One Piece: The Eternal Flame

"Rubber—Bazooka!"

"Wow--"

Bucky turned into a shooting star in the sky.

"What a tragedy~" Gray was speechless, expressing sympathy for Bucky in his heart.

However, on the face, he immediately applauded, and the words of praise just came out of his head, "As expected of the captain, he solved Bucky so quickly."

"You guys did a good job too." Luffy was very happy to be praised, and put the damaged straw hat back on.

Nami with short orange hair remembered how much Luffy attached to the hat, and said softly, "It's okay, I'll fix it for you later."

But Luffy didn't hear clearly, turned around and asked blankly, "What?"

"Nothing!" Nami responded arrogantly, and picked up the two big bags of money rattling in her hands, "This is it, I divided it into two parts, please help me get one bag, I'm about to sink to death."

"That's a lot."

"Baki is very particular about treasures, and they are all of good quality." Nami rubbed the two purses together, closed her eyes and said intoxicatedly, "These are worth at least 1000 million Baileys~"

"Is 1000 million a lot?"

"Of course there are too many!" Nami was choked by the blank tone that didn't know the sufferings of the world.

She opened her eyes and glared at Luffy, but found that the latter didn't speak at all, and the other person was looking at another person.

Gray blinked, not understanding what he said wrong, so he asked again: "Is 1000 million really a lot?"

"Ha, it's as if you have so much money."

Nami was so angry that she threw both purses in her hands to Luffy, angrily walked in front of Gray, and spread out a hand, "Can you come up with more money than 1000 million?"

"I've spent all my money." Gray shook his head sincerely.

Before Nami showed a disdainful expression, he looked at Alfred next to him, "Fred, how much money do you have?"

Alfred scolded an idiot, took something out of his pocket and threw it to Nami.

The latter clasped his hands together to catch it, and when he opened it, it was a bright orange gemstone.

Her eyes immediately turned into the shape of money, and she put the gemstone under the sun to shine, and she was almost blinded by the dazzling brilliance.

"Brother! I suddenly found that you are so handsome~" She put the gem into her pocket, clasped her hands on her cheeks, and looked at Alfred with big eyes flickering.

Today, the latter has become synonymous with money in her eyes.

"Uh" Gray poked her shoulder with his finger, pointed to himself and said, "Actually, I'm much more handsome than him."

Nami rolled his eyes at him, and continued to look at Alfred with admiration.

The latter looked down at her, and also extended his hand.

Nami immediately jumped away vigilantly, clutching her pocket tightly, "What do you want, what you give me is mine! Don't even think about going back."

"The sea chart of the great route." Alfred said.

"Ah, okay." Nami took out the chart and handed it over.

Alfred threw the chart to Luffy, kicked Gray again, "Why are you depressed?"

"I'm much more handsome than you. There are so many people with no vision." Gray was so angry that he didn't understand what was wrong with him for a long time.

"...take this." Alfred tossed him a gem.

The gem hit Gray's black head and then fell to the ground.

Gray was about to pick it up, but two hands suddenly appeared on the gem.

Nami quickly picked up the gem and said with a smile, "Brother~ I suddenly found that you are so handsome~"

"...I see." Gray curled his lips, finally knowing the real intention of the woman in front of him.

Luffy was still immersed in the excitement of getting the chart, he asked Nami, "So you will be our companion too?"

"Didn't I say that I won't be the partner of the pirates?" Nami said helplessly, "But forget it, I feel that being with you is still very profitable."

When they set sail, the mayor rushed to the port and thanked them.

Afterwards, Nami found out that Luffy left a bag of treasures at the port. The latter was so angry that he pressed Luffy's head hard and tried to drown him in the sea.

"Hahahaha, Captain, please don't fall into the sea." Gray laughed and said, "None of us can swim~"

Both Luffy and Nami were taken aback.

Luffy asked blankly, "Are you also devil fruit users?"

"I am, but Fred is not." Gray pointed to Fred, and said distressedly, "But this guy has only saved me in the sea. I don't know if he can save others."

"Huh? You just need to know how to swim for this kind of thing." Nami said.

"Speaking of Gray, what kind of ability user are you?" Luffy sailed with them all the way, but he didn't know that these two people were devil fruit ability users.

