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Chapter 1082: Let's Go and Take It!!

Arc: Egghead (Cross Guild + Revolutionary Army interlude — no Egghead-island content this chapter) · Saga: Final Saga · Released: 2023-04-23

Summary

A cutaway chapter split between two off-island fronts. At Navy HQ, the death of Vice Admiral T-Bone — killed by the very citizens he protected, collecting a Cross Guild bounty — has the Marines reeling; their morale is collapsing under Cross Guild’s bounties-on-officers system, and Hina reports that Garp has left with SWORD (and Kujaku) to save Koby. At Emptee Bluffs in the New World, underworld overlords fete Buggy as a “new kingpin of evil” now that Cross Guild has had a Vice Admiral eliminated; the crew unveils a gaudy clown-themed flagship with Buggy as figurehead. In a strategy meeting, Crocodile and Mihawk lay out their goal of building a military nation (“Utopia”) strong enough to resist any power, while Buggy — through a flashback to parting ways with Shanks 22 years ago, the day of Roger’s death — accidentally rallies the whole crew with a speech declaring that Cross Guild will take the One Piece. Meanwhile, at the Kamabakka Queendom, the Revolutionary Army (its four directional Vice Captains — Iron, Gambo, Ahiru, Ushano — on hand) greets the return of Sabo, who arrives on a ship carrying refugees from the vanished Lulusia Kingdom. With Dragon and Ivankov, Sabo prepares to finally tell them everything that happened to him in Sacred Mariejois.

New reveals

• Cross Guild’s bounty-on-Marines program has spiraled into a societal crisis: destitute civilians (e.g., a man from the Pepe Kingdom, where 1000+ starve yearly) are murdering Navy officers to collect the money, and the Navy hides the cause of death.
• Vice Admiral T-Bone is dead — promoted from his Water 7-era Captaincy and now killed (stabbed in the back) by citizens collecting a Cross Guild bounty.
• Buggy is treated by the underworld “overlords” as a genuine new power and Four Emperor; “an average pirate never gets within a mile of an audience with him.”
• Cross Guild has completed its flagship — a giant circus/clown ship with Buggy as the figurehead.
• Crocodile & Mihawk’s stated aim: build a military “Utopia” / nation strong enough to resist any power; gain overwhelming wealth and strength.
• Flashback (22 years ago, the day of Roger’s death): Shanks invited Buggy to come with him (“Come with me, Buggy!!”); Buggy refused to work under Shanks (“I’m not gonna work under you, idiot!!”); Shanks revealed he’d “given up on” his dreams and “changed his mind,” and wasn’t trying to become Pirate King “for now,” but would “still be a pirate.” They parted as enemies (p9 “we’re ENEMIES!!”).
• Buggy declares Cross Guild will take the One Piece (“THE ONE PIECE IS OURS!!!”), accidentally rallying the entire crew while Crocodile and Mihawk look on aghast.
• Garp left “a few days ago” with SWORD — and Kujaku “most likely” — saying he was “headin’ off to save Koby.”
• Four Revolutionary Army Vice Captains named on-page, one per directional Army: Iron (Northern, Karasu’s subordinate), Gambo (Southern, Lindbergh’s subordinate), Ahiru (Eastern, Belo Betty’s subordinate), Ushano (Western, Morley’s subordinate).
• Sabo is alive and returns to Kamabakka aboard a ship from Lulusia — “the kingdom that just vanished” — carrying its refugees; he asks the Army to give them rest.
• Sabo will tell Dragon and Ivankov “everything” about what happened in Sacred Mariejois; the captains can’t be told yet because eavesdroppers’ lives would be at risk.
• Dragon/Ivankov note Kuma may be “programmed with some directive to return to Mariejois at any moment.”

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Cross Guild: Buggy, Crocodile, Mihawk, Mr. 1 (Daz Bones), Mr. 3 (Galdino) — Cross Guild at Emptee Bluffs Island
• Navy: T-Bone (deceased, news photo), Tsuru, Hina, Garp (mentioned), Koby (mentioned), Marines, SWORD, Kujaku (mentioned)
• Revolutionary Army (Kamabakka Queendom): Sabo, Koala, Dragon, Emporio Ivankov, Morley, Belo Betty, Karasu (mentioned), Lindbergh (mentioned), and the four Vice Captains Iron, Gambo, Ahiru, Ushano
• Mentioned only: Shanks (flashback), Kuma, Lulucia (“Lulusia”), Mariejois, Fullalead, Pepe Kingdom , Four Emperors (Yonko)

Notable panels

• Page 1 — Reader-request head illustration (B&W): “Chopper confusing Zeus for cotton candy and nearly eating him,” by Kanon Kameda. (One-off art, not a serialized cover story; no color spread.)
• Page 2 — Newspaper plate: “NAVY HQ VICE ADMIRAL T-BONE DIES.”
• Page 5 — “Buggy the Genius Jester is one of the FOUR EMPERORS!!”
• Page 6 — The Cross Guild flagship unveiled: a giant clown/circus ship with Buggy as figurehead; Crocodile and Mihawk disgusted.
• Pages 8-9 — Flashback: young Buggy and Shanks part ways the day of Roger’s death, 22 years ago.
• Page 11 — Buggy raises both arms before the flagship: “THE ONE PIECE IS OURS!!!”
• Page 12 — Caption boxes introduce the four Revolutionary Army Vice Captains (Iron / Gambo / Ahiru / Ushano).
• Page 13 — Sabo’s return; the Lulusia survivors’ ship.
• Page 15 — Cliffhanger: “…that ACTUALLY happened in SACRED MARIEJOIS!!! I’ll tell you everything…”

Open questions raised

• What exactly did Sabo witness in Sacred Mariejois? (about to be recounted)
• How far will Cross Guild’s bounty-on-Marines system erode the World Government’s order?
• What is the “directive to return to Mariejois” that Kuma may still be programmed to follow?
• Will Garp and SWORD reach Koby — and what awaits them?