island, but they could not free them without defeating him. As they prepared for the coming battle, Saint Lucia’s entire army attacked Alabasta.

• Vergo and Rice reported that their mission had failed, and Longinus used Conqueror’s Haki to break Rice free from Corrupt King’s influence.
• Rice described seeing Corrupt King transform into a cat, leading Longinus to identify his fruit as the Mythical Zoan Cat-Cat Fruit, Nekomata form.
• Cobra explained that cats were revered across Lodestar Island, and Longinus concluded they were likely the medium for Corrupt King’s large-scale control.
• Rice suggested killing Saint Lucia’s cats, but Cobra warned that doing so would provoke the people, and Longinus said defeating Corrupt King was the only way to free them.
• A messenger rushed into the hall and announced that Saint Lucia’s entire army was attacking.

Longinus ended the battle outside the royal city by knocking both armies unconscious with Conqueror’s Haki, then confronted Corrupt King in Saint Lucia. He declared Corrupt King Pizarro guilty of seeking the Poneglyph and trying to revive an Ancient Weapon, and prepared to execute him.

• Cobra and Longinus arrived as King Gal tried to persuade Saint Lucia’s soldiers to surrender, but their general accused the Allied Forces of heresy.
• Longinus used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out both armies and asked the Kings to spare the Saint Lucia soldiers so they could atone.
• Longinus rode Minos to Saint Lucia, where the Griffin struck Corrupt King and killed his subordinates with its powerful gusts.
• Corrupt King challenged Longinus’s authority to attack a king, but Longinus invoked his power over the rules and declared Pizarro eligible for immediate execution.

Longinus overwhelmed Corrupt King with his speed, strength, and Armament Haki, foiling his attempts to escape and take hostages. After Longinus blasted him away with Rokuogan: Armament: Maximum Wheel, he realized the technique had brought him closer to understanding the flow of Armament Haki.

• Longinus attacked Corrupt King relentlessly, leaving Vergo, Drake, and Rice astonished by the one-sided fight.
• Corrupt King used Soul Chain, but Longinus resisted it and struck him with an Iron Fist.
• Corrupt King tried to flee toward Vergo, Drake, and Rice to take them hostage.
• Longinus unleashed Rokuogan: Armament: Maximum Wheel and swept Corrupt King away.
• Longinus recognized that his Armament-infused shockwave had advanced his understanding of flowing Armament Haki.

Longinus defeated the Corrupt King Pizarro after Pizarro unleashed the Hundred Cat Night Parade, then killed him and declared Lodestar Island at peace. After sending Drake, Vergo, and Rice to help King Cobra, Longinus stayed behind to finish his own business.

• Pizarro revived in his Underworld Nekomata form and attacked Longinus with the Hundred Cat Night Parade.
• Longinus swiftly knocked Pizarro unconscious, then accused him of seeking to revive an Ancient Weapon hidden somewhere on Lodestar Island.
• Longinus stomped Pizarro's head apart, confirming that he was dead.
• Longinus told King Cobra that the crisis was over, and Alabasta's people celebrated through the Den Den Mushi.
• Longinus ordered Drake, Vergo, and Rice to help Cobra with the aftermath, then stayed behind to wrap things up.

Longinus reported to Sengoku that he had killed King Saint Lucia after discovering her search for a Poneglyph and an Ancient Weapon. The Five Elders thanked him, took over the investigation, and gave him a direct line to the government and limited authority over its forces.

• Longinus called Sengoku and reported that he had killed King Saint Lucia of Lodestar Island.
• Longinus explained that Saint Lucia had used a Mythical Zoan Cat-Cat Fruit, Model: Nekomata to seize power, control people, and wage wars while searching for information.
• Longinus told the Five Elders that Saint Lucia’s trail led to Alabasta and that she appeared to have come from North Blue.
• Longinus suggested Saint Lucia’s unexplained origins might point to a connection he had not yet uncovered.
• The Five Elders ordered Longinus to leave the matter to the government and arranged for CP9 agents to bring him a dedicated Den Den Mushi.
• The Five Elders told Longinus he could use the Den Den Mushi to contact them directly and mobilize government-affiliated forces within a limited area.

