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After awakening on a tiny deserted island in the world of One Piece, Hirt Lind discovered he had eaten the Mutation Fruit, whose powers were too unpredictable to use on himself. He resolved to survive by farming and experimenting with mutations until he could grow stronger, leaving himself stranded but determined to build his strength in secret.

• Lind woke on an island in the body of Hirt Lind and recovered memories identifying the world as One Piece in the year 1477.
• Lind explored the small island, found abundant fruit, animals, and ponds, and concluded he could survive there for a while.
• Lind ate a patterned Devil Fruit and discovered it was the Mutation Fruit, which could cause unpredictable mutations.
• Lind judged the fruit’s mutations too weak and difficult to control to use on himself, and decided to experiment on plants instead.
• Lind planned to stockpile food, build high walls, and grow stronger in hiding before making his voice heard in the world.

After three months stranded on a deserted island, Lind used mutated bananas to boost his fitness and discovered golden coconuts that granted him telekinesis. With new confidence and a hearty seafood dinner, he still longed for a ship to take him back to civilization.

• Lind mutated a banana tree and found that its bananas improved physical fitness, then began eating them and training.
• Over three months, Lind grew stronger through intense exercise and repeated mutations, though few results proved useful.
• Lind mutated a coconut tree and discovered its golden coconuts gave him telekinetic powers.
• Lind tested his telekinesis on a rock and decided the ability would help him protect himself.
• Lind gathered seafood, prepared a simple stew, and complained that he wanted to leave the island and return to civilization.

After spending two and a half years building a ship and mutating plants on a deserted island, Lind finally set sail for the New World. He left hoping to find an inhabited island where he could develop his strength, learn swordsmanship, and obtain news of the outside world.

• Lind prepared seeds, food, and supplies, then reflected on leaving the island and the home he had built there.
• Lind named his ship the Leishierni, painted a roc on its sail, and launched it using telekinesis.
• Lind set sail, following the compass flower toward the next island while wondering what dangers and opportunities awaited him.
• Lind considered finding a place to lie low and learn swordsmanship, and passed the voyage by mutating fish and birds he caught.

Lind finally encountered the Rocks Pirates and tried to flee after recognizing Golden Lion, but Golden Lion caught up and tested his strength. Impressed by Lind’s potential, Golden Lion offered to make him his deputy captain.

• Great Kun spotted a pirate ship, and Lind flew over to meet it after seven lonely days at sea.
• Lind dramatically introduced himself as Red Dust Sword, Hirt Lind, then recognized Golden Lion and fled.
• Golden Lion chased Lind and invited him to join the Rocks Pirates on his boss’s behalf.
• Lind stopped to fight Golden Lion, using telekinesis to control his sword and evade flying slashes.
• Golden Lion’s Lion: Thousand-Cut Valley shattered Lind’s telekinetic barrier, but Lind survived with Armament Haki and his strong physique.
• Golden Lion recognized Lind’s potential and offered to make him his deputy captain.

Lind reluctantly joined Shiki on the journey to Hachinosu, then agreed to write a bold signature verse for the Golden Lion. A week later, Shiki made a grand return to Hachinosu by reciting Lind’s verse and unleashing his Conqueror’s Haki.

• Lind declined Shiki’s offer to make him deputy commander, but agreed to return to Hachinosu with him and meet Rocks.
• Shiki asked Lind to write him a heroic signature verse, and the tipsy Lind agreed.
• After waking from a long drunken sleep, Lind promised to finish the verse before they reached Hachinosu.
• A week later, Lind let Shiki take the spotlight as their ships approached Hachinosu.
• Shiki unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and recited Lind’s verse as he announced his return to Hachinosu.

Lind awakened his Conqueror's Haki during the clash over Hachinosu, impressing the Rocks Pirates. Rocks and the Division Commanders became eager to meet him, unaware that their image of Lind as a formidable swordsman far exceeded his actual abilities.

