Chapter 211: Reiju, Live On!
Invisibly, terrifying gravity locked Vinsmoke Weevil's figure firmly.
He struggled hard; clanking sounds of steel came from his body's bones.
Not surprising—after all, the gravity on him now, even one-tenth, would be enough to crush a Giant into meat paste instantly.
Weevil being able to resist in this situation was proof enough.
His physique strength indeed reached an incomprehensible level under Germa's technology and life stitching technology.
Even during the struggle, his body's range of motion was clearly increasing gradually!
"Yes! Correct—although the Gladiator Fruit ability is invalid, Weevil can still win... as long as he continues adapting to 'Gravity'."
Although Buckingham still didn't understand why the fruit she carefully selected for her 'Child' failed.
But that didn't affect her judgment.
Still a chance.
Because the 'Adaptability' Weevil gained through lineage factor modification still existed.
Just like being pressed underground before, as long as gravity couldn't destroy his body instantly, he could adapt quickly.
"When adaptation is complete, he is still the strongest..."
Buckingham found she couldn't finish her words recently.
Because just as she spoke.
Clap!
Everyone present heard a crisp sound.
In the next instant, Toratora's figure appeared in front of Weevil.
"!!!"
Even Weevil, struggling against gravity, seemed to flash instinctive confusion in his eyes.
"So fast..."
He muttered indistinctly.
At the same time...
"What speed is this?"
"Raid Suit didn't capture movement traces at all!"
Now, the three Vinsmoke brothers, having heard the conversation between Toratora and their father, supported each other to stand up barely.
Their limbs and bodies were twisted; vitality became weaker.
But now, they discussed nonchalantly.
"Is it teleportation? His ability has such usage?"
"If he attacked with this speed at the start, we three would be dead, right?"
"Niji, stay awake, we are indeed about to die."
Amidst discussions, Toratora, arriving before Weevil, extended his palm casually again.
His hands, tiny compared to Weevil's body, clapped at the three-headed six-armed monster!
Next moment...
Clap.
Everyone heard the crisp sound again.
VMMM!
Instantly after, they found Weevil's massive body flying high into the sky like a cannonball, at an almost incredible speed.
Higher and higher, until finally—he flew away from Germa's ground completely.
"Attraction-Repulsion Domain..."
Toratora extended his hand again, as if aiming at Weevil, then... squeezed!
RUMBLE!
Clouds began to fall.
In the shocked gazes of everyone in Germa, scattered castle and alloy fragments on the ground began to fly into the sky.
Several huge mountains around the kingdom shattered completely at this moment; countless mountain fragments surrounded Weevil too.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
They gathered constantly, smashing down constantly, cooperating with intense gravity to fix Weevil's six arms, three heads, and every part of his body firmly.
"Hit by this move, don't think about moving."
Toratora said calmly, "Attraction-Repulsion Domain · Chibaku Tensei (Planetary Devastation)!"
After doing this, he turned lazily to look at Judge aside. "Here—successfully restricted him, next depends on your performance."
"..."
Now, somewhat dazed Judge seemed to recover.
He looked at Toratora with a complicated expression.
Although he asked Toratora to restrict Weevil temporarily.
But knowing Weevil's power best, his original idea was just for Toratora to buy him a little time and a momentary chance.
How could he expect—before Toratora, the 'Strongest Weapon' he and Buckingham created would be locked completely so easily?
This level of power... Judge even suspected the strike destroying Germa before wasn't the opponent's full strength.
However, although shocked internally.
Judge had no hesitation now.
"Germa 66!"
He took a deep breath, ignoring the severe pain from his pierced lungs.
"This is the last time... Attack!"
"Yes, Father!" (x3)
As words fell.
The Vinsmoke brothers, already standing up, grinned too.
BOOM!
Their already tattered Raid Suits burst with unprecedented glow at this moment.
Red, blue, green—three colors converged.
But looking closely, one would find.
In this instant, blood on their bodies clearly began to accelerate flow, gathering into the Raid Suits.
