Recaps

Barnett's warship discovered a prosperous island while searching for supplies, and Barnett led a group ashore while Vic remained aboard to cultivate. The group reached a fishing village's pier and paused to observe it before going farther.

• A lookout spotted a possible island, and Barnett ordered the warship to change course and investigate.
• The crew confirmed the island was inhabited, and Barnett decided to stop and buy supplies.
• Rebecca and Wendy urged Barnett to bring Vic ashore, but Barnett left him to cultivate and said he could reach them quickly if needed.
• Barnett, Rebecca, Wendy, Ain, and several Marines sailed to the island in a transport boat.
• Barnett's group reached the fishing village's pier, where Barnett observed the houses and villagers before advancing.

Barnett’s group visited a quiet fishing village and followed directions toward town, where they discovered that the streets were deserted. Rebecca sensed something was wrong and confirmed with Observation Haki that no people were present within her range, leaving the group facing a possible island-wide disappearance.

• Barnett asked two elderly villagers for directions and learned about the island’s town, forest, lake, and relative safety from pirates.
• Rebecca examined a detailed model sailboat, then left the nervous children alone and rejoined the group.
• Barnett led the group toward town to buy supplies rather than hunt, while the villagers watched them leave with meaningful looks.
• Rebecca noticed they had encountered no one on the road, but Barnett thought the route was simply remote.
• Barnett’s group found the town empty, and Rebecca used Observation Haki to confirm that no people were within her range, though animals remained.

Barnett led a marine party to investigate the town while Rebecca stayed behind with Ain, but they found the entire population had vanished recently. As Wendy urged them to alert Vic, Rebecca offered to search the rest of the island by flying so they could seek the missing people without disturbing him yet.

• Barnett chose several marines to investigate the town, and Wendy and Frodeku joined him while Rebecca stayed with Ain.
• Barnett split the search party up to check the town more quickly, while Rebecca watched over Ain with her Observation Haki.
• The search party returned without finding anyone, and Wendy and Frodeku reported fresh food, pets, signs of struggle, and other evidence that the townspeople had disappeared recently.
• Wendy urged Barnett to tell Vic, but he wanted to learn whether the rest of the island was deserted before waking him.
• Rebecca proposed flying around the island to look for the missing people without disturbing Vic yet.

Rebecca surveyed the island and found that everyone except the fishing village’s residents had vanished, so she woke Vic and told him what she had discovered. Vic suspected a Devil Fruit user was responsible and returned to the village to investigate, where he waited in silence as the villagers watched him.

• Rebecca flew over the island and found no people in its towns, concluding that the inhabitants had been taken away.
• Rebecca returned to the warship, woke Vic, and told him that the fishing village was the only populated place left on the island.
• Vic questioned why the fishing village had been spared, then told Rebecca that a Devil Fruit user was likely involved.
• Vic sent Barnett a voice transmission to bring the others back to the fishing village, and Barnett led the group there.
• Vic reached the village, sat facing the residents, and silently watched them while stroking his model sailboat.

Vic and Rebecca discovered that the seemingly ordinary fishing village was hiding many people inside a model sailing ship. The Marines sensed the captives with Observation Haki, and Vic suspected a Devil Fruit ability was involved as the villagers remained under suspicion.

• Vic used Observation Haki to search the island and noticed that the fishing village was abnormal while the rest of the island seemed empty.
• Barnett and the Marines returned, and Vic told them to use Observation Haki to investigate the village.
• Barnett and the others sensed countless human presences inside the model sailing ship.
• Barnett and Rebecca wondered whether the hidden people were Tontatta, but Vic said a Devil Fruit ability might explain their presence.
• Vic cautioned the Marines to learn from the incident while the villagers remained tense and their identities uncertain.

Vic confronted Mora and learned that his group had used a strange spatial power to capture the islanders, but Mora refused to explain how it worked. After Mora attacked Vic and Rebecca, Rebecca wounded him, and the fight continued with Mora sending an enormous blade toward her.

