Aizen Seizes Control

An abandoned warehouse.

The air was thick with a certain rotten stench that drifted throughout the warehouse.

But no one inside paid it any mind.

"Zehahahaha."

As the laughter rang out first,

the doors were pushed open.

"Kishishishi, Blackbeard."

Gecko Moria let out his strange laugh. Everyone hidden in the shadows turned their eyes toward the arriving Blackbeard.

And Aizen beside him.

Aizen looked at the people in the warehouse with a smile.

Was this some kind of giant concentration camp?

Every one of them was exceptionally tall, several stories high.

"Blackbeard, did you bring a newcomer?"

Everyone in the darkness turned toward the person at the very back. Within the dark shadows, the speaker's figure was barely visible.

Several strands of golden hair were mixed into his gray-white hair.

His build, however, was exceptionally brawny.

"That's right. He's my crewmate, Aizen. Zehahahahaha."

Blackbeard burst into hearty laughter.

"Doesn't look like much. Let me see what you can do..."

Gecko Moria lowered his head to look down at Aizen, scissors appearing in his hand.

Aizen raised his head to look at Gecko Moria's towering body. A smile bloomed across his face, but there was not the slightest hint of amusement in his eyes.

"Your bluster only makes you look weak."

Gecko Moria's mouth twitched, and he pointed the scissors at Aizen.

"Kid, you're pretty arrogant."

Aizen raised two fingers and gently pinched the other man's scissors.

No matter how hard Gecko Moria exerted himself, he could not budge them in the slightest.

"Your strength is just like the incompetence you display."

Aizen slowly raised one hand and casually flung Gecko Moria into the shadows at the back.

A hand landed on Gecko Moria's back.

"Brat, you really are too arrogant."

Golden Lion, hidden within, slowly rose to his feet as