## One Piece Chapter 700, pages 10-11: At His Own Pace - Chapter: 700 - Pages: 10-11 - Characters: Kin'emon, Momonosuke, Kanjuro, Donquixote Doflamingo, Monkey D. Luffy, Brannew, Marine Officers ### Summary Page 10: Kin'emon explains the tragedy that separated his group. Once they reached Dressrosa, he hid aboard an unknown ship, but "ALAS, ONCE THERE, WE WERE PURSUED BY ONE NAMED DOFLAMINGO AND HIS PEOPLE..." He found children seeking a cure and says, "THERE I MET THE CHILDREN WHO SOUGHT A CURE FOR THEIR ILLNESS." Before he knew it, "THE SHIP SET SAIL FOR THAT ISLAND!!" while he cursed, "CURSES!! MOMONOSUKE!!!" Worse, while he covered the escape, "A SAMURAI NAMED 'KANJURO' WAS TAKEN HOSTAGE." Kin'emon says, "HE AIDED IN MY ESCAPE TO SEA, THAT HE DID!!! ... I MUST RESCUE HIM!!!" and insists, "PURSUE MOMONOSUKE!! THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS!!" Then his resolve breaks through again: "I MUST... I MUST GO BACK THERE...!!" Luffy and the others respond immediately: "WUOHH!! WHAT A MAN, THAT KANJURO!!" and "ALRIGHT!! WE'LL HELP SAVE HIM TOO!!" 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.