Chapter Summaries

Maud tried to redirect Kazt’s suspicions toward Ebe, but Ebe attacked him instead. Maud and Wolf Rat then accused Ebe of betraying them, leaving Kazt ready to fight her and Ebe intrigued by Maud.

• Kazt connected Maud’s and Wolf Rat’s forms of address to Ebe and concluded that Ebe had helped cause the Assassination Incident.
• Ebe realized Maud had used her as a shield and thrust her rapier at his heart, but Maud narrowly dodged.
• Maud claimed that Ebe had promised to let him and Wolf Rat join her crew, then abandoned them after they completed her task.
• Wolf Rat backed Maud’s story with a tearful accusation, making the surrounding pirates look at Ebe suspiciously.
• Kazt transformed into his beast-human form and confronted Ebe, while Ebe ignored him and asked Maud for his name.
• Wolf Rat spitefully told Ebe that Maud’s name was Usopp, and Ebe smiled at him.

Maud faced Boss Ebe as the Sharp Bull Pirates and her crew prepared to clash inside the tavern. He left Boss Ebe unable to land a hit with her sword storm, revealing that he had been hiding his strength.

• The uninvolved pirates stayed trapped inside the tavern as Kazt and Boss Ebe's crews readied their weapons.
• Boss Ebe ordered her subordinates forward, while Kazt's men aimed their guns at them; Wolf Rat moved closer to Maud to help him escape.
• Boss Ebe attacked Maud with Resonant Triple Strike, and Maud dodged before firing a flintlock shot that hit an unlucky pirate instead of her.
• Maud focused on Boss Ebe with Heartbeat Listening and evaded all of her rapid sword strikes.
• Wolf Rat watched in shock as Maud effortlessly avoided Boss Ebe's sword storm and realized Maud had been hiding his strength.

Maud evaded Abe’s attacks while the pirates battled around them, and Wolf Rat tried to keep Kazt from interfering. The fight ended with Maud fleeing after striking Abe, leaving Wolf Rat stunned.

• Maud dodged Abe’s rapid thrusts as gunfire sparked a battle between the Sharp Bull Pirates and Abe’s crew.
• Kazt paid the tavern manager and moved to attack Maud and Abe, while other patrons escaped through holes in the walls.
• Wolf Rat transformed and blocked Kazt, but Kazt shattered his claws and overpowered him.
• Maud adapted to Abe’s attacks, decided he had no reason to risk killing her, and looked for a chance to escape.
• Wolf Rat saw Abe clutching her swollen cheek as Maud ran away, and he exclaimed, “Sell, sell me???”

Maud escaped the tavern after slapping Abe and grabbing her skunk, while Wolf Rat was left behind to face Kazt and the pursuing officers. The chase continued into the street, where Maud accidentally knocked Wolf Rat down with the skunk before fleeing Wells and his gunners.

• Maud took advantage of Abe's disordered swordplay to slap her, escape through the hole in the wall, and carry off her skunk.
• Kazt chased Maud, but Abe attacked him, wounded him, and forced him to retreat while he ordered Wells to pursue Maud.
• Wolf Rat caught up with Maud outside and called to him, prompting Maud to reflexively throw the skunk into Wolf Rat's face.
• Wells and his gunners found Wolf Rat on the ground, while Maud apologized from a distance and ran off.
• A short figure flashed through the crowd as Wells hesitated over whether to shoot Wolf Rat.

After escaping Abe and Kazt, Maud reflected on his weaknesses as a gunner and decided to seek a close-combat method. He reunited with Wolf Rat, accepted an invitation to rest at his home, and left the injured skunk fearing for its life.

• Maud recovered in an alley, recorded what he had learned about Abe and Kazt, and considered asking Saul for advice on fighting powerful enemies alone.
• Maud prepared to navigate home but drew his pistol when he heard footsteps approaching, then recognized Wolf Rat.
• Maud claimed he had accidentally lost Abe's skunk while fleeing, and Wolf Rat pretended to accept his explanation.
• Wolf Rat offered Maud a place to rest, and Maud agreed after recalling that Wolf Rat had helped him escape Kazt.
• Maud and Wolf Rat eyed the injured skunk and wondered aloud whether skunk meat was edible, leaving it frozen in fear.

