One Piece: The Eternal Flame

——"I'm not going to die, Ace."

The separation came suddenly, but it seemed to be a common thing.

In the scorching midair of Flame Island, Carol opened a door that shouldn't exist.

The Oz Pirates and Ace stepped into the door, while the rest of the Black Fireworks stood outside.

"You're going to die if you lie to me." Ace suddenly turned around and looked back at the moment he half-stepped in the door, and said to Gray viciously.

"Don't worry, we will definitely take good care of Lu Jiu."

Gray was grinning, and his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.

The next second he appeared in front of Ace, raised his foot and kicked the unsuspecting latter into the door, urging: "Go, go, go, moaning, do you think I will play a melodrama with you?"

"Hey! Gray, you know what I'm talking about!" Ace got up from the inner space and roared angrily.

But what responded to him was the door that was quickly closed.

Ace hammered the wall of the passage angrily.

"Hey, hey, it's too much to vent your anger on an innocent wall." Carol wanted to complain, but was scared by White Beard and hid behind little Ozzy.

"Okay Ace, we should go." White Beard patted Ace on the shoulder and sighed inwardly.

I always feel that Captain Gray has arranged for him a difficult task.

"Ace, the Murloc Island is still waiting for us." Oden didn't quite accept the separation at first, but then, being an optimist, he figured it out.

"This time is a good opportunity for us to show our performance. If we can solve the big crisis on Fishman Island, I will definitely become an official crew member!"

At the same time, Gray and the others also returned to the ship.

"Then everyone, pack up your mood and hurry up to the final island." Gray plunged into the cabin at the bottom, and after a while, hot black flames spewed out from the stern.

The speed suddenly became faster, but not as fast as the speed of life and death.

Everyone who was about to scream in embarrassment let go of the fixtures in their hands.

"It was a false alarm, I thought the soul would be flushed out again." Alder laughed dryly.

"It's okay at a speed that people can bear." Andrew breathed a sigh of relief, "Well~ I didn't let Ace and the others leave after eating. Forget it, I'll go cook."

He walked into the kitchen, and rushed out angrily after a while, "Who stole all the snacks in the refrigerator!!!"

"Is the snack gone?" Demon was taken aback, "Could it be for Ace and the others?"

"At least this time it wasn't the captain who stole it. He went to the cabin as soon as he got back on board."

"Yes, yes, Ace and the others carried several big bags, so it should be given to them."

"That's right, forget it." Andrew felt that it made sense, if Ace and the others took it away, then there was no way to care about it.

"Hahaha, it seems like adults who worry about gains and losses after sending their children on a trip." Tang En shook his head helplessly.

Colin thought about it, and was a little worried about Lu Jiu, "Lu Jiu, the wind and waves are too strong, be careful of catching a cold."

Lu Jiu gathered her long hair flying from her temples, and said with a gentle smile, "Thank you, I'll go back to the cabin later."

Gray, who was standing in the cabin at this moment, suddenly remembered something, "Ah!" He screamed, and said to the people next to him in a miserable way: "Fred, I suddenly thought of it."

"Huh?" Alfred nestled on the sofa, stuffed a spoonful of mille-feuille into his mouth, and the sweetness of the cream made him frown slightly.

Gray looked at the table full of desserts, and his first reaction was to lock the door of the cabin.

It's so dangerous, if someone else sees it, even if he didn't take it, it won't escape the responsibility.

"Andrew gave it to you?" He hooked a piece of cream and stuffed it into his mouth, lowered his voice, and asked like a thief: "Isn't it stolen from the refrigerator?"

"It was taken, not stolen." Alfred corrected: "Only if you go, it's considered stealing."

".For the sake of so many desserts, I won't bother with you. But by the way, you don't like sweets, so you bought them for me?"

"It will be great when I can have one percent of your face."

"Don't underestimate yourself so much. Although your appearance is not as good as mine, you still look pretty good anyway."

"Oh?" Alfred raised his eyebrows, and his golden eyes scanned Gray who was feasting from top to bottom.

The latter blinked, heard Alfred sneer, and shifted his gaze elsewhere.

Without any words, just a laugh and a movement made Gray feel completely slighted.

"It sounds like you have a lot of opinions, Fred." He clenched his fist and lightly knocked on the table to express his dissatisfaction.

