Recaps

Victor took control of a growing circle of protégés and underworld allies while manipulating rumors to lure the Golden Lion to Water 7. He captured the Golden Lion at enormous cost, secured Akainu’s promotion, and left Akainu confronting the cruelty of the Celestial Dragons.

• Victor appointed Felix commander of the Knights to protect Robin, then helped her say goodbye to Olvia before she was executed.
• Victor escorted Celestial Dragons through Loguetown and Goa, then brought Sabo and Kuina home to live at his villa.
• Victor took in the Hancock sisters and Lucci, expanded his influence through Tesoro, and ordered Doflamingo to search for the Golden Lion and the Gold-Gold Fruit.
• The Golden Lion attacked Marine bases and threatened Victor, who sent Robin and Felix to spread a rumor that an Ancient Weapon was hidden in Water 7.
• The Golden Lion came to Water 7 seeking the Pluton blueprints, and Victor confronted him in a battle that devastated the city.
• Aokiji and Akainu helped stop the Golden Lion’s escape, and Victor defeated him and cut off both his hands.
• Victor defended the destruction at Water 7, and Kong promoted Akainu to admiral on Victor’s recommendation.
• After two months at Mary Geoise, Akainu struggled to reconcile the Celestial Dragons’ treatment of slaves with his belief that they were criminals, then was called to help find an escaped fish-man slave.

Victor manipulated the aftermath of Fisher Tiger’s raid, exploited the conflict between humans and fish-men, and built influence within the Marines while secretly aiding the Revolutionary Army. Sengoku became Fleet Admiral, but Victor left determined to use the decision to deepen divisions within the Marines.

• Victor blamed CP0 for the chaos at Mary Geoise, then led the hunt for Fisher Tiger and ordered raids that drove Tiger and the freed slaves to form the Sun Pirates.
• Victor spread rumors and fabricated blame to turn public opinion against the Sun Pirates, then captured fish-men and merfolk and threatened Fish-Man Island with severe punishment.
• Tiger rescued Koala, but Lucci, Jabura, and Bruno massacred Folsha Island’s villagers and Victor blamed the Sun Pirates for the killings.
• Tiger surrendered to save ten thousand fish-men from execution, and Victor sentenced him to death before the hostages were enslaved and the Sun Pirates split.
• Victor returned to the East Blue, clashed with Dragon, and later ordered Robin to secretly assist the Revolutionary Army while recruiting Trafalgar Law into his Dark Department.
• Victor and Sengoku competed for the Fleet Admiral position as Victor rallied the Blue Sea Society, and Imu’s coin toss resulted in Sengoku’s selection.
• Victor accepted Sengoku’s appointment, then pledged cooperation with Akainu and resolved to use the Gorosei’s decision to stir conflict within the Marines.

Victor exposed the World Government’s human experiments, setting Aokiji against the Science Unit and triggering a clash over his return to the Marines. As Sengoku suspended Victor and Zephyr, Victor’s allies and a growing public protest challenged the World Government’s authority.

• Sengoku reshuffled Marine posts while Victor and the Blue Sea Society made his orders difficult to enforce, and Robin enlisted Crocodile’s help with Victor’s plans.
• Aokiji uncovered the Science Unit’s experiments on children at Punk Hazard, confronted Sengoku and Carlisle, and left the Marines after Victor urged him to follow his own sense of justice.
• Sengoku appointed Kizaru admiral and sent him to retrieve Aokiji, while Victor revealed the experiments to Zephyr and arranged a secret attempt to kill Aokiji with Seastone bullets.
• Kizaru and Aokiji fought until Zephyr intervened, then the Blue Sea Society arrived, captured CP0 agents, and arrested Mandy as Victor ordered the forces to withdraw.
• Victor resisted Sengoku and CP0’s demands to punish him, while the Gorosei ordered Victor, Zephyr, and the other Marines involved suspended and investigated.
• CP0 and military police took Victor to the Military Police Department, where he defeated Hayward after Hayward transformed into a Cerberus.
• Zephyr was arrested, and Robin told Crocodile that their planned operations would begin in three days.
• Yuro told Zephyr that the World Government had enslaved his hometown over unpaid Celestial Gold, while tens of thousands gathered outside Marine Headquarters to demand Zephyr and Victor’s release.

Victor strengthened his hold over the Marines, expanded their reach, and secretly prepared to use Ace’s execution to draw out Whitebeard. As the great powers moved toward war, Ace was brought to the execution stand at Marineford.

• Sengoku restored Victor and Zephyr to their positions, and Victor returned to Marineford to a welcome from one hundred thousand Marines.
• Victor deployed Marines to Jaya, defeated Enel, restored the Shandia to Upper Yard, and recruited them and Enel into the Marines.
• Zephyr stopped Victor’s pursuit of Miss Bakkin and Weevil, while Victor later captured and defeated Blackbeard after recruiting Lafitte.
• Victor defeated Ace and arranged for Morgans to publicize Ace’s planned execution, then revealed to Sengoku that he had secretly assembled one hundred thousand elite troops to kill Whitebeard.
• Shanks failed to turn Whitebeard away from Marineford, while Sengoku obtained ten prototype Pacifista and Victor had Sabo eat the artificial dragon fruit.
• Victor offered Jinbe protection and rights for Fish-Man Island in exchange for five years of service, while Blackbeard remained imprisoned and feared Victor’s plans.
• Shanks blocked Kaido’s attempt to attack Whitebeard, and Ace was escorted onto the execution stand at Marineford as Rayleigh feared the battle could disrupt the era before the prophesied king was born.