Chapter Summaries

Vic and Rebecca were ambushed by human traffickers in Grove 10, where Rebecca fought their leader Chad while Vic subdued his men. After Rebecca killed Chad, Vic arranged for the Marines to collect the bounty, then continued toward his business with Rebecca as one of the bystanders secretly used a Den Den Mushi.

• Vic took Rebecca through Groves 60 and 0 toward an auction, sensing human traffickers following them.
• Chad and his men surrounded Vic and Rebecca in Grove 10 and tried to capture them.
• Vic told Rebecca to fight Chad while he knocked out the men who attacked them.
• Rebecca used the fight to test her swordsmanship, then killed Chad with a thrust through the chest.
• Vic offered Chad's bounty to whoever reported the fight to the Marines, and he and Rebecca left as a bystander took out a Den Den Mushi.

Vic and Rebecca attended an auction in Sabaody, where Vic bought information about Barrow, a powerful officer of Rod's trafficking organization who had taken an interest in them. As the auction began, Vic watched for materials to forge a better sword while the first items were sold.

• Vic and Rebecca arrived at the auction house and noticed Barrow staring at them with ill intent.
• Vic paid Ban for information and learned that Barrow controlled Rod's operations in Sabaody and possessed a powerful but little-known Paramecia ability.
• Ethan opened the auction and warned that anyone who stole items or refused payment could be killed or auctioned off.
• Ethan sold Flame, one of the forty-one Skillful Grade Swords, for six million Beli.
• Vic told Rebecca that he wanted materials to forge a Great Grade Sword because his current swords could no longer keep up with his strength.
• Ethan auctioned a captain's treasure map for ten million Beli.

Vic attended an auction where Cast Blue Gold appeared, a rare metal prized for sword-making, and decided to compete for it. After Barrow used his Rod Family influence to scare off the other bidders, Vic waited until the final moment to bid against him.

• Vic watched the auction and became interested when Ethan revealed a piece of Cast Blue Gold.
• Vic asked Ban about the metal and discussed its possible use in a sword with Rebecca.
• Bidding pushed the Cast Blue Gold's price to 80 million Beli, and Barrow threatened the room to discourage further bids.
• Barrow bid 81 million Beli while Ethan protested his intimidation, and the other bidders fell silent.
• As Ethan prepared to close the auction, Vic bid 81.1 million Beli.

Vic provoked Barrow into buying the cast blue gold for 150 million Beli, then arranged to confront him on the road and challenged him for it. Vic drew first blood, but Barrow recovered and revealed that the Metal-Metal Fruit had turned his body into metal.

• Vic drove Barrow's bid for the cast blue gold up to 150 million Beli, then gave up when Barrow won the auction.
• Vic led Rebecca toward area 10 and used Observation Haki to locate Barrow waiting on his route.
• Barrow showed Vic the cast blue gold and proposed a match, offering to return it if Vic won.
• Vic slashed Barrow across the chest, but Barrow survived and stood back up.
• Vic struck Barrow with a dart, which bounced off his metallic body, and Barrow revealed his Metal-Metal Fruit ability.

Vic defeated Barrow by mastering a sword technique that cut through the metal-enhanced fighter’s defenses, then returned to the Marine base with Rebecca. After reflecting on his breakthrough, Vic boarded Garp’s warship with the other selected trainees and set sail for Marine Headquarters.

• Vic broke Barrow’s sword, dodged the iron spikes he spat out, and kept attacking until his blades began to wound him.
• Vic used One Sword Style: Army Breaker to slash Barrow across the chest and defeat him, then took the case of Cast Blue Gold and left with Rebecca.
• Vic returned to the Marine base and reflected overnight on the insight that had let him cut Barrow’s steel body.
• Vic boarded the Dog-Head Warship with Rebecca and the other elite recruits, and Garp ordered the ship to set sail for Marine Headquarters.

Vic arrived at Marine Headquarters with Garp and learned that he would attend recruit training before having a chance to enter the Elite Training Camp. He reunited with Smoker, met Hina, and planned to seek out additional training while at headquarters.

