## One Piece Chapter 1100: Thank You, Bonney - Chapter: 1100 - Pages: 0-17 - Characters: Sanji, Usopp, Usopp Pirates, Borsalino, Vegapunk, Bartholomew Kuma, Jewelry Bonney, Sentomaru, Jaygarcia Saturn, Portgas D. Ace, Egghead Scientists, Conney, Sorbet Kingdom Residents, Sorbet Elders, Alpha, Cipher Pol, Donquixote Doflamingo, Alvida, Koby, Pirates, Jinbe, Boa Hancock, Gloriosa, Gecko Moria, Perona, World Government, Marine ### Summary Page 0: Cover request page. Chapter 1100: Thank You, Bonney. The printed caption says: "Cover request by Noda Skywalker: Sanji cooking vegetables, making Usopp nostalgic about the Usopp Pirates." Sanji cooks at a rough outdoor table while Usopp smiles and remembers the young Usopp Pirates in thought bubbles. This is a reader-request gag illustration and not part of the Kuma, Bonney, Vegapunk, or Egghead flashback narrative. Page 2: At the future location of Egghead, Navy Admiral Kizaru, Borsalino, visits in the snow and says, "I'm afraid I'm here on business." Vegapunk complains that the cold is a far cry from Punk Hazard, but Kizaru tells him the future will be born right here. Kizaru explains that Vegapunk missed him because he should have checked every nook and cranny of the lab after moving in. The government frowns on secret backroom deals with pirates. Vegapunk tries to calm him with "Okay, okay. You got me, Borsalino," while Kuma and Bonney stare. Kizaru says he is just doing his job, and Kuma mutters, "I hate it when you get like this." SFX include the long staring beat, "staaare," and Kizaru's entrance carries the weight of a formal Navy inspection. Page 3: Kizaru says it is irrelevant whether Vegapunk considers Kuma an ideal candidate: "This man is a pirate with 296 million on his head!!" Vegapunk can claim ignorance or admit he does not care, but making a fugitive the face of their clone program is out of the question and would be an affront to the Navy's reputation. Saturn speaks through the Den Den Mushi and adds that if Kuma wants the World Government to honor the deal, there will be three additional stipulations. First, Bartholomew Kuma must agree to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Saturn explains that Ace's exploits left them a member short, and Kuma's terrible name in the pirate world makes him a natural choice to fill the opening and calm the seas. Page 4: Saturn gives the second condition: Kuma must undergo procedures to become a human weapon for the Navy. Kuma asks, "Are you talking about modifying my body...?" Saturn says Kuma already has all the traits required to be an effective weapon and will become a paragon of fear for pirates after receiving his enhancements. Kizaru seconds the idea, saying the Navy would love to have Kuma on their side. Vegapunk sees where this is going, but Saturn continues: the offer is only acceptable if they make absolutely sure Kuma will never turn his power against the World Government again. That brings the third and final condition. In a dark close-up, Saturn says Kuma must agree to give up "your free will and sense of individuality." Page 5: Vegapunk explodes at Saturn, shouting that none of the other Warlords follow orders and asking if Saturn really expects him to murder a man. He warns that if they snuff out all of Kuma's humanity and leave only a cyborg, they will have nothing but a robot. Saturn reminds Vegapunk that he is a military scientist and has no right to talk back. The conditions must be met if this criminal wants to save his daughter, and Saturn calls it a small price compared with the expense and difficulty of the procedure. Vegapunk says this is murder and it would be perverse to modify a human like that. Kuma softly interrupts that he has been worrying all this time and thinking it might be impossible to save Bonney. He asks Vegapunk how long it will take to finish his own modifications and cure his daughter. Page 6: Kuma accepts the impossible bargain with tears streaming down his face. Vegapunk, Kizaru, and Saturn react in silence as Kuma says, "I'm so grateful!! I'll happily accept any fate... so long as Bonney is cured!!" Vegapunk answers that dealing with the Sapphire Scales will take six months, followed by another year before Bonney can safely be exposed to natural light. Kuma's own modifications will take at least two years. Bonney, unaware of the price, leaps happily through the lab with Sentomaru and the others. Kuma asks from his bed how long Vegapunk will need, and the panel keeps the contrast cruel: a father calmly surrenders his future while his daughter smiles because she has been promised a cure. Page 7: Kuma cries that Bonney will really be better by the time she is ten. Kizaru asks how they can trust Kuma to remain obedient after she is cured, since his daughter is their only leverage. Kuma insists he has no intention of running, but Saturn says the World Government will have to take custody of Bonney once her treatment is complete. She will be free only after Kuma follo...