After ending the call with the Five Elders, during which they exchanged threats, Judge had figured out the bottom line of the Five Elders and the World Government.
Of course, he was well aware that the Five Elders would definitely try to eliminate the Germa Kingdom, but this targeting would not be made public at this stage.
After all, he knew some of the information about Uranus, and he also knew that Vegapunk was developing the Mother Flame and that the Marine Science Unit was developing the Pacifista.
This intelligence is extremely important to World Government.
If this intelligence were to fall into the hands of the Sky Empire or the Liberator Organization, the World Government would be in an even more passive position, and Vegapunk would become a target for various factions.
It's estimated that even if the various factions can't capture him alive, they'll still have to kill him.
This is also why the Five Elders had to compromise with Judge.
In fact, Judge didn't know Vegapunk's exact location. Although Noah had secretly investigated Egghead Island through the Distillery and found the island, the facilities on the island had been emptied out several years ago.
Clearly, the Five Elders weren't fools. After the attack on Punk Hazard, they were worried about the safety of Egghead Island and quickly carried out a secret relocation.
Especially after the rise of the Sky Empire and the Liberator Organization, the Five Elders strengthened internal secrecy and arranged for Vegapunk to live on a very safe island.
During the call just now, Judge was clearly using psychological warfare.
He used his status as a former colleague of Vegapunk, along with his identity as a scientist, and also revealed that Vegapunk was developing the Mother Flame and the Navy's Pacifista project, leading the Five Elders to believe that Vegapunk's current situation had been seriously leaked.
Since Judge has information about Vegapunk's current situation, it means that there may be Judge's spies around Vegapunk, or that a high-ranking Cipher Pol has been turned, or that Judge has developed some kind of positioning technology.
In either case, this is not good news for the Five Elders.
Therefore, the Five Elders chose to compromise temporarily, trading space for time.
Once Vegapunk successfully develops the Mother Flame, Germa Kingdom and Judge will be Uranus's first targets for elimination.
And Judge was fully aware of this.
Both sides are racing against time, and it remains to be seen who will acquire the decisive factor first.
November 11, 1510 (Sea Circle Calendar )
Using the pretext of opposing the Sky Empire, the Germa Kingdom began to forcibly take over 11 World Government Member States in the northeastern part of the North Blue.
The navy in that area also quickly withdrew and regrouped in the North Blue the North Blue.
The kings and nobles of the 11 Affiliated Nation were directly invited by Judge to visit Xilu Island.
Although these Affiliated Nation retain their original names, the true ruler has become the Germa Kingdom.
With the annexation of these Affiliated Nation, the territory of the Germa Kingdom was successfully connected, and it officially bordered the Sky Empire.
Thus, North Blue entered a three-way power struggle.
The outside world was not too optimistic about the suddenly rising Germa Kingdom, because the strength shown by the Sky Empire and Shiki and others was too terrifying.
If you're going to put on a show, go all the way.
Less than a week after the Germa Kingdom took over the northeastern waters of the North Blue, the Sky Empire dispatched an Flying Fleet, heading straight for the southwestern border of the Germa Kingdom.
The Navy's SWORD also quickly reported the intelligence to the North Blue Admiral, Marine Admiral Fujitora Issho.
He already knew he had to act his whole life.
He quickly suggested to Sengoku that he take the initiative to lead the fleet out to contain Shiki.
The Sengoku period immediately approved the proposal.
Although Sengoku was very dissatisfied with the Germa Kingdom's actions, for the sake of the bigger picture, he had to protect the Germa Kingdom and prevent the Sky Empire from annihilating Germa Kingdom.
The Battle of North Blue is imminent.
He kept the North Blue Navy fleet stationed near the temporary ceasefire line, while he himself, with dozens of elite naval officers, piloted a small warship into the air and swaggered towards the Baku Province of the Sky Empire.
This is forcing Shiki to come back and help.
Shiki, who had led the Flying Fleet into battle, immediately returned to personally intimidate the enemy and ordered Monet and Wyper to lead troops to continue the campaign against the Germa Kingdom.
The Flying Fleet soon arrived at the southwestern border of the Germa Kingdom.
Yamato and Jin were already there, ready for battle.
Nitrogen Snow – Snowflakes Falling on Earth!
" Freezing Air!"
The combined power of two ice-type Devil Fruit instantly froze the sea surface within a radius of several kilometers.
" Thunder Bagua!"
"Hydrogen Snow, Oxygen Snow, Reverse Dragon!"
Boom boom boom...
Neither Wyper nor Jhin made a move; they simply stared at each other.
Monet and Yamato fought fiercely on the ice field, almost giving it their all. After all, they were on the same side, and the organization had very advanced medical technology. As long as they didn't die instantly, even losing a hand or a leg didn't matter.
Treat it as a practical exercise.
Five days and five nights later, both sides stood panting on the ice field.
Both of them had a lot of blood on them, and their clothes were torn in many places.
Jhin and Wyper appeared on the battlefield almost simultaneously.
" Yamato, go back and rest for a bit. Be aware of your surroundings."
"Then I'll leave it to you." Yamato instantly stepped into the air and returned to the snail-shaped warship.
Monet, too, flew back to the Flying Fleet.
The battle between Wyper and Jhin then broke out.
Although both possess the ability to fly, their fighting styles are quite different.
Wyper is like a heavy bomber; any feathers, hair, or gas that fall from it will cause a terrifying explosion.
Meanwhile, Jhin relied on the stamina of Ancient Zoan, the racial talent of self-healing through fire, and the swordsmanship of a great swordsman to constantly fight in the air.
The second battle also lasted five days and five nights.
The Sky Empire subsequently sent reinforcements.
The Germa Kingdom was not to be outdone, and Judge personally came to provide support.
The two sides fought for several more days.
Seeing the stalemate, and facing pressure from both the navy in the North Blue and the New World, the Sky Empire had no choice but to "retreat."
This relieved Sengoku of the Marine Headquarters.
Seeing that the Germa Kingdom could hold back four or five high-level combatants from the Sky Empire surprised Sengoku, and at the same time made him even more wary of the Germa Kingdom.
Even the Five Elders have begun to take notice of the Germa Kingdom's strength.
The meeting room in Marineford.
Based on the various intelligence he had gathered, Komei compiled a summary of the situation in the Germa Kingdom.
"... Your Fleet Admiral Marshal, esteemed Vice Admiral, this is a summary of intelligence regarding the Four Horsemen of the Germa Kingdom."
Tsuru automatically filled in the blanks in her mind. "It seems that after the defeat in Wano Country, the remnants of the Beasts must have been secretly taken in by Germa. No wonder we haven't been able to find any trace of them."
"Is this Yamato Kaido's daughter? She's incredibly strong!" Momonga looked at the information in his hand with some surprise.
Crane continued his analysis, "Those robot soldiers were probably developed jointly by Vinsmoke Judge and Queen, after all, they were once colleagues."
"Oh? They have this kind of relationship?" Yamakaji was very surprised.
Tsuru briefly shared some information. "They were once in the same underground scientific organization as Vegapunk. Later, Vegapunk and Caesar Clown joined the World Government, Vinsmoke Judge returned to the Germa Kingdom in the North Blue, Queen joined the Beasts Pirates."
Sengoku looked at everyone present. "Although we need to rely on the Germa Kingdom to restrain the Sky Empire, this is only a temporary compromise, so we cannot relax our intelligence on Germa."
"Yes!"