Chapter Summaries

Vic, Gion, and Rebecca fought Queen, Auston, and the Beasts Pirates’ headliners aboard the Brachiosaurus. Vic killed the headliners while Gion and Rebecca struggled against their opponents, and the battle continued with both women still in danger.

• Vic assigned Rebecca to fight Auston, Gion to fight Queen, and took the headliners for himself.
• Queen attacked Gion after revealing little about the Beasts Pirates’ occupation of Wano, while Auston used his Velociraptor fruit’s speed to overwhelm Rebecca.
• Vic swiftly killed the headliners, while Rebecca grew more aggressive and began landing cuts on Auston.
• Queen’s segmented body and mechanical weapons injured Gion and sent her crashing through the cabin, but she returned and cut his thigh.
• Auston’s bloodlust intensified after Rebecca wounded him, leaving her in greater danger as Vic watched both fights and Gion continued battling Queen.

Vic protected Gion from Queen’s Ice Oni poison round, then challenged Queen and overpowered him in a test of strength. Queen recovered from being slammed through the deck and prepared to face Vic’s swordsmanship.

• Queen fired an Ice Oni poison round at Gion, but Vic deflected it into the sea before it could infect her.
• Vic told Gion to rest and faced Queen, who attacked with his spinning brachiosaurus neck.
• Vic stopped Queen’s charge with his forearm, then slammed him into the deck and swung him around before smashing him through it.
• Queen stood up unharmed and suspected Vic had a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit as Vic proposed testing their technique with his sword.

Vic used Mind Power-enhanced sword strikes to overcome Queen’s defenses, leaving Queen badly wounded as Kaido learned his life was in danger and rushed to rescue him. Queen then threatened to release a deadly mummy-making weapon, while Vic focused on protecting Rebecca.

• Vic repeatedly attacked Queen at high speed, then used Mind Power to break through Queen’s Haki defense and inflict wounds that would not heal.
• Queen became increasingly weakened as Vic continued striking him, while Gion recognized that Vic’s new power had changed the fight.
• A Headliner showed Kaido Queen’s shrinking Vivre Card, and Kaido transformed into a dragon and flew toward the battlefield.
• Queen grabbed Vic’s clothes and landed a punch, but Vic’s Haki-covered body withstood it, and Vic stopped giving Queen chances to trade blows.
• Queen threatened to activate a Giant Mummy Round that could affect a one-kilometer radius, and Vic turned his attention to Rebecca’s danger.

Rebecca awakened Observation Haki during her fight with Auston, but a lapse in concentration left her badly injured before Vic could save her. Vic returned to the recruit warship with Rebecca and Rear Admiral Gion, while Queen contacted King and learned Kaido was on his way.

• Auston trapped Rebecca with his Spiral Ascending Claw, and she awakened Observation Haki while trying to escape.
• Rebecca's emotions disrupted her new Observation Haki, allowing Auston to strike her; Vic killed Auston and caught Rebecca.
• Vic carried Rebecca and Rear Admiral Gion away from the Brachiosaurus, while Queen called King and discussed Kaido coming to Wano Country.
• Barnett and Kevin reassured the recruits aboard the warship and worried about Vic and the injured women.
• Vic reached the warship carrying Rebecca and Rear Admiral Gion, and the recruits saw that Rebecca remained unconscious.

Vic returned with Gion and Rebecca after defeating Queen’s forces, and the crew treated the women’s injuries while the recruits celebrated his victory. Gion later called Admiral Sengoku to report that Queen and the Beasts Pirates had pursued their warship.

• Vic ordered Barnett to treat Gion and Rebecca, then carried the unconscious Rebecca to her room to recover.
• Gion told the recruits how Vic defeated the dinosaur-like enemy and escaped Queen, while they praised Vic’s strength.
• Vic ignored Gion’s hint and resumed cultivating his Mind Power-enhanced Sword Qi on the deck.
• Vic fed Rebecca restorative soup, and Gion later called Admiral Sengoku to report the Beasts Pirates’ attack.
• Gion told Sengoku that Queen had led a Beasts Pirates ship and pursued their warship.

