Chapter Summaries

After two months unconscious and searching for Vic, the pursuing forces found no trace of him while his companions trained aboard their ship. Vic finally woke, mastered Conqueror’s Haki Coating, and learned that his awakening had followed the original owner’s soul losing its last obsession and resonating with him.

• The Holy Knights and other pursuers searched the seas for Vic, while Kizaru continued his unhurried search aboard a warship.
• For two months, Vic’s Conqueror’s Haki poured out continuously, and his companions trained while Barnett endured Rebecca and Wendy’s reproachful stares.
• Barnett sensed Vic’s Haki disappear and announced that Vic might have awakened, prompting Rebecca and the others to rush into his cabin.
• Rebecca found Vic awake and examining black-and-red lightning around his fist as she fought back tears of joy.
• Vic explained that he had gained perfect control of his Conqueror’s Haki and could coat his fist with it to inflict physical and mental damage.
• Vic recalled meeting the original owner’s battered soul, learning that its lingering presence had blocked his control of the body until the World Government’s actions shattered its final obsession.

Vic woke after two months unconscious and learned that the original owner's soul had sustained his own, while he remained uncertain why he had survived eating two Devil Fruits. He reunited with the crew, learned how they had changed during his absence, and began planning to repel the Navy and World Government's pursuit.

• Vic realized the original owner's soul had nourished his own and suspected the Speed-Speed Fruit was the reason he had survived eating two Devil Fruits.
• Ain, having used her ability to grow into an adult, rushed to Vic and wept because he did not recognize her.
• Rebecca explained that Ain had developed her ability to grow people older as well as younger, while Olvia had begun training with Rebecca's help.
• Vic comforted Ain, gave her a gravity bracelet, and gave Olvia another after she returned the one she had borrowed.
• Rebecca showed Vic newspapers and wanted posters from the two months he had been unconscious, and Vic resolved to repel the Navy and World Government's pursuit.

Vic learned from Ban that the Marines were stretched thin by the Reverie, the search for his crew, and other crises, then tasked Ban with gathering metal and tracking a giant lanternfish and his pursuers. He planned to turn the metal into a lightning-powered pirate ship, leaving Rebecca and the others curious about his design.

• Vic called Ban and learned that the Marines were overwhelmed by the Reverie, the search for Vic's group, and trouble across the seas.
• Vic ordered Ban to gather about two thousand tons of metal, find a giant lanternfish, and track the Marines, World Government pursuers, and permanent bases.
• Rebecca asked Vic whether he wanted the metal to make flying swords, and Vic told her he planned to build a metal pirate ship.
• Vic explained that his lightning could directly power an electric motor and propeller, though he did not describe the technology in detail.

Vic treated Olvia to grilled Sea King meat before beginning to heal the scar on her face. The chapter ended with him using his Devil Fruit ability on her as she protested.

• Vic flew out to sea, cut a dorsal fin from a Sea King, and brought it back to the warship.
• Vic grilled the fin’s meat and invited Olvia to eat with him.
• Olvia removed her face covering and ate until she was full, enjoying Vic’s cooking.
• Vic placed his palm against Olvia’s unscarred cheek and entered her body with his Devil Fruit ability.
• Olvia protested and felt guilty about her attraction to Vic, while he told her not to move.

Vic healed Olvia’s facial scar, restoring her face and giving her hope of reuniting with her daughter. As Olvia wept over the transformation, Wendy and Rebecca watched Vic and complained about his effect on women.

• Vic used his ability to heal Olvia’s scar while she endured the treatment with her eyes closed.
• Olvia felt the scab fall away and discovered that the skin on her face was smooth again.
• Vic gave Olvia a bronze mirror, and she saw her restored face and cried with relief.
• Wendy reflected that she might have fallen in love with Vic if she had not already loved Barnett.
• Rebecca expressed jealousy and accused Vic of attracting women wherever he went.

