The reason Maud had chosen Moria as his target was that there was another crucial factor.
That was, in order to obtain high-quality shadows, Moria and his subordinates would never kill intruders outright.
After all, deep within the ancient castle, a huge freezer still stored many high-quality corpses that lacked suitable shadows.
High-quality corpses had to be paired with high-quality shadows.
That was the fundamental principle behind the Zombie Army's plan.
Normally, Moria Pirates judged the quality of an intruder's shadow based on their bounty.
Intruders with low or no bounties would either be killed outright, or have their stolen shadows stuffed into weak corpses or even defective products.
But when it came to intruders with high bounties, everything would revolve around taking their shadows.
Under this premise, Moria Pirates had effectively shackled themselves with restraints that prevented them from killing intruders.
This was undoubtedly a restriction that threatened their own safety, and it was also a risk they inevitably had to face in creating the Zombie Army.
However, Perona, who could control Negativity Ghosts to attack targets, did not need to bear such risks.
In fact, she was an indispensable main force in taking shadows.
As long as the Negativity Ghosts successfully passed through a target's body, the battle to capture their shadow would end instantly.
From the time she began working with Moria until today, she had never failed.
All the prey that came to Thriller Bark, whether strong or weak, would fall to their knees before her Negativity Ghosts.
This time would be no exception.
Perona had revealed herself to draw Lafitte's attention precisely to create an opportunity for the Negativity Ghosts to attack.
"Go, my Little Cuties!"
Under Perona's control, the three Negativity Ghosts, whose appearances greatly resembled traditional Japanese wish dolls, shot toward Lafitte's back