Recaps

Vic returned to Foosha Village to recover and later came back to Makino’s tavern, where Luffy’s discovery of a Golden Den Den Mushi revealed that the village was in danger. Vic took the device from Luffy and explained that pressing its button would summon a Buster Call to destroy the Goa Kingdom.

• Vic gave the Golden Lion’s swords, Kogarashi and Oto, to Wendy and Barnett, urging them to train so they could defend the weapons.
• Garp took Vic to Foosha Village to recover, and Vic later went to the mysterious island and seized the mysterious fruit.
• Three days later, Vic returned to Makino’s tavern and found Luffy and Ain arguing over what Den Den Mushi ate.
• Vic saw the Golden Den Den Mushi in Luffy’s hands and snatched it away, then learned Luffy had found it in Garp’s room.
• Vic confirmed that Luffy had not pressed the button and warned Rebecca, Wendy, and the others that it would launch a Buster Call against the Goa Kingdom.

Vic returned Garp’s Golden Den Den Mushi and prepared to sail for the New World, where he would reunite with Gion and the other Marines. Garp told Vic that he could soon become a Headquarters Vice Admiral, but an exceptional promotion to Admiral would require an extraordinary achievement.

• Vic decided not to use the Golden Den Den Mushi and brought it back to Garp near Dadan’s hideout.
• Garp scolded Ace for getting distracted during a fight with a giant monkey, and Vic criticized Garp for leaving the Den Den Mushi unattended.
• Garp said they would set sail the next day to meet Gion, Tokikake, and the others in the New World.
• Vic watched Ace fight, then gave him pointers and sparred with him using one hand.
• Garp told Vic that his victory over Shiki had earned him enough merit for promotion to Headquarters Vice Admiral, while becoming an Admiral soon would require capturing a pirate on Kaido’s level or another exceptional feat.

Garp explained that Vic needed a major achievement soon to advance to Marine Admiral, then promised to train him to handle Conqueror’s Coating. After returning to his quarters, Vic received a late-night visit from Rebecca.

• Garp warned Vic that once Aokiji and the other candidates became Admirals, Vic might be stuck as a Vice Admiral for many years.
• Vic asked Garp to teach him how to counter Conqueror’s Coating and worried that he lacked the potential to awaken Conqueror’s Haki.
• Garp assured Vic that the fight against Golden Lion did not prove he lacked that potential and agreed to train him against Conqueror’s Coating.
• Vic asked Garp more about Haki and reflected on how their training and combat experience shaped their strength.
• Rebecca knocked on Vic’s door and came into his quarters late at night.

Rebecca asked Vic how to develop the Float-Float Fruit, and he advised her to explore its gravity-related powers while continuing to train her Haki and swordsmanship. He left her imagining a future technique in which she controlled ten thousand flying swords.

• Rebecca visited Vic late at night to ask for guidance on developing the Float-Float Fruit.
• Vic suggested that the fruit could increase gravity as well as make objects float, and warned Rebecca not to neglect Haki or swordsmanship.
• Rebecca admitted that improving her Haki was slow, and Vic told her it would improve quickly once they reached the New World.
• Vic proposed that Rebecca use the Float-Float Fruit to control ten thousand swords and coat them with Haki.
• Rebecca pictured the flying swords blanketing the sky and was stunned by the possibility.

Vic explained how Rebecca could develop the Float-Float Fruit and imagined her future as the Marine Vice Admiral known as the Ten Thousand Swords Witch. He promised to make her a case and specially designed flying swords, then sent her from his room as he continued recovering.

• Vic told Rebecca to practice controlling more flying swords and imagined her awakening the Float-Float Fruit and becoming a feared Marine Vice Admiral.
• Rebecca asked why the swords needed to be specially made, and Vic explained that hiltless blades would work better as flying swords and fit more easily in a case.
• Rebecca agreed that specially made swords were better and asked Vic to make them; he promised to build her a case and produce flying swords in batches.
• Vic considered the materials needed for thousands of swords and decided they would make them gradually, coating most in Haki rather than pursuing costly high-grade materials.
• Rebecca lingered after asking about her fruit, but Vic pushed her out because his injuries had not fully healed; his room light went out as Foosha Village grew quiet.

