Recaps

Vic defeated Doc Q and captured Van Augur, then obtained Law’s three Road Poneglyph rubbings from his abandoned submarine. As Vic, Hancock, and Olvia headed toward Blackbeard’s body, Vic realized Blackbeard’s calm acceptance of death was suspicious.

• Hancock kicked Doc Q, petrifying him into a stone statue, and asked Vic whether she should smash the statues of Doc Q and Stronger.
• Vic and Hancock discussed using rabbits to study the effects of petrification, while Vic resolved to change Hancock’s indifference toward life.
• Vic sent Olvia to search Law’s submarine, and she returned with all three of Law’s Road Poneglyph rubbings.
• Vic stored Van Augur in his Dimensional Space and led Hancock and Olvia toward the shore where Blackbeard’s body lay.
• Olvia asked whether they should bury Blackbeard, and Vic began to suspect that Blackbeard had faked his death.

Vic uncovered Blackbeard’s fake death and learned that Blackbeard had concealed multiple consciousnesses within himself. After Vic defeated and buried him, Blackbeard emerged and vowed revenge, only to discover Vic had been waiting nearby.

• Vic realized Blackbeard had faked his death and returned to find him standing before the statues of Doc Q and Stronger.
• Blackbeard revealed that his sister’s consciousness had taken control during the ambush and sacrificed itself to keep him alive.
• Vic refused to spare Blackbeard, defeated him, and buried his body.
• An hour later, Blackbeard emerged from the grave, revealed that he had secretly possessed a third consciousness, and swore revenge on Vic.
• Vic spoke from behind Blackbeard, and Blackbeard realized that Vic had used Observation Haki Killer to hide his presence.

Vic waited for Blackbeard to emerge from his grave, confirmed his suspicions about Blackbeard's multiple consciousnesses, and killed him after Blackbeard chose to fight. Vic turned Blackbeard into a stone statue and left Winner Island with Hancock and Olvia.

• Vic concealed his presence with Observation Haki Killer and waited with Hancock and Olvia while Blackbeard crawled out of his grave.
• Vic confronted Blackbeard about his schemes, and Blackbeard argued that Vic had been the one waiting to attack him.
• Hancock angrily defended Vic and vowed to cut off the hand Blackbeard had used to grab her neck.
• Blackbeard tried to attack Vic and the two women, but Vic's Speed Domain let him strike first and shatter Blackbeard's consciousness with Conqueror's Coating.
• Vic had Hancock turn Blackbeard into a stone statue, ground it into powder, and made a new statue beside Doc Q and Stronger.
• Vic left Winner Island with Hancock and Olvia after the new statue hardened.

Garp led Helmeppo, Hibari, and Kujaku to Hachinosu to rescue Koby after Akainu refused to send Marines. He rampaged through the island, drew out Sanjuan Wolf and Shiryu, and left Shiryu badly injured.

• Six days earlier, Garp rushed to Marine Headquarters after learning Blackbeard had kidnapped Koby, but Akainu refused to send a rescue force.
• Garp took Helmeppo, Hibari, and Kujaku to Hachinosu, where they split up so the others could search for Koby while Garp drew the pirates' attention.
• Garp smashed through Hachinosu and struck the giant skull with Galaxy Impact, forcing Sanjuan Wolf out of hiding.
• Garp challenged Wolf to return to Impel Down, and Wolf refused.
• Shiryu launched a surprise attack, but Garp anticipated him, knocked aside his blade, and punched him away.

Garp rescued Koby from the pirates on Hachinosu and prepared to remove his explosive shackles, but Future Sight revealed a trap: Koby was actually Catarina in disguise, waiting to stab him. The chapter ended before Garp acted on the vision.

• Shiryu used the Clear-Clear Fruit to ambush Garp, but Garp detected and defeated him with Future Sight.
• Hibari, Kujaku, and Koby reached Garp, explaining that a dungeon guard had swallowed the key to Koby’s shackles.
• Garp drove back the pirates, then used Conqueror’s Haki to incapacitate most of them and examined Koby’s explosive shackles.
• Garp foresaw the shackles exploding after he removed them and the disguised Catarina stabbing him as Koby.