• Garp brought Vic and the trainee Marines to the plaza at Marineford and explained that Vic would first attend recruit training camp before qualifying for the Elite Training Camp.
• Vic surveyed the crowd and recognized Smoker and Hina among the recruits gathered to watch.
• Vic greeted Smoker, learned that he had joined after finding a Logia Devil Fruit, and was introduced to Hina, an Elite Training Camp recruit and Devil Fruit User.
• Vic arranged to meet Smoker for a drink that evening, then returned to Garp and told him he knew Smoker and Hina.

Vic and Rebecca arrived at Marine headquarters’ recruit camp, where Garp’s recommendation earned them private rooms. Vic explored the base and prepared an elaborate dinner for Smoker, while Smoker warned the Elite Camp members not to provoke him.

• Garp and Tsuru handed the recruits over to Andrew, and Garp told Vic to seek him out if he needed anything.
• Andrew called the roll, learned Vic refused to answer aloud, and assigned him and Rebecca private rooms.
• Smoker warned the Elite Camp members that Vic had once defeated a ten-million-Beli pirate in one move, and Hina asked to join their planned drinks.
• Andrew ordered the recruits to gather at five the next morning, while Vic explored the residential district and bought cooking supplies and ingredients.
• Vic prepared mantou, rice, eight dishes, and soup for dinner, then decided he would need someone else to handle the preparation in the future.

Vic hosted Smoker, Hina, and Rebecca for a meal, then asked Smoker about Marine headquarters and its recruit training system. He learned that Elite Camp trained recruits in physical fitness, the Six Powers, and combat under former Admiral Zephyr, while Haki remained out of reach for most trainees.

• Vic welcomed Smoker and Hina to a meal with Rebecca, and they praised his cooking as they ate.
• Vic introduced Rebecca to Smoker and Hina, who quickly became comfortable chatting together.
• Smoker explained that recruits spent six months in camp before specializing in departments such as navigation, intelligence, medicine, and combat.
• Smoker described the Elite Camp, where former Admiral Zephyr taught physical training, the Six Powers, and combat techniques.
• Smoker said Haki was mostly theoretical at camp, since only exceptional recruits awakened it early and many Marines never awakened it at all.

Vic began Marine recruit training and learned that Zephyr would be able to teach him Armament Haki. After Andrew ordered a running drill as punishment for Vic breaking dormitory rules, Vic requested increasingly heavy weights and finished his laps ahead of the other trainees.

• Vic reasoned that young Marines rarely awakened Haki and decided to spend time in the Elite Camp under Zephyr's instruction.
• Andrew decided Vic would receive extra laps for cooking in his dormitory, and the next morning he ordered the trainees to run twenty laps, with Vic assigned ten more.
• Vic refused to run without additional weight and asked Andrew to provide training weights for himself and Rebecca.
• Vic rejected weights used by elite trainees and several famous Marines, finally accepting a set previously used by Garp.
• Vic completed all thirty laps first while Rebecca followed in weights, and many trainees collapsed before finishing.

Vic visited the elite camp to study the Six Powers and discovered that Tekkai, Shigan, and Kami-e relied on techniques resembling Haki. With Zephyr absent, Vic persuaded Smoker to share Zephyr’s instructions and prepared to learn by watching the other students.

• Vic recovered from morning training, ate at the cafeteria, and decided he still needed to hunt for his own food.
• Vic entered the elite camp and studied the students practicing the Six Powers, using Observation Haki to analyze their techniques.
• Vic concluded that Tekkai and Shigan involved an unknown substance similar to Armament Haki, while Kami-e was a basic use of Observation Haki.
• Vic found Smoker developing his Devil Fruit ability and asked him to teach the Six Powers because Zephyr was absent.
• Smoker explained why he had avoided Tekkai and Kami-e, and Vic advised him to practice them before asking for Zephyr’s instructions.

Vic demonstrated that he had mastered Soru and Geppo, then met Instructor Zephyr and challenged the Elite Camp trainees to attack him together. After dodging their attacks for fifteen minutes, he drew both swords and swiftly struck several trainees, leaving the fight underway.