Vic bought materials on the way to Reverse Mountain and began forging a sword aboard the Dog-Head Warship. He revealed a fabricated storage ability to explain how he carried the metal, then melted and combined two blocks as Rebecca and the others watched.

• The Dog-Head Warship left Foosha Village and headed for Reverse Mountain with Garp and the others aboard.
• Vic left the warship at a prosperous island, bought sword-forging materials for Rebecca, and returned using Garp's Vivre Card.
• Vic pretended that his Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers let him store metal inside his body, concealing his dimensional space from Rebecca, Barnett, and the others.
• Vic carried the metal to the forward deck and told Garp to move so he could forge a sword.
• Vic heated two metal blocks until they melted, then pressed them together to combine them.

Vic used his Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers to forge more than thirty flying swords aboard the Dog-Head Warship. The swords were complete but still too hot to touch, and Garp mocked their unusual shape.

• Vic melted nine blocks of metal together and refined the combined mass with lightning.
• Vic shaped the metal into more than thirty sword blanks and embedded them in a wooden board.
• Vic used lightning to polish the blanks into smooth, gleaming flying swords and warned Rebecca not to touch them until they cooled.
• Rebecca suggested quenching the swords in water, but Vic explained that doing so would damage their structure.
• Garp laughed at the finished swords and mocked Vic because they had no guards or hilts to grip.

Vic made Rebecca a sword case for her flying swords, and she began learning to control them with her Float-Float Fruit. After Rebecca tried riding one, Vic considered how to develop her sword-riding style further, while Wendy asked about the Devil Fruit Vic had promised her.

• Vic planned and made Rebecca a sword case that could hold several rows of flying swords.
• Rebecca launched a flying sword and struck down a large foolish vulture that fell onto the warship’s deck.
• Vic told Rebecca to practice controlling multiple swords, while Rebecca insisted she would improve.
• Rebecca rode a flying sword through the sky to train her control over objects.
• Wendy asked Vic about the Devil Fruit suited to her, and Vic said he would retrieve it when the opportunity was right.
• Barnett praised the potential of Rebecca’s Float-Float Fruit and reflected on the growing gap between their abilities.

Vic explained how Rebecca could develop the Float-Float Fruit by controlling vast numbers of flying swords, and Barnett grasped the potential of her pairing with the power. Rebecca returned to the warship with a new defensive technique, while Garp asked Vic to cook the Stupid Vulture.

• Vic told Barnett that Devil Fruit abilities could be developed in different ways and encouraged him to keep exploring the Replenish-Replenish Fruit.
• Barnett explained that Rebecca could use the Float-Float Fruit to control many flying swords, potentially turning them into an overwhelming attack.
• Vic reasoned that Rebecca could eventually launch thousands of swords if she awakened the fruit, since controlling many small objects would differ from Golden Lion's control of massive objects.
• Garp asked Vic to cook the Stupid Vulture, and Vic agreed despite teasing Garp about the creature's foolishness.
• Rebecca returned on a flying sword with more than a dozen blades circling her, then demonstrated a shimmering defensive formation before the swords returned neatly to her sword case.

Rebecca practiced her Float-Float Fruit powers while Vic encouraged her to develop them and asked her to work toward making the Dog-Head Warship fly. Vic then trained with Seastone Handcuffs to overcome his Devil Fruit weakness, drawing Garp’s praise and hopes for his future as a Marine leader.

• Rebecca returned to the warship after demonstrating her flying-sword technique, and Wendy excitedly praised her while Barnett focused on getting stronger.
• Vic praised Rebecca for applying her ideas independently, and she continued practicing her powers while eating lunch.
• Vic asked Rebecca whether she could make the Dog-Head Warship fly, and she said she was determined to learn how.
• Vic trained on deck while wearing Seastone Handcuffs so that losing his elemental powers would not leave him weak or slow.
• Garp praised Vic’s self-awareness and discipline and said he hoped Vic would someday become Fleet Admiral.

