Chapter 42: Coming Successively
It's different from the original.
Because of the butterfly effect brought about by Maude, the Straw Hats generally mastered the skill of domineering at this point in time, which can make a qualitative change in strength.
In terms of overall strength, the Straw Hat Pirates can be said to be the strongest existence among supernovas.
Despite this, all of them joined forces, but they couldn't even beat a shadow of Maude.
Such a cruel reality deeply hit Luffy and the others.
They all lay on their backs, as if they had been hung with a negative aura by Perona, staring blankly at the bubbles floating into the air.
If Maud treats them equally, he will attack them as the gatekeeper of the new world.
so
They might just stop there.
Just imagining some of the pictures of the team's annihilation, I feel a deep sense of crisis in my heart.
Nami and Robin looked at Luffy worriedly.
Whoever is abused like this will definitely have an affected mentality.
Maud beckoned to Bailey.
Bailey swept away the refreshments, then returned to Maude's shoulder contentedly.
Maud then jumped onto the shore and retracted the shadow.
His move made Luffy and the others slowly come back to their senses, and then got up one by one, unwilling to look at Maude.
"Not convinced?"
Maud glanced at the wounded people.
Luffy and Zoro, the two hard stubbles, endured the pain and struggled to take an offensive posture.
Sanji and Usopp watched Luffy and Zoro's actions, and they stopped talking.
The situation has reached such a point that there is no point in fighting any longer.
But they know that Luffy and Zoro are the kind of people who don't hit the south wall and don't look back, and in this case, even if they persuade each other, it won't have any effect.
Maude watched Luffy and Zoro's movements, her eyelids drooping slightly.
Glimps.
Without warning, Maude's figure suddenly vanished.
Luffy and Zoro's eyes shrank.
When he reacted, he only felt a light breeze blowing past his ears, and then he was hit the back of the neck.
"Uh......"
Luffy and Zoro rolled their eyes and simply fainted.
Maude's form then appeared behind them.
"Being too stubborn isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it has to be used in the right place."
Maud glanced at Luffy and Zoro who had fallen to the ground.
"When we meet again, it may be in Marinfan, so let's do it ourselves."
As he spoke, Maud raised his hand and waved his hand at the stunned Usopp, and walked in the direction of Tree Island 13.
"Master......"
Usopp opened his mouth, finally sighed, and quietly watched Maud walk away.
Sanji sat down on the ground, stretched out a trembling hand, and lit a cigarette.
The battle had beaten them to the ground and was a complete defeat.
Bartolomeo looked down at his hands encased in a ball barrier, lost in thought.
Of all the people, Bartolomeo, who admires Maud so much, was not hit, and he really saw this battle as a profound education that flaunted "love".
therefore
After the battle, instead of being negative or lost, he began to reflect on his shortcomings.
"I see!"
Recalling the frames of being beaten by the idol's shadow first, Bartolomeo couldn't help but have an epiphany after reflecting for a moment.
"With the nature of my ability, I must not take the initiative to attack, but help my companions resist various forms of attacks and sneak attacks, so as to improve the attack power of my companions in disguise."
"Under this premise, I must ensure my own safety."
"The idol must have been trying to tell me this, so he was the first to attack me."
"Woo, the painstaking idol is so handsome!"
"It moved me to tears!"
After Bartolomeo figured out this joint, his eyes were filled with tears of excitement, and he looked sharply in the direction Maude had left.
However, Maud has long been gone.
Bartolomeo's agitation couldn't help but froze.
Sanji and Frankie watched Bartolomeo's reaction as if they had seen a ghost.
After a while.
Chopper woke up.
Seeing that his companions all had blue noses and swollen faces, he was startled at first, and then shouted nervously.
"Sanji, how could you be injured like this!"
"Ahh Luffy and Zoro ......! ”
"Who the hell did that?"
Looking at Luffy and Zoro, who looked like they were seriously injured and unconscious, Chopper seemed to have forgotten what happened before he was stunned by Maude, and hurriedly picked up the medical box and ran to the nearest place.
"It's Maude."
Nami covered her forehead, her tone rather weak.
When Chopper heard this, his body suddenly stiffened.
The name is a nightmare.
Without thinking about it, Chopper hurriedly checked Luffy's injuries.
Nami and Robin help out.
And at this very moment.
Figures appeared silently all around.
These are the slave hunters and bounty hunters who have been watching from the outside of the war circle for a long time.
I thought that Maud would take out the Straw Hat Pirates, who are known as the strongest in the supernova, but I didn't expect to leave them with such a big bargain.
Such a rare opportunity, how could this group of guys who lick blood on the knife all year round easily miss it.
Soon, Sanji and the others noticed this group of uninvited guests slowly approaching.
"Whew."
Sanji spat out a puff of cigarette and looked coldly at the unscrupulous slave hunters and bounty hunters.
He was holding back the fire in his belly, and he just needed an outlet.
........
Half a day passed.
The Straw Hat Pirates, known as the strongest supernova, were crushed by Maude on Tree Island 20 spread throughout the Chambord Islands.
The strange thing is that Maude, who has always been ruthless, did not kill the Straw Hat Pirates this time.
