Giotto didn't stick around for too long brought Judge back to Secon Island. However, he did not go straight to the Family's headquarter. Instead, he went to Merone Base, which was in the middle of construction near Secon Island. There was no need for Judge to visit the technical department and meet someone like Verde.
In terms of scientific research, Shoichi Irie was enough to knock some sense into Judge's head.
The conversation between the two scientists was boring. Giotto could not understand the scientific terms that they used. He was sitting on the side, watching Judge's face became grimmer and grimmer. Obviously, Judge could not believe what he was going through now. The difficulties that he had encountered after so much time he spent in research were solved by Shoichi Irie.
Seeing the young man in front of him with brown glasses, who was only in his twenties, he felt as if he was seeing his former colleague, Vegapunk!
But... Vegapunk was known as a scientist who was five hundred years ahead of the world, surpassing human intelligence by five hundred years. His scientific breakthrough was mind blowing to countless people, and there was another person like him?
Judge should be grateful that Giotto took him to Shoichi Irie instead of Verde. If Giotto took him to see Verde, and he saw those optical camouflage devices, and the illusion materialization devices that Verde was planning to make, Judge would've gone insane. However, after seeing Shoichi Irie, Judge was really confident in Vongola Family. By simply doing three favours for them, he could get the help of such a powerful force. Conquering North Blue would no longer be a dream anymore!
Now, he was not in a hurry to return to Germa Kingdom. He had learned a lot from his conversation with Shoichi Irie, so he decided to stick around a bit longer.
Giotto himself didn't mind.
Even if Judge had some guts, he would not dare to cause trouble in Vongola Family's territory.
After bringing Vinsmoke Judge back, nothing worth mentioning happened. The situation in the new world was relatively stable. Shiki seemed to have finished the trial and continued his research. For the time being, he did not send out the mutated creatures.
At the same time, the Vongola Family didn't make any particular move during this year. G spent most of his time monitoring Demon Spade, while Giotto was waiting for Millefiore Family to be unlocked.
There was a pirate crew that rose to fame in the first half of Grand Line this year. They had already sailed all the way to Sabaody Archipelago, and it would not be long before they enter the New World. It was the Red Hair Pirates that Giotto was familiar with. When they officially entered the New World, the whole situation would start to change.
One afternoon, while Giotto was in his training room, enjoying the long-lost training time, the voice of the system sounded in his mind.
"The Second Family has been successfully unlocked!"
[Reward: 10% initial Unlock Rate! Byakuran Unlocked! Current panel is as follows... ]
[Host: Vongola Giotto]
[Personal ability: Dying Will Flame: Sky(Soft), Sky(Hard), Hyper Intuition(Intermediate), Color of Arms Haki (Advanced), Color of Observation Haki(Intermediate), Color of Supreme King Haki(Intermediate), Flame-Flame Fruit (maxed out), the Apex of Wave Energt(embryonic form)]
[Personal equipment: Sky Vongola Ring(Primary), Vongola's I Gloves, Vongola's I Cloak, Contact Lenses, Vongola Box Weapons; Sky Qilin ]
[Vongola Family: 75% unlocked]
[Family members: Guardian(Ugetsu Asari, Knuckle, Alaudi, Lampow, G, Demon Spade) Arcobaleno(Aria, Reborn, Colonello, Verde, Fon, Skull, Mammon) Varia(Xanxus, Squalo, Belphegor , Lussuria, Fran, Levi) Technical Department(Shoichi Irie, Spanner, Giannini) External Advisor(Basil, Lal Mirch)
[Main mission: Gather six Guardians (Completion Rate: 83%)]
Vongola Family Completion Rate: 80%
[Millefiore Family: 10% Unlocked]
[Leader: Byakuran]
[Ability: Sky Flame, Access to Parallel Worlds(Unlocked), Color of Arms Haki (Beginner), Color of Observation Haki(Beginner), Color of Supreme King Haki(Beginner) ]
[Equipment: Sky Mare Ring (Unlocked), Box Weapons: White Dragon(Unlocked)]
[Family member: Genkishi]
[Main mission: Gather the True Six Funeral Wreath! (Completion rate: 0%) Reward: 5% Millefore Family Unlock Rate. ]
The moment the system notification rang out, a white-haired youth with a purple tattoo below his left eye appeared beside Giotto. Without a doubt, this youth was the leader of the Millefore Family, Byakuran!
According to the system prompt, Byakuran was not summoned by Giotto. Instead, he was like his double. He had the same way of thinking as Giotto, but he possessed different powers.
Seeing Byakuran, Giotto was also a little happy. If this was being the case, then he'd have another double when he unlocked the next Family! If he could fuse his double with his real body, his strength would be off the chart for sure. However, he did not have such an ability yet.
"Host, it seems that you have a task for me. A problem right from the get-go, huh?" Byakuran said while similing, but while Giotto's smile was gentle, his smile seemed sinister.
"There is indeed a mission that I need you to do, but I don't think it will be difficult for you to conquer North Blue, right?"
Giotto smiled and said, "By the way, the Golden Paradise that Tesoro and Colonello built will be completed in seven days. We'll hold a celebration by then! Feel free to take a good rest and have fun there before going to the North Sea. At the same time, you can get to know Vinsmoke Family during the celebration. After all, they are a good help for conquering the North Sea!"