Weiwei stared at Maud's side face and summoned up the courage to ask.
Maude met Vivi's gaze and said calmly: "No comment."
“…”
Weiwei was stunned for a moment.
An idea suddenly came to her mind, and she subconsciously looked around at her companions.
This is the most dangerous moment for the country. If Maude is willing to help them...
Not only Weiwei, but others also thought of this.
But from a standpoint, if you want to ask Maude for help, Weiwei can only do it herself.
However, when it comes to relationships, Usopp is the most suitable to speak.
Usopp reacted quickly and spoke immediately.
"Master, can you..."
"Sorry, I am also a Qibukai. According to the rules, I cannot be at odds with Crocodile, who is also a Qibukai."
Mod knew what Usopp wanted to say, so he interrupted Usopp first.
At the same time, he silently added a sentence in his heart: Of course, it’s not possible on the surface, but it’s not impossible secretly.
“…”
Everyone couldn't help but remain silent after hearing this, unable to hide their disappointment.
"but… "
Maud looked at everyone and said, "I can assure you that this country... will be fine."
Although it was empty talk, the person who said it was Maud.
For no apparent reason, it was like a tonic that gave a radiance to the faces of Weiwei and others.
Chapter 6: Will you sit back and do nothing
Empty assertions, exaggerated by identity and strength, appear particularly powerful.
But in fact,
Even with the predictive information brought by the plot of the original work, Moder did not believe that Luffy could defeat Crocodile.
This was the judgment he came to after contacting Luffy.
However, outside this turmoil, sitting in the [auditorium], was a group of uninvited guests - the revolutionary army.
With that man also named Mengqi around, Crocodile's [Country Stealing Plan] would most likely become a pipe dream.
Furthermore,
Now that Mod is here, he won't miss out on the precious experience points related to Devil Fruit proficiency.
Not to mention the Straw Hat Pirates' cover.
As long as you do it cleanly, it won't be a bad idea to pocket Crocodile's [experience points].
The Pele chariot pulled up a long smoke dragon in the desert, heading towards the capital Albana.
Two hours later.
The people who arrived after a long journey finally saw a huge rock mountain standing on the desert.
Looking up from a distance, one can vaguely see the outlines of buildings on the rocky mountain.
On the cliff of the rock mountain, there is a majestic artificial staircase, from high to low, like a giant sword cutting through the side of the rock mountain and leaning diagonally on the sand.
There are four identical staircase passages around this rock mountain.
The stone staircase that Mod and his party saw was located in the south direction, and it was also the entrance to the passage where the rebels chose to attack the capital Albana.
“That’s the capital, Albana…”
Looking at the national capital built on the top of a rocky mountain from a distance, Nami and others were shocked.
But now that everything is urgent, there is no time to express emotions.
The Pele chariot was still some distance away from Albana. With Nami's eyesight, they could only see the scale of the stone steps and the outline of the building complex on the top of the rocky mountain.
But with the help of her knowledge, Maude clearly saw a lot of corpses lying on the stairs.
Blood-stained knives, guns and other weapons were randomly scattered around the corpse.
The blood flowing from under the corpse was like a red carpet, spreading down the stairs, which was extremely dazzling.
"It's already started..."
Taking in the scene on the stairs, Maude's eyelids drooped slightly and she did not take the initiative to remind Weiwei.
In this war that mobilized nearly one million people, the picture that can be imagined is that someone will fall down and lose their life every second.
"Something's wrong!"
Usopp suddenly exclaimed.
In the entire Straw Hat team, only Usopp can use the color of sight.
Therefore, Usopp could barely see what was happening on the stone steps even though he was still far away.
Corpses, blood, remnants of soldiers.
The so-called cruelty of war just broke into Usopp's [knowledge].
Usopp's expression changed immediately, and his voice trembled slightly: "The king's army has started fighting with the rebels..."
"What!?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
Weiwei's face suddenly turned pale and she murmured to herself: "Still not able to catch up..."
When she thought about how many people would lose their lives in this war, Weiwei was at a loss and felt pain in her heart like a knife.
But maybe it was because she was surrounded by the group of companions who escorted her all the way, or maybe because she was tough-minded, her eyes narrowed, and she quickly cheered up.
