## One Piece Chapter 972, pages 7-8: I Am Oden, and I Was Born to Boil - Chapter: 972 - Pages: 7-8 - Characters: Kozuki Oden, Kin'emon, Denjiro, Ashura Doji, Kanjuro, Raizo, Kikunojo, Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, Kawamatsu, Kaido, Kurozumi Orochi ### Summary Page 7: The retainers accept Oden's dream as their own. They answer, "If it's your dream... then it is ours too!!" and "If that's the case then we will do it with e-" but Oden cuts them off with a simple "Well said!!" The hour continues to burn away. The pot has become a deadly heated hell, and even the boiling oil itself seems to burn Oden, yet he does not die. The clock counts down: thirty minutes, ten minutes, five minutes, one minute, ten seconds, three seconds, one second. The crowd stares at a man who should already be dead and asks, "Even in this heat, you don't die? Who is this man?" Page 8: The hour ends. The crowd erupts: "He did it!!!" "The miracle has happened!!!" "He has overcome his execution!!" "That's Oden-sama!!!" "He survived the boiling!!!" and "Oden-sama won!!!" The illusion around Oden has been dispersed, and once again the whole country is his ally. Oden, burned almost beyond recognition, stares toward Kaido and says, "Prepare yourself, Kaido!!" For one moment, the promise seems to have been fulfilled: Oden endured the impossible and earned the right to live.