## One Piece Chapter 669, pages 9-10: The Operation Begins - Chapter: 669 - Pages: 9-10 - Characters: Nami, Kin'emon, Roronoa Zoro, Brook, Sanji, Brownbeard's Centaurs, Caesar Clown ### Summary Page 9: Nami realizes why Kin'emon cannot move and why he was left in the blizzard: "...I GET IT. THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T MOVE, AND YOU KEELED OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS BLIZZARD ...AND WITH YOUR BODY UNDERWATER, YOU CAN'T USE YOUR ABILITY EITHER..." Zoro guesses the location: "SPEAKING OF WATER, BROOK... THERE'S A LAKE NEARBY, RIGHT? HIS BODY COULD HAVE FALLEN INTO THERE...!!" Brook adds, "A CONVINCING THEORY. PARTICULARLY SINCE I HEAR THAT LAKE IS STRICTLY SPEAKING A PART OF THE SEA." That makes retrieval dangerous, but Zoro says there is no time: "SINCE THE GUY'S STILL ALIVE, I GUESS HIS BODY HASN'T BEEN EATEN BY SHARKS OR ANYTHING YET... BUT STILL, THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT'S LURKING IN THAT LAKE. WE SHOULD GET HIM OUT OF THERE QUICKLY." Kin'emon is moved that pirates would go so far for him: "BUT... YOU ARE PIRATES... WHY WOULD YOU GO SO FAR... FOR A MERE STRANGER SUCH AS MYSELF...?!!" Nami answers with practical terms: "LIKE I SAID BEFORE... THIS IS MY WAY OF TAKING RESPONSIBILITY...!! BUT IN RETURN... ONCE YOU DO GET YOUR WHOLE BODY TOGETHER, YOU'D BETTER BE READY FOR A DUEL!! 'CAUSE I'M GOING TO BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF YOU!!" Page 10: Kin'emon accepts the help with wounded pride. "A... AS YOU WISH...!!" he says, then more plainly, "I AM IN YOUR DEBT!!" Nami carries the frozen legs and says, "OH, YOU FINALLY LEARNED HOW TO SHOW A LITTLE GRATITUDE? I GUESS FREEZING A GUY HALF TO DEATH CAN WORK WONDERS." The group hears a roar in the distance. Nami asks, "WHAT'S THAT?!" and Brook identifies movement: "IT WOULD APPEAR TO BE BROWNBEARD'S CENTAUR CRONIES... ...FROM WHOM WE APPROPRIATED OUR WINTER CLOTHING!!" Across the snow, Brownbeard's men run in terror, shouting, "HANG IN THERE!!! YOU'VE GOTTA KEEP RUNNING!!" and "GET AWAY FROM THAT LAKE!!!" They warn that "THERE'S A FEARSOME MONSTER ON THE OPPOSITE SHORE!!" and that they must report it to the Master. Zoro looks unimpressed and says, "YOU'RE PRETTY MONSTROUS YOURSELVES, YOU KNOW..."