Chapter Summaries

Longinus learned from the newspaper that Roger had been executed and the World Military Draft had begun, then decided to join the Navy for training, protection, and access to intelligence. The chapter ended with Fitz warning him that Giant Rhinoceros Alex and his thirty-seven-million-Beli pirate crew had arrived.

• Longinus emerged from the sea after killing a Sea King and had Baki share its meat with the Young Cadets.
• Longinus read the newspaper and learned that Roger had been executed and the World Military Draft had been announced.
• Longinus decided that joining the Navy best served his goals and planned to leave the island as the Great Pirate Era began.
• Fitz rushed to Longinus and warned him that Giant Rhinoceros Alex and the Giant Rhinoceros Pirates had appeared.

Longinus confronted Giant Rhinoceros Alex after the pirate captain attacked Falling Leaf Town, and quickly overwhelmed him in battle. Alex transformed into a gigantic rhinoceros, leaving the townspeople fearful as Longinus prepared to face his true strength.

• Longinus chose to confront Alex despite his 37-million-Beli bounty, and Fitz hurried after him.
• Alex rejected the mayor’s plea for mercy and raised his spiked club to kill the townspeople.
• Longinus leaped down and sent Alex flying with a stomp, then Alex killed a pirate who had mocked his defeat.
• Longinus dodged Alex’s charge and struck him with a shoulder ram, knee, and throw that left him unable to fight back.
• Alex transformed into a five-meter-tall rhinoceros and charged at Longinus, who dodged the horn and taunted him.

Longinus defeated Alex and his pirates after overpowering the transformed captain and killing his sniper, Quincy. The fight ended at the shore, where Longinus secretly used a sword to pierce Alex and devour his soul.

• Longinus repeatedly overwhelmed Alex’s Giant Rhinoceros forms, breaking his defenses and throwing him into the trees.
• Quincy fired a series of sniper rounds at Longinus, but Longinus dodged them, prompting Quincy to flee.
• Longinus hurled Alex into Quincy, killing the sniper and crushing him into a meat pancake.
• Alex tried to retreat and then threatened to outlast Longinus, who drew the fight toward the shore.
• Longinus secretly pierced Alex’s chest with a Long Sword, and the scarlet blade devoured Alex’s soul.

On Aska Island, Allen agreed to become a sacrifice to strengthen the seal on the Cursed Holy Sword, believing his sister Demi would be cared for after his death. Left alone in the temple beneath the Red Full Moon, he resisted the Seven Star Sword’s temptations, leaving the sword’s seal and his fate unresolved.

• The High Priest told Allen that the Seven Star Sword was real and that its seal needed to be reinforced when the Red Full Moon returned.
• The High Priest asked Allen to serve as a sacrifice and promised Demi would be adopted by a wealthy noble couple; Allen agreed.
• Allen said goodbye to Demi and left despite her pleas.
• The High Priest led Allen to the temple’s lower chamber, placed him inside a blood-drawn six-pointed star, and fled.
• The Seven Star Sword tempted Allen with power, wealth, and fame, but Allen dismissed the temptation as a test and remained unmoved.

Allen learned that the Chief and High Priest had sold his sister to a slave ship and planned to sacrifice him to the Seven Star Sword. After drawing the sword, his soul merged with one from another world, and he slaughtered the island’s inhabitants before pirates discovered the massacre days later.

• Allen heard villagers condemn him and learned from the Chief and High Priest that they had sold his sister to a slave ship and intended to sacrifice him to the Seven Star Sword.
• Allen drew the Seven Star Sword, and his soul fused with a soul from another world as they struggled for control of his body.
• Allen confronted the Chief and High Priest, maimed them, and began slaughtering the island’s inhabitants.
• Three days later, pirates landed on Aska Island, found the island drenched in blood, and fled in terror.
• News of the mass extinction on Aska Island spread, and the World Government classified it as the Pirate Atrocious Massacre Incident.

