Chapter 1076

Chapter 1076 is titled "Old Friends".

Cover Page
Color Spread: The Straw Hat Pirates at a tropical location.

Short Summary
Despite some tensions between both groups, Luffy reluctantly agreed to free Lucci and Kaku, allowing them to engage the Seraphim. Meanwhile, Vegapunk has been placed in confinement in the lab, surprised at the events occurring under his nose and wonders how the World Government found out about his Poneglyph research. Elsewhere on Elbaf, the Red Hair Pirates greeted the reunited Giant Warrior Pirates, and later confronted the Kid Pirates and demanded their copies of the Road Poneglyph by challenging them to a battle for them.

Long Summary
Zoro told Lucci and Kaku that he did not see a future where after they uncuff them, they would let them cuff them later. Kaku stated that they would let them restrain them again, which seemed to convince Luffy to help them out, despite Zoro claiming that Kaku was lying to them. S-Hawk then unleashed a powerful flying slash attack with his leg, causing Zoro to realize that the Devil Fruit power S-Hawk was using is the Supa Supa no Mi, used by former Baroque Works agent Daz Bonez. After moving out of the way, Kaku used the fact that he had to save them again as reason for letting them help if it means escaping alive.

Shaka asked the two agents what their mission was, and Lucci bluntly replied that their mission was to terminate Vegapunk and his Satellites, much to Kaku’s annoyance that he would give away that information so freely when he was trying to convince the enemy to set them free. Shaka asked if Stussy was on that hit list given her betrayal, which Lucci also confirmed. All of a sudden, they heard Nami screaming, which Zoro realized it meant that the other Seraphim were on the loose. Ultimately, Luffy agreed to set them free and asked Shaka for the keys. Shake gave Luffy the keys, saying that he would trust his judgment as long as the Stella escapes safely. Luffy turned to Lucci and asked if he would not go after his friends once the Seraphim were dealt with. Zoro did not believe they would fall for a taunt like that, but Lucci did, telling Luffy that he wanted to kill him first and then go after his friends. S-Bear then fired an Ursa Shock, but at that point, both CP0 agents have been freed. Luffy assumes Gear Fourth and uses Gomu Gomu no Kong Gun while Lucci assumed his hybrid form and used Rokushiki Ogi: Rokuogan to simultaneously attack S-Bear. Zoro and Kaku teamed up against S-Hawk, blowing him back with Santoryu: Rengoku Oni Giri and Rankyaku “Hakurai”, respectively.

Meanwhile, deep within the lab itself, it was revealed that all of the CP5, CP7, and CP8 agents that had been sent to the island had all been imprisoned for the last two months. Apparently, when the agents finished their investigation of the island, they tried to leave but were attacked by the Sea Beast weapons, who forcefully brought them back. All of the other agents that followed suit ended up meeting the same fate trying to find their colleagues. The kicker was that they all assumed Dr. Vegapunk was responsible, but he is revealed to have been imprisoned with the rest of them. Vegapunk admitted he had no idea any of this was happening, and finds it baffling that word of his research into the Poneglyphs was leaked to the World Government somehow. The Marines are then revealed to be deploying about 100 ships of all sizes from branch G-9 en-route to Egghead.

In a small port, on a certain island, a kid asked Shanks if he could take him with him on his next journey. Shanks refused, since the kid was a little hot-headed, much to his annoyance. One of Shanks’ men arrived and informed him that they were under attack, and if they should fight back. Shanks ultimately agreed, regretting that he let it get to this point due to him reconnecting with some old friends of his who he believed to be dead. His friends turned out to be Dorry and Brogy, the former captains of the Giant Warrior Pirates who finally left Little Garden and returned to Elbaf, the island Shanks is currently on. The two giants happily agreed to help him out as Shanks asks Rockstar to send a message to their attacker, who is Eustass Kid; the message being “surrender the Road Poneglyph rubbing he has or risk a fight with him”.

On the outskirts of the island, Kid realized that practically every pirate ship they see belongs to big shots who all swore fealty to Shanks. Killer revealed that the last time they tried to fight him, it was a completely one-sided fight; Kid never even got a chance to see Shanks. This time, Killer feared that Kid might die in this next confrontation. Kid however, was not scared, believing he would only die if he lost the fight.

Chapter Notes

 * Luffy and Zoro engage the two Seraphim.
 * S-Hawk has the power of the Supa Supa no Mi.
 * Luffy frees Rob Lucci and Kaku.
 * Luffy and Lucci attack S-Bear while Zoro and Kaku attack S-Hawk.
 * Vegapunk has been brought to the same spot where the missing Cipher Pol agents are held prisoner.
 * Vegapunk is wondering how the World Government found out about his Poneglyph research.
 * The World Government has dispatched 100 ships to Egghead.
 * The Red Hair Pirates are on Elbaf.
 * The Giant Warrior Pirates have reunited on the island, including Dorry and Brogy, who are no longer in a feud.
 * Shanks is acquainted with both Dorry and Brogy.
 * The Kid Pirates are at Elbaf's coast, and are confronted by the Red Hair Pirates.
 * Shanks sends a message to challenge the Kid Pirates to a battle in exchange for the Poneglyph etchings the Kid Pirates have.

Trivia

 * Shanks' interaction with the giant boy in the bar is reminiscent of his interaction with Luffy in Chapter 1: a young boy begging to join the Red Hair Pirates but being rejected by Shanks before being comforted by the female bartender.