Chapter Summaries

Victor delayed sending Branch 191 to support William Port despite repeated orders, while the Heide Pirates overwhelmed the defenders and captured the city. The chapter ended with Colonel Malone dead and the pirates beginning to loot and abduct civilians.

• Victor received orders from Major General Hagen to send Branch 191 to aid William Port, but delayed the deployment while waiting for a benefit.
• The Heide Pirates bombarded William Port and fought their way past the Marines of Branch 189 as Malone waited in vain for reinforcements.
• Victor told Hagen that Branch 191 would arrive soon, then ordered his troops to depart five hours later.
• Heide killed the badly wounded Malone after smashing through his defense with his iron hammer.
• The Heide Pirates began plundering William Port and abducting its people.

The Heide Pirates finished looting William Port and attacked the six Navy warships led by York. As the pirates boarded the ships, a black-haired Navy colonel appeared behind Heide.

• The pirates herded William Port’s survivors aboard their ships and loaded the port’s valuables, supplies, and weapons.
• Zoro and the other Pirate Executives wondered why the Navy reinforcements had not arrived, then spotted six warships to the southwest.
• Heide and the Pirate Executives mocked the Navy and ordered the pirates to attack.
• York ordered the Navy warships to fire, and the Heide Pirates maneuvered their thirty ships to surround them.
• Heide boarded a warship and fought the Marines, but a black-haired Navy colonel appeared behind him.

Victor wiped out the Heide Pirates after they destroyed Branch 189, then rewarded his Marines and freed the captives. Major General Hagen reported Victor to Marine Headquarters, leaving Sengoku to consider how to handle the powerful, troublesome officer.

• Victor crushed Heide's hammer, killed him, and then killed Zoro as the pirate executives watched in terror.
• Branch 191 defeated the Heide Pirates, beheaded nearly three thousand pirates, and captured 6.3 billion Beli in ill-gotten gains.
• Victor ordered the captives released with food and living expenses, granted battle rewards to his Marines, and announced a banquet.
• Major General Hagen learned that Branch 189 had fallen and faxed Marine Headquarters, accusing Victor of delaying reinforcements, extorting people, and reselling weapons.
• Sengoku read Hagen's accusations and worried about disciplining Victor, whose powerful connections and exceptional talent made him difficult to place.

Sengoku investigated Major General Hagen’s accusation that Victor had delayed a rescue operation, while Victor gave Headquarters an excuse and continued exploiting the wealthy in his jurisdiction. As Vice Admiral Wood arrived to investigate, Hagen expected Victor to face a court-martial, but Victor greeted Wood as his uncle.

• Tsuru advised Sengoku to investigate both sides of Hagen’s report, and Sengoku sent Vice Admiral Wood to South Blue while considering relocating Victor to the New World.
• Victor told Headquarters that a storm had damaged his ships and caused the rescue delay, and Sengoku ordered Wood to investigate the claim.
• Hagen sent Colonel Gabri to recruit Marquis Charlie and other Talos Kingdom residents to accuse Victor of extortion.
• Hagen and South Blue’s senior officers welcomed Wood’s investigation team at Port Leinster, while Hagen believed Wood would ensure Victor’s court-martial.
• When Wood stepped off his warship, Victor waved and called him “Uncle Wood.”

Vice Admiral Wood began investigating Branch 191, while Victor’s connection to him reassured the base and unsettled his opponents. Major General Hagen apologized to Victor with lavish gifts, which Victor added to his hidden fortune.

• Victor greeted Vice Admiral Wood as an old family friend, and Wood warned that he would still hold Victor accountable if he found wrongdoing.
• Wood’s team questioned Branch 191’s Marine Soldiers in private, while Victor told Lieutenant Colonel Mata to keep everyone sober and let people know about his family ties to Wood.
• Branch 191’s officers and soldiers learned that Victor’s parents had been headquarters major generals and that Wood had been close friends with Victor’s father.
• Major General Hagen regretted provoking Victor, while Marquis Charlie and the other nobles and merchants were relieved they had not testified against him.
• Hagen visited Victor to apologize and presented him with gifts, and Victor discovered that the boxes contained gold and cash worth millions of beri.

