Recaps

Zephyr ended the fight with Shanks and took the unconscious cadets aboard his warship, while the Red Hair Pirates stayed behind. Rebecca reunited Uta with Shanks and returned to the ship with Ain, leaving Shanks eager to meet Vic again in the New World.

• Zephyr decided against killing Shanks, retrieved the unconscious cadets, and ordered his warship to set sail.
• Zephyr warned Shanks not to become a man who would stop at nothing, and Shanks watched the warship depart with his crew.
• Rebecca returned Uta to Shanks, teased him about his Conqueror’s Haki, and told him Vic had grown stronger than he had.
• Shanks accepted Rebecca’s assessment and told her to tell Vic he would be waiting in the New World.
• Shanks stayed at Twin Cape to share drinks and a banquet with Crocus before leaving, while Rebecca carried Ain back to the warship and settled her in the dormitory.

Wendy reunited with Rebecca and the Recruit Camp on Drum Island, while Vic and Xiaobai reached Jaya Island to prepare for the trip to Sky Island. Vic planned to stock up in Mock Town and use a Knock Up Stream to conserve his stamina on the way up.

• Rebecca woke Barnett and Frodeku by slapping them after they passed out from Shanks's Conqueror's Haki, and the Recruit Camp resumed its journey.
• Zephyr's warship reached Drum Island, where Wendy said goodbye to Kureha and returned aboard to continue growing stronger.
• Wendy told Rebecca and the others that Vic had left to train in a harsh environment, and Zephyr accepted that Vic could improve through combat.
• Vic and Xiaobai reached the waters near Jaya Island after a month at sea, and Vic planned to wait for a Knock Up Stream rather than fly to Sky Island directly.
• Vic sent Xiaobai and the boat away from the pirate-filled coast, then flew to an uninhabited part of Jaya Island.

Vic arrived in Mock Town to buy supplies, but his striking appearance and valuable swords drew the attention of several pirate crews. After he finished shopping, he remained inside the shop to deal with his oversized bundle while the pirates outside argued over how to divide his money, goods, swords, and body.

• Vic entered Mock Town, where female pirates, male pirates, and a swordsman noticed him and began vying for him and his swords.
• Vic ignored the crowd and bought large quantities of supplies from a shop, leaving the shopkeeper fearful of the pirates gathered outside.
• The pirates discussed dividing Vic's possessions and fighting over his body, assuming he was already at their mercy.
• Vic's large bundle caught in the shop doorway, so he stepped back inside to have the shopkeeper adjust it while the crowd taunted him and called for him to come out.

Vic left a shop in Mock Town and faced down the pirates who had gathered outside to intimidate him. He used his aura to incapacitate one pirate, then walked away after silently striking down the crowd.

• Vic cut two precise arcs through the shop’s doorframe with his Swordless Style Sword Qi and carried his bundle outside.
• A muscular pirate leaned on Vic’s shoulder while the gathered pirates mocked and threatened him.
• Vic fixed the muscular pirate with an icy stare, causing him to collapse unconscious with foam at his mouth.
• The pirates speculated about what had happened and grew wary of Vic.
• Vic called the pirates scum, vanished from where he stood, and reappeared farther down the street as he sheathed Allen; the pirates behind him stood frozen and silent.

Vic’s new Ice Sword Intent turned a crowd of pirates into brittle, statue-like corpses, inspiring a terrifying legend across Jaya. After roaming the island with Xiaobai and learning the creature could sense the Knock Up Stream, Vic parted with Xiaobai and waited for the next eruption.

• Vic’s Ice Sword Intent froze the pirates outside a shop, and when one pirate touched a corpse, the bodies shattered.
• The shopkeeper and a passing pirate spread the story of the strange deaths, and rumors of a sun-walking succubus frightened Jaya’s pirates away.
• Vic bought supplies, explored Jaya with Xiaobai, and realized Xiaobai could sense the Knock Up Stream before it erupted.
• When Xiaobai grew restless again, Vic took it near the disturbance and told it they would part ways.
• Xiaobai reluctantly left Vic’s boat, and Vic prepared to catch the approaching Knock Up Stream.

Vic rode the Knock Up Stream to the White-White Sea and reached Heaven’s Gate, where he asked Granny Amazon how to get to Angel Island. After declining to pay the entrance fee, he got Amazon to summon the Express Shrimp.

• Vic rode the Knock Up Stream upward and rested on Island Cloud in the White-White Sea.
• Vic found Heaven’s Gate and entered the gateway to the cloud river leading to the upper Sky Island.
• Granny Amazon spotted Vic and asked whether he had come to sightsee or fight.
• Vic said he wanted to visit Sky Island but would not pay the entrance fee, and Amazon agreed to let him go.
• Amazon blew her whistle, and the giant Express Shrimp emerged from the waterway.

