Should I give up or continue?
Maude gripped the gun handle tightly, his brow deeply furrowed.
He didn’t want to give up this opportunity he had waited for so many days, but he also didn’t want to risk doing something uncertain.
In the midst of this internal conflict, Red and his companion had already entered the eighty-meter range.
Maude tried to find a reason to convince himself in just a few seconds.
He looked up at the sky, and a sense of luck crept into his mind.
With risk comes reward.
Even if he left one alive, it would be fine as long as he wasn’t discovered.
With the cover of night and the uneven buildings around, the chance of getting away was quite high.
Thinking this, Maude made his decision.
Even if the timing was not perfect, it wasn’t too late to give up now.
He took a deep breath, holding it as he stared at the two figures getting closer step by step.
Seventy meters.
Maude’s index finger hovered over the trigger.
Sixty meters.
Maude’s finger applied a bit more pressure.
Fifty meters.
Maude held his breath.
Just as he was about to shoot, he saw Red suddenly quicken his pace toward a wall.
Maude’s eyelid twitched, almost pulling the trigger.
But seeing what happened next, his racing heartbeat slowly calmed down, and his index finger eased off the trigger.
In the alley, Red was leaning against the wall, bending over and vomiting.
His companion was patting his back while speaking to him.
The clouds in the night sky parted slightly, and the moonlight shone through the gaps, casting beams of light into the alley.
Maude watched the two figures huddled together, a bold idea forming in his mind.
“At this angle… no, it’s not right yet.”
Maude moved quietly, shifting to another sniping spot a few meters away.
He then half-lay down, holding his breath as he aimed the gun at the two figures by the wall.
A line formed in his mind, passing through Red’s neck and ending at his companion’s forehead.
“This will work!”
A flash of killing intent flickered in Maude’s eyes as he squeezed the trigger.
Bang!
The deafening gunshot echoed through the alley.
The next second, the alley was filled with the sound of two bodies hitting the ground.
Red fell to the ground, his eyes wide open, his mouth opening and closing like a suffocating fish.
A bullet hole had been blown through his neck, a stream of blood arcing and landing on the ground.
As for his fierce-looking companion, he lay silently nearby.
The bullet that passed through Red’s neck lost momentum but still managed to pierce his companion’s forehead, killing him instantly.
Moments later, people awakened by the gunshot looked out their windows.
Voices and sounds filled the night.
Maude had already left the sniping spot, moving swiftly like a monkey back to the weapon shop.
Several dozen meters away from the sniping spot, Thor stood in the shadows of a building.
His presence blended with the night, making him almost invisible, even if someone were to look closely.
Staring at the two bodies in the alley, Thor suddenly asked, “What are your thoughts after seeing this?”
“Confusion and disbelief.”
From another shadowy corner, Sunny’s puzzled voice answered.
She stepped out of the shadow, not looking at the bodies in the alley but at the now empty sniping spot with disbelief.
Her scarred face was filled with shock.
“When Maude took the musket from Usopp, he seemed unfamiliar with it, turning it over and over. He looked like he was handling it for the first time.”
“So I’d rather believe he used a handgun for that shot, not a musket. How did he do it?”
Thor glanced at the shocked Sunny.
He understood her feelings.
He had experienced this before.
Some things cannot be changed, no matter how unwilling one is.
People are born into different ranks.
Some are born poor, others rich.
Some are naturally gifted, while others are ordinary.
“Sunny, this world is never short of monsters. Some are born to use swords, some to use guns.”
“Should I… continue learning to shoot?”
“…”
Thor frowned slightly, seeing a reflection of his younger self in Sunny.
Seeing Thor silent, Sunny’s face showed disappointment.
“I’m not talented with swords, my weak body is not suitable for martial arts, so I settled for guns.”
“When Usopp praised my talent, I thought I had found my path.”
“But it turns out, his view of me back then was different from my view of Maude now.”
Sunny self-deprecated, her dejection visible even in the night.
Thor sighed, “Maude’s talent is surprising, but I don’t think you’re any worse with guns, even though he’s advancing faster now…”
“Is this comfort?”
“I wouldn’t waste my time on such a thankless task.”
“So it is comfort.”
“…”
Thor shook his head, looking at the lights in the night, hinting, “Sunny, this road is longer than you think, long enough to make you feel despair. You and Maude have just taken a small step.”
“You should know, when I was young, I wanted to be a world-renowned swordsman, but like you, I wasn’t talented with swords… Hey, don’t go! My heroic memories are just beginning. Come back!”
Seeing Sunny walk away without looking back, Thor’s wrinkled face twitched.
“This girl… I wonder if she took my words to heart.”
Thor looked up at the night sky, memories becoming clearer.
His lack of talent had defeated him and thought there was no suitable path for him.
Until…
In his mind, the captain’s smiling face appeared.
Thor smiled, lost in his memories.
But soon, unpleasant memories followed.
A man wielding a huge iron fist, his body coated in Haki, appeared, pushing the captain’s smile aside.
Thor shook his head fiercely, gritting his teeth.
“Damn, why did I think of him?”
Thor felt as if he had swallowed a hundred flies.
Weapon Shop.
Maude returned to his room, carefully placing “Usopp” back.
“…”
Exhaling, Maude summoned the Hunter’s Journal.
A new star had appeared on the black cover.
Lying on the bed, Maude felt the changes in his body.
This time, with Sunny’s information, the benefits were much greater than the first.
If his previous physical condition was five times that of a normal person, it was now about fifteen times.
In terms of physical strength, his power level was around 150.
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