Chapter Summaries

Vic joined Shanks aboard the Red Force, where they discussed Uta’s concert, Shanks’s missing arm, and whether he would meet Luffy in Wano. Shanks chose to postpone both restoring his arm and seeing Luffy, and Vic offered him a taste of his wine before they parted.

• Ryokugyu fled Wano, and Shanks heard Vic’s voice asking whether he would visit Luffy.
• Vic arrived aboard a fast boat with Olvia and Hancock, and explained that the Rumble-Rumble Fruit powered its speed.
• Shanks told Vic that Uta was holding a concert on Lapis Lazuli Island and had taken control of local gangs to prepare for it.
• Vic offered to restore Shanks’s arm, but Shanks said he wanted to wait until his strength stopped growing.
• Shanks refused to visit Luffy in Wano because he believed their meeting could weaken Luffy’s drive to grow.
• Vic offered Shanks his homemade wine before they went their separate ways.

Vic waited near Wano Country for Blackbeard, believing he planned to steal a Road Poneglyph from the departing pirates. When Luffy, Law, and Kid sailed out, Vic saw the new bounties and Emperor titles announced after the defeat of Kaido and Big Mom.

• Shanks praised Vic’s wine, took two jars, and left for Elbaf while Vic stayed near Wano Country to watch for Blackbeard.
• Hancock asked Vic to go to an inn or visit Luffy, but Vic refused to leave the waters around Wano Country.
• Vic reasoned that Blackbeard was likely waiting to seize a Road Poneglyph from one of the captains leaving Wano Country.
• After three days, Vic saw the Thousand Sunny, Law’s submarine, and Kid’s ship descend Wano Country’s waterfall.
• Vic read that Luffy and Buggy had become Emperors after Kaido and Big Mom’s defeat, and that Law, Kid, and Yamato had received new bounties.

After the three pirate crews split up, Vic guessed wrong about Blackbeard’s plans and followed Kid toward Elbaf. Ban later reported that Blackbeard had gone to Winner Island, where Law was headed, so Vic turned to intercept him.

• Vic used Observation Haki to learn that the Straw Hat Pirates, Heart Pirates, and Kid Pirates had all shared the Road Poneglyph rubbings.
• Vic reasoned that Blackbeard would target Kid and chose to follow Kid’s ship, which was heading for Elbaf.
• Vic learned that Kid planned to seek the Man Marked by Flames and viewed Buggy as a future target.
• Ban reported that Blackbeard had gone directly to Winner Island, where Law was headed, rather than pursuing any of the crews.
• Vic admitted his judgment had been clouded by losing his foreknowledge and ordered his ship to turn toward Winner Island at full speed.

Vic raced to Winner Island to stop Blackbeard from escaping after ambushing Law, but arrived as the Heart Pirates were defeated. Bepo rescued Law while Vic captured Van Augur, and Blackbeard attacked Vic with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

• Vic realized Blackbeard might be waiting for Law at one of Wano Country’s possible destinations, turned his boat toward them, and had Luffy warn Law to be cautious.
• Law ignored the warning and reached Winner Island, where Blackbeard and his crew ambushed the Heart Pirates and beat Law nearly unconscious.
• Bepo took Chopper’s Rumble Ball, fought Blackbeard and Van Augur, then carried Law into the sea to escape.
• Vic arrived with Hancock and Olvia, restrained Van Augur with Conqueror’s Haki, and had Olvia send him into her tabletop world.
• Blackbeard attacked Vic with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but Vic dodged after securing Van Augur.

Vic explained that Olvia's Desktop World had trapped Van Augur and prevented his teleportation, leaving Blackbeard unable to escape easily. As Vic questioned Blackbeard about the Tremor-Tremor ability, Blackbeard refused to answer, and Vic concluded that the ability had not come from Doflamingo's prize fruit.

• Vic said he had brought Olvia and Hancock to ensure Van Augur could not teleport away while he fought Blackbeard.
• Olvia's Desktop World subdued Van Augur by preventing outside Devil Fruit abilities from working.
• Blackbeard demanded to know why Vic kept pursuing him, and Vic said he considered him a dangerous threat.
• Hancock told Blackbeard to think about his actions against Amazon Lily, while Blackbeard tried to undermine her faith in Vic.
• Vic asked whether Blackbeard had gained the Tremor-Tremor ability from Doflamingo's prize, but Blackbeard refused to reveal the truth.
• Vic inferred from Blackbeard's reaction that the prize fruit had not granted him the Tremor-Tremor ability.

