One Piece: The Eternal Flame

Ace intuitively felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, but he didn't understand the reason and was at a loss.

Colin put down his hand, "The treatment is complete."

"Thank you." Ace moved his arm, and all the original injuries have been healed, and he is even more relaxed than before the battle.

"Ace," Colin pursed his lips, and said softly, "Perry is at the stern, looking for you...I have something to ask."

"Oh, good." Ace nodded, and walked towards the stern for no reason. What did Perry want to ask him?
All he could think of was the Wano country they were about to go to. As the deputy captain, he should be more cautious, so do you want to get some information from him?

Then why... make it so mysterious.

Colin went back to the cabin and took out a thin blanket. He looked at the direction of the stern again and sighed deeply.

In fact, from his point of view, Ace is not someone who will threaten the captain.

After all, after getting along during this time, he knows what kind of character Ace is.

But when it comes to the captain, that's another story.

While thinking about it, Colin subconsciously looked at Gray, and then froze.

Gray, who should have closed his eyes and fell asleep, opened them at some point. The sea breeze blew the black hair on his forehead, his gaze was heavy and oppressive.

Seeing Colin looking over, Gray raised a smile, obviously the same smile as before, but it made people feel cold all over.

"Captain..." Colin was overwhelmed by the look, and somewhat dodged to avoid meeting Gray's gaze.

"Oh, don't do unnecessary things." Gray's voice was very soft, like a sigh of regret.

After speaking, he adjusted his sitting posture, put his arms on the armrest, supported his head, and closed his eyes again.

Colin pursed his lips, nodded and said, "Understood, I'll go find Perry and the others."

……

Ace came to the stern and saw Perry standing smoking and a strange man.

He thought for a while before he hesitated and asked, "Twain?"

"En." Tang En nodded. He had already taken off the blindfold, revealing his skin which was whiter than other places and those mysterious purple eyes.

【Wow, it's really Tang En. I almost didn't recognize him after taking off the blindfold, but his eyes are really beautiful. 】

After looking at each other, Ace's inner voice was caught by Tang En without any concealment.

Perry did not hide anything, "I believe you have seen Dunn take off the blindfold. He is a mind-reading fruit user. As long as you look at him, you can hear the true voice in your heart. We want to ask you a few questions. I hope you don't mind."

"Huh?" Ace was stunned, nodded and said, "Okay, you can ask."

"How did you get your devil fruit?" Perry asked.

At the corner of the cabin, a few people hid furtively here, stuck their heads out, and quietly listened to the conversation here.

Perry chose a straight-forward questioning method, on the one hand because he felt that there was no need to go around in circles with Ace, and he often didn't get much information from roundabout temptations.

On the other hand, they didn't want to make any trouble with Ace, after all, the captain still thinks highly of him.

Ace replied straightforwardly, "I was trapped on an island after going out to sea, and when I was desperately hungry, the Shao Shao fruit floated over from the sea."

Perry glanced at Tang En, who nodded, confirming that it was true.

and……

At that time on that island, Ace also shared half of the fruit with another person who was trapped on the island. The two shared the fruit together, and it was Ace who finally got the ability.

If it is really Gray's Devil Fruit, then Ace got it in this way, I have to say, it is a very fateful thing.

"He got the devil fruit so easily." Bud in the corner was a little jealous. Devil fruits are rare now, and good devil fruits can be fired for billions of Baileys.

Ace picked up such a large sum of money for nothing!
Perry said again: "Did you notice anything in the battle with the captain just now?"

"Grey is very strong." Ace blinked.

"Specific!" Perry gritted his teeth.

"Uh...his basic physical skills are very solid, he reacts quickly, he has a strong ability to adapt to changes, and he uses domineering very well. In short, I have learned a lot."

[So this is Perry's mother who wants to hear me praise the child? ] Ace thought to himself.

Hearing this, Tang En couldn't help laughing. Ace was right. It was indeed like a parent forcing others to praise their child.

Perry didn't know why, so he just continued to ask: "Have you noticed that the color of your flame has faded?"

"Fade?" Ace stretched out his hand, and a small ball of flame appeared in the palm of his hand. He hesitated, "It should... not."

Perry wanted to hit someone very much, but he held back, "Can't you even see a change in your own flame?"

"It hasn't changed much." Ace scratched his head, "But I feel like the temperature is a little higher."

"Oh...forget it." Perry compromised, "When you were fighting the captain just now, we saw that your flame devoured the captain's black flame. We guessed that if you could devour the black flame in large quantities, your flame would produce some kind of uncontrollable change."

"Strength is a fascinating and crazy thing, you are likely to threaten the life of the captain..."

Perry threw away the burnt cigarette butt, lit another one for himself, looked at Ace, and uttered the last sentence, "So can you promise that you will never betray the captain?"

After listening to Perry's words quietly, Ace pursed his lips tightly into a line, with such force that his lips turned white.

He felt that he had been wronged, how could he hurt Gray, or how could they treat him as the kind of... who hurt his companions.

Isn't his current situation caused by people like Tiqi, who would not hesitate to hurt his companions in order to gain strength?

Tang En captured all his mental activities, so he was the first to relax, and patted Perry on the shoulder, signaling the latter not to ask any more questions.

"I will never hurt my companions, and I will never betray Gray." Ace said very seriously.

"I believe in you." It was not Perry who said this, but Colin who came over from the deck.

He sighed, "I'm sorry, forgive our behavior, the captain doesn't know about it, if you have a grudge, you can hate any of us, but please don't hate the captain."

"It's okay, I understand your feelings." Ace smiled embarrassedly, "No one will be indifferent when they learn that the captain is in danger, so it's okay."

"Thank you." Colin smiled a little forcedly. Everyone thought it was because of Ace, but only Tang En read his heart.

Sure enough, the captain was angry, because they went to the stern and thought they could escape the captain, but in fact, no matter what they did, Gray knew it all.

"Is there anything else you want to ask?" Ace asked.

"No, not anymore." Colin shook his head.

"Then I'll go first." Ace knew that it would be better to leave them time to discuss.

He left politely, smiling friendly as he passed the stern corner where the others were dodging.

Bud and the others smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to face Ace in a short time.

"By the way," Ace suddenly remembered something, "Grey likes his own name very much, so occasionally he doesn't have to worry about his identity as the captain...call him by his name."