## One Piece Chapter 699: Morning Edition - Chapter: 699 - Pages: 0-17 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Tony Tony Chopper, Nico Robin, Franky, Brook, Kuzan, Donquixote Doflamingo, Smoker, G-5 Marines, Baby 5, Buffalo, Sakazuki, Boa Hancock, Trafalgar Law, Kin'emon, Momonosuke, Ryuma, Straw Hat Pirates, Caesar Clown, Eustass Kid, Scratchmen Apoo, Basil Hawkins ### Summary Page 0: The chapter opens with a full-color title spread: "CHAPTER 699 - MORNING EDITION." The Straw Hats are shown in ornate knightly armor around a crocodile-like mount and a royal banner, with Luffy seated in the center like a cheerful king. It is an illustrative color page rather than a scene in the plot, but it presents the crew in a themed fantasy tableau before the story returns to Punk Hazard and the news that will shake the New World. Page 1: Kuzan's arrival stops Doflamingo at the instant Smoker's life is about to be taken. The G-5 Marines gasp in recognition: "AH... AOKIJI...!!" Kuzan raises a hand, and cold spreads across the battlefield. Doflamingo is caught in the freezing force, ice and frost exploding around him while the Marines stare in shock. For a moment, the former Admiral's power freezes the scene itself. Smoker lies wounded in the snow, the Marines are scattered and terrified, and Doflamingo's body is covered in ice. The sound effects carry the sharp violence of the freezing, but Kuzan says almost nothing; his presence alone is enough to turn the momentum. The page makes clear that Doflamingo was not merely interrupted by another fighter, but by a man whose strength and history make even him pause. Page 2: The ice detonates outward. Doflamingo breaks free from Kuzan's freeze in a burst that sends shards and snow across the battlefield. The Marines cry out, and Baby 5 and Buffalo, still reduced to helpless heads, shout in alarm, "YOUNG MASTER" and "YOUNG MASTER!!!" Doflamingo survives the freezing, but the blast shows that Kuzan's intervention was real enough to stop the execution. The battlefield becomes a white storm of shattered ice, the figures around Doflamingo thrown back by the force of his escape. He stands damaged but not defeated, proving why both men are dangerous: Kuzan can halt him instantly, but Doflamingo can force his way out and remain standing. The encounter shifts from attempted murder to a standoff between two powers who both understand the cost of continuing. Page 3: Doflamingo launches himself away from Smoker and lands at a distance, breathing hard. Kuzan watches him without moving, his expression unreadable behind his glasses. Smoker remains on the ground between them, alive only because Kuzan intervened. Doflamingo does not rush back in. He is still furious, but the sudden presence of the former Admiral changes the terms. The page is quiet compared to the violence before it: Doflamingo on one side, Kuzan on the other, Smoker collapsed in the snow. The silence matters because neither man needs to explain what a fight between them would mean. Doflamingo has failed to silence Smoker immediately, and Kuzan has made it clear that Smoker is not someone Doflamingo can kill without consequence. Page 4: The Marines realize Smoker survived and cry, "SMO-YAN." Another voice says in relief, "TH... THANK GOODNESS!!" and someone explains why he is still breathing: "HE WASN'T FROZEN THROUGH AND THROUGH...!!" Doflamingo faces Kuzan and says, "I DON'T MUCH FEEL LIKE FIGHTING YOU... FLUFFLUFFU!!" but his threat remains: "BUT IF I'M UNABLE TO SILENCE THAT MAN HERE AND NOW... I'LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLANS!!" He demands, "TELL ME ONE THING." Then he asks the question that matters more than the fight itself: "YOU... NOW... WHAT'S YOUR GAME!!? KUZAN!!" Kuzan stands apart in the snow, no longer an Admiral but still impossible to ignore. Doflamingo is not afraid in a simple way, but he is cautious enough to choose information over battle. Page 5: Doflamingo laughs and withdraws without giving the battlefield what it expects. Around Smoker, the G-5 Marines call out, "HEY, HEY," "CAN I GET SOME HELP OVER HERE?" and "AYE AYE!!" while Doflamingo's "FUFFUFFU FUFFU!!!" trails behind him. Smoker admits, "I HAVEN'T HEARD GOOD THINGS," and Kuzan's silhouette moves away across the snow. From a distance, the former Admiral looks like a lone traveler, and the narration around him calls him "THE FACE OF A MERE WANDERER..." but also "AND THAT OF A MAN WITH DETERMINATION." Doflamingo, Robin, and another watching figure are shown as the thought lands: "THEY'RE QUITE DIFFERENT!!!" Kuzan is no longer a Marine, but he has not become ordinary either. His path has changed, and that makes him harder to read. Page 6: Kuzan speaks to Smoker beside the frozen ruin of Punk Hazard. "FROM THE START..." he says, "I WAS NEVER UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE WORLD GOVERNMENT WAS THE END-ALL BE-ALL." Smoker, half-conscious and bandaged by the Marines, admits, "...I... WAS ABOUT TO DIE." Kuzan continues with the perspec...