Chapter Summaries

Princess Paula’s captors were about to assault her when Cohen’s enormous younger brother Colin arrived and joined them. Colin was suddenly killed by an unseen attacker, leaving Cohen and the others facing the unknown threat.

• Princess Paula pleaded with Baldy and his men as they approached her, but they ignored her cries.
• A crash at the cellar entrance interrupted them, and Colin forced his way inside.
• Colin demanded to assault Princess Paula, and Cohen allowed him to go ahead despite Kyle’s objections.
• Colin approached Paula and moved to lick her, but a shot pierced his forehead and killed him.
• Cohen recognized the blackened wound and the smell of burned flesh as Colin’s body fell.

Vic and Rebecca entered the cellar to rescue Princess Paula and confronted Cohen's pirate crew. Vic killed Cohen's brother Colin, then cut Cohen in two during a surprise attack, revealing that Cohen was a Logia user.

• Vic and Rebecca entered the cellar, where Paula recognized Vic as her rescuer.
• Vic explained that his group was waiting for reinforcements while Kyle tried to learn what Vic knew.
• Kyle disclosed that Cohen had a 200 million Beli bounty and he had an 80 million Beli bounty.
• Kyle distracted Vic while Cohen rushed in to kill him, but Vic pushed Rebecca aside and cut Cohen in two with Blood Wither.
• Vic identified Cohen as a Logia user, while the pirates were shocked that their captain's body had been cut apart.

Vic rescued Princess Paula from the cellar and faced Cohen, the Flame-Flame Fruit user, as Zephyr and the Elite Camp arrived. The chapter ended with Vic cutting through Cohen’s fire attack and body while Rebecca began fighting Kyle.

• Cohen recovered from Vic’s earlier slash with the Flame-Flame Fruit and challenged him to fight.
• Vic freed Princess Paula, carried her out through the collapsed cellar ceiling, and brought her to Zephyr.
• Princess Paula clung to Vic and begged him not to face Cohen, while Rebecca grew jealous and Cohen became enraged.
• Cohen attacked Vic with Great Eruption, but Vic split the pillar of fire and cut Cohen in half with a sweep of Sword Gang.
• Rebecca drew her sword and attacked Kyle, who fought unarmed.

Vic killed Cohen after testing the pirate captain’s poor use of the Flame-Flame Fruit, and the Elite Camp defeated Cohen’s crew. As Zephyr questioned Vic about killing Cohen, Vic claimed the Devil Fruit’s will had influenced him, while privately revealing his desire to claim the fruit for himself.

• Vic tested Cohen’s Flame-Flame Fruit attacks, then used Armament Haki and a sudden strike to pierce Cohen’s heart.
• Cohen died after reflecting on his family and the life he had lived, and his crew fell into disarray.
• Rebecca defeated Kyle, Barnett beat the bald pirate, and the Elite Camp captured the surviving pirates with few injuries.
• Zephyr asked Vic why he had killed Cohen instead of capturing him alive.
• Vic told Zephyr that the Flame-Flame Fruit’s will had influenced him, though he had planned to kill Cohen and wanted the fruit for himself.

Vic and Zephyr rescued Princess Paula from pirates and returned her to the palace, where Paula became openly smitten with Vic. The old king persuaded the Marines to stay for a banquet, and Paula led Vic on a tour of the palace alongside Rebecca and Wendy.

• Vic searched the island for the Flame-Flame Fruit but found nothing, while the Elite Camp recruits tied up the pirates for delivery to a Marine Base.
• Zephyr, Vic, Rebecca, Wendy, and Paula returned to the palace, where Paula reunited with her father and cried as she recalled her ordeal.
• Vic told the old king that the Marines had rescued Paula just before the pirates could kill her, without describing more of what had happened.
• Zephyr tried to leave, but Paula and the old king persuaded him to stay for a banquet with the Marine trainees.
• Paula took Vic by the arm to show him the palace, Rebecca joined on his other side, and Wendy followed while Paula and Rebecca traded barbs.

After the banquet, the old king thanked Vic for saving Paula and tried to persuade him to marry her and inherit the kingdom, but Vic declined and promised to visit as a friend. The king then entrusted Vic with an ancient treasure, fearing he could no longer protect it.

• Vic attended the king's banquet with Paula, Zephyr, and the Elite Camp cadets.
• The old king took Vic aside, thanked him for saving Paula, and offered him Paula's hand in marriage and the kingdom as her dowry.
• Vic declined the offer, saying he valued freedom, and agreed to visit Paula as a friend.
• Before Vic left, the old king gave him a palm-sized wooden box containing an ancient royal treasure and asked him to protect it.

Vic accepted an ancient ring from the old king of Xift and left the country aboard Zephyr’s warship. After discovering the ring’s resemblance to the Divine Staff’s pattern, Vic put it on and sent Rebecca and Wendy away so he could study it alone.

