## One Piece Chapter 699, pages 3-5: Morning Edition - Chapter: 699 - Pages: 3-5 - Characters: Donquixote Doflamingo, Kuzan, Smoker, G-5 Marines, Nico Robin ### Summary 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.