Judging from the performance of the previous battles, they all just fought with their fists.

Nami helplessly supported her forehead, "Aren't you the captain, your pirate group seems too unreliable."

"Hahaha, look." Gray stretched out his hand, a cluster of black flames burning in the palm of his hand, like a dancing elf, with a mysterious charm.

"Wow~" Lu Fei became interested, and immediately reached out to touch it, but before touching it, his hand was already hot red, "It's so hot, so hot!"

He yelled and shook his hands, and finally stretched his hands into the sea water before letting out a sigh of relief.

"Black fire." Nami stared at the flame and murmured, "This is the first time I've seen a fire of this color."

"There are many colors of fire in the world, blue, white, gold, orange, and black. I will definitely see them in the future hahaha."

"There are so many." Luffy also listened with gusto, "Nah~ Gray, Fred"

"You can call him Al," Gray added.

Luffy froze for a moment, and changed his words in a polite manner, "Grey, Al, you have encountered a lot of interesting things when you were pirate hunters, right?"

"Pirate hunter?" Nami showed a puzzled expression, "Pirate hunter changed career to be a pirate, is the business so sluggish?"

"Yeah, the recent Great Depression, no! It's not a pirate hunter."

Gray coughed lightly, and said, "Since the captain wants to hear it, I'll tell you a story about Gray fighting the black dragon."

"Black dragon?" Luffy's eyes lit up, "I want to hear, I want to hear!"

"Have you ever hit something like that?" Alfred had just finished asking when his stomach was hit lightly.

Gray stared at him, "Why, you are not willing to listen to my free story?"

"That's right." Luffy nodded in agreement, urging Gray to speak quickly.

"There used to be a country where the king had a beautiful princess. One day a black dragon kidnapped the princess. The king was heartbroken and announced to the whole world that anyone who rescued the princess would give him a devil fruit."

"And I hold the legendary dragon-slaying magic sword that dominates the land and sky. Note, this is the name of a sword."

"Whose sword has such a long name!" Nami complained.

Lu Fei's eyes were always bright, he was shocked by the name of the sword, and trembled with excitement, "It's so handsome!"

"You're an idiot." Nami sighed weakly.

"Ahem, the gray warrior bravely carried the king's expectations and defeated the men of the black dragon, such as the idiot with white flames on his body, the old man who always likes to adopt his son, the stupid kid who likes to eat oden, and a series of villains."

"These subordinates don't sound that good at all!" Nami didn't want to listen any more, but Luffy listened with gusto.

Gray continued: "He finally stood in front of the black dragon. The dragon sprayed out black flames and laughed loudly: You have no magic, you are not a wizard, and there is no way to defeat me hahahaha. Gray warriors fought against the dragon hundreds of times, but all ended in failure."

"Then what should we do?" Luffy became nervous, "Warrior Gray won't give up just yet."

"Of course not! At the critical moment, the king descended from the sky. He said that he was moved by the warrior's tenacity and gave a devil fruit to the warrior. After the warrior ate the fruit, he could also use the black flame to defeat the dragon and save the princess."

"So that's how you got the devil fruit!" Luffy was convinced, "It was too difficult."

"That's right, Captain, so I usually don't use the ability of devil fruit." Gray and Luffy shook hands, his eyes were filled with the touch and relief of seeing his confidant.

"I really don't want to talk to you guys." Nami looked up to the sky and sighed. She originally thought that following this pirate group had a bright future, but now it seems that Alfred is the only one on board who is more reliable.

The latter closed his eyes and rested his mind, obviously not wanting to get involved.

Gray glanced at Alfred who hadn't participated in the whole process, thought for a while and said, "Ah, there is still a follow-up to the story."

"Oh oh oh, I want to listen!"

"Why does such a lousy story have a follow-up!"

Gray glanced at her, "Hmph, what do you know about a man's romance?"

"Yes, yes, this is a man's romance." Luffy immediately echoed.

"...I don't understand, I don't understand, you continue."

Why should I care about two fools?Nami deeply doubted herself.

"The princess of the country is a super beautiful person with white hair and golden eyes."

Alfred frowned, and looked coldly at Gray, who was still immersed in the joy of having his story listened to, and talked eloquently.

