Chapter Summaries

Kizaru confronted the Straw Hat Pirates, but his encounter with Zoro was interrupted by Rayleigh, who challenged him so the others could escape. After hearing that Kuma had scattered Straw Hat members, Victor ordered Kuma restrained and decided to intervene personally, intending to use him in a deal with the Revolutionary Army.

• Kizaru attacked Luffy and Zoro while they were pursued by Pacifistas and CP0, then kicked Zoro into a building after easily evading his sword attacks.
• Rayleigh arrived, protected Zoro from Kizaru's laser, and told the Straw Hat Pirates to withdraw while he held Kizaru back.
• Kizaru and Rayleigh clashed with their light and sword techniques as an explosion sounded nearby.
• Light reported to Victor that Kuma had sent several Straw Hat Pirates flying and that Kuma's intentions were unknown.
• Victor ordered Light to prioritize the World Nobles' safety and restrain Kuma, then chose to go himself, hoping to use Kuma in a deal with the Revolutionary Army.

Victor arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago, subdued Kuma, and ordered the Marines to capture the pirates while the Straw Hat Pirates escaped. Luffy was sent to Amazon Lily, where Hancock began searching for him after Robin relayed Victor’s warning.

• Victor killed Gulamo with a spear of light, then ordered the Marines to capture the pirates.
• Tami and Capello attacked Kuma, but his mechanical body withstood their assault and the Marines’ gunfire.
• Victor transformed and smashed Kuma until he could no longer move, then ordered the Marines to take him away.
• The Marines arrested 2,947 pirates, while the Straw Hat Pirates escaped and Luffy was sent to Amazon Lily.
• Robin told Hancock that Luffy was on Amazon Lily and asked her to keep him confined until someone came for him.
• Robin told Shakky to inform Rayleigh where Luffy was, but left without answering Shakky’s question about why she was helping them.

After the World Government appointed Edward Weevil as a Shichibukai, Zephyr fainted from rage, while Victor failed to persuade the Gorosei to reconsider. The chapter ended with Zephyr, Ain, Binz, and a group of Marines defecting.

• The World Government considered candidates to fill the vacant Shichibukai positions and selected Edward Weevil.
• Victor went to Mary Geoise and challenged the Gorosei over their choice, but they refused to change their decision.
• After Weevil's appointment was announced, Zephyr saw the news, fainted, and was taken to the infirmary.
• Ain and Binz confronted Victor, who told them the Gorosei had ignored his objections and urged them to comfort Zephyr.
• Light left Victor's office and heard Victor smash his desk, while Marines throughout Marine Headquarters grew furious.
• Zephyr, Ain, Binz, and a group of Marines later defected.

Zephyr's NEO Navy expanded by raiding Marine supply depots, while Victor quietly refrained from pursuing them and told Sand Crocodile to avoid them. After hearing that the Big Mom Pirates might retaliate against the NEO Navy, Aokiji set out to find Zephyr before they could reach him.

• Victor rebuffed Sengoku's questions about Zephyr, and Sengoku left the Fleet Admiral's office.
• Shuzo led Zephyr, Ain, Binz, and the NEO Navy to a Marine supply warehouse on the Sora Islands, where they seized weapons, food, and medicine.
• Using intelligence from undercover contacts at Headquarters, the NEO Navy gathered more supplies, including Pacifistas, and grew from over 3,000 members to more than 20,000.
• Robin told Sand Crocodile that Victor wanted him to avoid the NEO Navy, and Sand Crocodile agreed to stay clear of them.
• Aokiji heard that the NEO Navy had defeated the Fire Tower Pirates and that the Big Mom Pirates might retaliate, so he left to find Zephyr.

The Big Mom Pirates attacked Zephyr’s NEO Navy base, but Aokiji’s arrival turned the battle in their favor and he joined the NEO Navy. The Gorosei ordered Victor to destroy the NEO Navy, but Victor refused to attack his teacher and threatened anyone who tried.

