Above a spacious training ground in the Germa Kingdom, Judge quickly flipped through the two documents in his hand, randomly selecting a few pages to read. Clone technology was basically on par with the Germa Kingdom's level. Although the application of Lineage Factor Technology was still a bit crude and not as highly developed as Judge's own, it was undeniable that the Umbrella Corporation had indeed mastered these two technologies...
After a while, once Judge confirmed the authenticity of the two documents, he couldn't help but turn ashen. He sighed sorrowfully.
"With the strength of the Umbrella Corporation, there's no need to cooperate with our Germa, is there? You could completely rely on your own power to build an extremely powerful scientific army and wage external wars..."
Sephiroth smiled and explained, "That is correct! It's just that our Company doesn't want to personally get involved in such troublesome large-scale wars. The Company's goal is to make money..."
"Therefore, the Company wants to find a power to cooperate with. Of course, our cooperation can't be public... The Company will find several kings of the underground world to act as intermediaries, building a bridge of cooperation between our three parties. Thus, in the eyes of the world, it will just be the Germa Kingdom cooperating with the underground world, while our Company is merely getting a piece of the profit chain! How about it? Mr. Judge, do you have any other questions now?"
Hearing this, Judge fell into a long silence. This move by the Umbrella Corporation, it could be said, was calculated perfectly! Making the Germa Kingdom do the grunt work, playing the roles of invaders and war criminals, while the Umbrella Corporation itself hides behind the scenes to profit greatly from the war, earning a fortune...
"Mr. Judge, you don't actually need to hesitate so much... After all, hasn't your Germa army always been playing the role of war mercenaries? Now, you just have a long-term cooperating employer! There's no difference from before... Isn't that right?"
As long as we cooperate, the Germa Kingdom will definitely be able to rule the entire North Blue!" Hearing these words, Judge couldn't help but tremble. A flicker of intense desire flashed in his eyes. Rule the North Blue! This was his lifelong dream! However... Due to the rise of the Umbrella Corporation, many countries had purchased advanced weapons from it, greatly narrowing the gap in weapon levels between the Germa Kingdom and other countries, causing the Germa army to no longer be able to achieve easy victories by overwhelming opponents with weapon advantages as they did before.
Furthermore, when attacking some wealthier countries and facing the heavy firepower purchased by the enemy from the Umbrella Corporation, the Germa army sometimes suffered heavy casualties! Therefore, Judge had the idea of becoming a high-level executive in the Umbrella Corporation to influence the Company's decisions and thus secure more benefits for the Germa Kingdom.
However, Sephiroth had now completely destroyed Judge's fantasy! The current Umbrella Corporation only wanted the Germa Kingdom to become a fawning stray dog, summoned and dismissed at will!
Either abandon dignity and pride to become the nominal ruler of the North Blue, or continue to be a drifting mercenary group on this vast sea. This was a very difficult choice! Through his Observation Haki, Sephiroth knew very clearly that Vinsmoke Judge in front of him was already caught in intense struggle and wavering. He only needed to give him a slight push to achieve his goal...
So, Sephiroth immediately asked with a meaningful tone and a smile, "Mr. Judge, aren't you curious about the fundamental reason why our Company doesn't manufacture a clone army?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Judge's pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart was greatly shaken. Because he had been too surprised, and his attention was completely drawn by the clone technology and Lineage Factor Technology, he hadn't noticed this question at all. The reason the Umbrella Corporation didn't use clones was definitely because they had already mastered a technology that could completely replace them...
"Could it be that your Umbrella Corporation has already mastered a war tool that is even more effective than clones...?"
"Of course!" Sephiroth chuckled slightly, reached out and drew the butcher knife tucked at his waist, and opened his personal space. Judge looked sideways and saw two cylindrical charging pods, each containing a three-meter-tall humanoid mecha with a silver shell, full of metallic and sci-fi texture. On the chests of these two mechas, there were black labels with the words WM-1 and WM-2 respectively. "These two units are the latest technological crystallization of our Umbrella Corporation... Intelligent war robots!"
Sephiroth successively reached out and pressed the activation buttons for the robots on the two charging pods. Immediately after, the eyes of the two robots in the charging pods lit up with red light, and they stepped out from the charging pods, standing beside him. Sephiroth first reached out and tapped the heavy machine gun located on the back of the WM-1 robot before explaining to Judge beside him:
"This unit is the WM-1 model, costing one billion Berries, with a built-in high-energy battery that can operate for 24 hours on a full charge.
It is equipped with a six-barreled 12.7mm caliber heavy machine gun, with a rate of fire of 6000 rounds per minute and a maximum range of 800 meters, allowing you to form powerful long-range firepower suppression on the battlefield.
Within one hundred meters, its bullets can still easily kill targets after penetrating thirty centimeters of concrete wall.
An ordinary person hit by its bullets will have a large hole blown through their body, or even limbs broken.
Even someone who can use Armament Haki, as long as they are not a master of Haki of Armament, cannot withstand continuous sweeping fire.
In addition, the WM-1 is also equipped with large-caliber single-shot laser emitters on both palms, firing one shot every three seconds, which can cause penetrating damage to large life forms or buildings.
After explaining the WM-1, Sephiroth walked over to the WM-2 mecha, which carried two silver Sabers on its back. "This unit is the WM-2 model, costing four billion Berries, and can operate for 6 hours on a full charge."
Its power output system has been greatly enhanced, giving it stronger movement speed and explosive power, suitable for medium to short-range combat.
Although it is not equipped with a heavy machine gun, it has two small-caliber rapid-fire laser cannons on its shoulders, which can perform precise locked attacks when dealing with single enemies.
The two special alloy Sabers on its back have sharpness and hardness comparable to ordinary famous swords.
Combined with its powerful arm strength, it can easily achieve the Sword Master's ability to cut steel and unleash Flying Slash. Various sword techniques are also recorded in its chip.
Even if it encounters a true Sword Master, it will definitely not be at a disadvantage in terms of swordsmanship!
Furthermore, most importantly, it also possesses flying capability!"
As he spoke, Sephiroth lightly snapped his fingers at the WM-2 mecha. "WM-2, activate flight mode!"
The next moment.
At the armor plates on the soles of the WM-2's feet, as well as its shoulder and waist positions, openings appeared, spewing out hot streams of flame that lifted the entire silver mecha into the air, where it hovered.
"Don't let these two robots seem like they have maxed out their killing skills. In default mode, they adopt subdue strategies and will only suppress targets. Of course, after receiving the command to enter kill mode, they will enter a state of absolutely killing the target, fighting until death..."
Listening to Sephiroth's endless explanation, Judge looked at the two robots in front of him. His eye twitched slightly, and after holding back for a while, he finally spoke:
"No matter what... this is simply too expensive!"