I did a reread of all the Egghead chapters after this came out, because there's too many fucking elements going on. Rundown of my thoughts:
1. The hidden villain is taking out all the Vegapunk's, which was CP0's original mission to begin with. Saturn is on his way. CP0 only report to the Gorosei (correct me if I'm wrong here). Therefore, only the Gorosei would've known about the mission. Kizaru was already on his way to Egghead. From my POV, signs point to another Elder, or Imu themselves.
You are very right here: CP0 should only report to Gorosei. And now I am wondering, why Stussy informs Akainu about the SHP being on Egghead and not the Gorosei?
Akainu had never and will not ever have authority over CP0. So, why contacting him and not Saturn, who is already on the way to Egghead?
Anyway, my question is, why Saturn and Kizaru were on his way to Egghead in the first place. I mean CP0 had all under control until the SHP appeared. No need to back them up. Just another mission like Water 7, right? And the Seraphim could have been commanded with the authority chip of them. Why heading to Egghead than?
2. Stella and Shaka both had a sense of impending doom prior to the Straw Hats arrival on Egghead, with Shaka mentioning his own death to Dragon. I think we're missing some context as to why that's the case. The VP's must have been made aware of the government knowing he was researching the Void Century. Who was the tip-off?
I’m asking that myself. Stussy was their informant in the WG. But I doubt she would tell them all, since I still think she is with the WG. She after all had instructed to make that call to Akainu after all, giving Akainu the room to prepare for the new situation.
3. Everyone, from the Satellites to Sentomaru, are betting everything on Luffy getting Stella safely off Egghead, for whatever reason. Why? He's shown himself to be pretty reckless, but a lot of people believe in him. I think Stella will survive, but I think everyone else left on Egghead is getting killed (if Oda actually breaks formula and kills off people). This includes all of the satellites.
Let us get surprised here.
4. Caribou was not happy that he was being released onto a government island. His words were "You'll pay for this!". Chapter 601 he was also seen using a pistol, similar to the one used on Shaka. (Sorry, bad at adding images here).
I think it is very interesting that we have at least one person on the island, who has been seen using a pistol. Add that to the cover story, in which you can see Judge and Ceasar already realizing that Vegapunk is their biggest obstacle … . I wonder how this theory would work.
5. The Navy/WG are going completely fucking overboard (with the exception of Garp lmao) to destroy Egghead/VP. I don't think we've seen so many forces trying to get at one character so much before. He's such a high priority asset, just like Kuma. VP's been mentioned by Old Stussy, Judge and Caesar have seemingly stopped fighting to team up against him, the Gorosei, the Admirals, Bonney wants him dead.
I do believe they are afraid that someone will leave the island in the end – Vegapunk or SHP. Vegapunk for his knowledge and SHP because of Luffy’s DF.
Both aims are of high priority now that Luffy has his awakening. You can see the WG (Gorosei) turning concerned after they were given the new wanted poster of Luffy, ordering to not use the awakened picture of him. There is certainly a certain amount of fear behind it.
6. There are constant parallels/mentions of Ohara here, and Lucci referenced Lulusia as CP0 pulled up. I think we know how Egghead is getting destroyed, God Laser Death From Above. Just depends if Punk Records itself will be destroyed.
If Saturn contacts Imu, then maybe. Another thought of mine: What if we are now getting more specific information from Saturn concerning the empty throne? Seeing as now the Gorosei could be threatened if captured, he would be the most important source of information the SHP could get out of Egghead.
7. Shaka mentions this is all an "elaborate plan" to kill the VP's, but I think it's more just a few people who wanted him dead all happened to be on Egghead at the same time, and unintentionally unite. I don't think any of the VP's are behind a betrayal.
I think so, too. There are more than two parties involved. And the actions of those parties are interfering with the outcome we are seeing as reader. So, it is very hard for us to put all hints and proofs together in a plausible way.
Overall, I think this arc just has so much shit going on, but I'm starting to understand why Egghead is the beginning of the end. Most of the story is converging on this old-timer. He has a lot to answer for, and I hope he gets the chance to do so. I think we'll see Egghead hit with Imu's Orbital Laser Cannon/Uranus/whatever the fuck it is, Bonney finally switch to being pro-VP after seeing Kuma's memories, Kuma potentially destroy MJ/the Red Line at the same time as Egghead's destruction to level things off and officially kick off the Final War.
I still don't know what purpose Kizaru/Saturn will serve. I do hope the SH Grand Fleet pulls up to deal with the Navy. I have more thoughts but this post is long enough already lol.
I hope the robot in the scrap yard is going into action, soon.
What are your thoughts? I am interested, seeing as you so throughoutly explained parts of them here.
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You cooked until Lucci was mentioned
I love cooking - hence my name.
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By the way: It is impossible to not talk about Lucci in a Lucci centered arc.