Arc 7The Celestial Dragon Incident

After defeating Jack, Lorne fought off Big Mom’s fleets and brought Perospero to Marineford before joining the Reverie security detail. When Saint Charlos attacked Kuina, Lorne struck back and nearly killed him, leaving the Five Elders and Sengoku to confront the consequences.

  • Lorne defeated Jack with a devastating punch, and Benny’s footage of the battle led Morgans to publish news that made Lorne a target of Big Mom and the World Government.
  • Big Mom ordered Perospero to capture Lorne as her prospective husband, but Lorne fought off the fleets, captured Perospero, and brought him to Marineford.
  • Sengoku ordered Lorne to join the Reverie patrol, where Lorne rebuked King Stelly and witnessed the abuses of the Celestial Dragons and their slaves.
  • Lorne diverted the Fearless to rescue King Cobra from pirates, defeated the attackers, and brought Cobra and his wounded party back to Mary Geoise.
  • Saint Charlos ordered CP0 to seize Kuina, and Lorne killed one agent, stopped Charlos’s bullet, and knocked out Charlos and his guards with Conqueror’s Haki.
  • Kizaru stopped Lorne from crushing Charlos and fought him, but Lorne agreed to spare Charlos after Kizaru warned that the World Government could retaliate against his people.
  • The Five Elders decided to send Lorne to G-5, while Saint Rosward and other Celestial Dragons demanded his execution and Garp declared he would protect his grandson.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151Drought Falls into the Sea

Lorne used Garp’s technique to strike Jack with a devastating punch, shattering his Haki and sending him into the sea. The surviving Beasts Pirates fled the island, leaving Jack’s fate uncertain.

  • Lorne pulled Jack toward him and prepared a powerful punch using grit, Armament Haki, and Garp’s teachings.
  • Lorne struck Jack with Haymaker, Fist Bone: Impact, breaking through Jack’s Haki and crushing his chest.
  • Jack flew across the sea and sank beneath the water after Lorne’s blow.
  • The remaining Beasts Pirates panicked, abandoned their companions in the water, and fled aboard the Mammoth.
  • Lorne withdrew his fist and remarked that Jack was not much to speak of.

Ch. 152The Gaze of Big Mom, One of the Four Emperors

Lorne allowed Benny to publish footage of his battle with Jack, exposing his unusual abilities to the world. After Morgans made the footage front-page news, Sengoku warned that every faction might target Lorne, while Big Mom received the newspaper.

  • Lorne ordered Ryan to bring Benny, a World Economy News Paper reporter, out from behind the rocks and learned that Benny had filmed his entire battle with Jack.
  • Lorne returned Benny's camera and told him to let the footage be published, asking Morgans not to portray him as a monster.
  • Morgans used the footage to publish headlines about Lorne defeating Jack and speculated that Lorne was an unknown Mythical Zoan user or the descendant of an extinct race.
  • Sengoku and Staff Officer Tsuru discussed the news at Marine Headquarters, and Sengoku ordered the intelligence department to monitor the world's factions because Lorne had become a target.
  • Perospero showed the day's newspaper to Charlotte Linlin, Big Mom, at Whole Cake Island.

Ch. 153Big Mom, the Greedy Emperor

Big Mom became fixated on Marine Rear Admiral Sett Lorne’s unknown bloodline and ordered Perospero to capture him alive. Meanwhile, the Five Elders discussed Lorne’s recent victories and the danger of Kaido’s retaliation.

  • Linlin saw Lorne’s photograph in the newspaper and decided to make him her husband so she could add his bloodline to the Charlotte Family.
  • Linlin ordered Perospero to take an elite fleet to the first half of the Grand Line and bring Lorne back alive.
  • Perospero dispatched the First, Third, and Seventh Fleets toward Lorne’s island and declared that anyone who resisted could be killed.
  • Lorne sat on a reef at sunset, unaware that Big Mom’s forces were closing in on him.
  • Saint Nusjuro and the other Five Elders reviewed Lorne’s defeats of Doflamingo and Jack and discussed the risks of Kaido retaliating.

