The Inevitable Battle

Today.

Maud's prestige was at its peak.

After the Water Seven Island festival incident ended, there was no pirate in the world who could compare with Maud.

Throughout the New World, countless pirates were drawn to Maud's fame, status, and strength.

The thought of following Maud naturally emerged in their minds.

Their Log Poses, which had long remained motionless, began turning again.

They set sail, crossed obstacle after obstacle, passed through the final raging waves, and came to Wano Country in admiration of his name--

However.

What awaited them was a screening that could see straight through their hearts.

Even so, to obtain the qualifications to follow Maud, they were all willing to give it a try.

In their eyes, this kind of screening was more like a trial.

As long as they passed the trial, they would become members under the World's Strongest Pirate Crew and the World's Strongest Man.

Some time ago.

The woman responsible for the trial had actually been very efficient.

So the pirates who came in admiration of Maud's name did not need to gather at the docks.

But as time passed--

The woman responsible for the trial began taking regular breaks.

And more and more pirates arrived afterward.

This caused the number of pirates gathered at the docks to grow larger and larger.

When night fell, the Maud Pirates would leave the docks, while the pirates who had yet to take part in the trial would be driven to a floating island.

The Maud Pirates provided them with food.

All they had to do was honestly spend the night on the floating island, then continue lining up for the trial the next day.

And so it went, day after day...

The number of pirates lining up for the trial kept increasing, while the trial's