(Forward — Weevil’s hunt for Marco/the inheritance is unresolved within this window; keep pending.)
Why this matters
A textbook chekhov-explicit antagonist-goal install at the seam of a new saga: the moment the Yonko saga opens, Oda seeds a new Warlord whose declared mission threads through both the surviving Whitebeard Pirates and the Straw Hats. See Newgate, Edward Weevil, Marco.