One Piece: The Eternal Flame

Said it was a good chat, but Zefa didn't ask much at all.

He had a lot of doubts in his mind, but they became less important the moment he was sure that Gray was still alive.

He didn't even ask such obviously important questions about the latter's fraudulent death back then and why he kept his original appearance now.

Gray likes Zefa, and communicating with each other is always much better than communicating with Garp and Sengoku.

After briefly explaining why they sailed with Ace, Zefa was a little surprised, "Are you going to find Vegapunk?"

"Yeah." Gray nodded vigorously, "You know him?"

"I've seen it once." Zefa covered the steel arm of his right hand, "This thing was made by Vegapunk."

The three of them focused their attention on the arm, which was inlaid with high-purity Hailou stone. This kind of technology did not exist before.

Ace suddenly asked, "By the way, why did you lose your arm?"

Because Zefa has already retreated to the second line, and is basically active in the first half of the great route, the Whitebeard Pirates did not collect much information on him.

Zefa glanced at him indifferently, reached out to pick up a bottle of sherry from the table and drank it.

Ace was baffled by this look, "What's wrong?"

Zefa said indifferently: "The person who attacked us is called Whitebeard II."

"What, what?" Ace frowned, what about Whitebeard II, why had he never heard of it before, "What's going on?"

The matter started seven years ago when Zefa took the recruits out to sea for training. He believed that only by adapting to actual combat could he become a real navy in the future.

But I didn't expect this idea to ruin the lives of a boatload of recruits.

A man named Whitebeard II came on board. He had an upward-curving beard similar to Whitebeard, but thinner and longer.

Zefa commented on him, "I think he has the same strength as Whitebeard when he was young."

"White Beard II" Gray rubbed his chin, "Is he Newgate's own son?"

"How is it possible!" Ace widened his eyes, "It's impossible for Dad to have a son!"

He is almost the Whitebeard Pirates rebuilt together with Whitebeard. It is too late for the father to raise a godson. How can he have time to give birth to a son.

Ace felt that his three views had been impacted. Although he had only heard some fragments from Zefa so far, it did not prevent him from getting angry.

"How dare you insult your father!"

"There have been many rumors in the first half. It is said that the islands he passed along the way are all rumors that White Beard has a son."

"Damn it." Ace's eyes burst into flames of anger, "Leave it to me, I'll beat him up right now."

With that said, Ace has already walked out.

As a pirate, he came out of the cabin aggressively, and he didn't pay much attention to the navy warship.

"Why did you come out! Where's the teacher?" Ain and Binz immediately surrounded Ace together with the other navy.

"Get out of the way." Ace didn't intend to hurt the people on Zefa's boat, especially knowing that the other party's arm was lost by a guy called Whitebeard II.

Since the Whitebeard Pirates are involved, it should be resolved by the people of the Whitebeard Pirates. If he really has something to do with Dad, then take it back and give it to Dad to deal with.

"Binz, go see the teacher." After Ain finished speaking to Binz, a peach-colored flame similar to a will-o'-the-wisp suddenly appeared on his palm, and he rushed towards Ace.

"Ain, stop." Zefa quickly appeared from the cabin, and stopped the battle that hadn't started yet, "Let him go."

"But teacher, he is." Ai Yin wanted to say that he was a pirate, but in the bottom of her heart, she trusted Zefa, so she silenced her words halfway.

Ace looked at Zefa solemnly, "Don't worry, if it's really about our Whitebeard Pirates, I'll take care of it."

"No matter how you deal with it, the dead will never come back." Zefa's eyes were a little tired. Originally, he wanted to retire after a while. After retirement, he could focus on revenge without distraction.

But someone who was not in the plan appeared, and Zefa had to recalculate his retirement time.

Before that, wouldn't it be a good thing to find someone to make Whitebeard II unhappy.

Before leaving, Ace waved his fist at Gray unwillingly, and the latter immediately hid behind Zefa with a look of extreme fear, and pretended to lament that the pirate is really a rude and scary guy.

