Recaps

At Vic’s appointment ceremony, Sengoku announced that he would become a Rear Admiral and serve under Garp when a lightning storm interrupted the proceedings. Vic arrived beside Rebecca after developing a lightning-fast way to travel through clouds, and the ceremony was left poised to continue.

• Sengoku announced Vic’s exceptional strength and military record, naming him a Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral and assigning him as an adjutant on Garp’s warship.
• Dark clouds and lightning abruptly formed over Marine Headquarters, putting Sengoku and the other officers on alert for an attack.
• A giant figure formed from lightning absorbed the storm and shrank before shooting toward Rebecca on the stage.
• Vic appeared beside Rebecca, startling Sengoku and revealing that he had arrived by traveling as lightning through the clouds.
• Vic reflected that his new method let him travel quickly between places, while Geppo remained useful for combat.

Vic returned to Marine Headquarters with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and made a spectacular entrance before receiving the rank of Rear Admiral. He joined Garp’s command and celebrated with his allies, while planning to meet Ain and head toward the New World.

• Vic arrived at the ceremony in his thunder god form, revealed that he had eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and reunited with Rebecca.
• Zephyr and Sengoku marveled at Vic’s rare Logia power, and Sengoku promoted him to Headquarters Rear Admiral and assigned him as an adjutant aboard Garp’s ship.
• Vic put on his justice coat, and Garp invited him to join his ship; Vic looked forward to testing himself against the Marine hero.
• Vic joined Garp, Sengoku, Zephyr, Tsuru, and others for a banquet, brought his team, and sent Rebecca to fetch Ain.
• Vic thought about Gion’s mission with Tokikake and wanted to hurry to the New World with Garp.

After the banquet, Vic and Rebecca decided to visit Tashigi and bring her to stay with them at Marine Headquarters. The next morning, Rebecca woke beside Ain while Vic made breakfast, and she urged him to leave the cooking to others now that he was a Rear Admiral.

• Wendy and the others relaxed at the banquet after seeing the Marines’ leaders behave playfully, while Ain clung to Vic and made Rebecca jealous.
• Vic and Rebecca took the sleeping Ain to their seaside cabin, and Wendy and the others returned to the recruit dormitory after graduating from the Elite Camp.
• Vic recovered the remaining gold and homemade alcohol he had buried, then decided to bring it along in case he met Shanks again.
• Vic and Rebecca agreed to visit Tashigi and offer to look after her while they were at headquarters.
• Rebecca told Vic how much she had missed him, then fell asleep in his arms; in the morning, she realized she had nearly smothered Ain while mistaking her for Vic.
• Rebecca found Vic making breakfast in his Marine coat and apron with his drums floating behind him, and urged him to let someone else cook.

Vic took Rebecca and Ain to Marine Headquarters’ nursery to visit Tashigi, but found her being bullied and grew furious at the staff’s neglect. He removed Tashigi from the nursery for a few days and left its manager to address the failures, determined to resolve the problem at its root.

• After breakfast, Vic sent Wendy, Barnett, and Frodeku to train, then took Rebecca and Ain to the nursery with a packed breakfast.
• Vic found two girls trying to take Tashigi’s Luban lock and pulling her hair while nearby children watched without intervening.
• Rebecca used Soru to rescue Tashigi, and Vic questioned her, realizing the bullying had happened before.
• Vic ordered the nursery’s supervisor to bring the person in overall charge, then told the major what had happened and recommended a thorough review of the staff.
• Vic requested leave for Tashigi and took her with him to stay for a few days.

Vic left Tashigi at Marine Headquarters with training guides and took Ain aboard the Dog-Head Warship, which was sailing to the East Blue so the old man could visit his grandson. During the voyage, the old man’s punishing training strengthened Vic’s Armament Haki, while Vic learned that Rebecca and Barnett had awakened Haki.

