One Piece: The Eternal Flame

Black market merchants are very important in this world.

Any goods that cannot be circulated in the market, such as extremely rare and precious items-ammunition manufacturing and smuggling, devil fruits, assassination rewards and a series of shady transactions, need to be contacted by black market merchants for reselling.

A powerful pirate group will definitely have one or more black market merchants who cooperate and win-win, and the partner of the Black Firework Pirates is the immediate boss of Arkatis.

An outstanding, shrewd and powerful woman——Liku Molina, she is a natural businessman. When she saw the reward order of Black Firework four years ago, she had a hunch that this would be the best partner.

A qualified businessman must seize anything that can add value. Molina can squeeze into the muddy sewage of the black market as a woman. Apart from her identity, it is her own vision and strength.

--four years ago
There is no comparison between the situation of the Black Firework Pirates four years ago and now. They snatched a coated pirate ship from the Chambord Islands, and broke into the new world in an anonymous manner.

Many pirates—even pirates from the new world, if they want to be the captain themselves, it is impossible to carry out initial development in the new world.

Because the big pirate forces in this place will not allow newcomers to grow up and get a share of the pie, and the pirates who don't want to join them cannot stay.

Therefore, many pirates will choose to go to the first half of the great route, which is commonly known as the paradise, to expand their strength, and will not return to that cruel sea until they are able to cope with various conditions in the new world.

But Gray and the others have no choice. Unforgivable pirates like them cannot survive in a paradise where the navy is everywhere.

Only in the new world beyond the jurisdiction of the navy can there be a chance to breathe.

After repelling an ill-intentioned pirate ship again, Gray wiped off the uncontrollable blood dripping from his mouth, and smiled at the exhausted people lying everywhere, "Haha, it seems that our thinking is too good."

He could still laugh, despite the circumstances - they were cornered.

The stolen pirate ship was overturned by the beach, and it was broken into pieces. They were trapped on a small desert island. It is roughly estimated that there are four or five pirate groups on the sea who want to eat their bones.

It's just that because those pirate groups are afraid of each other, no large troops have attacked yet.

"You're so strong, just leave us alone..." Perry laughed miserably, his eyes were red, but he couldn't shed a single tear. He said to Gray in a hoarse voice, "You can definitely escape by yourself."

"Yeah, I'm very happy to die as a pirate instead of living humiliatingly as a slave..." Colin sat on a tree trunk with his head drooping. Although his ability was to heal, his body was too weak to allow him to continue using it.

With all his strength, Alder could only whisper this sentence: "Even the captain, we have only been together for a few weeks, and there is no friendship between life and death at all!"

"That's why... So, let's give up on us... We are the ones who were abandoned by the world."

Abel bit his lips tightly, tears streaming down his face wantonly.

"As the captain, you have done a good job, don't let people like you too much..." Latin wiped his face, and the delicate makeup had already turned into stains.

"The weather is so nice..." Teuton looked at the sky, squinted his eyes and said with emotion, "Going back to Fishman Island...it's so good..."

Gray was silent and stared at them for a long while before grinning as if he hadn't heard anything.

"In short, live first, and I will figure out the rest."

After he said this, the few people who didn't cry immediately couldn't hold back. They were arrested and made slaves. No matter how much humiliation and pain they experienced, they never cried.

It's just that I really can't help it now, I have suffered so much in my life, how lucky I am to be so firmly chosen by others.

Gray is only 15 years old, his shoulders are not broad, and his face is even a little childish.

But he supported a pirate group, the fate of thirteen people.

Maybe it's because life should not be lost. A huge merchant ship broke through the sea and appeared in the desperate situation.

"Captain Gray, right? I'm Black Market Merchant Molina. It seems that I came at the right time. I think you need help."

A beautiful woman in a purple dress came down from the boat, followed by dozens of guards, with a shrewd but not annoying smile on her face, "Cooperate with me, I see your value, Captain Gray."

The black market merchant named Molina broke through the encirclement of several pirate groups and stood in front of Gray unscathed.

Everyone knows that this woman's strength—maybe not her own strength, but the black market resources she represents and her own identity.

Liku Molina, the younger sister of the current king of Dressrosa in the New World, a distinguished princess, is also a well-known black market businesswoman in the underground kingdom of the New World.

Known as the violet in the dark night, she is shrewd in means and conduct, like the most qualified businessman.

Compared with the powerful pirate group, she prefers to dig out those potential rookie pirates, make bold bets, and take unimaginable risks.

But every step she takes is very successful, and there are dozens of pirate groups, not to mention hundreds, that she cooperates with.

Because of this, Molina is very prestigious in the new world, and most pirates will sell her face.

What she said to Gray was in fact extending an olive branch to Gray and inviting him to cooperate.

She saw Gray's potential.

But unexpectedly, this huge pie didn't make Gray, who was in trouble, respond with a gulp. After a moment of silence, he laughed.

"I betrayed the navy and killed the Tianlong people, and my companions were all slaves. Now our bounty does not represent our strength, it only represents the urgency of the world government to catch us. This is the case of our pirate group. Do you still want to cooperate with us?"

No one will fully explain their own disadvantages before cooperation. Qualified businessmen will hide their shortcomings and strive to maximize their benefits.

But Gray is not a businessman, he is a pirate, a pirate who is at the end of the road but still has his own principles.

Molina had seen all kinds of people, but was still taken aback by Gray's words.

She laughed out loud, she had enough, and she said, "Why not, Captain Gray, businessmen like honest partners the most."

"Is it even possible to lose money?"

"I never do business at a loss."

"Okay, nice to work with."

A few simple words of dialogue didn't even take a few minutes.

In the future, the strongest pirate group in the new world has reached a cooperation with Molina, a black market businesswoman.

Gray did not disappoint Molina, and his rapid rise proved once again that the vision of this black market businesswoman is really vicious.

The cooperation between the two parties has been in the fifth year so far, and they have lived in peace and harmony without any conflicts.

So now when they meet Akatis in Vegas, the three of Perry are all pleasantly surprised.