Chapter Summaries

Vic suggested that Rebecca test her new Float-Float Fruit ability against pirates ahead of the Dog-Head Warship, and Garp approved. Rebecca flew to confront the pirate captain, who had a bounty of over 25 million, as her first battle began.

• A marine reported a pirate ship ahead, and Garp eagerly prepared to attack it.
• Vic stopped Garp and proposed that Rebecca handle the pirates to test her new ability.
• Garp agreed, and Rebecca used a flying sword to travel toward the pirate ship.
• The pirate captain learned that Rebecca was approaching and readied himself to fight.
• Rebecca identified the captain as her target, and he challenged her while boasting of his bounty.

Rebecca fought a pirate captain with her flying swords, using the battle to practice her Float-Float Fruit. The captain could not reach her, and the fight left him trapped under the threat of her growing swarm of blades.

• Rebecca accused Vic of using his strength to join the pirates instead of protecting East Blue, then the pirate captain drew his two swords and charged her.
• Rebecca sent a flying sword from the case on her back toward the captain, forcing him to defend himself as the pirates aboard his ship speculated about her weapon and Devil Fruits.
• Rebecca used Observation Haki to send another sword at the captain while the first circled behind him, trapping him between attacks.
• The captain dodged and knocked away successive flying swords, but Rebecca kept launching more and prevented him from getting close.
• After the captain knocked aside Rebecca's fifth flying sword, he realized that charging farther would expose him to the earlier blades circling back to attack.

Rebecca used the Float-Float Fruit to overwhelm a pirate swordsman and kill him aboard his stalled ship. The fight ended as Garp and the marines watched from the Dog-Head Warship.

• Rebecca kept five flying swords pressuring the pirate swordsman while five more guarded her.
• Rebecca cut down the pirate ship’s sails, preventing its crew from escaping.
• Rebecca formed a spherical sword net that blocked the swordsman’s attacks and left him unable to reach her.
• Wendy, Barnett, Ain, and the marines watched Rebecca demonstrate her combat skills while Garp refrained from intervening.
• Rebecca sent two flying swords through the shield and fatally wounded the pirate swordsman.

Rebecca destroyed a pirate ship before Vic and Garp escorted their warship to Loguetown, where Vic visited Smoker’s parents and joined Garp at the Execution Platform. Vic reflected with Garp on Roger’s legacy and said he now admired the Pirate King, leaving Garp reassured about Vic’s feelings toward Ace’s father.

• Rebecca defeated the pirate swordsman, sank his ship with her flying swords, and returned to the warship.
• Vic and Garp used cannon fire to drive off other pirate ships as the warship sailed to Loguetown.
• Vic visited Smoker’s parents, found them doing well, and cooked them a lavish lunch.
• Vic found Garp sitting by the Execution Platform and listened as Garp recalled Roger and his own past.
• Vic told Garp that he had once hated Roger but now admired his ambition to change the world.

Vic traveled with Garp from Loguetown through Reverse Mountain and into the Grand Line, reflecting on the Red Line and the hidden history. Garp brought Vic to an uninhabited island for special training, where a blood-red hemisphere filled with black lightning appeared around him.

• Vic and Garp returned to their warship after talking in Loguetown.
• The warship crossed Reverse Mountain, passed Twin Cape, and Garp watched Crocus's house as Vic sensed Crocus inside.
• Five days later, Garp took Vic to an uninhabited island to train him while the others stayed aboard the warship.
• Vic asked Garp to teach him a way to counter Conqueror's Coating, but Garp said he would only help Vic get used to it.
• A blood-red hemisphere surrounded Garp, crackling with thick black lightning.

Garp revealed that he had Conqueror's Haki and used a Conqueror's Coating technique to knock Vic unconscious during their training. He returned to the warship carrying Vic and the Thunder Drum.

