In One Piece‘s most appreciated flashback sequence, volume 96 showed the last part of Gol D. Roger’s journey, when he finally reached the hidden island of Laugh Tale and claimed the One Piece, becoming the Pirate King. During that sequence, several panels showed Roger’s ship, the Oro Jackson, with an unusual feature: a giant egg on the deck. No explanations were ever given by the author Eiichiro Oda, so fans went wild with the most disparate theories on the mysterious egg. Now, it looks like that obscure piece of One Piece lore will finally receive an explanation.

In chapter #1061 of One Piece, Luffy and the Straw Hats arrive at the next stop of their voyage on the Grand Line: Egghead. This island houses the laboratory of Dr. Vegapunk, the top scientist of the World Government, another very mysterious character who has created the most advanced pieces of technology in the world, including the Pacifista cyborgs. The name of the island could be simply a reference to Vegapunk, as “egghead” is a colloquial term for a smart person or scientist, but everything has always a deeper meaning in One Piece. In the only panel showing a full view of the island, one giant object resembling a cracked egg dominates the landscape. Even if the view is clouded by mists, that could be the same egg that Gol D. Roger carried on his ship.

What’s even more interesting is that the egg on Egghead looks cracked, meaning that whatever was inside has hatched. Fan theories believe that the creature is a dragon because One Piece has made several references to these mythological creatures. The World Nobles, the most powerful authorities in the world, call themselves Celestial Dragons, and their crest resembles a dragon’s paw. Vegapunk himself, who works for the World Government, has created an artificial dragon (seen by the Straw Hats on Punk Hazard), and he also extracted the DNA of Kaido, who can transform into a dragon thanks to his Devil Fruit, in an attempt to replicate it. According to some fans, the dragon that hatched from the egg could be Uranus, the last of the Ancient Weapons.

While there will be no confirmation of this theory for at least a few more chapters, it will be too much of a coincidence if this giant egg had nothing to do with the one on the Oro Jackson. Nevertheless, One Piece fans are going to find out very soon what is the creature that hatched from the egg, and why the Pirate King Roger carried it on his ship.