Sky City.
The harbor of the northern fortified city, where vast armed forces had gathered.
Countless high-tech vessels.
Moved back and forth like ants.
Ever since the safest and most potent Second Birth had been produced.
Caesar Clown, Roy's absolute confidant and Sky City's current First Scientist, immediately set a Floating Aircraft Carrier in motion and hurried toward Roy's location in the New World of the Grand Line.
Vinsmoke Judge stood on the wooden dock, watching the enormous Floating Aircraft Carrier, like a fortress in the sky, disappear into the distance.
His eyes burned with fervor. At that moment, Vinsmoke Judge wished he could replace Caesar Clown aboard that Floating Aircraft Carrier.
Although Roy had granted him enormous authority because of his research, Vinsmoke Judge's power still paled beside that of Caesar Clown, director of Sky City's Central Research Institute.
The higher one stood, the greater one's ambition became.
Especially after the successful development of Second Birth, Vinsmoke Judge's ambitions had swelled exponentially.
As one of the world's foremost scientists, Vinsmoke Judge had never believed himself inferior to anyone.
That was clear enough from the fact that he held neither Caesar Clown nor Vegapunk in high regard.
Vinsmoke Judge was a proud man, one who would not allow himself to fall beneath anyone else.
So if Caesar Clown could become Roy's confidant and enter the innermost circle under Roy's command.
Why couldn't he do the same?
His scientific ability was no weaker than Caesar Clown's. In fact, Vinsmoke Judge believed himself stronger than Caesar Clown, Vegapunk, Queen, and the rest.
Moonlight shone over Sky City, draping the entire enormous city in a veil of silver.
"Caesar Clown, one day I will surpass you. I will make all of you acknowledge that I am the world's number one scientist." After staring