One Piece: Starting from Awakening the Cosmo at Marineford

Although Tulab Island is not large, it is still more than 30 square kilometers.

Apart from the three small hills in the center, the island is covered with dense forests.

If you search from the ground, it would take several days to search the entire island.

The next day, two groups of pirates arrived on the island from different directions.

Those people searched for a long time, and were exhausted and hungry, but found nothing.

Just as he was wondering if he had been tricked and turned to leave, a gunshot rang out from the center of the island.

The pirates perked up and immediately headed in the direction from which the gunshots came.

The gunshot was naturally fired by Aaron at the request of Lark, with the aim of luring the pirates over.

Now that these people have come, there's no reason for us to let them go.

The two groups of pirates quickly got lost in the dense forest and went astray.

Just as they were losing their bearings, another gunshot rang out.

They immediately changed direction and went to look for it.

Half an hour later, both groups heard the commotion and began to tread lightly, becoming fully alert.

When the two groups met, the tense atmosphere did not ease.

"Who are you?"

"And who are you?"

"You go first!"

"You go first!"

The pirate captain on the left was already furious, but for the sake of the bigger picture, he still said, "To avoid infighting, I'll introduce myself! I'm Woodman, a member of Big Mom's crew, with a bounty of 7200 million Berries!"

The Four Emperors command countless pirate crews of all sizes, and they don't even know each other.

Even pirates from the same faction often clash.

Sometimes, even when pirates know they belong to the same faction, they will still fight each other fiercely.

"Hmph, well, that's unfortunate. I'm Captain Gerst, captain of Kaido's affiliated pirate crew, with a bounty of 6800 million Berries!"

Realizing that the other side wasn't one of their own, the atmosphere between the two groups immediately became more tense.

With roughly equal numbers on both sides and similar bounties on their captains, a fight would be difficult to determine a winner in a short time.

The important thing is that they didn't come to this island to fight with others.

Woodman gritted his teeth and said, "Gester, I came to this island to rescue Caesar Cullen. It's said there are only two marines on the island."

Gerst said, "What a coincidence, I'm also here to rescue Caesar Courland."

Woodman chuckled and said, "Haha, easy! Since we share the same goal, why don't we cooperate?"

Gerst laughed loudly, "Just two marines, do they really need to cooperate? Besides, there's only one Caesar Clown. After he's rescued, who will he belong to?"

Woodman snorted, "Of course I'll take him. Caesar took the research funding from the old lady, so he's basically doing our work."

Gerst shook his head: "Sorry. Caesar is also working for our Governor Kaido, so he must be handed over to me."

Woodman gripped the knife handle tightly with his right hand, while Gerst's right index finger rested on the trigger of the pistol.

The two groups of pirates were about to fight.

"Bang!"

Another gunshot rang out.

Woodman's body stiffened instantly, and he collapsed.

"Damn it! He killed our captain! Fight them!"

Dozens of pirates, led by the first mate, charged forward shouting.

Gerst paused, then asked doubtfully, "An accidental discharge?"

He touched the barrel with his left hand, but it wasn't hot, and his heart skipped a beat.

Looking at his underlings, he saw that they had all bypassed him and were fighting the pirates opposite.

Ten minutes later, the woods fell silent.

Woodman's side is missing a captain, and the remaining men are no match for him.

They fought desperately and still managed to kill many of Gerst's men.

Gasping for breath, Gerst asked, "Who fired first?"

"I don't know, Captain. I used a knife, not a gun."

"Captain, you know I'm using a machine gun, and I won't just fire one shot."

Gerst scratched his head: "That's strange. Could it really be that my pistol accidentally discharged? That shouldn't be..."

"No need to guess, I fired the shot."

"Who? Who is it?"

Gerst looked around but saw no one. A chill ran down his spine: "Could it be a ghost?"

"Captain, the sound seems to be coming from up above."

Gerst looked up and saw the treetops swaying gently, the leaves rustling, and a person descending from the sky.

"Are you Nell Aaron, the Marine?"

Aaron smiled and said, "Not bad."

Gerst gritted his teeth in fury: "It was you who fired that sneak shot! You caused the loss of most of my men!"

Aaron smiled and shook his head: "You should be thanking me. You were about to fight anyway, but I took out their captain for you, which is why you were able to win. If it weren't for me, you would be the one who's been wiped out now."

Gerst paused, scratched his head, and said, "That makes some sense..."

"Yes, Captain, I think he's right. If Woodman hadn't died first, we might have all been killed by him."

Gerst retorted angrily, "Are you saying I can't beat him?!"

"It's obvious. His bounty is 400 million more Berries than yours. That's a lot of money. We might not even be able to steal that much from a whole village."

Aaron said, "Look, your first mate is much smarter than you. Why don't we let him take the captain's position? You should be able to achieve great things again."

The first mate touched his face shyly: "Boy Marine, do you really think so?"

Aaron nodded solemnly: "That's right."

The first mate scratched his head again, chuckled foolishly, and looked at the dozen or so underlings standing beside him.

Gerst was furious: "Damn it, I knew it long ago! You wanted to betray me and take my captain's position! Today I'll kill you no matter what! Men, kill him! Whoever kills him will take over as first mate!"

The first mate immediately shouted, "Men, follow me and take down the captain! When I take over as captain, the one who performs the most meritorious service will become the first mate! Everyone else, no one gets the 100 million Berry reward, kill them all!"

Gerst immediately turned his gun around and fired at the first mate.

The first mate showed no mercy and drew his knife to stab Captain Gerst.

Before the remaining dozen or so pirates could react, they saw their captain and first mate locked in combat.

Although the first mate was slightly smarter, his abilities were still far inferior to Gerst's.

In this high seas where strength reigns supreme, this is precisely why Gerst was able to become captain.

Two minutes later, the outcome was decided; Gerst had successfully killed the first mate.

He was also stabbed twice, and blood was flowing continuously.

Gerst was panting heavily, glaring at the dozen or so underlings in front of him who were still shivering.

"Did you see that clearly? Why didn't you help me just now?"

A dozen or so henchmen retreated in terror; Gerst had gone mad.

"If you don't help me, you've betrayed me! You all must die!"