One Piece: The Eternal Flame

It has been half a year since the news of the Rumba Pirates' demise was published in the newspapers. The corpses have rotted and deteriorated in damp conditions, and the flesh has disappeared, leaving only white bones and loose clothes.

Gray reached out to pick up a corpse, and walked into the cabin first, leaving clear footprints on the deck that hadn't been cleaned for a long time. Everyone followed his steps and silently carried the corpse.

This is what Sengoku saw when he boarded the ship.

Although he didn't have any affection or compassion for the pirates, this situation actually made him feel solemn and heavy.

Everyone put the corpses away neatly and walked out of the cabin together.

Then Gray turned to face the cabin, put his right hand on his heart, bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "I used to think that I would meet you once you arrived in the new world, but I didn't expect that it would be like this when we actually met. It's a pity, but life is full of regrets."

His voice was a bit heavy, as if he was in a really bad mood, but immediately after, everyone heard Gray raise the volume and continue: "Well~ to celebrate the encounter, let's hold a banquet, guys!!"

"Hey???——" The doubtful voice of the crowd almost capsized the boat, and Mitian's excited shout was mixed with it, "Okay!"

As Oden, who can make a promise with a friend to eat oden on top of each other's bones, it is normal to hold a banquet to celebrate the encounter at this time.

"Andrew, go get ready to eat! What are you doing, Perry, quickly get out the wine on board!" Gray slapped his hands to mobilize everyone, "Hurry up, hurry up, now is a good time for a banquet! Warring States period, don't be idle, it's useless to hide things on a warship, hurry up and take them out."

"Now is not the time for a banquet!" Zhan Guo and Perry roared in unison. After the roar, the two looked at each other and looked away in embarrassment.

"Now is the right time." Gray's words were like splashed water. As long as he made a decision, no one could stop him or persuade him, so everyone was stunned at the beginning, and then they all took action.

Sengoku didn't listen to Gray's suggestion at all, he was very clear-headed, and he still had the task of escorting the Lockes Pirates. These people are tricky existences, and they can escape if they are not careful. They can't relax yet.

Andrew couldn't do it all by himself, so he simply recruited some of Colin's people who could be serious. As for the unreliable people, he didn't even think about it.

"Ah~ I really envy you, Ace, you have the devil fruit that a chef dreams of most." Andrew adjusted the heat and said to Ace enviously.

Ace was peeling potatoes, and was taken aback when he heard this. It seemed that Sage had said this to him a long time ago.

Sage is the captain of the fourth team of the Whitebeard Pirates and the head chef on the ship. He is a good guy. When Ace joined the pirates and was a rebellious boy, he gave Ace a lot of help.

It was he who got the dark fruit in a mission, but was killed by Blackbeard because he was defenseless.

Sage once jokingly told Ace that he felt that Ace's flame was really the power that every chef dreams of.

Ace's breathing was unavoidably heavy for a moment, but he quickly adjusted and said with a smile: "It's a pity that I don't have much talent for cooking, otherwise I will definitely become a chef."

"Hahaha, then I must have a sense of crisis." Andrew laughed.

"Ace, otherwise you should learn how to cook." Colin joked, "Try to replace Andrew as soon as possible, and let Andrew clean the deck."

"Hey, hey, Colin, you're too hurtful." Andrew pretended to be injured, but he didn't stop moving his hands. "The captain won't agree with me."

"Click." With a sound, several busy people in the kitchen looked up to the source of the sound.

G. Captain Ray in Andrew's mouth showed an awkward smile, and raised his hand to greet them, "Yo~"

On the table in front of him, a fork was stuck on top of a plate of barbecue meat. At the moment, half of it was on the plate, and the other half was hanging on the table. It was obviously a picture of stealing and being discovered.

"Pfft." Ace was the first to hold back his smile, and hurriedly suppressed it when he wanted to laugh.

"Captain, are you hungry?" Andrew said helplessly, "It's really an aboveboard stealing."

