Chapter 274: The Door to the New World of Transformation
Carrying the wishes of his ancestors over the past three hundred years, Judge had sacrificed his entire life for revenge against the countries of the North Blue. In order to revive the Germa Empire, he also sacrificed everything.
When he realized that Germa 66 could not achieve his dreams and ambitions, he even made a deal with the devil—marrying "Yonko" Big Mom.
But what he didn't expect was that Judge would eventually become the dinner for the table. If it hadn't been for the Straw Hat Pirates interfering, Germa 66 would have likely become the food that strengthened Big Mom's pirate crew.
Eric 's proposal also aligned with his own ambitions. If he refused, his family would never escape their grasp, let alone realize his dream of unifying the North Blue. Judge repeatedly thought in his mind and finally concluded, "I accept your proposal. The deal is struck."
'Killing Doflamingo, a win-win situation, really satisfying.' Eric smiled, 'Fulfill Law's promise, make Judge's deal, and still free up a spot for the Seven Warlords for my own people to sit in...'
"Father, this is too disgraceful," Ichiji, still under Eric 's foot, calmly stated, "Being forced to make a deal, aren't you afraid they'll take what they want and kill us to cover it up?"
"Let go of me, I can still fight!" Yonji, with his reckless nature, struggled, smashing the floor beneath him with his limbs, but his massive body remained immobile.
"To think you can step on me, woman." The arrogant Niji was also under Esdeath's boot.
"Shut up." Esdeath gently stepped down, her heel easily piercing his proud exoskeleton.
Judge pointed at the three lying under their feet and said, "Since the deal has been agreed upon, could you release my three children?"
"Here." Eric kicked them gently to the front of Judge, and Niji was also kicked away by Esdeath.
"Damn..." Yonji, under Judge's commanding gaze, obediently stood next to his father.
Reiju moved carefully to Niji, who was the most injured, checking his wounds while casting a worried glance at Eric and the others.
Judge led the way, "Follow me."
"Wait a moment, we need to bring one more person." Eric gestured for them to wait.
"Creek" An air door opened unexpectedly, and Da Vinci stepped out.
"!" Judge's family was shocked; they hadn't noticed an enemy so close.
"Soon we'll see the Gene Factor. Really exciting," Da Vinci said, holding his cane as he elegantly walked toward them.
"Who is this?" Judge frowned and carefully scrutinized Da Vinci. He had never seen this person in the bounty posters for the Dawn Pirates.
"Oh, my name is Leonardo Da Vinci, just call me Da Vinci, please~" Da Vinci introduced himself, "I am a scientist."
"I see. So you want to obtain the Gene Factor for scientific research. You're very different from those pirate crews who only rob and rule land," Judge, not lacking in intelligence, instantly understood Eric 's intentions.
"Honestly, if it weren't for saving time, Da Vinci could have figured out the Gene Factor himself."
"Don't underestimate the Gene Factor!" Judge, angered, retorted. Eric 's words were practically questioning his academic level and scientific achievements. This was something he had spent over a decade researching, "It's not so easy to understand, 'Eric '!"
"I know, I know." Eric nodded. He didn't want to argue with Judge over such matters.
"Reiju, take the three of them to treat their wounds. Don't follow us." Before they reached the underground soldier storage facility, Judge sent his four children away.
"Father..." Unable to disobey her father's command, Reiju could only watch anxiously as Judge led the Dawn Pirates into a facility she had never been inside, and then went to treat her brothers' wounds.
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The group descended a winding staircase and arrived at a large door marked with "66". Judge stared at the door, his mind still battling with itself.
"At this point, what are you still hesitating about..." Eric spread his arms. "If we weren't really planning to make a deal, we would have already acted ourselves."
"..." Judge fell silent, placing his hand on the round handle, turning it with force. As the heavy door creaked open, the dream he had clung to for so long seemed to crack apart in his heart.
The sound of the door unlocking echoed, and the replication technology for the Gene Factor would no longer belong to him alone!
Judge could only shed weak tears in his heart—
"Wow!"
At the moment the heavy door opened, Da Vinci gasped in surprise.
Inside were countless transparent tanks, each labeled with a number, and each tank contained identical clone soldiers. The light blue growth fluid emitted bubbles, confirming that these clone soldiers were still alive.
Several tubes connected to the cultivation apparatus, supplying the clones with the nutrients they needed to survive or transmitting their memories.
Akame and Kurome stared in shock at the scene, unable to say a word.
"So this is the facility that produces the soldiers who don't fear death," Esdeath narrowed her eyes. "A meaningless invention."
"What did you say? Meaningless?!" Judge's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Yes," Esdeath sneered, "I crave battle because I want to trample over enemies who fear death. I enjoy torturing others because I want to hear their tragic screams from those who fear pain. These soldiers who fear nothing... there's no fun in killing them."
Judge: "..."
"What an amazing facility," Da Vinci quickly scanned the room. "A soldier only takes about five years to complete training."
"You... you can tell just from looking?" Judge was surprised. He didn't expect a scientist from the Dawn Pirates to discern the production time of these products so easily.
Da Vinci tilted his head, "The clone soldiers who are already fully developed and the embryos still in their early stages make it easy to draw that conclusion."
"..." Judge was certain that the scientist before him was not simple.
"However, since you have already discovered the Gene Factor, uncovered the Life Blueprint secret, and developed 'cloning' and 'modification' of life, why have you been cloning soldiers that do not fear death from the human prototype?"
"...What do you mean by that?" Judge no longer viewed Da Vinci as a trivial scientist.
Even Eric and the others looked at Da Vinci, confused by what she meant.
"As a biological scientist, you should understand." Da Vinci carefully considered her words before explaining, "Humans are actually quite fragile. More accurately, if humans don't rely on the tools they create with their intellect, their combat ability is no match for even lions or tigers."
"Humans are no stronger than chimpanzees of the same size; their palms don't have claws, so they can't tear enemies apart like lions or tigers; their teeth aren't sharp enough to tear out an enemy's throat like wolves. So why still stick to the human form?"
"Why not retain human intelligence, but modify the limbs and body to be more like other creatures that are better suited for combat?"
Da Vinci's words opened the door for Judge to the transformed new world.
(END CHAPTER)
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