Chapter Summaries

After Fisher Tiger’s execution deepened tensions within the Sun Pirates, Victor left Marineford for Foosha Village to draw out Monkey D. Dragon. Dragon confronted Victor over his actions against Fish-Man Island, and their first clash revealed Victor’s formidable strength.

• After Enies Lobby sentenced ten thousand fish-men to slavery, Arlong and Jinbe disagreed over revenge, splitting the Sun Pirates.
• Victor left the Sun Pirates’ affairs to Kizaru and persuaded Kong to let him spend up to a year in the East Blue.
• Victor settled in Foosha Village, where Garp tried to keep Ace away from him, and Victor reviewed intelligence about Foz F and Hancock.
• Dragon arrived at Victor’s courtyard and accused him of targeting Fish-Man Island to obtain something there.
• Victor and Dragon clashed with Haki and Dragon Claw Fist, and Victor praised Dragon’s strength after their blows shattered the stone slabs.

Victor returned to Marineford after distributing care packages to Marines in the East Blue, then confronted Sengoku with information about Doflamingo’s younger brother. The chapter ended with Victor asking whether the undercover Marine agent was working for Sengoku.

• Dragon left after Victor told him the Revolutionary Army could lie low while the Marines continued their capture efforts.
• Nojiko showed Nami a care package from the Sixteenth Branch, and the two prepared honey cake with Bellemere and Aken.
• Victor used his authority to send flour, honey, and olive oil to active and retired Marines throughout the East Blue.
• Victor returned to Marineford in 1510, where Kong questioned him about the care packages before dismissing him.
• Victor went to Sengoku’s office and asked whether Doflamingo’s younger brother, an undercover Marine agent, was one of Sengoku’s men.

Victor returned to Marine Headquarters with Makino, checked on the children’s progress, and ordered Robin to secretly assist the Revolutionary Army. Tesoro sent Victor a woman concealed in a large box, and Victor recognized her when he opened it.

• Victor taunted Sengoku by bringing up Corazon’s death, then said he would find the mole within the Marines.
• Victor returned to his villa with Makino, where Kuina reported that she could cut iron and Sabo reported a Power Level of 651.
• Victor told Robin that he wanted to help the Revolutionary Army and assigned her to provide secret assistance.
• Robin reported that Lucci had sent agents to infiltrate Wano Country and Cake Island, while Trafalgar Law remained missing.
• Connor brought Victor a large box from Tesoro, and Victor opened it to find a woman he recognized.

Victor received Victoria Sindori as a maid after Tesoro rescued her from debt and the threat of a human auction. During dinner, Robin learned that a shipment of arms bound for the Siva Kingdom had been hijacked, and Victor sent nearby Marines to assist the kingdom.

• Connor told Victor that Sindori was a stage actress whose fiancé had saddled her with debt, and Victor accepted her as a maid.
• Stella brought Sindori to the servants' quarters, reassured her, and learned how Tesoro had offered her a choice between serving Victor and being sold at a human auction.
• Stella introduced Sindori to Makino and tested the food before the maids served dinner to Victor and the others.
• Trebol informed Robin that attackers had hijacked an arms shipment bound for the Siva Kingdom, and Robin demanded investigation results within three days.
• Victor said the attackers had come to take revenge on them and ordered Wright to send Branch 135 to assist the Siva Kingdom.

Victor managed weapons support for the Revolutionary Army and ordered Robin to establish covert cooperation with Crocodile, while Marines protected the Siva Kingdom’s capital and port. After Lucci brought the masked Trafalgar Law to him, Victor told the boy to live under a codename and prove he was more valuable than Doflamingo.

• Victor praised Robin for arranging a shipment of Doflamingo’s weapons to the Revolutionary Army and told her to keep the support discreet and establish cooperation with Crocodile.
• Marines under Colonel Kaning protected the Siva Kingdom’s capital and trade port while leaving other areas to the rebels, and Kaning approved Diamante’s entry into Radlov Port.
• Diamante met Kaning under a disguise, claimed he was investigating stolen medicine, and left with Senior Pink to capture rebels and investigate the weapons theft.
• Victor watched Kuina and Sabo train, then Lucci brought a masked child to the study.
• Victor told the child that Doflamingo worked for him and could be replaced only if the child proved more valuable.
• Victor ordered Trafalgar Law to live under a codename, declaring that Trafalgar Law no longer existed.

