One Piece: The Eternal Flame

From the moment Edward Newgate set out to sea and became a pirate, he put his life and death aside.

He was born in a village on an island in the New World—a non-member country that cannot join the world government because of poverty and cannot pay the sky money. Basically, it will eventually become an "illegal island" where pirates and human traffickers run rampant.

After the country fell, more and more children became unfortunate orphans, and Whitebeard was one of them.

He went out to sea and became a pirate when he was still young, and he experienced the change of two pirate groups before finally joining the Rocks Pirates, but the people on this ship had their own ulterior motives, and anyone could see that they were only temporarily surrendering to Rocks' force. Once they got a better opportunity or touched their own interests, they would immediately turn their backs, and the ship would disperse like a mess of sand.

For Newgate, who only wanted his family, he had no intention of participating in the intrigues of these people. He joined this pirate group only because the last pirate group disbanded, and he had nowhere to go. When he was drinking in a tavern, he happened to meet Lockes. The other party invited him, and he agreed.

On Rocks' ship, treasures are distributed fairly, and Newgate needs money—he likes to rub others when he drinks himself, because his money is anonymously given to the land where he was born.

Whitebeard, who had no family, had no friends even on this island, but for him, this place was always his hometown, and he sent all his share of treasure to this island—for the rest of his life.

"Drink! Why don't you drink!" Beside him, a man filled his glass with rum, and the liquid splashed and landed on the back of his hand.

Newgate came back to his senses, and looked at the man who poured him wine just now——Heiyan Gray. After filling him up again, Gray raised his head and drank the remaining rum in the bottle.

All the drinkers in the tavern were taken aback for a moment, and then cheered excitedly, "Oh—"

A few drunks knocked over the table and spilled the wine on the floor. There were several bangs and bangs, and the person dressed as a pirate upstairs whistled.

In a tavern, it is the most gratifying thing to have someone treat guests, not to mention that the pirate who treats guests is a familiar face.

Newgate looked at the wine in his glass, and was silent for a long time before he realized how he went to the tavern to drink with this group of people.

Obviously not long ago, they were still confronting each other outside.

When Gary, or Heitan Muchan pretended to be injured, Long Bread and Silver Ax immediately retreated at the right time, while Newgate chose to stay. He was not afraid of death.

Regardless of whether Gray and the others had no intention of chasing or fighting again, when Longbread and the others left, Ace excitedly said to him: "We don't know each other if we don't fight, Newgate, we invite you to drink!"

"Hey, don't get involved with us, Ace, you pay for the treat yourself." Gary covered his injured arm with his hand, and healed up soon - except for Gray's ability, he had stolen the abilities of everyone on the same boat.

It's not that he doesn't want to steal the captain's ability, it's because he can't steal it at all, just like Tang En's mind reading ability will fail, Gray is basically a devil fruit, so he won't be caught by these abilities at all.

The ability of other people is to show respect, and Gary will not use it unless it is a last resort-now he has a "big" wound on his arm, and he must use his ability to heal it.

Ace curled his lips, ignoring his empty pockets confidently: "Really, I will take it out!"

Gray thoughtfully reached into his pocket, found a stack of Baileys, and heaved a sigh of relief. They had money, so they should have enough to drink. If not, this is the Chambord Land anyway. Whether it was to rob the Tianlong people or the auction house, they could solve the financial problem.

Newgate listened to their conversation as if he had agreed to the invitation. He raised his voice and couldn't help emphasizing: "I didn't agree, you guys don't talk to yourself."

Now Heitan Muchan is here, and Newgate knows in his heart that if he agrees, he will be almost collaborating with the enemy.

"Newgate, are you afraid that we won't be able to drink enough to drink?" Ace knew how to irritate his father. White Beard was a well-known alcoholic on the ship. He "stealed" drinking without following the doctor's orders, which already gave Marco a headache. He went to the tavern and didn't give him any money. He just drank their drinks.

"Hmph, boy, you really dare to say that!" Newgate was really irritated, and stared at Ace.

Ace was not afraid at all, and even deliberately provoked: "How about it, let's see!"

"Drink Newgate, if you refuse again, you're not a man." Gary said suddenly, eliminating Newgate's last concern.

He had been worried that this was Black Firework's trick before, and wanted to drive a wedge between their pirate group, more precisely, his relationship with the entire pirate group.

But if Heitan Muchan said so, there should be no major problem. Although Newgate has a clear conscience, it is still necessary for someone to prove his innocence.

"Boy, drink you down today!"

"It's not certain who drinks it down."

Newgate and Ace clinked glasses and began to drink together. A group of pirates around them were booing, obviously drunk. If it was normal, seeing these pirates all had to run, who would dare to boo like this.

Gray had his arms stuck on the bar and had already drunk several bottles, but he was sober and not drunk at all. He greeted the boss, gave him all the money in his pocket, and then patted the shoulders of the people next to him to signal them to leave.

Let's leave the time for Whitebeard and Ace. If it is Ace, he will definitely be able to bring Whitebeard on board.

Gray's goal in his previous life was to become the strongest navy, and his goal in this life is to be a safe haven for his important people—whether it's Ace or Cyborg, or anyone who has connections with him.

Walking out of the tavern, it was completely dark, and the playground in Chambord, that is, the Soap Bubble Park in the distance, was lit up with bright lights, and the huge Ferris wheel was slowly turning.

Gray suddenly remembered the things in his previous life. When he was promoted at the age of 15, he was invited to play here. Unfortunately, he just kept his head on the road and didn't know that there was such a scenery around him.

Sometimes it's good to slow down.

"You guys go back first, I'll go shopping alone." Gray said to everyone, "When Heitanchanwan tells us the specific information about Lockes, we will be busy."