## One Piece Chapter 689, pages 8-10: An Island That Seems Not to Exist - Chapter: 689 - Pages: 8-10 - Characters: Caesar Clown, Brownbeard, Caesar Clown's Subordinates, Monkey D. Luffy ### Summary Page 8: Caesar turns the room against Brownbeard by twisting the story for the soldiers. Someone cries, "OH NO!!! BROWNBEARD HAS BECOME QUITE DANGEROUS!!!" and Caesar says, "WE MUST BE TOO LATE... IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S SOMEHOW BEING MANIPULATED BY STRAWHAT!!" The soldiers shout, "FIRE!!" and open fire as Brownbeard charges on his reptilian mount. Caesar smiles and says, "SHURORORORO!! AND NOW FOR THE FINISHER." He flicks something and prepares a gas attack while the soldiers still believe he is protecting them. The page shows how easily Caesar weaponizes their loyalty. Brownbeard is telling the truth, but Caesar's authority turns him into the villain in their eyes before he can save them. Page 9: Caesar unleashes "GASTA..." and a violent gas explosion erupts across the room. Brownbeard is struck amid the blast, and soldiers scream "MASTER!?" and "GYAH HH!!" One cries, "DAHHH!! TH-THAT WAS CLOSE!!" while another says, "IT GRAZED ME!!! SHIT, WHO'S THIS NOW!!" The blast is enormous, black and white gas filling the double spread as Caesar's attack catches Brownbeard and nearly hits his own men. At the edge of the chaos, Luffy appears. He looks grim and furious, telling Caesar, "I'VE BEEN PICKING THOSE SORTS OF FIGHTS THE WHOLE DAMN WAY!!" The page pivots from Brownbeard's failed charge to Luffy's arrival. Caesar's broadcast has exposed the truth, and now the person who actually can hit him has reached the battlefield. Page 10: Luffy steps through the smoke, and the soldiers recognize him: "IT'S STRAWHAT LUFFY!!" Brownbeard lies badly hurt nearby, still clinging to the belief that Caesar once saved them. A subordinate says, "OUR LIVES WERE SAVED THANKS TO MASTER'S KINDNESS," and another insists, "MASTER IS OUR MERCIFUL SAVIOR GOD...!!" Luffy's face remains hard as he listens. Around him, Brownbeard groans, "AULU... AULU..." while the crowd hesitates between what they have heard and what they were taught to believe. The page is quiet compared to the explosion before it. Luffy has arrived at the moral center of the conflict, where Caesar's followers still cannot fully accept that their savior is the monster.