"Uh, I'm fine." Gray shook his head, reached out to pick up the fork, and even forked the meat that had fallen on the table, "I'll only eat so much for now."

After finishing speaking, he took another plate of barbecue and ran out of the kitchen, looking from behind as if he was running away.

Colin sighed, "Isn't it true that if you don't let him eat it, it tastes better if you steal it?"

"Maybe." Andrew shrugged and said with emotion: "Although the captain spends a lot of money, he never wastes food anyway."

Ace finished peeling the potatoes and asked Andrew, "Is there anything else I should do?"

"Ah, it's nothing, thank you Ace." Andrew waved his hand, "Go out and play, isn't there a banquet, I'll do the rest."

Every time there is a banquet, the cook is the busiest on the ship, and Ace knows it well. After all, when the Whitebeard Pirates held a banquet before, Sage was so busy that he wished he had a few more hands, and he often scolded the pirate who urged the barbecue.

If Dad joins Black Fireworks, will there be Whitebeard Pirates in the future?

Ace shook his head, not thinking about what happened so long ago, he walked out of the kitchen to the deck, and saw Gray and Oden eating happily.

There was a melodious violin sound in the air, and it was a little far away. Ace followed the sound and saw Bud standing on the deck of the Rumba Pirates, closing his eyes and pulling "Binks' Wine".

This song can reflect the heroic freedom of pirates when it is intense, and it is incredible that it is gentle when it slows down.

"Bring Binks' wine to you"

"Hey, Ace, I left a piece for you." Gray beckoned Ace to come over, and Oden also raised the meat in his hand at the same time, "Ace, come and eat."

Ace was helpless, "I didn't take a few yuan in total, enough for anyone to eat." Having said that, he still hurried over, swallowing the meat in twos and threes.

Xu was in a hurry to eat and choked a little, he coughed a few times, and a wine bottle was handed over at the right time, Gray laughed and said, "What's the hurry, who dares to snatch your food."

"I'm afraid you'll steal my food." Ace laughed.

"Hey, you kid."

"Day after day, in the dusk of my dream, I can never see the figure waving goodbye again"

"You are really annoying, I have said many times that I am not your daughter!" Shao Yao irritably shook off Gary's extended hand.

Gary nodded, and continued following Shao Yao's words, "Yes, yes, you are not. Dad is just very guilty for not protecting you well at that time. I often wonder why I didn't die with you."

"After thinking about it, I promised to take you to many places, but I couldn't realize it because of my busy work. Now I am not busy. When the captain finishes what he wants to do, if I am still alive, I will go to all the places I have made appointments with you alone."

Peony fell silent.

"Many places, Upside Down Mountain, Rogge Town in the East China Sea, O'Hara in the West China Sea, where you have an appointment, do you want to go and see with me?" Gary squatted down, looked into Shao Yao's eyes, tenderly and sadly.

Shao Yao clenched and loosened the hand on her side, as if her heart was shaking. She resented her father, but she knew it was not his fault.

"I've been waiting for too long, I can't wait for that long!" Shao Yao was still a little unwilling.

Gary was taken aback for a moment, the words meant a signal of reconciliation, and ecstasy welled up in his heart, he picked up Shaoyao, and threw her into the air amidst the girl's exclamation and other people's side-eyes.

"Stupid, stupid." Latin covered his forehead with his hand, "Why do you want to carry out the sentence 'there is no danger, the father is the greatest danger' so thoroughly."

"Why don't you frown and show that the moonlight will still deliver Binks' wine to you tomorrow night?"

"He actually wanted to hold a banquet in the dangerous sea area, I really convinced him." Perry complained, looking at the design drawing of Pluto in his hand, "Demon, do you think this thing can really be man-made?"

"According to the specifications, ordinary humans can't control it, but giants are very likely." Demon shrugged.

"Giant" Perry thought for a while, and suddenly shouted to Ace: "Hey, Ace, do you know the Oz Pirates? The captain is Oz Jr."

"Little Ozzy." Ace murmured, "I, I know him! He is my very good friend!"

