For nearly a month.
Maud, stationed at the Sabaody Archipelago, was like an insurmountable wall, leaving the pirate crews who had finally reached the Sabaody Archipelago after enduring countless hardships utterly despairing.
Any famous pirate with even a little strength, no matter where they landed in the Sabaody Archipelago, would be shot dead by the rumored Ghostly Bullet at once.
Even if they landed in the dead of night, they could not escape those eyes that hung high above the Sabaody Archipelago at all times, like the sun and moon.
Maud's actions were no less than utterly deranged.
With the news media fanning the flames, Maud's infamy had spread across almost the entire first half of the Grand Line.
But that was merely infamy in the eyes of pirates.
To the residents of the Sabaody Archipelago, Maud was a more reliable keeper of order than the Marines.
It was precisely because of Maud's arrival and everything he had done.
That the Sabaody Archipelago had been able to welcome an unprecedentedly peaceful environment.
The most obvious change that came with it was—
A surge in tourists!
Even Fish-Man Island, ten thousand meters beneath the sea, had benefited from what Maud had brought.
With the number of powerful pirates drastically reduced, along with the protection of the Whitebeard Pirates' flag, maintaining order on Fish-Man Island had become much easier.
A small number of particularly daring mermaids and fish-men had been sneaking to the Sabaody Archipelago far more frequently.
All of these changes had come after Maud implemented the Gatekeeper Plan.
Both the Sabaody Archipelago and Fish-Man Island had benefited.
As for the pirates, there was no doubt that they were the ones suffering.
If one had to name another group that was having a hard time, it would be the Marines stationed