Chapter Summaries

As newspapers reported the New World’s pacification, they soon spread accusations of corruption, Marine infighting, and World Government crimes, plunging the world into confusion. Dragon and Ortolan coordinated a plan to expose the Government’s secrets through the Revolutionary Army while Ortolan prepared to seize command of the Marines.

• Newspapers announced that Bane Ortolan had defeated Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, and that Totto Land had joined the World Government, before reports accused Ortolan of corruption and announced his temporary removal from duty.
• Reports described protests, North Blue support for Ortolan, Issho’s impeachment proceedings against Aramaki, Tokikake’s arrival, and Doflamingo’s claim that he was an undercover Marine Vice Admiral.
• The Revolutionary Army announced it had evidence of World Government crimes, while the Government called the reports a conspiracy and ordered a harsher crackdown.
• Rumors spread that Sengoku, Garp, and possibly Ortolan had been silenced, and the public struggled to make sense of the competing claims.
• Dragon told Ortolan he had made the requested public declarations, and Ortolan promised to send him evidence for the Revolutionary Army to publish.
• Ortolan planned to use the Revolutionary Army’s exposé as a pretext to disavow false Headquarters orders, claim command as acting Fleet Admiral, and lead the Marines toward Mary Geoise.

Ortolan arrived at the G-3 Marine base to meet the assembled Shichibukai, while Crocodile worried that his missed chances had left him behind the others. Hancock eagerly welcomed Ortolan and fainted after he praised her beauty, forcing Hina to catch her.

• Ortolan arrived at G-3, where Stainless told him that Marine forces and the Shichibukai were waiting for his orders.
• Crocodile brooded over the rise of Smoker and regretted taking a ten-year detour instead of paying Ortolan and pursuing Pluton.
• Hancock paced anxiously while the Shichibukai waited for Ortolan to arrive.
• Ortolan entered the conference room and joked with Moria and Doflamingo about being late.
• Hancock rushed to Ortolan, and his compliment about her beauty left her swooning until Hina caught her.

Crocodile met Ortolan formally and offered a huge gift to settle their past conflict. Ortolan accepted, then promised to find Crocodile a job in the New World, while Moria’s old feud with Kaido remained unresolved but no longer drove him to fight.

• Ortolan confronted Crocodile at the Shichibukai meeting, and Crocodile admitted their past conflict had been a misunderstanding.
• Crocodile offered Ortolan 500 billion Belly in gold and an ancient technique that could pass Devil Fruit abilities to an heir.
• Ortolan accepted the gifts, declared their misunderstanding settled, and told Crocodile he would find him a job in the New World.
• Crocodile agreed to Ortolan’s offer and considered that working with him might be acceptable.
• Moria’s past grudge against Kaido was discussed; Ortolan had told Moria he would not interfere, and Moria was now content to place a bounty rather than risk a deadly fight.

Ortolan warned the Shichibukai that their organization would likely be abolished and revealed that the Marines could no longer remain loyal to the World Government after its violations of justice. He assigned roles for the coming conflict and ordered Mihawk and Crocodile not to interfere as the Marines prepared to attack Mary Geoise.

• Ortolan told the Shichibukai that their system no longer suited the times and would likely lose its legitimacy.
• Smoker complained that losing his Shichibukai status could make him an enemy in name, and Ortolan promised to arrange matters for him.
• Ortolan announced that the Marines could no longer serve the World Government and explained the scandals that had broken their faith in its justice.
• Ortolan ordered Smoker to monitor New World pirates, assigned Doflamingo to join the Marine assault, and gave Jinbe and Hancock supporting roles away from the main fight.
• Ortolan told Mihawk and Crocodile not to cause trouble during the Marines’ preparations, and both agreed.

Sakazuki fortified the Mary Geoise port ahead of Ortolan’s arrival, but the Revolutionary Army’s new report exposed the Celestial Dragons’ human-hunting atrocity and revealed that Sengoku had been forced to take part. The revelation left Sakazuki and his Marines shocked and furious as the report called on people across the seas to resist the World Government.

• Sakazuki arrived at the Mary Geoise port, imposed military control, and deployed trusted Marines to strengthen its defenses.
• Sakazuki learned that Ortolan’s forces planned to reach the port within two weeks, though he doubted there was room for negotiation.
• Doberman brought Sakazuki a newspaper and, overwhelmed by its contents, shouted that they should storm Mary Geoise and kill the Celestial Dragons.
• Onigumo silenced the sentries and restrained Doberman, while Sakazuki read the Revolutionary Army’s report and broke down in shock.
• Dragon’s report accused the Celestial Dragons of turning the Kingdom of Sak'ar into a human-hunting ground and urged people across the seas to oppose them, citing evidence from Spandine’s leak.