• Vic taught Tashigi physical exercises and swordsmanship, told her to stand up to bullies, and left her at Marine Headquarters while taking Ain with him.
• The old man brought Vic, Rebecca, Ain, and the others aboard the Dog-Head Warship and set sail for the East Blue to visit his grandson.
• Vic attracted attention at Marine Headquarters after news spread of his Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit and his arrival there, then stayed aboard the ship as the old man repeatedly beat him in training.
• Vic realized the old man could draw on far more Armament Haki in a single strike than he could, and his own Armament Haki improved through their fights.
• Rebecca told Vic that she had awakened Armament Haki and Barnett had awakened Observation Haki after training and fighting alongside Frodeku.

Vic and Garp argued aboard the Dog-Head Warship as they returned to the East Blue, with Vic trying to persuade Garp to challenge Big Mom and Garp insisting on visiting Luffy. The warship neared the Goa Kingdom, while Vic’s strained composure and provocative remarks risked earning him another beating.

• Vic continued using lightning to temper himself during training, and Rebecca quietly understood that the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was connected to the Divine Staff and that Vic had eaten two Devil Fruits.
• The Dog-Head Warship crossed the Calm Belt and returned to the East Blue without encountering Sea Kings.
• Vic urged Garp to head for the New World and confront Big Mom, but Garp refused because he wanted to see Luffy and worried that a war would hurt ordinary people.
• Garp teased Vic as Thunder God and beat him, while Vic talked back by threatening to challenge Luffy when he grew up.
• Garp said he would train Luffy to become the strongest Marine, and Rebecca watched the two bicker as the warship approached the Goa Kingdom.

Vic and Garp arrived in Foosha Village, where Vic’s lightning display stunned the villagers and made a disastrous first impression on little Luffy. Vic invited everyone to a banquet, while Garp reacted with irritation to his showboating.

• Vic asked Garp why he had joined the Navy, and Garp explained that he wanted to protect the weak and do his part until someone could fix the world’s broken order.
• The villagers gathered at the pier to welcome Garp, then fell quiet when Vic stepped off the warship surrounded by crackling lightning.
• The village chief brought two-year-old Luffy, who called Vic a big brother getting struck by lightning, delighting Garp.
• Vic declared himself the Thunder God, flew into the air, and blasted the nearby sea with lightning as the villagers watched in fear.
• Vic introduced himself as Garp’s adjutant, offered the villagers the fish his lightning had killed, and invited them to a banquet.

Vic organized a village feast in Foosha Village and went with the village chief and sailors to buy drinks. At the tavern, they encountered a group of mountain bandits who mistook Vic for a navy officer coming to arrest them.

• Vic proposed a grand feast, and the villagers eagerly began preparing fish and other food.
• Vic sent Rebecca and the others into the mountains to gather game and invite anyone they met to the feast, hoping they might encounter Dadan's group.
• Vic offered to pay for the drinks and followed the village chief to the tavern with several sailors.
• Vic found the tavern packed with mountain bandits, whose leader reached for his sword and feared the navy had come to arrest him.

Vic recognized Higuma and Makino at the tavern, but came for wine rather than to arrest the bandits. After Higuma paid for what his group had drunk, Vic sent them to town to haul back more stock, leaving the tavern supplied for the evening banquet.

• Vic recognized Higuma as the future King of the Mountain Bandits and noticed Makino behind the bar.
• Higuma feared Vic would arrest him, then offered his remaining bottle when he learned the Marine wanted wine.
• Vic asked whether the bandits had bounties and whether they had paid for their drinks, and Higuma gathered money from his underlings to settle the bill.
• Vic ordered Higuma and his bandits to help the tavern owner fetch more wine from town.
• The tavern owner agreed to take the bandits along and bring back extra stock.

Vic returned to Foosha Village with drinks for the banquet after encountering Sabo in Goa Kingdom. The celebration ended with the villagers and Rebecca and Makino asleep, while Vic and a few marines remained awake.

• Vic entered Goa Kingdom with Higuma and the others to borrow handcarts and spotted Sabo with his parents, but chose not to approach him.
• Vic and the bandits brought the drinks back to Foosha Village, where Garp and Luffy had already begun eating.
• After the bandits unloaded the drinks, Vic told Higuma and his men they could leave as long as they behaved themselves and did not turn to piracy.
• The villagers began their banquet, and Luffy laughed at a comic performance while Garp woke him with a Haki-coated punch.
• Makino clung to Vic while drinking, and Rebecca grew jealous as other women gathered near him.
• After several hours of eating and drinking, the villagers passed out, with Makino asleep on Vic's lap and Rebecca asleep at his feet.

