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Chapter 1066: The Will of Ohara

Arc: Egghead · Saga: Final Saga · Released: 2022-12-26

Summary

On Egghead, a Vegapunk satellite (helmet-marked “01”/“5”; the one guiding Robin’s group — unnamed on these pages) tells Robin, Usopp and Franky the truth Ohara died for: the Void Century was a war between an advanced ancient civilization and a coalition of 20 kingdoms that won, founded the World Government, and erased all traces from history. He reveals he personally knew Professor Clover and travelled to Ohara’s ruins months after the Buster Call — where he found the island’s books had survived in the central lake, declaring “Ohara won.” A 22-years-ago flashback shows giants from Elbaf (captained by a bandaged giant) salvaging the books, and a young Monkey D. Dragon — then “Captain of the Freedom Fighters” — sparring with Vegapunk over the cover-up; galvanized by Clover’s death, Dragon vows to build a force that can fight back and founds the Revolutionary Army within the year with Kuma and Ivankov. Vegapunk later read all of Ohara’s rescued texts on Elbaf and now carries that knowledge “right here in my brain.” Robin, weeping, names the giant captain — Saul — and Vegapunk confirms he is alive and in hiding. Meanwhile Luffy, Chopper and Bonney accidentally trigger an ancient robot in Egghead’s scrap-heap Fabriophase; it explodes and warps them away, and the present-day human Dr. Vegapunk appears to save them, recognizing Luffy as Dragon’s son and marveling at how Bonney has grown.

New reveals

• The Void Century is “the history of a war” between an extremely advanced ancient civilization (whose existence Ohara proved via a “certain machine,” identity unspecified on-page) and a coalition of 20 kingdoms. The 20 kingdoms won, built the World Government, and “erased all traces of it from history.”
• Ohara’s library was not destroyed: the books in the central-island lake survived the Buster Call, were salvaged by giants from Elbaf, and taken to Elbaf. Vegapunk: “Ohara won.”
• Dr. Vegapunk knew Professor Clover in life and visited Ohara’s charred ruins several months after the Buster Call to pay his respects.
• Vegapunk travelled to Elbaf in secret, read all of Ohara’s rescued books, and now carries Ohara’s entire deciphered knowledge “right here in my brain” — he has “carried on the great work of researching them.”
• Young Monkey D. Dragon appears (22 years ago, captioned age 33, “Captain, Freedom Fighters”) — an old acquaintance of Vegapunk who had offered him a place in the Freedom Fighters; Vegapunk declined and became a WG/Navy scientist (“a government lapdog now”).
• Galvanized by Clover’s death and Ohara’s will, Dragon vows to “create a military force that can actually fight back” — and within that year, joined by Bartholomew Kuma and Emporio Ivankov, founds the Revolutionary Army.
• Saul is alive. Robin recognizes the bandaged giant captain — “his name was Saul, wasn’t it?” — and Vegapunk answers that he is “currently in hiding” (strongly implied: on Elbaf with the books).
• Dr. Vegapunk is captioned in the flashback “Director, Punk Hazard Lab (Age 43)” and at chapter’s end “The smartest man in the world · SSG (Navy’s Special Science Group) Leader.” His present-day human self appears, saves the falling Luffy/Bonney/Chopper, recognizes Luffy (“You’re Dragon’s son, aren’t you?!”) and Bonney (“how much you’ve grown!”).
• Egghead’s scrap-heap is named “Fabriophase”; an ancient robot (“Robonosuke / Robo-King”) activates, explodes, and warps Luffy’s group via a malfunctioning “re-Quasar.”

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Characters: Vegapunk (satellite narrator + flashback age-43 human + present-day human), Nico Robin, Usopp, Franky, Dragon (flashback, age 33), Clover (retrospective), Saul (flashback, bandaged giant captain), Kuma (flashback), Emporio Ivankov (flashback), Luffy, Tony Tony Chopper, Jewelry Bonney, Nico Olvia (Ohara flashback)
• Locations: Egghead (Fabriophase scrap-heap), Ohara (ruins, retrospective), Elbaf (referenced — Ohara’s books stored there), Punk Hazard (referenced)
• Groups / crews: Revolutionary Army, Freedom Fighters (proto-Revolutionary Army, named), Five Elders (the 20-kingdom coalition / WG), SSG
• Concepts: Buster Call, Void Century and Ancient Kingdom, Tree of Knowledge, the “certain machine” (identity unspecified on-page)

Notable panels

• Page 1 — Title page; cover-story serial Germa 66’s “Ahh… An Emotionless Excursion,” Vol. 23: “Germa Returns, With Added Bonus” — the Germa Kingdom castle and 66-flagged fleet sail the sea.
• Pages 2–3 — The satellite frames the Void Century as a war between an advanced ancient civilization and 20 kingdoms; “they erased all traces of it from history.”
• Page 6 — Retrospective of Clover the adventurer-archaeologist (“CLOVER” banner); the burned Tree of Knowledge; the underwater lake of surviving books.
• Page 7 — “OHARA WON.” intercut with child Robin’s Ohara-escape flashback (“save the books!! Throw them out the windows!!”).
• Pages 9–10 — 22-years-ago Ohara ruins: Elbaf giants salvage the books; young Monkey D. Dragon — “Captain, Freedom Fighters (Age 33)” and Dr. Vegapunk — “Director, Punk Hazard Lab (Age 43)” captioned face-to-face.
• Page 12 — Dragon vows to build a force that can fight back; montage: with Kuma and Ivankov he founds the Revolutionary Army “before that year had ended.”
• Pages 13–14 — Vegapunk read Ohara’s books on Elbaf; carries the knowledge in his brain; Robin names Saul; Vegapunk: “He is currently in hiding.”
• Pages 15–17 — Fabriophase scrap-heap; the ancient robot explodes; present-day Dr. Vegapunk (caption: “The smartest man in the world · SSG Leader”) appears.

Open questions raised

• Where exactly is Saul “in hiding” — is he on Elbaf with Ohara’s library?
• What does Vegapunk intend to do with Ohara’s complete deciphered knowledge stored in his brain?
• How does Vegapunk know Bonney from childhood, and what is the Kuma connection?
• What is the “certain machine” (identity unspecified on-page) by which Ohara dated and proved the ancient civilization?
• What did Vegapunk want to “show” Robin (page 14)?