Chapter Summaries

Gern and Saint Figarland Garling fought a fierce sword duel at Marineford, with Garling's regeneration and speed giving him the advantage before Gern adapted and unleashed Eight Desolations' power. The chapter ended with Garling retreating after glimpsing a future in which Gern cut him in half.

• Saint Garling regenerated from his injuries and attacked Gern, but Gern blocked his opening slash and answered with vibration-based attacks.
• Saint Garling struck Gern with Divine Strike, then used Divine Speed: Instant Slash to wound him repeatedly while evading Gern's attacks.
• Gern transformed with Tremor Flash and struck Saint Garling from above with Heavenquake: Realm Shatter, driving him into the ground.
• Saint Garling countered with Heart Piercer and sent Gern crashing into a ruined wall, but Gern rose as Eight Desolations absorbed his Conqueror's Haki.
• Gern unleashed a devastating power through Eight Desolations, and Saint Garling retreated after seeing a future in which Gern cut him in half.

Gern overpowered Saint Figarland Garling in a clash at Marine Headquarters, then struck him with a devastating slash that left him gravely wounded and unable to regenerate. Garling lay crumbling in the ruins, unable to believe Gern’s power.

• Saint Garling recognized the pressure of Gern’s Haki as the same power he had felt from Rocks at God Valley, then charged with Divine Strike.
• Gern countered with Heavenly Tribulation, overwhelming Garling’s attack and suppressing his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Gern unleashed molecular-level vibration, freezing one side of the space around his blade and heating the other to plasma.
• Gern struck Garling with Divine Punishment, piercing his chest and sending him crashing into the fortress ruins.
• Garling struggled to rise as the wound’s residual vibration split his flesh and his body visibly withered, leaving him unable to regenerate.

Gern overwhelmed Saint Figarland Garling with a devastating slash, but an unseen force made Garling disappear before Gern could finish him. The World Government then declared Gern and Lipo innocent and ordered the public execution of Saint Rosward and his son, bringing the confrontation to an abrupt end.

• Gern's ice-and-fire slash devastated Marineford and left Saint Figarland Garling gravely wounded, though he survived through his regenerative power.
• Gern discovered that Haki suppressed Garling's regeneration and severed both of his arms as Garling threatened him.
• An overwhelming pressure forced Gern to retreat, and Garling began dissolving before vanishing within a strange magic circle.
• Gern and Kong recognized that a hidden power had intervened, while Lipo and Tesoro watched Garling disappear.
• A Den Den Mushi relayed the World Government's decision to declare Gern Reginald Sigma and Lipo Hope innocent and publicly execute Saint Rosward and his son in Mary Geoise.

After the World Government conceded, Gern destroyed the Magic Circle left by Saint Garling and rallied Marineford’s Marines around the Navy’s justice. Kong praised Gern and declared the Navy’s mission unchanged, while the chapter left Gern facing a harder road ahead and the possibility of future leadership.

• The World Government’s concession stunned the Marines, and Gern destroyed the Magic Circle’s lingering influence within the Navy.
• Gern shouted “Justice,” and a hundred thousand Marines answered by celebrating him and the Navy.
• Sengoku, Zephyr, and Kong praised Gern, while Kong imagined a future in which Gern led a Navy independent of the World Government.
• Sakazuki applauded Gern and roared “Justice,” surprising Kuzan and Borsalino.
• Gern reunited with Lipo as Tesoro remarked that he only lacked a Fleet Admiral’s cloak, and Garp called for a celebration.
• Kong warned Gern that the road ahead would be harder, then told the Marines their mission to uphold justice and protect peace had not changed.

Lipo defeated Tesoro in a heated training match, and Gern praised their progress while urging Tesoro to improve his Haki. A newspaper reported Crocodile’s crushing defeat by Whitebeard, while a World Government announcement about the Seven Warlords appeared on its reverse.

• Lipo used her healing abilities and combat skills to outmaneuver Tesoro, then blinded him with a flash of green light and won the match.
• Stella brought Tesoro a chilled towel and lemonade and gave Lipo carrot juice, laughing as Lipo hugged her despite being sweaty.
• Gern read news of Whitebeard defeating Crocodile in three moves and noticed an announcement about the Seven Warlords of the Sea system.
• Gern praised Lipo and Tesoro’s progress, told Tesoro to focus more on Haki, and urged them to visit Teacher Zephyr and bring Lina gifts.

