Chapter 971

Chapter 971 is titled "Sentenced to Boil".

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Short Summary
Oden made a deal with Kaido to allow those who survived an hour in the boiling pot go free. He then stepped into the boiling pot of oil and used a large piece of wood to hold all of his retainers over him. As the citizens looked unfavorably upon Oden, Shinobu then came and revealed to them that Oden danced naked in the street every week in order to stop Orochi from kidnapping 100 citizens and sending them to Kaido, with Orochi and Kaido having falsely promised to leave Wano once they finished constructing ships.

Long Summary
In Oden Castle in Kuri, Kozuki Toki and her children, Momonosuke and Hiyori, dine as Toki stops her son from eating a meal that might have been poisoned before being tested by a trusty servant. Momonosuke questions the reason for attempting topoison him, and Toki tells him it is due to him being the heir to the Kozuki Family. As the food is cleared for the family, Momonosuke asks his mother about his father's execution, before beginning to tear up.

In the Flower Capital, the said execution of Kozuki Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards is about to commence, as a pot of boiling oil is set. As the citizens rush to the site, Oden is walking towards the pot while watched by the shogun Kurozumi Orochi and pirate Kaido as the citizens comment on Oden's crime. Oden stops and turns to ask Kaido for a chance to be saved. A guard tries to hurry Oden, but slips and falls into the pot, and is immediately burned. Oden offers for the ten of them to enter the pot for a set amount of time, and those who survived are to be set free. Sure that the possibility of surviving is nonexistent, Kaido grants Oden's request, and has a clock set for one hour.

As the onlookers watch intensely, Oden jumps into the boiling pot and immediately screams in pain. As the Scabbards rush forward to join their master, Oden orders them to stand on a large platform, which he then lifts over his head, saving his men from the torture, much to their distraught and offers to trade places with him.

Orochi complains about the Scabbards not standing in oil and Kaido enjoys the show and says they are in the pot as agreed. After a minute has passed, the spectators are amazed at Oden's surviving. As four minutes have passed, the citizens start to complain about how long the execution takes, causing Shinobu to lash out at them, calling them fools.

Shinobu then reveals the truth about Oden's attack on Orochi five years ago. As he was protected behind Kurozumi Semimaru's barrier, Orochi revealed that he went after the shogunate as revenge against all of Wano Country's citizens, for persecuting the Kurozumi Family after his grandfather's attempt, and kidnapped many citizens and held them in his castle. As Oden tried to attack once more, Kaido stepped in to battle him, until Orochi offered him a choice: If Oden continued to fight them, the kidnappings would continue and more lives would be lost, however, if Oden would humiliate himself by performing a weekly naked dance, 100 men would be spared.

Oden agreed to the deal, and was promised that in five years time Orochi and Kaido would leave Wano, and spent the next five years going to different regions to save the people, and checked that Orochi was true to his words. Shinobu finishes her story, as the citizens are shocked at the action of the savior they called a fool.

Chapter Notes

 * The execution of Kozuki Oden and the Nine Red Scabbards begins.
 * Oden makes a deal with Kaido to let those who survive the execution go free and Kaido gives him an hour.
 * Oden stands in the boiling pot while holding his retainers over him with a plank.
 * The Kurozumi Family is revealed to have been hunted by the citizens of Wano Country.
 * Shinobu revealed the details of the deal made between Oden and Orochi.
 * Oden danced naked to prevent kidnappings and Orochi and Kaido promised to leave Wano eventually.