Vic suggested that Rebecca test her new Float-Float Fruit ability against pirates ahead of the Dog-Head Warship, and Garp approved. Rebecca flew to confront the pirate captain, who had a bounty of over 25 million, as her first battle began.

• A marine reported a pirate ship ahead, and Garp eagerly prepared to attack it.
• Vic stopped Garp and proposed that Rebecca handle the pirates to test her new ability.
• Garp agreed, and Rebecca used a flying sword to travel toward the pirate ship.
• The pirate captain learned that Rebecca was approaching and readied himself to fight.
• Rebecca identified the captain as her target, and he challenged her while boasting of his bounty.

Rebecca fought a pirate captain with her flying swords, using the battle to practice her Float-Float Fruit. The captain could not reach her, and the fight left him trapped under the threat of her growing swarm of blades.

• Rebecca accused Vic of using his strength to join the pirates instead of protecting East Blue, then the pirate captain drew his two swords and charged her.
• Rebecca sent a flying sword from the case on her back toward the captain, forcing him to defend himself as the pirates aboard his ship speculated about her weapon and Devil Fruits.
• Rebecca used Observation Haki to send another sword at the captain while the first circled behind him, trapping him between attacks.
• The captain dodged and knocked away successive flying swords, but Rebecca kept launching more and prevented him from getting close.
• After the captain knocked aside Rebecca's fifth flying sword, he realized that charging farther would expose him to the earlier blades circling back to attack.

Rebecca used the Float-Float Fruit to overwhelm a pirate swordsman and kill him aboard his stalled ship. The fight ended as Garp and the marines watched from the Dog-Head Warship.

• Rebecca kept five flying swords pressuring the pirate swordsman while five more guarded her.
• Rebecca cut down the pirate ship’s sails, preventing its crew from escaping.
• Rebecca formed a spherical sword net that blocked the swordsman’s attacks and left him unable to reach her.
• Wendy, Barnett, Ain, and the marines watched Rebecca demonstrate her combat skills while Garp refrained from intervening.
• Rebecca sent two flying swords through the shield and fatally wounded the pirate swordsman.

Rebecca destroyed a pirate ship before Vic and Garp escorted their warship to Loguetown, where Vic visited Smoker’s parents and joined Garp at the Execution Platform. Vic reflected with Garp on Roger’s legacy and said he now admired the Pirate King, leaving Garp reassured about Vic’s feelings toward Ace’s father.

• Rebecca defeated the pirate swordsman, sank his ship with her flying swords, and returned to the warship.
• Vic and Garp used cannon fire to drive off other pirate ships as the warship sailed to Loguetown.
• Vic visited Smoker’s parents, found them doing well, and cooked them a lavish lunch.
• Vic found Garp sitting by the Execution Platform and listened as Garp recalled Roger and his own past.
• Vic told Garp that he had once hated Roger but now admired his ambition to change the world.

Vic traveled with Garp from Loguetown through Reverse Mountain and into the Grand Line, reflecting on the Red Line and the hidden history. Garp brought Vic to an uninhabited island for special training, where a blood-red hemisphere filled with black lightning appeared around him.

• Vic and Garp returned to their warship after talking in Loguetown.
• The warship crossed Reverse Mountain, passed Twin Cape, and Garp watched Crocus's house as Vic sensed Crocus inside.
• Five days later, Garp took Vic to an uninhabited island to train him while the others stayed aboard the warship.
• Vic asked Garp to teach him a way to counter Conqueror's Coating, but Garp said he would only help Vic get used to it.
• A blood-red hemisphere surrounded Garp, crackling with thick black lightning.

