Chapter Summaries

After the Divine Staff revealed a voice warning that the Moon People wanted the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Vic left Birka and tested how seawater affected his new power. He landed on an island crowded with pirates, Marines, and World Government forces, and decided to make his name as a Logia user.

• Vic used the Divine Staff with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and heard a dying voice accuse the Moon People of seeking the fruit.
• Vic wondered about the Birka People’s history and whether the Moon People might come after him, then left Birka.
• Vic tested seawater on the island’s shore and found that it weakened his Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers but not his speed ability.
• Vic used Observation Haki to discover pirate, navy, and World Government ships and people on the island.
• Vic headed inland and resolved to reveal his Logia powers while concealing that he had two Devil Fruits.

Vic reached the royal palace and stopped thirteen-year-old Rob Lucci from killing the five hundred soldiers held hostage by pirates. After Lucci recognized Vic and saw his Logia powers, Vic told him to stand aside and went to deal with the pirates.

• Vic learned from a Marine soldier that pirates were holding five hundred soldiers hostage inside the royal palace.
• Vic realized Rob Lucci was about to kill the hostages and used his lightning-fast movement to reach the occupied warehouse.
• Lucci tried to kill a hostage, but Vic stopped his wrist and Lucci's Shigan attack passed through Vic's Logia body.
• Lucci recognized Vic and was surprised by his new appearance and apparent Devil Fruit power.
• Vic told Lucci to stand aside, advised him to recognize his weaknesses, and walked toward the pirates.

Vic defeated the pirates who had seized hostages, earned the name Thunder God, and boarded Rob Lucci’s warship to travel toward Enies Lobby. Meanwhile, Zephyr returned the Elite Camp trainees to Marine Headquarters, where Rebecca rushed to Vic’s empty cabin.

• Vic struck down the pirates with lightning, and the rescued soldiers hailed him as the Thunder God.
• Rob Lucci questioned how Vic had obtained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, while Vic ordered the unconscious pirates taken away for trial.
• After declining the king’s banquet, Vic forced his way aboard Rob Lucci’s warship, bound for Enies Lobby, and trained on deck with the Divine Staff.
• Zephyr brought the Elite Camp trainees back to Marine Headquarters after their journey served as their final assessment.
• Rebecca, Wendy, Barnett, and Frodeku hurried to Vic’s cabin, where Rebecca found it weathered, overgrown, and empty.

As the Elite Camp recruits waited for Vic to return, Rebecca and the others prepared to follow him into the Marines. The commissioning ceremony began without him, leaving the group still awaiting his arrival.

• Rebecca told Ain that Vic had trained in his room and explained how he sought to incorporate nature into his swordsmanship, while Wendy blamed herself for his absence and Rebecca, Barnett, and Frodeku reassured her.
• Rebecca visited Granny Tsuru and Vice Admiral Garp, learned that the recruits’ commissioning ceremony would take place in two days, and told Garp that she and the others intended to follow Vic.
• Garp agreed to ask Sengoku about letting the promising Elite Camp recruits train aboard his ship, while Rebecca returned to their cabin and waited with the others for Vic.
• Headquarters prepared a public ceremony for the recruits, honoring their exceptional military merits and strength, but Vic still had not returned when the event began.
• Sengoku and Zephyr presided over the ceremony, and Zephyr called recruits forward as Sengoku awarded medals and uniforms, with justice coats given to those attaining field officer rank.

The Marine promotion ceremony honored the Elite Camp, promoting Rebecca to colonel and recognizing Vic in his absence. Sengoku presented Vic as a future Marine role model, while Vic remained away training.

• Frodeku received the rank of warrant officer, Wendy became a major, and Barnett was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
• Sengoku promoted Rebecca to colonel and gave her epaulets and a Justice coat.
• Rebecca regretted that Vic could not share her achievement and started to leave the stage.
• Sengoku called Rebecca back and asked her to accept Vic’s epaulets and coat because Vic had missed the ceremony.
• The recruits shouted Vic’s name as Sengoku recounted his training and praised his potential to become Fleet Admiral.

