Recaps

Lind held a simple offering ceremony at the Temple of Heaven and finally awakened the first special skill of his Mutation Fruit. At his estate, he mutated three plants into powerful golden legends, including Dao Enlightenment Tea, peaches that enhanced vitality, and apples that strengthened Armament Haki.

• Lind spent seven days training the Kunpeng Squad and working with Master Lin Yong to design a garden estate in Oran Port.
• On July 1, 1480, Lind led his officers through an offering ceremony at the Temple of Heaven, and the ceremony stirred his Mutation Fruit.
• Lind mutated a tea tree into a Dao Enlightenment Tea tree that could temporarily improve comprehension and inspire new ideas.
• Lind mutated a peach tree and an apple tree into plants that produced fruit capable of boosting vitality and strengthening Armament Haki.
• After producing three golden legends in a row, Lind developed his Mutation Fruit's first special skill.

Lind discovered that his Devil Fruit could guide mutations, allowing him to perform one minor targeted mutation each month and one major one each year. He tested the major mutation on Zhang Liang, who gained a sword-focused constitution, and the minor one on Huli, who became a tiger-man.

• Lind went to the Kunpeng Squad base to test his targeted mutations on Zhang Liang and a trusted squad member.
• Zhang Liang asked Lind to improve his swordsmanship talent, and Lind used his annual major mutation on him.
• Zhang Liang gained a Sword Body that greatly enhanced his swordsmanship and ability to control swords.
• Lind sent Zhang Liang to train and summoned Huli to receive the monthly minor mutation.
• Huli asked for the strength of a tiger, and Lind transformed him into a tiger-man who could switch between human and beastman forms.

Lind reviewed plans to expand the Seventh Division’s farms and businesses, then assigned Liana to help Zhang Yang strengthen the growing intelligence organization. The meeting moved on to other development projects as Lind prepared to address the division’s industrial plans.

• Lind proposed expanding farms across Oran Island and nearby islands, while recruiting scientists to develop useful crops and preserve desirable seed traits.
• Lind asked the officers whether they knew agricultural or biological scientists, but Zhang Yang, Alan, and the others had no leads.
• Lind asked Zhang Yang and Alan to report on the Oran Hotel and Oran Elementary School projects, and Zhang Yang reported that five hotels had opened on Oran Island and fifteen more had been built across the region.
• Zhang Yang said the intelligence organization based on the hotels was taking shape but lacked capable personnel, and he asked Lind for officers to help.
• Lind assigned Liana to recruit suitable officers or strong squad members to assist Zhang Yang and told them to develop the hotels and intelligence organization steadily.

Lind reviewed the Oran Hotel and school projects, then outlined plans to expand infrastructure, industry, and the press across the Oran Sea. The chapter ended with him urging his officers to recruit skilled workers by offering higher pay and better benefits.

• Lind assigned Zhang Yang and Liana to continue following up on the Oran Hotel.
• Alan reported that Alan Elementary School was ready to open, while the middle school still lacked enough teachers.
• Lind proposed recruiting part-time teachers, training them, and assigning Allison's personnel to supervise them.
• Lind discussed roads, electricity, healthcare, sanitation, and municipal tax revenue as priorities for developing the Oran Sea.
• Lind identified shipbuilding and arms manufacturing as core industries and told his officers to recruit skilled workers with better pay and benefits.

Lind discussed how to staff his expanding businesses and learned that Morgans had agreed to join him and establish a newspaper company. After the meeting, Lind reflected on how far his ambitions had carried him from his original plan to settle down and farm.

• Lind assigned Axel to recruit workers, engineers, and scientists from the factions in his territory, offering compensation to preserve his reputation.
• Lind considered which trusted officers could oversee infrastructure, industry, and the newspaper while their businesses lacked dedicated leaders.
• Lind asked Liana about Morgans, and she reported that he had accepted Lind's offer and was nearing the Oran Sea.
• Lind ended the efficient meeting, then had lunch with the officers at the Oran Hotel.
• Lind thought about how his rapid growth over the past six months had pushed aside his original plans for farming and Lin Family Cuisine.

Lind recruited scientists and researchers with lavish salaries and funding, then personally brought a team led by biologist Asa to Oran Island to advance his farming plans. He arranged their accommodation and research facilities and set aside ten billion Beli to support their work.

