## One Piece Chapter 684, pages 15-16: Stop It, Vegapunk - Chapter: 684 - Pages: 15-16 - Characters: Caesar Clown, Vegapunk ### Summary Page 15: The flashback clarifies Caesar's actual crime. Scientists in PH coats beg him, "SHUT UP, YOU BRAINLESS FOOLS!! THIS IS A RESEARCH FACILITY FOR THE MARINES!! DON'T THEY WANT TO KILL AS MANY PIRATES AS POSSIBLE!" They answer, "NO!! WE DON'T WANT ANY WEAPON SO HORRIBLE THAT IT MIGHT AFFECT PEACEFUL CITIZENS. ALL I'M DOING IS STRIVING FOR SUCH A WEAPON!!" Caesar rejects the distinction between test subjects and victims: "HORRIBLE, YOU SAY!? THE EXPERIMENTS WE DO ON THE PRISONERS OF THIS ISLAND, TREATING THEM LIKE SO MUCH HUMAN TRASH-- HOW IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT!?" He calls the deaths necessary: "SHURORORORO RO!! YOU MORONS! THAT'S A NECESSARY SACRIFICE!!! ANYONE WHO GETS CAUGHT UP IN IT IS AN IDIOT ANYWAY!! WE'LL BLOW THEM ALL AWAY AND ACHIEVE WORLD PEACE!!!" In the present he sneers at Vegapunk's failed gigantification project, saying, "THAT GUY VEGAPUNK IS JUST JEALOUS OF MY GENIUS... I HEARD HE'S ONCE AGAIN FAILED WITH HIS GIGANTIFICATION PROJECT! HUMANS WON'T JUST SUDDENLY GROW LARGER, LIKE MAGIC. THAT'S WHAT I TOLD HIM...!! BUT IF HE WERE TO KIDNAP SOME KIDS, STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF GROWING, AND STUFF THEM FULL OF DRUGS...!!" Page 16: The scientists finally condemn Caesar directly: "WHAT THE HELL...!! VEGAPUNK! YOU'RE HEREBY BANISHED FROM THE SCIENCE DIVISION, CAESAR. I CAN NO LONGER STAND BY AND CONTINUE TO COVER UP FOR YOUR... ECCENTRICITIES." Caesar explodes, "STOP FUCKING AROUND!!" and someone pleads, "DON'T DO IT!! CAESAR!!" A hand presses a switch with "CLICK." The result is catastrophic: an enormous mushroom cloud erupts from Punk Hazard, the blast consuming the island as the chapter marks "CH.684 END." The flashback makes the truth undeniable. Caesar was not the scientist who tried to stop Vegapunk; he was the one who triggered the disaster after being rejected, and Shinokuni is his attempt to repackage that old crime as genius.