Sakazuki and Borsalino moved to contain the Marines’ reaction to reports of Celestial Dragon atrocities, while the news drove nations and Marine forces across the seas to take sides. A week later, Spandam publicly confirmed the reports and announced that he would reveal more World Government secrets in a worldwide broadcast.

• Sakazuki ordered the Marines to impose martial law, confiscate newspapers, and detain Marines who had read them, while Borsalino coordinated the shutdown of outside communications.
• Aramaki defended the World Government’s treatment of the Kingdom of Sak'ar, but Sakazuki changed the subject and told him that Ortolan was on his way to G-1.
• Donquixote Doflamingo, Vinsmoke Judge, Charlotte Linlin, Tokikake, and Marine forces in the North Blue and New World condemned the World Government or declared their allegiance to Ortolan, while nations withdrew from the member-nation system.
• Revolutionary Army uprisings spread through the South Blue, where Monkey D. Dragon announced a new United Government; the East Blue backed the World Government, while the West Blue remained publicly neutral.
• One week after the Revolutionary Army’s reports spread, Spandam announced that the exposed crimes were real, said he had escaped Mary Geoise for asylum at G-1, and promised a worldwide broadcast of further intelligence.

Spandine broadcast the World Government’s crimes and announced Fleet Admiral Sengoku’s order appointing Bane Ortolan to lead the Marines. The G-1 Marines saluted and pledged loyalty as Ortolan’s assumption of command began.

• Spandine prepared to deliver his worldwide broadcast at the G-1 Marine base while Vice Admiral Strawberry went to welcome Ortolan.
• Spandine identified himself as a former senior CP official and presented records exposing the Celestial Dragons’ hunting tournament, slavery, corruption, and CP persecution.
• Spandine revealed that Steel Bone Kong and Sengoku had been placed under house arrest and that Garp had been secretly arrested by the CP Agency.
• Spandine said Sengoku had entrusted him with a Fleet Admiral’s order naming Bane Ortolan acting Fleet Admiral and commanding all Marines.
• The G-1 Marines saluted together and declared their loyalty to justice.

Ortolan secured Cobra’s support and the Marines’ backing to take command after Sengoku’s order named him acting Fleet Admiral. He declared that the Marines would march on Mary Geoise to rescue Sengoku, and the officers at G-1 rallied behind him.

• Ortolan assured Cobra that Crocodile would remain in the New World, then implied that he lacked the authority to lead the Marines without support.
• Doflamingo argued that Ortolan’s New World Marines had the strength and resources to lead resistance against the World Government.
• Cobra pledged that the Nefertari family would publicly support Ortolan, while Strawberry and other officers declared that they would follow him.
• Rear Admiral Maynard delivered Sengoku’s order appointing Ortolan acting Fleet Admiral, explaining that Spandine was broadcasting from Mary Geoise.
• Ortolan ordered senior officers to assemble at G-1 and called on the Marines to march on the capital and rescue Sengoku.

As Bane Ortolan rallied Marines and political allies against the World Government, his New World commanders gathered at G-1 to discuss how his growing power could reshape their futures. Ortolan entered the conference room as they anticipated a new order in which meritorious Marine officers could become nobles.

• Bane Ortolan ordered Marines to protect their territories and act under his authority, drawing support from North Blue and the New World while East Blue rejected him and South Blue split.
• Dragon offered the Revolutionary Army’s full cooperation, and Nefertari Cobra publicly backed Ortolan’s campaign to reform the World Government and Mary Geoise.
• New World commanders discussed Gion’s recovery after giving birth to a son and linked their fortunes to Ortolan’s growing influence.
• The commanders anticipated noble titles and inherited estates for officers with outstanding merit, while Ortolan planned to establish a ruling class of military merit aristocrats.
• Ortolan strode into the G-1 conference room in his Justice Cloak, and the gathered commanders fell silent.

Ortolan met with Marine officers to discuss their planned campaign against Mary Geoise, weighing a swift assault against a prolonged siege and addressing their loyalty to the trapped leaders. The meeting ended with the officers affirming that they would answer Heaven’s call and rescue the sovereign.

• Ortolan joked with the officers, celebrated the news of his children, and confirmed that military merit could earn them noble titles and positions in Totto Land.
• The officers discussed taking Mary Geoise and pacifying the four seas, while Ortolan explained that the Marines had secretly prepared supplies and positioned fifty thousand troops for the campaign.
• Ortolan rejected a two-year blockade as too disruptive and directed the officers to present plans for a swift victory.
• The officers debated how to handle Sakazuki and whether to exploit the possible deaths of Steel Bone and Sengoku, prompting Ortolan to condemn the suggestion and praise their kindness toward him.
• Ortolan reminded the officers that they were going to Mary Geoise to suppress the rebellion and rescue the sovereign, and they shouted their loyalty.

