Recaps

Rebecca overwhelmed Lao Si in a fierce sword fight while Vic, Konan, Ain, and the old woman watched. The chapter ended with Rebecca still in control after sending Lao Si crashing into the flowers twice.

• Rebecca repeatedly attacked Lao Si with precise, lethal sword strikes, cutting his scalp and neck as he struggled to defend himself.
• Rebecca fired two Flying Slashes, and Lao Si dodged them while the attacks carved through the sea of flowers behind him.
• Lao Si burst behind Rebecca and launched a series of slashes, but she blocked them all and kicked him into the flowers.
• Lao Si attacked again from the air, but Rebecca knocked his blade aside and struck him in the chest with a spinning kick.
• Konan praised Rebecca's fighting, Ain said she wanted to perform the move when she grew up, and Vic watched proudly.

Barnett and Frodeku returned to the Flower Field and joined Vic after Rebecca sent Lao Si flying into Barnett’s kick. Vic explained the island’s secret, and the group prepared to confront the approaching gangsters as Lao San arrived.

• Rebecca kept beating Lao Si while damaging the Devil's Flowers, then sent him flying toward Barnett, who kicked him back.
• Barnett and Frodeku reached Vic, and Vic told them what had happened and revealed the island’s secret.
• Barnett and Frodeku resolved to help the ordinary people and take on the gangsters alongside Vic.
• Wendy returned with bloodstained short blades, and Vic told her to rest while they waited for more people to arrive.
• Lao San arrived with a group of suited gang members, and Rebecca stopped tormenting Lao Si to face the newcomers.

Vic faced Lao San, who arrived with armed men after sensing Lao Si’s defeat, while Vic reflected on Garp’s reasons for putting him through Marine training. Lao San’s troops surrounded the group, and Vic challenged him for bringing more men to their deaths.

• Lao San monitored Lao Si’s fight with Observation Haki and decided to intervene despite fearing Vic’s strength.
• Vic considered whether Garp was using his training to test the effects of basic Marine education, perhaps because of Dragon’s departure from the Marines.
• Lao San arrived with armed underlings, who surrounded Vic and his companions and aimed their rifles at them.
• Lao Si complained dramatically to Lao San, who recoiled from his behavior and apologized for reacting to it.
• Vic asked Lao San why he had brought more men after Vic had already killed the previous groups.

Vic confronted Lao San over the recruits’ disregard for ordinary lives, then cleared the armed men from the battlefield while Rebecca fought Lao San. He sent Ain to take Konan and her grandmother into the cabin as stronger opponents approached.

• Vic offered Lao San’s men a chance to leave, but they stayed because they feared death either way.
• Rebecca charged at Lao San, while Vic prepared to clear the surrounding gunmen.
• Vic warned Barnett and used Amane Dachi to cut the men in black down without hitting his allies.
• Barnett protected Konan and her grandmother, and Frodeku pulled Wendy out of the attack’s path.
• Vic told Ain to take Konan and her grandmother into the cabin and keep them there until the fighting ended.

Wendy volunteered to fight Lao Si so she could push herself toward awakening Observation Haki. She launched the first close-range attack, and their battle began.

• Ain escorted Konan and her grandmother safely back to the cabin while Vic's earlier kicks caused the black-clad men to fall and split apart.
• Vic invited Wendy, Barnett, and Frodeku to decide who would face Lao Si, and Wendy volunteered.
• Vic offered Wendy a longer sword, but she chose to keep her short blades and fight at close range.
• Wendy used Soru to appear behind Lao Si and thrust her blades at his neck, but Lao Si turned and stopped her attack with his sword.

Wendy and Rebecca fought Lao Si and Lao San while Vic devised a way for Frodeku to help Barnett counter an enemy with Observation Haki. The chapter left Frodeku preparing to learn Secret Sound Transmission and possibly relay the attacks he foresaw directly to Barnett.

