Chapter Summaries

After learning that ten-year-old Ages had turned the supposed life-and-death test into a one-sided slaughter, Kong, Garp, and Sengoku agreed that Zephyr should take charge of his training. When Ages returned to Marineford, Garp and Zephyr were waiting at the harbor and went aboard to meet him.

• Ōru rushed to Kong and reported what the giant instructor had said, giving him a photograph of the test site.
• Kong summoned Garp and Sengoku, who were shocked to learn that Ages had created the scene of slaughter at just ten years old.
• Garp, Sengoku, and Kong agreed that Zephyr should take full responsibility for teaching Ages.
• When Ages's warship returned to Marineford, the recruits spotted Garp and Zephyr waiting at the harbor and realized they had come for Ages.
• The giant instructor led Garp and Zephyr toward Ages's room as the recruits followed, eager to see them meet.

After Ages set a record in the life-and-death test, Zephyr offered to train him personally, and Ages accepted. The test results caused an uproar at Marine Headquarters, while Ages continued his training under Zephyr.

• Ages finished 4,000 sword swings and met Garp and Zephyr at his door.
• Zephyr offered Ages one-on-one instruction, and Ages accepted after asking how it differed from camp training.
• Zephyr assigned Giant to handle the remaining formalities and ordered the other recruits to retake the test for fairness.
• Marine Headquarters learned that Ages had eliminated every Human Mimic in half a day, setting a record and prompting the recruits' retest.
• Ages continued training humbly under Zephyr as his reputation spread through Marine Headquarters.

Zephyr tested Ages's physical strength, speed, and other abilities before beginning his special training. Impressed by Ages's results and training methods, Zephyr ended the day convinced that Ages would surpass Sakazuki and the other two.

• Zephyr tested Ages's punch and estimated his Doriki Value at 100, far above that of an ordinary Marine soldier.
• Zephyr explained Doriki and learned that Ages had studied swordsmanship with his Pops, though Zephyr could not teach him swordsmanship himself.
• Ages removed the sixfold gravity he had been using and ran 100 meters in six seconds.
• Ages explained that his Pops had trained him since childhood and that he used his Gravity Fruit to build his physical strength.
• After testing Ages throughout the day, Zephyr recorded his results and decided that Ages would surpass Sakazuki and the other two.

Zephyr gave Ages a demanding physical training plan and explained why he needed to become stronger without relying entirely on his Devil Fruit. Ages began training under enhanced gravity, aiming to reach 500 Doriki so Zephyr would teach him the Six Powers before Haki.

• Zephyr handed Ages a training plan focused on physical conditioning and explained that overdependence on his Devil Fruit could leave him helpless if he could not use it.
• Zephyr promised to teach Ages the Six Powers after he reached 500 Doriki, and to teach him Haki after he mastered those techniques.
• Ages persuaded the exhausted Zephyr to rest, then began the plan's first day of strenuous training under enhanced gravity.
• Ages completed the day's tasks, collapsed into bed, and woke the next day feeling physically improved.
• Zephyr observed Ages training every day, and Ages consistently completed the demanding plan despite his exhaustion.

Ages trained his swordsmanship by fighting a turtle-shaped Sea King without using his Devil Fruit powers. Unable to cut through its hard skull, he recalled Yixiao’s advice about hearing the sound of all things and continued battling with his eyes closed.

• Ages lured a Sea King to his boat with a sound-emitting device and recognized it as the same species that had attacked his passenger ship a year earlier.
• Ages clashed with the Sea King using his katana, but his strikes barely marked its steel-hard skull.
• Ages taunted the Sea King, then unleashed a massive sword beam that split the waves and cut a deep mark into its head.
• Ages recalled Yixiao’s teaching that a swordsman must hear the sound of all things to cut through anything.
• Ages closed his eyes and fought the charging Sea King, then suddenly opened them as a strange light flashed in his eyes.

Ages awakened Observation Haki, killed a Sea King, and reached 500 Doriki under Zephyr’s training. A year later, he was a twelve-year-old Navy trainee on the Grand Line, still working toward his dream of becoming Fleet Admiral.

• Ages awakened Observation Haki and used a single sword-draw to kill the charging Sea King.
• Ages told Zephyr what had happened, and Zephyr praised him for awakening Observation Haki.
• Zephyr tested Ages and confirmed that he had reached 500 Doriki, then began teaching him how Soru worked.
• A year later, Ages read that Sengoku had become Fleet Admiral and Kuzan, Sakazuki, and Borsalino had become Admirals.
• Ages saw more than a dozen Sea Kings he had killed and set out to finish his daily training by killing ten more.

Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr met with three CP0 agents, whose taunts led Garp to agree to a contest between the Marines’ and Cipher Pol’s younger generation. At the Ferocious Beast Training Camp, Zephyr prepared three recruits to compete against a cold-eyed young CP0 agent while Ages was still away.

• A CP0 agent mocked Sengoku and the Marines, citing past missions where Cipher Pol had supplied crucial information.
• Garp accepted the CP0 agents’ challenge to compare their younger generations, and Zephyr agreed to have the Ferocious Beast Training Camp provide competitors.
• Sengoku and the others arrived at the camp, where the giant instructor told Zephyr that Ages had not returned.
• Zephyr rejected the CP0 agent’s suggestion to postpone the contest and asked the giant instructor to bring recruits.
• The giant instructor brought three new recruits to face the young CP0 agent as the other recruits cheered them on.

CP0’s Lucci brutally defeated two freshman representatives, and Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr challenged the agents’ treatment of the match. The final representative, Gure, began his fight with Lucci by using Soru and attacking with Shigan.

