Chapter Summaries

Saint Angellati’s guards and agents were overwhelmed as the Sea Frog attacked Grove Island, while Victor arrived and decided to use Saint Angellati to get closer to Imu’s secrets. Just as the Sea Frog caught Saint Angellati and an agent, a crescent-shaped slash cut off its tongue.

• Saint Angellati lost control and attacked his own guards as the Sea Frog hunted everyone on the island.
• Victor flew to Grove Island in Titan form, found Saint Angellati, and considered earning his trust to learn about Imu.
• The Sea Frog battered the cave where Saint Angellati and the survivors were hiding, and it swallowed guards and agents who tried to draw it away.
• An agent carried Saint Angellati out of the cave, but the Sea Frog caught them both with its tongue.
• A crescent-shaped white slash severed the Sea Frog’s tongue just as it was about to swallow Saint Angellati and the agent.

Victor rescued Saint Angellati by killing the Sea Frog, then returned to Marineford for his public commissioning as the youngest admiral in Navy history. The ceremony ended with Victor raising his sword and declaring, “Justice will prevail!”

• Victor defeated the Sea Frog with overwhelming strength and rescued Saint Angellati and the other agents.
• Saint Angellati offered Victor a reward, and Victor said he hoped to gain Saint Angellati’s trust.
• Victor escorted Saint Angellati safely to Mary Geoise, then returned to Marineford to await his commissioning ceremony.
• The World Government broadcast Victor’s commissioning ceremony to crowds gathered in Sabaody Archipelago and viewers around the world.
• Kong commissioned Victor as an admiral by giving him the shoulder insignia, medal, and sword.
• Victor raised his sword before the assembled Marines and cameras and shouted, “Justice will prevail!”

After becoming an admiral, Victor built influence within the Marines by supporting Blue Sea Society members while serving at Mary Geoise. He greeted Saint Angellati and watched him leave with newly purchased slaves, including the singer Thea, as Light and Connor reflected on how accustomed they had become to the brutality around them.

• Victor assigned Blue Sea Society members to posts in the G-2 and G-3 Branches and kept Light and Connor near him to handle Mary Geoise patrols.
• Victor read and answered letters from Blue Sea Society members, advising them, adjusting their positions, and providing financial assistance.
• Marines announced Saint Angellati's return, and Victor greeted him as he arrived riding on a slave's back with other newly purchased slaves.
• Saint Angellati whipped Thea, a singer he had bought for fifty million Berries, and told Victor he wished he could have an admiral escort him around the world.
• After Saint Angellati left, Light identified Thea and Connor agreed that her fate was a shame, while both reflected on becoming used to slavery and its violence.

Wright and Connor caught Thea and three other escaped slaves, but Victor told them to help the slaves find release, showing them how to act justly within their limits. The next morning, Victor read news of Bullet and Crocodile fighting to a draw and Roger escaping the Marines, then reflected on Roger's coming meeting with Whitebeard.

• Thea and three other slaves disguised as guards tried to cross the Marines' camp, but Wright stopped them after smelling blood.
• The leader attacked Wright, who defeated him by breaking his sword with an Armament Haki-coated saber.
• Thea pleaded for the slaves' freedom, but Wright and Connor ordered them returned to their masters.
• Victor told Wright and Connor to help the slaves find release, and Wright understood that justice had to stay within their abilities.
• Victor tempered a knife into a Black Blade and planned to give such weapons to outstanding Blue Sea Society members.
• The next morning, Victor read that Bullet and Crocodile had fought to a draw and Roger had escaped the Marines in Alabasta.

After the Roger Pirates gained Oden Kozuki’s help to reach Laugh Tale, the Gorosei ordered Victor to capture Roger and sent Sengoku to guard Mary Geoise. The Gorosei planned to use the mission to set Victor and Sengoku against each other over command of the Marines.

• After three days of fighting, Roger asked Whitebeard to let Oden Kozuki join his voyage for one year, and Oden agreed before boarding Roger’s ship with Toki Kozuki and the others.
• The Gorosei summoned Victor and ordered him to capture Roger, assigning CP0 to assist him.
• The Gorosei ordered Sengoku to replace Victor as guard of Mary Geoise, and Sengoku warned Victor to watch out for dangerous weather and terrain.
• As Victor left, Sengoku worried that the Gorosei intended to replace him with Victor as a future Marine leader.
• The Gorosei discussed Victor and Sengoku’s suitability to command the Marines and planned to make them compete so both would rely on the Gorosei.

