One Piece: The Eternal Flame

"Is the kid awake?"

"Not yet, General Steel Bone." The head nurse, who was holding a stack of documents, looked at the burly man in front of her, who was currently the only general in the navy - Steel Bone Kong.

On weekdays, the other party basically would not come to the hospital, but since he brought a child in the arms before, he often came here during this period.

But the steel bone is also strange, every time he came here, he just stood by the door and looked at the children inside through the window, but he never walked into the ward.

The head nurse suggested with a smile, "Do you want to go in and see him?"

"." Steel Bone was silent, a hesitant expression appeared on his resolute face, but it was quickly wiped away, and then he said bluntly, "No. I still have tasks."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the head nurse to say anything else, he turned around and left here, with the sound of wind blowing through the cloak behind his back.

After he left, a younger nurse walked out from another ward, heaved a sigh of relief and said to the head nurse: "The general's aura is too strong. I didn't dare to come out just now. Does he come to see this child again?"

The head nurse nodded, and was also a little puzzled: "Yes, say he cares about this child, but he won't go in, say he doesn't care, and he still comes here every day."

"General Steel Bone is so awkward." The little nurse leaned against the door and looked inside. This angle was just right enough to see the whole hospital bed clearly.

The boy was lying unconscious on the hospital bed, his skin was so white that it was almost transparent. It was a sick complexion that had not seen the sun for a long time and was malnourished.

The slender wrists were exposed from the quilt, drooping by the side of the hospital bed, and there were large and small bruises on the forearms, making the whole person look thin and fragile.

This has been restored for several days, but the scars she saw still made the little nurse feel pity, "This child is so pitiful."

"I heard that General Cyborg was rescued from a small island invaded by pirates." The head nurse's voice was very soft, with a hint of sadness, "the only survivor on the island is this child."

"Ah, I must have suffered a lot." The little nurse recalled the child's test report, "It's so cruel to a child."

"Okay, you've been here for too long," the head nurse patted her, "There are other patients waiting for you."

"Oh." Reluctantly, the little nurse straightened up and started to do her work seriously.

The head nurse also turned and left.

In the quiet ward, half of the windows were opened, and the breeze caressed gently, dancing lingeringly with the white curtains.

At this moment, the boy slowly opened his eyes. What he saw with his eyes was the unique whiteness of the hospital, which was not as good as the blankness in his brain.

Who am I. Where is this?

He sat up, put his hand on his forehead, and slowly said a name, "Gregory D. Gray?"

is this his nameWhy can't he remember anything?

Forget it, the child stopped struggling, looked around, and finally picked up an apple by the bed and took a bite.

When you are hungry, you should eat. Although he can't remember anything now, and he doesn't know why he is here, the common sense of eating when he is hungry is still deeply engraved in his body.

Putting the fruit core on the table, wiping his hands on his clothes, the boy got out of bed, opened the door, and began to wander aimlessly in the hospital.

Soon, he walked to a crowded place, glanced at people with different expressions, selected a target, walked over and asked, "Hello, where is there any meat to eat?"

The nurse who was questioned by him happened to be the little nurse who was looking at the door of his ward before. She was surrounded by several patients at the moment, and she was a bit busy.

When she heard this question, her brain was still thinking about which one is more dangerous, "Kaskia fever" or "Perb lead disease".

This obviously wrong question made her stunned for a moment, and then she reacted and replied: "The hospital has a cafeteria, and there must be meat in it. In addition, the aunt at the third window likes people with sweet mouths. If you praise her, she will give you a lot more than other windows."

"That's right. Thank you, sister." The boy scratched his head, "Where is the cafeteria?"

"Over there." The little nurse pointed in a direction, and then dealt with other patients' problems. She only glanced at the child the whole time, but didn't recognize it.

The boy walked towards the cafeteria and came directly to window No. [-]. There was indeed a middle-aged woman inside. He swallowed his saliva looking at the meat in the window, and said, "Sister, can you give me a big portion of meat?"

"What did you call me?" The middle-aged woman covered her mouth in surprise, but couldn't cover the corners of her raised mouth, "Oh, you really can talk!"

Without hesitation, she filled the plate with meat and vegetables, handed over a bowl of rice, and said with a kind smile: "Kids, come again if you don't have enough, the dishes here are enough!"

"Thank you sister."

Because Marin Vanduo is the headquarters of the Navy, the hospital here serves the Navy and its families, so the cafeteria is open for free.

The boy's behavior was so normal that it was completely unimaginable that he was a person who couldn't remember anything and did everything by instinct.

While he was enjoying his delicious food, the head nurse also walked to the door of the ward with a bottle of medicine, but when he tried to open the door, he realized that the door was ajar.

She didn't panic, because this was the headquarters of the Navy. If this could be dangerous, then there would be no safe place in the world.

It was only when another nurse came to check on the child's condition, but when she entered the door, she was immediately dumbfounded when she saw the lifted quilt and the empty bed.

"Kid, the kid is gone!!!"

With the panic-stricken shout of the head nurse, the whole hospital exploded.

Some people went to contact the steel bone general who had just left not long ago, while others immediately ran to the monitoring room to check the monitoring.

This was the first time the hospital had encountered such a thing, and almost everyone was mobilized, even the sailors who were recuperating in the hospital volunteered to participate.

In fact, Steel Bone had just left the hospital not long ago, and now that he heard the news and rushed over, it didn't take much time.

"What's going on!" He stood in the monitoring room and frowned at the head nurse.

"I wanted to give him a drip, but when I went in, I found that he was gone!" The head nurse also said anxiously.

"Found it!" On the face of the navy in charge of monitoring, apart from being happy, there was also a bit of indescribable expression.

He looked at the surveillance, and thought he could see some bad guys taking hostages, but it turned out to be a picture of a child walking out of the ward peacefully and finally walking into the cafeteria.

Ah this
Why can't he be happy, as if everyone has been tricked by this kid.

The food in the hospital cafeteria was not bad, at least the boy was very happy to eat, he wolfed down the first plate of food, and went to window No. [-] to order a big plate again.

While he was eating the second plate, a group of people came in and surrounded his table without opening their mouths, just watching him eat.

The atmosphere was silent and eerie.

In the end, the child pushed away the plate and burped, and the atmosphere became lively again.