Chapter Summaries

Barnett and Frodeku discovered that the island’s specialty food was addictive and that its customers behaved strangely, then Vic warned them that a powerful Observer had overheard them. As the men tried to disguise their suspicion, Boss Zero ordered their capture and the recruits’ deaths.

• Frodeku noticed that customers waiting for specialty dishes were thin and vacant, and Barnett realized the pattern appeared at every restaurant selling the food.
• Barnett suspected the petals were addictive and that the island’s royal family might be involved, and Vic warned the pair that a powerful Observation Haki user had heard them and told them to flee toward the Flower Field.
• Vic sensed the island’s strongest presence near a gang headquarters and found that the island’s children were gathered there, likely to hold their parents hostage.
• Boss Zero ordered Third to capture Barnett and Frodeku and told Fourth to kill the recruit painting in the Flower Field along with the others.
• Frodeku and Barnett pretended their suspicions were only guesses to avoid raising alarm, but someone was already coming after them.

Vic decided to destroy the gang after learning how it controlled the island’s children, food, and visitors through Devil’s Flowers and slavery. He warned the women near him to leave before a battle began, while Frodeku and Barnett fled toward the sea of flowers under Third Brother’s watch.

• Frodeku and Barnett pretended they needed money and ran out of the city after Vic warned them that someone was approaching.
• Third Brother doubted their excuse but planned to let them meet Fourth Brother, who had been sent to eliminate the Marines and their companions.
• Vic resolved to wipe out the gang because of its exploitation of children and civilians, its slave trade, and the Devil’s Flowers contaminating the island.
• Vic considered why the island’s suffering had moved him to act, then prepared to protect Rebecca and the others from the gang’s strong fighter.
• Vic used Secret Sound Transmission to warn the women gathered around him to leave the island before fighting began.

Vic arrived at the cabin to protect Rebecca, Wendy, and Ain from the gangsters surrounding them. Rebecca struck Lao Si after he insulted Vic, and Boss Ling realized the situation was worse than he had expected and set out with Lao Jiu.

• Vic overheard the women dismissing his warning and reached the cabin after tracking the gangsters with Observation Haki.
• Rebecca, Wendy, Ain, Konan, and Konan's grandmother came outside as Lao Si and his armed men surrounded the cabin.
• Ain ran to Vic and told him she had healed Konan's grandmother with her fruit ability, and Vic praised her.
• Rebecca attacked Lao Si after he insulted Vic, sending him flying into the flower field.
• Lao Si returned and challenged Rebecca, while Boss Ling realized the painter was present and left headquarters with Lao Jiu.

Vic protected his group from a barrage of gunfire and revealed overwhelming speed and skill, killing the thugs on both sides with Rankyaku. The surviving attackers fled, while Lao Si remained frozen before Vic and Rebecca.

• Rebecca faced Lao Si while Wendy prepared to fight the gunmen at close range.
• Lao Si ordered his men to fire at Vic and the others, avoiding himself and Rebecca.
• Vic used his speed to deflect the bullets and sent two Rankyaku crescents through the thugs on either side.
• Lao Si realized Vic was the powerful Marine Boss Ling had warned him about and feared he could not escape.
• Konan screamed when she saw the corpses, and the surviving thugs dropped their guns and ran.

Vic questioned why the gangsters dared to kill Marines and realized Zephyr’s decision to sleep had a deeper purpose. He sent Rebecca to fight Lao Si while Wendy pursued the fleeing thugs.

• Vic urged Wendy to chase the fleeing gangsters, then questioned Lao Si about recognizing Rankyaku and why his group had attacked Marines.
• Vic wondered whether the gangsters had powerful backing and why the royal family had not joined the World Government despite its wealth.
• Lao Si said the gangsters had mistaken Vic and the others for ordinary trainee recruits, and Vic realized Zephyr had gone to sleep for a reason.
• Ain kissed Vic, Rebecca grew angry, and Vic ordered her to take Lao Si out.
• Wendy killed several suited thugs with her short blades as Rebecca clashed with Lao Si and drove him back with a powerful strike.

