Fujitora's insistence on attending the Shichibukai meeting stemmed from his refusal to acknowledge the Shichibukai system.
Only by taking part in it could he find a way to destroy the Shichibukai system.
No matter how idle Momousagi and Chaton were, they would never have taken an interest in the Shichibukai meeting.
They had come purely for Maud.
By comparison, Vice Admiral Momonga, who had once suffered a crushing defeat at Maud's hands, had no desire whatsoever to attend this Shichibukai meeting.
Unfortunately, his superiors had assigned the task to him.
Now, seeing Maud walk into the meeting room, Vice Admiral Momonga felt the knife wounds on his body ache faintly.
As a Marine, being spared by a pirate was undoubtedly a humiliation that would follow him for life.
If not for the fact that he could still use his strength to carry out justice, Momonga had even thought that dying directly at Maud's hands back then might have been the cleaner outcome.
Maud noticed Momonga's gaze but paid it no heed. He went straight to one of the seats and sat down.
Doflamingo deliberately went around half the table and sat in the seat opposite Maud.
Then, Doflamingo swept his gaze around the meeting room, finally fixing it on Momonga's face.
The two people he least wanted to provoke in the entire meeting room were Vice Admiral Tsuru and Fujitora.
As for the other Shichibukai, there was no need to say more. He simply could not find any fun in them in a setting like this.
That left only the three vice admirals—Momousagi, Chaton, and Momonga.
The first two were extremely strong. Doflamingo probably could not successfully cast Parasite Thread on them.
That left Momonga.
As the weakest person in the entire meeting room, Momonga still gave him a chance