To successfully obtain Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Once the plan was perfected and set in motion, after Luo arrived at Sabaody Archipelago, Maud would naturally have to tell him the general details of the plan.
As well as the enormous risks he would face by participating in it.
To reduce those risks, they needed the curtain of deception created by the Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability.
As well as a technique capable of concealing the Tremor-Tremor Fruit in an instant.
However, compared to the key factor that had triggered the Summit War—Ace's imprisonment.
The subsequent preparations for the plan could be taken slowly.
Maud withdrew the shadowy mist swirling around his palm and had Beli take the Den Den Mushi into Shakky's bar and put it away.
A moment later.
Beli came out of the bar, his weasel face taut and looking extremely solemn.
"What happened?"
Maud looked at Beli's expression in puzzlement and asked casually.
"Boss."
Beli raised his head to look directly at Maud and sighed. "Perona's chest is so flat."
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Maud froze for a moment.
Beli turned to look at the bar's entrance, his eyes deep. "Just now, while Big Sis Shakky was examining Perona, I accidentally saw it."
"..."
The corner of Maud's mouth twitched slightly.
Beli immediately shook his weasel head. While feeling heavy-hearted, he asked in a puzzled tone, "I saw Big Sis Shakky speaking with such certainty, but is there really any hope for Perona's chest, being that flat?"
"..."
Maud glanced at the bar's entrance.
Even without using Observation Haki, he could easily sense an emotion erupting inside like a volcanic explosion.
"Damn weasel!!!"
Before the bar's entrance even opened, Perona's furious roar came from within.
Beli, however, was entirely unfazed and calmly watched the bar's entrance.
Once Perona charged out, he would immediately