Rebecca overwhelmed Lao Si in a fierce sword fight while Vic, Konan, Ain, and the old woman watched. The chapter ended with Rebecca still in control after sending Lao Si crashing into the flowers twice.

• Rebecca repeatedly attacked Lao Si with precise, lethal sword strikes, cutting his scalp and neck as he struggled to defend himself.
• Rebecca fired two Flying Slashes, and Lao Si dodged them while the attacks carved through the sea of flowers behind him.
• Lao Si burst behind Rebecca and launched a series of slashes, but she blocked them all and kicked him into the flowers.
• Lao Si attacked again from the air, but Rebecca knocked his blade aside and struck him in the chest with a spinning kick.
• Konan praised Rebecca's fighting, Ain said she wanted to perform the move when she grew up, and Vic watched proudly.

Barnett and Frodeku returned to the Flower Field and joined Vic after Rebecca sent Lao Si flying into Barnett’s kick. Vic explained the island’s secret, and the group prepared to confront the approaching gangsters as Lao San arrived.

• Rebecca kept beating Lao Si while damaging the Devil's Flowers, then sent him flying toward Barnett, who kicked him back.
• Barnett and Frodeku reached Vic, and Vic told them what had happened and revealed the island’s secret.
• Barnett and Frodeku resolved to help the ordinary people and take on the gangsters alongside Vic.
• Wendy returned with bloodstained short blades, and Vic told her to rest while they waited for more people to arrive.
• Lao San arrived with a group of suited gang members, and Rebecca stopped tormenting Lao Si to face the newcomers.

Vic faced Lao San, who arrived with armed men after sensing Lao Si’s defeat, while Vic reflected on Garp’s reasons for putting him through Marine training. Lao San’s troops surrounded the group, and Vic challenged him for bringing more men to their deaths.

• Lao San monitored Lao Si’s fight with Observation Haki and decided to intervene despite fearing Vic’s strength.
• Vic considered whether Garp was using his training to test the effects of basic Marine education, perhaps because of Dragon’s departure from the Marines.
• Lao San arrived with armed underlings, who surrounded Vic and his companions and aimed their rifles at them.
• Lao Si complained dramatically to Lao San, who recoiled from his behavior and apologized for reacting to it.
• Vic asked Lao San why he had brought more men after Vic had already killed the previous groups.

Vic confronted Lao San over the recruits’ disregard for ordinary lives, then cleared the armed men from the battlefield while Rebecca fought Lao San. He sent Ain to take Konan and her grandmother into the cabin as stronger opponents approached.

• Vic offered Lao San’s men a chance to leave, but they stayed because they feared death either way.
• Rebecca charged at Lao San, while Vic prepared to clear the surrounding gunmen.
• Vic warned Barnett and used Amane Dachi to cut the men in black down without hitting his allies.
• Barnett protected Konan and her grandmother, and Frodeku pulled Wendy out of the attack’s path.
• Vic told Ain to take Konan and her grandmother into the cabin and keep them there until the fighting ended.

Wendy volunteered to fight Lao Si so she could push herself toward awakening Observation Haki. She launched the first close-range attack, and their battle began.

• Ain escorted Konan and her grandmother safely back to the cabin while Vic's earlier kicks caused the black-clad men to fall and split apart.
• Vic invited Wendy, Barnett, and Frodeku to decide who would face Lao Si, and Wendy volunteered.
• Vic offered Wendy a longer sword, but she chose to keep her short blades and fight at close range.
• Wendy used Soru to appear behind Lao Si and thrust her blades at his neck, but Lao Si turned and stopped her attack with his sword.

Wendy and Rebecca fought Lao Si and Lao San while Vic devised a way for Frodeku to help Barnett counter an enemy with Observation Haki. The chapter left Frodeku preparing to learn Secret Sound Transmission and possibly relay the attacks he foresaw directly to Barnett.