• Shiki's Conqueror's Haki clashed with those of Newgate, Linlin, and the other Rocks Pirates on Hachinosu.
• Lind swallowed the fruit he had prepared and awakened his own Conqueror's Haki, which joined the clash at a strength close to John's, Silver Axe's, and Ochoku's.
• Rocks suppressed the competing Haki and warned Shiki after the display, but Shiki continued promoting his plan to make a grand entrance at Marineford.
• Rocks recognized Lind as the source of the unfamiliar Haki and praised Shiki for recruiting him.
• Newgate, Linlin, and John asked Shiki to take them to meet Lind, while Lind felt pressured by their mistaken belief that he was a powerful swordsman.

Lind sparred with John to demonstrate his strength to the Rocks Pirates, then accepted command of the Seventh Division while serving as Shiki’s deputy and training his swordsmanship. The crew celebrated on Hachinosu, where Lind reflected on his new life as a pirate and anticipated his first bounty.

• Shiki introduced Lind to Rocks and the other Division Commanders as his chosen deputy, and Rocks arranged a spar with John to assess Lind’s strength.
• Lind and John introduced their swords and fought for over an hour, with Lind relying on his flying sword and struggling to match John’s swordsmanship.
• Rocks named Lind commander of the Seventh Division, with Lind serving under Shiki until he improved his swordsmanship, and Lind accepted the arrangement.
• Rocks declared a feast on Hachinosu to celebrate Lind’s appointment, and Whitebeard and the others congratulated Shiki.
• Lind watched the pirates celebrate and reflected on his time in the world, his debut as a pirate, and the bounty he might receive.

At the banquet on Hachinosu, Whitebeard asked Lind to write him a poem, warned him about Charlotte Linlin, and helped draw the attention of the Rocks Pirates’ officers to Lind. Over the following days, Lind trained and drank with the pirate leaders until Whitebeard came to visit him again.

• Whitebeard joined Lind by the window and asked him to write a poem, which Lind agreed to finish within seven days.
• Whitebeard warned Lind to be careful around Charlotte Linlin, and the gathered officers overheard their conversation.
• The Rocks Pirates’ commanders and other senior members approached Lind to request verses, and Lind later drank with them until the banquet ended.
• Lind spent the next few days sparring and drinking with Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and other high-ranking pirates, improving his swordsmanship and Haki.
• Whitebeard visited Lind again.

Lind received a sword and poem from Whitebeard, then sailed with him to challenge Sengoku and test the Marines. The chapter ended as Whitebeard declared his challenge to Sengoku.

• Whitebeard visited Lind, gave him the skillful grade sword Autumn, and praised Lind’s poem about him.
• Whitebeard invited Lind to sail with him to find Sengoku, and Lind eagerly agreed to fight the Marine Vice Admiral.
• Whitebeard and Lind set sail, and Lind improved his Haki through a week of training with Whitebeard.
• Lind and Whitebeard encountered Sengoku’s warship, and Whitebeard recited a boastful poem before challenging the Marines.

Lind challenged Sengoku and fought him in the air, using telekinesis and his swords to evade the stronger Marine while honing his skills. After hours of combat drained Lind, he returned to Whitebeard’s ship and handed the fight over to him.

• Whitebeard exchanged cannon fire with Sengoku’s warship while Lind asked Whitebeard to cover him so he could test Sengoku’s strength.
• Lind flew to Sengoku’s warship, delivered a boastful challenge, and asked Sengoku whether he had ever tasted defeat.
• Sengoku attacked Lind with a shockwave, and the two fought at close range before Lind switched to evasive, long-range sword attacks.
• Lind and Sengoku fought for several hours, with Lind tiring as he searched for a suitable island battlefield.
• Lind returned to the pirate ship and asked Whitebeard to take over the battle, and Whitebeard charged toward Sengoku.

Lind helped Whitebeard overpower Sengoku by seizing the Marines’ warship and capturing its crew, then used the captives as leverage while the two leaders fought. As reinforcements approached, Whitebeard escaped, and Lind flew off with Sengoku’s warship, leaving Sengoku behind to await rescue.

