Chapter Summaries

Victor urged Tesoro to become strong enough to protect Stella, then traveled to Water 7, where he met Tom and questioned the verdict that scheduled Tom’s execution after the Sea Train was completed. The chapter left Tom and his workers hoping Victor might help overturn the sentence.

• Victor told Tesoro that money could not buy Stella’s freedom and urged him to grow stronger before returning.
• Tesoro left to find ways to make money and become stronger, while Victor secretly arranged for people to make his life more difficult.
• Whitebeard claimed Fish-Man Island as his territory, while the Big Mom and Beasts Pirates expanded their influence.
• Victor learned that Tom had been sentenced to death after completing the Sea Train and traveled to Water 7 with Stella and the others.
• Victor praised Tom’s shipbuilding and called his execution verdict absurd, giving Franky and the others hope that the sentence could be overturned.

Victor publicly defended Tom and urged that he be pardoned if he completed the Sea Train, earning the respect of Water 7's residents. In Spring Queen City, Spandam revealed his suspicion that Tom possessed the Pluton blueprints and asked Victor to let him join the Blue Sea Society.

• Victor asked Wright to urge Headquarters and Enies Lobby to pardon Tom if he completed the Sea Train, while admitting he could not control the verdict.
• Tom, Franky, and Iceberg thanked Victor, and Victor's followers explained that the World Government ultimately controlled Enies Lobby's decisions.
• Victor left Water 7 for Spring Queen City, where residents greeted him with reverence after hearing he had spoken up for Tom.
• Spandam hurried to Spring Queen City and met Victor privately after Wright let him approach.
• Spandam told Victor that he suspected Tom had the Pluton blueprints and claimed he had acted to protect the world.
• Victor asked whether Spandam knew Connor and revealed that Connor had joined the Blue Sea Society, prompting Spandam to ask to join it too.

Victor recruited Spandam into the Blue Sea Society and asked him to arrange training for talented children through CP9. As the Great Pirate Era strained the Marines, promotions widened divisions within the ranks and drove more officers toward the Blue Sea Society or Sengoku’s faction.

• Victor accepted Spandam into the Blue Sea Society and asked him to have Spandine send promising children to the Marines for training.
• Spandam told Spandine about joining the society, and Spandine advised him to rely on powerful allies; Spandam then passed on Victor’s request for talented children.
• As pirates surged after Roger’s death, Marines at Headquarters discussed Kuzan’s promotion to vice admiral and speculated that connections influenced promotions.
• Dogman and Onigumo resented Kuzan’s promotion, while Sakazuki told them Victor was likely evaluating them.
• Kizaru and other officers received promotions, but neutral officers advanced slowly, and more Marines joined the Blue Sea Society or Sengoku’s faction.

Tesoro joined the Wolf Gang after his attempts to make money through fruit sales and gambling failed. When Rear Admiral Serra lost three Devil Fruits during a rescue mission, Victor comforted him, suspended him pending investigation, and ordered Wright to look for the hijackers.

• Tesoro failed to profit from selling fruit or running a gambling stall, so he joined the Wolf Gang for protection and power.
• Serra ordered his warship to rescue survivors from a stricken ship despite his adjutant's concerns.
• The rescued people caused the marines to fall asleep, and the three Devil Fruits aboard the warship were stolen.
• Serra reported the theft to Eric, who said Victor would send a fleet to assist him.
• Serra explained the failed mission to Victor, who gave him five million Berries and told him to rest with his family.
• Victor ordered Wright to investigate the theft and suspended Serra while the inquiry proceeded.

Victor protected Sela from the Justice Department's investigation and guaranteed that the Navy would recover the three lost Devil Fruits. His actions strengthened the Blue Sea Society's reputation, while Dogman wondered whether Akainu would protect his own subordinates.

• Sela told the Blue Sea Society that Victor had arranged for him to take leave while an investigation was suspended.
• Victor challenged Sengoku and Kong over whether Sela should be punished for rescuing civilians during the mission.
• Victor used a recording Den Den Mushi to pressure Sengoku and guaranteed that he would recover the three Devil Fruits.
• Kong and Sengoku agreed to make an exception and let Victor take responsibility for recovering the Devil Fruits.
• News of Victor's support spread through the Navy, improving his reputation and the Blue Sea Society's standing.
• Onigumo praised Victor, while Dogman wondered whether Akainu would stand up for his subordinates in the same situation.

