## One Piece Chapter 698, pages 8-9: Doflamingo Appears - Chapter: 698 - Pages: 8-9 - Characters: Donquixote Doflamingo, Smoker, G-5 Marines, Vergo, Monkey D. Luffy, Brook, Franky, Nami, Thousand Sunny ### Summary Page 8: Doflamingo looks out over the snow and speaks Law's underworld name: "JOKER." The answer is uncertain: "...WELL, I DON'T REALLY KNOW." Smoker, badly wounded, tries to process the Straw Hats' route: "I'M PLANNING ON HEADING TO GREEN BIT NOW, BUT..." Doflamingo cuts through the uncertainty with anger: "WHAT DIRECTION DID THOSE BRATS HEAD IN!!?" The Marines realize the pirates have slipped away: "...SO THEY'RE GONE THEN!?" One says, "THEY SLIPPED RIGHT THROUGH OUR FINGERS. I'LL HAVE A LOT TO ANSWER FOR TO BASE COMMANDER VERGO..." Another calls to Smoker: "SMO-YA..." Smoker's reply is grimly dry even now: "BUT YOU... IT SEEMS LIKE YOU KNOW A BIT TOO MUCH...!!" Then Doflamingo strikes, and the cry rises from the smoke: "VICE ADMIRAL SMO!!" Page 9: Meanwhile the Thousand Sunny is fighting the sea itself. The ship slides fast through a violent channel, and the warning goes out: "KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR REEFS!!" Someone laughs breathlessly, "HYAH HHHHH HHH!!" The crew is alarmed by the speed and the strange water: "IT'S LIKE WE'RE GOING DOWN A SLOPE!! WHAT'S WITH THESE WATERS!?" Luffy shouts, "THE SHIP'S GOING REAL FAST!!" Brook observes, "IT'S A 'SEASLOPE.' THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM," and then corrects a misunderstanding: "NO, BROOK. IT'S NOT LAMB. IT'S 'LAMB MERRY' #2." He adds, "INCIDENTALLY YOU'RE THE EIGHTH PERSON WHO'S ASKED." Franky explains why the Mini Merry returned: "YOU SEE, THERE WAS A CHANNEL RIGHT NEAR THE LAB, YEAH? SO I TOOK SUNNY AND ESCAPED FROM THERE." He also says, "AFTER HITTING THE OCEAN, I WENT RIGHT BACK TO THE ENTRANCE IN ORDER TO RETRIEVE THE MINI MERRY." Brook is relieved: "LAMB-CHAN WAS ALRIGHT. THANK GOODNESS."