• Wendy combined Geppo and Soru to keep attacking Lao Si while focusing on awakening Observation Haki.
• Rebecca resumed using Observation Haki against Lao San, then put away her sword and wounded his arms with Shigan.
• Rebecca judged Lao San too weak to help her awaken Armament Haki and considered finding a stronger opponent.
• Vic proposed that Frodeku use Secret Sound Transmission to warn Barnett about an opponent's attacks, possibly by sending images of the future into his mind.
• Barnett and Frodeku welcomed Vic's plan, and Frodeku agreed to try learning the technique.

Vic taught Frodeku how Observation Haki could be used for Secret Sound Transmission while warning that moving-image transmission would require experimentation. As Frodeku practiced, Rebecca dominated Lao San and learned that he knew the Six Powers, while the enemy plotted to target Frodeku.

• Vic explained how Observation Haki interpreted sound waves and could transmit simulated speech, then suggested a similar method might work for moving images.
• Ling and Lao Jiu discussed targeting Frodeku because he had Observation Haki, though Lao Jiu doubted Lao San would be useful after defeating his opponent.
• Frodeku sat down to practice the conversion process as Vic and Barnett watched nearby.
• Rebecca kept Lao San on the defensive with the Six Powers, dodging his attacks and striking him with Shigan and a kick to the chest.
• Lao San recognized Rebecca and the others as Marine Elite Camp recruits, and Rebecca asked where he had learned Soru.
• Lao San dismissed Rebecca's whetstone comparison and declared that the Marines would break on the island.

Rebecca fought Lao San and learned that he knew three of the Six Powers, while Vic suspected a powerful underground group controlled the island. Lao Si revealed his own Six Powers skills as Wendy pressed him with her short blades.

• Lao San used Rankyaku and Shigan against Rebecca, but she blocked his finger strike and kicked him into the Flower Field.
• Vic told Barnett that the Six Powers required connections and suspected a major power was behind the island’s hidden operations.
• Barnett worried that defeating the island’s leaders might not protect its civilians, while Vic planned to discuss the matter after they uncovered who backed them.
• Lao Si used Kami-e to evade Wendy’s close-range blade attacks as she combined Geppo and Soru to keep pursuing him.

Vic and his companions confronted Ling and Lao Jiu, the powerful men who enforced the island’s imposed order. Ling tried to intimidate Vic and persuade the recruits to leave, but Vic rejected his view that strength gave people the right to rule others.

• Wendy stopped exhausting herself with close-range attacks and changed her strategy against Lao Si.
• Vic announced that two newcomers were approaching, and Barnett recognized that they were stronger than Lao San and Lao Si.
• Rebecca kicked Lao San away and turned her attention to the newcomers while Wendy continued facing Lao Si.
• Ling challenged the recruits for trying to overturn the island’s balance of power, and Vic questioned the order he had imposed.
• Ling mocked Vic’s past defeats, but Vic said he used stronger opponents as motivation and rejected the idea that might made right.
• Ling warned that the recruits’ backers could erase them and offered to let them leave; shaken by Vic’s convictions, he quietly stepped back and considered a peaceful resolution.

Vic and his companions refused Ling’s demand to abandon the island’s civilians, and Ling ordered an attack. Vic and Rebecca intercepted the surprise strikes, leaving the two sides poised for a difficult fight.

• Vic’s companions remained determined to intervene because they believed in their strength and could not ignore the atrocities against the civilians.
• Ling lamented that the Elite Camp class might lose its standing, then ordered Lao Jiu to attack.
• Ling used Soru and struck at Vic with a Haki-hardened finger, but Vic blocked it with Blood Wither.
• Lao Jiu attacked the defenseless Frodeku, but Rebecca had moved to protect him and stopped Lao Jiu with her sword, drawing blood from his fingertip.
• Vic condemned Ling and Lao Jiu for launching a sneak attack, while Ling realized the fight would be tougher than expected.

Vic and Ling's groups regrouped for a likely fight to the death while Frodeku reported progress with Secret Sound Transmission. Vic warned Rebecca not to risk herself against stronger opponents, but her eagerness to test her toughness remained, leaving both sides tense before battle.

