One Piece: The Eternal Flame

Teresi looked at him, thought for a moment before smiling lightly: "At that time, Black Fireworks suddenly emerged in the New World, and I think your pirate group has great potential.

"Besides, we cooperated with the same chamber of commerce at that time. I heard from Molina that you had a good reputation and you were a person who could make friends with you. Under the circumstances at that time, you were indeed a good partner for alliance, so..."

Teresi shrugged, "As you can see, I didn't form an alliance with you because of the Avenue of Lovers."

"...Is that so?" Gray clutched his heart and lowered his head sadly, feeling a little sluggish from the blow.

"I said why are you so lost!" Ace couldn't help complaining, "If the alliance is really because of the Avenue of Lovers, then something is wrong!"

"Ace, you were blinded by Tracy, that guy is a very casual person!"

Gray whispered to Ace in a voice that everyone could hear: "The formation of their pirate group is very casual!"

"Don't speak ill of them to me in a voice that everyone can hear," Ace said helplessly.

They are now in the waiting room of the opposing pirate group, surrounded by more than 20 people.

"Actually, many people say that." Teresi didn't show any annoyed expression because of Gray's bad words.

There is always a smile on the corner of his mouth. The captain of the Sword Pirates is a rare and gentle captain in the new world.

Ah, of course, this is under the premise that others have not angered him.

"Our pirate group was formed in a tavern." Teresi told the story slowly.

"At that time, I was just a wandering swordsman. I met a very good opponent in the kick hall, er, my current deputy captain. We had a good talk, and finally got drunk in the tavern."

"The very next day, I became the captain of the Sword Pirates. Hahaha, I was too drunk to be broken. I can't even remember how we mentioned going to sea to be a pirate that night, and spent all our money on buying ships and supplies."

"But now that we have decided, we will simply go out to sea and become pirates. But until now, I am still not sure whether I want to go to sea, or was fooled by our deputy captain."

Teresi looked up at the vice-captain Zell who was drinking with his companion and looking at the auction album not far away.

The latter noticed the captain's gaze, shrugged, and said innocently: "I'm already out at sea anyway, so what's the use of caring about it?"

"I always feel like I've been tricked." Teresi sighed, and looked at Gray again, "Speaking of which, where are the people on your boat?"

"Ah, they should be heading here." Gray then remembered the crew members who hadn't followed them.

Just at this time, the door of the lounge was opened, and some pirates brought Perry and others in.

"Captain, the black firework man is here."

Because the two pirate groups are indeed quite familiar with each other, they just greeted each other and then went to do their own things.

"Gary and Dunn are guarding the boat." Perry held the album and reported to Gray while reading it.

Although there are unwritten rules in Pirates - when the pirate ships are moored in the port, even if they have grievances with each other, they cannot do anything to the pirate ships.

But in this kind of place where fish and dragons are mixed, gentlemen can be guarded, but villains cannot be guarded. It is safer to have someone guarding the boat.

"Is there anything else you want to shoot besides Adam Wood?" Perry asked again.

"Ask Ace and Oden." Gray said, "It's not our money anyway."

"What do you mean?" Tracy asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It means that all the money for our auction will be paid by Molina's chamber of commerce, so." Gray grabbed the booklet in Perry's hand and threw it on the table, "We bought all the things on it, and Molina paid for it!"

Teresi obviously didn't know about the deal between Molina and Gray. He frowned and wanted to ask something, but at this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Heh, why didn't I know that Achitis had agreed on such a thing with you?" Outside the wide open door, Shi Shi ran into a woman whose face was covered by a folding fan.

She was wearing a slim purple skirt with high slits, and every step she took was like a blooming violet, swaying gracefully.

"Molina, you're here." Gray greeted familiarly, "You look good."

"When I think of seeing Captain Gray, I look better." Molina smiled, and then looked at the only two people in the lounge who didn't know each other.

She glanced at Yu Tian, ​​and finally fixed her eyes on Ace, squinting and smiling: "Yanjie Ace, nice to meet you, I'm Molina."

She reached out her leather-gloved hand and offered to shake it with Ace.

Ace was taken aback for a moment, and immediately stretched out his hand, and said with a polite smile, "Hi, I'm Ace."

But the next moment, before he could hold it, his hand was grabbed by Gray next to him and pressed down.

Everyone was taken aback by the captain's sudden action. Molina blinked, and then smiled knowingly.

She took off the leather gloves, handed them to the entourage behind her, and smiled decently: "Sorry, I didn't think carefully."

"It's okay, there are quite a lot of things you haven't thought about." Gray responded, "This one is not bad."

Even if he said that, Molina's smile was still decent. She shook hands with Ace lightly, and then looked at Gray gently, as if looking at a naughty child.

"Captain Gray hasn't changed at all, always so direct." She sat down on the single sofa and put away the folding fan.

Gray snorted coldly, "You have changed a lot. Speaking of which, I still have to thank you, because your help has made my reputation spread all over the world."

"Haha, I'm a businessman after all," Molina didn't deny the matter.

She picked up the wine on the table and poured herself a glass, then held it up in the air, and said with a smile, "Besides, Captain Gray's reputation is already famous all over the world."

"Yeah, so I don't plan to argue with you about it." Gray raised the bottle and touched it, and immediately drank all the rum in the bottle.

Molina only took a sip before putting down the glass, "I heard from Arkatis that he promised you that the Chamber of Commerce would pay for the purchase of Adam Wood, but because Captain Tracy also wants to auction Adam Wood."

"So I'm sorry, as the owner of the chamber of commerce, I don't plan to participate in the battle between the two captains. As for breaking my promise this time, I want to exchange it with other things."

The cooperation between the chamber of commerce and the pirates, in the final analysis, is the collision of interests and interests.

Molina's current chamber of commerce is very big. In addition to the Black Fireworks and Sword Pirates, there are dozens of other large and small pirate groups contacting her.