"She shines like a gem. The dragon loves gems the most, so it took the princess away as a gem. After the gray warrior rescued the princess, the princess thanked him, but it was a man's voice."

"He said that he was raised as a girl by the vicious stepmother and queen since he was a child, was bullied by his two older sisters every day, and one day his finger was pricked by a sewing machine, and when he was sad, he ate a red apple handed by a dragon."

"And then—"

Gone.

The person in front of him suddenly disappeared.

Lu Fei blinked, and suddenly heard the sound of heavy objects falling into the sea beside him.

Alfred looked coldly at the rippling water, clapped his hands and said, "Heh, go find your princess in the sea."

Luffy and Nami stared dumbfounded at Alfred behind the ominous black background.

The latter turned to look at them, "Why? Want to go down and accompany him to find the princess?"

The two shook their heads in unison.

Nami thought in her heart: She takes back what she said just now, there is no one reliable on this ship, so let's find another way.

Alfred leaned against the side of the boat and waited for a few breaths, then jumped into the sea and fished Gray out.

Gray said helplessly when he coughed up the sea water and woke up: "So why did you throw me down?"

"The story is too bad, I don't want to hear it."

"Well, I'll improve it later, how about replacing the black dragon with a golden Buddha?"

The Warring States Period far away at the Navy Headquarters: Ah Choo!

"It's not about supporting roles at all."

"Anyway, it can be said like this, and besides, the captain likes it very much~" Gray looked at Luffy, squinted his eyes and smiled, "Are you satisfied, Captain?"

"Super satisfied~" Lu Fei raised a big smile, "Any other stories?"

"Of course! There is also the fall of a generation of swordsmen, the awakening journey of black-armed idiots, the history of wayward head iron employees who refused to be promoted and raised their salaries, and so on!"

"Hey hey, tell me slowly later."

"Of course~ Captain."

In this way, they continued to move forward, and they went to the village of Sirob, where they changed to a new pirate ship, the Merry, with a brand new, straw hat-wearing pirate flag, and the new crew member Usopp also joined it.

Then in the restaurant on the sea, Luffy blocked the shells fired by the naval warships, but he self-defeatingly smashed the shells into the restaurant on the sea, which happened to hit the restaurant owner in the bedroom - the red-footed Zapp.

Luffy was forced to admit his mistake, and Gray suggested with a smile: "Ah, so let's go eat too!"

"That's the only way." Everyone was moved.

The two, together with Nami, Usopp, and Johnny and Joseph who were rescued on the road, walked into the restaurant together, and happened to witness a cruel scene of a chef beating a guest.

One after another farce ended, and the restaurant finally returned to calm.

"Hahaha, what a fun farce~" Gray found a vacant seat and sat down, and took the menu handed over by the cook who walked quickly, "Well, don't want this, this, and this, and serve everything else."

The cook who memorized the name of the dish was stunned, and his eyes swept over the six people who were seated. Although there were a lot of people, there was still so much food that they couldn't finish.

When Nami heard Gray's heroic way of ordering, she immediately snatched the menu. After seeing the price on it, she gasped, "Hey, how much money would it cost to order so many dishes!"

"How much?" Usopp leaned over to Nami and glanced at it. He was frightened by the small change that followed the first course, "Ah-this, so much money? We don't have so much money, right?"

"Because I want to eat hahaha." Gray threw a gem to the chef, "Please serve the food as soon as possible, I am really hungry."

The cook nodded hurriedly. The purpose of their restaurant is not to serve poor people. If the other party gives money, they will naturally have whatever they want.

The kitchen at the back cooks very quickly, and after waiting for a while, the meals are served one after another.

Just at this time, Luffy came out of the kitchen, saw the food, and immediately ran over to scold them for not waiting for him as the captain.

Gray opened a chair, "Sit, Captain, everything is waiting for you."

Luffy was coaxed to be happy, "It's not too bad."

After he sat down, everyone picked up their chopsticks.

In the next second, all the food on the table disappeared.

The smile disappeared from the corner of Gray's mouth.

He looked at Luffy coolly, the latter covered his swollen mouth with his hands, and there was still a faint outline of a plate in his mouth.

Luffy blinked, spat out the drool-stained plate, and stood up energetically again, "Okay! I'm going to continue working—"