• Vic mocked Ling after gauging his strength, and Ling withdrew to regroup with Lao Jiu, Lao Si, and Lao San.
• Frodeku told Vic and Barnett that he had learned Secret Sound Transmission but could not yet share images.
• Lao Si and Lao San bickered until Ling ordered them to focus on the life-or-death fight ahead.
• Vic warned everyone that Rebecca was the enemy to watch and told her not to challenge someone far stronger than herself.
• Rebecca silently considered taking attacks to test her endurance, then softened and giggled after glancing at Vic.

Vic and his allies split up to fight Ling and the three men under him, while Vic tried to learn who was behind the island’s enslavement. Ling refused to reveal anything and attacked Vic, but Vic’s Armament Haki left him unharmed and turned Ling’s assault into a painful struggle.

• Rebecca challenged Lao Jiu, Wendy chose Lao Si, and Barnett drew Lao San away to separate battlefields.
• Vic offered to spare Ling and his men if Ling explained what had happened on the island and who was behind it, but Ling refused to betray his mission.
• Vic coated his body in Armament Haki and invited Ling to show the strength behind his enslavement of the country.
• Ling punched Vic and sent him sliding, but Vic remained uninjured while Ling’s hand began to hurt.
• Vic taunted Ling by comparing his Haki to Vice Admiral Spider’s, prompting Ling to unleash Iron Body Fist: Chaos.
• Ling repeatedly struck Vic’s Haki-protected body and tried to hit his face, but Vic dodged those blows and Ling could not injure him.

Konan worried that Vic was losing to Ling, while Ain insisted Vic was holding back. As Rebecca fought Lao Jiu, Konan trusted what she could see and remained unaware that her grandmother had collapsed after Ain’s treatment.

• Vic let Ling drive him backward through the Flower Field while trying to pressure him into revealing who was behind the scheme.
• Konan asked Ain if Vic was losing, and Ain assured her that Vic was the strongest and was choosing not to fight back.
• Konan recalled how the island’s residents had abandoned food crops to grow the valuable Flower of Love, once called Smoke Flowers.
• Konan stopped watching Vic and turned to Rebecca, who had gained an advantage over Lao Jiu with her swordsmanship and Six Powers training.
• Lao Jiu struggled to counterattack Rebecca, whose reach and Great Grade Sword kept him at a distance.

Rebecca gained the upper hand against Lao Jiu, while Barnett used Frodeku’s future-sight support to land a damaging counterattack on Lao San. The fights continued with Rebecca pressing her opponent and Barnett gaining an opening.

• Rebecca slashed and kicked at Lao Jiu, leaving cuts on his face and deep wounds on his forearms when he blocked her blow.
• Konan watched Rebecca’s fierce fighting with admiration, then turned her attention to Barnett’s battle against Lao San.
• Frodeku warned Barnett through their mental link about Lao San’s two incoming Shigan strikes and told him when and where to dodge.
• Barnett evaded both Shigan attacks and struck Lao San in the ribs with a close-range Rankyaku, sending him crashing into the Flower Field.
• Frodeku explained that his future sight worked best as support because Barnett could act on his warnings and end each chain of possible outcomes.

Barnett taunted the wounded Lao San while the recruits’ battles continued across the Flower Field. Lao Si tried to persuade Wendy to stop fighting, but his words enraged her; after she wounded him, both resumed their fight in earnest.

• Barnett claimed his Observation Haki was only a little better than usable, while concealing Frodeku’s role and provoking Lao San.
• Lao San assessed the other fights and concluded that Ling, Lao Jiu, and Lao Si faced opponents of very different strengths.
• Lao Si urged Wendy to fake their fight and hinted that the Navy would promote her after they left the island.
• Wendy suddenly attacked Lao Si and cut deeply into his arm, forcing him to flee with Soru and bandage the wound.
• Wendy regained her composure and recognized that she had lashed out over her own weakness, while Lao Si became furious and decided to kill her.