Was that why he stole it? And is that why he bet on Luffy?
Discuss
Apparently the Government was supposed to have acknowledged about it since centuries but still at least apparently didn't instruct the Marines and the Government guys better so at this stage nothing makes much sense.
Oda entered a stage of meta physics
But I mean I hope Shanks didn't talk about Luffy, but Teach, since I don't see much spiral to talk about Luffy and it don't feeling like a betrayal, cause the attention should have been more on Luffy who was already facing the contrivancies of the NW.