• Vic questioned the old men about who had sent them and how they had captured the islanders.
• Mora revealed that he could create a translucent film, but refused to explain how his power worked.
• Mora struck Vic with a giant fist that emerged from the film, knocking him back without injuring him.
• Mora tried to seize Rebecca, but she stabbed his giant palm with Aizen and wounded him.
• Mora drew a long blade and thrust it through the film, sending an enormous weapon toward Rebecca.

Rebecca fought Mora’s enlarged great blade while Vic protected Ain and Barnett’s marines moved to capture the fishermen. Just as the fishermen were subdued and Vic expected answers, a scream interrupted the scene.

• Vic flashed to Ain and held her while he watched Rebecca fight Mora.
• Rebecca blocked Mora’s great blade, was driven into the ground, and freed herself without injury.
• Barnett ordered the marines to capture the fishermen, and Mora ignored them as he continued attacking Rebecca.
• Barnett, Wendy, Frodeku, and the other marines quickly captured most of the ordinary fishermen.
• A scream sounded just as Vic thought the fighting was nearly over.

Vic and the Marines discovered that Mora had disguised his pirate crew as fishermen, and the crew attacked them by surprise. Mora offered to restore the people he had transformed and leave the island if Vic and Rebecca agreed not to pursue him.

• A boy and several disguised pirates attacked the Marines, wounding some of them before Vic knocked away the boy’s dagger and rescued Marines in danger.
• Mora’s crew revealed their true pirate appearances, and Mora explained that he had used his ability to disguise them as fishermen.
• Vic stopped Rebecca from attacking Mora and taunted him about hiding his crimes and seeking neither fame nor a bounty.
• Mora admitted he stayed obscure to avoid attracting powerful enemies, then offered to release the transformed people and leave if the Marines let him go.

Vic and the Marines were shrunk by Mora’s Mirror-Mirror Fruit, which he had developed into a powerful tool for combat and transporting people. Mora revealed his ability, while Vic understood how it worked and continued to conceal his plans.

• Vic rejected Mora’s offer to make peace and fired a dart at him, but Mora’s light membrane shrank it and the dart only grazed his neck.
• Mora flung his membranes outward, shrinking Rebecca, Vic, and the Marines to Tontatta size while leaving Ain unaffected.
• Rebecca and the other Marines gathered around Vic, and Vic explained that he had deliberately let himself be hit to keep Mora from suspecting him.
• Mora boasted that he had eaten the Mirror-Mirror Fruit and could use mirrored surfaces to change size.
• Vic recognized the fruit and realized Mora had used its abilities to enlarge, shrink, disguise, defend, and transport people.

Mora explained how he had used the Mirror-Mirror Fruit to abduct the islanders and planned to frame Vic for their deaths on behalf of a backer in the New World. Vic suspected Big Mom was behind the plot and, having learned enough about Mora’s scheme, prepared to end the confrontation.

• Mora revealed that he had spotted Vic’s warship with a telescope and contacted his New World backer, who ordered him to frame Vic by massacring the islanders.
• Mora explained that he had copied the fishing village’s inhabitants, captured everyone on the island through the Mirror World, and hidden them in the model ship.
• Barnett realized Mora’s telescope had been the light the lookout noticed and that the Marines had been watched from the beginning.
• Vic pressed Mora to identify his backer, but Mora refused and said he intended to deliver the islanders as a gift to a powerful lord.
• Vic suspected Mora’s backer was Big Mom and wondered whether the Big Mom Pirates had targeted him because he was protecting Wendy.
• Vic told Mora he had heard enough and was ready to bring the confrontation to an end.

Vic thwarted Mora’s escape and captured him, then Rebecca and the Marines rescued the islanders hidden aboard Mora’s shrunken pirate ship. After the rescue, Vic hurled the pirate ship into the sea.

• Vic used Armament Haki to undo Mora’s shrinking power, and Mora tried to escape by hiding behind a fake treasure map.
• Vic tracked Mora with Observation Haki, found him climbing out of a mirror in a house, and knocked him unconscious with Allen.
• Vic carried Mora back to the fishing village, where Mora’s unconsciousness restored the Marines, the islanders, and the shrunken pirate ship to their original sizes.
• Rebecca boarded the pirate ship, and she, Barnett, the Marines, and the rescued islanders freed the captives from its hold.
• After the rescue, Vic lifted Mora’s pirate ship and hurled it into the sea.

