Chapter Summaries

Gigue and Olvia reached Sleepy Ancient Town to find the Vampire Fruit, and Olvia deciphered an ancient monument that described the fruit as a source of evil power. The monument also held clues to opening the ruins, which Olvia began deciphering for Gigue.

• Lucia told Olvia that the warship would reach Sleepy Ancient Town the next morning, then joined Gigue in his room for the night.
• Gigue met Olvia on deck the next morning and carried her into the mist-shrouded, abandoned town.
• Gigue led Olvia through the fog to a massive stone monument covered in Ancient Script.
• Olvia deciphered the monument, which described a fruit that turned its eater into a blood-drinking demon, and concluded it was likely a Zoan Devil Fruit.
• Gigue identified the fruit as the Vampire Fruit, an extremely precious Mythical Zoan, and asked Olvia to find the method for opening the ruins.

Gigue and Olvia explored the ruins and uncovered the Vampire Fruit, which Gigue ate despite Olvia’s warnings. After transforming into a vampire-like form, he drained Olvia’s vitality and aged her, leaving her asking what was happening.

• Gigue led Olvia through the hidden passage, protected her from a trap of arrows, and repaired his torn clothes with his Logia powers.
• Olvia deciphered the ancient writing and activated a mechanism that raised a golden altar bearing the Vampire Fruit.
• Gigue ate the fruit, while Olvia desperately tried to stop him and warned that a person could eat only one Devil Fruit.
• Gigue sensed a new power, then transformed as black bat wings, pointed ears, and fangs appeared.
• Gigue grabbed Olvia and drained her vitality, causing her hair and face to age as he grew healthier; Olvia asked what was happening.

After proving that he survived eating the Vampire Fruit, Gigue discussed Olvia’s interest in the Poneglyphs and warned her about the risks of seeking the truth. He let her continue her research and returned with her to the warship, where his enhanced hearing surprised her.

• Gigue used the Vampire Fruit to restore Olvia’s appearance, then refused to explain how he could eat two Devil Fruits.
• Gigue revealed that he knew Olvia was interested in the Poneglyphs and warned her that pursuing the truth could lead to death.
• Olvia insisted that people had a right to know the truth, and Gigue agreed to pretend he knew nothing about her until the World Government discovered her.
• Gigue heard Lucia talking about him from the warship and used his new power to carry Olvia back to the deck.
• Lucia confirmed what she had said, and Olvia realized Gigue’s hearing had been enhanced by the Bat-Bat Fruit.

Gigue tested his new Vampire Fruit abilities and destroyed Sleepy Ancient Town with a meteor, then protected the warship from the debris. Olvia was left terrified by his power and imagined what he could do to Ohara.

• Gigue considered the Vampire Fruit’s ultrasound, enhanced physical abilities, and conditional immortality.
• Gigue said the island no longer had any reason to exist and raised his arm as black rings shot into the sky.
• Lucia ordered the Marines to speed the warship away from the island.
• A meteor struck Sleepy Ancient Town, shattering the island and sinking it beneath the sea.
• Gigue shielded the warship from the flying rocks with a repulsive force field.
• Olvia feared Gigue could destroy Ohara, and Gigue apologized for frightening her.

After returning Olvia to Alabasta, Gigue sailed back toward Marine Headquarters and encountered a suspicious pink ship. Lucia investigated and met a purple-haired woman who knew Gigue, but her identity remained unclear.

• Gigue brought Olvia back to Alabasta and asked King Nefertari D. Cobra to look after her.
• Gigue left Olvia in Alabasta and returned to sea with Lucia.
• A Marine lookout reported a suspicious vessel where a woman was whipping a bound man.
• Lucia flew to the pink ship, punched its purple-haired woman when she reached to embrace her, and stopped Inazuma from attacking.
• The purple-haired woman said Lucia was not an enemy and mentioned Big Brother Gigue, prompting Lucia to ask who she was.

Gigue reunited with Ivan, who had taken control of Kamabakka Kingdom after treating its people and overthrowing King Gypsy. Ivan explained how she had formed the New Humans and left the kingdom with a group of companions, while Gypsy asked Gigue to rescue him.

