Chapter Summaries

Tianzheng warned Rosen that an independent Navy would need its own news agency, and Gild Tesoro and Stussy explained how they would secure one. After Rosen declared that no enemy would stand before the Navy, the senior officers saluted him, placing Marine Headquarters under his control.

• Tianzheng warned Rosen that the World Government could turn the news agency against the independent Navy, while Morgans might not reliably serve its interests.
• Gild Tesoro revealed that the Navy had been building its own news agency and said he would use his money and Stussy's connections to control Morgans.
• Rosen declared that no enemy would stand before the Navy and promised the force would become invincible.
• Sengoku, the admirals, and the other senior officers stood and saluted Rosen, formally placing Marine Headquarters under his control.
• Stussy watched Rosen and imagined that he might one day claim the Empty Throne in Mary Geoise.

Rosen refused an immediate promotion to Fleet Admiral so he could fulfill his promise to recover Stella’s remains and secure the Shichibukai. He left the Marines’ senior officers convinced of his leadership and declared that the Shichibukai would eventually die for Marine justice.

• Garp suggested that Rosen become Fleet Admiral when he was promoted to admiral, but Rosen declined, preferring the freedom to travel as an admiral.
• Rosen told Gild Tesoro he would retrieve Stella’s remains from the Celestial Dragons and ensure the remaining Shichibukai wore their Collars, moving Tesoro deeply.
• Sengoku and Tsuru warned that the Five Elders might use the Shichibukai to counter the newly independent Marines.
• Sakazuki proposed abolishing the Shichibukai, and Kuzan did not object.
• Rosen said the Shichibukai would be abolished later and vowed to make the Five Elders watch them die for Marine justice.

Rosen reassured Marine Headquarters that the independent Marines would not declare war on the World Government until they had ended the Great Pirate Era and were ready to establish a better order. Meanwhile, the Five Elders erupted in fury after their call with the Marines ended.

• Sengoku asked Rosen whether the independent Marines would declare war on the World Government, and the officers waited for his decision.
• Rosen said he would prioritize ending the Great Pirate Era and warned that war would collapse the world’s order before the Marines could replace it.
• Rosen urged the Marines to give themselves and the world time, then pursue a new order after the pirates had been defeated.
• Sengoku and the other high-ranking officers agreed with Rosen’s path and acknowledged him as their leader.
• In Mary Geoise, the Five Elders’ Conqueror’s Haki overwhelmed the Den Den Mushi and ended the video call as they vented their collective anger.

The Five Elders accepted Rosen’s takeover of Marine Headquarters and granted him the Shinigami Admiral title because they feared the consequences of fighting him. They resolved to use the Shichibukai to keep him in check and planned to break him after the Great Pirate Era ended.

• Saint Saturn, Saint Peter, Saint Nusjuro, and Saint Warcury discussed Rosen’s seizure of Marine Headquarters and the Marines’ acceptance of him as their leader.
• Saint Warcury warned that Rosen could reach Mary Geoise and that a conflict might bring Imu’s wrath, persuading the Five Elders to uphold their concessions.
• Saint Jaygarcia Saturn proposed using the Shichibukai to counterbalance the independent Marines, and the Five Elders agreed to have CP0 approach them.
• Saint Nusjuro argued that the Five Elders should keep Rosen’s power sheathed until the Great Pirate Era ended, then break him.

Whitebeard and his crew watched footage of Rosen defeating the Wang Zhi Pirates alone and realized the Navy officer’s power surpassed what they had thought possible. The revelation left Marshall D. Teach questioning his decision to stake everything on the Dark-Dark Fruit.

• Whitebeard read the report of the Wang Zhi Pirates’ destruction while Jozu dismissed it as exaggeration and Satch waited for the video evidence.
• Marco returned with a Projection Den Den Mushi and told Whitebeard the footage was spreading around the world.
• Whitebeard and the crew watched Rosen fight the Wang Zhi Pirates alone and saw him defeat them without suffering an injury.
• Jozu, Satch, Vista, and the other commanders concluded that Rosen’s strength exceeded even Whitebeard’s ability to take on the crew alone.
• Marshall D. Teach privately questioned his choice to pursue the Dark-Dark Fruit after seeing Rosen’s Weapon Fruit reach such overwhelming power.

Teach resolved to stay with the Whitebeard Pirates and risk dying rather than abandon his pursuit of the Dark-Dark Fruit, Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and Weapon Fruit. Whitebeard, fearing Rosen would target Bakingom next, sent Marco to warn her and prepared to reveal the secret behind their falling-out to his sons.

