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Chapter 677: Counter Hazard

Arc: Punk Hazard · Saga: Dressrosa · Released:

Summary

Two counter-attacks run in parallel. Somewhere in the New World, three Worst-Generation crews — Eustass Kid, Scratchmen Apoo, and Basil Hawkins — gather at Kid’s hideout in a tense, near-violent summit that Killer reveals is meant “to discuss an alliance,” their escalated bounties (470M / 350M / 320M / 200M) flashed as they posture. On Punk Hazard, outside Caesar’s lab, the captives spring Law’s long-laid escape: Law has Franky torch a docked battleship so its smoke blinds Caesar’s wall video snails, then reveals he salted the lab with ordinary chains he can remove with his power and has been waiting months for the moment. He frees Luffy, Smoker, and Tashigi — but charges Smoker to forget what he heard about Law and “Joker” and to ruin Vergo’s reputation if he lives. As Caesar’s deadly poison gas swallows the island, the swapped Straw Hats, the samurai, and the injured centaur Brownbeard sprint for the lab’s front shutter; Kin’emon cuts the steel open and the whole group tumbles inside (“All together? Great!! Let’s raise some hell!!!”). The chapter closes on Law contemplating his two new Marine hostages — “…with you two? Now, what to do…”

New reveals

• Worst-Generation alliance summit (p. 2–6): Kid, Apoo (On-Air Pirates), and Hawkins (Hawkins Pirates) meet at Kid’s hideout — three crews “together” — explicitly “to discuss an ALLIANCE.” Killer orchestrated the invitation; the meeting nearly collapses into a brawl.
• Escalated New World bounties (p. 3–6): Eustass “Captain” Kid 470,000,000; Scratchmen Apoo 350,000,000; Basil Hawkins 320,000,000; Killer 200,000,000 — all well above their Sabaody numbers, signaling how far this generation has risen entering the New World.
• Law’s pre-planted escape (p. 10): Law placed ordinary (non-sea-prism) chains throughout the lab so that if captured he could switch to chains his Ope Ope no Mi removes; his sea-prism shackles were a non-threat. “Do you know how many months I’ve been here?”
• The smoke-screen gambit (p. 8–9): Law has Franky set the docked Marine battleship ablaze; the smoke rises to blanket the lab and blinds Caesar’s wall video Den Den Mushi, hiding the breakout from the underworld brokers.
• Law’s terms to Smoker (p. 12): “This isn’t a request, it’s a demand.” In exchange for their lives, Smoker and Tashigi must forget everything about Law and Joker — and ruining Vergo’s reputation “suits my ends.”
• The gas overruns the island (p. 7, 13–17): the deadly poison gas spreads everywhere; survivors must reach the lab’s shutter or die.
• Kin’emon cuts the shutter (p. 17–19): asked “Can you cut steel, Kin’emon?” the samurai slices the closing steel shutter open so the trapped group can get inside.

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

(No prior seed fully resolves on-page this chapter.)

Mentions / appearances

• Characters (appear): Trafalgar Law, Luffy, Smoker, Tashigi, Caesar Clown, Eustass Kid, Killer, Scratchmen Apoo, Basil Hawkins, Franky, Sanji (in Nami’s body), Brook, Usopp, Nico Robin, Brownbeard, Kin’emon
• Characters (mentioned only): Vergo (G-5’s “Vice Admiral”; Law’s target — not shown this chapter), “Joker” (underworld-broker alias; see Joker The Underworld Broker Backs Caesars Punk Hazard Operation)
• Crews / groups: Straw Hat Pirates, Heart Pirates, Marines (G-5), Kid Pirates, On-Air Pirates, Hawkins Pirates
• Fruits / lore: Ope Ope no Mi (chain-removal, “my heart”), Gasu Gasu no Mi (Caesar’s spreading gas), Moku Moku no Mi (Smoker, neutralized by sea-prism cuffs), Den Den Mushi (wall video snails), Sea-Prism Stone, Seven Warlords of the Sea (Law’s title), Eleven Supernovas
• Locations: Punk Hazard (outside Caesar’s lab, “PH-006”; the front shutter), New World (Kid’s hideout)
• Cover story: Caribou’s New World Kee Hee Hee, Vol. 3 — “Kee Hee Haww! (T◯T)” (Caribou), header illustration on p. 1.

Notable panels

• p. 1 — Title page + cover-story header: Caribou’s New World Kee Hee Hee, Vol. 3 — “Kee Hee Haww! (T◯T).”
• p. 2 — Underworld brokers review the captured “impressive people” on screen: “the demon child, Nico Robin,” “Straw Hat Luffy,” “Trafalgar Law, Warlord,” “White Chase Smoker.”
• p. 3–6 — The Kid / Apoo / Hawkins summit: bounty cards (470M / 350M / 320M / 200M), the near-brawl, Killer’s reveal “…to discuss an ALLIANCE!!!”
• p. 8 — Franky torches the Marine battleship (“FIREBALL!!!”) on Law’s order — the smoke-screen gambit.
• p. 10 — Law reveals the pre-planted ordinary chains and frees Luffy (“Yeah!! Freedom!!!”).
• p. 17 — Tall fur-coated figure (Smoker) glaring: “To think I’ve stooped to working with you!!”; Kin’emon readies to cut the shutter.
• p. 18–19 — Dynamic spread: the whole group flung through the cut shutter as the gas closes in; Luffy “Let’s raise some hell!!!”
• p. 20 — Closing close-up: Law’s “DEATH”-tattooed hand, “…with you two? Now, what to do…” (vol. p. 200).

Open questions raised

• Whom is the Kid–Apoo–Hawkins alliance forming against — and is it really stable given the summit nearly turned to blows?
• Is Vergo a Marine Vice Admiral, a Joker plant, or both? Why would a Vice Admiral “cover up” a massacre of his own G-5 men and the children?
• What does Law mean by “what to do about my heart” — whose heart does Caesar actually hold, and where is Smoker’s?
• Will Smoker honor Law’s demand to forget about him and “Joker,” or expose the whole operation?