"No need. Concealment and lies are two different concepts. Concealment merely leaves a blank spot on an otherwise complete canvas, but lies are different. The birth of one lie requires hundreds or thousands more lies to flesh it out.
And the more lies there are, the more loopholes there will be."
"Then what you mean is...?"
Stussy had originally intended to help Oran fool the Five Elders with false intelligence. Ever since she had begun her undercover mission on Vegapunk's orders, she had noticed some unusual things.
For example, the Five Elders, who seemed so mysterious to outsiders, were not actually that difficult to deal with.
Stussy did not know what the Five Elders had experienced, but she had discovered that the five of them regarded most things in the outside world with indifference. That extreme arrogance made them somewhat easy to fool.
The Five Elders would not investigate many matters too deeply. As long as the surface-level logic held up, they would believe it.
After all, from the Five Elders' perspective, the entire sea was merely a chessboard, and they could clear away any errors at any time.
Rather than expend vast amounts of energy to eliminate every threat at its root, it was better to let things run their course.
If someone tried to violate the rules, they would inevitably reveal themselves. That would be the time to purge and crush them.
Of course, if Poneglyphs and the Void Century were involved, their attitude would change accordingly.
If Oz had not looked so much like that ancient steel giant, the Five Elders might not have sent people out to investigate all this in detail.
As for exactly what to tell them, she would have to discuss it with Oran. After all, Stussy did not understand technical matters, while