Chapter 69: Ram's Choice
"Is it really OK? Teacher Reggie."
Barr asked Reggie in shock when he heard Reggie's words.
Of course, Barr had fantasized about the natural devil fruit of the Snow Fruit. As Doflamingo said, with it, he would have more revenge power, and could even quickly become a piece that cannot be ignored in the following storm, and might even jump out of the board and become a chess player in the end.
But that was just a fantasy. After all, the natural devil fruit is really too expensive. No matter how generous Ram is, he cannot give it to him simply.
You should know that among the five major cadres in the Ram Gang, Reggie, Getra and Jim do not have the ability to devil fruits. I think Ram used Pika and Rao G to get three devil fruits from Doflamingo this time, and was prepared to use them for the three of them.
The person who is most likely to win the snow fruit is undoubtedly Reggie.
Barr just heard from Doflamingo that Reggie was once the title of Ice Sword Hero. I thought he was once a swordsman with freezing ability, but he had been competing with Reggie for a while and had been in the swordsmanship dojo for quite some time. He had never heard of the other party having such ability.
But there have always been only the wrong names and no nicknames. Reggie was able to obtain the title of Ice Swordsman, but for some reason, he lost this power later.
In this way, Regg's current strength is not only weakened because of his old age and weak body.
Although the snow snow fruit is not a frozen fruit, it is also related to the frozen ability. When Regg got it, he might be able to restore some of his previous strength and even go further.
But this happiness came so suddenly.
Bar never expected to hear Reggie give him the snowy fruit, and that was Ram's intention. He really didn't expect that the leader would value him so much.
"Of course it's true, this is the decision of Chief Ram."
When Reggie saw Barr's shocked expression, he continued to nod and said seriously.
At the same time, he couldn't help but recall the scene in his mind where Ram had a conversation with him a few days ago, and couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Five days ago, Ram Gang Base Camp, in Ram's dedicated office.
Reggie just got the news of the snowy fruit from Ram, but when he heard that Ram finally chose to eat the devil fruit, he asked in surprise: "If you choose Barr, why did you think of giving him the snowy fruit? What did you think? Even if I don't want to eat it, you can give it to Getra and Jim, both of whom have never eaten the devil fruit."
As a pure swordsman, he believed that the devil fruit would only hinder him from pursuing more powerful swordsmanship, so he would eat even the natural devil fruit.
"They? Humph, it's a waste to give them the snowy fruit. Neither of them has the ability to continue to lead the Ram Gang to continue to move forward in the new era. Both of them have lived too comfortably over the years and have long lost the momentum they were young. Their highest achievements are like this now.
You and I are old. You know my physical condition, and you don’t know how many years I can last.
Last time I forced myself to defeat the stone man and martial artist, and appropriately sold Gilbert to a favor and shock Darth, the wound left by Pluto Rayle in my heart began to hurt again recently.
The Ram Gang was founded by you and me. After so many years, no matter how you say it, it is still affectionate. It is now the home of two old men. I don’t want this home that I finally built is gone. When people get old, they are really sentimental.
You know the captain's character. If something happens to us and we cannot provide him with sufficient research funds in the future, you know what the outcome of this country will be like.
The Kingdom of Magnetic Drum is our hometown. Although I am a pirate, I don’t want it to be poisoned by pirates like those outside countries.
So we have to find a successor as soon as possible, a successor who is enough to help Ram help re-main the balance of the coronavirus, Barr, I see potential in this kid.”
When Ram heard this, he shook his head and sighed.
Suddenly, his heart seemed to suffer some kind of pain. He immediately covered his chest and coughed violently. His face quickly turned pale, and finally he coughed blood.
When Reggie saw this old guy's situation, he immediately took out a bottle of medicine from the table drawer and handed the pills inside to Ram to swallow.
After taking the medicine, Ram's condition quickly improved, and his face turned red again, and he was not as fragile as before.
"It's not easy to survive again. Fortunately, I have the excellent medical skills from my hometown, otherwise my life would have been gone more than ten years ago."
After Ram recovered, he covered his heart with difficulty and said with a wry smile.
In the Battle of Edvor, he was defeated by Pluto Reilly, hurting his heart, and then fell into the sea. The injury to his heart became even worse. Fortunately, he was rescued by Reggie. In addition, he was still in his prime and had a strong vitality, so he was lucky to be able to return to the Kingdom of Magnetic Drum to recover.
Although he survived with the excellent medical technology of the magnetic drum kingdom, his heart had already experienced irreversible injuries, which made him unable to engage in a long and fierce battle.
Once a fierce battle with someone, if the battle cannot be resolved in a short time, his heart will kill him.
Therefore, over the past decade, Ram has taken action, and every time he takes action, it is very short, and Reggie and others usually settle the matter.
If it weren't for this, how could Ram have made the Blood Wolf Darth so arrogant? With his temper when he was a flying pirate, he would have taken action to solve this junior who had become extremely perverted in fighting ability because of awakening the animal-type demon fruit ability.
"Just give the snow fruit to Barr, can he be able to take the responsibility? He is just a little devil now, and he hasn't even learned the domineering nature of the armed spirit. There is also this kid who has a lot of thoughts and ambitions, and he is not on the same journey as us."
Seeing that Ram's situation stabilized, Reggie continued to express her opinions, and still insisted that Barr was not the right person to eat the snow fruit.
"If I had no ambition, I wouldn't choose him. As for whether he was with us, it doesn't matter. We are the remnants of the old era, and if nothing unexpected happens, he will be the trendsetters of the new era. He has his own will, how could he be with us?
But don’t worry, you and I know how powerful the captain is. As long as the captain is still alive, he will not dare to do anything.
It is also because he is an ambitious little devil that I gave him the snow fruit. How can I add icing on the cake be better than the timely help?
From the benefits he gave to his attitude towards his subordinates, he is not a harsh and stingy person, and he knows how to be grateful. You, the person who is his teacher, should know the best.
So I believe that as long as I give him the snow fruit, no matter what happens in the future, he will help Ram and give us old guys some kindness.
That kid is both smart and sleek, and he will definitely be easy to survive in the new era in the future. With the qualifications he has shown during this period, as long as he is given time, he can rise even without the snow fruit, and you won’t deny this.”
Ram lit a cigar, took a hard sip, then picked up the bottle of medicine on the table, threw it in his hand, and said to Reggie with a smile.
When Reggie nodded silently, the smile on his face quickly disappeared and became gloomy and ferocious.
Then, he squeezed the bottle and said excitedly: "In the end, that kid is destined to be a member of the Navy and the World Government. The mark on his back will definitely make him and the Navy and the World Government go to death. I hope he can deal with the high guys in the sky in the future, and it is best to let them fall down and die, Ruhahaha~~"
Chapter completed!