The Grand Line, Paradise.
The Florian Triangle, Thriller Bark.
Moria, who had just returned from Mary Geoise, was eating in the hall.
The Mysterious Four also appeared one after another at the dining table.
This includes the renowned doctor Hogback, who just joined this year; Perona, who was adopted by Moria as a child; Absalom, who was subdued by Moria five years ago.
" Lord Moria! What's fun about Mary Geoise?" Perona, already in her teens, asked with wide eyes and a hint of curiosity.
Moria took a sip of his sugary soda. "Hiccup... That place is Celestial Dragons territory, you wouldn't want to know what's going on up there."
The well-informed Hogback chimed in, " Pepe, you'd better be careful of the Celestial Dragons; those guys aren't good people."
"Don't worry! I'll protect you!" Moria patted his belly, which had gotten a bit bigger.
"Yeah?"
The moment Moria heard that voice, his body instantly transformed into scattered bats.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in the second-floor corridor of the hall.
"Is it an enemy?" Perona exclaimed in surprise.
"Damn it! It's Kuro the Vampire! People from the Liberator Organization!" Absalom shouted in panic.
"Being a dog of the World Government won't end well..."
"Negative..."
"Watch out..." Moria's eyes widened.
Before Perona could even make a move, she was paralyzed by Lilith's poison, who had gone invisible. Lilith casually picked her up. "What an unlovable girl."
Moria brandished his large scissors, roaring, "Let go of Perona!"
"You should worry about yourself!" Kuro appeared in front of Moria in an instant, his claws, wreathed in Armament Haki, jamming the large scissors.
"Do you really intend to wipe them all out?" Moria roared in a low voice.
"Heh, what a ridiculous idea. You're a pirate, and a pirate belonging to the World Government. What reason do you think I should have to let you go?" Kuro sneered, unleashing his Black Curtain Domain.
"Then you can all die! Shadows Asgard!"
Moria frantically absorbed the surrounding shadows, and his body rapidly expanded.
"What a stupid application of ability."
Kuro appeared behind Moria in an instant. Due to his increased size and weakened Observation Haki, Moria had no time to react and was pierced in the back by Kuro's claws.
In an instant, Moria not only felt his blood draining away rapidly, but also felt a chilling wave of Armament Haki rush into his body, interfering with his Devil Fruit abilities.
Just as he was about to use the Doppelman's teleportation ability, Kuro had already plunged a short sword inlaid with Seastone into his body.
"Ah..."
As the Seastone took effect, the shadow that Moria had just absorbed quickly fled and flew back to its original owner's location.
Moria's body, like a punctured balloon, soon lay on the ground like a dead dog.
At the same time, Absalom and Hogback were also knocked down by Lilith's punch.
As for the Clear-Clear Fruit's effect of granting immunity to Observation Haki, it's not actually an absolute effect.
For example, when facing Lilith, the Clear-Clear Fruit is almost impossible to hide from. This is because after Lilith's Observation Haki is combined with her Devil Fruit ability, her Observation Haki can detect very subtle air fluctuations. And as long as the Clear-Clear Devil Fruit User moves, the surrounding air will produce subtle fluctuations.
Absalom, whose Observation Haki was already very weak, had no way of disrupting Lilith's Observation Haki Observation Haki his own, and thus he was completely defeated.
With Moria and the Mysterious Four captured, the entire Thriller Bark fell into the hands of the Liberator Organization.
However, due to the unique environment of the Florian Triangle, the outside world was completely unaware that a battle had taken place there.
As long as Moria is not killed, the Vivre Card he left in Cipher Pol will not burn, and the World Government will have no way to confirm Moria's condition in the short term.
Noah came along too.
However, he did not make a move.
Enel, along with dozens of agents, quickly apprehended the shadowy figures on the island ship who were "unseen in the light of day."
"Great! My shadow is back!"
"Did you defeat Moria?"
"I'm free! Hahaha..."
Thud! The one-armed giant, who was laughing wildly, was instantly beheaded.
A sudden silence fell over everyone.
Enel coldly observed these people. The ability of the phantom beast Nue granted him the power to discern the good and evil in people's hearts. At this moment, the thoughts in their hearts were like fire in a cave to him.
"Make them line up."
"Yes, Vice Minister!"
Soon, the anxious prisoners had no choice but to obediently line up one by one, following the agent's instructions.
Enel asked a direct question: What did you do before?
Soon, the thousands of prisoners were divided into two groups, one with more than 800 people and the other with more than 200 people.
Those two hundred-plus people were taken away, while the remaining eight hundred-plus people secretly observed Enel and the others.
Enel looked at the remaining people. Although they were all emaciated, there were quite a few skilled fighters among them. However, their fate was already sealed, because Enel had judged them to be among the most heinous criminals.
Lilith emerged from the castle.
She looked at the large, chaotic group of prisoners before her and turned to ask, "What should be done with all of these?"
"Yes, they're not worth reforming."
Lilith casually released a large amount of anesthetic powder, then stored these people in her memory card, intending to take them back to Luo as experimental subjects.
Noah then opened his eyes and looked at the captured Moria and the Mysterious Four.
"Leave Moria to me, the rest of you can deal with him."
"No problem." Lilith nodded.
He casually packed the Mysterious Four into the Castle Space, where the staff showed no mercy, killing Absalom and Perona and retrieving their fruits.
Hogback, through Ray's connections, was sent to Luo, with the intention of draining his brain of all its knowledge before finally eliminating him.
Noah transformed Moria into Apostle and replaced Jhin, who had previously been used as a placeholder. Jhin was demoted to a regular Minor Arcana Apostle.
[ The Moon: Moria ( Shadow-Shadow Fruit )]
Although Doria lost his position as Shichibukai, Noah quickly transformed another Shichibukai into "one of his own."
"My lord, Moria pays homage to you."
"Get up! I have conveyed what I needed to tell you to you through the Card Spirit."
Moria stood up.
He quickly cut off his own shadow and Captain John's corpse.
"Huh? How come I..." Captain John's lingering instincts began to awaken, but were instantly swallowed up by Moria's will. "Hehehehe... I see!"
Meanwhile, Moria's true form also sensed that he had devoured Captain John's remaining memories.
It not only contains information about Captain John's treasure, but also various information about the Rocks Pirates, as well as the application and training methods of the Three Types of Haki, Captain John's swordsmanship, and other information.
However, as Moria withdrew his shadow, he knew things were not so simple. Captain John's remaining memories were influencing his thoughts, and although the influence was very weak, it was a real hidden danger.
Noah, seeing Moria's behavior, knew something was wrong. "It seems Captain John's memories are starting to affect your thinking."
"Yes, and it feels like a tangled mess."
"If you absorb more memories of the dead, you may experience a mental breakdown and confusion."
Moria nodded helplessly.