Recaps

Vic helped Gion use the bathroom while she was recovering from her injuries, enduring an awkward and intimate ordeal as she peed and pooped. He returned her to the deck and prepared to give her final treatment.

• Gion asked Vic to push her to the bathroom, and he agreed after finding Rebecca and Wendy asleep and carrying them into the cabin with Ain.
• Tokikake objected to Vic helping Gion but gave in when she insisted, then disappeared from the deck.
• Vic wheeled Gion into the bathroom and whistled while she urinated, then helped her wipe herself.
• Gion told Vic she still needed to poop, so he waited and helped her clean up afterward.
• Vic put Gion back in her wheelchair, pushed her onto the deck, and prepared to give her final treatment.

After Gion recovered, Bullet awakened aboard the warship and unleashed his Conqueror's Haki. Vic confronted him, arranged for him to use his Haki to train the crew in exchange for meals, and heard how Bullet began seeking strength.

• Gion recovered from her injuries, and the crew rejoiced while Tokikake thanked Vic.
• Bullet awakened at noon and released Conqueror's Haki across the warship, knocking many people unconscious.
• Vic confronted Bullet in his cell and warned him to behave on the way to Impel Down.
• Vic offered Bullet regular meals in exchange for unleashing his Conqueror's Haki twice a day, and Bullet agreed.
• Vic asked about Bullet's past, and Bullet explained that a mysterious expert had inspired him to challenge stronger opponents until he met Roger and joined his crew.

Bullet told Vic that a mysterious hooded expert had trained him after he left the Roger Pirates, changing the course of his development. As the warship continued toward the Red Line, Vic used Bullet’s Conqueror’s Haki to toughen the crew, and the chapter ended with Tokikake questioning Vic’s conspicuous Armament Haki training while Gion defended him.

• Bullet said a mysterious expert had taught him to use the Combine-Combine Fruit and sent him to train against savage beasts using only Haki.
• Vic learned that Bullet had met the hooded expert twice but did not know his name or whereabouts.
• Vic arranged for Bullet to release Conqueror’s Haki aboard the warship each day, gradually building the crew’s resistance as they sailed toward the Red Line.
• Half a month later, Tokikake stopped at an island to resupply, while Rebecca and Wendy took Ain ashore and Vic, Gion, and Tokikake stayed aboard.
• Tokikake accused Vic of using full-body Armament Haki Hardening to show off, and Gion defended Vic’s training as a serious effort to explore new uses of Haki.

Vic heard Rebecca's urgent call and rushed to a town where men were abducting and killing civilians in the name of the Celestial Dragons. He confronted the men, who warned him not to interfere, leaving the conflict on the verge of erupting.

• Vic discussed Issho's sense of justice with Tokikake and Gion, while considering how he might recruit powerful Marines to his side.
• Rebecca sent Vic an urgent message through Secret Sound Transmission, and Vic used Observation Haki before racing to her.
• Vic found armed men chasing women and children, seizing young men, setting fires, and leaving civilians dead in the streets.
• Vic ordered the men to stop, but several black-suited agents emerged and invoked the Celestial Dragons as they threatened him.

Vic withdrew from the scene rather than openly defy the Celestial Dragons, leaving the civilians to believe they had been abandoned. Once out of sight, he secretly killed the attackers, and the women with him realized he had acted after all.

• Vic questioned why the attackers needed ordinary civilians and refused to accept their claim that the Marines had no right to interfere.
• After weighing the situation, Vic told the others to leave and walked toward the warship as the civilians' hope turned to despair.
• Rebecca, Gion, and Wendy followed Vic, each struggling with his apparent helplessness before the Celestial Dragons' authority.
• A suit-wearing man and his underling mocked Vic as he departed, but the underling suddenly died, followed by the other attackers.
• Vic killed every attacker from out of sight, and the three women sensed their deaths and understood what he had done.

Vic concealed his massacre of the island’s perpetrators behind a show of anger, then left the survivors a Sea King as an apparent divine gift. Aboard the warship, Rebecca told Tokikake what had happened, while Vic recalled Fisher Tiger’s coming assault on Mary Geoise and the events that would follow.