"Just wait! I've settled this matter, and I will definitely come to you again!" Ace's feet rose from flames, urging the rear spiral power unit to start, and soon he disappeared on the horizon.

"Ain." Zefa turned his head and looked at his students.

The latter immediately straightened his body and performed a standard naval salute, "Yes, teacher."

"For these two people, use your ability."

"Huh?" Ain was taken aback, and Gray and Alfred were also taken aback.

"I'm a civilian!" Gray reminded: "How can the Navy bully civilians!"

"I don't believe you are a commoner." Binz shook his head and commented unceremoniously: "Your acting skills are really bad."

"That's right." Ain also nodded in agreement.

Gray stared blankly for several seconds with his mouth open, before losing color as if he had been severely injured by something, and muttered to himself, "My acting skills are so bad?"

Binz: "It sucks."

Ain: "Very bad."

Alfred: "Exactly."

"Why do you want to get involved with me!"

Gray grabbed Alfred's collar and shook it vigorously, and kept complaining, "My acting skills are clearly at the emperor's level!"

"The Emperor's New Clothes."

Gray paused for a few seconds, thinking about what the "Emperor's New Clothes" was talking about, and then became even more annoyed, "How dare you say that, Fred, let's break off friendship for 3 minutes and calm down!"

"Okay, you should be a little quieter, bluffing." Zefa grabbed Gray with a hand inlaid with sea floor stones, and the latter immediately lost his strength, limp like a plant that hadn't been watered for a long time.

"Ain's fruit is a regression fruit, the age of the thing touched will be reversed by 12 years, and the age of the person touched will also be reversed by 12 years."

Zefa explained: "Don't you want to find that person, then listen to me."

"I can go secretly." Gray didn't want to become a child again, "No one can find me."

"I admire your self-confidence." Zefa let go of him, and casually said: "The commander of the naval science unit is my former student."

"Then I'll trouble you, Uncle Zefa~ I'm just a kid, of course I'm perfectly fine."

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"It's really okay, teacher." When he returned to Marin Fanduo Port, Ain was a little worried, "You won't do anything dangerous, right?"

"No." Zefa shook his head, "Go back to the team first, I'll go home."

Zefa's house is in the residential area of ​​Marlin Fand. Ashley has retired and is busy baking snacks in the kitchen at the moment.

The fragrance permeated the whole room, the door opened, she didn't go out to look, but just replied loudly, "Welcome back~"

"I'm back." As soon as he got home, Zefa felt tired all over his body. Home is always the easiest place for people to relax.

Gray smelled the smell in the air, his eyes lit up, and he ran to the kitchen following the smell, "It smells so good~ I want to eat this, when can I eat it?"

"Ah?" Ashley was stunned for a while, and she still didn't understand where this kid came from, but her good cultivation and inherent gentle personality made her reply with a smile: "It will be baked in 3 minutes."

"Wow, they look like my dim sum." Gray shamelessly sat in front of the oven, put his hands on it, and even pressed his face against it to see the gradually fluffy and soft dim sum inside.

Ashley didn't react at first, she exclaimed, pulled Gray away immediately, and said in a slightly serious tone: "How can you stick it on the oven, are you burnt?"

Gray shook his head, laughing hehehe.

After seeing that he did not have any burns, Ashley breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't go near the oven again."

"Do not worry."

How can you rest assured.

Ashley sighed, pushed Gray out of the kitchen, looked at Zefa standing in the living room, and then fell on Alfred who was sitting obediently on the sofa, "Zefa, you should explain first."

"Grey, Alfred." Zefa didn't hide it. With his temper, he would never do such a thing as lying to his wife.

After all, Ashley was also in the former navy, and he had met Gray several times in Wano Country.

"You..." Ashley looked down at Gray, his expression changed from gentle at the beginning to indescribable.

