He wrapped Armament Haki around the firearm, then fired bullets coated in Armament Haki.
Even in the New World, not many people could pull off such a technique.
It was not particularly difficult. Rather, most powerful fighters on the sea preferred close-combat weapons and martial arts.
Moria understood this, so he had still remained wary of Maud's gunshots.
But he had never imagined that Maud would be so underhanded as to hide a lead bullet wrapped in Armament Haki among the barrage.
This application was practically impossible to guard against, and it completely overturned Moria's understanding.
He had seen gunmen capable of wrapping bullets in Armament Haki, but he had never seen one use such an offensive method.
"Cough, cough..."
Moria covered his constantly bleeding abdomen, his bloodshot eyes fixed intently on Maud in the distance.
The lead bullet had pierced his abdomen, but the wound was not large.
It was clear from this that Maud had deliberately restrained the power of that shot.
Otherwise, how could a lead bullet wrapped in Armament Haki have been hidden so inconspicuously among the barrage?
All he could say was that Maud's thoughts were meticulous enough to consider sacrificing power to increase his hit rate.
"That stinking weasel..."
Moria rose, enduring the pain.
Strands of blood seeped through the gaps between his fingers and slowly dripped toward the ground.
"Did it eat the Weapon-Weapon Fruit...?"
Only after being shot in the abdomen and suffering that impossible-to-guard-against attack Maud had fired using the properties of Infinite Ammunition did Moria finally realize Beli's presence.
Linking it to the Weapon-Weapon Fruit, countless pieces of information flashed rapidly through Moria's mind.
He thought of Donquixote Doflamingo, who was also one of the Shichibukai, and then of a female officer under Doflamingo who had eaten the Weapon-Weapon Fruit.