Chapter 699 Hug the thigh
In fact, for Dragon, the effects of the Mirror-Mirror Fruit and the Pierce-Pierce Fruit are similar. The Mirror-Mirror Fruit has the ability to travel long distances without awakening, but this ability is easy to be exposed and targeted.
It might work wonders at first, but it will surely leak out over time, and by then the country to be liberated will order all mirrors in the country to be smashed, making a surprise attack impossible.
But the Piercing Fruit is different. Even if it is not awakened, it can penetrate any object except living things. A country can be without mirrors, but it cannot be without houses and walls, right? Using the power of the Piercing Fruit to launch a surprise attack is hard to defend against. It is useless even if you know it in advance!
Moreover, this ability can even attach to buildings and walls to carry out assassinations and decapitation operations. The only drawback is that before the ability is awakened, the troops need to land in the liberated country to make full use of it, so each has its advantages and disadvantages.
After much deliberation, Vicks decided to give the Pierce-Pierce Fruit to Dragon, and leave the Mirror-Mirror Fruit to Ban's intelligence organization, or even for Ban himself.
The liberation of a country is usually led by a few senior cadres, but the real work is done by the large number of grassroots soldiers. The senior cadres need to deal with the country's high-end combat power.
This is what the revolutionary army did in the past. In Kerla's memory, Sabo was always at the front, and he was the one who attacked the city or conquered the stronghold. For this, he was reprimanded by Kerla more than once.
So landing is not a big problem, it can be done without the Pierce-Perce Fruit. It is impossible that one cannot do it with this Devil Fruit. The problem lies in siege and capture of cities, so the Pierce-Perce Fruit is more suitable for the Revolutionary Army.
But it is different for Ban. He only needs to collect information. He rarely uses the Mirror-Mirror Fruit to travel through mirrors. This way he can ensure his own safety and confidentiality.
He only needs to move the corresponding mirrors in the mirror world in the rooms of those people he focuses on together, and he can easily track the intelligence of many people, just like sitting in front of a monitor and watching surveillance in multiple places.
Why is Big Mom's intelligence ability so strong in the original work? It is inseparable from Brulee's ability of the Mirror-Mirror Fruit. Even if Brulee is alone, there are many people in the world, and there are so many loyal Homies. Let them stay in the mirror world for a long time and stare at a mirror. How can this ability to collect intelligence not be strong?
So Vic left the Mirror-Mirror Fruit to Ban. He wanted to build Ban's intelligence organization into one that is second only to the World Government, and that would even be able to find some intelligence that the World Government could not.
The World Government’s intelligence relies on a large number of agents around the world, but some strong people are able to perfectly avoid those agents. The perception of Observation Haki is no joke.
However, the Mirror-Mirror Fruit can detect the intelligence of these powerful beings without anyone noticing, which is difficult to sense even with Observation Haki, unless the Observation Haki is strong enough. Therefore, in terms of intelligence on powerful beings, the Mirror-Mirror Fruit is more capable than the World Government.
Dragon took the small box handed over by Vic happily. He had no idea that this devil fruit was snatched by Vic, and not just this one. He thought Vic had bought it at a high price. He felt a little embarrassed to make Vic bleed again.
Therefore, he did not ask in detail about the person he was going to meet next. If he knew that Victor had three devil fruits, he would probably ask for all of them. The Revolutionary Army lacked these auxiliary fruit abilities.
Vic could also guess this, so he let him leave in advance. He didn't mention the matter of robbing the auction house now. Even if they knew about it in the future, there would be nothing they could do because the fruits would have been distributed or even digested completely.
Besides, after this incident, Dragon was too embarrassed to ask Vic for it. Vic did give him the Piercing Fruit that he had bought. No matter what means he had used to get it, if he asked for more again, he would be considered greedy. He could still act pitiful in person, but it would be meaningless to bring it up again after they separated.
Dragon originally thought that after Vic paid the money and got back the Piercing Fruit, he would leave the Sabaody Archipelago with him. He was already waiting for Vic on the boat, but he didn't expect that Vic would take him to see someone, so after the two met up, they exchanged a few brief words and then headed towards Area 50. He was also very curious about who Vic was going to meet.
Vic felt that he was just a calf, and that even with the Revolutionary Army holding him, he was still a little underdeveloped. It was really difficult for Rebecca and the others to rob the pirates of their money.
The Golden Emperor Tesoro is definitely a real big shot. After a few years, he owns more than 20% of the world's wealth. Such a big shot is what the revolutionary army really needs.
Of course, Tesoro is not yet the real Golden Emperor, and he does not have as much wealth as he will later, but his future is definitely promising. He has a pretty good leg now, as you can see from the fact that he spent money today without even frowning.
Moreover, Tesoro also has the conditions to become a staunch supporter of the Revolutionary Army. His beloved girlfriend Stella was captured and became a slave. He tried his best to get all the money he could, but Stella was still bought by the Celestial Dragons!
He tried to resist, but the result was that he also became a slave of the Celestial Dragons, and his girlfriend Stella was toyed to death by the Celestial Dragons. Who could understand the complex feelings of heartache, humiliation, despair, unwillingness, and hatred?
It’s just that the power of the Celestial Dragons is too great. Even if he later ate the Gold-Gold Fruit and possessed 20% of the world’s wealth, he could do nothing about those beasts and demons. He could only deceive himself and think that he could kill the Celestial Dragons with money!
It's not that he doesn't want to seek revenge on the Celestial Dragons and the World Government, it's just that he doesn't have the power or strength to seek revenge on them. As long as Vic can help him connect with the Revolutionary Army, does he have any reason to refuse?
The Revolutionary Army didn't need him to do anything else, they just needed him to provide money, and wasn't making money what he was good at? And it was all the money of the nobles and pirates.
To put it another way, Tesoro is still worried and afraid of the Celestial Dragons and dares not cooperate with the Revolutionary Army. However, Vic has Fisher Tiger, the benefactor who saved the Celestial Dragon slaves. He has to acknowledge Tiger's life-saving grace, right?
Just let Tiger be the middleman who is responsible for the financial transactions between Tesoro and the Revolutionary Army. As for the rest, Tesoro can just pretend that he knows nothing. His benefactor asked for money, and he gave money to repay the favor. It is reasonable and no one can say anything. Does he have to ask the benefactor where the money was used?
So when Vic saw Tezoro at the auction, he was already prepared for the two to get to know each other better!
In the original novel, the revolutionary army has only a few capable cadres, and the soldiers under them are of varying quality and insufficient in number. It is okay to liberate one or two countries, but if they want to liberate more countries, they have to wait in line.
By the time Luffy awakens the Nika form, they can only carry out the Five Nations Revolution at the same time, and the revolutionary army can only play a guiding and auxiliary role. Most of the liberated soldiers are the original rebels of those countries.
This level of revolutionary power is definitely not enough. When he joins forces with others to overthrow the Celestial Dragons and the World Government, the Revolutionary Army will not be able to cover so many member states with its own manpower, and many of the fruits of the revolution will be stolen!
What Victor wants is that when they confront the Celestial Dragons and the World Government, the Revolutionary Army will have enough power to control and revolutionize all countries that want to support the World Government!