Garp revealed that he had Conqueror's Haki and used a Conqueror's Coating technique to knock Vic unconscious during their training. He returned to the warship carrying Vic and the Thunder Drum.

• Garp confined his Conqueror's Haki to the island, and Vic was stunned to learn the old man possessed it.
• Garp explained that he was training Vic to withstand Conqueror's Coating and hoped Vic might find a way to counter it.
• Garp vanished, and Vic used his lightning to attack the area while trying to evade him.
• Garp endured the lightning, located Vic, and struck him with Undersea Drop, leaving him unconscious in a crater.
• Garp carried Vic and the Thunder Drum back to the warship, where Rebecca and the others realized how powerful he was.

Garp continued training Vic to master Conqueror's Coating, but Vic still could not awaken Conqueror's Haki. When pirates captured Rebecca, Barnett, Wendy, and Frodeku during a supply stop, Vic rushed to their aid and discovered that the Foxy Pirates had ambushed them.

• Garp repeatedly knocked Vic unconscious during special training, but Vic could not learn Conqueror's Coating without awakening Conqueror's Haki.
• Vic stayed aboard the warship to meditate while Rebecca and Wendy went shopping with Barnett and Frodeku.
• A Marine reported that pirates had captured Rebecca and the others, and Garp told Vic to go while he resumed eating rice crackers.
• Vic hurried to the island and found Rebecca, Barnett, Wendy, and Frodeku chained in the street before Foxy and his crew.
• Foxy had captured the four with his Noro Noro Beam and confiscated their weapons, though Rebecca still had her sword case.

Foxy tried to recruit Rebecca and the other Marines after trapping them with his Slow-Slow Fruit ability, but Vic arrived and challenged him. Vic let Foxy’s Noro Noro Beam hit him, leaving the result of their clash unresolved.

• Foxy offered to free Rebecca and the others if they joined the Foxy Pirates, but Rebecca refused and pointed out that Vic had appeared behind him.
• Vic recognized Foxy’s Slow-Slow Fruit and considered how its power would interact with his Speed-Speed Fruit.
• Vic told Foxy that Rebecca and the others would follow whoever won, then walked toward him.
• Foxy fired his Noro Noro Beam at Vic and, believing it had secured his victory, ordered his crew to tie Vic up.

Vic resisted Foxy’s Noro Noro Beam while defeating the pirates who tried to capture him. He kept Foxy using the beam so he could study the Slow-Slow Fruit, then concluded it had great potential but could not take it for himself.

• Foxy’s underlings waited for the Noro Noro Beam to fade, then rushed Vic with chains.
• Vic struck the approaching pirates with his cane and knocked them all unconscious despite Foxy’s beam.
• Foxy repeatedly hit Vic with the Noro Noro Beam, but Vic resumed walking whenever Foxy stopped firing.
• Vic pretended to be slowed so Foxy would keep using his power while he studied how the beam affected time and space.
• Vic considered taking the Slow-Slow Fruit but recognized that he could not eat another Devil Fruit.

Vic defeated Foxy after the Noro Noro Beam failed to stop him, then freed Rebecca and the others. He considered Foxy’s fate and decided to let him go, leaving Foxy alive to trouble other pirates.

• Vic beat Foxy with his staff until Foxy gave up resisting.
• Vic snapped the chains binding Rebecca and the others, astonishing the onlookers.
• Vic scolded Rebecca for letting herself be captured, and she admitted she had wanted to lure him over.
• Vic dismissed Rebecca’s excuses and returned to consider what to do with Foxy.
• Vic decided not to kill Foxy or send him to Impel Down, and chose to let him go.

Vic released Foxy after making him promise not to attack civilians, then joined Rebecca and the others for shopping and returned to the warship with food. Garp paused his rice-cracker challenge to eat, then asked Vic what had happened to the pirates who captured Rebecca's group.

