Chapter Summaries

Vic warned Dr. Tsukimi to protect his health and encouraged him to continue developing his intelligent robots, then trained in the island’s freezing wilderness while Wendy recovered. During a hunt, a strange spiral-patterned fruit fell from a pinecone and landed in Vic’s hands.

• Vic promised to help Dr. Tsukimi and gave him advice about eating sticky foods as he aged.
• Dr. Tsukimi imagined his intelligent robots helping people while Vic trained his Haki and nurtured his Black Blade.
• The next morning, Dr. Kureha told Dr. Tsukimi that Wendy’s fever had broken but that she still needed time to wake.
• Vic trained in the snow and later went into the woods to hunt game for Dr. Tsukimi’s meals.
• A squirrel dropped a pinecone that transformed into a strange spiral-patterned fruit, which fell onto Vic’s head and rolled into his hand.

Vic found an injured young Chopper after discovering a mushroom-shaped Devil Fruit, then sheltered him and helped him recover. Chopper chose and ate the Human-Human Fruit, beginning his transformation and new life.

• Vic found a mushroom-shaped Devil Fruit, then followed bloodstains to an injured Chopper near a herd of reindeer.
• Vic treated Chopper's wounds and carried him to a sheltered hollow in a large tree, where he gave him milk.
• Vic offered Chopper three Devil Fruits and explained that he should choose only one.
• Chopper chose the mushroom-shaped Human-Human Fruit, and Vic fed him a bite that he swallowed.

Vic fed Chopper the Human-Human Fruit and began teaching him to speak and read while he watched over Wendy as she recovered. Wendy woke up and thanked Vic for saving her, and Vic revealed he had promised Kureha to help her son.

• Vic fed Chopper the Human-Human Fruit, using a lollipop to persuade him to eat it all.
• Vic gave Chopper a tree hollow to shelter in and taught him to speak and read; Chopper quickly learned to hold simple conversations.
• Vic checked on Wendy each night while she remained unconscious, and Kureha confirmed that Wendy had fully recovered and could wake at any time.
• Vic returned to Kureha's treehouse with a hunted white bear and learned from Dr. Tsukimi that Wendy had awakened and was asking for him.
• Wendy thanked Vic for bringing her to Kureha in time, and Vic said he had kept his promise to bring her back safely.
• Kureha reminded Vic of his promise to help her son, and Vic told Wendy it was nothing serious.

Wendy revealed that she was a princess from a kingdom under Big Mom’s control and asked Vic to help her fight back after Big Mom chose her as a bride for one of her sons. Vic promised to protect Wendy and face Big Mom with her once she recovered.

• Wendy asked Vic for help and named Big Mom as her enemy.
• Wendy revealed that her kingdom paid the Big Mom Pirates with money, island specialties, and its people’s lifespans, and that she had joined the navy hoping to become strong enough to protect it.
• Wendy explained that she had kept her past secret because she feared Vic and their companions would die if they confronted Big Mom.
• Wendy told Vic that her father had urged her to hide after Big Mom chose her as a bride for one of her sons, and that she now wanted to fight back.
• Vic promised not to let anyone bully a member of his crew and said they would face Big Mom together after Wendy recovered.

Vic asked Dr. Tsukimi to test whether his Lineage Factor had been altered by a Devil Fruit, hoping to learn if he could safely eat another one. Dr. Tsukimi explained that Devil Fruits extend parts of the Lineage Factor, but he had no testing equipment on Drum Island.

• Vic reassured Wendy that he would protect her from Big Mom, then asked Dr. Tsukimi to speak with him upstairs.
• Vic asked Dr. Tsukimi what he knew about the Lineage Factor and how Devil Fruits affected it.
• Dr. Tsukimi said his experiments showed that Devil Fruits extended segments of a person's Lineage Factor, though he did not know how those segments affected the body.
• Vic said he wanted to check whether his own Lineage Factor contained an extra segment and claimed he might have eaten a Devil Fruit as a child.
• Vic argued that abilities and swimming could not reliably identify Devil Fruit users, citing the Revive-Revive Fruit and reports of ancient users who could swim.
• Dr. Tsukimi questioned Vic's urgency and pointed out that he had brought no equipment for testing the Lineage Factor.

