## One Piece Chapter 973, pages 8-9: The Kozuki Line - Chapter: 973 - Pages: 8-9 - Characters: Kozuki Toki, Kin'emon, Kozuki Momonosuke, Kozuki Hiyori, Kozuki Oden ### Summary Page 8: Toki gathers the retainers and children under the burning sky. She says, "All of you... come here! I need to tell you something." When they understand what she intends, Kin'emon reacts in horror: "The future?!" A retainer begs, "Princess!! Please hold on a little bit!" but the castle is already under attack. Outside, soldiers shout, "Don't let the samurais escape!" "Watch the castle's exit!!" and "Someone went out, fire!" The moment of escape is no longer a plan; it is the only remaining path. Page 9: A figure flees through the night, exhausted and gasping "Huff huff." From the darkness, pursuers wonder, "Who is it?" and answer themselves, "It's not a samurai." In Kuri Bakura, common people watch the burning castle and feel the night closing around them. A child says, "Grandma, I'm scared. It's getting dark. This is different from other nights!" An elder says, "The night is coming." Others understand what the fire means: "It's the end... The Kozuki family... Lord Oden!" People say they are "being punished for not believing in them," that "this will be the start of a 'forever night'," and that these are "dark times where the sun will no longer rise!"