After the 1109 chapter update, many people are speculating whether Vegapunk is dead. From the point of view of physical fitness, Vegapunk is also at the level of ordinary people, and has been pierced by Saturn and Yellow Ape successively, and there is no possibility of survival. Vegapunk had told the dragon before that he might be dying, and the five old stars also pointed out that Vegapunk's ** activation condition was his own death. By all indications, Vegapunk is really dead.
However, in Ranbu-kun's opinion, Vegapunk is likely still alive.
The other five old stars asked Saturn how the Vegapunk was doing, and Saturn said that the yellow ape had killed him, and added: I think he should be dead, I saw it with my own eyes. Note that this is inside"See it with your own eyes"A few words are emphasized. Oda added emphasis, which is usually problematic, and seeing is not necessarily believing, and Saturn is still used"Should have died"With this uncertain tone, it's clear that something isn't right.
According to the regulations, when the text is arranged vertically, the emphasis should be added to the right of the word, so the word with the emphasis is"See it with your own eyes", and not"Should have died"）
This emphasis should be Oda implying that Vegapunk is not actually dead, but just looks dead. But the people who think that the yellow ape is a troublemaker should save it, what do you say about the high temperature of the lightsaber to stop the bleeding of Vegapunk, and try it for you? The internal organs are blanched for you until they are medium-rare. Lao Bei was still quite conscious, but he took a sword and went down directly, and even the live broadcast was triggered, so why are you still playing stalks?
The yellow ape was thrown out by Luffy, and after landing on the boat, he covered his face with his arm and couldn't see his expression clearly, why did he do this? Because it's sad. The yellow ape thought that he had really killed Vegapunk, but he didn't want to do it in his heart, it was just his duty, he had to kill, and he didn't want others to see him crying. On the contrary, if the yellow ape helped Lao Bei, he should behave more easily.
Compared to the yellow ape, I prefer that this is Vegapunk's own problem, and the fact that the truth live broadcast was triggered was just an accident. The five old stars should have guessed correctly, Vegapunk did set his death as a switch to turn on the live broadcast. However, it is the machine that determines the death of Vegapunk, and the machine will only determine whether Lao Bei is dead based on Lao Bei's physical data indicators, such as heartbeat.
Attentive readers must have noticed that when the live monitor lights up, the electrocardiogram next to it becomes a straight line:
It can be inferred from this that the basis for the machine to determine Lao Bei's death is likely to be that his heart has stopped, and as long as Lao Bei's heart is not beating, the live broadcast will be started. However, the heartbeat stops does not mean that this person will die immediately, especially a person like Lao Bei, who is full of black technology, can't be looked at with common sense at all, maybe he will be relieved in a few minutes. But just a few minutes are enough to trigger the live broadcast.
To put it bluntly, Vegapunk is still alive, but because he was too badly injured, his heart temporarily stopped beating, but according to the settings of the machine, it was judged to be dead without a heartbeat, so the live broadcast was started, so it was purely an accident. When Lao Bei recorded **, he was worried"The person died, and the live broadcast was not opened", but he never expected that it would appear"People are alive, and the live broadcast is on"situation.
From another point of view, if Vegapunk is really dead, at least there should be a memory marquee, or the title is played"The world's first scientist Vegapunk"This is Oda's consistent style. Supporting roles like Izang and Asura don't have much impact on promoting the development of the plot, you just write him to death casually, and a big man like Vegapunk should not be so hasty when he goes offline.
Vegapunk needs a grand curtain call, readers need a conclusive explanation, and Oda needs a shocking ending to earn readers' surprises or tears. For the sake of the plot, Vegapunk can't die like this even if he dies; And judging from the hints given by Oda, it is more likely that Lao Bei is alive.