One Piece: Starting from Awakening the Cosmo at Marineford

The pirates swarmed forward and hacked the human traffickers to death one by one like chickens.

The lark dared not look and perched on Aaron's shoulder.

Aaron said, "Hibari, as a marine, you're bound to see blood. Battles between marines and pirates aren't just about exchanging cannon fire; close-quarters combat is much more common. Bloodshed, severed limbs, screams, and wails are all minor incidents. If you don't have the courage to face these things, you might not be able to be a qualified marine."

Lark still didn't look up: "Senior Aaron, I don't want to kill anyone, which is why I used gunpowder flower bullets invented by Vegapunk."

Aaron smiled and said, "I know you're a kind-hearted child."

Aaron didn't try to persuade her or give her any grand advice.

He believed that after seeing so much fighting and killing, Lark would gradually get used to it and grow up.

Within minutes, the remaining hundred-plus traffickers had all been hacked to death.

A pirate might have been exercising too much and even sprained his wrist.

Schwartz said to Barrow, "It's been a while since midnight, where's that damn naval lieutenant commander? He still hasn't shown up?"

Barrow laughed loudly: "Of course he was afraid of dying, so he ran away. Don't even mention that we have more than three thousand people gathered here; just the two of us are enough to tear him to pieces."

Schwartz shook his head: "My men have checked. All four bridges around GR1 have been blown up. The Navy probably wanted to lure us here and then catch us in a cage."

Barrow said, "It's been over ten minutes, and no marines have shown up yet. It can't be that simple, can it?"

Schwartz remained unfazed, arrogantly declaring, "Right now, there's only Rear Admiral Qatari on the island, with less than a thousand troops. The Marine Headquarters has already moved, so even if Vice Admiral Momonga from G1 comes to reinforce us, we have nothing to fear!"

Barrow rubbed his head and clicked his tongue, saying, "I'm still a little worried. I'm afraid there's some kind of conspiracy."

Schwartz scoffed, "No wonder your nickname is Steppenwolf."

Barrow grinned and laughed, "You mean I'm cunning?"

Schwartz squinted as well: "Barrow, are you going to war with me?"

A long yawn came from behind: "Ah..."

"who!"

Schwartz yelled and looked around for the person yawning.

Barrow scoffed, "Schwartz, your hearing isn't very good, the sound is coming from over there!"

Following the direction Barrow pointed, Schwartz saw Aaron and Lark on the roof.

Aaron stood up and stretched: "I'm the one who invited you here."

Schwartz narrowed his eyes, a smile playing on his lips: "You're that... Major?"

Barrow grinned, "Just two people? We have almost three thousand here, it's not enough to go around!"

Aaron said, "She's a girl, she doesn't fight. I'm enough for her. Let me introduce myself, I'm Lieutenant Commander Aaron from the Navy Headquarters. I hereby declare you surrounded. Just wait to be slaughtered, or you'll suffer."

"Waiting to be slaughtered? What arrogance!"

"Are you still half asleep? Are you out of your mind?"

Aaron jumped to the ground, rubbed his stomach, and sighed, "I haven't had lunch yet, I'm a little hungry. I'm in a hurry, so I won't waste any more time. You can all come at me together."

"What? We're all coming at you together? Hahaha!"

A burst of wild laughter erupted from the pirate group.

Aaron shook his head: "I gave you three days to escape, and you didn't take it seriously. Now, you're all going to die. You really... deserve it!"

"Take this!"

Schwarz drew his sword and thrust it forward.

There are wrong names, but no wrong nicknames.

Schwartz's knife was indeed as fast as lightning.

A flash of white light appeared, and Aaron could already feel the imminent killing intent emanating from the blade.

But the blade stopped.

Schwartz bared his teeth; his right hand was no longer under his control.

He tried his best to push the knife forward another centimeter so that the tip could pierce Aaron's forehead.

But even the slightest movement sent a sharp pain through his wrist.

"hiss...."

The pirates watching gasped in astonishment. They stared at the blade that had pierced Schwartz's right wrist, unable to believe that this seemingly ordinary marine was faster and more accurate than "Lightning" Schwartz. In the blink of an eye, he drew his sword, thrust it out, and pierced Schwartz's wrist, making it impossible for him to extend his blade even a millimeter further.

"ah..."

With a scream, Schwartz's knife fell to the ground, along with his right hand that was gripping the hilt.

Aaron flicked his knife lightly again, slicing it across Schwartz's throat and drawing a spray of blood.

Schwartz raised his hand to his neck and collapsed.

Barrow the Steppenwolf stared wide-eyed, and gray-black fur began to grow wildly all over his body.

With a mournful howl, Barrow transformed into a tall gray wolf.

The gray wolf spoke in human language: "Listen up, everyone! This marine is tough! Charge!"

Aaron dealt with the notorious pirate with a bounty of 9200 million Berries. "Lightning" Schwartz severed his hand and throat with a single slash, as easily as drinking water. How could these pirates not understand Aaron's prowess?

"Is that a major from headquarters?!"

Fortunately, they also have Barrow, a notorious pirate with a bounty of 8800 million Berries, who is also a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user. With everyone attacking together, their chances of winning are still very high.

"Oh no, it's an ability user!"

Lark, perched on the roof, began to worry and quickly turned the gun he had been pointing at Schwartz toward Steppenwolf Barrow.

Barrow had already started running, drool dripping from his mouth, his wolf fangs gleaming with a ghastly white light.

"Bang!" Hibari fired his gun.

Unfortunately, she forgot that the bullets she used were gunpowder and flowers, which had no lethality.

"Damn it!"

In a moment of quick thinking, the lark lifted up a few tiles and threw them far away towards Barrow.

Barrow was rushing toward Aaron when, unexpectedly, tiles began to fall from the sky.

With a few "slaps," he was hit on the head.

It doesn't cause much harm, but it's very insulting.

Barrow stopped in his tracks, furious: "Who threw that tile?!"

Following the pirates' pointing fingers, he saw the lark on the eaves.

"Men! Climb up and grab that female marine!"

Dozens of pirates moved at the sound, but with the eaves raised and no ladders available, they could only hop around anxiously like toads.

"Barrow the Steppenwolf?"

"That's me! A mere major from headquarters thinks he can arrest me? Dream on!"

Barrow opened his gaping maw, leaped up on all fours, and pounced straight at him.

Aaron stood firm, his right fist clenched and held horizontally in front of his chest: "Pirates, feel fear!"

"What?!"

Barrow couldn't believe his eyes. This pose... wasn't it the pose Whitebeard used when he activated the Tremor-Tremor Fruit during the Marineford War?

Through Buggy the Clown's live stream and the Morgans newspaper's dissemination, the gesture for activating the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power has become common knowledge throughout the world.

This pose has even become a signature move that children inevitably make when playing the game "Marinemen Catch Pirates".

But this marine... how could that be?

Aaron threw a backhand punch, which landed on the air in front of him.

"Break!"