The Black Duke of the Pirate

your loyalty...

After hearing this, Röntgen was startled for a moment. He was about to answer, but when the words reached his throat, he subconsciously stopped himself.

Can you guarantee absolute loyalty to your family in the future?

If he had said this in the past, he would not have had any hesitation. Even now, he should not have any hesitation, but he still subconsciously paused.

Röntgen was an extremely smart man, and he would not have known that this moment of hesitation would cause Reinhardt to have a strong crisis of trust.

He wanted to tell Reinhard personally that there would be no problem with his loyalty, either before or in the future. But he could not deceive the man in front of him who had treated him as his younger brother since he was a child, and at the same time he was even less willing to respond to this question head-on.

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"Brother, you..."

Röntgen could hear a tone of doubt about himself from Reinhard's mouth, which he had never heard before.

"I didn't expect that such a simple question would make you hesitate for so long." Reinhard walked to the position opposite Roentgen and sat down. Then he glanced at his face and then said softly, "

What are you hesitating about? Roentgen..."

"I also didn't expect that my eldest brother would ask such a question." Röntgen looked directly into Reinhard's eyes without any flinching or panic. There was a kind of calmness in his clear pupils.

"I didn't expect that my elder brother would doubt me." Röntgen said sharply, and he defeated an entire army.

At this time, the scene began to stagnate, and both parties went from a happy reminiscing scene to an atmosphere of tense tension.

Reinhardt's eyes narrowed, and his expression became cold at the same time. He stared at Röntgen closely and reprimanded with a hint of coldness: "Pay attention to your position!"

Röntgen was suddenly startled, his eyes moved subconsciously, but there was hesitation in his heart.

This was the first time in so many years that Reinhard had spoken to him in a cold and scolding tone, the first time in his life.

"Brother." Röntgen felt a little embarrassed, but he still mustered up the courage to meet Reinhard's eyes and continued: "Trust is mutual. During the eight years I was undercover in the Navy, I have been working hard every day.

I spent it in tension, fearing that the navy would discover my identity. If I had other intentions, why would I have to persist for eight years? "

"I have been counting the days for the whole eight years. Especially in the past year, due to the brutal internal review of the Navy, I don't know how many innocent sailors died because of it. Many times, my spirit was about to collapse. If

If I had not kept my position in mind, I would have rebelled a long time ago. Why should I wait until brother to question it in person? "

Reinhard had always trusted him, but Röntgen's many strange performances and his graceful decisions all showed that Röntgen was shaken deep in his heart. If he was not warned, this wavering would get worse.

Strongly, even on a certain day...

The end result of letting it go is self-evident.

However, if you force it, the result will not be very good.

Reinhard's eyes were still cold, and he said with a tone that could not be rejected: "Don't forget, this is your own choice."

"I once told you that this is a long, cruel and painful process."

"Haha... It's my own choice." Röntgen laughed in a low voice. He suddenly felt that Reinhard's character had changed a lot. That tone of refusal and cold and ruthless eyes were very unfamiliar to him.

He didn't understand what caused Reinhard's current temperament. Was it caused by his growing power and ambition, or was it caused by becoming the King's Shichibukai?

Or maybe... Reinhard himself is such a cruel and ruthless person.

"But do I have a choice?"

Röntgen's expression suddenly became a little excited, "From the moment we started discussing this matter, I had no choice."

Indeed, as Roentgen said, although Reinhard respected his personal wishes at the time and whether he went or not was entirely up to him, the situation at the time and Roentgen's character made it impossible for him to do so.

Choice of two options.

"So you regret it now?" After a moment of silence, Reinhardt spoke.

Röntgen stood up and looked at Reinhardt with a very strange look: "I have no regrets, and I will not give up halfway. As long as either of you or I are alive, my position and identity will not change."

"In this case, I take back what I said just now because I was overly concerned."

After listening to Röntgen's words, Reinhard also stood up at the same time, and then resumed his familiar smile. Although he said this, he knew very well that from now on, he would never completely trust Röntgen again.

For Reinhardt, once a family member has this kind of alienation, he will never show mercy. This is different from the situation with Kitiara. Back then, Kitiara did not belong to the family from the beginning to the end, and Roentgen

Not only is he a core member of the family, he has always treated Roentgen as a relative.

However, this matter is not without room for relaxation. Maybe Roentgen is really just an emotional vent.

With this kind of luck, Reinhard continued to look at Röntgen and said: "Do you blame me for my original decision?"

"No, my eldest brother and I have always stood together and have always taken the same position. I just vented my helpless emotions." Röntgen shook his head. Seeing Reinhardt's tone softening, he also regained his smile.

As for Reinhardt's suspicion, Röntgen didn't want to delve into it any further. Maybe in the long years, everyone's temperament will change to a greater or lesser extent. Not to mention Reinhardt's changes over the years, he himself has changed over the past eight years.

, so why hasn’t it changed?

But he knew in his heart that after this unpleasant conversation, the relationship between the two would probably never be the same again.

"My words were too serious." Reinhardt nodded, "I know the pressure you are under in the navy, and I can understand some changes in your mood."

"Brother, I will never forget my true position." Röntgen said.

"Let's not talk about this matter anymore." Reinhardt smiled and nodded, then asked again: "You should have established your footing in the G13 branch, right?"

"I have just become the deputy base commander of the G13 branch." Röntgen nodded. He became the deputy base commander with the rank of major general of the G branch. This proves that he is only half a step away from the rank of lieutenant general of the G branch.

"Now that the intelligence system in the family has been completely perfected, I will arrange some useful pirate intelligence for you, so that your military rank can be promoted to Lieutenant General of G Branch as soon as possible."