Chapter Summaries

Yaen admitted to Sengoku and the Navy High Command that he had killed Golden Lion Shiki when he was sixteen, after Shiki’s swords were found in his possession. His blunt confirmation that he had done it alone left the gathered Marines stunned.

• Sengoku confronted Yaen about Withered Wood and Cherry Ten, which had been found in his possession.
• Yaen recalled that he had taken the swords from Golden Lion Shiki after defeating him more than a decade earlier.
• Sengoku, Tsuru, and Zephyr pressed Yaen until he admitted that Shiki had died at his hands.
• Yaen explained that he had hidden the deed because he feared the reputation would draw unwanted attention while he was young.
• Tsuru asked whether Yaen had killed Shiki alone, and Yaen confirmed that he had.

Yaen explained that Shiki had died after a desperate fight and said he did not deserve credit for defeating him, while Sengoku planned to announce Shiki’s death. Over dinner, Sengoku proposed sending Kong and Ying to the Marine Academy, and Yaen suspected he had noticed Ying’s potential.

• Yaen told Tsuru and Zephyr that Shiki had fought on in despair after hearing Roger was dead, and that Yaen had barely survived the encounter.
• Sengoku confirmed that Shiki was dead, and Tsuru and Sengoku agreed the Marines should announce it at an appropriate time.
• Yaen invited Sengoku, Tsuru, Garp, Borsalino, Kuzan, and Zephyr to stay for dinner, and they all accepted.
• Sengoku brought Kong and Ying down to eat and explained that they had lacked someone to look after them since Hancock left Marineford.
• Yaen said he would take Kong and Ying fishing—or, as he corrected himself, to work—starting the next day.
• Sengoku suggested sending Kong and Ying to the Marine Academy so Zephyr could teach them, and Yaen wondered whether Sengoku had noticed Ying’s potential.

Yaen sent Kong and Ying to the Marine Academy, then joined a secure Revolutionary Army conference while fishing. The meeting began with Dragon reporting on the army’s development in Paradise.

• Yaen agreed to send Kong and Ying to the Marine Academy, and they accepted their father’s decision.
• The next day, Yaen entrusted Kong and Ying to Zephyr, who led them into the academy.
• After dropping them off, Yaen visited Marine headquarters briefly and went fishing off Marineford.
• Yaen used the red Den Den Mushi Little Chrysanthemum to connect to the Revolutionary Army’s scheduled conference call.
• Dragon and the regional commanders reported on the Revolutionary Army’s development and discussed its affairs while Yaen listened.

Yaen continued coordinating the Revolutionary Army while Robin led its work in the West Blue and spoke of joining him in the New Era. After Kong and Ying began at the Marine Academy, Gion visited Yaen late at night, having arranged for the children to be away.

• Belo Betty reported plans for an uprising in the Melos Kingdom and the delivery of five Devil Fruits, and Dragon arranged cover through Alabasta.
• Yaen reminded Robin to stay safe in the West Blue, and Robin said she hoped to grow old with him in the New Era.
• Kong and Ying began attending the Marine Academy while Yaen handled Revolutionary Army affairs and spent his days fishing.
• Gion visited Yaen after arranging for Kong and Ying to join Zephyr's practical training, since she wanted more than to be their teacher.

Gion confessed her feelings to Yaen, but he refused to accept them until she truly knew him, so she challenged him to a duel. Their confrontation was interrupted when Kong reported that the training ship had been attacked and Zephyr was seriously injured, leaving Yaen furious and the children in danger.

• Gion invited Yaen for a nighttime walk and told him she had been waiting for him since they first met.
• Yaen said he had received Gion's feelings but could not accept them because she had not truly seen who he was.
• Gion drew Kompira and challenged Yaen to cross blades, and Yaen drew his Zanpakutō in response.
• Kong called Yaen on the Den Den Mushi and reported that the training ship had been attacked and Zephyr was seriously injured.
• The call cut off as an attacker threatened Kong, and Yaen crushed the Den Den Mushi in fury.

Edward Weevil attacked Zephyr’s training ship, slaughtered several students, and confronted the Marine instructor who had captured him before. Zephyr fought back to protect the remaining students, but the chapter ended before the outcome of his attack was clear.