Ch. 154The Five Elders' Scheme

The Five Elders arranged to recall Lorne to Marineford under the pretext of securing the Reverie, hoping to keep him from upsetting the sea’s balance. Lorne agreed to return for rest and supplies but left his participation in guarding the kings undecided.

  • Saint Nusjuro and the other Five Elders discussed the threat Lorne posed and the danger of Big Mom’s fleets seeking to capture him.
  • Saint Peter proposed invoking a Reverie security regulation to recall independent Marine officers of rear admiral rank and above, and Saint Saturn ordered an official notice sent to Marine Headquarters.
  • Sengoku and Tsuru recognized the notice as a way to restrain Lorne after his victories over Doflamingo and Jack.
  • Sengoku told Lorne about the mandatory recall, and Lorne suspected the Five Elders wanted to stop him from upsetting the balance of power.
  • Lorne said his injured crew needed rest, supplies, and ammunition, and agreed to return to Marineford while leaving his Reverie security assignment undecided.

Ch. 155Intercepted by an Emperor

Lorne and the wounded Vanguard Squad returned to Marineford after receiving orders tied to the Reverie. Their ship was trapped by pink sugar in the sea and surrounded by Big Mom’s fleet, leaving Lorne facing a slender figure on the flagship’s lookout.

  • Lorne ended his call with Sengoku, then told his subordinates they would return to Marineford because all rear admirals on assignment had been recalled for the Reverie.
  • The Vanguard Squad boarded the Fearless at dawn and sailed away from Nameless Island toward Marineford.
  • After roughly two hours at sea, the crew discovered that solidifying pink sugar had encased the Fearless and stopped it from moving.
  • Lorne identified the substance as sugar and sensed hundreds of people nearby as Big Mom’s pirate flag appeared through the fog.
  • Three of Big Mom’s fleets surrounded the trapped Fearless, and Lorne fixed his gaze on a slender figure atop the largest flagship.

Ch. 156The forty-fourth husband

Charlotte Perospero intercepted Lorne and demanded that he join the Charlotte Family as Charlotte Linlin’s forty-fourth husband. Lorne refused and faced Perospero’s forces alone at the bow of the Fearless as golden flames flared around him.

  • Perospero announced that Charlotte Linlin had prepared a wedding and ordered Lorne to return to Totto Land as her forty-fourth husband.
  • Ethan, Ryan, and Kuina defended Lorne, while the Vanguard Squad drew weapons and refused to retreat.
  • Lorne ordered his subordinates to fall back and rejected Perospero’s offer, challenging him to try to kill him.
  • Perospero turned the sea and the Fearless’s deck into candy and declared that he would take Lorne to Totto Land by force.
  • Lorne burned away the candy, unleashed Golden Grit, and challenged Perospero as the Marines watched from the stern.

Ch. 157Storming Totto Land's Fleet Alone

Lorne shattered Perospero’s Candy Wave and charged alone into Totto Land’s fleet, surviving its cannon fire and poisoned arrows through Battlefield Valor and his powerful recovery. He landed aboard a warship, defeated its captain, and continued fighting the surrounding pirates as his strength grew.

  • Perospero ordered the fleet to fire on Lorne and attacked him with Candy Poison Arrows.
  • Lorne charged through the barrage, pulled out the poisoned arrows, and healed his injuries while purging the poison.
  • Lorne blocked a pirate captain’s Haki-coated cleaver with his arm and blasted the captain through a cabin with Decimating Smash.
  • Lorne charged through the surrounding pirates, enduring their attacks as Battlefield Valor strengthened him and healed his wounds.

Ch. 158Tearing the Candy Dragon Apart

Lorne fought through Totto Land’s forces, tore Perospero’s Candy Dragon apart, and broke free of a Seastone net without being weakened. Perospero realized Seastone could not counter Lorne and wondered whether he belonged to an extinct ancient race.

