Chapter 208: Attraction-Repulsion Fruit! Vinsmoke Weevil
On the deck.
Judge's figure had slumped to the ground.
His body was twisted; the golden mask on his head and the armor on his body were cracked inch by inch.
Blood spewed uncontrollably from his mouth; the smell of blood filled his nasal cavity.
He was about to die—Judge could make a clear judgment.
But even with death approaching, Judge surprisingly felt little fear.
He just stared at the scene before him, at the kingdom built with his lifelong effort, eyes splitting with rage.
It no longer existed.
Those once magnificent castle groups, endlessly powerful turret arrays, clone soldiers.
Everything in the Germa Kingdom had been leveled.
The deck composed of dozens of warships collapsed downward, forming a huge semicircular deep pit.
And the seawater above was pushed away by an invisible force, curling into another perfect semicircle.
And in the center of that huge 'Sphere' destroying everything.
He could see that monster-like figure.
Toratora still spread his arms, floating in the sky.
"Just one strike has such destructive power... what exactly is this guy's ability..."
Judge sat up straight with difficulty.
Since Toratora appeared, he had actually been trying to analyze the opponent's fruit ability.
He had read the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, knowing most fruit abilities.
But the ability used by the opponent didn't completely correspond to any fruit he knew.
Initially, he thought it should be the Press-Press Fruit, but the opponent floating in the air without aid didn't quite match.
He then thought it might be the Float-Float Fruit, but the Float-Float Fruit couldn't achieve that strike just now.
He also thought it might be the Vector-Vector Fruit, but similarly, he knew the defect that the Vector-Vector Fruit must touch with the body to use the ability.
But in fact, his guesses were all correct.
[Fusion Fruit - Paramecia · Attraction-Repulsion Fruit (Inseki Inseki no Mi)]
[Fusion Materials: Float-Float Fruit LV4 + Press-Press Fruit LV5 + Vector-Vector Fruit LV5]
[Fruit Ability: Gather abilities of three fruits simultaneously, controlling 'Gravity' and 'Vector' within the environment.]
[Effects by Level]
[LV3: Gain full fruit ability. Affect gravity of everything in the surrounding environment through contact, and enhance gravity effect by adding vectors.]
[LV4: Create more forces. Create zero gravity, gravity, repulsion, kinetic energy, and many other forces and energies, applying vectors freely.]
[LV5: Fruit Awakening · Attraction-Repulsion Domain. Create 'Force' and 'Vector' remotely. Closer to the body, better the effect; farther away, weaker the effect. Attach ability to weapons or other things, treating them as part of the 'Body' to activate ability through them.]
[Extra Fusion Effect - Unified Force]
[All forces can be unified into 'Primordial Force'. Primordial Force includes unified characteristics of all gravity, attraction, and related fields. Create Positive Primordial Force to 'Expand' everything outward; create Negative Primordial Force to 'Contract' everything inward. Primordial Force effect is significantly enhanced compared to normal 'Force'.]
Toratora's ability was exactly the fusion of those three fruits Judge guessed.
Of course, Judge still knew nothing about this.
"Germa..."
He struggled to stand up.
But just then...
"Stop struggling, Father, we lost... cough cough... let's lose with some dignity."
Beside him came voices equally weak to the extreme.
Those were Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji.
Wearing Raid Suits, their bodies slumped on the ground, blood flowing continuously from within the suits.
As the highest achievement of Germa technology, their bodies modified by lineage factors were indeed very strong.
Exoskeletons hard enough to resist explosions and comparable to alloys, powerful recovery, and innate terrifying strength—they weren't fruit users, but comparable to fruit users.
But even so.
Facing the attack of that level just now, they clearly still couldn't withstand it.
The continuously dropping red, blue, and green lines on the gauge on Judge's wrist told him—his three sons were about to step into death like him.
Not surprising.
Because before Toratora's strike arrived.
It was the three of them forming a human wall in front of Judge, taking most of the attack head-on, finally allowing Judge, unmodified, to survive temporarily.
"We aren't on the same level as that guy at all, Father."
"Ultimately, this doesn't even count as a war, right?"
"If we could fight again, activating 'Jet Mode' to escape immediately might be the best strategy?"
"Probability very small, that guy's ability can grab even mountains and seas, unlikely for us to escape."
"What ability is it exactly? Father read the Encyclopedia, any clues?"
Now, the three Vinsmoke sons were even analyzing the situation with smiles.
They weren't 'Angry' because their father made them form a human wall, nor 'Fearful' because of impending death.
Ultimately...
Deprived of emotions from birth, growing up as weapons, they weren't considered 'Humans' at all, just 'Works'.
"..."
But their words made Judge feel inexplicable anger rising in his heart.
That anger wasn't toward his sons' attitude, but the current situation.
"Clearly I completed Germa's revival according to plan... why is it like this!?"
His heart was roaring—though his throat could hardly make a sound.
"Clearly my army, my commanders are the best masterpieces... why is it like this!?"
