The Ultimate Goal of the “Flame Emperor” Sabo

As a result of the Revolutionary Army’s actions in Mary Geoise, Sabo has gained massive global influence and is now known as the “Flame Emperor”. Now, his influence is said to be even greater than Monkey D. Dragon’s himself.

Sabo’s introduction was always weird to me because I didn’t really see a reason for him to exist and why Oda would make him the 2nd in command of the Revolutionaries. Well I think with the latest chapter we finally know, Sabo will be the one to take on Im and the World Government.

From the beginning One Piece was never about fighting the Marines, they were just the villans of the week like pre timeskip Smoker or roadblocks like Aokiji and Kizaru. But beating them was never the goal of the series. I think Oda realized during Marineford that he had too many antagonists for the Straw Hats to beat and it would just take too long and be way too drawn out which is probably why he made Big Mom and Kaido team up so he could take them out of the story together.

So my crackpot theory is we’re going to have 2 arcs going on at the same time with Luffy going on the fulfill his destiny of being Joy Boy and whatever that entails. While Sabo and the Revolutionaries take on the Marines and the World Government. Most likely ending in a twin defeat of Blackbeard and Im at the same time by Luffy and Sabo respectively.

The Devastating Impact Of The Reverie

The secret weapon of the Marines might be Vegapunk’s recreation of one of the Ancient Weapons. A week has passed since the end of the recent Reverie. Two news leaves the world in awe, with the Shichibukai abolished and a story about Sabo which mentions a death of someone important and an attempted assisanation. Something has happened to Sabo but let’s be real, he ain’t dead. Many people speculated that he has been captured by Fujitora and/or Green Bull.

Garp reveals that something big has happened in Alabasta. When connecting these facts, it becomes possible, that king Cobra has been assasinated by CP-0 ( he might have known too much) and since both Cobra and Sabo were present at the Reverie and Sabo was (likely) captured, he would have been the perfect scapegoat to blame Cobra’s murder on. If Sabo is brought to Impel Down, this could be a way for Doflamingo to get out of there too. We know that Vegapunk has developed something powerful enough to replace the Shichibukai.

We will likely see this technology soon, as it would be make perfect sense for the Marines to use it against the now abolished Shichibukai. At the same time, Blackbeard orders his crew to set sail, stating they are setting out to claim something before the Marines do. It is implied in this chapter, that this might be the Mera Mera No Mi as Blackbeard has been shown to collect powerful devil fruits. It is also possible, that Blackbeard is looking for a Road Poneglyph. Another possibility is, that he is going to attempt to get his hands on an Ancient Weapon specifically Pluton wich is believed to be in Alabasta. The secret weapon of the Marines might still be with Vegapunk, so even though it is unlikely, it’s possible that Blackbeard is going to try to get his hands on that. Blackbeard might also be talking about the Shichibukai and try to recruit them to his crew.