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Chapter 1062: Adventure in the Land of Science

Arc: Egghead · Saga: Final Saga · Released: 2022-10-23

Summary

The Straw Hats reach the Future Island of science, Egghead, home of the world’s greatest scientist, Vegapunk. Half the crew, dragged from the frigid sea by a colossal robot piloted by Lilith (PUNK-02, “the Evil”), are nearly sunk by Vegapunk’s bio-mechanical Sea Beast Weapons before Shaka (PUNK-01, “the Good”) overrides her and orders the crew brought in — having taken an interest in the newly-minted Emperor’s crew (Zoro’s bounty is cited at 1.111 billion). On the surface, Luffy’s group is swallowed and spat out by the island’s machines and wanders a hologram-and-automated-food wonderland run by the small inventor Atlas (PUNK-05, “Violence”). Elsewhere, Jewelry Bonney has returned to the lab she knew as a child, seeking the Vegapunk who turned her father into a mindless living weapon. The big reveal: there is only one Vegapunk, who “split himself into six different people” — six satellites (Shaka, Lilith, Edison, Pythagoras, Atlas, York), each embodying a human trait, all of them Dr. Vegapunk together. At sea, CP-0 (Lucci, Kaku, Stussy) escort a star-chested weapon back to Egghead under orders to eliminate all the Vegapunks — a mission Lucci links to “what happened in Lulusia the other day.”

New reveals

• There is only one Vegapunk; short on time, he “split himself into six different people” — six satellites, all Dr. Vegapunk together (CP0 briefing, p. 16): PUNK-01 Shaka (Good), PUNK-02 Lilith (Evil), PUNK-03 Edison (Thinker), PUNK-04 Pythagoras (Wisdom), PUNK-05 Atlas (Violence), PUNK-06 York (Greed). The original/main body is the Stella (p. 3).
• Egghead — “the land of science,” a winter island made tropical by an island A/C Atlas built; flying buildings, a giant robot, holograms, and an automated cooking machine that turns holographic food into real matter via “high-pressure gloves.”
• Vegapunk’s waters are patrolled by Sea Beast Weapons — bio-mechanical sea monsters that sink approaching ships (p. 4).
• Zoro’s bounty is stated on-page as 1.111 billion berries; Robin called “the demon child” (p. 6). Luffy’s crew is openly recognized as the crew of the man “who just got made Emperor of the Sea” (p. 5).
• Jewelry Bonney is at Egghead — she knew the lab as a child, and accuses Vegapunk of turning her father into a “pure, unthinking living weapon” / “cyborg” who has lost his humanity (p. 7).
• CP-0 (a.k.a. Cipher Pol Aegis-0 / “Masked Killers” — Lucci, Kaku, Stussy) are en route to Egghead to return a star-chested humanoid weapon and eliminate all the Vegapunks while sparing the valuable lab (p. 16-17).
• Franky reveals he spent the timeskip’s two years at Vegapunk’s lab in Baldimore, Vegapunk’s hometown (p. 2).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

Luffy · Zoro · Nico Robin · Nami · Sanji · Franky · Brook · Tony Tony Chopper · Usopp · Jinbei · Vegapunk · Shaka (first appearance) · Lilith (first appearance) · Atlas (first appearance) · Edison (named, not shown) · Pythagoras (named, not shown) · York (named, not shown) · Jewelry Bonney · Rob Lucci · Kaku · Stussy · Koby (referenced) · Sabo (referenced — see Sabo’s Fate at Marijoa) · CP-0 · Egghead (first appearance) · Baldimore (mentioned) · Lulusia (mentioned) · Vegapunk Satellites · Sea Beast Weapons

Notable panels

• Page 1 — Title page doubling as the cover-story installment: “Germa 66’s Ahh… An Emotionless Excursion, Vol. 20: ‘Meanwhile, in Chocolat Town, Cacao Island’.” (Defer to cover-tracker; see Limited-Cover-Series-No-25-Germa-66s-Ahh-An-Emotionless-Excursion.)
• Page 3 — Lilith introduces herself: “I am PUNK-02!! Vegapunk Lilith, the Evil!!”; clarifies she is “obviously not the Stella! That’s the main body.”
• Page 4 — Splash: “The Sea Beast Weapons!!!” — the dragon-headed bio-mechanical guardians rise from the sea.
• Page 7 — Caption reveal: “PUNK-01 Dr. Vegapunk ‘Shaka the Good’.” Bonney’s accusation about her father intercut.
• Page 8 — Reveal spread: the Straw Hats are spat onto the surface to flying buildings, a giant robot arm, rockets, and a “VEGA PUNK” sign-tower — first full view of Egghead, under a giant “ど ん” / “D’OOM!” awe-SFX and a crew-reaction strip (“WHAT IS THIS PLACE?!” / “EVERYTHING’S FLYING!!”), the crew reduced small in the foreground for scale. Confirmed arrival-splash mirror of Water Seven (Ch. 323 pp. 7–8) — the foreground-figures variant (no ship; the crew is swallowed-and-spat in) — see Egghead Land-Of-Science Arrival Establishing-Splash Composition.
• Page 15 — Caption reveal: “Dr. Vegapunk ‘Atlas’.” Luffy: “You’re Vegapunk?! I know your name!! Koby said it!!”
• Page 16 — The six-satellite org chart: PUNK-01 Shaka (Good) → PUNK-06 York (Greed), “all Dr. Vegapunk together.”
• Page 17 — CP0 (“Cipher Pol Aegis-0 / Masked Killers”: Kaku, Lucci, Stussy) escort a winged, star-chested humanoid weapon; ordered to eliminate the Vegapunks. Lucci: “…with what happened in Lulusia the other day?”

Open questions raised

• Which Vegapunk is the true “Stella” main body, and where is he?
• Whose father did Vegapunk turn into a mindless weapon — and what is Bonney’s full history with the lab?
• Why has the World Government ordered every Vegapunk killed, and how does it connect to Lulusia’s destruction?
• What is the winged, star-chested weapon CP0 is returning to Egghead?
• What “demands” did the Straw Hats intend to make of Vegapunk, and why did they come?