After Victor was cleared of the accusations, Headquarters ordered him back to Marineford, where Sengoku planned to send him to the New World and groom him as a future Admiral candidate. Victor accepted the transfer while arranging for Lieutenant Colonel Mata to continue running his profitable operations in the South Blue.

• Major General Hagen withdrew his accusation against Victor, while Marquis Charlie and other nobles and merchants brought gifts to improve their relations with him.
• Wood received orders to return to Headquarters and said goodbye to Victor, who asked him to bring South Blue specialties to their colleagues.
• After the investigation team left, Victor told Lieutenant Colonel Mata to have arms dealers remove the weapons from the warehouse and sell them.
• Wood delivered his investigation report to Sengoku, who accepted the favorable outcome but decided the report could not prove everything about Victor.
• Sengoku told Tsuru he wanted to send Victor to the New World and groom him as a future Admiral candidate.
• Victor received Headquarters' transfer order and decided to recommend Lieutenant Colonel Mata as his successor so Branch 191 could keep earning money in the Talos Kingdom.

Victor left Branch 191 for Marine Headquarters, where Sengoku assigned him to Branch G5 in the New World. As Victor sailed toward Mary Geoise, a man called out to him on deck.

• Victor bid farewell to Lieutenant Colonel Mata and promised to recommend him and the other officers for promotion.
• Victor assured Branch 191's Marines that their pay and benefits would remain unchanged, and they shouted their loyalty to him.
• Victor reported to Sengoku, who praised his work in South Blue and said he would send him to the New World for further training.
• Sengoku assigned Victor to Branch G5 and confirmed that Victor's Branch 191 subordinates would be promoted.
• Victor's warship sailed toward Mary Geoise, and a man asked whether he was Senior Victor.

Victor arrived at Branch G1, where he met old acquaintances and reunited with fellow Zephyr students. He befriended his admiring juniors Wright and Connor and ended dinner by asking Borsalino why he had not yet been promoted to colonel.

• Wright introduced himself to Victor as a recent graduate interning aboard Garp's ship and praised Victor's skills and books.
• Victor met Branch G1 vice admirals Boris and Cliff, who discussed Sengoku's decision to transfer him to Branch G5.
• Victor saw Sakazuki, Borsalino, and other young Marines at the base, then noticed the factions gathered in the cafeteria.
• Victor sat with Borsalino for dinner, and Wright introduced him to Connor, who thanked Victor for his Rokushiki book.
• Victor asked Borsalino why he had not been promoted to colonel after two years.

Victor’s Marine escort encountered the Flying Pirates, but Major General Kolov refused to attack them, leaving Wright and Connor frustrated by the Marines’ restraint. Victor later gave Wright and Connor his manuscript, How to Quickly Rise Through the Ranks, and urged them to use it to advance their careers and help others.

• Borsalino joked that Victor should write a book about quickly rising through the ranks, and Victor agreed to write one when he had time.
• After three days at sea, the Marines spotted the Flying Pirates and their ship, the Pluton, but could not find Golden Lion.
• Victor asked Major General Kolov for permission to attack, but Kolov refused because the pirates were out of cannon range and Golden Lion could retaliate.
• Wright and Connor complained about letting the pirates go, and Victor told them he would clean up the world once he gained power.
• Victor finished How to Quickly Rise Through the Ranks and gave the manuscript to Wright and Connor, telling them to read it and make copies for others.

Victor and the other new arrivals reached G-5, where they were ordered to obey without question and joined Lieutenant General Nunn’s mission to capture the pirate Jonathan. The warships approached Jonathan’s territory, Hellenson Island, under cover of night, and Nunn gave the rookies their combat orders.

• Major General Kolov delivered Victor, Sakazuki, Borsalino, and the other recruits to G-5, where Lieutenant General Tucker checked the roster.
• An alarm sounded soon after Victor settled into the dirty officers’ quarters, and G-5’s marines assembled to deploy.
• A major general ordered the new arrivals to follow orders without asking questions and welcomed them to the New World.
• Lieutenant General Nunn led three warships to Hellenson Island to capture Jonathan, whose bounty was 260 million.
• Nunn ordered Victor and the other rookies to capture Jonathan as the warships approached the island’s coast at night.

