Judge thought for a moment before saying, "The technology behind the Raid Suits isn't particularly advanced. They're only meant to strengthen and activate the Lineage Factor, so they'd be useless to you."
Rubick said, "Remove those functions. Just keep the flight, hovering, defense, and recovery capabilities."
Judge frowned. "That would make them far less effective. Someone wearing a Raid Suit like that probably couldn't even beat a pirate with a twenty-million-berry bounty."
"That's fine," Rubick said. "That's what I want."
Judge glanced at his daughter. "Then please marry my daughter Reiju, and we'll have a deal."
Rubick looked at Reiju. "I'm willing," she said.
"In that case, I agree," Rubick said. "Come with me to Jaya Island now. You can find yourselves a place nearby."
Judge had no objections. He was dependent on someone else now. At that moment, he understood just how powerful one person could become—powerful enough to determine the fate of an entire family or nation.
Rubick said goodbye to Luffy and the others, then took the Vinsmoke Family back to Whole Cake Island and brought all their ships away from the dock.
The Vinsmoke Family had no fixed territory. Their towns were built on the backs of strange snails. The snails could separate or join together, and they could climb mountains as well as cross the sea.
When they set out from Forging Island again, Reiju had joined Rubick's group. Every pirate they encountered along the way had their soul pulled out by Rubick and stuffed into Sky Scar.
The Soul-Soul Fruit had been a worthwhile prize from his trip to Totto Land. Another gain delighted Rubick just as much: he now knew how far he stood from the Four Emperors.
There was a gap, but it was not that large. With the powers of multiple