• Teach regretted betting on the Dark-Dark Fruit instead of the Weapon Fruit, then reaffirmed his plan to obtain it and eventually seize the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Weapon Fruit.
• Teach decided not to leave the Whitebeard Pirates, accepting that he might die beneath Rosen’s Zanpakuto if he failed to get the Dark-Dark Fruit in time.
• Whitebeard worried that Rosen’s rise would endanger his sons and recognized that Bakingom might be Rosen’s next target after Wang Zhi’s death.
• Whitebeard told Marco to warn Bakingom to hide or come to him, and Marco went to contact her by Den Den Mushi.
• Jozu and the other Whitebeard Pirates asked about Bakingom, so Whitebeard sent Marco ahead and prepared to explain the secret he had kept for twenty years.

Edward Newgate told the Whitebeard Pirates that Bakingom had arranged for Ochoku to kill Zefa’s family, prompting Rosen to destroy the Wang Zhi Pirates. He chose to protect Bakingom despite Rosen’s strength, and his sons and Jinbe vowed to stand beside him in the coming battle.

• Edward Newgate explained that Bakingom had helped Ochoku find Zefa’s family, leading to their deaths and Rosen’s revenge on the Wang Zhi Pirates.
• Jozu and the others understood Rosen’s attack had been revenge for his teacher, while Jinbe asked whether Whitebeard intended to protect Bakingom.
• Edward Newgate admitted he had loved Bakingom and said Rosen was the strongest enemy he had ever faced, warning his sons they could leave before the battle.
• Jozu, Vista, Blamenco, and the other Whitebeard Pirates refused to abandon Edward Newgate, and Jinbe declared he would fight beside him until death.
• Edward Newgate accepted their resolve and declared they would face Rosen together and test the might of the Strongest Navy in a Thousand Years.

Big Mom called Kaido to discuss Rosen’s overwhelming strength and proposed that they form an alliance against him. Kaido rejected her offer, choosing instead to challenge Rosen alone in hopes of surpassing the Pirate King and escaping the boredom of his life as a Four Emperor.

• Big Mom called Kaido and asked what he thought of Rosen after watching him defeat the Wang Zhi Pirates.
• Kaido praised Rosen’s Haki, Devil Fruit mastery, and body, saying he seemed like a composite of the greatest kings.
• Kaido announced that he planned to challenge Rosen one-on-one, even if Rosen killed him.
• Big Mom proposed that she and Kaido ally against Rosen, arguing that together they could deter his attack.
• Kaido refused the alliance and said defeating Rosen would let him experience scenery beyond the Pirate King.

Kaido told Big Mom he intended to challenge Rosen and asked her to ally with Whitebeard after his death, leaving her frightened and furious. At Marine Headquarters, Dol, Douglas Bullet, and their companions arrived and met Rosen’s adjutant, Gion, who led them to the Headquarters Building.

• Kaido told Big Mom he wanted to see the scenery beyond the Pirate King and would rather die fighting Rosen, then urged her to ally with Whitebeard.
• Big Mom tried repeatedly to call Kaido back, growing anxious because she feared he would challenge Rosen.
• Dol used the Ope Ope Fruit to teleport the C-5 transport aircraft safely above Headquarters Plaza, where Douglas Bullet argued that he could have stopped it himself.
• T Bone reminded Dol and Douglas Bullet that Rosen was waiting, and they disembarked with Vinsmoke Judge, Gild Tesoro, and Monet.
• Gion introduced herself as Rosen’s adjutant, impressed Douglas Bullet and Dol with her presence, and led the group toward the Marine Headquarters Building.

Gion explained that Rosen’s Admiral investiture ceremony would be witnessed by one hundred thousand Marines in person and ten million more through live broadcasts. She also revealed how Rosen forced the Five Elders to recognize the Marines’ independence and accept him as the Shinigami Admiral; the group arrived at an office door still stunned by his rise.

• Dol and the others learned that Rosen’s Admiral investiture ceremony was being prepared at Headquarters and that Marines across the world would attend in person or watch the broadcast.
• Gion revealed that the Marines had become independent of the World Government and were now Rosen’s Marines.
• Dol asked whether the Five Elders would accept the Marines’ independence, and Gion recounted how Rosen froze Mary Geoise and forced them to yield.
• Douglas Bullet, Dol, Monet, T Bone, and Vinsmoke Judge were overwhelmed by the account of Rosen’s power and rapid rise.
• Gion led the group to an office door and stopped there.

Rosen welcomed Douglas Bullet, Dol, T Bone, and the others back from their purges across the Four Seas and heard their reports. With named pirate crews and territory holders largely wiped out, he thanked the returning Marines and brought out three items.

