## One Piece Chapter 973: The Kozuki Line - Chapter: 973 - Pages: 0-15 - Characters: Gotti, Kozuki Oden, Kozuki Momonosuke, Kozuki Hiyori, Kozuki Toki, Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, Kin'emon, Shinobu, Denjiro, Ashura Doji, Kawamatsu, Kikunojo, Kaido, Kurozumi Orochi, Hyogoro ### Summary Page 0: Cover page. Chapter 973 is titled "The Kozuki Line." The cover story continues with "Gang Bege's Oh My Family, Vol. 22: Gottis strikes back!" A ship at port is under attack as Gotti charges into the scene. Page 1: The memories return to the Kozuki family in brighter days. Oden lifts Momonosuke high and tells him, "Up you go~. Up you go!" while Momo protests, "Stop it, that's a little too high don't you think?!" Oden only laughs that they are "looking up from this high in the sky after all," and Momo says, "I refuse to stop showing him this scenery!!" Oden tells him, "Make sure you engrave this scene in your mind, as it is something that even Wano doesn't possess!!" He introduces the world to his son: "Momonosuke!! This is the world!" Hiyori calls out, "Hiyori!!" and the family scene settles around Oden, Toki, Hiyori, Momonosuke, Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, and the others. Oden asks how the trip went and whether they stopped by Zou. Inuarashi answers that if he were to sum up the whole journey, then yes. Oden-sama is shown against Wano's cliffs, while elsewhere someone asks, "Momo! What type of girls do you like?" and another jokes, "Momo, you have to think of humans as chikuwa and cut them down in one fell swoop!!!" Momo recoils: "What the hell is that teaching style!!!" Page 2: Oden explains the bond between Wano and the minks. He tells his retainers, "Zou and the Kozuki clan were historically very linked. Minks are powerful warriors... Put that in your head, guys!! When the time comes, we must go to Zou!!" When one retainer asks, "Lord Oden, what do you mean by 'when the time comes'?" another guesses, "'When the time comes' is 'when the time comes,' right?" Oden reassures them, "They will undoubtedly be of great help to you," and Kin'emon is moved enough to say, "You will make me blush!!" The memories soften around Hiyori. Oden listens to her shamisen and says, "I really like this piece!" Hiyori says it is "The Princess of the Moon," and Oden answers, "That is true?" Hiyori promises, "I will still improve!" Oden smiles, "It's a beautiful piece, you will play it for my funeral." Hiyori protests, and when Momo teases her, Oden snaps, "Hey Momo, don't make your sister cry!" Momo cries too, and someone tells him, "It's because of you, father!" Oden laughs that it was a joke. Page 3: The happy memory shatters into the pursuit after Oden's death. Kaido's forces and Orochi's men shout, "Kill what is left of the Kozuki clan!!!" "They have no weapons!!" and "Exterminate them until the last!!!" Shinobu, exhausted and breathing "Huff huff," gives the fleeing retainers the swords that let them fight back. They cut through attackers in a burst of motion, and one enemy screams, "AARGH!!!" As the battle scatters around them, a retainer gasps, "Thank you so much for the swords, Shinobu!!" She answers, "You're welcome!!" Page 4: Kin'emon takes command while the wounded group runs. Kiku calls, "Hey, Master Kin!!" and Kin'emon declares, "We all decided to become vassals without being invited!! It's for you to choose!!" Kiku answers, "Yes!!" The others ask, "Can I consider myself a Kozuki vassal?!" The urgency explodes again when the minks clash with pursuers. Nekomamushi tries to restrain them: "Inuarashi, Nekomamushi!! Calm down!!" But rage breaks out. Someone snarls, "It's like you were the one who killed Lord Oden... You moron cat!!" Another bites back, "You are a bit disloyal to worry like that about what the enemies think!!" and the accusation continues, "Wouldn't you be the spy about whom Kaido spoke, by any chance, dog?!!" A warning cuts through the quarrel: "Look behind you!!" The enemies close in, and the retainers shout, "Don't help them, we don't have time!!" while the two minks continue raging: "Inu, Neko!! Bunch of fools!!" Page 5: The escape frays apart. One retainer curses, "Shit!!!" as Ashura calls, "Help me, Ashura! Pursuers!!" and another shouts, "Denjiro, Ashura!!" The scene jumps to Kuri, where the castle is surrounded. Soldiers roar, "They are surrounded!!" and "Burn it down!!" Inside the burning castle, Toki holds Hiyori and Momonosuke and tells them, "Nothing to fear, I'll send you away." Momonosuke panics, "Mother!!" and Hiyori clings to her, crying, "No..." Toki is calm, but the decision is cruel: she is about to use her power to send the children away from the flames. Page 6: At the burning castle, Kaido confronts Momonosuke. He asks, "Your name?" Momo, terrified and panting "PFF...!! UGH!" can barely answer. Kaido tells him, "The 'Kozuki' name will die with you." But Momo remembers Toki's words: "Your father is famous... and one day..." and Oden's shadow standing tall: "Your father is...!! A great warrior..." Momo...