• Garp confined his Conqueror's Haki to the island, and Vic was stunned to learn the old man possessed it.
• Garp explained that he was training Vic to withstand Conqueror's Coating and hoped Vic might find a way to counter it.
• Garp vanished, and Vic used his lightning to attack the area while trying to evade him.
• Garp endured the lightning, located Vic, and struck him with Undersea Drop, leaving him unconscious in a crater.
• Garp carried Vic and the Thunder Drum back to the warship, where Rebecca and the others realized how powerful he was.

Garp continued training Vic to master Conqueror's Coating, but Vic still could not awaken Conqueror's Haki. When pirates captured Rebecca, Barnett, Wendy, and Frodeku during a supply stop, Vic rushed to their aid and discovered that the Foxy Pirates had ambushed them.

• Garp repeatedly knocked Vic unconscious during special training, but Vic could not learn Conqueror's Coating without awakening Conqueror's Haki.
• Vic stayed aboard the warship to meditate while Rebecca and Wendy went shopping with Barnett and Frodeku.
• A Marine reported that pirates had captured Rebecca and the others, and Garp told Vic to go while he resumed eating rice crackers.
• Vic hurried to the island and found Rebecca, Barnett, Wendy, and Frodeku chained in the street before Foxy and his crew.
• Foxy had captured the four with his Noro Noro Beam and confiscated their weapons, though Rebecca still had her sword case.

Foxy tried to recruit Rebecca and the other Marines after trapping them with his Slow-Slow Fruit ability, but Vic arrived and challenged him. Vic let Foxy’s Noro Noro Beam hit him, leaving the result of their clash unresolved.

• Foxy offered to free Rebecca and the others if they joined the Foxy Pirates, but Rebecca refused and pointed out that Vic had appeared behind him.
• Vic recognized Foxy’s Slow-Slow Fruit and considered how its power would interact with his Speed-Speed Fruit.
• Vic told Foxy that Rebecca and the others would follow whoever won, then walked toward him.
• Foxy fired his Noro Noro Beam at Vic and, believing it had secured his victory, ordered his crew to tie Vic up.

Vic resisted Foxy’s Noro Noro Beam while defeating the pirates who tried to capture him. He kept Foxy using the beam so he could study the Slow-Slow Fruit, then concluded it had great potential but could not take it for himself.

• Foxy’s underlings waited for the Noro Noro Beam to fade, then rushed Vic with chains.
• Vic struck the approaching pirates with his cane and knocked them all unconscious despite Foxy’s beam.
• Foxy repeatedly hit Vic with the Noro Noro Beam, but Vic resumed walking whenever Foxy stopped firing.
• Vic pretended to be slowed so Foxy would keep using his power while he studied how the beam affected time and space.
• Vic considered taking the Slow-Slow Fruit but recognized that he could not eat another Devil Fruit.

Vic defeated Foxy after the Noro Noro Beam failed to stop him, then freed Rebecca and the others. He considered Foxy’s fate and decided to let him go, leaving Foxy alive to trouble other pirates.

• Vic beat Foxy with his staff until Foxy gave up resisting.
• Vic snapped the chains binding Rebecca and the others, astonishing the onlookers.
• Vic scolded Rebecca for letting herself be captured, and she admitted she had wanted to lure him over.
• Vic dismissed Rebecca’s excuses and returned to consider what to do with Foxy.
• Vic decided not to kill Foxy or send him to Impel Down, and chose to let him go.

Vic released Foxy after making him promise not to attack civilians, then joined Rebecca and the others for shopping and returned to the warship with food. Garp paused his rice-cracker challenge to eat, then asked Vic what had happened to the pirates who captured Rebecca's group.

• Vic threatened Foxy, identified himself, and offered to let him go if he stopped attacking civilians and directed his piracy against other pirate crews.
• Foxy agreed to Vic's condition, and Vic let him leave.
• Rebecca asked whether releasing Foxy would cause trouble with Vice Admiral Garp, and Vic said Foxy would now target other pirates instead of civilians.
• Rebecca invited Vic to join her and Wendy's shopping trip, and he carried their purchases while gathering materials and special items of his own.
• Vic returned to the warship with local food for Garp and Ain, and Garp paused his rice-cracker challenge to eat before resuming it.
• Garp asked Vic what had happened on the island and whether he had defeated the pirates who captured Rebecca and the others.