• Vic explained the Six Powers to Smoker, demonstrated Soru, and walked through the air with Geppo.
• Zephyr confronted Vic about knocking out the Elite Camp entrance guards, and Vic said he had come to learn Armament Haki.
• Vic challenged all the trainees to attack him together, and Zephyr gave the signal.
• Vic used Observation Haki and his speed to evade the trainees for a quarter of an hour while Smoker filled the area with smoke.
• Vic drew both swords and struck several trainees, sending them flying with red welts on their faces.

Vic defeated the Elite Camp recruits without removing his weights, then accepted Zephyr’s challenge to learn Armament Haki. Zephyr outmatched him with chained attacks and began explaining how to sense Haki as their fight continued.

• Vic used his speed and the flat of his blade to defeat the Elite Camp recruits, including Hina, until Smoker admitted defeat.
• Zephyr pointed out that Vic had fought the entire camp while still wearing his weights, then challenged him and promised to teach him Armament Haki.
• Vic attacked Zephyr with a spinning dual-sword strike, but Zephyr blocked with Armament Haki and countered with a combination that buried Vic in shattered stone.
• Vic emerged uninjured and listened as Zephyr explained that Armament Haki could be sensed by focusing on a part of the body he controlled freely.
• Vic nodded and prepared to continue fighting Zephyr.

Vic fought Zephyr for hours and, after being struck by Armament Haki, understood how the power was stored and mobilized throughout the body. Zephyr invited him to train in the Elite Camp, and Vic went with Rebecca to catch and cook a Sea King.

• Vic removed his weights and fought Zephyr, gradually adapting to the instructor's speed and combat reactions.
• Zephyr struck Vic with an Armament Haki punch, and Vic perceived the battle between the Haki inside his cells and the invading force, gaining insight into Armament Haki.
• Zephyr told Smoker and Hina not to disturb Vic while he reflected, then invited Vic to visit the Elite Camp and seek his guidance.
• Vic recovered, put his weights back on, and left for the dormitory after telling Smoker and Hina to join him for a drink.
• Vic and Rebecca went to the shore, where Vic caught a Sea King and prepared its meat to eat and take back for the evening.
• Vic considered that awakening Armament Haki might let him control his whole body and use Life Return.

Vic laid out Rebecca’s training plan and explained how conviction and intent could be used to wield a sword and awaken Haki. Rebecca identified her conviction as becoming a powerful swordsman who upheld justice, and the chapter left her beginning to understand how intent controlled Observation and Armament Haki.

• Vic told Rebecca to build her physique, learn a vocational skill, and work toward learning the Six Powers after recruit camp.
• Vic proposed that Rebecca train near the sea, practice awakening Observation Haki, and help build a wooden cabin.
• Vic explained that conviction gathered Sword Qi and hidden bodily strength onto a blade, and Rebecca declared her desire to become a powerful swordsman who upheld justice.
• Vic described intent as control over the body, from basic movements to internal processes and cells.
• Vic explained that intent could gather Armament Haki from the body’s cells and use bodily fluctuations to sense the surroundings through Observation Haki.

Vic shared a meal with Rebecca, Smoker, and Hina before negotiating permission to study independently at Marine recruit camp. Andrew agreed to Vic’s request and Rebecca’s early professional training, then assigned Vic extra laps as classes and training began.

• Vic brought roasted Sea King meat to the dormitory, where Smoker and Hina joined him for dinner and learned about his victory over the Elite Camp.
• Rebecca heard about Vic’s strength and became more determined to master swordsmanship and Observation Haki.
• Vic asked Andrew to let him study from textbooks independently while attending assessments, morning exercises, and practical outings, and Andrew agreed.
• Vic persuaded Andrew to let Rebecca choose a professional skill early and focus more of her time on training, and Andrew agreed.
• Andrew announced the recruit camp’s classes and assigned Vic forty laps for cooking in the dorm as the trainees began their morning run.

Vic settled into boot camp life, studying all the textbooks while building a cabin by the shore and training with Rebecca. After a week, Rebecca chose to become a navigator, while Vic continued working toward awakening Armament Haki and improving his Observation Haki.

