Saul was strong.
There was no doubt about that.
Although he had not seen what had happened.
Maud knew very clearly that it was because of him.
"Maud?"
Sabo also saw the severed leg. Startled, he noticed Maud suddenly stop and could not help stopping as well.
Maud turned his back to Sabo. As he looked into the distance, a red glow representing Observation Haki gathered in his eyes.
All this time, Maud had felt that he was lucky.
He had been given a new life in the weapons shop.
He had met Sunny and Saul.
He had received Saul's protection and guidance.
He had thought such days could last for a long time...
Amid the silence, Maud loaded the precious Seastone bullet into Usopp.
He knew that when Saul had risked his life to shoot this Seastone bullet in front of him earlier, he had not intended merely to give Maud another means of protecting himself. It was more as if he had treated the Seastone bullet as a keepsake and entrusted it to him.
Now, Saul was on the brink of death.
Was he supposed to pretend he had not seen it and keep running?
If he did that, there would be a knot in his heart that he could never overcome.
"Maud, you..."
Sabo took a few steps forward, but when he saw Maud's expression, he instinctively fell silent.
Maud ignored Sabo's reaction. After loading the Seastone bullet, he raised Usopp and aimed the barrel at Garp in the distance.
Although it was far beyond the effective range of two hundred meters, still...
Stop him. Stop him...!
The thought spun rapidly through Maud's mind.
"Just do as Saul taught us. Imagine gathering the Haki into a mass, then release it."
"Just like releasing Nen. Can I do