Chapter Summaries

At Marineford, Momonga and Hoshigaki met Ortolan, the newcomer Garp had arranged for special training under Zephyr. Ortolan demonstrated his extraordinary strength by carrying a warhammer made from Five Thousand-Ton Stones, leaving Momonga impressed.

• Momonga and Hoshigaki arrived at the training ground and learned that Garp’s newcomer was expected to join Zephyr’s Officer Training Camp.
• Ortolan introduced himself to Momonga and Hoshigaki and confirmed he would enter the camp in half a month.
• Momonga described his heavy training weights and challenged Ortolan’s claim that his warhammer made him sweat.
• Momonga tried to lift Ortolan’s warhammer but could not move it, and Ortolan revealed it was made from Five Thousand-Ton Stones.
• Momonga accepted Ortolan as a worthy special recruit and praised his strength.

Ortolan settled into Marine life while befriending Momonga and Hoshigaki, then met Kuzan at the cafeteria. He warned Kuzan that his mental condition would make him irritable in about a month, leaving Kuzan worried about violence at the Officer Training Camp.

• Garp let Ortolan stay at his courtyard residence before his official enlistment, and Momonga and Hoshigaki became friendly with him during training.
• Momonga and Hoshigaki learned that Ortolan had eaten the Goro Goro no Mi, and Ortolan learned from them how Marine Commodores handled the Marines’ day-to-day operations.
• Momonga and Hoshigaki brought Ortolan to the cafeteria and went to fetch food while he saved a seat.
• Kuzan joined Ortolan at the table, praised his talents, and said Garp had told him about Ortolan’s abilities and Conqueror’s Haki.
• Ortolan told Kuzan that his mental issues would make him irritable in about a month, and Kuzan worried that he might cause trouble after entering the Officer Training Camp.

Ortolan joined the first class of the Marine Headquarters Officer Training Camp and learned from Momonga about the Marines’ Hawk, Dove, and Neutral factions. Their conversation ended when several new classmates entered the classroom.

• Ortolan began the Officer Training Camp as a Marine Headquarters Captain, with a path to promotion after graduation.
• Ortolan, Momonga, and Hoshigaki exercised, ate breakfast, and arrived early at the classroom.
• Momonga named several officers expected in the class and explained that he and Hoshigaki had disagreements with some Commodores over their beliefs.
• Momonga described the Hawk Faction’s hardline stance, the Dove Faction’s moderate approach, and the Neutral Faction’s effort to maintain balance.
• Momonga said Steel Bone had been a prominent Hawk, Garp and Zephyr had led the Doves, and Sengoku and Zephyr were associated with the powerful Neutral Faction.
• Several Marine officers entered the classroom as Ortolan was about to ask more about the factions.

Bane Ortolan joined Admiral Zephyr’s small Marine class, where Tokikake boldly confessed to Gion and was rejected. Gion then asked Momonga to switch seats so she could sit beside Ortolan, leaving Momonga disappointed and Hoshigaki laughing.

• Bane Ortolan recognized the Marine officers in the class, including Tokikake, Onigumo, and the future Admiral Candidate Gion.
• Tokikake introduced himself to Gion and immediately asked her to go out with him, but she politely rejected him.
• Momonga told Ortolan he had hoped to ask Gion out after meeting her through the Intelligence Staff Department, while Hoshigaki revealed he had only used a shared Den Den Mushi.
• Zephyr forgave Gion for being late and told her to find a seat, while Tokikake offered her the empty seat beside him.
• Gion chose to sit beside Ortolan’s trio and asked Momonga to switch places with her, and Momonga reluctantly agreed.
• Hoshigaki laughed at Momonga’s disappointment as he gave up the seat beside Ortolan.

Admiral Zephyr introduced the Officer Training Camp and explained its curriculum, credit system, and goal of developing Marines with different strengths. Ortolan learned that the Marines held records from two previous Goro Goro no Mi users and could apply to study them.

• Zephyr welcomed the trainees, outlined the camp rules, and announced that senior officers including Tsuru, Garp, and Sengoku would teach them.
• Zephyr asked what qualities made an outstanding Marine commander, and Onigumo, Hoshigaki, and other trainees offered answers.
• Zephyr described courses in swordsmanship, Haki, Body Techniques, and Devil Fruit development, explaining that the Marine Six Powers trained complete bodily control.
• Ortolan asked about the Goro Goro no Mi, and Zephyr revealed that two earlier users had left training notes, including the former Admiral known as the White Night Yaksha.
• Zephyr explained that graduation depended on earning enough credits, allowing Marines to qualify through combat strength or academic and strategic ability.

