## One Piece Chapter 969: The Idiot Lord - Chapter: 969 - Pages: 0-14 - Characters: Gotti, Capone Bege, Kozuki Oden, Kurozumi Orochi, Amatsuki Toki, Kurozumi Semimaru, Kurozumi Higurashi, Kozuki Sukiyaki, Kaido, Kin'emon, Gol D. Roger, Hyogoro, Gecko Moria, Ryuma, Okami-san, Denjiro, Ashura Doji, Kanjuro, Raizo, Kikunojo, Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, Kawamatsu ### Summary Page 0: The cover introduces Chapter 969, "The Idiot Lord," with the cover story "Gang Bege's Oh My Family Vol. 18: 'Gotti vs the Marine.'" The art shows Gotti in action against the Marines during the cover serial. This is useful extra material, separate from the main Wano flashback. Page 1: Oden's blade comes down toward Orochi with killing force. Orochi screams, "Aaahh!!" while Oden roars his name: "Orochi!!!" The attack is "Tranche Lemale Oden!" and it should have cut straight through him, but someone shouts, "Wait, Oden!! Stop!!" Toki's warning echoes in Oden's mind: "Stop, Oden! If you get angry over something trivial like this the enemy will only..." The sword does not reach Orochi. Instead, Oden slams into an invisible force and is thrown back, leaving everyone staring at the impossible defense. Page 2: Oden tries to understand what stopped him. A strange old biwa player raises his hands, and a transparent wall forms between Oden and Orochi. Oden hits it again, but the barrier holds. Orochi pants in terror while Oden asks, "What is this thing?!" and then, "What?!" The attack has not failed because Oden lacked strength; it has failed because Orochi is being protected by an ability Oden has never seen before. Page 3: The biwa priest Kurozumi Semimaru tells Orochi there is no need to worry: "Have faith in my 'Bart Bart' technique." Oden demands, "Come out, Orochi!!" and asks, "Is this glass? No!!" but Semimaru's barrier will not allow anyone to come closer. The old hag Kurozumi Higurashi explains the truth: "As a pirate, you should know... about the abnormal power of 'Devil Fruits'!!" Oden realizes Orochi's side is using ability users, people some in Wano call "magicians." Orochi laughs, "Muhahaha Oden!!! Using force and anger to solve problems, the other villages' daimyo tried that as well!!!" then boasts, "But nobody can kill me!!!" Page 4: Outside, Wano's people believe Oden has returned to save them. They cry, "Did you see?! Lord Oden dashed towards the palace!!" "The legitimate heir of the Kozuki clan has returned!!" "Wonderful!! We will have a new shogun!!" and "He will definitely take care of Orochi!! And of Kaido too!!" Inside the palace, Oden demands answers. He says he never wanted fame, only to rule Wano into a better state, and orders Orochi, "So return the title of 'Shogun' at once!!!" Orochi responds by hiding behind technicalities: apparently Sukiyaki appointed him only as "proxy shogun" until the day Oden returned. Page 5: Orochi sneers that he will never hand the title back because Oden does not have the authority of a shogun. Then Higurashi steps forward wearing the face of Oden's father, Sukiyaki. Oden recoils: "Eh?! Father?!" and asks why they are all there. Higurashi laughs, "All these fools, starting with the daimyo... they all fell for this old hag's lies!!" By disguising herself with the power of the "Clone Clone Fruit," she fooled the entire country and enabled Orochi to take the position of shogun. Oden realizes his father's death and the succession were manipulated, and Orochi twists the knife: in other words, Oden has no obligation to receive the title, and no one cares what the real Sukiyaki thought. Page 6: The scene shifts to the public story that Wano is made to believe. A crowd gathered in front of the palace to celebrate the return of the Kozuki clan, but two poisoned arrows were suddenly shot into the crowd from an unknown direction. The victims collapsed, violently vomiting blood, and lost their lives as people screamed for a medic. Over the Flower Capital, the people saw a giant dragon in the cloudy sky, and they hastily took shelter in their homes. The narration remembers what Oden should have become: the savior of his people, the man who knew no enemy of his caliber, the daimyo of Kuri who returned strong after meeting the best pirates in the world. Yet the country is being turned against him through fear and spectacle. Page 7: A few hours later, Oden presents himself naked in front of Orochi's residence, making a fool of himself. Orochi's underlings and the Beasts Pirates laugh as the man who should have been Wano's last hope acts like a clown for pieces of gold. The country watches in disbelief. Some call him "the idiot lord of Kuri," and the jokes spread: "Don't laugh at his jokes. Whoopsie!" "Fell on his butt in front of a snake." The legitimate heir of Wano, the man everyone expected to challenge Orochi, is reduced to public humiliation. The people's desperation turns into anger and betrayal, and Oden says nothing. Page 8: Once a week, Oden shows up at the capital and dances like a fool in fron...