One Piece: Devour Fruit—Main Volume. Moria's Intentions
People's thoughts were always complicated.
Everyone had their own desires, and for their own benefit, many would stop at nothing.
Moria was no good man. In his previous life, he had been a brutal pirate who rose to the rank of Shichibukai.
As a Shichibukai and a West Blue hero who had once ruled the seas, even though defeat had made him more extreme in temperament—
Even though he had holed himself up in his lair like a shut-in, playing with giant corpse figurines and searching for "tall, big, strong" corpses to modify so he could challenge Kaido—
That did not mean he was an idiot.
Although speaking up for Dawn did not fit his usual style and made him look like he was loyally working for Dawn, it had been inevitable.
Because he had not forgotten his goal: revenge.
So even though he had constantly tried to persuade Tom earlier, seemingly speaking well of Dawn and trying to convince Tom to build Pluton for him, he had done it for himself—for revenge.
And obviously, if Pluton could be built, there would definitely be hope for revenge!
Although no one knew how long it would take to build Pluton, one could imagine that such a terrifying ancient weapon would take an enormous amount of time to construct.
Not to mention the manpower and resources it would consume. The resources required to build Pluton would undoubtedly be astronomical.
So even if he obtained the blueprints, Moria did not think he had any hope of building it himself.
But Dawn could. Whether it was manpower or resources, Dawn was an ideal fit!
For manpower, he had Sky Island as a base, along with all those rescued slaves and Sky Islanders.
For resources, Dawn had two