Recaps

Maud reached Sabaody, fought Marines and Celestial Dragon forces while securing his Shichibukai position, and prepared to leave after hunting pirates and freeing slaves. He raided the Human Auction House, killed its guards and captive pirate captains, then suggested the remaining slaves search for the key to their explosive collars.

• Maud arrived at Sabaody and bought three captive pirate captains, offering them a chance to survive before killing them for experience.
• Maud intervened when Shalria’s slave-hunting squad attacked Brook, killing Bellock and his men and drawing the attention of the Marines and Robin.
• Maud fought Gion, Chaton, and Sentomaru while protecting Brook, killed Wolf Rat, and revealed that he had become a Shichibukai.
• Maud returned to Shakky’s bar, planned to stay in Sabaody for about a year, and hunted pirates with Lafitte while buying and freeing slaves.
• Maud and Lafitte made Vivre Cards and decided to raid the Human Auction House after learning it would sell a mysterious blockbuster item.
• Maud and Lafitte broke into the auction house, killed its guards, freed four pirate captains from their shackles, and challenged them to fight.
• Maud killed Edmund, Disco, and the other captive pirate captains, then told the remaining slaves to search the corpses for the key to their explosive collars.

Maud freed a mermaid, returned to Thriller Bark, and took his crew to Little Garden, where he defeated Dorry and Brogy while pursuing his own plans. As news of the battle spread and his companions trained or researched, Buggy’s crew reached Little Garden.

• Maud freed the mermaid girl and left the Human Auction House with Lafitte, while Jinbe rescued her from slave hunters and took her toward Fish-Man Island.
• Maud returned to Thriller Bark, experimented on Cavendish’s shadow and inner personality, then sailed for Little Garden with Jaya, Philo, and Beli while Brook stayed behind to train.
• Maud’s group reached Little Garden, where Maud destroyed the Hummingbird Pirates’ ship and witnessed Dorry and Brogy’s duel before Cavendish challenged the giants and was badly injured.
• Maud fought Brogy, killed him with Shadow Style, Thousand Blade Whirlwind Slash, and gained strength and knowledge of Hakoku before defeating Dorry in a series of clashes.
• Maud buried Dorry and Brogy instead of claiming their bounties, while Philo kept their blood samples and Chaton arranged publicity about Maud’s victory.
• Maud trained in Hakoku as Jaya, Beli, and Cavendish joined in, while Philo studied Little Garden’s creatures and Dada reacted angrily to news of the giants’ deaths.
• Dale began planning a follow-up article praising Maud, and Buggy froze when his crew announced they could see Little Garden.

Maud established control over Sabaody, prepared for the coming war, and hurried to Alabasta after learning Doflamingo had targeted Usopp. He rescued the Straw Hats from Pica, then confronted Ace as he tested his strength and intentions.

• Maud split the Goldfish Island Beast, then offered Buggy a place in his crew and falsely claimed John’s treasure was on Little Garden.
• After training on Thriller Bark, Maud reached Sabaody and began killing pirates with Ghost Bullet, earning the name Ghost Gun and driving many crews away.
• Maud learned that the Straw Hat Pirates had reached Loguetown, warned Usopp about Smoker, and arranged to meet Law at Sabaody as he prepared for the coming war.
• Maud learned Doflamingo had sent Pica after the Straw Hats because Usopp was his disciple, so he asked Kuma to send him to Alabasta.
• Pica attacked the Straw Hat Pirates with a colossal stone giant, but Maud arrived and killed him with Hakai, Hakoku, shadow exchanges, and a final slash.
• Maud demonstrated his shadow powers to the Straw Hats, then bound Luffy and claimed he would take him to Marine Headquarters before Ace appeared and demanded Luffy’s release.
• Maud and Ace traded powerful fire-based attacks, and Maud released Luffy before explaining that their clash had been a probe.
• Ace continued the fight, and Maud cut through his elementalized head before turning his strike toward Ace’s shadow.

Maud joined the Straw Hat Pirates in Alabasta, helped bring the civil war to a halt, and killed Crocodile while keeping his role hidden. After the kingdom’s banquet, he took control of Hina’s warship and confronted Smoker, leaving the Marine standoff unresolved.

• Maud helped the Straw Hat Pirates reach Yuba, where he met Dragon and Sunny before heading on to Rain Dinners and Alubarna.
• Maud gathered intelligence from Robin, then followed the Straw Hat Pirates to Alubarna and found Crocodile’s timed bomb in the clock tower.
• Maud aided Vivi and the Straw Hat Pirates during their battles, killed several Baroque Works agents, and helped Zoro defeat Daz.
• Maud hurled Crocodile’s bomb into the sky and detonated it, then used Conqueror’s Haki to knock tens of thousands of soldiers unconscious and end the fighting.
• Maud entered the royal tombs, killed Crocodile, and gave Robin the antidote for Luffy before urging her to keep Ohara’s memory alive.
• Maud concealed his role in Crocodile’s defeat, retrieved Kashu, and later gave Kashu and Chidori to Zoro before leaving the palace to take Hina’s warship.
• Maud incapacitated Hina’s Marines and confronted Smoker aboard the warship, immobilizing him as Tashigi and the others drew their weapons and a Den Den Mushi rang.