• Wendy combined Geppo and Soru to keep attacking Lao Si while focusing on awakening Observation Haki.
• Rebecca resumed using Observation Haki against Lao San, then put away her sword and wounded his arms with Shigan.
• Rebecca judged Lao San too weak to help her awaken Armament Haki and considered finding a stronger opponent.
• Vic proposed that Frodeku use Secret Sound Transmission to warn Barnett about an opponent's attacks, possibly by sending images of the future into his mind.
• Barnett and Frodeku welcomed Vic's plan, and Frodeku agreed to try learning the technique.

Vic taught Frodeku how Observation Haki could be used for Secret Sound Transmission while warning that moving-image transmission would require experimentation. As Frodeku practiced, Rebecca dominated Lao San and learned that he knew the Six Powers, while the enemy plotted to target Frodeku.

• Vic explained how Observation Haki interpreted sound waves and could transmit simulated speech, then suggested a similar method might work for moving images.
• Ling and Lao Jiu discussed targeting Frodeku because he had Observation Haki, though Lao Jiu doubted Lao San would be useful after defeating his opponent.
• Frodeku sat down to practice the conversion process as Vic and Barnett watched nearby.
• Rebecca kept Lao San on the defensive with the Six Powers, dodging his attacks and striking him with Shigan and a kick to the chest.
• Lao San recognized Rebecca and the others as Marine Elite Camp recruits, and Rebecca asked where he had learned Soru.
• Lao San dismissed Rebecca's whetstone comparison and declared that the Marines would break on the island.

Rebecca fought Lao San and learned that he knew three of the Six Powers, while Vic suspected a powerful underground group controlled the island. Lao Si revealed his own Six Powers skills as Wendy pressed him with her short blades.

• Lao San used Rankyaku and Shigan against Rebecca, but she blocked his finger strike and kicked him into the Flower Field.
• Vic told Barnett that the Six Powers required connections and suspected a major power was behind the island’s hidden operations.
• Barnett worried that defeating the island’s leaders might not protect its civilians, while Vic planned to discuss the matter after they uncovered who backed them.
• Lao Si used Kami-e to evade Wendy’s close-range blade attacks as she combined Geppo and Soru to keep pursuing him.

Vic and his companions confronted Ling and Lao Jiu, the powerful men who enforced the island’s imposed order. Ling tried to intimidate Vic and persuade the recruits to leave, but Vic rejected his view that strength gave people the right to rule others.

• Wendy stopped exhausting herself with close-range attacks and changed her strategy against Lao Si.
• Vic announced that two newcomers were approaching, and Barnett recognized that they were stronger than Lao San and Lao Si.
• Rebecca kicked Lao San away and turned her attention to the newcomers while Wendy continued facing Lao Si.
• Ling challenged the recruits for trying to overturn the island’s balance of power, and Vic questioned the order he had imposed.
• Ling mocked Vic’s past defeats, but Vic said he used stronger opponents as motivation and rejected the idea that might made right.
• Ling warned that the recruits’ backers could erase them and offered to let them leave; shaken by Vic’s convictions, he quietly stepped back and considered a peaceful resolution.

Vic and his companions refused Ling’s demand to abandon the island’s civilians, and Ling ordered an attack. Vic and Rebecca intercepted the surprise strikes, leaving the two sides poised for a difficult fight.

• Vic’s companions remained determined to intervene because they believed in their strength and could not ignore the atrocities against the civilians.
• Ling lamented that the Elite Camp class might lose its standing, then ordered Lao Jiu to attack.
• Ling used Soru and struck at Vic with a Haki-hardened finger, but Vic blocked it with Blood Wither.
• Lao Jiu attacked the defenseless Frodeku, but Rebecca had moved to protect him and stopped Lao Jiu with her sword, drawing blood from his fingertip.
• Vic condemned Ling and Lao Jiu for launching a sneak attack, while Ling realized the fight would be tougher than expected.

Vic and Ling's groups regrouped for a likely fight to the death while Frodeku reported progress with Secret Sound Transmission. Vic warned Rebecca not to risk herself against stronger opponents, but her eagerness to test her toughness remained, leaving both sides tense before battle.

