Chapter 673

Chapter 673 is called "Vergo and Joker".

Cover Page
"Brook dancing with a fossilized dinosaur in late-night museum, Usopp the security guard spots them." - A request by P.N. Sean (ショーン) in Aomori Prefecture.

Short Summary
At an island in the New World, the parents of the kidnapped children are begging the G-5 marines to help search for their children, but the commanding officer, Commodore Yarisugi, harshly refused them aid and told them that the children died in an accident at sea but the parents refuse to believe such outlandish claims.

Back at Punk Hazard, Nami and Usopp are having a hard time containing the children who have woken up from their sleep, until Caesar Clown shows up ready to take the children back to his lab. At the central lake, the slime creature changed its shape into that of an axolotl and attacked Zoro, Sanji, Brook, and Kinemon causing them to flee towards the research facility.

At the facility, the G-5 marines are trying to blow up the door to rescue their captain. Meanwhile, Vergo and Monet are inside Caesar's research room with their captives, Luffy, Robin, and Franky as well as Smoker, Tashigi, and Law. Vergo states that everyone here will die and he will report their deaths as accidents. Trafalgar reveals that Joker is an alias of his one-time captain, Donquixote Doflamingo.

Chapter Notes

 * The parents of the kidnapped children are seen.
 * Yarisugi, a corrupt Marine Commodore of G-5, is introduced.
 * Zoro, Sanji, Brook and Kinemon all head for the research facility.
 * The slime is named Smiley and it is revealed to have "eaten" the Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl.
 * Usopp and Nami encounter Caesar Clown who came to the Straw Hats' hiding spot to retrieve the children.
 * Luffy, Robin, Franky, Law, Smoker, and Tashigi have all been captured and locked in a cage inside the research facility. This marks the second time in which Smoker is locked in a cage with the Straw Hats.
 * Vergo is revealed to be a Vice Admiral, the head of the G-5 base, and a subordinate to Joker.
 * In the past, Law was also one of Joker's subordinates, who is revealed to be one of the Shichibukai, Donquixote Doflamingo.

Trivia

 * This is the first time a single character (Vergo) was introduced twice, in two successive chapters.

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