One Piece: The Eternal Flame

"Take it easy, always have a serious face, it will be unpopular."

Gray is not annoyed either, if Lockes can be honest, he doesn't mind getting along with each other in a friendly way.

Jin Shizi and Wang Zhi were very surprised. Their captain looked less crazy than usual now, and getting along with Gray was as peaceful as old friends reminiscing about the old days.

Did they really know each other before?

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Water Capital, the basement of Wayne Shipyard.

Only a lantern was shining, illuminating various pencil-drawn ship designs scattered around.

In this small room of no more than ten square meters, a person was writing hard under the light, when a sudden violent cough broke the silence around him.

The man stopped writing, and his face illuminated by the light looked like a murloc. He said in a slightly surprised voice, "Are you awake?"

"Cough, cough, cough." Cynthia coughed violently on the bedside, a glass of water was handed to her at the right time, she drank it, and looked around in a daze, "Where is this?"

"Water City, this is my home." Tom smiled and said, "Hey, you're floating on the sea, and I just happened to see you."

"That's right." Many images flashed in Cynthia's mind. She was defeated by the Admiral of the Navy and fell into the crack of the hull as she retreated.

"What's your name? My name is Tom. Why did you fall into the sea? Was there a shipwreck? It shouldn't be. After the water gods leave, the sea should be calm."

Tom seemed to be a chatterbox, chattering away by himself.

Cynthia frowned unobtrusively, stepped on the ground with both feet, and heard Tom hurriedly stop her, "Hey, hey, you just woke up, you can't move."

Cynthia was not so fragile, she still remembered her mission, found Black Yan Gray, and got the blueprint of Hades from him.

She asked the murloc kid, "Have you ever heard of Black Flame Gray?"

"Black Flame?! Of course!" Tom's eyes widened, shining with innocence and sincerity, "That's a big pirate that everyone knows, and I want to build a big ship for them!"

Cynthia frowned, she didn't ask this question, "Has Black Flame Gray come to this island?"

"Ah? Well, they didn't come, right?" Tom hesitated for a while, and said, "The only ship that came recently was the navy ship. I heard that the Admiral of the Navy came in person, and the mayor even came out to greet him."

Admiral of the Navy! ?
Cynthia frowned again. The admiral was here. She thought it was just bad luck to meet them around the water capital, but she didn't expect that their original destination was the water capital.

Sure enough, it was also for the black fireworks.

But the black fireworks didn't seem to come to the water capital.

Seeing her thinking, Tom suddenly remembered the bowl of porridge he had put beside him, and brought it over, "You should drink some of this first. The shipyard's business is not good recently, and the boss hasn't been here for several days."

He was a little worried and a little lost.

The shipwrights in the shipyard were all taken away by Lockes, and there was no whereabouts, and all business was shut down. The boss was running outside every day in order to appease the buyers.

He also wanted to help a little.

Without any scheming, the innocent and kind murloc boy completely revealed the situation around him.

Cynthia was really hungry. She asked, "How long have I been in a coma?" and drank the porridge.

Tom thought for a while, "One day, not long."

That's good.

Cynthia breathed a sigh of relief, one day is acceptable, but I don't know what happened to Whitebeard and Silver Axe.

It will definitely not be easy to meet the admiral of the navy, and it probably depends on luck whether he can escape.

Tom looked at her and hesitated to speak. Seeing this, Cynthia said coldly, "Say, what's the matter?"

"Uh..." Tom hesitated, but still couldn't hold back his curiosity. He raised his finger and pointed to his forehead, "Say you have a third eye on your forehead."

Cynthia was startled, and immediately reached out to touch the top of her head. The eyes there were irritated and closed instantly, and the eyelashes brushed her fingers, which was very itchy.

Tom scratched his head and said, "Sorry, I'm just curious, are you the legendary three-eyed family?"

Cynthia was silent, she didn't want to admit her race at all, just like this, her third eye would not be seen by others.

"Uh, you don't have to be so serious, I think it's not bad! It's very beautiful!"

After Tom finished speaking enviously, he found that Cynthia still didn't respond, and continued: "I can understand your concerns. After all, I am not a serious human being. I am a murloc, the race that is often caught."

Cynthia was silent.

Speaking of his race, Tom excitedly said: "Have you ever heard of it? Black Flame Gray planted his flag on the land of Murloc Island, protecting the entire Murloc Island with his own efforts!"

Black Flame Gray is already the great benefactor of the Fishman Island, as long as they are residents of the Fishman Island, they will sincerely thank them.

Naturally, Tom was the same. He studied abroad since he was a child, and he only went back occasionally, but it didn't affect his love for Murloc Island at all.

"Enough." Cynthia didn't want to hear Tom continue to praise her enemy, so she put the porridge bowl on the table, stood up, and planned to leave.

Before that, she tidied her bangs and covered her eyes, "Thank you very much for saving me, I still have something to do."

"So soon? You just woke up." Tom stopped, "I mean, although my place is small, it's quite loud. You can stay a little longer."

Cynthia looked at him in surprise. Although the murlocs were discriminated against, a small number of them were still doing well in the human world.

The Three-Eyed Race is rarer and weirder, so it is difficult for them to be treated equally by humans.

It was the first time that Cynthia didn't see the shock and fear in the other party's eyes after showing her eyes.

Tom scratched his head, seeing that Cynthia had no intention of staying, and felt a little regretful, "Well, if you still need me, I can help you get out of here loudly, I know a lot of people with boats!"

Cynthia shook her head and refused. She will not leave the island for the time being. After all, Black Flame Gray may be on this island. Silver Ax and Whitebeard need to join her.