• Gion brought Douglas Bullet, Dol, Vinsmoke Judge, T Bone, Gild Tesoro, and the others into Rosen's office.
• Douglas Bullet reported that he had erased the Mafia and other underground forces from the West Blue, while T Bone described the near-total destruction of notable pirate crews in the South Blue.
• Dol reported that she had eliminated East Blue pirates who occupied territory, including Arlong and Krieg, and explained the suffering those crews had caused.
• Rosen confirmed that the named and traceable pirate crews across the Four Seas had basically been wiped out, and the three operation leaders agreed.
• Rosen thanked the returning Marines and took a Devil Fruit, a scroll, and a bullet from his drawer.

Rosen rewarded T Bone for his contributions by offering him an artificial Mythical Zoan Azure Dragon Fruit, then persuaded him to accept it by promising to make up for his lack of aptitude and train him to become a Navy Admiral. After T Bone accepted, Rosen turned to Dol, who insisted that the Ope Ope Fruit he had already given her was enough.

• Rosen presented T Bone with an artificial Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Azure Dragon Model, and explained that its known differences from Kaido's fruit were its pink color and uncertain awakening.
• Dol asked whether eating the artificial fruit would give T Bone all of Kaido's current abilities, and Rosen confirmed it would.
• T Bone tried to refuse the fruit, saying it was too powerful to waste on a Marine of his caliber and should go to someone with Admiral's Bearing.
• Rosen told T Bone that his character made him worthy of becoming an admiral and promised to arrange training and help him overcome his shortcomings.
• T Bone knelt, then accepted the fruit and resolved to pursue the position of Navy Admiral.
• Dol said Rosen had already given her the best reward, the Ope Ope Fruit, before the campaign.

Rosen rewarded his allies for their contributions, giving Dol guidance on the Ope Ope Fruit and Douglas Bullet a bullet infused with advanced Conqueror’s Haki. He appointed Vinsmoke Judge captain of Marine Headquarters’ Science Unit, leaving Judge thrilled at the power and influence the role promised.

• Rosen gave Dol a scroll of World Government records on the Ope Ope Fruit and warned her to develop her own methods rather than copy them.
• Rosen gave Douglas Bullet a bullet containing a maximum-level surge of Conqueror’s Haki to help him understand and reach its advanced level.
• Rosen praised Gild Tesoro and Vinsmoke Judge for supporting the war effort with money and technology.
• Rosen gave Vinsmoke Judge a letter appointing him captain of Marine Headquarters’ Science Unit and entrusted him with technological support for ten million Marines.
• Vinsmoke Judge eagerly accepted the appointment, anticipating that his influence would surpass Vegapunk’s.

After appointing Vinsmoke Judge as Headquarters Science Class Captain, Rosen promised Gild Tesoro he would retrieve Stella’s remains and punish Saint Charlos after the Admiral Investiture Ceremony. He declared that he would impose the Marines’ rules on the Celestial Dragons, and Mary Geoise’s weather turned violently stormy in response to his words.

• Rosen confirmed Vinsmoke Judge as Headquarters Science Class Captain and told him he believed in his abilities.
• Rosen asked Gild Tesoro to name the Celestial Dragon who had taken Stella, and Tesoro identified him as Saint Charlos.
• Rosen told Tesoro to decide where to bury Stella and promised to bring her remains back from Mary Geoise and use Saint Charlos’s head to honor her.
• Tesoro urged Rosen to leave the Celestial Dragons alone for now, but Rosen said he would not wage war on the World Government while allowing the Celestial Dragons to act without rules.
• Rosen declared that he would engrave the Marines’ rules into the Celestial Dragons’ bones with his Zanpakuto.
• Mary Geoise was suddenly struck by violent winds, dark clouds, thunder, lightning, and torrential rain.

Rosen ordered Vinsmoke Judge to mass-produce artificial Azure Dragon fruits for his forces, but Judge explained that doing so required repeatedly extracting Kaido’s bloodline factor. The chapter ended with Rosen concluding that they had to capture Kaido alive.

• The Five Elders watched a violent storm over Mary Geoise and worried about how to explain surrendering the Marines to Imu.
• Rosen rewarded his Dragon Followers and ordered Vinsmoke Judge to mass-produce the Artificial Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan Azure Dragon Form.
• Judge examined the fruit and said he could likely reproduce Vegapunk’s technology, given sufficient funding, manpower, and resources.
• Judge explained that a Devil Fruit’s bloodline factor could only be extracted once, so mass production required repeatedly extracting it from an ability user.
• Rosen realized that Kaido was the key to obtaining the needed bloodline factor and said they would have to capture him alive.

