If he failed to end Momousagi's life today.
From then on, Momousagi would definitely try every possible means to kill him.
Not only because he had personally killed Wolf Rat.
There was also another perfectly justified reason—he was a pirate.
Thus, some grudges could ultimately only be settled through death.
Chaton's move to provide support did not affect Maud's offensive.
In the blink of an eye, Maud slashed two more wounds across Momousagi's body.
If no outside factor intervened, Maud could probably hack Momousagi to death this way.
But how could Chaton, who fancied himself a protector of women, possibly stand by and watch Momousagi be cut down by Maud?
Unlike the other Marines, who had focused their attention on Fire Fist Ace and Nico Robin, Chaton was thinking only of helping Momousagi escape her predicament.
Smack—!
His feet struck the ground at high speed, and his figure vanished in an instant. He had used Soru repeatedly, rapidly closing the distance between himself and Maud.
Then, red light filled Chaton's eyes. After gauging the timing, he swung his arm with all his strength.
With the momentum granted by Soru, his Armament Haki-coated fist, wrapped in a fierce gust of wind, struck toward Maud's temple.
The force of the punch arrived first, but Maud remained unmoved and continued swinging his blade at Momousagi.
His actions showed no intention of dealing with Chaton's attack, but his shadow had no intention of simply waiting to die.
Sss—
The shadow swiftly left Maud's body and transformed into sixteen pitch-black arms in the blink of an eye.
The fists at the ends of every arm were covered in Armament Haki. Without looking closely, no one would have noticed.
As if Luffy had possessed him, the sixteen Armament Haki-coated arms needed no windup before striking Chaton