Vic didn't reveal his relationship with Dragon to Vegapunk, which was naturally due to his considerations and probing. The fewer people who knew about this relationship, the better. As long as Vic understood Vegapunk's stance, that was enough!
"I can sense that this is what you truly think. Go on! I'm busy!"
Vegapunk smiled briefly but quickly composed himself, then waved for him to leave. However, Vic already knew the answer and turned to leave the research lab without saying a word.
After returning, Vic said goodbye to Rebecca and the others, then left Punk Hazard with the Log Pose and Vegapunk's Vivre Card.
Now that he had already shared his thoughts with Vegapunk, and since he didn't have anything urgent to do on the island, Vic decided to go to Raijin Island to see if the island, constantly struck by Inazuma, would be helpful in developing his Rumble-Rumble Fruit abilities.
He was curious and wanted to experience it for himself. If there were any enemies on Punk Hazard's side that Rebecca and the others couldn't handle, they would contact him. With Vic's speed, he could get back quickly from such a short distance, so Vic left with peace of mind.
Following the Log Pose, Vic soon spotted the island raining white Inazuma, its violent energy palpable even from afar.
Dark clouds covered the surrounding sea, shrouding the island in perpetual darkness, with only the relentless lightning illuminating the area.
The continuous, torrential lightning seemed to be saying, "No one is welcome here. This is Inazuma stage; come if you want to die!"
As one of the three islands at the start of the New World, this is probably the least visited. Many pirates who come here will probably change course, since the Log Pose in the New World all points to the three islands, so changing course won't affect their continued voyage.
Here, landing on the island inevitably means being struck by lightning. Pirates who have just arrived in the New World don't even have Haki yet, and even the strongest bodies will be stunned by the lightning. Even if they have Armament Haki to resist, it's not a long-term solution.
Therefore, staying on this island is extremely difficult, but for Vic, Devil Fruit User of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, it's like a fish in the ocean. After arriving, Vic didn't linger; he put away his Log Pose and flashed to the island.
When Vic stepped onto solid ground, he immediately sensed something extraordinary. The island beneath his feet was as hard as iron, with no soil whatsoever. All around him were jagged, black, strange rocks, none of them alike.
The ground here has been bombarded by countless lightning strikes and is no longer an ordinary stone. Even swords and blades would have little effect on it. As soon as Vic stood still, white lightning struck him. Vic did not dodge or passively transform into an elemental form, but instead relied on his body to withstand the lightning.
Vic felt okay; with his physical strength, he could still tough it out. But for a pirate who had just arrived in the New World and had a bounty of several hundred million, it would be very difficult. If the time went on any longer, he definitely wouldn't be able to withstand it.
Vic didn't stop, but continued to explore the island as he went deeper. As he went, Vic felt the lightning striking him getting stronger. He could have used his elemental powers to dodge, but Vic chose to use Armament Haki to withstand the impact.
Bolts of lightning rained down on him, emitting wisps of blue smoke. Protected by Armament Haki, Vic didn't feel any pain, but he could sense that his Haki was draining away faster, having a similar effect to the Void Thunder generated by the Divine Staff.
However, for Vic now, the Void Thunder generated by the Divine Staff is no longer as helpful as it is in the battle of Haki, so Vic hasn't used the Divine Staff to train Haki for a long time.
Despite being Devil Fruit User the Rumble-Rumble Fruit- Rumble Fruit, Vic didn't feel anything special about the lightning here. It seemed similar to the lightning produced during Raiu. However, for some unknown reason, the thunderclouds in the sky never dissipated and were constantly colliding and generating lightning.
Just like the sun's nuclear fusion, it constantly generates light and heat on a large scale. This is also a place where one can hone their Haki. It's not far from Punk Hazard, and Vic has already planned to have Rebecca and the others take turns training here.
Vic stopped observing the island's environment; it was all similar black rocks, just uneven with no flat ground. Vic, his body enveloped in Armament Haki, continued to venture deeper into the island's center.
He felt the lightning striking him growing stronger, and his Haki was being consumed even faster. Vic guessed that the lightning in the central area might be even stronger, and he didn't know how much Haki it would consume, so he increased his speed.
After walking for about five kilometers under the lightning strikes, Vic finally saw a different view. The lightning ahead was different, or rather, the color of the lightning was different. The lightning ahead was pale blue and more concentrated.
Vic stood at the boundary, where there was a mine-free zone about one meter wide. In front of him was a light blue minefield, and behind him was a white minefield. The ground color of the mine-free zone was different from that of the minefields in front and behind, indicating that this was not an occasional mine-free zone, but rather that no lightning had struck this place all along.
"Could this be the one that escaped from the 49th of the 50th Heavenly Evolution of the Great Dao? To leave a sliver of hope for those who enter? But this five-kilometer-long minefield outside! How many people can survive to get here? The chance of survival is far too small!"
Standing in the lightning-free zone, Vic thought to himself, "This island has some humanity, but not much. I guess none of the people who set foot on this island have ever made it here. It's not that they don't have top-tier Haki to get here; only a fool would walk into the middle of the island!"
Five kilometers away! And with the lightning getting stronger and stronger, what idiot would actually make it this far? Of course, the world of One Piece isn't your average world, and there are plenty of idiots out there. This lightning-free zone is actually quite necessary; maybe it can even save a few big fools.
Vic continued forward into the pale blue lightning zone, but stopped as soon as Vic. The pale blue lightning that struck him was much stronger than the white lightning he had encountered before, and a few strikes had already depleted a significant portion of his Haki.
Vic didn't linger any longer and quickened his pace to continue forward. It wasn't that he didn't want to use the Six Powers of Shave to travel quickly; he had just been stopped by a bolt of lightning when he tried to use it.
The lightning on this island seems to be tracking, ensuring that lightning strikes anyone who enters at any moment; even extreme luck and lightning speed cannot prevent it.
Vic moved forward, and the same feeling returned: the deeper he went, the stronger the lightning became, striking him and causing Vic's speed to pause briefly.
If someone were nearby, they would see that Vic's body moved like a broken frame, choppy and jerky, and the color of the lightning gradually deepened as he went deeper, changing from light blue to blue, and then to dark blue.