One Piece: The Eternal Flame

Maybe Gray's prayer was heard by Ace, or maybe it was a coincidence, not long after Gray finished speaking, Abel suddenly pointed to the sky and shouted: "Hey, look up, are those fireworks, are they set off by Ace?"

fireworks?

Everyone looked up, and saw orange-red fireworks gradually dissipating in the extremely high sky, and then another firework exploded in the air, but the distance was too far, and only a tiny outline could be seen.

"It seems that Ace and the others are all right." Colin nodded with relief, "And he knows how to send us a signal."

Perry was thoughtful, "Ace's brain can think of this, it really is because he is not with the captain."

After all, after Zou, Ace and Gray were washed away by the fire-breathing rain, they didn't send any signal to them, and they rushed to the Whale Forest after finding Matthew from the escort.

Gray didn't think about what Perry said, but just looked up at the sky and smiled knowingly, "It seems that there is no need to worry about them for the time being."

After feeling relieved, Gray glanced at the red-eyed and terrified Nora, and a meaningful smile flashed across his eyes.

Facing the crowd, he said, "Find a nearby island. There are serious losses on the ship, and that Diane will have to wait for three days."

Everyone nodded without any objection.

Charles pointed out the direction, and Alder stood on the console to control the steering of the rudder. The sails were raised again, the black flag fluttered, and the Blacks headed towards the nearest island.

Andrew was tidying up the broken plates in the kitchen, feeling so distressed that he couldn't help himself, "I chose these carefully~"

"No way, who would have known there was such a storm." Colin patted him comfortingly, "Pray that the next island will be more lively."

"By the way, have we spent all our money in Wano Country?" Andrew asked.

Colin was taken aback, and walked out of the kitchen to ask Perry. Perry thought for a while before saying, "It's enough to support the next island."

This is also due to Wano Country's closed-door policy. Their Baileys cannot be spent, so they have a lot left as a last resort.

Otherwise, it would be like Gray's operation like going out for a walk, leaving a backpack full of gold and silver in the general's mansion, or Ace's operation of giving away money to others, they would have been impoverished long ago.

"It's okay~" Gray squinted and smiled while lying on the recliner: "We just robbed the next island, isn't the money enough?"

"You sound nice, when did you really snatch something from a commoner?"

"When it's really a last resort, I will definitely grab it~" Gray shrugged, put his hands on his cheeks, tilted his head and smiled at them, "After all, the most important thing to me is you, not benevolence and morality~"

After a long period of silence on the boat, the crowd greeted with laughter and cursing.

"Don't hit the straight ball, Captain!"

"Who would stand it all of a sudden!"

"Yeah, why didn't they record this sentence?"

"Isn't it robbery, robbery! Who dares not give our captain something!"

Perry pinched the bridge of his nose, suppressing the joy that overflowed his heart. His ears were burning red. It took a long time before he cleared his throat and said, "Cough, you should rest first. Uh, we still have to clean up."

He walked quickly, as if there was something he couldn't avoid behind him, he almost tripped over the flat ground, staggered a few steps and dragged Colin into the kitchen.

"I thought you would last longer." Colin laughed at him, "I didn't expect our first officer to be so shy."

"Don't laugh at fifty steps, you are not the same, the corners of your mouth are almost reaching your ears." Perry rolled his eyes and complained: "Who would have thought that he would say that suddenly."

"The captain doesn't have many straight balls." Andrew said with a smile: "It's just that no matter how many times we say it, we will be very happy."

Inspired by Gray's words, the dull atmosphere on the ship due to the disappearance of the companion was swept away.

Bud played the shamisen he bought from Wano Country. The new instrument had a completely different tone from the violin, but because the player was in a good mood at the moment, even the music he played was cheerful.

"That." Nora suddenly looked at Latin. On this ship, for the time being, only Latin can give her a sense of security. Ignoring Latin's voice, his appearance is indeed a standard bright beauty.

"What's your name?" she asked, grabbing the rose. "Did you conjure those roses?"

"What?" Latin flicked his hair, "Is there any problem?"

"No, no." Nora shook her head like a rattle, and said timidly, "Are all the people in Qinghai so powerful? They all have supernatural powers."

"Divine power? This is not divine power. If you have to say it, it should be the power of a demon." Latin conjured a rose at random, and said in a calm tone, "Do you call this kind of power divine power?"

"Well, I've seen a person with such supernatural power." Nora huddled in a corner, hugged her legs with her hands, and buried her face in it, seeming a little frightened, "It's scary."

"Then do you have this kind of supernatural power?" At some point, Gray suddenly came over with curiosity on his face.

Nora raised her head and saw his magnified face again. Like history repeating itself, she subconsciously screamed and reached out to push Gray's face away.

However, this time, Gray was already prepared. When she reached out, he tilted his head and grabbed Nora's wrist, helplessly and aggrieved, "Hey, why are you so afraid of me? I've never hit you before."

"Pushing people to the ground, stepping on their faces, pulling their collars, and slapping their hands, isn't it all your fault." Alder complained while controlling the direction: "Be gentle with girls."

"Are you ashamed to say the captain?" Abel sarcastically said, "Who is it that Perry let me come, and we are pirates at the same time, don't you be afraid?"

"I, I forgot for a while!" Alder became angry, "Aren't we just pirates?"

Nora actually didn't know why she had such a strong sense of fear towards Gray.

In all honesty, Gray is handsome, with black hair and black eyes, and always has a sunny smile. He is the type that people can fall in love with at a glance.

But she was just terrified, always feeling that those black eyes could see through all her disguises like an incomparably deep darkness.

"I don't have supernatural power, so don't lean in any more." Nora leaned toward Latin.

The latter and Gray looked at each other. Gray shrugged and curled his lips, "Okay, I'll stay away from you."

After Gray left, Nora breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Latin's voice not far above her head, full of doubts and incomprehension.

"By the way, why are you so afraid of the captain?"

"I... I don't know either." Nora raised her head pitifully, and said aggrievedly, "I just feel that his aura is very strong..."