At Vic’s appointment ceremony, Sengoku announced that he would become a Rear Admiral and serve under Garp when a lightning storm interrupted the proceedings. Vic arrived beside Rebecca after developing a lightning-fast way to travel through clouds, and the ceremony was left poised to continue.

• Sengoku announced Vic’s exceptional strength and military record, naming him a Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral and assigning him as an adjutant on Garp’s warship.
• Dark clouds and lightning abruptly formed over Marine Headquarters, putting Sengoku and the other officers on alert for an attack.
• A giant figure formed from lightning absorbed the storm and shrank before shooting toward Rebecca on the stage.
• Vic appeared beside Rebecca, startling Sengoku and revealing that he had arrived by traveling as lightning through the clouds.
• Vic reflected that his new method let him travel quickly between places, while Geppo remained useful for combat.

Vic returned to Marine Headquarters with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and made a spectacular entrance before receiving the rank of Rear Admiral. He joined Garp’s command and celebrated with his allies, while planning to meet Ain and head toward the New World.

• Vic arrived at the ceremony in his thunder god form, revealed that he had eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and reunited with Rebecca.
• Zephyr and Sengoku marveled at Vic’s rare Logia power, and Sengoku promoted him to Headquarters Rear Admiral and assigned him as an adjutant aboard Garp’s ship.
• Vic put on his justice coat, and Garp invited him to join his ship; Vic looked forward to testing himself against the Marine hero.
• Vic joined Garp, Sengoku, Zephyr, Tsuru, and others for a banquet, brought his team, and sent Rebecca to fetch Ain.
• Vic thought about Gion’s mission with Tokikake and wanted to hurry to the New World with Garp.

After the banquet, Vic and Rebecca decided to visit Tashigi and bring her to stay with them at Marine Headquarters. The next morning, Rebecca woke beside Ain while Vic made breakfast, and she urged him to leave the cooking to others now that he was a Rear Admiral.

• Wendy and the others relaxed at the banquet after seeing the Marines’ leaders behave playfully, while Ain clung to Vic and made Rebecca jealous.
• Vic and Rebecca took the sleeping Ain to their seaside cabin, and Wendy and the others returned to the recruit dormitory after graduating from the Elite Camp.
• Vic recovered the remaining gold and homemade alcohol he had buried, then decided to bring it along in case he met Shanks again.
• Vic and Rebecca agreed to visit Tashigi and offer to look after her while they were at headquarters.
• Rebecca told Vic how much she had missed him, then fell asleep in his arms; in the morning, she realized she had nearly smothered Ain while mistaking her for Vic.
• Rebecca found Vic making breakfast in his Marine coat and apron with his drums floating behind him, and urged him to let someone else cook.

Vic took Rebecca and Ain to Marine Headquarters’ nursery to visit Tashigi, but found her being bullied and grew furious at the staff’s neglect. He removed Tashigi from the nursery for a few days and left its manager to address the failures, determined to resolve the problem at its root.

• After breakfast, Vic sent Wendy, Barnett, and Frodeku to train, then took Rebecca and Ain to the nursery with a packed breakfast.
• Vic found two girls trying to take Tashigi’s Luban lock and pulling her hair while nearby children watched without intervening.
• Rebecca used Soru to rescue Tashigi, and Vic questioned her, realizing the bullying had happened before.
• Vic ordered the nursery’s supervisor to bring the person in overall charge, then told the major what had happened and recommended a thorough review of the staff.
• Vic requested leave for Tashigi and took her with him to stay for a few days.

Vic left Tashigi at Marine Headquarters with training guides and took Ain aboard the Dog-Head Warship, which was sailing to the East Blue so the old man could visit his grandson. During the voyage, the old man’s punishing training strengthened Vic’s Armament Haki, while Vic learned that Rebecca and Barnett had awakened Haki.

• Vic taught Tashigi physical exercises and swordsmanship, told her to stand up to bullies, and left her at Marine Headquarters while taking Ain with him.
• The old man brought Vic, Rebecca, Ain, and the others aboard the Dog-Head Warship and set sail for the East Blue to visit his grandson.
• Vic attracted attention at Marine Headquarters after news spread of his Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit and his arrival there, then stayed aboard the ship as the old man repeatedly beat him in training.
• Vic realized the old man could draw on far more Armament Haki in a single strike than he could, and his own Armament Haki improved through their fights.
• Rebecca told Vic that she had awakened Armament Haki and Barnett had awakened Observation Haki after training and fighting alongside Frodeku.