After Gion reported Queen’s defeat to Sengoku, the Marines’ warship neared Sabaody with Rebecca still unconscious. Kaido arrived in his Azure Dragon Form while tracking Queen’s Vivre Card, and Vic recognized him and warned Gion and the trainees as Kaido approached their ship.

• Gion told Sengoku that Vic had killed Queen’s crew and gravely wounded Queen, then asked whether Kaido might retaliate; Sengoku reassured her that headquarters could handle him.
• Phoebe estimated that the warship was nearing Sabaody, while Vic worried that Rebecca had remained unconscious for almost three days.
• Kaido flew over Sabaody while following Queen’s Vivre Card, drawing attention from the island’s residents and reporters.
• Vic sensed Kaido’s presence and urged Gion to contact Marine headquarters immediately.
• Gion sensed Kaido through Observation Haki and hurried to warn headquarters as the trainees watched the Azure Dragon approach.

Kaido tracked Queen’s Vivre Card to Vic’s warship and prepared to destroy it, but Vic intercepted his Bolo Breath and wounded him. Vic wagered his life to spare the ship’s crew, then led Kaido to the Red Line for his strongest strike.

• Kaido passed the warship, then turned back after Queen’s Vivre Card pointed toward it and demanded to know whether the Marines had captured Queen.
• Vic denied that Queen was aboard, but Kaido prepared a Bolo Breath, so Vic rushed into the sky and split the attack with a sword strike that cut Kaido’s jaw.
• Vic proposed that Kaido could strike him once at full power; if Vic survived, Kaido would leave, and if Vic died, Kaido would spare the warship’s people.
• Kaido showed Vic Queen’s Vivre Card, and Vic found the scrap of paper Queen had planted in his clothes during their fight.
• Vic led Kaido toward the Red Line, followed by Gion and Little Yellow, and landed on a jutting piece of land to face him.

Vic fought Kaido to protect Gion and the cadets, survived a devastating blow, and recovered in the hospital as news of the battle spread. The report drew the attention of Red-Hair’s crew, Whitebeard, and Big Mom, who still hoped Vic might become her son-in-law.

• Vic and Kaido clashed, and Kaido shattered Blood Wither and struck Vic into the Red Line, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Gion rushed to Vic, who stopped her from attacking Kaido and said he had won their bet before losing consciousness; Barnett treated him after Gion pulled him from the crater.
• Garp arrived too late to see Kaido, while Vic’s battle with Kaido became front-page news and Vic recovered at Marine Headquarters beside Rebecca and Wendy.
• Lucky Roux and Beckman read the report aboard the Red Force and discussed Vic’s fight with their captain and his earlier sparring match with Red-Hair.
• Whitebeard read about Vic’s clash with Kaido and warned Marco that Vic could become a top-tier fighter.
• Big Mom lamented that Vic was a Marine, ordered her children to search for a suitable bridegroom for her family, and Katakuri sensed her Hunger Pangs coming on.

Vic woke after three days of recovery and reunited with Rebecca, then reflected on Kaido’s attack and the limits of his broken sword. He left the story recovering at the seaside cabin, having decided to seek better weapons only when his strength allowed.

• Vic woke in the seaside cabin and found Rebecca asleep beside his bed after she had cared for him for three days.
• Rebecca told Vic how she had awoken during his fight with Kaido, and Vic learned that Garp had arrived and helped bring him back.
• Vic went to the shore with Rebecca, gave Little Yellow permission to leave, and caught a Sea King for a meal.
• Vic examined Blood Wither, which Kaido had broken, and reconsidered his plans to forge supreme-grade swords before he was strong enough to obtain better materials.

Vic recovered from his fight with Kaido, reunited with Gion, Smoker, and Hina, and arranged time away from training to study sword forging. He then reflected on Kaido’s Ryuo and began searching for a way to make his own Haki more active.

• Gion, Smoker, and Hina visited Vic, and Gion told him she was leaving Headquarters on a mission the next day.
• Vic discussed his fight with Kaido and his friends’ experiences, while Gion remained reluctant to part from him.
• Vic asked Andrew for a month off training and for an introduction to a master smith so he could learn forging; Andrew agreed and offered to have Vic’s broken sword repaired.
• Vic returned to the shore and analyzed how Kaido’s agile Ryuo had slipped through his Haki defense, connecting the experience to Koshiro’s advice about mobilizing Haki.