Gern discovered that Eight Desolations could release and reassemble its bandages in response to his will, possibly because of his partial Awakening during his battle with Saint Garling. Days later, Kong told Gern he needed a major achievement to secure his promotion to Vice Admiral and gave him a mission to capture a pirate.

• Gern watched Eight Desolations shed its bandages and make them return and seal the blade when he willed it.
• Gern wondered whether Eight Desolations had changed because of his battle with Saint Garling and his partial Awakening.
• Lipo invited Gern for ice cream, and he agreed to go with her after Tesoro left to spend time with Stella.
• Kong gave Gern a promotion order to Vice Admiral but explained that he needed a major achievement to overcome political opposition.
• Kong handed Gern a mission document ordering him to capture a pirate and bring him back.

Gern accepted Kong’s mission to arrest Byrnndi World, whose More-More Fruit and violent record made him a major threat. He planned to leave for Hachinosu at dawn, while Lipo eagerly imagined using World’s power to make a giant carrot cake.

• Kong briefed Gern on World’s abilities, past clashes with the Marines, and the plan to intercept the World Pirates at Hachinosu Island.
• Gern recognized Hachinosu as the island where Rocks had set sail and accepted the mission to arrest World.
• Kong warned Gern about World’s hundredfold acceleration and recalled how it had once troubled Zephyr.
• Gern spoke with Zephyr at the training ground and said he would leave the next morning.
• That night, Lipo packed carrot cookies as Gern anticipated using World’s power to make a giant cake.

Gern, Lipo, and Tesoro sailed from Marineford toward the New World to capture Byrnndi World, while Tesoro prepared their strategy and Gern remained relaxed. As the warship headed toward its target, Gern wondered about the mystery surrounding Black Blade: Eight Desolations.

• Gern, Lipo, and Tesoro boarded Gern's warship and departed Marineford for their mission.
• Tesoro reviewed intelligence about World’s powerful cannons and worked with a petty officer to plan an approach that would avoid a head-on battle.
• At lunch, Tesoro explained that World’s four core officers included Benzack, Sebastian, Nightin, and Gairam, and warned that Sebastian’s Fish-Man Karate made him especially dangerous.
• Gern brushed off the need for an elaborate plan, saying they would find World, defeat him, and bring him back, while Lipo volunteered to help.
• At sunset, Gern wondered what Black Blade: Eight Desolations was hiding, and Tesoro credited Gern’s presence with giving him confidence to plan the mission.
• Lipo joined Gern and Tesoro at the bow with a giant carrot, and the warship continued toward the New World.

Gern and the Marines arrived at Hachinosu Island as Byrnndi World and his crew destroyed the town and attacked civilians. Gern sent Lipo and Tesoro to fight the pirates and rescue survivors, then clashed with World in a battle that shook the island.

• Gern ordered the warship to approach Hachinosu Island and raise the flag, declaring that justice had arrived.
• World sensed Gern approaching and ran to the shore, while Benzack recognized that the Marines posed a serious threat.
• Tesoro blocked World's hundredfold bullet, and Gern assigned Tesoro and Lipo to fight the pirates' officers while the others evacuated civilians.
• Lipo attacked Gairam but was intercepted by Nightin, and the two began fighting.
• Tesoro opened an escape route for civilians with his Golden Tsunami and fought Sebastian using his Golden Battering Ram.
• Gern rushed at World, who answered with a hundredfold giant fist; their attacks collided and tore apart the clouds above the island.

Gern battled World in Hachinosu, using his vibration powers and Haki to counter the More-More Fruit and land a devastating blow. World healed himself and declared the warm-up over, while Gern unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and prepared to continue the fight.

• Gern and World clashed in the plaza, and Gern’s vibrating blade pierced through World’s hundredfold giant fist.
• World accelerated to two hundredfold speed, but Gern tracked his movements by sensing vibrations and trapped him within a field of shaking rubble.
• Gern struck World in the abdomen with Black Quake: Star-Piercer, blasting him through buildings and badly injuring him.
• World used Multiplicative Recovery to heal his wounds, then tore off his coat and announced that the warm-up was over.
• Gern removed his justice cloak, unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, and said he had also been holding back.

Gern and World fought a devastating battle across Hachinosu Island, with Gern repeatedly countering World’s escalating multipliers. After World grew into a fifty-meter giant and launched a hundredfold barrage, Gern met his fists blow for blow, leaving their clash unresolved.

