## One Piece Chapter 969, pages 10-11: The Idiot Lord - Chapter: 969 - Pages: 10-11 - Characters: Kozuki Oden, Amatsuki Toki, Hyogoro, Gecko Moria, Kaido, Ryuma, Kurozumi Orochi, Okami-san ### Summary Page 10: Two years after Oden's return, conflict breaks out in Ringo between the Gecko Pirates and the Beasts Pirates, and the grave of the "Sword God" Ryuma is robbed. Yet Oden continues to dance. The only people who still speak to him are his family, retainers, and a few allies. Toki asks, "Are you going to leave me?" and Oden's allies tell him they do not want to miss his weekly dancing show, though the nickname "Idiot Lord" is still far too nice for him. At the same time, some keep a quiet faith: Hyogoro's household welcomes him in, and the old boss says, "Now, come inside and have a cup of tea." Even when others call him the boss's idiot lord, Hyogoro and his wife still treat him with human warmth. Page 11: Three years after Oden's return, the people still mock him: "The idiot lord is back!" Four years after his return, nothing has changed in the country, and Oden is still embarrassing himself. Hyogoro's wife, Okami-san, teases him kindly: "Your dancing is steadily improving, you know?" Oden says, "I will never be at his service!" and she answers, "Oh stop it, Okami-san!" The tone changes in the fifth year, when Shogun Orochi finally appears in Kuri. His arrival is announced with fanfare: "It's Shogun Orochi!!" "The shogun has arrived in Kuri!!" Oden's strange bargain with Orochi is about to be tested.