• Lind announced generous relocation allowances, salaries, and research funding, attracting researchers from across the seas.
• Lind assigned officers to escort researchers to Oran Island and decided to personally collect prominent experts in biology, chemistry, and agriculture.
• Lind flew the Wanderer around the New World for two days, recruiting Asa and other researchers for his farming research team.
• Lind settled the researchers at the Oran Hotel and summoned officers to organize their work.
• Lind told Allison to welcome Asa's team, arrange for them to use the research building, and manage ten billion Beli for their relocation, salaries, equipment, and research funding.

Lind’s mutant fruit research advanced, and he successfully created rice that could improve physical fitness. He left the plant with Allison and Master Asa for cultivation and testing, then went to the Kunpeng Squad’s base with a different plan for the day.

• Master Asa’s team solved the problem of mutant fruits losing effectiveness after the second generation, allowing third-generation fruit to be grown at scale.
• Lind used his targeted mutation ability on rice and produced large grains with a physical-fitness benefit.
• Lind brought the mutant rice to Allison and Master Asa and asked them to prioritize cultivating its descendants and testing each generation.
• Master Asa promised to produce enough seeds and complete the research with Allison’s help in a month.
• Lind went to the Kunpeng Squad’s base, where Zhang Liang asked whether they would train as usual, and Lind said he had something else planned.

Lind introduced the Kunpeng Squad’s new battle gear and Doriki Tester, then had the squad collect their gear and measure their strength. He left the group eager to compare their results with the division officers, starting with Zhang Liang.

• Lind told Zhang Liang to gather the Kunpeng Squad and announced that their battle gear and a Doriki Tester were ready.
• Lind led the squad to the Equipment Laboratory, where Laken showed them more than a hundred sets of battle gear modeled after the Frieza Force’s.
• The squad members changed into their gear and tested their Doriki, with nearly everyone exceeding 1,000 and Huli reaching just over 2,100 in beastman form.
• Lind asked Laken to make more Doriki Testers for the training grounds and quarters, then announced that division officers’ readings would be shared with the squad.
• Lind called on Zhang Liang to take the first division-officer test.

Over the year leading to 1481, Lind transformed Oran Island and the Oran Sea through rapid urban, commercial, and military development. As he planned to unite the islands into a country after the God Valley battle, Captain Rocks finally gave him a job.

• Lind developed Oran City into a vast modern metropolis and expanded its port with customs revenue from across the Oran Sea.
• Lind expanded farms, plantations, schools, and other businesses, using their profits and his wealth to fuel further growth.
• Lind’s officers grew stronger, making the Oran Sea nearly off-limits to ordinary pirates and bringing many islands under his control.
• Lind planned to develop the remaining islands and unite the Oran Sea into a country after the God Valley battle.
• Captain Rocks finally assigned Lind a job after largely ignoring him since he left Hachinosu.

After more than a year on Oran Island, Lind received orders from Rocks to occupy Zephyr while the Rocks Pirates swept through the New World. Lind informed Zephyr and arranged to stage a sham confrontation, hoping to strengthen his ties with the Marines.

• Rocks contacted Lind and explained his plan to make the New World submit to the Rocks Pirates, assigning Lind to keep Zephyr occupied.
• Lind agreed to Rocks's orders and decided to avoid a real fight while making a show of confronting Zephyr.
• Lind considered how his growing cooperation with the Marines could help him after Rocks's eventual fall.
• Lind called Zephyr, disclosed Rocks's plan, and proposed that they stage their confrontation.
• Zephyr reluctantly agreed to cooperate with Lind.

After receiving news of the Rocks Pirates’ plans, Zephyr met Lind at G-1 Base and fought him. Lind used telekinesis to match Zephyr’s Life Return: Warrior Form, and their battle continued as both tested their strength and endurance.

• Zephyr told Kong that the Rocks Pirates were preparing to move against other New World powers, and Kong ordered him to watch Lind.
• Five days later, Lind arrived at G-1 Base and challenged Zephyr to test his progress over the past year.
• Lind’s swordsmanship put Zephyr on the defensive, though Zephyr healed his wounds with Life Return.
• Zephyr activated Life Return: Warrior Form and struck Lind hard enough to send him flying.
• Lind used telekinesis to reinforce himself and the Kunpeng Sword, then resumed fighting Zephyr as they tried to outlast each other.

