The modifications to Thriller Bark were not yet complete.
This was because the later stages of the modifications required a large amount of gold as a conductive material.
Maud did not have that much gold.
So he had to find a way to gather enough gold.
Because of this, Maud had previously discussed with Lafitte whether they should visit the Golden City in the Sky Island or find a way to locate Gold Emperor Tesoro.
Only those two places could provide him with sufficient gold.
However, before Maud could make a move, something happened to Saul and the others.
After several twists and turns, the operation to find gold had been put on hold instead.
Moreover, before finding Gaban, Maud had no mind to deal with such things.
But what Maud had never expected was...
While returning to Thriller Bark, he would unexpectedly encounter one of his targets—Tesoro, who controlled a vast amount of gold.
This inexplicable stroke of luck filled him with an indescribably strange feeling.
If he had not already eaten the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, he would have suspected that his predecessor had eaten the Lucky-Lucky Fruit before he transmigrated.
"Captain, this is a rare opportunity."
Lafitte smiled at Maud.
There was no need to go to great lengths to find the target. It had delivered itself to their doorstep in this manner.
It was an opportunity that came once in a thousand years. They could not let it slip away just like this.
As for the existence of Germa 66, Lafitte did not care much about it.
"I know."
Maud nodded lightly.
There was no need to elaborate on the importance of gold to the modifications of Thriller Bark.
Since they had encountered it now, there was no reason to let it go.
"I'm going too!"
Seeing that