Hold up.
Does anyone have the japanese for this?
Cause I would like to check what the original says here, if there its more Fujitora never met Vegapunk in person or if he actually didnt see Vegapunk cause you know, blind.
Cause if it may indicate he never met Vegapunk in person, this may change some things.
And if he only "didnt see" Vegapunk but still met him and raised no objections to being an old man, that may be important too.
Unless its a really weird case and we have a girl Vegapunk and her voice is that of an old man and Fujitora just never saw her body.