## One Piece Chapter 1048, pages 7-8: 20 Years - Chapter: 1048 - Pages: 7-8 - Characters: Kaido, Kurozumi Orochi, Kozuki Toki, Kozuki Momonosuke, Kozuki Clan, Beast Pirates, Orochi's Forces, Wano Citizens, Shimotsuki Yasuie, Wano Daimyo, Kibi Daimyo, Hakumai Daimyo, Ringo Daimyo, Udon Daimyo, Kozuki Oden ### Summary Page 7: Kaido's forces and Orochi's men hunt down the Kozuki. Someone begs, "Please have mercy!! Stop hunting the Kozuki clan!!" but the order is to move, attack, and shoot any "vermin" that dares defy the shogun. People are cut down while crying out in pain, and Oden Castle burns as a report says, "What of Oden's wife? She was confirmed dead in Bakura Town. No one else was seen fleeing the ruins of Oden Castle." The announcement concludes, "The Kozuki line is officially dead!!" The page shows the regime trying to turn a massacre into certainty: if the heirs and retainers are gone, Wano can be forced to accept the lie that resistance is over. Page 8: Orochi publicly demands that the daimyo choose: "Will you help us usher in a new Wano? Or will you try to wage war?" The daimyo answer that it is a stupid question with an obvious answer. Representatives from Kibi, Hakumai, Ringo, and Udon refuse to recognize a shogun who is not a Kozuki and declare it their duty to avenge Oden. The warriors charge against Kaido's dragon form, but the image of Kaido towering above them shows how unequal the war is. The page condenses the last organized resistance of Wano's regional lords: loyalty to Oden survives, but it is crushed beneath Kaido's overwhelming power.