Maud went with Wolf Rat to Nightfall Bar, where Wolf Rat tried to have Tatam prepare a ferret as skunk meat. After Tatam refused because it was inedible, Maud asked whether the bar sold information, prompting Tatam to ask if he was a pirate.

• Wolf Rat agreed that skunk meat was edible and offered to take the ferret to Tatam, while Maud accepted his offer.
• Wolf Rat led Maud and the ferret, whom he called Usopp, to Nightfall Bar and introduced Maud to Tatam.
• Tatam refused to cook the ferret and told Wolf Rat that skunk meat could not be eaten.
• Maud remarked on Tatam's pleasant voice and asked whether he sold information.
• Tatam turned serious and asked Maud if he was a pirate.

Maud visited Tatam’s bar, learned Wolf Rat lived there, and left before Wolf Rat came downstairs. Wolf Rat warned Tatam that Maud would become a great pirate, while Maud returned to the weapon shop with the ferret.

• Maud told Tatam he was not a pirate and learned that Tatam’s bar traded information.
• Maud left money for Tatam and departed with the ferret, asking him to tell Wolf Rat he had gone.
• Wolf Rat came downstairs, complained to Tatam about his injuries from Maud, and pocketed Maud’s banknote.
• Wolf Rat told Tatam to stay out of the matter and claimed Maud would become a great pirate who could trouble the Marines.
• Wolf Rat crushed his glass, paid Tatam ten thousand Beli for it, and Maud returned to the weapon shop with the ferret.

Maud and Sunny discovered that the white skunk was a valuable, fragrant hybrid and named him Beli, then chained him up as an air freshener in the toilet. After Maud explained how he had acquired Beli, Saul found the skunk there and Beli screamed for help, calling Sunny his mother.

• Maud and Sunny read the auction catalog and learned that the white skunk was a valuable hybrid whose sweat glands produced a pleasant fragrance.
• Sunny treated the skunk's injuries, named him Beli, chained him up, and hung him in the toilet as an air freshener.
• Maud told Sunny how he had acquired Beli and said he had nearly missed the windfall.
• Maud and Sunny prepared dinner and remembered to make an extra serving for Beli.
• Saul went to the toilet, grabbed Beli by the head, and prompted Beli to cry out to Sunny for help, calling her his mother.

After Saul explained that Beli was a rare Mink with a thin bloodline, he described a pirate who had used a similar Mink that ate the Weapon-Weapon Fruit. Maud saw Beli as a potential investment and decided against selling him, while Sunny still wanted to trade him for money.

• Saul stopped himself from crushing Beli after Beli spoke, then bound him and fed him dinner.
• Sunny asked whether Beli had eaten a Devil Fruit, and Saul explained that Beli likely had a faint connection to the Mink Tribe.
• Saul recounted how a rising pirate star had used a Mink that ate the Weapon-Weapon Fruit to capture famous pirates.
• Maud reconsidered Beli as a potential Devil Fruit user and gave him a chicken leg, while Sunny called him a waste and proposed selling him.
• Maud asked whether selling Beli would be wrong after Beli had called Sunny Mom, and Sunny threw a chicken bone at him.

Maud chose Sword Mastery as his next requirement after considering the risks and possibilities of Beli gaining the Weapon-Weapon Fruit. He stayed at the shop for several days, then tried handling a sword and discovered he could not afford any of the shop’s blades.

• Maud listened as Saul recounted the rise and fall of a new star pirate who had mastered many weapons, then considered whether Beli could use the Weapon-Weapon Fruit to become different weapons.
• Maud weighed the obstacles of obtaining the fruit and diverting benefits, then wrote Sword Mastery into Hunter's Notebook.
• Maud kept Saul at the shop by offering to teach him to shoot, while he waited for Abe and Kazt to return; they did not appear over the following days.
• Maud collected experience points from nearby residents, but his frequent harvesting frightened them and drove some of them away; Beli grew wary after overhearing Maud and Sunny discuss it.
• On the fifth day, Maud let Saul leave and picked up a sword, feeling a sense of fulfillment as he held it.
• Maud asked Sunny about the swords’ prices, but after learning that even the cheapest cost 900,000 Beli, he decided to look at weapon shops around town.

