Recaps

Tsugikuni Yoriichi kept Vice Admiral Kashi on Thunder God Island and used their exchange with Sengoku to reveal that the New Marines were preparing to act. As Marine Headquarters secretly advanced on the Big Mom Pirates, the Dawn slipped away, and a barrage of burning magma struck Whole Cake Island.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi overwhelmed Kashi with Conqueror's Haki, told him Sengoku had sent him to monitor the New Marines, and kept him on Thunder God Island overnight.
• Sengoku ordered Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Kuzan to prepare for a changed plan, while Kashi later received orders to watch Thunder God Island and report the New Marines' movements.
• Marine Headquarters sent a huge fleet into the New World, secretly landed troops on Punk Hazard, and then dispatched part of its force toward Whole Cake Island.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered the Dawn to prepare to sail, and the ship left Thunder God Island unnoticed while Kashi's unit kept watch.
• Katakuri kept the Charlotte Family's forces gathered on Cake Island despite Charlotte Daifuku urging him to relax their lockdown.
• Burning magma rained down on Whole Cake Island, and Katakuri recognized the barrage as an enemy attack.

The Marines launched a large-scale assault on Whole Cake Island, with Akainu bombarding Bean Island and Aokiji landing troops on Coco Island. Tsuru advised Aokiji on command decisions as his fleet advanced, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi watched the attack and reacted to Akainu’s bombardment.

• Katakuri suspected the meteor shower was Issho’s attack and prepared to investigate, but reports arrived that the Marines had invaded Whole Cake Island.
• Akainu’s fleet bombarded Bean Island, destroying ships and setting the town ablaze without attempting a landing.
• Aokiji’s Marines seized Coco Island’s harbor, but Brigadier General Ronse’s troops encountered fierce resistance from Big Mom Pirates in the city.
• Aokiji considered sending Vice Admiral Jadorn to replace Ronse, but Tsuru advised him to send reinforcements instead and preserve Ronse’s authority.
• Aokiji sent Colonel Virgo and the 73rd Branch to support Ronse, then continued his fleet’s advance through Whole Cake Island.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi watched Akainu’s indiscriminate bombardment from offshore and angrily condemned him.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi abandoned his plan to wait and sent the New Marines to stop Akainu after witnessing the Marines’ devastation of Bean Island. As Akainu’s fleet sailed onward and crushed a pirate flotilla, Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his allies arrived aboard the Dawn, leaving Saint Marcus Mars overcome by fear.

• Kuma urged Tsugikuni Yoriichi to respond to Akainu’s attack on Bean Island, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered Issho to pursue Akainu’s command ship.
• Akainu ordered the Marines to execute anyone fleeing Bean Island and insisted its residents were all pirates or their accomplices.
• Saint Marcus Mars praised Akainu’s ruthless attack, but Akainu declared that justice was invincible.
• Akainu’s fleet encountered a pirate force, and Akainu destroyed its ships with repeated magma punches.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Mihawk, Kuma, Abel, and Jinbe descended onto Akainu’s command ship while Issho held the Dawn overhead.
• Saint Marcus Mars recognized Tsugikuni Yoriichi and felt a long-forgotten fear.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his allies confronted the World Government fleet while Yoriichi pursued Saint Marcus Mars into the sky. After Mars revealed a powerful ability to recover from decapitation, Yoriichi transformed into a Phoenix and seized him in a blaze of golden flames.

• Saint Marcus Mars shot at Tsugikuni Yoriichi with a Seastone bullet, transformed into a Garuda Bird, and fled as Yoriichi knocked the bullet aside and chased him.
• Mihawk cut Akainu, while Issho used gravity to immobilize Akainu and lift the Marine fleet, then told him that the war with the World Government had never stopped.
• Saint Marcus Mars connected his mind with the other Gorosei and called for help, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi caught up and slashed his neck.
• Saint Marcus Mars regenerated from decapitation and attacked Yoriichi with his wings, prompting Yoriichi to wonder whether the other Gorosei shared his recovery ability.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi transformed into a Phoenix, grabbed Saint Marcus Mars by the neck, and burned him with golden flames.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi pursued Saint Marcus Mars through a teleportation array and emerged in Marie Geoise, where he fought off the Gorosei’s opening attack with a devastating pillar of Golden Flame. After sensing the Holy Land’s slaves and declaring his hostility toward the Celestial Dragons, he heard Saint Saturn offer him power and a place among them in exchange for peace.

