Chapter 830: Meeting an Old Friend
On the way back to Rogue Town, Vic passed by a small town on an island, where he found a young man forging a knife. The boy was still an apprentice, but Vic admired his seriousness and persistence.
After checking the boy's memory, Vic decided to teach the boy Kozaburo's ancestral sword-forging skills. However, Vic would not stay here for long, and it would be unrealistic for him to teach him personally. It would be better to wait a few years after the war is over before looking for a successor. Vic has a long life anyway!
Not everyone has the talent like Vic and can learn all the sword-forging skills in a short period of time, so Vic transformed all his experiences of learning sword-forging from Kozaburo when he was young into illusions and memories.
Let the young man first quickly experience the illusion, and observe from a bystander's perspective the whole process of Kosaburo instructing young Vic on how to forge a sword. The faces and words of young Vic and Kosaburo appear extremely clearly in the young man's senses.
After the illusion was over, Vic engraved this experience into the boy's mind and it became a memory. After today, even if the boy did not follow anyone to learn swordsmithing, he could grow into a swordsmithing master just by relying on the memory in his mind!
Of course, there are prerequisites for achieving this kind of achievement, that is, he can survive well and persist in learning and practicing according to the content in his memory. It may not be achieved in a short period of time, but as long as he perseveres, he can definitely become a master!
Vic completed Kozaburo's request so easily. If he could come across good seedlings in the future, he would continue to sow some seeds. One seed is not a guarantee.
When Vic was leaving the island, he dropped the rare fusion metal that he was going to give to Kozaburo from the sky above the island. If fate allows, the young man might get it in the future and eventually create a weapon of the supreme sword level!
After returning to Rogue Town, Vic found Olivia and set off immediately, crossing the Upside-Down Mountain and entering the Grand Line. He stopped at the Twin Towers and discussed medical skills with Kurokas.
Although Vic is very good at treating patients with diseases caused by the human body itself, he is not particularly comprehensive in treating patients with diseases caused by external objects and poisons. He can learn some things from other doctors with superb medical skills, which can be regarded as completing some of Vic's unique medical puzzle.
Kurokas was also generous and happy to share with Vic. After all, Vic's ideas were more advanced and were a great inspiration to him.
Another thing is that Vic saved Ace. When Rayleigh wanted to save Ace, he also looked for him, so Crocus also knew Ace's identity. For him, Vic was able to save Ace at the top, which was a big favor. However, current medical research is mutually beneficial, and there is no such thing as repaying favors. He can only repay Vic when he needs help in the future!
After leaving the Twin Towers, Vic chose a route he had never taken before and continued to fill in the material for his fantasy. Naturally, he had a great time partying every night, which made Olivia not want to end this trip.
Now she has Vic all to herself, and can travel, climb and enjoy the ultimate bliss of the human body. Which woman would want to end it? It's just that she won't say it out loud, and Vic has the final say.
......
"boom!"
More than ten days later, Vic was awakened by the sound of a collision. Olivia was still exploring the magnificence of the fantasy world in Vic's illusion and was completely unaware of the changes in the outside world.
Vic stood up and walked to the bow to take a look, and found that the boat was blocked by an ice track about one meter wide. The wooden board at the bow had fallen off due to the impact. Fortunately, the boat was only wrapped in wooden boards on the outermost layer, and there was a metal hull inside, so there was no problem with the boat, but it became bald. If another wooden boat collided with it, it would most likely sink.
"This should be caused by Kuzan riding a bicycle on the sea, right? This is too unethical. If it were a different ship, it might have sunk here. It's not good to ruin someone's dream of becoming the Pirate King. I don't know if Kuzan has left the navy now, but he shouldn't have gone far. Let's go talk to him!"
Looking at the narrow ice road, Vic guessed that it was made by Aokiji. As for whether Aokiji had left the navy now, Vic was not sure, as there was no news about it in the newspaper.
In his previous life, Vic only knew that Aokiji left the navy after his defeat, but he didn't know the exact time. It hasn't been long since the war, so maybe Aokiji has just recovered from his injuries.
"Olivia! Wake up!"
After waking up Olivia, Vic chased after her along the ice track. As for whether he was going in the wrong direction, he could tell which way to go by looking at the degree of melting of the ice.
It didn't take long for Vic to see a small black dot moving slowly at the end of the ice track.
Aokiji also thought of the problem that Vic had encountered before, and was afraid of causing a traffic accident at sea, so the ice track that condensed when he rode his bicycle was the most ordinary ice, which would melt away in no time.