• Gion tried to calm Yaen and organize reinforcements after hearing Zephyr’s distress call, but Yaen rushed toward the danger alone.
• Weevil boarded Zephyr’s training ship at night and killed the lookout and more than a dozen students.
• Zephyr recognized Weevil as the man he had captured before, and Weevil said he had come to take revenge.
• Weevil overpowered Zephyr in a clash of strength, forcing Zephyr to fight while guarding his students.
• Zephyr used Soru to strike Weevil with an Armament Haki-covered punch, but Weevil’s laughter left the attack’s effect uncertain.

Zephyr fought Weevil aboard the Marine training ship, enduring his powerful attacks while the students watched. When the damaged deck gave way and Zephyr fell into the sea, Weevil charged at the helpless students.

• Weevil used Life Return to stop his chest wound from bleeding, then seized Zephyr and battered him across the deck.
• Zephyr endured Weevil’s attacks and struck him with an Armament Haki-covered fist, while Kong explained Zephyr’s “Never-Kill” title to Ying.
• Zephyr and Weevil resumed their fight as the students watched, confident that Zephyr would eventually win.
• The ship’s deck broke apart beneath Zephyr, and Weevil blasted him through the hull into the sea.
• Weevil turned toward the students and charged them with his long-handled blade as many froze in fear.

Weevil slaughtered Marine Academy students aboard the training ship, and Zephyr was badly injured trying to protect them. As the students fled in emergency boats, Weevil attacked one of the boats, leaving Zephyr devastated by the deaths of his students.

• Weevil killed Ian in front of Kong, Ying, and the other students, prompting Kong to order everyone to scatter.
• Students tried to restrain Weevil, but he quickly killed or injured them and moved to finish off a wounded student.
• Zephyr emerged from the lower cabin and blocked Weevil’s blade, nearly losing his right arm as he urged the students to escape and call headquarters.
• The students hurried to the emergency boats while Zephyr tried to control his bleeding and hold Weevil back.
• Weevil realized Zephyr cared about the students, then struck an emergency boat full of them with his blade.
• Zephyr heard the students being crushed and was overcome by powerlessness, remorse, fury, and despair.

Weevil hunted Zephyr's students aboard the training ship, smashing their escape boats and forcing them to hide while Zephyr tried to protect them. As Weevil continued his attack, Kong called his father Yaen for help.

• Weevil destroyed the emergency boats, and Zephyr told the students to hide aboard the training ship.
• Weevil pursued the hidden students through the ship while Zephyr tried to shield them, leaving bloodshed in his wake.
• Kong and Ying hid together as Kong comforted his frightened little sister.
• Kong remembered the Den Den Mushi Yaen had given them and called his father instead of crushing it.
• Kong told Yaen that the training ship was under attack and Zephyr was seriously injured.

Weevil attacked Kong and Ying aboard the training ship, and Ying awakened Conqueror’s Haki and wounded him with a slash that showed signs of Conqueror’s Haki Coating. Kong resurfaced to warn Ying just as Weevil raised his greatsword behind her.

• Weevil tore through the steel door and attacked Kong and Ying, while Zephyr blocked his first slash and was kicked into the ship’s hull.
• Kong pushed Ying out of the way of Weevil’s kick and was sent flying through the opening into the sea.
• Ying unleashed Conqueror’s Haki and struck Weevil with Gion’s Milky Fragrance Slash, cutting his chest and blasting him away.
• Zephyr recognized faint Conqueror’s Haki Coating on Ying’s slash and realized her talent was extraordinary.
• Kong resurfaced and warned Ying as the bleeding Weevil raised his greatsword behind her.

Zephyr fought Weevil to buy Ying and Kong time to escape, but Ying returned to distract Weevil and save Zephyr. Kong dragged the badly wounded Zephyr into a room while Ying drew Weevil away.

