User blog comment:Fliu/Chapter 956 Thoughts/@comment-198.232.93.121-20190919202555

I'm under the impression that Black Beard is racing to get the mera mera no mi before the marines extract it from Sabo. That is, if Sabo is being framed for the murder Vivi and or Kobra, it would be safe to assume he would be executed in a similar fashion as Ace. I'm sure it could be equally as possible that he is moving to obtain someone's territory or anything else for that matter, but Black Beard's patterns so far seem to revolve around devil fruit captures.