Chapter 984 Parting
Chapter 984: Separation
Rebecca flipped through the portraits that Vic had already completed. There were portraits of Hancock, Olivia, and Nami. The one at the bottom, which was the first one drawn, was actually hers!
Rebecca's forehead veins bulged when she saw it, and she wanted to tear it up immediately, but when she thought that it was drawn by Vic and everyone here had it, she calmed down the idea.
But then I thought about the fact that Yamato, Kuina, and Ain didn't have such ugly demon forms, and the urge to tear up the painting came to my mind again. If they saw this, I don't know how they would laugh at me!
"Vic! Can you create a secondary work based on Yamato and the others' faces? Draw them like this too. We in the Thunder God Pirates have to stand together, and it can't be just us. That's too unfair. You're the captain, right?"
Rebecca knew that it was useless to tear up her painting. Her devil image had already grown in Vic's mind and could be drawn at any time. Tearing it up would not help. It would be better to drag everyone else into it and turn everyone into devils. Then the eldest brother would stop making fun of the second brother. She knew Vic could definitely draw it!
"Let's talk about it later. Your painting is a gift to you. You can do whatever you want with it!"
It's not that Vic couldn't draw it, he just suddenly became interested and thought it would be interesting to draw Rebecca and the others as demons. But when he was asked to draw Yamato and the others, he lacked interest.
After Vic finished drawing the devil portraits of everyone, all the members of the Straw Hat Pirates except Aokiji were drunk. Vic signed his name on all the portraits, rolled them up and put them in their arms. The drawing paper was waterproof, so he didn't have to worry about them getting wet by drooling.
"Your interest is really bad. Is this what I became before? It's really scary!"
Aokiji took the portrait handed over by Vic and stared at it carefully, as if he wanted to see something. This incident dealt him a great blow. With his strength, he could actually be turned into a demon servant and driven by others, and he seemed to be completely unable to resist!
"Don't be discouraged. I told you before, keep persevering. You haven't fully integrated into the Straw Hat Pirates yet. Once you are fully integrated, you will be able to awaken the Conqueror's Haki!"
Vic could guess some of Aokiji's thoughts. Hancock's strength was not as good as Aokiji's, but relying on the power of Conqueror's Haki, she got rid of Im's control of his abilities. However, Aokiji, who was stronger, failed to do so!
Aokiji's mental power is definitely not weak, but it is not easy to awaken it. Just like Vic at the beginning, his mental power had already reached the edge of a breakthrough, but there was an invisible membrane blocking the release of his mental power. If he did not break through this membrane, the growth of his mental power would stagnate!
So even though Aokiji is already quite old, his mental power is still not as good as Hancock's. After Hancock breaks through the barrier, her mental power will continue to grow stronger!
But Aokiji failed to take that step, so his mental power has been in a bottleneck. As long as he does not break through, his mental power will not transform. This has a lot to do with his previous naval career and his mentality!
But as long as Aokiji integrates into the Straw Hat Pirates and develops the kind of bond that makes him willing to risk his life for his partners, his Domineering Haki will be close to awakening!
In other words, the stimulation and crisis that Aokiji faced when he was in the navy were not enough. The real strong men were blocked by Sengoku and Garp. Aokiji, the youngest admiral of the navy, was protected too well. It was for this reason that his domineering color could not awaken for a long time!
"If someone else said this, I might not believe it, but if you say it, I believe it!"
Aokiji knows Vic quite well. They were friends when they were in the navy. When Vic was in the navy, he had never heard that Vic had awakened the Conqueror's Haki!
There is no need to hide this, and the relationship between Vic and Garp is there, so there is no need to hide it. In an organization like the Navy, strength and background are also considered. There is no need for Vic to hide his shortcomings. It will be better for his career development if he can show his strength!
But as soon as Vic rebelled against the navy, he immediately awakened his Conqueror's Haki. Aokiji didn't know the details, but the facts were there, so he took Vic's words to heart!
Vic had no intention of using the Soul Fruit to help Aokiji awaken his Conqueror's Haki. Aokiji was just one step away from achieving his goal. If he didn't have the determination to fight for his partner, it meant that he wasn't lucky enough. In that case, it's not bad at all!
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Time quickly came to the next day, and everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates saw their own devil portraits. Some were still in their arms, some rolled to the side, and some were crushed by themselves.
When they saw their ugly portraits, they wanted to tear up the paintings immediately. However, when they saw that the signature was Vic's name, they did not do so. They thought that it was a warning from Vic to them and it was too instructive to tear up easily!
"Luffy! Take care and keep getting stronger, otherwise your partners will be in danger. You must have something special that made the Five Elders target you. You won't be so lucky next time, they seem to be everywhere!"
Victor said this loudly to Luffy. He didn't mean it to Luffy alone. What's the use of becoming stronger alone? Your weak partners will become your weak points. If your partners don't become stronger, it will still be very dangerous!
Luffy left with his Straw Hat Pirates without using his previous escape plan. Although Nami and Chopper were reluctant to leave Vic, they had their own dreams to realize and would not stop for this!
At this time, Luffy didn't know that the two captains of the Giant Pirates, Touri and Broki, had already returned to their hometown of Elbaf from the small garden, and had been looking forward to their arrival in Elbaf, the Land of Giants!
He even set out to sea for Egghead just to meet them in advance, and the news of Luffy's arrival was told to the two captains by Red Hair!
"Let's go too!"
Watching the Sunny set out to sea, Vic called out to Vegapunk, Rebecca, Olivia and Hancock beside him. They all had many interactions with the Straw Hat Pirates, so naturally they wanted to come and see them off.
"By the way, Doctor! What should we do with York?"
With the addition of Vic and others, the situation of the battle was completely reversed. Both York and Seraphim stayed in Egghead.
But York has already betrayed him once, and there's no telling what he might do if he stays around. Vic wants to kill him outright, but he's Vegapunk's clone after all, so he still has to ask the real person's opinion.
"York inherited the desire attributes of this old man and several other clones. Without York, our work efficiency will be greatly reduced. Even if we deal with this one, we will need to cultivate a new one!"
Each of Vegapunk's clones has their own responsibilities and are not created at random. Even though York is a clone that just eats and sleeps all day long and seems to be useless, her role is still indispensable. Vegapunk is unwilling to deal with it. After all, they have lived together for so long and have feelings for each other!
"Well, then we'll just lock her up. She won't be able to escape anyway."
Wick would not go against Vegapunk just because of an insignificant character. The Revolutionary Army has the Piercing Fruit that Wick left for Dragon. They can use this ability to build a cell. Even Magneto can't escape, let alone a person who has no martial arts and no fruit ability!