One Piece: Starting from Awakening the Cosmo at Marineford

From that day on, Lark would occasionally stand guard at sea from the lookout tower on the mast.

Aaron and Finbuddy trained hard on the deck, sweating profusely.

Finnbudy originally thought that with a formidable opponent approaching, he should conserve his energy.

Aaron felt that last-minute cramming was better; if he could improve his strength even slightly, he could suffer less.

After thinking about it, Fenbudi realized that his recovery ability was far superior to before after eating the Mythical Zoan Fruit. Even if he was exhausted, he could recover quickly. This level of training intensity was nothing to him, so he continued to train hard.

A few days later, around noon, the sky was overcast with dense, dark clouds, and it looked like it could rain at any moment.

The sea breeze whipped the sails, making a loud clattering sound.

Lark remained on the lookout tower, his golden hair flying wildly in the wind.

Lark gazed at the distant horizon for a while, then looked down at Aaron on the deck, his eyes lingering there, reluctant to leave.

She looked up, sighed, and gazed at the hazy horizon in the distance, where several black dots suddenly appeared in her field of vision.

She quickly raised her gun and aimed the scope at the distance. The black dots in her field of vision suddenly became the size of a fist, with black flags waving on them, clearly pirate ships.

Hibari moved his gun aside and shouted, "Senior Aaron, pirate ships are coming! Thirteen of them!"

Aaron immediately perked up: "Great timing!"

Finnbudy also breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, there are only 13."

Aaron has given the order: "You 20 men, evacuate to the island immediately and hide."

"Colonel Aaron! We can be of use!"

These 20 marines had never participated in any combat before, and they understood that if they went up in such a battle, they would only be cannon fodder, not even a "speed bump".

But they were still marines after all, and they wanted to prove their worth, not just do menial tasks and be nobody.

But Aaron wasn't going to give them a chance: "Obey orders!"

The 20 marines could only dejectedly go ashore and walk towards the town.

Lark gazed out from the lookout tower for a while before gliding down to the deck.

"Senior Aaron, what are your plans?"

Aaron crossed his arms, watching the twelve pirate ships rapidly approaching, and laughed loudly, "Let's fight to our hearts' content! Let's go ashore too!"

Even if the pirate ships' cannons couldn't sink the warships, the waves stirred up by the cannons could easily shake them.

Moreover, Aaron only has this one ship, and if it gets several large dents, it will cost a lot of money to repair it.

He only earns that little salary, so he doesn't have much money to spend on this.

The three of them went ashore. Aaron stood on the dock, with Finbdi on the left and Lark on the right.

Fortunately, those pirate ships did not fire at the warships or the shore.

Lark said, "This is Whitebeard's territory. They don't want to destroy this place, and they're even more afraid of accidentally hurting anyone who comes here."

"Boss, I'm a little nervous," said Finbdi.

Aaron reassured him, "Calm down. If there's real danger, just transform and fly away."

Fombardy immediately became anxious: "How can that be? If we really have to leave, we'll take you and Lark with us!"

Before long, the thirteen pirate ships lined up and approached the dock.

A dense crowd of people had already appeared on the bow of the ship.

In the middle of the ship's bow, Marco is in the center, with Diamond Jozu standing to his left and Vista the foiler to his right, and more than a dozen other captains lined up in a row.

The other twelve ships carried twelve captains.

Finbdi was both nervous and excited: "Boss, this is serious! All those captains really came! I can handle one or two at most in a one-on-one fight. Any more than that and I can't take it."

Lark gripped his gun, his expression tense, his palms already sweating. "Senior Aaron, there are so many people. Should we avoid them for now? If we board the warship now, we can still leave."

Aaron laughed and said, "You think I should avoid their sharp edge?"

Soon, 13 pirate ships entered the port.

Marco jumped onto the dock first, followed by Joz and Vista, and the other captains followed.

The rest of the people stayed on the ship, waiting to see what would happen.

Marco stopped a dozen meters away from Aaron: "There are only three of you?"

Aaron laughed and said, "That's right."

Marco said, "I should thank you for helping to fight off Blackbeard's men. But you shouldn't have killed Fossa."

Aaron said, "During the Marineford War, he stabbed me in the back. If I hadn't been lucky, I would have died long ago. It's only natural for me to seek revenge. Of course, it's equally reasonable for you to seek revenge on my behalf for Fossa."

Marco said, "There are only three of you, and you all look quite young, especially this girl, who isn't even an adult yet, is she? If we all attack together, it would be an unfair victory."

"Oh? How do you plan to resolve this?"

Joz said, "Marco, we're avenging Fossa. There's no need for martial arts here; let's just kill him!"

At the entrance to the town, hundreds of civilians had already poured out, their faces beaming with joy as if they had seen a savior, and they were all talking at once, recounting how Fossa had been killed.

The incident of Aaron helping to kill Basque Jote and injuring Lafayette was only briefly mentioned.

Aaron simply smiled, hoping that Marco and the others would underestimate him.

They would assume that Fossa was injured by Lafayette and Basque Jote.

Aaron's role in this was merely to finish off the enemy.

Moreover, these captains and other important figures never took Aaron seriously from the beginning, their faces showing disdain, and they even looked around in complete disregard.

Marco said, "Since there are three of you, I will choose three people to have a three-on-three match with you. If you lose, I will kill all three of you."

Aaron smiled and asked, "What if we win?"

"Hahaha..."

The team captains burst into laughter, taunting, "You think you can win?"

Aaron laughed and said, "What if I'm lucky?"

Marco said, "You win. I can let them both go, and I'll only kill you."

"What? This isn't right," Fombardy asked. "They're going to kill us after we win?"

Marco said coldly, "Sorry, Fossa cannot have died in vain. Someone must pay with their life."

Aaron said, "It doesn't matter, I'm sure I'll win. Actually, even if you all come at me together, I'm not afraid."

Marco rolled his eyes: "Stop talking nonsense and get on with your strategy."

Aaron casually replied, "Easy, I'll play three matches in a row."

Joz scoffed, "Ignorance is bliss."

"Boss, Lark can't play. Let me play the first match, I should be able to win."

Joz said dismissively, "A mere major from headquarters thinks he can beat us? Dream on!"

Faced with Joz's disdain, Finbdi's temper flared: "Diamond Joz, huh? I choose to fight you in the first match! If you think I'm bullying a disabled person, then you'd better stand aside!"