Vic captured Mora and set sail with supplies from the island, while Mora’s underling contacted his backer for help. Charlotte Katakuri learned that Vic had taken Mora and planned to intercept him when the Marines transferred the prisoner.

• Vic secured Mora with Seastone Handcuffs and black-and-gold bracelets, then waited for Barnett to return with Rebecca and supplies from the island.
• Barnett paid for the supplies and sailed away with the rescued islanders’ gratitude, leaving the mayor to plan repairs and decide what to do with the pirate ship.
• A surviving underling secretly called Mora’s backer and reported that the Marines had captured Mora, but the backer offered no explanation before ending the call.
• Charlotte Katakuri heard the report aboard Big Mom’s ship and criticized Mora for acting recklessly and getting captured by Dark Dragon.
• Katakuri predicted that Vic would hand Mora over to a Marine base or arrange his escort to Impel Down, and he planned to seize that opportunity to recover Mora.

After the battle, Katakuri and Smoothie prioritized rescuing Mora for the intelligence value of his Mirror-Mirror Fruit, while Vic continued sailing toward Shanks’s island and organized Haki training for his subordinates. The chapter ended with Vic preparing a strict training schedule to strengthen the team before they might enter the New World.

• Katakuri told Smoothie to rescue Mora if possible, but to kill him rather than let the Mirror-Mirror Fruit’s power remain in Impel Down.
• Vic’s warship replenished its supplies and continued toward Shanks’s island, while Barnett, the ship’s doctor, and Vic treated the wounded marines.
• Vic reprimanded Rebecca, Barnett, Frodeku, and Wendy for using Observation Haki too crudely and assigned them training in Observation Haki, Armament Haki, and the Six Powers.
• Rebecca welcomed being given a training plan, while Frodeku accepted responsibility for failing to detect the pirates’ plot and vowed to master the Six Powers.
• Vic reassured the group, promised to draw up a schedule, and explained that strong Armament Haki could counter Paramecia abilities.

Vic set training plans for his companions and arranged for Mora and his crew to be transferred to another warship. As his group continued toward Red-Hair, Vic comprehended the Artistic Conception of Wind, while Katakuri’s crew pursued the ship carrying the prisoners.

• Vic told Barnett, Wendy, Rebecca, and the others to train their Haki, think carefully, and avoid relying solely on Devil Fruit abilities, then drew up individual training plans.
• Vic arranged for headquarters to send a warship to take Mora and his crew to Impel Down, unaware that Katakuri’s crew had intercepted the handover details through a wiretap Den Den Mushi.
• Vic’s warship handed Mora and his crew over to a branch Vice Admiral, and Katakuri redirected his ship to follow the Vice Admiral’s warship.
• Vic and his companions continued toward the island where Red-Hair was, while they trained and Vic resumed contemplating the Artistic Conception of Wind.
• Vic comprehended the Artistic Conception of Wind and made a silent slash that cut two distant clouds, then returned to his thoughts until Barnett’s Den Den Mushi rang.

Vic answered Barnett’s distress call and raced to the battle between the Marines and the Big Mom Pirates. He arrived just as Cracker was about to kill the Branch Vice Admiral, striking Cracker down and confronting Katakuri.

• Barnett called Vic for help, claiming pirates had attacked his ship and were trying to rescue a prisoner.
• Vic set out to stop the Big Mom Pirates from gaining Mora and to save the Marines aboard Barnett’s ship.
• Vic traveled through the clouds as lightning and used Observation Haki to locate the battle, while the pirates overwhelmed the Marines.
• Katakuri ordered his siblings and the Homies to find the Seastone Handcuff key and sink the warship.
• Cracker tried to stab the fallen Branch Vice Admiral, but Vic struck him with lightning and appeared on the deck.
• Katakuri recognized Vic and reacted with alarm, while Mora hid behind Katakuri in terror.