Vic and Garp argued aboard the Dog-Head Warship as they returned to the East Blue, with Vic trying to persuade Garp to challenge Big Mom and Garp insisting on visiting Luffy. The warship neared the Goa Kingdom, while Vic’s strained composure and provocative remarks risked earning him another beating.

• Vic continued using lightning to temper himself during training, and Rebecca quietly understood that the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was connected to the Divine Staff and that Vic had eaten two Devil Fruits.
• The Dog-Head Warship crossed the Calm Belt and returned to the East Blue without encountering Sea Kings.
• Vic urged Garp to head for the New World and confront Big Mom, but Garp refused because he wanted to see Luffy and worried that a war would hurt ordinary people.
• Garp teased Vic as Thunder God and beat him, while Vic talked back by threatening to challenge Luffy when he grew up.
• Garp said he would train Luffy to become the strongest Marine, and Rebecca watched the two bicker as the warship approached the Goa Kingdom.

Vic and Garp arrived in Foosha Village, where Vic’s lightning display stunned the villagers and made a disastrous first impression on little Luffy. Vic invited everyone to a banquet, while Garp reacted with irritation to his showboating.

• Vic asked Garp why he had joined the Navy, and Garp explained that he wanted to protect the weak and do his part until someone could fix the world’s broken order.
• The villagers gathered at the pier to welcome Garp, then fell quiet when Vic stepped off the warship surrounded by crackling lightning.
• The village chief brought two-year-old Luffy, who called Vic a big brother getting struck by lightning, delighting Garp.
• Vic declared himself the Thunder God, flew into the air, and blasted the nearby sea with lightning as the villagers watched in fear.
• Vic introduced himself as Garp’s adjutant, offered the villagers the fish his lightning had killed, and invited them to a banquet.

Vic organized a village feast in Foosha Village and went with the village chief and sailors to buy drinks. At the tavern, they encountered a group of mountain bandits who mistook Vic for a navy officer coming to arrest them.

• Vic proposed a grand feast, and the villagers eagerly began preparing fish and other food.
• Vic sent Rebecca and the others into the mountains to gather game and invite anyone they met to the feast, hoping they might encounter Dadan's group.
• Vic offered to pay for the drinks and followed the village chief to the tavern with several sailors.
• Vic found the tavern packed with mountain bandits, whose leader reached for his sword and feared the navy had come to arrest him.

Vic recognized Higuma and Makino at the tavern, but came for wine rather than to arrest the bandits. After Higuma paid for what his group had drunk, Vic sent them to town to haul back more stock, leaving the tavern supplied for the evening banquet.

• Vic recognized Higuma as the future King of the Mountain Bandits and noticed Makino behind the bar.
• Higuma feared Vic would arrest him, then offered his remaining bottle when he learned the Marine wanted wine.
• Vic asked whether the bandits had bounties and whether they had paid for their drinks, and Higuma gathered money from his underlings to settle the bill.
• Vic ordered Higuma and his bandits to help the tavern owner fetch more wine from town.
• The tavern owner agreed to take the bandits along and bring back extra stock.

Vic returned to Foosha Village with drinks for the banquet after encountering Sabo in Goa Kingdom. The celebration ended with the villagers and Rebecca and Makino asleep, while Vic and a few marines remained awake.

• Vic entered Goa Kingdom with Higuma and the others to borrow handcarts and spotted Sabo with his parents, but chose not to approach him.
• Vic and the bandits brought the drinks back to Foosha Village, where Garp and Luffy had already begun eating.
• After the bandits unloaded the drinks, Vic told Higuma and his men they could leave as long as they behaved themselves and did not turn to piracy.
• The villagers began their banquet, and Luffy laughed at a comic performance while Garp woke him with a Haki-coated punch.
• Makino clung to Vic while drinking, and Rebecca grew jealous as other women gathered near him.
• After several hours of eating and drinking, the villagers passed out, with Makino asleep on Vic's lap and Rebecca asleep at his feet.

