Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

“My father, Vinsmoke Judge. He was a member of the illegal research group MADS.”

"I've heard of this. I think it's that Vegapunk research team, right?"

"Yes. Later, he left the team and returned to the North Sea, where he used his research technology at MADS to enhance Germa's power."

“They are clones and cyborgs.” Reiju’s eyes flashed with sadness as she spoke. “We are the fruits of his research.”

"Research findings?" Belial looked at Reiju with suspicion. "You are... a cyborg?"

"Not only me, but all five of us siblings are cyborgs."

"All of them? Then Sanji too..."

"Mm." Reiju nodded.

Upon hearing this, Belial's expression relaxed. "No wonder his physical abilities are extraordinary; it turns out he wasn't an ordinary person to begin with."

At this moment, Reiju gave a bitter smile, "Others might think this kind of thing is cool, but to me, it's the most inhuman thing ever!"

"what?"

"Father, in order to make us stronger and to use us, they gave our mother drugs to modify us when we were still embryos."

"What?" Belial looked at Reiju in disbelief, whose face was now serious and calm.

Beria asked, "So, that means that bastard drugged your mother while she was still pregnant?"

"Yes."

"Beast!" Belial couldn't help but curse. He thought he, a demon who treated life like dirt in the original world, was already inhuman enough, but he never expected that Judge could use his wife and children as test subjects without any qualms.

"He was arrogant, selfish, and indifferent, and he didn't care about his soldiers. He would stop at nothing to achieve his goals."

“In my father’s eyes, we were just tools.”

“Outrageous!” Beria exclaimed. “Using children as tools…”

Suddenly, Belial paused, his expression freezing as he stared at the ground, muttering, "Child...tools..."

An image of Ultraman flashed through Belial's mind: ["Cross Impact Wave!"]

"Ged..."

Belial leaned against the sofa, his expression dazed. Children were tools, and hadn't he himself used Geed as a tool to rule the universe, even if he later truly did treat Geed as his son...

He's ruthless in achieving his goals, treating life like dirt, and he doesn't seem to be much better than Gadki.

Father... Father...

"Are you alright?" Reiju asked, leaning closer to Belial, noticing his strange expression.

Upon hearing this, Belial snapped back to reality. Looking at the alluring Reiju Belial, he instinctively took a step back and said, "I'm fine, please continue..."

Seeing Belial's flustered state, Reiju smiled gently, then composed herself and said:

“After we were born, our father would modify us to give us superhuman physiques. But in order to better control us, he would erase our emotions.”

"Then why do you have emotions?" Belial asked.

"Perhaps it's because I was the first child, so I wasn't reformed as thoroughly. But I still can't disobey my father's orders."

"And what about Sanji?"

After hearing this, Reiju smiled with relief and said, "It's probably because he is our mother, the only child she gave birth to with love."

"While pregnant with her younger brothers, Sanji took a drug that affected his bloodline modification, making him the only child with emotions who would not obey his father's orders."

"Sanji doesn't have that much strength. He's like an ordinary kid. He's always the worst in training. But he's loved cooking since he was little, and he often brings his cooking to his mother."

“Oh,” Belial said, “that’s where Sanji’s culinary talent comes from.”

"But this angered his father. 'Only servants cook,' 'poor physical condition'—these things hit his father's sore spot. He would imprison and punish Sanji from time to time, and let Sanji's brothers bully him. That period was the most painful time for Sanji."

"I see." Belial now understood why Sanji left Germa, why he never mentioned the past, and why his departure was so farewell.

"Then why is Sanji in the East Blue?"

Reiju said, "At that time, we were about to march into the East Blue. Sanji was crying in the cage, hoping to escape so that he would never see his father again. So I helped him leave Germa."

"That's it."

Reiju said, "Originally, Father didn't plan to keep Sanji. However, in order to dominate the North Blue, Father decided to have a political marriage with Big Mom, so he brought Sanji back and used him as a tool for the marriage."

"Initially, we found a woman named Duval. It wasn't until after the Dressrosa incident that we determined Sanji's appearance. Then, my father used his connections to set a bounty on Sanji, requiring him to be captured alive. Big Mom then sent Capone Bege, Baron Tamago, and Pekoms to capture Sanji."

"And then it's now."

After hearing this, Beria said, "Alright, I understand now. This is the whole story."

Reiju looked at Belial and asked, "Are you here to take Sanji away?"

"Of course."

"Are you sure? That's one of the Four Emperors."

“So what? If we were afraid, we wouldn’t be here,” Belial said. “Sanji is our comrade, and that will never change!”

Hearing this, Reiju smiled, "My little brother is really lucky."

Just then, the two heard a series of noises coming from outside.

"What happened?" Reiju walked to the window, opened it, and instantly her expression turned to extreme shock. "That's... Father, Sanji..."

Upon hearing this, Belial also looked outside and saw that the square was filled with people, with Sanji and a man with lion-like hair in the center.

The two then began a fierce battle, shouting at each other as they exchanged words.

“That’s Vinsmoke Judge.”

"What are they doing?" Beria said, moving closer to the window.

