## One Piece Chapter 684, pages 5-7: Stop It, Vegapunk - Chapter: 684 - Pages: 5-7 - Characters: Smoker, Vergo, G-5 Marines, Sanji, Tashigi ### Summary Page 5: Smoker drives a blackened Haki-coated fist toward Vergo, and the two exchange more heavy blows. Vergo's counter lands hard, sending Smoker flying back, but Smoker keeps returning through the smoke. Vergo then explains the cruelty behind his betrayal: "NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN WITH THEM OR HOW MUCH THEY ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS 'BASE COMMANDER,' WHEN YOU LEAVE THE BASE, THE LIVES OF THE MEN ARE IN THE HANDS OF THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER." The line exposes his worldview. To Vergo, loyalty is not mutual responsibility; it is a command chain he can exploit. Smoker answers through the fight itself, refusing to let Vergo define what command over G-5 means. Page 6: Smoker's anger for G-5 carries into another scene. He shouts, "SO DON'T YOU LAY A HAND ON MY MEN!!" The map marks B-Block on the G-5 side, where Sanji, Tashigi, and the Marines are fleeing through burning corridors. Sanji notices the situation and asks, "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE..." Around them the Marines panic: "HOT HOT HOT...!!" "OUR WAY THROUGH IS...!!" "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE!!" Another shouts, "HURRY!! THOSE WITHOUT INJURIES, KEEP MOVING!!" Fire and smoke fill the stairway ahead. Smoker's declaration in the production room and the Marines' struggle in B-Block are linked by the same idea: G-5 are rough, loud, and half-broken, but they are still lives Smoker has chosen to protect. Page 7: The G-5 side keeps pushing through the flames. The Marines shout, "AND...!! LET'S PROTECT TASHIGI-CHAN!!!" and swarm around Tashigi while she protests, "PLEASE STOP THAT!!!" They answer with embarrassing devotion: "DON'T BE SO FRIENDLY WITH ME! WE'RE ENEMIES, AREN'T WE!?" one person argues, while another says, "THAT'S JUST WHAT OUR SOCIETY SAYS. BUT A PIRATE CAN DO AS HE PLEASES." Sanji snaps, "SHUT UP!! DIDN'T I SAY THAT I DON'T WANT SUPPORT FROM MEN!!" The Marines admire him anyway: "NO DOUBT BIG BRO IS SO COOL!!" "YEAH, BUT REMEMBER WHEN BIG BRO DEALT THAT BLOW TO IMPOSTOR VERGO? EVEN THOUGH HE'S A GUY, I THINK I'VE STARTED TO FALL FOR HIM!!" Sanji yells, "PLEASE STOP CALLING A PIRATE YOUR 'BIG BRO'!!" Then a dark shape rushes into view with a huge impact, warning that the danger is not only fire and gas.