Chapter Summaries

News that twenty-year-old Navy Colonel Victor captured Count Red alive alarmed the Whitebeard Pirates, the Big Mom Pirates, and the Beasts Pirates. Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin ordered their crews to avoid clashing with the Navy, while King advised Kaido to do the same.

• Oden Kozuki read the newspaper aboard Whitebeard’s ship, and the crew reacted in shock to Victor’s capture of Count Red.
• Whitebeard warned his crew to avoid the Navy whenever possible, and twelve-year-old Teach privately resolved to stay away from Victor.
• Perospero told Charlotte Linlin that a twenty-year-old Navy Colonel had captured Count Red, prompting her to order the Big Mom Pirates to avoid the Navy for now.
• King told Kaido that Count Red had been captured by a twenty-year-old Navy Colonel and urged the Beasts Pirates to keep a low profile.
• Kaido was shocked by Victor’s age and agreed that capturing Count Red at twenty would have been beyond his own abilities.

Golden Lion dismissed the report that Victor had captured Count Red, while Victor received his promotion to Rear Admiral and command of Headquarters' directly subordinate Special Operations Unit. He promoted his unit's Marines and celebrated with them, drawing more officers eager to advance by following him.

• Golden Lion and his pirate executives called the report of Victor capturing Count Red a Marine fabrication and focused on their plan to join forces with Roger.
• Nunn congratulated Victor on his promotion to Rear Admiral and his new Headquarters command, which placed him beyond Nunn's authority.
• Victor announced that his unit was now directly subordinate to Headquarters and promoted every Marine in it by one rank.
• Victor promoted Wright and Connor to captain and assigned them to prepare the unit's promotion list.
• Word of Victor's promotion spread through Branch G5, prompting more officers and military academy students to seek his favor.

Victor received orders for his Special Operations Unit to escort Count Red, while arranging promotions for his former subordinates. His followers continued his methods at Port Leinster and began rebuilding Branch 189 under Oren.

• In Port Leinster, Colonel Mata read about Victor's promotion to rear admiral and eagerly anticipated his own advancement.
• Victor recommended Lieutenant Colonel Oren to command Branch 189, and Sengoku approved Victor's recommendations.
• Sengoku ordered Victor's Special Operations Unit to escort Count Red, and Victor led the unit, including Borsalino and Sakazuki, from Branch G5.
• At William Port, Colonel Oren ordered Lieutenant Colonel Becky to summon the nobles and wealthy merchants as Branch 189 prepared to reopen.
• Oren and the Marines rallied in praise of Victor before the frightened gathering, declaring him the protector of William Port.

Victor delivered Count Red to Impel Down, where he met the young Magellan, then traveled with Kong to Mary Geoise to meet the Gorosei. He declared absolute loyalty to the World Government and received a Devil Fruit, leaving his next assignment and the fruit’s identity unrevealed.

• The Gorosei reviewed Victor’s corrupt fundraising through the Disabled Veterans Foundation and agreed to meet him.
• Victor delivered Count Red to Impel Down, recognized Magellan as its future, and left Gary considering whether to report his remark to Warden Ragnar.
• At Marineford, Commodore Sannis escorted Victor to Kong, who took him to Mary Geoise to meet the Gorosei.
• The Gorosei asked what Victor would give them, and he promised absolute loyalty, including killing those the Marines dared not kill and carrying out the World Government’s orders.
• The white, straight-haired elder handed Victor a prepared box, and Victor opened it to find a Devil Fruit inside.

Victor received the Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit, Titan Form, from the Gorosei and was assigned to a Buster Call against the Kingdom of Ratar. After the Navy bombarded the island, Sengoku ordered the troops to land and leave no survivors.

• Victor ate the Titan Form Devil Fruit after the Gorosei said they wanted to cultivate him.
• Glenn praised Victor as the youngest rear admiral, and Kong told him to leave while they met with the Gorosei.
• Sengoku assigned Victor to a Buster Call against the Kingdom of Ratar, and Victor reminded Wright, Connor, and the others to obey their orders.
• Ten Navy warships bombarded Ratar, killing civilians whose bodies appeared emaciated and diseased.
• Victor told his troops to leave no survivors after Sengoku ordered them to land and kill everyone.