Garp exposed Catarina’s disguise as Koby and began beating Shiryu while he looked for the real Koby. Shiryu remained under attack as the other Blackbeard Pirates stayed hidden.

• Garp used Future Sight to detect that the shackled “Koby” was an impostor and punched Catarina across the battlefield.
• Garp told Hibari and Kujaku that Catarina’s Nine-Tailed Fox ability let her copy Koby, and the two women hurried after her.
• Garp suspected the real Koby was being held as a hostage and kept Catarina alive while he waited for the pirates to make demands.
• Shiryu rose after Catarina was struck, and Garp confronted him for conspiring to free Impel Down’s worst criminals.
• Garp repeatedly punched Shiryu before he could land, while Shiryu resented Wolf, Lafitte, and Heavy Drinker Shot for staying out of the fight.

Hibari and Kujaku found Catarina in the crater instead of Koby, while Garp overwhelmed Shiryu, Sanjuan Wolf, and Vasco Shot on Hachinosu. Vasco set Garp on fire and called for Lafitte, but no one answered, leaving Vasco convinced he had won.

• Hibari and Kujaku found Catarina shackled to an iron ball and realized Koby was missing.
• Garp struck Shiryu with an Armament Haki punch, leaving him seriously injured and unable to move.
• Garp punched Sanjuan Wolf into the sea and blasted Vasco Shot out of the skull building with Galaxy Impact.
• Hachinosu's pirates panicked as Garp advanced on Vasco, while Hibari and Kujaku went unchallenged.
• Vasco doused Garp in flaming liquor, celebrated, and called for Lafitte, but received no response.

Garp’s attempt to lure Lafitte out by letting Vasco burn him failed, so he knocked Vasco unconscious and forced Lafitte to reveal himself with Koby as a hostage. Lafitte called Blackbeard to decide whether to trade Koby for the other officers, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• Garp emerged unburned from the flames after failing to lure Lafitte away from Koby.
• Garp knocked Vasco out with a punch and shouted that Lafitte should surrender Koby in exchange for the officers’ freedom.
• Lafitte appeared with Koby as his hostage, while Hibari and Kujaku joined Garp and worried over Koby.
• Garp reassured Koby and urged Lafitte to accept the exchange, arguing that Blackbeard would see it as a favorable deal.
• Lafitte called Blackbeard to check whether his captain could return and help him.

Garp rescued Koby, forced Lafitte to release him, and captured the remaining Blackbeard Pirates, while Lafitte escaped. Vic then headed for Egghead to help Vegapunk, and Olvia agreed to help save him after learning the World Government was targeting him.

• Lafitte failed to reach Blackbeard and agreed to release Koby after Garp promised to let him go.
• Lafitte activated Koby's explosive handcuffs and flew away, while Garp removed them and threw them clear before they detonated.
• Garp ordered the captured Impel Down escapees taken into custody and told the Marines to arrange transport for Sanjuan, the Colossal Battleship.
• Vic told Olvia they were going to Egghead to help Vegapunk, whom the World Government was trying to eliminate.
• Olvia said she was willing to help Vegapunk because Dr. Clover had been his friend.

Vic and his companions headed toward Egghead to help Vegapunk, while news of Kid’s defeat by Shanks raised the possibility that Shanks would pursue the One Piece. Vic believed the World Government would send powerful forces to Egghead and left open what Shanks would do with the Road Poneglyphs he had gained.

• Vic connected Vegapunk’s research into the Void Century to Dr. Clover’s preparations to preserve Ohara’s knowledge.
• Vic said his crew would help Vegapunk alongside Luffy’s crew and expected a major World Government response at Egghead.
• Vic reasoned that Laugh Tale might lie beyond the sea’s surface and said he would help Luffy reach it if needed.
• Ban told Vic that Shanks had defeated the Kid Pirates, so Vic changed course for Winner Island.
• Olvia asked whether Shanks would seek the One Piece after gaining Kid’s Road Poneglyphs, and Vic said Shanks’s past connection to Roger might make the chance tempting.

Vic reassured Hancock and Olvia that Shanks would not truly become Luffy’s rival and revealed that the four Emperors could potentially unite. After discarding Van Augur’s corpse, Vic examined the Warp-Warp Fruit ability he had extracted and prepared to master it before reaching Egghead.

