Chapter 38: A Beating

"Attack." Vinsmoke Judge commanded, as he had his own battle suit and was holding a spear in his hand, pointing it directly at Yami.

"Yes." Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji responded without hesitation.

Then they rushed toward Yami with tremendous speed.

"[Genjutsu: Sharingan]." Yami's three-tomoe Sharingan rotated rapidly.

The three Vinsmoke brothers stopped immediately the moment they approached him.

"Nani?!!" Judge exclaimed, his body freezing in place just as he had been about to move.

His face was filled with disbelief.

"Even they can't resist this power?"

Once again, what he thought was a given had been shattered before his eyes.

"Defeat him," Yami commanded calmly.

"Whoosh."

The three brothers turned around without hesitation and rushed toward Vinsmoke Judge.

The man in question couldn't help but feel angry when he saw this scene.

A betrayal was happening right before his eyes.

Was this the moment when his sons would recognize an intruder as better to listen to than their father?

"I am your father, wake up!" Judge shouted.

He wasn't weak, but he still found it extremely difficult to deal with his three sons simultaneously.

He kept shouting loudly, thinking his sons were possessed by some spirit and hoping to wake them up.

"[Sparking Valkyrie]." Ichiji attacked his father directly in the abdomen.

"[Electric Blue]." Niji wasn't to be outdone.

It seemed like he was saying, "Father, let me give you some electrotherapy."

"[Winch Green]." Yonji also seemed like he wanted to give his father a back massage as he punched Vinsmoke Judge in the back.

Judge gritted his teeth and resisted the attack from his eldest son to his stomach, while swinging his spear to knock his other two sons away.

The spear also had electric arcs attached to it, which directly struck both of them.

He wanted to use electric shock to wake up his two sons.

But he found that this approach didn't work at all.

The three sons continued to surround their father, as if they were competing for his approval and trying to please him with their dedication.

"Damn it, how could this happen?" Judge felt as though his world had collapsed.

Why were the sons he had worked so hard to raise and perfect for so many years acting like this?

Being controlled by someone else so easily?

Yami looked calmly at this scene of loving father and dutiful sons.

He knew that people in this world possessed very strong physical constitutions and wouldn't be beaten to death easily.

If something serious happened to Judge, he would intervene to prevent his death.

If he didn't give the man a serious shock the first time, this guy would probably cause some trouble in the future.

If it weren't for the long cooldown time of Shisui's [Kotoamatsukami], he would definitely have asked Shisui to brainwash this guy.

That kind of technique was too important to waste on something like this.

Yami was confident he could subdue this man and make him work for him.

"The strength of these three brothers is indeed impressive. They possess the combat effectiveness of elite jōnin when fighting," Yami analyzed for Itachi and Izumi.

"And their stamina is remarkable. If they keep fighting persistently like this, it wouldn't be a problem for them to challenge three Kage-level opponents."

Their fighting methods were simple but effective; they were like ninja who specialized in a single ability.

"It would be very difficult to defeat them." Itachi offered his own assessment.

These people were incredibly fast, with the fastest among them even exceeding the speed of sound.

Only when Rob Lucci burst out with full strength could he achieve such velocity.

The other CP9 members weren't on the same level at all.

"These three are easy to control. It costs about the same chakra as using genjutsu against ordinary people, and their resistance is minimal," Yami explained.

When he first used the illusion to control the three brothers, he had felt confused by how simple it was.

After all, he hadn't been able to control Lucci with just his Sharingan before.

Although his power had become several times stronger, he still shouldn't have been able to directly control the three brothers to attack their father so easily.

Yami's words surprised the two younger clan members.

After all, they had tried it themselves and knew it wasn't easy to control people in this world with genjutsu.

It was then…

"Shichibukai Uchiha Yamikage… why have you come to our kingdom?" A beautiful and charming woman appeared beside them, looking at Yami with a bit of apprehension.

“Also, can you stop controlling my brothers?”

She was followed by dozens of armed soldiers, which was the backbone of Germa 66.

Despite this show of force, when she spoke, she was extremely polite, appearing like a gentle lady.

Yami smiled knowingly.

"Stop," he commanded.

Just as the three sons were about to use their combined special technique to deliver a strong blow that would injure their father, Yami ordered them to halt.

The three immediately stopped and stood motionless.

Judge was beaten by them so badly that his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.

His expression was filled with anger as if he had just eaten poop.

"Can you calm down and talk now?" Yami asked, looking at Judge.

The man in question wiped his blood and put his spear aside.

"What is your purpose?" Judge demanded angrily.

"You’re a Shichibukai, what could you possibly need from me…"

Though angry, after hearing what his daughter had said, Judge reacted and didn't continue his attacks.

Instead, he looked at the man before him with considerable wariness.

"I heard that you're skilled at researching Lineage factor, so I want you to help me with something," Yami stated directly.

"It’s research into a bloodline that is filled with defects, but it can occasionally be awakened through stimulation, with certain serious side effects. I want you to repair the defects in this bloodline and make it stable."

Except for this family of five, the others were basically expendable workers who wouldn't reveal sensitive information.

"You actually possess such a bloodline?" Judge asked, his scientific curiosity overriding his anger.

"What is it? How come I’ve never heard of such a hang?"

After hearing this explanation, Judge momentarily set aside his hostile thoughts and spoke with genuine puzzlement.

After all, bloodline defects were normal, but the other stuff unique to this bloodline was something he had never heard.

"The bloodline results in certain unique eyes… and it belongs to the Uchiha clan," Yami said, looking directly into Judge's eyes with his blood-red Sharingan.

Judge was instantly startled when he saw those eyes.

He hadn't even had time to properly observe them before being chased and beaten by his three sons.

'Wait… he said Uchiha?' he thought.

"Your name is Uchiha Yamikage…" Judge exclaimed as recognition dawned.

"It’s actually your clan!"

When Judge heard the name, he quickly made the connection.

Then his expression shifted to one of excitement. There was so much new stuff.

Research material he had never encountered before. And a powerful bloodline.

‘How fascinating…’