• Vic pretended to be furious and killed the Sea King following the warship, then ordered Tokikake to haul it ashore.
• Vic rejected the Sea King’s meat and departed with Rebecca and the others, leaving the body behind.
• A voice spoke into the islanders’ minds and directed them to shore, where they found the Sea King and believed a god had provided food for them.
• Rebecca recounted the island incident to Tokikake without revealing that Vic had killed the perpetrators.
• Vic remembered Fisher Tiger’s coming climb of the Red Line, his raid on Mary Geoise, and the later events that would lead to Fisher Tiger’s death and Kizaru’s promotion.

Vic reflected on how Fisher Tiger's actions could affect Kizaru's promotion and explained advanced uses of the Six Powers to Gion and the others. After leaving the island, Vic's actions inspired a local legend of a curse, while the warship continued toward Paradise and crossed the Red Line.

• Vic asked Gion how she had gained such speed, and she explained that her Soru had improved after she instinctively used it to protect him from Bullet.
• Vic shared ideas about advanced uses of the Six Powers, using Gion's Soru and his own Geppo as examples.
• Vic secretly returned to the island and killed the World Government investigators who planned to execute its residents.
• A resident who gained a Devil Fruit ability spread a tale of a curse and used the power to kill malicious visitors, letting the islanders live more safely.
• During the voyage, Gion repeatedly visited Vic at night, while Vic and the others trained and Tokikake managed the warship.
• The warship crossed the Red Line without stopping at the G-1 Branch, and Vic stayed inside until it reached the waters of Paradise.

The Five Elders schemed to keep Vic from becoming an Admiral by assigning him work that would bring little credit or damage his reputation. Vic brought Bullet toward Marine Headquarters on the way to Impel Down, unaware of the plan, and sent Gion and Tokikake ashore to return to headquarters.

• The Five Elders discussed Vic’s rising reputation and decided to prevent his promotion without revealing their opposition.
• The Elders considered assigning Vic to protect Vegapunk or to assess prospective Shichibukai, aiming to deny him credit and make others resent him.
• Vic and his crew headed to Marine Headquarters so they could take Bullet through the Gate of Justice toward Impel Down.
• At the headquarters harbor, Vic told Gion and Tokikake to leave the ship and spend time with their friends and families.
• Tokikake hurried ashore, frustrated by watching Vic and Gion together, while the others laughed at his reaction.

Vic brought Seastone-bound Bullet to Impel Down, where Warden Magellan welcomed him and thanked him for dealing with the Golden Lion. As Magellan prepared to take Bullet into custody, his stomach rumbled and interrupted the handover.

• Gion refused to leave Vic's ship at first, but Vic persuaded her to return to Marine Headquarters with Ain and visit Vice Admiral Tsuru.
• Rebecca said goodbye to Gion, and Gion left for the residential area behind Headquarters while Vic and the others sailed toward Impel Down.
• Vic and his group reached Impel Down and were met at the dock by Magellan, Shiryu, and Domino.
• Bullet unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, knocking out many guards and Marines, but made no further move.
• Magellan thanked Vic for capturing the Golden Lion, and Vic said he regretted not bringing him back alive.
• Magellan began to take Bullet into custody, but his stomach rumbled as his daily need to relieve himself came on.

Vic escorted Bullet to Impel Down's sixth level and locked him in a heavily secured cell. He left after challenging Bullet to meet him again if he ever escaped, while an unseen prisoner watched from the shadows.

• Magellan sent Shiryu and Vic to take Bullet downstairs, then hurried away because his stomach was upset.
• Vic and Shiryu escorted Bullet through level six, where prisoners tested them with Conqueror's Haki and Bullet answered with his own.
• Vic chose an empty, cold cell, and Shiryu secured Bullet to the floor with Seastone chains.
• Vic warned Bullet not to escape and challenged him to seek him out if he did; Bullet welcomed the prospect of fighting him.
• Vic left level six after noticing a cold glint from the shadows of the cell opposite Bullet's.