Vic confronted Katakuri, Smoothie, and Cracker after they attacked a Marine warship to take Mora, and treated the injured branch Vice Admiral. He threatened to defeat the Big Mom Pirates, while Katakuri warned that Big Mom’s allies could retaliate.

• Smoothie returned to Katakuri’s side after he attacked Vic to stop him from striking her, and Katakuri pulled the injured Cracker back with his mochi.
• Vic used his ability to stabilize the wounded branch Vice Admiral and realized the man had concealed the Big Mom Pirates’ involvement.
• Katakuri claimed Mora was only a secondary concern and said the crew wanted to take him along to their country where all races could live together.
• Vic threatened to send the Big Mom Pirates to the bottom of the sea for seizing a warship, and Katakuri warned that Big Mom and her powerful old acquaintances could retaliate.
• Vic considered the danger of Big Mom and Kaido joining forces and recognized that he might have to flee if both came after him personally.

Vic confronted Katakuri and the Big Mom Pirates after rescuing the Marines, but Smoothie killed Mora before the fight could continue. Vic then attacked Katakuri and Smoothie with a new wind-based sword technique, and Katakuri launched a counterattack aimed at forcing Vic to protect the warship.

• Katakuri ordered his crew to kill Vic rather than surrender.
• Smoothie drained Mora with her sword and stabbed his heart, killing him.
• Vic stood up after ensuring the injured Vice Admiral was stable and prepared to fight Katakuri and Smoothie.
• Vic used his newly developed Artistic Conception of Wind to slash Katakuri, Smoothie, and their ship with countless wind blades.
• Katakuri sent hardened mochi fists toward Vic, hoping to make him defend the warship and its injured Marines.

Vic fought Katakuri and Smoothie aboard the Big Mom Pirates’ ship, using his swordsmanship and Wind Conception to control the battle. Katakuri and Smoothie launched a coordinated attack, but Vic knocked back Katakuri’s hands as haki-coated mochi spikes surged toward him.

• Vic blocked Katakuri’s rapid punches and clashed with Smoothie’s greatsword, then used Wind Conception to push the warship away from the battlefield.
• Vic dodged Katakuri’s punches, kicked him into the cabin, and stopped Smoothie’s sword above his head with swirling wind.
• Vic redirected Smoothie’s sword into Katakuri, forcing him to block the strike as Smoothie warned him.
• Katakuri attacked Vic with giant haki-coated hands and mochi while Smoothie swung at Vic’s back.
• Vic knocked Katakuri’s hands aside, and Katakuri sent haki-coated mochi spikes toward him.

Vic blocked Smoothie’s attacks and was stabbed by Cracker, who had pretended to be unconscious. After burning and knocking Cracker out again, Vic faced a coordinated close-range assault from Katakuri and Smoothie and was sent flying off the pirate ship.

• Vic blocked Katakuri’s spikes, and his movement sent Smoothie’s sword toward Katakuri, who narrowly avoided being cut by turning his waist into mochi.
• Cracker stabbed Vic from behind after waking and lying in wait, but his sword passed through Vic without drawing blood.
• Vic heated Cracker’s sword until it melted, then struck Cracker with lightning and knocked him unconscious again.
• Katakuri and Smoothie attacked Vic together with Haki-coated weapons after Katakuri chose close combat.
• Vic blocked Katakuri’s strike, but Smoothie’s slash sent him through the railing and off the pirate ship.

Vic fought Katakuri and Smoothie in the air, using his superior aerial movement to gain the advantage. When Vic tried to kill Smoothie, Katakuri foresaw the attack and blocked it, revealing that he had awakened Future Sight.

• Katakuri and Smoothie used Geppo to attack Vic in an aerial battle.
• Vic outmaneuvered the siblings and sent Katakuri crashing toward the sea before he stopped his fall with Geppo.
• After more than a hundred exchanges, Vic adapted to their fighting patterns and decided to end the battle.
• Vic dodged Katakuri's trident and swung his Black Blade at Smoothie, but Katakuri stretched Mogura across the blade's path and saved her.
• Vic realized Katakuri had foreseen his attack, while Katakuri recognized that his Observation Haki had reached Future Sight.