  • Pirates tried to pull Lorne down with barbed chains, but he yanked them toward him and smashed them together with Crushing Blow.
  • Perospero summoned a Candy Dragon to attack Lorne, who survived the impact and tore the dragon in half with his strength and golden Grit flames.
  • Ethan, Kuina, Ryan, and Bakel discussed Lorne’s unusual ability to grow stronger as he recovered from injuries and decided to guard their warship instead of interfering.
  • Lorne charged into a formation of Armament Haki-coated spears, trapped them with his muscles, and snapped them, sending the pirates flying.
  • Pirates bound Lorne in a Seastone net, but he remained unaffected and tore it apart with his bare hands.
  • Perospero saw that Seastone could not weaken Lorne and speculated that he came from an extinct ancient race.

Ch. 159Ultimate Castle

Lorne tore through Perospero’s Candy Army and destroyed his Ultimate Castle from within with a single punch. Perospero watched him emerge unscathed and began to fear that Totto Land could not defeat him.

  • Perospero summoned hundreds of Candy Soldiers, but Lorne shattered them and slammed a Candy Giant into a warship, splitting it in half.
  • Ryan and Ethan praised Lorne’s strength while Kuina urged the squad to stay alert, and Bakel and the others fired the Fearless’s cannons to support him.
  • Perospero used Candy Craft: Ultimate Castle to trap Lorne inside a huge candy fortress filled with poison gas and deadly traps.
  • Lorne let Battlefield Valor build his Grit as the syrup and poison harmed him, then used Haymaker to blast apart the castle with one punch.
  • Lorne emerged unscathed, and Perospero’s confidence collapsed as he wondered whether Totto Land could defeat him.

Ch. 160Capturing Perospero Alive

Lorne defeated Perospero, destroyed Totto Land's flagship and crippled its capture fleet, then took Perospero prisoner and ordered the Marines to return to Marineford. The Independent Vanguard Squad looted the damaged ships before the Fearless set sail, while Lorne dismissed Kuina's warning that Big Mom would retaliate.

  • Perospero attacked Lorne with enormous syrup hands, but Lorne smashed through them and shattered Perospero's ten candy shields before grabbing him by the neck.
  • Lorne used The Show Stopper to drive himself and Perospero into Totto Land's flagship, destroying it and badly damaging the surrounding fleet.
  • Lorne ordered Ethan to bind the unconscious Perospero with Seastone chains and lock him in the deepest hold.
  • Lorne told Ryan and Bakel to search the damaged ships, and the Marines looted treasure worth over five hundred million Beli.
  • Kuina warned Lorne that Big Mom would retaliate, but Lorne said he was ready and ordered the Fearless to sail for Marineford.

Ch. 161A shocking return

Lorne trained his body aboard the Fearless while transporting the captured Perospero to Marineford. He delivered the beaten pirate to Marine Headquarters as a greeting gift, leaving the recruits and officers stunned.

  • Lorne trained with more than ten tons of steel on his back and told Kuina that a strong body could hold powerful Haki.
  • Lorne mocked and taunted the chained Perospero, who feared that Lorne was not human.
  • Ryan reported that the Fearless had reached the waters near the Gate of Justice, and Lorne ordered the Marines to prepare to dock.
  • Lorne arrived at Marineford carrying Perospero, shocking the Marines who recognized the Four Emperors' notorious pirate officer.
  • Lorne threw the unconscious Perospero onto the Headquarters plaza and called him a greeting gift, leaving the recruits and vice admirals stunned.

Ch. 162Sengoku's Splitting Headache

Lorne returned to Marine Headquarters with Charlotte Perospero captured, alarming Sengoku over the risk of provoking Big Mom. Sengoku confronted Lorne in his office, where Lorne defended his actions and revealed Big Mom’s crew had tried to make him her forty-fourth husband.

  • Lorne’s return with Perospero as a prisoner shocked the recruits and Vice Admirals at Marine Headquarters.
  • A messenger told Sengoku that Lorne had captured Perospero and displayed him in the plaza, prompting Sengoku to panic while Garp praised Lorne.
  • Sengoku ordered Lorne to report to his office, but Lorne barged in before the messenger could leave.
  • Sengoku reprimanded Lorne for flaunting Perospero’s capture, while Lorne argued that capturing him was the proper response to the crew’s attack.
  • Lorne told Sengoku that Big Mom’s crew had tried to make him Charlotte Linlin’s forty-fourth husband, and Garp laughed at the revelation.