Branch G5 launched a night attack on Hellenson Island, where the Marines fought Jonathan’s pirates and clashed with several of his commanders. As the battle spread across the island, Victor evaded Jonathan’s attacks, leaving Jonathan demanding to know who he was.

• Branch G5 Marines landed under cover of darkness and began fighting the pirates on the beach.
• Wright and Connor fought through the pirates, then faced Great Shield Roh, whose shield shattered Connor’s sword and overwhelmed their attacks.
• Rex attacked Onigumo, but Sakazuki joined the fight and forced Rex to struggle against the two swordsmen.
• Usare confronted the Marines, and Borsalino stepped forward to fight him.
• Lieutenant General Nunn waited for Jonathan to enter the battle while Victor dodged Jonathan’s spiked clubs without being hit.
• Jonathan, surprised that Victor could evade him despite his Haki, demanded to know who Victor was.

Victor defeated Jonathan while the Navy’s young monsters fought the pirates in a battle arranged by Sengoku to temper the new Marine generation. As Sakazuki killed Rex and Borsalino disabled Usare, Victor returned and cut through Luo’s shield with a crescent-shaped slash.

• Jonathan transformed into his bison form and attacked Victor, but Victor overpowered him, kicked him into a mountainside, and buried him beneath an exploding cliff.
• Victor returned to Nunn and learned that Sengoku had arranged the battle to train the Navy’s new generation.
• Sakazuki overwhelmed Rex and killed him with a swift strike.
• Borsalino dodged Usare’s attacks, then struck his joints with Flying Shigan and left him unable to fight.
• Victor sent a crescent-shaped slash at Luo, cutting apart the shield that had withstood the other Marines’ combined attacks.

Victor defeated Roh with one punch after Jonathan's pirate crew was crushed, and the Marines captured Jonathan alive. Sengoku and Kong then discussed Victor's exceptional strength and how to prepare him and the other young Marines for the future.

• Victor blocked Roh's cannon punch with one hand and blasted him more than a thousand meters away.
• Victor checked on Wright and Connor, urged them to train harder, and left them to recover.
• Marines found Jonathan alive but severely injured, while Nunn noted that his wounds were mostly internal.
• Sengoku received the G5 report that the Jonathan Pirates had been defeated and considered how to develop Victor, Sakazuki, and Borsalino.
• Kong read Sengoku's battle report and agreed to speak with the Gorosei about the Marines' plans.

The Gorosei discussed whether Victor and two other Marines could be trusted and decided to observe them. At G5, Victor demonstrated the Six Powers and prepared to share his Haki training notes, while Nunn mistook Victor’s ambitions for a desire to strengthen the Marines in memory of the God Valley Incident.

• Kong assured the Gorosei that the three Marines had remained loyal to the World Government, and the Gorosei agreed to observe them while stressing that their loyalty had to be ensured.
• The Gorosei reviewed Victor’s CP0 file and judged that his greed and ambition might make him loyal to the World Government, though they decided to keep watching him.
• Victor demonstrated Flying Shigan, Tempest Kick, and Life Return to Lite, Connor, and the G5 Marines, then left them to practice.
• Lite agreed to let a lieutenant colonel borrow Victor’s cultivation notes, while Victor returned to his dormitory and began writing Notes on Haki Cultivation to build a following.
• Nunn questioned Victor’s plan to share valuable Haki training methods, and Victor said he would make the world clean; Nunn wrongly assumed Victor was acting from grief over his parents’ deaths.

Victor was appointed commander of Branch G5's Special Operations Unit and quickly recruited two full battalions from Marines eager to serve under him. The day after the unit was established, he received a mission to track the Roger Pirates.

