Silhouette

Upon hearing that Sig wanted a "silhouette," Moria immediately perked up—he had long wanted to cut out Sig's shadow!

In this way, not only can Sig's goal of "concealing his identity" be fully achieved, but even if Moria, due to the contract, does not restrict the shadow and allows Sig to maintain consciousness and move freely, he will ultimately still be subject to Moria's abilities.

Contracts always come to an end!

Sig knew this too; he didn't really want to give anyone a handle against him, as he mentioned regarding the silhouette...

Upon hearing this, Moria immediately pulled out a large pair of scissors, but Sig stopped him, saying, "Wait a minute."

"It's okay, it won't hurt!" Moria couldn't wait any longer.

"No, let me prepare first..."

Sig did indeed need to prepare. In the already dim light, Sig's shadow gradually lengthened, and an eerie glint appeared at the positions of his eyes and mouth, no longer in complete darkness—this was the shadow revealing the qualities of a soul.

Then, without moving, Sig himself made a gesture of covering his entire body with his cloak, and gradually split into two "clumps" of shadow...

Finally, the cloak was spread out, and the two shadows gradually took on human shapes.

Not only was the shadow out of sync with the body, but even though there was only a dim little lamp, there were two shadows, one of which was very faint.

"Cut out the lighter part," Sig said to Moria.

Moria's "silhouette-like soul-stealing" was never truly complete.

After Perona uses "Ghost Clone," her body becomes immobile because her soul leaves her body. In contrast, when Moria cuts off someone's shadow, the person can still move and think, but cannot be exposed to direct sunlight.

Furthermore, the fact that one faints immediately after being cut indirectly proves that it is not a complete separation of body and soul, but rather that the soul is split, thus causing damage to consciousness.

What Sig is doing now is simulating Perona's action of separating the "ghost" from her own soul, separating a part of her soul herself.

In this world, the "shadow" itself carries the image of a soul...

Sig also possesses the Shadow Power, is able to manifest this power in his shadow.

However, because Sig only has a 15% grasp of the Soul-Soul Fruit, he cannot separate it on its own after it splits, so he needs some help.

"Such a bland soul." Moria finally understood what Sig meant. Although he didn't know what Sieg wanted to do next, he was somewhat disappointed.

Even without having encountered this situation, Moria could deduce that the influence of the Pale Soul on Sig was certainly not as great as that of the real shadow.

Click--

Moria swiftly severed Sig's Pale Soul with his blade.

Although it was just a split soul, Sig was still slightly confused—it was clear that Moria's Shadow-Shadow Fruit manipulation of souls was indeed too crude, and his "skill" was not very good!

"Do you know how to use a sword? Many of the corpses in Wano Country were swordsmen," Moria asked, holding Sig's Pale Soul.

"Don't be so stingy. Isn't there another corpse that's clearly that of a martial arts master?" Sig reminded him.

Moria was taken aback at first. He did think of some corpses, but then, seeing Sig's expression, he realized that what they were talking about now... must be the most important one!

"No!" Moria immediately refused.

Oz's corpse was his hope for challenging Kaido again; he wanted to carefully select a shadow to combine with it.

At this point, the refusal was truly resolute; the thought of "agreeing" was less than one-eighth of the time.

If Sig really was cut off, it would definitely meet the requirements, but... right now Sig has only separated into a Pale Soul, and especially since there is a "contract" binding them together, he can't really control his Pale Soul immediately!

"It's just for a short time, are you worried I'll take it away?" Sig immediately reassured him—a double reassurance in both linguistic and mystical terms.

"Didn't you want to take it with you?" Moria bent down, his large face close to Moria's, and asked.

"You're so protective of Oz' corpse because you want to fight Kaido, right? But think about it carefully, the shadows you can get your hands on are definitely weaker than you, and with the soul and body not matching, the effect is definitely 'one plus one is less than one.' Without a martial arts expert like me willingly cooperating, you simply can't create a zombie that can contend with Kaido."

Sig was very reasonable and analyzed the pros and cons for Moria from his perspective.

"Heh, if all your shadows were to enter Oz, I might consider it," Moria sneered.

Although he sneered, Moria's judgment was gradually shifting.

Indeed, "all shadows" not only guarantee strength, but also give Moria more ways to limit Sieg if all of Sig shadows are cut off!

Sig grasped his mindset, using Psychological Suggestion to guide him in that direction while pretending not to know and distracting him with trivial reasons.

"Once Captain John is killed, his body is yours. Even if the World Government is unreliable, I'll do my best to cooperate with you in taking it."

Sig finished stating his conditions, Moria became enraged. "Damn it! Shouldn't his corpse have been mine in the first place?"

After all, the body is useless to the others.

"No, otherwise I would definitely grind him to dust. I hate him so much." Sig smiled at Moria, looking threatening.

Moria's eyes turned bloodshot as he said, "Captain John's corpse is nothing compared to Oz's!"

Indeed, Captain John was not known for his physique, but rather as a great swordsman who Two-Sword Style. In battle, he relied more on his Haki to arm his body, and his corpse was far less valuable than Oz's "gifted" physique.

"Fine, forget it then," Sig said nonchalantly.

At the same time, the Pale Soul that Moria was holding slipped back into Sig's shadow—but Moria knew that it hadn't actually merged back.

"At worst, I'll figure out how to snatch it myself after the cooperation ends," Sig muttered to himself.

"What did you say?" Moria's shadow suddenly became even more ferocious.

"Huh? Did you hear something? He's just talking to himself, don't mind him." Sig shrugged.

Sig seemed to be smiling in response, but the shadow on the ground also became ferocious and swelled to the same size as Moria's shadow, occupying half of the room, confronting each other.

Sig knew perfectly well that Moria was just trying to make an exorbitant demand again, so he didn't give him the chance.

Moria has one major advantage—he cut off Sig's Pale Soul. Although he doesn't have control over it for the time being, he's not entirely without means of restraint. Once the cooperation ends, he will definitely make his move!

Although Moria was worried that Sig had only left behind a Pale Soul, which might weaken his restrictive abilities, he was ultimately very confident in his own capabilities.

Furthermore, under Sig's Psychological Suggestion, Moria also thought that Oz's body was still being repaired, and it would be easy to leave behind countermeasures—all these reasons that could convince himself surfaced in Moria's mind.

When the thought of "agreement" reached one-eighth of Moria's assessment, Sig further propelled him to make a low-probability decision...

At this point, Moria has already psychologically agreed; his continued opposition is simply a way of demanding a higher price.

Sig, of course, wouldn't fall for it, so he simply offered him a rather unceremonious "way out"...