As Lind and Zephyr kept up their staged battle at G-1 Base, the World Government let Rocks claim territory and warned threatened kingdoms to flee. Pande Lia chose to lead her family to Oran Island, while displaced factions flooded the Oran Sea; after three days of fighting, Lind was exhausted and hoped Rocks would finish soon.

• Lind and Zephyr fought across the ground and sky while their forces stood by, and the World Government tacitly accepted Rocks's rule over the New World.
• After the World Government warned the Pande Family to evacuate, Fia urged her father and sister Lia to seek refuge in the Oran Sea.
• Pande Lia agreed with Fia, and the family decided to travel by merchant ship to Oran Island.
• Many families and factions fled to the Oran Sea, where Lind's officers contained unrest as the influx strengthened his control and filled the prisons.
• After three days and nights of fighting, Lind and Zephyr continued their battle in their normal states, and the exhausted Lind hoped Rocks would finish soon.

After Rocks's campaign cleared independent forces from the New World, Lind ended his four-day battle with Zephyr and returned to Oran Island. There, he learned that powerful newcomers had arrived, including the mysterious Pande Lia, whom he recognized as Artoria, and planned to meet her before traveling to Hachinosu.

• After learning Rocks had completed his operation, Lind drove Zephyr back, called off their fight, and sailed for Oran Island.
• Lind and Zhang Liang discussed the World Government's weakness and Rocks's likely plans as they returned to Oran Island.
• Liana reported that pirates had flooded into the Oran Sea and that Axel had left to deal with a powerful pirate who defeated a border officer.
• Allison reported that a newcomer on Oran Island had maintained a Doriki reading above ten thousand, sometimes reaching twenty thousand.
• Liana identified the newcomer as Pande Lia, heir to the Pande Family, and said she had once fought Charlotte Linlin to protect the Yinglan Kingdom.
• Lind recognized Pande Lia as Artoria and asked to meet her before leaving for Hachinosu.

Lind visited Pande Lia at the Oran Hotel to learn why her family had come to the Oran Sea and invited her to join the Seventh Division. Lia declined for now, leaving her future on Oran Island undecided.

• Lind asked about powerful fighters on Oran Island and decided to visit Pande Lia, the only one whose strength remained uncertain to his forces.
• Pande Feiler, Pande Lia, and Pande Fia discussed Lind's visit while staying at the Oran Hotel.
• Lind arrived with Liana and Zhang Liang, met Pande Lia, and asked why her family had come and what they intended to do.
• Pande Lia said her family wanted to build a future in the Oran Sea and promised they would obey its laws and preserve its peace.
• Lind welcomed the family and offered Pande Lia a senior officer or vice-captain position in the Seventh Division, but she asked for time to consider it.

Lind left Oran Island for Hachinosu after arranging for Allison, Zhang Liang, and Liana to protect the island and manage its affairs. After defeating fleeing pirates and obtaining five Devil Fruits on the journey, he reunited with the Rocks Pirates, where Whitebeard introduced a new intern who was about Lind’s age and nearly as strong as Kaido.

• Lind assigned Allison and half the Kunpeng Squad to accompany him to Hachinosu, while Zhang Liang and the remaining fighters stayed on Oran Island with Liana.
• Lind sailed from Oran Island and told Liana to maintain good relations with Pande Lia and help her companions if needed.
• During the seven-day voyage, Lind’s forces defeated pirates who provoked them, and Lind acquired five Devil Fruits.
• Lind arrived at Hachinosu, greeted Rocks and the division captains, and joined their feast.
• Whitebeard introduced Rocks’s new intern, who was about Lind’s age and nearly as strong as Kaido.

Lind met Kozuki Oden, who had joined the Rocks Pirates as an Intern after Rocks conquered Wano Country and recruited him. As Whitebeard led Oden away, a striking figure approached Lind, leaving him alone to meet them.