Vic deliberately kept Katakuri under deadly pressure so he could master Future Sight and reveal how to break through Observation Haki. After Katakuri succeeded, Vic sent Smoothie flying to isolate him, wounded him, and pressed in for a killing blow.

• Vic decided to let Katakuri develop Future Sight under the threat of death so he could study the breakthrough.
• Katakuri recognized that intense pressure and fear for his sister had helped him glimpse the future, then continued fighting until he mastered Future Sight.
• Vic confirmed Katakuri’s new ability and declared that he would now kill him.
• Katakuri saw Vic’s coming attack and warned Smoothie, but Vic’s Sword Gang struck her and sent her out of sight.
• Vic attacked Katakuri with Blood Wither; Katakuri narrowly avoided being cut in two, but Vic immediately charged again with both Black Blades.

Vic nearly defeated Katakuri, but an unknown black-robed figure intervened and blocked his attack. The mysterious newcomer then appeared before Vic, whose Observation Haki could not detect them, leaving the fight’s outcome uncertain.

• Vic overwhelmed Katakuri with attacks that injured him internally and externally, while Smoothie could not safely intervene.
• As Vic prepared a wind-intent slash to finish Katakuri, an invisible force blocked it and scattered the attack.
• A powerful black slash struck the spot where Vic had stood, forcing him to dodge.
• Vic sensed an unknown presence approaching, and a black-robed figure arrived and hovered in the air without moving their feet.
• Vic could neither detect the figure with Observation Haki nor identify their face, and he recognized their free flight as resembling figures he had seen in visions near the Red Line.

Vic faced a mysterious black-robed figure who used an invisible power to protect Katakuri and the Big Mom Pirates from him. After the pirate ship escaped, Vic suspected the figure’s barriers might resemble an awakened Barrier-Barrier Fruit, but he remained unsure of the figure’s identity and abilities.

• Vic suspected the black-robed figure might be one of the people from an 800-year-old vision and asked who he was.
• The black-robed figure ordered Katakuri and Smoothie to leave, and Katakuri had the pirate ship sail away while Vic held back.
• Vic fired lightning at the departing ship, but an invisible sphere around him deflected the bolt and trapped him.
• Vic tried to fly around the barrier and slash the ship with Blood Wither, but the figure shifted the invisible force to block him.
• Vic considered whether the figure had awakened the Barrier-Barrier Fruit, then doubted it because of the fruit’s previous user and the figure’s apparent age and strength.

Vic failed to stop the black-robed figure from helping Katakuri escape and was repeatedly restrained by the man’s overwhelming power. After releasing Vic, the figure vanished after saying “Nika,” leaving Vic to wonder what the name meant.

• Vic tried several attacks against the black-robed figure’s invisible barrier, but could not stop Katakuri’s ship from disappearing.
• Vic pursued the ship after the barrier lifted, but the figure split a cloud with a hand-blade slash and forced him to stop.
• Vic confronted the figure, who trapped him in an invisible force and increased the pressure until Vic coated himself in Armament Haki to endure it.
• After an hour, the figure released Vic, then departed after saying “Nika.”
• Vic wondered whether Nika referred to Joy Boy, Straw Hat Boy, or the Devil Fruit, and why the name was connected to Katakuri.

Vic pondered the black-robed man’s motives and the hidden powers shaping the world, then helped the surviving Marines recover after Katakuri’s attack. He left the warship to continue his mission, deciding not to report the black-robed man to Marine Headquarters.

• Vic considered possible reasons the black-robed man had mentioned Nika and concluded that the world’s hidden power exceeded his previous understanding.
• Vic returned to the warship, where the ship’s doctor asked how to save Marines drained by Smoothie’s Devil Fruit ability.
• Vic advised the crew to soak the drained Marines in fresh water and used his electricity and healing ability to save another dying Marine.
• The drained Marines absorbed the water and survived, though they remained unconscious and would need time to recover.
• Vic told the branch Vice Admiral that Mora was dead and Katakuri had escaped, then instructed the survivors to rest at a Marine Base before returning to headquarters.
• Vic departed in a flash of lightning and decided not to report the black-robed man, fearing it could alert Imu and disrupt the world order.