Insane how the BB Pirates made two theories about it, and both were seemingly wrong.
but it’s funny to think, that in hindsight it really makes sense the last important roger pirate would be at the end of the grand line gate keeping the one piece. Irrc Gaban was one for the popular theories at the time, so Oda had to
- reintroduce Saul with a bunch of scars
- had shillew mention it be a WG agent
- introduce the HKs with a yonko like crew
just to have us guessing what should be obvious