Vic arrived at Sky Island and set out to find gold in Upper Yard before asking Gan Fall about Birka. As he flew toward the City of Gold, the Sky Lord attacked him, and Vic sent the giant snake crashing away with one punch.

• Vic rode the Express Shrimp to Angel Beach and tried to persuade it to give up its claws, but it fled into the Sky Sea.
• Vic admired Angel Beach and decided to seek the City of Gold’s treasure before approaching Gan Fall.
• Vic flew toward Upper Yard with Geppo and considered using Sky Island’s thin air to improve the technique.
• The Sky Lord lunged at Vic as he flew over the treetops, and Vic punched it into the ground, sending it tumbling away.

Vic defeated the Sky Lord and collected gold from the ruins beneath the Island Cloud. He then climbed the beanstalk toward the Golden Bell, which he wanted to see and hear.

• Vic outpaced and beat the Sky Lord, then warned it to stop attacking two-legged creatures.
• Vic used Observation Haki to find the ruins beneath the clouds and took the gold bricks hidden under the moss.
• Vic found an underground storeroom containing coins, crowns, jewelry, and other gold, and collected most of it.
• Vic speculated about whether the Roger Pirates had found the hidden gold and decided to leave a little for the Straw Hat crew.
• Vic climbed the beanstalk to reach the Island Cloud where the Golden Bell stood.

Vic left gold for the Straw Hat Pirates, copied the Poneglyph, and rang the Golden Bell, renewing hope among the Shandia and stirring people across the sky islands. He then found Gan Fall and asked him about Birka and travel between Sky Islands.

• Vic left enough gold at the Golden Bell for the Straw Hat Pirates to buy a new ship and made a rubbing of the Poneglyph.
• Vic rang the Golden Bell for a quarter of an hour, and its sound reached Angel Island, the Shandia tribe, and Jaya.
• The Shandia chief heard the bell and renewed his hope that his people would return to their homeland, while young Wyper and the Sky Lord were moved by its sound.
• Gan Fall and the people of Angel Island heard the bell and wondered what changes it foretold.
• Vic used Observation Haki to find Gan Fall in the shrine, slipped past the guards, and asked him about Birka and travel between Sky Islands.

Vic sought information from Gan Fall about reaching Birka and offered news of the Roger Pirates in exchange. Gan Fall agreed to the trade, eager to hear about his old friends.

• Gan Fall questioned Vic about his visit, and Vic asked whether he knew Birka.
• Gan Fall described Birka as the legendary birthplace of the Sky Islands, home to a guarded temple, but withheld how to reach it.
• Vic insisted that his search for a person and an item was important, while Gan Fall refused to give directions without a reason.
• Vic offered information about the Roger Pirates in exchange for Birka's route, and Gan Fall agreed.

Vic told Gan Fall that Roger had died of a terminal illness after becoming Pirate King and disbanding his crew. Gan Fall then explained that Birka could only be reached when it drifted close to Angel Island, leaving Vic to wait for the brief annual connection or fly across the gap himself.

• Vic told Gan Fall that Roger had died seven years earlier from a terminal illness and that the Roger Pirates had disbanded.
• Gan Fall mourned Roger’s death, and Vic argued that Roger’s legacy would make the coming era more exciting.
• Gan Fall summoned Pierre and flew toward the edge of Angel Island while Vic followed using Geppo.
• Gan Fall explained that Birka drifted among nearby Sky Islands and touched Angel Island’s Island Cloud for only a few days each year.
• Gan Fall said travelers usually built an artificial Island Cloud route across the gap, but Vic could fly to Birka without one.

Vic learned that Birka would drift close enough to reach in a little over a month, so he stayed on Upper Yard to train while he waited. He used the Sky Lord’s stomach acid as a setting for Haki practice and kept developing his Geppo.

• Gan Fall explained that Birka would approach Angel Island in a little over a month, and Vic agreed to wait for it.
• Vic returned to Upper Yard to practice advanced Geppo and strengthen his Haki.
• Gan Fall’s divine servants reported finding the injured Sky Lord, and Gan Fall warned them not to attack it, suspecting Vic had beaten it.
• Vic let the Sky Lord swallow him so he could train his Haki inside its stomach, then punched his way out when his Haki was nearly exhausted.
• Vic trained Geppo above the White Sea and repeatedly returned to let the Sky Lord swallow him again.

After a month of extreme training, Vic advanced his Geppo and prepared to leave Angel Island for Birka. He said goodbye to Gan Fall after beating the Sky Lord once more, then departed and left a hidden gift for a future straw-hatted visitor.

• Vic trained by dodging sky sharks over the White Sea until his Geppo advanced into near-effortless flight.
• Vic beat the Sky Lord again before leaving Upper Yard, while divine servants watched from hiding.
• Vic told Gan Fall he was leaving to wait for Birka and said the old man no longer needed to monitor him.
• Vic told Gan Fall to give a future young man wearing a yellow straw hat a hidden gift, then vanished.
• A divine servant reported Vic's latest beating of the Sky Lord to Gan Fall, who asked whether he had seen Vic's strength.