• Saint Marcus Mars resisted Yoriichi’s Golden Flames with black fire, then escaped through a six-pointed teleportation array as Yoriichi pursued him.
• The Gorosei brought Mars back to Pangea Castle, but Yoriichi followed through the array and arrived in his phoenix form.
• The Gorosei attacked Yoriichi together, but he unleashed a towering pillar of Golden Flame that destroyed the lawn and nearby buildings.
• Yoriichi sensed the many slaves in Marie Geoise and condemned the Celestial Dragons, stirring his killing intent.
• Saint Saturn offered Yoriichi a return to the Marines or even Celestial Dragon status if he stopped attacking them.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi rejected Saint Saturn’s offer to join the Celestial Dragons and unleashed a devastating Golden Rocket assault on Pangea Castle. A seawater-filled fog then shrouded the Holy Land, where Yoriichi encountered strange underground creatures before Imu, the Gorosei, and the Holy Knights confronted him.

• Saint Saturn offered Tsugikuni Yoriichi wealth, power, and status if he stopped attacking the Celestial Dragons and the Holy Land, but Yoriichi rejected his arguments.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi transformed into a golden phoenix and bombarded Pangea Castle with Golden Rockets, destroying the castle and setting its grounds ablaze.
• A powerful slash rose from the ruins and struck Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s wings, which remained unharmed, before a thick fog spread across the Holy Land and extinguished the flames.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi entered the fog, discovered that its moisture and muddy ground contained seawater, and fought strange Flesh Whips and worm-like creatures lurking within it.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi transformed into a golden phoenix again, but the fog engulfed him as the Gorosei and Holy Knights emerged to attack, while Saint Topman Warcury warned Imu-sama.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi attacked the Holy Land, fought the Gorosei and Holy Knights, and learned that Roche Saint could be killed while Saint Marcus Mars regenerated from his attacks. As reinforcements approached, Yoriichi withdrew, determined to find a way to overcome the Gorosei’s regeneration and separate Marine Headquarters from the World Government; Garp, Sengoku, Zephyr, and Kong were on their way to Mary Geoise.

• Yoriichi seized Saint Marcus Mars and smashed him into the Red Line, but Mars survived and regenerated as the Gorosei and Holy Knights attacked.
• Yoriichi evaded their assault, but strange tentacles and swamp-like ground pulled Mars underground before Yoriichi could finish him.
• Roche Saint attacked Yoriichi, who killed him with a slash and realized that not every Celestial Dragon could regenerate.
• Yoriichi attacked Hannah, whose body transformed into petals, then fought off two more Celestial Dragons as Saturn and Warcury extinguished the flames on them.
• Sensing more familiar reinforcements approaching, Yoriichi transformed into a Golden Phoenix and escaped, declaring that he would return.
• Garp, Sengoku, Zephyr, and Kong rode a lift toward Mary Geoise, while Sengoku suspected that Yoriichi had already left.

Kong and the Marines arrived after Tsugikuni Yoriichi devastated Marie Geoise, while the Gorosei discussed how to respond to him. At Whole Cake Island, Akainu tried to leave and continue his campaign, but Mihawk and the others stood in his way to protect civilians, and Akainu attacked them.

• Kong, Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr found Pangea Castle destroyed and much of the Holy Land reduced to rubble after Tsugikuni Yoriichi's attack.
• Saint Marcus Mars accused the Marines of arriving late, but Saint Saturn redirected the discussion to Whole Cake Island and sent Sengoku and the others back to the front.
• The Gorosei worried that Tsugikuni Yoriichi remained their greatest threat, then considered provoking him to draw his attention elsewhere.
• At Whole Cake Island, Akainu questioned Mihawk and Kuma about holding the Marines back and defended targeting the island's people as logistical support for the Big Mom Pirates.
• Mihawk refused to let Akainu leave because Tsugikuni Yoriichi had ordered them to protect civilians, so Akainu ordered his adjutant to hand command to Kuzan and Vice Admiral Tsuru and attacked Mihawk.

