Chapter Summaries

Garp taught Lorne to sense Ryuo’s rhythm through his Beast Ears and endure repeated blows until he understood its four-beat pulse. Lorne emerged from the rubble with Grit and Conqueror’s Haki beginning to merge in that rhythm.

• Garp shattered Lorne’s arms with Ryuo and explained how his Haki penetrated armor from within, while Battlefield Valor quickly healed Lorne.
• Garp told Lorne to listen to Haki’s rhythm, and Lorne used his Beast Ears and Observation Haki to hear four pulses in Garp’s strikes.
• As Garp struck him repeatedly, Lorne memorized the four-beat rhythm and consciously made his own will pulse in time with it.
• Garp unleashed Fist Bone: Meteor Shower, and Lorne endured the barrage while realizing that Haki could circulate automatically with the heartbeat of the will.
• Lorne emerged from the rubble with Grit and Conqueror’s Haki tentatively merging over his fists, and told Garp he had learned the rhythm.

Lorne learned to match Garp’s four-beat punching rhythm and used it to land a devastating counterpunch, but the effort left him critically injured while Garp remained standing. Garp admitted that Lorne’s blow had made his hand numb and began telling him what had surprised him.

• Garp told Lorne to keep taking punches until his body could maintain the four-beat rhythm instinctively.
• Lorne matched the rhythm with his Grit and Conqueror’s Haki, then struck Garp with a Haymaker that destroyed the valley and sheared away half the mountain.
• Kuina, Ryan, and Bakel witnessed the blast from the island’s outskirts, and Kuina sensed that one of the fighters was weakening.
• Lorne lay badly injured with his right arm shattered, while Garp stood with his fist shaking and said it felt a little numb.
• Lorne admitted defeat, and Garp sat beside him, praised the punch, and asked whether he knew what had surprised him.

Garp explained that Lorne had briefly infused his fist with Conqueror's Haki, but his body could not withstand the strain. After recovering for three days, Lorne emerged stronger and located Kuina, Ryan, and Bakel hunting together.

• Garp told Lorne that his Conqueror's Haki Infusion had worked for a fraction of a second, but his body was too weak to sustain it.
• Garp advised Lorne to let the lessons from their fight settle and urged him to survive until they met again.
• Garp warned that Lorne's grit was neither ordinary Haki nor a Devil Fruit power, then left him Senbei for dinner.
• A patrolling Marine warship witnessed a mountain being sheared away, but its captain chose not to report it.
• Three days later, Lorne woke fully healed with greater physical resilience and improved Haki efficiency after Battlefield Valor reshaped his body.
• Lorne used Observation Haki to find Kuina, Ryan, and Bakel hunting a giant earth dragon in the northwest of the island.

Lorne completed two years of brutal training on the Island of Misfortune, strengthening himself and his Independent Vanguard Squad. When Garp returned, the two fought at full power, and the chapter ended with Garp rising from the crater after Lorne drove them both into the ground.

• Lorne trained on the seabed with twenty tons of seastone weights, while Kuina, Ryan, and Bakel also grew stronger over the two years.
• Garp arrived on the Island of Misfortune and challenged Lorne to test his progress before returning to Marineford.
• Lorne and Garp traded powerful blows, and Garp recognized that Lorne could infuse his attacks with Conqueror's Haki.
• Lorne used Crushing Blow to disrupt Garp's balance, then grabbed him and launched them both into the sky.
• Lorne plunged into the ground with Garp, creating a huge crater, and Garp slowly rose from its bottom.

Lorne and Garp continued their battle, and Lorne’s Grit resonated with his Conqueror’s Haki until he unleashed a dangerous new attack. Their fists collided, and Garp’s advanced Ryuo began to evaporate under Lorne’s blow.

• Garp used Fist Bone: Mountain-Splitting River-Breaker, and Lorne answered with Haymaker, splitting the sky and reshaping the island as both fighters were thrown back.
• Lorne rose from the rubble as his Grit tightened around him like armor and his Conqueror’s Haki arcs crawled over it.
• Garp sensed Lorne’s bloodline resonating with his Haki, while Lorne warned that he could not control his next move.
• Lorne fused his Grit with Conqueror’s Haki Infusion, and Garp gathered his advanced Ryuo for Fist Bone: Meteor.
• Lorne struck with Grit Conqueror’s Coating-Haymaker, and Garp felt the force penetrate his defenses as his advanced Ryuo began to evaporate.