Their already dying life aura declined rapidly, but replacing it...
Their strength and momentum seemed to return to the peak.
"Death Mode · Activate!" (x3)
Yonji clenched his fist. "Hey—Ichiji, Niji... last mission, don't drag me down!"
"That's my line, right?"
"See who's faster!"
As the three spoke simultaneously.
Their figures soared abruptly!
"..."
Watching this, Judge on the ground didn't speak.
His fists clenched tightly; nails dug into flesh.
His lips moved, seeming to want to say something.
But finally, he couldn't say it.
Death Mode—the final mode he designed for his modified children.
Using Raid Suits to stimulate potential, erupting peak power in a short time, but as the price...
Sparks accompanied falling blood, lightning accompanied organ fragments, roaring force accompanied sounds of bone disintegration.
They were accelerating.
They were dying.
BOOM!
Moments later, the three figures crashed into the 'Star' created by Toratora simultaneously.
They headed towards the three heads of Vinsmoke Weevil, suppressed and immobilized!
"Vinsmoke, Sparking Red!"
Ichiji arrived before 'Whitebeard's head first, burning flames hitting a certain spot on Whitebeard's head.
"Vinsmoke, Dengeki Blue!"
Niji arrived before 'Kaido's head next, lightning hitting a certain spot on Kaido's head.
"Vinsmoke, Winch Green!"
Yonji arrived before 'Big Mom's head third, fist hitting a certain spot on Big Mom's head too.
Logically.
The three's attacks naturally meant nothing to Vinsmoke Weevil's physique—those three heads weren't injured, skin not even broken.
But...
"Detecting... Hidden Key..."
"Judging... Vinsmoke Family Member..."
"Special Pause Protocol activated... Control Core opening..."
In this moment, the flames, lightning, and fist wind seemed to merge into the three heads, making all three murmur such words simultaneously.
His struggling movements stopped.
And the Vinsmoke brothers' figures fell slowly from the sky.
"As expected of Father—arranging 'Backdoors' when designing anything..."
Flames on Ichiji began to extinguish gradually.
"After all he... ha... is a scientist."
Lightning on Niji began to dim gradually.
"Really hateful... lost to you guys again..."
Yonji's body began to disintegrate gradually.
In this moment.
Judge below, watching his three sons losing life gradually, remained expressionless.
But tears and snot flowed uncontrollably again.
He seemed to want to say something, but swallowed it back finally, just looking at Weevil.
Yes.
Just as his sons said.
As a scientist.
Judge always left 'Backdoors' when making weapons out of rigor.
Especially for highly dangerous weapons like Vinsmoke Weevil.
He must ensure it could only be controlled by the Vinsmoke family, and also ensure a way to stop it when out of control.
And his choice was the unique 'Lineage Factor Modified Humans' of the Vinsmoke family.
His three sons and daughter were part of the key—as long as three of them attacked specific spots on Weevil's three heads with their 'Characteristics', the latter would stop naturally and reset the 'Control Core'.
Just like now...
Click!
Now, at Vinsmoke Weevil's heart position.
Accompanying muscles between stitches cracking constantly.
Amidst blurry flesh and blood, a good figure appeared slowly.
That was exactly... Vinsmoke Reiju.
However, Reiju seemed very stiff now.
Connecting cords were on her head—that was the 'Control Core' transmitting orders to Weevil.
And now, the headphones she wore were replaced by Den Den Mushis.
Now, from that snail...
"Hey! Reiju, release 'Standby Mode' immediately, then kill yourself—heard me? Immediately..."
Buckingham's voice, highly similar to Judge's, was still coming out.
Clearly.
In the battle just now, she controlled Reiju through these two snails.
But now, her order couldn't reach Reiju.
[Vector Manipulation · Sound Wave Elimination]
Silently, all surrounding sounds were erased.
Immediately after...
Toratora flicked a finger lightly; the snail by Reiju's ear shattered instantly.
So...
"Ichiji, Niji, Yonji..."
Only now, finding herself finally regaining body control, Reiju looked at her three brothers before her.
