Subduing Germa 66

"Gungnir's Spear!"

The Lightning Dragon transformed into a spear blazing with lightning. Blue runes lit up as it pierced through Niji and Ichiji's chests with deadly resolve. From beginning to end, Yake stood where he was. Ichiji and Niji died before they could even touch him.

"I heard they were your brothers. I killed three of your brothers. Don't you hate me for it?" Yake asked probingingly.

Reiju's expression did not change. She merely tore off the headphones she wore and threw them to the ground.

"From the day they were born, Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji were already dead. What remained alive were merely powerful monsters."

"I understand. Take me to Judge." Yake understood what Reiju meant. No wonder, after hearing Sanji's family story in the anime, he had thought Germa should disappear. It seemed May had long held the same thought.

"Follow me."

Reiju walked ahead, with Yake following behind as he observed the country around him.

By the time they reached the main hall, Judge was already standing before Wong's throne in full battle gear.

"Reiju, you betrayed me, but that no longer matters. What matters is you, God Yake. We seem to have no grudge between us, yet you killed three of my sons. Don't you have anything to say for yourself?" Judge said, forcibly suppressing his anger. The enemy before him truly was not someone he could handle, especially now that his three powerful sons, who had served as his enforcers, were dead.

"I came here today for Germa's cloning technology and its research personnel. So submit, Vinsmoke Judge!" Yake slowly rose into the sky and looked down at Judge as he spoke.

Judge knew his cloning technology was highly coveted. Even the Four Emperors who ruled the New World had shown interest in it. But he had never expected someone coveting his technology to arrive so soon.

"Damn you, Yake! Do you really think you've got me cornered? Reiju! Kill him!" Judge ordered Reiju behind Yake.

"I'm sorry, Lord Yake. I can't defy my father's orders. I..." Reiju said apologetically. From the moment she was born, Judge's will had been embedded into her lineage. Though she retained the emotions of a normal person, she had no choice but to obey Judge's commands.

"I know. Sleep for a while first." Yake waved his hand, indicating that he did not mind. He unleashed a fierce burst of Conqueror's Haki, knocking Reiju unconscious.

"Now, it's just the two of us, Judge." As Yake spoke, a layer of Lightning Armor gradually covered his body. He was ready to properly educate this scum who did not even know how to be a father.

"What a useless piece of trash. Looks like I have to do it myself." Judge cursed inwardly. Activating his battle suit, his boots blasted out jets of air, and he closed in on Yake in the blink of an eye.

"Before lightning, you're still far too slow..." Yake punched Judge in the face, holding back quite a bit to avoid accidentally killing him.

Judge was sent flying back along the path he had come, but before he could crash into the wall, Yake teleported behind him and sent him flying again with a powerful roundhouse kick.

After Yake's one-sided beating, Judge lay on the ground, unable to rise again. His entire body was covered in bruises, his face had been beaten into a pig's head, and lightning continued to paralyze him, making him convulse.

But because Yake had held back, he was still alive for the moment. His injuries merely looked severe.

Yake walked over to Judge, planted his foot on Judge's chest, and gathered a ball of electric light in his right hand.

"Submit, or die!"

"I'm Wong, the king of a World Government member nation. You can't kill me..." Judge still clung to a shred of hope.

"I killed Celestial Dragons."

"I submit... Please don't kill me, Lord Yake!" Judge immediately surrendered. He had nearly forgotten that this guy had become famous for killing Celestial Dragons.

"Wouldn't it have been better if you'd done that from the start? Come on, get up." Yake helped Judge to his feet and even dusted him off.

"This is a gift for you." A petite Lightning Serpent appeared in Yake's hand and burrowed into Judge's chest.

"Y-you, what did you do to me?" Judge relaxed slightly when he found nothing unusual about his body.

Yake snapped his fingers. Electric light erupted all over Judge's body, and he began twitching violently before frantically clawing at himself.

"Ah!! It itches so much! What did you do? Undo it, quickly! I've submitted, I really have! Aah!" Judge rubbed himself against the floor until he was a bloody mess, as though that could ease the itching in his body.

Yake snapped his fingers again, and Judge's torment finally came to an end.

Judge lay on the ground drenched in cold sweat. He never wanted to experience what had just happened a second time.

The Lightning Serpent Curse created an unbearable itching sensation by sending mild electric currents through the entire body.

"A tool to prevent you from betraying me..." Yake said with a smile, but to Judge, it was undoubtedly the smile of a demon.

Judge humbly knelt on the ground, all his earlier arrogance gone without a trace.

"What can I do for you, Lord God Yake?"

Yake nodded in satisfaction. At least Judge knew what was good for him.

"First, Germa will henceforth belong to the Yake Pirates;

Second, devote all your efforts to advancing research into Pluton Weapons technology;

Third, remove Reiju's lineage restrictions. She will become a member of our pirate crew."

Yake scratched his head. He could not think of anything else for the time being. In any case, Judge would no longer dare to play any tricks. Yake could simply notify him whenever something came up.

"That's all for now. First, remove Reiju's lineage control." Yake glanced at the still-unconscious Reiju.

"This, I..." Judge hesitated, as if he had something difficult to say.

"Speak." Yake said impatiently.

"All right. Because of the lineage factor, Reiju must obey me unless all the blood in her body is replaced with yours, so I..." Judge said through gritted teeth. This involved the secret of the lineage factor.

"Hm? Is that so? What will happen after the replacement?" Yake frowned.

"She will have to obey your commands. Whatever you order, she must carry it out!"

Yake remained silent for a long while...

"Fine. Start the blood replacement. I warn you, don't try anything." Yake raised his hand as if to snap his fingers, and Judge quickly shrank back.

Yake picked up the unconscious Reiju and followed Judge to the research laboratory.

The blood replacement apparatus had already been installed. Next, Yake's blood would be transfused into Reiju. There was no need to worry that Yake would lack blood; a powerful person's blood-producing ability was no joke.

Yake sat quietly and waited for the blood replacement. Once it was complete, the Vinsmoke Family's shackles on Reiju would be completely removed.

"Is it finished?" Yake opened his eyes. Judge was directing the researchers to remove the apparatus.

"Yes, Lord Yake. Reiju will now obey only you completely." Judge said with a fawning smile.

"Did you secretly keep any of my blood, Judge?" Yake suddenly asked.

"No, no, absolutely not, Lord Yake! Ah! Don't, aaah~" Judge began clawing at his body again, letting out painful howls.

Seeing that Judge's expression did not seem fake, Yake let him off. He did not want a scientist like Judge secretly researching his blood.

"Take the ship to Sagunto Island. I'm going to pick up my crew."

"Yes, yes, yes, Lord Yake," Judge agreed repeatedly.