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What elsehas he done to be doubt?
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Hey guys, been awhile since I posted a theory on here, but this one is too persuasive to not share!! This is definitely worth it's own thread IMO, but we will see if this gets locked xD
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Firstly, I think there is a traitorous mink.
Wanda explains the question for us.
1. How did Jack **FIND Zou
2. Jack seemed to **KNOW Raizo was there. It didn't look like a hunch or speculation, despite the minks repeated lies under torture he never once considered it possible Raizo wasn't there.
Then later, Inurashi reveals his suspicion that Jack had a Vivre Card leading him to Zou
So, this seems most likely to be someone that was on Zou at the time Jack arrived and seems highly likely to be a **MINK, since they are the only people on that Island outside of Raizo himself. And if Jack had a vivre card of Raizo, there would be no way he wouldnt be able to follow it directly to him.
So this suggest to me that a Mink informed Kaido of Raizo's arrival on Zou, which is why Jack KNEW he was there, and led Jack there which is why Inurashi suspects they had a vivre card! So a Mink betrayed them!
There still remains the question that, if there was a traitorous mink, why didn't he inform jack of where the minks were hiding Raizo? I will only say this, so far we have no indication that anyone besides the Guardians knew where Raizo was, or that anyone besides the Guardians can visit the Whale Forest. We also know that the dorr inside the Whale Tree is "impossible to find", so it's very possible the traitor didn't know where Raizo was being kept. We even see that NONE of the Minks besides Neko and Inu traveled with the Straw Hats to find Raizo, and that most of the Minks had not even seen Raizo while he was locked up. It wasnt untill Raizo had reached the city again that the Minks know he was coming. Additionally, they even ask where the STraw Hats and the two Kings went, while they traveled to meet Raizo, suggesting that this could be a secret kept from most minks.
So now, I think this traitorous Mink is Bariete. Here's the evidence, pay close attention to his facial reactions in the panels below.
1. After Jack was defeated by Zunisha, only two people seemed to know what had happened. Keep in mind this sequence of events lasted only a few seconds from the time Jack started firing on Zunisha to the time he was wiped out. Momo saw through Zunishas' eyes and Bariete confirmed Jacks defeat.
It seems as though Bariete might have known Jack was going to arrive…. and he certainly doesn't look happy about Jacks defeat.
2. Bariete was bribed by Carrot into allowing her to sneak onto the SH ship that was about to head to big mom.
He seems to think it wasn't a big deal because "carrot [didn't] want to betray" anyone…. It seems as though he might have a guilty conscious. This is possible foreshadowing that Bariete has done far worse than this already... Also paints him as a character who would do anything in exchange for a bribe.
3. It also doesn't seem like he cares too much about what could happen to Carrot, since he has his banana he's happy.
4. And the Samurai finally make it to Zou, if you remember the minks have been waiting for the Samurai to arrive for quite some time. This is what the minks wanted, yet Bariete doesn't seem happy at all…
Kin'emon speaks of "much misfortune", was Bariete sabotaging them?
5. immediately afterward, Kin'emon reveals that Bariete hasn't explained to them anything that has happened to Zou during their entire day voyage up Zunisha's leg.
And he responds that he "doesn't know anything about anything", while looking pretty scared…
This is definitely a lie, as it's implied just a panel later that he went to inform the Minks that the Samurai have arrived… Why would he lie?
6. Then rather than guide the Samurai to the minks, he runs off saying "this is a huge problem, I have to report this"
WHY WOULD THIS BE A PROBLEM!?! This is what the minks wanted!!! And he wants to report this to…. the minks? They never got that report...
He probably went to report this to Jack.
Some people might think that this is just misdirection by Oda to make us think that the Minks won't be happy at the arrival of Samurai but I dont think so. This is beyond misdirection, it's a lie. And while there are times characters "lie" to us, it usually explained by there misunderstanding of the situation, but Bariete has no excuse not to know that the Samurai are expected and highly anticipated on Zou.
So, I think Bariete has sold out Zou to Kaido and Jack.
Let me know what you think.******