One Piece: The Eternal Flame

"What?" Colin frowned. He didn't understand what Gray meant, but he said anxiously like coaxing a child: "Captain, let me see your situation first. Why do you suddenly have a headache?"

"This elephant, heal me quickly!" Gray gritted his teeth, "The place I burned, hurry up!"

Seeing that Gray wasn't playing with his temper, Colin obeyed the captain's words and went to all the exposed burns to start treatment.

As the treatment progressed, Gray's condition improved significantly.

He sat on the ground, drooping his head listlessly.

Ace reached out and shook his hand in front of his eyes, concerned: "Are you okay?"

"Um……"

"What happened just now, what did you hear?"

"...It seems like the Lord is talking." Gray also found it inconceivable, "It's so strange, it sounded in my head, and it was so loud, it disturbed me to death."

"Are you sure it's the elephant owner?" Perry also squatted in front of him, reached out and touched Gray's forehead, and then withdrew his hand after confirming that it was not hot, "I don't have a fever either."

"What's the fever? Why did I lie to you?" Gray glared at him angrily, then looked at Ace again, "Did you really not hear?"

"No," Ace shook his head, and smiled again: "It's fine as long as it's okay."

"The elephant master can actually talk." Abel found it incredible, after all, they had never heard an elephant call during the time they were on the island.

At this moment, the snow leopard who had been watching coldly came over.

Everyone immediately put on a defensive posture.

The snow leopard took a few steps closer, then stopped moving forward, but said: "The elephant master can speak, but its voice can only be heard by certain special people."

He looked at Gray rather complicatedly.

"Oh~ a special person?" Demon raised his eyebrows.

"A person who can listen to the voice of all things." Snow Leopard no longer had the chilling intentions before. On the contrary, his attitude towards Gray and the others was very polite and respectful at this moment.

"Listen to the voice of all things?" Tang En frowned, "Speaking of which...Captain, do you still remember that we were in Fishman Island five years ago?"

"Ah! The captain said at that time that there seemed to be something talking, but we all laughed at his auditory hallucinations!" Abel said.

Alder covered his face, "Don't add the last sentence..."

How much they laughed at that time, how embarrassing they are now.

Gray didn't have much reaction. He just scratched his head and asked with a smile, "Do you know the voice of all things very well?"

Snow Leopard nodded, "The ability to listen to the voice of all things is even rarer than that of Overlord Color, and there will not be more than ten in the entire world."

"Great, our captain is so rare!" Gary applauded, with a bit of parental pride in it.

"I like you more~" Latin threw himself into Gray's arms shyly.

He wanted to take advantage, but was quickly picked up by Demon with a cold face, "Don't you, the captain is still a child."

"He's already twenty, and it's time for him to receive an education that only adults can have!" Latin pouted, glanced at Ace aside, and added, "So is Ace, isn't he all 20 years old? Don't act innocent all day long!"

"Huh?" Ace pointed to himself, blinking blankly.

"That's the expression! Both you and the captain!" Latin looked annoyed, "It's so innocent and naive, why can't I eat it when it's in front of my eyes every day!"

"Ahhh, Latin has gone completely abnormal." Andrew shook off the goosebumps on his body, with a cold expression on his face.

"Latin, are you hungry?" Gray tilted his head and smiled, "I happen to be hungry too!"

"What he said about eating and what you mean about being hungry are two different things, Captain!" Teuton covered his face feeling extremely powerless.

"Hey? Hahahaha, anyway, is it time for dinner?" Gray regained his original vitality.

"I'm just hungry too." Ace smiled and gave Gray a high five.

"Is this kind of youthful boy who has no sense of crisis really liked by transvestites?" Bud rubbed his chin, thinking whether he should also pay attention to his image.

He's not yet twenty-five, and apart from the captain and Ace, there's no one younger than him on board.

"Woo... I am always tempted..." Latin covered his face with his hands and cried bitterly.

Vice-captain Perry gave him the final blow at this time, "You can go to Huajie to teach men's adult education, and you don't need to be taught by a pervert."

"Damn it!" Latin bit his lip, and his whole body fell into ashes.

"Come with us, since you can hear the voice of all things, it means..." Snow Leopard took a deep breath, "In short, I apologize for what happened before, and please give us a chance to make amends."

"No, we also made mistakes first." Gray shook his head and said with a smile: "Then let's have a banquet today! Ka... er... Ka..."

"Karuqiu." Perry reminded in a low voice.

"Oh, Kaluqiu!" Gray said.

Snow Leopard smiled helplessly. After hearing Perry's reminder, he had a different impression of this young man who was strong and could hear the voice of all things.

"Karuqiu." He bent down his tall body and lightly rubbed Gray's cheek.

The way the fur tribe expressed their friendship still made Gray a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, this time he was very good at not hiding behind Perry.

……

"We are the knights guarding the Whale Forest, and we have been waiting..." Snow Leopard looked at Gray, who was chewing food, and moved his cheeks on both sides.

He laughed and continued: "We are waiting for someone who can listen to the voice of all things to come here."

"Why?" Gray asked while eating, "What if I can't wait?"

"Then just keep waiting."

"So stupid!" Gray finished speaking, and Perry punched him on the head. "I'm sorry, the child is not sensible."

"Haha, he's right." Snow Leopard shook his head. "I don't know when that person will come, and I don't know whether the person who comes will bring disaster or opportunity. Just because of the entrustment passed down from generation to generation, I have been thinking about whether I should continue to guard it."

"Fortunately, we waited for your arrival."

"Me? Just because I can hear the Elephant Lord talking?" Gray pointed to himself, and laughed dumbly, "Don't be ridiculous, I'm not interested in any fate, mission, or responsibility at all!"

Snow Leopard frowned slightly, then stretched it out after a while, and said helplessly, "I can tell."

"Haha, but, I am very interested in rescuing others." Gray took a sip of the rum, "By the way, I heard from the Elephant Master today... what does it mean that it wants to keep going forward? Isn't it going forward without purpose?"

"This... I'm also surprised." The snow leopard shook his head, "I always thought that the elephant owner walked at will, it walked very slowly, and it has been walking for more than 1000 years."