Chapter Summaries

Lind prepared to conquer the waters beyond Oran Island, building up his forces and arranging for Whitebeard and Golden Lion to counter the Marines’ strongest fighters. With a week remaining before the war, he was confident his army could defeat the local powers unless the Marines committed their full strength.

• Lind left Zhang Yang and Alan to develop the Aolan Hotel and Oran Elementary School while he focused on preparing for war.
• After two and a half months of training, Lind inspected his disciplined forces and praised their progress to Whitebeard.
• Holt’s former crew trained hard, and thirty members became elite pirates, allowing his Eleventh Division to catch up with the other squads.
• Lind asked Whitebeard to handle Sengoku and Garp if they appeared, and arranged for Golden Lion to tie down another Admiral-level fighter.
• Lind assessed his captains, officers, and allied fighters and concluded that his forces would win unless the Marines joined with the local pirates or deployed their full strength.

Lind assembled a powerful fleet and prepared to seize control of the Oran Sea while confronting the Marines. He departed with Whitebeard aboard the Wanderer, assigned his captains to clear the surrounding waters, and focused his own force on the coming Marine battle.

• Lind's punishing training helped his strongest subordinates break through their limits, leaving him with more than thirty officer-level fighters.
• On June 1, 1480, Lind and Whitebeard arrived at Oran Island's harbor as hundreds of warships prepared to sail.
• Whitebeard accepted Lind's invitation to travel aboard the Wanderer and agreed to face Sengoku if he appeared.
• Lind split his captains into three forces, sending Axel, Phil, and Ford east and Calvin, Rex, and Kite west while he and five others went to confront the Marines.
• Lind ordered the two clearing forces to target the pirates occupying the islands and to call for help rather than risk their lives.
• Lind recognized that defeating the Marines was essential to controlling the Oran Sea, even if his other forces won their battles.

Axel led the eastern fleet to Demon Peak Town, where he defeated Blood Sword Shalt and the Seventh Division wiped out the pirates. He split his forces to clear the remaining targets and planned to reunite at Demon Peak Town before supporting Lind.

• Axel arrived at Demon Peak Town with the eastern fleet and announced his arrival to the pirates gathered there.
• Blood Sword Shalt and the other pirates mocked Axel, but Axel cut through Shalt’s sword and overpowered him with his heated twin blades.
• Axel ordered the Seventh Division to kill, and its members wiped out the pirates in Demon Peak Town in less than an hour.
• Axel told Phil and Ford to divide their forces, clear the remaining targets, and regroup at Demon Peak Town before supporting Lind.
• The fleet split into three groups and sailed off in different directions.

Calvin, Rex, and Kite cleared the last major pirate stronghold, while Lind and Whitebeard faced Sengoku and Zephyr’s Marine fleet. Lind’s new telekinetic techniques and swordsmanship let him threaten Zephyr, but both aerial duels ended in a stalemate.

• Calvin, Rex, and Kite defeated the pirates gathered at the final major stronghold, then Rex stayed behind while Calvin and Kite went to support Lind.
• Lind and Whitebeard encountered the Marine fleet led by Sengoku and Zephyr, and the four fighters took to the air to battle.
• Whitebeard fought Sengoku while Lind fought Zephyr, and Lind’s improved telekinesis helped him keep pace with his opponent.
• Kunpeng and Autumn struck Zephyr and wounded him for the first time, while Whitebeard and Sengoku’s powerful clash forced Lind and Zephyr to move away.
• Lind drew the Kunpeng Sword and fought Zephyr with his blades, gaining an advantage as both battles settled into stalemates.

Shiki raided Marine Headquarters while Lind fought the Marines, but the ambush turned into a clash with the World Government’s hidden forces. Rocks killed Cipher Pol chief Zero, and Shiki recovered with Lind’s Angel’s Heart as the fight shifted to five against three.

• Shiki attacked Marineford with his Flying Fleet, knocked out Marines with Conqueror’s Haki, and dropped islands that Kong and other officers destroyed.
• Shiki and his pirates fought the undermanned Marines while Shiki battled Kong and used the Float-Float Fruit to damage Marineford.
• Zero, Blade, and Griffin Lylett appeared and struck Shiki with a surprise attack, leaving him severely injured.
• Rocks appeared behind Zero, used his ability to drain his strength, and killed him before he could finish speaking.
• Rocks summoned John, Ochoku, and Silver Axe, while Shiki stood up again with Lind’s Angel’s Heart and declared they had five fighters against three.

Rocks led the assault on Marineford, where the Rocks Pirates killed Lylett and Blade before the Five Elders arrived. Rocks ordered a retreat, leaving Kong alive and the World Government facing the loss of three top-tier fighters.