Before she could speak.
The Vinsmoke sons reached out, grabbing Reiju.
"It's you who survived, Reiju."
"Not bad."
"Although not as perfect as us, you guy's luck is really good."
They said smiling, pulling Reiju out of the 'Control Core'.
Then, the three threw Reiju downward forcefully!
"Germa 66, Last Mission... Complete!" (x3)
As three voices fell.
Smiles on their faces finally stiffened completely.
Death arrived.
Watching this.
"Ichiji, Niji, Yonji..."
Reiju thrown from the sky... didn't know what to say.
She didn't like these three brothers, didn't even consider them 'Humans'.
But watching them die before her like this, complex emotions inevitably rose in her heart.
But before recovering from emotions.
Step! Step! Step!
Reiju heard sounds below.
Looking down instinctively, she saw Judge covered in wounds staggering.
He leaped up, actually catching falling Reiju.
"!!!"
In this instant, Reiju was somewhat dazed.
She felt she returned to a distant past.
"Mother, passing Alancia Kingdom before, I saw other children held by their fathers... eh... I want too."
That was what young her said to her mother still alive.
"Reiju... your father is busy."
Her mother, named Vinsmoke Sora, told her so.
"He has no time for us, can't be helped."
She always comforted Reiju gently, giving Reiju a hug by the way.
Reiju understood naturally.
Father was busy.
Busy with his career, ambition, research—he wouldn't spend precious time on anything useless to him.
But for little Reiju.
She couldn't understand father's coldness.
She only knew...
"If I become useful to father, would he hug me?"
Holding such thoughts, she did something.
She succeeded; she became useful to father.
But...
"Didn't expect, didn't expect it to be like this, Reiju... perfect, you are the perfect experimental subject!"
Her father was indeed happy, but greeting her wasn't a hug, but cold experimental instruments.
"You are the first, but won't be the last... with your genes, I can create more 'Lineage Factor Modified Humans' later!"
And she didn't expect.
The hug she sought but couldn't get, was obtained now.
THUD!
Judge held her, crashing heavily on the battlefield.
For grown-up Reiju, that hug wasn't warm.
She looked down at the father she once loved deeply, then hated deeply.
"Father..."
In this instant, a trace of hope rose in her heart again.
"Hah... hah..."
Now, Judge, reaching his limit, could hardly breathe.
Looking at the daughter saved by him and his sons with their last lives, he struggled to speak.
But what he said wasn't repentance for his life's sins as Reiju expected.
"Find a genetically compatible man... have children."
"Vinsmoke bloodline, absolutely cannot be severed..."
What he barely said were still cold words.
Hearing this, even Toratora frowned.
Turns out this guy risked his life to save Reiju just to ensure the Vinsmoke bloodline continues?
"..."
But now, Reiju herself wasn't surprised.
She just extinguished the expectation ignited in her heart again.
Yeah.
Her father had always been such a man.
For family, for Germa—she, her mother, her brothers... everything was sacrificable.
She shouldn't have had that boring fantasy.
"Germa... Germa... hah..."
Now, Judge's words came to the end.
He seemed to want to say something about Germa, but finally...
"Reiju, Live On..."
Speaking here, his lips moved again, seeming to want to say more.
But he still couldn't say it.
Next moment, his eyes lost luster; breathing stopped completely.
Strangely, hearing father's last sentence, Reiju froze suddenly.
Maybe outsiders didn't understand, but as someone ordered by Judge all her life.
She knew well—if Judge really wanted to issue an order, he should first issue a directive—calling 'Reiju's' name.
Words following were 'Orders'.
Just now.
Whether words about having children and continuing bloodline, or about Germa, he didn't issue a 'Directive'.
Until the end, he issued the final order.
The content was—Reiju, Live On.
"..."
Reiju stared blankly at her completely dead father before her.
She didn't know if Judge's words just now were a 'Mistake' due to dying pain, or his true intention.
She didn't know what the last sentence her father couldn't finish was.
Was it some colder words.
Or a belated apology?
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