• Lucia recognized Ivan after Ivan used the Hormone-Hormone Fruit to change back into a man, and Gigue arrived to greet them.
• Ivan tearfully reunited with Gigue and asked after Kuma and Ginny, then introduced his companions, including Carlin and Inazuma.
• King Gypsy woke up, recognized Gigue as Marine Admiral Black Dragon, and claimed Ivan's group had kidnapped him.
• Ivan explained that she had treated Kamabakka Kingdom's plague victims after Gypsy neglected them and continued imposing harsh taxes.
• The recovered citizens joined Ivan, helped her overthrow Gypsy, and elected her King of Kamabakka Kingdom.
• Ivan kept the title of King, chose several companions to accompany her, and set sail again.

Gigue reunited with Ivan, killed Gypsy, and arranged for Ivan to become King of Kamabakka before taking her to Marineford. While Gigue went to meet Fleet Admiral Kong, Ivan encountered Borsalino and reunited with Kuma at the harbor.

• After Ivan confessed that she had usurped a nation, Gigue killed Gypsy and told everyone that he had done it.
• Gigue named Ivan the next King of Kamabakka and took her to Marine Headquarters, leaving her at the harbor while he went to see Fleet Admiral Kong.
• Ivan changed into a woman aboard the warship and waited excitedly at Marineford for Gigue to return.
• Borsalino arrived at the harbor, where Ivan recognized him as a Marine Supernova.
• Kuma came ashore and recognized the female Ivan as Ivan-chan.

Gigue reunited Ivan with Kuma and introduced Ivan to Kizaru, while the Marines welcomed Ivan into their circle. At dinner, Kizaru revealed that he had been transferred to protect Vegapunk and assist with research on a war machine.

• Kuma teleported to Ivan, and they embraced before Ivan introduced himself to Kizaru as Emporio Ivankov, a childhood friend of Gigue, Kuma, and Ginny.
• Gigue returned, greeted Kizaru, and took Ivan and Kuma to see Ginny, who was astonished to learn Ivan's identity and hear about his Hormone-Hormone Fruit.
• Ivan offered to demonstrate his ability, and Gigue suggested that he try it on Kizaru without explaining exactly what it did.
• Gigue hosted a dinner for the Marine Supernovas, where Kizaru said he had been transferred to protect Vegapunk and help him research a war machine suited to Kizaru's light-based abilities.
• Gigue realized the war machine was likely the future Pacifistas and asked whether Kizaru minded being treated like an experimental subject; Kizaru said he was satisfied with the assignment.

Kuma joined Kizaru’s mission to help Vegapunk with fatigue research, while Gigue wondered whether Kuma would still be used as the model for the Pacifistas. During a walk around the Marine Academy, Ivan used her Hormone-Hormone Fruit to transform Kizaru into a woman, but Kizaru dispelled the effect with Haki and returned to normal.

• Kizaru told Gigue that Kuma would accompany him to help Vegapunk address fatigue and support his research.
• After dinner, Ginny led Gigue and the others around the Marine Academy grounds and recounted her time there to Ivan.
• Ivan told Kizaru about her Devil Fruit ability and used Female Hormone to transform him into a woman.
• Ginny secretly took photos of the transformed Kizaru while Ivan admired the result and Kizaru angrily demanded to be changed back.
• Gigue reminded Kizaru to use Haki, and Kizaru gathered his Haki until the transformation wore off.
• Gigue asked Ginny to get the photos developed so Sakazuki could see them.

Gigue met Rosinante, the orphan Sengoku had adopted, and comforted him about his painful past. Rosinante resolved to become a Marine, while Gigue hoped he would receive a better Devil Fruit and proper training.

• Sengoku brought Rosinante to meet Gigue, whom the boy admired, and Rosinante nervously introduced himself.
• Gigue welcomed Rosinante warmly, learned he was eleven, and invited him to call him Big Brother Gigue.
• Sengoku explained that Rosinante's family had lost its Celestial Dragon status and that Rosinante had witnessed Doflamingo kill their father.
• Rosinante asked Sengoku not to speak further about his family, and Gigue comforted him by saying the Marines would be his home.
• Rosinante vowed to become an outstanding Marine like Sengoku and Gigue, and Gigue asked whether Sengoku had given him a Devil Fruit.

