One Piece: The Eternal Flame

Teuton said: "Colin met Meg and Meg, who were about to be captured by human traffickers, on Murloc Island, that is, my younger brother. You all know what happened afterwards, and we were caught in Chambord.

"Murloc slaves are very fierce. Before being trafficked, they will be tamed for a period of time. After meeting the captain, it will be a few months before they return to Murloc Island."

Everything is so coincidental and helpless, maybe this is fate, the encounter with one person must be accompanied by the separation from another person.

They couldn't have imagined at the time that the young man who stood up when they were caught, the murloc who protected his younger brother and was imprisoned on the ground by the harpoon, would later become a companion on the same pirate ship with the same belief in the captain.

"I didn't find him on Fishman Island. In the first few months before we went to the New World, we couldn't take care of ourselves. After we got a foothold, nearly three months had passed since his expected death time. Although I don't want to admit it, he might really be dead."

Colin smiled.

Did his friends, his relatives, ever look for him in Murloc Island—drag his sickly, weak body and call his name over and over again?
Will you be saddened by his sudden departure?
Could it be misunderstood that he is such a treacherous, cold and heartless person?
Will it be remembered until death, resenting his departure?
Every time I recall these past events, it is like inserting a knife with a cold light into my heart, stabbing the heart with blood.

That's why Colin is very resistant to the illness of his companions, because his only friend at first was a tragedy caused by a small cold.

"I'm sorry, Colin." Oden grabbed Colin's clothes with his head downcast, "I know I'm wrong."

"There's nothing wrong with that." Colin smiled, and stretched out his hand to pat Oden's head. "I used to always ask my master a lot of questions. She said that young people should have infinite curiosity and longing for this world, and only by constant trial and error can they continue to grow!"

"There's nothing to hide from your companions, just listen to it as a story, Mita." Teuton also said with a smile: "Now, we can all look at the past calmly, and this is also a kind of growth."

Gray sat cross-legged on the side of the boat, with his back to the school of fish in the sea, and looked at everyone on the deck with his chin resting.

The sea is quiet, but the boat is noisy, and the time is quiet, so he couldn't help laughing.

"There's nothing to hide from peers. So Gray, what's your story?"

Gray was a little dazed when he heard Ace's sudden question.

The latter was standing next to him and just asked softly.

Maybe Ace also knew that the question he asked was a bit abrupt, and Gray probably wouldn't want to answer it.

But he really wanted to find out what unspeakable secret Gray was hiding.

Gray looked at Ace's eyes full of curiosity. It was obvious that the person who told the story just now was Colin, but now he suddenly changed the protagonist?

He sighed and said helplessly, "Okay, okay, don't look at me like that, like a three-year-old kid who wants to buy toys, do you only act like a baby?"

"Ugh, how could I!" Ace exasperated.

"If you want to know so much, I'll tell you all after we meet Roger and Lu Jiu."

"Roger and Lujiu?" Ace slowly opened his eyes wide. He did mention Roger, but he didn't mention anything about his mother, whether it was her name or anything else.

Do you "really" know the future?

"I know far more than you think." Gray shrugged and jumped off the side of the boat, "Anyway, at the right time, I will definitely tell you."

"Now you just need to understand a little bit. I am the one who will stand by your side no matter what you do."

Gray patted Ace on the shoulder, "So even if I'm hiding a lot of things now, you can trust me as much as possible, understand?"

"... You've said this three or four times."

"That's right hahaha, have you felt the kindness of the elders?" Gray scratched his head and laughed heartily.

"Captain, don't say such terrible words." Alder complained, "You have nothing to do with Cixiang."

"Ha, we've been together for such a long time, haven't you guys felt my kindness in the past five years?" Gray frowned and complained, "I've always taken care of you as juniors!"

"Pfft ha ha ha ha ha."

"Take care of something, don't we take care of you?"

"Who gave you the confidence and confidence? Captain, tell me, and I'll blow his head right away!"

What answered him was the crew's merciless laughter and complaints.

The conversation between Gray and Ace just now did not avoid other people, so everyone heard it.

After being together for five years, they naturally knew that Gray had a secret, and they also knew that this secret should be something incredible.

But it didn't matter, anyway, this was their captain, he was worthy of trust, worthy of pampering, worthy of following, worthy of life, worthy of everything in the world.

"What are you laughing at, it's nothing funny!" Gray jumped angrily.

At this time, Andrew came out of the kitchen, holding a plate of dessert, and asked Gray specifically, "Do you want cheesecake?"

"Eat, eat, eat, eat!" Gray's attention was immediately attracted, and he actively ran over to take the dessert.

"If you want to eat, go to the kitchen and get it, it's all on the table." Andrew helped his forehead helplessly.

——Grey, the elder, really didn't have any success.

Alder held the cheesecake and said vaguely, "We are going to enter the deep ocean currents, and eating at this time, Andrew, don't you think it's too weird?"

"Don't eat it if you have the ability." Abel rolled his eyes.

"Of course it's ready to eat, it's Andrew's wish!"

"I don't think you understand what I mean."

There was a lot of chatter on the boat, and there was no awareness or vigilance to enter the deep ocean current.

"I really admire the carefreeness of the idiot." Perry sighed, "Charles, is the direction okay?"

"No problem for now." Charles said.

Judging from the current direction, they will take the downriver smoothly and go directly to Fishman Island.

That's good, Perry, who was thinking so, heard Charles continue: "Speaking of it... Alder hasn't finished eating yet? He is the helmsman."

???

The empty rudder and Alder squatting on the deck eating cake seemed to indicate that something not so good was about to happen.

"Alder!!!"

The whole ship trembled a few times because of Perry's roar.

Alder blinked, remembered his responsibilities, and immediately ran back to the console, saying to himself, "Don't worry, Perry, everything is under control."

"...I'll deal with you when I get to Murloc Island." Perry gritted his teeth.