Vic joined Garp, Ace, and Dadan at the edge of the feast, where Garp revealed that Ace was the son of the Pirate King Roger. The story left Garp wondering why Vic seemed so unfazed by the revelation.

• Garp left the feast with Dadan and Ace, and Vic followed with meat for them.
• Vic took Ace from Garp, gave him meat, and sat with Garp while Dadan ate nearby.
• Garp told Vic that Ace was his other grandson and revealed that Ace was Roger's son.
• Garp explained that Roger had asked him to raise Ace and that Ace's mother, Rouge, had died protecting him.
• Vic teased Garp about raising Roger's son as his grandson, leaving Garp puzzled by Vic's calm reaction.

Garp asked Vic to protect Ace if Ace chose to follow Roger’s path, and Vic agreed. After Garp gave Vic a Den Den Mushi and a piece of his Vivre Card, Vic set out to visit old acquaintances in Shimotsuki Village.

• Garp explained that he planned to tell Ace about his background and asked Vic to look out for him if he became a pirate.
• Vic agreed to protect Ace and asked whether Garp wanted him to look after Luffy too, but Garp said Luffy’s father would care for him.
• Vic left the banquet and trained by the sea while Garp spoke privately with Dadan and the others.
• The next morning, Vic asked Garp how long he would stay, and Garp gave him a Den Den Mushi and a piece of his Vivre Card so he could be contacted in an emergency.
• Vic told Garp he would only be gone for a few days, then went to find Rebecca and planned a visit to Shimotsuki Village to see Kuina and Koshiro.

Vic left Foosha Village to visit his swordsmanship and swordsmithing masters, and along the way he found young Zoro lost in the forest and brought him home. After declining Zoro’s parents’ invitation to stay, Vic headed to Kozaburo’s house to visit his old mentor.

• Vic told Rebecca and Ain he could not take them along, then advised Barnett to seek Garp’s help with Armament Haki.
• Vic traveled to Shimotsuki Village and found young Zoro lost far from home.
• Vic used Observation Haki to guide Zoro back to his village despite Zoro repeatedly wandering off while staring at Vic’s Thunder Drums.
• Zoro’s parents, Roronoa Arashi and Tera, thanked Vic, and Arashi wondered whether Vic could have trained Zoro.
• Vic left without staying for a meal and went to Kozaburo’s wooden house, where he greeted the swordsmith.

Vic reunited with Kozaburo and showed him the swords he had forged, then asked about making Black Blades. The two shared a long evening of food and drinks, leaving Vic asleep beside his old friend.

• Vic returned to see Kozaburo, who welcomed him and explained that he forged ordinary swords for students leaving the dojo.
• Vic showed Kozaburo Blood Wither and Allen, and Kozaburo praised their quality and appearance while asking whether Vic would attend the Sword Appreciation Tournament.
• Vic explained that he had used Cast Blue Gold and Nagayama Black Gold to forge four swords, including one for a friend, and said he would make his swords famous himself.
• Vic asked how long it took to forge a Black Blade, and Kozaburo said his ancestor Shimotsuki Ryuma had owned one but left no useful records.
• Vic decided to keep developing his Black Blades and spent the evening drinking and talking with Kozaburo, who eventually fell asleep.

Vic returned to Shimotsuki Village, reunited with Kuina, and spent seven days helping her grow stronger before leaving for Foosha Village. He found Garp’s warship absent and met Luffy and Makino at the tavern.

• Garp took Rebecca and the others aboard his warship and cruised around Foosha Village to hunt pirates.
• Vic woke beside two young foxes, shared breakfast and his homemade liquor with Kozaburo, then visited the Isshin Dojo.
• Kuina welcomed Vic tearfully, showed him how much she had trained, and asked to join his ship, but he told her she was too young.
• Vic spent seven days training Kuina, cooking for her, helping Kozaburo brew liquor, and discussing swordsmanship with Koshiro.
• Vic left Shimotsuki Village by transforming into lightning, surprising Koshiro, Kozaburo, and Kuina.
• Vic returned to Foosha Village, found Garp’s warship gone, and visited Makino’s tavern, where Luffy greeted him and offered to buy him juice with Garp’s money.