Gigue oversaw Dragon, Aramaki, and Aokiji’s Marine Academy graduation assessment, facing them in the final match. He easily pulled Dragon from his gale and struck him, but Dragon and Aokiji joined forces to unleash an ice-blue storm at him.

• Sengoku asked Gigue to oversee the graduation assessment, and Gigue accepted, eager to test Dragon again.
• Gigue joined Sengoku and Zephyr on the platform as the students cheered for him during the first day of assessments.
• Dragon, Aramaki, and Aokiji began their assessment against Gigue, with Dragon charging first in a gale.
• Gigue caught Dragon’s claw, pulled him from the gale, and struck his back, leaving him in a crater.
• Dragon asked Aokiji for help, and they combined wind and frost into an ice-blue storm that swept toward Gigue.

Dragon, Aokiji, and Aramaki continued their examination fight against Gigue, but their combined techniques and attacks failed to challenge him. The chapter ended with Gigue revealing black bat wings, shocking Dragon and the watching Marines.

• Dragon and Aokiji's ice-and-storm fusion was swallowed by Gigue's Dark Storm, while Aramaki mocked them.
• Gigue's Dark Storm pulled the three candidates in, but Aokiji and Aramaki escaped together using a fusion technique, and Dragon flew clear.
• Dragon, Aokiji, and Aramaki regrouped and attacked Gigue, who easily dissolved their strikes.
• Gigue grabbed Aokiji and Aramaki, then unfurled black bat wings, leaving Dragon, Garp, and the other Marines stunned by his apparent Zoan transformation.

After defeating Dragon and passing Aokiji and Aramaki, Gigue watched the three receive Rear Admiral ranks. Dragon woke from a violent dream at the hospital and told Garp he wanted to leave the Marines because their justice did not suit him.

• Gigue defeated Dragon by biting his neck, then subdued Aokiji and Aramaki and declared all three had passed the assessment.
• Zephyr praised the candidates, and Kong awarded Dragon, Aokiji, and Aramaki the Rear Admiral Rank.
• At Marine Headquarters Hospital, Dragon thrashed in his sleep and repeatedly spoke of revolution, prompting Garp to knock him awake with a punch.
• Dragon told Garp he wanted to leave the Marines because Marine justice did not suit him.
• Garp punched Dragon into a wall, but Dragon fearlessly held his ground.

Gigue arranged for Monkey D. Dragon to escort the World Government’s Celestial Gold, intending to provoke Dragon into defecting from the Marines. When Headquarters received the order, Garp angrily objected, fearing what Dragon might witness.

• Dragon apologized to Garp for his earlier outburst, and Garp told him he had passed his assessment and earned the rank of Rear Admiral.
• Gigue called Garling and requested that Dragon be assigned to escort the Celestial Gold; Gigue said he would lead the escort himself.
• Gigue reflected that his manipulated nightmare had deepened Dragon’s existing distrust of the World Government and planned to push him into deserting.
• Less than a week later, the World Government’s order reached Marine Headquarters, and Kong announced Dragon’s assignment at a high-level meeting.
• Garp stood up and protested that Dragon had only just graduated, fearing the mission would expose him to the Celestial Dragons’ actions.

Kong assigned Gigue to lead the Navy’s escort of Celestial Gold to Mary Geoise, while Garp pushed to join the mission to keep an eye on Dragon. Gigue agreed to let him come, but warned that he would show no leniency to anyone who disobeyed his orders.

• Kong, Sengoku, and Tsuru urged Garp to accept Gigue as commander-in-chief, but Garp remained upset that he could not protect Dragon from the mission.
• Gigue promised Kong he would deliver the Celestial Gold safely to Mary Geoise, privately thinking of the trip as collecting his own rent.
• Garp asked to join the escort mission because he was worried about Dragon, and Gigue challenged whether Garp doubted his ability to lead.
• Sengoku and Tsuru supported Garp joining, while Zephyr objected, but Gigue agreed to let Garp come.
• Gigue warned that he would not tolerate anyone disobeying his orders, and Garp accepted before Kong finalized the personnel arrangements and dismissed the meeting.