• Victor earned the respect of Branch G5's Marines by teaching cultivation methods and sharing his insights.
• Nunn gave Victor an appointment letter naming him commander of Branch G5's Special Operations Unit, with Admiral Sengoku allowing him to choose its personnel and equipment.
• Victor asked Eric, Kennard, and the others to recruit two battalions, then appointed Eric and Kennard as battalion commanders and brought Wright, Connor, and others into the unit.
• The Special Operations Unit filled its two battalions in less than half a day.
• The day after the unit was established, Victor received a mission to track the Roger Pirates.

The Special Operations Unit sailed to Gal Island and endured a violent storm before landing to resupply. In the forest, Count Red ambushed the Marines, and Victor learned that the feared pirate was on the island.

• Wright, Connor, and Wilder discussed why the Marines were tracking Roger and the rumored Ancient Weapon.
• Victor warned the Marines about dangerous weather near Gal Island and gave Wright a pirate's nautical log to study.
• The warship weathered an overnight storm, and the Special Operations Unit landed on Gal Island to gather supplies.
• Count Red appeared in the forest and killed at least fifty Marines with his umbrella sword.
• A surviving Marine warned Victor that Count Red was on the island, alarming Eric, Kennard, and the others.

Victor confronted Redfield in the forest and overwhelmed him with speed and power, while the Marines watched the battle from outside. Redfield launched Death's Kiss, but Victor dodged every thrust in advance, prompting Redfield to ask whether Victor could see the future.

• Victor reassured Eric and the Marines, then entered the forest to confront Redfield among the corpses of more than a hundred soldiers.
• Victor and Redfield clashed with Armament Haki, and Victor's kick drove Redfield backward.
• Victor attacked with a series of powerful kicks, collapsing trees and shaking Gal Island as the Marines watched from the forest's edge.
• Victor dodged Redfield's Death's Kiss thrusts in advance, and Redfield asked whether Victor could see the future.

Victor and Redfield fought a destructive battle, and Redfield discovered that Victor's Armament Haki could pierce through his defenses. Redfield realized he had underestimated Victor and prepared to risk serious injury to kill him.

• Redfield taunted Victor and attacked him with his umbrella sword, while Victor dodged and countered with a punch and a kick.
• Victor and Redfield exchanged powerful blows, with Victor using Rokuogan and both fighters sustaining serious wounds.
• Their clash destroyed the surrounding forest, drawing Eric and the other Marines' attention.
• Redfield noticed that Victor's Armament Haki drilled through his defenses, and Victor identified the technique as Ryuo.
• Redfield acknowledged Victor's strength and decided that killing him would require risking severe injury.

Victor used the Eight Inner Gates Formation to defeat and capture Redfield, then reported the victory to Marine Headquarters. Sengoku and the other senior Marines learned of the capture, and Sengoku went to Kong as Victor’s promotion came under discussion.

• Victor opened the Eight Inner Gates Formation and overwhelmed Redfield with a rapid series of attacks.
• Victor used Front Lotus to slam Redfield into the ground, knocking him unconscious.
• Victor told Wright and the others that Redfield was unconscious, and the Marines celebrated his capture.
• Victor ordered Eric to report the capture to Headquarters, where Sengoku and other senior Marines received the news.
• Sengoku entered Kong’s office, and Kong asked whether he had come to discuss Victor’s promotion.

After Victor captured Count Red, the Marines promoted him to rear admiral and the Gorosei considered a powerful Devil Fruit for him, pending a test of his loyalty. News of Victor’s victory spread to the Roger Pirates and Whitebeard’s crew, where it drew shock and concern.

• Sengoku persuaded Kong to promote Victor to rear admiral immediately and plan to make him a vice admiral after a year.
• The Gorosei discussed Victor’s strength and decided to withhold a powerful Devil Fruit until his loyalty was tested and he became a vice admiral.
• Victor returned to Branch G5 with Count Red in chains, where Vice Admiral Nunn and the Marines saluted him and presented his rear admiral appointment.
• Rayleigh, Roger, and the Roger Pirates read the news of Victor’s victory, and Bullet committed Victor’s name to memory.
• Marco and Whitebeard read the report aboard the Moby Dick, and Whitebeard felt uneasy about Victor’s rise.