Victor took command of the Marine pursuit of Roger, summoned Headquarters officers to demand harsher action against Roger and his crew, and established his authority as Admiral. When a CP0 agent provoked him, Victor seized him and threatened to take his head to Saint Angellati for identification.

• Vice Admiral Mike reported that Roger’s group might have gone to Fish-Man Island, but Victor dismissed him after hearing that no informants had spotted them.
• Victor called a strategy meeting and urged Marine officers to capture Roger or cripple his crew, threatening to transfer combat forces who let them escape again.
• Kong listened to Victor’s speech through the operations room surveillance and recognized that Victor intended to push Marine reforms.
• Commander Glenn summoned Kong to Mary Geoise, and Kong left Marineford to meet him.
• A CP0 agent mocked the Marines and provoked Victor, who grabbed the agent by the neck and threatened to take him to Saint Angellati for verification.

Victor ordered a Buster Call on the Sabaody Archipelago after Gerard reported that Roger’s crew might be hiding there, alarming Kong and the Gorosei. The Gorosei made Victor cancel the attack but allowed him three days to search the archipelago for Roger.

• Victor learned from Gerard that Roger’s crew might be in the Sabaody Archipelago and ordered a Buster Call for twenty-four hours later.
• Marine forces mobilized, and Tsuru warned Kong that Victor had targeted the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Gerard informed the Gorosei, who feared the destruction and political fallout of attacking the densely populated archipelago.
• Kong ordered Victor to cancel the Buster Call, but Victor refused until the Gorosei called him directly.
• Victor agreed to cancel the attack, and the Gorosei granted him three days to search the Sabaody Archipelago for Roger.

Victor imposed a three-day crackdown across the Sabaody Archipelago, sealing its ports and ordering Marines to arrest criminals and anyone who resisted. As the arrests overwhelmed his forces and ships tried to flee, Shakky suspected the Marines were searching for Roger and Rayleigh, while Victor called for judicial ships to take the detainees to Enies Lobby.

• Victor ordered the Sabaody Archipelago sealed and directed Marines to arrest people throughout its districts, sending wanted criminals to Enies Lobby for trial.
• CP0 recalled the Celestial Dragons from the archipelago, while Victor deployed nearly thirty thousand Marines and ordered the fleet to sink ships attempting to leave.
• Marines swept through the archipelago and arrested casino customers; Brigadier General Torres led the garrison as Shakky watched from hiding and wondered whether they were searching for Roger and Rayleigh.
• Victor received reports that Torres, Eric, and Kennard lacked enough men to handle the arrests as a ship caught trying to escape was sunk and fires broke out in the hotel district.
• Victor told Connor to contact Enies Lobby and request judicial ships to transport suspicious detainees.

The Navy, led by Victor, swept through the Sabaody Archipelago, arresting people and imposing a curfew as Roger’s crew hid with Shakky’s help. Victor used the operation to build his reputation and seize a fortune, while Shakky realized how dangerous he was.

• Marines arrested Hughes and the human auction house staff, while Blue Sea Society troops searched for suspicious people.
• Ron counted 3.5 billion Beli from the auction house and set aside 500 million for his subordinates before handing the rest to Victor.
• Shakky sheltered Roger and his crew in an abandoned shipyard and told them the Navy’s operation would last three days.
• Frank warned Shakky that the Navy planned a curfew and residential searches, and broadcasts ordered everyone to stay inside or be arrested.
• Victor appeared on a cleared street as arrested people were sent to judicial ships bound for Enies Lobby.
• Victor noticed Shakky watching from an attic but chose not to arrest her, using the crackdown to bolster his reputation and gain wealth.

Victor continued toward Soap Bubble Park while Blue Sea Society officers hunted down pirates across the area. Rodney captured Roel and killed Shandy along with the hostages, while Felix blocked Bazel’s fish-men from escaping toward the sea.

• Victor ignored the explosion near the hospital and continued toward Soap Bubble Park to prepare the second stage.
• Rodney confronted the injured Roel, defeated him, and had Marines pin him down.
• Shandy threatened hostages with explosives, so Rodney shot him; the explosion killed Shandy and the hostages and injured nearby Marines.
• Bazel led a group of fish-men toward the shoreline, but Felix and hundreds of Marines ambushed them and opened fire.
• Bazel attacked Felix with Karakusa Tile Fist, but Felix struck him first with Tempest Kick.

