## One Piece Chapter 696, pages 0-1: Common Interest - Chapter: 696 - Pages: 0-1 - Characters: Caribou, Smoker, G-5 Marines, Monkey D. Luffy, Straw Hat Pirates ### Summary Page 0: The title page reads "CHAPTER 696 - COMMON INTEREST" and continues "CARIBOU'S KEHIHIHIHI IN THE NEW WORLD - VOLUME 18 - ON THE WAY TO THE HARBOR, A VOICE CALLS OUT, 'COMMANDER GABURU!'" Caribou turns toward armed locals who mistake him for someone important, while the meat-pie sign remains behind him. This cover story is separate from Punk Hazard, but it is useful because it confirms the chapter title and continues Caribou's side plot. Page 1: On the tanker after the escape, the Marines draw a literal line across the deck. They tell the pirates, "LISTEN UP, PIRATES!! YOUR 'PIRATE TEAM' CAN HAVE THE TANKER!!" Then they declare, "BUT THIS LINE MARKS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN 'JUSTICE' AND 'EVIL'!! SO DON'T CROSS OVER TO OUR SIDE!! GOT IT, STRAWHAT CREW!?" Smoker sits with the S.A.D. container and asks, "WHOSE DUMB IDEA WAS THIS?" A Marine answers, "ALL I SAID WAS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T GET TOO FRIENDLY WITH THE PIRATES. I FIGURE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, WE OUGHTA DO IT RIGHT, VICE ADMIRAL SMO!!" Smoker reports, "I'VE RECEIVED WORD FROM THE G-5 BASE. WE ARE TO WAIT HERE FOR A SHIP TO COME PICK US UP." The G-5 Marines also insist, "AND WE'RE LETTING THE MEDICAL TEAM COME AND GO AS THEY PLEASE!!" The rescue is over, but the absurd boundary shows that the Marines still need to pretend order exists.