Chapter Summaries

Garp struck Bane with Galaxy Impact and fought his son Dragon while the Revolutionary Army completed its raid on Mary Geoise. After Sabo declared war on the Celestial Dragons, Dragon and the revolutionaries began withdrawing, leaving Bane to see them as drawing the World Government’s attention away from his Neo Marines.

• Garp arrived and unleashed Galaxy Impact, engulfing Bane and the surrounding ruins as the Five Elders watched from Pangaea Castle.
• A Cipher Pol agent told the Five Elders that the Revolutionary Army had seized Bartholomew Kuma from God's Residence and was withdrawing.
• Bane recovered from Garp's attack and watched Garp and Dragon trade blows, with Dragon spotting the signal flare that marked the mission's success.
• Sabo declared that the Revolutionary Army was officially at war with the Celestial Dragons, then fled the clock tower while Cipher Pol pursued him.
• Bane praised Dragon as he retreated, believing the Revolutionary Army would draw the World Government's attention away from the Neo Marines.

Dragon and the Revolutionary Army attacked Mary Geoise before escaping, and Bane tried to shift responsibility for the chaos onto Garp. Bane was summoned to answer to Steel Bone, while Ain informed Zephyr of the attack and Zephyr praised Dragon.

• Dragon escaped from Mary Geoise, and the Revolutionary Army withdrew as Marines and Cipher Pol agents dealt with the damage.
• Bane had Ain bandage him with her blood so he could pretend to be badly injured and blame Garp for disrupting his fight with Dragon.
• Garp jumped from the Red Line after Dragon and declared that he was missing, leaving Bane to face the inquiry alone.
• Steel Bone reprimanded the Marine officers, but Bane blamed Garp for Dragon's escape and joked about taking Sakazuki's position.
• Ain called Zephyr to report the attack, and Zephyr laughed and praised Dragon.

After reviewing the casualties from the attack on Mary Geoise, Bane examined Dragon’s intelligence and learned that Imu secretly ruled the World Government and that Celestial Dragons had carried out a Human Hunt in Slovakia. Bane decided to use the evidence to undermine the World Government and the Marines, with Sengoku and Kuzan helping verify it.

• Ain reported the casualties and disciplinary actions from the attack, and Bane ordered compensation for the Marine dead and wounded while planning to skip the Reverie.
• Bane opened the intelligence Dragon had given him and found photographs showing Imu on the Empty Throne while the Five Elders knelt below.
• Bane and his companions learned that Celestial Dragons had massacred civilians during a Human Hunt in Slovakia, while Marine warships blockaded the island.
• Bane recognized that Dragon intended to weaken the Marines by exposing the evidence, but decided the plan served his own interests.
• Bane resolved to release the information and have Sengoku, Kuzan, and others confirm its authenticity.

The Reverie made the Marines co-leaders of the campaign against the Revolutionary Army, while Alabasta’s proposal to abolish the Heavenly Tribute failed. As the Marines prepared to repeal the Seven Warlords of the Sea Act, Garp reported that Luffy had vanished, leaving Bane to suspect either Dragon or the World Government.

• The Reverie classified the Revolutionary Army as a terrorist organization and made the Marines joint leaders with Cipher Pol in the campaign against it.
• Alabasta’s Nefertari family proposed abolishing the Heavenly Tribute, but forty-nine other nations voted against the proposal.
• Issho said King Cobra would support the Marines’ plan to repeal the Seven Warlords of the Sea Act, and Tsuru assured the group that the Five Elders would guide the vote in favor.
• Zoro and the others discussed how Doflamingo might have attended the Reverie as Dressrosa’s king if Bane had not destroyed the country.
• Garp called Bane to report that Luffy had disappeared from Marine Headquarters and suspected that Dragon had kidnapped him.
• Bane suspected the World Government might have taken Luffy to obtain the Nika Fruit and told Garp they would discuss the matter after the Reverie.

The Reverie unanimously abolished the Seven Warlords of the Sea Act, and Sakazuki assigned the Admirals to pursue the former Warlords while preparing for war in the New World. Bane grew suspicious that Aramaki was involved in Luffy’s disappearance as the Marines left Mary Geoise.

• The fifty member nations unanimously passed Issho’s motion to abolish the Seven Warlords of the Sea Act, and the World Economic Journal announced the decision.
• Sakazuki told Tsuru he would return to Marine Headquarters and ordered Borsalino to pursue Boa Hancock, Bane to pursue Gecko Moria, and Issho to pursue Joracule Mihawk.
• Borsalino agreed to take Aramaki along to help capture Hancock, while Bane refused to trade assignments because he considered beautiful women his weakness.
• Sakazuki explained that Cipher Pol had asked Aramaki to help with matters concerning the Revolutionary Army, making Bane suspect Aramaki was involved in Luffy’s disappearance.
• Sakazuki returned to Marine Headquarters, and Bane, Issho, and Borsalino left Mary Geoise, ending the Marines’ involvement in the Reverie.

