Recaps

Vic traveled to Sky Island in search of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, trained his Haki and Geppo, and eventually found and ate the fruit beneath Birka’s temple. After using his new lightning powers to rescue hostages, he headed toward Enies Lobby while Rebecca and the other recruits completed their assessment and received their commissions without him.

• Zephyr spared Shanks, and Shanks told Rebecca he would wait for Vic in the New World.
• Vic reached Jaya, rode a Knock Up Stream to Sky Island, and took gold from Upper Yard before ringing the Golden Bell and seeking directions to Birka from Gan Fall.
• Vic trained on Sky Island and waited for Birka to appear, then challenged Urouge and earned permission to enter the temple, where he found Ark Maxim blueprints but no Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Vic used the Divine Staff to locate a hidden chamber beneath the temple, found the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Thunder Drum, and ate the fruit.
• Vic practiced controlling his lightning powers, left Birka, and discovered pirates holding hundreds of Marines hostage on an island.
• Vic stopped Rob Lucci from killing a hostage, used lightning to defeat the pirates, and boarded Lucci’s warship bound for Enies Lobby.
• Rebecca and the other recruits returned to Marine Headquarters and prepared to follow Vic, while Sengoku and Zephyr held their commissioning ceremony.
• Sengoku promoted Rebecca to colonel and gave her Vic’s epaulets and Justice coat, praising Vic’s potential as the recruits called his name.

Vic joined Garp’s warship, visited Foosha Village and Shimotsuki Village, and built ties with Luffy, Ace, Kuina, and Kozaburo. Garp led the crew to confront Shiki, and Vic killed Golden Lion before giving the recovered Float-Float Fruit to Rebecca.

• Sengoku promoted Vic to Headquarters Rear Admiral and assigned him to Garp’s warship after Vic revealed his Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and Vic reunited with Rebecca at the ceremony.
• Vic rescued Tashigi from bullies at the nursery, then joined Garp aboard the Dog-Head Warship and trained against him as they sailed to Foosha Village.
• At Foosha Village, Vic befriended young Luffy, learned that Ace was Roger’s son, and promised Garp he would protect Ace if he became a pirate.
• Vic visited Shimotsuki Village, guided young Zoro home, showed Kozaburo his swords, and spent seven days training Kuina before returning to Foosha Village.
• After patrolling the East Blue with Garp, Vic destroyed an island Shiki sent toward their warship, and Garp revealed Shiki’s plan to unleash savage beasts in the East Blue.
• Vic fought Shiki while Rebecca, Wendy, and Barnett battled his officers, surviving Shiki’s seawater trap and pressing the injured pirate with Haki-coated sword strikes.
• Shiki badly injured Vic with Conqueror’s Coating, but Vic exploited Shiki’s mental episode, stabbed him with Blood Wither, and killed him with a final Haki-infused slash.
• Garp’s crew escaped the falling islands, and Vic returned with the Float-Float Fruit, which he gave to Rebecca after Garp refused it.

Vic helped Rebecca develop her Float-Float Fruit into a flying-sword technique, then faced Garp’s Conqueror’s Haki training and tested his own Mind Power against it. After eating the Mystery Fruit, he recognized its potential to sharpen thought and strengthen Haki, and resolved to return to Mystery Island and confront whoever was behind it.

• Vic gave Kogarashi and Oto to Wendy and Barnett, then seized a Golden Den Den Mushi from Luffy and warned that pressing its button would launch a Buster Call against the Goa Kingdom.
• Vic trained Ace, learned that his victory over Golden Lion had earned him consideration for promotion, and asked Garp to train him to withstand Conqueror’s Coating.
• Vic advised Rebecca to develop her Float-Float Fruit by controlling Haki-coated flying swords, then forged her a batch of blades and built her a sword case.
• Rebecca practiced her flying-sword techniques, defeated a pirate captain without Vic’s help, and sank his ship before returning to the warship.
• Garp took Vic to an island and repeatedly knocked him unconscious with Conqueror’s Haki, while Vic tried to withstand the force without awakening Conqueror’s Haki himself.
• Vic rescued Rebecca, Barnett, Wendy, and Frodeku from Foxy, defeated him, and let him go after making him promise to target pirates rather than civilians.
• Vic theorized that Mind Power might counter Conqueror’s Coating, tested a new technique, and learned it could protect him from being knocked unconscious even though it could not reproduce Conqueror’s Haki’s other effects.
• Vic ate the Mystery Fruit, found that its Primal Spirit sharpened his thinking, and resolved to gather more fruit and grow strong enough to face the hidden figure behind Mystery Island.

Vic developed a powerful laser, then brought Garp’s warship to Water 7 during Aqua Laguna and met Tom’s Workers. While secretly memorizing the Pluton Blueprints, Vic studied shipbuilding, helped Tom, and proved his talent as Tom’s disciple.

• Vic unveiled a lightning-powered laser that pierced and melted a reef, impressing Rebecca and the others and alarming Garp with its destructive power.
• Vic discussed the Marines’ struggle to control the New World with Garp, then learned that a visit to Vegapunk would require him to earn greater rank and military merit.
• As Aqua Laguna approached Water 7, Garp sent Vic to find a safe dock, and Vic flew to the island with Rebecca following on her sword.
• Vic found an underground shipyard and met Tom, Iceburg, Franky, and Kokoro, then secretly memorized the Pluton Blueprints while arguing that Tom should not be punished for building Roger’s ship.
• Vic shared a meal with Tom’s Workers, secured permission to dock Garp’s warship, and asked Tom to teach him shipbuilding.
• Garp carried the warship through the shallow channel into Tom’s dock, then discussed commissioning a warship from Tom after the Sea Train was completed and Tom was acquitted.
• A reporter told Morgans that Vic had killed Golden Lion Shiki, and Morgans prepared to publish the news with a photograph of Vic.
• After Aqua Laguna passed, Vic launched the warship into the sea and built a boat in half an hour during Tom’s practical test, earning Tom’s praise and recognition as his disciple.