Arc 1Building the Hachinosu Alliance
Lin Yuan defected from the Marines and gathered allies while building a base and intelligence network to oppose the World Government. The arc left him rescuing informants from Impel Down as the World Government’s attention turned toward him.
- Lin Yuan ate the Door-Door Fruit, defected from the Marines after the Celestial Dragons’ hunt, and escaped Marine Headquarters with a 500 million Beli bounty.
- Lin Yuan recruited Bullet, stole supplies and seastone, and established Void Island before arranging secret technical support from Vegapunk.
- Lin Yuan freed Kaido and King, defeated Marine pursuers, rejected Rocks’s offer, and established Hachinosu as his base after making a deal with Ochoku.
- Lin Yuan recruited Crocodile, later welcomed Moria, and trained his allies while expanding his seastone business and operations.
- Lin Yuan and Moria freed Ginny from a transport ship, and Lin Yuan put her in charge of building an intelligence network with Morgans’s help.
- Lin Yuan rescued Kuma from the Sorbet Kingdom and brought him to Hachinosu, where he reunited with Ginny and joined Lin Yuan’s group.
- Lin Yuan visited Ivankov in Impel Down, but Ivankov refused to leave until Lin Yuan could challenge the World Government.
- Lin Yuan freed five Revolutionary Army informants from Impel Down and brought them to Ginny’s network, while Kaido warned that the World Government might target him.