## One Piece Chapter 697, pages 1-2: Dealings - Chapter: 697 - Pages: 1-2 - Characters: Trafalgar Law, Monkey D. Luffy, Kaido, Whitebeard, Smoker ### Summary Page 1: Law's proposal lands harder than a normal alliance ever could. When he hears Luffy speak as if every Emperor is a target, Law stares him down and says, "YOU'LL TAKE DOWN ALL THE YONKOU!?" He warns that their goal may point in the same direction, but Luffy is badly underestimating the scale of it: "WE'RE AFTER THE SAME THING, BUT I THINK YOU'RE UNDERESTIMATING THEM." Law explains that the Yonko are the emperors who once fought territorial wars with Whitebeard himself. Among them is Kaidou: "AND THE ONE KNOWN AS KAIDOU OF THE HUNDRED BEASTS... IS SAID TO BE THE STRONGEST CREATURE IN THE WORLD." The room erupts in alarm: "EH!? WHAT! HE'S NOT EVEN HUMAN!?" Law sets the term plainly: "OUR ALLIANCE WILL LAST UNTIL WE TAKE DOWN KAIDOU." Then comes the brutal estimate, "THE CHANCE OF MY PLAN SUCCEEDING IS... WELL... ABOUT 30%..." The others immediately panic at the low odds: "THAT'S WAY TOO LOW!! WHAT A TERRIBLE PROPOSITION!! COME ON, LUFFY!!" Page 2: Luffy does not weigh the numbers like a strategist. He lets the danger sit for a moment, then answers with his usual blunt certainty: "IS THAT SO... ALRIGHTY." A beat later, he commits: "LET'S DO IT." The reaction is instant: "LUFFY!!?" Law's dangerous alliance has been accepted almost casually, and that very casualness leaves everyone else scrambling to catch up. Nearby, Law turns his attention to Smoker and makes it clear that mercy was not given for sentiment alone: "IT'S NOT AS IF I HAVE A PARTICULAR REASON... FOR LETTING YOU LIVE ...WHITE HUNTER." He is already thinking ahead, planning to head for Green Bit, while Smoker looks at the Straw Hats with a tired, wary expression and mutters about the chaos he has been left to handle: "I WONDER IF I'LL REALLY BE ABLE TO MANAGE ...STRAWHAT-YA'S CREW...!!" The alliance has begun, but no one around Luffy seems certain they can survive the practical consequences of his answer.