Vic refused to let Blackbeard live, and the two clashed when Blackbeard tried to destroy Olvia’s Desktop World and free Van Augur. Vic overwhelmed Blackbeard with lightning and Conqueror’s Haki, leaving him badly injured and unable to fight back.

• Blackbeard weighed Vic’s abilities against his own two Devil Fruits, then asked whether they had to fight.
• Vic said Blackbeard had to die because he coveted Hancock and the One Piece, and because Vic could not risk him becoming a threat later.
• Blackbeard attacked the Great Round Table to destroy the Desktop World and free Van Augur, but Vic intercepted him with Speed Domain.
• Vic countered Blackbeard’s Dark-Dark and Tremor-Tremor Fruit attacks with lightning and Conqueror’s Coating, injuring Blackbeard while resisting the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s vibrations.
• Vic struck Blackbeard again and sent him flying, leaving him immobilized; Doc Q and Stronger watched in shock.

Vic fought Blackbeard while Olvia and Hancock dealt with Van Augur, Doc Q, and Stronger. Blackbeard survived Vic’s life-eroding attack by drawing its power out of his body, but Vic recognized that he could only transfer the damage, leaving Blackbeard shaken by the limits of his fruit.

• Vic assigned Olvia to capture Van Augur and Hancock to handle Doc Q and Stronger.
• Olvia entered her magical-beast tabletop world, where Van Augur hid from the creatures hunting him.
• Blackbeard drew Vic’s life-eroding power out of his body with the Dark-Dark Fruit and hurled it away, destroying a forest.
• Vic praised Blackbeard’s recovery but realized that Blackbeard could transfer the destructive power rather than erase it.
• Blackbeard demanded to know what kind of power Vic wielded, while his changing teeth astonished Vic.
• Vic told Blackbeard that his ambition kept him from understanding power itself.

Blackbeard tried to escape Vic’s lightning trap and then attacked Vic with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. After Vic appeared to shatter, Blackbeard believed he had won.

• Blackbeard unleashed the Dark-Dark Fruit, but Vic trapped his darkness inside a lightning wall.
• Hancock petrified one of Stronger’s wings with her arrows, forcing Doc Q and the pegasus to land.
• Olvia revealed that Van Augur had spent a month trapped in her Desktop World, where his abilities failed and she cultivated battle qi.
• Blackbeard tore a hole in Vic’s lightning wall with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, but the wall quickly repaired itself.
• Blackbeard attacked Vic with a tearing force, shattered him, and celebrated what he believed was his victory.

Vic recovered from Blackbeard’s attack and taunted him before overpowering him with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated punch. Blackbeard escaped Vic’s lightning prison, but found Stronger turned to stone and Van Augur unconscious and shackled, leaving his crew’s situation dire.

• Vic reassembled his shattered body and revealed that Blackbeard’s attacks had failed to injure him.
• Blackbeard tried to pull Vic in with Dark Water, but Vic resisted with Conqueror’s Haki before rushing forward and striking him.
• Blackbeard used the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to break through Vic’s lightning wall and escape, bleeding from Vic’s punch.
• Blackbeard found Stronger petrified and learned that the Empress had also petrified one of Doc Q’s arms.
• Blackbeard saw Van Augur unconscious and shackled with Seastone beside Olvia, who had freed him from the table.

Vic defeated Blackbeard after surviving a sudden ambush, then confirmed that Blackbeard had died. With Olvia and Van Augur still at the scene, Vic waited for Hancock to finish fighting Doc Q before they took Van Augur with them.

• Blackbeard used Dark Water to pull Olvia and Van Augur toward him, but Olvia pinned Van Augur down as Vic escaped the lightning prison and struck Blackbeard.
• Vic pinned Blackbeard to the ground, but Blackbeard faked weakness and hit him with a Haki-coated Tremor-Tremor attack that forced him out of his elemental form.
• Vic shot scarlet lightning through Blackbeard's forehead, killing him, and Olvia confirmed that his life force was fading.
• Vic and Olvia discussed taking Van Augur with them after Hancock finished defeating Doc Q; Hancock had already petrified Stronger and part of Doc Q.