Lorne completed his Haki training after landing a devastating blow on Garp, who declared him strong enough to stand as an equal to Marine Admirals and the Four Emperors. With his Vanguard Squad assembled, Lorne sailed with Garp toward Foosha Village in the East Blue, eager to return home and see Masha.

• Lorne unleashed his full Grit in a powerful punch that shattered Garp's Haki and sent him crashing through five rocky hills.
• Garp emerged from the wreckage, laughed, and officially declared that Lorne had completed his Haki training.
• Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina arrived, and Lorne saw how much the Vanguard Squad had improved during the past two years.
• Garp said he planned to stop in the East Blue, where Masha was staying in Foosha Village, and Lorne eagerly agreed to go with him.
• Garp ordered the Fearless to sail for Foosha Village, and Lorne quietly said he was coming home to his mother.

Lorne and Garp reached the East Blue, where they intercepted Ace as he tried to set sail from Foosha Village. Garp hurled a cannonball at Ace’s boat, and Lorne watched without intervening, confident Ace would survive.

• Lorne thanked Kuina for her work during their two years together and promised to ask Sengoku to grant her a military rank when they returned to Marineford.
• The Fearless crossed Reverse Mountain into the East Blue, and Lorne sensed a lively presence leaving Foosha Village.
• Lorne recognized the presence as Ace and warned Garp that they had arrived on a big day.
• Garp and the Marines found Ace rowing a small boat and preparing to set sail, then Garp ordered cannonballs brought to the deck.
• Garp threw a cannonball at Ace’s boat with his Fist Bone Meteor, while Lorne refused to stop him and said Ace was not easy to kill.

Garp let Ace sail away by deliberately missing his boat, while Lorne warned him to avoid Marshall D. Teach. Several days into his voyage, a hungry Ace spotted a barren island and rowed toward it in search of food.

• Garp's cannonballs splashed around Ace's boat without hitting it, and Lorne pointed out that Garp had let him go.
• Lorne congratulated Ace on setting out and warned him that Marshall D. Teach was dangerous and must not be pursued alone.
• Ace promised to stay wary of Teach, waved goodbye to Lorne and Garp, and rowed toward the open sea.
• Kuina said she would remain with Lorne to wield her sword in defense of justice, and Lorne led the crew back toward Foosha Village.
• Several days later, hungry and out of dried meat, Ace spotted a small island and rowed toward it hoping to find food.

Ace acquired the Flame-Flame Fruit after buying an apple from sailors and discovered that he could turn into fire. Meanwhile, Lorne returned with his crew to the Island of Misfortune to continue training, where a vibrating device interrupted his rest.

• Starving on a deserted island, Ace bought an apple from a merchant ship's sailors with his last coins.
• The apple transformed into a flame-patterned fruit, and Ace ate it despite its terrible taste.
• Ace discovered he had gained the Flame-Flame Fruit's power and could create fire without being burned.
• At Foosha Village, Garp stayed behind while Lorne and the Fearless departed for the Island of Misfortune.
• Lorne ordered his marines to resume their harsh training, while Kuina, Ryan, and Bakel continued their own practice.
• Two days after arriving, Lorne was resting on deck when a device inside his clothes began vibrating.

Sengoku told Lorne that the Five Elders had lifted his confinement but stripped him of his rear admiral rank and expelled him from Marine Headquarters. He secretly kept Lorne’s unit and support intact, sending Lorne and his crew to challenge the Four Emperors in the New World.

• Sengoku informed Lorne that he had been stripped of his rank and officially expelled from the Marines for beating Saint Charlos and killing CP0 agents.
• Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina protested the ruling, but Lorne calmed them and asked Sengoku why he had made an encrypted call.
• Sengoku revealed that Lorne’s strength had reached an admiral’s level and that he would secretly preserve the Fearless unit and provide Lorne with supplies and intelligence.
• Sengoku tasked Lorne with acting as an independent force against the Four Emperors, while warning him that Kaido was searching for something.
• Lorne’s crew accepted the mission, and he ordered the Fearless to set sail for the New World.

