Unofficially released on February 9, 2023, One Piece Chapter 1074 included all information up to and including the formal confirmation of Dr Vegapunk’s Stella body, which was not present. The chapter very probably revealed a brief flashback involving Kuma, the immensely thrilling reappearance of Vivi Nefertari, and a traitor within the Vegapunk satellites. Although it’s understandable that readers might be concerned about the fate of Dr Vegapunk’s primary Stella body after the events of One Piece chapter 1074, that chapter’s conclusion should not be brushed off.
Now that Admiral Kizaru is on his way to Egghead Island, the Straw Hats and the Vegapunk Satellites are racing against time to locate Stella’s body and escape the island. Even though the Straw Hats don’t seem to know where Stella’s corpse is, several viewers have already pinpointed the supposed abductor. Learn the truth about who stole Dr Vegapunk’s primary Stella body in One Piece chapter 1074 with the help of this article. The lesson that “no good act goes unpunished” will most likely be conveyed in One Piece chapter 1074’s missing Stella corpse narrative.
Stella’s kidnapper: the backstory
Although many viewers have forgotten, the Straw Hats weren’t the first to reach Egghead Island at the start of the arc, well before One Piece chapter 1074. Their ship was the only one observed approaching the island, but there was very certainly a third, unrelated passenger. Unfortunately for his devoted following, Wet-Haired Caribou is now hiding away on Egghead Island doing something nobody knows about. The stowaway joined the Straw Hat crew in Wano but was advised to go by Zoro when he emerged from his barrel on Egghead Island. After hearing this from Zoro, Caribou rushed off in a huff. Although his location and activities at the present moment are unknown, he may be responsible for Dr Vegapunk’s missing Stella’s main body.
The hints provided by the chapter’s background in One Piece (1074) are further evidence in favour of this interpretation. The Logia-type Swamp-Swamp Fruit is Caribou’s Devil Fruit of choice since it gives him the power to conjure and manipulate a “swamp” within his own body. Because of his metamorphosis, his body has the storage capacity of mud or quicksand. His depiction of it as a “bottomless swamp” lends credence to this ability of the Fruit and strengthens the argument. It has also been shown that Caribou can easily kidnap individuals and hold them captive in his swamp. As witnessed in the events of the Fishman Island arc, as soon as he let go of his swamp, the absorbed mermaids began to drown. More effort was put towards escaping Caribou’s marsh, the faster and deeper they went down.
Shaka’s allegation that the monitors show images of all of Egghead is a piece of contextual evidence suggesting that Caribou kidnapped Stella’s corpse in One Piece chapter 1074. However, it is most possible that Shaka’s assertion is a distraction designed to trick the reader into thinking that Dr Vegapunk could not have been kidnapped. When his victims are in danger, fans have witnessed how swiftly and discreetly Caribou can ignite his swamp and drag them in. So it’s very plausible that Caribou swallowed a struggling Dr Vegapunk into his swamp without Shaka noticing. Shaka has been watching the screens intently since the beginning of the arc, although he has sometimes taken his gaze off of them.
The door may have opened up for Caribou by pure chance. Furthermore, Shaka stresses that the Seraphim attack appears to have disabled part of the surveillance camera Den Den Mushis in One Piece chapter 1074. This would provide Caribou not just a chance, but an open door, to follow Dr Vegapunk until he was in an area with a broken Den Den Mushi. Like Oda’s writing style, this turn of events would make use of background information to better explain anything. Dr Vegapunk’s primary Stella body was likely abducted by none other than Wet-Haired Caribou, and this is a credible explanation.