• Lind recognized Kozuki Oden and learned from Whitebeard that Oden came from Wano Country and had joined the Rocks Pirates as an Intern.
• Lind learned that Rocks had conquered Wano Country and recruited Oden after being impressed by his strength, potential, and notorious past.
• Lind reflected that Oden and Kaido had become fellow Interns because of his influence, potentially changing their futures and the outcome of the God Valley battle.
• Lind invited Oden to spar and exchange swordsmanship, and Oden eagerly accepted.
• A striking figure approached Lind, so Whitebeard took Oden away to meet the other division captains.

Lind reunited with Charlotte Linlin and learned that her son Kelt was his child. He visited the baby with gifts and left the story with Charlotte Linlin keeping them for Kelt until he was older.

• Charlotte Linlin met Lind, and he asked whether her recently born son Kelt was his; her reply confirmed he was the father.
• Lind hurried to fetch a box containing a weapon and a Devil Fruit for Kelt, asking Charlotte Linlin to keep them safe until the child was older.
• Charlotte Linlin took Lind to her Third Squad’s camp on Hachinosu, where Streusen and the children were looking after Kelt.
• Lind greeted Perospero, Katakuri, and the other children, gave them candies made from Mutation Fruit extracts, and Streusen sent them outside to play.

Lind decided to leave Kelt with the Charlotte Family but promised to visit and arranged teachers and guards to support him. After returning to Hachinosu, he prepared for a meeting with Rocks and selected a team to protect and educate Kelt and the other Charlotte children.

• Lind left Kelt with Charlotte Linlin, gave her the White Tiger Fruit and Tiger Soul Blade for him to use when he was older, and warned that he would take Kelt away if he was mistreated.
• Lind told Charlotte Linlin he had something that might help with her Hunger Pangs and promised to bring it on his next visit to Totto Land.
• Back at Hachinosu, Lind learned that Rocks had summoned him to a meeting the next morning about future arrangements and operations.
• Lind gathered Allison's Kunpeng Squad and elite pirates and explained that he needed people to teach and guard Kelt.
• Lind chose five Kunpeng Squad members and fifteen elite pirates, and told them they could also teach Katakuri and the other Charlotte children.

Lind met with the senior officers of the Rocks Pirates as Rocks announced new territorial assignments and a campaign against World Government-affiliated nations. Lind accepted responsibility for defending the Oran Sea and doubted that Rocks's next operation would go smoothly.

• Lind invited Shakky and Stussy to share a meal and discussed Oran Island with them before the meeting began.
• Rocks distributed maps assigning new territory to the officers, and Lind saw that the Yinglan Kingdom had been added to the Oran Sea.
• Rocks told Shiki and Lind to defend the entrance to the New World, and both agreed to hold their territories against the Navy.
• Rocks announced plans to attack affiliated nations in the first half of the Grand Line and the Four Seas, aiming to weaken the World Government.
• Lind considered how the campaign could undermine the World Government but questioned whether Rocks's plan would succeed.

After Rocks assigned the officers to raid the Four Seas, Lind worried that leaving Oran Island unguarded would put his carefully built base at risk. He prepared to return there with Shakky and planned to choose troops to defend it while carrying out his mission.

• Lind decided to spare civilians during the raids where possible and hoped Whitebeard would do the same, while Rocks assigned each commander a region and sent everyone out.
• Lind realized Rocks had left every base unguarded and worried that Oran Island could be attacked while he was away.
• Lind returned to camp and had Allison gather the group to sail back to Oran Island, where he planned to decide who would deploy and who would stay behind.
• Lind invited Shakky to return to Oran Island with him, and she agreed to accompany him during the operation.
• Lind asked Shakky about her closeness with Rayleigh, and she teased him while saying Rayleigh could not match Lind in fame, looks, or strength.

Lind and the Roger Pirates met at sea and exchanged friendly greetings instead of fighting. Lind invited Roger and his crew to visit Oran Island at his expense and asked to exchange Den Den Mushi numbers.

• Roger and Rayleigh joked together before the lookout reported that Lind's ship was approaching.
• Roger decided to bring the Oro Jackson alongside Lind's ship, and Lind chose to meet the Roger Pirates rather than avoid them.
• Lind flew over with Shakky and Allison and greeted Roger, Rayleigh, and Gaban.
• Shakky explained that she was sailing with Lind's crew, and Lind mentioned that he had recently been talking about Rayleigh.
• Roger said the crew had visited an Oran Hotel before but could not afford Oran Island's prices, so Lind offered to cover their expenses if they visited.
• Lind asked Roger and the others whether they had a Den Den Mushi so they could exchange numbers.

