There was a consistency between an object and its shadow.
When the object moved, its shadow moved with it.
Conversely, when the shadow moved, it also meant the object was moving.
Maud had merely added an insignificant "little spring" to the shadow of the lead bullet, allowing the bullet to complete an "L"-shaped change in trajectory at the right moment.
This was impossible to accomplish by working only on the firearm and bullets, but the shadow could do it.
Compared to transforming split-off shadows into attack forms such as bats, using shadows to assist external objects could convert a small amount of expenditure into highly efficient output.
At the end of the day, shadows were more inclined toward assistance.
To turn assistance into offense, one had to be able to wrap and cover the shadow in Armament Haki.
Only then could the conversion rate between expenditure and output reach an acceptable level.
Faced with this bizarre maneuver drawn out by the Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability, even Oliver, whose dynamic vision was astonishingly powerful, could only suffer defeat on the spot.
A large patch of blood flowed from Oliver's chest. His eyes gradually lost their light, and he was on the verge of death.
In the final moment before his life faded away, Oliver's dying consciousness was filled with confusion and bewilderment over the shot.
Even in death, he could not figure out how Maud had done it.
"How could this happen..."
The crew of the Oliver Pirates watched helplessly as Oliver breathed his last.
Their expressions and even their body movements all revealed the mental turmoil of people unable to accept the reality before them.
To them, Oliver, who had dazzled as a marksman, was practically their faith.
Yet this mighty figure they had always revered had been shot dead by