Vic mastered finer control of Armament Haki and set ambitious goals for expanding its reserves and reach. After training Rebecca’s Observation Haki, he waited for a violent storm to test the Divine Staff’s effect on his body again.

• Vic realized that infusing Haki with consciousness enabled precise control, tested a long-range strike on a tree, and planned to strengthen his Haki reserves and control over its flow.
• Rebecca returned from navigation class, and Vic told her he would spend the next month forging a sword and arranged for her to spar and continue training.
• Vic trained Rebecca’s Observation Haki by throwing seeds at her while she was blindfolded, then ended the session when the rain grew heavy.
• After dinner, Vic went out into the storm with the Divine Staff, hoping to study the changes lightning had caused in his body during his previous test.

Vic discovered that the Divine Staff’s Void Lightning strengthened his Haki and tempered his body, then brought Rebecca to Zephyr so she could train with the Elite Camp. Zephyr agreed to help Rebecca develop her newly awakened Observation Haki, while Vic left to have his broken sword reforged.

• Vic endured the Divine Staff’s lightning and found that it rapidly consumed and strengthened his Haki while also making his body denser.
• Vic put the Divine Staff away, returned to the cabin, and meditated as the storm passed.
• Vic took Rebecca to the Elite Camp, where Zephyr watched the trainees drill.
• Vic and Zephyr discussed Garp, Marine service, and the justice they believed in.
• Vic asked Zephyr to let Rebecca spar with the trainees to improve her Observation Haki, and Zephyr agreed.
• Vic left the Elite Camp to have his broken sword reforged.

Vic forged four weapons with Allen at the workshop, including two powerful sabers he named Allen and Blood Wither. After a month away, he returned to find Rebecca training Wendy by the sea.

• Vic brought his rare metals to the workshop and convinced Allen to let him forge weapons himself.
• Vic forged four weapons, astonishing Allen with his skill and producing two sabers that nearly reached Supreme Great Grade Sword quality.
• Vic named the white-dragon saber Allen and the black-dragon saber Blood Wither, then left the workshop with all four weapons.
• Vic returned to the sea after a month of forging and sensed Rebecca training Wendy in Observation Haki.

Vic returned to the cabin, rewarded Rebecca and Wendy with a Sea King feast, and gave Rebecca a new Great Grade Sword as the group prepared for a trip to Sabaody Archipelago. The gathering ended with Hina joining the outing and Vic planning to meet Vice Admiral Kuzan after they returned.

• Rebecca sensed Vic approaching, and he arrived to find her and Wendy training in the clearing.
• Vic offered Rebecca and Wendy a Sea King feast, then used Life Return to retract his beard.
• Vic gave Rebecca a blue Great Grade Sword and encouraged her to awaken Armament Haki and nurture it with Haki.
• Vic invited Smoker and Hina to dinner, teased Smoker about his clothes, and proposed sparring with him.
• Vic said he would take Rebecca to Sabaody Archipelago the next day and meet Vice Admiral Kuzan afterward, while Hina invited herself and Smoker along.

Vic tested his newly forged sword, Blood Wither, by splitting the sea with a powerful slash, then began training the two swords to become Black Blades. The next day, he traveled with Rebecca and the others to Sabaody and asked the informant Ban to investigate the Claw Pirates.

• Hina asked Vic to show his new swords, so he took the group to the beach and demonstrated Dragon Slayer, splitting the sea with Blood Wither.
• Vic reflected on how his self-forged swords worked smoothly with his Sword Qi, while the others reacted with awe and Rebecca worried about keeping up with his training.
• After returning to the cabin, Vic covered himself in Haki and began nurturing the two swords to turn them into Black Blades.
• Vic and Rebecca met Hina and the others the next day and traveled by logistics transport ship to Sabaody Archipelago.
• Smoker claimed he needed to buy cigarettes and left the group before they reached the amusement park.
• Vic visited Ban and asked him to investigate the Claw Pirates, who had come from the East Blue and were expected to have reached the Grand Line.

