One Piece: Starting from Awakening the Cosmo at Marineford

Katrin Deme recognized Aaron and came over to this table to drink with him in order to confirm and test him.

So she came over to get closer and see things more clearly.

As for the claim that she had a conflict with Sparrow, played by Aaron, it was something she made up on the spot, and it was also for testing purposes.

If Aaron had gone along with her, he would have fallen for her trick.

Aaron simply said, "I don't remember," easily shutting him down.

Katrin Demey intentionally or unintentionally wanted to touch Aaron, but of course not for "molestation".

Instead, after she touches Aaron, she can use the Nine-Tailed Fox's power to transform into Aaron.

Aaron and the Blackbeard Pirates have already formed a feud. If Katrin Demi could become one of Aaron's allies, she could be incredibly effective in future battles.

Hibari said, "This ability is indeed very troublesome."

"Simple," said Finbdi. "We just need to keep everyone from touching our bodies during this time. Not even acquaintances."

Lark shook his head: "It's easy to say. It's like you're on the street with so many people, and you don't even know who bumped into you."

"What should we do then? What if this person becomes one of us? Couldn't they stab me in the back when I'm not looking?"

Aaron said, "There's still a way to identify her. This Katrin Deme has a scent; did you smell it yesterday?"

Fombey and Bernard shook their heads: "No. I only smelled wine and meat."

Hibari suddenly realized, "This isn't the scent of Robert after her transformation; it's the drawback of Katrin Demi's Nine-Tailed Fox ability—it has a foxy, pungent smell!"

Aaron said, "That's right. Remember this: even if someone is an acquaintance, if they smell like that, they're not one of us."

"As expected of the boss! He easily cracked such a monstrous ability!" said Fombardy and Bernard.

Aaron waved his hand and continued, "Blackbeard's men have already arrived on the island, which means they'll be making their move soon. Wang Zhi is still completely unprepared; he's likely to suffer a great loss."

"So what if I suffer a loss? They're not good people anyway," said Fenbdi.

Yun Que said, "What Senior Aaron means is that Wang Zhi is unprepared and could be easily defeated by Blackbeard. We won't gain much advantage."

"There's still Coby and the others, and Law," Finbdi said. "Especially Law. With his help, we can at least deal with one of Blackbeard's officers."

Aaron said, "Although Blackbeard has this surprise attack, Wang Zhi will use the advantages of terrain and popular support, so he may not suffer any major losses."

Blackbeard was able to defeat Wang Zhi thanks in no small part to Luo's help.

Law orchestrated the Rocky Port incident, which resulted in the loss of many pirates' hearts.

While Koby did offer some assistance, Aaron felt that with Koby's current strength, his help was limited.

The next morning, Aaron had just gotten up and was having breakfast when Cross came to find him.

Seeing Cross in such a hurry, Aaron asked, "What brings you here so early?"

Cross wiped the sweat from his brow: "I'm here to ask you about something."

"Speak."

"Captain Edward Roberts, whom you talked about for a long time at the dinner party last night, was found dead in an alley this morning."

"Dead? How did he die?"

Cross said, "Hands tied, throat slit."

"Captain Cross," Fombdy said, "with so many pirates on Beehive Island, there must be dozens of fights, big and small, every day, right?"

Cross said, "That's right. But this Edward Roberts is, after all, a pirate with a bounty of over 100 million, so Governor Wang Zhi is still quite concerned about him."

Aaron said, "We came back here after drinking last night. We haven't had any other contact with this Robert."

Cross said, "Oh, this is really troublesome. How could this happen?"

Aaron suddenly remembered something: "Did you examine his body? What did you find?"

Cross said, "He had spilled wine and vomit on him. But strangely, there was nothing in his mouth or throat."

Aaron asked, "What does this prove?"

Cross shook his head: "I don't know."

Hibari chimed in, "Captain Cross, have you found anything else?"

Cross said, "There's something else that's rather strange. Captain Robert's wrist wounds are quite old, as if he'd been bound for several days. Yet last night, he was chatting with several people at the banquet."

Aaron suddenly asked, "Have any other people been murdered in the past few days?"

Cross nodded: "Yes. Our number 2 captain, Ryder, was attacked and injured last night."

Aaron said, "There must be spies infiltrated the island."

Cross said, "That's our guess too, but we don't know where the spy comes from, whether they're from the World Government or another pirate crew. We also don't know what their purpose is."

Aaron said, "It's hard to say. In any case, you should be careful."

Cross said, "Thank you, Captain Sparrow. Be careful too. If the World Government or the Navy infiltrates, they might target you as well."

After Kross finished speaking, he called a few of his men and left.

Yun Que asked, "Senior Aaron, do you think this injured captain is still the same person?"

Aaron said thoughtfully, "It's hard to say."

The captain of Wang Zhi's second team is quite strong, and Katrin Diemei may not be able to strike her down in one blow.

In that case, a fight is inevitable.

If she succeeds, she'll become the captain of this second team, hide away to recover from her injuries, and wait for the right opportunity.

With this identity, he could naturally get close to Wang Zhi and then strike him. Even if he couldn't seriously injure Wang Zhi, he could at least weaken his fighting power.

Even if Katrin Demi didn't succeed, she at least injured the captain, which was somewhat useful.

But now that Edward Roberts is dead, if Katrin Demi didn't transform into Captain Ryder, then who she became is a mystery.

Aaron couldn't figure it out either, so he simply stopped thinking about it and waited to see how things would develop.

In the following days, every night, one or two captains with bounties of over a hundred million would die.

For a time, panic gripped the island, and everyone felt insecure, not knowing when danger would strike.

Aaron, however, understood that this was not the work of Katrin Demey, because those who had died were all escaped convicts from Impel Down.

Trafalgar Law has begun his operation.

With Law's abilities, he could indeed eliminate people silently and then reassemble them.

Aaron hasn't seen Luo in the last few days.

I've met Coby and Helmeppo a few times. They have some injuries on their faces, which means they must have had a conflict with the pirates on the island.