Since we can't catch up, we can only do our best to stop this war!
After a while, the Pele chariot finally came to the stairs.
At the bottom of the stairs, blood was already flowing.
Raising his gaze, he could clearly see the ferocious expression on the face of the nearby corpse at the moment of death.
Looking at the corpses on the stairs, the Straw Hats were shocked.
Maud unfolded his sense of sight and sensed the surroundings.
The expected aura was not detected.
It was originally thought that Crocodile would send several senior agents from Baroque Works to ambush the Straw Hats here.
It didn't.
Probably because the battle line has extended to the city of Albana.
Mod turned his eyes and looked at the straw hats in front of him, saying: "If you are mentally prepared, then run to the battlefield as quickly as possible."
When the Straw Hats heard this, they suppressed the shock in their hearts and looked at Maude in silence.
Usopp's lips moved slightly, but he remained speechless.
Nami and Bartolomeo looked hesitant and didn't say anything after all.
"Thank you, Maud..."
Weiwei solemnly thanked Maud, and immediately jumped off the chariot and ran towards the staircase that was soaked in blood.
Before going to Juba, she asked her horse to run faster to deliver the message to Albana. She didn't know if it would bring any results.
Deliberately ignoring the uneasiness rising from her heart, Weiwei speeded up her steps.
The Straw Hats quickly followed Vivi.
Before Usopp took a step, he looked back at Mod, who looked calm.
"Master, will you 'sit back and do nothing'?"
Before leaving, he finally asked the question he had been holding in his chest.
And this question is actually what Nami and Bartolomeo want to know.
Mod, however, answered the question incorrectly: "Usopp, protect yourself."
Usopp's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had gotten the answer he wanted.
He first nodded heavily towards Maud, then turned around and quickly caught up with Weiwei and the others.
Maud watched them ascend the stairway.
Perona came to Maud's side and silently looked at the backs of the Straw Hats. There was a hint of disappointment in her eyes, as if she was recalling some things from the past, and she whispered:
"If wars could be easily prevented, so many countries would not perish in wars."
"indeed."
Maud glanced at Perona, who suddenly felt depressed, in slight surprise, and then looked up at the sky with the bright sun hanging high in the sky.
"But this country... all it takes is a heavy rain to stop a war."
"heavy rain?"
Perona didn't know why, so she could only look up at the clear and cloudless sky like Maud.
Even if heavy rain can really prevent the war in this country, how can it rain in such weather
Perona thought in her mind.
Maude retracted her gaze from the sky and turned to look at the staircase passage directly ahead, muttering to herself: "Let's find a suitable commanding height first."
ten minutes later.
Maude walked through the deserted streets and came to the square in front of the palace.
The deafening sound of fighting immediately reached my ears.
The dense gunfire mixed with the violent collision of swords is always interspersed with shrill screams.
That means the owner of the voice is approaching death.
In the face of a war of this scale, human life is just a cold number.
Maud looked in the direction of the square, her nose filled with the smell of gunpowder coming from the square.
Even if he didn't see it with his own eyes, Maud could still imagine the general scene in the square at this moment, which must have been extremely tragic.
Maud silently withdrew his gaze and immediately looked up at the tallest building in Albana - the tower clock tower.
At that height, you only need to set up a long gun to bring all targets in sight within range.
"Just there."
After selecting the gun mounting point, Maud directly used the moon step, flew into the air, and shot towards the tower clock tower like an arrow.
now.
The two mid-level agents of the Baroque Works who were stationed in the clock tower and specialized in sniping were keenly aware of the sense of crisis.
They are a man and a woman, respectively Aiko, codenamed Mr.7, and Iku, codenamed Miss.Father's Day.
"Huh? What's coming...!?"
Aiko and Iku, who were always paying attention to their surroundings, suddenly saw a figure coming from the sky.
The strong sense of crisis that came with it instantly made their hair stand on end.
"yes… "
A blood hole with white smoke suddenly appeared on the foreheads of Aiko and Iku, their expressions suddenly froze, and their voices suddenly stopped.
Was I... shot
At the last moment of their lives, they, who were good at sniping with firearms, suddenly had the same question.
Poof—