Vic defeated Doc Q and captured Van Augur, then obtained Law’s three Road Poneglyph rubbings from his abandoned submarine. As Vic, Hancock, and Olvia headed toward Blackbeard’s body, Vic realized Blackbeard’s calm acceptance of death was suspicious.

• Hancock kicked Doc Q, petrifying him into a stone statue, and asked Vic whether she should smash the statues of Doc Q and Stronger.
• Vic and Hancock discussed using rabbits to study the effects of petrification, while Vic resolved to change Hancock’s indifference toward life.
• Vic sent Olvia to search Law’s submarine, and she returned with all three of Law’s Road Poneglyph rubbings.
• Vic stored Van Augur in his Dimensional Space and led Hancock and Olvia toward the shore where Blackbeard’s body lay.
• Olvia asked whether they should bury Blackbeard, and Vic began to suspect that Blackbeard had faked his death.

Vic uncovered Blackbeard’s fake death and learned that Blackbeard had concealed multiple consciousnesses within himself. After Vic defeated and buried him, Blackbeard emerged and vowed revenge, only to discover Vic had been waiting nearby.

• Vic realized Blackbeard had faked his death and returned to find him standing before the statues of Doc Q and Stronger.
• Blackbeard revealed that his sister’s consciousness had taken control during the ambush and sacrificed itself to keep him alive.
• Vic refused to spare Blackbeard, defeated him, and buried his body.
• An hour later, Blackbeard emerged from the grave, revealed that he had secretly possessed a third consciousness, and swore revenge on Vic.
• Vic spoke from behind Blackbeard, and Blackbeard realized that Vic had used Observation Haki Killer to hide his presence.

Vic waited for Blackbeard to emerge from his grave, confirmed his suspicions about Blackbeard's multiple consciousnesses, and killed him after Blackbeard chose to fight. Vic turned Blackbeard into a stone statue and left Winner Island with Hancock and Olvia.

• Vic concealed his presence with Observation Haki Killer and waited with Hancock and Olvia while Blackbeard crawled out of his grave.
• Vic confronted Blackbeard about his schemes, and Blackbeard argued that Vic had been the one waiting to attack him.
• Hancock angrily defended Vic and vowed to cut off the hand Blackbeard had used to grab her neck.
• Blackbeard tried to attack Vic and the two women, but Vic's Speed Domain let him strike first and shatter Blackbeard's consciousness with Conqueror's Coating.
• Vic had Hancock turn Blackbeard into a stone statue, ground it into powder, and made a new statue beside Doc Q and Stronger.
• Vic left Winner Island with Hancock and Olvia after the new statue hardened.

Garp led Helmeppo, Hibari, and Kujaku to Hachinosu to rescue Koby after Akainu refused to send Marines. He rampaged through the island, drew out Sanjuan Wolf and Shiryu, and left Shiryu badly injured.

• Six days earlier, Garp rushed to Marine Headquarters after learning Blackbeard had kidnapped Koby, but Akainu refused to send a rescue force.
• Garp took Helmeppo, Hibari, and Kujaku to Hachinosu, where they split up so the others could search for Koby while Garp drew the pirates' attention.
• Garp smashed through Hachinosu and struck the giant skull with Galaxy Impact, forcing Sanjuan Wolf out of hiding.
• Garp challenged Wolf to return to Impel Down, and Wolf refused.
• Shiryu launched a surprise attack, but Garp anticipated him, knocked aside his blade, and punched him away.

Garp rescued Koby from the pirates on Hachinosu and prepared to remove his explosive shackles, but Future Sight revealed a trap: Koby was actually Catarina in disguise, waiting to stab him. The chapter ended before Garp acted on the vision.

• Shiryu used the Clear-Clear Fruit to ambush Garp, but Garp detected and defeated him with Future Sight.
• Hibari, Kujaku, and Koby reached Garp, explaining that a dungeon guard had swallowed the key to Koby’s shackles.
• Garp drove back the pirates, then used Conqueror’s Haki to incapacitate most of them and examined Koby’s explosive shackles.
• Garp foresaw the shackles exploding after he removed them and the disguised Catarina stabbing him as Koby.

