Inside the dim prison cell, Spandam collapsed onto the floor in terror the moment he saw Moria's face, looking utterly pathetic.
How could he possibly not know Moria?
Known as the Hero of West Blue, he had been one of the most dazzling supernovas of the era after Roger's death!
Even though he had suffered a crushing defeat after clashing with Kaido, one of the current Four Emperors, and his entire crew had been wiped out, he was still no great pirate Spandam could afford to provoke!
The last major incident involving him had supposedly been the kidnapping of Drum Island's next heir to the throne. The heir's whereabouts remained unknown, and after so many years, he had long been presumed dead.
And for no apparent reason at all!
According to the intelligence, Drum Island's heir was nothing more than a useless good-for-nothing, while Moria had never had any dealings with him.
Yet Moria had deliberately kidnapped him. That utterly inexplicable act had branded Moria as an unpredictable man of wild moods.
But he was a pirate to begin with, and he had experienced defeat. Naturally, Spandam equated him with a madman—a madman powerful enough to be truly dangerous.
Tom, on the other hand, wore a stunned expression when he saw Moria appear.
He knew of Moria, the great pirate whose reputation and image on the seas were both notoriously brutal.
Precisely because he knew him, he was all the more astonished.
He had never expected the bodyguard Fisher Tiger mentioned to be this great pirate with a bounty of 380 million!
Lucci, however, was not as idle as the other two. His expression turned grave as he looked at Moria.
After shattering Moria's Shadow Shield, Lucci listened to Moria's words without the slightest ripple in his heart.
His fingers