## One Piece Chapter 957: Ultimate - Chapter: 957 - Pages: 0-20 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Tony Tony Chopper, Nico Robin, Franky, Brook, Sengoku, Issho, Monkey D. Garp, Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, Rocks Pirates, Rocks D. Xebec, Edward Newgate, Shiki, Silver Axe, Captain John, Wang Zhi, Gol D. Roger, Celestial Dragons, Marshall D. Teach, Shanks, Benn Beckman, Lucky Roux, Yasopp, Sakazuki, Kozuki Oden ### Summary Page 1: A color illustration shows the Straw Hat crew riding over the sea together in a bright, celebratory spread. It is extra artwork rather than part of the chapter's plot. Page 3: At the New World Marine HQ, on the eve of the raid elsewhere, the Marines feel the world shift under them. Sengoku says to Issho, "I suppose you're quite pleased, Issho." He knows Issho and others had longed for the abolition of the Shichibukai system, but admits, "I, myself, was against it, but... the will of the kings cannot be overturned." The old order has been cut away, and all that is left is trust in the SSG. Sengoku warns that the balance of power in the world will surely shift greatly. Elsewhere in the base, a Marine complains to a grinning Garp that the "sacrifices" were necessary for the continued existence of the Shichibukai, but Garp snaps back that the man has never been on the chopping block himself and has no idea what it is like. Page 4: The news from Wano slams into Marine HQ. Marines scramble as someone asks, "Aye, in directions we cannot predict!" Another says, "I hear tell that in Wano, Big Mom and Kaido intend to join forces." The words hit like an alarm: "What the--?!" "Rocks' second coming?!" Garp tells them not to speak of it like some sort of fable. This is real. When the rains of disaster come, he says, "They pour!" Page 5: The Marines clarify that Big Mom and Kaido have not simply joined hands, but seem to plan to join forces. They have not yet caused any real damage, and the Marines do not know what they intend to achieve or how best to counter them. The officers know far too little about the legendary Rocks Pirates. Sengoku explains that long ago, the Rocks Pirates formed when a band of pirates gathered on Pirate Island Beehive for a particular get-rich-quick scheme. They were a unique and violent crew who constantly killed each other, even at sea on the same ship. Big Mom and Kaido had hated one another for years, so their current alliance is something most Marines of this age have never even heard of Rocks enough to understand. Page 6: Sengoku names the impossible crew. With their captain Rocks at the lead, their members included Whitebeard, Big Mom, and Kaido in their younger years. The room erupts: "Whaaaaaa--?!" Sengoku continues that others from the Rocks Pirates later made names for themselves: the Golden Lion, Silver Axe, Captain John, and Wang Zhi. The Marines can hardly believe that so many people came from the same dark corner of history. Sengoku explains one reason so few people lived long enough to tell the tale: all those pirates got along so badly that their captain, Rocks, bared the fangs of his crew at the World Government almost like a terrorist organization, and aimed to become Pirate King. Page 7: The enormity of the Rocks Pirates once reached everyone's ears, but many of their incidents were wiped from the pages of history by the World Government. The fateful clash happened 38 years ago on God Valley. On that day, news that the strongest crew in the world, the Rocks Pirates, had been crushed at God Valley spread across the world. The advance of evil had seemed nearly unstoppable, but it was stopped by a Marine vice admiral named Garp. From then on, Garp's name spread everywhere, and he became known as the "Hero of the Marines." Page 8: To the younger Marines, that is only the beginning. They already know many legends of Garp's heroic deeds, and Sengoku admits that if they ask the man himself, Garp will be tight-lipped on this subject. He offers only the historical facts. Big Mom and Kaido came one after another from that past. The first reason the full truth never made it into the papers is that Garp had to fight alongside a pirate in that battle. Page 9: The room recoils: "A pirate?!" Sengoku says the other reason is even more uncomfortable. Garp fought to protect Celestial Dragons, though protecting them is supposedly the duty of the Marines. Garp's moral code does not permit him to fulfill that duty, and that is in fact the reason he has continually refused the rank of admiral: becoming one would place him directly under the thumb of the Celestial Dragons. Despite that, his achievement at God Valley cannot be shaken. The truth is this: at God Valley, to protect Celestial Dragons and their slaves, Garp and Roger happened to meet there, joined forces, and wiped out the Rocks Pirates. That is the full story of the God Valley incident. Page 10: The Marines can barely process it: "He fought alongside the Pirate King?!" "What a cast! C...