• Lucci sent a freshman representative flying and left him badly injured, prompting Zephyr to order Giant to take him for treatment.
• A CP0 agent defended Lucci’s brutality and recounted how Lucci killed five hundred captured soldiers as well as the pirates holding them.
• Sengoku insisted the contest continue, while Zephyr warned the CP0 agents not to overstep their authority at the Marine training ground.
• Zephyr asked Gure if he could win, and Gure admitted he only expected to hold out for a few minutes before stepping onto the field.
• Gure launched the third match with Soru and thrust his finger toward Lucci with Shigan.

Lucci crippled the Ferocious Beast Training Camp captain in a fight, then pursued him until he was exhausted. Zephyr stopped Lucci from delivering a final blow, and the recruits faced taunts from CP0 before an unknown voice interrupted.

• Lucci used Tekkai to withstand the captain’s Shigan and broke the captain’s arm bones with a counterattack.
• Lucci chased the injured captain with Soru for several minutes until the captain collapsed from pain and exhaustion.
• Zephyr caught Lucci’s finger before his Shigan could strike the captain’s chest.
• Zephyr confronted the CP0 members, and the white-masked member claimed Lucci would not listen to orders to show mercy.
• The captain apologized to Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr while the recruits felt ashamed and frustrated.
• An unknown speaker arrived and asked why the Ferocious Beast Training Camp was so lively.

Ages returned to the Ferocious Beast Training Camp and accepted a rematch against CP0’s Lucci. He defeated Lucci with overwhelming force, leaving him unconscious and the recruits and CP0 stunned.

• Ages returned to the camp, and Garp told him how CP0 had injured Gure and humiliated the recruits.
• Garp challenged the three CP0 members to another match, and they accepted after deciding Ages was no threat to Lucci.
• Ages and Lucci took their places, and Lucci attacked first with Soru and Ten-Finger Shigan.
• When the dust cleared, Ages was holding the battered, unconscious Lucci by the face.
• The recruits and CP0 members stared in shock as they remembered Ages’s similar display five years earlier.

Ages defeated Lucci in seconds, prompting Garp and the recruits to mock the CP0 agents. Zephyr revealed Ages’s extraordinary achievements, leaving the agents speechless as they carried Lucci away.

• Ages threw the bloodied, unconscious Lucci at the CP0 agents after defeating him in seconds.
• Garp mockingly scolded Ages, and Ages joked that Lucci could not take a beating, making the recruits and officers laugh.
• The white-masked CP0 agent protested that Lucci would surpass Ages when they were the same age.
• Zephyr listed Ages’s feats from ages ten to thirteen, including killing over a hundred Human Mimics, reaching 500 Doriki, awakening Observation Haki, and learning the Six Powers and Armament Haki.
• The CP0 agents fell silent, picked up Lucci, and left while the others laughed at them.

After mastering the Six Powers and Haki, Ages learned that Zephyr was ready to give him his graduation test. He chose to pursue the legendary grade and set out to capture a pirate with a 90 million bounty within eight days.

• Garp asked Zephyr when Ages would graduate, and Zephyr said Ages had mastered the Six Powers and Haki and would take his graduation test.
• Zephyr explained that test grades determined graduates’ Marine ranks and that the legendary grade awarded the rank of commodore, though no one had achieved it before.
• Ages declared he would challenge the legendary grade, with Garp encouraging him and Zephyr warning him how difficult it was.
• Zephyr explained that Ages had to capture a pirate with a 90 million bounty within eight days to earn the legendary grade.
• Ages accepted the test, grabbed rice crackers, and left to begin; afterward, Garp asked Zephyr whether Ages could pass.

Ages struggled to find a way to capture a high-bounty pirate for his graduation test, then went to a Marineford bar and learned about a race in Hannabal that might provide a target. He set off for Hannabal with directions and an Eternal Pose.

• Ages visited a Marineford bar and joined Ōru and the other marines for drinks.
• Ōru asked why Ages was free, and Ages explained that his graduation test required him to capture a pirate with a bounty of up to 90 million Beli within eight days.
• The bar owner offered advice and told Ages about Hannabal's Death Sea Race, where famous pirates gathered to compete for a large prize.
• The bar owner gave Ages directions to the underground casino, and Ages obtained an Eternal Pose to Hannabal before departing.

Ages arrived in Hannabal and gathered information on the pirates competing in the Death Sea Race. The race began the next morning with thousands of spectators watching as the crews set sail and immediately attacked one another.

• Ages entered a hidden pirate gathering place in Hannabal and bought an Eternal Pose for the race.
• Ages paid the bar owner to learn about the four leading contenders: Chacha, Firsa, Berlinger, and Daman, along with Daff.
• Ages bought a notebook listing the competitors' bounties and estimated that most entrants were far less dangerous than the top contenders.
• The next morning, the host announced the start of the Death Sea Race before the participating crews launched their ships from Hannabal.
• The pirates began firing cannonballs at rival ships as they sailed down the river and out of Hannabal.

As the sea death race devastated the pirate crews, Ages blocked the three leading ships and announced a performance. The chapter ended as he raised his katana and began his attack.

• Pirate ships fought and sank one another, while Sea Kings swallowed crews along the race route.
• After a third of the course, only ten crews remained, with the Man-Snake Pirates, Chacha Pirates, and Scorched Fish Pirates ahead of Berlinger.
• Berlinger gave in to his hunger and leaped toward another pirate ship to attack its crew.
• Lookouts spotted Ages standing in the air ahead of the three leading ships, which stopped as if blocked by an invisible force.
• Ages told the captains he had come to invite them to a performance, then drew his katana and swung it down to begin.