Rosen assigned Vinsmoke Judge to mass-produce the Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit after explaining that Kaido had to be captured alive to obtain its lineage factor. After arranging for his weary allies to rest, Rosen contacted Vegapunk, who greeted him on Egghead.

• Vinsmoke Judge explained that Kaido had to be defeated and captured alive for his lineage factor to be used in mass-producing the Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit.
• Rosen promised Judge whatever resources he needed and asked him to create enough Azure Dragon fruits for every Marine; Judge accepted the task.
• Rosen dismissed Douglas Bullet, Dol, Gild Tesoro, and the others to their prepared quarters, with Hina leading them out.
• Rosen stayed in his office with Gion and called Vegapunk through a Projection Den Den Mushi.
• Vegapunk appeared on the screen from Egghead and told Rosen he had expected him to make contact, though not so soon.

Rosen contacted Vegapunk, warned him that the World Government might kill him over his research into the Poneglyphs, and offered protection in exchange for his artificial Devil Fruit technology. Vegapunk agreed, and Rosen explained that he wanted technology to strengthen the Marines and serve the people.

• Rosen asked Vegapunk to secure their call, then revealed that the Poneglyphs put Vegapunk in danger from the World Government.
• Rosen offered to protect Vegapunk once if the World Government came after him, and Vegapunk accepted the offer.
• Rosen asked Vegapunk for his technology to create artificial Zoan, Paramecia, and Logia Devil Fruits.
• Vegapunk guessed Rosen intended to mass-produce artificial Devil Fruits for the Marines, and Rosen confirmed his goal was to use technology to strengthen the Marines and benefit the people.
• Vegapunk praised Rosen's outlook, and Rosen said he wanted the Marines to become a human wall against the great pirate era.

Rosen secured Vegapunk’s Artificial Devil Fruit technology, while promising to protect Stussy if the World Government came after him. After Vegapunk explained the technology’s limits and strengths, Rosen arranged for copies to reach him and Marine Headquarters and explained to Gion why he had also entrusted the work to Judge.

• Vegapunk agreed to give Rosen all his Artificial Devil Fruit technology and asked him to keep Stussy safe if the World Government came after him.
• Vegapunk explained that he could not replicate Logia Types, that Paramecia Green Blood had to be replenished, and that he could create Zoan Types, including Ancient and Mythical Zoans.
• Rosen said he would have outstanding Marines test the artificial Zoan fruits and report whether they could awaken.
• Vegapunk arranged to send one copy of the technology to Rosen through Stussy and another to Marine Headquarters through Sea Beast Weapons, with both copies set to self-destruct if intercepted.
• Gion asked why Rosen had also tasked Judge with researching artificial fruits, and Rosen said he wanted both to trust Judge and to protect the Marines’ future with a backup plan.
• Gion moved beside Rosen and gently kneaded his shoulder.

Marine Headquarters held a worldwide broadcast before Rosen’s Admiral Investiture Ceremony, with Sengoku introducing the Marines anew by displaying their forces and weapons. The broadcast showed a second formation of ten thousand Marines carrying Gatling guns, as the presentation continued.

• People across the world gathered to watch Marine Headquarters’ live broadcast of the Admiral Investiture Ceremony.
• Sengoku addressed the world and said he would introduce Marine Headquarters before the ceremony.
• Two Headquarters Vice Admirals led ten thousand Marines armed with Germa Kingdom Assault Rifles onto the plaza.
• At a Vice Admiral’s signal, the ten thousand Marines fired their rifles into the sky, shocking viewers around the world.
• Another pair of Headquarters Vice Admirals led ten thousand Marines onto the plaza, each carrying a Gatling gun in one hand.

The Navy Science Unit demonstrated its overwhelming firepower and Battle Suits during Marine Headquarters’ broadcast. T Bone’s forces destroyed three Iceburgs thrown by Garp, showcasing lightning blades, flaming fists, and laser beams.

• Kizaru ordered ten thousand Marines to fire a Gatling-gun barrage into the sky, frightening viewers around the world.
• A thousand Marines in Battle Suits flew into Marine Plaza, led by T Bone in a Second Generation Battle Suit.
• T Bone and three hundred Marines wielding Lightning Swords sliced apart an Iceburg Garp hurled at them.
• Garp threw a second Iceburg, and three hundred Marines with flaming fists melted and smashed it apart.
• Garp hurled a third Iceburg, and four hundred Marines fired laser beams from their palms to engulf it.