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I'm with ya Franky, we gotta let the baby turtles make it to sea

After last chapter's title got us looking forward to something sadly this one means sad times ahead

Cobra's already struggling too

Imu seems to have a verbal tic, calling themselves 'mu' instead of using 'I'

Mu can be key as well since it is a theme of the void (used in Ghibli movies a lot)

But Imu will answer the two questions, so long as Cobra answers one in return

Cobra says Imu was the name of one of the first 20, but Imu brushes it off with their superfluously magnanimous vocabulinguistics

According to Imu, D is the 'moniker' of their ancient enemy, but they're somewhat okay with people having it in their names because its meaning has been lost

Imu doesn't like Queen Lily though (TCB still uses Lili but since Stephen of Viz hates matching scanlations it's Lily in the official, despite the fact that Lili matches with Vivi), claiming they made a 'blunder' 800 years ago

Lily scattered the Poneglyphs!

And without the search of the Poneglyphs Imu believes that there wouldn't be any pirates after the One Piece, since Roger only found Laugh Tale via the Poneglyphs

They also call the Poneglyphs 'relics', so that means they did belong to nobility

Imu also wonders if Lily had a greater plan to it, which I would say she did, if she scattered the answers

So many questions from the get-go though; Alabasta and Wano already had the Pluton connection but now they have the Poneglyph connection (since Wano allegedly made the Poneglyphs), paired with Joy Boy and Zunesha - which in turn leads to the connection of Zou and the Kozuki - the lines are there but the center of the puzzle still doesn't take shape

The Gorosei are all packing heat right now too (except the swordsman, who's always packing his sword)

Lily's letter apparently is the key to the truth, which is why Imu wants Cobra to say Lily's full name

Cobra knows he's done for, and the Gorosei make it clear that seeing 'the great Imu' is cause for his silencing

Sabo is also overhearing all of this

Nefertari D. Lily

Immediately after Cobra is attacked by an arrow-like pierce, but it's also flexible since it curved to him

Sabo then jumps in, Fire Fist on all the Gorosei and then a 'Smothered Mate' (a chess move according to the T/N) to Imu

It's hard to tell, but I think the dark energy that attacked Cobra guards Imu from the attack, undoubtedly looking annoyed by seeing another witness

Oh, the Gorosei all have powers...

To the left we have a bull-like creature that is Saturn (judging by his position that we last saw him), the Swordsman or the regular guy looks like he's awakened so I don't think he's a Zoan, and if he is then it'd be a humanoid one, middle could be Imu or it could be the other (in the next panel we do see something that looks like Edvard Munch's Scream which could be him instead), Tall Beardo looks like a draconian bird - like an Amphitere - also awakened, and finally Gorbachev kinda looks like a Boar or Warthog Zoan

Of course this is where Sabo got snapped by cameras, the Gorosei and Imu being on the other side and thus obscured

Cobra knows that Sabo's Luffy's brother, though I guess that did make the news post-Dressrosa

Cobra's also shocked that Sabo stepped in to save him, since he's a Revolutionary, but Sabo notes the bigger picture at hand

Kinda wish Cobra and Sabo could've bonded over knowing Luffy someplace else where Cobra isn't bleeding out

Noble as ever, Cobra begs Sabo to ditch him as dead weight, after all he needs Sabo to survive and send a message to Luffy and Vivi

"We share the moniker D."

I guess that confirms it; Neferati D. Cobra, Neferati D. Vivi

Of course Sabo wanted to be a D., was the only ASL brother left out

Ha SaD.Bo! XD Only Luffy

That arrow tail thing (I think it's a tail, it looks like a devil's tail) slashes Sabo and Cobra this time

Whatever that creature is it's got a low mouth

Cobra takes his last stand, stating the contents of the letter (which we only partially see) as he helps Sabo escape

I suppose this is one of the few times people of the internet will be devastated to see the death of a king

Fly the Flag that Heralds the World's Eventual Dawn.

Swordsman spots a noise by the wall, and through the peephole panics Wapol

Dude you shouldn't celebrate good people dying

He's right on that part though, he is a marked man, he saw the biggest skeleton in the closet

Back at the actual Reverie, rather than the events surrounding it, the rest of the royals muse over Cobra and Wapol's absence

Riku and Neptune do sense something amiss

Coalition of Four Northern Nations? That wouldn't happen to be the four nations whose kings lost their heads to one Vinsmoke Judge would it? Or would it involve Lvneel (Noland's nation) or Flevance?

After the incident last chapter, the Fishman brothers are not setting one fin more in Marejois, insisting that they take Shirahoshi to the Red Port

Shirahoshi does look forlorn though, wanting to say goodbye to Vivi

Vivi was captured! By the former CP9 dudes now as CP0

Kalifa implying that Vivi will probably be treated like a pet after word gets out about her disappearance makes me feel like we should've killed more Celestial Dragons...

Vivi does ask about Shirahoshi though, strangely Kalifa does oblige her and tell her that she's safe, is there respect there?

Jabra meanwhile talks about how Sai and Leo declared themselves publicly, so this is definitely 'the incident' the Grand Fleet caused

He says 'assaulted' though, so Accordion Charloss is probably still alive

HA! Fujitora somehow managed to help the Revolutionaries free more slaves, pissing off Ryokugyu too, should've just dropped a meteor on him (though maybe he did, 'went at it' could mean a fight)

Vivi's escape is a matter of fortune though, as Wapol comes crashing through the wall trying to escape

So alas, Wapol still doesn't have a conscience, Vivi's just smart enough to latch onto the rampaging bull who wants to get away from the World Government as far as possible

Kindrella I mean, you're a gold digger anyway you can't act like you had genuine feelings

Well then. Stuff happened.

We'll pour one out for King Cobra, a small hope before this flashback was that his death was faked or a trickery but yeah he's proper bit the dust here. Went down like a champ though and in poetic irony did it to save Sabo, the man who had only ever seen the worst in nobles.

People may think now that I don't think Lily is Imu, and you're half right, but not entirely, I think it still could be Lily, but only visually. Imu was implied to be one of the other 20, maybe they used Law's bodyswap powers to take Lily's body? The info remains vague.

Key thing though is that the Gorosei are all power-users, and all very powerful, enough for Sabo - the feral boy who fought an Admiral in Dressrosa - to hightail it out of there. So we have to expect that Saturn ain't coming to Egghead to stand there and 'negotiate'. We're gonna expect this horned dude to throw down.

Vivi's escape is daring, or should I say D.aring, Vivi being a D. was not on my bingo card but you know I fly with it, Sabo should just decide to be a D. too, I mean if it's a Moniker of the enemy then use it as a symbol of rebellion, Ignatius D. Sabo, Sabo D. Sadboy, Portgas D. Sabo, pick your name.

There's so much implications to this chapter, and no break which is a big plus! But I do think we're still not gonna see Luffy yet, I feel like we may have one more flashback of the Reverie left, then possibly some present-day stuff with the Revolutionaries and Vivi/Wapol/Morgans, we could also have some more to see from Garp in Fullalead, but something tells me that we'll see Luffy and co again at 1090, then at 1100 the Egghead incident will go down.