Sakazuki attacked Mihawk while the New Marines held the Marines’ ships and sailors in Fujitora’s gravity. After Yoriichi reported that his attempt against the Gorosei had failed, he ordered the New Marines to detain Sakazuki until the battle for Whole Cake Island was decided.

• Sakazuki launched the first attack against Mihawk, and Mihawk told Abel and Kuma to leave the fight to him.
• Sakazuki used Great Eruption against the Dawn, but Abel and Kuma intercepted some of the magma while Fujitora’s gravity strike disrupted the attack and injured Sakazuki.
• Mihawk lost interest in fighting Sakazuki after seeing that his opponent was distracted, but Sakazuki continued trying to break through the New Marines and rescue his sailors.
• Fujitora received a call from Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who said he had escaped Mary Geoise but failed to assassinate the Gorosei.
• Yoriichi told Fujitora to detain Sakazuki until the Marines’ battle with Whole Cake Island ended, releasing him earlier if the Marines’ situation worsened.

Issho, Mihawk, Kuma, and Abel fought Akainu after the New Marines intervened to protect Whole Cake Island’s civilians. Akainu unleashed Meteor Volcano, but the New Marines survived and reappeared; meanwhile, Marine Headquarters redirected reinforcements to the war.

• Yoriichi told Issho to follow the original plan and return to Whole Cake Island as soon as possible.
• Akainu attacked Issho, but Mihawk intercepted him and fought him across the warship.
• Akainu used Meteor Volcano against the Dawn, and Issho escaped the bombardment with Kuma’s help.
• Akainu searched the devastated waters for survivors, but Issho, Mihawk, Kuma, and Abel returned aboard a Kuma-propelled warship.
• Aokiji redirected Akainu’s Marines to Likely Wine Island, and Sengoku sent Kizaru to Whole Cake Island as reinforcements.

The New Marines attacked Sakazuki at sea, where Issho used his Gravity-Gravity Fruit to send the admiral plunging into the ocean. As Sakazuki lost consciousness and relived moments from his past, fish-man Marines captured him, and Issho reported the victory.

• Akainu’s Headquarters Marines withdrew to Likely Wine Island, while Issho told Mihawk they would work together to control Sakazuki and ordered preparations to capture him.
• Sakazuki attacked the Dawn, but Kuma teleported the warship and its crew out of danger before Issho reappeared and clashed with him in the air.
• Issho used his Gravity-Gravity Fruit to overpower Sakazuki and force him to fall into the sea.
• As Sakazuki drowned, he remembered his ambitions, his beloved, Zephyr, and his doubts about Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s attack on the Holy Land.
• Fish-man Marines fitted Sakazuki with Seastone handcuffs and brought him aboard the Dawn, where Issho reported his capture by Den Den Mushi.

After the Marines seized six islands around Whole Cake Island, Kuzan worried about Sakazuki’s fate and learned from Tsuru that the New Marines were pursuing Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s plans against the Gorosei. Aboard the Dawn warship, Sakazuki woke in Seastone handcuffs, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered Issho to keep him prisoner after Sakazuki insulted the people of Whole Cake Island.

• Kuzan’s forces took control of six islands around Whole Cake Island and fortified Likely Wine Island while awaiting Kizaru’s reinforcements.
• Kuzan confided his fears about Sakazuki and the New Marines to Tsuru, who reasoned that Sakazuki had been captured and revealed that Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s objective was the Gorosei.
• Kuzan realized that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had received secret information from someone inside Marine Headquarters and wondered whether Teacher Zephyr was in contact with him.
• Sakazuki woke aboard the Dawn warship wearing Seastone handcuffs and recognized that the New Marines had captured him.
• Issho connected Sakazuki to Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who explained that he needed Whole Cake Island intact and had captured Sakazuki to prevent him from destroying it.
• After Sakazuki called the island’s people trash and pirates, Tsugikuni Yoriichi changed his mind about releasing him and ordered Issho to keep him aboard until he returned.

Sakazuki remained aboard the New Marines’ ship after Issho challenged his view of justice, while the Big Mom Pirates mobilized to attack the Marines occupying Whole Cake Island. As the pirate fleet advanced through fog-hidden waters, Tsuru learned the enemy was using Sea Slugs to see through the mist and watched the approaching ships from Coco Island.

