The newspapers that flew to every corner of the world had given Maud and his companions, who had just entered the Grand Line, a wave of publicity.
And their "entry ticket"—the total annihilation of the Twin Island pirates—could be called unprecedented.
Because of this "entry ticket," most pirates in Paradise, the first half of the Grand Line, began paying a certain amount of attention to the Maud Pirates.
The Marines were no exception.
The Marines had always paid close attention to rookie pirate crews with such a strong presence.
At the same time, a new assassination bounty targeting Maud had appeared in the underground world.
The client was from the southern Kingdom of Carnet, and the motive and reason were self-evident.
The reward for the assassination order was as high as three hundred million Beli.
Adding Maud's one-hundred-million-Beli bounty, the total reward reached four hundred million Beli.
Such a generous reward instantly sent the professional killers of the underground world into a frenzy.
For a time, Maud became the target of many professional killers.
To these killers, completing this assassination commission would be enough to retire on the spot.
The Grand Line.
A tavern in the underground world.
The interior was dimly lit, with none of the usual noise and bustle.
In a corner of the tavern sat two brothers with a huge difference in build.
The brothers were the short elder brother, Vanko Kelly, and the burly younger brother, Vanko Bobby.
In the underground world, they were a brotherly killer duo whom no one failed to recognize.
It was said that the two brothers had once joined forces to take the head of a pirate whose bounty exceeded one hundred million.
Their strength was enough to rank among the best even among all the professional killers in the underground