One Piece: The Eternal Flame

Cynthia's life card faithfully guides the master's whereabouts.

Gray was lying on the recliner, covering his face with today's newspaper, and unconsciously groping for the hilt of the sword with his fingers.

He was a little irritable, but no one noticed it.

The silhouette of an island in the distance reveals the horizon.

"It's actually the capital of water?"

The place where the life card brought them is the capital of water, a sacred place for shipbuilding.

Gray stood up and threw the newspaper on the table casually, "You don't need to get down, I just go with Dunn and Newgate, try not to waste time on this matter."

"I want to go too!" Mita raised his hand.

"Okay, come on."

According to the guide, Gray and the others returned to Hulk Ship Island in the Water Capital, where the ship was built before.

At this moment, a hut has been built on Hulk Island, and Tom, whom Gray has always wanted to find, is researching shipbuilding technology in the open space.

It's strange, the data is obviously correct, why can't it float.

Tom looked at the blueprint in his hand and fell into thought.

After Wayne Shipyard closed down, Tom became a vagrant.

So he decided to open his own shipyard on this hulk island. Of course, he is the only employee now.

"Tom, enter the house." Cynthia looked at the Black Firework Pirates standing not far away, knowing that they were coming in a bad way, so she greeted them immediately after saying this.

Tom froze for a moment, he didn't know how to fight, so his senses were not so sensitive, and then he realized that someone was coming.

Black Firework, he had always dreamed of building a ship for them.

Tom didn't enter the house, but went up with Cynthia.

"Hello."

Gray greeted politely, "It was you who turned me into a child before, it was quite interesting."

Cynthia ignored Gray and looked at Whitebeard, "Newgate, you really are a traitor."

"They saved me from Push City, and I deserve that in return."

Whitebeard did not betray, and when he joined Black Fireworks, Rocks had already been arrested.

Strictly speaking, he had no pirates at that time.

As for the betrayal mentioned by Cynthia, they probably thought that the meeting of the steel skeleton in the city of water was caused by Whitebeard's leak.

White Beard didn't want to explain, so he simply let the misunderstanding continue like this.

"Hmph, so you are here to catch me, a fish that slipped through the net?"

"No, you can't catch her, Cynthia didn't do anything." Tom opened his hands to block Cynthia.

"Quack~" A little frog also jumped on top of Tom's head and let out a cry to express his approval for Tom.

"Oh, it's Taro the Frog!" Mita said pleasantly, "It's Mita who taught you breaststroke."

"Quack?" The frog looked over suspiciously, and after a while, several images that he never wanted to think of again appeared in his brain, and he jumped to the ground in fright, and quickly jumped long.

"It seems that students are afraid of teachers, and it really is an eternal truth."

Gray nodded heavily, and comforted the lost Oden, saying: "It's okay Oden, keep up the good work."

"This murloc is also on Lockes' boat?"

Without waiting for Whitebeard to answer, Cynthia said, "It has nothing to do with Tom, you can come at me."

"Tom?"

As soon as this name and this race are mentioned, it is the world's number one shipbuilder who will build sea trains in the future.

Gray sized him up, feeling terrified at the latter.

"We didn't want to do anything to you." White Beard said, "I just wanted to ask you for something."

"what?"

"Do you have the rubbings of Charlotte's red history text?"

Cynthia was concerned about Tom's safety and did not lie, "It's with the captain, but I remember the content."

"That's really great." Gray clapped his hands and smiled, "Twain."

Learning from Miss Bajin's lesson, Gray did not choose to give Cynthia a sense of participation this time, but let Dunn directly read the memories in her mind.

The ability does not require any physical contact or opportunity, as long as the eyes meet for a moment, the fruit ability can be activated successfully.

"You guys!" Tom saw Cynthia's eyes lost their focus for a moment, and then recovered immediately.

"What did you do!"

"Nothing, just asking her for a favor."

Now that the text of the history has been obtained, they should leave.

"Tom! It's okay." Cynthia grabbed Tom who wanted to argue, "It's just the main text of history, take it away if you want."

