## One Piece Chapter 971, pages 6-8: Condemned to Boil - Chapter: 971 - Pages: 6-8 - Characters: Kozuki Oden, Kin'emon, Denjiro, Ashura Doji, Kanjuro, Raizo, Kikunojo, Inuarashi, Nekomamushi, Kawamatsu, Kurozumi Orochi ### Summary Page 6: Oden endures the oil and tells his retainers to climb onto a plank. He roars in pain, but still gives orders: "Get on this plank, you guys!" His men protest, "We can't leave our master alone!" and "Let's go!" but Oden's command is absolute. He lifts the plank and holds all nine retainers above the boiling oil while he alone remains submerged. Even on the brink of death, he jokes and pushes forward, while the others realize he means to carry them into the next world if needed. Page 7: The retainers kneel on the plank above Oden, begging him to stop. They shout, "Please stop this, Lord Oden!!" and "It should be us, Lord Oden!! We will carry you!!" Oden snaps back, "Shut up and stay still! That's an order!!!" Even as he burns beneath them, his duty as their lord remains stronger than their shame. The oil boils around his shoulders, and every face on the plank shows horror, grief, and helpless obedience. Page 8: Orochi complains that the retainers are not submerged in oil, but Oden says, "But all ten of them are in the pot! I have no complaints!!" The crowd begins to understand the impossible strength before them. Someone says, "He's carrying nine well built samurai like that!?" and another answers that to do such a feat in boiling oil, he must have colossal strength. A watcher calls it a waste. Smoke and steam rise while Oden's body darkens from the heat. One of the retainers can only whisper, "Lord Oden..." as the country watches the man they mocked carrying everyone.