## One Piece Chapter 972, pages 4-5: I Am Oden, and I Was Born to Boil - Chapter: 972 - Pages: 4-5 - Characters: Kozuki Oden, Kin'emon, Denjiro, Ashura Doji, Kanjuro, Raizo, Kikunojo, Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, Kawamatsu ### Summary Page 4: A message system using arrows spreads important news across Wano's provinces, because these arrows can cross huge distances. The truth reaches more and more people while Oden still holds the plank above the oil. The oil in the pot has heated to over 700 degrees and continues rising. The people now cry, "Oden-sama!!" "Oden-sama stay alive!!" "We knew nothing, sorry for insulting you!!" and "Thank you for protecting us!!" But Oden, still carrying his retainers, answers sharply, "It's a little late, bunch of defectors!!" and then, with the same absurd honesty that made him Oden, adds, "You're welcome, I'm doing my best!!" Page 5: Oden, barely breathing, tells the retainers what he wants if he survives the scalding: "I would like to... open this country...!!" The others are confused, asking what he is talking about and what he learned at sea. Oden explains that the Kozuki clan had something to do with the closure of Wano. A very long time ago, those who sank the country away from the outside world were members of the Kozuki clan, and they did it "to protect Wano from a 'gigantic power'...!!" His final wish is no longer revenge; it is to reverse an ancient choice and restore Wano's role in the world.