• Vic mocked Ling after gauging his strength, and Ling withdrew to regroup with Lao Jiu, Lao Si, and Lao San.
• Frodeku told Vic and Barnett that he had learned Secret Sound Transmission but could not yet share images.
• Lao Si and Lao San bickered until Ling ordered them to focus on the life-or-death fight ahead.
• Vic warned everyone that Rebecca was the enemy to watch and told her not to challenge someone far stronger than herself.
• Rebecca silently considered taking attacks to test her endurance, then softened and giggled after glancing at Vic.

Vic and his allies split up to fight Ling and the three men under him, while Vic tried to learn who was behind the island’s enslavement. Ling refused to reveal anything and attacked Vic, but Vic’s Armament Haki left him unharmed and turned Ling’s assault into a painful struggle.

• Rebecca challenged Lao Jiu, Wendy chose Lao Si, and Barnett drew Lao San away to separate battlefields.
• Vic offered to spare Ling and his men if Ling explained what had happened on the island and who was behind it, but Ling refused to betray his mission.
• Vic coated his body in Armament Haki and invited Ling to show the strength behind his enslavement of the country.
• Ling punched Vic and sent him sliding, but Vic remained uninjured while Ling’s hand began to hurt.
• Vic taunted Ling by comparing his Haki to Vice Admiral Spider’s, prompting Ling to unleash Iron Body Fist: Chaos.
• Ling repeatedly struck Vic’s Haki-protected body and tried to hit his face, but Vic dodged those blows and Ling could not injure him.

Konan worried that Vic was losing to Ling, while Ain insisted Vic was holding back. As Rebecca fought Lao Jiu, Konan trusted what she could see and remained unaware that her grandmother had collapsed after Ain’s treatment.

• Vic let Ling drive him backward through the Flower Field while trying to pressure him into revealing who was behind the scheme.
• Konan asked Ain if Vic was losing, and Ain assured her that Vic was the strongest and was choosing not to fight back.
• Konan recalled how the island’s residents had abandoned food crops to grow the valuable Flower of Love, once called Smoke Flowers.
• Konan stopped watching Vic and turned to Rebecca, who had gained an advantage over Lao Jiu with her swordsmanship and Six Powers training.
• Lao Jiu struggled to counterattack Rebecca, whose reach and Great Grade Sword kept him at a distance.

Rebecca gained the upper hand against Lao Jiu, while Barnett used Frodeku’s future-sight support to land a damaging counterattack on Lao San. The fights continued with Rebecca pressing her opponent and Barnett gaining an opening.

• Rebecca slashed and kicked at Lao Jiu, leaving cuts on his face and deep wounds on his forearms when he blocked her blow.
• Konan watched Rebecca’s fierce fighting with admiration, then turned her attention to Barnett’s battle against Lao San.
• Frodeku warned Barnett through their mental link about Lao San’s two incoming Shigan strikes and told him when and where to dodge.
• Barnett evaded both Shigan attacks and struck Lao San in the ribs with a close-range Rankyaku, sending him crashing into the Flower Field.
• Frodeku explained that his future sight worked best as support because Barnett could act on his warnings and end each chain of possible outcomes.

Barnett taunted the wounded Lao San while the recruits’ battles continued across the Flower Field. Lao Si tried to persuade Wendy to stop fighting, but his words enraged her; after she wounded him, both resumed their fight in earnest.

• Barnett claimed his Observation Haki was only a little better than usable, while concealing Frodeku’s role and provoking Lao San.
• Lao San assessed the other fights and concluded that Ling, Lao Jiu, and Lao Si faced opponents of very different strengths.
• Lao Si urged Wendy to fake their fight and hinted that the Navy would promote her after they left the island.
• Wendy suddenly attacked Lao Si and cut deeply into his arm, forcing him to flee with Soru and bandage the wound.
• Wendy regained her composure and recognized that she had lashed out over her own weakness, while Lao Si became furious and decided to kill her.

Wendy fought Lao Si and was wounded as he exploited her hesitation and attacked her relentlessly. She escaped into the air, but Lao Si threatened Frodeku to force her back down, leaving her to block his path again.

