Before the Summit War, the territory in the New World was divided among the Four Emperors.
However, the Four Emperors rarely had any formal contact with one another. Even going ten years without seeing each other was perfectly normal.
Needless to say, direct clashes were even rarer.
In Yasopp's memory, the only intense clash in the past decade had been the battle on the eve of the Summit War, when his captain led the crew to intercept the Beasts Pirates.
That battle had been one of the few all-out clashes between the Four Emperors.
The earth-shaking collision between Shanks's and Kaido's Conqueror's Haki was still vivid in his mind.
Now, seeing Maud use high-frequency Conqueror's Haki Coating to beat Fujitora back step by step, Yasopp could not help comparing his own captain with Maud.
This kid... is ridiculous.
Yasopp was stunned, and deeply shaken by Maud's monstrous strength.
Ultimately, it was because Maud was too young.
It was precisely the way his strength seemed completely incompatible with his age that often left others stunned.
Yasopp took a deep breath, stopped thinking about matters unrelated to the battle, and focused on the fight between Maud and Fujitora.
As the Red-Haired Pirates' chief sniper, Yasopp's proudest ability was not his marksmanship, which was said to never miss, but his first-rate mastery of Observation Haki.
Amid countless life-and-death battles, he could always rely on his highly refined Observation Haki to find, among thousands of needle-eye-sized openings, the one chance to thread a bullet through and kill his enemy.
He was very proud of that.
But after encountering Fujitora today, he could no longer feel proud.
He had originally planned to have his comrades surround Fujitora and create an opening for him.
But the Marines outnumbered them even more. How could they spare enough