## One Piece Chapter 689: An Island That Seems Not to Exist - Chapter: 689 - Pages: 0-16 - Characters: Caribou, Caesar Clown, Brownbeard, Caesar Clown's Subordinates, Vegapunk, Monkey D. Luffy, Momonosuke, Caesar Clown's Children, Marines, Trafalgar Law, Vergo, Donquixote Doflamingo, Yonko ### Summary Page 0: The title page reads "CHAPTER 689: AN ISLAND THAT SEEMS NOT TO EXIST." The cover story continues with "CARIBOU'S KEHIHIHIHI IN THE NEW WORLD - VOLUME 14 - JUST BARELY MADE IT TO AN ISLAND SOMEWHERE." The illustration shows Caribou's side story rather than the main Punk Hazard action: Caribou has washed up on a strange snowy-looking island scene after barely escaping. This page is useful because it confirms the chapter title and the Caribou cover-story installment, but it is separate from Caesar's broadcast and Luffy's confrontation with him. Page 1: In R-Block, second floor, the secret room, Caesar broadcasts to the soldiers of Punk Hazard. He addresses them directly: "SOLDIERS OF PUNK HAZARD!! YOU'VE ALL BEEN FOOLED!!" The crowd below watches screens showing different parts of the lab, and one man asks, "IT'S BROWN-BEARD!! WHAT'S HE TALKING ABOUT?" Caesar declares, "EVERYTHING CAESAR HAS SAID IS A LIE!!" and then threatens them: "IF YOU STAY HERE, YOU'LL ALL BE KILLED!! YOU'RE WATCHING ME FROM SOMEWHERE RIGHT NOW, YEAH!?" On the first floor of R-Block, Brownbeard explains to his men, "BROWN-BEARD IS RIGHT BELOW US DOWN ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF R-BLOCK!!" Someone asks if they should call him up, but Brownbeard says, "...NO. I'M HEADING DOWN THERE." He insists, "I HAVE TO REVEAL TO YOU CAESAR'S TRUE INTENTIONS!!" The page begins the chapter's central betrayal: Caesar's own followers are about to learn that their savior has been using them. Page 2: At R-Block's first floor, in front of the R-66 gate, Brownbeard reaches the sealed entrance while a monitor and intercom chatter nearby. He yells, "CAESAR!!" Caesar answers coldly through the screen, "WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA HERE, MY MOST EXCELLENT SUBORDINATE, BROWN-BEARD!! YOU'RE BEING QUITE INSISTENT!!" Brownbeard demands, "GIVE ME BACK MY MEN!! WE WERE ROBBED BACK THERE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLAND, BUT..." Caesar brushes him off: "IT'S NOT AS IF THEY DIED!! THEY SHOULD HAVE COME BACK A WHILE AGO!!" The page shows Brownbeard standing wounded but furious before the massive R-66 door. He is no longer acting like a loyal underling begging for orders; he has come to confront the master who abandoned his people. Page 3: Brownbeard's men report that they cannot get inside. One says, "MASTER--!! THE FRONT ENTRANCE IS SWARMING WITH MARINES AND THE GATE IS CLOSED..." Another adds, "HAA... HAA... WE CAN'T GET INSIDE!! TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD DO...!!" Caesar mutters, "WHAT'S WRONG? ...OH, BROWNBEARD'S MEN?" and then dismisses them entirely. When asked, "MASTER, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THEM INSIDE?" Caesar says, "FORGET ABOUT THEM. THE ISLAND IS GOING TO BE COVERED WITH SHINOKUNI BEFORE LONG, ANYWAY." The words devastate Brownbeard. Caesar continues with casual indifference: "GOOD GRACIOUS, I WONDER WHAT COULD BE WRONG. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THEM. ACTUALLY, I WAS ALSO JUST STARTING TO WORRY...!!" The page exposes Caesar's cruelty in real time. His subordinates are pleading for help, and he treats their deaths as an inconvenience already accounted for. Page 4: Brownbeard sees the truth and begins warning the others. He says, "IF... THEY HAVEN'T COME BACK ALREADY... AND THEY'RE STILL OUTSIDE... THEN..." and then, shaken by what Caesar has done, "I CAN'T TRUST ANYTHING YOU SAY ANYMORE!!! HOW COULD HE SAY SUCH A THING TO MASTER!?" Someone asks, "BROWNBEARD, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU!!" Brownbeard turns to his fellow subordinates and shouts, "YOU GUYS TOO! WE'VE SPENT TWO GOOD YEARS ON THIS ISLAND TOGETHER!! BUT WE'VE GOT TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY! WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS GUY HAS BEEN CALLING YOU BEHIND YOUR BACKS!?" Caesar has called them "HINNEY FIGS!!" "FINNEY TIGS!!" and, most clearly, "GUINEA PIGS!!" Brownbeard finally understands the insult beneath Caesar's affection. The men who worshiped Caesar as a savior were test subjects to him. Page 5: The soldiers laugh because they do not understand Brownbeard's slurred words. They shout, "DAHAHA HAHAHAHA!! WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, BROWNBEARD!!!" "SPEAK CLEARLY!!" and "WHAT SORT OF INCAN-TATION ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY!!" Brownbeard tries again, "PINNEY... GIGS!!" and someone mocks, "MIGS--" while another asks, "WHAT THE-- MY MOUTH WON'T MOVE WHY--!?" Brownbeard realizes the problem: "THEY'RE ALL IDIOTS, SO THEY HAVEN'T REALIZED!! THEY DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S JUST TRYING TO SAY 'GUINEA PIGS'!!" Caesar has secretly drugged him too, explaining, "IT'S A MUSCLE RELAXANT. YOU CAN FEEL THE POWER SLIPPING AWAY FROM YOUR MOUTH AS WELL AS YOUR WHOLE BODY, RIGHT? SHURORORORO." Brownbeard collapses toward Caesar's dragon-like form as the crowd continues laughing. Caesar is not only lying to his men; he is physically silencing the one subordinate trying...