"Your Highness, please go inside," Judge noticed Rosse's gaze. When Rosse looked at him, it was just a glance, but when he looked at Sora, he paused for at least a few seconds.
Although it was not obvious, Judge still noted this detail.
When he turned around and moved forward, Judge's eyes couldn't help but flicker.
He believed that the power of technology developed to its peak would definitely not lose to any strong being in the sea.
Judge mainly researched the 'bloodline factor,' which in essence was the power contained within the human body's genes.
To create the strongest modified humans, powerful genes were indispensable. But he didn't have the power of the World Government, so if he wanted to obtain strong beings' bloodline factors, he could only start from Rosse.
'Maybe...'
"Your Highness, I have prepared a grand banquet for you, and hope you will honor it with your presence."
The snail ship looked like a war weapon from the outside, but the interior was as luxurious as a royal palace of an allied nation.
Judge first led Rosse to a reception hall and had his subordinates take Vegapunk's corpse to the laboratory.
He noticed that Stella, who was behind Rosse, followed the others and left, but he didn't think much of it.
Just one look at Stella, and he knew. Either a doctor or also a scientific researcher, completely impossible to be a combatant.
After all, the sword aura on Gion was almost making Judge feel pain on his face.
This level of strong being was what should be serving as the guards for a Celestial Dragon like Rosse.
Entering the reception hall, Rosse sat at the main seat, smiling as he looked at Judge, "Head of the Vinsmoke Family, I have already brought you Vegapunk. Now it's time for you to show your sincerity, right?"
"Your Highness, today I will perform a calculation on Vegapunk's brain. Back when we were at MADS, we privately conducted research on the Brain-Brain Fruit. With Vegapunk's technical support, we are very clear on how to extract information from a dead person's brain," Judge said with a grin.
Those years working with Vegapunk were the years when his scientific skills grew the fastest.
Unfortunately, MADS was discovered by the World Government, forcibly disbanded, and even Vegapunk was recruited by the World Government.
It was also after that that he returned to the North Blue, preparing to revive Germa 66.
The world is unpredictable; who could have thought that after being recruited by the government, Vegapunk would die in just a few years, and eventually fall into his hands.
"This method comes from Vegapunk?", Rosse raised his eyebrows.
"Please rest assured, Your Highness," Judge, aware of Rosse's concerns, quickly added, "Although it was perfected by Vegapunk, it is not a technology we cannot understand. Your Highness, are you familiar with bloodline factors?"
"Bloodline factors are the genetic information contained within an organism, right?", Rosse's eyes slightly narrowed.
His understanding of bloodline factors wasn't deep, and the bits of information he had came from communications between Vegapunk and Dragon.
But it was only short-distance communication; how could they have explained such a biological breakthrough technology clearly?
"Indeed it contains genetic information. Gene information can be divided into innate and acquired. Innate genes are what we commonly refer to as genetic information. Acquired genes are the contents recorded into the genes through growth and learning."
"Bloodline factors encompass not only all genetic information but also information stored inside cells," Judge explained.
Bloodline factors were the foundation of his standing, and since Rosse had heard of it, it suggested that within the World Government there were records left by Vegapunk.
Rather than hiding it, it was better to make Rosse interested and have him personally host the research on bloodline factors.
Most critically, even ordinary scientific researchers, hearing him talk about so much at once, would have a hard time understanding the mysteries within, let alone Rosse, a Celestial Dragon.
Celestial Dragons had no taboos; there were no restrictions on what they could do. There were too many things they could pursue, so they would never bother with scientific research.
"So, by using the bloodline factor technology, you can extract information from Vegapunk's brain, correct?", Rosse lowered his gaze. If he were a native of the pirate world, he indeed wouldn't understand what Judge was saying.
But luckily, he did not only have the memories of a Celestial Dragon. His past life's efforts were not wasted; at least he could hear that Judge was trying to fool him.
It sounded like a lot, but it was all just concepts without hitting the key points.
However, none of that mattered. Although Judge had a brain, he was still within controllable limits. What Rosse cared about was the value Judge could create; the rest wasn't important.
"That's right. I call this technology 'Bloodline Factor Extraction.' It not only extracts memory information from the brain but can also extract the genes of organisms, thereby completing modifications to living beings," Speaking of his main research project, Judge inevitably revealed a bit of fanaticism.
He was now 34 years old, had only spent a few years rebuilding Germa 66, and most of his experience still lay in his former scientific research.
Thus, in his heart, he still saw himself more as a researcher.
"I've heard about your plan," Rosse lightly nodded and said casually, "When the World Government purged MADS, your research content was submitted to the Five Elders. The Five Elders valued your bloodline factor modification technology very much, it's just that..."
"Just that what?", Judge asked instinctively. At the time, the World Government had only accepted Vegapunk and dismissed the rest of the scientists. He didn't know what had happened behind the scenes.
"Just that at the time, Vegapunk presented a better proposal, so the Five Elders gave up recruiting you. Looking at it now, the World Government made a wrong choice," Rosse said.
"Damn Vegapunk!", Judge couldn't help but curse the now-dead Vegapunk after hearing that.
When MADS was disbanded, he had neither money nor people, returning to North Blue completely destitute.
He struggled for several years before finally managing to build up the current Germa 66 through his own efforts.
If Vegapunk hadn't obstructed him, he would have long since connected with the World Government. Even if he didn't become their chief researcher, at least the research resources would have been incomparable to now.
Scientific progress wasn't like training; every step forward in science required not only bold speculation but also massive amounts of experimentation and verification.
With the meager resources of the North Blue, in this lifetime, he could forget about creating modified humans at a Marine grand army level.
If he couldn't even obtain the bloodline factors of that level of strong beings, talking about research and modification was even more impossible.
Cutting off someone's path was a deep hatred.
Fortunately, Vegapunk was now dead. Otherwise, Judge would definitely have made his life worse than death.
"Your Highness, what was Vegapunk's plan?", Judge calmed himself a bit, then suddenly realized the reason Rosse brought up this matter.
Since the World Government considered Vegapunk's plan better, that meant Vegapunk's plan had already been in progress.
But now that Vegapunk was dead, the World Government needed another person to step up.
As for research on bloodline factors, besides Vegapunk, he was the one who had gone the furthest in this world.
Those other former MADS members might be decent in other fields, but when it came to bloodline factors, they weren't even qualified to carry his shoes.
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