After disguising himself, Maud checked his weapons and ammunition.
Two flintlock pistols, a dagger, and most importantly [Usopp].
"Thirty rounds of lead bullets should be enough."
Maud examined the ammunition pouch carefully.
After preparations were completed, Maud couldn't wait to go outside.
He climbed to the roof of the house with ease and headed towards the tallest building nearby.
After a while, Maude came to the top floor of a five-story house.
Staring straight at the brightly lit streets, it was hard to imagine that such a bustling night scene would come from a lawless zone where many pirates gathered.
"The auction starts at nine o'clock, there are still two hours left."
Maud sat down slowly.
He never thought about going into the auction house from beginning to end.
It wasn't that he was afraid of being caught by Thor, but that he felt that the potential risks were higher in the auction house than outside.
Therefore, as long as he can catch a few fish from the outside, he will be very satisfied.
Maud had no intention of taking action until the auction began.
When he was idle, he took out the notes given by Sunny and started reading them by the moonlight.
The contents recorded in the notebook are actually not as much as imagined, and the main targets are probably the pirates resident in Mad Hatter Town.
Maude read each word.
Perhaps it was Sunny's habit. Before writing down the strength information of each target, she would use a few simple words to describe the target's appearance.
Although it is not as detailed as [Neighbors], it is enough for Mod to quickly identify the target through characteristics.
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Maud turned the pages every now and then.
I can't remember it clearly in a short time, so I can just leave an impression.
"Hey, there's Kidd's too."
After turning to Kidd's page, Mod was a little surprised.
After reading it carefully, the intelligence content is more inclined to speculation.
For example, through Kidd's persistence in buying guns, it is inferred that Kidd is a good marksman.
Looking at it in its entirety, there is actually quite a lot of water in it. After all, it is basically all inferred information.
It must be because Sunny has never heard or seen Kidd's strength, and Kidd comes from outside the sea, so she knows very little about it.
"Kidd probably hasn't eaten Devil Fruit yet, and his overall strength is probably still in the growth stage."
Maude thought about Kidd's memories.
Assuming that there is a chance to kill Kidd now, Moder may hesitate, but he will definitely not miss the opportunity.
Because, no matter how high Kidd's experience value will be in a few years, in Mod's view, it will not be as important as the current experience value.
Turn to the next page and continue reading.
After flipping through a few more pages, Maud suddenly saw her name, and there were several lines of description below it.
However, these words are all marked with two black lines.
At the bottom of the intelligence information, there are several huge question marks that are particularly eye-catching.
And these question marks are no exception and have been brutally murdered by the black line.
"This black line is drawn as if I am dead."
Looking at the two straight black lines at the beginning and end of the font, Maude shook her head slightly and continued to read.
Soon, the entire notebook was read to the end.
Then, Maude began to deepen the impression for the second time.
After reading it for about an hour, I finally put the notebook away after I felt confident about it.
The thing that impressed me the most was not the ruthless people that Sunny specifically marked as extremely dangerous, but the Sharp Ox Pirates that Red belonged to.
Because among all the prey before, only Red can be involved as a group behind him. As for the other prey, they are basically scattered pirates drifting with the tide.
"The Sharp Ox Pirates..."
Maude stood up and looked at the lights in the distance, her mind became slightly more active.
The reason why they noticed the Sharp Ox Pirates was not just because of Red.
The main reason is that the captain of the Sharp Ox Pirates is an animal devil fruit user.
Judging from the certain information that Sunny recorded, we can only know that it is one of the types of ox-niu fruits.
One of the characteristics of those with animal devil fruit abilities is to greatly enhance their physical fitness, which is precisely the goal that can bring the greatest benefits to Mod.
From this, Moder can probably deduce the strength and characteristics of Kazite, the captain of the Sharp Ox Pirates.
Generally speaking, it means high strength, high defense, and high close combat capability.
If you want to treat such a target as prey, breaking the defense is a point that needs to be paid attention to.
"It's a pity that there is no reward for Kazite."
Mod said to himself, thinking that he had to find time to collect bounty orders for various pirates.
Otherwise, just like now, although I want to record Kazite's name in the hunter's notebook in advance, I can't do it because there is no [face image].
At this point, the pirate bounty order issued by the navy made it much more convenient for Mod.
Not only does it have a photo, it also has a full name.
Although it is possible to make mistakes in the name, the probability is extremely low.
"It's almost time."
Seeing that there was still an hour before the auction started, Maude stopped waiting and headed straight towards Wangjiao Street.
... ... ...
Bar Street, a bar in an alleyway.
