Chapter Summaries

Ortolan arrived at Cake Island and reunited with Gion, Rouge, and his allies, who celebrated the pregnancies of his two wives. Smoker revealed that the New World Marines saw Ortolan’s growing family as reassurance for their future and were preparing to follow him as a king, leaving Ortolan to realize his followers were pushing him toward the throne.

• Ortolan told Tokikake to negotiate with Hancock while he continued to Cake Island.
• Ortolan arrived at Cake Island and greeted pregnant Gion and Rouge; he learned they were expecting a boy and a girl but had not chosen names.
• Robin told Lucci she planned to join the Marines and report to the Secretariat after returning from Cake Island.
• Momonga and Smoker arrived, and Smoker explained that the New World Marines were relieved and excited because Ortolan’s children could secure their movement’s future.
• Ortolan realized his officers viewed themselves as his retainers and wanted him to become king, though he felt he could no longer refuse the path they were pushing him toward.

Ortolan met with Kaido and Charlotte Linlin in Cake Island Castle to confirm the terms of their three-way wager over Totto Land and the Beasts Pirates. All three staked their futures on the outcome, and Ortolan asked where they would fight.

• Ortolan told Katakuri that Totto Land would need to supply food to make up the Marines' shortfall, and Katakuri agreed it could do so if Ortolan defeated Mama and Kaido.
• Ortolan joined Charlotte Linlin and Kaido in the reception hall, where they traded taunts before discussing the wager.
• Kaido pledged to hand the Beasts Pirates to Ortolan if Ortolan beat him into submission, while Charlotte Linlin offered him Totto Land if he won.
• Ortolan staked Hachinosu Island, Dressrosa, his North Blue businesses, the Atlantis Merchant Association, and his Calm Belt assets if he lost, but excluded the Marines' forces.
• Ortolan declined to sign an agreement and asked Kaido and Charlotte Linlin to choose the battlefield.

The Five Elders discovered that Ortolan had built a huge Marine force and war fleet while Doflamingo’s influence tied the North Blue’s economy and military to the New World. They realized the North Blue had effectively become loyal to Ortolan, leaving the World Government blind to its loss of control.

• Saint Saturn reported that Ortolan’s New World Marines had grown to 300,000 despite limited support from Marine Headquarters, and that 270 additional warships had appeared.
• Saint Nashuro read that Dressrosa’s Sea Police Force had reached 500,000, with most recruits coming from the North Blue.
• Saint Nashuro connected the North Blue’s rapid economic growth and expanding Sea Police Force to Doflamingo’s influence and suspected the economic reports had been manipulated.
• Saint Nashuro concluded that the Five Elders had lost control of the North Blue and that Ortolan had concealed its true allegiance.
• The chapter revealed that North Blue nobles, Marines, and people had become deeply aligned with the New World and loyal to Admiral Bane.

The Five Elders concluded that Ortolan’s influence in the North Blue threatened the World Government and discovered he had likely established a secret route and facilities in the Calm Belt. After Ortolan rejected their offer to join the Celestial Dragons, they ordered a purge of Marine Headquarters and prepared to enforce it with the Holy Knights and CP Agency.

• Saint Nashuro found that North Blue merchant ships had increasingly bypassed Mary Geoise and concluded that Ortolan had opened a safe route through the Calm Belt.
• The CP Director delivered Stussy’s confidential report on Admiral Bane’s reply, and Saint Figarland read that Ortolan had rejected their offer.
• Saint Figarland declared mediation with Ortolan over, and Saint Nashuro ordered Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru, and Zephyr targeted under various pretexts.
• The Five Elders planned to send Figarland Garling, the Holy Knights, and CP Agency forces to Marine Headquarters, while ordering Borsalino and Sakazuki to cooperate.
• Saint Saturn decided to go to Marine Headquarters himself and said he would summon the other Five Elders if violent resistance broke out.

Borsalino worried that the growing conflict between Ortolan and the World Government would force him to abandon his neutrality. Saint Saturn ordered him to return to Marine Headquarters and temporarily take Ortolan’s Marine Admiral post, leaving Borsalino to head back despite his misgivings.

• Borsalino reflected on Ortolan’s growing ambition and feared that his past favors to him could drag him into the conflict.
• Saint Saturn called Borsalino and said the Five Elders believed Ortolan was plotting to split the Marines and overthrow the World Government.
• Saint Saturn explained that the Five Elders planned to remove Marine leaders temporarily while investigating whether Ortolan had influenced them.
• Saint Saturn told Borsalino to return to Headquarters and temporarily assume Ortolan’s Marine Admiral post.
• Borsalino reluctantly agreed to go, then questioned Saint Saturn’s claim that he had made the correct choice.