• Vic told Hancock and Olvia that Shanks and Luffy were friends, and that Shanks would likely challenge Luffy only to help him grow.
• Olvia realized that three Emperors were secretly friends, and Vic explained that Buggy, Shanks, and Luffy’s connections could bring all four together.
• Vic warned the crew to prepare for a major battle, discarded Van Augur’s corpse, and went to train with the Warp-Warp Fruit ability before reaching Egghead.
• Vic reflected that Devil Fruit abilities needed the right kind of fruit to take shape and felt lucky he had prepared many varieties during his earlier experiments.

Vic ate the Warp-Warp Fruit and gained access to the Law of Space, then vanished beyond Olvia and Hancock’s Observation Haki to study his new ability. The chapter left him reappearing before them after briefly disappearing into another space.

• Olvia and Hancock learned that Vic had taken the Warp-Warp Fruit from Van Augur and planned to eat it as his second Devil Fruit.
• Vic reassured them that he was a normal human and told them not to attempt eating a second fruit until their abilities and realms had advanced far enough.
• Vic blocked the fruit’s taste signals and ate the Warp-Warp Fruit while Olvia and Hancock watched anxiously.
• Vic sensed that the fruit had planted a seed in his body that linked him to the Law of Space and let him detect overlapping Alternate Dimensional Spaces.
• Vic told Olvia and Hancock to watch the ship, then vanished from their Observation Haki and reappeared before them moments later.

Vic tested his new spatial ability, discovering that he could travel through an alternate dimension while almost no time passed in the real world, though the journey consumed stamina. After bringing Olvia and Hancock with him and learning they could not move inside, he began comprehending the broader Law of Space.

• Vic traveled through the alternate dimension to Wano Country, bought two bowls of soba, and returned to find only a breath had passed.
• Vic concluded that distance depended on stamina rather than Observation Haki, and that he had to travel through the alternate space himself.
• Vic considered how the ability could help him study enemies in battle and assassinate targets in places such as Mary Geoise.
• Vic brought Olvia and Hancock into the alternate dimension and found that they remained alive but motionless while he could move freely.
• Vic gave Olvia and Hancock the soba, then sat down to comprehend the Law of Space.

Vic arrived near Egghead as the World Government fleet surrounded the island, where Luffy and Vegapunk’s forces already had the advantage. He used his mastery of space to strike the fleet from beyond its sight, splitting a World Government warship in two.

• Vic found that Luffy, Rebecca, and Vegapunk’s allies had the upper hand against CP0 and the Seraphim, aided by Stussy and S-Dragon.
• Vic continued studying the Law of Space during the voyage and had nearly exhausted what he could learn from the alternate space.
• Vic’s boat reached Egghead as Marine and World Government warships surrounded the island, delayed by attacks from its mechanical sea beasts.
• Vic steered away from the fleet and told Olvia and Hancock to stand behind him before drawing Blood Wither.
• Vic swung his sword, and his Sword Gang vanished after traveling only a short distance.
• The Sword Gang reappeared among the fleet and split a World Government warship in two.

An unknown attacker destroyed several World Government warships with sudden Flying Slashes, alarming the fleet and drawing Saturn’s attention. Saturn ordered Kizaru to search for the attacker and sent the others to land on the island, while the attacker’s companions prepared to move before Kizaru found them.

• An unknown attacker split a warship in two, and Marines debated whether the blow came from a swordsman using a Devil Fruit ability.
• The attacker destroyed three more World Government warships, killing and injuring CP Agents while leaving Marine ships untouched.
• Saturn asked Kizaru about the growing commotion, and Kizaru reported the repeated attacks and his failure to locate the assailant.
• Saturn ordered Kizaru to search the surrounding area and told the others to land and capture everyone on the island, especially Straw Hat Boy.
• The attacker’s companions decided to land before Kizaru spotted them and frightened their target away.

Vic used his new mastery of spatial laws to evade Kizaru and bring himself, Olvia, and Hancock to the island, where the strongest fighters had gathered. Their sudden arrival drew Luffy and Zoro’s attention as the battle approached.

