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
- Another PX-0 prototype destroys Sorbet to justify Kuma’s arrest by WG. Kuma gains 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 (he doesn’t want her to know about his deal with WG and Saturn) 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
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