• The old king gave Vic the family treasure, saying its value supposedly exceeded that of the entire country, and Vic flew back to the warship.
• The old king told Paula what had happened, and she wept while watching the docks as the warship prepared to leave.
• Zephyr ordered the warship to set sail, and Rebecca asked Vic why the old king had summoned him.
• Rebecca opened the wooden box and mistook the ring inside for a romantic token, but Vic denied it and examined its strange pattern.
• Vic recognized that the ring’s pattern resembled the Divine Staff’s, put the ring on his finger, and sent Rebecca and Wendy to bed.

Vic set aside his attempt to discover the ring’s power and continued training as the Elite Camp resumed its voyage along a new route. He reflected on the gulf between his abilities and the Admirals and Four Emperors as the warship sailed toward Reverse Mountain.

• Vic sent Rebecca and Wendy to bed, then spent two hours examining the ring without discovering its power.
• Vic stopped investigating the ring and meditated and trained his Haki.
• The Elite Camp resumed training the next day as the warship followed a different route instead of returning through Water 7.
• Vic compared his unusually strong training foundation with the other trainees’ slower progress and considered how his foreknowledge had helped him advance.
• Vic reflected that he remained far below Admiral and Emperor strength, and argued that the Four Emperors’ Conqueror’s Coating gave them an advantage over the Admirals.

The Five Elders discussed their centuries-long search for a mysterious item and the failed Cipher Pol mission in Xift, unaware that Vic wore the object they sought. After training, Vic shared a meal with Zephyr and the others, then explained why he killed pirates, leaving Zephyr accepting that Marines could hold different views of justice.

• The Five Elders learned that Zephyr's Elite Camp had foiled Cipher Pol's operation in Xift and captured their infiltrator, and they ordered their agents to keep searching and watch the Marine trainee.
• The Five Elders decided to retrieve the captured agent from Impel Down later, since Zephyr had not uncovered his identity.
• Vic cooked a Sea King feast after training and invited Zephyr, Rebecca, and the other trainees to eat with him.
• Zephyr remarked that Vic had a strong urge to kill, and Rebecca defended him.
• Vic told Zephyr that pirates had killed his father and nearly abused his mother, who died to save him.
• Zephyr apologized and told Vic he could follow his own sense of justice within the Marines.

Vic and Zephyr discussed whether dangerous people should be killed, while the group shared a meal and talked about Vic’s Observation Haki and Barnett’s Devil Fruit training. Rebecca asked if she should eat a Devil Fruit, and Vic said they could consider it if they found another good one.

• Zephyr cautioned Vic that killing too many people could affect his character, and Vic said he knew where to draw the line.
• Wendy brought Barnett out of the cabin, and the group ate together as Barnett praised Vic’s cooking and many skills.
• Barnett joked about Vic using Observation Haki to spy, prompting Vic to reveal he could see images in a small area and had used that ability to find Princess Paula.
• Vic urged Barnett to develop his restorative fruit while Zephyr advised him to keep training his body as well.
• Rebecca asked whether she should eat a Devil Fruit, and Vic said the Flame-Flame Fruit would have been a good choice if it had not escaped.

Vic, Rebecca, and the trainees traveled with Zephyr to a Marine Base after capturing pirates, while Zephyr encouraged Rebecca not to rush her growth. The group arrived at the base, where Commodore Bastille greeted Zephyr.

• Vic encouraged Rebecca not to worry about Devil Fruits, and Zephyr reminded the trainees that hard work could help them grow stronger.
• The group finished lunch and spent two days at sea, where the trainees captured two more pirate crews under Zephyr’s direction.
• Rebecca fought the strongest pirate in each crew, while Wendy continued working to awaken her Haki.
• The trainees escorted the captured pirates to a Marine Base, and Vic noticed that Kyle had become unusually calm.
• Commodore Bastille welcomed Zephyr at the Marine Base.

Bastille welcomed Zephyr and the Elite Camp students to the Marine base, then challenged Vic to spar. Vic declined and suggested Rebecca instead, and the two prepared to fight as Marines gathered to watch.

• Bastille recognized Zephyr as his former instructor and offered to host him and the Elite Camp students on the island.
• Bastille asked Vic to spar, but Vic declined, and Zephyr explained that the difference in their strength was too great.
• Vic suggested Rebecca spar with Bastille, and Bastille objected to fighting a girl until Rebecca challenged him.
• Bastille and Rebecca went to the training ground and took their positions as students and Marine officers gathered to watch.

Rebecca fought Commodore Bastille at the Marine training ground, using her superior swordsmanship to wound him despite his Tekkai. Bastille prepared to switch to offense and Armament Haki as the fight continued.

• Bastille and Rebecca faced off while Marines and Elite Camp members cheered for them.
• Rebecca opened with a powerful sword strike that Bastille blocked, then used Soru to attack his crotch and forced him to dodge.
• Rebecca pressed Bastille with intricate swordsmanship, exploiting his slower reactions and lack of Observation Haki.
• Bastille used Tekkai to endure Rebecca's cut across his chest, but her Cutting Steel swordsmanship still drew blood.
• Bastille assessed Rebecca's skill and prepared to use Armament Haki and attack, while Rebecca taunted him and onlookers joked about the fight.