"Then it seems that you heard it wrong." Alfred adjusted his posture and closed his eyes as if he was going to sleep.

The white hair that hasn't been cut for a long time hangs down on her shoulders, and a few strands are in front of her eyes. Her brows are handsome and straight, but her expression is soft. The corners of her mouth are slightly curved, and her whole person seems to be shining.

Gray's life seemed to be reversed to the most relaxed time four years ago because of his return. There was no need to think about the world government or what was lost, just adventure and travel.

But did he forget something?
ah!Just now he wanted to say, if they go to the final island, what should they do if they can't understand the text there.

Without Mita, it would be a waste of time to go there.

Forget it, Gray doesn't want to be entangled anymore, if you don't understand it, just rub it down.

So far, a week later.

A thin white mist appeared in front of the boat, and it became thicker as it went in, like a black ant getting into the cotton wool, losing all sense of direction.

"Flame Kill!" With a punch, the airflow rolled up by the black flames blows away all the surrounding mist.

"I see!" Abel shouted excitedly, "An island, there really is an island!"

"That seems to be the island."

As if seeing the sun through the clouds, the field of vision gradually became clear, and a scene that could be said to be an island, or the remains of a huge ancient building complex came into everyone's eyes.

"Hmmm" Gray draws his voice to ponder for a while, "this place"

"what happened?"

"Captain, you don't want to say you've been here, do you?"

"That's kind of unlikely."

Gray shook his head, denied everyone's speculation, and continued: "This place looks very old, will there really be countless big secret treasures?"

Obviously Roger said at the time that there are many treasures on the island.

"Gems are everywhere, gold flows in the river, and the sky is filled with rainbows of tens of thousands of colors." Gray described the appearance of the ultimate island in his heart.

It has nothing to do with the desolate forest in front of me.

Perry sighed, "Why do you ask such a question at such an exciting moment?"

"Hahahaha, I'm just curious."

The Blacks stopped at the estuary, the anchor was lowered, and Gray was the first to jump ashore.

"By the way, this time is the last island I landed first!"

"Which time was it not you, Captain." Bud laughed and said, "Who can rob you."

"That's not what I meant~" Gray pointed to himself, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

"The final island, let me name it!"

After a strange silence, Perry asked tentatively: "Uh, do you have any alternatives?"

"A land of treasures full of mystery and wealth in the white mist."

"next."

"Uh, 100 years old."

"next."

"Occupied by Black Flame Gray."

"Why do you even have your own name, next one!"

". Ra, Ralph Drew?"

"Oh, this is not bad!"

Perry looked surprised, "It's been a long time to hear such a serious name from your mouth."

"Yeah, yeah, compared to the previous one, the name Ralph Drew is also great!"

"It is simply the most in the history of the captain's name list!"

Gray was so choked that he said helplessly, "Well, since you all like this common and vulgar name"

Damn, it's too shocking!

Gray was so angry that he wanted to fight Roger, but the opponent was not in front of him now, so he could only beat the air angrily.

Alfred laughed, and when Gray looked at it angrily, he said, "Let's go and visit your treasure land full of things in the white mist."

"It's full of mystery and wealth!" Gray patted Alfred on the shoulder vigorously, "You have vision, Fred."

"Because you can't come up with such a high-level name, Ralph Drew was chosen by someone else." Alfred frowned, exhausted of patience.

He grabbed Gray's wrist with one hand, twisted it hard and gritted his teeth, "You hit me on purpose, didn't you?"

"It hurts, hurts, how dare I, I'm just too happy." Gray replied aggrieved.

"Hmph." Alfred let go of his hand, and walked towards the ruins in the distance.

This island is no longer a large island that can be described. If you compare it with the Chambord Islands, it should be several times larger than the Chambord Islands.

The absence of people means that the environment here is very good. Big trees that cannot be surrounded by ten people can be seen everywhere, and weeds are taller than people's waists. In the depths of this dense forest, there are ruins of ancient buildings that are taller than trees.

"It still feels very close from a distance, but I didn't expect the buildings to be so far away." Abel wiped the sweat from his forehead, and his whole body was soaked.

Others were equally embarrassed.