Longinus reflected on his three personalities, the Seven Star Sword, and his plans to grow stronger through the Marines. After saying goodbye to Falling Leaf Town, he sailed toward the G2 Branch.

• Longinus subdued the Seven Star Sword and explained how his Main Personality controlled the Kind Personality and Slaughter Personality.
• Longinus resolved to join the Marines, avoid eating a Devil Fruit, and eventually target powerful Sea Kings and human opponents to strengthen himself.
• The townspeople thanked Longinus for protecting them from the Giant Rhinoceros Pirates and gathered to see him off.
• Longinus told the townspeople he expected to join the Marines G2 Branch, then boarded a captured pirate ship with several surviving pirates and sailed away.

Colonel Adkin arrived at Falling Leaf Town and learned that Longinus had defeated the Giant Rhinoceros Pirates and left Alex's bounty to the townspeople. Adkin decided to reach the G2 Branch quickly and recruit Longinus, who had already sailed there to join the Marines.

• Colonel Adkin ordered his Marines to sail toward Falling Leaf Town after Ensign Filman reported the Giant Rhinoceros Pirates were nearby.
• The townspeople armed themselves when children warned that ships were approaching, then realized the arrivals were Marines.
• The mayor told Adkin that Longinus had defeated Giant Rhinoceros Alex, and the townspeople described how he had protected them for three years.
• Adkin learned that Longinus could swim and regularly caught Sea Kings, then resolved to recruit him at the G2 Branch.
• The mayor asked to exchange Alex's head for the bounty, and Adkin learned Longinus had left the thirty-seven-million-Beli reward to the town.

Longinus reflected on using Life Return to survive the deep sea before he noticed gunpowder smoke nearby. He found Jacks's pirates attacking General Louis's fleet, and Jacks ordered his crew to bombard the Sea King Longinus rode.

• Longinus considered how Life Return might let him adapt to the crushing pressure and scarce air of the deep sea.
• General Louis offered Jacks one-third of his supplies, but Jacks refused and revealed that Azka King had hired him to kill Louis.
• Jacks's pirates attacked Louis's kingdom forces, who struggled to fight on the unstable sea and quickly fell behind.
• A pirate warned Jacks that a Sea King was floating behind their fleet, but Jacks shot the pirate who tried to stop him.
• Jacks ordered another pirate to prepare a bombardment against the Sea King, unaware that Longinus was riding it.

Longinus used a Sea King to destroy Jacks’s fleet and rescue Louis’s ships. After the Sea King left, Louis thanked Longinus, while Tina became eager to learn how to tame Sea Kings.

• Longinus ordered the Sea King to dive and attack the Jacks Pirates’ ships after they fired cannonballs at it.
• The Sea King battered Jacks’s flagship, destroyed the ships sent to rescue him, and scattered the remaining pirates.
• Louis refused to attack the Sea King, and Tina came onto the deck and teased her father for his performance in battle.
• Longinus emerged from the Sea King’s mouth and sent it away after it had lowered itself beside Louis’s ship.
• Louis realized Longinus had saved his fleet and thanked him, while Tina wished she could learn to tame Sea Kings.

After celebrating their victory, Longinus spoke with young Hina about becoming a Marine and prepared to enlist at the Marines G2 Branch. Louis praised Longinus and offered him a place in the Hisca Kingdom, but Longinus remained set on the Marines and finding Demi.

• Louis and the crew celebrated Longinus’s role in thwarting the enemy plot, and Longinus carried the drunken Louis to bed.
• Hina asked Longinus how he had tamed the Sea Kings, and he encouraged her dream of becoming a Marine while explaining its duties and constraints.
• The next morning, Louis praised Longinus’s strength and asked about his plan to enlist at the Marines G2 Branch.
• Longinus reflected that joining during the World Military Draft could speed his rise and help him use Marine resources to find Demi.
• Louis offered Longinus a future position in the Hisca Kingdom, but Hina teased her father for failing to defeat a pirate with a 24-million bounty.

