## One Piece Chapter 972, pages 5-6: I Am Oden, and I Was Born to Boil - Chapter: 972 - Pages: 5-6 - Characters: Kozuki Oden, Kin'emon, Denjiro, Ashura Doji, Kanjuro, Raizo, Kikunojo, Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, Kawamatsu, Kaido, Kurozumi Orochi ### Summary 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. Page 6: Oden declares that Wano, and the world itself, is waiting for a particular individual. When that person appears after traveling through 800 years of time, Wano must be a country that can welcome and support him. Oden says bluntly that Kaido and Orochi will kill him today, so he gives the task to his retainers: "I want you... to 'open' Wano for me!!" The retainers begin to protest because a third of the hour has already passed and he is still boiling, but the message lands. Oden is asking them to survive not for him alone, but for the future that he and Roger saw coming.