Garp exposed Catarina’s disguise as Koby and began beating Shiryu while he looked for the real Koby. Shiryu remained under attack as the other Blackbeard Pirates stayed hidden.

• Garp used Future Sight to detect that the shackled “Koby” was an impostor and punched Catarina across the battlefield.
• Garp told Hibari and Kujaku that Catarina’s Nine-Tailed Fox ability let her copy Koby, and the two women hurried after her.
• Garp suspected the real Koby was being held as a hostage and kept Catarina alive while he waited for the pirates to make demands.
• Shiryu rose after Catarina was struck, and Garp confronted him for conspiring to free Impel Down’s worst criminals.
• Garp repeatedly punched Shiryu before he could land, while Shiryu resented Wolf, Lafitte, and Heavy Drinker Shot for staying out of the fight.

Hibari and Kujaku found Catarina in the crater instead of Koby, while Garp overwhelmed Shiryu, Sanjuan Wolf, and Vasco Shot on Hachinosu. Vasco set Garp on fire and called for Lafitte, but no one answered, leaving Vasco convinced he had won.

• Hibari and Kujaku found Catarina shackled to an iron ball and realized Koby was missing.
• Garp struck Shiryu with an Armament Haki punch, leaving him seriously injured and unable to move.
• Garp punched Sanjuan Wolf into the sea and blasted Vasco Shot out of the skull building with Galaxy Impact.
• Hachinosu's pirates panicked as Garp advanced on Vasco, while Hibari and Kujaku went unchallenged.
• Vasco doused Garp in flaming liquor, celebrated, and called for Lafitte, but received no response.

Garp’s attempt to lure Lafitte out by letting Vasco burn him failed, so he knocked Vasco unconscious and forced Lafitte to reveal himself with Koby as a hostage. Lafitte called Blackbeard to decide whether to trade Koby for the other officers, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• Garp emerged unburned from the flames after failing to lure Lafitte away from Koby.
• Garp knocked Vasco out with a punch and shouted that Lafitte should surrender Koby in exchange for the officers’ freedom.
• Lafitte appeared with Koby as his hostage, while Hibari and Kujaku joined Garp and worried over Koby.
• Garp reassured Koby and urged Lafitte to accept the exchange, arguing that Blackbeard would see it as a favorable deal.
• Lafitte called Blackbeard to check whether his captain could return and help him.

Garp rescued Koby, forced Lafitte to release him, and captured the remaining Blackbeard Pirates, while Lafitte escaped. Vic then headed for Egghead to help Vegapunk, and Olvia agreed to help save him after learning the World Government was targeting him.

• Lafitte failed to reach Blackbeard and agreed to release Koby after Garp promised to let him go.
• Lafitte activated Koby's explosive handcuffs and flew away, while Garp removed them and threw them clear before they detonated.
• Garp ordered the captured Impel Down escapees taken into custody and told the Marines to arrange transport for Sanjuan, the Colossal Battleship.
• Vic told Olvia they were going to Egghead to help Vegapunk, whom the World Government was trying to eliminate.
• Olvia said she was willing to help Vegapunk because Dr. Clover had been his friend.

Vic and his companions headed toward Egghead to help Vegapunk, while news of Kid’s defeat by Shanks raised the possibility that Shanks would pursue the One Piece. Vic believed the World Government would send powerful forces to Egghead and left open what Shanks would do with the Road Poneglyphs he had gained.

• Vic connected Vegapunk’s research into the Void Century to Dr. Clover’s preparations to preserve Ohara’s knowledge.
• Vic said his crew would help Vegapunk alongside Luffy’s crew and expected a major World Government response at Egghead.
• Vic reasoned that Laugh Tale might lie beyond the sea’s surface and said he would help Luffy reach it if needed.
• Ban told Vic that Shanks had defeated the Kid Pirates, so Vic changed course for Winner Island.
• Olvia asked whether Shanks would seek the One Piece after gaining Kid’s Road Poneglyphs, and Vic said Shanks’s past connection to Roger might make the chance tempting.