The Five Elders discussed Longinus’s warning about a secret tied to the North Blue and considered how to restrain Doflamingo without triggering his contingencies. At an underground trading venue, Doflamingo learned that Longinus had mentioned an Ancient Weapon and ordered Vergo to investigate it, suspecting a connection to Alabasta.

• The Five Elders questioned Longinus’s report and agreed that Doflamingo should be taught a lesson, while avoiding actions that might expose his secret.
• Trebol detonated a captured pirate with his explosive snot at the underground trading venue, and Doflamingo warned him about attracting attention.
• Doflamingo answered Vergo’s call and learned that Longinus had mentioned an Ancient Weapon after defeating the Corrupt King on Lodestar Island.
• Vergo explained that the Corrupt King had controlled citizens and waged wars, leading Doflamingo to suspect the massacres had concealed a search for the Ancient Weapon.
• Doflamingo learned that Alabasta was among the kingdoms on Lodestar Island and ordered Vergo to prioritize gathering information about the Ancient Weapon.

Spandine delivered Longinus a personal Den Den Mushi from the Five Elders and told him he could now participate in the Science Unit. Longinus met Vice Admiral Borsalino at G2, learned the unit’s base was in the Devil Triangle Sea Area, and agreed to visit it.

• Spandine delivered the Den Den Mushi to Longinus and, mistaking him for a Celestial Dragon, offered to handle his personal affairs.
• Spandine told Longinus that the Five Elders wanted him to seek out Vice Admiral Borsalino about joining the Science Unit.
• Three days later, Longinus returned to G2 and met Borsalino, who explained that he guarded the Science Unit’s base.
• Borsalino showed Longinus that the Science Unit’s base was in the Devil Triangle Sea Area.
• Longinus accepted Borsalino’s offer to visit the Science Unit’s base.

Longinus and Borsalino traveled through the Devil Triangle Sea Area to reach the government’s massive deep-sea Science Unit base, where they met Caesar. Caesar’s boast that Vegapunk was his assistant ended with Borsalino mistaking him for a comedian.

• Borsalino explained that ships in the Devil Triangle Sea Area often lost their bearings in the fog and warned Longinus about the White Dragon whirlpool.
• Borsalino and Longinus reached Onigashima and discovered a concealed entrance beneath a lake.
• They traveled through a seastone-lined underwater tunnel and entered the vast base designed by Dr. Vegapunk.
• Caesar greeted Borsalino, who struggled to remember his name and introduced him as Dr. Vegapunk’s assistant.
• Caesar declared himself the world’s greatest scientist and claimed Vegapunk was his assistant, but, intimidated by Longinus and Borsalino, he pretended he was a comedian.

Longinus visited Dr. Vegapunk’s laboratory to choose a Devil Fruit Item as a reward for his service. He selected the ominous Fruit of Judgment despite Borsalino warning that its power could drive its user toward extreme justice and self-punishment.

• Borsalino introduced Longinus to Dr. Vegapunk, who led them to the laboratory where Devil Fruit Items were made.
• Borsalino explained that the government had made most fruits in its inventory available to Longinus, though Logias and Mythical Zoans were excluded.
• Vegapunk said Borsalino was too strong for the available experimental subjects, while Caesar would take over research into human gigantification.
• Longinus chose the Fruit of Judgment from the list of available fruits.
• Borsalino warned Longinus that the fruit could make its user obsess over justice and even judge himself, but Longinus decided to try its power as an item.

Longinus received a bracelet infused with a Devil Fruit power and manifested its energy as a spear, which he could use to improve his long-range attacks. As he and Borsalino returned from Vegapunk’s undersea base, a gigantic white dragon appeared beneath the sea and attacked their warship.

• Longinus asked Vegapunk to make a bracelet vessel for a Devil Fruit power, and Vegapunk said the work would take about a week.
• After a week, Longinus wore the bracelet and used his will to manifest a spear of energy, explaining that throwing it helped make up for his weakness in long-range attacks.
• Borsalino and Longinus left the base aboard a submarine, returned to their warship, and began sailing through the fog.
• The warship shook violently, and Borsalino recognized the cause as a gigantic white dragon thrashing beneath the sea.

