One Piece: The Eternal Flame

There are two layers of cabins above the deck, the first layer is the kitchen (owned by Andrew), the study room (owned by Dunn and Perry), the infirmary (owned by Colin), the research institute (owned by Gehry) and the storage room.

Standing at the door of the storage room, Gray frowned and looked at the note on the door - the captain is forbidden to enter. After a while, he turned his head and smiled at Ace: "Andrew's handwriting is not bad."

Ace suppressed a smile and nodded, "Yeah, it's pretty good."

"Well, let's go to the second floor." Gray scratched his head, and took the lead to leave the door of the storage room, looking rather vicissitudes from his back.

"The second floor is the dormitory. Until you find that white beard, you can live in the original place. I have spare quilts and so on."

Gray walked into the captain's cabin and opened the wardrobe.

Surprisingly, his closet was very clean and tidy. The clothes were folded and put away in different categories. The quilt was placed in the bottom compartment, and he quickly took it out.

"Thank you." Ace took the quilt and boasted, "Your wardrobe is too tidy."

Most of the pirates he has come into contact with act freely and uninhibitedly, and rarely pay attention to personal hygiene.

Gray rubbed the back of his head and said with a smile: "The habit I developed before, I thought it was good, so I didn't change it."

Ace was taken aback, and immediately changed the subject, "Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to the banquet tonight."

"Hahahaha, it must be very interesting." Gray immediately laughed, "I'm hungry right now!"

Gray went out first, and Ace was a little behind holding the quilt. When he walked out, he looked at the reward order on the wall.

When I was in the navy, I left a good habit of paying attention to personal hygiene, so I didn't change it when I defected from the navy.

Different from other people's reward orders, Gray's reward order has the words "Only for live capture". Ace thought it was strange before, but now that he thinks about it, this is the greatest protection Cyborg can give Gray as a marshal.

"I don't like people with ink marks." Gray walked a distance, turned around and looked over, "Ace, hurry up."

Ace hurried over, "Sorry, sorry, I was distracted just now."

"What are you thinking?" Gray asked casually, and added: "Speaking of which, Garp is your grandfather, so why do you want to be a pirate? That guy will not let his grandson be a pirate."

"... Various reasons." Ace's voice dropped, "Have you ever heard of the Roger Pirates?"

At the current time, the Roger Pirates should still be just a small-scale emerging pirate group in the first half of the great route.

The future One Piece should be around 25 years old now.

"Hmm, Roger Pirates?" Gray scratched his head, thought for a while, and finally decided to give up, "Maybe Perry will know."

"Hahaha, it's really your style." Ace laughed, "I was an orphan, and I was adopted by bandits by Garp. After that, I went to sea at the age of 17 and became a pirate. After entering the new world, I joined the Whitebeard Pirates."

"Hahahaha, it seems that we are indeed very destined," Gray said with a smile: "I am also an orphan, and was adopted by Cyborg."

"You really don't want to know about the future?" Ace was suddenly curious, "I've never heard about the Black Firework Pirates."

Gray looked at Ace and showed a meaningful smile: "Do you think there is any result for pirates? A big pirate should never start a good life and end well. Since he has made a name for himself in the sea, he must give it back to the sea when he dies."

What he said made sense, at least Ace couldn't think of a rebuttal.

Sometimes, even if the pirate wants to start and end well, the navy will not agree.

Gray thought for a while, then suddenly said, "You're not hesitating to go find that white beard, are you?"

Ace smiled wryly: "...Yes, my appearance is bound to change history, so..."

"There is no need to worry at all, Ace," Gray interrupted Ace, "Maybe your appearance just complements the history. Have you ever thought that history without you is the wrong direction?"

"I……"

What Gray said was so bold that Ace didn't know how to answer it for a moment.

"Don't hesitate, just follow your heart!" Gray patted Ace on the shoulder with a bright smile, "No matter where you go, you have to make a big fuss, this is a pirate!"

"You're right!" Ace nodded, being infected by Gray's emotions, all the worries before disappeared.

No matter what changes will happen in the future, since he is already here, why don't you let go and do a big job!
This is the growth period of legends such as Garp, Roger, Dad, and Sengoku 52 years ago.

All the heroes are rising together, the sea is full of wind and clouds, and being able to fight against these big men in the future is something that makes people excited and full of fighting spirit.

"Grey, let me join your pirate group!" Ace suddenly made up his mind, and he had already thought clearly.

Dad is still in the Rocks Pirates now, even if he was in the past, he just joined Rocks.

Say goodbye to the past, let the name of Fire Fist resound throughout the sea, from the moment he wakes up, he becomes a brand new person.

"..." Gray didn't look surprised, he just froze for a moment and then returned to normal, "It seems that you have figured it out, but even if you don't join, if you want to take a boat, we won't drive you away~"

"No, I want to join you!" Ace shook his head, "It's already decided, Captain."

"I'm very happy to welcome you to the Black Firework Pirates. It seems that tonight's banquet will be even bigger." Gray reached out and shook Ace's hand.

"I really want to fight Dad and the others..." Ace looked forward to seeing Garp and the others next time.

Gray thought for a while and reminded: "Long is only three years old now, and it will take many years to fight him."

He didn't know who the father Ace was talking about, but the other party called Grandpa Garp, so the father should be Garp's son.

"Uh... When I say daddy, I mean Whitebeard." Ace explained.

"Is that so~" Gray didn't continue to ask.

Ace spread the quilt with his back to him, and there was a skull tattoo with a white beard on his exposed back, and Gray knew what it was with just one glance.

The pattern of the Whitebeard Pirates, no matter how you look at it, it is not pleasing to the eye.

"Put on a coat from now on." He suggested dissatisfiedly, "I'm too stingy to ask you to wash it off, but as the captain, I still have the right to let you block it."

"Of course." Ace answered in the affirmative.

Gray was in a good mood, and his originally dissatisfied expression immediately brightened. It seemed that he had nothing to say to Ace, or that what he got was enough to satisfy him.