One Piece: Starting from Awakening the Cosmo at Marineford

The pirates, still unaware of what was happening, continued their charge.

Luo calmly drew his scalpel, the tip thrusting forward sharply: "Scalpel!"

The blade left countless afterimages, and the pirates felt a chill in their chests. Looking down, they saw an incredibly horrifying scene.

Their hearts somehow jumped out of their chests.

Hundreds of hearts flew through the air toward Luo's direction.

A cold smile had already crept onto Luo's lips.

The pirates were both anxious and terrified: "My heart! Give me back my heart!"

"Slaughterhouse!"

With another swing of his sword, Law instantly split the hundreds of pirates in two, rendering them unable to fight.

Luo took off his coat and shook it, wrapping the dozens of hearts inside.

The next instant, his figure had vanished.

A small pebble fell from mid-air, making a clicking sound.

Wang Zhi's expression changed slightly: "What a bizarre ability! Men! Pass down the order to immediately seal off both ports and prevent any ships from leaving! Without ships, he can only stay on the island! You few, take men and search immediately, don't miss anything! If you find him, bring him here immediately."

Wang Zhi's six henchmen, including Ryder, immediately accepted the order and went.

The pirates in the living room each found their own bodies and pieced them back together.

They all breathed a sigh of relief upon realizing they were still alive.

The thought of losing my heart made me worry about how much longer I could live.

They wanted to retrieve the heart, so they followed him out of the hall to find their men and search for Luo.

At this moment, Wang Zhi smiled sinisterly at Aaron and said, "Why didn't you guys make a move just now? Why didn't Luo take your hearts?"

Aaron laughed, "Why would I fight him? I didn't fight him, so why would he take my heart?"

Wang Zhi laughed loudly: "Well said! Well said! You'd better not leave this island these next few days. Otherwise, I'll have no choice but to send men to hunt you down!"

Aaron said, "Whatever. Let's go."

Aaron led Lark and the others away without looking back.

Wang Zhi watched Aaron's retreating figure, and clapped his hands as Aaron walked out of the hall.

A pirate quickly entered and stood next to Wang Zhi.

Wang Zhidao asked, "What? Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

The pirate said, "That's right. I've dealt with Sparrow before, and this person is definitely not him. Sparrow doesn't have any subordinates like that."

Wang Zhi nodded, already wondering to himself, "Who could he be? Sent by one of the Four Emperors?"

This person is too calm; it doesn't seem like someone with a bounty of only 1 million Berries.

Whatever their motives, they'll only end up with nothing. I'm waiting to see the show!

That night, Beehive Island was filled with people searching for Luo, making a ruckus and disturbing everyone's peace.

Aaron returned to the tavern and dismissed more than a dozen waves of pirates who came in to search the place.

Both ports were brightly lit and heavily guarded.

Around midnight, Aaron's Den Den Mushi rang.

"Colonel Aaron, I have collected the hearts of 100 pirates as you instructed."

"Yeah?"

"However, I am currently on Beehive Island and cannot leave anytime soon. In fact, I may be in danger."

Aaron said, "Don't worry, I'm already on the island. Besides, things will change on the island soon. Find a place to hide and wait patiently for two days."

Luo immediately calmed down: "Okay. Tell me a place, and I'll come find you."

Aaron told him the name of his tavern, then added, "Remember to disguise yourself. That shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?"

Luo said, "Wait for me, I'll be there soon."

About an hour later, Luo finally arrived.

He put away his hat, draped a long robe over his shoulders, and tucked the knife in his hand inside.

When he saw Aaron, he was taken aback at first, but when Aaron waved to him, he walked over.

Aaron smiled and said, "You've come."

Luo breathed a sigh of relief and took out a package from under his robe: "This is what you wanted."

Luo sat down and stared at Aaron, saying, "So you arrived a while ago."

Aaron smiled. "Not long ago. When did you arrive?"

"It's been more than ten days. I spent a week figuring out the situation on the island, and then I started to take action."

"Was tonight's exposure also part of your plan?"

Luo shook his head: "Plans can't keep up with changes; I'm just improvising."

As the two were talking, another person suddenly entered the bar, and then a dozen or so people surrounded the entrance.

Luo tensed up and fell silent.

Aaron looked at the newcomer and, seeing it was Captain Ryder, stood up and smiled, "Captain Ryder, what brings you here?"

Ryder chuckled. "Captain Sparrow, it's so late, and the island's in such a mess, yet you're still in the mood for drinking?"

Aaron said, "Whether the island is in chaos or not has nothing to do with me. Want to come over for a drink?"

Ryder said, "Okay."

Ryder sat down without any hesitation, then turned to look at Luo: "And this is?"

Aaron smiled and said, "A friend came to talk to me about a business deal."

"Business? What kind of business?"

Ryder smiled, then suddenly said, "If I'm not mistaken, you're Trafalgar Law, aren't you?"

Luo, who was holding the knife, moved his hand.

Aaron chuckled, "Calm down. Captain Ryder, you're probably here to discuss business too, right?"

Ryder laughed and said, "That's right. I do have a business deal to discuss with you."

Luo said, "Captain Ryder, why are you framing me, saying I hurt you?"

Ryder said, "Don't blame me. What I did is also related to this business deal."

Luo sneered, "You framed me, and you still want to do business with me?"

Ryder said, "That's right. That's why you can do business with me!"

Luo snorted: "You underestimate me too much."

Ryder said, "I guarantee you'll be fine! Afterwards, I'll even give you a lot of money, a large sum!"

Aaron laughed and said, "Luo, this might be a good business opportunity. Why don't we listen to it first?"

Luo said coldly, "Tell me."

Ryder said viciously, "I'm going to kill Wang Zhi and take his place!"

Luo was shocked: "What did you say? You want to kill...why?"

Ryder said, "It's simple. I want to be the master of Hive Island! This old man is blocking my way."

Aaron said, "Wang Zhi is over 70 years old, isn't he? What, you can't wait?"

Ryder said resentfully, "That's right. He doesn't have many years left to live. But his wish is to pass the throne to that Mao Lie! A tiger from the Mink tribe! We're all his godson, how am I any less than Mao Lie?!"

Aaron said, "Keep your voice down, don't disturb the others."

Ryder said, "It's alright. The people outside are all my trusted men. This shop is also my property."

Luo asked, "What happened to your injury?"

Ryder laughed and said, "Actually, this was just a play I directed and acted in myself. I did this to take the opportunity to weaken Mao Lie's power. However, I just happened to find you on the island, so I chose a few escaped convicts from Impel Down."