At that moment, a man suddenly looked in their direction.

Reiju was shocked and quickly pressed Belial's head down.

Reiju could feel Belial struggling wildly below, but she held him down with all her might; if they were discovered, they would be in big trouble.

At this moment, a soldier walked over and asked, "Miss Reiju, what's wrong?" The soldier looked at Reiju's unnatural expression with some curiosity.

"Nothing, but by the way, what happened?"

The soldier replied, "Oh, that's because Sanji and Yonji had a conflict before, and Sanji beat up Yonji. When the master found out about this, he summoned Sanji."

"Oh, okay, then you can go now."

Seeing the soldiers walk away, Reiju breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You really are... If we had been discovered just now, that would have been..."

At that moment, Reiju suddenly felt something warm and wet on her legs.

Looking down, he realized he had Belial's face pressed against his thigh. A long, red stream flowed from beneath Belial's face, down his thigh, and onto the ground, forming a small pool of blood.

Reiju's expression changed, and she hurriedly released Belial. Belial knelt on the ground, his face solemn, and blood flowed from his nose like a faucet, falling into a pool of blood.

"Are you... are you alright..." Reiju asked cautiously.

Just as Reiju was about to walk over, Belial lowered his head and raised his hand to signal her not to come any closer. He then gave Reiju a thumbs-up.

Then Beria quickly got up and rushed to the bathroom.

Then the sound of running water came from the bathroom.

Reiju glanced at the pool of blood, then at Belial's embarrassed state in the bathroom, and couldn't help but laugh. "That devil with the 800 million bounty doesn't seem so cruel after all; he's kind of cute, haha."

In the restroom, Belial washed the blood off his nose and face, muttering to himself, "I give up, I'm fucking done with it."

Beria finished washing and went outside.

Reiju asked, "Are you planning to take Sanji away next?"

“No,” Belial said. “If I take Sanji away, I’m 100% sure, but that might draw hatred to the Baratie, and Sanji will absolutely not allow that to happen.”

“So, I have to draw the hatred to us.” Belial cracked his neck. “So, I have to go.”

“Oh right, if I remember correctly, Sanji’s wedding is tomorrow, and he’ll be leaving tonight,” Reiju said.

"Thanks," Belial said with a smile. "Also, give this to Sanji." Belial took out a small figurine.

Reiju looked and saw that it was a picture of Sanji.

Belial looked at the group photo taken aboard the Thousand Sunny, where Sanji had been cropped out. "Tell him to remember to paste the photo back."

After saying that, Belial activated Shadow Strike and left Reiju's room.

Reiju looked at the empty room and then at the photos on the table. She smiled slightly and said, "My little brother is so lucky."

At that moment, Reiju saw the pool of blood on the floor. She went to the dressing table, took out a syringe and a container, and went to the window to drain the blood.

A few seconds later, Reiju looked at the blood in the container, a thoughtful look in her eyes, "What exactly is your power?"

Beria ran as fast as he could and quickly left Germa's castle.

Beria then flew into the sky and came to a stop outside the range of the Germa radar.

Belial used the communicator to ask, "Nami, how are things on your end?"

"Is that Belial?" Nami asked. "We're alright, just a little injured."

"Injured? What happened to you?"

After Luffy and his crew arrived at Whole Cake Island, they decided to split into two groups. Luffy, Nami, Chopper, and Carrot formed one group, while Brook and Pedro formed the other.

Luffy and his crew arrived in a forest and were attacked by Charlotte Brûlée, the daughter of Big Mom.

After finally subduing her, he was then attacked by BIG.MOM for his son, Charlotte Cracker.

Fortunately, with Luffy's Gear Fourth and Nami's help, Luffy successfully defeated Cracker.

They are resting now.

"I see. Then you all get some rest."

Nami asked, "Did you find anything over there?"

Belial told Nami everything he knew: "Let's leave Sanji's situation aside for now, but Sanji's wedding should be tomorrow. And he should be leaving tonight."

"Alright, let's get ready."

"Ok."

After hanging up the communicator, Luffy jumped up and said, "Yosh, let's go! Let's go find Sanji!"

Nami stopped Luffy and said, "Wait a minute! We don't know where Sanji is right now, let's wait a bit."

"Ah~ All right then."

……

Belial was flying in the sky when he suddenly noticed a ship that looked exactly like a castle.

"That is……"

……

Inside the room, Becky and his wife Chiffon were looking after their child.

"Bates, smile."

The baby in the cradle looked at the couple and laughed heartily.

Becky said, "Chiffon, go find a rattle for Bates to play with."

"Ok."

After Chiffon left, Becky continued to play with her son. Bates swung his arms and knocked a small ball away.

Becky laughed when she saw this and said, "Don't worry, my good son, I'll go get it for you."

With that, Becky walked toward the small ball.

Just then, something white flew over, and before Becky could react, a white hand had already grabbed her neck.

The powerful force on his neck caused Becky immense pain. Becky looked down along the arm, and when he saw the face, his eyes were filled with shock and fear.

"You, you are... Belial!"