Marine leaders discussed the Roger Pirates’ search for Poneglyphs and learned that Bane Ortolan was an exceptional trainee whose mental state worsened before each full moon. The chapter ended as Gion reported that Doberman, Onigumo, and Dalmatian were fighting Ortolan at the training grounds.

• Chief Staff Officer Tsuru briefed Marine leaders on the Roger Pirates’ clash with the Whitebeard Pirates and Kozuki Oden’s connection to the Poneglyph-forging Kozuki family.
• Garp, Sengoku, and Fleet Admiral Kong considered whether Roger’s crew was seeking the Void Century’s history and the locations of the Ancient Weapons, and Kong ordered Tsuru to monitor them closely.
• Zephyr praised Bane Ortolan’s academic and combat abilities, saying he might become the top trainee in the class.
• Zephyr revealed that Ortolan had recently lost his temper at Doberman, and Kuzan explained that Ortolan’s intermittent mental illness made him agitated before each full moon.
• Gion rushed into the Fleet Admiral’s office and reported that Doberman, Onigumo, and Dalmatian were fighting Ortolan at the training grounds.

Ortolan fought three Marine rear admirals at once, defeating them with overwhelming strength and lightning despite his lack of combat technique. Zephyr, impressed by Ortolan’s raw potential, ordered Gion to send more Marines into the training field to test his abilities.

• Sengoku, Garp, Gion, and Kuzan arrived at the training grounds and learned that Ortolan had already badly injured Doberman with a single hammer strike.
• Onigumo restrained Ortolan with his hair while Dalmatian transformed into his human-dog form and slammed him to the ground.
• Ortolan summoned a massive lightning strike with Thunder Burial, broke free, and defeated Onigumo and Dalmatian.
• Sengoku noted Ortolan’s lack of combat experience but praised his potential, and Zephyr ordered Gion to send Momonga and other Marines into the fight.

After Zephyr ordered the Marines to test Ortolan, Kajiki provoked him into a fight while Momonga and Hoshigaki tried to restrain him with a Seastone chain. Ortolan resisted the chain’s weakening effect and slammed both men headfirst into the ground.

• Gion told Momonga, Kajiki, and Hoshigaki that Zephyr had ordered them to attack Ortolan and test his strength.
• Kajiki made a surprise attack on Ortolan, missed, and taunted him into becoming furious.
• Momonga and Hoshigaki ambushed Ortolan from behind, grabbing his horns and wrapping a Seastone chain around his ankles.
• Despite losing his Devil Fruit powers, Ortolan held his ground and seized Momonga and Hoshigaki.
• Ortolan slammed Momonga and Hoshigaki into the ground, leaving both of them motionless.

Ortolan fought off the Marine officers Zephyr sent against him, revealing that his inherited Steel Bones and Iron Muscles made him nearly impervious to their attacks. Gion managed to wound him before he defeated her, and Zephyr ordered Kuzan into the field next.

• Tokikake failed to pierce Ortolan's abdomen, and Ortolan knocked him out with a headbutt before Momonga and Hoshigaki slashed his back without doing more than breaking the skin.
• Ortolan tore off his Seastone restraints, and Zephyr sent Stainless, Kaisa, and Gion to fight him alongside the others.
• Stainless and Kaisa's attacks failed to hurt Ortolan, who knocked both captains unconscious with punches.
• Gion cut Ortolan across the chest with Konpira, but Ortolan struck her in the chest and sent her crashing to the ground.
• Kuzan joked that Ortolan had wiped out the Marines' future, and Zephyr ordered him into the fight.

Kuzan explained away his black eye after Ortolan punched him, while Sengoku and Borsalino discussed Marine research plans and their strange nighttime habits. At Garp’s home, Ortolan tried to improve his appearance and taught Garp how to respond to praise for being a Marine Hero.

• Sengoku told Borsalino to investigate MADS and consider recruiting its scientists for a proposed Marine Science Unit.
• Borsalino noticed Kuzan’s black eye, and Kuzan blamed it on walking into a door while half-asleep.
• Sengoku revealed that Ortolan had punched Kuzan during a disturbance at the training grounds.
• Ortolan tried on glasses and dressed up to appear cultured before visiting his injured classmates with Garp.
• Garp asked Ortolan how to improve his public image, and Ortolan told him to call the person praising him the real hero.

