Hody Jones Vander Decken Alliance To Overthrow Neptune

Status: pending · Technique: chekhov-explicit

The seed

The payoff

(Forward of this batch — the coup on Ryugu Palace lands past Ch. 0627. Keep status: pending.)

Earliest known caller

(unknown)

Why this matters

The explicit villain-pact that sets the arc’s central conflict — and a competing ruin-vector for Madam Sharley’s prophecy that “Straw Hat Luffy will bring ruin to Fish-Man Island” (the ruin may be the coup, not Luffy). Cross-link Madam Sharley Prophesies Straw Hat Luffy Will Bring Ruin To Fish-Man Island, Hody Jones, Vander Decken IX.