• Whitebeard and Sengoku clashed with Conqueror’s Haki, splitting the sky, then fought brutally on an island as Lind watched.
• Lind used Telekinesis to seize Sengoku’s warship and capture the Marines aboard, prompting Sengoku to break away from Whitebeard and attack him.
• Lind transferred the captured Marines to the pirate ship, where Whitebeard’s crew tied them up to hold for ransom.
• After fighting for another day, Lind urged Whitebeard to retreat before Marine reinforcements arrived, and Whitebeard left the island.
• Lind held Sengoku off in a staged fight, then flew away with Sengoku’s warship while Sengoku stayed behind awaiting rescue.

Lind and Whitebeard negotiated the release of Sengoku’s captured Marines for 180 million Beli, then returned to Hachinosu after Lind’s victory made him famous across the seas. Rocks and the other commanders welcomed them at the port, where Lind’s rising reputation sparked talk of his future division and the crew’s need for vice captains.

• Lind joined Whitebeard aboard his ship, and they celebrated their victory over Sengoku with a banquet.
• Kong called to negotiate for the captured Marines, and Whitebeard and Lind secured 180 million Beli in exchange for the prisoners and warship.
• Zephyr and Sengoku arrived to make the exchange, and Lind and Whitebeard handed over the Marines and sailed away with the money.
• During the seven-day voyage to Hachinosu, Lind’s name spread throughout the seas as a celebrated new Rocks Pirates commander with a bounty exceeding 600 million Beli.
• Rocks and the other commanders gathered at Hachinosu’s port to welcome Lind and Whitebeard, discussing Lind’s fame and their need for vice captains.

Rocks announced Lind’s appointment as Seventh Division Commander and held a deadly recruitment contest on Hachinosu to select new members. Lind gained five powerful recruits as his first officers, including the Oni youth and two fighters who had caught his attention.

• Whitebeard and Lind arrived on Hachinosu, where Rocks praised Lind and named him Seventh Division Commander.
• Rocks gave Lind two months to refit the Wanderer and train recruits, then announced a selection for new Rocks Pirates members.
• Thousands of pirates fought at the harbor while Lind used his telekinesis to assess their strengths, particularly noticing a powerful young Oni.
• Rocks ended the slaughter with his Conqueror’s Haki once about three hundred pirates remained and assigned the survivors to the commanders.
• Lind received five recruits skilled in two types of Haki, including the King of the Monster Kings, Black Cat Detective, two Taijutsu experts, and a swordsman.

After Lind recruited nearly a hundred pirates into his new division, a banquet ended with him waking beside Charlotte Linlin after they had spent the night together. He returned to his villa and planned to train his crew and refit the Wanderer.

• Rocks ended the selection, and Lind welcomed his new crew at a banquet.
• Lind woke beside Charlotte Linlin and recalled that she had given him a Devil Fruit after he wrote her a signature verse.
• Charlotte Linlin told Lind she had enjoyed their night, recited the verse, thanked him, and left him alone until the size-changing fruit wore off.
• Lind returned to his original size, went back to his villa, and planned to train his crew and refit the Wanderer.

After completing his commissioned verses, Lind used Stussy’s Devil Fruit encyclopedia to identify three fruits and fed the Human-Human Fruit, Singer Form, to Great Kun. Great Kun transformed into a humanoid musician, while Lind left him to practice and went to inspect the Seventh Division’s training on Hachinosu.

• Lind finished his commissions for the Rocks Pirates’ officers and received Stussy’s annotated Devil Fruit encyclopedia as her gift.
• Lind identified the Grow-Grow Fruit, the Dog-Dog Fruit, Rottweiler Form, and the Human-Human Fruit, Singer Form, and decided to give the last one to Great Kun.
• Lind called Great Kun back to his villa, where the bird swallowed the Singer Fruit and transformed into a humanoid form.
• Great Kun discovered that he had gained singing abilities, and Lind encouraged him to combine them with telekinesis and arranged for him to practice at home.
• Lind visited the Seventh Division’s base on Hachinosu and saw its pirates training diligently under their officers’ supervision.

