## One Piece Chapter 972, pages 11-12: I Am Oden, and I Was Born to Boil - Chapter: 972 - Pages: 11-12 - Characters: Kozuki Oden, Kaido, Kin'emon, Denjiro, Ashura Doji, Kanjuro, Raizo, Kikunojo, Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, Kawamatsu ### Summary Page 11: Kaido orders the total erasure of the Kozuki name: "Kill them all!!!" and "Make the name Kozuki disappear forever!" The retainers run, and Oden calls after them, "Do not underestimate my samurai!!" One of them shouts, "Turn around, don't look back!!" even as they cry, "Oden-sama!!" Kaido speaks to Oden with a grim respect: "Whatever your ambitions, your body is already dead. But the least I can do is finish it myself as a sign of respect. The age of Kozuki will now end!! You will all die..." Oden, however, has already turned death into a command for survival. Page 12: As the Scabbards flee, memories of their first meetings with Oden flood back. Kin'emon remembers Oden taking what was "ours" and still becoming their lord. Kanjuro recalls being called a real madman; Raizo remembers being recognized despite his strange past; Ashura Doji remembers Oden asking whether he was the mountain bandit and the one who reigned over Kuri. Each retainer sees the same thing through a different memory: Oden accepted them as they were and made them part of his life. Now they run because that is the last order he gave them.