Vic spent a month training and helping Ace while Garp’s warship hunted pirates around East Blue. When Garp urgently summoned the crew for a mission tied to a possible powerful figure, Vic and the others rushed to the warship and set sail.

• Vic treated Luffy to meat at Makino’s tavern and sensed Garp’s Dog-Head Warship returning to Foosha Village.
• Garp’s crew reported that they had been searching East Blue while destroying newly formed pirate crews, and Rebecca privately told Vic that Garp seemed to be looking for something.
• Over the next month, Vic trained and joined Garp in sinking pirate ships with cannon fire; he also taught Ace physical training techniques whenever he visited Dadan’s hideout.
• A Marine delivered Garp’s urgent order while Vic was treating Luffy, and Vic, Rebecca, and the others swiftly left the tavern for the warship.
• Garp said they had only a lead on a possible opponent, then ordered the assembled crew to depart aboard the prepared Dog-Head Warship.

Garp led the Dog-Head Warship on a search for a powerful older-generation pirate, but the trail took them into the Calm Belt toward Vic’s mysterious island. When a massive island fell toward the warship, Vic destroyed it with lightning, while Garp revealed that he had been trying to force their hidden target out.

• Vic told Rebecca that Garp’s target was likely a powerful pirate with strong helpers and warned her to be careful.
• After nearly half a month of fruitless patrols, Garp ordered the Dog-Head Warship into the Calm Belt, where Vic realized they were heading toward the mysterious island.
• Half a day from the island, Garp and Vic spotted a massive island hurtling toward the warship, and Garp murmured that their target had finally acted.
• Vic transformed into lightning and enveloped the falling island in bolts until it vanished, then reformed above the warship.

Vic destroyed the islands Golden Lion Shiki sent toward Garp’s warship, and Shiki revealed his plan to rebuild the Flying Pirates and destroy the East Blue. Garp prepared to confront his old rival, but Vic volunteered to fight Shiki while Rebecca and the others handled his subordinates.

• Vic used the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to destroy an island Shiki had sent toward the warship, and Shiki appeared with more floating islands and his crew.
• Shiki revealed that he planned to raise powerful savage beasts and release them in the East Blue as part of his ambition to rule the world.
• Garp told Shiki he had learned of his plans and intended to send him back to Impel Down, explaining that Vic’s speed made escape difficult.
• Vic realized Garp had brought him to the East Blue to help stop Shiki, then offered to fight Shiki while Garp stayed back and Rebecca and the others faced the crew.
• Wendy learned that Shiki had been responsible for the islands that threatened her before, and Rebecca comforted her while promising revenge.

Vic fought Golden Lion on the floating island while Rebecca, Wendy, and Barnett confronted Golden Lion’s officers. Golden Lion recovered from Vic’s opening strike and attacked from the air, leaving their duel underway.

• Vic warned his allies to stay alert, then rushed Golden Lion and knocked him back with a strike from his Haki-coated swords.
• Golden Lion’s officers were stunned by Vic’s speed, while Garp observed the fight from the warship and noted how losing his legs had weakened Golden Lion.
• Rebecca assigned Wendy to fight Indigo and Barnett to face Scarlet, while she took on Golden Lion’s other officers.
• Golden Lion admitted Vic was strong but challenged his experience, then took to the air and sent controlled flying slashes at him.

Vic battled Golden Lion in the air above an island while Garp protected the warship below from falling debris and Sea Kings. Golden Lion changed tactics and sent waterspouts at Vic, exploiting his Devil Fruit weakness to seawater.

• Vic deflected Golden Lion's Flying Slashes, sending island fragments toward the Dog-Head Warship.
• Garp smashed the falling fragments before they could hit the warship and frightened the giant Sea Kings into retreating.
• Vic used his speed to close in on Golden Lion and kept attacking him relentlessly for half an hour.
• Golden Lion raised earth pillars with Lion's Might: Earth Roll, but Vic cut them apart and destroyed later waves with lightning.
• Golden Lion used Lion's Might: Sea Twister to send waterspouts at Vic, whose Devil Fruit body was weakened by the seawater.

