Chapter 1,098: The Ultimate Sacrifice
Detailed spoilers thanks to Malik from TalkOP:
- The unexpected enemy is the first Pacifista Prototype
- Kuma had already accepted to be transformed into a cyborg to protect Sorbet kingdom
- Saturn says that the only way to move forward with PX project is to erase Kuma’s existence and use “it” just as an imprint for PX’s mass production
- Ginny is captured to blackmail Kuma. She knows that and is willing to let herself be killed
- Kuma destroys Sorbet to protect Ginny, gaining himself the epithet “Tyrant”
- He accepts to become a Warlord to look for the Age Age fruit
- He commits lots of crimes on behalf of the WG and finally finds the Fruit
- He erases Ginny’s memories and makes her eat the fruit. Then he frees the “newborn” Bonney and treats her as his daughter
- “It’s just another form of love” says Kuma to Dragon
- Chapter ends with Kuma talking to Dragon after Thriller Bark and Sabaody events
- He talks to him about the Strawhats, he lets him know he’ll become a full cyborg with no will and affirms he’s made a deal with Vegapunk, involving two orders: one to protect the Sunny until the crew is back, the other to always protect Ginny/Bonney
- End of flashback, Kuma arrives on Egghead
- End of chapter
Break next week