Bane’s fleet searched the Florian Triangle for Gecko Moria and finally found Thriller Bark, where Zoro, Wyper, and Fubuki began the attack. Bane then learned from Grand Staff Officer Tsuru that Hancock had petrified most of the Marine force sent to Amazon Lily, leaving Borsalino unharmed and the Marines scrambling for a response.

• Bane’s fleet entered the Florian Triangle and searched for Moria for nine days, losing contact with the outside world as they ventured deeper into the fog.
• Wyper found Thriller Bark less than two hundred meters ahead, and Zoro, Wyper, and Fubuki moved to attack Moria while Nami stayed aboard to chart the waters.
• Bane regained a Den Den Mushi connection near Thriller Bark and called Grand Staff Officer Tsuru.
• Tsuru told Bane that Hancock had petrified 9,400 Marines, six Rear Admirals, and four Vice Admirals, including Aramaki, during the assault on Amazon Lily.
• Tsuru said Borsalino was unharmed because he had stayed in the rear, and Sakazuki was discussing a response at Headquarters.

Bane discussed the Marine response to the losses on Kuja Island with Grand Staff Officer Tsuru, then continued the campaign against Moria on Thriller Bark. Fubuki and Wyper defeated Moria’s forces, and Zoro cut down Oars before grievously wounding Moria with a lightning-fast draw.

• Bane and Grand Staff Officer Tsuru discussed Sakazuki’s need to find a compromise over Kuja Island and agreed Bane should finish his campaign against Moria quickly.
• Fubuki transformed Thriller Bark into a desert and destroyed the advancing zombies with her Sand-Sand Fruit powers.
• Wyper found the invisible Absalom and killed him with a Super Reject, then realized he had destroyed the Clear-Clear Fruit ability along with its user.
• Oars emerged from the ruins of Moria’s castle, and Zoro split the giant zombie into eighty-one pieces with a three-sword attack.
• Moria charged at Zoro, who struck him with One Sword Style: Iai: Thunder: Shishi Sonson and left a deep, electrified wound across his body.

Bane’s Marines defeated Moria, killed Hogback, and plundered Thriller Bark before leaving the Florian Triangle. Marine Headquarters then told Bane that Amazon Lily would become a World Government member state, and ordered him and Borsalino to negotiate the agreement with Hancock.

• Bane questioned Hogback about the missing Absalom and Perona, learned that Moria had sent Perona away, and ordered Hogback executed.
• Bane obtained Moria’s Shadow-Shadow Fruit, and the Marines spent two days searching Thriller Bark for treasure and Moria’s signal amplification device.
• Bane’s fleet left the Florian Triangle, and Tsuru called to report that Amazon Lily would lose its pirate status and become a World Government member state with a sixty-billion-Belly interest-free loan.
• Tsuru ordered Bane and Borsalino to go to Kuja Island and negotiate with Hancock, and Bane agreed.

Admiral Bane arrived to negotiate with Boa Hancock after the Marines’ defeat at Kuja Island, while Borsalino remained with the fleet. Hancock prepared to meet Bane, convinced her strength gave her the advantage, and ordered everyone else dismissed.

• Borsalino waited with the Marine fleet and expected Kuja Island to negotiate after the Kuja Pirates petrified the Marines rather than killing them.
• Bane arrived, discussed the situation with Borsalino, and decided to go ashore alone while Borsalino stayed behind.
• Borsalino warned Bane that Hancock’s charm could affect people through their imaginations, but Bane sent a signal announcing his peaceful approach.
• Kuja warriors allowed Bane to enter alone, and he followed them into the jungle as Ain, Fubuki, and Nami waited behind.
• Hancock dismissed Gloriosa’s warning about Bane’s record and, upon hearing he had arrived, ordered the others out before receiving him.

Bane met with Boa Hancock to negotiate the Marines’ proposed agreement with Kuja Island. Hancock exposed the agreement as a temporary promise with no guarantee against a future Marine attack, and Bane argued that both sides were compromising because neither had a better option.

• Bane entered the palace and found Boa Hancock, her sisters, and Gloriosa waiting for him.
• Bane confirmed that his captured subordinates were safe and asked whether Kuja Island would accept the proposed agreement.
• Hancock acknowledged that the terms favored Kuja Island but challenged the Marines’ promise as an unreliable delaying tactic.
• Bane could not refute Hancock’s claim that the Marines could later attack Kuja Island without facing meaningful consequences.
• Bane said Hancock could either fight to the death or accept the agreement and use the time to find a way to change Kuja Island’s future.