Longinus and Borsalino faced a White Dragon that pursued Longinus, forcing the Marines to abandon their ship. Longinus borrowed the soldiers’ strength to empower a spear and destroyed the White Dragon, though its reason for targeting him remained unclear.

• Borsalino and Longinus propelled the warship away from the White Dragon, but the creature caught up and pursued them again.
• Borsalino ordered the soldiers to abandon ship, while Longinus chose to stay and save them.
• Longinus formed a silver-white spear and asked the soldiers to lend him their strength, draining them as they gripped it.
• With Borsalino holding off the White Dragon, Longinus charged forward and hurled the empowered spear at it.
• The spear unleashed a massive blast that tore through the sea, and the White Dragon dissipated.

After the tsunami, Longinus rescued an unconscious samurai and a little girl from beneath the sea. He recognized them as Kawamatsu and Kōzuki Hiyori, then suspected that Hiyori’s journey through time had made him a new Spacetime Coordinate; Kawamatsu and Hiyori concealed their identities from the Marines.

• Longinus heard a cry for help beneath the sea and dove down while Borsalino and the soldiers remained aboard the warship.
• Longinus found an injured samurai holding a nearly suffocated little girl and brought both of them to the deck.
• Longinus identified the samurai’s crest as belonging to the Kōzuki Clan and suspected the girl was Kōzuki Hiyori, sent into the future through a Spacetime Tunnel.
• Longinus reasoned that the original Spacetime Coordinate had died and that his connection to Hiyori’s brother had made him the replacement.
• Kawamatsu woke, drew his sword, and disguised himself and Hiyori by calling her Komurasaki and claiming to be her father.
• Hiyori woke and thanked Longinus for saving her, while Kawamatsu stopped her from revealing their identities.

Kawamatsu and Kōzuki Hiyori revealed that they came from Wano Country after Longinus and Borsalino rescued them. When Kawamatsu learned that a year had passed, Longinus arranged for them to stay aboard the Marine warship while the Marines considered what to do next.

• Borsalino questioned Kawamatsu about Wano Country, and Kawamatsu admitted that he and his daughter had drifted at sea after fleeing pirates.
• Kawamatsu thanked Longinus for rescuing them, learning that Longinus had sensed Hiyori beneath the sea with Observation Haki.
• A Marine Captain grew suspicious of the pair, but Longinus prevented their restraint and ordered a room prepared for them.
• Kawamatsu learned it was Marineford Era 1503, a year later than when he had set out, and reacted in shock.
• Kawamatsu and Hiyori followed a Marine to their room, while Borsalino and Longinus discussed the pair's likely lord-and-retainer relationship.

Hiyori and Kawamatsu decided to join the Marines to escape Kaido and Orochi and seek revenge. Longinus welcomed them, but Borsalino tested Kawamatsu’s strength and sent him flying to a distant island with a light-speed kick.

• Kawamatsu apologized to Hiyori for lying about her father and explained that only one year had passed instead of the twenty years her mother intended.
• Hiyori resolved to face the danger and named Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi as her enemies.
• Kawamatsu suggested joining the Marines, and Hiyori impulsively asked Longinus to let them enlist.
• Longinus welcomed Hiyori and Kawamatsu, while Borsalino said he needed to verify Kawamatsu’s strength.
• Kawamatsu challenged Borsalino, who kicked him at the speed of light and sent him crashing into an island a thousand meters away.

Two years after Kawamatsu joined Longinus, Longinus received an invitation from King Cobra to attend Vivi’s first birthday celebration. Meanwhile, Doflamingo’s operations were attacked by the Marines and Government, and he prepared to play along while relying on a troublesome ally.

• Longinus reassured Hiyori that Borsalino had spared Kawamatsu, and Kawamatsu returned to the ship impressed by Borsalino’s strength.
• Kawamatsu and Hiyori began working under Longinus, and two years passed.
• In 1505, Komurasaki delivered King Cobra’s invitation to Longinus, who decided to travel to the celebration with her and Drake.
• Doflamingo learned that his family and hidden agents had been attacked in a joint operation by the Marines and Government.
• Doflamingo decided to act obediently for now and said he had made a deal with a troublesome ally to handle matters related to the Ancient Weapon.