Chapter Summaries

Longinus forced Branch 666’s officers to approve a plan to attack the Barrels Pirates, then killed Lieutenant Commander Phil after he objected. The officers accepted Longinus’s claim that Phil had betrayed the Marines, and Colonel Gion arrived to see Longinus as Colonel Kadi left the meeting.

• Longinus proposed attacking the Barrels Pirates and promised to deal with the Crocodile Pirates before returning to Marine Headquarters.
• Lieutenant Commander Phil objected, warning that the Donquixote Family could retaliate against the Marines at Branch 666.
• Longinus killed Phil with a burst of force from his finger, terrifying the other officers into agreeing with him.
• Longinus showed the officers documents accusing Phil of leaking Marine operations to the Crocodile Pirates, and Colonel Kadi and the others praised Longinus.
• After Longinus dismissed the meeting, Colonel Gion entered to see him, while Colonel Kadi encountered his rival Colonel Victor outside.

Longinus and Gion discussed corruption in Branch 666 and his plan to use pirates to create a reason to act. Three days later, Longinus’s Marines attacked the Barrels Pirates on Diondia Island, forcing Barrels and his crew to try to break through.

• Gion read reports showing that corrupt Branch 666 Marines had colluded with pirates to exploit civilians.
• Longinus explained that corruption had spread through the North Blue and said he hoped the corrupt Marines would help create opportunities for him to act.
• Gion recognized Longinus’s approach as “Fishing Enforcement.”
• On Diondia Island, Barrels’s pirates panicked after hearing that Longinus had defeated the Blaze Pirates and the Magic Pirates, and Barrels said they would wait for Crocodile Gustav to take them in.
• Barrels’s crew praised his prospects with the Donquixote Family, but Marine attacks suddenly struck their camp.
• Barrels ordered his pirates to break through as Longinus’s Marines attacked.

Longinus and Gion pursued the pirates and cornered Barrels, whom Longinus recognized as a Marine undercover agent. The chapter ended with Barrels stunned by Longinus’s knowledge of his hidden motives and his connection to Admiral Sengoku.

• Gion and Longinus discussed why Marine Headquarters did not wipe out the pirates in the Four Blues while clearing the battlefield.
• Barrels led a group of pirates into an encounter with Gion, Longinus, and Marine Captain Kadi, then abandoned his men and fled.
• Gion tracked Barrels through the forest and wounded him, while Longinus identified his crude Observation Haki.
• Longinus stopped Gion’s slash from killing Barrels and revealed that he believed Barrels was a Marine undercover agent.
• Longinus explained that Barrels had mistreated his child out of guilt and a desire to steer him away from piracy, then named Admiral Sengoku as the one who assigned the mission.
• Barrels broke down and demanded to know how Longinus knew his thoughts, and Longinus identified himself as an insignificant Marine captain.

Longinus confirmed that Barrels was a Marine Headquarters undercover agent infiltrating the Donquixote Family, and Sengoku gave him permission to continue his mission. Barrels entrusted his son Doli to Longinus before returning to his dangerous work.

• Longinus called Sengoku, who confirmed Barrels's identity and ordered him to reveal himself to Longinus and Gion.
• Sengoku explained that Barrels had been gathering information on Doflamingo's allies and trading partners, but had failed to infiltrate the Donquixote Family.
• Sengoku offered to bring Barrels back and replace him, but Barrels pleaded to continue his mission because he felt unable to return to the Marines.
• Barrels asked Sengoku to help Doli join the Marines and fulfill his own youthful dream of becoming an admiral.
• Sengoku asked Longinus to keep Doli by his side, and Longinus agreed.

Longinus arrested Barrels and took in his son Doli, while Barrels taunted them about Doli eventually becoming a pirate. When Gustav arrived to rescue Barrels, Longinus confronted him and discovered hidden snipers, whom Gion killed with a massive sword slash.

