## One Piece Chapter 699, pages 7-8: Morning Edition - Chapter: 699 - Pages: 7-8 - Characters: Kuzan, Smoker, G-5 Marines, Sakazuki, Donquixote Doflamingo, Boa Hancock ### Summary 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. Page 8: Kuzan warns Smoker not to underestimate Doflamingo after this. "ANYWAY... DON'T TAKE YOUR EYES OFF OF DOFLAMINGO," he says. "HE'S A SHICHIBUKAI AND THE CURRENT KING OF DRESSROSA." He tells them to "CONTACT SAKAZUKI AND TELL HIM TO MOBILIZE THE ADMIRALS," because "THINGS COULD GO FROM BAD TO WORSE, AND FAST..." Kuzan explains why Doflamingo is not like other pirates: "BUT HE'S DIFFERENT FROM THE SNAKE PRINCESS OF THE KUJA. A PIRATE WHO SETS HIMSELF APART FROM THE OTHERS IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE..." He calls the situation "THE MOST DIRE" that Sakazuki and the new Marine Headquarters may have faced. When the Marines protest, "HEY!! YOU GUYS!! THE FACT THAT WE MET..." Kuzan silences them with a finger to his lips. "IT'S A SECRET THAT WE MET YOU, GOT IT!!" they understand. One asks, "...WHAT WAS IT AGAIN," and another answers, "I FORGOT. WELL, WHAT-EVER."