During the Buster Call on the Kingdom of Ratar, Victor forced Omar to stand down, ordered children in a cellar killed, and destroyed a diary exposing the World Government’s role in the outbreak. The Gorosei praised Victor for obeying orders and covering up evidence, and decided to let him build more military prestige before transferring him to the New World.

• Omar refused to let Marines kill the sick children in a cellar, but Victor disarmed him and ordered the cellar blown up.
• Wright found a doctor’s diary revealing that contaminated water from the Mining Area caused Ratar’s Strange Disease and that the World Government had isolated the kingdom.
• Wright and Connor showed the diary to Victor, who burned it and reminded Wright to obey orders.
• The Gorosei reviewed CP0’s report and praised Victor for carrying out the Buster Call and destroying evidence.
• The Gorosei decided Victor should earn more military achievements before being transferred to the New World.

During his leave, Victor visited his parents’ graves and then went to the Marine Military Academy at Zephyr’s invitation. He taught the cadets about physical training and explained a method for concentrating the body’s energy to unleash speed and strength.

• Victor gave the Special Operations Unit 300 million Berries to spend during their leave in Sabaody Archipelago.
• Victor visited his parents’ graves, where Tsuru joined him and passed along Zephyr’s invitation to the academy.
• Victor arrived at the Marine Military Academy, greeted Zephyr, and was admired by the cadets, including Kuzan.
• At Zephyr’s request, Victor began teaching the cadets about elementary physical training and storing strength.
• Victor explained how Life Return enabled control over the body and introduced a method to concentrate its energy for a short burst of speed and strength.

After inspiring the naval academy cadets with his dream of a peaceful sea, Victor went to Sabaody Archipelago with Gion and Tokikake to celebrate his promotion. There, he stopped a young thief and gave him money for food, leaving the crowd applauding his compassion.

• Victor gave three speeches at the naval academy about physical training, the Six Powers, and his dream of creating a peaceful sea, and Zephyr arranged for the talks to be recorded.
• Victor spent the next week answering cadets' questions before reading that Golden Lion had destroyed three pirate crews and considering whether capturing him could earn Victor a promotion to Admiral.
• Victor met Gion and Tokikake, and the three went to Sabaody Archipelago to celebrate his promotion to Rear Admiral.
• Tokikake caught a gray-green-haired boy stealing a woman's wallet, and Victor returned it to her.
• Victor gave the hungry boy spare change and urged him to find work instead of stealing, prompting Gion and the surrounding crowd to applaud.

Victor recruited Gion and Tokikake into his Special Operations Unit, then set out to suppress powerful pirates in the New World. He launched an assault on Gustav and the Giant Crocodile Pirates, and the Marines prepared to land on their island.

• Victor gave the impoverished boy Gild Tesoro loose change, while Shakky watched him and recognized his value as a subject of interest.
• Victor invited Gion to join his unit, and she accepted; Tokikake followed her into the unit after Sengoku agreed to transfer him.
• Victor received a list of Great Pirates to target and led the Special Operations Unit toward the New World.
• Wright spotted the Giant Crocodile Pirates' ships, and Victor ordered the warship to bombard them.
• Gustav learned the Marines had arrived and declared he would defeat them, while Victor ordered his unit to prepare to land and fight.

Victor and the Marines fought the Giant Crocodile Pirates on the beach as the pirates' officers joined the battle. The fight left Kennard in danger, but Victor struck Zinor with a boulder from more than a thousand kilometers away.

• Tokikake, Gion, and the Special Operations Unit reached the beach as the pirates charged from the forest under cannon fire.
• Gion and Tokikake fought through the pirates while Johnson challenged Tokikake and Gordin attacked the Marines with his cannon.
• Louri engaged Gion, and the Werewolf Brothers ambushed the Marines from the rear.
• Eric dodged Bogda's claw with Paper Drawing, while Zinor attacked Kennard from above.
• Victor hurled a boulder from more than a thousand kilometers away and struck Zinor before he could crush Kennard.