After Fleet Admiral Sengoku stripped Lorne and his men of their Marine identities, Lorne led the Vanguard Squad aboard the Fearless toward the New World. As the news spread across the seas, observers and powerful figures learned that Lorne had returned.

• Lorne told the fifty Marines that they had all been dismissed and their records erased, leaving them without legal identities.
• The Marines pledged to follow Lorne, discarded their uniforms, and watched Ryan lower the Marine flag from the Fearless.
• Lorne ordered the Fearless to sail for the New World and threw his rank button into the sea.
• A man in black reported the Fearless's departure to an unknown contact, who warned him to keep his distance from Lorne.
• Newspapers spread reports of Lorne's return and break with Marine Headquarters to taverns, royal palaces, and the ships of the Four Emperors.

Lorne set the Fearless on course for the New World, where Kaido, Big Mom, and Doflamingo learned he was coming and prepared to respond. Doflamingo ordered his family to avoid Lorne's warship, despite Diamante's objection.

• Lorne ordered Bakel to steer the Fearless away from regular shipping lanes and toward waters with more pirates.
• Kaido learned that Lorne had left Marineford and ordered his forces to gather and sink the Fearless when it entered the New World.
• Big Mom learned Lorne was heading toward the New World and sent Smoothie and Cracker to intercept him.
• Doflamingo recalled Lorne's earlier attack and ordered the Donquixote Family to evacuate whenever they encountered the Fearless.
• Diamante questioned whether avoiding Lorne was too humiliating, and Doflamingo turned on him.

Lorne confronted Gar Barlo, a 280-million-Beli pirate infamous for massacring civilians, after the Brutal Pirates attacked the Fearless. As Gar boasted and threatened him, Lorne prepared to fight and asked Ryan to time the encounter.

• The Fearless spotted the Brutal Pirates’ ship approaching through the Calm Belt.
• Lorne told Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina to stay aboard while he took the first fight.
• Gar bragged about killing civilians and challenged Lorne, claiming he would use him as a stepping stone into the New World.
• Gar attacked a civilian captive and demonstrated his strength by slashing a long gash through the sea.
• Lorne silenced Gar, dismissed his golden flames, and asked Ryan to time the fight.

Lorne swiftly overwhelmed Gar after crossing to his ship, then killed him for murdering civilians. Gar’s crew remained terrified aboard their ship while Bakel checked their identities against wanted posters.

• Lorne used Soru to reach Gar, broke his scimitar, and crushed the bones in Gar’s right hand.
• Gar pleaded and offered money, but Lorne said Gar was only an appetizer and attacked him again.
• Gar drew a famous sword and slashed at Lorne, who shattered it with an Armament Haki-coated kick.
• Lorne crushed Gar’s head in one hand and kicked his corpse into the sea.
• Ryan noted that the first encounter had taken three seconds, Kuina went to heat up Lorne’s food, and Bakel checked the terrified pirates against wanted posters.

Lorne swiftly killed Gar and his pirates, then let the World Economy News Paper publicize his return as he entered the New World. Sengoku and Tsuru discussed the consequences, with Sengoku hoping Lorne would draw the World Government’s attention away from Marine Headquarters.

• Lorne killed Gar in under five seconds, and Ryan and Bakel helped secure the enemy ship and its treasure.
• Lorne ordered Ryan to throw the captured pirates into the sea, while a News Coo photographed the aftermath.
• Morgans received the photographs and ordered the story of Lorne’s return and Gar’s death printed worldwide.
• Sengoku read the news at Marine Headquarters, and Tsuru reminded him that Lorne’s actions no longer implicated the Marines.
• Sengoku hoped Lorne would cause a greater stir in the New World and attract the attention of their enemies.

