The knife that stabbed Whitebeard in the chest.

It was supposed to preserve a wisp of vitality so that Luo, who was on standby at any time, could take out the Shock Fruit.

However, the arrival of the Blackbeard Pirates made Maud change his mind in an instant.

You can do without the Shock Fruit, but Whitebeard's XP must be obtained.

This was the primary purpose of Maude's painstaking participation in the Top-Up War.

thereupon

This temporary change of mind directly pierced Whitebeard's vitality.

“……”

Whitebeard looked down at Maude, who did not hesitate to use his body to resist several shots, and insisted on stabbing himself with a single sword.

As the countdown to life began, he vaguely felt an unusual sense of purpose from Maude's body.

And not just to plunder the fame that he has spent a lifetime on the seas......

It seems that there are other unknown purposes.

"My life...... That's it......"

Whitebeard struggled to look up and glanced at Titch, the culprit who caused everything, from a distance.

If it weren't for the end of his life, he would kill Titch at all.

But it was too late.

Whitebeard turned to look at the chaotic battlefield, his eyelids slowly drooping and closing.

Darkness was squeezing his vision.

At the end of the last,

The picture he saw automatically filtered out the smoke and dust, the shadow of swords and swords, and the smoke of gunpowder, leaving only the figures of his sons.

The darkness that eroded the vision came to an abrupt halt.

"Listen, Whitebeard Pirates ......!"

Whitebeard looked at the crew of the war, as if he had returned to the light, and he still had the strength to speak when his heart was pierced by a blade.

A look of surprise appeared in Maude's eyes, and he was about to turn his wrist to completely kill Whitebeard's vitality......

But when he saw Whitebeard muster up his last strength to pick up what he had just said, Maude paused.

He gave Whitebeard the opportunity to say his last words.

"This is the last captain's order...... You guys...... You must return to the New World alive!! ”

The words that were uttered with the last of his strength were spread throughout Marin Fando in an instant.

As the last syllable faded into the sea breeze, Whitebeard's eyelids drooped.

The darkness paused for a moment, and began to eat away at his vision again.

Until there was only a white line left in the light in front of him, Whitebeard looked at Maud in front of him.

He was aware of Maude's deliberate pause.

Strange little ghost......

Whitebeard finally closed his eyelids.

There is no resentment, no anger, only the calmness of accepting death.

As the last vestiges of Whitebeard's vitality dissipated.

The benefits were so huge that they were difficult to measure, like a turbulent river, rudely poured into Maude's body.

The pain that came from the injury vanished in an instant.

The expected huge gains still surprised Maude.

At the same time, the remaining duration of the Shadow Gathering began a single-digit countdown.

on the battlefield.

Hearing Whitebeard's final order, the group of pirates led by the captain were stunned.

"The last order!?"

"Daddy...... Dad!!! ”

"It's not really !!"

They looked at the lifeless whitebeard in amazement, and their faces showed disbelief.

Such a reaction is undoubtedly fatal in the face of war.

Besides, the navy doesn't have any morality to talk to the pirates, and they take advantage of the distraction and negligence of the pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates, and they have seized the opportunity to kill them.

In a matter of seconds, a handful of pirates were slashed to the ground.

If it weren't for the fact that the focus of the Seven Martial Seas was also on Whitebeard's body, the captains who fought against them would probably be defeated in an instant.

"I really didn't expect it, but he still got it......"

Doflamingo restrained the smile that often hung on his face, and looked coldly at the multiple serious gunshot wounds on Maude's body, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes behind his sunglasses.

"Such an injury is no different from death on the battlefield."

Doflamingo's murderous intent skyrocketed.

At the moment when Maud succeeded in taking Whitebeard's head, his desire to kill Maude was stronger than ever.

And now, obviously, the most unmissable opportunity.

"You're dead, ......"

Through the many concerns brought about by his identity and position, it was no longer possible to suppress Doflamingo's strong murderous intent.

"Is it dead, Whitebeard......"

Hawkeye turned his head to look at Whitebeard's standing corpse, and his gaze shifted slightly, falling on Maude's body.

A wisp of war spirit quietly emerged.

It's just that......

Looking at Maude's injuries, Hawkeye and Doflamingo's judgment were basically the same.

Taking Whitebeard's head at such a price will certainly bring him a reputation that shocks the entire world from this moment, but it will also push him step by step into the abyss called death.

"To this extent for the sake of fame, men are creatures ......"

The Empress looked at Maude with a blank face, as if she were looking at a dead man.

The Seven Martial Seas naturally stopped.

As the representative paddling players in the war, they are at ease whether they can contribute or not.

"Whitebeard was killed by the Seven Warriors ......!!! Haymod"

"Is the strongest man in the world dying like this......"

There were also some of the navy that were closer to the scene of Maude's assassination of Whitebeard with a single sword.

