## One Piece Chapter 971, pages 4-6: Condemned to Boil - Chapter: 971 - Pages: 4-6 - Characters: Kozuki Oden, Kurozumi Orochi, Kaido, Kin'emon, Denjiro, Ashura Doji, Kanjuro, Raizo, Kikunojo, Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, Kawamatsu ### Summary Page 4: Orochi mocks Oden: "Eh!! Get in! Begging for your life like this, you're a funny guy." Oden steps into the boiling oil anyway. The liquid erupts around him with a hiss, and he screams, "Ahaaah!!" then "Gyaaaaah aaaahh!!" The pain is immediate and monstrous. Steam and oil splash so violently that the crowd recoils, and someone shouts, "Get away! Don't get close to us!" Oden falls forward into the pot, burning and smoking, yet he has not given up the bargain he is trying to force from Orochi. Page 5: Oden states the terms from inside the boiling oil: "The ten of us will enter this pot. But you shall free the ones who survive... The time you decide!!" Orochi laughs because the point of the punishment is that they die instantly, but Kaido accepts the challenge in his own way. He says, "Bring me a clock!" and gives Oden one hour: "You have one hour! Wororororo!! Try to survive that! It's even too long for a regular bath!!" Oden asks, "You will hold your word?" and Kaido answers, "Of course!" The execution becomes a wager measured by the clock. Page 6: Oden endures the oil and tells his retainers to climb onto a plank. He roars in pain, but still gives orders: "Get on this plank, you guys!" His men protest, "We can't leave our master alone!" and "Let's go!" but Oden's command is absolute. He lifts the plank and holds all nine retainers above the boiling oil while he alone remains submerged. Even on the brink of death, he jokes and pushes forward, while the others realize he means to carry them into the next world if needed.