After three Devil Fruits were stolen, Victor assigned Commodore Rodney to investigate a suspected Marine informant while Sengoku launched a parallel inquiry. Rodney went to G6 and began reviewing every officer’s file to find the traitor, confident in Victor’s trust.

• Rodney told Victor he believed someone in the Marines had leaked Rear Admiral Serra’s route, and Victor entrusted him with recovering the Devil Fruits and punishing those responsible.
• Sengoku began a separate investigation, and the Judicial Department removed personnel connected to the incident from G6.
• Victor dismissed Wright’s concerns that Sengoku might solve the case first and said he trusted Rodney.
• At G6, Rodney learned the Judicial Department had taken away the officers already linked to the case and ordered his adjutant to gather every officer’s file.
• Rodney met Lieutenant General Jamal, then left to search the files for frustrated, overlooked officers he believed might have betrayed the Marines.

Rodney arrested Lieutenant Colonel Magnum despite having no evidence, then pressured him to confess and take the blame for the Devil Fruit robbery. Magnum agreed to confess on the condition that he could stage an escape and use his savings to buy his freedom, while Rodney considered the proposal.

• Rodney identified Magnum as a suspect because he had been passed over for promotion and rejected by the Blue Sea Society, though Rodney had no evidence against him.
• Victor authorized Rodney to arrest Magnum, trusting Rodney to handle the matter.
• Rodney’s men seized Magnum in his quarters and took him to the interrogation room as officers speculated about his connection to the Devil Fruit robbery.
• Rodney hinted that the Navy needed someone to take the blame and offered Magnum a chance to become wealthy after serving a few years in prison.
• Magnum agreed to confess but proposed staging an escape during his escort and paying for his freedom with his savings.
• Rodney pretended to consider Magnum’s proposal but did not agree.

Magnum escaped Marine custody and reunited with his pirate companions, but Rodney’s trap led to his execution and the recovery of the three stolen Devil Fruits. Victor reported the success to Kong and Sengoku, then dismissed Sengoku’s criticism of his methods.

• Magnum bribed Rodney’s men, escaped during transport, and contacted his pirate companions from Kaga Island.
• Rodney’s Marines ambushed the pirates as they arrived, and Magnum shot a companion who proposed surrendering before trying to snipe Rodney.
• Rodney caught Magnum’s Haki-coated bullet and ordered the Marines to wipe out the pirates.
• Rodney reported Magnum’s execution and the recovery of all three Devil Fruits to Victor.
• Victor told Kong and Sengoku that the Devil Fruits had been recovered, then told Sengoku that his methods were outdated.

Victor defended his unorthodox recovery of the Devil Fruit to Kong and Sengoku, while the Gorosei considered the Marines’ Fleet Admiral competition and favored Sengoku’s rule-following approach. On Sabaody Archipelago, Tesoro was robbed and beaten by Wolf Gang members, then ordered by Tony to rob someone himself or face death.

• Victor argued that following conventional procedures would not have recovered the Devil Fruit, and Kong warned that his methods could have caused serious repercussions.
• Kong burned the report to prevent evidence of internal discord from damaging the Marines’ reputation, while Sengoku remained silent about his rivalry with Victor.
• The Gorosei read CP0’s report, discussed Victor and Sengoku as Fleet Admiral candidates, and favored Sengoku’s adherence to rules and his Seven Warlords plan.
• Jimmy and his men beat Tesoro, took the money he had collected, and left him humiliated on the street.
• Tesoro went to Tony for help, but Tony blamed him, gave him a dagger, and ordered him to bring back money by eight or die.

Tesoro endured the Wolf Gang’s beatings while searching for a chance to gain strength, as Victor left him under Connor’s watch. At Marine Headquarters, Victor took command of the operation to capture Douglas Bullet and assembled a force that excluded many of the officers aligned with the doves.

• Tesoro reflected that he needed power to protect himself and change his fate, but staying with the Wolf Gang offered no future.
• Connor told Victor that Bart’s gang had been beating Tesoro, and Victor ordered Connor not to interfere as long as Tesoro stayed alive.
• Kong briefed the officers on Douglas Bullet’s threat, and Victor volunteered to lead the capture mission.
• Victor assigned Garp, Tsuru, Akainu, Onigumo, Dogman, and his allies to the operation while leaving Sengoku to guard Mary Geoise.
• Victor’s force departed, and Sengoku noticed that Victor had openly excluded many of the officers associated with the doves.