This thing is useless to her, and Lockes only has one piece of red. It is not a loss to think about it for safety with this kind of thing.

"They're so unreasonable." Tom pointed at the back of Hei Yanhuo, looking very angry.

"I don't like them anymore." Even if they saved Murloc Island.

"Do you like them?" Cynthia thought for a while, "Pirates are unreasonable in the first place, it's a good thing they didn't do anything."

She thought she was doomed.

"Pulu puff puff, puff puff puff"

The phone bug was brought over by the frog, and Cynthia patted it on the head, "Thank you, Yokozuna."

"It's time to go." A woman's voice came from the phone bug, "Locus has been locked in the city."

"Okay." Cynthia hung up the phone, and Ben's face, which had been softened by the recent leisurely life, became cold again.

Tom was lost after hearing the voice from the phone bug, "Are you leaving?"

He knew that Cynthia would not stay forever.

"Sorry." Cynthia avoided Tom's sight. It's good to live here all the time. It's rare for her to sleep at night without having nightmares.

But unfortunately, she was doomed not to live such a beautiful life.

-

Back on the boat, Gray said to everyone: "The four historical texts will be collected soon, but before that, we have to go to a very important place."

O'Hara.

The famous archaeological sanctuary in Xihai, which has the most scholars and the library with the largest collection of books in the world - the tree of omniscience, will be destroyed by the navy's demon-slaying order in the future in a few decades.

But now, Gray believes that the scholars there are still diligently looking for the truth of history.

"You can't go in the windless belt."

"The windless belt of the West Sea is on the side of the New World, so there is no way to cross it."

"It seems to be going out from the Reverse Mountain."

"Upside Down Mountain."

Brook fell into deep thought, and he didn't know what to think of. He became excited, "Rab~ I'm going to see you soon Rab~ Yohohohoho."

"If you go to Reversing Mountain, you will definitely pass Drum Island."

Colin also laughed, with a nostalgic and excited tone, "I don't know how Madam Doriel is doing now."

For the pirates who still have family members, going back is something that people look forward to and make people timid.

How many people are happy and how many people are worried.

Alder, a usually lively man, frowned, crouched in the corner and scratched his hair, "Ah~ Upside Down Mountain, Gemini Point, Kulokas, damn it! They will definitely be laughed at to death."

"I really don't want to go back." Abel also rejected him, "It's too embarrassing."

"What happened to them?" Ace asked suspiciously.

"Because it's too embarrassing, so I just want to escape."

Bud grinned, "The two of them once swore to that kid named Kulocas that they would go out to sea and make a big career, and then they were captured and made slaves hahahahaha, I laughed so hard, it's too embarrassing."

Perry narrated the experience of two bear children.

"The tower guards of Cape Twins have been inherited from generation to generation. Alder and Abel are the tower guards of this generation. Kulocas is a child picked up by their parents, but the two of them didn't want to guard the tower at all, so they went out to sea with a pirate group that turned over the inverted mountain."

"Stop talking." Alder's soul had already floated out of his body because of the embarrassment.

"Forgive me, who knew that the ship was a slave ship." Abel covered his face, and really didn't want to recall the stupid things he had done.

There's nothing crueler than when two kids with dreams of going to sea discover that the ship is a slave ship.

"What a pity." Ace didn't know whether to sympathize or laugh.

"Let's set sail, Ace, let's take turns accelerating the ship."

Gray looked a little impetuous. If it was before, he would not choose this way to hurry.

"What happened?" Perry asked.

"It's nothing."

Gray took a breath, and he also realized that his state was not right, so he walked towards the cabin.

"Forget it, I'll go back to the cabin and take a nap, let's go directly to Magnetic Drum Island."

After his figure disappeared into the cabin, Ace said worriedly: "What's wrong with Gray? He feels a little irritable."

Everyone shook their heads blankly.

Perry said: "I guess it's a belated puberty, I'll go and have a look."

"Well, leave the matter to Perry, we will follow the captain's instructions and go to Drum Island as soon as possible!"