Garp took Ortolan to Marineford’s hospital and described its extensive care for wounded Marines. Seeing the injured and hearing Garp’s anguished remarks about order and change, Ortolan reflected on the Marines’ ideological constraints and decided that, once strong enough, he would rather defy the World Government than torment himself with compromise.

• Garp led Ortolan through Marineford’s hospital and explained how its doctors and rehabilitation services treated injured Marines.
• Ortolan asked whether senior officers received better medical care, and Garp suggested that Ortolan speak with a mental health doctor about his temper.
• As they passed wounded Marines, Garp became somber and argued that deep-rooted problems had to be addressed at the right time to avoid destroying the existing order.
• Garp apologized for his outburst, while Ortolan privately connected his pain to the Marines’ compromises and the darkness surrounding God Valley.
• Ortolan concluded that he would reject the Marines’ restraints and make trouble for the World Government once he was powerful enough.

Ortolan visited the injured Officer Training Camp students with Garp and found them celebrating together in the hospital. Momonga announced that they had formed an Anti-Ortolan Alliance, while Ortolan sensed that the brawl had brought the classmates closer together.

• Ortolan and Garp overheard nurses call Ortolan the Officer Training Camp’s school bully after his fight with the students.
• Ortolan entered the officers’ ward and found Momonga, Hoshigaki, Kajiki, Strawberry, Onigumo, Doberman, Kaisa, and Gion gathered together.
• Momonga explained that the students had decided to form an Anti-Ortolan Alliance because they could not defeat Ortolan even when they fought together.
• Gion said she had joined the gathering because she found the others’ antics entertaining, and Ortolan chatted with her.
• Momonga and Kajiki openly discussed opposing Ortolan, while Ortolan realized the fight had made the classmates friendlier toward him.

Ortolan advanced through Marine training and became known as one of the Marines’ most gifted young Logia users while the world changed around him. The chapter ended with the New World’s pirate powers settling into a new hierarchy after Shiki’s return and the Big Mom and Beasts Pirates’ expansion.

• Zephyr resumed classes after the students recovered, and Ortolan joined them after Garp beat him out of his full-moon berserk state.
• Ortolan improved his knowledge of the seas and the Marines, mastered the Marine Six Powers, and earned a reputation as one of the Marines’ four great Logia users.
• Ortolan read that Dragon had founded the Freedom Army and defied the World Government, then learned from Kuzan how Dragon had resigned after an incident at Mary Geoise.
• The Big Mom Pirates and Beasts Pirates attacked Ochoku, Silver Axe, and John while expanding into Shiki’s territory.
• Shiki returned to the New World, and the pirate hierarchy shifted to place Whitebeard first, Charlotte Linlin second, Kaido third, and Shiki fourth.

Bane Ortolan graduated first from the Officer Training Camp and received the rank of Marine Rear Admiral from Zephyr. Garp took Ortolan on as his accompanying subordinate, setting him up to begin his Marine career alongside a powerful mentor.

• Zephyr awarded Ortolan his Rear Admiral cloak and urged him to carry responsibility and justice as a Marine.
• Ortolan thanked Zephyr and resolved inwardly to use the Marines’ corruption as room to pursue his own rebellion.
• Momonga, Tokikake, Gion, Onigumo, and their classmates applauded Ortolan’s graduation and reflected on the friendships they had formed.
• Garp met Ortolan outside the classroom and told him he would serve as Garp’s accompanying subordinate on missions.
• Ortolan welcomed the assignment, recognizing that Garp could help him meet influential Marine leaders.

Ortolan complained to Kuzan about having no work under Garp, but Borgard soon summoned them for a mission escorting the Fleet Admiral to inspect G-1. As Ortolan learned the trip might concern plans for a Reserve Headquarters, he began hoping the Fleet Admiral’s journey would bring him a chance at promotion.

• Ortolan told Kuzan he wanted a transfer from Garp’s idle command so he could serve justice and advance his career.
• Kuzan advised Ortolan that Garp was usually idle but was called upon when major events occurred.
• Borgard arrived at the tavern and told Ortolan and Kuzan to join a mission escorting the Fleet Admiral to G-1.
• Kuzan and Borgard explained that G-1 was being renovated as a possible Reserve Headquarters in case Marineford became unusable.
• Ortolan wondered whether Red Count Patrick Riddles might attack the Fleet Admiral and hoped to earn a major promotion-worthy achievement.