Vic explained his theory that Conqueror's Haki was spiritual power that awakened, overwhelmed weaker spirits, and could be condensed into Conqueror's Coating. Garp connected the theory to Observation Haki Killer, and Vic decided to test whether his Mind Power could counter Conqueror's Coating.

• Vic told Garp the pirates had been dealt with and explained that Rebecca had let herself be captured to lure him into shopping with her.
• Vic described Conqueror's Haki as spiritual power trapped within the body, released when it broke through a barrier under intense emotion, and strengthened through training and control.
• Vic explained that Conqueror's Coating condensed Haki into an attack, while its power depended on the strength of the user's Haki.
• Garp agreed that Vic's theory fit how Conqueror's Haki worked and linked powerful Haki to Observation Haki Killer, which could defeat Future Sight.
• Vic realized his Mind Power might counter Conqueror's Coating and imitate Observation Haki Killer, and resolved to test the idea.

Vic worked out a technique to resist Garp’s Conqueror’s Coating and planned to seek Vegapunk’s insight into spiritual power after the mission. Garp returned to the warship while Vic stayed behind to refine his new technique before the ship’s next resupply stop at Water 7.

• Vic explained that he wanted to test whether he could resist Conqueror’s Coating by combining his unusual power with swordsmanship or Haki.
• Garp suggested that strengthening spiritual power might help people awaken Conqueror’s Haki, and Vic considered asking Vegapunk for advice.
• Vic agreed to visit Vegapunk after the mission, while Vegapunk briefly sensed something watching him in his Punk Hazard laboratory.
• After the group replenished its supplies, the warship set sail, and Garp told Vic it would next stop at Water 7 before heading on without further special training stops.
• Vic remained behind and refined a new technique that let him resist Conqueror’s Coating without passing out.

Vic reflected on the defensive uses and potential of Mind Power, then ate the mysterious fruit he had brought back from the island. Its Primal Spirit strengthened his cells and made his thoughts exceptionally clear.

• Vic concluded that Mind Power could coat his attacks and defend against Conqueror's Coating, though it could not replicate its contactless blows or stunning effect.
• Vic considered how to strengthen Mind Power and suspected that his teacher, Koshiro, had awakened it as well.
• After confirming no one else was on the island, Vic took out the glowing fruit he had found there and wondered whether it was safe for humans to eat.
• Vic reasoned that the fruit was not poisonous and ate it as nearby beasts began approaching its scent.
• The fruit's Primal Spirit caused Vic's cells to absorb it and made electrical signals race through his brain, sharpening his thoughts.

Vic discovered that the Mystery Fruit increased mental strength as well as supplying Primal Spirit, and concluded that it could help develop all three types of Haki. He planned to collect the fruits on future full moon nights and considered how they might help Rebecca and prepare him to confront whoever was behind Mystery Island.

• Vic realized the Mystery Fruit’s mental effects could accelerate his thinking and awaken intelligence in animals.
• Vic ate the fruit and reasoned that its Primal Spirit and mental benefits could help humans improve all three types of Haki.
• Vic decided to return to Mystery Island on full moon nights to collect its fruits, relying on his lightning-powered travel and strength to keep the beasts from stopping him.
• Vic concluded the fruit could give Rebecca a path to controlling ten thousand swords and possibly awakening Conqueror’s Haki.
• Vic suspected the fruits were being cultivated for a future harvest and planned to grow strong enough to face the hidden figure behind Mystery Island.

Vic ate the mysterious fruit himself to strengthen his own potential, then defeated a mob of island beasts with lightning and brought them back to the warship. There, Rebecca and the others asked to see his new technique, and Vic offered to demonstrate a different Devil Fruit move instead of revealing his trump card.

