World Public Enemy

The power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, which once represented the strongest force in the world—

Now, in Maud's hands, it had blazed with dazzling radiance once more.

The strongest in the world.

If Bullet's willingness to call Maud the strongest in the world had only been his personal assessment just moments ago,

then the people watching before their livestream screens now regarded Maud as the strongest monster in the world as well.

"How terrifying..."

Looking at Maud, who was barely twenty years old in the footage, people around the world could not even imagine what kind of existence he would become five or ten years later.

Inside the broadcast room atop Navigation Mountain.

Seeing Maud suppress Bullet and Charlotte Linlin by himself, Festa was drenched in cold sweat, unable to stop it.

He had been far too optimistic.

He had thought that even if Bullet was weaker than Maud, the difference between them should not be too great.

But Bullet had utterly failed to live up to his expectations. He had practically been crushed.

That alone would have been bad enough, but at least Charlotte Linlin was still there, practically itching to tear Maud limb from limb.

With that monster helping him, Bullet would not have to face Maud alone.

However...

Even Charlotte Linlin had been unable to stand her ground before Maud.

Her repeated sneak attacks had all ended in failure, and Maud had blasted her away again and again.

More importantly—

That bastard Bullet actually wanted to fight Maud one-on-one!

Festa nearly wanted to shove the loudspeaker into Bullet's ears and berate him for having no idea what the situation was.

"Damn it! At this rate, the festival will end ahead of schedule!!!"

Festa bit down hard on his thumb, his slightly panicked gaze fixed on Maud in