Vic returned from Impel Down with Rebecca and the others, then secretly examined the Devil Fruits he had stored in his Dimensional Space. He revealed that he had engineered the trip to Impel Down to obtain the More-More Fruit for Wendy, and the warship continued toward the Gate of Justice.

• Vic chatted with Hannyabal while Rebecca and the others were away, then left Impel Down after Magellan apologized for his stomach trouble.
• Rebecca questioned Vic about Domino’s attention and warned him against flirting with other women; Vic denied doing anything and sat down on the warship.
• Vic inspected the Round Table Fruit, Ape-Ape Fruit, and More-More Fruit inside his Dimensional Space.
• Vic revealed that he had secretly killed Byrnndi World in his frozen cell and taken the More-More Fruit without Shiryu or the surveillance Den Den Mushi noticing.
• Vic explained that he had orchestrated Magellan’s illness and his trip to the sixth level so he could obtain the fruit for Wendy, as he had promised.

Vic returned from Impel Down after delivering Bullet and his crew, then reported to Kong and Sengoku at Marine Headquarters. Sengoku praised his performance and said a promotion would be arranged, while Vic reflected on the Marines’ duty to stop powerful people from bringing chaos.

• Vic planned to secretly give Wendy the More-More Fruit and considered its potential to make a sniper extraordinarily powerful.
• Vic and his group returned to Marine Headquarters, where he sent Rebecca and the others to clean up the house by the sea.
• Vic delivered Magellan’s signed handover document for Bullet to Sengoku in Kong’s office.
• Kong and Sengoku praised Vic for defeating Bullet and said he should rest before a promotion ceremony was arranged.
• Vic credited Garp for giving him the chance to prove himself and said the Marines should stop those who create chaos.

Vic returned to the cabin after speaking with Kong and Sengoku, who concealed the Five Elders’ plan to suppress him. He joined his companions for a feast, and the gathering ended with Gion and Rebecca staying the night at the cabin.

• Kong and Sengoku praised Vic’s values but hid the Five Elders’ mission, which they believed was meant to suppress him.
• Vic returned to the cabin and found Rebecca, Wendy, Gion, Ain, Tashigi, Frodeku, Barnett, and Tokikake gathered there.
• Vic asked Tokikake to catch a Sea King, and Gion reinforced the order so the group could have enough food.
• Vic encouraged Rebecca to visit Vice Admiral Tsuru with Gion the next day, and Rebecca agreed.
• The group shared a feast, and Gion and Rebecca drank until they were drunk.
• Gion shared a bed with Rebecca while the two little girls slept together, leaving Vic without a bed.

Vic spent several days contemplating the Sword Dao and trying to comprehend the Artistic Conception of Wind. Sengoku then summoned Vic, Gion, and Tokikake, and Gion worried that a promotion to Vice Admiral would separate her from Vic.

• Gion visited Vic at night after pretending to be asleep so she could wait until Rebecca had fallen asleep.
• Vic returned to the cabin and focused on comprehending the Artistic Conception of Wind after failing to find Zephyr at the Elite Camp.
• Three days later, Sengoku summoned Vic, Gion, and Tokikake to the Fleet Admiral's Office.
• Gion told Vic she had heard from Vice Admiral Tsuru that the summons was probably about their promotions.
• Tokikake said they might all become Vice Admirals and joked that they would have fewer chances to spend time together.
• Gion said she would refuse promotion and remain a Rear Admiral so she could serve as Vic's adjutant.

Vic reassured Gion that he would visit her, and she gave him her Vivre Card while threatening to complain to senior Marines if he did not. At Marine Headquarters, Kong and Sengoku began choosing titles for Vic, Gion, and Tokikake, settling on their colors and starting to discuss which animals would complete the titles.