Vic told Dr. Tsukimi he needed a Logia Devil Fruit to become strong enough to face Big Mom, and learned that Drum Island had the equipment needed to test his Lineage Factor. He left to ask Dalton for help, leaving Wendy in Kureha’s care.

• Vic explained to Dr. Tsukimi that he needed to find and eat a Logia Devil Fruit so he could face Big Mom and save Wendy and her country.
• Dr. Tsukimi suggested Vic ask Dalton for the testing equipment, and wrote a list of the devices he needed.
• Vic told Wendy he would be away for a few days and urged her to rest while she recovered.
• Vic asked Kureha to look after Wendy, and Kureha told him to remember his promise and leave.

Vic said goodbye to Wendy and Chopper before meeting Dalton, who had been searching for him on the king’s orders. He left Chopper with food and books, then learned that Dalton wanted to bring him to meet the king and thank him for saving the country’s doctors.

• Wendy overheard Kureha’s praise of Vic and cried as she realized how much he had risked to save her.
• Vic spent the night training, then told Chopper he would be away for several days and left him books and food.
• Chopper promised to study but cried as Vic departed the hollow tree.
• Vic sensed Dalton waiting near where he had first landed and went to meet him.
• Dalton explained that the king had sent him to find Vic and thank him for saving Dalton and the doctors.

Vic agreed to accompany Dalton to the Drum Kingdom palace, hoping to ask the king to lend him equipment. At the summit, Wapol insulted Vic, and Dalton challenged Chess and Kuromarimo over their influence on the prince.

• Dalton invited Vic to the palace on the king's behalf, and Vic agreed because he wanted to request equipment from the king.
• Dalton and Vic traveled by hippopotamus-drawn carriage, then boarded the cable car to climb the Drum Rockies.
• Dalton explained Drum Island's harsh winter climate and told Vic that the king considered him a hero.
• At the summit, Wapol met Vic with Chess and Kuromarimo and dismissed him as unimpressive.
• Dalton blamed Chess and Kuromarimo for Wapol's behavior, and Chess defended himself by claiming they only followed the king's orders.

Vic faced Wapol’s challenge and demonstrated his overwhelming speed and power against Chess and Kuromarimo. He left both bodyguards injured in the snow while Wapol and Dalton watched in shock.

• Wapol ordered Chess and Kuromarimo to test Vic, and Dalton stepped in to shield Vic from the insult.
• Vic told Dalton to move aside and promised not to kill them, so Dalton let the fight proceed.
• Kuromarimo hurled charged hairballs at Vic, but they passed through him, and Chess’s arrows missed him as well.
• Vic evaded both attacks at tremendous speed, leaving footprints in the snow while appearing not to move.
• When Kuromarimo charged in close, Vic swept his foot through the snow and sent snowflakes flying hard enough to strike both bodyguards and knock them into the snow.

Vic and Dalton met with the king of the Drum Kingdom after Vic demonstrated his overwhelming strength and revealed he was a marine apprentice. The king abandoned his hopes of recruiting Vic, and Dalton asked how Vic’s sick friend was doing.

• Vic struck Chess and Kuromarimo down, then frightened Wapol by cutting a vast slash through the Drum Rockies.
• Vic left for the palace with Dalton while Wapol ordered Chess and Kuromarimo to search for a Devil Fruit.
• Vic paused briefly on the way to the palace, then continued with Dalton to the king’s study.
• Dalton introduced Vic to the king and praised him for saving the kingdom’s doctors.
• Vic identified himself as a marine apprentice, prompting the king to give up on recruiting him to protect the Drum Kingdom.
• Dalton asked Vic how his sick friend was doing.

