"Shadow Heart? I see... Hoho."
With Lafitte's understanding of Maud's Shadow ability, he quickly connected the dots and grasped the hidden principle, showing a faint look of realization.
Luo, who was standing nearby, couldn't help looking over after hearing the term Shadow Heart.
"Lafitte, this ability combination is quite interesting, isn't it?"
Maud tilted his head and glanced toward the cell.
"Hoho... It is indeed quite interesting."
Lafitte said seriously, "That way, even if the Marines already understand the principles behind the 'Shadow' and 'Surgery' abilities, they'll only guard against the tricks that the 'Shadow' and 'Surgery' abilities might play. They won't expect something like 'Shadow Surgery' to exist."
"Still, I'm curious, Captain... You deliberately left such a little mechanism inside the Celestial Dragon's body. Was it to guard against the unexpected, or to... kill the Celestial Dragon?"
When he spoke of killing a Celestial Dragon, Lafitte's eyes were like a drop of water falling into a pan of boiling oil.
He had never been interested in the weak.
But Celestial Dragons were different.
If he killed one, it ought to be quite interesting.
That was what Lafitte thought.
Maud looked at Lafitte and said seriously, "Both, I suppose. After all, our opponent is the World Government and the Marines. To be safe, we definitely have to keep a trump card in reserve. If they refuse to behave, I don't mind killing a Celestial Dragon to warn them."
"Hoho, then..."
Lafitte gave Maud a gentlemanly bow as light as a dragonfly skimming water. Pressing his blood-red lips together, he smiled and said, "I sincerely hope the World Government and the Marines know what's good for them."
"Heh."
Maud's gaze was deep and calm.
If he didn't have to consider the consequences, so what if he killed trash like the Celestial