Bane proposed a secret alliance with Hancock to overthrow the World Government, revealing evidence about Mary Geoise and the Kuja sisters’ past. Hancock became receptive to cooperating and considered joining Bane’s planned Neo Marines.

• After the public negotiations stalled, Bane proposed that he and Kuja Island work together to attack Mary Geoise and kill the Celestial Dragons.
• Gloriosa refused, but Bane challenged Hancock and her sisters about their history as slaves freed during Fisher Tiger’s raid.
• Bane gave Hancock a document from Dragon detailing Mary Geoise’s crimes and explained that he had been secretly investigating the World Government.
• Hancock accepted that Bane genuinely intended to oppose Mary Geoise and asked what cooperation he wanted.
• Bane proposed pacifying the New World first, then forming the Neo Marines and joining forces with Hancock against the World Government.
• Hancock smiled and said joining the Neo Marines would not be impossible.

Bane ended the Navy operation on Kuja Island, arranged for the Navy to leave, and secured a cooperative agreement recognizing Amazon Lily as a World Government member nation. As the fleet departed, Headquarters reported that the operation to capture Dracule Mihawk had failed and outlined how the Navy would publicly describe the events.

• Hancock restored the petrified Navy officers, and Bane ordered them to return to their warships after reprimanding Aramaki and the other Vice Admirals.
• Hancock told Sandersonia that Amazon Lily would prepare to relocate and gather ships, while Gloriosa suggested an island once intended as a Rocks Pirates base.
• Bane scolded Aramaki aboard the warship, then answered his companions' questions about Hancock and drew jealous remarks from Nami, Fubuki, and Ain.
• Tsuru informed Borsalino and Bane that Fujitora had failed to capture Dracule Mihawk and that Headquarters would present Amazon Lily's new membership as the result of friendly negotiations.

Bane and Borsalino returned to Marine Headquarters as the New World war intensified and learned that Vegapunk had severed Egghead’s communications after being accused of researching the Poneglyphs and ancient weapons. Saint Saturn planned to take Borsalino to Egghead, while Sakazuki assigned Bane command of the New World front and ordered him to Hachinosu.

• The Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates captured the Lulusia Kingdom, and Queen’s attack on Hachinosu was repelled by Momousagi.
• Onigumo briefed Bane and Borsalino on the escalating battles and the Vinsmoke family’s weapons and clone soldiers strengthening the Pirate Alliance.
• Sakazuki told Borsalino that Vegapunk had been accused of studying ancient texts and Poneglyphs, then cut off Egghead’s communications; Mary Geoise had investigated Borsalino before sharing the news with him.
• Sakazuki received a call from Saint Saturn, who said he was coming to Marine Headquarters and would take Borsalino to Egghead.
• Sakazuki put Bane in charge of all New World front affairs and ordered him to prepare to go to Hachinosu to buy headquarters time.

Bane offered to support Borsalino before calling Dr. Genus, who said Vegapunk was likely to die and asked whether Bane could help him. Bane decided he could not refuse Dr. Genus’s first personal request, then visited Garp.

• Bane offered to help Borsalino at Egghead, but said he would first meet Garp and handle matters at headquarters.
• Bane called Dr. Genus, who explained his research on the spacecraft’s power system and said he had cleaned up any traces of his work with Vegapunk.
• Dr. Genus asked whether Vegapunk could be saved, and Bane said it would be difficult.
• Bane told Ain that Dr. Genus had never made a personal request before and decided he could not refuse him.
• Garp opened the gate to his courtyard and asked why Bane was smiling, while Ain joked that Bane might be going crazy.

Bane visited Garp and helped him uncover a possible reason for Luffy’s disappearance: the World Government may have taken him because his Rubber Fruit was secretly the Mythical Zoan Nika Fruit. Garp was left suspecting Mary Geoise, though Bane stressed that the theory was unproven.

• Bane visited Garp, and Garp explained that Luffy had vanished from Marine Headquarters without a trace or any demands from his captors.
• Garp said Luffy’s Vivre Card still showed he was alive but could no longer be used to track him, leading Bane to conclude he had likely been abducted.
• Bane told Garp that the Rubber Fruit was actually the Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit, Nika form, and that Mary Geoise had concealed its true identity for centuries.
• Garp realized that the World Government might have discovered Luffy’s power after he brought him to Marine Headquarters and taken him to Mary Geoise.
• Bane connected the abduction to a secret task the Five Elders had hinted he would perform, and Garp suspected they wanted Bane to extract the Fruit from Luffy.

Bane and Garp agreed to investigate whether Mary Geoise was behind the attack on Garp’s grandson, while Bane outlined the Marines’ plan to defeat Kaido and Charlotte Linlin. After Borsalino told him that Saint Saturn was heading to Egghead with a Buster Call force, Bane decided to use the opportunity to confront Saint Saturn and gather intelligence on the Five Elders and Imu.

