Chapter Summaries

Zephyr prepared elite recruits Ryan and Bakel for possible service in Lorne's Independent Suppression Force while worrying about the force's needs. At Baratie, Zeff confronted Lorne after Kuina injured the Buck Pirates, then recognized Lorne's presence and questioned Masha about her Navy ties.

• Zephyr asked Ryan and Bakel about their progress with the Six Powers and said he planned to send them to Lorne's unit when Lorne returned from the East Blue.
• At Baratie, Lorne told Kuina to silence the injured Buck Pirates, but she noticed Zeff approaching from the kitchen.
• Buck begged Zeff to avenge him, but Zeff blamed Buck and ordered Patty and Carne to throw the pirates into the sea.
• Zeff apologized to Lorne for the disturbance, and Lorne praised his steak and addressed him as Red-Leg Zeff.
• Zeff noticed Masha's military bearing and asked whether she was with the Navy.

Lorne and his companions shared a meal at the Baratie, where young Sanji served them his cooking and revealed his dream of finding the All Blue. Lorne affirmed that the legendary sea existed, then urged Sanji to gain strength to protect his dream, leaving Sanji and Zeff to face the hard truth in his words.

• Masha told Zeff she was a retired Marine Headquarters lieutenant commander, and Zeff offered to prepare the meal himself.
• Zeff served his specialties while young Sanji brought dessert and tea, then blushed as Kuina praised his fruit tart.
• Lorne praised Zeff's cooking, and Sanji declared that he wanted to become the world's greatest chef and find the All Blue.
• When other diners mocked Sanji's dream, Lorne said the All Blue existed but challenged Sanji to become strong enough to reach it and protect the Baratie.
• Lorne pointed to the bloodstains and Zeff's wooden leg, then told Sanji to strengthen his legs and use them to defeat anyone who threatened his dream.

Sanji reflected on Lorne’s words about overcoming obstacles just as Krieg Pirates stormed Baratie and demanded the restaurant’s treasure, supplies, and cooks. As the pirates terrorized the diners, Lorne told Kuina to hold back, and two looters approached his table.

• Sanji was moved by Lorne’s words, while Kuina tightened her grip on Wado Ichimonji.
• The Scarred Brute and dozens of Krieg Pirates burst into Baratie and announced that Don Krieg intended to seize the restaurant as an exclusive supply station.
• Zeff refused to surrender Baratie, and the Scarred Brute threatened to destroy it unless the staff handed over their valuables and cooks.
• The pirates rampaged through the restaurant, looting diners, wrecking furniture, and driving the hall into chaos.
• Kuina offered to cut down the pirates, but Lorne told her not to move as two looters approached their table.

Lorne’s meal was ruined when Don Krieg’s pirates threatened him, and his anger awakened a terrifying aura that left them unable to move. Zeff and Sanji realized Lorne’s power was far beyond anything they had seen in the East Blue as he prepared to retaliate.

• Don Krieg’s pirates approached Lorne, Masha, and Kuina, demanding their valuables and mocking Lorne’s beast ears.
• A pirate slammed the table, knocking Lorne’s beef tongue to the floor and shattering its plate.
• Masha and Kuina recognized Lorne’s anger and moved out of his way as the pirates continued to taunt him.
• Lorne stood and confronted the pirate who called him a deformed bastard, freezing the pirates with his menacing gaze.
• Lorne’s overwhelming aura erupted outward, while Zeff watched in shock and Sanji stared at him in awe.

Lorne used Conqueror's Haki to knock out the Krieg Pirates advance party throughout the Baratie, leaving the diners and staff stunned. As Ethan and the marines arrived to arrest the pirates, Zeff approached Lorne's table.

• Lorne released Conqueror's Haki and knocked every member of the Krieg Pirates advance party unconscious inside the Baratie and on its deck.
• Lorne sat back down and asked Patty for another serving of beef tongue braised in red wine.
• Lorne explained to Kuina that he had used only the most basic form of Conqueror's Haki and told her not to hold back against pirates like these.
• Zeff explained Conqueror's Haki to Sanji and warned him that Lorne had surpassed anyone in the East Blue.
• Ethan arrived with more than a dozen marines, and Lorne ordered them to bind the pirates for military merits.
• Zeff recovered from his shock and walked over to Lorne's table.

Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral Lorne left the Baratie with Kuina and Ethan after arresting Krieg Pirates, then encountered Don Krieg’s fifty-ship fleet on the way to Marineford. Don Krieg demanded their surrender, and Gin warned him that the Marines aboard were from Headquarters.

• Lorne told Zeff he was a Marine Headquarters rear admiral, while Sanji resolved to grow stronger by fighting with his legs.
• Lorne praised Kuina’s performance in her first real fight, and Ethan reported that the captured advance party included twelve wanted pirates with about thirty-four million Beli in combined bounties.
• Lorne ordered the warship to set sail for Marineford with fifty elite Marines aboard.
• The lookout spotted fifty Krieg Pirates warships surrounding the Marine vessel, and Lorne dismissed their demand to submit to inspection.
• Don Krieg declared himself the overlord of the East Blue and ordered the Marines to surrender or be sunk.
• Gin warned Don Krieg that the ship belonged to Marine Headquarters and that its Marines were extremely strong.

Don Krieg’s fleet attacked Lorne’s Marine warship, but Lorne ordered his crew to return fire and launch an assault instead of retreating. Kuina and fifty trained Marines charged the pirates as their assessment began, and Kuina started her attack on a leading ship.

• Don Krieg ordered his fleet to bombard the Marine warship with cannon fire.
• Lorne used Observation Haki to track the incoming shots and ordered the ship’s gunners to target the vanguard, destroying three pirate ships.
• Lorne told Kuina and fifty elite Marines to board the enemy fleet once it was within a hundred meters and declared the assault their assessment.
• Lorne knocked several cannonballs off course while the Marines intercepted the rest and drove through the encirclement.
• Kuina and the fifty Marines launched themselves toward the pirate ships, evading gunfire as they attacked.
• Kuina drew Wado Ichimonji and brought down her One Sword Style: Cloud Severing strike on a leading ship.

Kuina and fifty elite Marines devastated Don Krieg’s vanguard fleet, leaving Krieg furious and desperate. He revealed concealed weapons in his golden armor and prepared to strike back.

• Kuina cut down pirates aboard a warship while the elite Marines used Soru and Iron Body to overwhelm the other ships.
• Gin and Don Krieg watched the vanguard fleet collapse as pirates panicked at the Marines’ strength and bullets bouncing off them.
• Kuina and the Marines broke through the encirclement, leaving the deck behind Kuina clear of standing pirates.
• Don Krieg slapped away his adjutant’s plea to retreat and glared at Lorne, who remained still at his ship’s bow.
• Don Krieg opened his golden armor to reveal hidden launchers and an eerie green battle spear, then reached for a secret weapon in a steel canister.

Don Krieg unleashed MH5 poison gas and a barrage of weapons against the Marines, but Lorne leaped onto the Dreadnaught Sabre and faced the pirates’ attacks head-on. The chapter ended with Lorne standing amid cannon fire, poisoned needles, flames, and gas without trying to defend himself.

• Don Krieg fired an MH5 poison gas bomb at the Marine warship and launched poisoned projectiles from his Golden Armor.
• Ethan directed the Marines to use Rankyaku to push back the gas, while Kuina and Masha urged Lorne to retreat.
• Lorne leaped over the poison gas and landed in a crater on the Dreadnaught Sabre’s deck, surviving the pirates’ cannon fire.
• Don Krieg ordered the surrounding pirate ships to fire on the flagship and attacked Lorne with his Battle Spear.
• Lorne allowed the explosions, poisoned needles, and MH5 gas to strike him as Gin watched in shock.

Lorne endured Don Krieg’s bombardment, then unleashed a Haymaker that killed Don Krieg and split the Dreadnaught Sabre in half. The surviving Krieg Pirates surrendered, and Lorne’s Marines collected the treasure before preparing to return to base.

• Lorne’s Battlefield Valor bloodline rapidly healed his wounds as Don Krieg continued firing, but Lorne’s fully charged power vaporized the poison mist and flared with golden energy.
• Lorne punched Don Krieg with Haymaker, piercing his Golden Armor, killing him, and tearing the Dreadnaught Sabre in half.
• Gin surrendered, and Ethan led the Marines in arresting the surviving Krieg Pirates and taking stock of the flagship.
• Ethan found treasure worth over eighty million Beli and the broken Golden Armor; Lorne ordered half the treasure registered as battle-loss compensation and deposited in his personal account.
• Kuina reported that the remaining pirate ships could no longer fight, and Lorne ordered the Marines to notify the East Blue branches and set sail.

