Pirates: Beginning with the Patrolman. Chapter 196 King Riku's Thank-You Gift - Origami Fruit

Needless to say, Remos and Nami were the most handsome guys at the banquet. Even King Riku, who returned after ten years, was completely overwhelmed by them.

But King Riku himself clearly didn't care about this, on the contrary, he was happy to see Remos and Nami impress the crowd.

Halfway through the banquet, Nami and Violet were still present, and Remus followed King Riku to the reception room in the back.

"Thank you for your help to this country. If it weren't for you, there's no telling how long Dressrosa would have been ruled by Doflamingo."

There were only two people left in the room, and King Riku dropped all his disguises, revealing a tired expression.

He does have a lot of work these days.

Organize people to rescue those who are crushed under buildings, and clear all collapsed buildings.

Distribute daily necessities so that those whose homes have been destroyed can survive.

Maintain stability within the country and guard against those who may cause chaos.

He couldn't rely on the navy. With his return to the throne, the navy had basically withdrawn. He would have to rely on himself for what happened next.

Those officials who had worked well for him had all died or been injured ten years ago. He could not find enough available manpower in a short period of time, so he had to complete a lot of work by himself.

For such an old man who is not young anymore, he is naturally exhausted.

Fortunately, he has been honing his body in the bullfighting arena over the years, otherwise the high-intensity work in the past few days would be enough to send him directly to the hospital bed.

"Violet has said thank you many times, King Riku, you don't have to be so polite."

Remus said with a smile.

"No, she said she said, as the king of this country, I must thank you in person."

King Riku shook his head, then stood up, walked to the bookcase next to him, opened a secret compartment, took out a small wooden box, and placed it in front of Remos.

Judging from the size and shape, Remos immediately guessed what was inside.

King Riku opened the wooden box, and sure enough, there was a devil fruit inside.

This fruit looks like a large eggplant, but it is white all over and has origami-like spiral patterns on it.

"Origami Fruit. This fruit and Violaide's Staring Fruit are treasures that have been passed down in the Riku family for many years. I originally planned to let Scarlett eat this fruit, but..."

King Riku paused at this point.

His eldest daughter, Scarlett, has always been a pain in his heart.

It’s not because Scarlett fell in love with Cyrus, but because Scarlett died at the hands of Diamante.

Of course, because Scarlett married Cyrus, the fruit originally prepared for her can only continue to wait for the next destined person.

Now, he plans to give this fruit to Remos.

"The user of this fruit can turn into an origami man, use paper to attack, create various origami animals, and turn himself into countless pieces of paper. Although it is a parahuman devil fruit, it can do things similar to the natural devil fruit.

I don't have anything else to thank you with. If it's money, you probably won't care about it, so I can only use this devil fruit. I hope you don't mind it."

King Riku said as he gently stroked the devil fruit before gently pushing the fruit towards Remos.

Remos looked at the devil fruit, but did not take it immediately. Instead, he looked up at King Riku.

"I'm curious, since you still have a devil fruit in your hand, why didn't you eat it before? Violet's fruit has almost no combat power, but this one is different. If you had eaten the fruit earlier, you might not have had no chance of resistance."

Of course, the possibility of a successful rebellion is very small.

"I'm too old."

King Riku shook his head.

“When I was young, I also thought about eating the fruit, but since becoming a power user would make me afraid of sea water, I didn’t want to put myself in obvious danger.

Later I had two daughters, and I originally planned to let them eat the fruit.

But Scarlett, like me, was unwilling to eat the fruit, and in the end, only Violet became a special ability user.

When Doflamingo invaded, I thought about eating the fruit to resist, but it was too late, and it was impossible to stop so many people with special abilities in the Donquixote family with just one origami fruit."

King Liku saw it very clearly and knew that resistance was futile, so he might as well keep his useful body and prepare for the future.

Remos couldn't say whether his choice was right or wrong. After all, Dressrosa had been peaceful and harmonious for so many years, so it was understandable that King Riku was not in a hurry to convert the fruit into power.

"I cannot have this fruit."

Remos nodded, then shook his head, “This is your family’s inheritance, you keep it for yourself, and we all already have the fruit, one more fruit is useless.

After Doflamingo died, his String-String Fruit and Sugar's Childlike Fun Fruit were both reborn. Ovelette gave these two fruits to me. Didn't she tell you about this?"

"She said that it was me who suggested that she send the fruit over."

King Liku said.

"You are now..."

Remos was a little confused. Why would someone send fruits in several batches?

“Please forgive me, Mr. Ranger, because only by doing this can I believe that you will choose to come back to rescue this country when it is in danger again.

Those two fruits can be considered as a thank you gift for your help.

But what about next time? Will you come back? I don't know.

Only by giving you this fruit as an advance payment for the next thank you gift can I feel a little relieved. "

King Riku said with a wry smile.

His current words did not appear in the original work. After Luffy saved the country, he did not obtain the devil fruit from King Riku.

From here we can see the difference between Remos and Luffy.

Luffy is a pirate, and if he defeats Doflamingo, then the pirates will assume that this is Luffy's territory, and Dressrosa will also have a layer of protection.

But Remos is a ranger, he will not do anything to occupy territory. After he leaves, this place will become a no-man's land in the eyes of pirates.

King Riku obviously knew this too, so he needed to tie up Remos.

From this perspective, what Violet said before about making him the Duke should also be King Riku's intention.

Perhaps because Remos was unwilling to be the Duke, King Liku had to change the chips to find a way to bring the two sides closer.

Remos looked at him, and after a moment, nodded slightly.

"Okay, I'll take this fruit."