Chapter Summaries

Luo Chen waited in Marineford for Catherine to return, while Saint Orange prepared to meet his fiancée. Catherine and Momousagi arrived at the harbor, where Orange revealed Catherine’s royal surname and claimed she was his fiancée.

• Orange learned that Catherine would return the next morning and looked forward to meeting her.
• Aboard the ship, Catherine worried that her brother Hogg might still be missing, while Momousagi concealed that he had died two years earlier.
• Luo Chen found Catherine’s residence empty and decided to wait nearby until she returned.
• The next morning, Luo Chen headed toward the harbor as Momousagi and Catherine’s ship docked.
• Orange greeted Momousagi and Catherine, then called Catherine his fiancée and addressed her as Glücksburg Catherine.
• Momousagi recognized the Glücksburg surname and questioned Catherine about her connection to the royal family.

Catherine denied being a Celestial Dragon when Saint Orange confronted her and said he would return for her that night. Sengoku confirmed Catherine and her brother Hogg had once been Celestial Dragons and warned Momousagi that the Marines could not interfere, leaving Momousagi feeling helpless.

• Saint Orange confronted Catherine at the harbor, but she denied her identity, so he left and said he would return that night.
• Luo Chen realized Catherine and Hogg were Celestial Dragons and resolved to protect Catherine if she faced danger.
• Catherine went home, while Momousagi reported the mission to Sengoku and asked whether Orange's claim about Catherine was true.
• Sengoku confirmed Catherine and Hogg had once been Celestial Dragons and said the Marines could not stop Orange from taking her.
• Momousagi asked what would happen if Catherine refused to leave, but Sengoku told her not to interfere, and she left headquarters dejected.

Momousagi left Sengoku’s office upset, while Garp spoke with Chaton about his failed confession to her. Elsewhere, Luo Chen visited Catherine with news of her brother Hogg, unaware that a man had been watching them for Saint Orange.

• Momousagi rejected Chaton’s sixty-ninth confession and walked away without explaining her mood.
• Garp told Chaton to stop using grand gestures to woo Momousagi, then left him to clean up the flowers.
• Luo Chen followed Catherine home and introduced himself, saying he had important news about Hogg.
• Luo Chen showed Catherine Hogg’s pocket watch, and she recognized it and invited him inside.
• A man in black watched Luo Chen enter Catherine’s home and ran to report what he had seen to Saint Orange.
• Luo Chen noticed the spy but decided to focus on Hogg’s matter.

Luo Chen visited Catherine and told her that her brother Hogg had been killed, then recounted how he met Hogg and promised to protect her. Catherine accepted the news and Luo Chen’s account, but said she did not need his protection; after Luo Chen left, she resolved to give him an answer when they met again.

• Catherine welcomed Luo Chen into her home and eagerly asked for news of her brother Hogg.
• Luo Chen told Catherine that Hogg was dead, and she broke down before accepting the truth.
• Luo Chen recounted how Hogg had been wounded while protecting a girl, recovered, then died fighting the god of the Sky Island after asking Luo Chen to protect Catherine.
• Catherine said she believed Luo Chen but did not need his protection at Marine Headquarters, while Luo Chen insisted he would stay until he was sure she was safe.
• Luo Chen left Catherine’s home, and Catherine decided she would give him an answer the next time they met.

Saint Orange visited Catherine to press her to honor their families’ marriage agreement and return with him, but she rejected the contract and questioned why he had brought it forward. Orange offered to ask Lord Imu to restore the Glücksburg Family Clan if she agreed, leaving Catherine’s response to that offer unresolved.

• Orange’s spy reported that Luo Chen had appeared in Catherine’s room and knew something about her brother Hogg, so Orange ordered a visit to Catherine and summoned Vice Admiral Califo.
• Catherine debated whether to trust her brother’s judgment and leave with Luo Chen before Orange arrived at her residence with Califo and his attendants.
• Orange asked Catherine to accept their engagement and marry him, while Califo grew angry at her dismissive treatment of Orange.
• Orange presented a marriage agreement signed by their fathers, but Catherine rejected its validity and refused to marry him.
• Orange offered to ask Lord Imu to accept the Glücksburg Family Clan if Catherine agreed, and Catherine had not yet answered.