Longinus arrived at the G2 Marine Branch and learned how the World Military Draft worked. When he saw a nobleman beating a man in the street, he watched closely as the confrontation unfolded.

• Louis delivered Longinus to the G2 Marine Branch, while Hina resolved to follow him and join the Marines.
• Longinus checked into an inn and learned that the next draft recruitment round would begin in two days and mainly screened for physical fitness.
• A commotion drew Longinus to the street, where Rex and his lackeys were beating a muscular man who shielded a smaller figure.
• Rex invoked Saint Tomas and claimed that commoners had to obey him as he vented his anger over being denied the deference he expected.

Longinus intervened when Rex threatened a burly man and a little girl, using the attack to demonstrate his strength and courage. After disarming Rex, he reassured the burly man, who wanted to join the Marines, that he had done nothing wrong.

• Longinus overheard that Rex’s attendants were beating a burly man for protecting a flower-selling girl, and Rex ordered them to continue.
• Rex drew his pistol and aimed at the burly man, so Longinus stepped in and caught the bullet in his palm.
• Longinus asked why the burly man had not fought back, and the man explained that he wanted to become a Marine.
• Longinus praised the burly man’s heart and advised him that justice was not achieved through endless retreat.
• When Rex fired again, Longinus shot into the pistol’s barrel, causing it to explode and tear off Rex’s hand.
• Longinus told the concerned burly man that Rex had caused his own injury by pulling the trigger.

Rear Admiral Jonathan arrived as Rex threatened Longinus and the townspeople, then killed Rex and praised Longinus and T. Bone for their commitment to Justice. Jonathan revealed Longinus’s record of defeating pirates, leaving T. Bone inspired and the crowd amazed.

• Rex demanded that the Marines execute Longinus and the others, but Jonathan identified himself as a rear admiral and rejected Rex’s claim to royal authority.
• Jonathan shot Rex, and his Marines arrested Rex’s fleeing lackeys.
• Jonathan praised Longinus and T. Bone for acting with conviction, and T. Bone thanked him for his guidance.
• Jonathan told Longinus that Colonel Adkin had described him as a young hero who had defeated many pirate crews, including the Giant Rhinoceros Pirates.
• The crowd marveled at Longinus’s accomplishments, and T. Bone resolved to become a hero like him.

Longinus earned Major General Jonathan’s respect after displaying remarkable strength and expressed his desire to become a Marine Admiral. He befriended T Bone, whose hope of being accepted as a Marine was strengthened when Longinus invited him to register together.

• Jonathan explained that Longinus’s strength and name confirmed he was the person Colonel Adkin had described, then praised his ambition to uphold Justice.
• A rescued little girl thanked Longinus and T Bone with a crushed bouquet, and T Bone treasured it as the third gift of his life.
• Longinus introduced himself to T Bone and learned that T Bone was nineteen and came from Hundred Leaf City in the South Blue.
• T Bone said he wanted to become a Marine to protect people’s smiles and earn their acceptance and respect.
• Longinus invited T Bone to register with him in two days, and T Bone wept with gratitude at being called a friend.

Longinus and T Bone went to enlist at the G2 Branch, where Longinus received special treatment because of his fame. T Bone defended Longinus from a recruit trying to drive a wedge between them, revealing his formidable strength.

• Longinus and T Bone left a noodle shop after the owner recognized them as heroes and refused to accept their payment.
• Longinus and T Bone arrived at the military camp and joined an enlistment line, which other recruits avoided because they feared T Bone's appearance.
• The registrar recognized Longinus as the one who defeated Giant Rhinoceros Alex and took him to meet Colonel Adkin, prompting complaints from some recruits.
• A Navy captain told the recruits that Longinus had earned his respect through merit and strength.
• A troublemaker tried to provoke T Bone against Longinus, but T Bone defended Longinus, lifted the man, and hurled him hundreds of meters away.

