Chapter 698

Chapter 698 is titled "Doflamingo Appears!".

Cover Page
Caribou's Kehihihihi in the New World Vol. 19 - "Off to the port."

Short Summary
The Straw Hats, along with their allies and prisoner are heading out to Dressrosa where they are informed of Luffy's goal to defeat the Yonko and the plan by Trafalgar Law to reduce Kaido's power in the New World by destroying his SMILE factory. Regardless of the dangers involving an army of SMILE users and a potential encounter with Kaido himself, Kin'emon along with his son Momonosuke are coming along with the Straw Hats because one of Kin'emon's comrades is being held prisoner in Dressrosa.

Back on Punk Hazard, Smoker allowed the G-5 marines and Brownbeard to retrive their comrades from their petrified states. One of Smoker's men question if they should arrest the headless bodies of Doflamingo's subordinates. This was cut short when the heads came flying back to their bodies and the men were vicously attacked by Doflamingo himself. Doflamingo stands infront of Smoker and demands the location of the Straw Hats, but Smoker tells him he has no idea where they were going and call him by his alias "Joker". Seeing that his alias is exposed, Doflamingo struck a sever blow to Smoker's face severly injuring him. His moment to deliver the killing blow is interupted by the arrival of Kuzan, the former Admiral.

Chapter Notes

 * The old lady sends Caribou on to the port.
 * The G-5 Marines learn that Caesar's gas does not kill the victims for half a day, giving them time to save their comrades.
 * Smoker lets Brownbeard go free so that he can save his crew.
 * Buffalos and Baby 5s heads have been re-attached to their body's.
 * Doflamingo's abilities of manipulating strings, Busoshoku, and Haoshoku Haki are revealed.
 * Doflamingo arrives on Punk Hazard looking for Law and the Straw Hats, and attacks Smoker and the Marines. Doflamingo nearly kills Smoker, but is stopped by Kuzan, who just arrived.
 * Law reveals his plan to bring down Kaido to the other Straw Hats, and they begin making their way to Dressrosa, where the Smiles are being created to destroy the factory there.
 * Kaido has over 500 Smile users, but the fruits are risky due to being artificial.
 * Kin'emon has a friend being held captive in Dressrosa and travels with Straw Hats to rescue him.
 * Momonosuke transforms back into a dragon, proving that he may not be able to control his transformations.
 * Based on Kin'emon and Momonosuke's reaction to hearing that Law and the Straw Hats are going after Kaido, they may have a connection to him.
 * Kuzan is revealed to be the mysterious figure, whose silhouette was shown a couple chapters ago.

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