• Wendy blocked Lao Si’s sword and kicked away his Shigan attack, striking his wounded arm.
• Lao Si pressed Wendy with repeated thrusts, cutting her lower leg and left arm as she retreated.
• Lao Si licked Wendy’s blood from his blade, unsettling her as she struggled with the danger of the fight and the people she wanted to protect.
• Wendy used Soru to escape Lao Si’s attack, then Geppo to fly out of his reach.
• Lao Si charged toward Frodeku to draw Wendy down, and Wendy landed in his path to protect him.

Wendy fought Lao Si while Vic watched for signs that she might awaken Observation Haki. Though injured, she continued battling him, and the chapter ended as his sword overwhelmed her weakened defense.

• Wendy dodged Lao Si’s two attacks aimed at her neck, but he kicked her in the lower back and injured her internally.
• Konan worried about Wendy, while Ain reassured her and explained that Barnett’s ability could heal scars; Konan then asked whether he could remove one on her buttock.
• Vic kept watching Wendy’s fight without intervening, believing the pressure might awaken her Observation Haki.
• Wendy stood her ground against Lao Si, but her internal injuries weakened her as she blocked his Shigan and sword slash, leaving her reeling from the impact.

Wendy was nearly killed by Lao Si but awakened Observation Haki at the brink of death and began using their fight to master it. She realized Vic had only pretended to be helpless, while Konan turned her worried attention to whether he would reveal his strength.

• Lao Si disarmed Wendy and wounded her across the chest and shoulder as she struggled to evade his attacks.
• With Lao Si’s next strike aimed at her heart, Wendy awakened Observation Haki, dodged, and slapped him as he passed.
• Wendy recognized her new ability and saw that Vic, Rebecca, and Frodeku had known she was in danger, while Vic had been pretending to lose.
• Wendy retrieved her knives and used Lao Si as a sparring partner, dodging his attacks and landing shallow cuts to improve her control of Observation Haki.
• Konan stopped crying when Wendy began toying with Lao Si, then worried about Vic, who still appeared to be taking a beating.

Vic stopped pretending to take Ling’s attacks and overwhelmed him with a rapid series of Haki-infused blows. As Ling recovered, Vic questioned him about Devil Fruits, and Ling began recounting an old story involving Ohara and an Ancient Script tablet.

• Vic revealed that he had been holding back while waiting for his companion to awaken her Observation Haki, then struck Ling and launched him into a crater.
• Ain and Konan watched Vic defeat Ling, and Konan praised Vic as their country’s savior before Ain warned her that Ling was getting back up.
• Ling recovered from the crater, asked whether Vic’s speed came from training or a Devil Fruit, and Vic asked if anyone could still swim after eating one.
• Ling told Vic that someone had once taken a fragment of an Ancient Script tablet to Ohara, whose scholars declined to report the person to the World Government.
• Vic asked Ling what happened next.

Ling told Vic about a damaged Poneglyph account suggesting Devil Fruits may once have lacked their seawater weakness, then resumed their fight. After Ling transformed into his rhinoceros Human-Beast Form, he prepared to test whether he could make Vic draw his sword.

• Ling recounted a story about a person who deciphered part of a damaged tablet describing fruits that granted superpowers, and Vic considered whether those fruits were ancient Devil Fruits without a seawater weakness.
• Vic taunted Ling and challenged him to use his remaining tricks, while Ling recovered from his injuries and attacked with repeated Shigan thrusts.
• Vic dodged Ling’s attacks, slapped him, and threw him into the ground, but Ling recovered and used kicks to retreat.
• Ling wiped the blood from his face, transformed into his rhinoceros Human-Beast Form, and said he would try to make Vic draw his sword.
• Vic recognized Ling’s Zoan transformation as a possible boost to his defense and attack, and Ling coated his hands, feet, and nose horn in Armament Haki.