Douglas Bullet lured the Marines to the island where he had transformed the landscape into a battlefield. Victor ordered a Buster Call-style assault, but Bullet’s hidden fortifications began cutting down the landing forces.

• Bullet captured the Sea Hawk Unit’s submersible and sank it, killing the four Marines who were tracking him.
• Tsuru told Victor that Sea Hawk 09 had gone missing, and Victor called for thirty seconds of silence and donated money to the squad’s families.
• Victor concluded that Bullet had deliberately waited for the Marines and ordered the fleet to capture him.
• Victor sent Akainu and the assault forces to the island, while the twenty warships bombarded Bullet’s position.
• Bullet’s transformed island revealed hidden fortifications that opened fire on the Marines as they landed.

Bullet and Akainu fought across the devastated beach as the Marines struggled against Bullet’s regenerating bunkers and weapons. As Akainu pressed the attack, Bullet charged into his next punch with Conqueror’s Haki coating.

• Onigumo sliced through Bullet’s bunkers, but they fused back together into a mechanical arm as more turrets emerged from the ground.
• Tsuru told Victor that the Marines had to deal with Bullet, and Akainu charged him with Geppo.
• Akainu blasted apart Bullet’s mound with Great Eruption, but Bullet emerged unharmed and counterattacked with a spear and mechanical arms.
• Bullet wounded Akainu’s shoulder and dodged his attacks, while Tsuru judged that Akainu should wear Bullet down instead of trying to kill him at once.
• Akainu struck Bullet with a magma kick, but Bullet rose and charged straight into Akainu’s next punch with Conqueror’s Haki coating, which Garp recognized.

Victor ordered the Marines to join Akainu in fighting Bullet, while Garp objected to surrounding a single opponent. Bullet battled the gathered Marines and Akainu, whose reckless attacks sent Bullet crashing into a mountain, but Bullet rose again.

• Victor told Garp and Tsuru to help Akainu surround Bullet, then sent the other Marines to join the fight.
• Victor mocked Garp for pursuing Roger with too few forces and praised Sengoku’s willingness to use every available means.
• Rodney struck Bullet from behind, but Bullet formed an iron tail from nearby stones and smashed Rodney into a lake.
• Tsuru kicked Bullet in the abdomen, then moved aside as Akainu attacked him from behind.
• Bullet broke through Akainu’s magma attack and struck him, but Akainu countered with punches and a knee that sent Bullet crashing into a mountain.
• Bullet spat out blood, stood back up, and frightened the Marines watching him.

Victor pressured Garp to join the fight against Bullet, arguing that the Marine casualties would keep rising if Garp stayed on the sidelines. Garp entered the battle and joined Tsuru and Akainu in surrounding Bullet, who began to struggle under their combined attacks.

• Leite reported that the Marines had suffered 1,415 deaths and 3,941 serious injuries while fighting Bullet.
• Victor challenged Garp to take responsibility for the mounting casualties and warned that the Marines would face even greater losses in a future battle against Whitebeard.
• Garp grew angry at Victor's remarks and charged into the battlefield using Geppo.
• Garp's opening strike missed Bullet and blasted a huge crater into the ground.
• Akainu struck Bullet with a magma fist as Garp and Tsuru joined him in surrounding their opponent.
• Victor watched the group attack and noted that Bullet could no longer maintain his Armament Haki at full strength.

After Victor’s fleet captured Bullet, Victor celebrated on Pasno Island and secured a fortune in gifts from King Aiden III. Back at Marine Headquarters, Sengoku presented Kong with a plan to use Warlords to counter rising pirates, and Kong agreed to recommend it to the Gorosei.

• Garp, Akainu, and Tsuru captured the exhausted Bullet, while Victor arranged compensation for Marine casualties and requested commendations for the operation.
• Victor’s fleet stopped at Pasno Island, where King Aiden III welcomed the officers and offered them valuable gifts.
• Victor paid for a night of celebration and introduced Sakazuki to Aiden III as a future vice admiral and admiral.
• Kong reviewed Victor’s achievement and compensation lists at Marine Headquarters, then received Sengoku’s Warlord plan.
• Sengoku warned Kong that the World Government might resist a stronger Marine force, and Kong said he would recommend the plan to the Gorosei.