Lorne brought his warship through the Calm Belt and returned to Marineford with Masha and Kuina. After arriving, he escorted them to their new home in the Family Housing Area and gave Masha the treasure seized from Don Krieg for household expenses.

• Lorne ordered the warship to cross the Calm Belt directly, and Ethan explained how its Seastone hull and paddle-wheel propulsion made the route possible.
• A Sea King passed beneath the warship, but the Seastone concealed the ship from it, while Lorne urged Kuina to face the dangers ahead.
• After several days at sea, Lorne's ship reached Marineford, where Marines recognized him and he sent Ethan to escort the captured pirates to the Detention Camp.
• Lorne took Masha and Kuina to the Family Housing Area and showed them the safe house prepared for them.
• Lorne gave Masha chests of registered treasure seized from Don Krieg, but she told him to keep the money for himself.

After returning to Marineford, Lorne met with Sengoku and Garp, who questioned his reckless East Blue operation. Lorne explained that taking damage fuels a punch capable of bypassing defenses, though it is strongest when he can endure attacks.

• Lorne reassured Masha before leaving home and ordered Kuina to report to the Training Ground the next morning.
• Ethan told Lorne that Sengoku wanted him in his office, where Lorne found Sengoku arguing with Garp over stolen rice crackers.
• Sengoku criticized Lorne for using his body to withstand Don Krieg’s poison gas and cannon fire, while Garp defended him.
• Lorne recounted how he sent Kuina and the Marines after the smaller enemies before facing Don Krieg aboard his flagship.
• Lorne explained that injuries and enemy attacks build power for a punch that ignores defenses, including Armament Haki and Logia transformations, but that taking damage fuels its strength.

Lorne received approval to establish an independent Special Vanguard Team and set out with Ethan to recruit soldiers from Zephyr’s camp. Zephyr received notice that Lorne was authorized to select recruits and awaited his arrival.

• Sengoku granted Lorne authority to establish an independent force and gave him authorization to recruit from the camp.
• Lorne told Ethan their team would leave the regular fleet and that they needed more soldiers.
• Lorne and Ethan headed to Zephyr’s Recruit Camp, where Lorne planned to choose recruits suited to his aggressive fighting style.
• Zephyr received Sengoku’s document authorizing Lorne to select recruits and waited for his former student.

Lorne arrived at Zephyr’s training ground to form an independent Special Vanguard Team and challenged the recruits to prove their strength. He overwhelmed their combined attacks and appeared before Ryan after shattering his Rankyaku, with the fight still underway.

• Lorne gave Zephyr his approval document and announced he would create a Special Vanguard Team.
• Lorne insulted the recruits and challenged them to make him step back or withstand his attacks for three minutes.
• Ryan attacked with Soru, but Lorne caught his wrist and flung him into other recruits.
• Bakel struck Lorne with Kami-e and Iron Body techniques, but Lorne’s defense repelled him and Lorne used Crushing Blow to slam charging recruits together.
• The recruits fired muskets at Lorne, but the bullets bounced off as he charged through the crowd and knocked them down.
• Ryan returned with Rankyaku, but Lorne shattered the vacuum slash with a punch and appeared in front of him.

Lorne tested the recruits by defeating them, then selected the ones who endured for his Special Vanguard Team. The next morning, he gathered the new unit and headquarters elites aboard a warship, preparing to take them to the Calm Belt for training.

• Lorne defeated Ryan, Bakel, and the other recruits, while Zephyr watched and called for the medical team.
• Ryan and Bakel charged Lorne again despite their injuries, and he praised their resolve before defeating them without striking vital areas.
• Lorne selected Ryan, Bakel, and everyone who held out until the end for his Special Vanguard Team, and Ethan reported that forty-two recruits had joined the roster.
• Lorne ordered Ethan to assemble everyone fully armed at five the next morning for a trip to the Calm Belt, then left the Training Ground with Ethan.
• At dawn, Ethan reported that all ninety-five expected personnel were present aboard the warship, and Lorne questioned Ryan about going to sea with a broken arm.