• Garp abandoned his plan to confront Mary Geoise without evidence, and Bane pledged to support him if the Elders proved responsible for the attack on his grandson.
• Bane told Garp that he would take command of the New World front and help the Marines find and strike Kaido and Charlotte Linlin once their forces were ready.
• Borsalino informed Bane that Saint Saturn had requested five Vice Admirals and ten warships for an operation at Egghead, and Bane agreed to arrange the force.
• Bane ordered Vice Admirals Zoro, Fubuki, Doll, Smoker, and Sharinguru to assemble at G-5, then invited Garp to travel with him.
• Bane told Ain he intended to cut off Borsalino’s retreat and test the Five Elders’ power, using the Egghead operation to seek intelligence on the Five Elders and Imu.

Bane recruited Robin and Bon Clay for a covert plan to disguise his movements while he targeted Saint Saturn, one of the Five Elders. The chapter ended with Robin learning that Bane viewed the assassination as a test for a future assault on Mary Geoise.

• Smoker, Doll, and Sharinguru waited at G-5 for an arriving Admiral and speculated about a possible deployment to the front lines.
• Nami brought Robin and Bon Clay aboard Bane's ship, where Bane welcomed them and asked Bon Clay to imitate his appearance and mannerisms.
• Bane told Bon Clay to impersonate him as a Marine soldier for several days, and Bon Clay agreed despite fearing the risks.
• Bane revealed to Robin that he planned to kill Saint Saturn in the New World and wanted Bon Clay to create an alibi by holding a press conference in Meruvio.
• Robin asked whether Bane was moving against Mary Geoise, and Bane said the operation would test intelligence for a final assault.

At G-5, Bane revealed evidence of Mary Geoise’s Human Hunt to the Vice Admirals and proposed using a mission to Egghead to capture Saint Saturn. Smoker, Doll, and Sharinguru agreed to join him, while Bane said he would later establish the Neo Marines to oppose the Marine leadership’s corruption.

• Bane gathered Smoker, Doll, Sharinguru, Zoro, and Fubuki in a signal-jammed office and warned them that his plan was dangerous and independent of Marine Headquarters.
• Sharinguru, Doll, and Smoker chose to hear Bane’s plan and stand with him.
• Ain distributed documents showing the Human Hunt, and the Vice Admirals reacted with fury and shame at the Marines’ complicity.
• Bane said he intended to gather righteous Marines and establish the Neo Marines, then explained that Saint Saturn was heading to Egghead under Borsalino’s protection.
• Bane proposed capturing Saturn during the Egghead mission, and Smoker, Sharinguru, and Doll urged him to depart immediately.

Admiral Bane announced an all-out Marine war against the Pirate Alliance while secretly preparing to target Saint Saturn on Egghead. The assault on Egghead began, but Dragon’s arrival revealed that the Revolutionary Army was involved, and Saint Saturn teleported toward the island.

• Bane declared that Marine Headquarters would wage an all-out war against the Big Mom and Beasts Pirates to pacify the New World.
• A fleet led by Saint Saturn and Borsalino surrounded Egghead, and Saint Saturn ordered a direct assault after losing contact with York, Cipher Pol, and the island’s Marines.
• Borsalino breached Egghead’s defenses with his light powers, destroyed the Frontier Dome, and Zoro, Fubuki, Doll, Sharinguru, and Smoker landed as Marine forces followed.
• Bane and Garp waited aboard a warship, planning to activate Dr. Genus’s Black Box after Saint Saturn boarded Egghead and severed the island’s connections.
• Vegapunk-controlled Pacifistas attacked the Marines, and Dragon appeared and knocked Borsalino from the sky.
• After learning Dragon had arrived, Saint Saturn declared that the Revolutionary Army must not obtain the histories and vanished from his warship.

Dragon confronted Borsalino on Egghead, but Saint Saturn arrived through a teleportation array and joined the fight against him. Dragon wounded Saturn and clashed with Borsalino, but Saturn rapidly healed and challenged Dragon again.

• Dragon questioned Borsalino about his service in the Navy before Saint Saturn appeared through a five-pointed star array.
• Saint Saturn contacted the other Five Elders and declared that he would bury Dragon on Egghead.
• Saint Saturn attacked Dragon with an unseen force, and Borsalino followed with a Light Speed Kick.
• Dragon used Dragon Breath to blast the ground and then crushed one of Saint Saturn's legs with Dragon Claw.
• Saint Saturn's power suppressed Dragon while Borsalino cut his arm with Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi.
• Saint Saturn regenerated his broken leg and taunted Dragon as Borsalino stood protectively before him.