"Look at this!" Colin excitedly pointed to a cluster of inconspicuous small flowers growing on the ground. "A precious herb that became extinct 500 years ago has actually grown a large area here."

"In other words, this island has a particularly long history. It must be the island we are looking for."

"Captain, it's getting dark, do you want to move on?"

Gray stopped, and there was still a dense forest as far as he could see. Maybe it was because the forest was too deep. They went in the wrong direction. Otherwise, with their foot strength, they should have arrived early tomorrow.

"Okay, let's move on tomorrow." Gray found that his imagination of the final island was still too simple.

No one knows what Roger and the others encountered when they came, and it probably won't go well.

It would be the most incredible if the final island could be easily entered into the depths of the ruins.

There is no place to stay around, but the branches of the big tree are thick enough to lie down two people side by side, which is very suitable for resting.

"Oh~ I've only seen this in books!"

Colin was very interested in the extinct herbs all over the ground. As for the others, they had already climbed up the tree trunks.

"By the way, these trees can't be the treasure tree Adam?" Demon knocked on the trunk. As long as these trees are too thick, he can't think of other woods except those extremely precious treasure trees.

Gray drew his sword and chopped off a branch and threw it to Demon, and said with a smile, "If it's really the precious tree Adam, even if there is no wealth in the ruins, our trip will not be a loss."

It was late at night, the temperature plummeted, and a thin layer of mist slowly shrouded the surroundings, just like the dense fog around the island.

Gray was awakened by the noise of the crowd, and suddenly found himself standing on the island where he had just landed, and the crew looked around excitedly.

"This is the final island?"

"It doesn't seem to be anything special, it's just that the tree is a little bigger and the grass is a little taller."

"No matter what you think, the ruins inside are special. What's the use of the island?"

Everyone chattered about this final island.

uh. what's going on?

Gray rubbed his hair, thinking a little dazedly, didn't they already walk into the jungle.

"What's wrong?" Alfred asked softly, noticing that something was wrong with Gray.

Gray shook his head, pinched Alfred's face hard, and asked, "Does it hurt?"

The reply was that Alfred grabbed his wrist and twisted it forcefully, the pain came and Gray woke up instantly.

"Do you think it hurts?"

"Oh, oh, it hurts, it hurts, I was wrong, I was wrong." Gray blew miserably on his wrist, and at the same time thought depressingly, could it be that he imagined everything just now?
In fact, he just got off the boat?

When did he have such a rich imagination?
Putting this matter behind him and forgetting to name the island, Gray and the others walked towards the depths of the dense forest again.

The woods all looked the same, and Gray couldn't tell whether this road was the same as the one he imagined.

Until Colin shouted excitedly: "Look at this! A precious herb that became extinct 500 years ago has actually grown a large piece here."

He pointed to a cluster of familiar little flowers.

"That means this island has a particularly long history, so it must be the island we are looking for." Everyone was equally excited.

Perry looked at Gray and asked, "Captain, it's getting dark, do you want to move on?"

Familiar dialogue, familiar scenes, Gray would be too stupid not to realize that something is wrong.

stop here?Or continue forward, or return to the starting point?

Gray didn't know whether it was because he was too familiar with his companions that the imaginary results were infinitely consistent with the reality; or he really repeated the process after landing on the island; or he was in an illusion now
"Stop here, stop first." Gray made a decision in a very short time, "Who will watch the night tonight?"

"Me!" Teutonic and Demon raised their hands.

"Okay, I'll be with you tonight." Gray nodded, not planning to tell everyone about this for now, lest a misunderstanding cause unnecessary panic.

The flames were crackling and burning the wood, and as night fell, everyone did not choose to sleep on the tree, but leaned on the tree trunk and gathered in front of the fire.

Gray looked at the dancing flames in a daze, and suddenly someone sat down beside him.

Alfred sat down against the thick tree trunk, but also did not sleep.

Gray thought for a while, took off his coat and handed it to him, "Why don't you sleep?"

Alfred was also polite, took the coat and put it on his body. The clothes were warm, a temperature he couldn't reach no matter how warm he was.

Slowly breathing a sigh of relief, Alfred asked casually: "What happened?"

"...Don't worry, it's fine."

Gray smiled, "With me here, sleep peacefully."