One Piece: The Eternal Flame

From the moment Monkey D. Luffy went to sea, it seemed that the world had already imprinted his name.

There are many similarities between him and Roger.

Waking up from the barrel, the first person Luffy saw was Kebi, who was taken away by the Alrita Pirates while fishing and became a handyman.

Luffy defeated the Alrita Pirates and rescued Kebi, and the two came to Shields Town, the 153rd branch of the Navy.

The town of Shields is built along the mountain, the terrain is high in the middle and low on the four sides, and the highest point is the conspicuous huge building of the 153rd branch of the Navy.

"Those two pirate hunters are here."

Looking up at the tall and closed gate of the naval base, Luffy asked the pink-haired boy next to him with a smile.

The expression of the latter was particularly complicated, moving, joyful, and reluctant. He wiped away his tears and said with a sob: "We are about to part, Mr. Lu Fei, although it is a very short time."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a sparse voice belonging to Luffy, who was lying on the wall of the naval base at the moment, looking inside excitedly.

"Those two guys, that's them."

Kebi followed Luffy to another wall with a better view of the inner scene. Looking around, there was a large open space on the naval training ground, and the navy group formed a circle, and there were two men standing back to back in the circle.

Colonel Mengka of the 153rd Navy Branch stood in the circle. His chin was made of metal, and his right arm was replaced with an axe.

Gray wanted to laugh a little bit, but he held back in the end. He whispered to the people behind him: "The protagonist is here, it's up to you, Fred, whether you can apply for the job."

"Go away." Alfred replied lightly.

Kebi, who was hiding behind the wall, was so frightened by the tense atmosphere that his legs were a little weak. He was saying something to Luffy, but suddenly a ladder was put on his side.

A cute girl with pigtails climbed up holding a package, and when she saw so many people in the school grounds, she frowned, "Why are there so many people?"

"What are you here for?" Kirby asked curiously.

"Me?" The girl blinked, "I originally made rice balls and wanted to send them to them, but there were so many people, I'd better give them later."

"Is there any relative of yours in the navy?" Kebi thought that the girl's rice balls were going to be given to the navy, "It's fine if you can't enter through the main entrance."

"It's not for the navy!" The girl said louder, "I'm for those two pirate hunters!"

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Kebi was startled, and hurriedly made her voice quieter.

But it's too late.

The marines all turned their heads to look at the three people lying on the wall. Mengka was furious and shouted: "What are you here for!"

Kebi and the girl were scared to death, but Luffy stood on the wall with one hand on his hips and one hand on his hat.

"Ah, I'm Luffy, the man who wants to be the One Piece!"

"Ha, One Piece?" Colonel Monka snorted, "Boy, you know this is the Navy branch, right?"

"I know." Luffy jumped into the school field with a smile, letting Kobe behind him call him in a low voice.

"In that case, you want to be buried here now."

"No, I want to come here to find a companion." Luffy exaggeratedly tilted half of his body, looked past the burly and tall Mengka, and looked at the two men in the crowd, "Yo~"

"I advise you to leave as soon as possible." Gray looked at Luffy and warned, "There's no need to meddle in your own business."

Luffy blinked, and readily responded, "Okay."

After finishing speaking, he turned around, his arms suddenly stretched out, and under the amazed gaze of the navy, he grabbed the wall not far away, and then his arms contracted to drive his whole body to quickly come to the edge of the wall.

The three left and returned to the small town. The little girl Li Jia told Luffy and Kebi about Colonel Monka's son Bellumebo letting the pet wolf attack the restaurant, and said that if it weren't for the two pirate hunters, their town would have suffered a long time ago.

Afterwards, Li Jia took the two of them to the restaurant run by her mother, where she met the flamboyant Bellumebo.

The latter put his legs on the table, shook the wine, and complained: "Those two guys are really worthy of being pirate hunters, but they are resistant to beatings. After being taught a lesson, they are still stubborn, but it's not a problem. Tomorrow, my father will execute them in public."

