One Piece: The Eternal Flame

The pitiful look of the child is really funny, at least the unlucky man whose wall was burned black laughed, "Let me see, let me see, how much is burned?"

He looked at a black spot on the outer wall of his house, stroked his chin and said, "Look at the burn marks. The fire you played with is not big enough."

Gray raised his head abruptly, as if seeing some confidant, he said urgently: "Right, right, just a little bit of fire, and then this... the guardian hit me, but it's actually nothing wrong."

"Cough." Steel Bone coughed lightly.

Gray kept his mouth shut again.

"Is this the child you adopted?" The man looked at the steel frame with a familiar tone, "That flame user?"

"Well, I just picked it up today." Cyborg replied.

"That's it, let's lose money first." The man stretched out his hand, "It's only 300 million Baileys, it's very cheap."

Gray raised his head and said in surprise, "So much money!?"

"Yes, this is a wall made of very precious stone materials. It took [-] million Baileys to build it."

"...Then see if he will give you money." Gray pointed at the steel frame.

300 million seems like a lot of money. He doesn't know if the admiral who adopted him can afford the money, and if he can't, what will happen.

"Ask whoever burned it for money." Steel Bone looked at Gray, kicked it again, and asked, "Do you still dare?"

"." Gray was silent, rubbing the back of his hand on the kicked place, trying to relieve the pain.

This child doesn't remember to eat but not to beat, and he doesn't want to hit one place with a strong backbone, so he wants to kick again, but he is stopped by that man.

"That's all right, all right, it's a good thing for a child to be fussy, as long as he knows he's wrong."

"Hebrew, you don't know how many good things he did when he was in the hospital."

"I've heard them say that the matter of your adoption of a child has been widely spread. Who hasn't heard about this child?" Hebrew squatted in front of Gray, putting his hands on his shoulders.

"Your name is Gray, right?"

"Ah."

"In order to celebrate your new life, I don't care about this matter." Hebrew said seriously: "Next time, I will really have to pay compensation."

"...Anyway, I'm not the one to pay." Gray said stiffly, fearing that he would be beaten, so he secretly glanced at the steel frame.

But he found that the latter gave him a faint look, and finally turned around and left without saying anything.

He immediately opened his eyes wide, like an alert animal sensing danger, "Hey! Where are you going?"

He broke away from Hebrew's hand, ran straight to the steel frame, and said while running: "You can't go, you have to compensate him for the loss."

Hebrew shook his head amusedly, and shouted, "Come back after discussing the matter of compensation. I'll go back first."

"You did this, why should I pay for it?" Steel Bone asked, his feet kept moving.

"Because you adopted me, they said"

"I adopted you." Steel Bones stopped, watching Gray hurriedly bump into his leg - the boy reached the position of his thigh after all he could do. On the one hand, he was too young, and on the other hand, he was also due to malnutrition in the past.

He continued what he didn't finish just now, "I adopted you, but I don't need you."

Naturally, he would not regret his decision, but the child's waywardness really needed to be corrected, and all Cyborg could think of was to scare him.

Adults can pretend to be themselves, they can tell lies without changing their expressions, but children are direct, their world is not mixed with any bendable lines, and what others say is what they say.

Gray's eyes widened, and his brain was rapidly digesting what Steel Bones said. He hugged Steel Bones' legs tightly in this posture, and stammered, "You, you can't, I mean. Uh, there is no such rule, you can't, you can't let me go."

His dark eyes were full of panic, but he still forced himself to calm down, trying to reason with the steel bone: "I, I listen to the hospital. They all say you are responsible."

"Occasionally people are irresponsible." Steel Gu tilted his head and said, "I regret it a little now."

"Well, I apologize. I'm sorry. I did something wrong just now. It's all my fault. Why don't you hit me like you did before, or I'll make money and pay him later."

"I'm sure I can make that much money. I'll be an admiral like you in the future. You saw it just now. I can shoot flames like bullets. They say I'm amazing. I want to perform for you. I didn't expect you to be angry, really."

No, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, tears are cowardly things, he needs to prove that he is strong here, so that the other party will definitely not abandon him.

Gray bit his lower lip tightly, tears piled up in his eyes, his arms hugging his thighs were trembling unconsciously, but in fact his whole body was trembling, nervous, fearful, and desperate.

Well, to be honest, he liked the man in front of him very much. Although he called the blackface monster behind his back and the guardian in front of his face, Gray really liked him.

This man saved him. According to the nurses, when he was in a coma, the other party came to visit him many times, and when he had nothing left, this man gave him a home.

Like all kids who do weird, attention-grabbing things to get attention.

Gray is even worse than that. As an amnesiac, he desperately wants to get the attention of others to prove his existence.

The nurses and doctors in the hospital understand the child's psychology very well, and they always turn a blind eye to what he does.

But Cyborg doesn't, he doesn't even know what a child of his age should do.

You can't force a man who hasn't even been in a relationship to learn the book of education without a teacher one day, especially the reason why Steel Gu wanted to adopt this child in the first place was just because of a D name.

"There will be no next time." Seeing that the child admitted his mistake, Steel Gu let go, "Take back your tears, boys can't just cry, you know?"

Gray nodded hastily, wiped away his tears, and promised: "There will be no next time, really, I promise!"

"That's right, let's go, your future home will be here."

Cyborg walked on, Gray following closely beside him.

The little child did not have the arrogance and domineering arrogance before, and looked much quieter and more obedient. His eyes were still red and swollen, and his black pupils were slightly dim.

This person doesn't seem to like him as much as the nurse sister said.

Maybe he should be more obedient and better, and when he sees his value, he will definitely like him.