• Issho told Sakazuki that Yoriichi’s goals resembled his own and that Sakazuki had strayed from the Marines’ purpose by harming civilians, then left him confined aboard the ship.
• Big Mom learned that Aokiji’s Marines had seized six outer islands, gathered her forces, and ordered Katakuri to lead the fleet toward Coco Island to capture the Admiral.
• In heavy fog, Charlotte Daifuku attacked a Marine patrol ship, killed its crew, and left a wounded Marine to report the assault before dying.
• Gion discovered that Sea Slugs around Whole Cake Island let the Big Mom Pirates see through the fog, and recommended that Tsuru withdraw the patrol ships.
• Tsuru acknowledged Gion’s discovery and watched the Big Mom Pirates’ ships approach Coco Island.

Big Mom's fleet attacked the Marines at Coco Island, and Kuzan froze the sea to trap the pirate ships and turn the bombardment to the Marines' advantage. Big Mom flew to confront Kuzan, and the chapter ended with both preparing to fight.

• Tsuru and Kuzan spotted Big Mom's fleet approaching through the fog, and Kuzan ordered the Marines to defend Coco Island and return fire.
• Kuzan froze the harbor and the surrounding sea, trapping both fleets in place as the Marines bombarded the pirate ships.
• Charlotte Katakuri and Cracker realized the sea had frozen, while Big Mom summoned Zeus, Prometheus, and Napoleon and flew toward Coco Island.
• Big Mom hurled Prometheus at Kuzan's warship with Heavenly Fire, but Kuzan blocked the attack with an ice mirror.
• Big Mom challenged Kuzan to a fight, and Kuzan prepared three ice spears as he vowed to defeat her.

Big Mom attacked Kuzan’s Marines and overwhelmed his defenses, while Tsuru’s intervention caused Soul Pocus to fail against Hina. Kuzan was sent crashing into the ice, and Hina stood between Big Mom and Tsuru despite her fear.

• Kuzan attacked Big Mom with ice spears, but she shattered them with a Conqueror’s Haki slash and evaded his ice spikes.
• Tsuru warned Kuzan about Big Mom’s strength and Devil Fruit, then used her power while holding Hina’s wrist as Big Mom tried to extract Hina’s soul.
• Big Mom’s Soul Pocus failed against Hina, and Kuzan seized the moment to freeze Big Mom inside an ice sphere.
• Big Mom broke free, blocked Kuzan’s attack with an Ikoku slash, and sent him crashing through the deck into the ice.
• Big Mom threatened Hina with Soul Pocus again, and Hina drew her sword and shielded Tsuru while urging her to escape.

Tsuru protected Hina from Big Mom while Kuzan struggled to hold off the pirate Empress. Vice Admiral Bruglath arrived and used her Ride-Ride Fruit to turn Zeus against Big Mom, leaving her unconscious as Tsuru urged Kuzan to finish the fight.

• Tsuru evaded Big Mom's sword strike, kicked her wrist, and pulled Hina to safety, but Big Mom recognized Tsuru's Devil Fruit power and attacked again.
• Kuzan shielded Tsuru and Hina from Big Mom's lightning, then attacked Big Mom with ice, but Prometheus drove him back.
• Big Mom set her sword ablaze, cut down the flagship's mast, and rose above the warship with Prometheus to unleash a massive lightning attack.
• Zeus redirected the lightning toward Big Mom, knocking her unconscious, while Prometheus caught her and demanded to know who had taken control of Zeus.
• Bruglath appeared riding Zeus, and Tsuru explained that the Vice Admiral's Ride-Ride Fruit let her control anything she rode before telling Kuzan to finish the fight.

Kuzan brought down Big Mom, but her sons and other pirates rescued her and surrounded him as the Marines clashed with the Big Mom Pirates on Coco Island. Issho and Mihawk arrived with the New Marines and decided to join the battle to make up for the Marines’ loss of Admiral Akainu.

