## One Piece Chapter 962, pages 12-13: The Daimyo and His Retainers - Chapter: 962 - Pages: 12-13 - Characters: Kozuki Oden, Ashura Doji, Kinemon, Denjiro, Izo, Kikunojo, Kanjuro, Raizo ### Summary Page 12: After the celebration, Ashura sits quietly with Oden and admits what has changed inside him. Oden asks, "Is something wrong, Ashura?" Ashura begins, "...I..." then says, "Well, this is the first time... I have seen what peace looks like... Thank you, Oden." Oden rejects the sappy talk and instead makes his demand: "Enough with the sappy talk!! So you guys will do!! You can be my samurai!!" Ashura and the others are stunned into silence. Oden adds that now that he is a daimyo, he requires retainers, though he would rather not have uptight officials following him. Page 13: Six years pass, placing the story thirty-three years before the present. At Kuri Castle, Oden's retainers are still exasperated by him, yelling, "Lord Odeeennn!!!" and "Gwaaah!! Get off me!! Your snot is dripping everywhere!!" The narration says that these men would eventually become the beacons of power for the next generation. At the same time, the survivors of the legendary Rocks Pirates start recruiting. On Kuri Beach, strange figures wash ashore. Someone gasps, "How freaky!!" Others wonder, "What are they?? Animals?!" "Or are they just hairy people?" and "Weird-looking monsters, perhaps?" The chapter ends with the discovery of those two figures on the beach.