Vic offered Olvia the Table-Table Fruit to help her protect herself as the crew prepared to leave the Calm Belt and face pursuit by the World Government and Marines. Olvia hesitated over the precious gift, but Vic urged her to accept it as his companion.

• Barnett said Olvia's joy at having her scar healed must have a special meaning to her.
• Ain asked when she could eat Vic's roast meat, then teased Rebecca by comparing their cooking.
• Olvia asked to keep the mirror Vic had given her, and Vic offered her a Devil Fruit as another gift.
• Vic explained that the Table-Table Fruit suited Olvia's intelligence and could let her create and control a world on a tabletop.
• Olvia hesitated to accept the valuable fruit, but Vic said it would help her survive the coming pursuit and urged her to eat it.

Vic gave Olvia a Devil Fruit and then visited Gion, who had spent two months drinking and grieving because she thought he was gone. He reassured her that he was alive, but she believed he was a hallucination and pulled him into bed.

• Vic gave Olvia a Devil Fruit, and she ate the whole thing before sharing grilled meat with the others.
• Vic left the ship to reassure the people who had worried about him during his long absence.
• Vic found Gion drinking alone in her cabin with his wanted poster as company.
• Gion mistook Vic for a hallucination, kissed him, and pushed him onto the bed.
• Vic told Gion he was alive and safe, but she continued to believe he was imaginary as they became intimate.

Vic and Gion reconciled aboard her warship, and Gion asked to leave the Marines and have a child with him. Vic persuaded her to stay and serve justice from within, agreed to start a family, and discovered that her recent heavy drinking had damaged her egg cells.

• Vic confronted Gion about pretending to be drunk so they could spend the night together, and she admitted he had seen through her.
• Gion asked Vic to take her with him because she had lost faith in Marine justice, but Vic urged her to remain in the Marines and avoid becoming an Admiral.
• Gion accepted that she should stay and asked Vic to have a child with her, and he agreed despite his earlier plans to wait until after the coming upheaval.
• Gion eagerly tried to begin right away, but Vic checked her body and found she was not yet in her fertile period and that her heavy drinking had damaged her egg cells.

Vic and Gion spent the night together, then discussed her leaving the Marines and having a child with him. Gion decided to stay in the Marines while starting a family with Vic, who examined her and found that drinking had damaged her egg cells.

• Vic and Gion spent the night together, and he concealed Gion's cries from everyone aboard the warship with Observation Haki.
• Gion asked Vic to take her with him, but he urged her to stay in the Marines and uphold justice while avoiding promotion to Marine Admiral.
• Gion asked Vic to have a child with her, and Vic agreed despite his earlier plan to wait until after the coming war.
• Gion eagerly tried to begin at once, but Vic checked her body and found that she was not yet in her fertile period and that heavy drinking had damaged her egg cells.

After spending the night together, Gion asked Vic to take her away from the Marines, but he persuaded her to stay and help uphold justice from within. Gion asked to have a child with him; Vic agreed, then discovered that her fertility window had not yet begun and that her recent heavy drinking had damaged her egg cells.

• Vic used his Observation Haki to keep the crew from hearing Gion during their night together, and the next morning he exposed her pretense of being drunk and hallucinating.
• Gion asked Vic to take her with him because her faith in Marine justice had wavered, but Vic urged her to stay for Vice Admiral Tsuru and continue serving justice in the Marines.
• Gion accepted Vic's advice and asked him to have a child with her, and he agreed despite his earlier plan to wait until after the coming war.
• Gion eagerly tried to begin at once, but Vic examined her and found that she was outside her most fertile period and that two months of heavy drinking had harmed her egg cells.

Vic encouraged Olvia to ignore others’ limits and develop her Devil Fruit through her own imagination, then advised his crew to embrace their freedom as pirates as they headed for the Grand Line. After leaving the Calm Belt, he warned Olvia that revealing herself could draw the World Government’s attention because she could decipher Poneglyphs.

