The bullets fell like rain.
In an instant, they took down over a hundred fully armed Billionaire Elders.
In Vivi's eyes, the only person who could do such a thing here and now was Maud.
And that was indeed the truth.
Inside the clock tower.
Maud slowly raised the muzzle of his gun, wisps of smoke curling from it, and calmly watched Vivi cross over the corpses covering the ground and sprint toward the plaza.
"Don't assume someone will come to your aid again at a critical moment, Princess Vivi."
Maud muttered under his breath.
He knew very well that the Straw Hat Pirates were already stretched thin dealing with Baroque Works' assault.
So in that situation, if he hadn't intervened, Vivi would most likely have been captured alive by the Billionaire Elders—or shot dead on the spot.
Maud didn't want Vivi to stop here, so he had helped her once.
After that intervention, however, Maud had no time to pay attention to Vivi's movements.
More important was harvesting the experience of Baroque Works' Devil Fruit users at the right moment.
"They're almost all fighting now."
The red light in Maud's eyes never faded as he watched the battles unfolding in the town's streets and alleys.
Among the battles between the Straw Hat Pirates and Baroque Works' senior agents, the clash between Zoro and Daz was indeed the most intense.
And among all his prey, the only ones Maud truly looked forward to were Daz the Quick Cutter and Sand Crocodile Crocodile.
Maud focused his attention on the battle between Zoro and Daz.
Looking over, he saw that Zoro was at a disadvantage.
Before Daz's berserk barrage of rapid slashes, Zoro was beaten back step by step, forced to grit his teeth and defend.
The fierce collisions between their blades