One Piece: The Eternal Flame

Gray was taken aback, pointing at himself, "Reggie? Me?"

"En! That's what we call here." Mitian nodded vigorously, and asked expectantly: "I have completed my order, can I board the boat now?"

"Hahahahaha, what are you talking about!" Gray slapped Mitian's head, rubbed it vigorously, and said with a smile, "There is no reason in this world that can prevent a man from going to sea—"

"—The good show of life is just about to be staged now!" He opened his arms, as if to embrace the distant sea.

Heroic and enthusiastic, free and public, this is the pirate.

"Welcome to join, Oden!"

"As the youngest man on board, don't cry out in embarrassment!"

"In the future, if I fall into the sea, I will rely on you to save me!"

"Hahaha, let's have a banquet when we get on the boat!"

"Ah, speaking of which." Gray suddenly remembered something and said with a smile, "Before I met you, I was being hunted by the navy and warriors~"

As soon as the voice fell, there were noisy footsteps and the sound of people talking on the ground.

"Where's that pirate?"

"Definitely catch him!"

"Did you enter the bedroom of Your Excellency the General?"

"Sukiyaki, we need to enter your bedroom to search for that pirate." Hebrew's tone was beyond doubt.

"It's impossible for him to be here. There are special ninja guards in my bedroom, and it's impossible for someone to break in." Sukiyaki's voice sounded, and he blocked the door of the bedroom. "Could it be that the navy wants to use the opportunity of the search to steal the secret treasure of our Wano country."

Hebrew frowned impatiently: "I said we were only here to escort Hailoushi."

Sukiyaki puts a big hat on Hebrew's head. Once there are no pirates hiding in the palace, Hebrew will be searched forcibly. The relationship between Wano Country and the World Government is very delicate. The navy is involved, and it is troublesome no matter how you think about it.

After confronting each other for a while, Hebrew's expression became colder, and he turned and left angrily, "Go, search elsewhere!"

The navy followed Hebrew and left, while Sukiyaki looked at the samurai who listened to his orders, "There are traces of fire in the courtyard over there. It is about a dozen ninjas who are going to kill me. Go and search carefully to see if there are any remaining clues."

Several warriors looked at each other, and the leader said: "General, if we all go, there will be no one by your side."

"No, the most important thing now is not the pirate, but the ninjas who want to assassinate me." Kozuki Sukiyaki looked at the bright moon in the sky with heavy eyes.

Today, he has experienced too many things, first the historical text, then Zou, and then the assassination, and now he has to confront the navy head-on for the historical text hidden in the underground of the palace.

The assassinated ninja... should be the remnants of the Heitan family...

It seems like nothing good has happened since that pirate arrived.

Gray sneezed, touched his nose on the ground and complained, "It seems like someone is scolding me."

"Maybe I miss you." Abel said.

"Really~" Gray blinked, quickly accepted Abel's guess, and said with a smile, "I'll just say it, why would someone scold me."

"There's only one person left outside." Perry withdrew his knowledgeable attitude and breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, those navy don't use knowledgeable attitude, let's go."

"Hebrew became the lieutenant general because of his knowledge and strength." Gray smiled meaningfully, "He knows we are here, but he just doesn't want to conflict with Sukiyaki."

Everyone climbed to the ground of the palace, and Kozuki Oden excitedly said: "After the rubbing is completed, we can set sail~"

"Hahaha, yes, let's set sail tonight." Gray patted his head, and then looked at Kozuki Sukiyaki, who was kneeling on the ground with his back against the door.

He closed his eyes, folded his hands in his lap, and laid his katana on the ground in front of him.

The shoji paper on the window let in the white moonlight, while Sukiyaki knelt and sat in the shadow that the moonlight could not reach, as if it had clearly drawn a complete dividing line with them.

Gray smiled and said, "We stopped the navy just now, and we still have to thank you."

"No need to thank you, I am not for you." Sukiyaki opened his eyes, "My son is with you. If the navy finds out, they will definitely think that Wano Country is on good terms with you, and Oden will be regarded as your accomplice."

"I am their accomplice!" Kozuki Oden stood in front of the pirates, and said to his father, "I have joined the Black Firework Pirates, and Gray is my captain. No matter who comes, I will say so!"

"You!" Sukiyaki was annoyed by Oden's words, but in the end, for some reason, he didn't continue to teach Kozuki Oden a lesson, but sighed, "Do you really want to go to sea that much?"

"Of course! I want to go to sea and live according to my true desire. There is nothing wrong with it!" Oden said firmly, "I want to be my true self, I want to try a real life, and I have been huddled in Wano Country. It is impossible to do this!"

Sukiyaki clenched his hands on his lap, and he suddenly remembered what Gray had said to him in the corridor.

"You...have never been out at sea, have you?"

The kind of words with a touch of pity and regret are deeply imprinted in Sukiyaki's heart.

Yes, Sukiyaki has never been to sea. From birth to now, his life is to learn how to govern the country and how to be a good general.

He was born in everyone's expectation. At that time, the Guangyue family had no descendants for a long time, and the Heitan family used this to try to seize the position of general.

But it was then that Kozuki Sukiyaki was born.

In his world, the word freedom is only limited to Wano Country.

This island is just a small piece of the whole world, and this country is his whole world.

He thought that his son would be the same as himself, inheriting the position of general step by step, and protecting Wano country forever.

But Yu Tian had never had such thoughts. Wano Country can close the country, but it can't lock Kunpeng's free heart to soar into the sky.

As a general, Sukiyaki couldn't tolerate Kozuki Oden's behavior, but as a father...

How could he have the heart to break the child's wings?
"Then Kozuki Oden, are you ready to go to sea?" Kozuki Sukiyaki stood up holding his samurai sword, performing the most standard samurai etiquette.

Immediately afterwards he said: "As a warrior of the Guangyue family, are you ready?"

"I'm ready." Kozuki Oden felt the powerful aura of Sukiyaki, and solemnly returned a standard samurai salute, drawing out his two swords.

"A battle between samurai." Gray raised the corners of his mouth, waved his hands and said to everyone, "Go back to the boat first, it's over here, and I will go back with Mitian."

"I want to stay." Ace scratched his head and asked, "Can you?"

"Of course." Gray nodded, and asked the others, "Do you want to stay?"

"I won't," Perry said first. "Demon and the others are picking us up on the boat. I need to go back and join them."

"I want to stay with the captain~" Latin shyly covered his face.

"Hahaha, okay." Gray nodded, letting Latin hold his arm, leaning most of his body over.

"We will leave the boat on the beach. When the time comes, Ace, you can take the boat back to the Blacks." Perry looked at Ace.

The latter nodded knowingly.

When Gray asked about the boat, Ace smiled and replied, "It's a secret."

Gray pouted, anyway, he would know sooner or later, and he was not in a hurry to get the answer at this moment.