• Vic told Olvia that her Devil Fruit could create a world governed by rules shaped by her imagination, and urged her to develop it independently.
• Olvia conjured an antique-style table and entered its tabletop world to experiment with her power.
• Vic told his companions to stop living by Marine rules, and the crew continued toward the Grand Line aboard their black-sailed ship.
• Vic painted a distinctive skull-and-swords emblem on the sails and changed into white clothing with a black cloak.
• After Rebecca set the ship down beyond the Calm Belt, Vic asked Olvia whether she was willing to reveal her face, warning that the World Government would recognize her as a threat who could decipher Poneglyphs.

Olvia chose to hide her identity so Robin would not learn she was alive yet, and Vic made her a mask and helped her adopt the name Via. Vic then chose a familiar Grand Line route, and the group landed at an island to restock and look for potential companions.

• Olvia decided not to show her face, and she chose Via as her new name after Vic agreed to make her a mask.
• Vic forged a mask for Via, which concealed most of her face and made her difficult to recognize.
• Vic chose to follow the route Teacher Zephyr had previously led them along, hoping to find useful companions.
• Three days later, Vic and his group landed on an island to buy vegetables, fruit, and other supplies.
• Vic assigned Via to stay with Rebecca and warned everyone to watch for tricks and attacks because of their bounties.

Vic wandered through the island and entered a tavern, where he confronted Satan, a bounty hunter who had come to claim the reward on Vic and deliberately provoked him. The chapter left Satan abusing two young women as Vic assessed the threat.

• Vic drew a growing crowd as he walked openly through the island, attracting civilians, bounty hunters, pirates, and informants.
• Vic sensed a powerful presence inside a crowded tavern and went in to find its source.
• Vic spotted Satan, a scarred bounty hunter, groping two frightened young women and tightening his grip when he noticed Vic watching.
• Satan provoked Vic after recognizing him, convinced Vic was weak and that capturing him would earn a huge reward.
• Satan had traveled from the New World to hunt Vic with his bounty-hunter team, believing his strength and Haki would be enough.

Vic confronted bounty hunter Satan after witnessing him molesting two girls, then killed him instantly with a lightning-fast sword strike. He challenged the remaining bounty hunters in the tavern, while the civilians stayed and others watched cautiously.

• The chapter explained that Pirate Hunters had a poor reputation because the Marines tolerated their abuses, and Satan had repeatedly assaulted women without being stopped.
• Satan told Vic he had returned to Paradise to claim the bounty on him and ordered him to surrender while continuing to grope the two girls.
• Vic demanded that Satan release the girls, then struck him with a burst of black-and-red lightning and pierced his head with the Black Blade.
• Vic told the stunned girls to leave, and they fled the tavern as the crowd remained silent.
• Vic challenged anyone else seeking his bounty to attack together, but the ill-intentioned onlookers fled while civilians and cautious observers stayed.

Vic announced his return by killing Satan and frightening off the island’s pirates, then left with his crew as news of his strength spread worldwide. With Kizaru and the Holy Knights mobilizing to pursue him, Vic prepared to meet Kizaru quickly before the Marines could plan a coordinated attack.

• Vic spared the fleeing challengers, finished his drink, and left the tavern after no one dared oppose him.
• Vic returned to the pirate ship, where Rebecca had brought Olvia and Barnett and the others had finished buying supplies.
• Reporters and World Government agents sent out photos and accounts of Vic killing Satan, and the World Economy News published the story the next day.
• Sengoku ordered Marine forces toward the Grand Line, while Kizaru and three members of the Holy Knights began pursuing Vic.
• Vic read the newspaper and decided to seek an early clash with Kizaru before the Marines could prepare for him.

Vic's pirate ship faced Kizaru and several Vice Admirals in a naval battle, and Wendy revealed the More-More Fruit by sinking a warship with one shot. Vic stopped Kizaru's attack on his crew and struck him hard enough to collapse a warship's cabin, leaving the Marines waiting to see if Kizaru would recover.