Luffy got angry when he heard that, and immediately punched Bellumebo out of the chair, and decided to make the two pirate hunters his companions.

In the naval cell, Gray yawned long, "It's so boring, I don't think there's any hope."

"Hmph, you said it confidently, you can definitely fool me with your acting skills." Alfred gave him a blank look.

Gray proudly said: "I have fooled everyone in this world."

Just as they were talking, footsteps sounded in the navy's cell, and several navy officers opened their cell doors with keys.

"I'm sorry before." The navy apologized: "We know that you are not wrong at all. Now that Colonel Monka has been knocked down, you can come out."

"Oh? Who hit it." Gray raised his eyebrows.

"It's the pirate who came here before."

-

In the restaurant, Gray was devouring his meal, and the way Alfred was eating beside him was in stark contrast to him.

Li Jia blushed slightly, and held two rice balls in front of Alfred, "Brother, try the rice balls I made myself."

"Thank you." Alfred picked up one and Gray snatched the other.

The two took a bite at the same time, but their expressions were completely different.

"It's too sweet." Alfred said to Li Jia, "The rice balls are all salty."

The latter grabbed the corner of his clothes nervously, "Because, because I think sweet rice balls taste better."

"Lijia, don't listen to him, I think it's delicious." Gray finished his own in two or three bites, then took the one in Alfred's hand, and said vaguely, "Eating sweets really makes people feel happy."

"As long as you think it's delicious!" Li Jia was happy.

Luffy kept stuffing food into his mouth with a fork, and said, "So you are my companions now."

"Do you want us to join your pirate group?" Gray asked back.

Luffy blinked, "Yes."

"Well, how many people have you summoned now?"

"There are three of us."

"Haha, is it just the three of us?" Gray laughed, "Okay, okay, I thought the captain who wanted to be the One Piece had already summoned a lot of people."

"There will definitely be in the future." Luffy didn't feel ashamed at all, his dark eyes swept over the two, "Are you a partner?"

"Well, we formed a team." Gray shrugged, "I caught a few pirates because I didn't have any money. I didn't expect to be regarded as a pirate hunter."

"That's it."

"That's right, that's it. Speaking of which, if we go to sea, do you have a boat?"

"There." Luffy pointed to a small boat parked in the port - the kind that the three of them felt crowded.

"We will definitely get a huge ship in the future~" Luffy said with an optimistic smile.

"No more." Gray pointed to the side of the boat, "Fred and I also have a boat. Although it's not big, it's the kind with a cabin."

Luffy got excited, his body sat in place without moving, but his neck stretched out, and he turned around Gray and looked out. A small sloop was parked in the port, without any decorations, just a simple ship.

"Wow~ This is amazing!" Luffy didn't expect that after having two companions, he would also have a small boat.

After eating, he couldn't wait to rush to the port, jumped on the sloop and looked left and right.

"Wow ha ha ha, that's great, this ship is awesome~"

"A child is a child." Gray carried the supplies sent by the townspeople onto the boat, "I want to go to sea without bringing anything."

"You don't give in too much." Alfred said coldly.

"Do you have to sing against me?"

"It's just the truth."

"Then can you tell a flattering lie?"

"Oh, no."

"Hahahaha, you two are so interesting." Luffy sat on a wooden barrel and watched the two of them bickering with a smile.

"You're also quite interesting." Gray said with a smile, "Why do you want to be the One Piece?"

"Well, that's because I made an appointment with a man." Luffy took off his hat, seeming to recall something.

After a while, he put the hat on his head again, and said distressedly: "At first my brother said that he would come back and find me to go to sea with him, but they didn't come, so I went to sea by myself."

"Your brother? Say the name, we should be able to know each other."

"Well, one of them is called Ace and the other is called Sabo, have you heard of it?"

"Oh! It's them~" Gray nodded, "I went out to sea two years ago. There was quite a lot of trouble in the East China Sea, and then I entered the great route."

"Haha, I knew they could do it!"