Sengoku decided to let the expelled Lorne stir up trouble in the New World while the Marines dealt with other threats. Lorne and his crew reached the Sabaody Archipelago to find a coating craftsman before traveling underwater to Fish-Man Island, but Kuina noticed people watching them strangely as they went ashore.

• Sengoku and Tsuru discussed Lorne’s expulsion, the threat from the New World, and Garp’s absence from Marine Headquarters.
• Lorne trained Ryan in Iron Body and advised Kuina on advancing her swordsmanship by sensing the blade’s will.
• Bakel told Lorne that the Fearless was nearing Sabaody, and Lorne explained that they needed a coating to reach Fish-Man Island beneath the Red Line.
• Lorne ordered Ryan and Bakel to guard the Fearless while he and Kuina went ashore to find a coating craftsman.
• The Fearless docked at Sabaody, where Kuina noticed people looking at her and Lorne strangely.

Lorne and Kuina entered Sabaody’s Lawless Zone, where Lorne’s killing intent incapacitated three pirates who tried to rob them. They reached Shakky’s bar, where Shakky recognized Lorne and charged them an outrageous price for juice.

• Lorne warned Kuina that she needed strength to change the Lawless Zone and led her past enslaved workers in Area Thirteen.
• Three pirates blocked Lorne and Kuina, demanding their money and Kuina’s sword, but Lorne told Kuina to stand down.
• Lorne released a trace of killing intent that knocked the three pirates unconscious and frightened the onlookers into hiding.
• Lorne dismissed the effect as mere killing intent and continued with Kuina to Shakky’s Rip-off Bar.
• Shakky recognized Lorne, served him and Kuina juice, and demanded 180,000 Beli, prompting Kuina to question the price.

Lorne revealed that he knew Rayleigh’s identity and agreed to test his strength against the former Roger Pirates vice captain. Their clash in Shakky’s backyard left Rayleigh surprised by Lorne’s Haki and immense physical power.

• Lorne identified the silver-haired coating craftsman as Silvers Rayleigh, and Shakky and Rayleigh reacted warily to him.
• Rayleigh proposed moving their confrontation to the backyard, where he picked up a branch to fight Lorne.
• Rayleigh unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki, and Lorne met it with his own, strengthened by a savage energy within him.
• Rayleigh vanished forward and slashed at Lorne, who countered with Decimating Smash and struck the branch with his bare fist.
• The collision cracked the ground and left Rayleigh’s arm numb, while a fine crack appeared in his branch.

Lorne and Rayleigh tested their strength, and Lorne’s punch overwhelmed Rayleigh’s sword slash while destroying much of the backyard. Rayleigh agreed to coat the Fearless for three days, and Lorne and Kuina entered the prosperous Area 21, unaware of several hostile presences converging on them.

• Rayleigh unleashed One Sword Style: Flying Dragon, but Lorne’s Conqueror’s Haki Infusion-Haymaker destroyed the slash and blasted apart a stone wall.
• Rayleigh acknowledged Lorne’s strength, and Shakky arrived to find the backyard devastated.
• Lorne asked Rayleigh to coat the Fearless; Rayleigh agreed to do the work in at least three days, and Lorne paid Shakky fifty million Beli.
• Lorne ordered Ryan and Bakel to guard the Fearless in the harbor and told them not to cause trouble during the coating.
• Lorne and Kuina went to Area 21 to buy supplies, while Lorne sensed powerful, ill-intentioned presences approaching them.

Lorne and Kuina stocked up on supplies in Sabaody while a group of pirates plotted to kill Lorne. Their shopping was interrupted by Saint Mosti’s procession, and the Celestial Dragon ordered his guards to cut off their legs for refusing to kneel.

• Lorne told Kuina that pirates were following them, but they continued shopping for food and sailing supplies.
• Lorne explained why they needed provisions for the New World and warned Kuina away from a Seastone fragment displayed in a shop.
• A one-eyed pirate and his men discussed killing Lorne with poison or an ambush, unaware that Lorne could hear them.
• Saint Mosti arrived on a Giant slave’s back, and the crowd dropped to its knees while Lorne and Kuina remained standing.
• Saint Mosti ordered his guards to cut off Lorne and Kuina’s legs for refusing to kneel.