• Longinus gave Barrels handcuffs and escorted him back to the Marines, while deciding that young Drake could be trained regardless of his motives.
• Marine soldiers brought Barrels's son Doli to Longinus, who let the boy stay with him because Doli's mother had been a Marine.
• Barrels mocked Doli and predicted he would become a pirate, but Doli angrily swore he would never become like his father.
• A Marine reported that Gustav and the Crocodile Pirates had appeared, and Longinus refused Colonel Kadi's suggestion to release Barrels.
• Gustav demanded that Longinus hand over Barrels, but Longinus intercepted two bullets and noticed a fourth party nearby.
• Gion's enormous sword slash erased part of the island and killed the two hidden snipers, leaving the Marines and pirates stunned.

Longinus defeated Gustav and offered Doli a choice between a quiet life and joining the Marines, which Doli accepted under the new name Drake. Meanwhile, Captain Kadi plotted to turn the Donquixote Family against Longinus, but Doflamingo instead ordered Vergo to infiltrate the Marines and rise through their ranks.

• Longinus destroyed Gustav's ship and killed him after dismissing his attempted surrender.
• Longinus offered Doli a peaceful life or Marine service, and Doli chose to enlist and take the name Drake.
• Captain Kadi and the other conspirators planned to use the Vinsmoke Family and then the ruler of the North Blue against Longinus.
• Doflamingo discussed Longinus's strength and potential with Trebol, Diamante, and the others.
• Doflamingo ordered Vergo to destroy the Family's North Blue base as a gift to Longinus and become his capable subordinate.

Longinus learned that the Vinsmoke Family had arranged the assassination attempt and sailed to confront them, hoping to find grounds to pressure the government-affiliated kingdom. As Judge dismissed his son Sanji as talentless, he agreed to meet the approaching Marines and teach their captain a lesson.

• Longinus questioned Captain Kadi and learned that the Vinsmoke Family, led by Vinsmoke Judge, had sent the assassins using Bloodline Factor technology.
• Longinus asked Captain Kadi to arrange warships so he could visit the Vinsmoke Family, and he explained to Gion that the kingdom’s assassination business threatened North Blue.
• Judge’s staff reported that his infant princes had extraordinary abilities, while Sanji appeared to be an ordinary child; Judge gave him two years to awaken the Bloodline Factor.
• Judge learned that the Marines from North Blue Branch 666 had arrived after the failed assassination attempt and ordered them away before reconsidering.
• Judge decided to meet the Marines and teach their captain that his powerful backing did not mean he possessed real strength.

Longinus visited Germa 66 to demand the names behind the assassination bounties, but Judge stalled and showed off his weapons. When Judge sabotaged a cannon demonstration to target Longinus’s warship, Longinus caught its blazing shot with his bare hand and warned Judge against firing recklessly.

• Longinus arrived in Germa 66 and asked Judge to hand over the list of people who had issued assassination bounties.
• Judge refused to reveal his clients immediately and led Longinus and Gion to inspect Germa’s weapons and technology.
• Judge introduced the Armstrong Cyclotron Jet Armstrong Cannon and offered to demonstrate its power on a small island.
• Judge secretly redirected the cannon toward Longinus’s warship and pretended the weapon had malfunctioned.
• Longinus caught the cannon’s blazing projectile with his right hand and warned Judge not to fire such a dangerous weapon carelessly.

Longinus frightened Judge into surrendering his explosive shell and promised to end the Vinsmoke Family’s assassin trade. After killing Captain Kadi, Longinus steered Judge’s future research toward cooperation with the Marines, including Devil Fruit Item technology.

• Judge begged Longinus to throw away the shell, and Longinus hurled it into the air, where it exploded and devastated the surrounding streets.
• Captain Kadi tried to flee after Longinus examined the roster, then denied his name appeared on it and attempted to seize Drake as a hostage.
• Longinus killed Captain Kadi with a single finger strike before he could reach Drake.
• Judge promised that the Vinsmoke Family would stop dealing in assassinations, and Longinus urged him to pursue research that would benefit the Marines.
• Longinus suggested that Judge work with Dr. Vegapunk on Devil Fruit Item technology, and Judge eagerly agreed.

Longinus planned to obtain Devil Fruit Items through Judge while keeping his Apophis identity hidden, and Judge began following his instructions. Three months later in Flevance, Longinus told Gion that the kingdom’s Amber Lead had caused a deadly inherited disease and that the Government and royal family had concealed the truth for profit.

