## One Piece Chapter 972, pages 16-17: I Am Oden, and I Was Born to Boil - Chapter: 972 - Pages: 16-17 - Characters: Amatsuki Toki, Kozuki Oden, Kaido, Kozuki Momonosuke, Kozuki Hiyori ### Summary Page 16: News reaches Toki: "Lady Toki, we just heard of the death of Oden-sama. His last moments were said to be admirable." Toki is not allowed to collapse. She remembers Oden's words: "Toki, I have reached my limits. If I don't manage to knock down Kaido, no one of our time will succeed." He told her that in a little more than twenty years, a gigantic war capable of separating the oceans would surely break out, and that the protagonists of this immense war would arise in the New World. They would be the ones who could defeat Kaido. As a long winter brews in Wano, Toki looks at her sleeping children and understands that the future must be protected. Page 17: Toki remembers Oden asking, "Toki, I want to use your power if I ever die." She grips his swords and asks that his katanas be given to their children. When someone asks whether she is sad because of the execution, she answers with a smile, "Oh, but you're not going to die, are you? Wahaha, that's my wife!" But alone, she will not cry: "If I cry, people will laugh at me." She calls across time: "Look closely, Oden!! 20 years into the future!!" There is no question that the children are a burden for her, but the story continues its course in the present. Oden's death becomes Toki's resolve to send hope forward.