Before returning to Sabaody Archipelago, Maud saw in the newspaper that the Blackbeard Pirates had attacked Drum Island.
At that time, although he still couldn't determine the exact timeline,
it should not have been far off...
Afterward, he stayed in Sabaody Archipelago for more than a month.
During that time,
every prominent pirate who came to Sabaody Archipelago was shot dead by Maud without exception.
The returns from that gradually strengthened Maud's power.
Aside from that, Maud spent most of his free time honing his Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability.
To make the Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability satisfy more of his wild ideas, he had to raise his proficiency as much as possible until it awakened...
That was why he looked forward to the coming top-level war more and more.
And today, he finally saw a report related to the Straw Hat Pirates.
This meant that
the tide... had begun!
However, Maud hadn't expected even Usopp to receive a Bounty Poster—and for his starting bounty to be twenty million.
A starting bounty like that was nothing in the Grand Line, but it was extraordinary in the East Blue.
"You can already use Observation Haki proficiently, right?"
Maud smiled as he looked at Usopp's bounty photo in the newspaper. It differed somewhat from the image in his memories, instead bearing a hint of Yasopp.
In this world that placed great emphasis on bloodlines, Usopp, the son of Yasopp—the chief sniper of a Four Emperors' pirate crew—would not be lacking in talent.
It was only natural that he could master Observation Haki.
The only question was whether Usopp, with his current physique, could successfully break through the hard shell of Armament Haki by following the method Maud had taught him.
"I imagine it won't be that easy. If it were Luffy or Zoro, it would