## One Piece Chapter 699, pages 5-7: Morning Edition - Chapter: 699 - Pages: 5-7 - Characters: Kuzan, Donquixote Doflamingo, Smoker, Nico Robin, G-5 Marines ### Summary 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 perspective of someone who has left the official structure behind: "EVEN WITHOUT MARINE AFFILIATION, ONE CAN ACCOMPLISH MANY THINGS." He adds, "AND THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT BECOME CLEAR AFTER LEAVING THE MARINES BEHIND..." Smoker asks the obvious question: "BUT WHY DID YOU COME...?" Kuzan answers with a strange mix of humor and gravity: "FUFUFU... HMM... SEEMS THAT WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE WAS FATE." Then he gives the real answer in simple words: "...TO SEE YOU." Page 7: Smoker presses Kuzan about what he is doing now: "...BUT HOW DID YOU KNOW TO COME HERE?" Kuzan says, "HMM? AM I RIGHT?" and then names the suspicion directly: "YOU MUST HAVE A CONNECTION WITH THE UNDER-WORLD." The idea shocks the Marines: "A... A FORMER ADMIRAL... WITH THE UND-" but Kuzan does not deny that his path now brushes hidden forces. The men finish treating Smoker and shout, "OKAY!!" while one tells Kuzan, "IF YOU'RE DONE FIXING HIM UP, THEN SCREW OFF!!" Kuzan calmly introduces himself over a Den Den Mushi connection: "IT'S ME, SMOKER." When Smoker, exhausted, answers, "IF THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY..." the scene has shifted from rescue to warning. Kuzan may have saved him, but he is also carrying information from places the Marines cannot see clearly.