• Longinus ruled out Vegapunk and Caesar as sources for Devil Fruit Item research and decided to rely on Judge while keeping Apophis out of public view.
• After Longinus departed, Judge asked Bancroft about his children’s chances of reaching Longinus’s strength and ordered him to buy two Devil Fruits as Longinus had instructed.
• Three months later in Flevance, Longinus explained to Gion that Amber Lead had poisoned the population across generations and caused the kingdom’s deadly Lead Disease.
• Longinus told Gion that the Government and royal family had known about the disease for a hundred years but concealed it to preserve Amber Lead profits.
• Longinus asked Gion what position Marines should uphold when the Government and royal family could not represent Justice.

Longinus recruited Gion to help him pursue gradual change and arranged for Morgans to publicize the Amber Lead crisis in Flevance while making the government appear to support his actions. The chapter left Gion convinced of Longinus’s resolve as Morgans departed with the documents to prepare the story.

• Longinus explained to Gion that he intended to reform the corrupt government gradually, then invited her to join him, and she accepted.
• Drake brought Longinus documents on Flevance and the Amber Lead disease, and reported that Vice President Morgans had arrived.
• Longinus gave Morgans the documents and asked him to expose the crisis while presenting the Flevance royal family as responsible.
• Gion worried that involving Morgans would alert the government, but Longinus said he had deliberately exposed the matter to show the government his loyalty.
• Longinus explained that the government might view his commitment to Justice as a weakness it could exploit, and Gion defended him as a hero.

After news of Amber Lead’s toxicity reached Flevance, residents rioted and attacked others, while Vergo killed three Donquixote Family members and set out to find Longinus. Longinus stopped the crowd and promised doctors were coming, then threatened a rioter at gunpoint until the man admitted he might still be saved.

• Flevance’s residents learned that Amber Lead was poisonous and that the royal family had hidden its dangers for a century, sparking riots and bloodshed.
• Three Donquixote Family members discussed seizing the royal family’s wealth, but Vergo killed them for claiming they would sacrifice themselves for the Family.
• Vergo left to find Longinus after preparing a gift for him.
• Longinus and Gion arrived in the royal city and stopped the rioting crowd with Longinus’s commanding shout.
• Longinus promised that renowned doctors were on their way, then pressed a flintlock to a rioter’s head until he said he thought he could still be saved.

After the King of Flevance tried to flee the angry citizens, Longinus rejected his demands for protection and declared him a criminal unfit to rule. Longinus executed the King, and the people hailed him as a hero.

• The King of Flevance learned that the Government had abandoned the royal family and planned to escape with his wealth by becoming a pirate.
• Longinus calmed the citizens of Flevance and urged them to believe they could create a miracle of life.
• The King and other royal family members fled the palace and demanded that the Marines shoot the pursuing citizens, but Longinus's Marines refused to act without his orders.
• Longinus asked the citizens whether the King was still their ruler, and they condemned him as a criminal who had betrayed the kingdom.
• Longinus declared the King unfit for his crown and shot him, prompting the people to cheer for the Marines and hail Longinus as a hero.

Longinus rejected the Flevance survivors’ treasure and urged them to use it for treatment and a new life. On the way back, Vergo revealed that he wanted to join the Marines and had killed everyone from the Donquixote Family.

• The Flevance crowd killed the royal family members who had taken their treasures.
• An elder offered the recovered treasure to Longinus, but Longinus accepted only one gold coin and said he had invited doctors to help the sick people.
• The people of Flevance thanked Longinus as he left, while a young boy in a spotted fur hat watched him with admiration.
• Longinus noticed that someone had been following the Marines, and Vergo emerged and asked to join them.
• Vergo opened his suitcase to show three heads and said he had killed everyone from the Donquixote Family.

Vergo joined Longinus’s Marines after Doflamingo’s departure, while Marine Headquarters and the Five Elders discussed Longinus’s actions in Flevance and his potential future role. The Five Elders decided to test the next generation of Marine leaders for loyalty to the government.