• Perospero led more than ten thousand Big Mom Pirates, including Cracker, to attack the NEO Navy base, where Zephyr had prepared a defensive ambush.
• Shuzo led a thousand elite marines against the pirates while Binz’s submarines surfaced and bombarded their ships; Perospero countered with his Candy-Candy Fruit powers.
• Ain sailed out to support the submarines, but Aokiji froze the sea and forced Perospero’s forces to retreat.
• Aokiji agreed to remain with Zephyr’s NEO Navy, prompting the Gorosei to order Victor to wipe it out.
• At a military meeting, Ryokugyu volunteered to attack Zephyr and Akainu offered to go, but Victor refused to target his teacher and warned the officers not to do so either.

After Victor defied the World Government’s order concerning Zephyr, the Gorosei suspended him and others resigned in solidarity, leaving Marine Headquarters nearly empty. Victor then cultivated his access to Saint Angellati while investigating the forces in Mary Geoise, as Dragon held the Revolutionary Army back until it confirmed the existence of the Celestial Dragons’ national treasure.

• Victor, Chaton, Momousagi, Momonga, and Dalmation challenged the World Government’s order, and the Gorosei suspended Victor and appointed Akainu to take over.
• Rodney, Momousagi, Chaton, and others resigned, while Akainu and Ryokugyu told Victor they had also submitted resignation letters rather than oppose him.
• After Akainu and Ryokugyu were suspended, Sengoku returned to Marine Headquarters, where he struggled to run it with most positions vacant.
• Dragon warned the Revolutionary Army not to attack until it confirmed the existence of the Celestial Dragons’ national treasure, which could erase everything.
• Victor visited Saint Angellati and declined his suggestion to join CP0, using the visit to investigate the distribution of Mary Geoise’s forces.

Victor learned that CP0's strongest shields guarded Im in Pangaea Castle, while Robin uncovered a Divine Tree Poneglyph in Elbaf and later approached Luffy's crew with guidance about the Road Poneglyphs. The chapter left Robin working to steer the Straw Hats toward Laugh Tale at Victor's request.

• Saint Angellati warned Victor that CP0 had powerful agents called shields who stayed near Im in Pangaea Castle.
• Robin took Casey and Oimo to Little Garden, where she asked Dorry and Brogy to help her return to Elbaf by warning that it might be destroyed and mentioning the Great Kingdom.
• Robin returned from Elbaf and told Victor that a Poneglyph there described a Divine Tree connecting the giants to the world of the gods.
• Victor ordered Robin to contact the Revolutionary Army.
• After two years of training, Luffy entered the New World and encountered Robin in Fish-Man Island's Sea Forest.
• Robin gave Nami a Log Pose and explained that finding the four red Road Poneglyphs would lead to the final island, using her Ohara past to earn the crew's trust as she guided them toward Laugh Tale for Victor.

After Im ordered Victor to destroy the Straw Hat Pirates, Robin abducted Nami and lured Luffy to Mary Geoise, where the Straw Hats and Revolutionary Army launched an assault. The battle left the Holy Land in ruins, and Victor revealed his hidden forces as he confronted Im, declaring that he had come to slay a god.

• Luffy and his crew followed Robin’s guidance, found the samurai, and gathered three Road Poneglyphs while Luffy grew stronger and defeated Kaido.
• The Gorosei reinstated Victor and ordered him to wipe out the Straw Hat Pirates, while Robin kidnapped Nami and left Luffy a letter demanding that he come to Mary Geoise.
• Victor sent Akainu and Ryokugyu toward Elbaf with elite Marines, while Dragon led the Revolutionary Army in an assault on Mary Geoise.
• Luffy and the Straw Hats arrived at Mary Geoise; Zoro fought Kizaru, and Luffy charged into Pangaea Castle to rescue Nami as the Revolutionary Army attacked.
• Victor revealed his waiting forces and ordered Lucci, Sabo, Kuina, Enel, Luo, and others to strike, plunging Mary Geoise into chaos.
• Luffy, Dragon, and Kizaru suffered in a battle against Im that destroyed much of Mary Geoise, before Victor arrived with Zephyr, Aokiji, and Akainu and vowed to slay Im.