One Piece: The Eternal Flame

"You brat dared to throw the captain into the sea." Gray's tone was terrifying after he was caught by Oden, but with his drowned appearance, he didn't look scary at all, and of course he didn't have any threatening power.

Others couldn't take any interest in this kind of consequences that he had suffered on his own. Alder even leaned on the rudder, cheered Ace up with a smile, and said that if he encountered such a thing in the future, he would be called to join him.

Abel sat on the observation deck, yawned out of boredom, took a telescope to look into the distance, then hummed, and immediately stood up, "Captain, that bird flew over again."

The bird he was talking about was the golden eagle that sent Ace and Oden back. When Gray and the others raised their heads in doubt, Abel then said, "That Nora and Arkatis are also here~"

"Princess Nora?" Alder cheered up immediately, ran to the deck excitedly, and asked Abel to throw the telescope to him.

"He came to give us money?" Perry guessed, "What a nice guy."

They had been sailing for half a day, and they were far away from the empty island, so it was difficult for Nora and Achatis to fly to find them.

The golden eagle flapped its wings and stopped in mid-air, putting the packages in its mouth on the deck one by one, and then a three-legged golden crow also landed on the deck. Nora returned to a human form and ran towards Gray, "Captain Gray!"

Gray gasped, and immediately put a safe distance away from Nora, "Don't come here!"

After he finished speaking, he moved back a few steps after seeing Nora stop in place, and then said: "Hurry up and leave after sending the money, I'm a little afraid of you."

Nora remembered her rudeness when they met, and hurriedly bowed and apologized, "I'm sorry, Captain, I was too nervous at the time, and I'm sorry to scare you!"

Immediately afterwards, her next sentence directly shocked everyone, "Excuse me, Captain Gray, can I join your pirate group and become a pirate?"

"Hey--???"

"Why, Nora?" Latin was puzzled. After all, Nora had been severely hurt by pirates before, so logically speaking, she would definitely not join the pirates.

"I want to become stronger, and I want to protect everyone I love!" Nora said firmly, "After thinking about it, I think joining you is the best choice, and if I hadn't saved those pirates at that time, everyone would not have encountered those misfortunes. For the sake of Sky Island, for that innocent island, I want to become a strong person."

"No," Gray immediately refused, "You are thinking too simply, we are pirates, fighting for others, you should join the navy."

"Is it really not possible?" Nora lowered her eyes dimly, "I thought...my divine power would be attractive. Doesn't it mean that it can detoxify and make delicious things?"

"Uh" The world's top delicacy, Gray clenched his fists, and suddenly his heart moved, "Okay, then you... um!"

"Didn't you say you can't touch addictive things?" Perry withdrew his fist and gritted his teeth, "That ability is very dangerous."

"Why did you hit me!" Gray held his head and said aggrievedly, "I'm not moved."

Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, he shouted again: "I'm really not moved! Hmph, you can't join, I hate you, crybaby!"

Colin was thoughtful, "Did you take your anger out on Nora because you didn't dare to resist Perry?"

"It's really irresponsible, Captain~" Bud laughed and booed.

"Why?" Nora was dejected. She mustered up the courage to speak to Gray from the bottom of her heart. She really wanted to join this pirate group and become stronger to protect her family.

"Well~ I've already said it." Arkatis, who had been serving as the background board, spread his hands and said, "Captain Gray's ship is very difficult to get on."

"So what are you here for, Achitis." Teuton asked with a smile.

"I think Nora is a pretty good kid. I invited her to join our chamber of commerce, but she insists on coming to you, so I will follow~"

"Join your Chamber of Commerce?" Alder squinted at him, a little unconvinced, "Your Chamber of Commerce already has a lot of girls, why should you add another one?"

"The Chamber of Commerce's diplomacy needs beautiful girls to fill the show," Arkatis said confidently, "It's not true that there are pirates without female crew members, so let's blame the Chamber of Commerce, no, no?"

"It's too much to beat."

"Even if it's an alliance, I really want to beat him up."

"Why talk about affection?"

Alder and a few people who wanted female crew members looked at each other, reached a consensus, and rushed towards Achatis who was still screaming just now.

Regardless of "I'm the second in command of the chamber of commerce" that Achitis struggled to shout, he beat him up severely.

"You don't have the opportunity to become stronger only by joining our pirate group." Gray said to Nora: "Molina's chamber of commerce is also quite good, it is a place to train people."

"That's right." Nora smiled, still a little regretful, but since Gray said so, she couldn't keep pestering her anymore.

"Captain Gray is right," said Arkatis, who was beaten into a pig's head, and said, "Although our boss is in menopause, he only targets men. She likes girls very much, and she is very safe. Our chamber of commerce is the chamber of commerce of the royal family."

Gray looked around and was taken aback by Achatis' tragic situation, and asked with a blank face, "Who are you?"

"It's nothing more than the second in command." Alder brushed his hair pretending to be handsome, and raised his eyebrows at Nora.

The latter smiled at him for some reason.

Alder immediately fell to the ground clutching his heart, "Damn it, I'm so envious, female crew or something."

"Ah, yes, Captain Gray." Arkatis said; "Nora and I need to stay on your ship temporarily, let's go to Hive Island together."

"Why, your chamber of commerce can't accept you anymore?" Perry cheered up and wanted to cheat Achatis again, but looking at the gold piled up on the deck, he thought about it and forgot it.

"Isn't that the island that Captain Gray burned, the magnetism is gone, and now the chamber of commerce can't find that island, where can I pick me up." Arkatis gave them a blank look.

The high temperature of the flame can temporarily eliminate the magnetic force, so the permanent pointer is no longer useful.

"What burning island?" Neither Ace nor Oden knew that Gray burned an island full of sin and pain with black fire.

Gray didn't want to tell them about it, so he just changed the subject, "Stay here for now, remember to clean the deck, by the way, there are no extra rooms in the cabin, so remember to make floor berths."

"We are guests after all!" Archatis complained, "Even if I can play the floor, Norah can't."

"I can do it, don't talk nonsense!" Nora tried to make a good impression in front of Gray, and immediately retorted after Archatis finished speaking.

In order to express her determination, she clenched her fist and promised, "I can clean the deck too!"

"We're in the same group." Achitis had a headache, "The elbows are too outrageous!"

"Huh? Is that so? Ah, anyway, please give me your advice for the next time!"