• Kizaru intercepted Vic with over a dozen warships, and the two prepared to fight.
• Vic told Wendy she could reveal her More-More Fruit ability, and she enlarged a sniper bullet into a cannonball that pierced a warship.
• Kizaru launched Yasakani no Magatama at Vic's ship, but Vic deflected the barrage with a Conqueror's Haki-coated punch.
• Vic transformed into lightning, appeared beside Kizaru, and sent him crashing into a warship's cabin with a Haki-coated kick.
• The Marines stared at the collapsed cabin, hoping Kizaru would emerge and continue the fight.

Vic used his strength and accelerated thinking to gain the upper hand against Kizaru in their battle, while the rest of the crew kept the Marine warships from approaching. Kizaru was injured and landed on another warship, where his subordinates reacted in alarm.

• Kizaru created a light sword and clashed with Vic, but Vic blocked his attacks with Blood Wither and showed greater strength.
• Wendy, Frodeku, and Rebecca hindered the Marine warships with sniper fire, cannonballs, and flying swords as the vice admirals tried to close the distance.
• Vic fought Kizaru with one blade and repeatedly blocked his sword strikes before kicking him off the warship with an Armament Haki-coated blow.
• Kizaru crashed through a gun turret on another warship, stood up bleeding, and alarmed the Marines under his command.
• Vic's Speed-Speed Fruit let him accelerate his thoughts and reactions, helping him keep pace with Kizaru and find ways to injure him.

Vic overwhelmed Kizaru in midair and damaged several Marine warships, while Kizaru realized he had underestimated Vic and prepared to fight seriously. After Vic thwarted a Vice Admiral’s surprise attack and knocked him into the sea, Vic returned his attention to Kizaru.

• Vic flew toward Kizaru, cut through his light beams, interrupted Yata no Kagami, and kicked him into another warship.
• Vic reflected that Kizaru’s mirrored path was unnecessary and that his own attacks had left several of the Marine warships badly damaged.
• Kizaru rose from the wreckage, recognized that the Navy had underestimated Vic, and resolved to fight with everything he had.
• A Vice Admiral tried to strike Vic from behind, but Vic’s heated neck broke the axe blade.
• Vic kicked the Vice Admiral into the sea, where Marines jumped in to rescue him, then faced Kizaru again.

Vic overwhelmed Kizaru in a prolonged fight, severely injuring him and sending him into the sea. He spared Kizaru to avoid provoking the Marines into a larger conflict, then escaped aboard his flying pirate ship.

• Vic fought Kizaru with kicks, then combined his fists and feet to overpower him and smash through the Marines' warships.
• Vic anticipated Kizaru's move, broke his forearm with a Ryuo-powered kick, and inflicted severe internal injuries.
• Kizaru fell into the sea, and the marines feared he would die without rescue.
• Vic warned the marines not to block his path again, then returned to his black-sailed pirate ship.
• Vic's ship rose into the clouds and disappeared, leaving the battered marines behind.

After Vic defeated Kizaru and escaped, the battered Marines salvaged four ships and returned to Marine Headquarters. Kizaru and the command kept the defeat quiet, while Sengoku and Kong worried that Vic’s rapid growth had created a powerful new enemy.

• The Marines rescued the unconscious Kizaru, repaired four damaged warships, and abandoned the rest as they gave up the pursuit of Vic.
• Kizaru woke two days later and agreed to return to headquarters, where he learned that Vic had spared the Marines and that Rebecca and the others had not fought seriously.
• Kizaru returned to Marine Headquarters in bandages and a sling, astonishing the Marines on duty.
• Sengoku ordered Kizaru and his men not to reveal the battle’s outcome, and the news was kept from the public and most Marines.
• Kong and Sengoku considered Vic’s growth a threat and regretted driving him into desertion, while recognizing why the World Government wanted the Shichibukai system.