• Rocks backed Shiki's attack on Marine Headquarters as the Rocks Pirates launched their assault against Kong, Blade, and Lylett.
• Rocks used the Dark-Dark Fruit to expose Lylett's weakness, and Silver Axe finished him off by beheading him.
• Rocks joined John, Ochoku, and Silver Axe in attacking Blade, who was killed after a little over ten minutes.
• Silver Axe joined Shiki in attacking Kong, leaving Kong on the verge of death until the Five Elders arrived together.
• Rocks called off the attack and ordered Shiki to retreat; the Five Elders let the pirates leave while considering the consequences of losing three Admiral-level fighters.

Lind held off the Marines in the Oran Sea until Sengoku ordered a retreat, believing the pirates there had already been defeated. Afterward, he learned that Shiki and Rocks had attacked Marine Headquarters and killed three Admiral-level fighters, prompting Lind to resolve to stay in the Oran Sea and build up his strength.

• Lind fought Zephyr for more than ten hours, developing his advanced armament Haki and using potions to maintain the stalemate.
• Sengoku received a message from his adjutant and ordered the Marines to withdraw, while Lind mistook the retreat for a response to the pirates being cleared from the Oran Sea.
• Lind returned to his ship and told Allison to call off the reinforcements and have them return to Oran Island after finishing their assignments.
• Garp hurried back to G-1 Base, and Charlotte Linlin, Lind, and Whitebeard later learned that Shiki and Rocks had attacked Marine Headquarters and killed three Admiral-level fighters.
• Lind was stunned by the news and decided to remain in the Oran Sea and focus on strengthening his territory.

After the battle, Lind consolidated control of the Oran Sea and planned to use its people and resources to strengthen the Seventh Division rather than govern every island directly. He began a new recruitment drive focused on ordinary residents and humane standards.

• Lind sent his officers to take over the Oran Sea’s islands and station guards on key ones.
• Lind planned to bring the kingdoms under his control gradually, using force against bad rulers and negotiation with good ones.
• Lind decided to use the Oran Sea’s resources to expand the Seventh Division and build its industries before attempting direct administration.
• Seven days later, Arx and the others had secured the Oran Sea, and Lind announced a recruitment plan for at least fifty thousand people.
• Lind instructed his officers to prioritize recruit quality and discard recruits who had lost all humanity.

Lind expanded the Seventh Division and began selecting a hundred elite pirates for the Kunpeng Squad through a week-long survival contest on Beast Island. The Marines and World Government then issued new Rocks Pirates bounties, with Lind's bounty rising to 1.32 billion Beli and his division's combined total surpassing the others.

• Lind expanded the Seventh Division's ranks and planned a super-elite Kunpeng Squad made up of the hundred strongest eligible pirates.
• Lind sent the applicants to Beast Island for a seven-day contest in which they would collect black tokens, earn points, and avoid elimination.
• Lind watched over the contest from the Wanderer, prepared to rescue participants in danger.
• After more than ten days of deliberation, the Marines announced new bounties for the Rocks Pirates, including 2.9 billion Beli for Rocks D. Zebek and 1.32 billion Beli for Hirt Lind.
• The Marines also raised the bounties of Lind's officers, bringing his division's combined bounty total to an overwhelming lead among the seven Rocks divisions.

Lind completed the Kunpeng Squad selection trials and established the squad as his personal guard aboard the Wanderer. After appointing Zhang Liang as its adjutant, he hurried to finish the Temple of Heaven, hoping to gather fortune for his Mutation Fruits.

• Lind reflected on his own weakness and planned to strengthen his officers before the battle at God Valley.
• Master Lin Yong arrived, and Lind commissioned him to build a Temple of Heaven south of Oran Port.
• The Kunpeng Squad trials ended with the hundred strongest participants joining the squad, and Lind brought them back to Oran Island aboard the Wanderer.
• Lind appointed Zhang Liang as the Kunpeng Squad's adjutant and gave the squad two days to rest and settle into its headquarters.
• Lind used his telekinesis to finish the Temple of Heaven's remaining details and clear away the construction debris in half a day.

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.

Rocks contacted Lind after more than a year and ordered him to keep Zephyr occupied while the Rocks Pirates swept through the New World. Lind informed Zephyr and arranged to stage a fight, leaving both of them set to cooperate when the operation began.

• Rocks called Lind on Oran Island, teased him for staying away from Hachinosu, and ordered him to stop Zephyr from interfering with a Rocks Pirates campaign to dominate the New World.
• Lind agreed to face Zephyr, planning to trade a few blows while keeping his officers out of the fighting.
• After considering his growing ties with the Marines, Lind decided to tell Zephyr about Rocks's plan and propose a staged confrontation.
• Lind called Zephyr and explained that Rocks had assigned him to keep Zephyr occupied, then asked him to put on a show.
• Zephyr sighed, accepted Lind's proposal, and agreed to cooperate when the time came.