The World Nobles began their hunting competition, during which the Rocks Pirates, Roger Pirates, Monkey D. Garp and the Marines got involved, which started the God Valley Incident. During this, despite Linlin stealing one of the Devil Fruits, Kuma stole the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi and consumed it, allowing his group to escape the island. Later after parting ways with Ivankov, Kuma and Ginny settled down in Sorbet Kingdom.