OG Dr. Vegapunk has a devil fruit. Wasn’t expecting that!
The Brain-Brain Fruit. It basically turned Dr. Vegapunk into a walking library. Which he then transformed it into an actual library. How exactly? It’s a devil fruit; Oda doesn’t have to explain it. Probably better if he doesn’t. Cutting off your brain, turning it into a digital library, then creating clones and giving them your mental Wi-Fi password is straight up magic. Let’s just accept it and move on.
Did you notice Dr. Vegapunk glitching? What’s that about? Is he dying? Is there a massive flaw to his Brain Library of Congress? Just putting it out there.
More power source talk. Yeah, that has to be why the advanced Ancient Kingdom lost. Something happened to their power source. Either it fizzled out or the Pre-World Government destroyed it. That would explain how they could possibly win against a country that advanced.
So, Dr. V wants off Egghead, huh? He’s smart enough to build a ship and leave. Then why does he need Monkey D. Luffy? One word: Protection. Vegapunk has the brain, but not the power. I think he wants to be escorted somewhere and needs a powerful group to protect him along the way. And what better group than the infamous Straw Hat Pirates, lead by the son of his old acquaintance, Monkey D. Dragon! It’s all coming together, Y’all!
I wanna talk about Uranus. Heh… We now know the World Government has a weapon that can destroy an entire island. And that weapon is probably Uranus. Now, if the Five Elders sent CP0 to kill the Vegapunks because they know the brainiacs are researching the Void Century, then how do you think they’ll react to learning Luffy (AKA Joy Boy) is on Egghead? CP0 has zero chance of taking down the Straw Hats, so that means it up to Uranus. I predict CP0 will report Luffy’s on Egghead and, in fear of him learning about the Void Century, the Five Elders will destroy Egghead in an attempt to kill everyone there. Makes sense to me.
This was a good chapter! I love One Piece’s world building, so much I’m eating up every word a Vegapunk has to say. But, will we get more Vegapunk next week or will we transition into a flashback? Could we see the origins of the Revolutionary Army next time? Will we see Luffy’s mother? What about Luffy’s evil twin brother, Larry, long thought dead? Okay, maybe not that last one.
Mammoth Base Opera Castle 