As if he was afraid that Perry would say something bad, he immediately added: "Oz is very nice. Although he is a super giant, he is simple and honest, and he is very affectionate!"

"Ha, I didn't mean to rob him." Perry said helplessly, "I just talked about the giants, so I thought of him."

"I see. Where is he now?"

"He's in the New World, and we won't be able to see him for the time being." Gray reassured, "If you want to see him, you can go and find him when you return to the New World. There are so many things to do~ Why don't you sort out the people you want to see, and let's go and meet them one by one."

Ace was easy to deceive, and immediately took the bait. With bright eyes, he excitedly said to Gray like a puppy: "Is it really possible?"

The corner of Gray's mouth twitched, avoiding Ace's sight, and muttered without confidence: "Are you spending all my time with you?"

"Can't you?" Ace asked, tilting his head.

"Uh, it's not impossible, anyway, I have nothing to do now." Gray pinched the bridge of his nose, and finally compromised: "Think about it, you can tell anyone you want to see."

"Let's sing a song, the song of the sea, no matter who it is, it will end up with dry bones, without end, without purpose, it's just a joke"

"Yo Ho Ho Ho ~ I heard, I heard the singing." In the endless fog, a green translucent soul-like skeleton floated in the air. He changed his previous slump, and laughed excitedly with his weird laughter, "Ah~ I haven't heard "Binks' Wine" for a long time~"

"Are they calling me? It's great that everyone is still alive," Skeleton recalled, "I've been waiting for a long time, and I'll follow the voice to find you~"

The speed of his floating forward suddenly accelerated, heading towards the place where the sound came from.

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"Why is Admiral Steel Bone so sure that Gray will come~" Garp was lying on the deck basking in the sun with no image at all, "I regret it, I want to go to sea, so I shouldn't have come here for Gray, if it wasn't for that brat Gray, I must be chasing a very interesting pirate group now."

"You're so loud, I've heard calluses in my ears for the past few days." Zefa kicked him impatiently, kicking Garp's previous injury - it is said that he was injured in a fight with that funny pirate captain.

Garp grinned and got up, "Zefa, don't you feel bored?"

"Fortunately, there are quite a lot of pirates coming to the capital of water to build ships. I have been busy catching them these days." Zefa was in a good mood, and it was obvious that he had not caught fewer pirates in recent days.

He has accumulated a lot of pirate merits before, and now he should be able to advance to the next level.

Because of his kindness before, he was the slowest among all the people, but now that he no longer deliberately let the pirates go, promotion has become much easier.

After Garp's wound stopped hurting, he lay down lazily again, "Grey is really slow, come to Water City earlier, so we can fight him sooner."

"Do you still want to be abused?" Zefa raised his eyebrows, "You used to be the most annoying to wait for."

"Tch, don't get me wrong." Garp curled his lips, "The phone bug in the Warring States Period couldn't get through, so I tried to call."

"Just say that you want to see Gray, there are so many reasons." Zefa guessed what Garp was thinking with great accuracy, and didn't care about Garp's sudden flushed face.

Garp opened his mouth and didn't reply for a long time. When Zefa wanted to take the goods off the shelves, he said, "Zefa, it is every navy's dream to capture the emperor of the new world."

Naturally, he was referring to why he was waiting for Gray here. If he wanted to leave, he could go to sea by himself.

But if you miss this meeting, you don't know when the next time will be.

Zefa ignored Garp's staring eyes, "Let's go, the Marshal asked us to patrol other places and try to catch all the pirates who came over in the past few days."

"Received, received~" Garp replied casually, and stood up very quickly, without any intention of being passive and sabotaging work.

He just complains, but when he really wants to do it, he will do it perfectly.

Zefa sighed and looked towards the sky. No one can say when Gray will come.

It's just that Cyborg has always believed that Gray will come here, so he has not retreated.

"You must," Zefa whispered something.

Unfortunately, only he himself knows what the second half of the sentence hidden in his heart is.