Lind met with the five officers of the Seventh Division to review their training and prepare to oversee their progress himself. The division had grown stronger, and Lind gave the officers Dragon Bananas to help them improve before the division set sail.

• Lind summoned Axel, Liana, Calvin, Rex, and Allison to discuss the division's training.
• Axel reported that all ninety-two division members had mastered Armament Haki and more than fifty had mastered Observation Haki.
• Lind praised the officers and said he would personally oversee training for the next month.
• Lind gave the officers a crate of Dragon Bananas, explaining that the fruit improved physical capabilities.
• Lind planned to take his subordinates to the deserted island soon to collect Divine Dragon Coconuts while keeping their true source secret.
• The officers thanked Lind and vowed to train hard and make the Seventh Division famous.

Lind gave the Seventh Division Dragon Bananas and promised more opportunities for his subordinates to grow stronger. He then trained them individually and finished the day by hunting a Sea King to feed the division.

• Lind gave Axel, Liana, and three others Dragon Bananas, and they found the fruit effective for improving their strength.
• Lind promised to keep the group supplied with Dragon Bananas and urged them to train hard so they could earn more.
• Lind assessed the Seventh Division members at the training grounds and corrected their techniques, helping them improve over the afternoon.
• Axel and the others joined the group training, and Lind continued instructing everyone until evening.
• Lind caught and killed a roughly three-hundred-meter Sea King, then carried it back to his base on Hachinosu.

Lind celebrated bringing a Sea King back to Hachinosu and decided to teach his cooks while seeking a skilled ship's doctor. The next day, after training his subordinates, he invited them to inspect the Wanderer's refit.

• Lind returned to base with a Sea King, butchered it, and let Allison organize the remaining work.
• While dining with Axel and Liana, Lind agreed to teach the cooks and heard Axel describe an exceptionally skilled doctor in West Blue whom they could seek out.
• Lind learned that Allison had studied under a talented doctor, but her former captain had failed to recruit him, and the other officers had no promising medical contacts.
• Lind and his officers feasted on Sea King meat, which he stored in an underground freezer for later use.
• The next day, Lind led morning training, ate Sea King jerky for lunch, and asked who wanted to inspect the Wanderer that afternoon.

Lind visited the shipyard with his crew to inspect the Wanderer’s refit and arranged to borrow money from Whitebeard and Golden Lion to pay for it. He approved the ship’s design, requested a fourth deckhouse story, and learned that the Wanderer would be ready in twenty days.

• Lind assigned Axel, Calvin, and Allison to manage the base while he took Liana, Rex, Lyle, and Light to the shipyard.
• Lind met Master Yor and offered him seeds from the trees used to build the Wanderer, earning a twenty-percent discount on the refit.
• Master Yor showed Lind the redesigned Wanderer, which had a streamlined hull, three-masted sailing-ship design, and expanded living, service, training, and storage spaces.
• Rex, Lyle, and Light praised the ship, while Allison asked for a room beside Lind’s quarters.
• Lind asked Master Yor to add a fourth story for the captain’s quarters, and Master Yor promised the Wanderer would be ready in twenty days.

Lind taught the Seventh Division’s cooks and pirates, helping the crew improve their skills and grow into a formidable force over twenty days. As he looked over the foundation he had built, he remained determined to grow stronger and prepare for the uncertain catastrophe ahead.

• Lind taught the cooks basic techniques and guided them as they prepared Sea King meat, improving the crew’s dinner and winning the pirates’ praise.
• Over twenty days, the five officers improved their physical abilities and combat skills under Lind’s guidance.
• Lind taught the rank-and-file pirates the Six Powers and refined their training, bringing all ninety-two to the strength of Marine Headquarters field-grade officers.
• The cooks completed their training, and Lind judged them ready to handle the crew’s meals.
• Lind reflected on the Seventh Division’s progress and his own growth, then resolved to stay alert and become stronger rather than rely on Nika.

Lind and the Seventh Division celebrated the Wanderer’s completion, then spent ten days finishing preparations for their voyage. With supplies and crew ready, Lind left the division to rest and make any final arrangements before sailing to its assigned base the next day.

