One Piece: Starting from Awakening the Cosmo at Marineford

The moment Bellumber brushed past Aaron, he sensed Aaron's disdain.

"What's so great about them! Acting all high and mighty!"

Bellumaber stood there, waiting until Aaron was far away before daring to complain.

When Aaron suddenly turned around and gave him a cold glance, Bellemere felt a chill run down his spine. He quickly lowered his head, shrinking his neck and muttering to himself, "Didn't you hear me? Didn't you hear me..."

A few seconds later, Bellemere boldly turned around, but Aaron was no longer there.

"call!"

Bellmare breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little weak in the knees, and slowly walked toward Koby.

"Hey, Koby, what are you doing sitting on the ground? Did he hit you?"

Koby shook his head numbly, then grabbed Bellemere's outstretched hand and held it tightly.

Bellmare stumbled, barely managing to steady himself. Before he could even ask anything, he heard Koby's panicked voice.

"He saw it! He saw it!"

Helmeppo's hand hurt from being gripped by Koby, so he struggled free and sat down next to Koby.

Why are you so nervous? What did he see?

Koby shook his head, his eyes vacant, then filled with fear: "He saw us when we were fleeing from Marineford!"

"What?!"

Startled, Bellumber jumped up from the ground and looked around frantically. He saw no one and heard no voices, only the sea breeze, sails, and the cooing of seagulls.

"Did he tell you that himself?"

Koby nodded: "Yes, he saw it! What if he reports it? We'll be kicked out of the Navy... No, we can't let him report us..."

Bellemere remained silent, his heart filled with panic.

But after a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he comforted Koby, "He didn't report it, and he won't report it!"

Koby shook his head in disbelief: "How can you be so sure?"

Bellemere laughed, "If he had already reported us, he wouldn't have come to tell you. He could have just waited to see us get into trouble."

Helmeppo winked and grinned wickedly. "Coby, you've forgotten, I used to be a villain! He knows our secrets and will definitely be trying to maximize his profits. Reporting us won't do him any good. At most, headquarters will give him a verbal commendation."

However, if he continues to hold our secret, he'll use it to blackmail us. We're just waiting for him to come looking for us again, to see if he wants money or some other benefit.

Koby paused for a moment, still unable to cheer up: "If he keeps threatening us every few days, won't we never have a peaceful day?"

Bellmare said, "This is better than us being kicked out of the Navy, right? It's better to pay to avoid trouble. As long as he says the word, everything will be fine."

Koby's mind was still racing: "What if he doesn't say anything?"

Bellemere also began to worry: "That's troublesome. If he's planning something big, he might just kill us..."

"what?"

Koby panicked even more. "He's like a cannonball that could explode at any moment; you never know when he'll come crashing down on you!"

Bellemere thought for a moment, but had no other choice. He could only grit his teeth and say, "How about we sneakily go and take him out?"

Coby shook his head: "No. He's a Marine, how can we kill him?"

Bellemere said, "That's true. If it were me in the past, I really wanted to kill him. But not now. Besides, this is Marineford. If we really killed him, we would be exposed sooner or later. Killing someone is much more serious than deserting."

"well...."

"Sigh... Koby, I just hope he's a good person and won't kill us all. By the way, did he mention seeing me desert?"

Koby shook his head: "No. But if he could see me, he must have seen you too. Have you forgotten that we were together that day?"

"yes..."

The two sat on the beach for a long time, sighing and complaining.

Aaron returned to town and wandered around for a while.

The main building of the Naval Headquarters is in the Chinese style, but the town behind it is like a United Nations, where you can see architectural styles, specialties and clothing from all over the world.

"Hey, Marine, come hang out!"

A glamorous woman with long, wavy, golden curls stood at the entrance of an alleyway, waving at Aaron.

The surrounding noise and lights did not reach the alley; only shadowy figures moved about inside.

A few dim red lamps emitted a beautiful yet languid light.

Aaron frowned. Marineford actually offered this kind of service?

This is equivalent to the entire base being destroyed.

A tall figure emerged from the alley and gave Aaron a look that suggested they were kindred spirits.

Aaron gave an awkward smile, then turned and left.

A woman's voice sounded from behind: "Is it not suitable? You can go inside and take your time to choose!"

"Does someone as handsome as me need to be so depraved?"

"So what if you don't have money? You poor wretch!"

Aaron didn't turn his head; after a moment's thought, he understood.

As Das Kapital states, capital will take risks when there is enough profit to be made.

The Navy Headquarters houses tens of thousands of marines, among whom a very high percentage are single men.

For them, this place is like a blue ocean, full of business opportunities!

Of course, they also have their own difficulties and cannot be extremely busy.

Aaron thought about himself again and realized that he was also in trouble, and now he seemed to have become a pawn to be discarded.

Akainu left him at headquarters, but there were no further instructions. Several days have passed already?

Is he playing a trick on himself?

They can't go back to Beihai, nor can they integrate into the current G1 branch.

Will I still be a marine in the future?

Back in the dorm, the lights weren't on, but the light coming in from outside the window was enough to illuminate the room.

Aaron sat down in the chair, took a pear from the plastic bag on the table, wiped it, and took a bite.

It lacks a crisp texture; it feels like biting into a clod of dirt.

The pear juice wasn't sweet at all; instead, it was sour and bitter, like a mixture of lemon and bitter melon.

"yue~"

A wave of nausea washed over Aaron, and he tried to spit out what was in his mouth, but the piece of pear seemed to move on its own and had already slid down his throat.

"What is this thing?!"

Aaron turned on the light and froze.

The "fruit" in his hand, although shaped like a pear, is definitely not a pear.

Size is secondary; what's important is that this thing is blue in color and has twisted patterns on it. There are more than a dozen cracks on the bottom of the pear, making it look like the marks of a stone being shaken open.

"This... is a Devil Fruit! And it's the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!"

Aaron clenched his fist in excitement, but nothing seemed to have changed yet.

Why is the Tremor-Tremor Fruit here?

There's a saying in the world of One Piece that Devil Fruits and cursed swords possess wills and can choose their own masters.

"It seems I've been chosen by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit."

However, my ability to control flames should attract the Flame-Flame Fruit.

Is it because I said even dogs don't eat the Flame-Flame Fruit? Is this little guy upset?