A few minutes earlier...
"Gyahahahaha!!"
"The shadow of a Haki user! What a rare find—truly a rare find!"
The cold moonlight fell over the ancient castle. Laughter echoed from a dim room in the rearmost building.
A strange, enormous figure slumped in a chair. Onion Head had two short horns, sharp teeth, and pointed ears like a demon, but his huge body was paired with tiny limbs.
"No wonder he could hold his own against so many Zombie Generals!"
Moria grinned, baring his snow-white fangs as he watched the shadow struggling in his hand.
"Even though quite a few of my finest corpses got wrecked, it was worth it. And this is just a crewmate with a bounty of 160 million Berries!"
"Just imagine how powerful I'd be if I got my hands on those two shadows with bounties over 500 million! Gyahahahaha!!"
"Lord Moria! Lord Moria!"
Two excited shouts came from the doorway. Looking over, he saw the Squirrel Brothers rushing toward him with a coffin.
"Whoa! You got another one?!"
"That's right, that's right!"
"It's Roronoa Zoro of the Straw Hat Pirates!"
"Gyahahaha! Who managed that?"
Moria was overjoyed. Stretching his thick neck out curiously, he asked, "Weren't the Zombie Generals and the Three Freaks just sent to deal with Straw Hat Kid Luffy and Black Snake Lina?"
"Reporting, Master! We don't know either!"
The Squirrel Brothers opened the coffin and pointed at Zoro, who lay bound and unconscious inside.
"The traps in the castle went off for some reason. We found Roronoa knocked out by sleeping gas inside, so we tied him up!"
"Is that so? I was thinking I might promote whoever did it, but never mind."
Moria grinned excitedly and grabbed the rope binding Zoro, lifting him into the air.
A large lamp beside them