• Vic joined New Class One, read through his textbooks, and planned to focus on training after completing his studies.
• Vic and Rebecca cooked Sea King together, and he taught her to practice sensing her surroundings to awaken Observation Haki.
• Garp visited before leaving on a mission, and Vic asked him to bring back rare metals; Smoker and Hina later visited Vic's seaside base and sparred with Rebecca.
• Vic reflected on the Navy's idea of justice and decided he could only correct injustices he encountered with his current abilities.
• Vic finished his textbooks, completed the cabin, and buried the rare metals he had collected; Rebecca chose navigation as her profession.
• Vic continued training Rebecca with blindfolded exercises and sharpened his own Observation Haki, while his attempts to awaken Armament Haki remained unsuccessful.

Vic trained Rebecca to awaken Observation Haki while discovering how Shigan helped him control the black particles needed for Armament Haki. As exams approached, he continued building his strength and wondered about Kuina, who kept practicing at the Isshin Dojo.

• Vic made Rebecca train blindfolded by dodging his bamboo sword, and she began avoiding some of his blows despite accumulating injuries.
• Vic realized that focusing on his fingers and practicing Shigan helped him move black particles to the surface of his skin, opening a path toward Armament Haki.
• Vic quickly became proficient with Shigan, learned to control the particles in all ten fingers, and practiced against an Elite Camp student using Tekkai.
• Andrew told Vic that exams would take place the next day, and Vic learned that Zephyr was away from the Elite Camp.
• Vic gave Rebecca a training break before her exam, learned that Granny Tsuru was still on a mission in the North Blue, and returned to practicing Shigan.
• Vic wondered how Kuina was doing, while Kuina continued swinging her sword behind the Isshin Dojo.

Vic attended the recruit camp exams as promised, surprising the other recruits and drawing Andrew’s close attention. He befriended Wendy after borrowing her pen, then finished the exams early and waited for the next ones by meditating.

• Vic arrived for the exams, heard the recruits gossiping with Observation Haki, and greeted Andrew, who warned he might send him to the Elite Camp if he scored poorly.
• Vic entered the exam room, realized he had no pen, and borrowed one from Wendy, a recruit who wanted to become a sniper.
• Vic explained to Wendy why he kept his distance from the other recruits, and they introduced themselves and began talking.
• Vic completed the exam quickly, left while Andrew watched him, and meditated as he waited for the next test.
• Over the two exam days, Vic took nearly every test in the same seat and grew familiar with Wendy, while Andrew continued watching him.

Andrew announced that the recruits would have two days off, and Vic went with Rebecca to the plaza to see the returning Vice Admirals. Onigumo, Yamakaji, and Strawberry arrived, and Onigumo harshly rebuked the gathered students.

• Andrew announced that recruits could spend two days off as they pleased, and an old teacher questioned Vic's unexpectedly strong exam results.
• Vic took Rebecca to the Elite Camp and then went with Smoker and Hina to the plaza, where they waited for a ship carrying Vice Admirals.
• Smoker explained that Zephyr had invited the students to see senior Marines returning to headquarters, and Vic teased Smoker before agreeing to wait with him.
• Rear Admiral Strawberry and Vice Admirals Onigumo and Yamakaji arrived at the port, drawing an excited crowd of recruits.
• Onigumo insulted the recruits and criticized their discipline, leaving many upset, while Yamakaji objected that his words were too discouraging.

Smoker challenged Onigumo after the vice admiral insulted the Elite Camp, but Onigumo badly beat him until Vic intervened. Vic challenged Onigumo and swiftly cut off two swords and two locks of his hair, leaving their fight poised to continue.

• Smoker confronted Onigumo over his insults and attacked him, but Onigumo dodged and countered with Haki-infused blows.
• Onigumo used Soru and Geppo to repeatedly strike Smoker, until Hina and Rebecca urged Vic to help.
• Vic blocked Onigumo's next punch with Yubashiri and revealed that he was the recruit who had defeated the Elite Camp.
• Onigumo drew ten swords and challenged Vic, who drew Yubashiri and Blood Wither to face him.
• Vic vanished and reappeared behind Onigumo, cutting off two swords and two locks of his hair while the onlookers praised him.