As dawn broke, Vic and the others boarded the Dog-Head Warship, which was ready to set sail. The dock was filled with villagers from Foosha Village seeing them off.
Luffy also arrived, holding Makino's hand, waving goodbye to Vic. He told Vic to come to Foosha Village often, ignoring even his own chicken sauce. Well, Vic always treated him to meat, and his own chicken sauce only beat him up. It's okay if it doesn't come back.
Masuno kept staring at Vic, her eyes filled with complex emotions and reluctance, but she couldn't say a word. The sea was vast and the world was complex. This farewell might be the last time they met. She had never met such an outstanding man in her life. It would be strange and abnormal if she wasn't moved. She was at the age when she was in the throes of first love.
Amid the cheers of the villagers, the Dog-Head Warship slowly departed from the dock. This time, Garp decided to go to the New World via the Reverse Mountain to enter the Grand Line. After all, the Grand Line is the Navy's main focus, and going there once more would help him understand the Grand Line better. Last time, he went through the Calm Belt mainly to save time to intercept Golden Lion, but now he was not in such a rush.
The distance from Foosha Village to Reverse Mountain is not short; even a large warship like the Dog-Head Warship would need several days to travel there.
While passing by a bustling island, Vic transformed into lightning and disappeared from the warship. He needed to buy materials to forge a sword for Rebecca, since Rebecca's Armament Haki was still too weak to achieve the weapon's detachment and binding.
Therefore, the quality of the flying sword is not very important. The materials used for forging such swords are quite common. Vic bought a bunch of ordinary materials on that bustling island. Anyway, Rebecca's future needs are great, and the flying swords made from them can be used. Swords can also be forged when there is nothing to do on the warship.
When Vic returned to the warship following Garp's Vivre Card, few people knew that Vic had left before.
Only Rebecca and a few others knew what Vic had gone to do. Barnett and the other two knew that Vic had gone to buy materials, but they didn't know why. Rebecca was overjoyed to see Vic return, as Vic's brilliant idea was about to be realized step by step in her hands.
" Vic! Did you buy it?" Rebecca asked excitedly. The others remained silent, all looking at Vic, who had just transformed from Inazuma into human form.
"Of course, I was able to go to the West Blue in just a short while. What material can't I buy?"
Vic said nonchalantly, then reached one hand directly into his chest. His palm seemed to open a white hole in his chest, where swirling, pulsating white lightning appeared. Then Vic pulled a metal block the size of a soccer ball from his chest. The lightning hole in his chest grew larger as the metal appeared, and then disappeared as the metal left his body.
Rebecca and Barnett stared in disbelief at Vic's actions. Was this also Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability? "You've developed it so incredibly well! You can even use your body to store things?"
Both of them were ability users, so they were naturally surprised and envious. Wendy and Frodeku hadn't eaten Devil Fruit, so they didn't have much of a reaction; they just thought Vic's ability was very convenient and they envied it.
This was obviously intentional on Vic; the item was retrieved from within Dimensional Space, Rumble-Rumble Fruit doesn't actually possess that ability.
However, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit hasn't appeared for hundreds of years, so how many people can really explain what its specific abilities are?
So, in order to bring the Dimensional Space into the open, Vic invented a function. In any case, Caribou's Swamp-Swamp Fruit later had such an ability, and he was also a Logia Fruit user.
Perhaps the current owner of Caribou's Devil Fruit is already well-known, which would make it even more convincing.
However, if the next user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit is unable to develop spatial abilities after hearing about Vic's development, that's beyond Vic's control. Vic might not even exist by then. As long as it's reasonable at this stage, that's fine.
Vic threw the metal block he had taken out directly onto the ground with a dull thud, the sound indicating that it was quite heavy.
Not done yet. Vic repeated his previous actions, taking out eight more pieces of metal, each the size of a soccer ball, from his chest. These were the materials Vic planned to use to forge the sword, and they were all different types of metal.
"Take your things outside. This space is too small, and it'll get very hot later. Ain won't be able to stand it!"
Vic, holding the last piece of metal, turned and walked out of the room. Rebecca, with one piece in each hand, was the second to leave. Barnett and the other two followed closely behind, carrying the remaining metal. Ain, also curious about what Vic was going to do, followed him to the deck.
Vic walked toward the foredeck of the warship with the metal block in his hand. At this time, old man Garp was sitting on the deck wearing a dog-head hat, challenging the record of eating senbei without sleep. He did not make any move when he saw Vic coming.
Vic's injury hadn't fully healed, and Garp hadn't started any love training with Vic yet. At this point, Karp wasn't very interested in Vic; he was preparing to break his own record for eating rice crackers consecutively.
"Old man! Go eat over there. I'm going to forge a sword here; you're getting in the way!"
Vic laughed disdainfully, then tossed the metal in his hand. At that moment, Rebecca and the others also came to Vic's side, each holding a metal block.
"You little rascal! Your injuries haven't even healed yet, and you're still causing trouble. Now you're bothering my challenge again. It seems you're ready to start your training. I'll find you after I'm done with my challenge!"
Garp reluctantly got up, still chewing on a senbei (rice cracker). He didn't go far, but went to the edge of the cabin and leaned against the wall to continue eating his senbei. However, his gaze was fixed on Vic's direction. He wanted to see how Vic would forge a sword on a warship, since there were no conditions or equipment for sword forging on a warship.
"Put your things down, and you guys move back a bit," Vic said, sitting cross-legged where Garp had been sitting.
Rebecca and the others didn't say much. They put down their things and stepped back. They were also very curious and wanted to see how Vic could forge a sword out of thin air.
They were unaware of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's ability to forge metals and swords; Vic had never demonstrated it before, nor had he ever shown it anywhere.
Vic was sitting cross-legged on the ground, holding a piece of metal in each hand. He seemed to be doing nothing, but the two pieces of metal slowly turned red, getting redder and redder, and eventually melted.
Only then did Vic make a move. He pressed the two pieces of metal together with his hands, squeezing them forcefully. The two pieces of metal were already in a molten state, and with the force of the pressure, they were completely intertwined.