## One Piece Chapter 680, pages 10-11: G-5 Base Commander: "Kichiku" Vergo - Chapter: 680 - Pages: 10-11 - Characters: Vergo, Smoker, G-5 Marines, Tashigi ### Summary Page 10: The stunned Marines try to make sense of Vergo's betrayal. One says, "V-V-VICE ADMIRAL VERGO, I KNOW THEY SCREWED UP, BUT...!?" while another pleads that if they are hit by his Shigan, "WE'LL..." A Marine warns, "EVEN IF YOU'RE GOING TO DISH OUT CORPORAL PUNISHMENT," but Vergo's strikes continue and someone cries, "GYAH HHHH." The scene folds into memory. In the G-5 base, Vergo once welcomed Smoker with measured politeness: "WELCOME, I'VE HEARD ABOUT YOU COMMODORE SMOKER. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU." He described the unit with false warmth: "THE MEN OF G-5 ARE A ROUGH BUNCH OF FOOLS. BUT IF YOU GET TO KNOW THEM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT AS BAD AS PEOPLE SAY." He added, "I SUSPECT YOU'LL COME TO SEE THEM AS YOUR DEAR LITTLE UNDERLINGS. IN TIME." Another Marine recalls him kindly: "SOMETIMES HE JUST PICKS UP AND HEADS BACK TO HIS HOMETOWN!! HE GOES TO CARE FOR HIS SICK LITTLE SISTER..." Against those memories, the present is grotesque: Vergo is beating those same men without hesitation. Page 11: The memory continues with Vergo covering up Caesar's crimes. Smoker confronts him: "VICE ADMIRAL VERGO, CONCERNING THE REPORT ABOUT KIDNAPPED CHILDREN FROM THE OTHER DAY..." Vergo replies smoothly, "AH... WE LOOKED INTO IT EXTENSIVELY AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN ANOTHER FALSE REPORT." In the present, Vergo looks at the wounded Marines and says, "CAN YOU REALLY CALL YOURSELVES MARINES!?" then claims responsibility for the disaster: "THERE'S NO EXCUSE. I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BLUNDER OF MY MEN!! WE WILL HELP YOU HOWEVER WE CAN...!!" The hypocrisy is sharpened by another memory, where Vergo explains the logic behind hiding kidnappings: "THE DEATH OF A CHILD IS FAR TOO HARD FOR ANY PARENT TO BEAR. CLINGING TO THE HOPE THAT IT MAY SIMPLY BE A KIDNAPPING ALLOWS THEM TO LIVE ON." Tashigi, now certain, answers the Marines' shock: "...IS THAT SO. YOU'LL UNDERSTAND TOO, IF YOU EVER BECOME A PARENT." In the present she draws her blade and yells, "EVERYONE GET AWAY!" because "THAT MAN IS NO LONGER THE ONE YOU ONCE KNEW!!!"