## One Piece Chapter 684, pages 14-15: Stop It, Vegapunk - Chapter: 684 - Pages: 14-15 - Characters: Caesar Clown, Vegapunk ### Summary 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. 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...!!"