On Break One Piece Chapter 1198 Discussion

[Tonix]

I remember hating Doflamingo but respecting him for not ever berating his subordinates for their lack of firepower. When he went to rescue Baby 5 and Buffalo, he basically told them yo you guys did the best you could, thanks, I got this.

Doffy was one of the only villains who actually seemed to at least kind of care about his subordinates. The Doffy Family felt like a real crew.

 

[AmyRose]

I remember hating Doflamingo but respecting him for not ever berating his subordinates for their lack of firepower. When he went to rescue Baby 5 and Buffalo, he basically told them yo you guys did the best you could, thanks, I got this. Hate the dude all you want but he might have learned a thing or two from Kaido being his Joker card. So when Kaido said that shit, I thought that was pretty damn cool too. This is also why I don't think the GKs are really weak, they just are when portrayed against Zoro and Sanji but they could probably hold their own against the majority of pirates of the sea. I think Franky said it on Egghead, they're just this powerful now. Or was it someone else? I forget.

Well yeah, both Kaido and Doflamingo cared a lot about their highest rank subordinates which were their actual crew mates. On other hand they didn't gave a shit about their lowest rank minions because they were easy to replace soooooo yeah, to some degree they were still horrible assholes. I would argue about Holy Knights NOT being weak though. I mean sure, at some point they deffinetly were really powerful but I'm quite sure that after Imu gifted them with immortality (well, at least our unwanted guests from Elbaf - Shamrock) their battle abilities could weaken. You know, because thanks to immortality they didn't have to depend on their stranght to survive. Look at example of Gunko: technically her body is soo easy to damage that even Usopps Grass Bomb was able to destroy upper half of her body while regular people don't get hurt THIS badly by them. She recovered but what would happen if she faced skilled conqueror haki user instead and would just take the hit without thinking? That's right, she would die immedietly. What's my point here? Well, I just think that ironically immortality made the Knights weaker because while they are still skilled fighters they lost their battle instincts which in normal setting would put their minds into "survival mode" during fights. Now despit fact that they have to finish their mission and get rid of every obstacle or else they will have to face Imus rage they can only run away. I assume it's because they kinda forgot how to fight to win AND survive. They dosen't dodge, they rarely block and it's all because they think immortality will always save them. Both Sommers and Killingham literally let Zoro and Sanji learn how to weaponize conqueror haki because they were taking all their hits. So while Holy Knights aren't full blown weaklings sense of security that immortality gave them deffinetly made them weaker than they should/could be.


Also about Franky well, I also don't remember when he said it but I'm about to relearn. Currently I'm watching Egghead for the first time because I got fed up of watching week to week and went on break. The point is, I will check if Franky did said that during Egghead arc. Although I feel like he could say that more recently, mayby even during Elbaf arc.

 

[Lord Rayleigh]

We know that Void Century Elbaf has left a treasure box in the Owl Library that it is currently considered as a way to protect the country against Imu and his God’s Knights. Adding to that the fact that Imu has just said that there is ancient technology in Elbaf that he wishes to obtain, we can assume that this box contains this ancient technology.

What could this technology be? If this technology is supposed to protect Elbaf from Imu (!!!) and considering the current plot situation with Imu about to head back to Marigeoise and Luffy losing its will to its Zoan awakening, then my guess is that it is a weapon that cancels DF technology. Maybe a weapon that emits ocean soundwave frequency and which is able to destabilize a whole island area. My guess is that we will see it being used in Elbaf in order to save Elbaf from Black Nika and to bring back Luffy to his senses.

 

[Hannibal Psyche]

We know that Void Century Elbaf has left a treasure box in the Owl Library that it is currently considered as a way to protect the country against Imu and his God’s Knights. Adding to that the fact that Imu has just said that there is ancient technology in Elbaf that he wishes to obtain, we can assume that this box contains this ancient technology.

What could this technology be? If this technology is supposed to protect Elbaf from Imu (!!!) and considering the current plot situation with Imu about to head back to Marigeoise and Luffy losing its will to its Zoan awakening, then my guess is that it is a weapon that cancels DF technology. Maybe a weapon that emits ocean soundwave frequency and which is able to destabilize a whole island area. My guess is that we will see it being used in Elbaf in order to save Elbaf from Black Nika and to bring back Luffy to his senses.

In my opinion, if I had to guess, it possibly isn't a weapon, I don't think there will be anymore Ancient Weapons around besides Pluton, Uranus (WG have it) and Poseidon. I think this may be the key to Pluton or the thing needed to activate it.

Lilly is from Alabasta, she has connections to Elbaph, also has connections to Wano as they created Poneglyphs and she played a vital role in them being spread all over the world which is why the WG are in the position they're in. I think given how Joyboy and co. believe in fate, they wouldn't put everything in One Place (e.g. a Treasure chest & Key), they'd put them in different places in hopes that the person meant to find it can form an alliance and trust from all the separate parties involved to prove they're really trust worthy.

I think this is the Key to Pluton or the Ignition tool in Elbaph, and Pluton is in Wano which we know - Biblo is probably giving them this tool to escape in case Imu defeats Elbaph.
If this was an Ancient Weapon which Harald was aware of, I'm sure the giants rulers before him would have used it to rule the world since they're warriors and only respect power. That is my impression but hopefully we get some more info soon.