In the latest chapter of One Piece, Vegapunk said that Roger and his crew knew everything about the void century, but they did nothing. I wonder if they know about Imu? Why didn’t they do anything?

Thinking on it, it’s extremely likely they knew about Imu, but Joyboy before probably said in his message the only way to fight back is with the Nika fruit and the Ancient Weapons. And I’m betting what made them laugh was Joyboy trying to explain what the fruit did, and how a “rubber man” was going to come save the world.

The message may be similar to: “His arms will snap like pistols, he can raise his leg high up like an axe, he can snap his legs like a wip, he can blow himself to look like a giant balloon and he will make the ground as rubber and be able to stretch it to the heavens.” Maybe this is the reason Roger laughed at how ridiculous this rubber man was going to fight, and hearing a Gear 5th explanation.

Also, there is one thing that I have a different way of thinking about. Back when Roger was on Laughtale and he says, “I wish I could have lived in your era”. I think Roger was talking about to next Joyboy, the one that the past Joyboy was telling them was coming. And this is how they knew that they were too early arriving to Laughtale, and how Roger had regret cuz he knew he wouldn’t make it to see the next Joyboy.

So yeah I think they know about Imu, and they just knew they had to wait for Joyboy, why the else would Rayleigh swim the calm bets just to get to Luffy. Back in Sabaody, Rayleigh asked Luffy, “do you really think you can do it? Do you think you can conquer the grandline?” And I think Luffy’s answer is what triggered him to actually really wanting Luffy to succeed so much that he knew he had to train him.

And I think Roger’s last command to his crew before disbanding them was “spread out all over the world and find Joyboy”.

So let’s dig a little deeper into this. They might even know what Imu’s real power is and know for sure the Nika is the only chance they got. Hence, Roger starting the great pirate age. Crocus having the lighthouse right there to see all the pirates that enter the line, maybe he’s looking for a rubber man too. Rayleigh at Sabaody, an absolute must stop spot for anyone trying to get to/through fishman island to the new world that isn’t a Celestial Dragon or part of the World Government.

I don’t think we have any other confirmed Roger pirates locations, but maybe they were spread out looking and waiting for Joyboy in the other parts of the world, south, north, west, blue etc. One more thing, maybe the man with the burn scar is part of Roger’s crew and was told not to give the Poneglyph to anyone but the future Joyboy/Nika.

Side note: Maybe Dragon knows what happened in the void century, and maybe Dragon was waiting for Nika too before he could make a move. Kinda funny that Kuma spied on Luffy when he was practicing his battle axe and could have told Dragon yeah your son can stretch all weird and rubber like.