"A real man doesn't regret the choices he makes." Mousse reached out and stroked young Sanji's soft hair, then rose and turned to leave without looking back. His impression of Sanji as a child remained forever frozen at that moment.
Sanji had not left with him. Mousse did not know whether Vinsmoke Judge's attitude toward the boy would become even harsher afterward, but at least the cooperation between the two sides had not been negatively affected.
The previous Technology Exchange had already benefited Germa 66 greatly:
The large-caliber rapid-fire cannons, 37mm autocannons, and 14.5mm assault rifles were enough to bring a qualitative leap in combat power to the nation's military, which relied mainly on firearms rather than personal strength;
Combined with the specialized armor-piercing rounds Mousse had recently introduced now that he no longer had any reservations, no matter how powerful the enemy was, as long as they were not immune to ordinary physical attacks or capable of long-range, wide-area AOE attacks, being surrounded by Germa 66's legions meant nine chances of death out of ten. Even Marine Hero Monkey D. Garp was no exception.
As long as they did not repeat what Mousse had done before and let an A-rank or stronger expert slip inside the snail ships, Germa 66 would soon dominate the North Blue. They would not even need to wait for the children to grow up.
However, these technologies would not be difficult for the World Government or other powerful forces to copy, so their advantage would last only three to five years at most.
Therefore, Vinsmoke Judge planned to wait another two years until his clone army was fully formed before beginning full-scale production and deployment. Mousse, meanwhile, could not rely solely on these soon-to-be-common goods to trade for Germa 66's proprietary technologies.
At first,