I am still fully in the game! 😉 Because, it is questionable if Lucci wanted to kill Vegapunk or rather Stussy. Because try to remember:
Here in the last panel Saturn states that the WG cannot
under any circumstances loose three things:
- York
- Punk Records
- Mother flame
If the Stellar dies, what will happen to Punk Records? The brain will possibly die, too. If Stussy is on the WG's side, it makes perfect sense for her to try to protect not Vegapunk but Punk Records however she can. In fact, Lucci trying to kill the Stellar makes me question if he is still on the WG's side. But than, I do not know if he aimed for the Stellar or knew Stussy needed to protect the Stellar and actually wanted her and not the Stellar to be hurt. It would also explain, why he was looking in chapter 1090 that grumpily at her, with Stussy even commenting on it.
And than we have a small detail that maybe no one has noticed, yet: When has Lucci ever not kept his promise? Never. He never told anyone a lie or didn't keep his promises. Here however, we see him for the first time not keeping a promise and attacking Vegapunk and not face off Luffy, like both of them agreed on.
Yes, the fight with Zolo will be good. Notice that both of them are now out of sight and earshot of everyone else. Also, Lucci as actively seperated himself from everyone. I really hope he also can seperate from Zolo somehow.
An aditional thought: Look at Kaku. Lucci and he are very close. In fact I would not wonder, if Lucci and Kaku somehow consider each other brothers. Keeping that in mind, Lucci leaving Kaku behind makes only sense if either he:
- thinks Kaku is weak and deserves to die through the hands of pirates (SHP)
- thinks his "brother" is safe where he is (with the SHP)
Both possibilities let him come to the conclusion that he can act upon his extended agenda.
Andn I want you to keep something else in mind: The SHP's plan is flawed. Kizaru could easily beam himself onto the Sunny even after Vegaforce has brought them from the island and the Sunny has used the Coup de burst to fly one km.
Someone or something has to hold Kizaru back. This could be Luffy or someone else.