Ch. 163Sengoku's warning

Sengoku ordered Lorne to help secure the Reverie in Mary Geoise and warned him not to provoke the kings or Celestial Dragons. Back at his base, Lorne reviewed the spoils and his men’s injuries before criticizing Kuina’s swordsmanship and resolve.

  • Sengoku explained that capturing Perospero could destabilize the New World and ordered Lorne to join the patrol squad for the Reverie in three weeks.
  • Sengoku warned Lorne not to cause diplomatic incidents or lay a hand on the Celestial Dragons, while Garp teased Sengoku about Lorne’s attitude.
  • Lorne left Headquarters and returned to his base, where Ethan reported that the crew had collected 530 million Beli in treasure.
  • Lorne checked on Ryan and Bakel, ordered them not to train until fully healed, and asked Ethan to supervise them.
  • Lorne told Kuina he was dissatisfied with her performance and said her blade was afraid because her resolve was not firm enough.

Ch. 164Heading to the Reverie

Lorne ordered Kuina to undergo intense sword training until she mastered Armament Haki Hardening, then visited his mother before departing for Red Port to serve as security for the Reverie. The chapter left Lorne facing King Stelly, who insulted him and ordered his Marines to carry his luggage.

  • Lorne told Kuina to swing her sword twenty thousand times daily with five additional tons of weight and threatened to leave her behind if she failed to master Armament Haki Hardening by the end of the Reverie.
  • Lorne doubled Ryan and Bakel's physical training after they recovered and asked Ethan to supervise them.
  • Lorne visited Masha, told her that he would be away for Reverie security duty, and promised to be careful around the kings and Celestial Dragons.
  • Three weeks later, Lorne and the Fearless arrived at Red Port, where Ryan identified the lavish ship of Goa Kingdom's King Stelly.
  • Stelly ordered Lorne and his squad to carry his luggage, and Ethan told him they were assigned to port security rather than private service.
  • Stelly scorned the Marines and claimed that carrying his belongings was an honor because he expected to become a Celestial Dragon.

Ch. 165Treating human lives like dirt

Lorne threatened King Stelly after Stelly’s guards aimed their muskets at him, then went with his squad to Mary Geoise for security duty. Witnessing nobles and Celestial Dragons abuse kings and slaves, he was left with a cold resolve as he looked toward Pangaea Castle.

  • Lorne intimidated Stelly and warned him not to threaten his subordinates, prompting Stelly to retreat and threaten to complain to the Five Elders.
  • Lorne, Ethan, and Kuina rode the bubble lift to Mary Geoise, where Lorne began patrolling the social plaza.
  • Lorne watched Saint Charlos kick down a king who had brought him a gift, while the king apologized and fawned over him.
  • Lorne and Kuina saw young princes and princesses whipping enslaved people, and Ethan warned Lorne that intervening could bring severe consequences.
  • Lorne suppressed his anger and looked toward Pangaea Castle, murmuring that truth existed only within striking distance of a fist.

Ch. 166Cobra under attack

Marine Rear Admiral Lorne rushed to rescue King Cobra after pirates attacked the Alabasta escort fleet near Mary Geoise. As the Fearless raced toward the distress coordinates, Lorne ordered Kuina to protect Cobra and the wounded while he confronted the pirates.

  • Ethan told Lorne that pirates had attacked King Cobra's ships and were trying to kidnap the king for ransom.
  • Lorne ignored the need for deployment clearance and ordered the Fearless to leave Red Port at full speed, with Kuina and Ethan aboard.
  • Kuina asked why the escort was so weak, and Ethan explained that drought had left Alabasta unable to pay much Heavenly Tribute.
  • The escort's distress transmission reported that three armed ships had overwhelmed them and that their captain wielded a hammer before the signal cut out.
  • Lorne told Kuina to protect King Cobra and treat the wounded when they reached the battlefield, while he dealt with the pirates.