At the same time, because most of the main force of the Straw Hat Pirates was injured by Maude, it attracted the covetousness of a group of slave hunters and bounty hunters.
It's just that the emaciated camels are bigger than the horses, and even if the main forces of the Straw Hat Pirates are not lightly injured, they are stunned to repel waves of slave hunters and bounty hunters.
All the bars and casinos in the can't zone are discussing this.
"Haiming Apu died, the strange monk Urki surrendered, the gluttonous girl Bonnie disappeared, and the Straw Hats with four supernovas ......"
In a bar, Hawkins, who had not yet left the Chambord Islands, sat in the corner, drawing divination cards one by one and sticking them to the straw roots.
"What would be the 'goal' that man was focused on?"
Hawkins looked thoughtfully at the divination card on the straw root.
On the table in front of him, in addition to the wine and food, there was also a newspaper folded into the size of a palm, and words such as "Golden Lion" and "Fire Fist Ace" could be faintly seen.
Hawkins has been keeping an eye on the situation.
This seemingly calm era has actually been surging.
tidal wave
It's coming.
Hawkins pulled out a [Grim Reaper] and stared at it for a long time.
Suddenly, thinking of Urki, who had surrendered to Maude, Hawkins' mind moved slightly.
"There's no hurry."
Hawkins muttered softly.
witnessed the tragic fate of one supernova after another, but instead of rushing to Fish-Man Island, he chose to stay in the Chambord Islands.
It's not that he's arrogant, or he's not afraid of Maude.
Rather, he was confident in the results of his divination.
Under this premise, he needs to witness some changes and then make a choice.
Until late afternoon.
The topic of Maude and the Straw Hat Pirates still fills the bar and casino room.
At the turn of day and night, two pirate ships arrived at Tree Island 16 and Tree Island 18 in the Impossible Zone.
Of the two pirate ships, one is one of the supernovas, Eustace. Kidd's ship, the other being X. Drake's, also one of the supernovas.
They landed in different places, and then went to the bar that night to eat and drink, and naturally they heard the pirates talking about it.
"Tsk......"
Kidd, who had a lot of scars on his face and body, held a wine glass in his hand and looked fierce.
In order to find the coveted Devil Fruit, Kidd wanders around with Kira after leaving Mad Hatter.
On their journey to find the Devil Fruit, they traveled to many places and met many people.
After that, the Devil Fruit didn't do it, but the team continued to grow, and it became a decent group of pirates.
After several years, the hard work paid off, and Kidd got his wish and got the most obtained Devil Fruit.
It was only after that that he officially set sail from the Great Passage.
Years passed.
He has been paying attention to Maude's movements, and he has heard a little about Maude's title of Gatekeeper of the New World.
Now I hear people around me talking about Maude's deeds of thwarting supernovas one by one, and I just wish that the sun would rise early tomorrow, and then go and understand Maude's current strength.
"Kidd, are you really going to trouble Maud?"
Kira eats her favorite pasta, and speaks in a slightly solemn tone.
Kidd drank the wine in one gulp and said, "Of course." ”
“……”
Kira's expression under the mask was quite solemn.
Kidd's gaze seemed to be able to see Kira's expression at the moment through the mask, and sneered: "What others don't dare to do, I dare." ”
Not far from the seat.
The vicious-looking pirates couldn't help but look at the arrogant Kidd in surprise.
They overheard Kidd's conversation and recognized Kidd's identity.
It's just that
Even the straw hat pirates, who have the highest voice among the supernovas, have been ruthlessly educated by Maude, where did you, the second-ranked pirate group, get the courage?
Dare to take the initiative to trouble Maude?
A look of disdain appeared in the pirates' eyes.
Moments later,
With a violent explosion, the bar was engulfed in flames.
Following.
The Kidd Pirates rushed to Tree Island 13 in a rage.
"Bacardi. Hammond! ”
Kidd walked over to the roots and looked up at Hatch's Bar perched on the roots.
The shouts were full of fault-finding meaning, but there was no response.
A few seconds later.
A figure came to the edge of the tree root and looked down at the Kidd Pirates below.
"Death Surgeon, Trafalgar. Ro"
Kidd's eyes were as sharp as knives, and he looked coldly at the figure that came in response to the shout.
Luo was tall, and the ghost cry was covered by him in the crook of his arm.
He looked at Kidd, who was clearly here to make trouble, and said indifferently: "If you want to practice your voice, go somewhere else." ”
"Oh?"
Kidd suddenly smiled dangerously.
Distance.
One of the supernovas, X. Drake, calmly looks at the scene that takes place under Shaki's Bar.
"Didn't even Maud know that Mary Joy had gone to the Holy Land?"
Drake looked at Kidd's back and said to himself coldly, "This is probably your luckiest moment of the year, Eustace. Kyd. ”
Inside the Shaqi Bar.
Urki smothered half of the bottle and quickly got up and walked out of the bar.
The other party came by name, and as a fleet under Maude, he could not turn a deaf ear.
Xia Qi shook the ash of his cigarette, thinking that Maud should be almost Mary Joy.
"What a stunned young man who is not afraid of death."
The words are naturally referring to Eustace, who came to the door and shouted. Kyd.
"And the luck of the stunned green has always been excellent."