Vic escaped Golden Lion’s seawater trap by freezing it and shattered the ice, then charged into close combat while worrying about Golden Lion’s Conqueror’s Haki. The chapter ended with Vic slashing at Golden Lion’s neck with both blades, empowered by Ryuo.

• Golden Lion trapped Vic inside a shrinking ball of seawater and considered how to use or kill him.
• Vic endured the seawater for more than twenty minutes, relying on his breath-holding ability and Life Return.
• Vic used Swordsmanship of Ice to freeze the water ball, then shattered it and broke free.
• Vic flew toward Golden Lion with advanced Geppo and prepared a powerful attack with Haki flowing over Allen and Blood Wither.
• Vic worried that Golden Lion might use Conqueror’s Coating, then slashed both blades toward his neck.

Vic fought Golden Lion in the air, using his Ryuo-coated swords to overwhelm the older pirate and make him cough blood. Golden Lion tried to recruit Vic and questioned his origins, while Vic provoked him and remained wary of a possible trick.

• Golden Lion recognized the Ryuo on Vic’s swords and offered to make him his right-hand man and rule the world together.
• Vic rejected Golden Lion’s ambition, continued attacking, and forced him to defend as their Haki-clad weapons clashed in the air.
• Vic’s repeated sword strikes caused Golden Lion’s internal injuries to worsen until he spat blood and retreated.
• Golden Lion wondered how Vic had become so powerful at a young age and asked whether Garp had found him in the New World.
• Vic claimed he had been born in the East Blue and joked that he became a Marine to avoid being beaten by Garp, hoping to provoke Golden Lion into an opening.

Vic provoked Golden Lion by defending the East Blue, prompting Golden Lion to attack him with Conqueror's Coating. Vic struggled to withstand the assault and was left badly injured and close to losing consciousness.

• Vic told Golden Lion that the East Blue was not weak, citing Roger and Garp as proof.
• Golden Lion charged at Vic and used Conqueror's Coating on his swords.
• Vic blocked Golden Lion's first coated attack, though its force disrupted his body and mind.
• Golden Lion launched a full-strength assault, piercing Vic's Armament Haki with the power of Conqueror's Coating.
• Vic coughed up blood, suffered serious internal injuries, and neared unconsciousness as Golden Lion kept attacking.

Golden Lion overwhelmed Vic with Conqueror's Coating and left him badly wounded, but an episode caused Golden Lion to charge into Vic's counterattack. Vic stabbed him with Blood Wither, and Golden Lion recovered and prepared another attack.

• Golden Lion shattered Vic's Haki defense and slashed his chest, sending him crashing into a mountainside.
• Rebecca, Wendy, and Barnett watched helplessly as Vic lay wounded, while Garp waited nearby for a chance to intervene.
• Vic reflected on Conqueror's Coating and realized he could not withstand another attack in his condition.
• Golden Lion's lightning vanished as he suffered a mental episode, and Vic seized the opening to stab him with Blood Wither.
• Golden Lion mistook Vic for someone slaughtering a chicken and warned him about his hemorrhoids before coming to his senses and readying another Conqueror's Coating attack.

Vic killed Golden Lion, whose death caused the floating islands to fall into the sea. Back aboard Garp’s warship, Vic gave Golden Lion’s Float-Float Fruit to Rebecca and told her to eat it.

• Vic pulled Blood Wither from Golden Lion and struck him with a Haki-infused slash, sending him crashing into an island.
• Golden Lion died, and the islands in the sky began to fall as Garp ordered the marines to row the warship to safety.
• Garp’s warship escaped the falling islands, and Rebecca and the others returned aboard before Vic came back carrying two swords and a Devil Fruit.
• Vic offered the Float-Float Fruit to Garp, then gave it to Rebecca when Garp refused to eat it.
• Rebecca worried that the others would mock her for eating a Devil Fruit, and Vic told her to fight anyone weaker who laughed and to eat the whole fruit.