"Yo~" Gray raised his hand to say hello, and then there was a beep in the kitchen, indicating that the last 3 minutes of the oven had ended.

Before Ashley blinked, Gray had already rushed into the kitchen again, and he did not forget to say loudly to Ashley: "The dessert is ready, take it out quickly, don't burn it."

"Today's things are a bit too dreamy." Ashley took a deep breath, and completed a series of actions of taking out the snacks, putting them on a plate, and handing them over to Gray like a walking dead.

The latter was still wearing ill-fitting clothes that mopped the floor, and fell during the action, but he didn't spill any of the snacks he was holding.

"Ashley, let me find some clothes that Dylan wore when he was eight years old." Zefa touched his nose and left the living room with Ashley.

While looking for clothes, it is natural to explain this matter clearly.

But that's something Zefa has to think about.

Gray ate most of the pastry, and commented that it was not too sweet, and if he made it, he would definitely add more sugar.

Alfred stopped after eating only one piece, and asked him, "What are you going to do?"

"The commander-in-chief of the Naval Science Force is Huang Yuan, the current admiral of the navy."

Gray yawned, "I don't know how to evaluate him. It would be better if we can bypass him and negotiate directly with Vegapunk."

"But it's hard?"

"Yeah, the main reason is that we don't know where Vegapunk is. It would be great if he offered to meet us. He must be very interested in the secrets of the huge kingdom."

Just as he was talking, the door was opened again. When Rear Admiral Dylan of the Navy Headquarters took his wife back to his father's house, he saw two strange children.

After staring at each other dumbfounded for a few seconds, the thicker wife spoke first, "Your brother?"

"It can't be my brother, okay?" Dylan couldn't laugh or cry, thinking that it might be a child picked up by Zefa from outside.

Randomly picking up an orphan or something is extremely common in this world.

Aren't the most famous representative figures Steel Gu Kong and White Beard Newgate.

Does dad also want to follow their example?

"Are you Zefa's son?" Gray wondered, "I asked someone to give you a gift when you were born."

"Huh?" Dylan didn't know what kind of expression he should put on now to deal with the child's vicissitudes of life.

And his wife has already reacted quickly after a brief surprise, and bowed to thank you, "Thank you very much for your trouble."

Hey, hey, this is not right at all, wife, don't you think there is something wrong?

Dylan didn't know where to start complaining, mainly because what the kid said was so sincere, as if he wasn't lying.

"It's great to be able to grow up safely." Gray continued to sigh with emotion.

"Stop talking, I already want to beat you up."

"Don't worry, this kid is a fool." Zefa threw two sets of clothes on Gray's head, "Why are you here?"

"On vacation." Dylan rubbed his forehead, "By the way, why don't you put the child in an orphanage?"

"They will stay here for the time being." Zefa looked at Dylan, "Maybe you can try to raise a child in advance."

"I know, I know, stop implying that you want to have grandchildren."

Meeting Vegapunk requires a very strict review. Zefa submitted an application about the failure of the mechanical arm. Soon, a man in a yellow and white striped suit came over with his application.

"Teacher Zefa, do you need to find Vegapunk for a simple fault?" Kikuzaru said to Zefa in his unique and slow way of speaking.

Zefa looked at his student coldly, "If it was a simple fault, of course I would not make such an application."

Huang Yuan stared at him for a while, then smiled and said, "Well, I'm a teacher after all, how could I refuse such an application."

After a round of body searches, Zefa saw Vegapunk again, but this time was two years apart.

Vegapunk is thin and focused on scientific research, cooperating with the world government, on the one hand because of the threat of the other party, on the other hand, the most important aspect is that the world government will give him full support.

Funds, venues, experimental equipment, experimental people, etc., everything, the world government will satisfy him. For an avid scientist, the Navy Headquarters is simply the perfect place.

"The robotic arm was still in the experimental stage. Two years later, it is indeed time to conduct a comprehensive inspection on it."