One Piece: Starting from Awakening the Cosmo at Marineford

The pirates surrendered without resistance, were handcuffed by the marines, and were taken to Garp's warship in a chain.

Aaron asked curiously, "Where are you all headed?"

Lucci shook his head: "Let's find a nearby kingdom and stay there for a while."

Aaron nodded. "Okay. Goodbye."

During the journey, Aaron was not idle either, and was trained by Karp and Bogart in turn for a few more days.

Even during meals, Aaron would hear Garp reciting advanced uses and training methods for the three types of Haki in his ear.

Time has passed, and after more than ten months of study and practical experience, Aaron's understanding of the three types of Haki has reached a new level in the past few days.

While practicing his swordsmanship, Aaron began to regret his decision.

"Why should I show off? Even if I don't use Sakura and Kuki's two famous swords, I can still sell them for money..."

Upon returning to headquarters in New Marineford, Aaron was immediately summoned by Akainu.

The first person Akainu would meet was Hibari.

Akainu, a cigar dangling from his lips, leaned back on the sofa: "Hibari's lost weight."

Aaron said, "But she's become stronger."

Akainu said, "Luckily, she wasn't injured, otherwise... hmph!"

Aaron chuckled and offered no rebuttal.

Akainu squinted: "You've caused quite a stir lately. You killed members of Kaido's affiliated pirate crew, injured Charlotte Linlin's officers, killed the Whitebeard Pirates' captain Fossa, and even took down a captain of the Blackbeard Pirates. You've offended almost every power on the sea and made quite a few enemies."

Aaron said, "Anyway, I also have the right to declare war on the Four Emperors directly. These are nothing, just minor skirmishes."

Akainu took a couple of puffs on his cigar: "Even Shiki fell to you. Heh, well done."

Aaron said, "Marshal Sakazuki, I've done so much, shouldn't I get a promotion and a raise?"

Akainu scoffed, "You joined the Navy just to become an officer and make money?"

Aaron said, "That doesn't matter. Who wouldn't want a promotion and a raise? Besides, with a higher position, I can do more things, right?"

Akainu opened a drawer in the table, took out a document, and threw it on the table.

"This is your appointment document as Brigadier General at headquarters. Your salary remains the same, but with a 30% increase."

Aaron opened the document, glanced at it, and nodded in satisfaction: "Thank you, Marshal! I'm finally a general-level officer."

Akainu sneered, "You'd better keep quiet for the time being."

"What's wrong? Is someone putting pressure on you?"

Akainu said, "There are some things you'd better not know."

Akainu couldn't possibly tell, but Aaron could roughly guess.

Aaron shrugged: "Marshal, if there's nothing else, I'll be going."

Akainu asked, "There's one more thing. Where did you get that Fumbuddy fruit?"

"Punk Hazard's research institute. This is an artificial Devil Fruit created by Vegapunk."

Akainu said, "If there's a suitable one, get one for Hibari too."

Aaron replied, "Of course, that's no problem. However, given your current status, do you really need me to come?"

Akainu angrily retorted, "Am I the kind of person who abuses their power for personal gain?!"

Aaron chuckled. "Of course not. I suddenly remembered there's something else I need to report."

Akainu narrowed his eyes and said, "You're not trying to blackmail me, are you?"

Aaron laughed and said, "How could I dare?"

"What is it? Speak."

"Here's the thing, I found a well-informed pirate to infiltrate the pirate camp and help me capture the escapees from Impel Down. The condition is that he becomes one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea."

Akainu snorted irritably, "You actually use these conditions to cooperate with pirates? That's utterly audacious!"

Aaron said, "Anyway, the Seven Warlords of the Sea are all pirates. The fact that this person is willing to work for me at least shows that he can communicate. Unlike the current ones, who didn't even put in any effort during the Marineford War, acting like they were just playing house."

Akainu took a bite of his cigar: "What were his conditions for agreeing to your request?"

"The hearts of 100 Impel Down fugitives."

"Who is this pirate?"

Trafalgar Law.

Akainu snorted, "His strength is decent. Fine, there's still one vacancy among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, so we can give it to him. However, time waits for no one, so you should urge him on his progress."

Aaron laughed and said, "Thanks, Marshal Sakazuki!"

Akainu said, "You can get lost now."

Aaron yawned and turned to leave.

In the practice of promoting relatives without exception, Akainu also promoted Hibari, making her a major at headquarters.

Finbdy was also promoted to lieutenant colonel.

For the next period of time, Aaron did not go out to sea to carry out missions.

Many of the criminals who escaped from Impel Down were either killed or captured, and very few dared to show their faces.

Many of the remaining members joined Buggy, many went to Beehive Island, and many more joined Blackbeard, Kaido, and Big Mom.

Aaron couldn't just swagger into their territory and arrest people.

In addition, Aaron needed to digest and absorb the combat experience he had accumulated during this period, so he simply stayed at headquarters and pestered Garp and Bogart to study and practice diligently.

Karp didn't hold back either, teaching Aaron everything he knew and even guiding him in practicing boxing on the warship.

The text also details the use of Armament Haki for attack, Conqueror's Haki for envelopment, and Conqueror's Haki armor shield.

Bogart, however, was unable to find Aaron a good knife.

Aaron could only use an ordinary knife, nothing more.

Bogart said, "The fact that your previous sword broke means you can't control your strength as you please. Perfect, now you can use an ordinary sword to hone your swordsmanship."

Furthermore, a true master of swordsmanship can unleash tremendous fighting power even with a wooden sword.

Aaron said, "Master, you are a true master of swordsmanship. Why don't you give me your sword, and I'll find you a sword made of the finest wood? What do you say?"

Bogart yelled, "Get lost! If you touch my knife again, I'll cut you down!"

"mean."

The days of training at headquarters were tedious, yet they flew by.

Aaron improved even faster, easily mastering the use of advanced Armament Haki.

He also has considerable expertise in dealing with Conqueror's Haki.

In the blink of an eye, Aaron has been in this world for almost a year.

In just one year, he has transformed from a cannon fodder marine into a powerful individual capable of competing with top-tier fighters.

During this time, Grous and Peacock, Coby and Bellmare continued to travel on the sea, but with little success.

That evening, during dinner, Finbdi said, "Boss, I've found out that Marco's gang and Blackbeard have set the 'Final Battle' for twenty days from now."

"What's the exact location?"

"Barbedo, an uninhabited island in the New World. It's a 15-day flight from here."

Aaron nodded: "We'll make it. We'll leave in a few days."

"Who are we going to deal with?" asked Finnbjerg.

Aaron smiled and said, "When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. It would be best if they both suffered heavy losses, and then we could take them down together."