Chapter 111
Victor also knew the importance of balancing kindness with authority. Since he had given benefits, it was time to show some teeth.
"From now on, set me as the highest command for all manufactured gene warriors." "Of course, you can try playing tricks. I just hope you can bear the consequences."
Victor said, and terrifying Conqueror's Haki suddenly erupted from his body. He controlled it perfectly so it wouldn't affect anyone else in Germa—only targeting Judge, but not enough to make him faint.
Judge instantly felt an indescribable oppressive force. At this moment, his entire body and mind were filled with fear and despair. But soon, the pressure receded like a tide.
Victor felt it was enough and withdrew his Haki. Judge immediately gasped for air.
"I will strictly obey the Captain's orders and guarantee there will be no problems." Judge hurriedly made his promise, fear still lingering on his face.
"Hm. I will also find blood from races with special abilities and provide them for your research." "Normally, I won't interfere with you. Only when needed will I issue commands."
Victor continued.
Judge felt slightly relieved upon hearing this—at least he wouldn't be treated like a slave. Plus, having blood from other races was even better.
"Yes, I will follow the Captain's instructions." Judge responded quickly.
"From now on, Franky will stay in Germa 66 to learn technical knowledge and such." "He specializes in shipbuilding and weapons—you can allocate a space for him to research, or discuss it among yourselves." "In the future, you might even have a new production line for ships or weapons to expand your business."
Victor pushed Franky toward Judge.
"No problem." Judge patted his chest while looking at the mountain of money.
"Alright—call your wife and children over." "I heard your wife's health isn't great. Our ship doctors are skilled—I'll take her back for them to help regulate her condition."
Victor saw that things were mostly settled and started targeting others. Yes—his second target this time was Reiju; Judge's wife was just a bonus.
These words left Judge stunned again. Huh?
Was Lord Victor serious? No matter what, Judge didn't dare refuse. He had his wife and children brought to the hall.
"Captain, this is my wife. These three are my children. There's also a youngest son who ran away." "Quick—greet the Captain. From now on, Captain Victor's words are orders."
Judge immediately told his family.
"Captain." After greeting and introducing themselves, they quietly looked at Victor.
Judge's wife coughed occasionally—her body clearly wasn't in good condition. Victor also knew the one who ran away was Sanji—but they would meet later.
"Hm, looks like your wife's health really isn't great." "In that case, she'll come with me later. I'll have the ship doctors regulate her body." "I quite like Reiju—you and your mother will come with me."
Victor nodded.
Judge naturally didn't dare oppose. Moreover, he saw that Victor was only taking his wife and daughter. This wasn't a big issue for him and wasn't important. Judge could even remarry and continue having children for genetic modification. Thinking about it, he actually had such an idea.
Judge's wife and daughter didn't dare resist either—they could only agree.
"Alright, Franky—you stay here and make good use of your talents." Victor patted Franky's shoulder encouragingly.
"Don't worry—I'll definitely create incredibly powerful ships and weapons." Franky patted his chest and smiled.
"Also, I'll provide you with some new alloys—you'll definitely like them." With that, Victor took out a large quantity of new alloys. These were new alloys he had synthesized earlier using the Devour-Devour Fruit—extremely malleable.
When Franky and Judge examined them, they were overjoyed—Victor hadn't lied.
"And here's my Den Den Mushi—Franky and Judge, keep one. Contact me if anything comes up." Victor gave each of them a Den Den Mushi.
Then Victor took Reiju and the others away.
Judge watched Victor and his wife and daughter disappear and finally breathed a sigh of relief. No helping it—Victor's oppressive presence was too strong.
Then he turned to look at the mountain of money and became happy again. As for Franky's arrangement—that was simple. They were a technological kingdom—learning techniques and researching ships was no problem.
When Victor and the others returned to the Baron Omatsuri, Dragon's ship was almost there too. Judge's wife would definitely be taken to the twin medic girls for treatment. The twin medics' medical skills were now quite good—they had studied under Crocus for so long and could be considered fully trained.
"Alright—you can stay here for now." "From now on, you are our crew members. Here's a necklace for you—it's good for your body."
Victor handed the necklace to Judge's wife, then took Reiju and left the treatment room.
"Hey, Victor—you brought another kid back."
Heracles saw Reiju behind Victor and immediately felt helpless.
"Hey, Heracles—taking care of two kids or three, it's basically the same. No big deal." Victor laughed.
Reiju looked at the completely different Victor in front of her and felt a bit incredulous.
Heracles arranged a place for Reiju to stay, registered her information, and then sent them off.
Afterward, Victor took Reiju to find Law and Kuina.
"Law, Kuina, Baby-5, Reiju. The four of you are still children, so you are apprentice crew members." "Once you become adults, you'll become official crew members." "Alright, train hard. Get to know each other—you'll be comrades from now on."
Victor finished speaking and let them train freely.
On the third day, Dragon arrived at the Baron Omatsuri with Revolutionary Army cadres.
"Victor-san, long time no see." Dragon greeted him as soon as they met.
"It's been a while, Dragon." Victor replied in the same way.
"Victor-san, we meet again." Ivankov saw Victor and greeted him very enthusiastically.
"Victor-san, how have you been lately?" Big Bear greeted him very gently.
"Hey, Big Bear—can you give me some of your blood?" Victor went straight to Big Bear the moment he saw him.
"No problem. How much do you need?" Big Bear agreed without even asking.
"Big Bear is straightforward. Just a small tube is enough." Victor said with a satisfied smile.