Luo joined Victor’s private army and resolved to grow stronger, while Sengoku sought Zephyr’s help in gathering the Marines dissatisfied with Victor’s and Sakazuki’s methods. Victor learned of Sengoku’s meeting with Zephyr, and Light asked whether they should visit their teacher.

• Rob Lucci brought Luo to the training yard, where Luo saw Sabo, Kaku, and Kuina training and decided to become stronger.
• Marine officers discussed who would succeed Kong, weighing Sengoku’s seniority against Victor’s influence, until Zephyr arrived and ordered them back to work.
• Zephyr met Sengoku, who explained that Kuzan and other Marines were discouraged by Headquarters’ atmosphere and asked to counsel them together.
• Sengoku planned to use the gathering to demonstrate his ability to rally the Marines to the Gorosei.
• Victor learned that Sengoku had met Zephyr, and Light asked whether they should go see their teacher.

Victor arranged a Blue Sea Society exchange meeting as Sengoku prepared to pursue the Fleet Admiral position, while the Gorosei encouraged conflict between Sengoku and Victor. At Shakky's bar, Shanks and Rayleigh learned that Blue Sea Society members had gathered on Sabaody for Victor's meeting.

• Victor told Wright that Teacher Zephyr could not influence the Gorosei, then ordered the Blue Sea Society to hold an optional exchange meeting on the day of Sengoku's meeting.
• Blue Sea Society members at Marine branches throughout the New World received notice of Victor's meeting, and Kizaru noticed the gathering at G2.
• The Gorosei discussed Sengoku and Victor's rivalry and decided to let them fight for the Fleet Admiral position so the winner would need their support.
• Shanks met Rayleigh at Shakky's bar and told him that Luffy shared Roger's dream, explaining that this was why he had bet his left arm on Luffy.
• Shakky warned Shanks and Rayleigh that many Marines had arrived, and Rayleigh explained that they were Blue Sea Society members attending Victor's meeting.

Sengoku tried to rally Zephyr’s students behind Headquarters’ justice, but Kong summoned him and Zephyr to witness Victor addressing more than ten thousand Blue Sea Society members. Victor’s speech and the crowd’s fierce support left Sengoku furious and the Marines’ internal division on open display.

• Sengoku praised the doves faction’s justice while blaming Victor for their loss of faith in Headquarters.
• An officer summoned Sengoku and Zephyr to Kong’s office, where Kong showed them the huge Blue Sea Society gathering in the plaza.
• Victor led the crowd in chanting for a blue, pristine sea as Aokiji and the others watched from the meeting room.
• Victor outlined the Blue Sea Society’s work and promised members better opportunities and fair treatment.
• Victor described his hatred of pirates and declared that his task was to send them to meet the gods, prompting the crowd to chant for him to kill all pirates.

Victor proposed settling the competition for Fleet Admiral with a duel against Sengoku, while Imu let a coin toss decide between them. The ancient coin landed on its edge before Imu blew it over, revealing the final result.

• Victor told Sengoku that their different ideals should not divide the Marines and proposed a duel to settle their competition for Fleet Admiral.
• Sengoku accepted Victor’s challenge, though he remained confident he would win.
• Imu summoned the Gorosei and said the Marine division caused by Victor was interesting because tools did not need unity.
• Imu decided to choose the Fleet Admiral by coin toss, with heads for Sengoku and tails for Victor.
• The ancient coin landed on its edge, and Imu blew it over so the Gorosei could see the result.

The Gorosei chose Sengoku as Fleet Admiral instead of Victor, angering the Blue Sea Society. Victor accepted the decision outwardly, but he saw it as an opportunity to provoke an internal Marine struggle and welcomed Akainu’s support.

• Kong told Sengoku, Victor, and Akainu that Sengoku would take over as Fleet Admiral while Kong became General of the Armed Forces.
• Victor said he had no objections to the World Government’s decision and left the meeting.
• The Blue Sea Society gathered outside Victor’s office, but he told its members to return to work, and Wright guided them away.
• Akainu offered to drink with Victor, thanked him for his help, and openly declared his belief that Victor should lead the Marines.
• Victor and Akainu pledged to work together, and Victor resolved to use the Gorosei’s decision to stir conflict within the Marines.