Longinus met Marine Captain Adkin, who thanked him for killing Giant Rhinoceros Alex and proposed recommending him to the Marine New Recruit Training Camp led by the retired Admiral Zephyr. Longinus accepted the two-year assessment period, while suspecting it reflected tensions between the Marines and the Government.

• Marine Captain Adkin told Longinus that Alex's escape and the destruction of villages had tormented him, and thanked Longinus for killing the pirate.
• Marine Captain Adkin explained that the new recruit camp trained future Marine officers under the former Admiral Zephyr.
• Marine Captain Adkin offered to recommend Longinus for one of the camp's limited slots, which required two years of assessment before selection.
• Longinus agreed to wait, believing the time would help establish his standing within the Marines.
• After Longinus left, he suspected the Government had pushed for the assessment period out of concern over the Marines' rising power.

Major Longinus confronted the Giant Axe Pirates when they took townspeople hostage to free their captain, Giant Axe Locke. The standoff exposed Scarface’s plan to seize Locke’s treasure map, leaving the pirates divided under Longinus’s watch.

• Scarface threatened to kill the hostages unless the Marines released his captain, then recognized Major Longinus and grew frightened.
• Longinus promised to return Giant Axe Locke in exchange for the civilians’ safety and warned Scarface against harming anyone.
• Marine soldiers brought Locke to the square, but Locke refused to escape and begged Longinus to believe he had not ordered the rescue.
• Scarface revealed that he wanted Locke’s treasure map and admitted he planned to take over as captain.
• The Giant Axe Pirates turned against Scarface after learning of his scheme, while Longinus remained in control of the standoff.

Locke revealed where Scarface had hidden the treasure map, but Scarface refused to release his civilian hostages. Longinus bound himself with Seastone handcuffs and offered to become Scarface’s hostage in exchange for them, and the pirates accepted.

• Locke told Scarface that the treasure map was hidden in a secret compartment in the captain’s quarters.
• Longinus demanded that Scarface release the civilians, but Scarface refused because he feared the Marines would arrest him.
• Longinus gave Scarface Seastone handcuffs, then bound his own hands and feet to make himself an easier hostage.
• Longinus offered himself in exchange for the civilians and pointed out that his capture could help Scarface restore his reputation.
• Scarface ordered the pirates to release the civilians and take Longinus with them.

T Bone and Gregory learned that Longinus had let the Giant Axe Pirates capture him to save civilians, and Gregory flew off to rescue him. Longinus broke free of his Seastone cuffs on his own, leaving Scarface Bart terrified as his hair writhed like snakes.

• T Bone trained while Gregory told him that Longinus’s extreme regimen made catching up to him impossible.
• A Marine reported that Longinus had surrendered himself to the Giant Axe Pirates to protect civilians and had been taken from Sunset Island in Seastone cuffs.
• T Bone prepared to pursue the pirates, but Gregory transformed into a golden eagle and flew off to rescue Longinus.
• Scarface Bart planned to use Longinus’s death to establish his authority and make his crew famous.
• Bart entered the prison and found the Seastone cuffs discarded and the guards dead, while Longinus stood free.
• Longinus demonstrated how he had escaped as his hair writhed like snakes, and Bart screamed that he was a monster.

Longinus escaped the Giant Axe Pirates’ Seastone cuffs, killed the pirates on their island, and returned to the Marine base with Gregory. The Marines celebrated his victory, while Giant Axe Locke denied any connection to the pirates and Longinus later found himself praised in the newspapers.

• Gregory found Longinus on the isolated island, where Longinus explained that he had used Life Return to control his hair and unlock the Seastone cuffs.
• Gregory carried Longinus back to the temporary Marine base, where Gregory announced that Longinus had wiped out the Giant Axe Pirates.
• Giant Axe Locke heard that his former crew had been defeated, denied responsibility for them, and urged his fellow prisoners to reform.
• Longinus read newspapers praising him as a Marine hero, while Adkin explained that the Marines wanted to promote role models.