Garp avoided riding with Fleet Admiral Kong and sailed ahead with Ortolan and Kuzan, while Kong departed with the rest of the fleet. Borsalino returned from investigating MADS and revealed research into genetic design and accelerated cloning, prompting Sengoku to order a thorough investigation and seek control of Vegapunk’s work.

• Garp scolded Ortolan and Kuzan, then sailed his Dog Head Warship ahead to avoid Fleet Admiral Kong.
• Sengoku stayed at the pier to meet Borsalino, who returned from a year-long investigation into MADS.
• Borsalino told Sengoku that MADS had developed Lineage Factor research and technology that could grow clones into young adults within a few years.
• Sengoku recognized the danger of combining the technologies and ordered MADS investigated and its scientists brought under Marine control.
• When Borsalino offered to kill the scientists, Sengoku said they should first be given a chance to repent.

Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, and Newgate each heard about a scientific breakthrough that could modify life and create giants or Zoan users, but they reacted differently to the news. The chapter ended with Newgate wondering how Oden was doing and reflecting on Laugh Tale.

• Charlotte Linlin learned that Caesar was seeking a patron and that his research team had made a breakthrough in life modification, possibly allowing them to create giants.
• Charlotte Linlin ordered Katakuri to prepare a ship so she could see the technology herself.
• King told Kaido that Queen wanted to join them and that MADS might be able to mass-produce Zoan users, prompting Kaido to go find Queen.
• Marco gave Newgate a letter from Bakin, but Newgate rejected her appeal and showed no interest in the scientific technology she described.
• Marco said Oden might be heading to Skypiea, and Newgate wondered how Oden was doing before murmuring about Laugh Tale.

Ortolan and his companions passed a quiet day at G-1 until Sengoku ordered Garp’s group to reinforce Borsalino at Ranky Island, where Charlotte Linlin and Kaido were headed to seize the MADS research team. Garp set sail with Ortolan and the others, who prepared for a dangerous mission involving Vegapunk and, unknowingly to Ortolan, his family.

• Ortolan played cards with Kuzan and Bogard aboard the ship while Fleet Admiral Kong inspected G-1 and Garp slept.
• Sengoku contacted Bogard and explained that Charlotte Linlin and Kaido were heading for Ranky Island, where the MADS research team’s technology had drawn dangerous attention.
• Sengoku ordered Garp’s group to support Borsalino and emphasized that Vegapunk must not fall into anyone else’s hands.
• Garp agreed to depart immediately, and Bogard began preparing the Marines to set sail.
• Kuzan teased Ortolan that he might encounter his family, and Ortolan declared that his great hammer was ready for action.

Ortolan and the Marines rushed to Ranky Island after learning Kaido and Charlotte Linlin were targeting the MADS research team. Borsalino fought Kaido until Ortolan arrived and sent Kaido flying with a hammer strike.

• Ortolan, Kuzan, and Garp traveled toward Ranky Island to extract the MADS research team before the pirates arrived.
• Borsalino reported that he had reached the island, but Kaido appeared and attacked him from the sky with Thunder Bagua.
• Borsalino tested Kaido's strength with Ama no Murakumo Ken, then dodged his attacks and countered with a barrage of light.
• Kaido pursued Borsalino through the explosions and nearly struck him before thunder announced the Marines' arrival.
• Ortolan descended with his Warhammer and blasted Kaido away with Thunderous Might.

Bane Ortolan fought Kaido in a brutal contest of strength and discovered that battling powerful opponents was his true ambition. The two unleashed their Conqueror’s Haki against each other, tearing apart the battlefield as their clash intensified.

• Bane Ortolan struck Kaido with his warhammer and sent him crashing into a crater, then told Borsalino to take Dr. Vegapunk while he held Kaido back.
• Kaido challenged Ortolan, and the two exchanged heavy-weapon blows without using their Devil Fruit abilities, each injuring and knocking back the other.
• Ortolan realized he wanted to defeat the strongest fighters of his era, declared he would fight Kaido for ten days, and refused Kaido’s offer to join his crew.
• Kaido and Ortolan agreed that they could enjoy their violence best as enemies, then both coated their weapons with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Their Haki clash unleashed black lightning and a massive shockwave that split the clouds, tore up the ground, and sent enormous waves into the surrounding seas.