After Sengoku purged Victor’s allies from key Marine posts, Victor told Lite to strengthen the Blue Sea Society and take leave. Lite and the other leaders used the Society’s widespread influence to obstruct Sengoku’s orders, leaving the Marines divided and Sengoku unable to replace its many members quickly.

• Sengoku replaced Victor-affiliated officers with members of his dove faction, including commanders at the directly affiliated branches.
• Lite urged Victor to lead a fightback, but Victor advised him to strengthen the Blue Sea Society and continue doing his job before taking leave.
• Lite, Rodney, Felix, and the other core members agreed to use the Society’s presence throughout the branches to make Sengoku’s orders difficult to carry out.
• Blue Sea Society members picked fights and singled out outsiders at the Marine Academy, Headquarters, and branch bases.
• At the G1 Branch, soldiers complained about deteriorating meals after Victor’s subsidies stopped and delayed military funds left the branches short of money.
• Sengoku faced a growing internal conflict but could not quickly dismiss or replace the Blue Sea Society’s many members.

Sengoku investigated the Marines’ worsening response to pirate activity while Robin delivered Victor’s orders to Hancock and Crocodile. Robin then gave Crocodile a map of targets to attack, leaving him to carry out another operation for Victor.

• Woop Slap read that the Night Demon Pirates had raided the Kingdom of Goa before the Marines arrived.
• Sengoku reviewed complaints about Marine delays and manpower shortages, then ordered a secret investigation into the suspicious decline in pirate captures.
• Robin delivered Victor’s assassination orders and a perfume gift to Hancock, who eagerly accepted both.
• Robin traveled with Felix to Rain Dinners in Alabasta and met Crocodile, the casino owner and head of Baroque Works.
• Robin gave Crocodile a map marked with locations for his people to attack, and Crocodile asked whether Victor had calmed down.

Robin explained that Victor had deliberately let Crocodile discover his role in the attacks on World Government nations, while Crocodile remained focused on Victor’s promise concerning Pluton. Meanwhile, Hancock intercepted Reno’s SWORD unit as it traveled toward the East Blue and petrified the Marines, leaving her ready to report her success to Victor.

• Robin told Crocodile that Victor knew what he wanted and where to find Pluton, and Crocodile said he hoped Victor would keep his promise.
• A SWORD warship commanded by Reno departed for the East Blue, and its crew complained about being assigned to investigate the region.
• A Sea Serpent attacked the warship, and Hancock arrived on deck wearing a mask.
• Hancock revealed herself to Reno and the SWORD Marines and asked them for a favor.
• Hancock used her heart-shaped beams to petrify the SWORD unit and prepared to report her achievement to Victor.

Robin reported that the SWORD unit had vanished in the Calm Belt, while Sengoku struggled with the Navy’s finances and growing pirate attacks. On Punk Hazard, Lucci uncovered shocking human experiments and photographed the evidence.

• Robin told Victor that the SWORD unit’s people and ship had sunk into the Calm Belt, and Victor ordered Tesoro to expand into the New World.
• Carlisle brought Sengoku a 3.9-billion-Beli Science Unit expense request, which Sengoku approved after hearing Vegapunk would appeal to the Gorosei.
• Sengoku assigned Kizaru to investigate pirate attacks on the port cities and royal capitals of affiliated countries.
• Lucci photographed inhumane experiments at the Punk Hazard laboratory and escaped through a door Bruno opened.
• Lucci showed the photographs to Jabura, who was horrified by what they revealed.

Lucci delivered photographs of the World Government’s horrific human experiments to Victor, and Victor used them to provoke Aokiji into confronting the secret research base on Punk Hazard. Aokiji rode off in anger, while Victor left to continue his plan to remove dove-faction Marines from headquarters and turn them against the World Government.

• Lucci showed Victor photographs of the Science Unit’s inhumane experiments, which had deeply shaken Lucci and Jabura.
• Victor explained his strategy of intensifying the Navy’s internal conflict until the Gorosei intervened.
• Victor met Aokiji at sea and handed him photographs from an anonymous report.
• After seeing the images, Aokiji froze the surrounding sea and demanded to know where the experiments had occurred.
• Victor told Aokiji the photographs came from a secret Science Unit base on Punk Hazard, and Aokiji rode away.
• Victor reflected that provoking Aokiji and Zephyr would remove obstacles at headquarters and create trouble for the World Government, then flew away.