• World increased his speed from three hundredfold to five hundredfold, but Gern used Tremor Flash to strike his shoulder with Eight Desolations.
• World bombarded Gern with enlarged cannonballs, but Gern’s Eight Extremes Jade intercepted them before World knocked Eight Desolations from his grasp.
• Gern used Conqueror’s Haki and a powerful punch to break World’s arms and blast him into the eastern coastline.
• World transformed into a fifty-meter iron giant and attacked Gern with a hundredfold Giant Gatling.
• Gern matched World’s punches with Linked Stars as their clash shook Hachinosu Island.

Gern defeated Byrnndi World after World pushed his More-More Fruit beyond what his body could withstand. World asked Gern to spare his brother before losing consciousness, and Gern dragged him toward the warship as a captured pirate.

• World increased his strength to five hundredfold, but Gern used Observation Haki to evade his attacks and struck him with Black Quake: Dragon Fist.
• Gern landed a series of powerful attacks that interrupted World's fruit amplification and battered his body.
• Gern hurled World into the ground with Black Quake: Heavenfall... Meteor, leaving him unconscious in a kilometer-wide crater.
• World asked Gern not to kill his brother, then lost consciousness.
• Gern rejected World's demand and dragged him toward the warship.

Lipo defeated Gairam and Nightin while Tesoro secured the southeastern district. Gern returned with Byrnndi World defeated and alive, leaving the Marines to arrest him as Gern anticipated a promotion.

• Lipo dodged Gairam’s shots, incapacitated Nightin with reverse healing, and knocked Gairam through several walls with a kick.
• Tesoro reported that the pirate officers in the southeastern district had been dealt with and went to check on Lipo.
• Lipo drained Nightin’s life force to create three Healing Carrots, then gave them to the Marines to share among lightly injured soldiers.
• Gern arrived dragging the unconscious Byrnndi World, and Lipo proudly told him she had beaten two opponents alone.
• Gern confirmed that World was alive, and a petty officer ordered the Marines to put special Seastone shackles on him.
• Gern watched the Marines secure the captured pirates and said the mission’s end should bring him a promotion.

Gern investigated why the rescued scholars from Ohara were refusing Marine help and rushing to leave. He grew suspicious of their behavior and confronted Vey, while the scholars feared the Marines might discover their Poneglyph rubbings.

• A Marine reported that the wounded and survivors on Hachinosu Island had received aid, then told Gern that rescued scholars from Ohara were avoiding examinations and repairing their ship to depart.
• Gern went to inspect the scholars with Lipo and Tesoro, while Lipo wondered if they were criminals in disguise.
• Aboard the damaged ship, Vey defended his suspicious behavior to Olvia, and Dr. Clover agreed that the Marines might already suspect them.
• The scholars panicked over the Poneglyph rubbings aboard their ship, which would take at least three days to repair.
• Olvia warned that the Marine officer was likely dangerous because he had hunted the World Destroyer, whose bounty was nearly two billion.
• Vey thanked Gern for the rescue but insisted the scholars were leaving, and Gern challenged his haste to depart without properly showing gratitude.

Gern confronted the Ohara scholars about their secret Poneglyph research but chose to let them leave, citing his own sense of justice. As he and his companions prepared to return to Marineford, Tesoro suspected Gern had a deeper reason for sparing them.

• Gern questioned Vey and Olvia about the scholars' expedition and demanded to see Olvia's book.
• Dr. Clover emerged with an ancient parchment, and Gern recognized its writing as Poneglyph script and exposed the scholars' forbidden research.
• Dr. Clover explained that the scholars sought the world's buried history, and Gern allowed them to repair their ship and leave.
• Olvia learned that Dr. Clover believed Gern spared them because their actions did not violate his sense of justice.
• Gern told Lipo and Tesoro that the ban belonged to the World Government, then said they would return to Marineford the next day.
• Tesoro watched Gern leave and suspected that he had a deeper purpose for letting the Ohara scholars go.

Olvia sought out Rear Admiral Gern to learn what he knew about the Poneglyphs, and he revealed their locations, the Roger Pirates’ progress, and the World Government’s surveillance of Ohara. He warned her to abandon the search and consider Robin, but Olvia left after giving him her answer.

