The best example was Count Patrick Redfield, also known as Red the Aloof, who escaped from Impel Down after the Paramount War. His sidekick was—Pato! (From the One Piece 3DS game Unlimited World Red, though the character was also designed with Oda Eiichiro's involvement.)
Although Pato looked like a little raccoon, its true form was actually a [Fountain Pen]!
A fountain pen that had eaten the Zoan Devil Fruit Zoan Form, and had consequently gained intelligence almost on par with that of a human!
It was hard to imagine anyone else on these seas possessing such an advanced level of technology. After thinking it over, Adrian could only conclude that Dr. Vegapunk possessed intelligence and abilities of that caliber.
Yet no matter how accurate the information Adrian had mastered was, he still could not tell Judge everything.
The most important point was that Adrian could not produce enough convincing evidence to make Judge believe him!
Putting Judge's personality aside, when it came to scientific research, he truly deserved to be called one of the top scientists on the seas.
As the great scientist who had almost single-handedly restored Germa's technology to its former glory, Judge naturally possessed his own confidence in his technological abilities!
Having worked alongside Dr. Vegapunk in MADS many years ago, Judge also greatly admired Dr. Vegapunk's intelligence and research capabilities.
But...
White Ghost, you couldn't just use that as an excuse to fool me with some rumor you heard from who-knows-where!
In the eyes of Judge, who specialized in life sciences, the technology of transferring Devil Fruit powers to nonliving objects was practically an absurd fantasy.
If he had not been so wary of White Ghost's strength, Judge might even have called such a claim a "ridiculous gimmick"!
Adrian had no particularly good way to resolve