Finding Blackbeard Was the Goal, Part Seven

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The Marines' intelligence network was clearly no pushover, especially when it came to the mastermind behind the Impel Down incident and the female pirate on the island.

Jewelry Bonney, the female pirate with a mysterious background—Rogge had naturally investigated her.

She was one of the Supernovas. Rogge had not seen her on Sabaody Island, but her most significant identity was very likely that of Kuma's daughter. First, the age revealed on her Vivre Card put her only in her twenties. Second, Rogge clearly remembered her wiping away tears over Kuma at the Reverie.

Another point was that this woman had once lived in Mary Geoise, very likely because of her Devil Fruit. The Celestial Dragons still needed her ability to restore their youth. Otherwise, Akainu would not have said upon seeing Bonney that her escape had given the government quite a scare.

Perhaps Bonney had lived in Mary Geoise from childhood as a member of an affiliated nation's royal family. These circumstances might well explain why Kuma had served the World Government or become one of the Shichibukai.

Rogge had once wanted to ask Kuma, but the man had refused to say anything, so why would he tell Rogge? Now, asking him was no longer possible. The whole world knew that Kuma had been modified into a weapon, and he was currently guarding the Straw Hat crew's ship on Sabaody.

There was another detail that could actually overturn Rogge's earlier speculation: Bonney's other possible identity. Because of the Marineford War, Bonney had shed tears and declared that she would never forgive Blackbeard. Then she had come looking for him, only to be captured by him.

Clearly, someone close to her must have died during