Victor fought Gustav on the devastated island and revealed his Mythical Zoan titan form, giving him the power to attack without holding back. Gustav recovered from Victor’s blow, transformed again, and charged into a clash that shook the island.

• Victor threw a boulder toward the beach after his Observation Haki warned him that Tokikake could not rescue Kennard, then continued fighting Gustav.
• Gustav transformed into his enormous Deinosuchus form and showed off his power by smashing a hillside with his tail.
• Victor transformed into a thirty-meter titan and struck Gustav with Divine Judgment, shaking the island and stopping the fighting on the beach.
• Gustav recognized Victor’s Mythical Zoan power, recovered from the attack, and transformed into an even larger crocodile giant.
• Gustav charged through the air at Victor, who met him with an Armament Haki-covered fist as their attacks collided in a shock wave.

Victor fought Gustav while maintaining the advantage, then deliberately pushed him toward a berserk state to test his awakened Zoan recovery. Gustav's Devil Fruit will took control and charged at Victor, who prepared to meet him with a golden-lit punch.

• Victor and Gustav exchanged heavy blows across the devastated battlefield, but Victor landed more hits and left Gustav exhausted and injured.
• Gustav released Conqueror's Haki and vowed to kill Victor, while the Marines and pirates struggled under the pressure.
• Victor opened the Gate of Opening and struck Gustav with powerful kicks and punches, sending him crashing through mountains.
• Gustav's awakened imperial crocodile will took over, turning his skin dark red as he unleashed Tyrant's Domain and charged at Victor.
• Victor stood his ground, his body shining with golden light, and threw a punch as Gustav reached him.

Victor defeated and captured Gustav after a brutal battle, then reported the capture to Sengoku. He expected a promotion and planned to use his injuries to secure time off, while considering a future command posting.

• Victor blasted Gustav across the island, then blocked his surprise attack and pummeled him until he lost consciousness.
• Victor lifted Gustav's body as the Marines cheered and ordered them to wipe out the remaining pirates.
• Victor told Sengoku by Den Den Mushi that he had captured Gustav but injured his right hand, prompting Sengoku to arrange support and prepare a report.
• Light asked Victor if he would be promoted, and Victor said he expected to become a lieutenant general and hoped for command of a directly subordinate branch.
• Victor concealed his strength by letting Gustav injure his arm so he could claim serious injuries and take a vacation.

News of Victor capturing Gustav spread across the New World, alarming the great pirate crews who wondered whether they would become his next targets. Roger, Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido each reacted to the Navy’s growing influence, while Kaido remained confident that he could defeat Victor.

• Rayleigh read that Victor had captured Gustav, and Roger said there was still enough time for his plans despite Rayleigh’s concerns about the changing seas.
• Oden Kozuki told Whitebeard that Gustav had been captured, and Whitebeard reassured his crew that they would be safe as long as they avoided clashing with the Navy.
• Charlotte Linlin burned the newspaper and acknowledged that Victor was changing the balance of power in the New World.
• King suggested that the Beasts Pirates relocate to avoid the Navy, but Kaido dismissed the danger and said he would kill Victor if he came after him.

The Gorosei promoted Victor to lieutenant general and appointed him commander of Branch G1 to amplify the Navy’s deterrence. After taking command from Vice Admiral Boris, Victor ordered the branch to enter Level One combat readiness, leaving Gion, Tokikake, and Cliff puzzled.

• Oren looked for ways to increase Victor’s income while Victor’s growing fame convinced the Gorosei that their investment in him had succeeded.
• Kong told Sengoku that the World Government had appointed Victor commander of Branch G1 and would promote him to lieutenant general.
• Sengoku informed Victor of his promotion while Victor vacationed in Dressrosa, where King Riku, Gion, Tokikake, and Victor’s subordinates congratulated him.
• News of Victor’s promotion spread worldwide, exciting Oren and Colonel Mata because they hoped to benefit from his increased influence.
• Vice Admiral Boris handed command of Branch G1 over to Victor and departed with the other officers.
• Victor ordered Branch G1 to enter Level One combat readiness, surprising Gion, Tokikake, and Deputy Commander Cliff.