Gigue escorted the Celestial Gold collection ship with Garp, Dragon, Lucia, and Ginny, while Dragon grew increasingly disgusted with the World Government’s officials and exploitation. After the ship reached the East Blue, Garp and Dragon mocked Spandine until Dragon threatened to throw him overboard.

• Gigue boarded the collection ship with Lucia and Ginny, where Spandine eagerly fawned over him and Garp told Dragon to learn how World Government officials behaved.
• Lucia and Ginny defeated pirate crews that attacked the ship, while Spandine exaggerated their achievements and promised to seek credit for them.
• The ship collected treasures and two ordinary Zoan Devil Fruits from affiliated nations, and Gigue ordered Spandine to send the fruits to Vegapunk for research.
• Dragon watched Spandine handle nations unable to pay the Celestial Gold and grew more disgusted with the World Government, while Garp repeatedly stopped him from attacking Spandine.
• After the ship reached the East Blue, Garp and Dragon stayed in their room until Spandine came to the door; they mocked him, and Dragon threatened to throw him into the sea.

Gigue intervened when Dragon attacked Spandine, then forced Dragon to apologize to him. Afterward, Gigue ordered Dragon to treat his wounds before they traveled to the Kingdom of Goa.

• Dragon grabbed Spandine by the throat, but Gigue struck Dragon and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Gigue defended Spandine and challenged Garp over Dragon's attack, while Garp prepared to fight him.
• Dragon apologized to Gigue and then, at Gigue's demand, apologized to Spandine as well.
• Spandine mocked Dragon until Gigue silenced him, and Dragon noticed how deferential Spandine was toward Gigue.
• Gigue told Dragon to bandage his stomach wound and said they would go to the Kingdom of Goa to rest.

Gigue and his group arrived in the Kingdom of Goa, where its royals and nobles fawned over him. When Outlook III tried to punish a blindfolded little girl to impress Gigue, Gigue had Spandine slap him instead.

• Gigue ordered Garp and Dragon to go to the Kingdom of Goa, and Dragon persuaded his father to obey.
• The King and nobles welcomed Gigue, while Spandine rebuked them for disturbing him; Dragon watched their behavior with contempt.
• Gigue pointed out that Garp and Dragon were from the kingdom, but the King said Garp had always refused to meet him.
• A purple-haired little girl wandered into the road, and her parents begged the guards to spare her.
• Outlook III tried to have the girl seized and claimed he would deal with her to please Gigue.
• Gigue asked Outlook III his name, then Spandine slapped him and accused him of trying to tarnish Gigue's name.

Gigue reassured Belo Betty and her parents, then used a display of overwhelming power to forbid anyone from interfering with their lives. Spandine made the nobles—including Outlook III—confirm that they would obey Gigue’s order.

• Spandine asked Gigue how to deal with Outlook III, and Gigue approved Spandine’s conduct.
• Gigue approached Belo Betty and reassured her and her parents that they could go home safely.
• Gigue learned the girl’s name was Belo Betty and recognized her as a future ally of Dragon’s Revolutionary Army.
• Gigue ordered everyone to leave Betty’s family alone and flattened a distant hill with a beam from his hand.
• Spandine told the nobles that Gigue’s words represented the World Government, and Outlook III bowed and said he understood.

Gigue left the Kingdom of Goa after collecting its Celestial Gold, while Dragon challenged the King over the commoners’ poverty. Before the ship departed, Spandine announced that Gigue had exempted the commoners from taxes for three years and made the royal family and nobles pay instead.

• Betty asked Gigue whether gods existed, learned his name, and vowed to become a Marine like him.
• Gigue and his party reached the royal palace, where the King presented the Celestial Gold and hosted a banquet.
• Dragon questioned the King about the commoners’ poverty, but Gigue told him he had said enough.
• Gigue returned to his ship without staying at the palace, and the King and nobles escorted him to the harbor.
• Spandine told the King that Gigue had exempted the commoners from taxes for three years and required the royal family and nobles to cover the Celestial Gold.