Luffy stood up and pointed straight ahead, "Okay! Then let's move towards the great route!"

"Okay, listen to the captain!" Gray echoed excitedly, no one could see that he was already an old antique who couldn't be older.

In the current world, people remember Roger, but only a very small number of people still remember Black Flame Gray. On the one hand, the world government has erased all information about Black Flame, and on the other hand, decades have indeed passed since that era.

"...Two idiots." Alfred shook his head, "You don't even know where the great route is going."

"Huh?" Lu Fei blinked, and smiled heartlessly: "Just go to the next island and ask if it's okay."

"Yes, yes, don't underestimate our captain's ability to adapt to changing circumstances, Fred~"

"Hey—stop, the boat over there is stopping—"

On the sea, three people waved their hands vigorously towards the sloop.

After the victims were rescued onto the boat, they immediately changed their vicious expressions. The leader pulled out a knife and said viciously, "Stop the boat, we, that clown Bucky, Kex, and his gang! This boat belongs to us!"

A few seconds later, the three of them rowed the boat with flattering smiles, and apologized with a smile: "Hahahaha, we didn't realize that the two are the most famous pirate hunters recently. I'm so sorry."

"We are not pirate hunters, we are pirates." Gray flexed his wrist, "You just said that you are from Bucky the Clown?"

"Yes, yes, Captain Bucky is a person who attaches great importance to the crew, and he is also a famous big pirate in the East China Sea!"

"Really."

-

Bucky is regretting it now, very regretful.

He just wants to be a leisurely pirate captain who takes pleasure in finding treasures, and doesn't want to get involved in the disputes of the great route at all.

Of course, he can occasionally think of the time when he traveled around the world with Captain Roger when he was a child, thinking of Senior Rayleigh, Jabba, and of course the hateful Shanks.

Speaking of Shanks, he wanted to grab the opponent by the collar and give him a set of combined punches.

As for why he regrets it now, he still has to come to Orange Town from a boat.

Of the three people who came down from above, two of them were familiar to him, not only familiar, but those two faces were telling Bucky nakedly: he was finished.

"Captain Bucky, come on!"

"Captain Bucky give them some color."

"These three guys are really ignorant, dare to mess with our Captain Bucky!"

All the pirates shouted enthusiastically, in their hearts, Captain Bucky is the absolute powerhouse in the East China Sea, and possesses an immortal body, so he will definitely be able to defeat these three ignorant boys.

Stop it!Do you know who these two people are.

Bucky shouted in his heart, cold sweat broke out all over his back, this is a person that even Captain Roger and the others can't beat, how could he beat him.

Just when Bucky didn't know what to do, Gray spoke up, startling him.

"Well, Captain, leave those youngsters to us."

"Oh!" Luffy laughed and walked up to Bucky, "Your opponent is me."

"Huh?" Bucky didn't know why, and subconsciously glanced at Gray, not knowing what they meant.

Gray nodded, and silently said cheers to Bucky.

The latter was quick-witted and immediately realized what Gray meant.

If it were Shanks, he would never understand Gray's hint, and would be so puzzled that he would ask directly.

No, if it's Shanks, he can run over to greet Gray and the others enthusiastically when they meet for the first time, and stop by the tavern for a drink.

But Bucky has a lot of worries and timidity, and always likes to think about things in a complicated way.

He could see that Gray wanted him to fight Luffy, and what else did Gray call this kid?
captain?

Why, this kid can't afford to be called the captain of Heiyan Gray!

Their strength is a whole distance away from the great route!
No, wait!

After scanning the idiot in front of him several times, Bucky's eyes focused on the straw hat on Luffy's head.

"This straw hat?! This hat is the one with the red hair?"

"You know Shanks?" Luffy was surprised.

"If you say you know it, you know it, and if you say you don't know it, you don't know it at all." Bucky didn't expect that Shanks' precious hat would be given to this brat.

So what do these guys fancy about this brat?

Why does Bucky just think this kid is annoying and idiot!