• Vic decided Rebecca should develop her own abilities before eating the mysterious fruit, so he ate the remaining fruit himself.
• Island beasts surrounded Vic and charged, hoping to eat him after he finished the fruit.
• Vic struck the beasts with lightning, knocking them unconscious without killing them.
• Vic dragged the unconscious beasts back to the warship, where the old man praised him and ordered the cooks to prepare them.
• Rebecca and the others asked Vic to show his new move, and he refused to reveal his trump card but offered to demonstrate another Devil Fruit technique.

Vic demonstrated a new Rumble-Rumble Fruit move that fired an extremely fast, scorching beam through a massive reef, astonishing the people aboard the warship. The demonstration left Frodeku shaken after even his Future Sight could not keep up with the attack.

• Vic told Rebecca he would let her watch him spar with the old man another time, then pointed out a reef as the target for his new move.
• Vic formed a pale blue sphere at his fingertip and fired a beam that pierced the reef in an instant, leaving a scorched hole through it.
• Barnett said the reef was more than ten meters thick and worried about what the attack would do to a person, while Garp compared the beam to one of Kizaru's moves.
• Rebecca praised the attack's speed, and Wendy marveled at its sharpness and considered it a trump card.
• Frodeku revealed that even his Future Sight-level Observation Haki could not track where Vic's attack landed.

Vic demonstrated his new laser technique, using his lightning powers to melt and vaporize a reef while explaining how he had adapted the science behind lasers. Garp and Rebecca realized how dangerous the attack was, and Vic left its full combat potential untested against Haki.

• Vic told the others that his new laser was powered by his lightning abilities and could be adjusted in strength.
• Vic fired a wider laser at the reef, creating a large hole with glowing lava along its melted edges.
• Vic explained that he had developed the technique by combining his knowledge of physics with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s powers.
• Rebecca and the others recognized that the laser had annihilated part of the reef with extreme heat, unlike an ordinary lightning attack.
• Vic considered Raigo too slow and costly to use against strong opponents before awakening his Devil Fruit.
• Garp was shocked by the laser’s destructive power and felt a drop of cold sweat.

Vic demonstrated his powerful laser attack, impressing Garp and worrying Rebecca, then explained why he planned to reserve it for dangerous enemies. The group prepared to return to the island, where Garp considered Vic’s argument for leaving some pirates alive to spread fear of the Marines.

• Garp watched Vic's laser destroy part of the reef and judged it more powerful than most Marine Admiral attacks.
• Rebecca asked Vic not to use the laser on her, and Vic assured her it was meant for enemies.
• Garp admitted Vic's laser surpassed his cannonball attacks, while Vic said he would leave pirate ships to Garp so the older Marine could keep training.
• Garp challenged Vic to spar again, but Vic declined and argued that the Marines needed surviving pirates to spread word of their strength.
• Garp wondered what was wrong with Vic's reasoning, while Barnett recognized that Vic had been praising himself and stayed quiet.

Vic discussed the Marines’ struggle to protect civilians in the New World with Garp, who explained that the Marines lacked enough strong fighters to keep its powerful pirates in check. Vic learned that Sakazuki was the only one stationed there while Kuzan had been given flexible assignments after the Ohara Incident, leaving the future balance of power uncertain.

• Vic shifted Garp’s attention to the Marines’ role in protecting ordinary people, and Garp described the devastation caused by New World pirates.
• Garp explained that Zephyr had become an instructor, Sengoku handled administration, Tsuru watched over a fallen Celestial Dragon, and the younger fighters were not yet enough to control the New World.
• Vic asked whether Kuzan, Borsalino, and Sakazuki could stabilize the New World, and considered how powerful pirates and future Shichibukai strained Marine forces.
• Garp told Vic that Sakazuki was the only one stationed in the New World and that Kuzan received flexible assignments after his justice wavered.
• Vic connected Kuzan’s change to the Ohara Incident and reasoned that Sengoku had given him freedom to prevent him from leaving the Marines.