• Vic threatened Foxy, identified himself, and offered to let him go if he stopped attacking civilians and directed his piracy against other pirate crews.
• Foxy agreed to Vic's condition, and Vic let him leave.
• Rebecca asked whether releasing Foxy would cause trouble with Vice Admiral Garp, and Vic said Foxy would now target other pirates instead of civilians.
• Rebecca invited Vic to join her and Wendy's shopping trip, and he carried their purchases while gathering materials and special items of his own.
• Vic returned to the warship with local food for Garp and Ain, and Garp paused his rice-cracker challenge to eat before resuming it.
• Garp asked Vic what had happened on the island and whether he had defeated the pirates who captured Rebecca and the others.

Vic explained his theory that Conqueror's Haki was spiritual power that awakened, overwhelmed weaker spirits, and could be condensed into Conqueror's Coating. Garp connected the theory to Observation Haki Killer, and Vic decided to test whether his Mind Power could counter Conqueror's Coating.

• Vic told Garp the pirates had been dealt with and explained that Rebecca had let herself be captured to lure him into shopping with her.
• Vic described Conqueror's Haki as spiritual power trapped within the body, released when it broke through a barrier under intense emotion, and strengthened through training and control.
• Vic explained that Conqueror's Coating condensed Haki into an attack, while its power depended on the strength of the user's Haki.
• Garp agreed that Vic's theory fit how Conqueror's Haki worked and linked powerful Haki to Observation Haki Killer, which could defeat Future Sight.
• Vic realized his Mind Power might counter Conqueror's Coating and imitate Observation Haki Killer, and resolved to test the idea.

Vic worked out a technique to resist Garp’s Conqueror’s Coating and planned to seek Vegapunk’s insight into spiritual power after the mission. Garp returned to the warship while Vic stayed behind to refine his new technique before the ship’s next resupply stop at Water 7.

• Vic explained that he wanted to test whether he could resist Conqueror’s Coating by combining his unusual power with swordsmanship or Haki.
• Garp suggested that strengthening spiritual power might help people awaken Conqueror’s Haki, and Vic considered asking Vegapunk for advice.
• Vic agreed to visit Vegapunk after the mission, while Vegapunk briefly sensed something watching him in his Punk Hazard laboratory.
• After the group replenished its supplies, the warship set sail, and Garp told Vic it would next stop at Water 7 before heading on without further special training stops.
• Vic remained behind and refined a new technique that let him resist Conqueror’s Coating without passing out.

Vic reflected on the defensive uses and potential of Mind Power, then ate the mysterious fruit he had brought back from the island. Its Primal Spirit strengthened his cells and made his thoughts exceptionally clear.

• Vic concluded that Mind Power could coat his attacks and defend against Conqueror's Coating, though it could not replicate its contactless blows or stunning effect.
• Vic considered how to strengthen Mind Power and suspected that his teacher, Koshiro, had awakened it as well.
• After confirming no one else was on the island, Vic took out the glowing fruit he had found there and wondered whether it was safe for humans to eat.
• Vic reasoned that the fruit was not poisonous and ate it as nearby beasts began approaching its scent.
• The fruit's Primal Spirit caused Vic's cells to absorb it and made electrical signals race through his brain, sharpening his thoughts.

Vic discovered that the Mystery Fruit increased mental strength as well as supplying Primal Spirit, and concluded that it could help develop all three types of Haki. He planned to collect the fruits on future full moon nights and considered how they might help Rebecca and prepare him to confront whoever was behind Mystery Island.

• Vic realized the Mystery Fruit’s mental effects could accelerate his thinking and awaken intelligence in animals.
• Vic ate the fruit and reasoned that its Primal Spirit and mental benefits could help humans improve all three types of Haki.
• Vic decided to return to Mystery Island on full moon nights to collect its fruits, relying on his lightning-powered travel and strength to keep the beasts from stopping him.
• Vic concluded the fruit could give Rebecca a path to controlling ten thousand swords and possibly awakening Conqueror’s Haki.
• Vic suspected the fruits were being cultivated for a future harvest and planned to grow strong enough to face the hidden figure behind Mystery Island.