Vic asked the king of the Drum Kingdom for medical equipment to test lineage factors, and the king agreed to give him a complete set. While they waited, Vic learned about the kingdom’s food shortages and the king’s hopes for building a connection with him.

• Vic gave the king a list of medical equipment and asked whether the royal family had it.
• The king explained that Drum Kingdom relied on selling medicines to buy food, but dangerous seas often left its people hungry.
• The king summoned the head of the medical team, who recognized the equipment as tools for testing lineage factors and confirmed they had everything.
• The king ordered the medical team to assemble a set for Vic, and the old doctor thanked Vic for saving the abducted doctors.

Vic attended a feast with the old king and Dalton, where the king introduced him to Wapol and hoped to secure a future connection between them. During dinner, Vic learned that the impoverished Drum Kingdom had never been required to pay Heavenly Tribute, though the reason was unknown.

• The old king invited Vic and Dalton to a feast and summoned Wapol to meet Vic.
• Wapol recognized Vic and nervously agreed to the old king’s introduction, while Vic greeted him and Dalton hoped the fright might change Wapol.
• The old king explained that he hoped a good relationship with Vic would help Drum Kingdom gain Marine protection in the future.
• Vic questioned why the poor kingdom remained in the World Government without a Marine Base and asked why it did not withdraw.
• The old king told Vic that Drum Kingdom had never paid Heavenly Tribute since joining the World Government, according to records left by his ancestors.

Vic discovered a hidden, two-level chamber beneath the palace and found that it contained only a vast collection of medical books, not the historical records he had hoped for. He ended by examining the sole notebook left on the chamber’s desk, whose written pages were mostly missing.

• Vic searched the palace basements at night and noticed a differently colored section of wall in the northeastern basement.
• Vic cut away the stone wall, uncovered a secret passage, and followed it to a hidden underground chamber.
• Vic searched the chamber’s first level but found only medical books.
• Vic explored the second level, discovered more medical texts, and lamented that the books might have helped Roger’s illness.
• Vic sat at the desk and examined a notebook whose written pages had mostly been torn out.

Vic read the surviving pages of an old notebook and learned how the Drum Kingdom’s predecessor joined the World Government before the Void Century. He left the secret chamber with its medical books, returned to Kureha’s bookshop with new equipment, and waited for Dr. Tsukimi’s research results.

• Vic read the notebook’s surviving entries about the island’s rulers, then deduced that the country’s predecessor had been one of the twenty nations that founded the World Government.
• Vic searched the secret chamber, took its medical books and furnishings, and concealed the entrance before returning to his room to cultivate.
• Vic left the palace with Dalton and the medical equipment the old king had given him, then parted from Dalton and transported the equipment to Kureha’s bookshop.
• Vic carried the equipment upstairs and let Dr. Tsukimi take samples from him for his research.
• Vic saw that Wendy was recovering quickly and expected her to become safe on Drum Island while he waited for Dr. Tsukimi’s results.

Vic learned that his Lineage Factor matched Dr. Tsukimi’s and showed no trace of a Devil Fruit, leaving him unsettled about who might be shaping his path. He left Drum Island to seek the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and greater strength, while Wendy and Rebecca waited for his return.

• Vic trained his willpower in the snow for two days while cultivating his Haki and Black Blades.
• Dr. Tsukimi gave Vic the test report, which showed that Vic’s Lineage Factor was the same as an ordinary person’s and had no extra segment.
• Vic hid his fears about someone changing his path and decided to seek the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, believing he could safely eat a Devil Fruit.
• Vic told Wendy he was leaving Drum Island to grow stronger, and she wished him well and said she and Rebecca would wait for him.
• Vic gave Wendy Teacher Zephyr’s Vivre Card and asked her to tell the others he had gone to train, to tell them about Charlotte Linlin, and not to tell Teacher Zephyr.

Vic left Wendy in Kureha and Dr. Tsukimi’s care, then built Chopper a hidden treehouse on Drum Island. When Vic told Chopper he had to leave him behind, Chopper begged to go along, but Vic insisted he stay somewhere safe and grow on his own.