• Vice Admiral Burgas used her ability to turn Zeus against Prometheus, and Kuzan pursued Big Mom through the sky.
• Kuzan struck Prometheus with a Haki-coated punch, sending Prometheus, Napoleon, and Big Mom crashing onto the ice field.
• Katakuri and Cracker intercepted Kuzan as he tried to attack Big Mom, and Kuzan sealed her inside the ice crater.
• Charlotte Oven broke through the ice with Big Mom, while Charlotte Daifuku and other pirates joined the fight against Kuzan.
• The Marines and Big Mom Pirates converged on Coco Island and began fighting across the harbor.
• Mihawk asked Issho what the New Marines should do, and Issho decided they would join the battlefield.

Issho used a worldwide live broadcast to announce that the New Marines would intervene in the battle at Coco Island and deliver justice to people harmed by pirates. As the New Marines arrived, Mihawk’s slash split the battlefield’s ice, and Mihawk, Kuma, Abel, and others entered the fray wearing cloaks marked “Justice.”

• Mihawk asked Issho whether they should join the battle, and Issho said he could act as he pleased as long as he followed Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s wishes.
• Issho called Tsugikuni Yoriichi to ask whether any Big Mom Pirates were off-limits, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered the New Marines to attack all pirates on the battlefield.
• Issho brought a giant visual Den Den Mushi onto the Dawn, and its activation broadcast the battle at Coco Island across the world.
• Issho told viewers that the New Marines would seek justice for people harmed by pirates and declared that the operation was beginning.
• Katakuri recognized the Dawn and ordered his brothers to retreat with Big Mom, while Kuzan stopped fighting and watched the warship approach.
• Mihawk’s slash cut a huge fissure through the ice, and Mihawk, Kuma, Abel, and the others flew from the Dawn onto the battlefield in cloaks marked “Justice.”

The New Marines entered the battle, where Kuma subdued pirates while Abel killed them and saved Smoker from a surprise attack. Mihawk fought Katakuri and wounded him badly, but Katakuri refused to yield and ordered his siblings to retreat as Cracker stayed to help him face Mihawk and Kuzan.

• Kuma knocked out groups of pirates while Abel killed his opponents, and Abel saved Smoker from a pirate's dagger before Smoker returned to battle.
• Mihawk attacked Katakuri, who dodged his first slash and countered with waves of Haki-coated mochi arms.
• Katakuri questioned why Tsugikuni Yoriichi's subordinates were helping the Marines, and Mihawk answered that they acted by their own will.
• Kuzan raised an ice wall to block Katakuri's Mochi Thrust, but Mihawk cut through it and struck Katakuri, breaking his trident and wounding his chest.
• Katakuri recovered, declared that he had not lost, and ordered Oven, Daifuku, and the others to take MAMA and retreat.
• Cracker summoned two Biscuit Soldiers and stayed beside Katakuri as Mihawk observed that this was how they had escaped Yoriichi alive.

Katakuri and Cracker were defeated as the Big Mom Pirates retreated from Coco Island, leaving the Marines victorious but unable to finish the war. While Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s reputation grew and Kizaru’s reinforcements arrived, Yoriichi returned to the warship Dawn and prepared to act against Whole Cake Island.

• Katakuri ordered Daifuku and Oven to take the unconscious Big Mom away, then held off Kuzan while Cracker attacked Mihawk.
• Mihawk defeated Cracker, and Kuzan froze Katakuri after he lost focus; Prometheus escaped with Big Mom.
• The Big Mom Pirates’ retreat became a rout, but the Marines suffered heavy casualties and the conflict settled into a stalemate after Big Mom launched retaliatory attacks on Marine bases.
• Newspapers praised Dragon’s Revolutionary Army and published a popular biography of Tsugikuni Yoriichi, boosting his prestige.
• Kizaru arrived at Coco Island with a large Marine fleet, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi returned to the warship Dawn near Whole Cake Island and said it was time to wrap things up.

Big Mom decided to attack Coco Island despite the danger posed by the Marines and Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s New Marines. Yoriichi launched a surprise strike on her fleet, destroying the Queen Mama Chant and dozens of ships before Big Mom confronted him at sea.

