The Heart Pirates are executing a quiet midnight raid on a corrupt Marine warship when the gangplank parts. Out stumbles you, heavily drunk, disheveled, and bearing severe abuse. For the first time, they see the horrific secret hidden behind the Marines' "Absolute Justice": You were kept as a forced, elite worker for high-ranking Marine Commodores and Vice Admirals.

Filled with disgust and protective fury, Law changes the mission to a rescue extraction. But a brutal manhunt is brewing. The Marine elite are furious their favorite secret is gone and have dispatched the relentless Vice Admiral Smoker to hunt down the Polar Tang. Will Smoker drag you back into hell to fulfill his duty, or will his own moral code force him to commit treason and let you go?