Catherine refused Orange’s demand to honor their marriage agreement and return to Mary Geoise, so Orange ordered Califo to take her by force. Califo transformed into a lion-man and used Soru to attack, leaving Catherine facing him with her sword drawn.

• Catherine accused Orange of abandoning her family fifteen years earlier and firmly rejected the marriage agreement.
• Orange ordered Califo to escort Catherine back to Mary Geoise, and Catherine slapped away Califo’s hand and refused to go.
• Califo grabbed Catherine and pulled her out from behind the door as Orange insisted she still belonged among the Celestial Dragons.
• Califo transformed into a lion-man, revealing his Zoan Devil Fruit, and Catherine prepared to fight with her sword.
• Califo used Soru to vanish, then appeared beside Catherine and reached to grab her.

Califo overwhelmed Catherine in their fight to take her back to Orange, while Orange approved of Califo punishing her and Momousagi left rather than intervene. Luo Chen sensed the commotion and rushed toward Catherine’s house, where Catherine continued fighting after being wounded and was sent crashing into another building.

• Catherine blocked Califo’s Shigan, but he broke through her defenses and hurled her into a house, bringing it down.
• Momousagi watched the fight from afar, felt guilty about leaving Catherine, and walked toward her warship.
• Luo Chen sensed the commotion near Catherine’s house with Observation Haki and hurried over.
• Catherine rose from the ruins and slashed Califo’s face, drawing blood for the first time since he became a Vice Admiral stationed at Mary Geoise.
• Orange gave Califo permission to punish Catherine as long as he avoided hurting her in important places.
• Catherine used Flowing Shadow to meet Califo’s attack, but he overpowered her and sent her crashing into another house.

Luo Chen intervened when Califo tried to take the unconscious Catherine away, and the two began a fierce battle. After Califo repeatedly blasted him back, Luo Chen transformed into a Shura and launched a sudden attack with his Crimson Breath Dragon Fist.

• Califo knocked Catherine unconscious, but Luo Chen stopped him from taking her and blocked his attack.
• Califo sent Luo Chen flying into a residence, while Orange approached Catherine and Califo moved him away from the fight.
• Califo returned to battle Luo Chen, declaring that the Marines existed to protect the Celestial Dragons, then blasted Luo Chen through several houses.
• Luo Chen transformed into a blood-red Shura, and Califo challenged him to prove the strength of his Mythical Zoan.
• Luo Chen used Soru to appear in front of Califo and drove an Armament Haki-coated Crimson Breath Dragon Fist toward his stomach.

Luo Chen fought Vice Admiral Califo in West Street, initially taking heavy damage after underestimating him. He regained the advantage and knocked Califo unconscious, then hurled him into a fruit stall.

• Luo Chen struck Califo through a wall and followed with three crescent slashes, but Califo survived and attacked from behind.
• Califo peppered Luo Chen with Shigan bullets, then struck his back with Lion King Cannon and nearly stomped his face.
• Luo Chen admitted he had underestimated Califo and met his next attack with a rapid exchange of punches.
• Luo Chen overpowered Califo with a Hand of the Evil God and a blood-red halberd, then crushed him unconscious with Evil God's Grip-grind to pieces.
• Luo Chen confirmed Califo could no longer move and hurled him into a fruit stall at the end of West Street.

After defeating Califo, Luo Chen confronted Orange, who revealed that Vice Admiral Garp had been assigned to protect him. Garp attacked Luo Chen and sent him crashing into the ruins, leaving Catherine to question why the Marines were defending Orange.

• Luo Chen checked on Catherine, who woke and asked about Califo, and told her he had defeated him.
• Luo Chen confronted Orange, who dismissed Califo as an ordinary subordinate and revealed he still had a trump card.
• Orange called out Garp, explaining that his Observation Haki had let him sense Garp nearby.
• Garp emerged and admitted he had to protect Orange, then warned Luo Chen that he could end up in Impel Down.
• Garp struck Luo Chen in his full beast form, breaking several ribs and hurling him into the ruined house beside Catherine.
• Catherine questioned Garp for protecting Orange despite knowing the Celestial Dragon was at fault, and Garp apologized while saying he had to carry out his assignment.