Lorne drove Ryan, Bakel, Kuina, and the soldiers through brutal training aboard a warship in the Calm Belt, forcing them to fight a Sea King and improve their combat skills. After two weeks, the warship returned to the Grand Line, where a lookout spotted a pirate ship.

• Lorne ordered the soldiers to run under heavy loads and pushed Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina through punishing drills to awaken Armament Haki.
• Lorne kicked Ryan and Bakel into the Calm Belt to kill a Sea King, and Kuina joined them in the fight.
• Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina killed the Sea King and returned to the warship exhausted and bloodied.
• The Independent Suppression Force trained in the Calm Belt for two weeks, improving its strength, Kami-e, and swordsmanship.
• The warship left the Calm Belt, and a lookout reported a pirate ship to port.

Lorne’s warship fought Blood Hand Carlos’s pirate crew, and the recruits struggled against the Supernova’s overwhelming numbers. Kuina cut through an armored giant by sensing the Breath of All Things, but Carlos unleashed his Boiling Mode, badly injuring Ryan and breaking the Marine line before turning his attention to Lorne.

• Carlos’s pirate ship charged the warship, and Ethan ordered the Marines to open fire and prepare to board.
• Ryan blocked Carlos’s axe with Armament Haki and counterattacked, while Bakel used the Six Powers to fight pirate officers.
• The Blood Hand Pirates overwhelmed the recruits, but Kuina sensed a weakness in the giant’s armor and killed him with One-Sword Style: Iai: Iron-Cutting.
• Carlos activated his Blood-Blood Fruit’s Boiling Mode, broke Ryan’s arms, and sent him crashing through the ship.
• Carlos tore through the Marine defensive line with Blood-Red Tide and challenged Lorne.

Lorne pushed the wounded Special Vanguard Team to face Carlos, and Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina coordinated their attacks to defeat the Supernova. As the exhausted Marines celebrated, Lorne turned his attention to the pirates fleeing by boat and unleashed a terrifying pulse over the sea.

• Lorne caught Carlos’s punch and hurled him toward the recruits, then ordered Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina to show him what they could do.
• Ryan hardened his Haki and held Carlos back while Bakel struck his pressure points, disrupting his Boiling Mode.
• Kuina used One-Sword Style: Iai: Death Mark to break Carlos’s Blood Fortress and wound his arms.
• Ryan, Bakel, Kuina, and the Marines landed a final coordinated assault, killing Carlos as the remaining pirates lost heart.
• The wounded Special Vanguard Team celebrated their victory, while Lorne rose to stop the pirates escaping in small boats and unleashed a pulse that pressed down on the sea.

After defeating Carlos, Lorne brought his wounded marines to Black Reef Island to recover, but the Black Dragon Society plotted to silence them over a hidden arms shipment. When the gang ambushed the base and killed five marines, Lorne prepared to confront them alone.

• Lorne used Conqueror's Haki to incapacitate the pirates, then ordered Ethan to dispose of Carlos and the other attackers.
• Lorne led the battered marines to Black Reef Island and gave them three days to recover at a temporary base.
• Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina reflected on their growth and the need to become stronger.
• Klein learned that the marines had arrived injured and ordered the Black Dragon Society to ambush them to protect an arms shipment.
• Black Dragon Society attackers killed five marines at the base using silenced guns and poisoned blow darts.
• Lorne ordered Ethan to hold the base and protect the survivors, then set out alone to confront the attackers.

After five of his soldiers died in an ambush, Lorne attacked Snake Fang Manor alone and withstood the gang’s guns and cannons. He tore through the iron gates and entered the courtyard, where Klein desperately called for a secret weapon.

• Lorne told Ryan to carve the five dead soldiers’ names into a stone and vowed to avenge them by killing every gang on the island.
• At Snake Fang Manor, Klein learned the navy camp had been hit and ordered heavy cannons and musketeers into position to kill anyone in a white uniform.
• Lorne killed two hidden lookouts and walked to the manor, where the gang fired more than a hundred muskets and six heavy cannons at him.
• Lorne survived the barrage, healed his cannon wound, and charged through a second cannon volley as the gang panicked.
• Lorne used Crushing Blow to tear the iron gates from their hinges, crushing gang members behind them, then confronted Klein in the courtyard.
• Klein ordered his bodyguards to bring out the gang’s secret weapon as Lorne prepared to attack.