Sakazuki confronted Sengoku over his support for Ortolan and the danger facing the Marines. Sengoku explained that he had come to believe Ortolan could break Mary Geoise’s control and bring about the Marines’ rebirth, and he left the remaining uncertainties to Ortolan.

• Sakazuki arrived at Sengoku’s office and told him Saint Saturn was leading the Holy Knights and CP Agency personnel toward Marine Headquarters.
• Sakazuki accused Sengoku of secretly supporting Ortolan and asked why he had risked bringing the Marines into crisis.
• Sengoku questioned Sakazuki’s belief that the Marines could achieve justice by eliminating pirates while working within the World Government.
• Sengoku explained that Mary Geoise’s control had thwarted his efforts to reform the Marines, so he had sent Ortolan to G-5 to test what he could accomplish.
• Sengoku said Ortolan’s radical plans had repeatedly succeeded and that he now supported him for the Marines’ rebirth.
• Sengoku admitted he had worried about Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Aramaki, but decided to trust Ortolan to handle the remaining concerns.

Sengoku prepared to meet the Five Elders, and his conversation with Sakazuki left the Admiral resolved to support Sengoku’s vision of Marines and justice reigning supreme. As Sengoku and Garp departed for Mary Geoise, Zephyr suggested that Admiral Bane would soon break the darkness over the world.

• Sengoku told Sakazuki to follow his own will, then declared that the Marines and justice should reign supreme over the world.
• Sakazuki understood Sengoku’s intent and decided that, as a Marine Admiral, he could not oppose it.
• Garp and Sengoku exchanged remarks outside the Fortress of Justice, then left together for the military harbor.
• Zephyr told Trafalgar D. Law that Admiral Bane was the man who would tear apart the dark clouds, and Law eagerly accepted the idea.
• Sengoku and Garp boarded the Mary Geoise fleet, which departed Marineford with them.

Ortolan battled Charlotte Linlin and Kaido on White Salt Island, shrugging off their attacks and matching them with his own strength. After Kaido transformed and joined the fight in earnest, the chapter left Ortolan trading a powerful blow with Charlotte Linlin.

• Kaido’s Bad Wind swept toward Ortolan, but Ortolan shattered it with a slap and demanded that the two Yonko fight seriously.
• Kaido transformed into his hybrid form and charged Ortolan with his Hakkaiju.
• Ortolan met Kaido’s attack with his Warhammer, and the two locked weapons in a contest of strength.
• Charlotte Linlin struck Ortolan’s waist with the Emperor Sword while Kaido held him in place, but Ortolan emerged unharmed and freed one hand.
• Ortolan countered Charlotte Linlin’s soul-powered punch with Heavy Flow Blast, and their clash shattered the ground around them.

As the battle raged on White Salt Island, Queen discussed his regrets, scientific ambitions, and hopes of reuniting MADS with Katakuri and Perospero. Hina then learned that Fleet Admiral Sengoku and others had been captured after the World Government controlled them.

• Momonga and Smoker watched the fight from offshore while Hina dismissed their questions about which monster was stronger.
• King watched from the Queen Mama Chanter and wondered whether Admiral Bane was Joy Boy, while Queen played cards with Katakuri and Perospero.
• Queen regretted fleeing MADS and taking ten extra years to reach a position where he could serve Admiral Bane.
• Queen explained that his virus research aimed to advance biological evolution and said he hoped Kaido's gamble would reunite MADS and further research into the Life Blueprint and Lineage Factor.
• Hina received a Den Den Mushi call reporting that Fleet Admiral Sengoku and the others had been captured after the World Government controlled them.

As Mary Geoise moved to remove Bane Ortolan and reorganize Marine Headquarters, Momonga took charge of the New World Marines while Ortolan continued fighting on White Salt Island. Momonga ordered the region sealed off and its forces mobilized, insisting they would follow only Ortolan’s orders.

• Kajiki told Hina that Sengoku, Garp, the Chief Staff Officer, and Zephyr had all been removed or detained, and that Mary Geoise had issued an order suspending Bane Ortolan and replacing him with Borsalino.
• Momonga took Kajiki’s Den Den Mushi and said Ortolan’s battle was still underway, but he had been instructed to issue orders in Ortolan’s name.
• Momonga ordered Strawberry and Stainless to blockade the New World’s gateway waters and fire on any armed force that tried to enter.
• Momonga ordered Donquixote Doflamingo promoted to Marine Admiral and told the Sea Police Force to go on full alert while protecting the Calm Belt route and development bases.
• Momonga ordered Penn to take command of North Blue and block Headquarters’ orders, then sent Kajiki there to oversee the region.
• Momonga ordered Issho to reinforce the gateway waters, Kaisa’s G-7 to guard the interior, and the seven appointed Shichibukai to gather at G-7.