• Vic told Gion not to give up her Vice Admiral aspirations to join his ship, but agreed to visit her after she gave him her Vivre Card and threatened to complain to Tsuru, Garp, and Sengoku.
• Vic, Gion, and Tokikake walked together to the Fleet Admiral's office, where Kong said the three were candidates for future Marine Admirals and would receive titles and Vice Admiral ranks.
• Kong assigned brown to Tokikake, peach to Gion, and black to Vic, based on their clothes.
• Sengoku said Vic's title would use the ancient character "xuan" for black, then asked Tokikake to name an animal for his title.

Sengoku assigned animal codenames to Tokikake and Gion, then Kong and Sengoku approved Vic’s choice of Dark Dragon despite Tokikake’s concerns about angering the Celestial Dragons. The three officers left Marine Headquarters to await their promotion ceremony.

• Sengoku settled on Chaton for Tokikake after teasing him with the name Brown Pig.
• Gion chose Momousagi because she liked the taste of rabbit meat.
• Kong suggested Dark Dragon for Vic after noticing the dragon-shaped swords at his waist, and Sengoku approved the title.
• Tokikake worried the Celestial Dragons might object, but Gion, Kong, and Sengoku defended Vic’s choice and Kong promised to explain it to the World Government.
• Sengoku confirmed the three would be promoted to vice admirals and said the Marines would arrange a ceremony, then Vic and the others left headquarters.

Vic gave Wendy the More-More Fruit, explaining that its powers were ideal for her as a sniper. He told her to develop its ability in secret because its appearance could reveal Byrnndi World’s death in Impel Down.

• Vic returned to the seaside cabin with Gion and Tokikake, then asked Wendy to speak with him privately.
• Vic gave Wendy the More-More Fruit and explained how it could enlarge objects and greatly increase their speed.
• Vic told Wendy that Byrnndi World had died and warned her that using the fruit openly could make the Marines suspect their involvement.
• Wendy agreed to develop the fruit’s powers in private and wait for Vic’s permission before using them.

Wendy ate the Devil Fruit Vic had found for her and stayed in the cabin to practice controlling its power. Vice Admiral Tsuru arrived with Hina and thanked Vic for saving Gion, offering him her help and advice.

• Wendy ate the entire Devil Fruit and practiced using its power while Vic waited outside.
• Wendy emerged an hour later, and she refused to tell Rebecca and Gion what she and Vic had discussed.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru arrived at the seaside cabin with Hina, who reunited with Rebecca, Wendy, and Gion.
• Vice Admiral Tsuru thanked Vic for saving Gion and offered to help him if he faced trouble or needed advice.

Vic and the other young Marines received promotions that were broadcast across Marine Bases, and news of Vic defeating Bullet spread worldwide. After weeks without a mission, Vic approached Sengoku and learned that the World Government had assigned him a task connected to its new Shichibukai plan.

• Vice Admiral Tsuru left Vic’s gathering, while Hina stayed and visited for meals over the next few days.
• Sengoku and Kong broadcast Vic, Gion, and Tokikake’s promotion ceremony to every Marine Base, and the World Economy News then reported Vic’s capture of Bullet.
• Vic and the others spent weeks without missions as they said goodbye to Vice Admiral Tsuru, Hina, Tokikake, and Gion.
• Vic grew tired of waiting and went to see Kong and Sengoku to ask for a mission.
• Sengoku told Vic that the World Government had ordered him to lead a team on an important task related to the new Shichibukai plan.

Vic accepted Sengoku’s assignment to assess pirates considered for the Shichibukai, a government-backed group that would assist the Navy in exchange for legal plunder. He received the candidate list and a special Den Den Mushi, leaving him free to choose his route and decide which pirates deserved the title.

• Sengoku explained the Shichibukai plan and asked Vic to assess the candidates and keep them in line.
• Vic condemned the World Government’s decision in a show of anger, then agreed to carry out the mission.
• Sengoku gave Vic the candidate posters, removing Bullet’s because Vic had already captured him.
• Vic reviewed candidates including Shanks, Mihawk, Crocodile, Kuma, and Moria, while noting Doflamingo, Jinbe, and Hancock were absent.
• Sengoku gave Vic a Den Den Mushi to connect approved candidates with the World Government.

