Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sengoku negotiated to spare Lorne from execution by confining him indefinitely on the Island of Misfortune, but Lorne rejected the punishment as a reason to hide and ordered the Fearless to head for the Calm Belt. The chapter left Lorne sailing toward the island on his own terms, promising to disappear and return.

• Sengoku resisted the Five Elders’ demand to punish Lorne and secured indefinite confinement on the Island of Misfortune instead of a transfer to G-5.
• Garp thanked Sengoku, who admitted he hoped Lorne would understand the sacrifice and revealed he planned to meet him personally.
• Ethan brought Lorne Sengoku’s disciplinary order aboard the Fearless, relieving him of his duties and directing the ship to the Island of Misfortune.
• Lorne dismissed Sengoku’s warning that the confinement was the best outcome he could secure and told him he would not hide from the storm.
• Lorne ordered Ethan to steer the Fearless toward the Calm Belt, saying he would disappear for them and return later.

Lorne led the Fearless through the Calm Belt to the Island of Misfortune, where he sent Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina to survive among the island’s beasts while he trained alone. In the central valley, he struggled to control his Conqueror’s Haki and kept practicing as his fighting spirit grew.

• Lorne redirected the Fearless toward the Calm Belt, and the Marines entered its still waters.
• Lorne killed a giant Sea King with a single punch and ordered Ryan and Bakel to prepare its meat.
• Lorne landed on the Island of Misfortune and told Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina to hunt beasts and stay alive while he trained at the island’s center.
• Lorne fought through the island’s beasts and reached a valley where he began training to infuse his fists with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Lorne’s Haki spiraled out of control and injured his hand, but his wound healed quickly and he resumed punching.

Lorne spent weeks training to infuse his Conqueror's Haki, achieving devastating but unstable punches while struggling to reproduce Dragon's natural technique. After his power shook the entire Island of Misfortune, he wondered whether a deadly fight with an opponent on his level was needed to complete his breakthrough.

• Lorne repeatedly imitated Dragon's breathing and Haki flow, but his attempts to coil black-and-red lightning around his fist failed and injured him.
• Kuina, Ryan, and Bakel fought monsters on the island, growing stronger as they endured the dangerous training ground.
• After three days and nights, Lorne struck a hill with an unstable Conqueror's Haki infusion and erased it, but recognized that the technique consumed too much energy and remained incomplete.
• Lorne tried merging Grit with Conqueror's Haki, but the powers clashed inside him and blasted him into a rock face; he continued training for half a month.
• A terrifying pressure erupted from the island's center, and Lorne used a punch from three meters away to turn an earth dragon into a pulp heap.
• Lorne judged the technique too slow to hit Kizaru and wondered whether he needed a fight to the death against an equally strong opponent to break through.

Lorne struggled to master Conqueror’s Haki Infusion during his confinement until Garp arrived and identified the flaw in his technique. Garp began an all-out sparring match to teach him through battle, and Lorne braced himself as Garp launched his first attack.

• Lorne repeatedly failed to condense his Conqueror’s Haki, injuring his arm and exhausting himself.
• Garp arrived with senbei and recognized that Lorne was practicing Conqueror’s Haki Infusion.
• Garp explained that Lorne was merely slapping Haki onto his fist and that battle brought out the purest will.
• Garp offered to become Lorne’s sparring partner and declared that he would fight at full power.
• Lorne armed himself with Armament Haki as Garp used Soru to attack, forcing Lorne to cross his arms in defense.

Lorne endured Garp’s punishing training and realized that Haki flowed from the will rather than being merely coated onto the body. After Garp introduced him to Ryuo, Lorne began studying the precise moment it was released, though he was still taking devastating blows.

• Garp battered Lorne with a barrage of punches while Lorne endured the damage and searched for the Haki’s underlying flow.
• Kuina sensed a powerful presence in the valley, stronger than the Rear Admiral, while she watched the distant shock waves.
• Lorne recognized that Haki followed the pulse of the will, then tried guiding it into his fist against Garp.
• Garp explained that the penetrating technique was called Ryuo after his punch injured Lorne from within.
• Lorne recovered and asked whether Garp released Ryuo at the exact moment his fist made contact.