Sakazuki met Ortolan’s fleet at Mary Geoise Harbor, where they argued over the Marines’ leadership and the Five Elders’ authority. Sakazuki killed Aramaki, then asked to rejoin Ortolan’s Marines, and Ortolan accepted him and ordered the fleets merged.

• Sakazuki let Ortolan’s flagship pass through the fleet formation so they could meet and talk.
• Ortolan questioned Sakazuki’s loyalty and authority, while Hina and Aramaki argued over Sengoku’s orders and the Five Elders’ command.
• Aramaki accused Ortolan of betraying the World Government, and Sakazuki suddenly punched through Aramaki’s chest with his magma-covered fist.
• Sakazuki killed Aramaki and told Ortolan that the title of Acting Fleet Admiral did not mean he had truly won.
• Sakazuki requested permission to rejoin the Marines, and Ortolan approved him and ordered the fleets to merge.

Ortolan and Sakazuki arrived at Mary Geoise as the Marines moved against the World Government’s loyalist faction. The Holy Knights prepared to defend the harbor, while their leader, Saint Figarland Greenguard, anticipated confronting Ortolan and hoped the crisis would open a path to greater power.

• Onigumo’s forces detained loyalist Marines at the harbor, including Vice Admirals Sleiman and Vander, and Ortolan ordered them imprisoned rather than executed.
• Sakazuki told Ortolan that Borsalino would move against the loyalists at Marine headquarters with support from Ortolan’s New World faction.
• Saint Figarland Greenguard learned that the Marines at the port had defected and discussed using the crisis to replace the Five Elders.
• Greenguard gathered the nineteen Holy Knights at the harbor defenses and prepared to confront Ortolan, believing Im-sama could suppress him if necessary.

Ortolan coordinated with Dragon and the Revolutionary Army to join the Marine force gathered at Mary Geoise, while Sakazuki and Dragon reconciled over Dragon’s departure from the Marines. Sakazuki reviewed Ortolan’s preliminary plan for a Seven Seas Alliance to replace the World Government and approved its basic structure.

• Sakazuki told Ortolan that the Bubble Elevators and transport winches to Mary Geoise were unusable, and Ortolan said he was waiting for the Revolutionary Army.
• Dragon contacted Ortolan from beneath the sea and confirmed he would surface after Sakazuki assured him the Marines would not attack.
• Dragon, Bartholomew Bear, Ivankov, Lightning, Mori, and other Revolutionary Army officers arrived at the port and met Ortolan and Sakazuki.
• Dragon and Sakazuki discussed Dragon’s departure from the Marines, and Sakazuki reconsidered whether Sengoku had allowed it to preserve another path for justice.
• Ortolan described a Seven Seas Alliance built from seven regional governments, and Sakazuki read the preliminary proposal and praised its core idea.

Sakazuki and Ortolan prepared the Marines and Revolutionary Army for an assault on Mary Geoise, while the New Marines’ declaration of war plunged several seas into conflict. At the Holy Land, Saint Saturn and Saint Figarland Greenguard considered using Uranus to crush the approaching forces despite its limited remaining energy.

• Ortolan explained that Mori and Lightning would cut a route through the Red Line, while Bartholomew Bear and Dragon agreed to join the battle to rescue Ginny and Garp.
• After six days of preparation, Ortolan publicly declared war on the World Government and Mary Geoise and announced that he would serve as acting Fleet Admiral.
• Sakazuki’s return reunited the Marines as the New Marines, while Borsalino purged loyalists at headquarters and Kuzan returned to duty.
• Nations and Marine bases across the seas split between the New Marines and the World Government, triggering civil wars and renewed pirate unrest in the South Blue and Paradise.
• Saint Figarland Greenguard warned Saint Saturn that the Marines would attack within two days and urged him to use Uranus.
• Saint Saturn revealed that Uranus had only enough energy for two more strikes, but agreed with Greenguard that it should be used against the Marines.

Katakuri returned from Wano Country with Pluton's main cannon and energy furnace, removed with help from Master Tom and his blueprints. Ortolan revealed Pluton to Sakazuki and said the New Marines needed it as a counter to the World Government's Uranus, though Pluton's remaining energy could only power a few shots.

• Katakuri told Momonga that his team had removed Pluton's main cannon intact but could not extract the entire weapon from Wano Country's walls of isolation.
• Katakuri explained that Master Tom had used Pluton's blueprints to safely dismantle the cannon and energy furnace without triggering the weapon's self-destruct mechanism.
• Ortolan briefed Sakazuki on the nineteen members of the Knights of God and warned that Saint Figarland had been a formidable fighter at God Valley.
• Sakazuki said he would test Saint Figarland's strength himself, while Katakuri and Momonga arrived at the command tent.
• Ortolan said the New Marines needed Pluton to counter the World Government's Uranus and revealed that he possessed the weapon and its blueprints.
• Ortolan explained that Pluton had enough energy for only three to five shots, leaving it as a deterrent rather than a world-destroying weapon.

