One Piece: The Eternal Flame

The 36-year-old Colin opened his mouth wide and grabbed Ace's arm in disbelief, "Ace, is that the captain on the deck chair? I don't have good eyesight when I'm old!"

Ace nodded, "That's right, it's Gray." After giving an affirmative conclusion, he kindly patted Colin on the shoulder, "Don't worry, you're not old yet!"

But... Colin tried his best to close his eyes, but he actually saw the captain reading the newspaper, my God, he read it right!
Ace has already walked over, "Grey, is there any news in the newspaper?"

Gray raised his head and spread out the newspaper on the table, "Locus and Roger, both appeared in the newspaper."

Ace was taken aback, and immediately picked up the newspaper and read it. Sure enough, the newspaper contained news that the Lockes Pirates had plundered a small island and severely damaged the naval base above.

Rear Admiral Karp and Sengoku have been ordered to go to the first half of the great route.

And the Roger Pirates only took up a small section, saying that they defeated a pirate group in Alabasta, and the bounty went up or something.

But now the media's attention is on Rocks, who is more famous than Roger, so there is no clear report on what Roger and the others did in Alabasta.

"Here you are, Edward's reward order." Gray handed another reward order to Ace, "The navy's reward order is not a bad one, and if there is one, it proves that this guy is really strong."

"Thank you..." Ace accepted the reward order, and felt like crying for a while.

Dad and the Whitebeard Pirates gave him family-like love, but he dragged down the entire Pirates because of his arrogance and recklessness.

The 20-year-old white beard has long golden curly hair. There is no tiredness or sickness on his face, and there is no extra oxygen tube inserted. Only the iconic crescent moon white beard is exactly the same as the future.

"Yo ho ho ho ho, yo ho ho ho ho, yo ho ho ho ho, yo ho ho ho ho..."

At some point, Bud had already stood in the middle of the deck, holding a violin and playing a much slower tune than usual.

"Thank you." Ace took a deep breath and said with a smile, "Bud, this is something to be happy about."

"Hahaha, indeed, you should be happier when you see someone you know!" Gray laughed.

Bud nodded, speeding up the performance of Binks' fine wine.

Whether it is played slowly or fast, this enduring Pirate Divine Comedy has its own different feeling.

……

The sun completely disappeared on the horizon, and even the warm orange light was swallowed up by the night. Gray climbed up to the observation deck early, carrying rum—it is said that Andrew was rewarded because he was too moved after knowing that he had read the newspaper well.

Although such a reason made Gray a little speechless, after all, he had to accept the free rum!

Otherwise, he would have to go to the locked kitchen to get it, which would be embarrassing.

"Grey, everything has been checked." Ace climbed the mast and nimbly jumped onto the observation deck. This is an open-air circular facility, and the three of them will not be crowded together.

Gray handed the bottle of wine, "Thanks for your hard work, hahaha." He took a sip of the wine and said with emotion, "Having such a delicious and lazy captain is really hard work for you."

"Haha, you actually judge yourself like that." Ace and Gray touched the wine bottle, "Isn't it a matter of course, you are the captain of Blacks, Gray."

"I'm glad you can call me by my first name." Gray looked up at the sky, "Ace, they call me Captain out of respect, but actually I prefer them to call me Gray."

Gray mentioned this several times, but they were all rejected, saying that the captain was the captain, and they shouted out of respect.

"You are very important to them." Ace followed Gray's line of sight, and there was a very bright star there, "To them, you are the brightest star, as long as you are there, even if you don't have to do anything, you can give them a sense of confidence and security—"

"—this is the captain."

Gray smiled, "I can understand. After all, I saved them all. Latin said that my figure entangled in flames is very much like the hero in the story hahahaha."

Ace shook the wine bottle in his hand, "I heard Andrew talk about your past."

"You know, hahaha, I still want to have a chance to tell you that Garp and I are brothers, so you want to call me...uh...grandpa?"

Gray scratched his cheek, and immediately denied it after he finished speaking, "No, no, no, goodbye, it seems that I am too old."

"Hahaha, to tell you the truth, I haven't called him Grandpa a few times. I usually call him a stinky old man!" Ace laughed.

"Yeah, but you're still a pirate."

"Yeah, I always refute him, and he hits me with his fist."

"Hahahaha, Karp's fist really hurts, but he can't beat me one-on-one." Gray said: "We have fought many times before."

"He rarely told me about his past."

"It's a pity, otherwise you should have heard of me long ago."

"Yeah, if only you were mentioned." The final voice seemed to be swallowed back in his throat, and Ace looked at Gray, with some small emotions hidden deep in his eyes.

Like Lockes, Gray is a name that has been completely erased by posterity.

He has a highly recognizable black flame, is famous all over the world at a young age, and has the ability to hear the voice of all things.

Now I also got the first piece of historical text that can go to the final island.

But Gray didn't make it.

Ace's heart will become heavy once he speculates deeply.

Without the intervention of the world government, how could the name of Black Flame Gray disappear in just a few decades.

"What's wrong?" Gray waved his hand in front of Ace's eyes, and said righteously: "Hey, hey, you don't want to sleep, do you! That's not okay, we're on vigil!"

"I didn't want to sleep, but I just thought it was amazing to see the stinky old man now."

Ace rolled his eyes and slapped Gray's hand away.

"Hey, I haven't asked you yet, how many years have passed since you came here?" Gray asked excitedly.

"After 52 years, fortunately, I haven't seen you at 72 years old, otherwise I would have to laugh at you." Ace joked.

Grace let out a cry, "You can't beat me, and I'm so handsome, even 72 is a handsome uncle!"

……

Early the next morning, Andrew habitually got up early to prepare breakfast for everyone, when he heard Perry's angry voice as soon as he got out of the cabin.

"Reflect on yourself, two people! Two people keep watch, and you will all fall asleep for me!"

Andrew's surviving sleepiness was so frightened that he shrank back. He looked at the place where the sound came from, and saw Perry pacing with his hands behind his back, cursing as he walked.

Gray and Ace, who were watching the night last night, squatted obediently on the side of the boat, bowed their heads and shrunk their necks, each more honest than the other.