One Piece: Starting from Awakening the Cosmo at Marineford

Aaron boarded a warship and left the island.

The next day, he saw the report in the World Economic Herald.

The front-page headline, unsurprisingly, reported on the final battle between Blackbeard's crew and Marco and other remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates.

The newspapers referred to Blackbeard as the "Fourth Sea Emperor," thus bringing together the Four Sea Emperors.

Blackbeard's bounty has also been updated, with a bounty of 2.2467 billion Berries.

The report's final point raises the question: "When will the World Government select the final member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea to maintain the balance of power at sea?"

The front page also had a third of its space dedicated to Aaron's battle with Blackbeard's gang.

Aaron may have lost, but he was still honorable. After all, his opponent was the newly crowned Emperor of the Sea, and he was fighting an entire regiment by himself.

Aaron is also known as the Navy's super rookie and the future of the Navy.

The newspapers also reported on Aaron and his crew's "cruel" act of killing thousands of pirates on the island, but only briefly.

Aaron put down the newspaper and called Lark and Finbuddy over.

What do you think of today's news?

"Lark, you go first," said Fombardy.

Skylark didn't refuse, and after thinking for a moment, said, "Blackbeard has just become one of the Four Emperors. His foundation isn't as deep as the other three Sea Emperors, and he doesn't yet have the resources to contend with them. He'll most likely be thinking about expanding his territory and power. I think his next move will probably focus on these two aspects: expanding his territory and recruiting manpower. In particular, he'll try to improve the strength of his subordinates."

"I think so too," said Fombardy. "Could Blackbeard's Dark-Dark Fruit ability steal the abilities of other Devil Fruit users?"

Aaron said, "Indeed."

Lark nodded: "Blackbeard tried to steal Marco's power but failed. He then tried to steal the powers of Aaron and Finbdi. Fortunately, Vice Admiral Garp arrived in time, preventing them from succeeding. They might turn around and hunt down other ability users."

"It's not that easy to find people with special abilities," Fombidi said.

Aaron said, "It's true that it's easy to find people with abilities. It's just that taking them away is a bit more difficult."

Hibari said, "Yes! For example, a great pirate's crew must have many strong members, and among these strong members, there must be capable individuals. Their abilities would be quite attractive to Blackbeard's crew."

"But that will be very difficult," said Finbdi.

Lark said, "As long as Blackbeard doesn't challenge any other sea emperors, his chances of winning are still very high."

"There aren't many people like that, are there?" said Fombardy.

Aaron said, "There aren't many, but they're not none."

Lark suddenly said, "There is a place where Blackbeard can achieve four things at once."

Fempedi quickly asked, "Where?"

Lark said, "Honeycomb Island. First, by capturing Honeycomb Island, Blackbeard can use it as a base and seize territory."

Secondly, Beehive Island is home to countless pirates, forming a powerful force. Once Blackbeard takes over Beehive Island, these pirates will naturally take him as their leader.

Third, Beehive Island is now Wang Zhi's territory. Wang Zhi is a great pirate from the old era, a legendary figure. Although Blackbeard is now one of the Four Emperors, he has only defeated a strongman like Marco; the other three may not acknowledge him. He needs a truly tough battle to prove his title as one of the Four Emperors is well-deserved.

Fourth, Wang Zhi also has many ability users under his command. Furthermore, the abilities of those under veteran powerhouses should be enough to attract Blackbeard.

"I have a question," said Finbdi. "There's another territory in the New World, Dressrosa, that also meets your criteria."

Hibari said, "Dressrosa is the territory of Donquixote Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and a member state of the World Government. Blackbeard's attack on Dressrosa is tantamount to declaring war on the World Government."

"Didn't he say his real goal was to take over the world?" Finbdi said.

Hibari shook his head: "Achieving a goal isn't something that can be done overnight. If Blackbeard attacks Dressrosa now, he'll face the wrath of the entire World Government. But if he attacks Wang Zhi, he only needs to deal with Wang Zhi's small group on Beehive Island."

"The other sea emperors won't just stand by and do nothing, will they?" Finbdi retorted.

Hibari sighed, "Not only will the Emperor of the Sea sit back and watch the tigers fight, but no one from the World Government or the Navy will bother with this dog-eat-dog thing."

Fombardy scratched his head: "You're right. How did you figure that out?"

"Isn't this obvious?" the lark asked, puzzled.

"Huh?" Finbdy scratched his head, feeling that his intelligence had been insulted.

Aaron laughed, "Alright. Lark has said a lot, but they won't act immediately. Dealing with a legendary pirate like Wang Zhi requires careful planning. Besides, he's exhausted himself this time and needs to recuperate for a while."

"Boss, shall we go to Hive Island now?" asked Finbdi.

Aaron nodded and said, "You finally guessed right this time."

"Still pretending to be a pirate?"

"That's right."

Around noon, the lark spotted an island in the distance.

As the ship drew closer, they saw a pirate ship anchored on the shore.

Aaron laughed and said, "Isn't that a coincidence?"

The warships approached, but the pirate ship remained silent.

Finbuddy jumped onto the pirate ship, inspected the area, and returned to report: "Boss, there's no one on board, and there aren't many signs of a fight. The pirates must all be resting on the island."

Aaron nodded.

He had already used his sixth sense skill, "Visualization," to investigate the situation on the island and found that there were indeed more than fifty pirates living there.

Aaron laughed, "Let's go, take care of the pirates on the island. Remember, don't get their clothes dirty."

Fombardy smiled and said, "Understood!"

Finbdi took Bernard and forty marines to the island.

Soon, the sound of fighting came from the island, but it quickly stopped.

Aaron then led Lark, humming a little tune, to the scene of the fight.

There were more than twenty pirates lying on the ground, and another thirty or so squatting on the ground.

"Boss," said Finbdi, "these people surrendered too quickly, so it's not good for me to kill them."

Aaron said, "Take off their clothes."

The pirates were immediately terrified, thinking that Aaron was going to do something to them, and they looked miserable.

Some were already shouting, "Don't fuck me! I'm still a virgin!"

"I wish I had just died! I wouldn't have had to be brutally mutilated before I died!"

Yun Que blushed and said, "What are these people saying...?"

Finbdi spat, "Damn it, you think you're worthy! Look at yourselves! Take off your clothes and pants right now! If you hesitate, I'll really let this big guy next to me fuck you!"

Bernard said with a pained expression, "I really don't like this kind of thing. You should find someone else for such a difficult task..."

Fombey rolled his eyes: "Can't you just put on a show and scare them a little?"

Bernard shook his head: "This would damage my reputation..."

Finbdi retorted, "You're utterly brilliant!"