Victor took Branch G1’s marines to Saladi Island to bring the New World black market under Marine supervision. Beast Kari rejected his demand, setting the two men against each other.

• Victor kept Branch G1 under Level-One Combat Readiness and had the Special Operations Unit inspect the marines and officers.
• Wright delivered intelligence on underground forces, and Victor chose to meet Beast Kari, the King of the New World Black Market.
• Victor, Gion, Tokikake, and a large Marine contingent arrived at Saladi Island and entered Kari’s castle.
• Victor declared that the black market would fall under Marine supervision and demanded that it submit the names of its customers.
• Kari refused to share customer information, told Victor to leave, and threatened him when Victor refused.

Victor confronted Kari in the black market and proved faster and stronger despite Kari's immense strength and Decay Fruit. After Kari unleashed his ability on nearby guards, Victor evaded it and severed Kari's left arm with a Tempest Kick.

• Kari attacked Victor with powerful punches, but Victor blocked his first strike and dodged the rest.
• Victor struck Kari with Finger Pistol: Fortress Cannon and a high kick, forcing Kari to defend himself with Armament Haki.
• Gion warned Victor about Kari's Decay Fruit after Kari touched a guard and rapidly withered him into a corpse.
• Kari released purple-black blood in every direction, killing nearby guards, but Victor avoided the attack.
• Victor appeared behind Kari and severed his left arm with Tempest Kick—Crescent Moon Sky Charge.

Victor attacked the Saladi black market, severed Kari’s left hand, and demanded Kari’s recent client list in exchange for continuing business in the New World. The World Government learned of Victor’s actions and decided to give him another assignment to keep him from disrupting its plans.

• Victor stopped attacking Kari after cutting off his left arm, then demanded Kari’s recent client list and warned him to get on his good side.
• Tokikake demonstrated how Armament Haki could repel attacks, and Victor told Lait and Connor to build their physical foundations before training in Haki.
• A CP0 agent stationed in the black market reported Victor’s attack to his superiors after Kari cursed him for failing to intervene.
• Kong and Sengoku discussed Victor’s radical actions and worried that he would cause trouble in the New World.
• The Gorosei decided to keep Victor occupied by sending him to hunt Roger or deal with the Golden Lion.

Victor lifted the Level One Combat Readiness order after Kong told him to focus on Roger and Golden Lion rather than rushing to purify the sea. He supported Oren’s plan to raise money from the Kingdom of Arthur, leaving Oren to interpret Victor’s silence as approval and prepare to summon its nobles.

• Kong reprimanded Victor’s radical plan, and Victor ordered Branch G1 to end its Level One Combat Readiness status.
• Marines at Branch G1 discussed Victor’s attack on the black market, while West wished he could help him purge the pirates.
• Gion and Tokikake returned to Marine Headquarters, and Sakazuki, Onigumo, and Doberman lamented the limits on the Navy’s actions.
• Victor replied to Oren’s request for guidance by expressing confidence in him without offering a method.
• Oren took Victor’s lack of objection as support and ordered invitations sent to the nobles of the Kingdom of Arthur for a fundraising banquet.

Oren staged a pirate raid on Fast Port to frighten the Kingdom of Arthur’s nobles, officials, and merchants into relying on the Marines. After the Marines arrived too late to catch the raiders, Oren refused Count Reinhardt’s request to station troops in the port.

• Oren sent invitations to the Kingdom of Arthur’s elites, then disguised Marines as pirates and ordered them to raid Fast Port.
• The disguised Marines looted the city, set fires, and broke through its defenders while the nobles, merchants, and officials fled.
• Count Reinhardt contacted the royal army and the Marines, but General Hammond’s troops arrived after the raiders had escaped.
• Oren questioned Count Reinhardt about the attackers, who had been identified by a purple skull flag, and promised an investigation.
• Count Reinhardt asked Oren to garrison Fast Port, but Oren refused, citing the Marines’ lack of authority in the kingdom.
• Florence suggested that Count Reinhardt ask his friend Count Thompson to speak to Oren.