Vic reached Birka after waiting for the drifting Sky Island, then searched for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and found a temple at the island’s center. There, Urouge blocked his way, leaving Vic to wonder whether the monk had survived Enel’s future destruction of Birka.

• Gan Fall learned that Vic had beaten the Sky Lord so quickly that the divine servant could barely follow the fight, then sent him back to his patrols.
• Vic waited and trained for several days at the edge of the White Sea until Birka appeared within range of his Observation Haki.
• Vic flew to Birka and searched its outer areas for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, spotting Enel but finding no sign of the fruit in his home.
• Vic discovered a central plot of land with a temple and suspected it was the temple Gan Fall had mentioned.
• Urouge blocked Vic at the temple, and Vic wondered whether Urouge would later escape Enel’s destruction of Birka.

Vic challenged Urouge and the temple priests to a wager: Urouge had three moves to make him take a step, and if he failed, Vic would be allowed to enter the temple. Urouge’s first blow failed to move Vic, who then told him to try again.

• Vic confronted Urouge at Birka’s temple and insisted on looking inside, suspecting the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was there.
• Vic offered to leave if Urouge could make him take a step within three moves, and Urouge went to consult the other priests.
• Urouge returned with a large iron pencil and a group of angry monks, then arranged a space for the challenge as residents gathered to watch.
• Urouge swung the iron pencil at Vic’s head, but Vic used Armament Haki to withstand the blow without moving or showing an injury.
• Urouge checked Vic’s feet and found no sign that he had moved, while the watching priests stared in shock.
• Vic broke the silence by telling Urouge to attack again.

Urouge used his Devil Fruit ability to grow stronger by taking punishment, then challenged Vic with increasingly powerful attacks to defend the temple. After Vic endured his strongest blow without moving, Urouge agreed to take him inside, while Vic asked about the strange ability.

• Urouge had the priests attack him until he grew nearly ten meters tall, then struck Vic with his spinning iron rod, but Vic remained unharmed and Urouge fell.
• Urouge questioned Vic about his strength and motives, and Vic repeated that he had come to explore the temple rather than massacre anyone.
• Urouge ordered all the priests to attack him together, and they beat him until they collapsed unconscious, helping him reach his greatest strength.
• Urouge told Vic that if he still could not drive him back, he would take him into the temple himself.
• Vic welcomed Urouge's final attack and asked whether his Devil Fruit made him stronger the harder he was beaten.

Vic proved his strength to Urouge, who then let him enter Birka’s temple and see the underground murals and altar. Vic found the Ark Maxim’s blueprints but not the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and left wondering how Enel had obtained both.

• Urouge launched his strongest attack, but Vic caught his iron staff with one hand and redirected its force into the ground.
• Urouge admitted defeat and led Vic through Birka to the temple.
• Vic used Observation Haki to search the temple and found an underground passage decorated with murals resembling the ruins on the moon.
• Vic examined the altar’s stone casket and found only blueprints that he believed were for the Ark Maxim.
• Urouge asked Vic to keep the temple’s contents secret, and Vic agreed before leaving without finding the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Vic reconsidered his assumptions and realized Enel might have found the fruit separately before taking the blueprints from the temple.

Vic searched Birka for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit but found no trace until the Divine Staff began pulling him toward the ground beneath the temple. He secretly dug a tunnel at the edge of the landmass and continued downward, suspecting a hidden passage.

• Vic moved into Enel's home and searched the White Sea around Birka for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit while considering taking Enel away if he failed to find it.
• After several days of searching turned up nothing, Vic used the Divine Staff and felt it pulling toward the center of Birka.
• Vic circled Birka with the staff and ruled out the sea below, then confirmed the fruit was beneath the temple.
• Vic secretly began digging at the boundary between the Island Cloud and the temple landmass, using stored Island Cloud to conceal the tunnel entrance.
• As Vic dug deeper, the Divine Staff kept pointing downward, and he wondered whether another secret passage lay beneath the temple.

Vic discovered the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Thunder Drum in a hidden Thunder Pool beneath the Island Cloud, then ate the fruit and gained its lightning powers. He escaped through a passage near Birka and realized that Enel had once found the same place by accident, changing his fate.

• Vic found a lightning-charged stone bowl containing the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and a Thunder Drum.
• Vic put the Thunder Drum in his dimensional space, ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and gained the ability to transform into and attack with lightning.
• Vic tested his new powers, then left the Thunder Pool through an opening beneath the cone-shaped land.
• Vic discovered a winding passage toward Birka and reasoned that Enel had reached the hidden chamber through it.
• Vic recalled that Enel had eaten the fruit after being trapped for three days, then destroyed Birka, stole the Ark Maxim blueprints, and became fascinated with the moon.

