## One Piece Chapter 684, pages 13-14: Stop It, Vegapunk - Chapter: 684 - Pages: 13-14 - Characters: Caesar Clown, Vegapunk ### Summary Page 13: Caesar's resentment toward Vegapunk spills out in full. He recalls, "ON THAT DAY...!! I TRIED TO STOP HIM...!! THAT MAD SCIENTIST, VEGAPUNK!! 'IF THIS WEAPON WERE TO GO OFF, WHAT WOULD BECOME OF ALL THE PEOPLE ON THIS ISLAND!!?' 'STOP IT, VEGAPUNK!!' BUT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ALL THE SAME." Caesar says the consequences were unjustly turned against him: "AND THAT BASTARD HAS CONTINUED TO REIGN AS THE TOP OF THE MARINES' SCIENCE DIVISION!! AS IF HE WERE THE WORLD'S GREATEST SCIENTIST... I CAN NEVER FORGIVE THAT!!" He asks, "IS IT REALLY ALRIGHT FOR SUCH A MAN TO CONTINUE TO BE PRAISED AS SUCH, EVEN AFTER CRUELLY HURTING YOU GUYS!!?" Then he claims the opposite title for himself: "A SCIENTIST FAR GREATER THAN HIM IS RIGHT HERE!! IT IS I WHO AM THE WORLD'S GREATEST!! AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE TO PROVE MYSELF, AND WHY I'VE CREATED SUCH A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION, ALTHOUGH I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO!!" Page 14: Caesar continues the performance in tears, insisting that his goal is noble: "WHEN THEY ACKNOWLEDGE ME AND I ATTAIN THE TOP POSITION IN THE SCIENCE DIVISION...!! WHEN AT LAST MY DREAM COMES TRUE... I'LL USE MY SCIENTIFIC ABILITY TO WORK TOWARDS WORLD PEACE!!" His subordinates are moved, shouting, "MASTER!!! UOOHHH!!" "SORRY, MASTER!! WE'RE... EMBARRASSED FOR HAVING DOUBTED YOU...!!" and "YOU TRULY ARE OUR 'SAVIOR GOD'...!!" But the flashback contradiction is immediate: someone pleaded, "STOP IT, CAESAR!! STOP THAT EXPERIMENT IMMEDIATELY!!! IF THIS WEAPON WERE TO GO OFF, WHAT WOULD BECOME OF ALL THE PEOPLE ON THIS ISLAND!?" Caesar, shown laughing wildly, heard the protest and answered only with madness: "NYAA." The page exposes his self-pity as a lie. He frames himself as a victim of Vegapunk, but the past shows others trying to stop Caesar from unleashing the disaster.