• Charlotte Perospero urged Big Mom to wait for the Marines to weaken, while Oven argued for an immediate assault on Coco Island.
• After a pirate suggested fleeing, Big Mom killed him and ordered the Big Mom Pirates to attack Coco Island that night.
• On his ship, Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Sakazuki that his failure was temporary, then ordered his forces to prepare for combat and head to Coco Island.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi flew ahead and used a powerful sword slash to split the Queen Mama Chant and open a trench that dragged more than ten pirate ships beneath the sea.
• Big Mom escaped the sinking ship on Prometheus and recognized Tsugikuni Yoriichi above the devastated fleet.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi used the sea and air to put Big Mom at a disadvantage, but she summoned Boreas, a Homie made from wind, and turned the fight around. Yoriichi wounded Big Mom and burned Napoleon's soul, while Big Mom summoned another unseen force called Notus.

• Big Mom rushed Tsugikuni Yoriichi in midair, but their clash sent her plunging toward the sea until Prometheus caught her.
• Big Mom and Prometheus attacked together, but Yoriichi dodged and destroyed Prometheus with a flurry of sword strikes.
• Big Mom summoned Boreas, halted her fall, and attacked Yoriichi with invisible wind blades and a waterspout.
• Big Mom descended through a wall of wind and struck at Yoriichi, but he caught Napoleon's blade, burned it with golden flames, and stabbed her in the chest.
• Big Mom's wound quickly closed, but Napoleon's soul faded after Yoriichi's flames burned it, and she called out to Notus.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi battled Big Mom in the sky above Whole Cake Island, adapting to her wind Homies before revealing his phoenix form and overwhelming her. After Big Mom asked whether One Piece truly existed, Yoriichi struck her into the sea and left the surviving pirates beneath a renewed shower of Golden Flames.

• Big Mom created Notus from Napoleon’s soul and used the wind Homie to fly, restrain Tsugikuni Yoriichi, and wound him.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi healed his chest wound and fought Big Mom through dozens of exchanges, gradually injuring her while she tired.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi unleashed his fully transformed golden phoenix form, and Big Mom’s Windcry Sword attack caused his golden fire to rain down on and engulf much of her fleet.
• Big Mom asked Tsugikuni Yoriichi whether One Piece existed, but he answered by invoking Roger’s name and launching a Phoenix Seal attack.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi shattered Big Mom’s greatsword, struck her into the sea, and flew away as Golden Flames fell over the fleet again.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived at Coco Island after defeating the Big Mom Pirates and demanded that the Marines withdraw from Whole Cake Island, which he claimed for the New Marines. Tsuru negotiated the Marines’ withdrawal in exchange for Sakazuki’s release, and a global newspaper later announced the Big Mom Pirates’ destruction and the New Marines’ rise.

• Kuzan and Borsalino saw golden flames spreading across the sea, while Borsalino deduced that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had attacked Whole Cake Island.
• Dawn appeared above Coco Island, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi descended to the Marine command ship to announce that he had defeated the Big Mom Pirates.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi demanded that the Marines leave Whole Cake Island and declared it New Marine territory, giving them half a month to withdraw from Coco Island.
• Tsuru asked for the Poneglyph and Sakazuki in exchange for negotiating the Marines’ withdrawal, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi agreed to release Sakazuki once they left.
• Two days later, Morgans’s newspaper announced the Big Mom Pirates’ destruction and proclaimed the New Marines rulers of the New World.

Sengoku convened Marine Headquarters’ senior officers to assess the New Marines and decide how to respond to their growing power. The meeting ended with orders to avoid provoking them and keep the reason for Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s departure secret, while Sengoku and Major General Rocca privately revealed their earlier confrontation had been staged to secure that outcome.

• Brannew reported that Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Issho, and Dracule Mihawk led the New Marines, whose forces rivaled the great pirate crews and whose strength included Yoriichi’s possible match for Whitebeard.
• Rocca accused Sengoku of letting a formidable force emerge under Marine Headquarters, and Sengoku showed photographs of Celestial Dragons enslaving people to explain why Tsugikuni Yoriichi had left.
• Sengoku asked the officers how to deal with the New Marines, and Rocca proposed avoiding conflict because Marine Headquarters could not safely challenge them.
• The officers backed Rocca’s proposal, and Sengoku ordered Marines to avoid attacking the New Marines without authorization and to keep the reason for Yoriichi’s departure secret.
• After the meeting, Sengoku thanked Rocca and admitted the public dispute had helped secure support for avoiding war; Rocca warned him that exposing the Celestial Dragons’ crimes could endanger his position.