If Whitebeard was Maud's primary target in this large-scale war destined to go down in history,
then the Golden Lion's ability experience and Float-Float Fruit were undoubtedly his secondary targets.
Having already completed his primary objective, Maud was actually satisfied enough.
So,
when the situation became impossible,
he could decisively give up on the Golden Lion's ability experience and Float-Float Fruit.
Yet he never expected that just as he was about to leave Marineford, Sengoku's perfect assist would actually deliver the Golden Lion's head right before him.
It was quite sudden.
So sudden that Maud couldn't help laughing aloud.
Sengoku knew nothing of Hunter's Notebook, much less realizing what his sneak attack would bring Maud.
When he saw Maud and Luo working together to seize the Golden Lion's heart, he was merely surprised.
Mutual slaughter among pirates was already commonplace.
Even if Maud crushed the Golden Lion's heart the next second, Sengoku wouldn't be surprised in the slightest.
However,
if possible, Sengoku didn't want to see the Golden Lion die here.
Because once the Golden Lion died, his Float-Float Fruit would be reborn somewhere in the world, just like Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
If the Marines obtained these two Devil Fruits that had shone brilliantly in the previous era, it naturally couldn't be better.
But if pirates obtained them, it meant the Marines would once again have to face the potential threat posed by the powers of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Float-Float Fruit.
That was what he thought, but the decision of how to deal with the Golden Lion wasn't in Sengoku's hands.
"My heart?"
The Golden Lion's eyes widened as he stared in horror at the beating heart in Maud's hand.
Despite his shock, the Golden Lion controlled the Lion's Roar Earth Rolls that had condensed on the spot, roaring