Rebecca fought Bastille in a fierce sparring match, using Observation Haki to evade his attacks and eventually overpowering his defense. Vic stopped her from killing Bastille, and the chapter ended with Bastille admitting defeat and praising Vic’s strength.

• Bastille attacked Rebecca with his sawblade, but she used Observation Haki to dodge and counter while his Armament Haki blocked her strikes.
• Rebecca wore down Bastille’s Haki and drove him into retreat, despite his refusal to admit defeat.
• Zephyr told Vic to watch the fight, and Bastille used Geppo to flee into the air as Rebecca pursued him.
• Rebecca nearly severed Bastille’s head, but Vic blocked her sword and ended the match.
• Vic caught Rebecca after she fell from the air, and Bastille landed, admitted defeat, and praised Vic.

Vic, Zephyr, Bastille, Rebecca, and the others shared a meal after the battle, where Zephyr advised Bastille on awakening Observation Haki. Bastille's suggestion that he and Vic visit a flower street angered Rebecca, and the group eventually left after Vic ate all the restaurant's food.

• Bastille treated Zephyr, Vic, Rebecca, and the others to a meal and asked Zephyr how to awaken Observation Haki.
• Zephyr criticized Bastille's fighting and told him to improve his mental cultivation through meditation.
• Vic explained that sensing auras and one's surroundings could help awaken Observation Haki, and Zephyr agreed with his advice.
• Bastille whispered an invitation to take Vic to a flower street, but Rebecca overheard him and glared at him with murderous intent.
• Vic teased Bastille about being a regular at the flower street, and Bastille denied ever going there.
• The group finished eating after Vic consumed all the food in the restaurant.

Vic and Rebecca encountered a frightened child who had eaten a Devil Fruit while being chased through town. Vic agreed to follow the pursuers to their boss, suspecting they were hiding something, and the group set off together.

• Rebecca took Vic for a walk through the lively town, and Vic teased her after mistaking her shy remark for something romantic.
• A child ran into Rebecca and fell, then hurriedly finished eating a Devil Fruit as his pursuers caught up.
• The child hid behind Rebecca while a group of burly men demanded that Vic and Rebecca hand him over as a thief.
• Vic offered to pay for what the child had stolen, and the men claimed the child had taken fruit from their stall.
• Vic sensed an evil aura from the pursuers but agreed to go with them to meet their boss and investigate.

Vic and Rebecca followed the men who had accused a hungry child of stealing a Devil Fruit, while Vic fed the boy and tried to learn the truth. The men led them to a walled, dilapidated building and revealed that they planned to rob and capture all three of them.

• Rebecca picked up the frightened child, and Vic bought him bread and milk as they followed the burly men.
• The child ate hungrily, and Vic decided the boy could join the Marines and have a safe home.
• Vic questioned the men when they led the group away from the busy streets into a rundown neighborhood.
• The bare-chested man brought Vic, Rebecca, and the child to a walled building and admitted they intended to take them and their money.

Vic and Rebecca discovered that the child they had helped was being hunted by human traffickers who had killed his parents and captured others. Vic killed the gang members outside the hideout and prepared to rescue the captives inside.

• The shirtless trafficker explained that his gang had lured Vic and Rebecca to their hideout to sell them in Sabaody.
• Vic used Observation Haki and saw captives locked inside the house, then learned the gang had killed their families to prevent them from reporting the crimes.
• Rebecca comforted the trembling child while Vic promised to deal with the traffickers.
• Vic drew Allen and killed the shirtless man with a casual swing.
• Vic used Flying Finger Pistol to kill the gang members who tried to flee.

Vic and Rebecca rescued the captives from a human-trafficking hideout after Vic killed Rag, a Snow-Snow Fruit user who idolized Doflamingo. Vic gathered the survivors, found food, and began distributing it before they left.

• Vic confronted Rag, who revealed he was a Logia Snow-Snow Fruit user and hoped to join Doflamingo.
• Vic swiftly passed Rag and his lackeys, then cut them down when they turned to look for him.
• Rebecca brought the little one into the house and released him after he had nearly suffocated in her arms.
• Vic freed the captives, gathered them in the hall, and went to find food while Rebecca reassured them.
• Vic returned with a large supply of food, ate a piece of meat, and organized the survivors into a line to receive their share.

Vic and Rebecca rescued a group of children from traffickers and brought them back to the street, where they met Barnett and Wendy. Vic arranged for the others to be taken to the Marines and decided the youngest child would stay with them aboard the Elite Camp training ship.

• Vic fed the rescued children and led them out through a path he cut in the courtyard wall.
• Vic carried the two youngest girls as he brought the group back to the street and explained to Rebecca that he was leaving the traffickers’ bodies for wild beasts.
• Vic met Barnett and Wendy, then explained that he and Rebecca had followed traffickers to their headquarters and freed their captives.
• Vic asked Barnett and Wendy to take the rescued children to an inn and have the instructor contact the Marine Base for help.
• Vic told Rebecca that the youngest child would stay with them aboard the Elite Camp training ship and proposed finding him clothes and a bath.