My understanding is that it being true but is in possession of the "man marked by flames" or at least he's the one who knows its location. My question is if Luffy was put in a position where he's told only he will be given the imprint or location to it would he go out of his way to give it law, kid if hes alive, shanks. Fuck BB of course but I'm sure he'd get it anyway, would he?. Basically I think Luffy would share at least a encrypted version with the other contestants just to keep the race medium. obviously navy/WG?GK?IMU still pressuring just as pirate contenders