Vic joined Garp, Ace, and Dadan at the edge of the feast, where Garp revealed that Ace was the son of the Pirate King Roger. The story left Garp wondering why Vic seemed so unfazed by the revelation.

• Garp left the feast with Dadan and Ace, and Vic followed with meat for them.
• Vic took Ace from Garp, gave him meat, and sat with Garp while Dadan ate nearby.
• Garp told Vic that Ace was his other grandson and revealed that Ace was Roger's son.
• Garp explained that Roger had asked him to raise Ace and that Ace's mother, Rouge, had died protecting him.
• Vic teased Garp about raising Roger's son as his grandson, leaving Garp puzzled by Vic's calm reaction.

Garp asked Vic to protect Ace if Ace chose to follow Roger’s path, and Vic agreed. After Garp gave Vic a Den Den Mushi and a piece of his Vivre Card, Vic set out to visit old acquaintances in Shimotsuki Village.

• Garp explained that he planned to tell Ace about his background and asked Vic to look out for him if he became a pirate.
• Vic agreed to protect Ace and asked whether Garp wanted him to look after Luffy too, but Garp said Luffy’s father would care for him.
• Vic left the banquet and trained by the sea while Garp spoke privately with Dadan and the others.
• The next morning, Vic asked Garp how long he would stay, and Garp gave him a Den Den Mushi and a piece of his Vivre Card so he could be contacted in an emergency.
• Vic told Garp he would only be gone for a few days, then went to find Rebecca and planned a visit to Shimotsuki Village to see Kuina and Koshiro.

Vic left Foosha Village to visit his swordsmanship and swordsmithing masters, and along the way he found young Zoro lost in the forest and brought him home. After declining Zoro’s parents’ invitation to stay, Vic headed to Kozaburo’s house to visit his old mentor.

• Vic told Rebecca and Ain he could not take them along, then advised Barnett to seek Garp’s help with Armament Haki.
• Vic traveled to Shimotsuki Village and found young Zoro lost far from home.
• Vic used Observation Haki to guide Zoro back to his village despite Zoro repeatedly wandering off while staring at Vic’s Thunder Drums.
• Zoro’s parents, Roronoa Arashi and Tera, thanked Vic, and Arashi wondered whether Vic could have trained Zoro.
• Vic left without staying for a meal and went to Kozaburo’s wooden house, where he greeted the swordsmith.

Vic reunited with Kozaburo and showed him the swords he had forged, then asked about making Black Blades. The two shared a long evening of food and drinks, leaving Vic asleep beside his old friend.

• Vic returned to see Kozaburo, who welcomed him and explained that he forged ordinary swords for students leaving the dojo.
• Vic showed Kozaburo Blood Wither and Allen, and Kozaburo praised their quality and appearance while asking whether Vic would attend the Sword Appreciation Tournament.
• Vic explained that he had used Cast Blue Gold and Nagayama Black Gold to forge four swords, including one for a friend, and said he would make his swords famous himself.
• Vic asked how long it took to forge a Black Blade, and Kozaburo said his ancestor Shimotsuki Ryuma had owned one but left no useful records.
• Vic decided to keep developing his Black Blades and spent the evening drinking and talking with Kozaburo, who eventually fell asleep.

Vic returned to Shimotsuki Village, reunited with Kuina, and spent seven days helping her grow stronger before leaving for Foosha Village. He found Garp’s warship absent and met Luffy and Makino at the tavern.

• Garp took Rebecca and the others aboard his warship and cruised around Foosha Village to hunt pirates.
• Vic woke beside two young foxes, shared breakfast and his homemade liquor with Kozaburo, then visited the Isshin Dojo.
• Kuina welcomed Vic tearfully, showed him how much she had trained, and asked to join his ship, but he told her she was too young.
• Vic spent seven days training Kuina, cooking for her, helping Kozaburo brew liquor, and discussing swordsmanship with Koshiro.
• Vic left Shimotsuki Village by transforming into lightning, surprising Koshiro, Kozaburo, and Kuina.
• Vic returned to Foosha Village, found Garp’s warship gone, and visited Makino’s tavern, where Luffy greeted him and offered to buy him juice with Garp’s money.