Vic fought Ling, a Zoan Devil Fruit User who transformed into a rhinoceros, while Rebecca held the advantage over Lao Jiu until he revealed his own Zoan power. The battles continued as Rebecca escaped Lao Jiu’s transformed claws with a Rankyaku and Soru.

• Vic caught Ling’s horn attack, used Ling’s momentum to slam him into the ground, and then struck him with a Rankyaku.
• Konan and Ain watched the fights, with Ain insisting that Vic was the strongest before turning her attention to Rebecca.
• Rebecca kept Lao Jiu on the defensive until he transformed into his Human-Beast Form as a koala.
• Lao Jiu told Rebecca that the other two fighters were not Zoan users and then attacked her with his claws.
• Rebecca blocked Lao Jiu’s claws with her sword, used Rankyaku to stop his second strike, and escaped with Soru.

Rebecca fought Lao Jiu’s Zoan-enhanced form to a standstill before abandoning Observation Haki and relying on instinct. Her unpredictable attacks overwhelmed him, leaving him badly wounded in the Flower Field.

• Rebecca adapted to Lao Jiu’s strength and claws, then cut open his abdomen and chest with a feint.
• Lao Jiu’s Zoan vitality quickly closed the wound, and the two fighters remained locked in a prolonged stalemate.
• Rebecca used Observation Haki to see that her allies were gaining ground and decided to end her fight quickly.
• Rebecca abandoned Observation Haki and fought on instinct, making Lao Jiu’s predictions unreliable.
• Rebecca kicked Lao Jiu into the Flower Field and followed with Sword Gang and Rankyaku, inflicting several severe gashes.

Rebecca defeated Lao Jiu after fighting with a sudden instinctive style that overwhelmed his Observation Haki. Vic then struck Ling with overwhelming speed and strength, sending the rhinoceros flying and leaving his most heavily defended neck badly injured.

• Rebecca dodged Lao Jiu's attacks, then battered him with rapid strikes until he collapsed unconscious in the flower field.
• Rebecca sensed that Lao Jiu was still alive and stood guard while Konan praised her victory and Ain defended Vic.
• Wendy continued testing her Observation Haki, while Lao Si feared he would suffer Lao Jiu's fate and Barnett kept beating Lao San with Future Sight.
• Vic asked Ling about his bond with Lao Jiu, and Ling admitted they had spent ten years together before a tear betrayed his feelings.
• Vic ended the exchange by striking Ling's armored neck before Ling's Observation Haki could react, sending him flying with a nearly shattered cervical vertebra.

Vic battered Ling, who pretended to be beaten before using Vic’s kick to launch a surprise attack on Rebecca. Rebecca was badly injured, but Vic intercepted Ling before he could finish her off and sent him flying back.

• Vic repeatedly knocked Ling down and challenged him to use his strongest attack, while Ling asked why someone so young and strong was still in the Elite Camp.
• Ling leaped at Vic with his horn, but Vic dodged and kicked him in the chest; Ling used the force to propel himself toward Rebecca.
• Rebecca sensed danger and turned her sword to meet Ling’s Haki-coated punch, but the blow drove the blade into her chest and sent her flying with severe internal injuries.
• Konan cried out in shock, and Ain anxiously watched as Ling continued toward Rebecca to finish her off.
• Vic rushed between Ling and Rebecca and punched Ling in the cheek, sending him back to the battlefield.

Vic comforted Rebecca after Ling's attack, then confronted Ling and revealed that his Armament Haki could withstand Ling's Ryuo. Ling began to doubt his chances as Vic taunted him, and their fight remained unresolved.

• Vic rushed to Rebecca, apologized for her injury, and held her until she had recovered enough to stand.
• Ain rebuked Konan for suggesting that Vic and Rebecca made a good couple, insisting they were brother and sister.
• Vic mocked Ling for attacking Rebecca, and Ling replied that Vic had to defeat him before they could talk.
• Ling attacked Vic with Ryuo, but Vic stopped his fist with an Armament Haki-coated palm without using Ryuo himself.
• Vic told Ling that his Ryuo was too weak to break through Vic's defense, leaving Ling shocked and desperate.