## One Piece Chapter 700, pages 11-12: At His Own Pace - Chapter: 700 - Pages: 11-12 - Characters: Brannew, Marine Officers, Donquixote Doflamingo, Dracule Mihawk, Bartholomew Kuma, Boa Hancock, Trafalgar Law, Buggy ### Summary Page 11: The scene shifts to the New World near the Red Line, at Marine Headquarters. Commodore Brannew explains the Royal Shichibukai system to the assembled Marines. "THE ROYAL SHICHIBUKAI...!!" he says. "THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN IN THE WORLD!!" They are "PIRATES CHOSEN BY THE WORLD GOVERNMENT AND GIVEN PERMISSION TO DO AS THEY PLEASE!!" The reason for tolerating such criminals is military balance: "IN EXCHANGE, WHEN THEY ARE NEEDED, THEY MUST LEND THEIR OVERWHELMING POWER AND RENOWN... TO SIDE WITH THE GOVERNMENT, AS A CHECK AGAINST THE OTHER PIRATES OF THE WORLD!!" Brannew's explanation frames Doflamingo's resignation as more than one pirate's decision. The Shichibukai are a formal pillar of the world order, and losing one as influential as Doflamingo threatens the balance between Marine HQ, the Yonko, and the pirates. Page 12: Brannew lists the remaining Warlords and the scale of what Doflamingo has just disturbed. They include "THE GREATEST SWORDSMAN IN THE WORLD," "HAWK EYES" DRACULE MIHAWK; "THE KING OF DRESSROSA, WITH THE DEVIL'S CHARISMA," "TENYASHA" DONQUIXOTE DOFLAMINGO; and "CURRENTLY, THE MARINES' HUMAN WEAPON," "THE TYRANT" BARTHOLOMEW KUMA. The list continues with "THE CURRENT EMPRESS OF AMAZON LILY," "THE 'PIRATE EMPRESS' BOA HANCOCK"; "FROM 'THE WORST GENERATION,' AND THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE ROCKY PORT INCIDENT," "THE 'SURGEON OF DEATH' TRAFALGAR LAW"; and "THE LIVING LEGEND, AND THE COMMANDER OF THE PIRATE DISPATCH ORGANIZATION," "THE THOUSAND PIECE CLOWN" BUGGY. Brannew concludes, "THAT MAKES SEVEN... ALONG WITH THE MAN I MENTIONED EARLIER..." The page emphasizes that Doflamingo is one member of a small, dangerous, politically essential group.