The escaped ship’s defenders turn for Egghead on-page Ch. 1106 — the legendary Giant Warrior Pirates arrive at the island under siege.
Earliest known caller
(Unfilled.)
Why this matters
A textbook negative-space cliffhanger: Oda shows the consequence (a destroyed WG annihilation fleet, survivors reporting the defenders “went to Egghead”) without showing the agent, forcing the reader to anticipate an off-page rescuing force converging on the besieged island. Paired with the explicit chekhov line — the strike order is stated (p. 4) and its failure is stated (p. 13) — the gun is loaded and visibly mis-fired in the same chapter. Cross-link Buster Call, Egghead, Vegapunk Final Message and Sinking World.