Normally, you won't encounter such an unlucky ship, so if you can see this ice road, it proves that Aokiji is not far away. Vic chased him for this reason. If other pirates encounter this, just run for your life. Don't be curious and chase after him. I'm talking about you - the Straw Hat Pirates!
"Kuzan! I guessed that you were the one who wrecked my boat. Don't run away, compensate me for the boat!"
Seeing Vic yelling, Olivia looked at him strangely. He was a naval admiral, and he was asking him to pay for the ship? But Vic was the one who said that? That was fine, he did have the ability.
Olivia did not have a good impression of the navy, and even had a great hatred for them. O'Hara's demon-killing order was issued by the navy. Although the order was issued by the Five Elders, the executioners were the navy, and their guilt could not be washed away!
However, Olivia can treat Aokiji with a different attitude. After all, she learned about what happened that year from Robin, and she is still grateful to Aokiji for not killing her. If Aokiji was the same as other navy officers, Robin would be dead. Although that was just Aokiji's temporary kindness towards the child, it was still kindness!
“Ah la la la! Isn’t this the Thunder God Vic? Do you want to become the Sword God Vic again? I wanted to find a time to visit you on Titan Island, but I didn’t expect to meet you now!”
Hearing the familiar voice, Aokiji stopped riding, put one foot on the ice road, turned around and saw the boat coming towards him. Vic and Olivia at the bow came into his sight.
Vic's style of dress is completely different from when he was on top. When he was on top, there was a thunder drum floating behind him and he wore a slightly ancient-style robe. He had a sense of ethereal and detached feeling, which really fits the title of Thor.
Now Vic has two long swords on his waist, a black cloak on his back, and is dressed in swordsman's outfit, so Aokiji made a teasing remark. As for the tall and plump woman wearing a mask next to her, of course he has heard of her, but he has never seen her and is not familiar with her, so he did not say hello.
Aokiji was looking at Vic and Olivia, and Vic was also looking at Aokiji.
Aokiji was dressed simply, with a green cloth hat on his head that wrapped his long curly hair, his eyes blocked by round-frame sunglasses, a white V-neck long-sleeved top with a dark green long windbreaker on the outside, a backpack on his back, black trousers and black boots on his lower body.
Aokiji looks normal all over, except for the burn marks on his exposed shoulders and neck. You can't tell that he has a broken leg!
In addition to Aokiji, there was a big penguin floating in the sea next to the ice track. The penguin was carrying a large bag on its back and was looking at the approaching boat with a confused look on its face.
"I heard you had a fight with Sakaski, and now he's a marine admiral, what about you?"
The boat approached Aokiji and pushed the big penguin aside. The penguin was very angry, but when he saw Vic, he didn't dare to act recklessly and just sulked there alone.
Vic was asking this question knowing the answer but was just trying to bring up the topic. He saw the result clearly, but both of them had their memories of him deleted by Vic.
"Me? I have already left the Navy. I do not agree with Sakaski's philosophy. Can I continue to serve in the Navy under his leadership? I can't do that either. So the only thing I can do is to leave the Navy and find the true justice in my heart!"
Looking at Aokiji's attire, Vic had already guessed something, and now he finally confirmed that Aokiji retired from the navy immediately after recovering from his injury.
When there is a disagreement in ideas, it is really uncomfortable to follow other people's orders, just like when Vic was asked to carry out the plan to destroy the island, he directly rebelled!
The navy is now ruled by Admiral Akainu. As for why the news of Aokiji leaving the navy was not reported in the newspaper, it must be because the impact was quite serious and the Five Elders did not allow Morgans to publish the news, or they did not find a good opportunity to announce it. Anyway, the fact that a navy admiral left the navy cannot be told to the world now, for fear that someone might have ill intentions.
"Kuzan! I have some good wine here. How about we go aboard and have a drink? We are both in the same boat now!"
What Victor said was not accurate. He was a vicious pirate as determined by the World Government, while Aokiji was now just a free man who had retired from the navy and had no bounty on him. The World Government had to be nice to Aokiji, otherwise he would be the next big pirate.
So there is an essential difference between Aokiji and Vic. One was forced to leave the navy, and the other left the navy voluntarily. The nature of the situation is different. Vic said this mainly because he wanted to pull Aokiji to his own camp.
This is a true admiral of the navy, the top combat force on the sea. No one would not be tempted, including Wick. What's more important is that Wick does not want Aokiji to go to Blackbeard.