One Piece: The Eternal Flame

The pirates watching the black fireworks spread out, and a few pirates sitting in street stalls got up and ran towards the center of the island.

They are the pirates of the Owen Pirates, who recognized the black fireworks.

"Vice-captain, the pirates from Black Firework have arrived on our island." The pirate said pantingly to the man in front of him.

"Black Fireworks... They don't cause trouble, just let them move around at will, that's not something we can provoke."

"But, but they also brought a Sky Islander!" The pirate swallowed with a panicked expression.

"Sky Islander?" The deputy captain froze for a moment, then frowned, "What kind of Sky Islander?"

"Blonde, blue-eyed, pretty!"

"...Really." The deputy captain handed a photo to the pirate, "Is it this woman?"

"Yes, it's this one. It's protected by the people of Black Fireworks. It seems that the relationship is very good."

"...Where is Black Flame Gray now?"

"Black Flame is in August's tavern, and they split into four waves. The Sky Island woman is with Rose Latin." After the pirate finished speaking, he asked tentatively, "Are we going to attack Rose and the others?"

"No! We can't do it. Once we do it, our three years of hard work will be ruined." The deputy captain thought for a while, and finally made a plan.

Black Firework shouldn't stay on this island for too long, as long as he finds a way to control the woman from the empty island, he should be fine.

"Give me the phone bug."

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The time went back to half a day ago.

Kozuki Oden is a very subtle existence to Ace.

Not only is he the current companion of the pirate ship, but he is also the captain of the second team on the white beard ship in the future, and a member of Roger's ship.

He has a close relationship with Ace.

But now, Oden is just a child who has just boarded the ship, and Ace gets along with him with a strange mood.

It's like you travel to the past and find that the person who is drinking with you shoulder to shoulder at this moment is your young father. It's an indescribable feeling.

So when Gray and the others were worried about whether Oden would get sick, Ace took the initiative to go outside and call Oden back.

But what he didn't expect was that a powerful storm blew up the moment he went out, and it was Oden who was blown away first.

Ace's first reaction was to step forward and grab Oden, but he himself was blown away by the wind along with him.

The Blacks became smaller and smaller in the field of vision, and in the end, Ace could only shout "Grey" with all his strength, but unfortunately, the sound was also swept away by the wind, leaving nothing for the opponent.

From being blown away by the wind to falling to the ground, I don't know how long it has passed. Ace got up from the state of lying face down, and all he could see was a piece of gold.

Mita? !
He gasped, and hurriedly looked at the thing he was holding. It was a belt, which seemed to be the belt that Mita used to tie his waist.

shit!
"Oden—" Ace yelled, and took two steps forward. The air here is thin, and it takes more effort than usual.

Is it Sky Island?Ace thought about it, but the sky island should be white, why is everything he sees golden.

"Hmm!!!" Just as he was thinking, Oden's voice came from not far away, the boy stood up from the clouds, rubbed his head, "I'm so dizzy, where is this?"

"Oden." Ace stepped forward in surprise, "You're not hurt, are you?"

As a reliable adult, Ace immediately grabbed Oden's shoulders, manually made him turn around, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, neither of them were injured.

"Ace, where are we?" Oden woke up from the dizzy state, and immediately became very interested in the surroundings.

He was always active, but now that he is in a strange place, he is so novel that he can't help himself.

Ace refastened his belt, dried the clothes of the two with flames, and said, "We should have been blown to Sky Island."

He frowned, a little worried about Gray and the others, "I don't know if Gray and the others are okay."

"Reggie is so powerful, it will definitely be fine!" Oda excitedly ran up and down the golden clouds, and asked curiously: "By the way, Ace, why are the clouds here golden?"

"I don't know either." Ace frowned, and patted off the golden powder on himself and Oden, "Gold powder?"

The palm of his hand was covered with golden powder, and the place where Oden lay down just now had the original color of the cloud.

This is not a golden cloud, but a white cloud covered with a thick layer of gold powder.

"Wow, Ace, there is a forest there!" Oden pointed to the distance, and shouted excitedly: "Sky Island is so interesting, it turns out that trees can be planted on clouds, it's so interesting!"

"Oden, I'll report Gray's safety first."

They are right now on the periphery of the sky island, and if they go further in, they don't know when they will come out.

An orange-red flame appeared in Ace's hand, but it was now whiter than the bright color before.

As soon as the flames came out, the already thin air in Sky Island became even rarer.

"Fireflies. Fireworks"

Countless small glowing fireballs like fireflies flew out of the palm, and finally gathered in the sky outside the empty island.

Oden looked at those flying fireballs with some envy. There were too many devil fruit capable users on board, which made him also have a strong curiosity about this fruit.

However, Oden has made up his mind not to eat the fruit, because he has promised Teutonic that the two of them will be responsible for the underwater rescue on the ship!

This is an agreement between men, so no matter how tempted you are, it will never work!
A group of shrunken suns radiated light and heat in the sky. Although it was daytime, it was still dazzling.

"I hope Gray can see it." Ace prayed in his heart, clenched his outstretched hand, and the sun-like flame immediately exploded to the surroundings.

Just like its name, it looks like a real firework.

"Are you using fireworks to convey the message?" Oda asked, "Is it because we are the Black Firework Pirates?"

"Yeah, Gray likes fireworks very much, I hope he will be happy." Ace subconsciously wanted to lower his hat, but his hand was empty, and he remembered that his hat hadn't been brought over.

"Ace?" Oden didn't understand why Ace suddenly put his hand on his head.

Ace smiled, "It's nothing, let's go, let's explore Sky Island."

"Yeah!" Mita nodded vigorously, he had long wanted to rush to the woods over there to have a look, "Are the people in Sky Island the same as us?"

"Same, but with wings on the back."

"Wings, can they fly then?"

"No, the wings are just for decoration, they can't fly."

"Hey? Then are they the same as before, trapped on the empty island and unable to go down?"

"Well... People in Sky Island call our sea Qinghai, we are Qinghai people, and some Qinghai people will capture Sky Island people with wings for sale, so most Sky Island people don't want to go to Qinghai."

"A human trafficker?" Oda asked.

"Human traffickers and pirates... On the surface, it's them, but if you add the people who bought it, those who contributed to it, and those who didn't report it, probably the whole world is involved."

Ace patted the half-knowledgeable Oda on the head, "You will understand later, Oden."

"But our pirate group would not do such a thing, Reggie certainly would not." Oden looked at Ace firmly.

"Ah, yes." Ace laughed involuntarily, "Grey will never let us down."