One Piece: Starting from Awakening the Cosmo at Marineford

"salute!"

"Thump!"

"Whoosh!"

When the 20 marines saw Aaron and Lark board the ship, they all stomped their right feet and then raised their guns in unison.

The man who was tiptoeing turned around, a smile spreading across his face, and raised his hand in a casual salute: "Major Aaron! Captain Lark! I am Major Fombey from headquarters! Welcome aboard!"

A smile crept onto Aaron's lips, but his voice carried a hint of displeasure: "Welcome aboard?"

Aaron is now a major at headquarters, as is Finbdy; they are equal in rank.

Judging from Finnbdi's words, he seems to regard himself as the owner of the warship, or rather, its supreme commander.

Is Finnbudy trying to give himself a hard time?

Aaron didn't see it as a misunderstanding to put two people of equal status together.

It's even possible that this was a deliberate arrangement by Garp to test his ability to break through difficult situations and his leadership skills.

In Aaron's view, there could only be one leader on this ship, and that was him.

Seeing Aaron's displeased face, Finbuddy immediately realized what was happening, but didn't take it seriously.

"Major Aaron, don't misunderstand. Lieutenant General Cap asked me to cooperate with your work, and I will do so."

Aaron snorted: "So, you're not convinced?"

Finbdy laughed heartily, "Major Aaron, don't misunderstand, I..."

Aaron gently patted Finbdi on the shoulder.

Finbdi felt as if a mountain had suddenly pressed down on him, and his knees buckled, about to cause him to fall.

But Aaron's hand had already grabbed his shoulder, lifting his falling body back up.

These two movements happened in an instant, and Fombardy's sensations were fleeting; his body hadn't even had time to descend before he stabilized.

The two movements happened in the blink of an eye, so fast that it seemed as if Aaron was simply brushing the dust off him.

Finbdy knew that if he hadn't been involved, he would never have noticed anything unusual.

If Aaron had intended to kill, he would already be dead.

Finbdi was still in shock, his eyes glazed over.

Aaron raised his hand and picked at his ear: "I can't be bothered with all that. As for catching pirates, you don't need to lift a finger. You don't even need to cheer me on. As long as you have food and drink, you'll go wherever I tell you to go. I don't care about anything else."

Seeing that Aaron was so easy to talk to, Finbdi calmed himself down a bit.

But Aaron's smile suddenly vanished, and his gaze became incredibly sharp, startling Finbdi so much that he couldn't help but shiver and feel a chill run down his spine.

"Did you understand?"

"I...I understand..."

"Speak louder!"

Fombardier snapped to attention, raised his right hand in salute, and said, "Yes, sir!"

Aaron turned to the twenty-odd marines, his gaze still cold: "Did you understand?"

"Understood, sir!"

"Very good. Now, everyone back to your posts, let's set sail immediately! Finch, take us to our rooms and give me a briefing on the ship."

"Yes, sir!"

Aaron smiled and said, "Relax a little, don't be so reserved."

Finbdi remained ramrod straight: "Yes, sir!"

"You can just call me Aaron from now on."

"Sir, you're putting me in a bit of a difficult position... How about I call you boss?"

"Okay, you can call me boss from now on."

Aaron thought about it and concluded that Finbdi was a decent person and could be considered an excellent marine.

In order to save civilians who had been captured by pirates, Finbuddy was willing to be beaten without fighting back.

Later, Fullbody upheld his duty as a Marine, refusing to shake hands with Zango, a friend he met during a dance competition when he was originally a pirate. During the Marineford War, he also proactively sought out Luffy, and although he was knocked down with a single punch, his courage was commendable.

Aside from liking to show off in front of beautiful women, he has no other flaws.

Moreover, he shares the same voice actor as Itachi Uchiha.

Aaron didn't dislike him; in fact, he admired him somewhat. At least, when facing pirates, he was able to uphold justice and fulfill his duties as a marine.

Taking him as a subordinate wouldn't be a bad idea.

The two walked from the deck to the cabin, and looked around the kitchen, armory, training room, and other areas.

The ship has three repeating guns at the bow and four guns on each side of the hull.

Of the 20 marines, there was one ensign, one sergeant major, and the rest were privates.

In addition, one medic and two cooks will be removed.

These three aren't incapable of fighting, but if something were to happen to them, who would heal their injuries? Who would know how to cook?

Aaron didn't expect them to be of much use anyway, so their combat strength didn't matter.

Aaron went into his room, looked around for a while, and thought it was pretty good.

He sat down at the table, stared at the thick stack of photos on the surface, and was immediately dumbfounded.

These photos consist of one large image topped with nine smaller ones, accompanied by a brief description and the reward amount.

Aaron counted them; there were two hundred in total, with only the last one having five photos printed on it.

"1796 fugitives, and a mere 7 people in SWORD's squad, how long will it take to catch them all?"

Moreover, with nearly two thousand people scattered across various islands, hiding among the crowds, and changing their appearances, it would be really difficult to find them one by one.

Aaron stroked his chin: "We need to think of a way. Ideally, we should find a way to gather them all together, even to the point of making them fight each other..."

Aaron closed his eyes and began to ponder.

Soon, he remembered the words that the Pirate King Roger had said on the execution platform before his execution.

"Want my treasure?...Go find it, I've left all my treasure there."

To drive a person, you need either greed or fear.

Roger used the treasure to amplify the greed in people's hearts, driving them to the sea.

Most of the pirates who escaped from Impel Down were extremely vicious and would head straight for the New World, rather than staying in the first half of the Grand Line, which is known as "Paradise."

But there are always exceptions.

The paradise is called a paradise because of the horrors of the new world.

Countless pirates, whose strength was not yet sufficient, longed to return to "Paradise" after experiencing the terror of the New World.

Aaron's plan was to exploit their fear, making them restless and anxious, instilling in them a greater sense of terror, so that they would die if they didn't flee to the New World and seek the protection of the Four Emperors.

Just like sheep seeking out sheepdogs when threatened by wolves in the wild.

When they arrived in the New World, most of the islands were the territory of the Four Emperors. Even if these pirates did not actually submit to the Four Emperors, they would not dare to do anything that would harm civilians.

"Next, it's time for the 'kill the chicken to scare the monkey' plan, and then the 'herd the sheep' plan."

Aaron put down the photos and went to the training room in the ship's cabin to train.

Aaron didn't leave the training room until Finbdy came and said it was lunchtime.

"I'm going to take a shower first. You guys eat first, save some for me."

Fimbidi chuckled and said, "Boss, it won't take you long to take a shower. We'll wait for you."

"Whatever you want."