One Piece: The Eternal Flame

Gray said he was sleepy, so he must be sleepy.

He didn't want to chat with Ace about life and ideals in the dead of night, but just occupied the deck chair on the deck, and snored after a while.

Ace sat on the ship's side, blowing the sea breeze, and silently assumed the duty of guarding the ship. There was a faint noise coming from a distance, and the bonfire reflected the forest red.

He turned his back to the island and faced the vast sea. Compared with the daytime, the sea at night looked mysterious and oppressive. If you look carefully, you can see that there are dark shadows in the deep blue.

The sea contains all things and swallows all things.

"Damn." Putting down a bottle of rum angrily, Warwick wiped the foam off his beard with his sleeve.

Their pirate group didn't go to the collective banquet outside, but just nestled in the lounge, drinking dull wine alone.

The other pirates really wanted to participate, but Warwick didn't allow it, and they couldn't help it.

He just had a conflict with Gray today, so Warwick naturally couldn't bear to hold a banquet with them, and he also looked down on the flattering faces of those pirates.

Gregory, a young boy who has been in the new world for five years, if he hadn't been lucky enough to rely on a powerful devil fruit, he wouldn't have reached the height he is today.

"Captain, we're really not going"

"No, we're going to do something else." Warwick stood up abruptly, his eyes sharp, "Let's go, leave this island."

"Ah? Let's go, aren't we going to auction?" The pirate was at a loss.

Warwick sneered, "Auction? It's uncertain whether they still have an auction."

While the other pirates were having a carnival, Warwick and his party seemed to leave silently.

They came to the port, packed their things, raised the sails, and sailed away from the coast without anyone noticing.

But what they don't know is that Ace sees all of this.

But Ace just saw a ship leaving. As for what kind of pirate group it was and why it left, he didn't know.

Originally, he wanted to tell Gray about this, but seeing the latter sleeping so soundly, he temporarily put it in his heart.

This should not be an important matter, there are still three days before the auction, and it is reasonable for the pirates to leave if there is something urgent.

In the middle of the night, the other members of the pirate group also returned to the ship one after another—compared with the accommodation provided on the island, the cabin made the pirates feel more at ease.

Perry carried Mi Tian, ​​who was already asleep, with a helpless expression on his face.

Originally a seven-year-old child, no one wanted him to drink too much alcohol, but he insisted, secretly drank a lot of rum, and became extremely drunk.

Gray also woke up, put on a look of "I am guarding the boat very seriously", and pretended to accuse them of coming back too late with his chin on his hands.

Everyone would not believe that he would guard the boat seriously. Alder pointed to the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "Captain, wipe off your drool."

What? !Gray immediately wiped the corners of his mouth, it was clean, and there was no saliva at all.

He immediately realized that he was being tricked, and annoyed: "How dare you trick me, Alder!"

Oden was startled by the sound, murmured a few times, turned his head and continued to sleep.

Perry smiled bitterly, "I can already feel Mita's saliva."

There was a wet feeling on his back, obviously the child lying on his back had left him a very expensive gift - even though he didn't want it.

Tang En led another child to Gray and said with a smile, "Captain, let me introduce you to a newcomer."

"Tang Tang?" Gray stared at the kid hiding behind Tang En, who was already a dog-like fur kid, "Come here."

He beckoned to Tang Tang, whose ears on the top of his head trembled, and his tail wagged happily.

"Captain!" He yelled crisply, and then he opened his hands and wanted to pounce on Gray, but in the next second, he fell flat on the ground.

"Pfft." Gray couldn't help laughing.

"." Tang En explained with his forehead, "He is not yet familiar with the way humans walk."

"I didn't expect you to give him a devil fruit right away." Gray laughed enough, watched Tangtang walk over clumsily, reached out and rubbed his head.

"Now is the best time." Tang En reached out and took off his blindfold, his purple eyes filled with warmth.

Tang Tang is already five years old, which is equivalent to the prime of life of a dog, so their pirate group would want to get a devil fruit.

"Give him a new name." Tang En looked into Gray's eyes, and the latter did not avoid, and directly met his eyes.

The automatically triggered mind-reading ability came into contact with a blank space. It was strange, Tang En knew all along that he couldn't hear Gray's inner voice.

It's like an abyss, throwing a stone down, there is no echo.

"What's it called?" Gray smiled, "How about Upaut?"

"Up Otto?" Tang Tang shook his ears. He didn't have the ability to distinguish good names from bad ones. He just nodded happily, "Okay, thank you, Captain!"

"There are fourteen devil fruit users on board now, Captain." Teuton said with a bitter face, "Please forgive us, Oden is still a child."

If everyone jumped into the sea together, he and Yu Tian would have to catch seven people each, and two hands would not be enough.

"Hahaha, if there is a chance, I might join non-capable people." Gray snapped his fingers, "Ace, is that white beard also a capable person?"

"I don't know now, Dad will be a very powerful user in the future." Eslang said.

"Hahaha, then there's no other way." Gray shrugged. "I can't help it for the time being. I also want some newcomers who are reliable and talkable."

"Forget it, Yu Tian and I can handle it." Teuton waved his hands, and said with some regret: "It would be great if my younger brother could join, what a pity."

"Hey? Do you have a younger brother?" Ace was a little surprised, he had never heard Teutonic mention it.

Because everyone except Gray was once a slave, Ace thought they had no other relatives.

So he never talked about his brother on the boat, except today with Gray.

Teuton spread his hands, "It's normal if you don't know, after all, except for Brother Alder and me, they have no relatives."

"Hahaha, I have it~" Gray pointed at himself with a smile, "Although they are not related by blood."

"My hometown is Fishman Island. Five years ago, I was captured and made slaves together with my younger brother, but the captain saved us. He is timid and kind-hearted, so he couldn't be a pirate at all, so he stayed on Fishman Island in the end." Teuton said helplessly.

When mentioning his younger brother, the whale shark man was even more gentle and easy to speak.

"I haven't been back for a long time, I don't know how he is doing hahaha."