The Gorosei approved Sengoku’s Shichibukai plan, while Victor received orders to arrest Ohara’s scholars and explained to Rodney why the Marines had to uphold the World Government. The chapter ended with Victor suspecting Garp had gone to South Blue and wondering whether Ace’s future would still lead to the Summit War.

• Kong delivered Sengoku’s Shichibukai plan to the Gorosei, who approved it and asked him to identify a possible Fleet Admiral successor.
• Kong informed Sengoku that the Shichibukai plan could begin, and Sengoku said he would contact the selected candidates.
• Victor assigned Rodney to arrest Olvia and Ohara’s scholars, then told him that Marines had to maintain the World Government’s rule regardless of the Void Century’s secrets.
• Victor warned Wright not to ask about the Void Century and learned from him that Garp had taken leave.
• Victor suspected Garp had gone to South Blue to care for Ace and wondered whether the Summit War would still happen.

Victor gave Felix a Devil Fruit while considering who could help manage the growing Blue Sea Society. In West Blue, Rodney captured Olvia after CP5 killed her fellow Ohara scholars, and Victor received Kong’s order to launch a Buster Call against Ohara.

• Victor gave Felix the Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Great Ape Eagle, and hinted that he would entrust him with greater responsibilities.
• Rodney’s Marines intercepted a cargo ship carrying Ohara scholars, and he found that CP5 agents had killed everyone except Olvia.
• Rodney questioned Olvia about the scholars’ search for the truth and ordered her taken away after CP5 found their historical documents and notes.
• Victor told Rodney to remain in West Blue and await further orders, then considered how destroying Ohara would worsen his conflict with the Dove faction.
• Kong ordered Victor to dispatch a fleet and launch a Buster Call against Ohara.

Victor reconsidered the consequences of the Ohara mission and sent Felix to secretly kidnap Nico Robin so he could recruit her as his assistant. As the Marines assembled offshore and CP5 arrested Ohara’s scholars, the Buster Call’s fate remained uncertain.

• Victor realized that replacing Sauron with Rodney could alter Robin’s fate, then decided Robin’s skills would make her a useful assistant.
• Victor ordered Felix to go to Ohara discreetly and bring back Nico Robin.
• Robin went to the beach, where Felix transformed from a huge eagle and knocked her unconscious.
• Two days later, Aokiji, Akainu, Rodney, and the assembled Marine fleet waited offshore while CP5 agents landed on Ohara.
• Spandine ordered the agents to arrest the scholars and seize suspicious items, and they brought Dr. Crobar and the other scholars out at gunpoint.

The Gorosei ordered the destruction of Ohara after Dr. Crobar discussed the Great Kingdom, and Victor commanded the Buster Call to kill everyone on the island. Robin woke in a locked room aboard a ship and began eating the food left for her, only to hear a man speak.

• CP5 agents found historical texts in an underground chamber, and Dr. Crobar used the Den Den Mushi to discuss the Great Kingdom with the Gorosei.
• The Gorosei ordered Ohara erased, and Victor ordered indiscriminate attacks after CP5 withdrew.
• Residents rushed to the evacuation ships, but Victor ordered them destroyed to prevent scholars from escaping among them.
• Akainu's ship sank an evacuation ship, and the bombardment set the Tree of Omniscience ablaze as Aokiji watched helplessly.
• Robin woke in a locked room, escaped the lock, and ate food from a cart before a man spoke to her.

Victor told Robin about Ohara’s destruction and her mother Nico Olvia’s likely execution, then offered Robin a new identity and a chance to see her mother again if she obeyed him. Stella took Robin to the maid’s quarters to begin teaching her obedience and service, as Victor started shaping her into the tool he wanted.

• Robin found the surveillance Den Den Mushi and ate the food Victor had provided.
• Stella brought Robin to Victor’s study, where Victor gave her a written account of her family and Ohara.
• Victor showed Robin footage of Ohara’s destruction and explained that the World Government had attacked the island because its scholars researched forbidden history.
• Victor told Robin that Nico Olvia would probably be publicly executed, but offered to give Robin a new identity and let her see her mother once more if she obeyed him.
• Stella took Robin to the maid’s quarters to teach her etiquette, obedience, and the skills needed to serve Victor.