Maud sneaked out to learn what had happened to Abe and Kazt, then bought a long knife from Tatam and named it Dark Raven. As Maud prepared to leave Nightfall Bar, Lafitte recognized him and greeted him as Mr. Undertaker.

• Maud tricked Sunny into looking away and slipped out with his equipment and Beli.
• At Nightfall Bar, Tatam gave Maud a note from Wolf Rat explaining that Abe and Kazt had both been badly injured in a fight and their crews had called a ceasefire.
• Maud asked Tatam about buying a reliable knife, bought a red-and-black long knife for four hundred thousand Beli, and named it Dark Raven.
• Lafitte arrived to collect information from Tatam, studied Maud, and greeted him as Mr. Undertaker.

Lafitte recognized Maud’s Usopp disguise and revealed that he had connected it to Maud’s Undertaker identity, leaving Maud wary of being watched. After Wolf Rat described the injuries of Kazt and Abe, Maud asked whether he wanted to pull off something big.

• Lafitte approached Maud at Tatam’s tavern, recognized him as Mr. Usopp, and left after introducing himself.
• Maud realized Lafitte had linked his Usopp and Undertaker identities and wondered why Lafitte was paying attention to him.
• Wolf Rat arrived and told Maud that Kazt and Abe had been badly injured in their fight.
• Wolf Rat said Kazt would recover in under half a month, while Abe would likely be bedridden for a month or two.
• Maud asked Wolf Rat whether he was interested in pulling off something big.

Maud persuaded Wolf Rat to join him in attacking the injured pirates Abe and Kazt, while volunteering to handle the assassination and asking Wolf Rat to distract their subordinates. Wolf Rat shared what he knew about the pirate crews in Mad Hatter Town, ending with the revelation that Lagron, the skilled officer Maud had wanted to target, was already dead.

• Maud urged Wolf Rat to strike Abe and Kazt before they recovered, and convinced him that the plan was for Wolf Rat's own safety.
• Wolf Rat agreed to help kill Abe and Kazt, while Maud offered to take on the most dangerous assassination and asked Wolf Rat to lure away their subordinates.
• Maud said he lacked money to buy more information, so Wolf Rat described the powerful pirate crews stationed in Mad Hatter Town.
• Wolf Rat warned Maud about Lagron, a nineteen-million-Beli officer under Kazt who was skilled with a blade.
• Maud showed interest in targeting Lagron, but Wolf Rat revealed that Lagron had already been killed.

Maud learned that Kazt’s Sharp Bull Pirates had been weakened and chose to target them, while Wolf Rat shared intelligence and arranged to join him that night. After Maud left, Wolf Rat called Marine Headquarters, where Garp was furious over a newspaper report and Tsuru entered to ask what had happened.

• Maud realized Lagron had been indirectly killed by him, though he had not known about it.
• Wolf Rat explained the Sharp Bull Pirates’ losses and warned Maud that targeting Abe could benefit Abe’s pursuer.
• Maud chose to target Kazt and studied bounty posters of Kazt, Wells, and Gabton while Wolf Rat described their abilities.
• Maud arranged to meet Wolf Rat at midnight and left the Nightfall Bar with Dark Raven.
• Wolf Rat called Marine Headquarters, where Garp angrily gripped a newspaper and Tsuru entered the room.

Garp and Tsuru discussed an opportunity to use a promising new “chip” to draw Ghost Gun into action, while Maud prepared to hunt Kazt and his companions. After gathering intelligence and waiting for nightfall, Maud left Saul’s Weapon Shop armed with Dark Raven.

• Tsuru confronted Garp about Ace after spotting his name in a newspaper, then told him that Gion’s informant had identified a potential new chip for dealing with Ghost Gun.
• Tsuru reported that the new chip seemed to enjoy killing pirates and that the Revolutionary Army might be on the island to free slaves.
• Maud practiced with Dark Raven, asked Sunny to estimate its value, and hid the sword in his room without selling it.
• Maud recorded Kazt, Tyler Gabton, and Andy Wells’s abilities and planned to use firearms at range before drawing his sword.
• After waiting until a little past eleven, Maud gathered his equipment and Dark Raven and slipped out of Saul’s Weapon Shop alone.

