First of, thanks for translating. But that ending was the worst way to deal with the axe. Suddenly having a whole ass Phantom Troupe show up and start killing out of nowhere, this would have needed like 20 volumes to actually give everyone time to get established and that was a bad idea in planning from the very beginning. Volume 3 made it really hard for me to connect with the story and characters due to all of it being so rushed. At least sensei found his footing with his latest work now.