• Lind gave the Seventh Division a day off and led every member to the shipyard to see the refitted Wanderer.
• Lind praised Master Yor’s work, paid the remaining refit costs, and gave him six bottles of Dragon Banana fruit wine.
• Lind took the division aboard the Wanderer for a sea trial, and over the following ten days the crew finished outfitting and testing the ship while strengthening themselves with Dragon’s Blood wine.
• Rocks assigned the Seventh Division an island base and ordered it to garrison the island and strengthen the Rocks Pirates’ control of the region.
• At breakfast, Allison reported that the ship had enough supplies for at least a month at sea, and Axel confirmed the men were packed and eager to sail.
• Lind told his officers to rest and check for any last preparations before the division sailed the next day.

Lind set sail with the Seventh Division to take control of their new base in the New World and help the Golden Lion resist the Navy. After a peaceful voyage, Great Kun spotted a Navy fleet ahead, and Axel asked Lind how to handle it.

• Rocks warned Lind to use force to keep the vast territory around the Seventh Division's base under control, and Lind assured him he would not hesitate to fight.
• Lind boarded the Wanderer and ordered the Seventh Division to set sail, leaving the ship's navigation to Calvin and assigning Great Kun to scout ahead.
• The Seventh Division handled bad weather and pirates during the journey without Lind's help, while Lind considered giving Devil Fruits to his officers and seeking stronger fruits at God Valley.
• Axel reported that Great Kun had spotted a Navy fleet ahead and asked Lind how to respond.

Lind fought Zephyr to improve his close-combat skills while Axel led the Wanderer’s battle against the Marines. After ten hours, the shipboard fight had turned into a near-total rout of Zephyr’s forces, but Lind and Zephyr were still fighting.

• Lind ordered his crew to prepare for battle, then flew to confront Zephyr while Axel took command of the ship’s fight.
• Zephyr overwhelmed Lind in close combat, forcing Lind to use Kunpeng and Autumn to help him avoid defeat.
• Lind drank Healing Wine between clashes and repeatedly returned to fight Zephyr, enduring the battle for ten hours.
• Axel and Lind’s officers led the Seventh Division against Zephyr’s Marines, whose forces were driven into a near-total rout.
• Seventh Division fighters kept Commodore Hill occupied while Lind and Zephyr continued fighting.

Lind and the Seventh Division defeated Zephyr’s Marines, captured Vice Admirals Rock Wolf and Tanuki, and escaped with three warships. The chapter ended with Lind realizing Zephyr could use Hill’s Vivre Card to track the Wanderer as he hurried toward his base.

• Lind taunted Zephyr as the Marines began to fall, while Vice Admiral Tanuki and Vice Admiral Rock Wolf waited for reinforcements.
• Rock Wolf and Tanuki led fresh Marines into battle, turning the tide against the exhausted Seventh Division.
• Lind ordered Axel and the other officers to finish the fight and retreat, and they captured the Marines from three ships.
• Lind kept Zephyr occupied while the Wanderer escaped, then shook Zephyr off after leading him in circles.
• Lind lifted the captured warships with his telekinesis and realized Zephyr could use Hill’s Vivre Card to find the Wanderer.
• Lind decided to hurry to his base and worried that the Marines might pursue him with Admiral-level fighters.

Lind returned safely to Oran Island, where Larry welcomed him and explained that the island would become the Seventh Division’s base. Lind delegated its administration to Larry, Axel, and Allison, then planned to bring the local factions under his rule.

• Lind brought the Wanderer and its crew back to Oran Port without incident, avoiding a confrontation with the Navy.
• Larry introduced himself as Oran Island’s sheriff and welcomed Lind on Rocks’s orders.
• Lind introduced his officers to Larry and entrusted him, Axel, and Allison with managing the island.
• Larry showed Lind the island’s extensive palace complex, which would house the Seventh Division, though Lind disliked its design and lack of training facilities.
• Lind ordered Mr. Hill to summon local and visiting factions to a banquet and sent Axel to demonstrate the Seventh Division’s strength.