The Marines hunted criminals across Sabaody Archipelago while Victor waited at Soap Bubble Park, where Lawson and three powerful former pirates gathered to join forces. The park’s lights suddenly came on, leaving their plan facing an unknown threat.

• Kizaru killed Bazel before Bazel could attack Felix, then watched Felix leave without appreciating the rescue.
• Connor reported the Marines’ captures to Victor, who ordered the search to continue despite no sign of Roger’s group.
• Lawson used hostages to deter the Marines, but his men shot a Marine when the searchers entered the house.
• Lawson fled toward Soap Bubble Park as Eric, Kennard, Rodney, and the other Marines fought his remaining men.
• At the empty park, Lawson joined forces with Sharpe, Zakley, and Gore, and the streetlights suddenly came on.

Victor used a Marine livestream to confront the wanted criminals trapped in Soap Bubble Park and crushed their resistance with overwhelming force. After killing Gore, Sharp, and many others, he left Lawrence and the remaining fugitives unable to escape.

• Victor announced that the criminals in Soap Bubble Park were surrounded while Connor broadcast the confrontation across Sabaody Archipelago.
• Lawrence, Sharp, Zakley, Gore, and the other fugitives chose to fight rather than surrender, and Victor transformed into a golden Titan and blasted them with a devastating punch.
• Gore charged Victor with his Naginata, but Victor struck him and sent him crashing through civilian houses, shattering his bones.
• Sharp attacked Victor with a Haki-coated sword, but Victor blocked it and killed Sharp with a slap.
• Lawrence and the others fled, but Victor’s next gigantic golden punch destroyed the red tree and shattered Lawrence’s internal organs.

After his Sabaody Archipelago crackdown, Victor established the SS special task force and promoted Blue Sea Society members into its ranks. He gave Felix the Cat-Cat Fruit: Lynx Form, while reviewing the members’ backgrounds to ensure the unit’s loyalty.

• Kong questioned Victor about the complaints arising from the Sabaody arrests, and Victor said he would search Fish-Man Island if evidence placed Roger there.
• Victor returned to his office, saw the newspaper photographs of his actions on Sabaody, and reaffirmed his goal of surpassing Garp and Sengoku.
• Victor appointed Rodney commander of the SS Special Operations Team and acknowledged Rodney’s brother as a hero.
• Victor promoted officers from the Blue Sea Society into SS positions, then assigned Felix as a company commander and gave him the Cat-Cat Fruit: Lynx Form.
• Victor told Felix to write to his family, then examined the Blue Sea Society members’ records to check their loyalty and backgrounds.

Roger and his crew reached Fish-Man Island, where they found the Poneglyph bearing Joy Boy’s apology and a Road Poneglyph. Victor sent Garp and other Marines to pursue them, while Tsuru warned Garp that his disrespect for Victor could divide the Marines.

• Roger’s crew boarded the Oro Jackson and submerged toward Fish-Man Island after evading the Marines at Sabaody.
• Roger sensed watchers at Fish-Man Island and knocked several agents unconscious with Conqueror’s Haki before leading his crew to the Sea Forest.
• Roger and his crew found Joy Boy’s apology on a Poneglyph and a Road Poneglyph.
• After the Fish-Man Island agent failed to report in, Victor organized a Marine deployment and assigned Garp to lead the pursuit.
• Tsuru cautioned Garp that his casual treatment of Victor could alienate Victor’s followers and cause conflict within the Marines.

Roger planned a solo infiltration of Whole Cake Island to copy Charlotte Linlin’s Road Poneglyph while the Marines tracked his crew. As Sengoku took command from Victor and chose to focus on Roger, Roger escaped with the rubbing, leaving Charlotte Linlin furious.

• Roger told Rayleigh, Gaban, Buggy, and Shanks he would sneak into Whole Cake Island alone to make a rubbing while the others drew attention away.
• A CP0 agent warned Charlotte Linlin that Roger would pass through her territory, and she ordered Perospero to strengthen patrols and report the Roger Pirates.
• Kong ordered Victor to return to Mary Geoise and hand command to Sengoku, prompting Victor’s young officers to voice their dissatisfaction.
• Sengoku arrived at Branch G1 and focused the Marines’ pursuit on the Roger Pirates, leaving Charlotte Linlin and other pirate crews alone for the time being.
• Roger used the Voice of All Things to infiltrate Cake Castle and copy the second Road Poneglyph from Charlotte Linlin’s treasury.
• Charlotte Linlin pursued the Roger Pirates after patrols spotted the Oro Jackson, but Roger’s crew had already escaped.

