## One Piece Chapter 970, pages 3-4: Oden vs Kaido - Chapter: 970 - Pages: 3-4 - Characters: Kozuki Oden, Kaido, Hyogoro, Kurozumi Orochi, Edward Newgate, Gol D. Roger ### Summary Page 3: Oden realizes the five-year promise was a lie and shouts, "Kaido!!! It was all a lie, eh?" Kaido confirms it without remorse: "That's right... Wororo. It was all a lie." He explains that if Oden had teamed up with Hyogoro upon his return, the samurai and gangsters all over Wano could have gathered as enemies, and at that time Kaido's side was at a disadvantage. They were short on men, and a war then would have become excruciating for them. Oden understands that his years of endurance were used against him, giving Orochi and Kaido the time they needed to strengthen their hold on Wano. Page 4: Kaido describes what Oden could have been if he had stayed true to his name: a dangerous psycho who was not afraid of casualties. He says Oden is like Whitebeard and Roger, powerful but with a certain softness, because he chose the path that did not harm anybody. Kaido mocks the result: "You are the same!! The fool who dances and dances!!" Oden, naked, mocked, and despised for five years, stands before him with nothing left, not even his family's name's authority. Yet Oden does not regret the choice he made that day. Instead of arguing about the past, he says, "Let's talk about the imminent future, instead."