The Sharp Ox Pirates, headed by Kazite, came to the door of this bar called [Night].
The alley is not wide, so nearly a hundred men gathered here, and the alley was immediately packed.
Kazite glanced at the bar's sign and immediately led No. 30 people into the bar.
As for the others, they surrounded the bar.
In the bar, the bartender Tatamu and Wolf Rat, who was technically a guest, looked at Kazite and the others with expressionless expressions.
From the iconic pointed helmet and the thick beard.
With just one glance, Wolf Rat recognized Kazite's identity - the captain of the Sharp Ox Pirates.
As for why Kazite led the crowd here, Wolf Rat could guess it with his feet, and he had already been mentally prepared.
Slowly turning the wine glass, Wolf Rat glanced at Tatamu who looked dull.
"Sorry."
A gentle apology.
In this regard, Tatamu remained silent.
Kazite looked at Wolf Rat coldly and said in a deep voice: "Wolf Rat, right? I don't like beating around the bush."
"Oh, I can see that."
Wolf Rat glanced at Kazite's pointed helmet.
But he didn't panic at all.
Chapter 25: Hiding Master
Raglan was killed by a bullet that came from nowhere.
After that incident, Wolf Rat was in a state of panic, and even if he tried to think of it, he couldn't figure out why the weapon shop wanted to kill the navigator of the Sharp Ox Pirate Ship, which caused a series of problems later.
As far as he knew, there was no intersection between the two parties.
If I had to say something, one of the deceased lived not far from the weapons store.
Of course, these are no longer important at this time.
Because the biggest rightful owner came to the door.
Wolf Rat Feng Qingyun looked calmly at Kazite, who said he didn't like beating around the bush.
His expression as steady as an old dog's, and his inadvertently fiddling with the wine glass that vaguely revealed murderous intent, all revealed the demeanor of a master.
It seemed that all the No. 30 figures headed by Kazite were just chickens and dogs in front of him.
Listening to the understatement of the wolf rat, one could feel the turbulent momentum of the wolf rat beneath the calm surface.
After finishing his thoughts secretly, Kazite's eyes narrowed, and while he was on guard, his fighting spirit began to show.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"Captain of the Sharp Ox Pirates, Kazite, right?"
Seeing that Kazite was speechless for a moment, the wolf rat felt helpless after calming down, thinking about how I could take advantage of the situation and take on the identity of the perpetrator if you don't answer.
"It seems..."
Kazite's eyes were cold as he slowly activated the Devil Fruit's ability.
The black beard on his mouth spreads towards his cheeks and forehead like wildly growing branches and leaves.
In an instant, black and thick hair covered the entire face, and a pair of yellow animal eyes in the hair were like bright lights in the dark night, tainted with a layer of obvious murderous intent.
But Wolf Rat suddenly spoke very quickly: "Everything you want to know, Captain Kazite, I will tell you everything, and I won't even take your money."
"…?"
The painting style took a turn for the worse, and Kazite's brewing murderous intention suddenly stopped.
Ten minutes later, Kazite and his group left the bar after obtaining "complete" information.
After Kazite and others left, Wolf Rat slowly faded his smile, turned to a sinister expression, looked at the door and said coldly: "I only provide free services to dead people."
Tatamu glanced at the wolf rat and said calmly: "It was very dangerous just now."
"It's okay, I'm not a rotten shrimp that's easy to deal with, and besides, aren't you still here?"
“…”
Tatamu wanted to say that if a fight broke out, he would find a way to run away first.
Wolf Rat didn't know this, so he continued:
"With the strength of the two of us, we can't escape, but we can barely kill them all. Although Kazite looks like a cow, he knows how to act appropriately. Will be as reckless as an ox.”
"So as long as I cooperate honestly, I can be sure that he won't mess around when the auction is about to begin."
Turning the glass upside down, the wolf rat watched the remaining wine in the glass slowly flowing down the wall of the glass at close range, with a hint of coldness at the corner of his mouth.
"As for what happens next, I just hope they don't die too miserably."
Tatamu was always taciturn, and it seemed like the wolf and rat were talking to themselves.
Wolf Rat has long been accustomed to the way of getting along with Tatamu. He knows that the other party has a voice problem, so he usually can't speak without talking.
"Tatamu, it will be very lively tonight, aren't you interested at all?"
Wolf Rat turned the wine glass over and motioned for Tatamu to have another drink.
Tatamu shook his head, indicating that he was not interested, and immediately gave Wolf Rat a glass of wine.
"I really want to go."
The wolf rat raised its head.
"But I fucking dare not!!"