## One Piece Chapter 971: Condemned to Boil - Chapter: 971 - Pages: 0-15 - Characters: Gotti, Charlotte Chiffon, Capone Bege, Amatsuki Toki, Kozuki Momonosuke, Kozuki Hiyori, Shimotsuki Yasuie, Kozuki Oden, Kin'emon, Denjiro, Ashura Doji, Kanjuro, Raizo, Kikunojo, Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, Kawamatsu, Kurozumi Orochi, Kaido, Shinobu, Kurozumi Family ### Summary Page 0: The cover introduces Chapter 971, "Condemned to Boil," with the cover story "Gang Bege's Oh My Family Volume 20: Do your best Gotti! You're the only one who can do it!" Gotti runs through town with a desperate "HELP!" from Chiffon, while the side text advertises volume 95. This is a cover serial extra and does not advance Oden's execution scene directly. Page 1: At Kuri, the family prepares for the execution's consequences. Momonosuke reaches for food, but Toki warns, "Don't, Momo-nosuke! It hasn't been tasted for poison yet!" The boy asks, "Why is my life being targeted?" and Toki answers with the burden he has inherited: "Because your father is a grand person... and you, are the man who will someday carry the burden of this country." Meanwhile, Yasuie eats calmly, but the air is heavy. When someone says, "Here you go, Momono-suke-sama... Hiyori-sama," Momonosuke realizes the truth: "Today... Father... is he truly going to..." Hiyori, still small, asks only, "Big bro?" Page 2: At the Flower Capital, a huge pot of boiling oil bubbles beneath the execution platform. The officials announce, "We will now proceed with the public execution... of Kozuki Oden and his 9 retainers!!" The crowd treats the spectacle like entertainment. Men shout, "Quick! It's very rare to see someone getting boiled!" and "They throw them in oil! It will be over in an instant!" while another says there is all the more reason to hurry. Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards stand above the pot, framed by flames and steam, with the country watching what it believes is the end of traitors. Page 3: The people watch the smoke and judge Oden harshly. Some say, "In the end, they couldn't defeat Kaido," and "Even the 'idiot lord' couldn't do it..." Others add, "I thought he was really strong," and "Who was he even?" Orochi, Kaido, and their men sit in view of the execution. Oden, seeing no other path, speaks to Orochi directly: "I want a chance to get through this! I must live no matter what." He is not begging for his life out of fear. He is trying to survive because Wano's burden is still not finished. 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. Page 7: The retainers kneel on the plank above Oden, begging him to stop. They shout, "Please stop this, Lord Oden!!" and "It should be us, Lord Oden!! We will carry you!!" Oden snaps back, "Shut up and stay still! That's an order!!!" Even as he burns beneath them, his duty as their lord remains stronger than their shame. The oil boils around his shoulders, and every face on the plank shows horror, grief, and helpless obedience. Page 8: Orochi complains that the retainers are not submerged in oil, but Oden says, "But all ten of them are in the pot! I have no complaints!!" The crowd begins to understand the impossible strength before them. Someone says, "He's carrying nine well built samurai like that!?" and another answers that to do such a feat in boiling oil, he must have colossal strength. A watcher calls it a waste. Smoke and steam rise while Oden's body darkens from the heat. One of the retainers can only whisper, "Lord Oden..." as the country watches the man...