"What? Resurrection?" Kawamatsu and Hiyori cried out in surprise and delight.
"It's not as wonderful as you imagine." Gion said solemnly, "Moria's Devil Fruit ability allows him to manipulate shadows. He can cut a person's shadow off, stuff it into another person's corpse, and then use his Devil Fruit ability to control the corpse by influencing the shadow."
"Put nicely, it's resurrection. Put bluntly, it's desecrating the corpses of the dead."
"Huh? How could this happen?" the little girl said, crestfallen.
"Damn it, that bastard Moria actually dared to do this to Lord Oden's body." Kawamatsu's chest heaved violently like a bellows as he gritted his teeth. "I absolutely, absolutely won't forgive him!"
"Sure enough, pirates are all utterly evil!" Shimotsuki Yasuke said furiously. "Whether it's that evil dragon Kaido, who tramples the living, or the monster Moria, who desecrates the dead, not one person associated with pirates is any good!"
"Uh..." Kawamatsu awkwardly scratched his head. Lord Yasuke's words cover a rather broad range!
After all, his lord had once been a pirate for a time. He had even boarded the ships of the two strongest Great Pirates of that era in succession.
But he also knew that even if it were not merely collateral damage but genuine condemnation, Shimotsuki Yasuke had every right to say it.
During the period when his lord had been driven out of the Flower Capital by Wano Country's former shogun—Kozuki Sukiyaki—it was Shimotsuki Yasuke who guided him onto the right path.
His lord truly respected Shimotsuki Yasuke as he would an elder brother.
So, after struggling for a moment, Kawamatsu wisely chose to keep his mouth shut.
"Honored lords, may we leave now?" several commoners asked timidly.
"You may go."
"Yes, yes! Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"
"Longinus, what's wrong?"