What Is a True Monster

In Buggy's memories, Bullet had already been evenly matched with Rayleigh at his peak when he was still a boy.

That fierce and terrifying fighting style remained one of Buggy's most vivid memories to this day.

Buggy still clearly remembered that in every battle the Roger Pirates had encountered, Bullet had fought alone. He had never coordinated with his crewmates in the slightest, always charging ahead by himself.

It was a very dangerous move.

But no enemy they encountered could withstand Bullet's frontal assault.

That fighting style, which allowed him to tear people apart with his bare hands, often made Bullet the stuff of nightmares for his enemies.

And after every battle, Bullet's clothes had basically been reduced to rags that could barely stay on him.

Because of that, Buggy had never seen Bullet suffer a fresh wound.

That was the Bullet in Buggy's memories.

He had been terrifyingly strong as a boy. Just how powerful was he now?

Buggy did not dare imagine it.

He looked at Maud and Rayleigh, wanting to speak but hesitating.

"Don't provoke that monster...!!!"

He wanted to tell Maud that, but in the end, he could not bring himself to say it.

Maud and Rayleigh went to the castle and casually found a room without anyone in it before sitting down.

"Hmm, let me think about where to start..."

Rayleigh stroked his beard, lowering his head slightly as he pondered.

Maud sat directly opposite him, clasping his hands beneath his chin as he quietly waited for what came next.

Before Rayleigh began his account, the members of the Maud Pirates also arrived in the room.

Like Maud, they were intensely curious about Bullet's strength.

With everyone arriving, the spacious, brightly lit room suddenly became rather crowded.

The sofas in the room could only seat