In the past half a month, Maud has been diligent and honest.

Do more and do more.

I don't even have a thought about what I shouldn't do.

Showing the value of coolies perfectly, he gradually integrated into the circle of weapons shops.

Although Thor usually said that he was very satisfied with him, he did not let go of himself, and was still cautious in his actions and words, and tried not to do those words and deeds that might exceed or go out of line.

He knows very well that Saul's casualness is true, and when accepting him, he doesn't pay attention to his past identity at all, and only looks at the value that can be shown in the present.

But if it doesn't show value, or if it causes Saul's displeasure, then the situation will change in an instant.

So when it comes to getting along with Thor, Maud will always be very attentive.

As for Sonny, after figuring out her temperament, she became familiar with her in ten days.

When Maud finds a second prey, the biggest problem is not how to kill that prey, but Thor's attitude.

"Sonny, if I kill the guy next door, do you think Thor will have an opinion on me?"

Maud leaned her back against the hidden door of the store, tilting her head through the crack in the door, observing the situation in the alleyway.

Sunny looked up at Maude's side face and said lightly, "Which guy?" ”

"It's called Alber. Red's one, or the information you gave me, this name shouldn't be fake, right? ”

"Are you questioning my intelligence capabilities?"

Sunny raised her eyebrows, her eyes piercing Maude like a needle.

Maud thought to herself, you'd have to flip through a newspaper for hours......

Thinking about it, Maude didn't dare to show it, and said: "How can I question your ability, whenever I see the information about my neighbors that you gave me, I can't help but think about how professional an intelligence officer must be to be able to pick up the bottom of the neighbor so cleanly." ”

When she first got the neighbor's information from Sonny, the level of detail was so extreme that Maud couldn't help but sigh how many generations of bad luck it would take to meet a neighbor like Sunny Ny.

Listening to Maude's fancy flattery, Sunny didn't take it, snorted coldly, and said: "Many people in the town use fake names, so in terms of real names, I don't dare to guarantee whether some of the information is accurate, but if it's these people next door, I can still guarantee it." ”

Maud cautiously asked, "Did they mess with you?" ”

"Nope."

"Then why did you find them out so clearly?"

"Because they live right next door to us."

Sunny looked at Maud with a "you're weird" look.

“……”

Maud was speechless for a moment, and silently pulled back the topic: "You haven't answered my question just now, if I kill Red, will Thor be unhappy or something?" ”

"How would I know about such a thing?"

"Okay."

"Red doesn't have anything to do with you, why would you kill him?"

"I think he's too noisy."

Maud casually broke a motive.

Speaking of which, the main reason why he noticed Red's neighbor was because when Red passed by the shop drunken a few times, he would always shout some drunken words in the alleyway in his loud voice.

The content of the words is basically his performance when the pirates plundered merchant ships, probably how many people were killed during the raid, and how to torture and kill those hard bones.

But what impressed Maude was not these drunken propaganda, but Red's ugly face when he used these as showing off his capital.

It was also thanks to Red's loud voice that Maud realized that there were many suitable prey around him, so there was no need to go far.

Listening to Maude's motive for killing, Sunny suddenly said, "Also, that guy is really noisy." ”

"You believe it?"

“？”

.............

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

After thinking about it carefully, Maud still felt the need to explore Detective's attitude first.

If Thor didn't care, he would immediately take a gun and ambush Red.

But if Thor didn't agree, then he would have to give up the idea.

If there is such a thing as a silencer, there is no need to worry so much, and you can find an opportunity to kill Red with a cold gun.

But the most fundamental reason is that I am too weak now.

If you are strong enough, you are just trying to solve a prey that you like, so why bother thinking about the consequences.

Night.

After eating, Maud approached Thor.

After Maud said what he meant, Thor squinted at him as he smoked a cigarette.

"Why did you kill Red?"

Like Sonny, Thor wants to know Maude's motives.

This time, of course, Maude couldn't have said anything about perfunctory motives such as Red's being too noisy.

"Practice."

This is the answer Maud had thought of in advance.

Not much explanation, simple and crude.

Thor was a little surprised, and looked at Maude's expression carefully.

In the world of pirates, it is very rare and common to practice the lives of others.

Just as he had asked Maud to say goodbye to the past, so that Maude would slaughter Watt who had been sent to the door with his own hands.

But he didn't expect Maud to take the initiative, and he originally planned to give Maude a little more buffer time.

Anyway, it was a matter of time, and Thor didn't object, but he also gave Maud a wake-up call.

"At your own risk."

Concise and to the point, it is a reminder, and it is also a disguised consent.

As for Red's life or death, for Saul, it wasn't even as important as what he ate tonight.

"Understood."

Maude was overjoyed.

With Saul's statement, he was able to let it go.

As for the possible consequences of killing Red, he had been mentally prepared when he got the information from Sonny.

It's nothing more than that Red's pirate group may come to take revenge.

But as long as it's done cleanly, you don't have to worry about the consequences.

Three days later, the moon was dark and windy.

Maud hid in the shadows above the building, and while setting up [Usopp], she silently looked at the end of the alleyway by the faint light.

From the corner at the end to the place where you are hiding, there is a distance of about 100 meters.

On the premise of ensuring accuracy, the range of the smoothbore flintlock pistol is far inferior to that of the rifled flintlock pistol, but it is exactly within 100 meters.

It's just that, considering factors such as aging, Maude plans to start within 60 meters of Red's range.

A full eight hours have passed since I watched Red walk out of the alley in the evening.

In the evening, passers-by came and went in the alleyway, so there was no suitable time to shoot.

And now that the night is dark, I can't see half of the passers-by, so I have a lot less to worry about.

As long as Red comes back at this point in time, Maud will decisively pull the trigger.

Time passed slowly, and the moon disappeared behind the black clouds.

Visibility in the alleyway was extremely low, and if it weren't for the few lights hanging on the wall, it would have been pitch black.

Maud waited patiently.

Dozens of minutes later, before the Redder appeared, the voice came first.

Maud suddenly lifted her spirits and gathered her eyes to look at the end of the alleyway.

After a few breaths, two figures walking side by side walked into the alleyway.

"Two ......!"

Maud scolded.

Smoothbore flintlock pistols have only one bullet, and it takes some time to reload a second bullet after one shot.

This means that even if he succeeds in sniping Red, the other will have plenty of time to find concealment and determine the location of the trajectory based on the sound of gunfire and the direction of the blood that Red is spurting.

Can you only give up......

However, Sunny had said that Red's pirates would go to sea tomorrow at noon, and Maud couldn't have struck during the day, as the day didn't have the cover advantage that night brings.

In other words, if you miss this opportunity, you won't know when it will be until the next time.

Maud frowned.

As the two of them walked step by step, the time left for him became more and more urgent.

Maude, who was hesitant at this time, never noticed that he was secretly paying attention to his gaze.