Luo Chen encouraged Catherine to hold on to her reason for joining the Marines, then challenged Vice Admiral Garp while trying to escape with her. He left Garp dazed with a series of explosions as he and Catherine fled.

• Catherine lost faith in the Marines after Garp confronted her, but Luo Chen reminded her that she had joined to protect civilians from pirates.
• Garp admitted his regret and challenged Luo Chen, who declared that his name would one day become a taboo throughout the world.
• Garp struck Luo Chen with his Soru and powerful punches, breaking his blood-red shield and sending him flying.
• Luo Chen fired a volley of explosive arrows at Garp, then seized the dazed Catherine and fled.
• Luo Chen detonated several red energy masses beside Garp, leaving him dazed as he pursued them.

Luo Chen rescued Catherine from Saint Orange and asked her to join his crew, while Garp refused Orange’s order to pursue them. Catherine accepted Luo Chen’s offer, and the two set their sights on taking Saint Orange’s luxurious ship as their getaway vessel.

• Garp declined to chase Luo Chen and Catherine, telling Orange that protecting him was his only duty.
• Orange grew furious at Garp’s refusal and vowed to become stronger and get revenge on Luo Chen and Catherine.
• Luo Chen told Catherine he had rescued her partly to repay her brother and partly because he wanted her as his vice captain; Catherine asked for time to decide.
• At the port, Catherine agreed to go to sea with Luo Chen, who welcomed her as his first mate.
• Luo Chen and Catherine boarded Saint Orange’s ship and demanded that its CP0 guards hand it over, prompting one guard to order his companion to seize them.

Luo Chen and Catherine fought two CP0 agents at Marine Headquarters while trying to seize a warship. After Luo Chen warned them to check on Saint Orange, the agents left, and Catherine steered the ship out of the harbor.

• Two CP0 agents transformed into Zoan beastmen and attacked Luo Chen and Catherine.
• Catherine deflected the tanuki agent’s Rankyaku slash, while Luo Chen knocked the antelope agent into a nearby warship.
• As people gathered, Luo Chen urged Catherine to end the fight quickly, and she blasted the tanuki agent away with a wind slash.
• Luo Chen struck the two agents with a blood-red slash and warned them to check on Saint Orange.
• The CP0 agents hurried away, and Catherine sailed the warship out of the harbor.

After Garp admitted that he had held back while Luo Chen and Catherine escaped, Sengoku ordered a pursuit and issued bounty notices for them. As their ship left Marineford, Luo Chen comforted Catherine as she reflected on her identity and the home she was leaving behind.

• Garp told Sengoku that Luo Chen had escaped through his strength and cleverness, then admitted he had not used Haki because he had held back.
• Sengoku ordered ships to intercept Saint Orange's Apollo, while Garp left for the East Blue and abandoned the matter to him.
• Vice Admiral Momousagi received Headquarters' order to pursue Luo Chen and Catherine and set her warship to intercept them.
• Headquarters issued bounty notices naming Luo Chen the Blasphemer at 100 million Beli and Catherine the Rebel at 50 million Beli, with Catherine to be captured alive.
• Luo Chen asked Catherine to take one last look at Marineford and comforted her as she said her Celestial Dragon identity was the cause of what had happened.

Luo Chen and Catherine fought off repeated Marine attacks as they tried to escape Marineford, but Momousagi arrived with reinforcements and recognized Catherine. Momousagi attacked their ship, and Luo Chen stepped in to block her slash.

• Luo Chen and Catherine intercepted cannon fire from three Marine warships, with Catherine cutting apart the first volley and Luo Chen shooting down the next.
• Luo Chen launched a rain of arrows and then thousands of condensed weapons at the warships, while Marine officers used their techniques to resist.
• Momousagi arrived and shattered many of Luo Chen’s weapons with a sword slash, then ordered the Marine soldiers to resume firing.
• Catherine recognized Momousagi as Sister Gion, and Momousagi said her duty required her to capture Catherine.
• Momousagi sent a crane-shaped slash toward the ship, and Luo Chen pushed Catherine aside and stepped forward to meet it with his fist.