Ortolan inspected Pluton at the harbor and discovered he could recharge its depleted reactor with his Goro Goro no Mi, though the process was painfully slow. After learning that even a partial charge might allow a test shot, he agreed with Sakazuki and Master Tom to fire the Ancient Weapon.

• Ortolan and Sakazuki arrived at the harbor, where Master Tom explained that Pluton had enough remaining energy for only three or four shots.
• Ortolan decided to fire Pluton, but Sakazuki and Master Tom warned him not to waste its limited power.
• Master Tom showed Ortolan the energy input port and explained that Pluton converted supplied energy with a ninety-percent loss.
• Ortolan used his electricity to charge Pluton, and the converter activated after more than half an hour, though charging ten percent would take three months.
• Master Tom clarified that ten percent referred to the energy needed to operate all of Pluton, and Sakazuki urged Ortolan to test a shot.
• Ortolan agreed to fire Pluton, while Sakazuki and Master Tom eagerly accepted that he would have to supply the energy.

Ortolan and the others reactivated Pluto’s main cannon, whose blast scorched the Red Line and tore a vast hole in the sky. The display reached Mary Geoise as the Five Elders and Saint Figarland debated using Uranus, and Im recognized Pluto’s attack.

• Sakazuki pressed Pluto’s launch button while Ortolan held the main cannon, but it did not fire at first.
• Ortolan checked the barrel, and Pluto’s energy device suddenly activated, forcing him to dodge before bracing the cannon.
• Pluto fired a rainbow-colored beam that spread across the sky, evaporated the clouds, and crystallized part of the Red Line.
• The Five Elders and Saint Figarland argued over whether to use Uranus’s remaining energy as a weapon or preserve it as an escape route.
• The rainbow beam lit up Mary Geoise, and Saint Peter identified it as Pluto’s attack.
• Im watched the beam from the Flower Chamber and whispered, “Pluto...?”

After Pluton fired on Mary Geoise, Ortolan rejected the Five Elders’ offer of compromise and declared that he wanted the throne above the heavens. Saint Saturn challenged him to a face-to-face showdown atop Mary Geoise in two days, with both sides agreeing not to use their Ancient Weapons.

• Hina told Ortolan that the Five Elders were calling, while Tom confirmed Pluton could fire two more shots of the same scale.
• Ortolan told Saint Figarland that he intended to defeat the Five Elders and Imu, and openly confirmed that Pluton had fired.
• Ortolan explained that his Marine sense of justice made conflict with the World Government unavoidable, while Saint Figarland argued that justice was an illusion.
• Saint Figarland offered the Marines autonomy and the chance to dispose of expendable Celestial Dragons in exchange for peace, but Ortolan rejected the proposal and said he wanted the throne.
• Saint Saturn challenged Ortolan to meet the Five Elders atop Mary Geoise in two days, with neither side using an Ancient Weapon, then ended the call.

The Marines launched their assault on Mary Geoise, where Saint Figarland ordered slave collars detonated to destroy their vanguard. The blasts caused casualties, but Vice Admiral Stralt and many technologically enhanced Marines survived and rose again.

• Ortolan told Hina that the Marines would fight the decisive battle at Mary Geoise in two days.
• Saint Figarland prepared for battle as the Marine attack began, and a CP Agency member reported that the rebels had broken through the first defense line.
• After the Marine vanguard landed, Saint Figarland ordered every slave collar activated, and a female knight pressed the control button.
• Vice Admiral Stralt ordered his troops to clear the battlefield and establish a defensive position, but he spotted a collar flashing red and warned them too late.
• The slave corpses exploded across the outer defensive line, engulfing the Marine vanguard, while Saint Figarland and his knights celebrated.
• Stralt and many technologically enhanced Marines survived the blasts and climbed back to their feet, though some Marines had died.

The Marines began their decisive assault on Mary Geoise, while Ortolan prepared for the Holy Land’s strongest fighters. Kuzan, Borsalino, and Zephyr arrived to reinforce the Marines as the battle continued.

• After the Marines’ full force landed, Sakazuki ordered them to skip building a camp and launch a decisive attack that day.
• Ortolan sent Stralt’s vanguard to attack the second defense line and ordered Stainless and Stolobey to advance on its flanks.
• Smoker reported that Kuzan and Borsalino had reached the port, and Sakazuki explained that their earlier assignments had been a ruse.
• Ortolan explained that the CP Director had fled Mary Geoise with elite agents after Spandine defected, leaving Night Owl as the CP Agency’s only notable fighter there.
• Kuzan and Borsalino entered the tent with Zephyr, who returned to the front lines to fight for the Marines.