• Olvia decided to visit Gern after Clover gave her an old news draft and she reasoned that Gern must know about other Poneglyphs.
• Tesoro let Olvia into the Marines’ camp, where Gern was tending to his Black Blade and the sleeping Lipo.
• Gern named Poneglyph locations and told Olvia the Roger Pirates had gathered all four Road Poneglyphs with help from Kozuki Oden.
• Gern revealed that the World Government had monitored Ohara for three years and urged Olvia to leave the New World and protect Robin.
• Olvia left after responding to Gern, and Tesoro questioned her judgment while Gern wondered whether anyone else would spare the scholars.

After Gern’s promotion to Vice Admiral, the chapter recapped major events of 1496 and 1497, including Roger’s discovery of Laugh Tale and Oden’s return to Wano. At Marine Headquarters, Gern and Garp discussed Roger’s fame and Dragon’s secret marriage before Sengoku summoned them to an emergency meeting.

• In 1496, Gern became a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral as Marine leadership and personnel shifted, while new pirates and the Shichibukai system emerged.
• In 1497, the Roger Pirates reached the final island, named it Laugh Tale, and made Gol D. Roger famous as the Pirate King; Roger then disbanded his crew and began courting Portgas D. Rouge.
• Rayleigh led the remaining Roger Pirates in escorting Kozuki Oden to Wano, where Oden accepted Orochi’s five-year agreement under pressure from hostages and Kaido’s forces.
• At Marine Headquarters, Gern and Garp read about Roger’s 5.5-billion-Beli bounty and joked about creating a Marine King.
• Garp told Gern that Dragon had married but kept the wedding secret, and Gern speculated that Dragon’s Self-Revolutionary Army was behind his secrecy.
• Sengoku called Gern and Garp to an emergency meeting, and they left the office together.

Gern and Garp traded gossip about Roger, Gloriosa, Shakky, and Rayleigh before Sengoku dragged them into a Marine leadership meeting. The meeting turned to the World Government's orders to hunt Roger and suppress Dragon's revolutionary army, leaving Garp furious over the Marines being sent against civilians.

• Gern asked Garp whether Roger had pursued a woman young enough to be his daughter, and Garp shared that Gloriosa liked Roger, Roger liked Shakky, and Shakky liked Rayleigh.
• Garp recalled interrupting a planned gathering between the Kuja Pirates and Roger Pirates, while Gern speculated that Roger had gone to the South Blue after heartbreak.
• Sengoku found Garp and Gern gossiping after the meeting had begun and hauled them into the room.
• Kong and Sengoku told the Marine leaders that the World Government wanted Roger captured and Dragon's revolutionary army suppressed as pirate activity surged.
• Garp objected to sending Marines against civilians and defended the people rebelling against corrupt governments, prompting Sengoku to rebuke him about his loyalties.

Kong assigned Gern to investigate Dragon and gave him authority to act without Cipher Pol interference, while Garp entrusted him with the Supreme Sandal to deliver a lesson in fatherly love. Meanwhile, Shiki confronted Roger on Baterilla Island, asking what was on Laugh Tale and why Roger had disbanded his crew.

• Kong ordered Gern to investigate Dragon and, if necessary, use force to bring him back, granting him full authority without Cipher Pol interference.
• Kong assigned the Marines to respond to the pirate boom, including monitoring the Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and developments in the Four Blues and New World.
• Garp asked Gern to try to bring Dragon back and gave him the Supreme Sandal, urging him to use it to punish Dragon for getting married without inviting him.
• On Baterilla Island, Shiki asked Roger how it felt to be Pirate King, and Roger said they had been born too early.
• Shiki pressed Roger to explain what was on Laugh Tale and why he had disbanded his pirate crew after fulfilling his dream.

Roger told Shiki that Laugh Tale revealed they were not the people the world needed, then left him to pursue a new era on his own. Meanwhile, Dragon led the Revolutionary Army’s attack on the Kingdom of Nicyaro until Gern arrived with Lipo and Tesoro.

• Roger told Shiki that Laugh Tale held the answer to the world and that neither of them was the one it needed.
• Shiki asked Roger to join him against the World Government and Navy, but Roger refused and said the next era belonged to new people.
• Shiki vowed to meet Roger again after Roger ushered in his new era, then flew away using his Devil Fruit ability.
• After Shiki left, Roger collapsed on the coast, coughed up blood, and said it was probably their last meeting.
• Dragon directed the Revolutionary Army’s assault on Nicyaro’s royal capital while Ivankov distracted the palace guards.
• Gern arrived with Lipo and Tesoro, confronted Dragon, and teased him about getting married without an invitation and becoming more rebellious.