Germa Kingdom.
Led by Vinsmoke Judge, Sephiroth and Baccarat arrived at a spacious training ground.
A group of burly soldiers in olive-green training uniforms were engaged in close-combat drills, sweat pouring from them.
Besides their exceptionally skilled combat techniques, they possessed speed and strength beyond ordinary humans.
Even at Marine Headquarters, these men would have been considered elite soldiers!
But...
On closer inspection, one would notice that the soldiers' faces were highly similar, with many duplicates.
That was because they were all clones!
Since the World Government itself was conducting research into cloning, it had not introduced any laws restricting the creation of clones.
Moreover, in the eyes of those high-ranking World Government officials, clones, like citizens of non-member nations, did not belong within the category of humans and could be exploited and used at will...
"All the soldiers of our Germa Kingdom are clones cultivated from excellent genetic samples...
"It takes only five years for each soldier to develop from an embryo to the physical condition of a twenty-year-old. Their rate of becoming combat-ready is four times that of ordinary people!
"And... most importantly, every soldier is fearless in the face of death and possesses absolute loyalty!"
As Vinsmoke Judge showed off his clone soldiers to Sephiroth, seemingly to make his words more convincing, he pointed at two soldiers in the distance who were each holding daggers as they sparred.
"You, and you, come here!"
"Yes!" ×2
Upon hearing Vinsmoke Judge's words, the two nearly identical soldiers immediately jogged over and stood before him.
"I now order the two of you to begin fighting each other. Do not stop until one of you is dead!"
"Yes!" ×2
At once, the two soldiers brandished their daggers and stabbed at each other. Every strike targeted a vital point without mercy, completely