Aokiji confirmed that the Science Unit’s laboratory held children who matched missing-person reports, while Victor set out to deepen the rift between Aokiji, Zephyr, and Sengoku. The chapter ended with Victor telling Zephyr he had heard something about Kuzan.

• Aokiji searched Marine Headquarters’ missing-person archives and found that many missing children matched photographs from the laboratory.
• Momousagi and Chaton visited Victor to explain that Zephyr felt guilty about the fleet admiral decision, and Victor reassured them that he held no grudge against his teacher.
• Victor decided to visit Zephyr at the military academy and brought Sabo and Kuina along to see the grounds.
• Victor interrupted Zephyr’s attempt to apologize and told him that he had heard something about Kuzan.

Victor planted doubts in Zephyr about the Science Unit and promised to look after Kuzan. Meanwhile, Aokiji infiltrated a supply ship at Punk Hazard and watched Caesar Clown accept a delivery, leaving him closer to discovering what the laboratory was doing.

• Victor told Zephyr that Kuzan and Zephyr were vulnerable to people who exploited their good nature, then hinted that something was wrong with the Science Unit.
• Zephyr pressed Victor for details, but Victor claimed the matter was confidential and promised to take good care of Kuzan.
• Sengoku struggled to choose a successor to command the Science Unit while its research earned praise from the World Government.
• Aokiji secretly boarded a Science Unit M supply ship after months of watching its deliveries to Punk Hazard.
• Caesar Clown signed for the materials without checking them and resented Vegapunk for rejecting his proposals for earlier human experiments.

Aokiji entered Punk Hazard’s experimental base and found children being drugged and used in cruel experiments, prompting him to freeze workers and investigate the laboratories. He confronted Caesar, but Vice Admiral Carlisle arrived before Aokiji could act against him.

• Aokiji found drugged children in a storage room and froze four workers who arrived to collect them.
• Aokiji moved through the base, freezing workers as surveillance feeds went dark and the corridors grew cold.
• Carlisle received a call that abruptly cut off, then left his office with his saber to investigate.
• Aokiji questioned Caesar about his experiments, and Caesar proudly showed him a deformed child.
• Carlisle arrived as Aokiji darkened his expression and prepared to act.

Aokiji confronted Carlisle and Caesar over the experiments on Punk Hazard, where children had been used as test subjects. He halted the island’s experiments and learned that other experimental bases existed, then challenged Carlisle over the Marines’ claim to uphold justice.

• Aokiji froze the guards at Punk Hazard’s laboratory and questioned Carlisle about the experiments and the children in the cultivation tanks.
• Aokiji stopped Caesar from leaving and had Carlisle contact Sengoku, who claimed the Marines only secured experiments designed by Vegapunk.
• Aokiji told Sengoku that the children were nearly unresponsive; Sengoku promised an investigation, but Aokiji said he had already stopped the experiments.
• Aokiji ordered Carlisle to shut down all experiments on the island, then pressed Caesar for answers when Carlisle warned him about disobeying the World Government.
• Caesar blamed Vegapunk and said there were many other experimental bases, prompting Aokiji to freeze half of him and ask Carlisle whether Marines committing crimes could still carry out justice.

Aokiji fought Carlisle at Punk Hazard after rejecting the Navy’s justification for sacrificing people, then confronted Victor, who had been ordered by Sengoku to bring him back. Victor dismissed Aokiji’s question about justice, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Aokiji refused Carlisle’s defense of the Science Unit’s experiments and said he was prepared to fight him.
• Carlisle attacked Aokiji but was defeated in one move and held at swordpoint.
• Victor learned Sengoku’s conversation with Aokiji had driven a wedge between them, then received Sengoku’s order to bring Aokiji back.
• Victor arrived at Punk Hazard, found the base and its people frozen, and met Aokiji, who demanded to question Sengoku in person.
• Aokiji asked whether Victor believed Sengoku’s justice was right, and Victor laughed and called the question immature.