To Save His Daughter - Kuma the Timid Pacifist

Bekori reinstates harsh decrees meant to exterminate Sorbet's impoverished southerners, branding them human garbage. The cruelty enrages Kuma, who breaks into the royal castle, flattens it with one blow, and topples the monarch by himself. Crowned afterward, he deliberately stays in the church rather than the palace so that raising Bonney can continue undisturbed. The child then surprises everyone by awakening a Devil Fruit, specifically the Toshi Toshi no Mi, and the kingdom's earlier rulers, Bulldog and Conney, begin mentoring Kuma in his royal responsibilities.

Although Bekori is banished, his connections inside the World Government let it recast Kuma as a violent usurper. The ousted king then plots a comeback supported by the Marines. Realizing that resisting the assault will make him a hunted criminal and endanger Bonney, Kuma leaves the girl with Bulldog and Conney, sinks the invading ships in defense of his homeland, and is duly outlawed, saddled with a bounty, and exiled. Alone on the seas as a pirate, he battles foes while hunting a treatment for Bonney's Sapphire Scales. A glad reunion with Dragon's forces tips him off to Vegapunk, so he gathers Bonney and brings her to the island destined to become Egghead.

The scientist confirms an experimental remedy is possible but warns it will cost a fortune. Kuma can cover that expense by surrendering his uncommon Buccaneer body as a base for robot design. Vegapunk christens the machines Pacifistas and means to devote them to peace out of respect for Kuma's wishes, yet Saturn privately scorns him for failing to weaponize the project into super-soldiers. A piece of background trivia depicts one Marine resembling actor Willem Dafoe during the fleet sequence.