[Fearless of death, no chaos, absolutely loyal army]
[Amazing power, comprehensive effects, absolutely advanced weaponry]
[Calm and tough, leading the charge, absolutely powerful commanders]
This was the Germa Kingdom Judge envisioned and completed.
It was a great country born for war, possessing overwhelming power.
He firmly believed this country possessed power enough to dominate the sea.
He firmly believed with his current status, power, and authority, even the Four Emperors must respect him and cooperate with him.
The ancestors' past glory would reappear in his hands; he would even make Germa's crown shine brighter.
He always believed so.
But now?
His proud Germa wasn't even an 'Opponent' before the figure above.
The 'War' launched with the whole country's power collapsed at the first touch before the opponent.
Just one strike, war ended.
This was the fact Judge couldn't accept most.
"Judge, Vinsmoke is the royal family of North Blue, this old man hopes to see you crowned one day."
"Judge, you are an amazing genius, you must shoulder the mission of reviving Germa."
"Judge, only you can do it—abandon useless emotions, those are just defects of living beings, we are the glorious clan!"
In his ears.
The earnest teachings of Vinsmoke elders heard since childhood seemed to still echo.
For that glory and ambition, he personally erased his sons' emotions, almost personally killed the woman he called wife.
Those things he did for the World Government over the years, wars participated in, research conducted day and night in the lab.
He abandoned his family, abandoned his emotions, abandoned his everything—only 'Germa' and 'Vinsmoke Family' remained in his life.
But now, facts told him.
His Germa wasn't great, nor strong.
Everything he did in the past was worthless.
Everyone in the Vinsmoke family would die here too.
He wasn't the family's hero, but the family's sinner.
"No no... there's still Reiju, Reiju is still alive..."
But moments later, Judge seemed to grab a life-saving straw, realizing this.
So his heart relaxed suddenly; vision gradually darkened.
But just then...
"Hey hey, not time to faint yet."
Judge heard that voice again.
He felt his body floating up uncontrollably, flying slowly.
In his remaining peripheral vision.
Under that nightmare-like tiger mask, a pair of calm eyes were looking at him.
"I said, I have things to take from you here."
"Tell me... forget it, I'll see for myself."
The opponent said meaningless words, then raised a hand slowly, pressing toward Judge.
"Father!" (x3)
Below, the three Vinsmoke sons struggled to get up to save their father out of modified human instinct.
But now, Judge had no thought of resisting.
"Ended?"
He closed his eyes.
"My life... truly like a joke."
Tears and snot flowed from his eyes and nose.
But just then...
"Yeah! Judge, you guy, are just a joke!"
RUMBLE!
Accompanying another huge vibration of the Germa Kingdom ruins.
Huge sound came from underground.
Next moment...
BANG!
The already caved-in ground arched up abruptly at this moment.
Two huge hands covered with stitches probed out from underground.
One hand supported the ground, letting the subsequent body crawl out.
The other hand clearly held a huge iron club!
The next instant...
BOOM!
Iron club swung out, carrying incredible power and speed.
And its target was exactly Toratora!
"Thunder Bagua!"
Amidst the low roar like a dragon.
RUMBLE!
The earth trembled; the seawater suspended in the sky was rolled by that terrifying power instantly, undergoing intense deformation.
In the direction the iron club faced, a huge 'Rift Valley' formed almost instantly; thick dust rolled up.
"Hohoho~ Look, Judge!"
Now, Buckingham's voice, somewhat similar to Judge's, came again.
"Conquering the sea with technology and army? That idiot idea makes one want to laugh."
"This sea—from birth, is just a stage for 'The Strong'!"
Speaking.
That huge figure had crawled up from that huge rift valley.
It was a monster ugly to the extreme.
It had three heads and six arms.
The left head had pink hair, exaggerated lipstick, holding a slender curved sword.
The right head had black hair, huge horns, holding an iron club.
The middle head had golden hair, crescent mustache, holding a naginata.
Their bodies had hideous stitches; inhuman power surged in that massive body—even a simple movement of getting up from the ground was enough to raise a gust of wind.
Now, from that monster's mouth...
"Four Emperors, The Zodiac, Pirate King, Marine Admirals—compared to most mediocre so-called armies, they are the 'Cornerstone', the 'Pillar' of this sea."
"Guys like you, even developing powerful technological products... before true sea powerhouses, are just foils to their individual power, weaklings destined to be plundered!"
Buckingham's voice was laughing wildly.
"Strategizing, seizing power and status? What's the point of those things!?"
"As long as you are strong enough, possess power of Emperors, Pirate King... all this is obtainable with just a word."
"You completely fail to recognize the reality of the sea, so defeat is deserved."
"But I'm different..."
Accompanying Buckingham's words, the monster raised the three weapons in hand; that three-headed six-armed ugly posture was like an 'Asura' crawling out of hell.
"Look at my creation, Judge—this is the 'Tool' truly capable of conquering the sea."
"To commemorate you creating this obedient 'Good Son' for me, I decided to name it 'Vinsmoke Weevil'."
Speaking here, Buckingham's words revealed cruelty.
"Go, Vinsmoke."
"Go kill your father and brothers, kill everyone here."
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