• Vic sliced through eight or nine World Government warships but left the soldiers and agents aboard unharmed.
• Vic sensed Kizaru approaching and moved himself, Olvia, and Hancock into a new alternate space, where they watched Kizaru fly past.
• Vic demonstrated that he could travel between alternate spaces and teleport to any location within his Observation Haki’s range.
• Vic sensed the strongest presences gathered on the island and brought the boat and the two women there.
• The boat slammed onto the ground, and Luffy and Zoro recognized Vic and Hancock.

Vic vanished without a trace, leaving Luffy, Rebecca, Stussy, Lucci, and Zoro to wonder at his abilities and their complicated histories with him. Luffy sensed a powerful presence and went to investigate, as Kizaru entered the Frontier Dome and attacked Sentomaru.

• Vic's disappearance amazed Luffy, while Rebecca suspected his Speed-Speed Fruit had developed further and Stussy attributed the feat to his skill with his powers.
• Lucci reflected bitterly on how Vic and Luffy had surpassed him, while Zoro recalled his history with Vic and Rebecca grew angry that Vic had ignored her.
• Luffy sensed a strong presence and ran to investigate; Zoro stayed behind to guard the others, and Rebecca remained to wait for Vic.
• Kizaru entered the Frontier Dome after failing to find the unknown enemy and headed for Vegapunk, his mission's target.
• Kizaru encountered Sentomaru, who opposed his attempt to reach Vegapunk, and knocked him unconscious with a Laser Beam.

Luffy confronted Kizaru on the battlefield, determined to stop his mission, while Vic arrived at the Frontier Dome control room and reunited with Nami. Nami embraced Vic tearfully, and he soothed her as the Straw Hat crew watched.

• Luffy reached the battlefield as Sentomaru fell and attacked Kizaru, who met his kick head-on before they began fighting in earnest.
• Vic appeared in the Frontier Dome's central control room, startling Nami, Usopp, Chopper, Brook, Vegapunk, Edison, and Atlas.
• Nami recognized Vic, rushed into his arms, and cried over their long-awaited reunion.
• Vic told Nami he had saved their meeting for last and reassured her while wiping away her tears.
• Nami warned the Straw Hats not to laugh at her, and Vic praised her authority over her crew.

Vic reunited with Nami and Vegapunk in the control room, where he met the secret Seraphim S-Dragon and objected to its name. Meanwhile, Luffy fought Kizaru, who escaped their battle and reached Vegapunk to carry out his mission.

• Vic praised Nami, urged her to prepare for battle, and then noticed Vegapunk’s changed appearance and the black dog with Seraphim features.
• Vegapunk revealed that the dog was S-Dragon, a secret Seraphim whose highest authority belonged to Vic.
• Vic stroked S-Dragon but angrily lifted Vegapunk by the collar over the name, demanding that it be changed.
• Luffy used Gear Fifth Nika Form after Gear Fourth: Snakeman failed to stop Kizaru, who abandoned the fight and searched for Vegapunk.
• Kizaru arrived inside the exposed control room and greeted Vegapunk while concealing his conflict behind a cold expression.

Vic intervened when Kizaru arrived to kill Vegapunk, urging the two friends to avoid a fight while revealing that Saint Saturn was supervising the mission. As Vic considered Brook’s knowledge of the Holy Knights’ immortality, Luffy appeared in Gear Fifth and grabbed Kizaru.

• Nami, Usopp, Chopper, Brook, Atlas, Edison, and Vegapunk reacted fearfully when Kizaru appeared in the control room.
• Black Emperor shot Kizaru through the chest with a Laser Beam, and Vic praised the Seraphim dog.
• Vic admitted he had been friends with Vegapunk and urged Kizaru to put on a token fight and withdraw, but Kizaru warned that Saint Saturn was overseeing the operation.
• Vic said he had killed Saturn several times, and Brook speculated that the Five Elders had immortal bodies like the Holy Knights before Nami beat him for asking to see her panties.
• Luffy arrived in Gear Fifth, towering over the shattered control room, and grabbed Kizaru with a huge white arm.

Luffy transformed into his Nika Form and fought Kizaru while the Straw Hats regrouped in the main control room. Vic proposed a way to move the Thousand Sunny and urged Vegapunk to join his side, leaving the scientist considering his future.

