"What kind of Devil Fruit would you like?" A Disciplinary Committee officer from Revolutionary Army Headquarters stood before Katakuri and asked calmly.
Katakuri was flipping through a catalog of Devil Fruits currently held by the Revolutionary Army that had yet to be eaten.
Naturally, this was among the Revolutionary Army's most closely guarded secrets. A major general had personally brought this Devil Fruit catalog to him.
This major general had eaten an artificial Falcon-Falcon Fruit, but he was also a superhuman expert proficient in both Marine Rokushiki and the Revolutionary Army's Iron Body technique. Whether in Observation Haki or Armament Haki, he ranked among the best in the world.
Yet a martial fighter like him could have held a cadre position in any of the Four Emperors' pirate crews on the Grand Line. Among the Revolutionary Army's gathering of powerful figures, however, he was merely a major general. From their initial desperation for manpower, to the rigorous examinations that followed, and now to promotions granted only for extraordinary merit—
The Revolutionary Army's three-step process had proceeded with remarkable stability, more steadily than anyone had expected.
After all, they were still at war, and the Revolutionary Army still had countless opportunities for soldiers to earn military merit.
So people did not complain much. Instead, they felt that the commander-in-chief's refusal to swiftly wage war against the New World pirates was holding back their promotions.
Of course, complaints like that never reached Leo's ears.
The Disciplinary Committee officer merely folded his wings and stood quietly before Katakuri, waiting for him to make his choice.
Though they both held the rank of major general,
the difference between one major general and another could be as vast as the difference between a man and a dog.
Although he was a member of the Disciplinary