## One Piece Chapter 973, pages 10-11: The Kozuki Line - Chapter: 973 - Pages: 10-11 - Characters: Kozuki Toki, Kurozumi Orochi, Kawamatsu, Kozuki Hiyori ### Summary Page 10: Toki stands beneath the moon and leaves her prophecy for Wano: "May your wish come true... The hope that after 20 years of endless moonlit nights, nine shadows will bring a blinding sunrise!" Then she falls, and the people cry, "Lady Toki!!" At the castle, Orochi hears the prophecy through panic rather than faith. He screams, "I told you to boil the water!!" A servant protests, "It's already boiled Lord Orochi," and another complains, "It's not hot! You want me to go into room temperature water?" Orochi shivers and demands, "I can't stop shaking, bring the bones of the Kozuki samurai! Why can't we find them!" Even in a tub of hot water, he is terrified: "Shut up, I'm cold!" while others warn, "Be careful or you will burn!" and "It's hot! The water is very hot." Page 11: Orochi cannot accept that the Kozuki retainers may have escaped. He says, "I need proof that they are dead!!" In the years that follow, Kawamatsu hides with Hiyori, calling out gently, "Princess--see this kappa dance♪" but Hiyori sits in silence, grieving. Kawamatsu wonders aloud, "Lady Toki... What is this 20 years about... are they alive?" The hiding place is rough and dark. Kawamatsu struggles to provide food, breathing "FRRRH...!!" and "GUUUH...!" while he searches and suffers for the princess.