• Vic gave Wendy a Vivre Card and asked Kureha and Dr. Tsukimi to look after her while he searched for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Vic visited Chopper, who happily reunited with him after three days and revealed he had been studying hard.
• Vic noticed Chopper’s droppings beneath his tree and taught him to cover them so they would not give away his location.
• Vic chose a secluded cliffside tree and built Chopper a furnished treehouse with supplies for him to live independently.
• Chopper cried and pleaded to accompany Vic, but Vic told him to stay on Drum Island until he was old enough to travel safely.

Vic left Drum Island with Xiaobai and continued deeper into the Grand Line, while the Red Hair Pirates entered the Grand Line with Yasopp. The Red Force reached Twin Cape and found Marines waiting for them.

• Vic left Chopper asleep in the treehouse with books and a month's worth of food, then called Xiaobai and set off after getting a pre-set Log Pose from Dalton.
• Vic traveled through the Grand Line, buying pre-set Log Poses at inhabited islands and defeating pirates whose attitudes he disliked.
• Vic took a circus pirate crew's pre-set Log Pose on a deserted island and gave them the one he had been using, forcing them to remain there.
• Half a month after Vic's departure, Shanks brought Yasopp aboard the Red Force and led the Red Hair Pirates down Reverse Mountain into the Grand Line.
• The Red Force arrived at Twin Cape and found a Marine warship moored near Crocus's home, with soldiers watching them.

Zephyr brought Rebecca and Barnett to intercept the Red Hair Pirates at Twin Cape, but Rebecca defied his intent to fight by moving the children away from the battlefield. As Zephyr and Shanks prepared to clash, Ain used her power on Uta and turned her into a baby.

• Shanks recognized Rebecca among Zephyr's group and realized Vic might be nearby, though he saw no sign of him.
• Zephyr decided to break his promise to Vic and stop Shanks, while Shanks ordered the Red Force moved to a nearby shore to keep the battle away from Crocus.
• Rebecca flew to the Red Force, dodged Yasopp's shot, and took Uta and Ain to Crocus before returning to the chosen battlefield.
• Shanks trusted Rebecca with Uta, and Zephyr ordered the Marines to bring their warship and prepare for battle.
• Ain introduced herself to Uta and, while explaining her power, accidentally de-aged Uta into a baby.

Ain used her ability to shrink Uta, then carried her while Uta cried and demanded to be restored. Meanwhile, Rebecca fought Shanks at Twin Cape, showed off the sword Vic had forged for her, and deliberately let herself be knocked into the sea to withdraw from the coming battle.

• Ain shrank Uta and picked her up, while Crocus worried at first that the act was a Navy plot.
• Zephyr's warship docked at Twin Cape as Rebecca and Shanks tested their swordsmanship before their crews and the trainees watched.
• Shanks recognized Rebecca's sword as a high-grade blade, and Rebecca told him Vic had forged it and named it Aizen.
• After fighting Shanks for less than half an hour, Rebecca deliberately lowered her guard and let Gryphon send her flying into the sea.
• Shanks realized Rebecca had injured herself to repay him for helping her improve, while Zephyr watched her sink and turned his attention back to Shanks.

Laboon rescued Rebecca as Zephyr and Shanks began a fierce battle on Reverse Mountain. Shanks unleashed his strengthened Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out every recruit except Rebecca and leaving Zephyr alone against the pirates.

• Laboon pushed Rebecca out of the sea, and Ain revived her while the two groups prepared to fight.
• Zephyr challenged Shanks, who charged into battle with his crew while Beckman stayed back.
• Shanks and Zephyr fought with Armament Haki and Ryuo, and Shanks was injured by Zephyr’s superior Haki.
• Zephyr urged Shanks to abandon piracy, but Shanks declared he would rather die than surrender his freedom.
• Shanks released a powerful wave of Conqueror’s Haki that knocked out Ain, Uta, and every recruit except Rebecca, leaving Zephyr as the only recruit still fighting.