Vic arranged supplies for his ship and prepared to leave Marine Headquarters with Rebecca and the others the next morning. Before departing, he visited Allen to say goodbye, and Allen revealed that his late master had mentioned a New World island containing every rare metal in the world.

• Vic obtained an authorization slip from Sengoku and arranged for Barnett to oversee the ship's resupply.
• Vic told Rebecca and the others that they would set sail early the next morning, while Tashigi felt sad that they were leaving without her.
• Vic visited Allen's forge, shared a drink with him, and told him he was taking a team out to sea.
• Allen told Vic that his late master had said a New World island might contain every rare metal ever found.

Allen told Vic about a dangerous island rich in rare metals that could provide the materials for a Supreme Great Grade Sword. After explaining that such swords used Haki and other powers more efficiently, Allen persuaded Vic that finding the island could be worth the risk, and Vic decided to visit it.

• Allen revealed that a secret island full of rare metals had been passed down through his swordsmithing lineage.
• Vic questioned whether the island existed and wondered how its deposits had formed, while Allen recounted how his ancestor had visited it with a powerful swordsman’s protection.
• Vic said he planned to turn Allen and Blood Wither into Black Blades and did not need another Supreme Great Grade Sword.
• Allen explained that Supreme Great Grade Swords transmitted Haki, Sword Qi, and other powers efficiently, saving time and energy in difficult fights.
• Vic learned why Supreme Great Grade Swords differed from Black Blades and decided to visit the island while traveling.

Vic learned that Allen knew only clues to an island in the New World where he hoped to find metal for forging a Supreme Great Grade Sword. As Vic prepared to sail, Rebecca gave him Vivre Cards from Gion, whose card meant he could not easily avoid visiting her.

• Allen told Vic that the island had an active volcano that never erupted and extraordinarily heavy metal, but he did not know its exact location.
• Vic thanked Allen, left him two bottles of wine, and visited Andrew at the Recruit Camp, where the recruits admired him.
• Vic returned to the seaside cabin and resumed training while Rebecca and the others eagerly prepared for their voyage.
• At dawn, Vic and his group went to the harbor, where Rebecca gave him Gion's Vivre Card and one made for her.
• Vic realized Gion's card was a way to ensure he would visit her, since she could use his own Vivre Card to find him.

Vic sailed out to assess pirates in the first half of the Grand Line for a Shichibukai recruitment mission, then learned that the World Government wanted him to offer notorious pirates legal privileges. His companions realized the assignment could damage Vic’s standing in the Marines, while Vic suspected there was more behind it than he knew.

• Vic stored the Vivre Cards in his Dimensional Space, where they stopped reacting, then sailed away from headquarters with Rebecca, Barnett, and the others.
• Vic steered the warship past Sabaody, the Florian Triangle, and Water 7, heading toward Twin Cape while planning to find Shanks first and leave Moria for later.
• Rebecca asked what the mission was, and Vic handed her papers containing wanted posters for Shanks, Crocodile, Moria, Kuma, and other pirates.
• Rebecca and the others read the contract summary and discovered that Vic was supposed to invite pirates to become Shichibukai in exchange for privileges such as legal plundering and frozen bounties.
• Barnett warned Vic that accepting the mission could harm his reputation and ambitions within the Marines.

Vic explained that he could not refuse the World Government’s order to select pirates for the Shichibukai, despite the damage it could do to his reputation. He chose to seek out Shanks first, and the warship continued toward the island where Shanks and his crew were believed to be.

• Vic told Barnett that disobeying orders could cost him the chance to rise in the Marines, while the pirates he selected would bring blame upon him.
• Vic argued that the Shichibukai system could not be avoided, so he would choose pirates who had done less harm to civilians; Barnett backed his approach and Rebecca and Wendy calmed down.
• After reviewing the wanted posters, Vic said they would find Shanks first and gave Barnett the Eternal Pose for the island where Shanks and his crew were.
• Vic went to the warship’s bow to train, hoping to grasp the full scope of the Artistic Conception of Wind.
• Several days later, with supplies running low, Barnett ordered the lookouts to search for an island and had Marines fish for food.