Vic asked Ban to find the pirate crew that killed his parents, then took Rebecca and the other women to Sabaody's amusement park. Smoker intervened when Avalo Pizarro harassed a woman, but Pizarro overwhelmed him and left him on the verge of death.

• Vic told Ban that the pirate crew he wanted found had killed his parents, and Ban promised to investigate.
• Vic reassured Rebecca and the other women that he had accepted his parents' deaths and could now handle the revenge himself.
• Vic accompanied the three women to the amusement park while Smoker headed toward Area 30.
• Smoker tried to stop Avalo Pizarro from abducting a blue-haired woman, but Pizarro revealed his identity and attacked him with Armament Haki.
• Pizarro beat Smoker, lifted him by the neck, and choked him as the crowd watched without intervening.

Vic arrived as Pizarro was about to kill Smoker, rescued him, and challenged Pizarro. After fighting and overpowering him, Vic saw Pizarro transform into a qilin and face him with a fireball.

• Vic sensed Smoker was in danger, arrived behind Pizarro, and demanded that he release Smoker.
• Pizarro told Vic he had once been a king in the North Blue, then released Smoker when Vic attacked.
• Vic caught Smoker, placed him beside a woman for care, and fought Pizarro, overpowering him with Armament Haki.
• Pizarro transformed into a qilin using the Ox-Ox Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Qilin, and spat a fireball at Vic.

Vic defeated Pizarro, a Mythical Zoan user, and prepared to return to the Marine Base with the injured Smoker. Ban then reported that the Claw Pirates had disappeared after leaving Sabaody, stirring the original owner's soul and giving Vic greater control over his body.

• Vic fought Pizarro, dodging his fire and earth attacks before overwhelming him with Ryuo and Sword Gangs.
• Hina, Rebecca, and Wendy arrived and found Smoker badly injured beside a blue-haired woman; Hina carried him after Vic defeated Pizarro.
• Vic knocked Pizarro unconscious with a powerful Sword Gang and dragged him over to Smoker.
• Ban arrived with news that the Claw Pirates had last been seen at Sabaody two years earlier and had vanished after their ship was coated.
• Hearing the report agitated the original owner's soul, then left Vic feeling more at ease and in greater control of his body.

Vic captured Pizarro and returned to Marine headquarters, where he discovered Tashigi and suspected she might be connected to Kuina and his master. After Tashigi's mother disappeared, Vic took the girl to the Marines' orphanage and learned she had traveled with her mother without ever meeting her father.

• Ban thanked Vic for the respect and information his reputation had brought him, while Pizarro's crew decided to leave and seek revenge later.
• A blue-haired woman asked Smoker to help place her daughter Tashigi with the Marines, and Vic suggested the orphanage for children of Marine families.
• Vic brought the injured Smoker to the base, where Vice Admiral Dalmatian recorded Vic's capture of Pizarro and arranged for their transfer to headquarters.
• Vic recognized that five-year-old Tashigi resembled Kuina and searched the island for Tashigi's mother, but could not find her.
• Vic handed Pizarro over at headquarters, then took Tashigi toward the orphanage and asked about her past; she said she had always traveled with her mother and had never seen her father.

Vic visited Smoker in the hospital, where he met Vice Admiral Kuzan and learned new details about Roger’s unexplained terminal illness. After leaving Smoker with Hina, Vic trained his Haki and went out to sea to catch food.

• Vic finalized Tashigi’s paperwork, putting Smoker in charge of her, and brought Smoker nourishing Sea King soup while he recovered for the upcoming graduation assessment.
• Vic met Kuzan in Smoker’s hospital room, and the two praised each other while Smoker urged them to spar.
• Kuzan drank most of Smoker’s soup and told Vic that Roger had turned himself in because he was terminally ill, despite appearing healthy when executed.
• Kuzan revealed that a military doctor had found strange netlike red patches on Roger’s chest and back, but the matter had been suppressed as classified.
• Vic joked with Smoker about their future ranks, then left when Hina arrived and reminded Smoker to visit Tashigi after his discharge.
• Vic coated himself, Blood Wither, and Allen in Armament Haki as he walked back, then used Geppo to head out to sea for a Sea King.