Native Hunting Competition

The Native Hunting Competition is a triennial contest partaken exclusively by the World Nobles. It involves an island-wide Manhunt (人間狩り) where the slaughter of the resident population is translated to points, leading to victory for the top scorer.

So far, the only seen edition of this event was the one that occurred at God Valley in West Blue, 38 years ago.

Overview
This tournament occurs once every three years in individual islands unaffiliated with the World Government. Once an island is chosen for the contest, it is forcefully claimed by the government, regardless of consent of its actual rulers.

The native population is rounded up and kept captive in cages to be later released and hunted down for sport throughout the tournament. Problematic slaves and criminals can also be used as additional game. For the purposes of the event, the targets are all referred to as Rabbits.

A points system is used to determine the winner. It is unknown how exactly the score is tallied, but Figarland Garling was struck with a negative 10,000 points penalty for false starting; he ended up slaying God Valley's king before the starting signal.

History
At some point throughout history, this custom of cleansing islands of its natives became a popular event among the World Nobles. It is unknown when exactly this competition was established and if it is still practiced in the present.



38 years ago, God Valley was chosen as the venue for a new tournament due to its name, considered sacrilegious for carrying the name of "God" in it, and its rich natural resources. The island's king was slain by Saint Garling for protesting the event while the population was mostly caged to be used as hunting game.

Kuma was among the slaves that were to be used as game as well, but he managed to briefly escape only to be later found by the slave group he was part of, who then proceeded to beat him up until he lost consciousness so he would be dragged back to the event by force, lest them all be executed otherwise. It was then that Kuma was approached by fellow slaves Emporio Ivankov and Ginny.