• Vergo explained to Drake that Doflamingo had captured him before and said he wanted to join the Marines after seeing Longinus kill King.
• Longinus welcomed Vergo into the Marines, intending to play along with Doflamingo’s double-agent scheme.
• Kong worried that Longinus had acted impulsively, but Sengoku argued that the government would approve of his actions in Flevance because they upheld its authority.
• The Five Elders discussed Longinus as a possible future government spokesperson, comparing him with Sakazuki, Kuzan, and Borsalino.
• The Five Elders agreed that Longinus and his generation should be tested in advance to assess their loyalty to the government.

Longinus visited Germa Kingdom to say goodbye to Judge and encouraged the young Vinsmoke siblings before returning to Marine Branch 666. After learning his North Blue term had ended, he prepared to return to Marine Headquarters and make a name for himself.

• Judge apologized that Germa Kingdom had not developed Devil Fruit Item technology, but Longinus reassured him and announced he would soon leave North Blue.
• Longinus urged Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji to support Sanji and told Reiju to care for her younger brothers.
• Back at Branch 666, Longinus watched Drake lose a training match to Vergo and encouraged Drake to keep improving.
• Vergo told Longinus that his term was over, and Longinus prepared to begin his return voyage.

Longinus brought Drake and Vergo to Marine Headquarters, where they chose to follow him rather than continue their studies. He then visited the training camp and discovered recruits playing a popular card game that featured cards of him and his fellow Marines.

• Drake and Vergo both chose to follow Longinus and forge a new path under his command.
• Longinus arranged lodging for Drake and Vergo, then headed to the training camp.
• Longinus arrived as Doberman, Herbert, Rice, and Kaki fought in a match ordered by Fleet Admiral Zephyr.
• A recruit asked Longinus to obtain signatures from Kaki, Gion, and Longinus on cards from a popular duel game.
• Longinus examined the cards, which depicted Kaki, Gion, and himself as powerful game characters.

Garp examined the recruits’ collectible cards, then spoke with Longinus about his past actions, his graduation assessment, and the danger of the seas growing turbulent again. Meanwhile, Kaki defeated Doberman and two others in the arena, renewing the recruits’ discussion of Longinus’s past victory over him.

• Garp found recruits playing with cards, admired their designs, and joked about creating a card for Sengoku before taking Longinus to Zephyr.
• Garp asked Longinus about the King Disqualification Incident, and Longinus explained that the government had not even issued him a verbal warning.
• Longinus said he had chosen a troublesome target for his graduation assessment and hoped to use it to calm the seas before they grew turbulent.
• Kaki exploited Doberman and the others’ fatigue to finish the arena battle with Nightmare Syndrome.
• The recruits discussed Kaki’s mental attacks and recalled that Longinus had defeated him three years earlier by resisting them with sheer will.

The returned third-years gathered as Zephyr announced a six-month final assessment in which each would choose and hunt a pirate target. Longinus chose Byrnndi World, explaining that he had tracked World’s crew for two years, and Zephyr reluctantly agreed while warning him not to underestimate the former top pirate.

• Gregory and Algernon discussed how Longinus’s actions had stirred the North Blue as the returned interns gathered in the conference room.
• Zephyr announced that each trainee had six months to choose and hunt a target who met his expectations, stressing the need for careful judgment and preparation.
• Longinus told Zephyr that he had already chosen Byrnndi World, captain of the World Pirates, as his target.
• Zephyr warned Longinus about World’s past strength, while Longinus explained that World had declined and that he had monitored him and his crew for two years.
• Zephyr accepted Longinus’s choice but cautioned him that World might still have a hidden trump card.

A passenger ship headed for Beast Island encountered a naval battle between a fleet of World Pirates and a lone pirate ship in the Ait-Vol Sea Area. Captain Charles reassured the passengers that the World Pirates would protect them and decided to approach the battle to show support.

• Passengers aboard the Virginia discussed the legendary Ait-Vol Sea Area as Captain Charles reassured them that his connections and the ship’s flag would keep them safe.
• Cannon fire from a naval battle nearby shook the Virginia, and Charles used his telescope to identify the forces involved.
• Charles told the passengers that one fleet belonged to World and was led by Great Axe Carter, while Longinus judged Carter and the crew to be unimpressive.
• Charles urged everyone to approach the battle and show their sincerity to the World Pirates.