Government in Uproar!

Holy Land, Mary Geoise.

"Pure Gold! They found Pure Gold!!"

The bald Five Elder snorted hot air from his nostrils. His fiery temper had turned his face red, veins bulging along his neck.

For now, setting aside how the group had escaped Lantern Grandpa, Ron had no intention of killing it to take its lantern, because the time was not yet right.

A fist-sized chunk of Pure Gold alone had already driven the government into a frenzy. If they learned that the enormous lantern on Lantern Grandpa's forehead was filled with Pure Gold collected over several centuries, the consequences would be far too unpredictable.

So the time was not yet right.

Longbeard Five Elder's hand trembled slightly as he stroked his beard, a smile curling at the corner of his lips. "It seems our decision not to impose mandatory control measures on Law was indeed wise... If we had touched his people, none of this would have happened."

Like Pure Gold, the Op-Op Fruit's Immortal Surgery was also an ability that could grant eternal life.

But it required the life of the surgeon as payment, and the target could only be one person.

"Who has the time to worry about that guy now?! The Shichibukai are already like this, so leave him for Azure Dragon to handle!"

Though the swordsman Five Elder's words carried much resentment, he uncharacteristically chose to yield.

After all...

This was a massive piece of Pure Gold!!

Not only did the Op-Op Fruit's ultimate secret require difficult prerequisites, demanding that its user develop it to the profound third stage of awakening, but the number of recipients was limited. More importantly...

The surgeon also had to bear you no ill will.

Otherwise, if they tampered with the procedure while performing the Immortal Surgery, you would not even