## One Piece Chapter 974, pages 9-10: Onward to Onigashima!! - Chapter: 974 - Pages: 9-10 - Characters: Kanjuro, Kin'emon, Kikunojo, Raizo, Kawamatsu, Inuarashi, Ashura Doji, Kurozumi Orochi, Kozuki Hiyori, Shimotsuki Yasuie, Jack ### Summary Page 9: Kanjuro ends the question himself. Smiling in the rain, he says, "I am, exactly that!" The others stare in disbelief: "Kanjuro!?" He explains that since childhood, ever since he lost his emotions, he has been searching for a place to die. He adds, "Yes that's right, and it's precisely because I'd have died with you all that I was able to fulfill the perfect role!!!" The betrayal was older than their friendship: "From the very beginning, the Kanjuro you all know never existed." His role was simple: to continuously feed Master Orochi information. He insists he never intended to hurt any of them, did not resent them, obtained their absolute trust, and experienced joy and sorrow with them all on a daily basis. Page 10: Kanjuro gives the reason in full: "My name is Kanjuro Kurozumi!!! How's that for a reason?" Hiyori asks, "Why would you do such a thing?!" and Kanjuro answers through the chain of events he had engineered. The event that followed Yasui's sacrifice was, to him, "really beautiful," but he says Yasui "died needlessly" because Yasui had changed the time and place of the meeting while Kanjuro had already been informed. Kin'emon cannot believe it: "I can't believe you leaked our plan and sold out our companions!" Kanjuro then points at earlier clues. When Jack appeared, Inuarashi got suspicious, but without the Vivre Card it was impossible to reach Zou. Kanjuro asks, "Why didn't you suspect me...?"