Ch. 167Sett Lorne steps in

Sett Lorne and the Fearless reached three pirate ships attacking an Alabasta passenger ship, where King Cobra and other survivors were trapped. Lorne leapt onto a pirate ship and began slaughtering its crew, while Kuina led marines to protect the survivors.

  • Lorne used Observation Haki to find seventeen survivors and more than two hundred pirates surrounding the damaged passenger ship.
  • The bald pirate captain threatened King Cobra and bragged about taking the Heavenly Tribute as the Fearless arrived.
  • Lorne ignored the Red Port intelligence station's order to return and assigned Kuina and ten marines to rescue the king and tend to the wounded.
  • Lorne leapt from the Fearless onto the nearest pirate ship, startling the crew when they recognized Sett Lorne.
  • When the pirates charged, Lorne crushed their heads with his bare hands and advanced through the crowd.

Ch. 168Bloodbath aboard the pirate ships

Lorne slaughtered the pirates attacking the Alabasta ships and ordered his Marines to secure the survivors. He then met the wounded King Cobra, who learned that Lorne was a Marine rear admiral.

  • Lorne killed the pirates aboard the first ship, then killed those on the second ship who had threatened Alabasta sailors held hostage.
  • Kuina reported that King Cobra was alive but badly injured and had been found aboard the Alabasta ship.
  • Lorne confronted the bald captain on the flagship, caught his hammer with one hand, shattered it, and killed him.
  • Lorne ordered Ethan to bring the Marines aboard and cuff the surviving pirates, then went to the Alabasta ship.
  • Kuina led Lorne to King Cobra, who identified him as a Marine rear admiral, and Lorne introduced himself as part of Marine Headquarters' Independent Vanguard Squad.

Ch. 169Cobra's thanks

Lorne saved King Cobra and his people from pirates, then returned with them to Mary Geoise as the Reverie began. While the Vanguard Squad stood guard at the Social Plaza, a Celestial Dragon arrived riding a chained slave.

  • Lorne told Cobra that the pirates had been dealt with and offered to take the wounded Alabastans to Red Port.
  • Cobra thanked Lorne, defended his brutal methods, and said the era needed people like him.
  • Cobra warned Lorne that Mary Geoise was dangerous before the Fearless reached Red Port.
  • Lorne brought Cobra and his party back to Mary Geoise, where his squad was assigned to guard the Social Plaza during the Reverie.
  • Ethan said Sengoku had suppressed the disciplinary notice after Cobra sent the World Government a letter of thanks.
  • A Celestial Dragon entered the plaza on the back of a slave, and the royals and attendants hurried to make way.

Ch. 170The Celestial Dragon's Prey

Saint Charlos ordered CP0 to seize Kuina as his slave, and she fought off their first attacks. The Vanguard Squad prepared to intervene while Lorne remained seated, leaving a confrontation on the verge of breaking out.

  • Saint Charlos arrived in the square, whipping his slave and an attendant as he approached Lorne and the Vanguard Squad.
  • Saint Charlos noticed Kuina and ordered CP0 to capture her as a swordswoman slave, dismissing Ethan’s warning that she was a Marine.
  • The CP0 agents attacked Kuina, but she dodged a strike and cut through one agent’s Seastone chain with Wado Ichimonji.
  • Kuina refused to surrender as the CP0 agents surrounded her, while Ryan, Bakel, and the Vanguard Squad readied their weapons and Lorne stayed seated.

Ch. 171Blasting CP0 to Death

Lorne saved Kuina from CP0 agents who were attacking her on Saint Charlos’s orders, then killed one of them with a single punch. He turned toward Charlos and prepared to confront him as the other CP0 agent panicked and called for help.

  • A CP0 agent attacked Kuina while his partner used a Seastone chain to trap her, and Ethan refused to intervene because he feared the Celestial Dragons.
  • Lorne appeared in front of Kuina, stopped both attacks, and crushed the Seastone chain in his hand.
  • Lorne killed the CP0 agent with a punch that shattered his defenses and sent his body into the plaza fountain.
  • Lorne defied Ethan’s pleas and declared that Celestial Dragons were no exception to his protection of his subordinates.
  • The surviving CP0 agent feared Lorne would kill Saint Charlos and called for an Admiral and the Five Elders as Lorne confronted Charlos.