Roger’s crew tricked Charlotte Linlin, copied her Road Poneglyph, and continued their journey toward the final island. After finding the remaining Road Poneglyphs and reaching Laugh Tale, Roger became known as the Pirate King, while the World Government hid the D. in his name.

• Roger’s crew drew Charlotte Linlin away from Cake Island while Roger knocked out its Homies and copied the Road Poneglyph in her treasure room.
• After discovering Roger’s theft, Charlotte Linlin pursued the Oro Jackson, but Roger’s crew had already escaped.
• Sengoku resumed command at Branch G1 and focused the Marines’ pursuit on Roger, but Roger obtained the second Road Poneglyph and evaded capture.
• Roger’s crew found the third Road Poneglyph in Wano Country and the final one on Zou, where Oden Kozuki confirmed the Kozuki Family’s bond with the Mink Tribe.
• Roger and his crew reached the final island, named it Laugh Tale, and learned the truth about One Piece.
• Victor read a newspaper proclaiming Roger the Pirate King and recognized that the World Government had concealed the D. in his name.

After Roger dissolved his crew, shared the Clan of D’s secret with Whitebeard, and hid with Portgas D. Rouge, Victor worked to build his influence in the Marines. A year later Roger surrendered, and when his prison door opened, he saw someone other than Garp.

• Roger dissolved the Roger Pirates, then met Whitebeard and told him the secret of the Clan of D.
• Roger went into hiding with Portgas D. Rouge on Bartire Island while Victor planned to recruit Akainu and helped advance Akainu, Onigumo, Dogman, and others.
• Akainu, Onigumo, and Dogman received Victor’s fax confirming their promotions and discussed whether Victor wanted them to join the Blue Sea Society.
• A year later, Roger surrendered himself, and Kong and Sengoku decided to announce his capture and execute him publicly.
• Roger expected Garp to enter his cell, but his smile froze when the prison door opened and he saw someone else.

Victor met Roger in prison, where Roger revealed he had an unborn child and entrusted the child to Garp. After Roger warned Garp to be wary of Victor, Victor was ordered to oversee the execution in Loguetown and secured leave for a private purpose.

• Victor told Roger he had chosen not to challenge him and hinted that he knew Roger's plans to bring a new era.
• Roger told Garp that his unborn child was innocent and asked him to protect the child, and Garp agreed.
• Roger warned Garp that Victor was dangerous after telling him Victor had visited the prison.
• Garp questioned Victor about visiting Roger, and Victor said he regretted not capturing him himself.
• Kong ordered Victor to oversee Roger's public execution in Loguetown, and Victor got permission to take leave afterward so he could cultivate a loyal hound.

Victor oversaw Roger’s execution in Loguetown, where Roger’s final words sparked a rush to find the One Piece. Back at his Sabaody Archipelago villa, Victor reviewed the slave auction house’s records and had Stella brought to him.

• Victor watched Roger arrive at the execution platform as Shanks and Buggy wept in the crowd.
• Roger told the crowd that he had left his treasure for them to find, and the executioners killed him as Shanks and Buggy mourned.
• Victor returned to his Sabaody Archipelago villa, which Ferdinand VI had given him after Victor accepted his payments and demanded the auction house’s merchandise records.
• Victor searched the slave records for a child he wanted to intercept and found Stella’s file.
• Victor told Light to bring Stella to him, and the auction house’s employees delivered her to Victor’s residence.

Tesoro found Stella living at Fleet Admiral Victor’s villa and, seeing her freedom and happiness there, promised to take her away. Wright caught Tesoro trespassing, and Victor ordered him brought to the study, where Tesoro was overwhelmed by Victor’s presence.

• After learning Stella had been bought by Victor, Tesoro found Victor’s villa and watched Stella from outside.
• Tesoro saw Victor speak with Rodney about the Special Operations Team and Rodney’s hometown, while Stella served tea and desserts.
• Tesoro secretly entered the courtyard during Victor’s nap and reunited with Stella, who said meeting Victor had been her good fortune.
• Tesoro promised to take Stella away and give her a happy life, but Wright caught him and explained that unauthorized visitors were forbidden near the villa.
• Victor ordered Wright to bring Tesoro to the study, where Tesoro’s legs weakened as he faced Victor.