After returning to Oran Island, Lind gathered his officers to plan how to carry out Rocks' orders while protecting their home base from retaliation. As Lind prepared to leave, the World Government chose Red Tiger to confront him, underestimating his strength.

• Lind returned to Oran Island, settled Shakky in, and convened the Seventh Division officers at Dragon Chen Garden.
• Allison explained Rocks' orders, and the officers considered how attacks on affiliated nations could bring the World Government and Marines down on Oran Island.
• Sheldon suggested asking the Marines for help, while Liana proposed seeking assistance from Miss Lia.
• Lind assigned Axel to remain behind and told Zhang Liang to stay if Miss Pande Lia refused to help, noting that the Roger Pirates had promised to assist if Oran Island was attacked.
• Lind began assigning officers to guard Oran Island and the important islands throughout the Oran Sea while he carried out the operation.
• The World Government and Marines discussed their response to Rocks' plans, and the World Government sent Red Tiger, newly empowered with a Devil Fruit, to confront Lind.

Lind assembled his forces, crossed the Calm Belt into the West Blue, and waited until Rocks drew the World Government’s attention before beginning his operation. He moved to confront Red Tiger, whose Army fleet was quickly overwhelmed by Lind’s cannon fire.

• Pande Lia agreed to hold down the fort, Roger agreed to join Lind after recruiting a crewmate, and Lind divided his squads between defending the Oran Sea and joining his West Blue expedition.
• Lind led his fleet across the Calm Belt using ships fitted with seastone, then rested and regrouped in the West Blue while his squads explored nearby islands.
• After Rocks attacked five World Government Member States and three Marine Bases, Lind began his own operation and learned that Red Tiger was stationed in the Teyago Kingdom.
• Red Tiger learned that Lind had crossed the Calm Belt and ordered Laicier to gather the troops and confront him.
• Lind’s fleet met Red Tiger’s Army warships, and its overwhelming cannon fire sank them one after another.

Linde defeated Red Tiger and routed the Army fleet, but a masked man rescued the wounded admiral through a mirror. After capturing the remaining troops, Linde sent his officers to pursue their assigned targets and planned to travel to Flower Country to recruit talent and investigate the Four Sacred Beasts.

• Linde ordered his officers to engage the Army experts as his fleet gained the upper hand, then blocked Red Tiger's wide-ranging Magma-Magma Fruit attack.
• Linde struck Red Tiger twice with Free and Easy Wandering and followed with dozens of sword slashes, leaving him unable to fight.
• A masked man appeared from a mirror, rescued Red Tiger, and vanished with him before Linde could decide what to do with him.
• Linde ordered the pirates to finish the battle, and they defeated and captured the remaining Army troops.
• Linde told his officers to pursue their assigned targets and planned to take the prisoners to Oran Island for reform through labor.
• Linde planned to visit Flower Country to recruit talent, investigate the Four Sacred Beasts, and learn about the Zhang Yang Family.

Lind arrived in Flower Country and secured Zhang Tong and the Eight Treasures Navy’s support for finding books and talented people. Over dinner, Zhang Tong began explaining Flower Country’s history, revealing that its royal family had invaded from elsewhere seven hundred years earlier.

• Zhang Yang told Lind that his elder brother Zhang Tong, leader of the Eight Treasures Navy, wanted to welcome him and help with his search.
• Lind agreed to visit the Eight Treasures Navy, and the fleet changed course for its port.
• Zhang Tong warmly welcomed Lind and promised to help him find books and talented people in Flower Country.
• Lind gave Zhang Tong chests of Oran Island wines and weapons, and Zhang Tong pledged the Eight Treasures Navy’s support.
• Lind reached the Eight Treasures Navy’s port and enjoyed a feast before asking Zhang Tong about Zhang Yang’s departure from Flower Country.
• Zhang Tong explained that Flower Country’s royal family had come from elsewhere and conquered the country with the World Government’s support seven hundred years earlier.