Maud, Wolf Rat, and Tatam approached the Sharp Horn Pirate Ship, where the wounded Kazt had tightened his crew’s defenses. Maud opened the attack by shooting a pirate from about 150 meters away, leaving Wolf Rat and Tatam stunned.

• Maud met Wolf Rat at Nightfall Bar, where Tatam joined them to help watch Wolf Rat’s back.
• Kazt ordered Wells to keep the Sharp Bull Pirates’ defenses alert but not to attack the other crews unless they crossed the line.
• Maud, Wolf Rat, and Tatam watched the Sharp Horn Pirate Ship from a warehouse and saw its tight patrols.
• Maud ignored Wolf Rat and Tatam’s doubts, aimed his smoothbore musket, and killed a crew member with a shot from nearly 150 meters away.
• Wells recognized the attack and shouted for the crew to find cover, while Wolf Rat and Tatam stared at Maud in shock.

Maud’s long-range attack on the Sharp Bull Pirates turned into a sniper duel, with Maud overwhelming Wells despite the enemy’s return fire. As Gabton led a squad toward Maud’s position, Maud moved to a new firing spot to target Wells, while spies from other pirate crews watched for an opportunity.

• Maud shot several Sharp Bull Pirates from the warehouse roof, while Wells and the other enemy shooters returned fire but struggled in the headwind.
• Gabton ordered Wells to cover the close-combat fighters as they moved to safer positions, and the exchanges left two pirates dead and six seriously wounded.
• Gabton received Kazt’s permission to attack and led five men toward Maud’s position, while Wolf Rat and Tatam jumped down to confront them.
• Maud left the warehouse roof for a new sniping position and focused his next shots on Wells.
• Spies from several pirate crews watched the fight and considered exploiting the Sharp Bull Pirates’ weakened position.

Maud used sniper fire and a surprise assault to devastate the Sharp Bull Pirates on the Sharp Horn Pirate Ship, while his Hunter's Notebook formed a star frame that brought him closer to his first transformation. Kazt emerged from the captain's cabin and recognized Maud as Usopp, setting the stage for their confrontation.

• Maud shot Wells and gained enough physical benefits for a star frame to form beside Physical Constitution in Hunter's Notebook.
• Maud decided to approach the Sharp Horn Pirate Ship alone rather than risk someone else taking his kill of Kazt.
• Maud boarded the ship, killed seven Sharp Bull Pirates in seconds, then slaughtered the remaining pirates on deck with his dagger.
• Kazt emerged from the captain's cabin, saw the corpses and Maud, and called him Usopp.
• The hidden sentries nearby recognized the name Usopp and realized the sniper was the pirate who had recently risen to prominence.

Maud fought Kazt aboard the Sharp Horn Pirate Ship, using his speed and Kazt’s leg wounds to avoid being overwhelmed. He finally landed a powerful punch that left Kazt kneeling and vomiting blood, while the remaining Sharp Bull Pirates watched in shock.

• Maud freed Usopp from his back and shot at Kazt, who shattered the bullet with his hoof.
• Maud evaded Kazt’s charges and drew him into killing one of his own subordinates.
• Kazt hurled swords at Maud, then changed his lower body back to human form to increase his speed.
• Kazt caught up and attacked Maud with repeated Black Hoof strikes, but Maud dodged them.
• Maud found an opening and punched Kazt in the bandaged abdomen, leaving him unable to stand properly.

Maud killed Kazt and filled the Physique star on Hunter’s Notebook, undergoing a bodily transformation. He left the surviving pirates and the gathered scavengers behind and headed toward the shore, focused on finding Gabton.

• Maud wounded Kazt with a punch and shot his untransformed knee with a flintlock pistol.
• Kazt transformed and tried to flee, then turned to attack Maud; Maud dodged his Black Hoof and stabbed him through the heart with Dark Raven.
• Maud watched Kazt die, and the Physique rating on Hunter’s Notebook became a solid star as his body underwent a transformation.
• Seventy or eighty pirates boarded the ship to claim the spoils, but they backed away when Maud headed for shore.
• After Maud left, the gathered pirates turned their attention to the surviving members of the Sharp Bull Pirates.