Luo Chen and his companions escaped Marineford aboard the Isel after Momousagi secretly let Catherine go. As Akainu returned to Headquarters, he learned about Catherine and uncovered how a Celestial Dragon plot had led to Rear Admiral Hogg’s downfall.

• Luo Chen deflected Momousagi’s attacks and sailed the Isel out of Marineford with his companions.
• Momousagi returned to her room and privately wished Catherine well, while the Marines accepted that the escapees had gotten away.
• Akainu asked his adjutant about recent events at Headquarters and learned that Saint Orange had come to reclaim his fiancée, Colonel Catherine.
• Akainu learned that Catherine was Rear Admiral Hogg’s sister and that she had hidden her identity after being expelled from Mary Geoise.
• Akainu revealed that a Celestial Dragon spy had lured Hogg into pursuing the Vine Pirates, causing the promising Marine’s downfall.

Akainu reluctantly ordered a search for Luo Chen and Catherine after they escaped Marine Headquarters aboard the Isel. On the ship, Luo Chen and Catherine examined their stolen treasure, discovered a Devil Fruit, and argued over whether she should eat it.

• Akainu learned that Luo Chen had stopped Saint Orange, defeated Vice Admiral Califo, and escaped with Catherine, then ordered a search near the Gate of Justice.
• Luo Chen admired the treasure aboard the Isel, while Catherine rejected the Celestial Dragons’ wealth and status.
• Luo Chen opened a chest and found a blue-patterned Devil Fruit, then offered it to Catherine.
• Catherine refused to eat the fruit because she wanted to become a great swordswoman like Sister Gion, and Luo Chen argued that no Devil Fruit was useless if properly developed.

Luo Chen opened the remaining treasure chests and found the Great Grade Sword Rain Burial and a jeweled scepter. Catherine recognized the scepter as a Glücksburg family heirloom and recovered it, fulfilling her father's final request.

• Luo Chen opened a chest and drew Rain Burial, which Catherine identified as one of the Twenty-One Great Grade Swords.
• Luo Chen accepted Rain Burial as his sword, and the blade trembled as if acknowledging him.
• Luo Chen opened the last chest and found a golden scepter, which Catherine recognized as a symbol of a Celestial Dragon family's authority.
• Luo Chen read the inscription identifying the scepter as a Glücksburg family heirloom, and Catherine confirmed that the Glücksburg family was hers.
• Catherine took the scepter and cried with relief, saying she had fulfilled her father's final request to bring it back.

After recovering Catherine's ship, Luo Chen sensed a Marine force approaching and chose to face it rather than flee. Akainu arrived, recognized the Isel, and ordered an attack, which Luo Chen countered with a single sword slash.

• Luo Chen comforted Catherine after she cried over her father's final wish, and she promised to follow him on his journey.
• Luo Chen sensed a powerful presence approaching and told Catherine that someone using Observation Haki had found them.
• Akainu ordered his exhausted Marines to continue toward Luo Chen and Catherine, saying their targets were waiting ahead.
• Catherine spotted the approaching Marine warship and asked Luo Chen what she should do; he told her to watch for a chance to escape with the Isel.
• Akainu ordered the Marines to fire on the Isel without demanding surrender.
• Luo Chen identified Akainu and used Blood Blade Slash to cut apart the incoming cannonballs and detonate them in midair.

Luo Chen and Catherine fought to escape Admiral Akainu aboard the Isel, but Akainu overwhelmed Luo Chen and cornered Catherine. As Akainu attacked her, Luo Chen's condition remained unknown.

• Luo Chen blocked Akainu's magma bombs with Rain Burial and destroyed them with Sky-Splitting Slash.
• Akainu launched Great Giant Lava Scythe at the Isel, and Luo Chen used Startling Storm to deflect it and turn the ship away.
• Akainu pursued the Isel and attacked with Hell Hound, while Luo Chen held him off and told Catherine to escape.
• Akainu blasted Luo Chen onto the deck, burying him in wreckage, then confronted Catherine and demanded she return with him.
• Catherine refused to surrender, and Akainu attacked her with Giant Lava Hand.