• Nami, Brook, Chopper, and Usopp saw Luffy’s Nika Form for the first time as Vic sent Kizaru flying, and Luffy challenged the Admiral to a fight.
• Franky, Lilith, and Robin reached the main control room for help moving the Thousand Sunny after Kizaru destroyed Lilith’s giant robot and the ship was stranded on the Island Cloud.
• Vic suggested Rebecca use her Float-Float Fruit to lift the Thousand Sunny so the crew could avoid the warships surrounding the shore.
• After Robin left to find Rebecca and her mother, Vic asked Vegapunk what he planned to do after escaping the World Government.
• Vic pitched recruiting Vegapunk to Nami, promising safety and funding for his research, and Nami agreed the idea sounded good despite the Straw Hats’ lack of money.

Vic offered Vegapunk a way to save the institute’s equipment and research, and Vegapunk chose to join the Revolutionary Army. Vic then emptied the institute into his separate space, leaving only the central control room and Vegapunk’s brain to be prepared for transfer.

• Vic warned Vegapunk that the World Government might launch a Buster Call and offered to take the institute’s equipment and Seraphim cultivation chambers away.
• Vegapunk explained that he needed to protect the fusion reactor, Mother Flame, and his stored brain from the World Government and York.
• Vic suggested that Vegapunk join either the Thunder God Pirates or the Revolutionary Army, and Vegapunk chose the Revolutionary Army.
• Vic left the Black Emperor to guard Nami and the others, then dismantled and transferred the institute’s equipment into his separate space.
• Vic told Vegapunk that only the central control room and his brain remained, and Vegapunk was astonished that the equipment had been removed so quickly.

Vegapunk showed Vic a scrapyard of discarded inventions and asked him to remove an ancient robot he had been studying. When Vic revealed he had seen another robot guarding a Poneglyph, Vegapunk explained his fear that the World Government would use the robot’s Mother Flame to cause more destruction, and Vic agreed to deal with it.

• Vegapunk led Vic to a scrapyard filled with his discarded inventions, where Vic found a lightsaber that attracted flying insects and secretly kept it.
• Vegapunk pointed out an ancient robot buried beneath the scrap and asked Vic to send it away so he could keep studying it.
• Vic said he had seen another ancient robot guarding a Poneglyph, and Vegapunk excitedly asked whether others existed.
• Vegapunk explained that the Five Elders had used the Mother Flame from the robot to destroy Lulusia Kingdom and feared the World Government would exploit more robots.
• Vic assured Vegapunk the other robot was well hidden and agreed to handle the ancient robot while Vegapunk dealt with his big head.

Vic secured Vegapunk’s discarded inventions and prepared to protect him as Saturn arrived on Egghead. While Luffy fought Saturn alone and the Straw Hats and their allies battled the World Government’s forces, Vic watched from nearby.

• Vic collected Vegapunk’s discarded inventions, then sensed Saturn arrive on Egghead.
• Vic told Vegapunk to continue their work, left Black Emperor to protect him, and ordered the others to prepare for battle.
• Sanji recognized Saturn as one of the Five Elders, while Jinbe confirmed Vic was a benefactor to the Fish-Man Race.
• Vic observed that Luffy had already overwhelmed Kizaru and decided to let Luffy face Saturn alone.
• Luffy resisted Saturn’s deadly glare and fought him in his giant Nika form, while the Straw Hats, Rebecca’s group, and Sentomaru’s artificial-human army battled the Marines and government agents.

Vic’s allies overwhelmed the Marines and government agents at Egghead while Luffy fought Saturn. Unable to defeat Luffy and worried that Vic and Aokiji were also present, Saturn called the other Five Elders for backup.

• Aokiji, Rebecca, and Olvia disabled or removed Marines from the battlefield while sparing their lives, but Hancock, Nami, and Zoro attacked more ruthlessly.
• Sanji, Jinbe, Usopp, Franky, Robin, Chopper, and Brook used their abilities to fight the Marines and agents, giving Vic and Luffy’s side an overwhelming advantage.
• Luffy continued beating Saturn after Kizaru was defeated, while Saturn remained focused on obtaining the fusion reactor and Mother Flame and eliminating Nika.
• Saturn called the other Five Elders and warned them that Luffy was stronger than expected, Aokiji had joined the Straw Hats, and Vic might also be present.