After Mary Geoise ordered Admiral Benn stripped of his rank and summoned to Headquarters, loyalists and New World Marines clashed, triggering a massive mutiny at Marine Headquarters. Sakazuki sent Borsalino to stop the fighting and realized Ortolan’s influence could push the Marines into civil war.

• Rear Admiral Reset learned that the Fleet Admiral had been taken away and that Admiral Benn had been accused of corruption and ordered back to Headquarters.
• Reset joined the New World Marines in confronting Mary Geoise loyalists, and a punch sparked a brawl in the naval port.
• The fight spread across Justice Plaza, drawing in Neutral Faction Marines and reinforcements until more than a thousand Marines were fighting.
• Sakazuki saw the mutiny from his office and ordered Borsalino to suppress it.
• As Borsalino rushed to the plaza, Sakazuki feared that Ortolan’s influence could turn a single order into civil war.

After a thousand-Marine barracks riot, Sakazuki convened headquarters’ senior officers, who clashed over the growing divide between Mary Geoise Loyalists and the New World Marines. He imposed Level Two martial law and ordered every officer to surrender command of their troops to Acting Admiral Borsalino.

• Borsalino quickly suppressed the barracks riot, and medics carried away the wounded; no one had been killed.
• At a senior officers’ meeting, Resett, Saonlima, Bastille, and other New World Marines confronted Aramaki and the Mary Geoise Loyalists.
• Aramaki questioned why the New World Marines and former Admiral Bane had not answered Sengoku’s orders, while Bastille explained that Bane was fighting Big Mom and the Beast Pirates’ alliance.
• After Aramaki asked Sakazuki to decide what to do, Sakazuki criticized the officers and declared Level Two martial law at headquarters.
• Sakazuki ordered all headquarters officers to surrender command authority to Acting Admiral Borsalino, and the officers obeyed rather than risk an armed rebellion.

Sakazuki restored order at Marine Headquarters and prepared to reinforce the Holy Land port while waiting for Ortolan. Borsalino chose to stand with Sakazuki, and Sakazuki resolved to confront Ortolan rather than regret avoiding him.

• Sakazuki threatened military punishment for anyone involved in further violence and delayed acting on Sengoku’s order until the New World Marines could respond.
• Sakazuki ordered Borsalino to place the warships at Headquarters on combat readiness, then adjourned the meeting.
• Aramaki followed Sakazuki and agreed to join him in establishing a defensive line at the Holy Land port while Borsalino stayed at Headquarters.
• Borsalino told Sakazuki he had chosen to stand with the Marines because Mary Geoise’s removal of Sengoku showed disrespect for them.
• Sakazuki said he would go to the Holy Land port and contend with Ortolan.

Spandine arrived at G-1 carrying intelligence and a letter from Sengoku, revealing himself as the person Ortolan had told the New World Marines to wait for. After killing a CP commander who came to recruit Stolobey, Spandine pledged his support to the Admiral.

• Stolobey and Momonga discussed Ortolan's ongoing battle with Kaido and Charlotte Linlin and Sakazuki's preparations at Marine headquarters.
• Spandine arrived at G-1 with CP agents, and Momonga suspected he might be the person Ortolan was expecting.
• Spandine introduced Crescent as a CP commander supposedly sent to discuss recruiting Stolobey, but Crescent urged Stolobey to oppose Ortolan.
• Spandine killed Crescent with his elephant sword and explained that the recruitment mission had given him an excuse to leave Mary Geoise.
• Spandine gave Stolobey intelligence files about the Celestial Dragons and a letter from Sengoku, then declared his loyalty to the Admiral.

Strawberry and Spandine exposed the Celestial Dragons’ human-hunting competition records to Ortolan’s forces, strengthening the Marines’ resolve to fight Mary Geoise. On White Salt Island, Charlotte Linlin used soul power to reach a new level of strength and joined Kaido in unleashing their combined attack against Ortolan.

• Strawberry faxed Sengoku’s letter and the human-hunting competition records to Ortolan, then learned Spandine and Momonga had known some of the truth.
• Strawberry condemned the Celestial Dragons’ crimes, and Momonga agreed that Mary Geoise deserved repayment.
• During their day-long battle, Kaido struck Ortolan while Charlotte Linlin sacrificed soul power to overpower him and drive him into a vast abyss.
• Ortolan climbed out, praised Charlotte Linlin’s strength, and tried to evade her and Kaido as they prepared a combined attack.
• Charlotte Linlin and Kaido unleashed their Elbaf Spear: Sea Conqueror, sweeping across the island and out toward the horizon.