• Zephyr slammed Weevil through several rooms and urged Ying to take Kong and flee the training ship.
• Weevil overpowered Zephyr after a fierce fight, leaving him badly weakened by blood loss.
• Ying returned and blocked Weevil from striking Zephyr, then taunted him into chasing her.
• Kong dragged Zephyr into a nearby room despite Zephyr's protests.
• Kong and Zephyr found an unconscious upperclassman in the room, while everyone else aboard the training ship had been knocked out by Ying's Conqueror's Haki.

Kong and Zephyr hid while Ying risked her life to keep Weevil occupied, and Yaen raced toward them after seeing Kong’s Vivre Card shrink. Just as Weevil was about to strike the injured Ying, a streak of white light pierced his weapon-holding hand.

• Kong urged Zephyr to hide and said he had informed his father, while Zephyr warned that Weevil was too powerful and planned to help the children escape once he recovered.
• Ying taunted Weevil and led him on a chase through the training ship, hiding her fear as she tried to protect Zephyr.
• Yaen flew toward Kong and Ying, saw Kong’s Vivre Card had shrunk, and unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki in fury.
• Weevil destroyed much of the ship, trapped Ying, and sent her flying with a clash of their blades.
• As Weevil brought his blade down on Ying, a streak of white light pierced his right hand.

Yaen arrived in time to save Ying and Kong from Weevil, then trapped the pirate in a maze of cherry blossoms and prepared to fight him. He left Zephyr watching over the injured children while Ying and Kong closed their eyes.

• A mysterious white blade pierced Weevil’s right hand and dissolved his arm before Yaen appeared in front of Zephyr and Kong.
• Yaen reunited with Ying, comforted her, and checked the deep wound on her chest while Kong watched jealously.
• Weevil charged at Yaen and Ying, but Yaen stopped Zephyr from intervening and trapped Weevil in a maze of exploding cherry blossoms.
• Yaen asked Zephyr to watch over Kong and Ying and confidently declared that even Whitebeard would not change the outcome of their fight.
• Yaen told Kong and Ying to close their eyes and count to ten, and Kong asked if they should count longer.

Yaen attacked Weevil with Senbonzakura while Kong and Ying counted to ten, but Weevil survived the blade assault and copied Zephyr’s Steel Arm defense. The fight remained unresolved as the count reached eight.

• Yaen told Kong and Ying to cover their eyes and ears and count to ten while he dealt with Weevil.
• Yaen used Senkei: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi and trapped Weevil in the Secret Art: One-Bite Thousand-Blade Flower, but Weevil survived despite his wounds.
• Zephyr warned Yaen that Weevil’s Life Return was healing his injuries.
• Weevil used Steel Arm to deflect Yaen’s second thousand-blade attack, startling Zephyr, who realized Weevil had copied his Armament Haki technique.
• Zephyr advised Yaen to exhaust Weevil’s stamina because Steel Arm’s defense was difficult to break, as Kong and Ying counted to eight.

Yaen used Conqueror's Haki Coating with his Bankai to kill Weevil after the Iron Fist flow resisted his attacks. He then comforted Kong and Ying, while Zephyr questioned the overwhelming strength of Yaen's technique.

• Yaen saw that his cherry-blossom blades could not break Weevil's Iron Fist defense and decided there was too little time to wear him down.
• Yaen coated his Bankai blades with Conqueror's Haki, tore through Weevil's defense, and killed him.
• Kong and Ying woke after counting to ten, and Yaen led them away before they could see Weevil's remains.
• Yaen put Kong and Ying to bed, then returned to the deck and grew angry over their injuries.
• Zephyr asked how Yaen's Conqueror's Haki Coating had defeated Weevil so easily, and Yaen attributed it to Weevil's lack of skill with the Iron Fist flow.

Yaen explained how he had turned Reiatsu into Conqueror's Haki and questioned how Weevil had found Zephyr's training ship. As Marine reinforcements arrived after the massacre, Zephyr broke down in front of Garp.

• Yaen said his Conqueror's Haki came from transforming Reiatsu and claimed Ying had inherited his abilities.
• Zephyr wondered whether Ying had learned Conqueror's Haki Coating from Yaen, and Yaen praised his own genes.
• Yaen questioned how Weevil had located the training ship, prompting Zephyr to consider either a Marine intelligence failure or a deliberate leak.
• Yaen held back from accusing anyone and resolved to investigate who had harmed Kong and Ying.
• Garp and Tsuru arrived at the crippled training ship, where Zephyr had helped gather the students' remains.
• Garp asked whether Zephyr was all right, and Zephyr broke down in grief before his longtime companion.