In front of the execution table.

"Daddy......"

Ace froze.

His heart seemed to stop beating at this moment, and he felt like he couldn't breathe.

"Ace?"

At this critical moment of escape, Sabo and Luffy look at the devastated Ace worriedly.

On the high platform in front of the Navy headquarters.

The members of the Blackbeard Pirates are based here.

It's similar to the development in the original book.

Blackbeard, who was bound to make a trip to Imper's prison, still brought out several vicious world-class criminals, as well as the former caretaker of Impel Prison, Changyu no Hiryu, who was against the water.

They appear in a high-profile manner, but are overshadowed by Whitebeard's death and their presence.

"Hey, my dear daddy was killed like this?"

Blackbeard looked at Maude in amazement, who would not hesitate to kill Whitebeard at the cost of bullets.

That's a gunfire with an armed color.

Although he was sided, four shots were fired through Maude's left hand, right hand, left leg, and waist and abdomen.

Multiple penetrating injuries were enough to cut off Maude's back.

This makes Blackbeard unable to comprehend Maude's actions.

With his knowledge of Maude, even if it was to get the honor of "being able to solve the strongest man with his own hands", he didn't think Maude would do such an irrational and stupid act.

But the facts are in front of you.

But it doesn't matter.

"Let's kill him first."

Out of the corner of his eye, Blackbeard glanced at Van Okka, who was wearing a black hat and an eye patch on his right eye.

Whitebeard died.

He had to get his hands on the power of the Shock Fruit before the demonic power that resides in Whitebeard's body leaves his body.

Fortunately, the fusion of Whitebeard and Shock Fruit is extremely high.

Therefore, even if Whitebeard breathes, the demonic power that represents the Shock Fruit, it will take some time to break away from Whitebeard's body.

There wasn't plenty of time, but Blackbeard was confident he could do it.

Hearing Blackbeard's order, Van Okka, who had filled his favorite gun with ammunition, raised the muzzle of the gun again.

Almost without foresight, he fired three shots at Maud, who he had already identified as dead.

Bang bang bang——!

Three lead bullets wrapped around the color of the armament pierced through the smoke and headed straight for Maude's vital point, which was motionless.

“Room！”

At this moment, a huge hemispherical space appeared out of thin air, directly enveloping half of the square near the harbor.

Luo, who had been on call for a long time, made a move.

"Turn around."

Law raised his index finger and swapped places with Maude on a pebble beside him.

Hmmm——!

Maude, who was so badly injured that he could be called crippled, flashed to Luo's side in an instant.

And the three lead bullets landed in the air, and with a thud they made three large craters in the ground.

Seeing the hemispherical space that suddenly appeared, the others didn't react, and Doflamingo's face collapsed first.

"Luo!"

The sound was almost squeezed out of Doflamingo's teeth.

At this moment,

On a massive battlefield called Marin Vando.

The thing that the world government wants most - the fruit of Luo's surgery.

The target that the world government wants to eradicate the most - Fire Fist Ace, who has inherited the bloodline of One Piece.

The most feared existence of the world government - Nicole Robin's ability to interpret the original text of history.

These three people, each with a certain great significance, under the influence of Maude's butterfly, gather together by accident on this battlefield that is about to lead the changes of the times.

"It's wasted."

Maude opened her eyes and looked at Luo beside her.

The waste referred to in the words refers to Luo's behavior of wasting physical strength in order to help him eliminate the crisis, and even wasting his life to expand the space of the surgical fruit field.

Luo, who knew Maude well enough, understood it at once.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he glanced at Maude's severe gunshot wound.

"You're so badly wounded, if you get shot twice, even I won't be able to save you."

The implication is that you don't waste your physical strength or even your life, and you'll have to account for it.

"It's a serious injury."

Maude, who was "seriously injured", smiled indifferently and said seriously: "So much so that they think that I will probably die here, you see, even that flamingo has disdained to hide the killing intent against me." ”

“……”

Luo Wenyan looked at Doflamingo, who was two or three hundred meters away, and there was murder in his eyes.

"Maude, am I a step too late?"

"Strictly speaking, it's not that you're a step late, it's that the Blackbeard Pirates are a step early."

Maud glanced at Whitebeard's corpse.

With the ability of Luo's surgical fruit, in order to perform the [surgery] to remove the devil fruit, the precondition that the surgical target is [living] must be satisfied.

In other words, Whitebeard's gains were obtained, but he missed the shock fruit.

Maude's regret is for not being able to get the Shock Fruit.

Koro's regret is because Maude is now seriously injured.

Luo sighed lightly, slowly withdrew the killing intent against Doflamingo, and said solemnly: "Maude, I'll help you deal with your injuries urgently, and then ...... Let's get out of here first. ”

He knew that with Maude's current situation, he was no longer suitable for fighting, and he could not provide him with any substantial help.