Ortolan survived Kaido and Charlotte Linlin’s Hakai, but Charlotte Linlin unleashed an even more powerful soul-fueled form and attacked him. As Ortolan evaded her strike, Momonga announced that the thing Ortolan had been waiting for had arrived, and a massive pillar of lightning rose from the island.

• Kaido and Charlotte Linlin’s Hakai badly injured Ortolan internally, though he stayed on his feet.
• Charlotte Linlin sacrificed more soul power, grew to a giant-like size, and warned Ortolan she would defeat him within a minute.
• Charlotte Linlin charged Ortolan with a massive punch, and he vanished from its path using a burst of electricity.
• Charlotte Linlin’s punch shook the island and sent towering waves across the sea.
• Momonga told Ortolan that the thing he had been waiting for had arrived, and a huge lightning pillar shot into the sky.

Ortolan and Charlotte Linlin pushed their bodies beyond their limits and fought in a clash of strength and speed. Charlotte Linlin revealed a Soul-Soul Fruit technique that could strike directly at Ortolan’s soul, and the battle continued with her having exposed his vulnerability.

• Ortolan transformed into a lightning-wreathed form and matched Charlotte Linlin’s strength, but she withdrew and compressed her body back to its normal size.
• Charlotte Linlin estimated she could maintain her enhanced state for ten minutes, then resumed the fight as Ortolan warned that he was faster.
• Ortolan struck Charlotte Linlin in the chest, but she braced herself and counterattacked with a punch that briefly disrupted his consciousness.
• Charlotte Linlin’s follow-up punch sent Ortolan flying, and Kaido saw ghostly soul energy spill from him.
• Ortolan evaded Charlotte Linlin’s next attack and asked whether she had developed a Soul-Soul Fruit technique to bypass his physical defenses.
• Charlotte Linlin confirmed that she had created the technique to attack Ortolan’s soul directly.

Ortolan and Charlotte Linlin fought their final clash on White Salt Island, where Ortolan overcame her soul-striking power and won. After the island was destroyed, Charlotte Linlin acknowledged that Ortolan had grown, leaving him to reflect on how she had treated him since their reunion.

• Ortolan rejected the safer strategy of stalling Charlotte Linlin and challenged her to a final head-on clash.
• Charlotte Linlin repeatedly struck Ortolan with Soul Strike, but his body adapted and he caught her wrist.
• Ortolan countered with Heavy Flow Blast and Old Ape Hanging Seal, then seized Charlotte Linlin and unleashed Thunder Self-Detonation Bomb.
• The blast shattered White Salt Island and caused a tsunami, but Ortolan and Charlotte Linlin survived on an island fragment.
• Ortolan pulled Charlotte Linlin from the sea, and she smiled and told him that he had grown up.
• Ortolan objected to Charlotte Linlin invoking her status as his mother, then wondered whether she had taken some care of him since their reunion.

After defeating Charlotte Linlin, Ortolan arranged to fold the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates into a unified Totto Land under the World Government. He then planned to use Sengoku’s imprisonment and the World Government’s crimes as grounds to march on Mary Geoise and rescue the Fleet Admiral.

• Ortolan asked Charlotte Linlin to adapt his warship and proposed using Totto Land to collect the souls of pirates imported through Impel Down.
• Kaido accepted that he had lost alongside Charlotte Linlin, though he vowed to challenge Ortolan in the future.
• Ortolan ordered the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates disbanded, their territories consolidated into Totto Land, and Charlotte Linlin installed as its queen.
• Momonga told Ortolan that Headquarters had ordered him to return for an investigation and that his Marine Admiral status had been suspended.
• Ortolan ordered Momonga to announce that he would return to Headquarters, then revealed his plan to expose the World Government’s crimes and march on Mary Geoise to rescue Sengoku.

Sakazuki received Ortolan’s formal agreement to return to Marine Headquarters for investigation, while Ortolan arranged publicity for Totto Land’s World Government membership and his compliance. Ortolan then discovered that Sengoku had secretly ordered him to act as Fleet Admiral and command all Marines, leaving him poised to reveal that authority later.

• Sakazuki read Ortolan’s response agreeing to step down temporarily and return to headquarters for investigation, but kept his plan to travel to Mary Geoise unchanged.
• Ortolan gave Morgans the signed dossier confirming Totto Land’s membership in the World Government and ordered him to publicize it worldwide.
• Ortolan instructed Morgans to report his compliance with headquarters’ order and to remain nearby in anticipation of a major event.
• Ortolan read Sengoku’s letter, which ordered him to act as Fleet Admiral and command all Marines, and learned that Sengoku was imprisoned in Mary Geoise.
• Ortolan vowed that Marine justice would rule the world and kept Sengoku’s order secret for the time being.