Ch. 172Trampling a Descendant of the Gods

Lorne defied Saint Charlos and used Conqueror’s Haki to incapacitate the Celestial Dragon’s guards and CP0 agent. He stood over Charlos and began lowering his boot toward the fallen Celestial Dragon’s head, leaving his fate unresolved.

  • Saint Charlos fired his golden pistol at Lorne, who caught the bullet between two fingers.
  • Lorne declared that Charlos’s shot was an attempt to execute a Marine Rear Admiral and rejected Ethan’s plea to back down.
  • Lorne unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out Charlos, the royal guards, and the surviving CP0 agent.
  • The kings watched in terror as Kuina saw Lorne as a true king, while Ethan begged him not to kill Charlos.
  • Lorne raised his boot over Charlos’s head and began pressing down as he told him to repent before those he had enslaved.

Ch. 173Kizaru Intervenes

Lorne tried to kill Saint Charlos, but Kizaru intervened and fought to stop him from reaching the Celestial Dragon. After Lorne struck Kizaru with a powerful punch, Kizaru warned that killing Saint Charlos could fracture the Marines and leave Lorne exposed to his enemies.

  • Kizaru kicked Lorne’s stomp off course, saving Saint Charlos from being crushed.
  • Kizaru urged Lorne to stop and offered to negotiate with the Five Elders, but Lorne insisted Saint Charlos had to die for harming one of his people.
  • Kizaru ordered the guards to carry Saint Charlos away, and Lorne used Soru to pursue him past Kizaru.
  • Kizaru attacked Lorne with Yasakani no Magatama, but Lorne endured the barrage and healed from his wounds.
  • Lorne struck Kizaru with a Haki-coated punch that sent him sliding backward, and Kizaru warned Lorne about the consequences of killing a Celestial Dragon.

Ch. 174The tiger grew its fangs

Lorne spared Saint Charlos after Kizaru warned that killing him would endanger his people, but his defiance drew the Five Elders’ attention and launched a conspiracy against him. As the Fearless left the Holy Land, Lorne ordered his crew to intensify their training and vowed to become strong enough to challenge the World Government.

  • Kizaru stopped Lorne from killing Saint Charlos by warning that the World Government could retaliate against Lorne’s people, and Lorne agreed to spare Charlos for now.
  • Lorne ordered Ethan to take Kuina for treatment and told her to train with ten-ton weights so she could defend herself next time.
  • The Five Elders discussed Lorne’s power and decided to send him to the G-5 Branch, hoping he would clash with Kaido’s Beasts Pirates.
  • Lorne left the Holy Land aboard the Fearless and told Ethan he would ask Sengoku about the justice he had been taught to protect.
  • News Coos spread a newspaper featuring Lorne’s capture of Perospero, while Kizaru watched the warship depart and feared their next meeting might be at the execution platform.
  • Lorne ordered his subordinates to double their training and become proficient in the Six Powers.

Ch. 175The Celestial Dragons Furiously Lodge a Complaint

After Lorne injured Saint Charlos in the Holy Land, the furious Celestial Dragons demanded his execution, while the Five Elders considered their response. Sengoku defended Lorne as acting in self-defense, and Garp threatened to stand between his grandson and the World Government.

  • Guards carried the unconscious, bloodied Saint Charlos away as kings watched the crater Lorne had left behind.
  • Saint Rosward and other Celestial Dragons stormed the Room of Authority and demanded Lorne's execution and punishment of his family.
  • Saint Saturn ordered the Celestial Dragons out and said the Five Elders would handle the matter themselves.
  • Sengoku confronted the Five Elders with Kizaru's report and argued that Lorne had acted in legitimate self-defense.
  • Garp declared Lorne was his grandson, defended his actions, and warned the Five Elders they would have to get past him to harm Lorne.
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