After the battle in Mad Hatter Town, Maud, who had been silent for eight months, burst into the public eye with reckless abandon.
Vaguely, he showed signs of replacing last year's Fire Fist Ace as the new center of the vortex.
This was no exaggeration.
In previous years, whenever no major events occurred, any dazzling new star who suddenly emerged would always attract attention from all sides.
Last year, it had been Fire Fist Ace. After entering the Grand Line, he had risen to fame in just a few short months, drawing the sustained attention of the Four Emperors and the Marine Fleet Admiral.
For an entire year, people across the world had watched Fire Fist Ace's future.
It was only after Fire Fist Ace joined the Whitebeard Pirates that this targeted attention showed signs of fading.
According to the original storyline, this year should have been Cavendish's moment to shine.
Half a year later, Cavendish would enter the New World, the second half of the Grand Line, with a bounty of 280 million Beli.
By then, his dazzling debut would shake the entire world.
Unfortunately, Maud's appearance was destined to suppress Cavendish's brilliant future.
Those news workers who followed every rumor into action no longer focused all their attention on Cavendish because of Maud's existence.
On top of that, Dede Turkey fanned the flames from time to time. The spotlight that should have gathered around Cavendish naturally shifted onto Maud.
In this kind of environment, Sengoku, the Marine Fleet Admiral, had always paid close attention to these dazzling new stars with an overwhelming presence.
However, the three Admirals in the Navy did not care much about the endless stream of rookie pirates.
Kizaru was one of them, and Akainu was another.
Aokiji should have been the same.
However, because