To be fair, Moria did not actually have much of value. He spent most of his time robbing graves and stealing shadows, so aside from the Black Blade Shusui, which he had stolen along with Ryuma's corpse, all he had was some ordinary wealth.
Thus, in exchange for Absalom and Perona, Xie Wen only received an Eternal Pose to Marineford, a large amount of treasure, and a wealth of Hogback's research materials from Moria. Then, wearing a look of disdain, he left Thriller Bark, which they had thoroughly wrecked, with the cats.
Ai Haibara Meow did not particularly care about handing Absalom over. After all, she had mainly wanted to study the transplant techniques used on his body. Now that she had Hogback's research materials, he was naturally no longer so important.
Klee Meow's desire to keep a ghost was easily dealt with, too. Her interest in anything other than bombs never lasted long. Xie Wen simply found something to distract her, and the Little Plushie quickly forgot all about keeping a ghost.
"Yohohoho! At last... at last, I can bask in the sun again! Even though I'm nothing but bones! But... it's so wonderful to be alive!!!"
Brook, who had followed Xie Wen and the others out of the thick fog, spread his arms and savored the warmth of the sunlight on his body.
It took quite a while for Brook to recover from his excitement. He turned around and bowed deeply to Xie Wen and the cats.
"Thank you all so very much! Not only did you bring me news of Laboon, you even recovered my shadow for me! I truly have no idea how to repay your tremendous kindness!"
Then, as he straightened up, he saw two pairs of cat eyes staring at him, gleaming...
"Uh..."
Brook