Most of the guests attending the tea party would arrive on the day itself, but the Vinsmoke Family, one of the main attractions, was obviously an exception.
Early in the morning, a black warship bearing the Germa 66 insignia sailed into the waters of Whole Cake Island.
A tall man stood at the bow, holding a spear. His wild blond hair streamed behind him.
Behind Vinsmoke Judge stood his four children, dressed in red, green, blue, and pink, their outfits matching their hair colors.
Reiju, Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji.
Led by Sweet Commander Smoothie, the warship headed toward Cake Island at the center of the territory.
As they passed Cocoa Island,
"Isn't that the Straw Hat Pirates' ship?" Judge noticed the Going Merry moored by the shore.
"The pirate crew Sanji belongs to?"
Ichiji, dressed in a red raid suit and known as "Red Spark," stepped forward with a sneer.
"He actually joined some third-rate pirate crew. I suppose that suits the path of that failure."
"Don't say that about our big brother."
Niji, dressed in blue, folded his arms and smirked. "The Straw Hat Crew is famous now. People are even calling them the Sixth Sea Emperor."
"Hahahaha!"
"A pirate crew of ten, the Sixth Sea Emperor?"
"Hahahaha!"
Green-haired Yonji joined in the mockery.
Judge glanced at the three of them but said nothing.
These war machines, born through genetic modification, had been stripped of normal human emotions from birth.
Arrogant, conceited, and cold-blooded.
And lecherous, too.
As the only "normal human" in the family, he was just as contemptuous of the rumors exaggerating the Straw Hat Crew's reputation, but he still took them seriously.
There was no special reason. They were simply pirates with a decent amount of strength, and that was all Judge cared about.
"Is Sanji