After Weevil’s attack on the internship ship killed 262 students and left Zephyr gravely injured, Yaen learned the Navy’s investigation had found no evidence of an inside plot. He suspected MISS. Bakkin might have been caught, but she was shown receiving a beauty treatment on an island near the attack site.

• Zephyr mourned the dead students as Yaen and Vice Admiral Tsuru assessed the casualties and the consequences for the Navy.
• Yaen told Vice Admiral Tsuru what he knew about the attack, including Conqueror’s Haki Coating, and the surviving students and injured Zephyr were taken back to Marineford.
• Major General Hope reported that only the Staff Department and Fleet Admiral’s office had approved the internship ship’s route, while the Navy’s investigation treated Weevil’s encounter with the ship as a coincidence.
• Yaen studied a photograph of MISS. Bakkin and wondered whether she had been caught.
• MISS. Bakkin complained to beauty salon attendants that their treatments had not restored her skin.

The beauty salon manager deceived MISS Bakkin with promises of rejuvenation, but Korkel abducted them both, and Marines later arrested the manager for murder and other crimes. Meanwhile, Yaen learned from the Revolutionary Army that Zephyr had been the true target of the training ship attack, though he remained unsure which CP Organization faction was behind it.

• The beauty salon manager convinced MISS Bakkin to pay eight million Belly for treatments and a supposed beauty product, while MISS Bakkin threatened her if she was being deceived.
• Korkel entered the salon, carried MISS Bakkin away, and knocked the manager unconscious.
• The manager awoke beside MISS Bakkin's corpse and was arrested by Marines, who accused her of murder, impersonating a cosmetic surgeon, and former pirate crimes.
• Yaen received the Revolutionary Army's report and concluded that Zephyr, not Kong or Ying, had been the target of the training ship attack.
• Yaen suspected the CP Organization had manipulated MISS Bakkin into ordering Weevil's attack for a promised one hundred million Belly, but he could not identify the faction responsible.

Yaen discussed plans to recruit Lucci as a potential source inside CP0 and spoke with Dragon about Instructor Zephyr’s injuries and the World Government’s role in the attack. He left open the possibility of splitting the Marines if they could not be kept neutral in a future war.

• Yaen considered contacting Lucci and offering him the eighth Void Soul Reaper Blade, but decided to wait until World Government attention on him eased.
• Dragon contacted Yaen to ask about Instructor Zephyr, and Yaen said Zephyr’s right hand and spirit had been badly damaged.
• Yaen told Dragon that the CP Organization had leaked Zephyr’s whereabouts, based on information from Miss Bakkin.
• Yaen said Zephyr’s influence could help his goal of keeping the Marines neutral, but Dragon doubted Zephyr would abandon his lifelong convictions.
• Yaen and Dragon agreed that if the Marines could not remain neutral, the Revolutionary Army might have to split them to prevent total collapse and unchecked piracy.

Yaen explained why he would remain a Marine Vice Admiral while working to shift the Marines’ sense of justice, then ordered the Revolutionary Army to prepare its second Island Commune Plan. Meanwhile, Shanks returned to the New World and announced that he would challenge Kaido for the title of Emperor of the Sea.

• Dragon suggested that Yaen become an Admiral and eventually compete for Fleet Admiral, but Yaen said the position would make it too difficult to reform the Marines without World Government scrutiny.
• Yaen learned that Shanks had entered the New World to compete for the title of Emperor of the Sea and ordered the army commanders to prepare the second Island Commune Plan for when the coming conflict drew attention away.
• Shanks brought the Red Force to the New World and used his Conqueror’s Haki, Ruler’s Domain, to clear the storm and tsunami around the ship.
• After Shanks choked while laughing and his crew teased him, Ben Beckman said he would send a declaration of war on Shanks’s behalf.
• Beckman revealed that Shanks had chosen Kaido as his target.