Other words......

Now is not a good time to take out Doflamingo, but to think about how to get out of it.

Maude looked at Luo, who had decisively abandoned the original plan, and chuckled, "Do you think I look like a seriously injured person now?" ”

Luo Wenyan frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Isn't it, you...... Well? ”

He looked at the four wounds on Maude's body in amazement, the penetrating wound that was the size of a bowl that was visible to the naked eye, but it was already intact.

"Your ...... Wounds"

Luo was directly dumbfounded.

But he soon realizes that this may be the result of the Devil Fruit's abilities.

Suddenly, Luo's eyes widened, and the look in his gaze at Maude was full of shock.

"Is it the power of the Shadow Fruit? But how do you do it? ”

"It's nothing, it's just a little bit of a shadow."

A smile flashed in Maude's eyes, and as he spoke, his body shape and complexion were gradually returning to their original state.

Luo Wenyan said in disbelief: "By repairing the shadow, the injuries on the body can be recovered in an instant?" How can the Shadow Fruit still be used like this? ”

Such a perverted ability made him doubt it......

The fruit that is really worth 5 billion should be the shadow fruit, not the surgical fruit he has now.

Maud said no more.

Now that he has recovered from his injuries, he has even replenished his physical strength and domineering.

But this is not because of the Shadow Fruit's abilities, but because of the abilities of the Hunter's Note.

It was because of the benefits of Whitebeard and 500 prisoner shadows that he was able to recover from his injuries in an instant.

This is also the confidence that he dared to carry the gun and collect Whitebeard's experience points.

Maud won't reveal the existence of the Hunter's Note to Law, so she will use the Shadow Fruit's ability to block the gun.

But this time to block the gun, it seems that Luo began to doubt his life.

"The effect of the Shadow Gathering is certainly strong, but the conditions for use are too harsh and restrictive ......"

Maud looked down at her body that had returned to its original state, thinking silently in her mind.

With the support of Whitebeard's income, in fact, he can't harvest the shadows of all the prisoners, and he can also recover from his injuries in an instant.

However, due to the "one-time" restriction of the Shadow Gathering Place, these prisoner shadows that have already been used once cannot be used a second time.

So Maud simply harvested the shadows of all the prisoners.

As for the principle of this limitation, it is probably related to the reason why the shadow gathering place can only last about ten minutes.

When Maud transforms the shadows absorbed into her body into power, the shadows will gradually repel Maude's soul within ten minutes.

Once the repulsion between the souls reaches a certain level, the shadows will forcibly leave Maude's body, and after that, due to the repulsivity, they will no longer enter Maude's body.

It may also be because of the various conditions and restrictions of the Shadow Gathering Place, that Moriah will focus on the development of zombie legions.

Otherwise

Suppose the shadow collection does not have these limitations.

Then, Moria only needs to patiently collect high-quality shadows, and when the quantity and quality meet the standards, he will become the Four Emperors with a shadow gathering place with no harsh restrictions.

Despite the limitations of the Shadow Gathering Place, Maud still felt that it was an extremely powerful ability.

At least Maud had a good time this time.

The only pity is that there is only one place in the world where thousands of high-quality shadows can be collected at once, such as Impel Prison.

"If there is a need for shadows in the future, find a time to go to Impel Prison, just ......"

Maud glanced at several world-class criminals in prisoner's clothes on the high platform from a distance.

He remembered that these prisoners had been selected by Blackbeard after he had the sixth-tier prisoners kill each other.

This also means that the number of prisoners on the sixth floor is estimated to be only a fraction of them.

Never mind......

Maud shook her head, no longer thinking about the future.

"Luo, it's time to fulfill what I promised you before."

Maud walked towards the battlefield, her eyes fixed on Doflamingo.

Luo took a deep breath, suppressed the disturbance of the Shadow Fruit's ability, and quickly followed Maude.

He's waited long enough for this day.

At this moment.

The eyes of countless Dao Dao once again focused on Maude.

"Huh?!"

Doflamingo's arrogant stride towards Maud suddenly stopped.

"The injuries on his body...... Recovered? ”

"Hey, what are you kidding?"

Blackbeard and the others, who had already rushed to the edge of the battlefield, looked at Maude in amazement, who had no wounds on his body.

"That's what it is...... The Shadow Fruit's abilities? ”

Most of the people who thought Maud might die on the battlefield were also stunned.

Among the countless glances that looked at Maude, there was a golden lion in the sky.

"Whitebeard, you guy was planted in the hands of such a young little ghost......"

"This kind of situation that seems to be destined to be 'replaced', Lao Tzu will be unhappy even if he looks at it!"

The golden lion's eyes were gloomy.

In front of the whole world, Maude triumphs over Whitebeard.

This is a sign to the world that the old times are over!