"You're really ugly."
When Alucard said this, Judge's eyelid twitched. The insult was too much! Not only did nobody in the New World dare to speak to him this way, but even among the World Government, few had the guts.
The reactions of the five Vinsmoke siblings were varied. Reiju, the eldest daughter, covered her mouth in disbelief. Meanwhile, her three brothers—apart from the bruised and battered Sanji— rolled up their sleeves and shouted for Judge to quickly take care of Alucard.
"What do you want here?"
Judge managed to suppress the rage bubbling inside him. The reason he was able to expand from a government fugitive to one of the most powerful forces in the Underworld in just over a decade was due to his restraint. While he was an arrogant man, he only acted that way when he could afford to be.
The five children, who had no idea who the "Three Monsters" were, looked at their father in disbelief. Since when did Father become so easy to talk to?
Although still young, they were only officially stepping into real combat today.
Dracula was wiped out in the Vinsmoke family's conquest of the North Blue, leaving only Alucard as a survivor, but Alucard couldn't care less about the "family extermination."
"I just felt like killing you."
That was Alucard's answer, and it was the truth. It was simply a whim. "Y-You said what?"
Judge's eyelid twitched again. This reason was brazen, and so absurdly willful. Are all the Three Monsters this kind of person?
"You can't reason with him…"
The surface of the specialized spear-gun in Judge's hand crackled with an intense golden electrical current.
"Father's going to fight!"
"Teach that stupid bastard a lesson!"
Yonji and Niji waved their arms excitedly. Among the five siblings, only Sanji remained calm. Like his other siblings, he had always seen his father as an insurmountable figure.
But for some reason, standing before this man, he had the strange "hunch" that his father was going to lose.
"Electromagnetic Thrust!"
Judge suddenly lashed out. The distance between them was only five meters, and an attack at such close range didn't even take half a second.
Crack!
Electricity surged through Alucard's body. The silver spear, covered in a golden current, was stained half-red with blood.
Two seconds later, Alucard seemed to truly be dead, his body sagging as he was impaled on Judge's spear.
"Yeah!! Father took out that annoying guy!" Yonji shouted, jumping up and down.
"Hah, all that talk, and he went down in one hit?" Niji folded his arms and let out a boisterous laugh.
"I know, right? Heh heh heh…" Reiju giggled softly, covering her mouth.
Sanji, on his knees, struggled to open his swollen eyes, which his three brothers had beaten almost shut. He wondered if he was seeing things, but the man pinned to his father's spear seemed to be… smiling.
Suddenly, Alucard's right hand, which held the Casull, extended from the spear and fired a shot directly at Judge.
Judge reacted too late. In the nick of time, he turned his head, but the bullet tore through the flesh of his left cheek, leaving a bloody gash.
Shhh…
Alucard's body suddenly disintegrated into countless bats, vanishing from the spear. The bats let out a mocking, piercing screech as they scattered from the spear. They then re-formed in front of Judge, coalescing back into Alucard's shape.
"Alucard the Immortal…"
Judge lowered his head slightly and muttered the name. "The Commander is hit!"
"Prepare for battle! Prepare for battle!"
Seeing Judge wounded, the Germa 66 army quickly surrounded the area and moved the five children outside the circle. All of the children, except for Sanji, began to throw a fit.
Ichiji raged, "I'm not leaving! I want to watch Father tear that bastard to shreds!"
Niji and Yonji protested just as vehemently. After glancing at her three brothers, Reiju also nodded, stating she didn't want to leave.
Click!
A loading sound was heard. With a crazed grin, Alucard reloaded the Casull and aimed at Judge's face again.
"Human shield!"
Judge gave a single, cold command. Immediately, three Germa 66 soldiers leaped in front of Alucard's gun, taking all the bullets.
But this wasn't the end of Alucard's attack. The bullets were not the kind that could be stopped by flesh. After piercing through the soldiers' bodies, they continued on toward Judge.
Luckily, while the soldiers' bodies couldn't block the attack, they did slow the bullets down, giving Judge enough time to dodge.
Swoosh!
Judge vanished, reappearing about twenty meters directly above Alucard. The spear again erupted with a shocking current.
"Human attack!"
Judge coldly shouted two more words. In an instant, more than fifty soldiers swarmed Alucard from all directions. Many of them even leaped into the air to attack him.
Was this meant to interfere with the enemy's defense and give Judge more openings to attack?
Facing the overwhelming wave of bodies, Alucard only smiled faintly, making no move to resist as the human tide swallowed him whole.
"Garuda! Meat Wagon!"
Judge aimed at the spot where Alucard had been before being engulfed, and amplified his electrical power to the maximum. He, along with his spear, crashed heavily down from the air, piercing through the pile of bodies below. The ground shook violently.
"He's finished!" "Kill him!"
Niji and the others clenched their fists, their excitement barely contained.
As the aftershocks of the attack subsided, Judge slowly rose from the sea of corpses, pushing the bodies of his soldiers aside to check on Alucard's status.
Suddenly, just as Judge was about to take a step, he found he couldn't move. He looked down and saw that from the shadows on the ground, countless hands in white gloves were gripping his feet tightly.
Whoosh…
As everyone watched, Alucard's body slowly rose from behind Judge. He pressed the Casull against Judge's lower back and said in a teasing tone, "Hey, the game's not over yet~"
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