"I always feel that you, Colin, actually want to go quickly by yourself."

"Hahaha, yes, yes, I have long wanted to go back and see Doctor Doriel."

-

"Dong dong dong."

There was a knock on the door of the captain's cabin.

Gray opened it and smiled when he saw it was Perry, "What's the matter? What happened?"

Perry said bluntly, "Did something happen to you?"

"Me? What can I do?"

"Captain, your emotions affect everyone on board, everyone is worried about you."

As a captain, you have to take on the responsibility of a pirate group. This is a very hard job, and it is not as glorious as it seems on the surface.

"Huh" Gray exhaled foul breath, lowered his head, as if he was thinking.

Perry saw that he raised his right hand leaning against the door and kept knocking on the door frame, while his left hand stroked the sword hilt, which meant that he was in a state of tension and anxiety at the moment.

His small actions always give away his mood.

"Captain Gray, are you there?" Molina's voice came out from the phone bug that was always connected.

Gray immediately walked over and picked up the microphone from the table, "How is it?"

"I'm sorry, Alfred still hasn't come to Dressrosa." Molina's voice was a little cautious.

It has not arrived yet, how many days have passed, even if it is swimming, it has already passed.

Gray couldn't describe his mood for a while.

He brushed his hair back angrily, and kicked the innocent chair next to him to vent his anger.

Molina didn't speak when she heard the movement here.

The loud sound of the chair falling to the ground made Gray regain his sanity, "I'm sorry, I lost my composure. If he arrives, please contact me as soon as possible."

After buttoning the phone bug, he simply sat down on the ground.

"Tch." Laughing at himself, he said to Perry who was standing at the door, "I still seem to be such an idiot."

"It's okay." Perry didn't enter the house, he felt that the captain needed a space of his own.

"He won't lie to me, I believe it again."

Gray also didn't understand why he believed in Alfred so much. Inexplicably, he would subconsciously believe everything the other said.

Perry sighed, "Maybe something is delayed, you can wait, there is a difference between going slowly and in a hurry."

"Really."

".I'll tell them you just went to sleep and get back on track when you get out."

"it is good."

Gray watched Perry close the door.

He knew that no one would bother him until he came out of the captain's cabin again.

He also knew why he valued Alfred so much.

Because he'd open the door and walk in with an unquestionable attitude.

For the crew, Gray was their salvation.

So for Gray, Alfred is also his salvation.

When his memory is confused, when he wants to escape, when he doubts himself, Alfred always wakes him up.

The closed door was kicked open, and the sound made Gray tremble.

Alfred stood at the door, "What are you doing in the captain's cabin?"

"Uh, I want to sleep for a while." Gray felt nervous for no reason and stuttered a little.

"Fart, who looks like someone owes him [-] million Baileys before going to bed."

"Is that too much?"

"It's not only excessive, it's also very childish." Alfred walked into the captain's cabin while scolding, "Aren't you going to sleep? Why are you sitting on the ground?"

He kicked Gray's leg with his foot.

"What's wrong with me willing to sleep on the ground?" Gray laughed angrily, "The captain didn't let you in, don't you know that the captain's cabin is my private space?"

"Come on, who doesn't know who." Alfred snorted coldly, crossed his arms, and stood in front of Gray unceremoniously, "Tell me, what are you thinking about."

Gray looked up at him, and after hesitating for a moment, he complained pitifully: "Being a captain is too tiring."

He never told anyone how he felt.

In the past, Gray was used to being a loner. When he was in the navy, he didn't have many friends. After he died, because no one could see him, he was even more alone.

Gray is not good at getting along with others.

But now, there were so many more people suddenly, he felt his head was getting bigger.

Especially after getting along for a long time, everyone dislikes each other, and it is common sense to quarrel and fight.

Gray didn't know how to handle these situations.

Alfred said: "Because getting along with others is a hard thing in itself."

"Ah, it's so difficult, Fred."

Gray rolled on the ground, rolled back and forth several times, finally stopped, and reached out to grab Alfred's trouser leg.

Alfred shook his legs, and asked angrily, "Why?"