Vic obtained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, said goodbye to Enel, and tested his new powers on an Island Cloud near Birka. He learned to control the Thunder Drums and continued practicing his lightning abilities.

• Vic returned to Enel's home, where Enel thanked him for ending the bullying and followed him outside to see him off.
• Vic told Enel to live well, then vanished before the gathered onlookers, leaving them too intimidated to bully Enel again.
• Vic traveled to an Island Cloud and unleashed lightning in different shapes while practicing his new Devil Fruit powers.
• Vic practiced for several hours, improving his control of the lightning and using up much of his stamina.
• Vic learned to float the Thunder Drums behind him without attaching them to his body and put away his swords to complete the look.

After the Divine Staff revealed a voice warning that the Moon People wanted the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Vic left Birka and tested how seawater affected his new power. He landed on an island crowded with pirates, Marines, and World Government forces, and decided to make his name as a Logia user.

• Vic used the Divine Staff with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and heard a dying voice accuse the Moon People of seeking the fruit.
• Vic wondered about the Birka People’s history and whether the Moon People might come after him, then left Birka.
• Vic tested seawater on the island’s shore and found that it weakened his Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers but not his speed ability.
• Vic used Observation Haki to discover pirate, navy, and World Government ships and people on the island.
• Vic headed inland and resolved to reveal his Logia powers while concealing that he had two Devil Fruits.

Vic reached the royal palace and stopped thirteen-year-old Rob Lucci from killing the five hundred soldiers held hostage by pirates. After Lucci recognized Vic and saw his Logia powers, Vic told him to stand aside and went to deal with the pirates.

• Vic learned from a Marine soldier that pirates were holding five hundred soldiers hostage inside the royal palace.
• Vic realized Rob Lucci was about to kill the hostages and used his lightning-fast movement to reach the occupied warehouse.
• Lucci tried to kill a hostage, but Vic stopped his wrist and Lucci's Shigan attack passed through Vic's Logia body.
• Lucci recognized Vic and was surprised by his new appearance and apparent Devil Fruit power.
• Vic told Lucci to stand aside, advised him to recognize his weaknesses, and walked toward the pirates.

Vic defeated the pirates who had seized hostages, earned the name Thunder God, and boarded Rob Lucci’s warship to travel toward Enies Lobby. Meanwhile, Zephyr returned the Elite Camp trainees to Marine Headquarters, where Rebecca rushed to Vic’s empty cabin.

• Vic struck down the pirates with lightning, and the rescued soldiers hailed him as the Thunder God.
• Rob Lucci questioned how Vic had obtained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, while Vic ordered the unconscious pirates taken away for trial.
• After declining the king’s banquet, Vic forced his way aboard Rob Lucci’s warship, bound for Enies Lobby, and trained on deck with the Divine Staff.
• Zephyr brought the Elite Camp trainees back to Marine Headquarters after their journey served as their final assessment.
• Rebecca, Wendy, Barnett, and Frodeku hurried to Vic’s cabin, where Rebecca found it weathered, overgrown, and empty.

As the Elite Camp recruits waited for Vic to return, Rebecca and the others prepared to follow him into the Marines. The commissioning ceremony began without him, leaving the group still awaiting his arrival.

• Rebecca told Ain that Vic had trained in his room and explained how he sought to incorporate nature into his swordsmanship, while Wendy blamed herself for his absence and Rebecca, Barnett, and Frodeku reassured her.
• Rebecca visited Granny Tsuru and Vice Admiral Garp, learned that the recruits’ commissioning ceremony would take place in two days, and told Garp that she and the others intended to follow Vic.
• Garp agreed to ask Sengoku about letting the promising Elite Camp recruits train aboard his ship, while Rebecca returned to their cabin and waited with the others for Vic.
• Headquarters prepared a public ceremony for the recruits, honoring their exceptional military merits and strength, but Vic still had not returned when the event began.
• Sengoku and Zephyr presided over the ceremony, and Zephyr called recruits forward as Sengoku awarded medals and uniforms, with justice coats given to those attaining field officer rank.

The Marine promotion ceremony honored the Elite Camp, promoting Rebecca to colonel and recognizing Vic in his absence. Sengoku presented Vic as a future Marine role model, while Vic remained away training.

• Frodeku received the rank of warrant officer, Wendy became a major, and Barnett was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
• Sengoku promoted Rebecca to colonel and gave her epaulets and a Justice coat.
• Rebecca regretted that Vic could not share her achievement and started to leave the stage.
• Sengoku called Rebecca back and asked her to accept Vic’s epaulets and coat because Vic had missed the ceremony.
• The recruits shouted Vic’s name as Sengoku recounted his training and praised his potential to become Fleet Admiral.