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St. Saturn easily heals from the sword wound inflicted by Bonney and captures her while incapacitating Sanji. He tries to eliminate Luffy, but Franky saves him. As Bonney displays disgust for what they did to her father, a flashback of Kuma's past occurs. Kuma was a member of the Buccaneers, raised as a slave of the World Nobles, and was placed in a hunting tournament which was where he first met Ivankov and Ginny.

Low ranking Marines are told to maintain distance from the center while Vice and Rear Admirals stay behind, the reason being that lower ranked soldiers are not "worthy" of being in Saturn's presence. Some Marines react to his arrival with shock and confusion while others prepare to open fire on Bonney for stabbing Saturn. Saturn, however, orders everyone to stand down, claiming that if he did not want to get stabbed, he would have dodged. He forces Bonney off him by emitting something from his eyes and he grabs her, also taking out the sword. Sanji tries to help her but he gets hurt by the same attack and falls to the ground. The wound Saturn suffers then heals instantly to Franky's shock.

Some Marines try to take advantage of the situation and capture Dr. Vegapunk, but Saturn orders them to stop, stating they have nowhere to run. He then insults Kizaru for taking so long to complete his job and Kizaru weakly apologizes, saying that he will not be able to move for a while. Saturn understands why that is and walks over to Luffy, who he immediately tries to stab with one of his legs. Franky, thankfully, pushes Luffy out of the way with Strong Right and then grabs him, bringing him back to his side. Saturn acknowledges the strength of the Straw Hat Pirates while Franky laughs that it was interesting even the World's leaders want Luffy dead.

Saturn says that Luffy's and Bonney's presence on Egghead was unexpected, but they are surrounded and the island is on the brink of destruction, though he would like to see them attempt to escape. He tells Dr. Vegapunk that he is disappointed by his "betrayal" but thanks him for his contributions. He then says that he wants everyone present to die in the most painful manner possible for defying the World Government and asks why when humans are told not to do something they do it anyway. All the while, he tightens his grip on Bonney, causing her pain, but no one can help her because he is keeping everyone down, which Vegapunk suspects is because of his Devil Fruit power.

Bonney looks at Saturn and tells him that he killed her father, but Saturn reveals that Kuma was born a slave and a member of the Buccaneers, which according to him, had committed a grave crime, and have now all gone extinct with Kuma as the sole survivor. He then holds Bonney up in the air and orders the Marines to aim for her head while Sanji and Vegapunk demand him to stop. In Bonney's mind, she remembers Kuma telling her that long ago, Kuma wanted to become a hero who would save people from suffering like Nika. Bonney asks if Nika would set her free too, and Kuma confidently says he will.

A flashback starts taking place 47 years ago. In Sorbet Kingdom, Bartholomew Kuma was born to a buccaneer man named Clapp and a human woman. Despite Clapp's wishes, his blood information was leaked to the World Government, which caused them all to be captured and enslaved by the World Nobles. Kuma was worked to the bone and beaten by his master, and one day, his father told him that his mother had died. Kuma had a complete breakdown, but his father told him that the Warrior of Liberation, Nika, would one day save him, so he must endure. He started dancing and singing in the rhythm of Nika's heartbeat to cheer him up, but was then shot and killed for being too loud.

Several years later, in West Blue, the World Nobles organized the triennial tournament during which they would eradicate an entire population of an island. The site of that year's tournament was God Valley, which was unaffiliated with the World Government and despised by the World Nobles for its name. Their goal was to kill all the people on the island and some of their troublesome slaves, and then claim the island and its rich resources in the name of the World Government. The king tried to stop them, but he was killed by Figarland Garling, who suffered a massive deduction, yet he felt it would give the other contestants a good handicap.

Saturn was present during the event and was informed that Kuma had been recaptured after attempting to escape. The ones who had done so, however, were other slaves, who told him that if he ran away, the rest of them would die too. They were stopped by the arrival of a young Emporio Ivankov and Ginny. He spotted Kuma and said that he had heard that the buccaneers share the blood of the Giants. Ivankov proudly proclaimed that he would live on and asked if Kuma would do the same.

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