"Sir, thank you for reuniting my daughter and me. May I ask your name?"
Doctor Acier and Olga cried their hearts out before noticing Lin Yuan. They immediately expressed their gratitude, while also feeling a bit scared.
Looking at his surroundings, Doctor Acier knew he was in the sky, and that his opponent was right in front of them, having shattered Lord Lanternfish with a single punch.
"Hehe, my name is Lin Yuan. Congratulations on your reunion with your daughter. Come and have something to eat!"
Compared to Doctor Acier's restraint, Olga was much more relaxed. She looked at the cooked food and couldn't help but swallow.
Seeing the two of them like this, Lin Yuan smiled and handed them the grilled fish.
After thanking Doctor Acier and Olga, they immediately began to devour the food, the delicious dishes bringing tears of happiness to their eyes.
"Wow, this is so delicious! I haven't had anything this good in ages!"
Olga ate and cried at the same time, and Doctor Acier couldn't help but sigh.
" Doctor Acier, is this the Pure Gold you've been researching?"
Lin Yuan held the three bean-sized, gleaming gold pieces he found inside the lanternfish in his hand, feeling as if they could stop time, and couldn't help but ask a question.
Doctor Acier looked at the object in Lin Yuan's hand with a complicated expression, and remained silent for a long time before speaking.
"Yes, it is indeed Pure Gold, and it is also the curse of the devil. All these tragedies are because of this thing."
Doctor Acier looked at Olga with a sorrowful expression on his face.
Then he explained the origin of the Pure Gold, which was similar to what Lin Yuan knew, because Olga had contracted " South Blue Emperor Fever," which was considered incurable at the time.
So, in order to protect Olga, Doctor Acier developed Pure Gold, which could keep a person's body in a static state, but it also prevented Olga from growing.
Later, the Pure Gold attracted the greed of pirates, and Doctor Acier's wife was killed as a result. In the end, it was the Pure Gold that attracted lanternfish, which swallowed half of the island, and they escaped the disaster.
Lin Yuan nodded. Perhaps because of him, Olga had not left the lanternfish's body, which allowed them to reunite as father and daughter.
"Lord Lin Yuan, I can give you all this Pure Gold, but I hope you can leave the piece that Olga has with her. After all, only in this way can she not die."
Lin Yuan smiled and casually waved his hand, causing the huge lantern to explode, revealing a piece of Pure Gold the size of a human head inside.
"This is... How is this possible! I clearly..."
Upon seeing the enormous amount of Pure Gold, Doctor Acier was so shocked that he stood up.
" Doctor Acier, is all of this Pure Gold?"
"Pulse..."
Doctor Acier swallowed hard before speaking.
"That's right, these are all of them. I thought that throwing them into the sea would solve the problem, but I never expected that Lord Lantern would swallow them all."
Lin Yuan glanced at Doctor Acier without making it obvious.
"How did you develop this thing back then? Is it still possible to manufacture it?"
"Impossible. I created it by accident, and it used a special kind of fruit. Even if I could do it all over again, I might not be able to create it again."
Lin Yuan nodded, understanding, but he still managed to grasp a sliver of information.
" Doctor Acier, since you can research Pure Gold, if I gave you another kind of fruit, could you research something with the same properties?"
Upon hearing Lin Yuan's words, Doctor Acier became interested and fell into deep thought. After more than ten minutes, he finally let out a soft breath and said with burning passion in his eyes.
"We can give it a try, but I don't have that kind of fruit on hand right now, and I also need to purchase some other equipment!"
"Haha, in that Devil Fruit, and other necessary equipment is no problem either."
At this point, Lin Yuan paused for a moment, then looked at Olga and said with a smile.
"Furthermore, 200 years have passed since your time, and Olga's South Blue Emperor Fever is no longer an incurable disease; it can be completely cured."
"She can grow up like a normal girl in the future!"
Upon hearing this, Doctor Acier and Olga were Raizo. They looked at each other and burst into tears again.
If it weren't for Olga's South Blue Emperor Fever, her mother wouldn't have died, and no one else would have been implicated.
"Clang..."
Doctor Acier and Olga knelt directly in front of Lin Yuan.
"Thank you. I'll definitely help you research even more things in the future."
"Thank you, Brother Lin Yuan. I will help Father in the future to research more great things for you!"
Lin Yuan quickly helped them up, but when he heard Olga call him "brother," he felt a little embarrassed, because even including his previous life, he wasn't half the age of Olga!
"Alright, let's go then. I'll take you to Sky Island; that's my territory, and no one will be able to bother you there."
With that, Lin Yuan controlled the direction and flew towards the Sky Island. He had already decided to bring Kureha and Chopper with him.
Since Kureha knows so much about Devil Fruit, and with Doctor Acier, they might actually be able to research something interesting.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan felt a surge of excitement and turned his gaze to the Paramecia Fruits. Only Paramecia Fruits could offer so many variations.
A few days later, Lin Yuan settled Kureha, Chopper, Doctor Acier, and Olga on the Sky Island.
Under Chopper's care, Olga quickly recovered and angrily took off the ring with the Pure Gold embellishments, wishing she could grow up like a normal person.
To get Kureha to cooperate, Lin Yuan gave her two pieces of Pure Gold. When he mentioned the name of the Pure Gold, Kureha agreed without hesitation.
At the same time, Kureha also asked Lin Yuan to activate her Devil Fruit power, allowing her to return to her youthful appearance.
It has to be said that Kureha has such a figure at over a hundred years old, and she was absolutely gorgeous when she was young. Now, with the added benefit of Pure Gold, she can basically stay young forever.
As for Chopper, he's not needed yet, so Kureha can keep him temporarily. Doctor Acier and Olga also have him, so Pure Gold isn't necessary.
Having resolved their issues, Lin Yuan returned to the Chamber of Commerce headquarters to continue his seclusion. On the Pure Gold, he seemed to sense the marks of time.
He now possesses a piece of Pure Gold the size of a human head, enough to cut into at least one or two hundred pieces.
However, this is still too early for him. He will not use Pure Gold before his strength reaches its bottleneck. Moreover, he already has the Time-Time Fruit and doesn't need it for the time being.
" Pure Gold can be used to bring a person's body to a standstill without affecting their movement, but what if I could bring a person to a complete standstill?"
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan became even more excited. For powerful individuals like them, even being able to freeze their opponent for just one second could potentially result in a fatal blow.
As for causing the other person's body to die of old age, Lin Yuan couldn't do that right now.
He can only use Time Acceleration and time reversal briefly now, and that's only if the other party doesn't resist.
For someone like Kureha, simply restoring her to a youthful appearance isn't particularly difficult.
" Time Acceleration, Time Stop, time reversal—that's my next development direction. When that happens, who will be my rival? Hahaha..."
Behind the Chamber of Commerce headquarters, a Haki laugh lingered for a long time.